#Gossip Manual#
When she first appeared as an AKB48 member, Mayu Watanabe was 14 years old and a standard otaku.
She has loved manga since she was a child and has been obsessed with the second dimension, so when she saw AKB48, which was born for the two-dimensional otaku, she did not hesitate to sign up for the election when selecting new members.
If you can't choose once, you will register for the second time.
Finally got his wish to join this big group.
From the first general election of AKB48 to the graduation of Mayo Watanabe, she participated in nine general elections, each time in the top five.
Thus it became the first god 7.
(The top seven members in the overall election were called "Shin 7" by fans, and AKB48's original Shin 7 included Atsuko Maeda, Yuko Oshima, Mariko Shinoda, Mayo Watanabe, Minami Takahashi, Yosai Koshima, and Yumi Itano.) ）
Fans may never forget that when Mayu Watanabe first got one in 2014, she had a dream-like joy and awe on her face.
That kind of sadness seems to be a kind of relief, as if he has an explanation for his idol career.
Some fans have broken the news that since then, Watanabe Mayu has had the idea of graduating.
But she was reluctant to do so, and at that time, AKB was broken, and there were too few members who could support the field.
So Mayu Watanabe stayed until 2017.
I remember that year, Watanabe Mayu participated in the general election for the last time, and fans desperately wanted to give her one.
But it is a pity that whether the company has the next ace to hold, or the back wave is really strong, Watanabe Mayu only won the second.
As if Watanabe had already anticipated it, she calmly accepted the result.
On December 31, 2017, Mayo Watanabe accompanied AKB48 to the NHK Red and White Song Festival, and after the performance, she gently placed the microphone on the ground and revealed her signature smile.
This was the last time she performed as an AKB48 member.
Looking back on these ten years, Watanabe Mayo has become more and more stable and more and more like his predecessors.
She is the best implementer of Akita Yasushi's original philosophy of "idols that can be faced" and "idols that can grow together" when he first created AKB48.
Watching a teenage girl grow up, watching her get better and better, like a friend around you, she inspires you, she accompanies you with her smile.
This should be the greatest meaning of cultivating a teenage idol.
