Macross SEED

[ECSNorway]

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I suggest that Jialan have to deal with competitors once things settle down a bit. Whether they want the money or the fame or both, someone else is going to try the idol game.

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Yeah.
It was strongly implied, in the McKinney novels at least, that there was a reason no competitors existed. Once they'd seen her and the other Miss Macross contestants perform, Gloval and the Mayor both basically locked it down. She would win, she would be IT, there would be no competition.
An alternative plot, depending on the timeframe we have available, could involve Jialan discovering this little conspiracy and demanding they STOP. And then discovering what it's like to have to actually worry about the competition. It'd be an intersting character bit, at least.--
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