the opinion of rka @ stage48. posting here b/c he’s a dedicated int’l sae oshi who knows a lot and yeah i found this interesting…
The Good:
– Ending a nation wide tour with the Gorgeous Earth Cast alongside very experienced entertainers, earning general respect for her performance as Koruri.
– Being cast for a friday night prime time NTV special drama in a considerable role among a star-studded ensemble
– Being transferred to SKE48, finally being employed as team captain leader shogun
– Being cast as the leading role in AKB49, finally getting closer to new 48G members
– Getting a monthly Ameba studio premium show
– Getting a weekly webshow in Shanghai School
– Maintaining a senbatsu spot in sousenkyo without being really visible throughout the competition year 13/14
– Making her 28th and 29th senbatsu appearance for AKB48 singles
– Kiseki again landing in top10 in Request Hour
– DIVA comeback
– Being one of the 3-5 main faces of SKE in commercials and tv shows
– Photo Technic Digital releasing a series of very artistic pictorials
– Regular spot in an NHK education show
– About 15 theater appearances in Sakae
– Never losing her genki fighting spirit
– A small SaeYuki revival
The Bad:
– Low appearances in TV variety outside of 48G related shows
– Her status in 48G concerts is unclear – sometimes she is not allowed to perform with her regular senbatsu singles
– DIVA comeback not causing much interest in the general 48 fandom
– A decline of her solo gravure appearances
– Comparably slow handshakes sales
– Rarely appearing in the theater in the second half of 2014. Actually a good thing, but not great if she wants to make a deeper impact on SKE48
– Too many duckfaces 
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The Ugly:
– Loosing over 20k votes between 2013 and 2014 represents the single biggest loss of votes in the history of sousenkyo, getting passed by 4 members
– Horrible DIVA sales
– Getting much heat by SKE muggle haters
– Not ranking in SNH sousenkyo
Overall it was a good year, but Miyazawa Sae and her still loyal fandom appear a little like represeting their own world withing the 48 fandom, with Sae struggling to find a new home, as old fans are still not over with her leaving K and SKE/SNH fans quite frankly not accepting her in these groups. With her image and looks maturing, she needs to find a reasonable place in the idol and/or entertainment industry. A top priority goal for 2015 would be the acquisition of regular spots in variety shows, if she wants to pursue the tarento path. If she is still caring for sousenkyo, she must find a way to get in better touch with SKE wotas. Introducing herself as SKE48no instead of SNH48no would help, as well as showing up more often in the theater, however, attacking on both fronts (48G fans PLUS outside jobs) will be very difficult.
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