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I am disgusted. This is the exact opposite of everything that made me fall in love with ayu AND Jpop. Honest and raw lyrics, being relatable, not sounding like so much other basic shit out there, and having amazing talent in general.

I feel like these groups should just be classified into some fetish category and not even be allowed on oricon. Actually, no, because who gives a shit about oricon anymore? If you can't even manage to figure in digital sales when gathering sales figures, in 2016, you're basically useless...but I digress.

I miss the days when you didn't need a "THING" to gain popularity. Or maybe it has always been like that, and it just used to be more subtle. Just the number of girls in these groups is laughable. I do wonder when the next female soloist will come along and amaze me like these women have.

But for AKB48 to be the ones breaking some of ayu's oricon records is just...I don't even know how to describe it. It's like having a Honda take the title of most luxurious, powerful, innovative car from Rolls Royce. I guess that would mean that Oricon rankings also rank the amount of talent from these groups and artists, which is obviously not the case.

But I think my analogy sums it up perfectly. These fad, fetish girl groups are Hondas. Ayu and the other legends are Bentleys...or Rolls Royces, pick whichever luxury car you like. lol