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0 pointsrippercushions3y ago0 comments

This was the old Japanese supergroup model with AKB48 etc, but it never worked outside Japan and is starting to fail there as well.

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jrockway3y ago

I was a Morning Musume fan in high school but the members of the group kept getting younger as they were replaced, and I kept getting older. After a while, it stopped making sense to be a fan. (They never did a song "I'm sad about only being able to contribute $20,500 per year to my 401(k)".)

I never got into AKB48; is that they problem they are having, or is it something else?

YurgenJurgensen3y ago

I'm not familiar with the post-COVID situation, but I suspect VTubers may have eaten their lunch by operating a similar business model but without the risk of showing your face in public and becoming an IRL retelling of Perfect Blue.

jrockway3y ago

Oh yeah, people really like the vtubers don't they. I see it all the time on r/all, but never really made the association with the AKB48 type fans.

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jrockway3y ago

I never got into AKB48; is that they problem they are having, or is it something else?

YurgenJurgensen3y ago

jrockway3y ago

Oh yeah, people really like the vtubers don't they. I see it all the time on r/all, but never really made the association with the AKB48 type fans.

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