[Chibi-Chan]

Ok, I really don't get what's the point of that. This whole "documentary" isn't a documentary at all. It's just a promotion movie that tries to tell the viewer that the girls of AKB48 are "real" artists. But they aren't at all. Those girls can't sing and can't dance. AKB48 is an idol group and therefore does what every idol group does: being the "normal girl next door" and creating the illusion for every other young girl that every girl can be a star. To this the girls are overly sexualized and often very young. To name them "panties showing group" isn't harsh, it's the truth. And I don't say this to insult them, I say this because I think it's a problem and one should realize that. If adult women dress that way you can question this behaviour as well, but AKB48 has also a lot of 15 years old girls. The whole point by (girl) idol groups is to have a bunch of young girls, often only 13, 14, 15 years old, dress them cute but heavily sexualized. Those girls are just that - girls! But they have to play a sexy, teasingly woman. I think that's disgusting, those girls quasi simulate sex on stage, but never had sex. Most of them not even had their first kiss. Moreover they aren't allowed to have a boyfriend and make real sexual experiences (what would happen if one of them likes girls I don't want to imagine).
Idol groups like AKB48 show teenage girls how a "perfect girl" should be: beautiful, cute but sexy, submissive and girlie. And that again is how boys think a "perfect girlfriend" should be. I don't think girls of idol groups should be role models, none of them embodies an emanzipated strong woman, they are the complete opposite. But I guess that's the reason why the concept of idols works, they reproduce stereo types.