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For Angerme’s fan-club presale for their Pia Arena MM show, it’s come to light that while the applicant themselves must be a linked MOALA member, their companion can apply even without membership — and the news sparked discussion on 5ch. Within Hello! Project, where companions are usually also required to register as members, this laxer rule stood out as unusual, and thread posters focused on why the bar had been lowered at this particular moment. Users pointed to precedents such as Tsubaki Factory, which similarly relaxed its conditions for other groups, as well as the fact that Juice=Juice, by contrast, tightened its conditions and still sold out — leading to a split in reactions, with some seeing it as “a safeguard against fraud” and others suspecting “they’re worried about ticket sales.”
＞For this presale, applicants are required to link their MOALA account. Companions may apply even if they are not members.
Source: upfc.jp / Original article here
What people said
Yeah, that's basically it.
That's the punchline right there lol
If that's how it goes, it'll be too embarrassing to watch lol
Grandpa, do you even understand why people are criticizing it?
That's why they announced Hashisako's graduation at this exact timing.
They'll keep firing as many rounds as it takes.
As many as it takes until it works.
Tamenaga's next!!
Guess that means there just aren't that many cheating fans.
Exact opposite of Juice.
You know full well this just means they've been ranked below Juice=Juice, Beyooooonds, and Tsubaki — quit playing dumb~
Isn't Juice=Juice, which sold out even with tighter restrictions, the group with the healthiest fanbase?
Yikes.
She just got made to graduate for nothing lol
If it's fine even if seats don't fill up, let Ocha Norma play a big venue too.
And they all lived happily ever after.
Quit jinxing it lol
Angerme = Morning Musume. ＞＞＞ Juice=Juice ＞＞ Tsubaki ＞＞ Beyooooonds ＞＞ Ocha Norma ＞＞＞＞＞ Rosy
Come to think of it, before Juice=Juice broke out, there was this vibe that 'whoever's most favored by the agency is top dog.'
Grateful that Juice=Juice completely blew that idea apart.
Nice one lol
Forget just moving the position, they're forcing the size to change too lol
The new fans who got hooked on 'Moremi' (member nickname) already joined the fan club and were all set, though.
Pia Arena only holds about 9,000 even at full capacity,
so if they pull in 7,000 it'll look decent enough — the bar's lower.
Also, Budokan's been used so many times by Hello! Project that it always gets compared to past attendance figures, but Pia Arena, despite having been planned for use before, has ended up being used only by Juice=Juice so far,
and since Juice=Juice is popular right now, that gets written off as 'well, of course' — so there's nothing within Hello! Project to compare it against. That's the big advantage.
Even if you tried to scalp them, would they actually sell?
So if Juice=Juice gets the same treatment next time, we're allowed to say they're on the decline, right?
If Juice=Juice kept the same venue size and just loosened the conditions, the competition ratio would only skyrocket even more.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Pia Arena MM (Yokohama) holds roughly 9,000 people, and as a venue used by Hello! Project, its only prior booking has been a Juice=Juice concert — making it something of an unusual choice. Thread posters noted that, unlike the Nippon Budokan, where attendance figures invite easy comparison, Pia Arena has so few precedents that “pulling in 7,000 people would look respectable enough,” which may be why it was chosen. What sparked the discussion this time was that, for Angerme’s presale, the applicant (as a MOALA member) must link their account, but a companion can apply even without membership — a rule considered lax within Hello! Project, where requiring companions to register as members too has generally been the norm. Reactions in the thread were split between those who saw it as “a natural relaxation aimed at preventing fraud” and those who suspected it “reflects worries that tickets won’t sell out.” It’s worth noting that references in the thread to fraud suspicions involving other groups’ members or the use of multiple accounts are all speculation with no evidence provided, and should not be taken as confirmed fact.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “[Good News] Angerme’s Pia Arena FC Presale Has Weirdly Lax Purchase Requirements lolololololololololol”.
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