Chapter 700: The New Era and the Old Era

From August to the end of September, Zhu Zi was in the crew without any delay, and finally completed the filming of "Winner is Justice 2".

During this period, "Naoki Hanzawa" has become a TV series with the highest ratings of private TV stations since the new century.

Hanzawa Naoki caused a stir.

In more than two months, AKB48

And a lot of great things happened.

First of all, the first AKB48 group draft was held on August 8

In the end, NMB48 selected Rinka Sudo in the first round.

The girl later nailed two AKB48 and NMB48 to the pillar of shame.

At the same time, this year's general election selection single "Love Lucky Cookie" was also released in August.

This refers to the first single recorded by Rino Hara as a member of the center, and the last single recorded by Tomomi Itano and Mariko Shinoda, two first-term members.

The single's first-day sales exceeded 1 million.

In fact, on June 10, 2013, two days after the 5th Audition, AKB48 announced that it would release its 32nd single on August 21, 2013, and announced that the A-side song would be used as the theme song for Fuji TV's annual event, Gokoku 2013. However, details such as the title of the single were not released at the time. On the 13th of the same month, Rino Tsuhara, the first name of the current general election, said at the performance at the HKT48 theater that she had received a text message from AKB48 chief producer Yasu Akimoto and learned that the new song was called "Scared Heads". Subsequently, in the variety show "AKB Imaging Center", which was broadcast live late at night on the 23rd of the same month, Rino Torihara announced that the new song title was actually "Fortune Cookie of Love" instead of the previously announced "Ototo", and said that "Otozu" was just Yasushi Akimoto's "trick". In addition, in conjunction with the release of the single, AKB48 members starred in the one-night short drama "Fortune Cookies" (Japanese: ONDA×AKB48) which was broadcast on Fuji TV late at night on July 7.

The title song of this single, like the first two singles "Flying Start" and "Plaid Pattern", which were decided by the general election, was also revealed for the first time in TBS's super-long music program "Music Day", which aired on June 29, with members singing in the studio and being interviewed by the host. The new song will be performed by the members of the selection team led by Rino Tsuhara, including Mariko Shinoda and Tomomi Itano, who have already announced their scheduled graduation. However, due to 16-year-old Rina Matsui's child welfare regulations, she could not work after 10 p.m. to participate in the performance, and Erika Ikuta was unable to attend due to work abroad, so the positions of the two were replaced by Rina Kawaei and Muto Jumon respectively.

Mariko Shinohata's graduation song "Not Because of Tears" and Tomomi Itano's graduation song "The Last Door", which is included in Type-B, were first revealed in "MUSIC STATION" on July 12 and August 9, respectively. The program specially produced a graduation special for them, looking back on their AKB48 career, and the host Tamori presented a bouquet. Shinoda and Itano tearfully gave thank-you speeches.

Just like the 48 Group's consistent single release style, this single record is also released in the form of one single and multiple versions, with a total of four versions: Type-A, Type-K, Type-B and theatrical disks, among which Type-A, K, and B will be released in two sub-editions respectively, which are only limited to the initial limited edition of the market, and the regular disc that has been released for a long time. Different versions of the record will have different included tracks and bonus (bonus).

At the concert "AKB48 Summer 2013 Dome Tour – There's Still a Lot to Do" at Fukuoka Dome on July 20th, the three B-side songs sung by Under Girls, Next Girls, and Future Girls were also revealed for the first time in the encore section, and the A-side music video that had already been produced was also played for the first time in this concert. On the same day, AKB48 also announced the staff version of the MV performed by the staff of the 48 family on its official YouTube channel. The next day, the cover of the single, designed by Singaporean designer Ji Jialiang, who had created the album covers for Yumi Matsutoya and Ayumi Hamasaki, and many famous Fukuoka items were also revealed.

In order to further create buzz, the AKB48 operator has launched a self-shot music video for "Love's Fortune Cookies" on its official website, which has been posted by people from all walks of life and released it on its official YouTube channel, which has received an enthusiastic response. In addition to local TV and radio stations that have partnerships with the AKB48 Group throughout Japan, various private companies, and local government agencies, there are also overseas fan versions initiated by fans living in the U.S. and collaborated with fans around the world, as well as submissions on the theme of foreign cities such as London and Singapore. Among the various versions of the submitted films, the staff version shot by the staff of the AKB48 Group's behind-the-scenes operations and the corporate version contributed by the Japanese women's clothing and boutique brand Shaman, and even won first and fifth place in the non-music video category on YouTube's 2013 Japan Video Watch Chart, with the former having 8 million views.

"Fortune Cookie of Love" has received a lot of response after its release due to its brisk style and simple and easy to remember dance steps, and has also been selected as the theme song of the program, the advertising song of the product or the theme song of the event by some TV stations, activity units or business owners. AKB48 was selected by Fuji Television as the face of Fuji TV's large-scale theme garden event "Godai Occasion All Nations 2013" held in the Odaiba area of Tokyo in the summer of 2013, so "Love's Fortune Cookie" also became the theme song of the event. In addition, on January 10, 2014, the tournament of the selection of the "Spring Koshien", a major national high school baseball tournament in Japan, announced that the "Love Fortune Cookie" will be used as the opening march of the 86th tournament, which will be held on March 21. This is the second AKB48 song to receive this honor, following the selection of "Everyday, Headband" in 2012 as the entry song for the 84th competition.

At the same time, in the past month or so, AKB48 held a five-for-one recovery concert.

Mariko Shinoda, Saika Akimoto, and Tomomi Itano, three veteran members of AKB48, graduated from AKB.

The three girls have left many wonderful and unforgettable memories during their seven-year career at AKB.

And after Mariko Shinoda and Tomomi Itano graduated, there were only two members left in the first phase of AKB48.

Yona Kojima and Minami Takahashi.

After graduating from Akimoto Caika, only four members of the second phase were left: Yuko Oshima, Kobayashi Kana, Miyazawa Sae, and Umeda Ayaka.

The old era of AKB48 will soon begin.

The new era will belong to the third phase of students, Mayu Watanabe, who is 19 this year, and Ikuta Erika, who is only 16 years old this year.

Including young members such as Haruka Shimazaki, Rina Kawaei, and Nana Okada, the future of AKB48 belongs to them.