/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>42830558
>They weren't abnormal to me
Normal idols are cute, bubbly, feminine and 素直　type. Anti-idol style is the opposite of classical, normal concept and therefore I call it abnormal. Keyakizaka had their moment and it is extremally unlikely to be ever repeated especially when the group that was meant to be influenced by it didn't make it work. New, normal era is here. Let's embrace it and enjoy cute girls
>1. They would have lost all fans altogether
Not true. AKB still has fans
>kept the ship afloat
Not good enough
>2. They would have disbanded completely
False. Pic related
>>42830584
>The most essential about idols is their looks
It is very, very important, but instead of essential I would call it "basic". It is a base and without it the group will have to overcome the seemingly impossible-making it without having cute members. Keyakis were never bijin group, but they made it work for the time they lasted (and please, don't derail by listing Sugai, because the fact they had few bijins doesn't mean they were not a bunch of uggos)