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Akimoto Yasushi sighed lightly: "Shiraishi, you don't have to worry, this is not below." You will always be a member of AKB48. ”

"Do I want to grow up with that group until they become the same group as AKB now? Mai Shiraishi asked.

Yasu Akimoto nodded: "Go and show everyone what you are capable of." You are an ACE. ”

Mai Shiraishi took a deep breath: "I understand, Mr. Akimoto, I will work hard." ”

"Alas, I've wronged you, Shiraishi. Akimoto sighed.

Mai Shiraishi bowed to Yasusu Akimoto again and left the office.

After the girl left the office, she couldn't hold back her tears anymore.

Back at the place where the members gathered, her abnormality was immediately noticed by Ikuta Erika and Yuko Oshima.

"Mayiyang, what's wrong with you?" asked Yuko Oshima with concern.

Mai Shiraishi smiled reluctantly: "I'm fine, don't worry." ”

"No, you definitely have something on your mind behind us. "Ikuta Eri Ikebanachi.

"Mayiyang, tell us if there is anything unhappy or sad, and we will all help you together. Yuko Oshima also said.

Mai Shiraishi hesitated for a moment and told the two girls what Akimoto had done to him.

Yuko Oshima's face was full of shock.

"No, how can this be, let's go to Teacher Zhu Zi for evaluation. Erika Ikuta said angrily.

"Flowey, no need. Teacher Zhu Zi is so busy now, and he has a lot of things on him now, don't bother him anymore. Mai Shiraishi said softly.

"You have to think about it. It's about your future," Yuko Oshima advised.

"But...... "What did Ikuta Erika want to say?" was interrupted by Mai Shiraishi.

"It's nothing, I also want to go to this so-called new group. Maybe the new group in the future is a good fit for me," Mai Shiraishi said.

Ikuta Erika and Oshima Yuko glanced at each other, and they no longer forced each other.

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In June, the results of the AKB 22nd single selection were announced.

The first to be announced was Rina Fujie, who finished in 40th place, with 4,698 votes, surpassing Atsuko Maeda's 4,630 votes in third place in the first general election. The 39th place was Miori Ichikawa, who had never been selected and her name had never appeared in the quick report, and the 37th place was Ami Maeda. Mika Komori surpassed Kazuko Hasa by 3 votes to become 32nd. In his speech, Akion Takayanagi, who was ranked 23rd, pleaded with producer Yasushi Akimoto to plan their own performance for TeamKII.

Next, the first to enter the top 21 singles selection group was Asuka Kuramochi, Yuki Kashiwagi took 11th place, Reina Matsui came in 10th place, and Erika Ikuta finished 9th. After that, Tomomi Itano finished in 8th place, and "God 7" collapsed for the first time, and she couldn't help but cry in disappointment when she gave her speech. Minami Takahashi, who ranked seventh, emphasized that he would prove with his life that "hard work will definitely pay off". Replacing Itano's position as "God 7" was Mai Shiraishi in third place.

When announcing the second place, the emcee Kazuo Tokumitsu pointed out that "the number of votes in the second place is 4 times that of the previous session", and read "AKB48, TeamK, Yuko Oshima", and the audience continued to cry, and Atsuko Maeda, who learned that he was determined to win the crown, immediately covered his face and cried. Yuko Oshima said in her speech, "The number of votes is everyone's love", thus countering the criticism that the general election is not one person, one vote. In the end, Atsuko Maeda won the AKB general election for the first time with 139,892 votes, and after Mai Oshima and Yuko Oshima reached the top, the girl finally proved herself, and her words in her speech, "Even if you hate me, please don't hate AKB", became a classic golden phrase in the future. Later, the emcee Kazuo asked Atsuko Maeda to talk to Yuko Oshima, who was the first in the previous competition, and Maeda said to Oshima, "I'm really happy to be able to become the pillars of AKB together in the future." Yuko Oshima said, "A-chan is the 'face of AKB'. In the end, the two hugged each other and the event ended.

All the selected members were presented with a song by the host Kazuo Tokumitsu

Due to AKB48's popularity in 2010, most of the media expected that the total number of votes and the number of votes received by members in this general election would reach a new high. The total number of votes cast in the final election was 1,166,145, of which 779,090 votes came from the single "Everyday, Headband". In other words, nearly half of the singles buyers did not vote.

Among the seven members with the most votes in the last two general elections (known as God 7), Tomomi Itano fell to 8th place, while Mai Shiraishi, who ranked 11th last year, rose to 3rd place. In the high-profile battle between Atsuko Maeda and Yuko Oshima, Maeda won the first place with a difference of more than 10,000 votes.

For DiVA member Yuka Masuda, who ranked 25th in the last two general elections, the ranking jumped to 20th in one fell swoop and entered the selection group. Natsumi Hirashima of the corridor running team finished 26th in three consecutive championships.

In terms of SKE48, Rina Matsui, who was finally cultivated in the end, fell out of the media selection group and ranked 14th, and a total of 6 of the 40 selected members belonged to SKE48.

The only member of NMB48 selected was Aya Yamamoto in 28th place.

This time, a total of 9 members were selected for the first time, namely Yui Yokoyama, Aya Yamamoto, Shizuka Daishi, Kazuko Hatosa, Mina Oba, Akari Suda, Ami Maeda, Sako Matsui, and Miori Ichikawa.

The advertising value of the general election is equivalent to 8.015 billion yen. The topic of the general election was selected as the third place in Japan's entertainment news, and later rose to the first place, and finally took the first place in June. The general election was also the most talked about topic on Twitter in May, with a sharp increase in searches on Yahoo and the second most viewed headline in the Akiba Economic News. In addition to the attention of men, the general election also received attention from women. Programs that broadcast the general election live achieved an average rating of 11.7% in the Kanto region, a sharp increase of 4.1% from the usual 7.6%. On the night after the results were announced, the TBS TV program "Ariyoshi AKB Republic" broadcast news about the general election[51] and achieved the highest rating of 5.6% as a late-night program. On the day after the general election, AKB48 received 7 million views on its official website, a nearly 15-fold increase from the usual number, with Atsuko Maeda's blog posts rising to 63,000 and Yuko Oshima's 58,000 comments.