Berryz Koubou Alo-Hello! Dual Subtitles/Dual Audio Release

By: Incredible He-Hulk

Once in a great while, we are privileged to experience an event so extraordinary, it becomes part of our shared heritage.

1969: Man walks on the moon.

1971: Man walks on the moon... again.

Then, for a long time, nothing happened...

Until tonight.

While Berryz Koubou's first trip to Hawaii is certainly an important moment in their career as idols, that isn't what I'm referring to. What I'm talking about is this subtitled release. The following is an exercise in pure grandiloquence, so if young children are present, please ask them to leave the room.
What you are on the verge of downloading is the boldest task ever attempted in H!P fansubbing. And, what it has wrought is the most complete, accurate, erudite, evocative, felicitous, and assiduous piece of work you will find...

1) Dual-Subtitles, Dual-Audio. That's right. Not one translation but two. The Japanese Berryz Alo-Hello DVD comes with 91 minutes and 44 seconds of adventure, and you get all of that translated. But, it also comes with 91 minutes and 44 seconds of DVD commentary about that adventure done by the girls themselves, and now you get that translated, too. Hear the post-game press conference. Know what the girls think about their saga after the fact. Hear the secrets of production. Laugh and cry as the girls laugh and cry while they watch themselves laugh and cry. In essence, be a great fan.

2) Every little bit of dialogue has been translated. If a girl says something, you'll know what she said; On both audio tracks.
Nothing a girl said was ever deemed arbitrary or unnecessary. Everything was deemed to be both vital and apposite.
In full, the translation is over 6000 lines of text. That makes our Alo-Hello release nearly twice as long as Macbeth...
Never before have you come this close to being on the same footing as a H!P fan who speaks fluent Japanese.

3) Every single bit of on-screen text has been translated; not just translated, but painstakingly crafted so that it blends with the DVD's own style of presentation as much as possible. If Japanese text scrolls across the screen, so does our translation. If it fades in and fades out, so does ours. Color, style, texture, it doesn't matter; We're right there with you, H!P. A place for everything and everything in it's place.

4) If something was confusing at first, we never just decided we were close enough to what a girl said and moved on. A translation was never deemed good enough until it was as right as we could possibly get it. If something didn't make sense, or seemed odd, we worked on it until we figured it out and could make it clear as crystal.
And, best of all, through painstaking research, every single reference a girl makes to some random event in H!P's past, every joke a girl makes referencing Japanese popular culture, and every other thing that could possibly need explanation is indeed explained to you through the magic of Editor's Notes!

Over the next 3+ hours, you aren't just on the same footing as a Japanese Wota, you are on the same level as the hardest of the hardcore Japanese Wota. The kind of fan who knows everything that Momoko and Risako said on their radio show 2 years ago. The kind of fan who has been to every single fanclub event, to every single concert.
While watching this, you will be the uberfan. Connected directly to the fan hivemind; You know all and see all.
　

Enjoy!


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Ichigo ichie 8/13 - Mitsui guest appearance

By: Zabel

Mitsui Aika joins Takahashi Ai on this week's web broadcast.


Ichigo ichie 8/13


Aichan was the type who would wait until the last moment to do her summer schoolwork.

Aichan times Aika as she talks freely for one minute. Aika talks about having had a fight with her mom, and her (Aika's) tone of voice as she quarreled.

For the Ainote corner, Lovely recommends the love comedy Gossip Girl, which was recently brought over to Japan. She says that the drama is somewhat different than the books it is based on. But she is studying English with it :) She liked a certain phrase from it so much that she wrote in her diary that day -- "Do you know love me?" (should be "You know you love me") Aika wants her to tell this story at a concert.

Aika has been watching a television drama called Ghost, which is scary but also funny. Aichan says that her mom watches it too, and many other foreign dramas as well (such as Charmed and Prison Break). Aichan says that if Mitsui likes Ghost she might also enjoy Tru Calling, and explains the premise of the show.

They talk about concert tours. Mitsui says that she became stronger in spirit from the spring tour in which she sung a solo. During that tour each song was assigned a 'leader' and Mitsui was in charge of Resonant Blue. Aichan was glad when Mitsui told her she needed to fix a part (fix how Aichan was singing or dancing it).

At the concert in L.A. they were happy to see people not only from America, but from Japan, Australia, Europe, and all over. Aika especially liked meeting people at the autograph session. They remember seeing female fans in tears. Also people cosplaying as them (Morning Musume).

For the upcoming fall tour "Nine smiles" Mitsui would like to perform not just cool songs, but songs such as 3,2,1 Breaking Out with which they can show everyone their nice smiles.

They next answer a Tettekete question about how difficult it is to sleep in a hotel with an unfamiliar pillow. In fact, the last place they stayed at had hard beds, and several musume had trouble sleeping. Aichan had four pillows and she used them all together! As for Mitsui, she likes to sleep with a folded towel instead of a pillow. Aichan says that placing a towel under your neck and facing upwards is a good way to sleep. But normally she (Aichan) sleeps with a thin pillow.

Mitsui would like Aichan to invite her to see more plays. Aichan: "Then please call me Aichan". It seems they've both still been calling each other by last names.

English lesson: "Have a nice day". She learned from Ogawa that this is an often-used phrase.

Lastly, Aichan asks Mitsui to offer to the listeners a massage tip.

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Ichigo ichie 8/6 - Linlin guest appearance

By: Zabel

The second public recording of Ichigo ichie is held, and Linlin is a guest. Linlin provides anxiety relief for Aichan, and comic relief for all of us.


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Aichan goes shopping alone when she needs a change of pace. Things are on sale now, she tells us, with a hint of excitement in her voice.

Linlin is introduced and the initial topic is the new Minimoni Lin now leads. Aichan repeats to Lin what she said about Lin appearing big besides the even smaller girls in Minimoni, and for a moment Lin refers to herself as 'dekamoni' ('dekai' meaning 'huge'). Most of the time Lin would like to be taller, but when she is among her fellow Minimoni she wishes she could compress herself.

She asks Aichan what is most important in leading, and Aichan says such is a question she has wondered herself. In the beginning when she took on the role of leader, Nakazawa and others advised her to just lead in her own way. She talks about naturally learning to look after the girls she leads. Lin: "That was a great speech, but you tripped up there in the middle." Lin makes a point of notifying Aichan every time she trips on words during the show. Chinese directness, I guess.

Ai asks Lin to say something about Nanchatte Ren'ai, so Lin tells everyone that if they sing the song at the part where the word 'hamburger' appears in the lyrics, they should eat a hamburger while singing it.

Ainote... Today Aichan recommends Me and My Girl, originally a Broadway musical, starring Amami Miyuki and Asano Kayo, which she saw at the Imperial Theater around the time she was studying for her own role in Ribon no Kishi. On a quasi-related topic, we learn that Linlin gets a funny feeling in her stomach when she is about to cry (watching a sad play), and seems surprised that she is the only one. Lin recommends One Piece the Movie: The Miracle Winter Cherry Blossom.

For the remainder of the show they read messages and questions from the audience. Some interesting bits:

- Lin went home practicing the "imi naku konetari" rap line from Nanchatte Ren'ai out loud, to peoples' amusement.

- As for Aichan, she worked hard on the "honmono ni" line at the very end, to peoples' annoyance.

- Lin learns that 'maemuki' (前向き) means 'positive'. Literally it means to look forward, which allows Lin to make the pun.

- Aichan asserts again that she is a rain woman, and takes responsibility for her first photoshoot, the first gokkies photoshoot, and her first concert all having been rained on.

- The outfit Aichan wore for the Mr. Moonlight performance of the complete singles collection was very heavy.

- Aichan's number one goal, in case there is any fan alive who doesn't yet know, is to master English.

- Linlin's number one goal is to be able to play guitar while singing.

- Aichan feels she is not good with people older than her, but has no problem with people younger than her.

- Lin says cup ramen is the one dish she can cook.

- Aichan loves to put shisohijiki (a dried seaweed seasoning) in her rice.

As the segment concludes, Lin's capacity to express herself in Japanese fails her.

Linlin: This corner is like...really, like...there's a lot of good...like, the advice is...it's like 'shinriisha'.
Aichan: 'shinriisha'?
Linlin: Um, how do you say. Heart...um.
Aichan: You wanted to say...
Linlin: Um, sorry. Um, I can't get it across. Don't worry about it.
(audience laughter)
Aichan: I wanna know after you've said that much!
Linlin: I've reached the limits of my Japanese.
(audience laughter)
Aichan: If you remember, please say it!

Lin has finally been calling Aichan 'Aichan' rather than 'Takahashi-san' or 'Ai nee-san'. At Aichan's request she teaches a Chinese phrase, "wǒ è le", meaning "I'm hungry".

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Ichigo ichie 7/30 - Tanaka guest appearance

By: Zabel

Hmm, I've been putting these under the 'radio' tag despite the fact that Ichigo has never been broadcast on the radio. Oh well.

Tanaka Reina is a guest on this public recording of Ichigo ichie. Midway through, former Momusu leader Iida Kaori makes a surprise appearance.

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おちょきんしねま～！says Aichan in her customary Fukui voice to open the recording. (edit: means "Sit down!") She tells us that she is more nervous doing this show than a concert. But Reina says she feels out of place herself being among so many Aichan fans.

Aichan asks Reina about a time when she was nervous, and Reina responds with a story about performing her debut song Shabondama. Reina sings the opening line of this song, but it so happened that Reina wasn't there when the lights undimmed and the music began! She had put her pants on backwards and was told to go hurry and fix it. When she came back she had to look for her microphone. Yet she sung her part and apparently nobody was able to tell that anything had been wrong. Aichan could tell though--she was assigned to sing the next line! She thought Reina was cool for being able to carry on like that. Reina herself was afraid to go back to the dressing room afterwards for fear of being chewed out. She was grateful when Yoshizawa talked to her and encouraged her.

They speak about Nanchatte Ren'ai and Reina has trouble pronouncing 'rounyakunannyo' (老若男女) meaning "men and women, old and young".

At about this time Aichan receives a big surprise when Iida Kaori shows up suddenly! The three of them chat about H!P and things. Iida wants to help the girls with problems they might have, including offering Ear Art Therapy (don't ask me). Iida says it is sad how the girls often greet her in passing but are too nervous to talk more than that. Aichan confirms that the younger members get nervous in the presence of their seniors, and even Aichan herself gets nervous. Iida says they ought to have a surprise guest such as herself show up at their concerts.

After Iida leaves, Aichan gives her Ainote recommendation -- Red Cliff and Red Cliff II, which she saw on the airplane to Los Angeles. Reina has seen them as well, and the two of them chat at length.

Reina's recommendation is Twilight. She liked it so much that she wants to date a vampire, notwithstanding all the trouble that would be.

Aichan: It was that attractive to you?
Reina: Yeah, sinking those fangs in.
(audience laughter)
Reina: I've got them too, in fact.
(Aichan silent)
Reina: Double teeth.
Aichan: Oh, double teeth.
Reina: Since I've got them on both sides I used to think I was Dracula.
(audience laughter)
Aichan: I don't think so!
Reina: But I got better. But I left Fukuoka and came to Tokyo in the middle of treatment, so now I'm really halfway better.

From there they take questions from the listeners. The first one seeks advice on how to fight off sleepiness, reminding them of Eri. Aichan suggests watching videos nonstop, or eating something spicy. Reina suggests having a friend pinch you.

What is Aichan's small extravagance? She bought five pairs of shoes in Los Angeles: two pairs of boots, two pairs of beach sandals, and one pair of slippers. Reina stuffed her suitcase full of souvenirs. They both bought lots in L.A. because the dollar is weak compared to the yen (at least that's the excuse Aichan gives).

Next two questions are from listeners asking how to keep cool during the summer. Aichan suggests using ice packs, and eating ginger.

To a request to hear a monomane (imitation) that the girls like to do, Reina stands up and does the 'zugudanzunbungun' dance. Then she gets an embarrassed Aichan to do it with her. Reina also does an imitation of Aika's motherly voice, trying to imitate how her tone changes from a high pitch to a low pitch.

Lastly, Aichan asks Reina which member she thinks has been weird lately. Reina picks Koharu, who has demonstrated an amusing pronunciation of "kansai-ben" when the members are pretending to speak it.

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Ichigo ichie 7/23 - More on L.A.

By: Zabel

Ahoy, Strawberry Mates. Here's another installment of Takahashi Ai's Ichigo ichie.


Ichigo ichie 7/23

Rehearsing for the Hello! Project concert, what strikes Aichan is how much stuff there is! Bags, jerseys, shoes, and belongings of the entire membership of H!P. She gets to observe relationships between Musume and other H!P members that she hadn't known about. For instance, she learned that Mitsui Aika and Hagiwara Mai are friends.

Aichan is very happy to see Minimoni revived, having lots of memories of having been a Minimoni herself. Linlin, a small girl in any other environment, appears huge when lined up together with the even smaller girls who comprise the new Minimoni.

For the Ainote recommendation Ai talks about Juno, a story about a pregnant 16-year-old. Aichan tries to explain how the lead character was very cute without being very cute.

Aichan has more to tell about her trip to Los Angeles. She wishes she had brought more than one parka because it was colder than she imagined. Her schedule was not super-busy, and there was some time for shopping, although not as much as she would prefer. Any time alone she had was spent in her hotel room and all the rest of the time she was with the other members. It was surprising to hear her own group's songs playing on the Anime Expo TV channel! She also watched the Disney channel some.

Although she loves them both, Aichan feels more familiarity with Los Angeles than with New York. If she had to say which, L.A. is more like Fukui and New York is more like Tokyo.

Next time she would like to be able to speak English with more people. She spoke a little with the coordinators and learned a lot. She would like for herself and for the other members to be able to speak and understand slightly more difficult English than what they can now. Notwithstanding Koharu having said, "I sort of got the hang of English this time." That was only a first step, Aichan says. Then she teaches listeners the phrase "I'm sorry. I'm not sure."

Tettekete corner... Aichan gives advice on how to talk to a person with a very different personality than yourself. Try telling them directly that you want to talk with them more.

Lastly, a listener who studied abroad in England has for Aichan what he says is the perfect English present--the English phrase "Take it easy." Aichan has heard the phrase used in Final Fantasy but hadn't known what it meant.

Next week is a public recording of Ichigo ichie.

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Hello! Project DVD Magazine Vol. 16 - 2009 Wonderful Hearts Subtitle Release

By: The Incredible He-Hulk



This is a fansub that’s been in the works for nearly as long as Vol. 16 has existed itself. Before there was such a thing as ICU there were ICU members working on this project. In fact, the release was effectively finished in early February before a member quitting and a subsequent hard drive failure caused both existing copies of the script to forever wander the land of Nod… With no script, the project would have to start over from square one. Well, no one wanted to do that, so the project was shelved.

Eventually, the project was restarted. And, for the last several months it has served as something to do when there’s nothing to do; something for a handful of us to work on during a free moment, off and on, as time would allow. Now, six months later, you are just a few clicks away from idol bliss. Truthfully, this release is leaps and bounds better than it would have been had it been released way back then. The script is better, the layout is smarter, and the editor’s notes are even more note-ier. In short, a fine wine simply gets better with age…

H!P’s DVD Magazine Vol. 16 is a question and answer show featuring every single member of Wonderful Hearts. It’s a rare and beautiful thing when the members of Morning Musume, Berryz Koubou, and C-ute all come together to do a DVD. There’s someone for everyone in this release, and they even threw Mano Erina in for good measure.
There are no right or wrong answers to the questions asked, but that doesn’t stop a few of our more “creative” idols from arriving at their answers in the wrong-est of ways. You’ll be amazed by the logic on display, but you’ll also be reassured that at least Japan has a place to put these types of people where they can’t endanger us all. They make these girls idols.

Another thing this DVD does is act as a personality rater for our idols. Left to answer each question and then expound as much as they choose to, we quickly see which girls are uncomfortable doing much talking, which girl’s are perfectly comfortable talking, and which girl’s are perfectly comfortable hearing themselves talk ad nauseam. You’ll also see which girls can’t help but be interesting, which girls know how to make themselves interesting, and which girls simply don’t know how to be interesting. I won’t name any names; you’ll see who is who shortly.

Finally, this DVD contains possibly the longest period of time that Arihara Kanna was ever allowed to be on camera by herself. You’ll hear her say more here than she said in nearly her entire career. So, enjoy. Please enjoy.

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Ichigo ichie 7/16 pt 2 - Michishige guest appearance

By: Zabel

Takahashi Ai and Michishige Sayumi continue their discussion about traveling to L.A. to perform at Anime Expo.


Ichigo ichie 7/16 continued


Ai asks Sayumi how she would rate their first performance in America. Sayu gives it a 90, and she explains the reason for deducting 10 points. During rehearsal she was told that her English was weak, so she spent time practicing with Eri to the point where her pronunciation was so good that she wondered if maybe she had been raised overseas. But when the time came to deliver her MC lines at the concert, her English came out weak after all.

Aichan rates it 100 points! She usually rates concerts 70, but everyone gave it their best for their first performance in America. Sayu remarks on how well Aichan spoke English. Aichan says she was memorizing the script every day in the bath. Since the topic she had to speak on (warming) was so important she wanted to be sure she spoke precisely.

The two of them note how the atmosphere is different from when they perform in Japan. For instance, the 'oooh's and 'aaah's they hear from the audience when a song is starting. They thought the city of Los Angeles was pretty and cool in a retro kind of way.

Sayu talks about an incident on the plane ride over when she spilled the entire contents of maple syrup onto her T-shirt, the blanket, and into her bag. She's glad she was sitting next to Mitsui who helped her with the mess while Kamei, one seat over, was like "Whatcha up to?" as she went on eating her in-flight meal.

Another Kamei story. Sayu is accustomed to seeing Eri's messy rooms...or so she thought. When they go to Hawaii she usually shares a room with Eri, and cleans up after her. On this trip they each had their own room. One time when Eri called Sayu over, Sayu received a big shock upon entered Eri's room. The place was in such a state of disorder that it was like someone had lived there for 10 years. Sayu tried opening the bathroom door but shut it immediately. Aichan doesn't have trouble picturing the scene Sayu describes, and tells Sayu to give Eri a spanking. But it's all good if that's what's comfortable for Eri...as long as Sayu isn't sharing a room with her.

Asked where she would like to go to perform a concert if she had the chance, Sayu answers that she'd like to go to France. The fact is, Sayu used to believe she was half-French. Why? Because her mom told her so. In elementary school the conversation came up with older kids, and when Sayu asked her mom again, her mom told her again that she (her mom) was French XD So Sayu believed that she was half-French. It was through a classmate of her older brother that she learned the truth.

In place of the Tettekete corner, they talk about Sayu's past week when she turned 20. Besides rehearsing for the Hello! Project concert, Sayu has been recording for a TV entertainment show where guests say bad things about each other. She was too tired that day to think about her birthday, so it wasn't until the next day when the musume members gave her gifts that she thought about having turned 20. She's gonna try to stop biting her nails by buying a nail clipper when her nails get long, reasoning that it is when you have just bought a new nail clipper that you're most inclined to use it.

The English phrase today "What's a mess!" (should be "What a mess!") makes them think of Eri.

Aichan asks Sayu to give advice to people who are bad at math (multiplication specifically). She says do your drills. Sayu has been enjoying learning simultaneous equations.

In closing, Aichan says that she was more nervous having Sayu as a guest that any of the guests she has had so far because Sayu is such a good talker.

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Ichigo ichie 7/16 pt 1 - Michishige guest appearance

By: Zabel

Here's an Ichigo I've been looking forward to ever since Aichan started having guests on the show--AiSayu! They talk about their experience in Los Angeles, celebrate Sayumi's 20th birthday, and tell funny anecdotes about Kamei. It's another long one so I'll be doing two segments.


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Aichan's summer goal is to be careful because she seems to think her skin is becoming dark. Sayumi would like to become an 'unstandardized woman'.

Aichan: Unstandard...season?
Sayu: No. Um, Aichan you're tripping on words right from the start.
Aichan: It's true.
Sayu: Probably 5 minutes can't go by without you tripping up around 5 times.
Aichan: No, it's 'cause I'm nervous.
Sayu: You're kidding!
Aichan: Really.
Sayu: Really?
Aichan: Yes, whenever I have a guest on I get nervous and trip.
Sayu: Is that so? But even when you're not nervous you trip.
Aichan: Oh, is that so. (sheepish laughter)

That's the standardized Aichan, Sayumi says, but what she means by a standardized Sayumi is that she relies on established gags doing concert MC's or on her radio show, such as saying "All right, today I'm cute too!" She would like to become less predictable.

Aichan wishes Sayu a happy birthday and presents her with a gift from Ichigo ichie, something delicious with strawberries in it. They tell how Eri surprised not just Sayu but everyone for Sayumi's birthday. They were finishing a photo shoot when suddenly the lights went out. Eri was more talkative than usual, and kept assuring them that it'll be okay. In the end she brought out a cake. It was a surprise birthday present, but Eri wasn't very good at it, Sayumi says. As for Aichan, she got Sayumi pink chocolate-shaped speakers and earphones. She went shopping with Gaki, and it took her an hour and a half to decide on what to buy for Sayumi.

Sayu: Really? I'm so happy. That means you were thinking about me for an hour and a half.
Aichan: Well, I was also shopping for myself. (laugh)
Sayu: Ohhh, so that's how it was.

About Nanchatte Ren'ai, Sayumi says to pay attention to how you can distinctly hear each member's voice.

For her recommendation today, Aichan pushes the movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. In this installment in the series, a certain character dies which made Aichan cry when she read it in the book. Aichan says that the author herself was depressed about killing off this character, which was moving to read about in the afterword. Sayumi likes reading afterwords. When she is in a bookstore and doesn't know what book to get, she decides which books are interesting by reading the afterwords. Aichan says that Sayumi reads a lot and is always lending books to the other members. She especially likes mysteries. Aichan, by the way, is on the 6th book in the Harry Potter series, which Sayumi, who has read some of the series, hadn't even heard of.

Sayumi is not a big filmgoer, but she recommends Titanic and The Green Mile.

Then the promised backstage recording in L.A. after the concert at Anime Expo is played, which includes Eri spilling her food, Risa praising Aichan's use of English, and "Hello! My name is Koharu Kusumi. Nice to meet you. I like umeboshi." After the recording, they talk about L.A. and Sayumi has some amusing stories to tell.

To be continued.

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Iiza Ee-Day 7/13

By: Zabel

Last week Aichan went around to random places in Fukui to sample food. This week the theme is 'yumeoibito" (夢追い人) or people chasing dreams, drawn of course from Morning Musume's recent hit single Shouganai Yumeoibito. Aichan gets to meet various people in Fukui who are following their own dreams.



In the vicinity of Fukui station, Aichan visits a new shop on its opening day, part of the "Challenge Shop" project. It is the 'Cherry Forest' and the proprietor is a woman who calls herself 'Cherry', which she can get away with because the character for 'cherry blossom' is actually in her name (桜里). She sells custom-made trinkets. Aichan becomes her first customer.

At Echizen, she makes a surprise visit to Tamamura Akiko, a person who was featured on a television show two months ago, for which Aichan did the narration. Aichan had wanted to meet her in person.　She shows Aichan how to make Echizen paper (越前和紙).



Then at a gym the host tells Aichan that she has something in common with the woman she is about to meet -- they both have 'Ai' for a first name. But the similarities end there. Takei Ai is the world bronze medalist in power lifting. Aichan participates in a curious muscle traning exercise that I'm not gonna attempt to describe. Somewhere along the way she changed into a blue shirt with a skull on it. Afterwards, Takei, who wants to become an action actress, asks advice from Aichan about acting.



The host wraps up with a hint that he was trying to impress Aichan just a little bit as they went around to all those places. Aichan roars in laughter, but says that her mom thinks the host is cool. Here and in other segments of the show, the Fukui dialect flies fast and hard!

Finally she returns to Tokyo to unveil gifts from the people she visited, together with two musume associates.



(in English)
Ai: Hello everyone! I am Ai.
Lin: I am Linlin.
Sayu: I am sorry. (?!)

We can always count on Sayu for a laugh, can we not? Don't forget to check in this weekend when I'll be writing about this week's Ichigo. Sayumi will be a guest so it should be lots of fun!

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Ichigo ichie 7/9 - MM's 40th single

By: Zabel

Another day to learn more about the lovely creature called Takahashi Ai.


Ichigo ichie 7/9


Aichan really does like the ocean. It's just that when she was young she almost drowned, so her body reacts against it.

Today she gives her thoughts on Morning Musume's 40th single, Nanchatte Ren'ai. The song includes a rap part in the style of Do it Now! that Junlin get to do. The gist of the lyrics is that love can be painful even when it is fake. She says that there are people who find this song more mature than Shouganai Yumeoibito. The single will be released 8/12.

For the Ainote corner, Aichan talks about Matsutoya Yumi's concert tour 2009 "Transit", which she saw with her manager. It included a disappearing act, a story, travel-like atmosphere, amusing MC segments. Aichan had the chance to talk with her afterwards. It was a learning experience to see such a performance.

Ai talks about her own upcoming H!P concert, about how new units will be announced, and new Eggs introduced. She wants the new members to know the awesomeness of MM, Berryz, and C-ute.

The English lesson is "You can find it in the house". (Useful for when you want to know where otaku can be found)

A listener asks how to improve one's singing. Aichan says listen over and over to a song you like and try to imitate the vocalist. Aichan would try to imitate Tsunku's singing when he taught her.

Another listener is exhausted being in a school club and wants advice on how to get rid of the tiredness. Aichan can relate, having been in a very demanding choir--it was always the last club to go home, and was active even during summer vacation. She would cope by going out to play after the club finished its morning activities each sunday. (she mentions taking print clubs as one of the things she did for fun)　Her strategy these days is to jump in the bathtub. No matter how late she gets home, she must have her bath.

Lastly, Aichan talks about how great Gaki-san is at calming Koharu down XD

Michishige Sayumi is the guest next week!!

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