>>65045580Anon, you are talking about two separate things
1) Phase is significantly stronger than in the start of the year. That's patent from their numbers and, as you observed well, even their ceiling raised
2) Not even Phase girl is significantly stronger than at the start of the year and even those who are, the contribution of going from 170 to 250 gets smoothed out by the giant among them (Pippa)
That's exactly why there is an "unpipp'd" chart
>pic relatedto show that Pippa started growing strongly all the way back in early October while the rest of the branch only caught up to the growth wave mid November.
Two things can be true at the same time, with them being
1) Pippa is about to become the strongest North America bound girl in the monthly tables beating all Niji EN girls
2) Phase is not growing equally top to bottom
In a few months after the recent debut buff wears off you'll have a better picture to see if the new additions are more "Pippas" or more of the rest