#akb48 team surprise

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Produce 101 Japan The Girls ep 5 - by a harowota in real time

this time written on my phone!

Part 1: Elimination????

i spoiled me w friends cuz i started to follow the eliminated trainees on insta and twitter as they started to appear and post but forgot anyways

group introduccions are always nice specially with funny/cute poses and or phrases or gimmicks, or whatever

Kassa took out her Anju chara there

Omg Ao Haru posing as アオハル

i want to talk bout the style changes

i got the same reaction to Shizuku's blonde hair, Kaela

Kaela is kinda troll, love that energy lol (i should stop talking bout the trainers and the MC of the whole show)

okay, let's start the beheadings?

Part 2: Dance Battle

WAIT WAIT WAIT NAKASONE VS YUMEKI?!

i go for Nakasone cuz she's so mother but Yumeki is even a year younger than me

AAAAAAA TOGETHER DAMN

still Nakasone mother

RANDOM PLAY DANCE!!! OWO

oh so it depends of the year nice nice

let's see if i can recognize some (spoiled one)

2021? idk this one... ohhh the pd101 japan season 2

they're so happy

1985!!! no one thought they'd know Dacing Hero eat me up... okay

so cool Sakura (no gyaru)

2000!!!! RENAI REVOLUTION 21 OFC!!!!!!

Kassa didn't ran but danced from the class A side (my harowota hear is a bit dissapointed specially cuz Kokoro told her to go together and didn't)

Honoka and Rino? went to dance it

Nakasone proud somehow?

2010... heavy rotation ofc

Rimika did what i hoped Kassa did with rr21, ofc she knows it lol

almost everyone went running (good song and I don't like akb48, .... complex emotions with the video)

2020 ohhh.... it's kpop, i dunno, but it says wannabe

ohhh yumeki did the choreo

2023.... leap high was obvious lol

the ones who couldn't fit in the dance floor on their sides dancing ofc

now real battle by class, and genre (cute, sexy, wild)

they'll win sneakers!!!!

cute first

Sakura C class, Kagura F, Mana D, Rinon B, Yuuki A; wow Rinon mixed a bit of sexy i guess, cute Sakura... Mana cute but :/

Sexy now

Sae D, Honoka C, WOW NONOKA FROM F CLASS (awwww camera on baby Hina surprised, too much sexy for this baby to see(?)), Wow Moe B and Miu A they know for sure

WILD!!!!!

okay i saw, Tsukushi (A), Ranka (F), Keiko (B) quickly

Keiko is wild indeed

now Ayano from C WOW

LET'S GO TSUKUSHI

this is just time for the dancers of each class

Aruha nice!!!

nice Ranka

They're all so good, i go for Keiko or Aruha

mood Nakasone, OH MY GOD

winners?

B class!!! Dance queen Keiko!

the random leap high jump was amazing

THEIR NEW SHOES!!!!

awww Keiko's "minna aishiteru" after they thanked her

Part 3: ok now elimination? or well rankings

i know the one i was worrying bout got into the saved ones

oh 49th Mana (can't like her :c but let's go "grandma"), 48th Kanno Miyu, i shouldn't say these tbh... so I won't

iiiiiigh! Ranka got saved :/ she has Nomura Minami looks but her vibes throw me off a bit, good for her tho (I'm a supporter of everyone in some way)

okay, so i really clap clap Uchiyama Rin cuz of getting a bad throat and pulling such vocals

a twin (Mikoto) is in!!!! is the other twin (Kotone) in as well?

ahhh nice Yurara!!!! (I'm saying each position anyways somehow)

YESSSSSS THE OTHER INTP GIRL I LIKE (lower than how i like her but yes!!) HARUKA!!!! so cute and looks so ADHD (but shy) creature on the stage of the ones who passed!!!

words from some top 49 to 41 okay okay

lol Uchiyama, you're not allow to go back home soon...

cutie Yurara!!!!!

ok 40 to 31...

where's Kotone

KOTONE 39!!! (YOU'RE GETTING OVER YOUR NEE-SAN)

SHIZUKU 37!!!! YES, DESERVED, I WANT TO LISTEN TO HER VOCALS MORE, SO OPERISTIC operastic?

Fujimoto Ayaka is the hard time seifuku no manequin team leader... right? ah yes deserved 36 with all that

... i don't like Rimika, idky but she passed

YOSHIDA HANA 33 DESERVED (obsessed with her "narcissistic my god i love it" from their love dive performance)

Husky voice 32?! MOMOKA YES!!! YES!!!! YES!!! (btw weird but interesting hair styling)

Miyu 31, she was such a nice neesan for her group, deserved

awwwww Ayaka u gonna make me cry, "pien" as S. Miu said in the mbti lab

THIS IS TAKING SO LOOOOOOONG

a take bout an eliminated girl i remember

Ameri deserved better (cuz we can't vote overseas, and she knows it, liked a comment where she was told it was unfair to have eng subs but no overseas votes)

Part 4: social experiment in Korea?

the girls helping an small baby girl

HIGH QUEENS FIRST

JUERI YOU SAW THE GIRL!!!!!

ok, bby had to walk to them to talk, then they became nice nice nee-san

high queen knows korean, ofc; 3 minutes?

Jueri sensed it was a prank before the dokkiri daiseko paper was shown, nice

oh they know Korean cuz dramas lol

REMEMBER ME TIME!

i feel like Ayaka might be the quick one to act?...

oh it was Rino

they started to play w bby

all got pranked and no one thought was the bby the prank

AOHARU!!!!

oh so Nana wants to be a teacher, she might react quicker, Tsuzumi will make her laugh i have the feeling

Nana immediately took her hand

all yelling to ask for her mom

ohhh an unrelated person got in so run for the prank paper

they're so noisy and are looking for the cameras lol!!!!

Miss Japan

so Mana decided to talk to staff while Chiharu takes care of her talking and playing

NANA TEAM

they decide to look for the mother nice

5 minutes looking around awwww Serina? pick her up to not get her tired

lol the prank paper

they laugh

so worried cuz bad at korean

Part 5: more ranking

30 to 21 ok

29 the gyaru!!!! nice

SAKATA KOTONE!!!!!!!!! 28!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!! MY F TO B GIRL!!!!! and good leader

Hina bby 25 she became the little chick already, she broke her egg shell

Kitazume Sakura 22, she was really cute, and powerful, deserved!

YUI 21!!!!! YES YES, LEADER NICE NEESAN, NICE VOCALS.... also the way she was holding hands with Koto waiting who would be 21st, CUTE

20 to 12 ohhhh a longer one

Joa 20, deserved, tho I don't like her enough, VERY VERY DESERVED!

Kokona chubby cheeks 19, surprised me on performance nice nice

idk if I'd vote for Tsukushi (18) to get higher, probs cuz mic incident

OWO RINON 17 amazing, I'm amazed, really deserved

Mena 16 is so deserved, she's so idol bright, she has that thing that makes you oshi her (not my oshi)

taking advantage of Kitazato Rio 15 to say... her new hairstyle makes me think a bit of Nishida Shiori from BEYOOOOONDS on her face

NAGOMI 13!!!! MY BABY IS 13 SO DESERVED SHE COULD BECAME THE COOL OF THE SONG BEING SO CUTE AAAAAA BBY!!!!!!!

Keiko 12, yes you see her and you smile, she's so funny and amazing deserved

Mena talking so idol bright! so cute! so oshi-able

I'm so proud of bby Nagomi, wanna hug her

I'm at 1hr 19 minutes?! wow one hour more to watch yet

Part 6: members choose tops

top 3 personality

so 3 chose Honoka, she's funny the few things I've seen, i agree, she's ENFP, right? expected, she's top 3

Kokoro top 2 cuz nice nee-san and someone who listens, nice

top 1 is???? Moe ohhhhh, dunno what to say i think I haven't feel like I've focused a bity bit on her

top 2 beauties?

top 2 S. Miu i can see that very well, no comments tbf

yes Miu, as an eye lover(?) you have very beautiful eyes

lol she cringed at herself after that scene thingy

ohhh top 2 was a tie, makes sense

Sasaki Kokona, i agree she's captivating even if I don't want to look at her lol

okay top 1....!!!!

goddess vibe?!

Nano, yeah i agree, like damn girl is beautiful and captivating

she doesn't want to do the line thingy

the profile pics tho for Nano and Miu... not helping

Part 7: final rank?

so the 11 fitting the debut group?

yes the top 11

wait i know this, well I'm supposed to (i know top 1 tho)

Aita Rin top 11 was surprising (i have her in my top 11) so deserved as leader, hard worker, soul strength, team mindset, all, wanna hug her cuz i feel PROUD of her

Koto 10 is so amazing! so wow, no words just WOW feelings

AYANEEEEEEEEEEEE 9!!!!! I LOVE HER, SHE'S (with Momona) MY TOP 1!!!! my INTP tism creature looking songtress with huge off stage on stage gap girly!!!! YESSSSSS (her talking is so 🥹)

Nano 8 nice nice sleepy but nice beautiful nee-san

Sasaki Kokona 7 again captivating aura, no wonder she got so many votes

cute, she says she doesn't think is good enough for that rank

Tsuzumi 6 makes me so ajsjjsjsjshsj :D she's so cute energetic full of emotion bby and good performer... awwww she got so emotional towards AoHaru, so cute bby bright smile bby

Suzu 5 nice, she has a something i can see but don't get to my top 11

cute, just cute, no comments

i forgot the top 4-2 order, i know the ones there

Kaela hurry up!!!!

ofc Ran, Miu, Kokoro and Momona fight the 1st place (I know :D who has it) WHICH WAS THE ORDER!!!!

4 is?! Miu okay okay, so then... Ran, Kokoro Kassa, right?

Miu get out of my top cuz... idk... but maybe she was evily edited... so it feels like she's a diva (as some friends said) i want to think is all due to this edit, and being ISTP cold

Ran 3 right, i liked her a lot and a friends is doing propaganda for her

cute girl, amazing, like her low voice, she seems funny but not so WOW funny

so now is Kokoro, I just know that already

but nice that rebloom where fighting the top 1, starting with their idol performance

plus both (mainly Momona cuz time, i mean since she was 13 in angerme and 12 in hello pro kenshuusei, she has like 8 years experience!) are pros

"Kokoro-chan aishiteimasu" (not in shipping way) beautiful

i want what these two have

such strong friendship

so well, Momona 1, Kokoro 2, already knew that

LET'S GO KASSA!!!!!!

they're like so proud of each other!!!!! mainly Kokoro of Momona

it feels so amazing to see Kassa going up those stairs to the 1st place seat!!!!

ok top 50 is missing, who got the cut position?!

4 fighting the place 50

oofff this is hard to see

Karen, Aruha, Shion and Misaki

i want them all (yes, i forgot who didn't got there that i follow on insta)

i think Shion didn't

how low was Jueri btw? (liked her voice)

ok 50th is?!

Karen!

i wanted Aruha...

but it's okay

oh god, i feel so sad for the ones who didn't make it, i hope some angencies contact them soon

they all deserved to pass

WAIT!!!! FUKA GOT ELIMINATED

NOOOOOOO FUKAAAAAAAAAA

wow, Jueri got 92nd going down 15 places

third INTP girly Tabuchi Miu got 86th (tbh, i didn't saw her a lot, but sad cuz INTP too)

AMELI 79? i swear if overseas have voted she would have made it to top 50

the Moron Anon (joke joke, her name is Moro Anon, such a weird name) 74th... sad cuz she surprised me at the group battle

Iyota Hana 71... ok

you're not telling me Fuka didn't make it cuz of a 10 places gap?! ... pien

Part 8: coments random cuz didn't pay attention to the thingy with songs at the end

Kassas short hair is beautiful, i wonder if she donated her hair again...

sadly they cant sns cuz rules... so we won't know... not yet

expecting what we'll see next week... or on thursday, deppending if I can't handle the need to watch...

I'm wondering why they can't change a bit more the twins' look, it's so hard to tell them apart

someone said one have thicker and other thinner bangs and I'm like "HOW THE FUCK CAN YOU KNOW THAT"

OH NOOO THE HUGS AND CRYING AT THE END

is sadder that whole groups got eliminated...

they became such good friends apparently

now i wonder what will happen if one twin is eliminated later

OH NOOO AYANE CRYING NOOO, DEAR!!!!

oh that's all...

there was a lot

well, eliminated B class girls at least get new sneakers

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The Great Produce 48 Rewatch: Ep 4, Like Ooh Ah (Twice) Challenge

Welcome back, National Producers, to to the thing I’m doing for some reason: The Great Produce48 Rewatch Recap-ma-jig! When we left off in the previous posts ((part 1) )(part 2), we saw the two Boombayahs match up in a hellish landscape of inexplicability! Yay! 

In this post, we’ll see two teams match off in a battle to cover Like Ooh Ah by Twice. It features Chaewon from Le Sserafim, Riina from H1-key, and Haeyoon from Cherry Bullet. Let’s do this thing!

Lee Seungki welcomes the two teams up on stage. 

The pink team, in a burst of surprising prescience, have named themselves Team Pop! Somewhere, Nayeon was watching and was like, “YES.” 

LTR: Hwang Soyeon, Kim Chaewon, Lee Seunghyeon, Goto Moe, Kim Doah, Park Haeyoon

The blue team has named themselves “Team Yours” (a reference to the Nekkoya lyrics).

Park Seoyoung, Lee Haeun, Park Jinny, Cho Kahyeon, Naiki Kokoro, Choi Yeonsoo

Seungki asks Goto Moe, what were some of the challenges she faced in rehearsal? She says (in Japanese). that the styles of dance in Japan and Korea are quite different, so she struggled to move her body the way she wanted to. The audience laughs politely. But they worked together as a team. Backstage, the judges agree that teamwork is important, and we dive into a flashback.

They’re at an early dance rehearsal with Mary J. Lee, and it’s really looking good. 

The members, left to right:

Goto Moe, the laryngitis girl, who moved from F to C and was most recently ranked 8th.

Kim Doah, future member of Fanatics and visitor to GP999, who moved from A to C and was ranked 25th.

Park Haeyoon, my new Cherry Bullet bias, who moved from A down to D and was ranked 35th.

Lee Seunghyeon, aka H1-Key Riina, who moved from B to C and was ranked 60th.

Hwang Soyeon, the flat tummied “little Sunmi” who stayed in A and was ranked 46th. 

Kim Chaewon, future Le Sserafim, who stayed in B class and was ranked 21st.

When we left off, Lee Seunghyeon, aka Riina from H1-key, had been chosen center, and Goto Moe was having trouble with the key butt wiggle in the choreo. Soyeon was the group chooser, and Haeyeoon was the leader. We were left wondering, would Moe figure out how to wiggle her butt?

This is a strong group, if you haven’t noticed. Four of the six would go on to debut in a group, and though yes, some of those groups are more popular than others, they are all good performers. Plus, they have Soyeon, who is super skilled as well. 

When they’re done with their run through, Mary J Lee applauds and tells them they have good team work. She praises Haeyoon’s leadership skills, then tells Moe that she needs to work on her timing, because she’s usually a few beats ahead of the group. There’s trouble music playing to let us know this is trouble. 

Over to vocal class. They’re running through the song and everyone sounds good, until they get to Moe.  She’s off key and off rhythm and it does not sound good.. Jeremy’s reaction:

He explains in Japanese that she’s going too fast, and has her try it again a few times, and it’s not really getting better. To her credit, she can tell it’s not right

Caption: “I sing it over and over, but it doesn’t get better.” 

Jeremy addresses Leader Haeyoon and kindly encourages her to work with Moe to fix the problem, and Haeyoon agrees. The vibe isn’t super negative or unkind, but Moe starts to cry a little. Jeremy addresses her in Japanese, asking what’s wrong, as she tries to hide her face behind her hair. I think she’s just frustrated. She says that even when she practiced with the AKB48 girls, she was always a beat or two ahead. She feels bad for hurting the team. 

The girls gather Moe-chan into a big group hug, telling her she’s doing a great job. 

I swear, she’s in the middle of all that. 

Haeyoon is talking to her in what sounds like pretty good and idiomatic Japanese, telling her she’s doing a good job and that they have time to improve. 

Haeyoon, Moe, and original-hair-Chaewon work together to get the timing and tune down. (It’s so funny how the most famous one in this group is getting almost no story attention.) They all keep working on it, but Haeyoon is really gentle with her and Moe seems really dedicated to improving.

On a day that Moe had to fly back to Japan for a day or two for her AKB48 activities, the other five girls gathered to rehearse a little, just the five of them…

that's Kim Chaewon with the curler in her bangs! fearless!

But they got a message from Moe!

Is it a 'fit, or is she just skinny?

She recorded herself running through the dance and asked them if they noticed any mistakes. The girls write back and forth with suggestions -- adjusting angle and other details. Moe interviews that she’s grateful to the girls, especially Haeyoon, for helping her so much.

The girls gather for some inappropriate product placement. Some nice diet drinks for these extremely thin young girls. Ugh, diet culture. 

It’s about time for them to perform, and Haeyoon encourages her team to have fun. 

The judges comment that the team has really good teamwork and actually look like a debuted group. 

And now it’s time for the performance!

Here is PD48 Editing’s blessed edit.

Standing, LTR: Soyeon, Doah, Moe, Chaewon Kneeling: Haeyoon, Riina

LTR: Moe, Doah, Haeyoon, Soyeon, Riina, Chaewon

standing: Doah, Riina, Soyeon kneeling: Moe, Haeyoon, Chaewon

Just an extra picture of original-hair, original-blush Chaewon:

My thoughts: Overall, this was really good. They really did look like a debuted girl group -- a rookie one, yeah, but still. They all brought the stage presence, with the possible exception of Chaewon, who seemed a tiny bit muted. It’s not at all that she did a bad job -- it’s just that the others outshined her a bit. I think she was weighed down by her hair. 

Every time I see Kim Doah do just about anything, either here or on Girls Planet 999, I feel a little sad that she hasn’t had more success. She is pretty great, even here as a 14 year old. 

Haeyoon’s vocals stood out, as they should, since she was the main vocal. But no one was bad vocally, not even Moe.

Soyeon did great, but it felt a little cosplay to me. I think she’s just made for other concepts. She still did great though, don’t get me wrong. I’m just imagining her on a Boombayah team and sad for what we missed out on. 

Really, everyone did well. I don’t have much to add. 

The MNET edit emphasized Moe -- girls reacting to her prettiness, Jeremy nodding approval to her vocals, and all of them expressing surprise at her high jump. They also approve of Haeyoon’s vocals -- Soyou says that Haeyoon is the best singer so far. 

There’s also a weird moment when Psychopath seems to approve of Soyeon’s cute pose, but he calls her Seolhyun. That’s how it’s spelled in the Korean subtitles, too. But her name is Soyeon. I double checked. I thought maybe he was talking about Riina, whose real name is Seunghyeon, but again, there’s a G at the end of her first syllable, not an R/L. Maybe it’s a nickname? Or a reference? IDK. 

They finish to excited cheers from the audience -- “that was great!” “You girls are stunning!” The judges say that it was the best performance so far (we don’t know the order, though -- it’s possible, likely even, that the order on show night was quite different than the order it was aired). Soyou even says that it makes her job rewarding to see a performance like this. For once, the judges and I really agree about a performance. 

When the first group is done, the second group comes up, smiling sweetly. They look cute. We jump back to their rehearsals.

So, let’s remember the team:

The members: 

Park Seoyoung, age 19, the blonde who sat in Chair 1, fell from C to D and was ranked 26th at this point.

Naiki Kokoro, age 20, auditioned with Funny People, rose from D to C, and was ranked 82nd. We don't know much about her, and unfortunately, aren't about to learn much either.

Park Jinny, age 20, future member of Secret Number,  is the other “individual trainee” who auditioned with Seoyoung. She fell from C to F and was ranked 49th.

Cho Kahyeon, age 14, is the Starship girl who isn’t Wonyoung or Yujin. She held steady in B and was ranked 36th. 

Lee Haeun, age 13,  is the “mini Chung-ha” girl who held steady in A, and was ranked 58th.

Choi Yeonsoo, age 19, is one of the YGK+ models, fell from D to F, and was ranked 52nd.

The captain and chooser was Naiki Kokoro, and was probably formed 10th, 11th, or 12th, something in there. They made blonde Seoyoung both leader and center, but it seemed like maybe little Haeun might have more skills, so there’s a sort of power battle between them, and it’s stressing out model Yeonsoo. But don't worry, we won't hear from Yeonsoo at all in this segment. Or Kokoro or Jinny, for that matter.

We check in first this time with little Haeun. She interviews that Group One got ahead of them quickly -- that they were practicing the dance when her own team was still deciding on parts. It’s not going great for them. Some of the team members are getting worried, but Seoyoung says, “Don’t worry, we have plenty of time.” 

Cho Kahyeon interviews that she and Haeun were anxious about everything. Are they planning a mutiny? That would be exciting!

We go to vocal/rap class with Jeremy and Cheetah.  

LTR: Seoyoung, Haeun, Kahyeon, Kokoro, Jinny, Younsoo

We see Seoyoung kind of giggling and making faces as she sings, making it kind of clear that she doesn’t quite know the lyrics.

Cheetah is post haircut, so this has to be a few days into the process.

When they’re done singing, Cheetah asks Group 1 what they think of Group 2’s performance, but they don’t say anything.  Jeremy says it sounded like they were fighting when they were singing the refrain -- and not the good kind of fighting, either. Cheetah asks if they practiced wearing headphones, and they don’t answer. Maybe singing with headphones playing the music is a bit like dancing while looking in the mirror -- you need to be able to perform without the crutch, too. 

Cheetah asks who the leader is, and Seoyoung identifies herself. Cheetah says, “you need to do a better job. It’s not just a title…. Do you girls not get along?” Seoyoung is shocked Pikachu face at the question. I think she genuinely thinks that they’re getting along fine. 

Haeun interviews, “Compared to other teams, we rarely practice together as a team.” 

“Quick, camera-guy! Kokoro is sitting by herself while the other members of her team ran off to use the bathroom and stuff for a minute. Get a shot of her by herself to make it look like her teammates don’t rehearse together. Yes, I know that their stuff all being right there clearly shows that they’re gone for just a minute and will be right back but if we put like, spotlights over it and play sad music and stuff, we can make it look like she’s been alone for hours and hours. Thanks, camera-guy! Thamraguy.”

Seoyoung takes the criticism to heart. She struggles not to cry as she interviews that her mind is flooded with thoughts. 

We cut to the girls having a meeting. 

It’s kind of funny because there’s a circle of water bottles behind them on the floor, showing signs of the other group leaving in a hurry. Seoyoung asks her team if there’s anything they want to tell her, and Haeun’s face is already twisting up into knots as she tries not to cry. She says she’s really stressed about the time pressure and wants to practice so much. She felt like only Kahyeon and herself felt stressed, like everyone else was too relaxed. Seoyoung says, “Now that I know about this, we’ll try harder.” 

She interviews that she should have realized this sooner, and, not to be mean, but yeah, she should’ve. Sorry! I’ve heard Seoyoung is really sweet. AleXa has said in interviews that Seoyoung is one of the few girls from the show that she keeps in touch with, which is a major point in her favor. But part of being a leader is taking the time constraints into account and pushing your team a bit. 

Oh no, Seoyoung and Haeun are both crying, and Team 1 is even getting involved. Cherry Bullet’s Haeyoon is exuding big time mom energy as she soothes them both. 

Haeyoon’s hands wiping away Seoyoung’s tears. 

We get a quick montage of them dancing with more power and enthusiasm, and then we’re almost to the stage. Park Jinny voice overs, “There’s always a twist in a drama. We’ll show them a twist.” Haeun say that they’re going to win. I love the energy, girls.

PD Editing’s blessed edit.

LTR: Park Jinny, Kokoro(#24), Haeun (Hawks), Seoyong(Wayward), Kahyeon, Yeonsoo(striped socks)

Standing: Yeonsoo, Seoyoung, Jiny Kneeling: Haeun, Kokoro, Kahyeon

My thoughts:

Overall, this was really good, too.

Center Seoyoung is so darned cute. She nails all the little simpering details form the intro without any hint of irony. I’m surprised a YG girl like her is so good at cute concepts. Her vocals were a little pitchy, but I think she might have earned my vote.

Park Jinny, her fellow individual trainee/ex-YG girl, didn’t fare as well, to me. She rapped almost as if this was a real rap, not a Twice song, which isn’t exactly what she should have done. She just somehow didn’t look comfortable to me, either. Maybe I’m reading into it, but she seemed out of place.

Cho Kahyeon did a lot right, except that she often didn’t smile. Even in her ending fairy, she has a straight face. Even when she does smile, if you look at hear eyes, they look sad. I think she knew that the audience wasn’t going to get on board with her and created a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy. 

Yeonsoo, the YGK+ model, looked almost terrified the whole time. When she did any transitions, she’d look around or look at the ground, and her smile dropped a lot. Despite all that, considering her low, skill set when she joined the competition, she did really well. 

Kokoro looked the part and brought the vibe. Good for her! Her vocals were not great, but she only had a few lines and she did her part -- dancing and looking cute -- well. 

Lee Haeun was the the MVP of the team. She isn’t as attention grabbing as center Seoyoung, but her smile is super charming, she doesn’t miss a step, her energy stays high throughout, and her vocals are absolutely on point. She hits every detail perfectly.  If I could have seen her fancam, I think I would have voted for her. 

Really, I think this team would have beaten a lot of other teams. It’s a shame they were up against such a powerhouse because this performance mostly came together and even their weaker members blended in. 

The MNET edit emphasizes how good they are. The judges exclaim especially over Haeun’s voice, and the girls backstage go nuts over Jinny and Kahyeon’s dancing in the dance break.  It’s kind overall, but does cut out about 15-20 seconds of it for no real reason. They needed those 15 seconds to show, I don’t know, an audience member shouting for Sakura. 

We cut to the results bathroom. 

Pink team is pretty sure that they’ll win, but blue team is still hopeful. 

They reveal the main vocalists first, and little Haeun wins over motherly Haeyoon. Kim Chaewon, showing one of the first signs that she might be a force to be reckoned with in the future, gets 104 votes, putting her in 17th place for the night.  Poor Kaheon gets only 14 votes, and the flat-tummied Hwang Soyeon gets 10 votes, putting them fourth last and second last for the night overall. We don’t get to hear from them much, though. 

I know that Kahyeon doesn’t meet Korean beauty standards, which is stupid and pointless and makes me mad, but at least I know why she got so few votes. I wish I knew why the audience never seemed to warm up to Soyeon. I’m not an expert on what is considered pretty or not, but if she is said to look like Sunmi, then she must be pretty, right? And she’s a great dancer and a good singer, so I don’t get it. It’s like the way that the audience never warmed up to Lee Yedam on Boys Planet, despite him being great at everything. Maybe it’s because Soyeon is from a small agency with no real reputation. 

Riina is heartbroken over her 26 votes, especially since she was center. 

Seoyoung’s 72 votes feels about right. She’s really happy with the result. 

That just leaves Moe versus Kokoro, and as usual, the Japanese members got more votes than I would have thought. Moe pulls out an amazing 172 votes, fourth highest of the night, and pink team takes the win. 

Full results: 

Pink team (win) Goto Moe 172  Hwang Soyeon  10  Kim Chaewon 104 Kim Doah 80 Lee Seunghyeon  26 Park Haeyoon 50

Blue team: Cho Kahyeon 14  Choi Yeonsoo 46 Lee Haeun 86 Naiki Kokoro 86 Park Jinny 38 Park Seoyoung   72

The final word goes to Goto Moe, who interviews, "I thought I wasn't good enough for my team. But everyone taught me with kindness. I think it was a good group. I was thankful."

Ok, my loves, that's it for this segment! In the next one, we'll be hitting the big time, with Very Very Very, featuring half of IZ*one and and members of Le Sserafim, Ive, and Purple Kiss. See you then!

[momowoah]

A bit over five years ago, back when I only knew the old AKB members and very few songs besides the singles, when the b-side videos hadn't been added to YouTube yet, I used to browse a fansub website and watch the music videos that looked the most interesting. One of the very first ones that I watched was Shuuden no Yoru, from Komiyama Team K. One of the members caught my eye right away, even more when I found out she was the current captain of my favorite team. Since then, she has always been my oshi, and she'll always be. Komiyama Haruka, thank you for your 4422 days in AKB48. I'll keep cheering you on 🩷💚🤟

Some further comments on the grad/pics:

Shuuden no Yoru bts photo, courtesy of Naru. When it all began for me

A good bit of 15ki in the audience! It was great to see Megu there again 😊

A screenshot I took from the video of her taking down her kabesha. They're not using those sticky tabs anymore! I was surprised when she just raised it instead of pulling it off lol

My favorite AKB costume! Komi has worn it quite a bit but I'm happy it made an appearance in her grad stage too!

Her dress/tiara combo is so beautiful, very princess like. Osare never fails. Also, I haven't been able to watch the stage yet but I loved the song choices! Shuuden no Yoru, Komikii, the captains song, both her centres songs 🥹 it was a lovely send-off. I will miss her in AKB 🩷💚

Komiyama Haruka has officially graduated from AKB48

[akb48love]

AKB48 Team Surprise ♥ Hanashiaite wa Reizouko (話し相手は冷蔵庫)

[riderberry]

[utenasatou]

After boasting that she can do himedakko just fine using Yuko as example for success, for some reason NyanNyan thought she will get the same result with Marichan, that's Nyan Nyan for you~ 😂

[redfreesias03]

1994nen no Raimei (“The Thunder of 1994″)

“Our youthfulness was awkward–we couldn’t even look each other in the eye. It took all my effort to just suck in the same air. I hid it away in the corner of my heart somewhere so that it would go unnoticed: my “Vita Sexualis” was a one-sided love.”

OR: The singer recalls the jittery, terrifying feeling of being caught in a storm being in love for the first time.

ano hi wa sora ga hikatteta tokiori mabataki suru you ni sukoshi okurete raimei    soba de hibiita

The sky flashed that day As if to wink from time to time The slightly lagging thunder rang out nearby

kousha no kabe ni karada wo yosete bokura wa kumoyuki wo anjita kaze ni majitte hoho ni amatsubu 「kaerenai ne」 tte kimi ga itta

With our bodies against the school building We worried over the look of the weather Among the blowing wind, a raindrop fell on my cheek “We can’t go home in this weather, can we?” you said

SHATSU ga asemamire ikigurushiku naru tashika ni koi datta

My shirt gets soaked with sweat And I start to have trouble breathing There’s no doubt that it was love, alright

futari no wakasa wa bukiyou de mitsumeau koto sae dekinakute onaji kuuki wo suu no ga seippai datta mune no oku no sono katasumi ni kidzukarenai you ni kakushiteta ITA SEKUSUARISU to wa kataomoi

Our youthfulness was awkward We couldn’t even look each other in the eye, It took all my effort to just suck in the same air I hid it away in the corner of my heart somewhere So that it would go unnoticed My “Vita Sexualis” was a one-sided love¹

doshaburi no ame nasusube mo naku nukarumu jimen wo miteita haiiro no sora komoru inazuma kimi no yokogao terashiteita

Not knowing what to do about the pelting rain, I looked down at the muddied ground Lightning filled the ashen skies And lit up my view of your face from the side

nani wo hanaseba ii mukuchi na wadachi ga kokoro ni tsudzuiteru

What should I say? The potholes left behind by my lack of words Continue to trail on inside my heart²

futari no wakasa wa bukiyou de mitsumeau koto sae dekinakute onaji kuuki wo suu no ga seippai datta boku wa sotto mimi wo fusaide otona no ashiato kyohi shitanda hakidasenai nanika ni ijiketeta

Our youthfulness was awkward We couldn’t even look each other in the eye, It took all my effort to just suck in the same air I quietly covered my ears and Refused the footprints of an adult I lost my nerve to the words I couldn’t spit out

abo hi wa sora ga hikatteta tokiori mabataki suru you ni sukoshi okurete raimei soba de hibiita marude kami ni yubi wo sasarete mienai itoshisa ni obieteta omoidasou setsunai 1994

The sky flashed that day As if to wink from time to time The slightly lagging thunder rang out nearby As if God himself was pointing his finger at me, I was terrified of the invisible love I felt³ I remember, that heartbreaking 1994

— ¹ “Vita Sexualis” is a classic novel written by Ogai Mori. Contrary to what the Latin title would have you believe, it’s basically a psychological coming-of-age story written by the author, starting from how clueless he was about sex at age six and ending at his views on sex at twenty-one. The actual book is almost clinical in how it treats the subject, which makes me think that the “Vita Sexualis” namedropped in the song refers to the singer’s own coming-of-age experience in how awkward, desperate, and ultimately unfulfilled his first love turned out.

² More accurately, “The furrows left behind by my taciturnity continue on to my heart.” Since that involved quite a few words not frequently employed within the English language, I took a few liberties. The main point of the imagery is, hopefully the same: wheeltracks furrowing into a muddy ground, immobility, and a distinct sense of dissatisfaction felt.

³ In case it’s not clear, the singer’s fear of an unrealized love is being compared to the fear a child has for an intangible thunder that it can’t see.

[becca-akb48]

NEW (ish) Takamina-Sayanee duet!

[39-sakuchan-blog]

New Team Surprise is announced! 

It features the 100 members chosen, and the 16 member front senbatsu;

Watanabe Mayu

Matsui Jurina

Sashihara Rino

Miyawaki Sakura

Yamamoto Sayaka

Yokoyama Yui

Kashiwagi Yuki

Kato Rena

Iriyama Anna

Takahashi Minami

Kojima Mako

Shimazaki Haruka

Kojima Haruna

Kawaei Rina

Matsui Rena

Watanabe Miyuki

[48directory]

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[neon-starlight]

AKB48 Team Surprise - Stage 2: Bara no Gishiki (2014)

PART  2

Team Surprise (チーム サプライズ) is an AKB48 one-shot unit, created for a Pachinko campaign, All singles have 2 versions, regular editions come with the title song and the instrumental, special editions also include a dvd with the music video of the title song and a MV making of

06: Youchien no Sensei

07: Hell or Heaven

08: Saigo ni Ice Milk wo Nonda no wa Itsudarou?

09: Tokimeki ANTIQUE

10: Dare ga Futari wo Deawaseta no ka?

[akb48love]

Takamina | 君のニュース

[xxcylops]

BUBKA 2021.08 - Murayama Yuiri (Interview Translation)

The Raging 48-song Medley

-           The "AKB48 Concert ~Suki Naraba Sukida  to Iou~ " held on May 23rd was very popular.

Yuiri:  It was so much fun! We wore masks during the rehearsal, but we felt a sense  of freedom during the performance, and everyone looked so alive.

-            How  did you feel about it?

Yuiri:  This was AKB48's first attempt to do 48 song non-stop concert, so I think the  fans were watching over us and think “what it would be like?”, It was fun to  be a part of it. The previous day's graduation concert for Miichan (Minegishi  Minami) was fun, but it was a different kind of fun. The concert made me realize  that we need to take the initiative in our own activities.

-            How  was your stamina after 48 songs non-stop?

Yuiri:  It was still quite good.

-           Infinite stamina!

Yuiri: I  think the adrenaline was pumping high lol. We had to do a lot of changing backstage,  but that was fun too.

-           During the concert, when did you get  emotional?

Yuiri:  It was performed at the end of the main performance. I guess in 『Fan Letter』. I felt like crying during the  intro. In the interlude, I’m crying when Mion (Mukaichi Mion) said “Finally I  meet all of you”, “I’m glad the concert was held”. Naachan's (Okada Nana) and  Kashiwagi-san (Kashiwagi Yuki) words also touched my heart, and many of the  members shed tears while singing.

-           What was the mood of the members after the  concert?

Yuiri:  The tension was really high. I felt a sense of accomplishment after doing  non-stop. After the performance, everyone was in a high spirits and took group  photos. The juniors from the other teams also ask me by saying “Let’s take a  picture together!”. I was also happy to see that everyone had fun together.

-           I can't help but wonder how AKB48 will  evolve in the future.

Yuiri:  It was a concert that gave me a sense of the AKB48 of today and the AKB48 of  tomorrow. There was a live broadcast this time, I think there are many people  who have seen the current AKB48 because of the live. So, in order to reach  people who don't know much about AKB48, I realized once again how important  it is to communicate with them. Because of it, I recently started tweeting  about my abs. It’s connected lol

-            Did  you aim for 1000 sit-ups?

Yuiri: I  started this by thinking that it would be interesting to people other than  idol fans, but it's harder than ever......

-           You've always been ripped, haven't you?

Yuiri:  But, I don’t have abs, it's just that I have the shape to look like that.  Thankfully, when I do a few sit-ups, people say, "You look having abs”.  There were vertical lines.

-           「 Tarzan」 is  going to offer you an interview!

Yuiri:  But I'm not looking to get ripped. I'm not restricting my diet, although I do  take protein. If I went that far, I'd be really tense lol. I'd like to keep  it at the level of "aesthetically  pleasing.”

Theatrical  Supremacy

-           There were some surprise announcements at  the solo concert. One of it is a new TV program that will start airing in  July.

Yuiri:  It’s called「  Nogizaka ni Kosaremashita ~Gakeppuchi AKB48 Dai Gyakushuu~ 」

-           AKB48's self-deprecating title!

Yuiri:  It is lol. You can't do it without AKB48. I had my first recording the other  day, but I had no idea how the show was going to go at this point. But in  terms of content, it's like, " That's aggressive...” lol.

-           Will the members be asked to do something crazy?

Yuiri:  There are still a lot of things I can't talk about, but I can tell that there  is no peace lol

-           It make me anxious lol

Yuiri:  However, I think the fans will enjoy the show because they will be able to  see the true expressions of the members. The staff of the program also said  that they want to put each member in the spotlight. I think it will be a  program that shows the personalities of the members.

-           Another surprise is the single to be  released in September. This is the first time in 10 years since "Chance  no Junban” that’s released only-AKB single

Yuiri:  I was honestly happy that the staff was willing to take on the challenge,  since the members had expressed their desire to do something without relying  on the sister groups. It's a lot of responsibility, but I think we can all  work hard in the same direction with the same sense of unity we had at the  solo concert.

-           If all AKB48 member become the senbatsu,  what will happen?

Yuiri:  From my personal point of view, I've built relationships with the members  through the theater performances, so I'm happy to be able to perform on a  music show with the girls I've made friends with there. If I went to music  show without being able to communicate, I get nervous even when I make eye  contact.

-           If it's a sister group that unfamiliar with  you, you may not be able to build that kind of relationship with them.

Yuiri: Of course, I can talk to my seniors there, but I don't  have much time to talk to them. Also, since I get nervous doing something I'm  not used to do in a music show, I feel safer when there are other members I  can rely on, even if it's just for a while, and I feel like I can express  myself better.

-           In the first place, I wonder how much  importance Murayama-san places on being senbatsu for the single

Yuiri: Haha. It probably won't change whether I'm a senbatsu or  not lol. In the end, I love the theater. Lately, I've been thinking that my  world revolves around the theater.

-           What do you do If you have a senbatsu job  and it’s going overlap with the theater performance?

Yuiri: I feel like a big star by saying this, but if I could be  selfish, I would ask them to adjust the time and say, "I'll be in the  theater too" lol

-           That's great!

Nakata-ism

-           This year is the 10th anniversary of  Murayama-san joining AKB48, isn't it?

Yuiri:  You can't see it, right?

-           What do you mean, "you can’t see  it"?

Yuiri: When  I am with Mion and Naachan, I feel like the senior. Being compared with them,  I wonder what it is... this. I  feel like I'm in the middle.

-           Not at all

Yuiri: I  don't know if it's my aura or my face, but I'm a middle-ranking person. I've  always been in the middle.

-           But don't you want to look too much like a  veteran?

Yuiri: Taguchi  Manaka, who is still in her sixteenth year, has a certain charm about her,  which I like. In a way, I can't be that person who makes you think,  "This is a little scary," or that person who makes you tighten up  and say, "I have to do my best when I go out with you.

-           I've been here 10 years and I feel like a  senior.....

Yuiri:  My kouhai waved her hand and said, "Oh, it's Yuiri-san~. Waaa~”. I'm  glad that it's easy to talk to them.

-           If you suddenly become a scary senior one  day, people will be like, "What's wrong with you?”

Yuiri:  Especially when I work as a senbatsu, we lose all the seniority and I feel  completely like juniors. Straighten up and say, "Yes!” Like that.

-           It’s like a first-year student in the club.  However, Murayama-san is a musician, or an idol who is respected by your  colleague.

Yuiri:  Thank you very much. Recently, one of the members of Up Up Girls (Kakko Kari)  became my fan and made a sub-website for me to tweet about me. I also like  idols, so I think it's great to be an idol who is liked by idols, and I think  it's cool to have more fans in the same industry.

-           The  professionals have a high opinion of your abilities, don't they. In other  fields of work, who would you can sympthize with?

Yuiri: I  had a great time when doing radio show with Kazlaser-san, I said, "This  is how I do it.” And he said “You think like young comedian.”

-           What that mean?

Yuiri:  "It's like a young comedian who does more than 100 shows a year, who  thinks, 'We don't need a primetime show, we just need a stadium.”. Well, but  it's definitely close to that.

-           But if you make it to M-1, you'll be like a  super strong talent, right?

Yuiri:  Hmm, I wonder...

-           Because Murayama-san has performed in over  1,000 theaters.

Yuiri:  But I think that's why I don't dare to enter M-1.

-           It's the same as not participating in the  general election. But if you haven't been work it out at the theater since  the old days, you won't make it to the M-1 finals.

Yuiri: Yes, that's right. After all, I get  nervous the moment I step on a big stage. On the other hand, it would be a  shame if the solo concert was so good, but they can't show off their  abilities at theater.

-           It's a wonderful aesthetic, and I think  you're a real pro, but at the same time, I think it's hard for people to  understand.

Yuiri: That's right. There is no one who  understands 100%. There are times when I feel like There are times when I  feel like I’m suffering, but there are staff members who watch and support us  from close by, and Miichan and I are the only ones who have made it to 1,000  times. I want to break the record and open up a bigger and bigger gap.

-           How did you come to be so passionate about  theater performances?

Yuiri: In  「Boku no Taiyou」theater performance, I meet Chiichan  (Nakata Chisato) and her existences make a big impact. Chiichan also  cherished theater performances, but she injured her back. I was so sad to  hear her say, "I wanted to show the younger members how wonderful the  theater is, but they didn't really see it”. I was thinking “From now on, I  will definitely support Chiichan!” when she graduated. So, I declared that I  would do my best for Chiichan sake! That's where it starts.

 -           So you are the inheritor of Nakata-ism.

Yuiri:  I'm going to carry the ghost of Chiichan on my back.

-           Is the theater a place of passion?

Yuiri:  It's fun. I think it's very deep.

-           Do you think it will still be fun after 1000  times?

Yuiri: Yes, it is. Recently, the director who  founded the AKB48 theater came to see the Team 4 performance. I really wanted  to ask him to teach us, but I was beaten to a pulp from the rehearsal.  Because I've seen a lot of artists, they tell us straight out how naive we  are, and the things they point out make sense to me. I've learned that there  are a lot of things I can do to improve myself, and I'm still pursuing them.

-           It's like a tax  collector who works hard with an insatiable spirit of inquiry.

Yuiri: I’m really stubborn. I've noticed it  too. Stubborn.

-           It's like a  noodle shop that won't open until the soup is made to your satisfaction.

Yuiri: If I really can't be in the theater, no  matter how big the job or how much attention I get, I'll say, "I don't  know! I won't do it!” That's how I feel. I think it is more refreshing to  have a clear mind. It took me a while, but now that I've come this far, I  think I'm going to keep it up!

[riderberry]

[veethewriter]

hi! i hope you’re doing well so far. is it alright if i can have a matchup?

i’m a 17 year old filipino girl with dark brown eyes and long dark brown/black hair (ngl, can’t really tell what my hair color is nowadays LMAO), standing at 5’2. i’m a sagittarius, and i’m an INFP

i’m pretty quiet and shy, and i’d much rather not talk in social situations where i’m with of strangers. if you wanna talk to me, i’d much rather you come up to me first since i’m awkward as hell. however, if i do begin to feel comfortable around you, i become a bit more talkative and energetic. funny enough, i have no problem talking to internet friends. i could literally have a new mutual online and i’d be the first to send them a message (i kinda think of myself as an introvert IRL, but an extravert online haha).

in my free time, honestly. the only things i do are watch anime, read manga, listen to music (lately i’ve been obsessed with the j-pop idol group, akb48), and write fanfiction.

some other random things about me:

whenever i sleep, i have to hold something like a huge plushie or a pillow. i also have to be in a dark room (with little to no light) and listen to ambient music or soft piano with rain to fall asleep faster.

i have dreams of becoming a nurse in the future.

i feel like i blush easily, idk why (no one’s ever pointed out whenever i’m blushing but sometimes i can feel the blood rushing into my cheeks LOL)

i’m obsessed with the japanese brand, sanrio. my favorite characters are cinnamoroll and gudetama. i just love all things cute, chibi, and pastel!

i love going on road-trips, i especially love just being the car and listening to my music while looking at the view outside the window.

on a bit of some seriousness, i have a bad habit of not telling anyone that i’m upset about something or if i’m feeling a bit lonely/hopeless out of fear that i’ll be a burden (i just hate bothering someone, especially when i know they got other things to worry about). i also tend to fear that someone’s mad at me, but i’m too scared to ask them, and i fear about letting down the people i love.

oh God, i hope this isn’t too much for you. i had a feeling it was going to be a bit long, sorry about that LOL. but tysm!

Of course I can!! Thank you for the ask!! I think you would go best with asahi!!

When you and asahi first meet it was at one of his games, one of your friends had force you to go so she could cheer on the team. The team was cleaning up the gym after the game and found a lost phone, a few minutes later you were walking back into gym with a worried look on your face. Asahi realized this was probably what you were looking for and returned it to you, that's how you two started talking.

After a while of you asahi being friends, he started to grow feeling for and started to be super nervous around you. You wanted to know why and accidently over heard him talking to noya about it, asahi's team finally convinced him to confess to you and when he did you happily said yes. Asahi was surprised you said yes but was happy and started to plan a date for you two.

Asahi will probably sit next to you and work on homework while you read (he's too scared to lay his head on you or anything, he doesn't want to hurt you on accident). Either that or you'll sit on his lap and read together. Asahi doesn't mind listening to music while you two go to bed, in fact he actually finds it calming himself. If you want to go somewhere and just sit in your car, asahi will gladly join you or if you wanna be alone during some moments he'll give you, your alone time.

Asahi will buy you big plushies to sleep with and will probably cuddle you from behind while you hold onto the stuffie. When asahi has games he doesn't mind if you don't come, he know you don't really like social events but if you do show up he'll be super happy. Asahi can tell when your upset and comfort you as best as he can, he doesn't like to see you upset. However if you don't wanna talk about it he'll just comfort you by hugging you.

Asahi loves watching your favorite shows with you, he'll make a bunch of snacks so you two have something to eat while you watch. He also loves it when you blush he finds it super cute however he doesn't say that out loud because he doesn't want to embarrass you. Asahi also never really gets mad, if you upset him somehow he'll sit down with you and calmly talk to you about it. This boy may look scary to some people but really he's just a huge softie!!

[i-decalcomanie-blog]

AKB48 Team Surprise - Hell or Heaven

Released: 2014.10.11 Download

Track List 1. Hell or Heaven