I almost missed the most significant JPop/Disney event since Utada Hikaru’s Kingdom Hearts soundtrack.
Folks, I present an AKB48 video in which they are fully dressed! There’s only about 10 of them in the video, so the other 38 could be in the back having a marshmallow fight in their pjs, for all we know, but it’s a significant step into adulthood for the mega-group, an indication that they are ready to be taken seriously as artists and singers who wear cupcake costumes and flirt salaciously without baring boobs.