The debuts all did fairly well and I enjoyed them! Four cute girls and a little creature named Lunlun.
Lunlun is probably going to be the runaway talent from this gen, having reached 60k while the next closest is at 43k. Makes sense since she's basically Cinnamoroll with a bit of Yokai Watch mixed in- she's going to be really popular with Japanese girls.
Highlights of all the debuts if you're interested.
Three VTA students managed to debut this time: Tsuyuzaki Tsuyu of batch 2 is now Shiga Riko, Naejiro chiwa of batch 3 is now Kisara, and Kinano Kotoha of batch 4 is now Kozue Mone. There are very few translated clips of VTA students (especially the girls) but I did manage to find one for each of them.
Always glad to see someone from batch 2 debut!! I am continually huffing copium that Meano and Kuno will finally debut..
All of them also released song covers
Another really random thing, but Nana's design reminds me of MEWLIVE's Musubi Gaou (the big sleeves and the hat)
But Gaou is also pretty transparently inspired by Gura so I'm just going to say it balances out, honestly.