edit:
^oh wow
@AngelAndz - can you post that on Riai thread too?
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I am sorry .. I am particularly sceptic about this drama, acting, theater thing ..
I have always been against it ..
To me its bad because
Its forgettable and usually H!P does nothing with it after that ..
Its something the management use just to make sure the girls wouldn't get any long rest period so that they wouldn't be paying them to do nothing
It bring them out of the idol game and allows competitors to cash in when they are busy doing theater which idol fans usually ain't interested with ..
Their theater show is successful because its the idols who are doing it and its not the idol is successful because they did theater show
To me this is reverse in term of progression ..
They got to be first successful idols before they can draw the fans to the theaters ..
So without establishing themselves as idols .. but going straight to theaters will only see them fade and fans will lose interest ..
If this continue, Kurumi and Momohime are actually getting a terrible end of the deal ..
while you can say they may build a more successful career in the future as a theater actress ..
But the cost of it is they will not get any success as an idol ..
Being out of H!P KSS means the fans will see less of them and fan interest will move to other H!P KSS trainees..
and at the same time, them not having a group will make fans lose interest in them as fans will be supporting the groups who are releasing content and running events and shows
Basically its a very weak stand point to me for the both of them
And I wouldn't want more to join them unless UF or H!P got a solid plan on how they are going do this ..
I am very sceptic about the Engeki Joshibu thing and it looks to be another one of those thing that H!P do but will just drop and forget about it after some time ..
Come on .. they can't even sustain CG so I really got little confidence in them for Engeki Joshibu ..