^x2 Getting Iikubo on shows like London Hearts and have her defend her favorites like Sayu or Morning Musume in general could be fun too

In the latest Young Town when Ikuta rejects Sanma's suggestion to start changing directions like saying how much she respected and loved Sayu now that Niigaki's not around much anymore, she got all indignant and passionately argues with Ikuta "How could you say such things?" while still using her usual formal speech

Not that Ikuta doesn't like Sayu or anything, quiet the opposite actually but she prefer not to advertise it as much as Iikubo (or Fukumura for that matter) so she can keep being the receiving end of Sayu's teasing. Besides, after Reina, she's probably the one who can trade banters with Sayu the easiest without both needing to hold back with each other. I'm glad she realized that and decided to use it to her and the groups benefit

『ROCKETMAN SHOW!!』 Ikuta, Oda
Eripon has a good awareness for this kind of thing imo, character types and how to use it to be entertaining, it should serve her well in variety circuits in the future.
