Celedam wrote:And that is why I cautioned to wait another day.
It was pretty clear it was her, multiple media had confirmed it at that point.
At no point was I under the impression she was going to replace Yui-Metal from now on.
That was clear from the start when they introduced the concept of rotating girls to fill the third spot in the introductory MC.
Riho was there on Day 1. A Sakura Gakuin girl was there today. Tomorrow at Glastonbury we'll see yet another girl.
Out of all the places Riho could have popped up, at a BABYMETAL concert I did not expect at all.
All I know is, when there's a Blu-ray of this out somewhere I have to buy it.
Celedam wrote:the vast majority of BABYMETAL fans simply don't care. because whoever she is, she's not YUIMETAL.
Of course they care.
First thing they all wanted to know: "who is the third girl".
Who is able to take that fabled third spot?
https://www.reddit.com/r/BABYMETAL/comm ... rihometal/https://www.reddit.com/r/BABYMETAL/comm ... _japanese/https://www.reddit.com/r/BABYMETAL/comm ... _was_riho/On the BABYMETAL Discord & Reddit as the concert was going on her name came up countless times.
The #BABYMETAL hashtag on Twitter was flooded with "Sayashi Riho" (both English & Japanese).
They knew it wasn't Yui-metal but they sure as hell wanted to see who joined the other two on stage.
Just like they did today.
Celedam wrote:but for whatever reason they didn't officially introduce her.
I hardly knew anything about BABYMETAL until today, but looking up some stuff since this situation started, that's what their management does.
Mystery, weird announcements, not being 100% clear, saying one thing one day, another the next day.
Their fans seems to find it equally as frustrating as they find it fascinating.