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The story
A thread on 5ch’s Love Live! board reported that the 2nd special album from Hasunosora Girls’ School Idol Club, “Oideyo! Ishikawa Dai-Kanko II” (Come On Over! Ishikawa Grand Tour II), sold 9,265 copies in its opening tally. Since this comparison pits two mini-albums that both come bundled with serial codes, debate over how to read the numbers dragged on, with some pointing out that this figure covers only the first three days after release, and that whether a release includes event-attendance or meet-and-greet perks affects sales figures. Opinions were split on whether a straight comparison with other groups’ releases even makes sense. Posters also weighed in on whether they’d actually travel to Ishikawa Prefecture for the related event, and some admitted to switching which project they support.
What people said
Yep, that settles it
Not that Nijigasaki ("Niji"), which moved just 880 without even a serial code, had any grounds to complain in the first place.
Sounds like its fans are drifting over to "Ikizu-Live" too (a mocking nickname for Liella, punning on "ikizurai" — hard to live) — dead franchise walking.
As long as Oricon's weekly ranking tags it "NEW," that's what counts as the first-week number, end of story.
Well, this isn't the graduation-concert one.
The real test is the BD dropping tomorrow — if that doesn't open around 20k…
I'm a Hasunosora believer, but I switched over with Tori's 2nd album, lol
These girls don't graduate no matter how much you support them.
If you're not planning to go, the serial code is meaningless anyway.
Background and Key Points of This Topic
The figures that circulate as “first-week sales” are preliminary numbers from Oricon’s count, often covering only the first few days after release, and serve as no more than a rough gauge ahead of the official weekly ranking. As pointed out in the thread itself, this figure of 9,265 copies covers just the first three days after release, and since the presence of a serial code or an event/meet-and-greet application voucher greatly changes people’s motivation to buy a CD, it’s inherently difficult to compare works with different bundled bonuses on raw unit counts alone. Hasunosora, Liella, and Nijigasaki are all separate projects running in parallel within the same “Love Live!” franchise, so this is less a rivalry between real-world groups and more a recurring back-and-forth born from fans supporting different projects. Rankings tend to get argued purely from the numbers, but they need to be read with an eye to differences in tally periods and bundled bonuses.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Love Live!) thread “Hasunosora Girls’ School Idol Club 2nd SPECIAL Album “Oideyo! Ishikawa Dai-Kanko II” — 9,265 Copies.”
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