A fan edited this DaaMaa pic into HQ pic
https://twitter.com/...497517762760707
From Ayumin's blog
Pics
From NHK's SONG OF TOKYO FESTIVAL 2019
Queen
(More + Bigger size in spoiler)
Unofficial Pics
(More + Bigger size in spoiler)
^I saw this video "hack" on twt before. I think it's amazing that they even changed the tour logo to emerald green for this. Recently the office seems to acknoledge Maa's popularity a lot more. And while they don't seem to want to push anyone in any group nowadays (which imo is also a good thing) they give us these sweet little presents
Not just recently, the office must know about her popularity the most
Even staff from Famitsu magazine were amazed by her popularity, keep saying her photoshoot is a huge buzz and since fans are really interested in the outfit she wears in the photoshoot, they say it's the first time the outfit in Famitsu photoshoot got identified like that
Also in a livestream of a writer and professional interviewer (17:03~) who know well about H!P, they both agree that Maachan is currently the most popular member in H!P.
They also say that most of *Gaibu people (*literally "outside people", implies general people who don't know much about H!P) when they got addicted to H!P, the first thing they say is something like "Maachan is amazing"
Or when talking about Maachan has complex with her face, Reina said something like "you are popular so be confident" then Sawagoro also added "her popularity is amazing" (4:32~)
Makoto-san as well, in Satoyama Satoumi event the crowd in her selling booth made him amazed. Also when Haruka and Honoka both say their admired senpai is Maa, Makoto-san is like "Maachan is really popular huh" (12:14~)
Well, it can be easily seen blog posts or pics of each members posted on different official accounts, hers always have the most likes + retweets
Her 2nd tiny tiny episode already #3 most viewed and #2 most liked episode
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The office knows it well but it seems that they try not make the popularity gap any bigger
(2ch has discussed a lot and wondered why the office always put Maa in the back or in the edge in group pics... for example the most recent pic for UTB+ cover )
2ch also say even in Abe Goto or Michishige Sayashi era, the gap were not this big