Ano...

[kyanited]

Hmph. sumirepanther noted that the journalist who published the Yuuhi news is not particularly reliable.

BUT s/he quotes Kobayashi-san as saying that it's not /that/ unusual to have a niban who is 'older' than the top - Non-chan (Kuze Seika) was 'older' than Yuri (Amami Yuuki), too.

(Non-chan was 69th class while Yuri was 73rd. Yuuhi is 78th and Yuu is 81st.)


Sounds a bit like they've been digging for precedents before making the decision, but to me it's the result that counts. :)

Comments

[caithion.livejournal.com]

Personally, I'm going to wait until they parade down the Okaidan on the first day of Arabia of Love and Death / Red Hot Sea.

<- cynic

HANE talks, they say

[sumirepanther.livejournal.com]

I wasn't very conscious about that point until Asian Winds! I thought Yumiko was doing a nibente role in the parade. But then I found so many Yumiko fans dumbstruck and distressed. They saw the hane she carried on the back was not that of nibante, and was as small as those of Yuu's and Rantomu's. Her fans took it as a clear sign of... Well, we all know what followed.

This morning I was so happy to see Yumiko finally carry a proper nibante-hane, large and georgeous, in the parade of Miroir in the Yuki shonichi digest on Sky Stage.

Re: HANE talks, they say

[caithion.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm... interesting. I hadn't realized she didn't get nibante status for that show. But also, wouldn't a lot of the focus have been on Fuu-chan, since it was her last show? I could see them doing that instead of worrying about sorting everyone out after Yuu's move.

Anyway, I'm glad to hear about Yumiko now. I think she was an interesting choice for Yukigumi, but she seems to be fitting in there very well.