oooh boy zhang hao p01 i wonder what his solo is going to sound like!
i do wish this would have been a 12 membered group, i'm quite sad about jay, phanbin and keita tbh, especially keita :( hopefully jay and phanbin debut somewhere (though it's going to be incredibly tough for jay, hope a larger agency snaps him up!), and keita gains all the success in the world, whether with or without ciipher (member hyunbin is still on fantasy boys, so i'm leaning towards without tbh...)
i'm also sad about junhyeon :( literally one of the most well-rounded contestants, a great dancer and singer with an entertaining personality to boot. the beagle line will feel so empty without him :( hopefully redstart debut him along with the other trainees they sent onto bopeul!
anyway enough sadness let's talk about those who made it! as i said before, i am as happy with this combination of 9 as i would be with any other (though a tinge of disappointment for 16-year old yujin making it, but i'm glad he gets to live out his dreams tbh, hope the adults around him, especially his members, form a strong support system for him)! i am especially happy for jiwoong, i'm so glad he made it! he may very well end up as my zb1 bias <33 i'm also so so happy for ricky, frankly i wasn't expecting it but!!! i'm so happy my expectations were defied. this guy made it, despite being a chinese dude who's had to face so much xenophobic crap from mnet. he did it, and i'm happy for that. i'm glad both gyuvin and gunwook made it, they (especially gyuvin) are going to be the main sources of fun in zb1, can't wait to see their antics go viral lol. mattbin being p03 and p02 respectively is kinda, no, very heartwarming to me, like, i want a time machine to go back to trainee mattbin and let them know that they will shine on stage together.
anyway that's it here's my stupid ramble, congratulations to zb1, and i wish them the very best!