I think I'm just going to be calling the girls names.
For some reason I just CANNOT remember the order for the mix words, so best to just not try :P

Well that works too. :) Will you be taking pictures?

Also Marty Friedman ‏ @_martyfriedman_ I`ll be chatting with AKB48 3/28 on Google+ and they wanna know what my USA friends want to ask them. Any good Q`s my little Rock Gods??

and Erenas site is open. http://rom5.xsrv.jp/erena_ono/ also Erepyons Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/lespros_erepyon

That's exactly what I was thinking, although I hope it doesn't happen.

Acchan isn't my favourite, but I'm pretty shocked since she IS the face of AKB48.

I wish her the best in her future endeavours...

...and I can't help wondering just how much AKB48 will change this year.

I think we will see more graduations this year. Itano and Mariko almost for sure. Oshima Yuko and maybe Takamina on 2013. And the new three popular girls will be Mayuyu, Jurina and Yukirin

I'm not a huge fan of AKB48, but the announcement was pretty shocking. I'm not too fussed (I've never liked her much), but Aki-P is really covering his bases by adding Jurina and Mayuyu... when I've heard of them, they must be fairly popular lol I bet her last single will sell loads, I wonder what he'll do to make the next one sell? This is going to break them or make them even more popular by giving other girls a chance.

Itano leaving would make sense, Yuko can be centre now, and Mariko must never leave because I have a massive girl crush on her.

Kinda excited to see how this all pans out.

She will, she had already a successful debut single, and I believeve she will release more songs and see her in drama. But still it's gonna be weird seeing AKB without her.

Acchan might not be the prettiest, but she's a very good centre who mange to bring out other members without out shining them... I wonder who will be the next center.

It's Milky from NMB who got tempory transfer to team B.

But transferring Jurina sounds like a very dangerous move. Her health is already in bad shape, with her leg injuries and she had already collapse few times, being overwork, this poor 15 year old girl still need to go to school! how can her body take it?

^ I don't know where I read the other girl transfering then lol I don't even know who she is! Probably just seeing her mentioned as popular. ooops. Is she already in AKB?

And damn, 15?! Do they not have laws about working hours for the girls in the idol industry?

^Yes Mayuyu is already in AKB Team B xD And Under 17 members can't work later than a certain time (10 maybe?)

Haha, I'm just making up my own AKB news lol

If she can't work later than 10, why is she so tired? I'm guessing they start at something crazy like 5am though and work with no break ;__; and I imagine travelling doesn't count as work either.

Although idols tend to speak well of their agents/creators/whatever you call them, they always seem so lacking in a duty of care. It makes me so angry D:

^ Yeah I think it's 10pm to 5 am.

People are looking at the Tokyo Giants to see the date of the Tokyo Dome Concert. Some are saying late August or July. I'm not to worried about Jurina. Sayaka said she would watch over her. I trust the captain. I think they will just have her be in AKB for now. The same with Milky. And I'm sure Yukarin will watch over her.

As for Acchan she had apparently brought this up with Takamina. Maybe she was thinking about this last year. Still sad.

I don't think Yuko will graduate anytime soon. I think maybe before the earthquake they were considering it but now some are saying due to her comments in the second documentary it seems like she doesn't want to leave.

To me it seems many members realized they are a part of something bigger and could help bring smiles to peoples faces after the disaster. I think that if any of them were thinking about it the disaster changed that. Except for Acchan the burden must have become too much, you could see that she looked tired...

If you've seen Yukos reaction her reaction seems to have a mix of shock, surprise, sadness, pain and almost one of betrayal and I guess that's how I feel...

I don't think we can quite say what Aki-P is going to do there might be rotating centers for all we know next. Maybe Yuko will be center for a while then he will give someone a big push.

I don't think it can be any of the captains, unless they promote new ones in their place which means no to Takamina, Sayaka, Yukirin or Minarun (especially not because Team 4 is too new). Tomochin's popularity keeps dropping. I don't think it will be Mariko. I don't think it will be Haruna. Mayu would have to start changing her appeal.

Technically Mariko shouldn't be in this but I saw this and now ;_____________;

For being a center, I think Yuko is too bright sometimes, and might over shine other girls... So I'm not too sure how it will turn out..

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→http://ameblo.jp/atsuko-maeda/

Yuuwaku no Garter stage is out in HQ go download and revel in it's amazingness!!!

Maeda Atsuko returns to Japan, still no news on her graduation date

→http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/201...080004-n1.html

Aw Acchan :(

but on the good side of things I heard the DC concerts went well. There are some good pictures up at New School Kaidan and other places. The second concert was streamed on Google+ and Youtube last night with a prerecorded hang out between some of the girls and Marty Friedman where he asked them questions. Watch the concert on Vimeo or Dailymotion.

Apparently Ono Erena is going to be releasing a single called Erepyon on April 17th which will be used in the Drama Legal High. She wrote the lyrics herself.

....and it's better than all the other AKB solos so far.

Wow I've never given two craps about Erepyon, but it does sound like a really good song. Can't say it will be my favorite of the solos since Tomochin just blew everyone else out of the water, but I'm impressed!

Ooooh, I like it!!!
And darnit, I pre-ordered Tomochin's new single. What started out as my children's obsession has become mine!

Itano is doing good music. Clone is :heart
But my favourite song (by a solo) is Sore demo suki da yo, is really catchy :)

Thanks Karen. Atsuko Maeda will be releasing a new single :)