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Funkies:
Unit Name: 100%Sweet
Members: Yayoi (Leader), Chihaya (2nd), Makoto (3rd)

Song #1: Me ga Au Toki
Song #2: Little Match Girl
Song #3: Kiramekirari
Song #4: Ai LIKE Hamburger
Song #5: MEGARE!

Third Normal playthrough, Hyper after this perhaps.  Another Visual/Dance unit, seems to work A-OK.  1st release managed #19 by Week 8.  5th unexpectedly went to #1 at Week 41, I'm still not sure how that happened.  Three of five other awards so far at Week 42, so another six weeks at most for the other two!  I shall shop, promote, fest(?), and enjoy what's left!  Glad I saved Yayoi as leader until now, having her out front is endlessly amusing.  I have a bit more appreciation for Chihaya and Makoto's characters, which is always nifty.

I kept forgetting to switch system language over to Japanese, then changed my mind anyway when it came time to name the unit.  Ah, and for once I wasn't ditched at a Quintet Live.  Started with inviting Miki and Takane, switched out Takane for Iori when it was possible.  I still can't manage to not screw up Ai LIKE Hamburger, I think I only had one performance I didn't break the chain on.  It always gets me when I switch for a final Burst, even if it matters little at that point towards a win.  At any rate, I can still dig it.

EDIT: Yayoi's True Ending really surprised me... in a hilariously good way.  I'm a little disappointed though, VESPERIA should have a trophy as it took a fair mount of juggling to beat it.  Four Memory Appeals, Jun Ataka following, and a coincidental Mail Boost helped to win by ~800 points.  Oddly enough it was Sugamo-chan that made the difference, as long as Haruka only had one Rival Burst.  For her one Burst, it took three of my own to make up the difference.  Victory was oh so sweet.

I realized that you could have your own PVs on the DoTop 100 listing if you saved a performance video during the game.  I shall enjoy this fact in future playthroughs!  Hyper next, probably with Miki at the helm.

JNiles:
Unit name: Snowdrop
Yayoi (leader), Yukiho, Mami

Songs:
1st: READY!
2nd: Kiramekirari
3rd: Ai Like Hamburger
4th: Shiny Smile
5th: Do-Dai

Second playthrough, using Visual/Dance build.  I had a much easier time this time around, thanks to the translated wiki, getting a better grasp of the gameplay thread, and a little experience under my belt.  I planned on using Yayoi and friends as cannon fodder for a gear/cash run, but they exceeded my expectations both in performance and personality, so I ran with it.  I started with 30k and some middling gear from the first playthrough, but once I picked up the Waranappee the 10th/Niku-Wan amulets it was smooth sailing (except for a few FESes I couldn't handle).  Success breeds success, I guess.  It's amazing what a little momentum will do.

I wound up with two regional awards and the IA grand prix for a Good End.  When I qualified for the IA, I got overconfident, then checked the forum around week 44 and discovered I was falling short of actually winning it.  Fortunately, the power of burgers and a Revival put me over the top.

The Good End is actually a little bland compared to the Bad end.  I'm not sure I feel confident enough to pursue the True End yet- need to get off to a faster start.  I'll probably try and unlock more gear from the extra episode- hopefully the Japanese wiki has the perfect commus.  After that, I'm not sure if I'll recreate the dance team from Episode 12 or pick a high-powered vocal team starring Chihaya and Takane.

ninjamitsuki:
Mitsuk-p (It cut off Mitsuki, lol)

My unit is named Moonlight. The leader is Takane, with Yukiho and Chihaya.

I'm still only on my first song, Little Match Girl.

DereDereAngel:
Just finished my first run.

Producer Name: アンドリューP
Unit Name: ナムコエンジェル (Yes, I took the generic one.)
Members: Hibiki (Leader), Miki, Yayoi

Songs:
1st: i
2nd: Do-Dai
3rd: Shiny Smile
4th: My Song
5th: Ready!!

Awards Won: None. >.<
Producer Rank: C

So, I think I did ok for a first try. At the end of the game I had four songs in the Top 100. I managed to get 'Ready!!' into the #3 spot after winning the FIREBALL festival. I ended the game with about 60,000ish, but managed to buy quite a few costumes and accessories throughout the game. Not exactly sure who my next group will be, gonna do the Ryuuguu Komachi episode first!

JNiles:
Playthrough: 4th (1st)
Unit name: Heartless
Group: Takane (leader), Miki, Chihaya

As I lamented earlier, my producer save was obliterated by that accursed bug, so I did a quick run to get back on my feet.  I wasn't in the mood to mess around, so I reloaded whenever I couldn't beat an audition, which let me fit more into my playthrough but cost me a lot of real time and some of the feeling in my wrist.  I picked the only idol I hadn't used through my 3 previous playthroughs, Takane, as leader, with Miki and Chihaya as support.

Everything was fairly uneventful up until the last several weeks when I realized the special FESes were either a little too hard or needed more fans than I could scrounge up, so it looked like I might win no regional FESes.  I finished with something like the following, after reloading a million times:

- Fail dozens of auditions, reloading after each one.
- Train on my secondary stat (Dance) that was causing me to fall short in auditions.
- Buy the last piece of the Mecha set that I wanted badly.
- Bag the voltage-boosting reporter.
- Beat the Tokyo special FES.
- Buy the ultimate amulet.
- Realize that fan numbers do indeed decay, causing me to fall just short of 100000 fans.
- Accidentally execute a Break while chasing a national audition, rocketing my fifth/last song up to #1.
- Win a national audition in hopes of boosting 2 regions over the qualifying limit for special FES so that I could choose between them, but fall short on one.
- Win the southernmost FES (Ocean Blue).
- Beat the game.  Good End = Bad End as far as I'm concerned.

It's almost Thanksgiving and I won't have access to Idolmaster 2, so Ai, Eri, and Ryo will have to keep me company in its place.  I might play through Stage 4 U, because I've neglected to enjoy the actual videos.

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