#akb48 request hour 2012

[skylarkdragonstar]

I Choose Setlist - Matsui Jurina version

Next up we look at Jurina’s setlist. And I gotta say, what she chose for her setlist is pretty interesting.

M01. Majijo Teppen Blues - all

M02. Itoshisa no Accel (A6th Stage) - Takamina

M03. Omoide Ijou (S3rd Stage) - Jurina, Kanako, Yukiko

M04. Cross (KII 3rd stage) - Churi, Tomochan, Rina

M05. Mushi no Ballad (K5th Stage) - Sayaka

M06. Junjou Shugi (B3rd Stage) - Haachan, Umechan, Natsumiin

M07. MARIA (K3rd stage) - Yuttan, Umechan, Tomo-mi

M08. Blue Rose (K2nd Stage) - Sayaka, Yuttan, Meetan, Sae

M09. Junai no Crescendo (A4th Stage) - Takamina(center), Sayanee, Jurina

M10. Cry - DiVA / Sayaka, Yuttan, Sae, Umechan

EN01. Area K - all

EN02. Kataomoi Finally - SKE48

Yep, Jurina’s got a good taste. I like this setlist.

Lot of the songs here are those Jurina loves. There’s a couple of my favorite songs and members in this setlist. Mushi no Ballad, Area K and Itoshisa no Accel, nice choices.

Nice to see that Jurina also likes DiVA and Team K’s songs.

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Shuffle unit song and solo song to which Sayaka, (There are some songs that are not included due to the time of videos that can be posted on the Tumblr. I’m sorry)

Return Match(2008/05/31 team K 4th stage) kagami no naka no Jeanne d'Arc(2008/11/23) itoshiki Natasha(2009/09 Sokaku Matsuri) Himawari(2009/01 Request hour) Uhho uhho ho(2011/01 Request hour) flower(2011/12 AKB Kouhaku Utagassen) Hajimete no Jelly Beans(2012/07 team K live in Okinawa) Nante Bohemian(2012/08 Tokyo dome(“Under girls” CD single coupling)) Oogoe Diamond(A cappella version)(2012/12 AKB Kouhaku Utagassen) 1994 nen no raimei(2013/08 in Kyocera Dome Osaka) Confession(2015/12/08 AKB48 theater 10th anniversary performance) Mushi no Ballad(2016/04/01 Team K 10th anniversary performance)

才加ちゃんが参加したシャッフルユニット曲とソロ曲まとめ （Tumblrに掲載出来る動画の時間の関係でいくつか入っていない曲があります）

[nicholyslim]

The Comeback post plus thoughts on the AKB48 Sousenkyo (Part 1)

Yeah I am not dead :D

Between a renewed push to study and tinkering with a buttload of hobbies, I amazingly have not lost interest in AKB48, or to be more precise the Sousenkyo. Maybe its the perpetual novelty of watching ranks, the emotions it can stir up and how brings out the more analytical/erudite sides in me.

So here goes:

1. When best really just ain’t enough

You know you really can feel for the girl when you are neutral for the girl, and yet when she lets out a roar of frustration at finishing third (AGAIN!), you totally get it. That frustration 

I am talking about Matsui Jurina. Another year, another shot, and a renewed push with intensity (this time around no more dicking about with those Request Hour votes), and third again.

So what happened? They got the proportion of votes to buy right... up to a point. Like last year, Jurina got 120k votes there about, and expressed as a proportion of overall album sales, more than last year’s percentage. They also got the voting strategy right, as shown by the first day numbers, high enough to be in the running, yet not high enough to force everyone else into showing their hands and engaging in voting frenzies.

The problem is that maybe, Jurina oshis got the numbers in a far too rational way. 

Look at it this way, all the way up to position 6, the next member up only had at most a margin/breathing space of less than 6000 votes. In fact, if 6000 votes were at random redistributed to any member below position 10, there would be a change in a position of anyone instantly

Example:

10. Kitahara Rie (NGT48 - Team NIII, 45,684) (↑2) 11. Takahashi Juri (AKB48 - Team 4, 42,663) (↑4) 12. Shiroma Miru (NMB48 - Team M, 41,491) (↑12) 13. Homma Hinata (NGT48 - Team NIII, 41,230) (NEW) 14.Furuhata Nao (SKE48 - Team KII, 40,202) (↑15) 15.Takayanagi Akane (SKE48 - Team KII, 38,576) (↑5) 16. Yoshida Akari (NMB48 - Team M, 35,540) (↑61) 17. Mukaichi Mion (AKB48 - Team K, 35,201) (↓4) (Undergirls Center) 18. Matsumura Kaori (SKE48 - Team KII, 34,977) (REENTER) 19. Minegishi Minami (AKB48 - Team K, 34,688) (↓2) 20. Sutou Ririka (NMB48 - Team N, 31,779) (↑24)

In this case, if the Minegishi got the 6000 (giving it to her out of respect, yo!), she would instantly be in the senbatsu again, a throwback to 2012,

So we assume votes increase in this pleasantly linear fashion, Jurina would have the pleasant side of 120-130K votes. Yuko style numbers, and a Yuko style victory.

Only that past the top five, that logic no longer holds. 

Sashihara Rino (HKT48 - Team H, 246,376) (-) (Senbatsu Center)

Watanabe Mayu (AKB48 - Team B, 149,132) (-)

Matsui Jurina (SKE48 - Team S, 113,615) (-)

Miyawaki Sakura (HKT48 - Team KIV, 82,803) (↑2)

Ogino Yuka (NGT48 - Team NIII, 73,368) (↑90)

See what I mean? Its as if you practically need an F16 to be pulling away and take victory.

It must really hurt again for Jurina, to work the game out right, play well and still not win, by virtue of just facing two taller walls. 

As for the eventual day she wins, I have a feeling she is going to be pretty divided in terms of the feels. There is going to be frustration from winning by virtue of the two walls pulling out (spoiler alert), but hey, there’s no shame in winning with Yuko numbers, and its a narrative many years in the making.

2. When the final boss really is THAT final boss.

You could apply all that I said earlier over to Watanabe Mayu fans. If anything, same game as above, only with a fair chunk more margin.

Except, once again... I don’t feel like repeating exactly the same thing I said last year.

Probably far more interesting was what she said 

3. So Sashihara takes it, once again!

Credit once again to her fans for seemingly pulling out yet another victory for her, and by that same very unassailable margin.

Sure there are plenty of murmurs about wealthy fan blocs, but then again, every other senbatsu member has one of those too. I think what truly matters for her is the sheer breadth of her fan base, which also comes as part of her job scope. 

Managing a new team, and pushing it to the top, trading witty repartees on Japanese television, shilling the products endorsed by AKS partners. Basically, she is everywhere.

Another thing about her is she is no longer the bumbling hetare of old, but rather an astute player in the world of idol pop culture. Sometimes its not just about what you do, but how you do and present yourself.

And as my sis said “you can never get bored of a good story of coming back from scandal”

More to follow

[oraclegamma]

[Fanfiction] Forgotten Debris

"Where there would be you, me,whose stupidity is Unbridled, and your used-to-be smart-beloved inner circle. We talk about the things we’ve been done along the past 2 years after graduation. Where they work, where I work, what they have done so far.They proudly tell you where they work,achievement they got,project they've done,prospective client they met,good meeting place to go,good position.Me, on the other hand.wow, stop torturing me when it comes to retrospective one.But it’s ok,I’m gonna tell you all what I’ve done so far..Yes, I’ve done nothing. I was just a fired one,, and I am still nothing up till now, what would you think about me?" -Kim Jongdae

Wake up to the nothingness, sleep to the nightmare. You want everything, you want something. What about everything goes downhill till all you want, even plea, drop to the lowest level of “I wanna have a reason to dress up, to wake up in the morning leaving home catching the first bus downtown”.Since having a job is a luxury for him, a slow learner who has been fired twice from the job he was in. The 24 years old Kim Jongdae is what 5 years old “Kim Jongdae” never dreamt about. Well,this kind of prove why Jongdae understand 3rd grade math when he was on 6th grade, three times failed at physic class, and took 2 days sleepless night to master statistic at uni.

“I really wanna go to work”

like all my friends do..

Like all people my age supposed to do..” “Luhan hyung, chukkae! You got it!! Do the best ten times better than you did before,ne?”

“and Kyungsoo-ya, your seniors at your new office are soo nice! They must be take a good care of you very well!!”

Jongdae knows, one of the best prayer wished sincerely is when someone you pray for doesn’t know and request. A silent sincere prayer whised by Jongdae as Luhan and Kyungsoo starts his new better,higher position,more prestige job tomorrow.

"I should've been happy knowing they really having a good time working there,earning good income,most important... they can work at their best performance. I am happy for Luhan Hyung and Kyungsoo”

Even though all Jongdae feels now is throbbing. “...will I ever have that chance?...”

The last three months of 2012 were the hardest thing of Jongdae’s life. Waking up to face the terrible day and walking home crying.

Right here on this empty big world, I see that everything has changed I'm unable to find the right words, I can only stand in silence How do i begin again, from where should i'am starting over In spite of my desperation i'am looking for light Oh, If out there somewhere there really is God? (Kaze wa Fuiteiru, AKB48 eng translate)

You,As Wu Yi Fan. -That man who dressed nicely in suit really looks good, way much more looks good because it reflects his success. His successfulness goes really well along the step he takes-

Just like the ordinary day for people who live in urban city, it comes to the situation where your simple yet chic work outfit, nice shoe, latest gadget and another one or two thing/s more complete your appearance as a qualified person who really fits best to this city,and today,should be one of the luckiest day you might have because you can leave your cubicle when you still can see the sun. Even though you were lucky you left the office earlier, you couldn't completely drop all your job off of your mind even just for a little while. Your boss just handed you the project of your dreams, along with promises of a reward if your team completes it by a fast-approaching deadline.But Him.. a stupid new person that joined your team a while ago,who really couldn't do anything. Slow learner who takes longer to understand concepts and complete tasks, and working with him is often frustrating for you and your colleagues. Thing would go a little bit better if he, as if,was a fast learner. As if. Now that guy leaves some flaw on your perfect Friday night. “Kim Jongdae!! Actually what kind of business process that you expert in??!!". You can't understand or nearly understand what's going on around you. About why there is a person as slow as Kim Jongdae and why you are hardly able to talk to these days.

-End Wu Yi Fan POV-

His path scatters around somewhere he doesn’t know.And he lost his way to own it back again. Just counting the hours to go back to sleep. Days constantly remind him on that certain time on and on.

“You are Fired”

“You are Slow Learner”

Five months gone, but the echoes still. The wounds still. As Kim Jongdae tries to stand back again gaining some hope into the new piece of his life. The life where all his friends proudly engaging into some major project.

Kim Jongdae, A slow learned who struggles  indeed. Those feelings of being scolded by everyone he works with are running over and over his mind. He hampered his co worker. He’s nothing but an under achiever. The fact reveals he couldn’t be in team, he couldn’t do a fast phase professional business requirement.

-Jongdae POV-

Why did you talk about being a loser when everything you’ve got  worked perfectly riding you to the top? How could you create the future in the name of loser? You never know what loser really is... A loser who’s afraid to face the world because of the incompetency, self esteem, and something that happened in the past. You don’t know how slow I learn, you don’t know mistakes I’ve done. Let me be the loser.

There once was group of people dress nicely and act sophisticatedly in the corner of caffee, professionally talk about some kind of chart. Me, on the other side of corner, testify them secretly with a bunch of mixed feeling, and question:

I wish I could join them,what if I join them?

Would I be the one who didn’t contribute any idea or action?

Would they be having a hard time because I join the team?

I am stupid, I am a slow learner, I am a loser. I am on the next level of stupidity.Terrified by that view is really a stupid thing. Reality hits me to see the dark side of anything. The light goes off of me. An outshined loser.

I walk on any shop to see how nice is that suit. I afford the price, but I can’t afford to find an exact place to go with that suit. I wanna have that suit, but I am more fond to have a proper place to go to, a productive thing to be done.

End Jongdae POV

How does it feel walking home after working? Just a simple thing that he wished he had now :

A way back home that gives a simple satisfication in a little corner of heart as the sign that he has worked hard today. 

A way back home that he could buy some decent food for his little brother at home.

A way back home that he could prove everyone that he’s not a perfectly imperfect man.

... but in fact, Kim Jongdae was just a fired-slow learner. A man who is fighting so hard againts his own anxiety and low self esteem.  He belongs to the darkness inside the wardrobe at his room. The best option for him to be at, simply the place where no one hears him cry. The moment where being in the corner is the most safest place to be.Neither time goes too short nor too fast as he’s blending himself into the darkness. Nevertheless, One Almighty God becomes the reason for Jongdae doesn’t cut his arm or slit his wrist. He kept this feeling on track when it comes up. Before it turns back to grey again, at this very moment.  The times that he felt secure the most...after he prays..and at the last sip of his coffee.

Sehun POV

“Sehun-ah,I’m home. Here I got some chicken mushroom and bubble tea for us. Gotta be sure that you haven’t had dinner, right?”

It has been the countless times Jongdae Hyung attended job interview, and it’s been the countless times I can’t bear my feeling by watching Jongdae Hyung hurts so much. I love Jongdae Hyung for whatever he is. And I want nothing but having Jongdae hyung happy for what has happened and the person he is.

“Jongdae Hyung, Did you know that today there is a rumor stated David de Gea will soon move to Real Madrid?”

“Aah, is that true? What about ikker Cassillas? I cant believe Rafael Benitez doesn’t trust him as the main goalkeeper anymore. He has dedicated his life for 25 years with Real Madrid.”

“You know Hyung, the fun fact is De Gea was just born when Cassillas started his training with Real Madrid Junior team. ”

I don’t wanna ask about how the interview was, I want Jongdae Hyung forget all he went through today by distracting the conversation atmosphere into the things he likes. Music, singing, football, stand-up comedy. And it worked. Jongdae Hyung shows his enthusiasm when I raised the topic about what I read a glance about the news of Europe League today.

-6 months later-

Jongdae never knows where he is right now. He can’t even move nor shout. A peculiar area where he sees people come around with their each other’s business.  A regular day right after office hour ends. Is he dreaming? About a man in casual look with a backpack on his back,and his tired face engulfed by happiness on the front line of Bubble Tea counter. “My dongsaeng will like it so much!!” a silent whisper pronounced cleary heard by Jongdae.

“Have a nice day, Sir”

“Thank you.. I can’t believe I can buy this for my dongsaeng with my first salary”

“wait... what? Who he actually is?”

“We’ll have a meeting at Ministry of Finance at 10”

---**---

“Sehun-ah , wake up!! I have a meeting at Ministry of Finance at 10, and maybe tonight I’ll come home a little bit late, because I have another meeting at Ministry of Law and Human Right at 4. Don't forget to have breakfast! see yea at night!”

As Sehun watched Jongdae dissappear at the doorway, he grabbed his last night bubble tea and went into his deep thought about what finally came to his hyung. A perseverance and endless pray brought his hyung to catch the first train to Central Business District every morning. This is stupid, he thought. How come his hyung wasted 2 years of his life being depressed just to be a coorporate slave? How come a curated pictures about the late night meeting his peers post on SNS brought him down to the lowest point he could be? but whatever it is, Sehun feels so relieve.

"Jongdae Hyung, You've overcome your fear. But I know the fear of being slow learner can’t fade as train goes by. I just wanna thank God for what you have now. You’ve got your dream to buy me this bubble tea on your way back home. I love you, Hyung for whatever you are."

[Side Story]

 It was Carissa

-Jongdae POV-

“Bye Carissa”

It was Carissa. A freshgrader who’s accidentally, by professional means, sat at the front desk as she is known by all departments in this Ministry. She takes the responsibility of financial administration and serves everyone in this Ministry to approve their financial application, and accidentally be my partner in running this project I was designated to. Sometimes the irresponsible employee yelled at her as she  disapprove their incorrect application. Sometimes she got a phone call in the middle of the night forcing her to process the administration form that due the next morning. No, I’m not falling in love with her, I just adore her professionally.

Today ends as we had an unplanned-simple-but-nice dinner and some casual talks till elevator ride ended and did us apart.

After all it was really nice to know her.

[khrisnanana]

Wimbledon e Tsureteitte adalah lagu dari Tim S 2nd Stage 

Anggota Pertunjukan : Team S Version : Takai Tsukina, Yagami Kumi, Mori Sayuki Di Video : Furuhata Nao, Niidoi Sayaka, Ego Yuna

AKB48 Request Hour :  §  Request Hour 2010 - #58 §  Request Hour 2013 - #75 §  Request Hour 2014 - #176 SKE48 Request Hour : §  Request Hour 2010 - #6 §  Request Hour 2011 - #17 §  Request Hour 2012 - #13 §  Request Hour 2013 - #41 §  Request Hour 2014 - #58 §  Request Hour 2015 (Theater Songs) - #27

ウィンブルドンへ連れて行って | Wimbledon e tsureteitte | Selected Members: Team S Version ( Furuhata Nao, Niidoi Sayaka, Ego Yuna )

LALALA...tsuugaku no densha no DOA chikaku onaji jikan yoku au anata tsumeeri no gakuseifuku wo kita hitotsu mae no eki de oriteku hitoitsumo TENISU RAKETTO waki ni kakaeteru yaketa kao wa kitto taiyou no okurimono neFUREE! FUREE! FUREE! nee ganbatte hajimete no koi WOW WOW WOW FUREE! FUREE! FUREE! mune no oku de sakebu namae sae mo shiranai anata dakedo itsuka wa... watashi wo tsureteitte WINBURUDONitsuka tetori ashitori TENISU oshiete ne watashi dake no anata akogare no kojin RESSUNFUREE! FUREE! FUREE! nee ganbatte hajimete no koi WOW WOW WOW FUREE! FUREE! FUREE! mune no oku de sakebu namae sae mo shiranai anata dakedo itsuka wa... watashi wo tsureteitte WINBURUDON

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I Choose Setlist - Akimoto Sayaka version

As she’s my eternal oshimen and I can’t forget the 3rd member of the Shinyuu Trio, I have to share Sayaka’s setlist next.

Sayaka explains that her setlist has the theme ‘traveling around the world’.

M01. Aitakatta ~ Edo ver (Team Z)

M02. Tsukimisou (Team A 3rd Stage)

M03. Umi wo Watare (Team K 5th Stage)

M04. Machikado no Party (Team K 5th Stage)

M05. Rio no kakumei (Team A 2nd Stage)

M06. Shoujo wa Manatsu ni nani wo suru? (SKE48)

M07. Tengoku Yarou (Team B 4th Stage) - Kami 7 members

M08. Saboten to Gold Rush (Team A 6th Stage)

M09. Kibou Sanmyaku (Watarirouka Hashiritai 7)

M10. Sado e Wataru (SDN48)

M11. Kikyou (Team A 3rd Stage)

EN01. Jibun Rashisa (AKB48)

EN02. Kimi ga Hoshi ni naru made (Team A 4th Stage)

Sayaka sure chose some nice songs that fit the theme of going around the world or traveling. I mean we’ve never got to hear Aitakatta Edo ver live before except in its PV.

Too bad Tengoku Yarou is the only one where she chooses the members to sing in this setlist.

[skylarkdragonstar]

AKB48 Request Hour 2012 - #20 - Mushi no Ballad (w/commentary)

For @jinsoul-world‘s request, here’s the legendary Mushi no Ballad from 2012. The commentators here are Yukirin, Sasshi and Shiichan.

Like all other times whenever Sayaka sings, all the members just give endless comments about her excellent singing, her cool character, and how she shines on stage.

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AKB48 Request Hour 2012 making of - Sayaka sings ‘Nantai Renai Kuragekko’

She’s at it again. A year after we’ve seen Sayaka’s ‘Sayaa no Tame ni’ in 2011, she gets another request from Natsumi again to do another Mayu solo song. Acting as her witness from Mayuyu’s unit Watarirouka Hashiritai is Harugon. 

Too bad it’s too short.

I think Natsumi just luvs to hear Sayaka singing cutesy songs. She’s just adorable. X3

Full clip with CinDy and Yukarin’s intro: HERE

[skylarkdragonstar]

I Choose Setlist 2012 - Miyazawa Sae version

I was looking back through AKB48 Request Hour 2012 extra features and saw this feature. Selected members from the 48G are given the chance to think ‘if you could create your own setlist for an AKB concert, what would it be?’

So the selected members share the selected songs they would like in their dream setlist and the members who they want to sing each song. I wanted to write down a few members’ setlists that I found interesting. 

First let’s start with Sae’s setlist. 

(I might miss one or two things because I can’t read everything Sae wrote on her setlist form and my lack in Japanese. So forgive me if I make a mistake.)

M01. Run Run Run (Himawarigumi 1st Stage) - Acchan, Takamina, Kojiharu, Mariko, Tomochin, Miichan, Yuko, Sayaka, Sae, Yuttan, Ume-chan, Kana, Yukirin, Mayuyu, Nacchan, Lovetan

*Sae wants the 16 girls from 1st-3rd generations singing this song.

M02. Itoshisa no Accel (Team A 6th Stage) - Yui, Sasshi, Kitarie, Shiichan, Komorin, Sakiko, Akicha, Mocchi, Tanamin, Micha, Reinyan, Haachan, Harugon, Suuchan, Chikarina, Natsumi

*Itoshisa no Accel is originally a solo song, but Sae wants this to be a 16 people version.

M03. Yankee Soul  (AKB48) - all 32 members from the first two songs

*Since this song is from Majisuka Gakuen, Sae says something about the two groups giving a fighting feeling scenario during this song.

M04. Iiwake Maybe (AKB48) - Acchan, solo ver.

M05. Heavy Rotation (AKB48) - Yuko, solo ver.

*Basically you have Acchan and Yuko singing solo the Sousenkyo songs they centered.

M06. Beginner (AKB48) - Takamina, solo ver.

(Takamina previously sang an acoustic version of Beginner in Kouhaku Uta Gassen 2011. Sae wants her to sing the normal version in this setlist. I bet Takamina would sound great.)

M07. Uhho Uhhoho (Team K 6th Stage) - Sayaka, solo ver.

(Why am I not surprised Sae would do something like this in her setlist? XD)

M08. Kinjirareta Futari (Team K 2nd Stage) - Ucchi & Mariko

*You have a duet between the two winners of the 1st two Janken Tournaments. Interesting.

M09. Te wo tsunaginagara (Team S 3rd Stage) - all

M10. Sougen no Kiseki (Team K 3rd Stage) - all

EN01. PIECES OF A DREAM  (Chemistry) - Sae & Yuihan, duet

EN02. Korekara Wonderland (AKB48) - all

Interesting setlist. Sae made some nice choices.

Sae giving her Shinyuu Trio buds a solo number. ^_^

I definitely would’ve wanted to see Sayaka’s solo version of Uhho Uhhoho. XD I wonder how that’ll sound.

Aw and she of course has to include Sougen no Kiseki in the setlist somewhere.

Now who’s setlist should I mention next?

[skylarkdragonstar]

AKB48 Request Hour 2008 - #45 - Kimi wa Pegasus (w/commentary)

The members commentating here are Sayaka, Sae, Erepyon and Tomo-mi.

Finally for the first time I get to hear the Twin Towers’ comments about this unit song they sing in. As I expected, I hear nothing but praises at how the Twin Towers (Sae-chan especially) are kakkoi and are like princes.

I’ve recently downloaded Request Hour concerts from 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, all that includes the commentary audio track. If there’s any songs from any of these years that you would like to hear with the commentary, let me know and I’ll post some of them up.