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I had this same issue.  The cutscene freezes and the game crashes without fail as the rival's picture loads.  This happens regardless of whether I click on the option or click on the cutscene through the debug options.

I decided to plan a date with one of the idols, and when the coffee cup icon showed up and I clicked on it, nothing happened.  After that, I couldn't plan a date with any of the idols--the room was blacked out with "1 Day Left" showing.  Waiting a few in-game days did not solve the problem, and neither did exiting and re-entering the game.

It would be great if there was a way to sort idols by attribute when choosing the lineup for a single.

For instance, if you want a dance-heavy song, you can sort them by their dance abilities.

I just did an election event.  I don't think this was intentional, but some of the girls had negative votes.  Here are the number results of votes for the top 10.

1) 9,569,221

2) 2,917,046

3) 2,752,242

4) 1,358,720

5) 901,061

6) 365,029

7) -169,674

8) -326,684

9) -362,195

10) -398,769

I just noticed this as we have new special events--it would be nice to have a "waiting events" info section (like we have the "waiting singles" and "waiting media" sections).

#2 also happened to me.  I had to close the game when the dating scandal event popped up because I was unable to choose anything.

I've had an issue with the mental stamina of one of the idols.  I don't think it would be possible to get to this point if not for some sort of bug.  (Mogichan's mental stamina)

This happened to me as well.  I hope that there will be permanent save files implemented at some point.

I don't know if this was the case for the other person who complained, but my problems started after I used the U key to unlock different genres and the like.  I started a new save and it was fine.

A few random things that might be fun:

1) Adding an international trait (based on your Ma Rio name post on Twitter), where having an international girl in your lineup will increase revenue on an international tour.
2) Implementing some sort of task list/tutorial at the beginning to try and ensure that the company remains solvent until the first single or two is released.
3) Being able to save certain formations/lineups so you don't have to drag and drop 15 girls every time you release a single.
4) Having the ability to produce "subgroups" and other groups under the same label.
5) Having something like a mixi ranking, that is an unofficial (partially randomly generated, partially based on who has the highest fame/who has been pushed/who has been center/who has gotten promotions recently) ranking of the girl's popularity outside of the yearly election event.
         5a) This could affect the sales of singles.  For example, the AKB48 janken singles often sold less because the senbatsu were not center--so the diehard fans might not purchase as many singles if the girls that they like aren't center.
         5b) Certain girls might have different popularity rankings with different fans.  For instance, Girl A might appeal more to casual fans, whereas Girl B might appeal more to diehard fans.  The lineup of singles might affect the sales as well.

I'm really enjoying the game and experience so far!  Two things that I've encountered (one of which is a bug and one that might be a limitation of the beta release):

1)  Sometimes the characters will just freeze, and no actions can be taken.  The progress bar and the date will just stop.  Exiting to the main menu or restarting the game fixes this.
2)  I can only release two singles.  When I go to click and release more, I can't.  I don't know if this is a limitation in the beta, or there is a cool-down period that I missed somewhere.