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Ongoing: April 24th to June 19th: iDOLM@STER official shop promo in Shizuoka 109 May 6th to August 28th: iM@S Platinum Stars theme for PS4 releases (free for a limited time)
Upcoming: June 22nd: Cinderella Girls Starlight Master 03 Hi-Fi Days releases June 23rd: Ritsuko Akizuki's Birthday June 29th: Cinderella Girls Cool jewelries! 003 releases July 12th: Million Live manga vol. 4 with original CD releases July 13th: SideM 1st STAGE ~ST@RTING~ Live Blu-Ray and SideM 2nd Anniversary Disc 01 release July 19th: Azusa Miura's Birthday July 20th: Platinum Master 00 Happy! releases July 22nd: Million Live Backstage volume 2 July 25th: Million Live Anthology volume 3 July 28th: iDOLM@STER Platinum Stars (PS4) releases September 1st: Wild Wind Girl volume 1 (+CD)
Only "rock" girls were Ryo and Natsuki in the previous event.
Grayson Rogers
People liked the last event, but complained about Aki replacing Miyo. The unit name is Enjin, by the way.
Landon Moore
Mmmmmm
Matthew Smith
Anastasia's model is nothing special. Certainly not as intricate as some of the more recent SSRs.
Parker Gutierrez
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Luis Bell
I love Koume! i'm going to marry her!
Michael Rodriguez
Aww yeahhhh
Jackson Morales
Everyone claim your wives early!
Luis White
Oh hey you actually posted an accompanying image this time.
Isaac Young
Not him but it's certainly one of the better looking ones that came out back then. It's simple, but works. Very importantly, the dress doesn't clip into itself all over the place.
Why are Ryo's eyes so goddamn beautiful
Easton Stewart
Not if I have anything to say about it.
Adam Carter
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Asher Lopez
No dude you're literally the only one who liked it.
Zachary Powell
Not him but it's pretty mediocre in quality regardless of complexity.
Gabriel Anderson
Here is mine.
Eli Bell
Dibs
Luis Powell
Key words being "that came out back then". It's nice, sure, but each new ssr seems to top the last one. Miho will probably always be my favorite, but that has more to do with how I feel about the character than the merits of the model itself.
Nathan Campbell
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Adrian Moore
Uh, if you say so
Joseph Cooper
Enjin was pretty well received
Ryder Perez
Pure
Nathaniel Cook
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Matthew Lewis
I don't think I'd have any trouble.
Aaron Peterson
Post cute Akanes so Aiko can add them to her collection.
Henry Hall
My wife.
Angel Sullivan
Syuko's SSR has a lot of visual elements that I really like.
Kayden Hughes
Minami still has one of the better looking SSRs. And I honestly don't see how any of the latest SSRs are really impressive. Syuko's is boring, Shizuku's is nothing special, the wedding two are alright and Yoshino's is ambitious but fucking garbage
Alexander Barnes
Prime breeding material
Robert Gonzalez
Cumming on the idols' short hair.
Luke Robinson
And we're adopting Nina.
Hudson Garcia
A man does not post the same sip twice in a row, but a man must do his part to continue an ancient meme as best as possible, while also not expecting an iM@S general to turn into an /a/ waifu thread.
Jason Bailey
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Ryder Lopez
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Mason Morris
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Noah Sanchez
Will this work?
Honestly, several SSRs recently have great designs but look awful when put into songs in 3D. For some examples, Ranko's dress clips into itself like some abomination, Miku's paws look ridiculous in any song that involves hand/finger movement, Yoshino's sleeve extension thingies flop around like living tentacles, Koume's sleeve wobbles around like there's some heavy mass inside it. As for Minami, I prefer her in the default SS dress as I think she looks a lot cuter in it, but her SSR dress is one of those that don't have any such problems, and that in itself makes it one of the better ones. So is Anya's for that matter. Sometimes simple is best.
Owen Jenkins
That's not cute, that's sexy. This is cute.
Christian Cruz
>tfw I actually liked Aki over Miyo
Landon Nguyen
Why do SSR outfits need absolute JRPG-worthy eclectic designs? There are other ways to judge an SSR outfit, and you can have your opinions about whether you personally like a particular outfit or not...But it first and foremost has to fit a character image; if it's relatively easy on design but fits the image of the idol wearing it, then it fucking works.
Aaron Sullivan
>That's not cute Blasphemy
Eli King
Bakane and Aiko's knees are very sexy
Luis Thompson
That's fine.
Adam Gonzalez
The newer models have more intricate details. I didn't like the drab color scheme in Ranko's new ssr, but the details at the fringes of the skirt, on the inside of the skirt and on the headpiece look a lot more complex than what's found in older ssrs. Others like Koume and Kaede have richer shading. Cow was a letdown, I'll give you that. But mostly because she should've gotten bigger tits.
Hunter Powell
>tell me your secrets, flower
Thomas Parker
>But it first and foremost has to fit a character image; if it's relatively easy on design but fits the image of the idol wearing it, then it fucking works.
Agreed, but with the small caveat that some, like Ranko and Nino, aren't exactly easy on design but that's exactly why they fit their respective idol, and thus work.
Luis Perez
Did any SSR released so far not fit the idol? Can't think of one.
Ryan Brown
Aki's choreography was quite lewd.
Elijah Harris
this is mai waifu there are many great waifus out there but this one is mine
Christopher Barnes
Mizuki, arguably, depending on if you want to look at her like a sexy hag or a desperate tryhard.
Anthony Jackson
Quite.
Cooper Foster
NG's Nagareboshi outfits work in the context of the unit, but they aren't really fitting for them individually. Well, maybe it fits Uzuki, but anything fits Uzuki.
Luke Jackson
Not really and that wasn't the point but user completely missed it and decided to go on a rant in a completely unrelated direction.
Ethan Hill
>The newer models have more intricate details. And problems when they're animated, as a result. It's nice to be ambitious, but they need to make sure these new parts work well with existing songs. I thought recorded this Miku doing Everyday Dream to show how silly the "mabuta no ura made" part looks, but looks like no. Have this one instead.
That's my Mom.
Her thing is wanting to look young despite fully accepting that she's not a young girl anymore. Fits very well.
Matthew Rivera
Aki definitely gave us the best part of the song. I'm just glad she was in it, I really like Aki and this was a good event for her to be in. Now I just need to wait for her SSR and maybe an eventual event SR.
Eh, it's a holiday thing, I'd say the Halloween ones are kind of dumb too. Just wait till they get non-seasonal ones.
Jonathan Sanchez
and she is a wonderful mother to you son, now hush and let her work, our your aunt Kaede won't stop pestering her
Matthew Flores
Good thing she isn't really a sexy hag as much as she is a tryhard.
Cameron Phillips
Mom is sexy without even trying very hard.
Christopher Howard
rude KWSM is sexy
John Jones
just cool adults trying to be cute
Alexander Phillips
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Zachary Rivera
You're crazy. Her whole thing is trying to act like a teenager despite not being one anymore, so the dress fits her very well.
Levi Wood
New Gen SSR outfits are an outlier as much as their R outfits, in that they're obviously a unit push that doesn't allow individuality, designed as a poster promotion for the game in general. Hopefully, if idols having second SSRs would give any hope, a second SSR for Rin/Uzuki/Mio will give them non-conformist outfits.
Jayden Martin
I do hope she gets a second SSR that's more suited to her adult charms.
Aaron Campbell
Tablut being retarded; meant to quote
Henry Gray
hopefully with her hair down like this card
Charles Jenkins
For what it's worth, I liked their unawakened SSRs quite a bit.
Austin Collins
I like Cool Onee-chan KWSM, Cute H@g KWSM and Sexy KWSM
Cooper Hughes
How do I stop myself from getting hyped for the election CD drama?
Kevin Price
I'll take some jank along with ambition over a working but boring model. People mocked Yoshino's sleeves when she was released but I thought she looked lovely whenever I saw her in the co-op event. Same with Syoko, it's clipping hell due to her long hair but I wouldn't change a thing.
Josiah Johnson
Doubtful since they don't exist.
Benjamin Foster
They really do have extremely comfy casual outfits. In a game franchise that almost always uses their school uniforms for promo material when not using idol outfits, it was rather nice for them to use their regular SSR artwork in SS promo materials.
Ryder White
Boring is subjective. Functional problems are not. You can say you like them despite that, but they're still broken.
Andrew Perry
That's why I used the qualifier "arguably", depending on how you want to perceive Mizuki's stage image to be, without emphasis for psychological evaluation.
Adam Turner
Functional problems being /actual/ problems is also subjective if you want to go that route considering the history of clipping and tech issues in iM@S.
David Thomas
Yoshino's sleeves aren't "some jank", they're on a new level of clipping shit