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The story
On Hello! Project’s board on 5ch, it became a hot topic that general ticket sales for Angerme’s Osaka concert had ended while seats on the first floor remained unsold. Commenters pointed to concrete factors: the recent graduation announcement of a member who had been with the group until just recently failed to boost attendance, the seating capacity of the venue, Orix Theater, and the gap in drawing power compared to sister group Juice=Juice. Opinions split between the view that “female fans are fickle, and it’s male fans who stick around until the end” and the view that “management was unreasonable to book three shows when the group has no members from Osaka” — disagreeing over whether to blame fan behavior or the agency’s decisions.
What people said
In the end it's the male fans who stick around till the end
Female fans tend to follow individual members, not the group
But apparently the guys aren't into them either
If they can't even fill the first floor at Orix, they shouldn't play Osaka again
That's rough
If the show's good, repeat customers should follow
No point pandering to people who never planned on sticking around in the first place
Just paper over it with something like Roze Theater or a venue out in Kiryu
↑ Sacrificing some guy who trolls and mocks fans like that isn't going to fix ticket sales lolololol
What's the guy who's always posting "Angerme is better than Juice, blah blah blah"
doing at a time like this?
are the regional shows going to be okay?
No way they're fine
The DDs are all obsessed with Juice=Juice
Exactly how many Angerme fans do you think exist in your head? lol
Juice=Juice sold too well, so now they're putting their effort elsewhere
Is the agency out of its mind…
This has gotta be a straight-up loss
Juice=Juice's tour capacity is actually bigger, so don't complain
The only ones with room to complain are Tsubaki Factory, BEYOOOOONDS, and OCHA NORMA
Background and Points of Debate
Angerme is a mid-tier group within Hello! Project, and the scale of tour venues is decided by the agency based on the group’s drawing power. It’s worth noting that the “popular/unpopular” or “disliked” judgments about specific members raised in the thread are purely speculation on an anonymous message board, not officially released figures or a reflection of the member’s actual standing. Likewise, the notion that “female fans are fickle while male fans stick around till the end” is an old piece of received wisdom among idol fandoms, but it’s an impression rather than something backed by hard data. On the other hand, how to judge the agency’s choices on venue capacity and number of shows is a separate question from raw attendance figures, and opinions diverged sharply on that point — the thread’s defining feature is this interplay between theories about fan temperament and theories about the group’s management strategy.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Angerme’s Osaka Concert Tickets Finish Sales With First-Floor Seats Still Unsold LOLOLOL — What Are You Gonna Do About This Half-Empty Tour.”
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