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AKB48’s 41st Single – Halloween Night

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Halloween Night

Midnight Boogie Night~~~ This song is so catchy. I feel like I’ve been transported to my parents’ era. Seriously whenever I play it I have to dance.  At first, I was a little WTF at a Halloween theme in the summer, but apparently Japan is into that! The PV is fun: my favorite parts are Sayaka Jackson and when a few members do MC Hammer moves. I’ve enjoyed every AKB48 A-side for the past year (KNP to HN) so I have some high expectations for the next single!

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AKB48’s 7th Sousenkyo 2015

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Sasshi took the throne again!!





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Highlights / Main Points (IMO):

  1. Sasshi’s 2nd win
  2. The Centers for each level were either HKT48 members (Senbatsu, UnderGirls, NextGirls) or SKE48 members (Future Girls, Upcoming Girls)
  3. Takamina’s return to Kami 7 and ranking her highest spot ever!
  4. 27 SKE48 members ranked in (inc. Sae) — SKE48 dominated this election
  5. My oshimen, Sae, got the #8 spot, which is her highest spot ever as well
  6. Kitahara and Milky returned to senbatsu
  7. Kaotan, Churi, and Tomu made it into senbatsu
  8. Tani, who had never ranked before, made it into UnderGirls — #23

Lowlights / Notable Sad Points (IMO)

  1. Haruppi ranked in at 17 — she increased her rank and made it as UnderGirls Center but she was one spot away from senbatsu
  2. Dasu dropped 8 spots out of senbatsu and into UnderGirls
  3. Only 23 AKB48 pure members ranked in — it was more like a sister group election tbh. I feel bad for mid generation AKB48 members.
  4. Mayuyu dropped from 1st to 3rd: this is the highest drop any Sousenkyo winner has done
  5. Lemon dropped from 53 to 79 :/
  6. Umechan dropped from 35 to 56

What I wanted to happen that didn’t 😦

  1. Iwata Karen ranking in
  2. Shimada Haruka ranking in

AKB48’s 40th Single – Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai

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The election-voting-single is Bokutachi wa Tatakawanai (僕たちは戦わない). The title means “We won’t fight”. I really like the song. The PV is very different from AKB’s usual election-voting-singles (aka no bikinis). The single will be officially released on May 20th. I can’t wait for the official PV to be released!! I heard it will be 12 minutes long plus the director is legit (he did the Rurouni Kenshin trilogy) so I expect it to be epic.

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AKB48 Kibouteki Refrain’s Bside PVs

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The songs were included as B-Sides for Kibouteki Refrain, but the PVs will be released on AKB48’s 6th Album Koko ga Rhodes da, koko de tobe! The latest album will be released on January 21, 2015. Here are the PV previews:

Team A – Juujun no Slave (Obedient Slave)

Team K – Hajimete no Drive (First Drive)

Team B – Loneliness Club

Team 4 – Me wo Akete Mama no First Kiss (First Kiss with Eyes Wide Open)

Team 8 – 47 no Suteki na Machi e (To 47 Wonderful Towns)

My Thoughts on the PV previews:

Team A: very sexy omg i love it especially the nyanmina and chiyori/karen pairings!

Team K: the focus was on Jurina & Sayanee, the kennin members. the last Team K PV (Itoshiki Rival) was same..hm i hope the next Team K PV will focus more on other members. i do like the summer-y feel.

Team B: boring. i like the Ikoma focus though.

Team 4: i like it, however i feel like they could have done more since the song was so good and had a Latin feeling. it would have been cool if the setting was a club or something dance-y. i do understand the song is about first kisses so of course schoolgirl concept is the default.

Team 8: cute.

My Ranking:

for the PV previews: A >> 4 > K > 8 >> B

for the songs: 4 >> 8> A >> K and B