jeiwa42 wrote:forgetmenots wrote:@_@ I swear I've been closely watching Maachan since forever, but I still don't know when she started outputting major charisma. Like she suddenly has an "it" factor to her and I don't know why.
Right? And what odd timing too cause it's not like MM's ace/center is leaving or anything

Though tbh from the H!S ver of Endless Sky, after Riho, Duu seemed to be the focus center/ace, and she even got a (tiny) solo when not even Oda had a solo in the first part of the song. MaaDuu co-center anyone?

Here's my take on it;
Maa-chan always had some form of "it". The change is that previously it got channeled into whatever Maa-chan
felt like channeling it into, she had very little control about it. I think this is largely alluded to back when a lot of times MM. members called Maa-chan MM.'s "secret weapon". IMO there have always been glimpses of Maa-chan being extraordinary; I hate that Wagamama is pegged as a turning point for MM (in part because it's tiring to hear over and over again even if it's true) but I think it's one of the first times Maa-chan started singing the way she wants to and there's a glimmer in her eyes throughout the PV, especially during the final chorus where she gets the "Aisaretaaaaaaai" line.
It might be pure luck/coincidence that she's channeling it into the right area as the Ace is about to leave or it might be a conscious effort on her part to fill the gap that's going to be left by RIho leaving.