Remember the early days of AKB48 when the girls were not mega-stars or as polished as they are today? When all they had was innocent smiles, natural Moe charm, & tons of energy?- well, NMB48 may be the "Wild Childs" & sexy sister group and SKE48 might be full of upstart polished dancers & performers- HKT48 is totally the cheery under developed "kid sister" of AKB48- which means in another 2 years or so they're going to total heart breakers and bring much pride & blossoming beauty to the Idol-verse.
Their performance of AKB48's classic iconic hit "Heavy Rotation" on "AKBingo" from March 2012 will someday make their fans say "Dam, were they really this young?". This is diamond in the rough HKT48-remember it. I say this now because today new fans see early videos from "AKB48" (and AKBingo) and forget that what made them so fun in the beginning was how "fresh and wide-eyed" they were. There were no egos, Google+ accounts, election worries, or national TV commercials. Today everything is "new" we have no idea what these girls & this group are going to become.
This is the magic of HKT48. They're don't know how to "fake it" or "shine us on" yet. They're completely non-boxed & labelled yet. Plus, you can't go wrong with Haruka Kodama (Haruppi) as the 'Ace Center'- She even has a lisp - how Moe & kawaii is that? Someday they might be major players in the Idol-verse but today they are that goofy & endearing "little sister" of AKB48 - some of these girls might be in AKB48 Senbatsu in a few years. Can you pick out who the stars are from this performance? That's why it's fun to watch them in a "Year One: HKT48" fashion. Someday they will be 'Future Moe!'
