Our Music History ～Ongaku to Watashitachi～ Morning Musume。’14 Special - Part 3 of 3 (2014/10/08)

This special show happened during MBS' 'Music Week', held in October 2014. In it, four members of Morning Musume。´14 talked about the Musume。's music history. Our hosts for this programme are Morning Musume。 9ki Fukumura Mizuki and Sayashi Riho, and 10ki  Iikubo Haruna and Ishida Ayumi.

If you missed them, here's the first part and here's the second part.

A comment concerning music
Sayashi Riho: 'Music is something that brings out your uniqueness'

MoMusu Lyrics Talk

To commemorate the upcoming release of Morning Musume。´14's triple-A single 'Tiki Bun/ Shabadabadoo/ Mikaeri Bijin', the girls will be picking out a random word from the song lyrics, and they'll talk about something related to the chosen word.

First up is Tiki Bun! While the other girls go on about how cool it is, Mizuki likes the positive lyrics. Fuku-chan makes the first pick, and gets 'Uso' - 'Lie', in the sense of not telling the truth. The girls do often tell many small lies, like to family. Iikubo dredges up an incident where she had ice cream from the fridge without telling her mother.

Iikubo: And when my mother asked me if I knew what happened to her ice cream in the fridge, I was like 'No idea, I was at work the whole time, I wasn't at home'.

Fuku-chan then brings up an incident that happened to her: She was using her phone in the bath and fell asleep. Her phone ended up submerged in the bath. By the time she noticed it, the screen was no longer responding, stuck at Michishige-san's blog. Fuku-chan didn't admit that it had gone underwater. Instead she went for the classic kid's standby: feigning ignorance. 'Why isn't it moving?'

Ishida admits that the same thing happened to her recently. Ishida's mother had often been telling her to stop using her phone in the bath, so when it happened, Ishida said that her phone had been left in the wash instead of admitting that it had fallen in the tub.

Iikubo: And your mother still hasn't found out?
Ishida: I haven't been found out yet.
Iikubo: What'll you do if your mother's listening to this show?
Sayashi: Let's just keep it to ourselves, okay?
Ishida: Please don't spread this story.

Our Music History ～Ongaku to Watashitachi～ Morning Musume。’14 Special - Part 2 of 3 (2014/10/08)

This special show happened during MBS' 'Music Week', which held in October 2014. In this programme, four members of Morning Musume。´14 talk about their music history. Our hosts for this programme are Morning Musume。 9ki Fukumura Mizuki and Sayashi Riho, and 10ki  Iikubo Haruna and Ishida Ayumi.

If you missed it, here's the first part. Or perhaps you might want to skip to the third part?

A comment concerning music
Sayashi Riho: 'Music is something that brings out your uniqueness'

Morning Musume。´14 history

With Morning Musume。 celebrating its 17th anniversary, in this second part, the girls look back on Morning Musume。's history, albeit from from when they joined.

2nd January 2011. The 9ki were announced at the Winter Hello! Con in Nakano Sunplaza. Fuku-chan's passing came as a surprise even to the other three 9ki, who had thought that they were the only successful candidates. So when Fuku-chan came out, Riho was like 'Who's this? Who's this?' Tsunku♂-san was the only one who knew about it, so there was a flurry of activity even amongst the cameramen, who had to quickly try to figure out where Fuku-chan was.

Mizuki herself was curious about who'd be getting in the 9ki at that announcement concert, and when her name was called, her mind went totally blank. As she went down the stairs, she felt like she could fall at any moment, her legs were trembling, she was crying hard,

After that, she had a chance to greet the other three. At first she was worried whether they would be on their guard around her, what with her being an experienced Kenshuusei and all. But with the shooting they had the day after, they soon got familiar with one another. Riho recalls referring to Fuku-chan as 'Fukumura-san' at the start, but now Riho is all touch-as-much-as-she-pleases with Fuku-chan's marshmallow skin. Fuku-chan does remembers Kanon and Riho-chan referring to her as Fukumura-san at first, but Eripon immediately went 'Can I just call you Mizuki?'

Ishida remembers watching videos of the announcement, seeing Fuku-chan's name being announced, the look of surprise she had in the bleachers, and coming down the stairs. 'How childish...' Ishida thought, despite being a kid herself. After all, the 9ki seemed so tiny in the midst of the mostly grown-up members of Morning Musume。at the time.

JOQR Otenki Nori no Recomen! - Captain & Momochi (2014.11.24 )

Snippets from a radio show Captain and Momochi were on, doing promotions for their final single 'Towa no Uta / Romance wo Katatte'. For reference, this was way before Captain announced that she'd become a H!P Advisor, though after it was revealed that Momochi had been named as Country Girls' Playing Manager.

The host has an extremely enthusiastic welcome for Saki-chan... and a terse, much-less-excited welcome for Momochi. Momochi immediately points out the difference in treatment, but the host brushes it off. As you'll see, this'll be a recurring theme. All in good fun though.

Thoughts on their hiatus
Shimizu: It's not as if it isn't sad to part, but beyond that sadness, we'd like to enjoy the moment.
Tsugunaga: Yup, it's really sad.

Their plans post-hiatus
Shimizu: I don't have anything decided yet.
Host: You haven't thought of anything?
Shimizu: Not yet, though it is something that's playing on my mind.
Host: It's playing in your mind. While on the other hand, you've got Momochi, who's all carefree. (laughs)
Tsugunaga: Lots of things have been playing in my mind as well~
Host: So Momochi, what have you been thinking about?
Tsugunaga: ...Lots of things... ♥
Shimizu: (laughing) She's running away from the question!
Tsugunaga: ...Lots of things! (laughs)

What they do on their days off
Tsugunaga: For me, the greatest luxury is getting to sleep without my alarm clock on, and waking up at noon.
Shimizu: I go shopping, I love it. But I'm generally indecisive, so if I go with friends, I'll end up taking lots of their time. So I generally go alone.

What's most important to you
Host: What's your eternal thing, the most important thing to you, something you can't give up?
Shimizu: Berryz Kobo is important to me-
Host: I see. Well, that's obvious-
Tsugunaga: (cutting in) It's the same for me~!
(Laughter)
Shimizu: She said something different before.
Tsugunaga: No, that's what I think from the bottom of my heart.
Shimizu: Momochi, just a moment ago, you were like, 'It's definitely got to be my cuteness ♥' (laughs)
Tsugunaga: Well, that's a fact after all (laughs)
Host: Well of course Berryz Kobo is important to you, but besides that, is there anything that's important to you?
Tsugunaga: Well, as mentioned before, it'd be my cuteness. It's not that I want it to continue forever, but it continues to remain eternal of its own accord.
Host: Scary, isn't it? It's neverending?
Tsugunaga: It's neverending. It never stops evolving. (laughs)

Our Music History ～Ongaku to Watashitachi～ Morning Musume。’14 Special - Part 1 of 3 (2014/10/08)

This special show happened during MBS' 'Music Week', held in October 2014. In it, four members of Morning Musume。´14 talked about their music history. 

In the second part, they talk about Morning Musume。 history from the joining of the 9ki. In the third part, they take random lyrics from their latest single and talk about something related to those lyrics.

We start with introductions from the girls.

10th gen member and subleader Iikubo Haruna would be turning twenty in a month's time, and is the oldest among the four of them. She'll also be chairing this 2-hour special. She hopes that she'll become more mature, having arrived at the two-decade milestone.

On the other hand, 9th gen subleader Fukumura Mizuki would be celebrating her 18th birthday on that month. Turning eighteen would also widen her scope of work, as it would allow her to participate in late-night programmes.

9th gen Sayashi Riho is 16, while Morning Musume。has just turned 17. In other words, Riho was born after Morning Musume。's formation - to be exact, the day after Morning Musume。's 'Summer Night Town' was released.

Lastly, 10th gen Ishida Ayumi is 17, but since she was born in January, she's in the same academic year as Fukumura Mizuki. However, she doesn't act her age - she likes messing around, so she says that she's the mental equivalent of a three-year old. However, she's almost 18 too, and even Tsunku♂ has told her recently, 'Ishida, you've turned eighteen, so do things properly', so she'd like to do her best to act grown-up.

Also, September also marked the 17th anniversary of Morning Musume。 At this point, they've been running high, with 5 consecutive first place singles.

♫ Morning Musume。’14 - Love machine (Updated) ♫

A comment concerning music
Fukumura Mizuki: 'Music is something that can unite everyone'

Part 1: Influential songs

For this first part of the show, the topic of discussion is 'A song that influenced my life'. They'll be going through it in the usual order, but before each member talks about their chosen song, Tsunku♂'s latest comments on the girls would be read out.

For those not in the know, Tsunku♂ usually writes liner notes on his blog upon the release of a new song. Also included with the liner notes are comments on the girls. This time, they'd be looking at his comments from the release of Tiki Bun / Shabadabadoo/ Mikaeri Bijin.

Tsunku♂'s comment:
'I think she supports Michishige silently. And because of that,  she's levelled up, and it feels like she's got this drive to press forward.
In both dancing and singing, I think that she's grown to be a person who adds flavour to each of the new songs.'

Mizuki: It made me nervous to listen to it again.

Haruna really likes Mizuki's stylish dancing - it's intense, dynamic, suggestive - which comes as quite the contrast when compared to her calm looks. Riho touches on Tsunku♂'s mention of supporting Michishige silently: early on, Fuku-chan would focus on talking about her love of Hello! Project. But now, she contributes comments and properly wraps up MC segments. Mizuki herself has nothing to add, as this discussion is making her feel self-concious.

Well then, back to the topic of the song that influenced her life. Mizuki liked Mini Moni, finding the lyrics and the dances to their songs easy to remember. She would remember their songs in their entirety, and sing them with her mother.

The one she'd like to single out in particular would be Mini Moni's 'Rock 'n' Roll Kenchoushozaichi ~Oboechaina Series~'. It was an up-tempo song that she found easy to remember. As a plus, it also helped her in school, since it referenced all the prefectural capitals. It came as a surprise to her that the song was even included in school textbooks.

Iikubo agrees that the up-tempo beat makes it easier to remember. While it is up-tempo, Riho thinks that it isn't too fast, so parents and children can memorise it together. And in the middle of tests, you can play the song in your head.

Miyagi resident Ishida comments that the song even mentions local delicacies from some of the places, like sasakama from Miyagi, so you get to learn about local delicacies as well.

Hyadain no 'Girlpop!' 14th Nov 2014 (Guest:Michishige Sayumi)

Michishige Sayumi made a guest appearance on Hyadain's radio show, Hyadain no 'Girlpop!', which aired 14th November 2014.

I listened to it a few days after it aired, tweeting what I found interesting. Was thinking about polishing it up for Hello! Pro Radio, but life got in the way. Found the semi-complete draft half a year later while doing some spring cleaning, so I thought I'd just brush it up a little and throw it up here. Enjoy.

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This is the first time for Hyadain to speak directly with Sayu, and he's kind of scared. As a Morning Musume fan, he's always been watching them. Which means that he's been observing Sayu, from the 6th gen auditions to her graduation.

♛♕

Reading her profile, he touches on her gradual growth and development as an idol.

Sayu: That's to be expected.
Hyadain: But some, like Oda-chan, started out already being amazing.

He does like Sayu's sweet voice though.

♛♕

The move to the EDM and formation dances that started with One Two Three was something that made Sayu happy. Before, they had been obliged to perform the old MM classics. However, now that they perform their current songs as 'One Four', it gives her confidence - they're acknowledged as what they are now, rather than being tied to the past.

Momochi's Consultation in Kosaka Daimao no Idol Club

For the month of June, Momo appeared on the radio show, 'Kosaka Daimao no Idol Club', as a guest lecturer.
Her role: To respond to the worries of girls from various idol groups that would appear on the show.

'Please teach us Momochi-senpai! The idol earnest consultation room'

7th June

Guests: Sanmyu~

Kinoshita Ayana & Yamauchi Haruka

[Ayana's earnest consultation]

I break things, or lose things too often

So in that case, how should I make everyone forgive me?

⇒ Momochi-sensei's reply

In those times, settle it with a 'Yurushite-nyan' ♪

[Haruna's earnest consultation]

I have no idea where the idol on-off switch is located.

Where is this idol switch?

⇒ Momochi-sensei's reply

If you put in some spirit with a 'Ho!', it'll be all right!

A game of Guess Who with Ishida Ayumi

Ishida Ayumi appears in a call to the radio show 'SanaMiyo Upstage' to promote TokiSora.
In this part of the show, the show hosts have to guess who the other person on the line is. A week before, Sato Masaki made a highly amusing appearance. You can read a translated transcript of Masaki's appearance in the Hello! Online forums, courtesy of maxperkins84.
So let's see how the hosts do in catching out our girl Daa-chan.

(Morning Jogakuin Blog) ☆ The １１２th period （May ２４）

Attendance（Numbers in brackets indicate frequency of attendance）
Iikubo Haruna （３８） Sayashi Riho （３５） Oda Sakura （２５）

On duty is・・・ RihoRiho （1１th time）

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I'm in charge of this week's duty！
This is 'Riho Deli' Sayashi Riho！ lol

I was chatting with Iikubo Haruna-chan and Oda Sakura-chan、
The 2 of them have this unique atmosphere～
You could really feel it when we were talking。

But Oda-chan、 since she was talking with her unique atmosphere as usual、
When that mood makes an appearance、
It's become popular with the members to come back with 'It's an 『Oda-ism』！' lol

I'm pretty sure that the person who christened it as 『Oda-ism』、 was Iikubo Haruna-chan。。。

Did you get to enjoy MoJo with its atmosphere different than usual？
I hope so！

Well then！ Listen to the next MoJo, okay～♪

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Ｍ１：Happy Daisakusen／Morning Musume。
Ｍ２：Password is 0／ Morning Musume。'14

[Omitted: Details of events and such]

This week on the ２８th of May, Sayashi Riho-san will be celebrating her １６th birthday
So we went ahead with a surprise birthday cake！ Happy birthday

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{I don't have anything big for RihoRiho's birthday, so this'll have to do. Happy birthday!}

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.

Morning Girl's College Birthday Surprise for Oda Sakura

{Quick translation here, mainly because of the cake}

[From this Morning Jogakuin blog post]

This time we're going ahead with a birthday surprise, which hasn't been done in a long time

　

We celebrated the birthday of Oda Sakura who was born on the １２th of March

On the cake...

℃-ute's Nakajima Saki-san whom Oda-san reveres

The end of Puri Puri Princess

So apparently Puri Puri Princess will be coming to an end, on the 30th of March.

エンディングで桃子姫が伝えた通り、3月30日の放送をもって、Berryz工房 嗣永桃子のぷりぷりプリンセスは最終回となります。ぜひ、「あなたにとってこの番組はどんな存在だったのか」お便りで送ってください。何卒、よろしくお願い申し上げます。 #momochi #ももち
— ぷりぷりプリンセスの爺や (@jiiya_joqr1134) 2014, 3月 2

Just as mentioned by Momoko-hime during the ending, with the 30th March broadcast, Berryz Kobo Tsugunaga Momoko no Puri Puri Princess will be broadcast for the last time. Please, make sure to send letters explaining "what sort of programme was this to you."  By all means, thank you for everything.

I actually am considering writing in, just to put forward one last thing while I still have the chance, whether or not it'll be read.
Also mentioned on Momo's blog. 

They also gave a comparison to KRC:

Berryz工房 起立！礼！着席は全5年260回、 Berryz工房 嗣永桃子のぷりぷりプリンセスも全5年、放送回数は259回。震災時の休止分を含めると260回。 ひとりで丸5年喋り続けた桃子姫へ、メッセージを送ってください。 おたより、お待ちしています。
— ぷりぷりプリンセスの爺や (@jiiya_joqr1134) 2014, 3月 2

 Berryz Kobo Kiritsu! Rei! Chakuseki spanned 260 episodes over 5 years, Berryz Kobo Tsugunaga Momoko no Puri Puri Princess is also spanning a total of 5 years, broadcast for 259 times. If you were to include the pause during the earthquake disaster, it would amount to 260 times.
To Momoko-hime who's been continuing to talk alone, please send your messages
We'll be waiting, for your letters.

Well, I guess there's still Trattoria Buono!

By the way, today's episode was quite interesting. With Maasa and Captain as guests, they reflected on their 10 years as Berryz Kobo. Remember, the anniversary is tomorrow!

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.

Momo talks about her graduation thesis

Momo talks about her graduation thesis on her radio show, Momoko no Puri Puri Princess. A rough summary:
First, she talks about her life as a student coming to an end in March.

Title: The world of the heart of a disabled person

Then she comments on her thesis - she's completed it, and handed it in. With 20 000 characters, it went over 50 pages and looked like a contract.
Her thesis was on disabled people, particularly the status of those in a persistent vegetative state - people who have some form of awareness but can no longer move.
She interviewed their families, who were at times in despair, or pointing out things like "Sensei, their leg moved."
She switched out of the heavy topic with a mention that typing it up was extremely difficult. {She has mentioned before that she's the kind that types using a single finger, after all.}
She closes by talking about the 2nd year primary school students whom she had taught during her practical training, now about to enter their 4th year, only 2 years left until their graduation. After exclaiming about them having grown up, she mentions that she'd like to go for their graduation.

Relevant matome: [1][2]

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

November 3rd (238th episode) Broadcast Postscript

Berryz Kobo Tsugunaga Momoko no Puri Puri Princess (2013/11/10 10:00 pm)

For "Moshi Moshi, Momochi", we contacted a children's nurse-san

Who was about the same age as Mamachi.

It was a calm talk, about job performance and how she became a fan.

This corner is turning into one about how things came to be,

And such rich talks are one of its charms.

For "Uwasa no Momochi",

The topic was about

Yanagida Rikao-san {archaeologist}, officially answering a question about Momoko-hime on Twitter.

The Otomomochi who reported it was the person who asked the question,

And we also received notice from an Otomomochi who saw the reply,

Both of them from the Hiroshima prefecture of the Idol Kingdom. These kind of things, they really do happen!

According to his calculations, Momoko-hime's weight would be "5.8 kg". Remember that!

5.8 kilos. There can't be a mistake with that.

Translator's comments: 5.8 kilos? That's too difficult to remember. I'll stick with the classic "Equal to the weight of 29 peaches!!" (^^)

Berryz Kobo Tsugunaga Momoko Puri Puri Princess October 27th (237th episode) Broadcast Postscript

Berryz Kobo Tsugunaga Momoko no Puri Puri Princess (2013/11/03 10:00 pm)

Today we welcomed Ayami Chercy Snow-san and Rayna S Mauser-san from Afilia Saga.

Last year we welcomed Louise-san and Yukafin-san from Afilia Saga and got to broadcast an enjoyable talk, but as usual, this time was exciting too.

"When Afilia-san comes, ask about their age" has become a promise.

We aired a "magical showdown" that you definitely wouldn't be aired on television.

To those listening at their radios, how did it feel?

All of Afilia Saga, have a time slot in Chou A&G+

Before Puri Puri Princess.

Make sure, that on Sunday nights 7 .30 pm for about an hour, to enjoy it on Chou A&G+.

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Berryz Kobo Tsugunaga Momoko Puri Puri Princess October 20th (236th episode) Broadcast Postscript

Berryz Kobo Tsugunaga Momoko no Puri Puri Princess (2013/10/28 10:00 pm)

After two and a half months we've come back to this special project.
"Sunday Miracle Countdown Momochi"
We reported on the ranking of Berryz Kobo's songs that you'd start humming upon entering the bath.
We received letters from all you Otomomochi who had decided on their 1st to 3rd place choices,
We tallied the points as follows 1st place...3 points, 2nd place... 2 points, 3rd place... 1 point
And announced the results.

The results are as follows!

1st「Loving you Too much」

2nd「cha cha SING」

3rd「Momochi！ Yurushite-nyan Taisou」

4th「Gag 100kai bun Aishite Kudasai」

5th「Maji Bomber！！」

6th「ROCK Erotic」

7th「Tsukiatteru no ni Kataomoi」

8th「Kokuhaku no Funsui Hiroba」

9th「Rival」

10th「Shining Power」

For such a loose theme, it was unexpectedly exciting.

There were people saying on Twitter "Setting aside the rankings, it would be fun to hear about stories behind the songs", but there were a lot of people looking forward to it!

Since this ranking was before this new song had gone on sale, the earnestly desired Yurushite-nyan Taisou entered the top 3, with 3 songs in the ranking from the CD, it was an interesting ranking.

From now on we'll be getting on with deciding themes for the ranking.

Please make sure to vote from now on too!

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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

Berryz Kobo Tsugunaga Momoko Puri Puri Princess October 13th (235th episode) Broadcast Postscript

Berryz Kobo Tsugunaga Momoko no Puri Puri Princess (2013/10/14 1:00 am)

Momoko-hime talked enthusiastically about

The miracle (!?)-like incident that happened during her Iwate event.

There were loud cheers of "Yurushite-nyan" "Otomomochi"

Even someone who burst into tears... Above all, good memories were made.

And the story of "Exposing Momoko-hime's behaviour in a store."

The 21 year-old knows the difficulty of 

The collection spirit and goods gathering of young men... It was an impressive story.

The voice of the normal idol for the "Momochi ha Idol" corner has changed from this time.

I think it would be interesting to try listening and comparing the successive generations of the normal idol.

When we were recording the voice of the normal idol, Momoko-hime also gave some direction.

The changing to the 8 pm timeslot also became a hot word through hashtags.

Supported by passionate, passionate Otomomochi.

From now on, we'll be depending on your support.

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