Talk:Episode 171 - Best Friend/@comment-10901459-20160211012255/@comment-24848025-20160211110841

I actually wasn't expecting to hit with that. XD

If there is a bad thing about this though, we know that Lisa is performing Move On Now in 174, which is a bit worrisome trend since it means that BNP is pulling the brakes on releasing more new songs by recycling old songs with the newer idols. Maybe it was a eventual thing that needed to happen because perhaps the new song pace was getting to be too much for Lantis/DearStage to continue pumping out new songs. Akari Gen probably was already outpacing Ichigo Gen in that respect, and maybe we'll get more "reused" songs into the future. I could see some songs getting reused that never really took off when they were first used, or possibly going back to some of the Drama songs and turning them into performances. And there are a few songs that haven't made it into the series that may end up getting in now that there are no new songs currently.

EDIT - BTW, there's been three songs recycled so far in the SQC arc - Lucky Train, Blooming Blooming, and Adult Mode. Friend is the first song to get reused with different idols performing it this arc, with Move On Now in a few weeks joining it.