The Official H!PS XIV Discussion Thread

[Denki]

OZEKI WILL DETERMINE THE FAITH OF THIS COMPETITION.

Omg. Will it happen?

[resop2]

It was a wild ride and a real nail biter, but the inverse round ends with only one elimination (at one point it appeared that up to six would be eliminated).

So, the campaign of Country Girls ends but they had a really surprisingly strong showing. Ozeki Mai says "Gomen ne" one more time.

The standings:

Pairings:
Sasaki Rikoko/Murota Mizuki
Tamura Meimi/Miyamoto Karin

Major Groups:
ANGERME (3-6): (Wada Ayaka, Fukuda Kanon, Nakanishi Kana, Takeuchi Akari, Katsuta Rina, Meimi Tamura, Murota Mizuki, Aikawa Maho, Sasaki Rikako)
Juice ni Juice (1-4): (Miyazaki Yuka, Kanazawa Tomoko, Miyamoto Karin, Takagi Sayuki, Uemura Akari)
Morning Musume (2-11): (Fukumura Mizuki, Ikuta Erina, Sayashi Riho, Suzuki Kanon, Iikubo Haruna, Ishida Ayumi, Sato Masaki, Kudo Haruka, Oda Sakura, Ogata Haruna, Nonaka Miki, Makino Maria, Haga Akane)

Minor Groups:
ODATOMO (1-1): (Oda Sakura, Kanazawa Tomoko)
Jurin (1-1): (Sato Masaki, Miyamoto Karin)
Harvest (1-3): (Takeuchi Akari, Ikuta Erina, Ishida Ayumi, Sato Masaki)

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Eliminated Groups:
Triplet: (Kudo Haruka, Okai Chisato, Takagi Sayuki)
Peaberry: (Sayashi Riho, Wada Ayaka)
C-ute: (Yajima Maimi, Nakajima Saki, Suzuki Airi, Okai Chisato, Hagiwara Mai)
Sato no Akari: (Sato Masaki, Katsuta Rina, Uemura Akari)
Country Girls: (Tsugunaga Momoko, Yamaki Risa, Inaba Manaka, Morito Chisaki, Ozeki Mai)


Eliminated Pairings:
Round 1:
Ikuta Erina/Nakanishi Kana
Ikuta Erina/Fukumura Mizuki (PonPon)
Ikuta Erina/Ishida Ayumi (Suberizu)
Ikuta Erina/Iikubo Haruna (HoneyPon)
Ikuta Erina/Oda Sakura (PonDaa)
Ikuta Erina/Fukuda Kanon (MaroPon)
Katsuta Rina/Ishida Ayumi
Katsuta Rina/Suzuki Kanon (BakuKizzu)
Nakajima Saki/Yajima Maimi

Round 2:
Yajima Maimi/Suzuki Airi
Okai Chisato/Hagiwara Mai
Nonaka Miki/Ogata Haruna (HaaChel)
Sato Masaki/Kudo Haruka
Sato Masaki/Oda Sakura (Masakura)
Sato Masaki/Sayashi Riho
Sato Masaki/Fukumura Mizuki
Fukuda Kanon/Takagi Sayuki (MaroSaro)
Fukuda Kanon/Murota Mizuki
Miyazaki Yuka/Uemura Akari
Tsugunaga Momoko/Fukumura Mizuki (MomoPon)

Round 3:
Takagi Sayuki/Kanazawa Tomoko
Takagi Sayuki/Kudo Haruka
Nakanishi Kana/Suzuki Kanon
Nakanishi Kana/Oda Sakura (SakuNaka)

Round 4:
Makino Maria/Ogata Haruna
Sayashi Riho/Suzuki Kanon (SayaSuzu)
Sayashi Riho/Ishida Ayumi (the Dance Aces)
Sayashi Riho/Miyamoto Karin
Sayashi Riho/Takeuchi Akari
Sayashi Riho/Fukumura Mizuki
Kanazawa Tomoko/Uemura Akari
Kanazawa Tomoko/Miyamoto Karin

Round 5:
Ogata Haruna/Haga Akane
Ogata Haruna/Oda Sakura

Round 6:
Fukumura Mizuki/Takeuchi Akari (OdenPon)
Fukumura Mizuki/Suzuki Kanon (MiZukki)
Fukumura Mizuki/Ishida Ayumi (GAM 2)
Fukumura Mizuki/Kudo Haruka
Fukumura Mizuki/Iikobo Haruna
Fukumura Mizuki/Oda Sakura
Takeuchi Akari/Suzuki Kanon

Round 7:
Iikubo Haruna/Wada Ayaka (HoneyCho)
Kudo Haruka/Ishida Ayumi
Kudo Haruka/Miyamoto Karin
Kudo Haruka/Wada Ayaka (AyaDuu)
Kudo Haruka/Moruta Mizuki (Love Love Mi(zuki) Duu)

Round 8:
Suzuki Kanon/Oda Sakura
Suzuki Kanon/Tamura Meimi
Suzuki Airi/Ashida Ayumi



Winners and Losers:

Last intact major group: Juice ni Juice (round 1!)
Last intact group: (Tie) ODATOMA & Peaberry (round 4)
First Eliminated Group: Triplet (round 7)
First Eliminated Major Group: C-ute (Round 8 )

[sb]

The most disappointing thing is the next Round probably won't be as exciting.

We'll take a break before we start up the next poll. Maybe another reverse vote...
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[Denki]

Date Shimai is still in one piece.

[CaptainBerryzGiraffe]

crap that was intense. Happy my Daishi isn't gone. <3

but then again Karin isn't either... so....

So pissed at myself because karin would have only had 3 votes right now.
>.<

[forgetmenots]

This round was almost legendary. Instead my second fave to win got elimated. Oh well. Country Girls did surprisingly well considering how new groups usually do.

My allegiance now switches to Meimi I think, or possibly Rikako, though supporting Karin is really tempting.

[Shoujo Q]

While my alligence will forever be on Sakura's side, the fact I don't want to see another Musume win H!PS means I'll need to be making some tough choices soon. She's not long for this game with the cards stacked against her and it's clear Ayumi is a Stronger player compared to her so if anyone else out there wants to see a non Musume win. You know what to do. Or not, I'm half asleep while I write this. Back to sleep I go.

[CaptainBerryzGiraffe]

so when's the next one start? :3

[resop2]

I forgot a pairing in the leaders list. Oda Sakura and Ishida Ayumi are the "Friend-imies".

So this means that no matter who gets eliminated this round you are breaking up a pairing.

Some reminders on what you will be heartlessly killing:

Miyamoto Karin/Tamura Meimi
https://41.media.tumblr.com/3977412e991241691acc70ddc6cca0fa/tumblr_nj3l0lYkCa1r319hlo8_400.png

Moruta Mizuki/Sasaki Rikako
https://40.media.tumblr.com/b1d3b5619ccece35d35b72259c5dd070/tumblr_nms1p75R1P1qk5s13o3_1280.jpg

Oda Sakura/Ishida Ayumi
http://i.imgur.com/nHs7oU3.jpg

[jeiwa42]

omg i've never seen that murotan/sasaki photo before, that's so cool! NYC hoodies and all