>>72185283I read a little further into this. I don't know much about AKB48 but am interested in its history (for obvious reasons). Curiously, none of them shut done because of failures. 3 were COVID screwing up the debuts, the China one went independent after a contract violation, Iz*One was apparently always meant to be temporary with contracts only lasting 2 & a half years. The only one I'm unsure about it SDN48, but that seems like it was a redundant experiment to begin with, marketed as "idol group for adults"; allegedly it was similar to the 3 COVID cases, the 2011 earthquake fucked up the debut process
