Ah the good old "I love a train" days. You're not the first one to have read it that way.

(it's actually based on the god of Middle Earth...) I went by iluvatarin on JPM for years, since... 2004? Until that imploded and I never jumped on board over here, started posting translations to another forum where I'd set the name "Ro-kun" to sound more Japanese lol, and stuck with it on places I joined after that for that reason.
I do remember you from AX, boins ^^ Ayu-H too, among others, of course. And of course our dear amped (thanks for posting all the b!p translations here, btw!).
It would be nice to see if Captain actually did more and reformed the leader position within H!P. If anyone would be able to do it... I'd imagine they're giving Sayu more control since she has far more experience than any of the previous leaders did upon starting, and Captain at this point has just as much. Not to mention, in contrast with Sayu, she's
been in the leadership position for 10 years already.
Perhaps it could be a bit of an angle toward an eventual "Admiral of H!P" position, too? I'd imagine Tsunku wouldn't want a very passive leader for that position.