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#ai has teh ability to match the pace and adapt to those around her
yamatonikado · 3 years
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ok i think kotaro puling ai from the group is a good thing. a lot of people probably noticed this and said he did it because the girls were overly dependent on Ai during their idol career, which is true. The Franchouchou girls rely on Ai to get a lot of things done. After all, she has the experience of being the center of an idol group, the queen of idol groups, Iron Frill. It’s only normal that they rely on her. Maybe too much. 
But, I think he pulled Ai out of the performance for a different reason. I think he did it so that the rest fo the girls of Franchouchou can develop as their own kind of group. Kind of in a way to get the girls to develop their own flavor/ color as an idol group. 
Ai knows what to do to appeal as a top star idol, but the goal of Franchouchou isn’t to be top star idols (like Iron Frill). It’s to 1) appeal/ save saga and 2) bring out each of the girls own potential (mainly with Sakura) and 3) get revenge on all the people who thought they were flops by proving that they can be successful in their own right.
The girls are super afraid of their opening act at the Iron Frill concert being a bust, and they’re right. If the girls perform with Ai, and they perfect their performance under her guidance, it might look as if Franchouchou is a wannabe Iron Frill. Ai will guide them like she did her former group members, that’s what she knows. but if they do this it’ll only bring Franchouchou down because the OG Iron Frill will preform after them, giving the audience something to compare the girls too. (Esp. since everyone keeps on comparing Ai to the legendary dead idol Mizuno Ai). 
So, Kotaro did the easiest thing. Remove Ai. If the girls preform (or practice preforming) without Ai and her guidance as a former Iron Frill member, then they’ll be given a chance to create their own appeal that unique to them and will draw out their own fans. No one will be able to compare them to Iron Frill or even say that Franchouchou wants to be like them. 
TDLR: Kotaro separated the Ai and the group so that they can develop their own strengths independent of one another. This way Franchouchou can develop as its own group whose appeal is drastically different from its competitors. He didn’t remove Ai because she might be recognized, he removed Ai so that no one can compare Iron Frill to Franchouchou. 
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