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Making this clear this is in no way hate towards Sakura at all.

Sakura is just too young and that alone should’ve made them go with Ayana. Especially with the choreography and styling for We Ride it would’ve been unacceptable to have a 15 year old girl do something like that. They’re going to have to make the decision to either set the group back by adjusting their concept so it is suitable for a now 16 year old girl to be doing or have her do things she shouldn’t be and given that industries history i would not be surprised if they did that second option.

I also really do not like that the main thing that counted towards her decision was potential star quality. What about singing? I’m sure Sakura can get to where Emily is at in vocals maybe more but what if she can’t? They made this whole thing about her potential as a performer rather than what they see right in front of them. I would’ve loved if we got a good point made of like what if their songs were switched. I know without a doubt Ayana could perform both songs but could Sakura really perform We Ride? Then I see people saying that Ayana was critiqued on standing out within the group but this exact reason is what caused them to Sakura. I really am disappointed in this decision especially with the reasons given, I just hope they do their part in protecting Sakura because people are already saying mean things about her and they have a live later today.