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Dorayaki wrote: Well my personal opinion about this topic is, I'm surprised some fans do not blame BANDAI who're responsible for arranging the game, characters and plot. A character cannot change the story, only the creators can.

CureLightning wrote: I honestly don't hate Aria. The only things I'm upset about is Ako's mistreatment as a main character and her not getting an SPR even though she probably wasn't going to get one in the first place. I just need some time to accept it. Although I see the pity, I still don't get why Ako is relevant with Aria's entry. Aria only comes to be Hime's successor, and I don't think fans really expect Ako to take that seat or to take Hime down.

Sorry to say I just find that some fans just put irrelevant things together and blame Aria for reasons that she shouldn't be responsible for.

You're right about putting all the blame to BANDAI. A fictional character is a fictional character, they can't do anything because they merely some creation to promote some franchise. What I see here, just like Snowflake said in one of his comments, BANDAI made a marketing blunder by introducing a new idol while neglecting the old ones.

Of course Ako is affected by Aria's presence, not because she has a potential to be Hime's succesor but because she doesn't have any chance to get an SPR. Unless there are ten planets in our solar system, then Ako wouldn't be affected by Aria's presence at all.