#saito serina

[ourdadai]

✿ serina ꒰ madein ꒱ lockscreens !

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glitter magazine ☆ website update with the interview

[generation24]

芹菜 ❀ Serina

斉藤 芹菜 ❀ Saito Serina

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[vyvesvi]

pd 101 japan picks & commentary (3)

preshow & ep 1

ep 2 - ep 5

ep 6 general commentary

this ep was kind of lowkey. not really sure how i feel about the team selection being entirely determined by rank - pretty sad that karen & momoka, amongst others, probably wont get to show their actual main abilities

the teams that performed were hero, shine a light, wa da da, & run run. ranking: run run > hero ≥ wa da da > shine a light. i don't really like the song choices (songs that already have choreo for a dance round, only one non-idol dance song, plus the singers/producers for that song helped arrange all of the vocal performances? makes me wonder if the final group will be getting a LAS song) but at least theyre all in japanese this time (for the vocal & rap groups at least)

run run: good performance but i have a few gripes. 1 - why was it worth more points? they said that the choreo was harder but the whole mission was for the girls to create choreo so... i dont actually expect that the trainees on these shows are doing all the arranging and writing and choreography themselves (much less on pd japan where virtually no one has a trainee background) but the whole set up of the mission kind of says the quiet part loud, you know? 2 - the distribution was a complete mess. loved joa as the center but the rest were basically backup dancers...for a choreo that theyre ostensibly creating themselves the difference in screentime between each person just doesnt make sense. and that was reflected in all of the ranks apart from yuuki & yurara i think. storyline: i found the koto/yuki storyline pretty meh. joa did actually do better than both of them so...? still, in another series this wouldve had a massive conflict edit & im glad pdj doesn't really do that. sad mitsuki & serina didn't get much screentime, i think mitsuki should've gone for antifragile actually, she needed to be on a team where the styling would've worked with her & allowed her to show more of a charming side on stage (friend that i watched LOVED her in cheer up, made me pause to figure out who the "gorgeous regina george lookalike" was.)

hero: ando yui is my daughter but i have to admit that she has a tendency towards shouting some notes. still, i feel like she has a ton of potential and im glad that she got to redeem herself after the audition. tsuzumi is basically in and she 100% knows it, so it's interesting to see how she's dealing with it. more than anyone else in the top it seems to really be impacting her, but she also seems to have a lot of close friends on the show who understand & are supporting her. to be honest, i usually don't like contestants like mayu but...idk. i see a lot in her but im not sure why. it seems like voters are starting to get serious so her rank has dropped a lot but i i'll miss her when she's eliminated. i hope there's some opportunity for her beyond the show.

wa da da: kind of sick that no one chose wa da da 😭 the stage was pretty messy in my opinion but mana did great, she's such a performer. personally ranka isnt one of my picks but i like her intensity a lot & she definitely deserved her rank. i don't think this is her moment exactly but i could see her being recruited somewhere after this. she would suit a kind of dramatic vibe. karen is interesting to me because while she doesn't dance well i found that she really fit the stage. i also love her attitude. there's no way she won't rise but im not sure that itll be enough. last and least,

shine a light: im a big jo1 fan but i knew this wasn't gonna go great from the outset. the energy of the original song is part of what makes it so good so the fact that they removed that.....i also think it's kind of notable that hina said that she didn't want it to be a ballad and was kind of steamrolled........anyways. we saw the performance. i've always said that i wanted hazuki to get more screentime & establish herself and this was her chance but...rip. from the second her voice cracked it was over for the whole team. every single person messed up except for hina. i know that this wasn't a super strong vocal group but it's so sad that they did the worse they've ever done on stage. i expect hina's rank to continue to rise, and hazuki in particular will fall (not because she was the worse but because she has the smallest fanbase & isnt insulated from mistakes like some of the top contestants). curious about what will happen with chiharu because honestly...no one really expected her to sing super well and she was gorgeous so. we'll see

member commentary

change is always possible but this is my stable top 4. rino & ran's teams weren't in this episode but it's a very good sign that rino still got screentime singing well & being a good leader. not thrilled that her rank dropped (14 → 17) and there are a lot of strong contenders in the early teens right now. in truth, i think some of them would be a much better fit for a spin off project (which have much higher success rates than the ones from korean produce) & rino would make more sense in top 11 but that's neither here nor there.

mana, as i said earlier did sooooo well in wadada, although im curious as to what she would've picked had she been given a real choice. im hoping her rank will rise - she didn't get a push in this ep but she was significantly more visible than a lot of her teammates so fingers crossed.

serina is just a good [potential] idol. i was surprised that she went for dance since her vocals are what i noticed first but she pulled off run run well. i wouldve picked shine a light or even antifragile for her though. unfortunately she got very little screentime & storyline but i'm sure run run will win so maybe that 20k will help maintain her spot.

standouts in this ep

not gonna break it down again but yeah. love the girlies love the vibes

other thoughts

call me crazy but im so so sure that these three will be recruited by lapone for a gg after the show. with the top 11 having skewing less cute im hoping that this becomes a reality bc these three fit eachother more than they fit momona/nano/ran/rin/etc. oda aruha (and maybe moro anon) would be here too but alas.

people i'd like to have seen in this ep

rin is riding a wave right now and she needs momentum to stay top 11. looking at the ranks now, kokona dropped 10 places (19 → 29) 🙃 rinon & ayano are fine, but i wanted to see them keep momentum as well. i like akiyama ema for some reason but to survive she desperately needs screentime and a good performance. I'm even more worried about tsukushi - her dropping from 18th to 31st after doing incredibly well is kind of insane. what i've said about tsukushi needing a storyline in the past still stands. i can already tell that her part in bijin will be great but with rinon & keiko im not sure what her screentime potential is.

ep 6 voting list

no surprises here, although im not sure what the voting has been reduced to? if it's only 5 i'd have to go with mana, rino, rin, serina, and then alternate kokona, yui, and mayu. i know that the "this person is safe so i wont vote for them" logic is flawed but i can't help it. good thing intl fans cant vote so this isn't a real concern! 🤪 /s

ep 6 semi-realistic top 11

only change is that i replaced kokona with joa. i have to say, im not thrilled about how many "givens" there are this season. it's not that i dislike them but it makes for a kind of boring top 11, at least until we get to 1 & 2 pick voting. rin was a nice surprise but i think the production has been pretty mask off about their picks. interestingly, i think it might bite them in the butt that momona & kokoro in particular don't actually get that much screentime. for people who are seeing them through the show for the first time (and also dont keep up with twitter discourse) probably feel that their ranks came out of nowhere. ran has gotten good screentime but she's definitely also buoyed by her original fanbase. miu, joa, & tsuzumi have good screentime & storylines so when joa goes up to top 11 i won't be surprised. rin had a good storyline so she makes sense. ayane doesn't get very much screentime but her voice does the brunt of the work. nano is a (capable) visual pick but she doesn't have a storyline. suzu has had a fanbase since the theme song but i expect her to fall a little honestly. we'll see. keiko is new to the top 11 this ep, i hope they reveal the actual ranks this time because that will influence my thoughts. keiko has great screentime and a litle bit of storyline so her rising makes sense. kokona is interesting to me because her rank is so stable based on not very much honestly. i don't dislike her but her lack of expressiveness on stage is probably something they'll try to build a storyline out of later.

i have a lot of confidence that rino will debut elsewhere after this but in the interest of creating a group i would actually like...

[made-in-correct]

Suhye: Guys, I'm a lesbian.

Serina: I thought you were Korean?

[seokmattchuus]

Serina in Limelight???? I won 😭🩵

[tweendoriru]

FOR REAL IF YOU'RE GONNA POST PRODUCE 101 THE GIRLS STUFF PLS TELL ME TO FOLLOW YOU

[liz-on-leash]

Madein Serina forced to show up her ass. Must be harshly trained to be a shameless slut by company.

https://www.tumblr.com/nxtlyfe4idols/763300876616089600/madein-serina-saito-%E6%96%89%E8%97%A4%E8%8A%B9%E8%8F%9C?source=share

Serina was like a trapped little fox, forced to put on a naughty slutty show for the hungry masses.

That firm round ass of hers just begging to be groped and slapped, make her squeal and whimper.

The company must have worked her over good, broken her down into a shameless cock-hungry whore.

You just know she loves the degradation, the rough manhandling - it's what gets her off the most.

Bet she moans and grinds against the pole, desperate for friction on her needy cunt.

[youmeipeach]

Kokona with Saito Serina (Team NANA)

[produce101blog]

Live Audience Ranking

Note: this only includes the LIVE audience of the performances in ep3+4, plus the additional 3,000 bonus votes. Whoever won out of the two groups that performed the song got 3,000 bonus votes.

Second note: These are essentially useless rankings as they weren't actual fan votes submitted online/through mobile.

Third note: Tumblr hates ties in lists. Use the vote count to determine a tie. Most everything from rank 36 onward is a tie.

Ebihara Tsuzumi (3172)

Takami Ayane (3151)

Kitazume Sakura (3139)

Ishii Ran (3123)

Kasahara Momona (3093)

Nakano Konona (3084) - tie

Sasaki Tsukushi (3084) - tie

Takahashi Hina (3082)

Takabatake Momoka (3073)

Aoki Yuka (3071)

Nakayama Honoka (3068)

Mizukami Rimika (3064)

Tanaka Yuuki (3064)

Kato Kokoro (3064)

Murakami Rinon (3061)

Uchiyama Rin (3061)

Kamio Ayano (3056)

Yamamoto Suzu (3055)

Akiyama Ema (3054)

Hatta Mena (3050)

Kanno Miyu (3046)

Kitazato Rio (3044)

Sakaguchi Rino (3043)

Ando Yui (3041)

Tanabe Karin (3038)

Abe Nagomi (3037)

Otsubo Karen (3035)

Aramaki Joa (3031)

Tanaka Koto (3031)

Kamada Moe (3029)

Matsushita Miyu (3028)

Sakurai Miu (3028)

Kenmotsu Nano (3026)

Kawabata Ranka (3023)

Shimizu Keiko (3021)

Kino Riko (3012)

Hidaka Hazuki (3011)

Nakamori Kotone (3011)

Yoshida Ayano (3011)

Kikukawa Aki (3010)

Kobayashi Sae (3010)

Nakamori Mikoto (3010)

Sato Ameli (3010)

Nakamura Aoi (3008)

Okabe Nonoka (3007)

Sano Jueri (3006)

Shiromaru Maho (3004)

Bando Fuka (3003) - whatever the opposite of MVP is (lowest votes) of winning groups

Yoshida Hana (81) - MVP (highest votes) of non-winning groups

Moro Anon (56)

Ando Chiharu (55)

Kato Kagura (55)

Yamazuki Mitsuki (46) - potential elimination cutoff

Fujimoto Ayaka (45)

Oyanagi Emi (45)

Hosoi Ayaka (37)

Kato Airi (37)

Kawagishi Runa (35)

Oda Aruha (35)

Sakata Kotone (30)

Sudo Sakura (28)

Mogi Shion (27)

Sutani Yurara (26)

Sekiguchi Rikako (25)

Shibuya Mei (24)

Watanabe Miyu (22)

Koyama Mana (20)

Kurokawa Honoka (18)

Sakuraba Haruka (18)

Tanaka Hana (18)

Iida Shizuku (16)

Hamasaki Aiko (13)

Saito Serina (13)

Oikawa Rio (12)

Sasaki Kokona (11)

Aita Rin (8)

Wakimoto Mihaya (8)

Okamura Nana (7)

Tani Seia (7)

Furuhashi Sayaka (6)

Kato Konomi (6)

Sugai Natsuho (5)

Tabata Nana (5)

Ueki Mimi (5)

Iyota Hana (5)

Nakamura Riro (4)

Yamaguchi Misaki (4)

Shibagaki Arisa (3)

Shinzawa Mika (3)

Tabuchi Miu (3)

Kataoka Rio (2)

Suzuki Rena (2)

Kurihara Kano (1)

Motohashi Meika (1)

Ota Sara (1)

Takagi Mayu (1)

[netizensbuzzz]

Kep1er’s Yeseo & Mashiro (plus Abe Nagomi & Saito Serina) will join LIMELIGHT, who are now MADEIN

[kep1er-net]

itsLIVEofficial: MADEIN의 잇츠라이브 현장 포토!📸 메이딘의 ‘UNO' 무대를 유튜브 it's Live 채널에서 확인하세요!✨

[dailyjidols]

February 2022 Monthly News Round-Up

It’s round-up time! Below the read more is a compilation of some notable news stories that we haven’t previously posted about.

AKB48

Member Haruna Saito announced that she will be taking leave from the group to receive medical treatment. [x*] Member of Hinano Okumoto, and Miyuu Kuramoto announced that they will graduate from the group in March. [x*] [x*] Member Anna Irma has announced that she passed the exam for DELE Spanish Diploma, at the level B1. [x*] Member Miho Miyazaki has reported that she will postpone her graduation from the end of February to mid-April. [x*]

BEYOOOOONDS

Member Momohime Kiyono missed two concerts in February due to loss of hearing. {x*]

BiS

Member Toggy is suspending activities due to a stress fracture. [x*]

Big Angel

Member Inori Hashimoto has graduated from the group on February 26th. The group will continue you as a duo. [x*]

EIMIE

Former members Kana and Yunapo withdrew from the group on February 11th. [x*]

HKT48

Member Rimika Mizukami has announced her graduation from the group, her last activity with the group will be on April 3rd with the release of HKT48’s second album. [x*] Member Mina Imada has announced that she will graduate the group on April 4th. [x*]

Kamen Joshi

Otoha Ayase’s contract was cancelled on February 24th due to a serious breach of contract. [x*]

Little Glee Monster

Member Serina is acting a long term rest after falling ill after a concert in December 2021. The group will continue with four members. [x*]

Lucky2

The group has annouced three new members, Uemura Ririka, Mori Akari, and Satou Kiki. The new members will join official activities with the unit starting in June. [x*]

Morning Musume

Member Chisaki Morito has announced that she will graduate from the group on June 20th, after postponing it due to the pandemic. [x*]

Nogizaka46

Member Hinako Kitano has announced that she will graduating from the group at the end of April. [x*]

Ringo Musume/Alps Otome

The four current members of the group have announced that they will be graduating at the end of March. On April 1st, the members of Alps Otome will become the new members of Ringo Musume. [x*] Saika intends to pursue modeling, and Jonagold will remain as a soloist and actress. [x*]

SEIZA HYAKKEI

The group have announced that they will be disbanding. Their final event is March 20th. [x*]

SKE48

Member Hayaka Igarashi will graduate on February 28th, without any event to send her off. [x*]

Tokyo Psychopath

Member Hakua Gozen has confirmed and come out publically as lesbian. You can read her note in Japanese from her instagram HERE and an English translation HERE.

22/7

The group have announced that they have eight new members. All of whom will be introduced by their program “Nananiji House”, and start activities as their 14 member group on March 10th. [x*]

[vyvesvi]

ep 7 / 8 / 9 FINALLY

ep 7: i wasn't actually able to watch it so ill just say -

tsukushi, rinon, and keiko killed it, they were definitely #1 in my mind. i loved rinon's tone and they all balanced eachother out super well. im sad that tsukushi got third but really, they all did so well.

antifragile was bad. they were a dance group but the vocals took me out of the song so bad i couldn't finish it. love ema though (rip). i didnt like rimika but she had so much potential storyline wise that she just never leaned into. missed opportunity for her

i tried to watch rocketeer for ran but im learning that i just don't vibe with ini's music. should've been jo1 supercali or something 🤷🏿‍♀️

i saw the feedback on twitter before watching ofc so i had pretty high expectations for momoka in the milet x aimer song...if i put the overhyping aside she did pretty well, WiSh I cOuLd'Ve ExPeRiEnCeD iT iN tHe CoNtExT oF tHe EpIsOdE tHoUgH and it probably would've been very satisfying

shut down was eh even though i like everyone on the team. i stopped halfway through, i dont love the song and their energy was oddly low

first love was great & super glad rino won :) even if it didnt impact her rank 🙃🙃🙃

overall bijin was the best, then first love, run run, & hero imo.

ep 8: as a rule i don't watch eliminations, but my beloved koyama mana was eliminated at rank 38 😭 fly high queen we love you 🕊 follow her on ig & yt @ himana_mana! also rip takagi mayu loved you too 🤧

im also sick that a certain someone is still in but we move 🥴 glad aita rin is still top 11 & ISHII RAN #1!!!! someone needs to save my sister tsukushi tho omg

ep 9

friend i watch with made the comment that these sound more like actual songs than survival show song usually do and i agree lol. usually there's this "made for tv" movie feel about them but these were honestly good enough to go to a debuted group. taking everything into account, my rank:

baddie - i was very suspicious of this song from the demo honestly but this team did great. i dont have many comments except that my girls rino and yui did the thing! hana has also been growing on me a lot

&me - now. the song was great but i didnt actually enjoy this tbh. im not a kokoro anti but it bothers me that she can get away with not showing anything over and over again and still be fighting for #1. she's very comfortable onstage and she seems like a great eldest member...that's pretty much all i can say. also, even though i really enjoy this style of music i don't think the final group members suit this and it would be a shame if this was the concept. my winner on this team, to no one's surprise, is tsuzumi. i wonder if she knows that they would be screwed without her. she quite literally did everything on this song

popcorn - this song was very cute but it was a bad choice for a performance. no matter who was on this team i think it would've placed low because there was no chance to show vocal or dance abilities. serina did a great job as center and i liked kokona's rap, but overall i just feel bad for them.

toxic - something was off here but they still did pretty well. they should've switched tsukushi and yuuki's parts for the vocals, but yuuki still visually looked good performing her part. i wish ran had the opportunity to stand out more but she knows she's that girl so she'll be fine. ayane served vocals of course. kokona...i like her more now but focusing the narrative on her was really annoying. and then it didn't seem like she really changed for the final performance? i also thought the pd session was kind of weird with them telling her, a 2007(?) baby to use her imagination to sing sexier.........it's a no from me.

a to z - this was rough and unfortunately it was kind of because of mena. she was the perfect center but she lost it vocally because the song was out of her range. i wish they couldve made her chorus a group chorus, but her other lines were fine

voting list!

however i know that it's 2 pick right now so id be voting for sakaguchi rino every day and irresponsibly splitting my votes between ishii ran, sasaki tsukushi, saito serina, and and yui. pretty confident that rinon is safe

top 11

this is the current top 11 minus suzu, plus rino & rinon. kenmotsu nano dropped 10 places after some rumors about her spread so she's probably out unless her fans save her. i've said this before but im not the hugest fan of how stable things have been thus far, but we'll see what's changed in just a few hours i guess!

i've added my picks to my carrd & this is looking like it'll be the second worst season for my picks after chuang 2020, where i got 0 lol (this season is looking like 1 out of 4). im pretty disappointed with the lack of storytelling & character building (& i dont mean evil editing) this season because that's what really gets audiences invested & makes the show feel more worth it. right now the final group is gonna have to impress me with their music because even though my top pick is literally top 3 (ran) im not super excited for the group 🙃

pd 101 japan picks & commentary (3)

preshow & ep 1

ep 2 - ep 5

ep 6 general commentary

this ep was kind of lowkey. not really sure how i feel about the team selection being entirely determined by rank - pretty sad that karen & momoka, amongst others, probably wont get to show their actual main abilities

the teams that performed were hero, shine a light, wa da da, & run run. ranking: run run > hero ≥ wa da da > shine a light. i don't really like the song choices (songs that already have choreo for a dance round, only one non-idol dance song, plus the singers/producers for that song helped arrange all of the vocal performances? makes me wonder if the final group will be getting a LAS song) but at least theyre all in japanese this time (for the vocal & rap groups at least)

run run: good performance but i have a few gripes. 1 - why was it worth more points? they said that the choreo was harder but the whole mission was for the girls to create choreo so... i dont actually expect that the trainees on these shows are doing all the arranging and writing and choreography themselves (much less on pd japan where virtually no one has a trainee background) but the whole set up of the mission kind of says the quiet part loud, you know? 2 - the distribution was a complete mess. loved joa as the center but the rest were basically backup dancers...for a choreo that theyre ostensibly creating themselves the difference in screentime between each person just doesnt make sense. and that was reflected in all of the ranks apart from yuuki & yurara i think. storyline: i found the koto/yuki storyline pretty meh. joa did actually do better than both of them so...? still, in another series this wouldve had a massive conflict edit & im glad pdj doesn't really do that. sad mitsuki & serina didn't get much screentime, i think mitsuki should've gone for antifragile actually, she needed to be on a team where the styling would've worked with her & allowed her to show more of a charming side on stage (friend that i watched LOVED her in cheer up, made me pause to figure out who the "gorgeous regina george lookalike" was.)

hero: ando yui is my daughter but i have to admit that she has a tendency towards shouting some notes. still, i feel like she has a ton of potential and im glad that she got to redeem herself after the audition. tsuzumi is basically in and she 100% knows it, so it's interesting to see how she's dealing with it. more than anyone else in the top it seems to really be impacting her, but she also seems to have a lot of close friends on the show who understand & are supporting her. to be honest, i usually don't like contestants like mayu but...idk. i see a lot in her but im not sure why. it seems like voters are starting to get serious so her rank has dropped a lot but i i'll miss her when she's eliminated. i hope there's some opportunity for her beyond the show.

wa da da: kind of sick that no one chose wa da da 😭 the stage was pretty messy in my opinion but mana did great, she's such a performer. personally ranka isnt one of my picks but i like her intensity a lot & she definitely deserved her rank. i don't think this is her moment exactly but i could see her being recruited somewhere after this. she would suit a kind of dramatic vibe. karen is interesting to me because while she doesn't dance well i found that she really fit the stage. i also love her attitude. there's no way she won't rise but im not sure that itll be enough. last and least,

shine a light: im a big jo1 fan but i knew this wasn't gonna go great from the outset. the energy of the original song is part of what makes it so good so the fact that they removed that.....i also think it's kind of notable that hina said that she didn't want it to be a ballad and was kind of steamrolled........anyways. we saw the performance. i've always said that i wanted hazuki to get more screentime & establish herself and this was her chance but...rip. from the second her voice cracked it was over for the whole team. every single person messed up except for hina. i know that this wasn't a super strong vocal group but it's so sad that they did the worse they've ever done on stage. i expect hina's rank to continue to rise, and hazuki in particular will fall (not because she was the worse but because she has the smallest fanbase & isnt insulated from mistakes like some of the top contestants). curious about what will happen with chiharu because honestly...no one really expected her to sing super well and she was gorgeous so. we'll see

member commentary

change is always possible but this is my stable top 4. rino & ran's teams weren't in this episode but it's a very good sign that rino still got screentime singing well & being a good leader. not thrilled that her rank dropped (14 → 17) and there are a lot of strong contenders in the early teens right now. in truth, i think some of them would be a much better fit for a spin off project (which have much higher success rates than the ones from korean produce) & rino would make more sense in top 11 but that's neither here nor there.

mana, as i said earlier did sooooo well in wadada, although im curious as to what she would've picked had she been given a real choice. im hoping her rank will rise - she didn't get a push in this ep but she was significantly more visible than a lot of her teammates so fingers crossed.

serina is just a good [potential] idol. i was surprised that she went for dance since her vocals are what i noticed first but she pulled off run run well. i wouldve picked shine a light or even antifragile for her though. unfortunately she got very little screentime & storyline but i'm sure run run will win so maybe that 20k will help maintain her spot.

standouts in this ep

not gonna break it down again but yeah. love the girlies love the vibes

other thoughts

call me crazy but im so so sure that these three will be recruited by lapone for a gg after the show. with the top 11 having skewing less cute im hoping that this becomes a reality bc these three fit eachother more than they fit momona/nano/ran/rin/etc. oda aruha (and maybe moro anon) would be here too but alas.

people i'd like to have seen in this ep

rin is riding a wave right now and she needs momentum to stay top 11. looking at the ranks now, kokona dropped 10 places (19 → 29) 🙃 rinon & ayano are fine, but i wanted to see them keep momentum as well. i like akiyama ema for some reason but to survive she desperately needs screentime and a good performance. I'm even more worried about tsukushi - her dropping from 18th to 31st after doing incredibly well is kind of insane. what i've said about tsukushi needing a storyline in the past still stands. i can already tell that her part in bijin will be great but with rinon & keiko im not sure what her screentime potential is.

ep 6 voting list

no surprises here, although im not sure what the voting has been reduced to? if it's only 5 i'd have to go with mana, rino, rin, serina, and then alternate kokona, yui, and mayu. i know that the "this person is safe so i wont vote for them" logic is flawed but i can't help it. good thing intl fans cant vote so this isn't a real concern! 🤪 /s

ep 6 semi-realistic top 11

only change is that i replaced kokona with joa. i have to say, im not thrilled about how many "givens" there are this season. it's not that i dislike them but it makes for a kind of boring top 11, at least until we get to 1 & 2 pick voting. rin was a nice surprise but i think the production has been pretty mask off about their picks. interestingly, i think it might bite them in the butt that momona & kokoro in particular don't actually get that much screentime. for people who are seeing them through the show for the first time (and also dont keep up with twitter discourse) probably feel that their ranks came out of nowhere. ran has gotten good screentime but she's definitely also buoyed by her original fanbase. miu, joa, & tsuzumi have good screentime & storylines so when joa goes up to top 11 i won't be surprised. rin had a good storyline so she makes sense. ayane doesn't get very much screentime but her voice does the brunt of the work. nano is a (capable) visual pick but she doesn't have a storyline. suzu has had a fanbase since the theme song but i expect her to fall a little honestly. we'll see. keiko is new to the top 11 this ep, i hope they reveal the actual ranks this time because that will influence my thoughts. keiko has great screentime and a litle bit of storyline so her rising makes sense. kokona is interesting to me because her rank is so stable based on not very much honestly. i don't dislike her but her lack of expressiveness on stage is probably something they'll try to build a storyline out of later.

i have a lot of confidence that rino will debut elsewhere after this but in the interest of creating a group i would actually like...

[made-in-correct]

Serina, pulling open the curtains: Rise and shine, Nago-chan!

Nagomi, squinting: ..is this heaven..?

Serina: Oh, I- I'm flattered-

Nagomi: No unnie the sun is fucking blinding me right now

[fireboos187]

based off of this post from my sister @origamihoshi​

in this post we have from top to bottom: -Moirin Lomares (my main) -Cyra Wildshadow (the oldest of three siblings. my first character. well, sorta, technically my first character was a Lalafell, but this was back when I only had the free trial, so when I decided “wait, no, I want a cat girl” I quickly deleted the Lalafell, who I don’t remember how she looked, nor her name, lmao, and made a Miqo’te) -Ronan Wildshadow (the youngest of three siblings) -A’nnala Lynn (recreation of an old OC of mine, named Anala) -Cynthia “Cyn“ Cantabella (an OC of the same family/tribe that Ori’s character, Serina, is from. also, Cyn uses they/them pronouns, I know that’s not an option in the game, but my character, I make the rules.) -Hoshiko Ishikawa -Kenshin Fujioka (fun fact: the pink letters in his image is spoken by Hoshiko. they’re childhood friends, but he decided he will be her loyal guard/protector) -Lorilae Camoa -Amelina Lamolli -Linnie Ravilet -Yoko Akiyama -Hikari Saito