Yeah I know. By now, all AKB fans around the world should already know the answer to who's in the top 16, who dropped out, and who's number one. I'm writing this to just to share my own opinion on the elections.
Okay, let's start off from the Future Girls (FG -> ranked 49-64).
Perhaps the biggest surprise in the lineup was the inclusion of Hirajima Natsumi(62). Graduated last year due to a scandal. Besides that, it was the inclusion of two HKT kenkyuusei, Tomonaga Mio(59) and Tashima Meru(55). The center for FG is NMB's Yabushita Shu.
Nacchan was the only graduated member to ranked. The fact that she had a scandal is what made me more confused. I personally believe that among the graduated members, Noro or Meetan deserves to be ranked but heck nobody wants old hags as idols. Huh, Mariko who?
Moving on to the Next Girls (NG -> ranked 33-48)
Oba Mina takes the coveted 48th place. Lovetan's rank increased from last year. Kuramochi dropped to NG. The biggest surprise is that most of NG girls are first timers. NG center is Sato Amina
Quite irritating to see that the girl who ranked 8th during the first elections is now ranked 33rd. Where did the love gone to? Where did she do wrong? But I guess this is a great opportunity to restart since she's now a center of a music video. Same goes for Lovetan and Mocchi.
Shit starts to get real from Under Girls (UG -> 17-32)
Just as I predicted, Miichan and Umechan is out of senbatsu but I didn't expect Kitarie to be out of senbatsu as well. Miyawaki Sakura unexpectedly ranked 26th.
What I can conclude of the UG lineup is the dominance of SKE48. Almost half of UG are SKE girls. Even the center is Shibata Aya who gave people a real scare when she ranked 8th in the preliminaries. Well done, SKE wotas.
