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The story
Talk about Hello! Project idol group Tsubaki Factory heated up on 5ch’s Hello! Project board. It started with a post asking, “What’s with people who show up to a member’s final event even though she isn’t their oshi?” which sparked debate over whether it’s okay for fans who don’t specifically support a given member to attend that member’s individual event. The thread brought up concerns about filling the Budokan venue and cited precedents from past graduation events, with some defending the practice — “Isn’t it fine if they help fill the seats?” — while others pushed back, calling it “self-righteous and arrogant to blame others.”
What people said
@Let me just say this.
People who show up to the last event even though they're not the oshi…
https://kizuna.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/morningcoffee/1791455891/
Yeah, well, I do get the feeling though
What happened?
Wasn't the Budokan booked precisely because they factored in that kind of demand?
Background and Key Points of This Topic
It’s worth noting that this post wasn’t a statement from Akiyama Mao herself, but an opinion raised by an anonymous 5ch user identifying as an “Akiyama fan.” In idol fan culture, there’s a group known as “tanto” who strongly support one specific member, and another known as “DD” who broadly support the whole group — and the two camps often clash over securing seats at individual events. What split opinion in the thread came down to one point: which matters more, the practical view that it’s better to fill seats than leave them empty, or the emotional discomfort some feel about non-fans showing up just because “it’s the last one.” Since filling a Budokan-sized venue is a higher bar, there’s strong support for welcoming attendees whose main purpose is filling seats. Some posts in the thread mention trouble at a different member’s past graduation event, but no details were given, so this can’t be confirmed as fact.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Tsubaki Factory Akiyama fan: “Let me just say this — what’s with people who show up to the last event even though they’re not the oshi?”.”
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