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[[WMG: Takane has AspergerSyndrome]]

[[WMG: Yukiho is a YakuzaPrincess.]]

[[WMG: Clarice from Cinderella Girls is Blind]]

[[WMG: Takane has Asperger Syndrome]]

[[WMG: The Producer is SecretlyWealthy.]]

[[WMG: The Idolmaster universe has MagicRealism.]]

[[{{Ojou}} Takane's]] existence, sure, as she's been at times hinted to be from the moon... but how about [[spoiler:Chihaya's true end in iM@S2, where Chihaya's voice comes back after Producer spoke to the sparrow largely implied to be [[DeadPersonConversation her dead brother]]? ]]But, since the focus in the series is in raising the idols' careers, these things aren't really elaborated on.

[[WMG: Takane is asperger.]]

* She's shown to be closer to the youngest-aged idols (Asperger people, according to the [[UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome Useful Notes]] page, sometimes have atypical friends, and it's noted on her character page), but otherwise she personally doesn't appear to show much interest in the other idols (in that she isn't shown to have especially close friendships with any of them, unlike, say, Haruka and Chihaya or Yukiho and Makoto). She's also shown to be LiteralMinded (Episode 2), too, another common trait.

* {{Jossed}}. The manga series Asayake wa Koganeiro, which follows the same continuity as the anime series, elaborates on the relationship between Kotori, Takagi and Kuroi. The downfall between the presidents was due to management issues regarding Kotori's mother, who was an idol who they both produced. Besides, if you take a close look to the photo displayed on episode 21 of the presidents with a girl, you can see the girl's beauty mark is not near her chin but below her eyes, hinting that it's not actually Kotori but her mother.

The manager of a superstar typically earns a 20% commission for their work. Without even counting the massive ''Cinderella Girls'' cast, the Producer should be rolling in cash from all the endorsement money they're earning. Those suits he always wears are probably child labor hand-woven silk Armani with geniune baby seal leather shoes.

The manager of a superstar typically earns a 20% commission for their work. Without even counting the massive ''Cinderella Girls'' cast, the Producer should be rolling in cash from all the endorsement money they're earning. Those suits he always wears are probably hand woven silk Armani with geniune baby seal leather shoes.

She talks to everyone with formalisms, she always wears long dresses, she likes to be alone, she talks very few, she's centered in ramen and nothing else like a routine...

More specifically, it was created in-universe by the staff at 765 Pro as a way to promote the idols. Not only does this explain why the art style is so different compared to the games, but also explains the different voice actresses: the idols were more experienced with singing than voice acting, and thus hired voice doubles to substitute for themselves. The reason why Miki, Hibiki, and Takane don't appear in Xenoglossia is because they were still working for 961 during the time it was being produced.

This is actually a very common fanon portrayal of her. The reason many people, myself included, think this is because all of her cards portray her with her eyes closed. And being blind while still remaining a passionate idol would go really well with the nun theme.

First suppose that the ability to craft an incredibly convoluted plot is [[MagicGenetics genetic]]. Now consider what a [[HormoneAddledTeenager teenage boy]] would do with that ability. Assuming that Ryou's sex drive wins out over his self-consciousness, he's got a pretty sweet deal going for him (as legions of dirty-minded fan artists will attest).

[[WMG: Ryou's story is an extremely long and complicated XanatosGambit on his part.]]

Since both he and the President were friends with Kotori in their school days, it's very possible that Kuroi developed feelings for Kotori, and grew jealous when she seemed to pick the President over him. This, in addition to their differing ideologies, is what spawned Kuroi's bitter rivalry. Hints of this can also be seen at the end of episode 21, where Kuroi frequents the bar where Kotori works part time as a singer. He then quickly leaves in the middle of Kotori's performance, with the President musing that Kuroi is terrible at expressing his feelings.

** They make two brief appearance in episode 24 and 25.

* Confirmed as of episode 21, although whether Jupiter will make another appearance is debatable.

* A bit stretching it, i guess. The anime had been relatively faithful to the [=iM@S=] 2 canon so far.

And hopefully with Jupiter leaving, [[LaserGuidedKarma 961 will end up going downhill, leaving Kuroi in misery for every of his atrocity in the name of what he thought to be his 'superior' way to raise idols.]]

Think about it. Her father has many underlings, is very secretive, and apparently rarely met Yukiho. Either he's operating in another city, or Yukiho is trying to distance herself from her father's ways. Further backing this theory up is the fact that there's a story in the drama CD detailing Ritsuko rescuing Yukiho from kidnapping.