Over the course of the months I’ve been blogging here on WordPress for, it seems I’ve been constantly obsessing and trying to discern the reasons some girls in Hello! Project are chosen as leads: to be in the front row of group pictures, get the most solo lines/precedence over group harmonies in songs, etc. This stems from both my fondness for girls who never take over a single or album song, or even make it into the middle row in a group photoshoot. This may come as no surprise to most of you, but I’ve realized through the handiness that is this monthly chart, that the wota basically control Hello! Project from the outside in.
Of course, that’s not all there is to it. Not one innocent wota is going to have a big effect on who goes where in this company, unless he’s like Densha Otoko, and that’s about the most unlikely thing to happen while I’m a Morning Musume fan. No, it takes thousands of wota showing their bona fide appreciation for a single idol, one who has managed to capture their hearts and minds in ways I cannot fathom in most cases, who gets the nudge forth by Up-Front Agency or whoever’s making decisions in H!P these days. Think Shibata Ayumi, Sugaya Risako, Suzuki Airi, Kusumi Koharu, Mano Erina, Ishikawa Rika, Takahashi Ai, or Tanaka Reina.
