Do you consider Brave Girls 2nd Gen or 3rd Gen?

Quote from Lubby00

By technicality I consider them a 2nd Gen group considering they debuted in 2011. However, none of the current lineup were part of the OG lineup, and were in the revamp lineup in 2015 which was 3rd Gen period, and I always looked at them as a 3rd Gen group because of that

Consider them as 2nd gen by concept and style and 3rd gen by members

2nd

Same could be said about AKB48. None of the original members are there. AKB debuted 2005. Doesn't matter if the old member has left. The group itself is old af.

Quote from silver25

Same could be said about AKB48. None of the original members are there. AKB debuted 2005. Doesn't matter if the old member has left. The group itself is old af.

But they also took a 2 1/2 year hiatus to change the members. It's almost a new group.

Quote from omnimorphism

But they also took a 2 1/2 year hiatus to change the members. It's almost a new group.

why didn't they just debut them as a new group then?

Quote from silver25

why didn't they just debut them as a new group then?

No idea. Maybe they wanted to keep the name and the concept (did they?).

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why didn't they just debut them as a new group then?

Cause there were still two original members, which was enough to keep the name alive.

2nd for me