Talk:Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai/@comment-186.155.167.208-20130623230948/@comment-50.9.118.109-20140403001303

From what I've seen of Berryz from the past few years, Maasa is truly permanently back there for good beause Maiha left. In the beginings of the group it seemed like Yurina and Maasa were going to be sold as a pair and Maasa, Yurina and Momoko would just sub in and out (of course Miyabi and Risako always being in the front). After Maiha left Maasa was in the back pretty much for good aside from the few singles that were evenly distributed. Her popularity didn't really drop until Risako learned better singing techniques (Maasa and Risako have similar voices, Risako just practiced more and took more care of her voice since she was constantly forcing it past its limits). Her popularity couldn't have had anything to do with her weight, because before 2013 RIsako was consistently chubbier than Maasa after Maasa got in shape in '08. If you go through Berryz songs, you'll realize that while Maasa has very few lines, she has significant lines like the opening to a verse or the hook (Maji Bomber- Kujiun no seinya; 1 oku 3 Senman- Tanigoto, Diaetto chu, (and the dance break); Heroine Ni Narou Ka- Mirai!, etc) so when Maasa haters say she is fine, they don't realize she gets barely any lines, but the ones she does get are just significant.