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Berry is making her UK debut this weekend at HaruhiCon, but all idol performers have to pay £75 to perform for 4 minutes for the Sakura Idol Matsuri
Paida has released a new song!
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some people were really upset they didn’t get into CPAC apparently. probably rightfully so if ashes was the one doing the decision making about who will be in the show
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>>10969604
This is the reason people hate Ashes. She talks like she’s the authority on all things Kaigai idol and will chastise you when you are doing something “wrong”. Even if these people did complain publicly which is a bad move, why tf do we need to hear it from her.
We have a group in Vancouver that I’ve seen her trying to call out directly on their posts…. Like why does she feel the need to insert herself into every drama possible situation, whether she’s in that community or not.
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>>10969604
the problem is that CPAC is central to like. 99% of the northeast idol community. they apparently got like 60+ applications, and stupidly decided to offer 10 minute timeslots for an idolfest that's probably not longer than 2 hours. idk what the hell they were all thinking, but apparently they only accepted like 11 groups/performers. they all seriously dropped the ball on this, no wonder so many wannabe performers are upset...
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the wota crowd were at oc japan fair and they were funding the jp idols and also getting cheki from the maid idols.
most of the other people left right when the show was over and skipped buppan.
the vtuber idols that attended (ashes favored people) helped do a big surprise and hyped the crowd to the maximum.
every la show is the complete opposite of this thread's headcanon.
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>>10969618
nobody said harassment was warranted, since you want to extrapolate. they said it was valid to be upset, which i agree with, considering ashes has a monopoly over pretty much every event in the US now through WSF, and they probably have their foot in every other event in the northeast that isn't WSF like this one through being in TIU. that's why pan ranger gets to perform at every single WSF event (also probably because they've been essentially banned from performing at any conventions at this point)
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>>10969694
allegedly beefing with event organizers, their other manager (not ashes) beefing with event organizers, being extremely difficult to work with, being rude and entitled, being paranoid everyone hates them after getting kicked from signals, wrongly accusing event staff of sexually harassing them, etc. probably more others could add that’s just what I know of
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>>10969669
>also getting cheki from the maid idols.
no, they were only there for the JP idols
Even their twitter posts prove it
and most of them only showed up because Naomi and Phoebe were showing up this weekend
I was there all three days.
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>>10969781
it was a response to this tweet
Ashes got defensive and wanted to start a witch hunt but then soon realized that she fucked up and decided to delete the tweet instead of apologizing
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>>10969782
I agree with this post and definitely wish there were more kaigai idols that took their craft more seriously. But it's a LOT of time, effort and money for something that will hardly sustain itself unless you go viral. Thus why the idol scene in the states is basically a school talent show. Gets boring af to watch.
But thing is...plenty of people want to do the idol activities but cant realistically commit to it enough. Thats just reality. I don't think wanting more quality performers is wrong by any means, but it's also a little unfair insinuate that the ones who are doing what they can overseas are making actual idols look bad. Like whats the solution here? Just not try and grow interest in the scene because everyone sucks? lol idk. i didnt see that post or what was said. But i assume thats probably what ashes was attempting to get across?? (but fuck ashes anyway rip bozo)
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>>10969774
i saw the lines for arcane and dreamland. you clearly did not.
but i distinctly remember an angry cross armed girl that didn't go to both. so hi i guess.
>>10969775
the wota crowd aren't all from la. they don't go to every event. but a couple locals did show up at the last one.
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>>10969785
it's obvious why ashes would respond to such an ignorant rage bait.
the problem with the idol community isn't the performers. it's the fans. who are jobless anime nerds holding onto their mommy's tendiesbucks for dear life and pushing away gainfully employed people from the community.
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>>10969786
You didn’t see shit since the lines for arcane and dreamland were dead. Meanwhile, all the jp idols had so big of lines that oc japan moved them outside the second day. You’re mad we’re calling your bluff.
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>>10969788
there was like 15 people in line for the maids which is pretty decent.
for the jp idols they moved the line outside because it blocks the other booths and it's an emergency hazard. also the jp idols have guys that spend like 50 tickets at a time so the line never moves.
i actually spent money so i know these things.
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I know youre full of shit because You&Me's Buppan time was during Kawaii Idol Live.
Arcane Maid Cafe's Buppan line was during the Buppan Line for the JP idols and it was on the other side of OC Japan Fair.
The Wota crowd was only there to support the JP Idols and not your local kaigai idol groups.
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>>10969786
>an ignorant rage bait.
its not rage bait and you have top tier idols agreeing with the OP.
>>10969786
>they don't go to every event
yeah no shit, they mostly go to events that have vtubers.
I'm saying that LA doesnt need the wota teams to fill up the shows, so don't brag about Wotas supporting the community.
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>>10969808
i walked over to the arcane show to see them butcher a bunch of classics because the line wasn't moving. and i didn't care for dreamland or their selection of vtumor songs
>>10969811
>yeah no shit, they mostly go to events that have vtubers.
then maybe more shows should have vtubers.
>I'm saying that LA doesnt need the wota teams to fill up the shows
a venue costs a couple thousand to rent + equipment. do the math and you can see that the reason every show can exist is either because the venue is owned or paid for by maids, the venue is paid for by vip tickets, or the performers are paying for it and it's eating into their profit.
there would be more shows and they would be cheaper if more people showed up.
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>>10969816
>there would be more shows and they would be cheaper if more people showed up.
Fuck off, we're full. There is an event going on at least every other week or at least once a month that doesn't involve Vtubers to attract the Wotas shiters that never go to a Kaigai idols merch table
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>>10969817
>we're full.
no kaigai idol event has ever been at capacity.
>There is an event going on at least every other week or at least once a month
i don't think there's a single kaigai idol able to perform once a month in the same city. even the maids are on rotation and don't work every week.
you're desperately poor and your opinion doesn't matter. idols should be doing shows twice a week at minimum
When Was The Last Akiba Live?
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hey berry, stop making yourself the fucking threadpic.you were just shown in an interview shitting on most of the amateur staff that made this community what it is today. dumb idea since you don’t get any real work in japan.please leave if you cant keep your mouth shut.
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>>10969823
shes just another chopped japanophile influencer. totally bitter about not making it the way she thought she would in glorious nippon and stuck with the same opportunities as every other kaigai group. now shes doing slop gaijin commentary podcasts and burning bridges. so predictable.
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>>10969821
You can act mad but she's not wrong. Theater kid techs are way more proficient than the slop techs idols get at cons most of the time. They're too scared to touch equipment and then literally complain when they have to do anything other than turn lights on and off. And that's if they fucking show up on time.
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>>10969828
theyr not getting paid, her performances arent elaborate enough for a dedicated tech team, and she doesnt have a job without their help.biting the hand that feeds you is retarded and shes being a whiny bitch as usual.
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>>10969832
Only whiny bitch I hear is you anon. People are allowed to expect more in entertainment. If you wanna keep accepting scraps as an entertainer be my guest and stay in your shitty con shows. The idol industry has made high tech shows off a person just singing and dancing. They can add a lot with a person just standing still. You sound like moron.
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>>10969820
>Akiba Live is the only thing we have
we literally have small cons like Mikotan's cons, anime night mart, anime days, just had OC Japan fair, a few that i cant think of right now, and idols hosting their own small birthday events
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>>10969821
This reminds me of the witch hunt that ashes tried to start
>I wish more Kaigai Idols would put a better effort into themselves and their performance because you are representing a whole culture
>waaaah thats very phobic of you, how day you say that, you dont have to look like an idol to be an idol, an effort is an effort
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>>10969835
Lol you just lost the argument.
>>10969838
No but really what's the solution here?
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>>10969839
whatever helps you sleep at night.there are idols calling you out for being ungrateful, and what was that about nobody else being on the same level as you? everyone has caught up and even surpassed you. a better tech team cant save that, or whatever excuse you want to use for being old and untalented.
the rest of us are thriving and dont have to make embarrassing clickbait for the exact opportunities you have, so whos really winning?
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>>10969860
*crickets*
my favorite kaigai idol is the talented group idol nova from the universally popular and widely lauded arcane maid cafe. my favorite member is all of them because they are all respected lovely women with a passion for the fine arts.
my least favorite kaigai idol is anyone that is jealous and critical of the beautiful and hard working ladies at arcane maid cafe.
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I'm glad that ashes is in charge of anyc's first big idol event. None of you deserve to be in it and she will surely gatekeep to make it a quality and well attended show.
I'm disappointed that anyc social media manager decided to put some stupid ass kpop cover dance and cosplayers in their marketing for the event though.
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>>10969588
I overheard that the £75 was covering the entire weekend, so both performers and attendees do not have the option to purchase a one-day pass. It's very frustrating that performers are being exploited to pay-to-play instead of at the very least having a complimentary badge for their hard work.
If Berry is a special guest, I assume that she is getting paid for it though I wonder what her take is on the matter. Although she most likely doesn't have control over the event itself, I don't think it's a good look for her to endorse an event that takes advantage of people like that. She should understand first hand what that feels like, so if she has been vocal about her own struggles, I hope she can use that voice to advocate for her fellow Kaigai Idol peers. I am not close to Berry so if anyone can reach out to her about this, that would be much appreciated.
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>>10969882
what benefit is the con getting from amateur idols putting on a temu love live cosplay and doing a poor karaoke rendition of their favorite songs?
i don't think amateur idols automatically deserve a free space to perform when artists and tailors and panelists and photographers are probably all paying their way in to sell their services.
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>>10969876
i thought that was his photographer friend no? it was recently brought up on twitter
>>10969874
prepare for vtubers and a 30 minute opening from Aniwaza
Kpop RPD always get a bigger crowd than the idol stuff
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>>10969768
I am friends with someone who Pan falsely accused of sexual harassment. The subsequent backlash they received from Pan and the idol community led them to attempt suicide twice, once leading to police being called. Pan Ranger deserves what's coming to them, and so does ashes.
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>>10969887
>I am friends with someone who Pan falsely accused of sexual harassment. The subsequent backlash they received from Pan and the idol community
This is why i hope the Old Guard moves on and why Ashes always starts a witch hunt when someone criticizes the quality of the idol scene outside of the west coast
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I’m so tired of Yu&Me being at everything despite only debuting this year. They’re not coordinated, can’t sing well, some sing louder than others, one of them is mentally unwell and has main character syndrome and another is a MAGA Trump supporter. You can tell there’s some issues going on within the group from their performances.
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>>10969887
personally i find it more believable that a fat autistic loser like pan would tell the truth. and that a weird schizo who attempts suicide when spurned by the anime idol community is entirely capable of sexual harassment.
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>>10969889
None of those things are disqualifying as an idol. I can think of well known japanese idol examples for all of those.
Instead of trying to find reasons why you think you're better than other idols, which are most often incorrect, you should consider what they are doing better than you. Which in the case of dreamland is having funds and followers.
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>>10969594
with this I meant that the girl is super qt, the concept of sweet jp-fash wear is lovely, but the clothes look low quality and just bad overall, same with the overall flyer composition. that's all. not hating just pointing out what to improve
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>>10969903
Nayrt but as someone who's known her for a while, you would be correct. She's highly delusional, competitive and vindictive. A drama whore and inflates her 'accomplishments' to try and make herself look bigger than she is and will delete any feedback she thinks is negative or calls her out. Anyone who thinks she's their friend is only because she thinks they're beneath her.
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>>10969900
Autotuned to high hell nepo baby. Incredibly annoying but she'll never go away until people stop paying attention to her. I will play defense though and say she's not that fat compared to the many other planets in the community. She's just a big girl.
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>>10969908
Berry isn't a great singer or dancer, her concept is weak, she doesn’t consistently release music, and she’s probably using the idol title to grift, so it’s not weird that she’s only brought up when she’s involved in drama. What else is there to talk about? She’s kind of boring if you ask me, but I can sympathize with idols who are on bad terms with her for the things she’s said.
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>>10969917
maybe because the music she’s performing is in Japanese and Japanese audiences only really gravitate towards fellow Japanese artists or Japanese-adjacent Asian artists so she picked members that she knows would be able to market well in the Japanese entertainment industry. not really fetishization but more of a business move.
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>>10969938
tomstrike is co-chair of usif and on otakon staff as well
he’s definitely known in the community, for better or worse (I think worse at this point). I’ll let someone else chime in about decibel (his fiance)
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>>10969938
Decebal was exiled from the idol community for being a pos, leading witch hunts against event organizers and collecting sexual harassment claims from other people and then tried to sneak back in under the name Bee. And are they and tomstrike dating?? I think I heard that somewhere but idr.
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>>10969946
There are some Local NE Events going on
https://www.instagram.com/p/DW0KdiADidB
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>>10969941
Is it beeyoutaite? Utaites aren't idols though lol So I'm genuinely confused on how they tried to sneak back in. Also who accused them of SA? Because judging from this earlier conversation, if it was Pan Ranger, I'm not trusting that lol
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Checked back in on Nocturna for the first time since December when someone on here went nuclear on them. The skinny one is graduating already, and the group isn’t even a year old? Seems like she is moving. Must suck for the rest of them however since the only one nice to look at will be gone, no one will pay attention to them. To be fair is anyone paying attention to them now? How did they get Auracle as a guest for the live show they are doing? This group isn’t good, do they have fans? Anyone planning on going to the live?
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So was there ever any explanation/backing for this?
>inb4 this is an idol thread, not maid cafe
Michi is part of SuperMelody and Serenity is now Serenity Moon
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>>10970053
You're acting as if auracle is a prestigious group? Lol they're probably friends or were invited to perform and took the opportunity. I live too far away so I won't be going. But pizza and a little idol karaoke sounds like a fun thing to do. It's nice idols are trying to branch out of cons.
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>>10970053
when i said they need to lose weight, this isn't what i meant.
btw filming yourself attempting to damage public property and making shoe prints on the wall is something you'd expect from a 7 year old
>>10970054
>anime pfp
>kpop username
if you didn't immediately disregard this opinion as disreputable, delusional, fallacious, and apocryphal at best then you might be suffering from the same afflictions they are.
maid cafes often attract these types of people and they don't get paid enough to deal with them.
>>10970060
all idols and maids are fake. that's their job. you don't really think they actually like talking to you do you?
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aidol dropped another terrible song.different anon pointed out her copying cherie ife’s emoji usage and now i noticed its like she’s trying and failing to reheat her nachos with the theme. digging even deeper shes talking on threads in chinese like cherie too. very weird behavior.
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What's this new trend of kaigai idols throwing out this shitty fiverr commissioned music? Is it just to say they finally got original music out? I'd rather listen to a dozen decent song covers than pretend to be excited about a poorly produced and executed original.
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Weird posting. The song dropped like two hours ago and nobody pays that close attention to Aidol here. Why are there already four posts back-to-back within the two hours of a literal who's song release in this thread?
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It's really annoying to me how an idol will do so much in every other department (visuals, brand, promo, social media and even the art and animation) and then have absolute trash music to accompany it. The entire track is bad. Put money into a real producer jfc.
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>>10970079
腐りきった世界 is peak
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>>10970078
its just talking, no singing.
>>10970079
i enjoyed space x arcade.