H!PS - Miya x KanaTomo - Question Corner and Ending

KanaTomo asks Miya about Buono!, while Miya asks KanaTomo about her relationship with Airi. They also talk about who they'd like to work with in the ending segment.

Mimicking the Momochi Musubi

Inspired by the radio show videos on the Japanese YouTube channel (b-k macaron) as well as TheMusumeShow's highlights of Riho-Deli, I tried my hand at putting a translated portion of Trattoria Buono! into video. (Also as an aside, Roborobosubs have some translations of b-k macarons stuff up as well.)



This was done with Windows Live Movie Maker, with zero prior video editing experience.
Messing around with the quality, 720 quality seems clear enough, and at lower qualities there might be some difficulty reading the words, particularly Miya's. My apologies.

Don't expect videos to be something that happens often, since timing just eats up so much time. Might try out a different video editing programme next time though.

The things that were lost

[Note: Above video was cut to focus on Miya's part. To hear it starting from Momo's part, you can listen here (Sorry, embedding disabled)]

From Trattoria Buono! 16/11/2013

Topic: Up until now, tell us about something you lost that gave you the biggest shock.

For Momo, it was when she had lost her commuter pass.
Realising that she didn't have it, she asked at the station office to check whether it had been used.
When the station looked up the name 'Tsugunaga Momoko', it turned out that there were 20 passes registered under that name. (FYI, Tsugunaga is a pretty rare family name. The unfamiliarity of the 'Tsugu' kanji itself had Momo asking in for suggestions on tips for how to write it in a radio show ages ago. Thankfully 'Momochi' is extremely straightforward).
She suspected that those were made by fans. But the station staff was like, "Did you really lose it?", giving a 'r u srs' stare of disbelief.
Momo> Wait a second, station staff-san. I have a pass, for myself. I'm not making up excuses, but I'm the real thing
And that was the story of Momo's difficulty when she lost her pass.

Miya also lost her commuter pass twice. The first time was pretty embarrassing, while the second time gave her a shock.
The first time was 5 years ago. Momo happened to be with her since they both happened to be heading back in the same direction.
They were looking for Miya's misplaced commuter pass.
When the station staff asked for her name, Miya was all bashful in answering.
It made Momo wonder, since normally saying one's name wouldn't be a problem.
But Miya was having difficulty, and finally stammered out... "It's Na, Na, Nachu-hime" XD
Miya> Like, OMG, right! It was super embarrassing
She had chosen that as it was her nickname at her time, and everyone around was calling her that, so she felt that it was normal when she made her commuter pass. However, it was pretty embarrassing to say it to the station staff.

What's more, the staff was a meanie.
When Miya squeaked out "Na, Nachu-hime" the first time, the staff asked her to repeat it with an, "Eh?"
Miya said it again, louder, but the staff went, "Come again?"
Once Miya had said it again, the staff grinned and told her with a grin that it was on the bench
Station Staff-san> Please take care (in a sarcastic tone, according to Miya)

To avoid being embarrassed like that again, she now writes 'Natsuyaki Miyabi' in the English alphabet.
The situation was super funny to Momo, who was there.

The second situation involved her losing her commuter pass with about 10 000 yen with it. I couldn't get the rest of the conversation, so I'll leave it at that.

After that Airi talked about meeting a fan when she dropped her lip gloss, which I previously covered here.

Facing forward and taking it easy

One H!P-related Twitter bot I follow is @Momo_29_bot. It tweets out one piece of 'wisdom' from Momochi every hour.

So here's a recent tweet. I've seen it before, but thought I'd share:

Buono!の『Take It Easy!』のPVで、桃が夕陽に向かって叫んでる言葉は「前向きだー」です。桃も忘れてしまっていて、スタッフさんも誰も覚えてなかったのですが、最終的に、マネージャーさんが、大人の力で問い合わせてくれました。

In Buono!'s 'Take It Easy!' PV, Momoko faced the setting sun and shouted out the following words "Face forward-" (Mae Muki da-). Momoko had forgotten what she had said, and none of the staff-san knew either, so in the end, their Manager-san enquired using his authority as an adult.

Now you know. So you can take it easy too~

Call her Momochi!

From Trattoria Buono! 01/02/2014

Momochi: Nicknames are difficult. Even with the Momochi nickname there are people who still call me Momoko, my real name. I want everyone to be united in calling me Momochi.
Miya: Perhaps the fans who call you Momoko are thinking of you as being their girlfriend.
Momochi: Don't need that, don't need that, that sort of mentality isn't needed
Miyabi: Those who see you as an idol will refer to you as Momochi, but those who think of you as a normal girl will call you Momoko
Momochi: That's not needed. It's not that I don't welcome such feelings, and it's not like I'm denying that feeling of 'my Momochi'
Momochi: But if you love Momochi, then you should want to refer to me as Momochi
Miyabi: It might be that the people who call you Momoko think that there are a lot of people who call you Momochi. So they want to refer to you as Momoko, because they think that they'll be the only ones doing that
Momochi: That kind of special feeling isn't need, it's not needed.
Miya: Isn't that right, Airi~n
Momochi: Ah, is sensei there?
Airi-sensei: I'm not Airi~n, call me 'sensei'. What are you saying?
Miya: Well, recently I've become good friends with sensei
Airi-sensei: That's true - we've kinda like become Airi~n and Miya
Momochi: Is that right? It's like all sorts of things have changed since we entered 2014

Airi continues on to talk about 'Zukki', the nickname she used to have until Suzuki Kanon joined the company. See this 910 percent translation for more details.

Relevant Matome

Idol rankings

Trattoria Buono 20130831 ~ 16:30 mins

20130831BUONO! by KANANASKIS2013

A 28-year old office lady calls in for advice: Her male colleagues commented that she's the type who can do work, but wouldn't want to become a housewife. She wants to know how to  make guys think of her as a woman who is interested in marriage.

Momo notes that it's a painful, and she'd like to know too, since she's often at the bottom such rankings. They then call up Airi-sensei.

Who comes in with a "Happy Wedding" and then goes on to say that she's heading back.
It turns out that she doesn't have a solution, since just like Momochi she's always at the bottom of such rankings as well. And she doesn't know why.

She elaborates that she's high on 'want as girlfriend, but not as a wife'.
Momo counters that that's better than herself, whose sole top ranking is 'seems good at saving'. XD

Airi's unexpected meeting

Airi was coming back from Loft in Shibuya when the person in front of her dropped her lipstick.
When Airi called out to the girl, the girl turned as it turned out that she unexpectedly was a fan of Airi.
"Are you Airi-chan? I'm a fan!" She even had photos from Airi's PB (Not swimsuit photos - Momo asked)
And on that day, the girl came to an event.
So to Airi it was like a coincidental meeting in a drama.
Momo: She's probably listening
Airi: Konnichiwa! Are you listening?

Airi - because my writing is bad I applied to U-Can

{Note: U-Can is a correspondence school, I believe. I'm guessing that it's expensive based on how the girls are reacting)
{Note2: I also checked out some of the advertisements. Apparently Yokoyama Yui from AKB passed a U-Can course. I also saw an advertisement for a pen, but the girls are definitely talking about an application}

Momo: Is there anything you have yet to do this year?
Airi: Entering university, for the first time in my life, I was told by some friends that my writing is bad.
Momo + Miya: Eh? Really?
Airi: That really gave me a shock. But obviously, up until highschool you mainly write with mechanical pencils, right? Relatively? Or pencils
Airi: But since I've had to write more with a ballpen, and I'm pretty bad with ballpens
Airi: So, even now I'm still using mechanical pencils. Being told that my writing with a ballpoint was bad gave me quite a bit of a shock
Airi: And you know, 3 people said that. And everyone who told me that had really nice writing
Momo: Did their writing look like they studied penmanship?
Airi: That's right, I was thinking that it would be great if I could become an adult who write skilfully
Airi: I applied for U-Can
Miya: Eeeeeeeeeeh
Momo: Ooooooooooh
Airi: I applied for U-Can's ballpen writing course
Momo: To that extent?
Miya: Eh! Isn't that amazing?
Momo: You were that shocked! Is your pride that great?
Miya: So great lol
Momo: It can't be that bad
Miya: It's definitely nice
Airi: When only one person said that to me, I was like "so there are people like that, it's alright"
Miya + Momo: Yup yup
Airi: But being told that by three people, wouldn't that shock you?
Momo: Yeah, but Airi, it isn't all about how it looks right, your writing
Miya: Yup
Momo: Isn't that a bit too prideful?
Airi: But I stopped at (applying for) a cursive writing course
Momo + Miya: Yup
Airi: Because a friend asked me to do it together...I was requested
Momo: Eh
Miya: He
Airi: She went Hajimete no U-Can! Hajimete no U-Can {The first U-Can: Guessing that this is U-Can's tagline}
Momo + Miya: I see
Airi: Well, I don't know
Momo: You were thinking that if you could do it you might as well
Airi: No, no, I applied but... it hasn't been delivered yet
Airi: So, when it gets delivered, I think I'll try it out *mumble mumble*
Momo: Well that's alright
Miya: Yup
Momo: We'll support you
Miya: Amazing
Momo: We'll support you, but you know, if you say that your writing is bad, then our writing is unreadable
Miya: That's dangerous. Let's end this
Momo:  It's a sign, a sign lol
Miya: A sign lol Definitely lol
Airi: Thats not the case
Airi: It's just, for my enjoyment
Miya + Momo: Amazing
Miya: Such motivation
Airi: Hajimete no U-Can
Momo: Well for me, when I had to do my practical teacher training last year
Momo: I'd have to write on the blackboard in front of all these kids right?
Miya: Ah, that would be the case, right, right
Momo: So, my bad writing habits, I thought that I need to fix it
Momo: So, of course I thought I'd try U-Can
Momo: But in the end it was different, I thought that it wouldn't be good to rely on U-Can, I bought a notebook with the 100 most common  kanji and practiced with that
Airi: How admirable
Momo: That was what I started with. U-Can is a bit...
Miya: A-ha lol
Momo: That was a sly a-ha
Miya: Right?
Airi: Of course that was good
Momo: But it's amazing isn't it? That motivation, the desire to improve
Miya: Amazing, we'll support you
Momo: We have to learn from you
Airi: But I don't know if I'll continue. Since I'm not the type who can maintain a joutnal
Momo: You'll continue, you'll continue
Miya: Continue! Continue!

Source: http://helloprocanvas.ldblog.jp/archives/36022497.html

Momochi's complex

嗣永桃子(ももち) - フジテレビ「魁!音楽番付Ｅｉｇｈｔ」2012.06... by berryzkoubou999

6:38~

Momo:
Frankly, Momochi has a bit of a complex regarding Mayuyu-san
I received Mayuyu-san's CD from a fan with the message "Study it properly"
Watching it with that it mind, "Yup, she's definitely cute"

Day 14: Favorite Buono! member?

Now this is a lot trickier. Thankfully, I'm biased.

May be surprising that my number one's a difficult choice. But I love love love Airi in Buono! so much more than in C-ute. Strange surprising how much more she's pushed in C-ute - Shock was basically performed by her, with 4 H!P Kids as backup dancers. But I love her interactions with NatsuMomo, partly because I like them both, partly because I couldn't give a rat's arse to pay attention to C-ute out of performances.

Rankings: Momo = Airi + ε > Miyabi, where ε is an arbitrarily small positive quantity

Currently listening to Partenza as I write this (Guess what came in the mail yesterday?). Will do a GETS post soon.

As a bonus, here's something from Rock'n Buono 4.

Day 5: Favorite Group?

B-U-O-N-O Let's Go!

Buono was formed just slightly after I was starting to get into Idols - specifically Berryz Kobo.
Their first few songs were pretty generic anime music.
What got me hooked was their first album, Cafe Buono! Buono! 2 is arguably their best album by far, but Cafe Buono! had its standouts - actually, looking at the tracklist, only two non-singles don't appeal to me.
Rottara Rottara won me over, and once I saw them in a concert performing with an effing live band! - well, I was hooked. Co.no.mi.chi and Take It Easy are black spots in my memory, but Buono!'s always remained a top notch group in my mind.

Having peeked at tomrrow's question, it got me questioning whether Buono! is a unit or a group. I'm saying group, as they've lasted for several years and have come up with several albums.
Still, I'd give a shoutout to the group that got me seriously into Idols - Berryz Kobo. Here's them in the first music video that caught my attention: Special Generation.

Interestingly, this photo seems to almost miss out on the big three of Berryz
You can barely see Miya at the end there