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The story
Inaba Manaka jumped on the “#9 Favorite Faces Among Japanese Female Idols” hashtag trend on her X (formerly Twitter) account, naming nine idols whose looks she’s drawn to. The list included names like Hiromoto, Ogawa Nanako, and Ebamifu — but notably left out Ruru-chan (Suzuka) and any members of Tsubaki Factory. On 5ch’s Hello! Project board, replies split over both the pattern behind her picks and what Inaba might have been going for.
Inaba Manaka
@inabamanaka_
#9FavoriteFacesAmongJapaneseFemaleIdols
Source: x.com / original post here
What people said
Re: #3
Yeah, this is bad on more than one level
Farewell…
Stuff like this needs to feel more like a joke
Where's Ruru-chan though?
Fukuda and Danbara's appeal isn't about their faces…
If she did this for real, she'd get cut instantly
That photo's actually Ishii
This is more off-putting than the Hello Project face-sort thing
Wonder what's going on
Disappointed in Manakan
Was that really the deal?
Inaba Manaka: "With Ebamifu, I've got this feeling bubbling up inside me — like she might bring back a bit of that Yagi Marin vibe again."
https://kizuna.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/morningcoffee/1781386261/
Especially for a public figure
Yeah, this just isn't okay
You'd think she'd realize that
So by the time Danbara graduates, Kawanishi, Fukuda, and Yokaze will have graduated too?
Leaving out Morning Musume and Angerme? Better be ready to get frozen out of Hello Village
Can't help it if their faces just aren't her type
Maybe that's just how she thinks these days
She wouldn't have posted something like this back when she was active
Ruru-chan… isn't there…?!
No way she'd be included
Read the room
Background and Points of Debate
The “◯ Faces I Like” format is a familiar Twitter trend where people list out figures whose looks match their taste. The hashtag gets used broadly by celebrities and everyday users alike, so the act itself isn’t unusual. Inaba Manaka is a former member of Morning Musume。’17 and currently holds OG status within Hello! Project. What split opinion in the thread wasn’t the trend itself, but the pattern in who got picked. Comments zeroed in on small inconsistencies — the list leaning toward certain groups, or members she’d praised by name before being left off this time — reflecting the Hello Project board’s particular fan culture, which is highly attuned to individual popularity and the balance between groups. At the same time, some replies expressed unease at an OG publicly ranking the faces of active members at all, showing that reactions went beyond simple takes on the trend itself. Note that “likes” and “not chosen” in this piece reflect Inaba’s personal preference alone and don’t imply any ranking or evaluation.
※This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “[Sad News] Inaba Manaka apparently isn’t a fan of Rito Kame’s “face”…“.
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