Why don't I listen to SKE48 more?

Lately I've been getting into AKB48 a lot. I'm pretty much a full fledged fan. Besides the fact that I don't know the girl's personalities yet. Which is a work in progress. And since I've been focusing a lot on AKB48, I've pretty much been lazily following the sister groups. But now I see that I've been completely wrong in doing so. And because of this, I feel extremely stupid for neglecting them. Well, when I say them I mean SKE48. I've been following SDN48 closer than SKE48 because they are newer and easier to keep track of. And I'm sure you're also wondering what I mean by, "because of this."

Well, I'll tell you exactly what this is. But first I want to start by talking about how I've been following SKE48. It's not really following at all. I first became aware of SKE48 when they opened their official youtube channel. Mostly because everyone was making a big deal about it. I was intrigued so I wanted to find out exactly what they were about. So, I watched the Gomen ne, Summer PV and pretty much called it a day. I ended up liking the song, but have only listened to it a handful of times. Then a couple of months later I randomly found Tsuyokimono yo on youtube. I liked that song a little more and listened to it a couple of times every few weeks. Then when 1! 2! 3! 4! Yoroshiku! came out I actually wasn't impressed with it. But a few months ago it got stuck in my head, and I've been in love with it ever since. But that's pretty much the extent of what I listen to SKE48. I mean, when I heard about Banzai Venus I didn't even bother listening to it.

I guess I should get back to why any of this is important. Recently AKB48 performed a medley on Music Japan, which I of course watched. While I was watching their performance I noticed how SKE48's performance on Music Japan was a related video. I decided to watch it on a whim because I like 1! 2! 3! 4! Yoroshiku! and felt like listening to it. That was probably the best decision ever because after I watched the performance I basically instantly became of fan of theirs. The performance was absolutely incredible. It was so high energy and engaging that I was pretty much mesmerized. The performance was so awesome, half because both songs are my favorite type of idol song: heavy music, super upbeat, energetic, and cutesy. And half because both songs have insanely amazing dances. They both look pretty intricate and some what difficult. Which makes them fun to watch. I just found the whole performance completely engaging from start to finish.

All this really did was show me I need to start paying closer attention to SKE48. Because honestly, if they keep releasing songs like their last 2 singles I'll probably end up liking them more than AKB48.

Here's their Music Japan performance for anyone who hasn't seen it yet.