Lovely, emotional ending. Despite starting with a goofy romance cross-dressing plot, AKB49 became a really engrossing "sports shounen"-type manga about the idol industry with a lot of heart. And it makes sense that it did't end with any romantic bits. They hadn't been important for hundreds of...
I'm really hoping to see Yakushimaru have a facedown with Special K. Just to get her feelings sorted out, since Koizumi obviously isn't a real rival. Y+O getting together for real needs to happen soon, and then they need to stay that way :)