AKB48 Sayonara Mouri-san! Ep24 [English sub]

English translation & timing: GEES Visual typesetting & QC: Lusankya@EitoSubs This June Omori Maho made a guest appearance on [Dancing Sanma Palace], however... The number of stories she told on the show was zero! So right here we'll discuss everything that went wrong for Omori Maho. To prepare for the possibility that they'll get invited onto a talk show one day all the members will attempt to level up their talk show skills. Hey, I'm AKB! That's so weird! Why!? Am I that scary? Yes, you are! And then Kashiwagi Yuki... right after shooting it was confirmed that she'd be a guest on [Dancing Sanma Palace]. Who will follow Yukirin? Tonight's theme is "things you do unintentionally in public to gain attention". Erii, how about you? When I'm on a train ██████████████████████████ The new single center I'll watch dance practice videos and do just the hand movements. I'll do that with my AirPods on, but I'm not wearing a uniform... it'll be in my dance gear. It's like "hey, I'm going to dance lessons now". Plus I'll have a cap on and a black mask. I'll stare at my phone and be like this: "Ponytail~" I'll end up doing a lot of that. Are you waiting for somebody to say "She must be AKB"? I'm not looking for a "She must be AKB". Those random strangers will say "ah, doesn't she seem like a celebrity or something?" "I'm sure she must be some kind of celebrity." I'm hoping to hear whispering like that. You're hoping for "She must be somebody important". Yes, that's what I'm waiting to hear. And you're not looking to get hit on? No, I don't need any of that. The aura of "I think she might be a celebrity." That aura. I get it. What's so great about that? That's true. Do all of you act like that on the train? They do? Ah, Hama-chan. ██████████████████████████ Grew up in Shiga - Her special talent is welding In my case I don't look like typical AKB, however... Like by the windows where the doors open I'll be leaning back and staring at the sunset while listening to music. I like creating that kind of good imagery. What the hell are you doing? Trying to look lost in thought. "Hey, that chick over there," "that's one fine woman." That's one fine woman. Trying to look snobby. I hope to be seen that way. But in general when I'm in public I'll constantly look down and walk around. And then you know how I'm like... mega cute? Eh? On days when I feel like I'm looking especially cute I remove my cap... usually I wear glasses, but I'll take off the glasses too. Since I grew up in Shiga I grew up hoping that somebody would hit on me. Is that what it's like living out in the countryside? I want someone to make a move because I want to reject their advances. Ah, that makes sense. I'd be hit on like: "Hey, you're real cute." "Ah! Sorry, I'm not interested." Since I dream of doing that, when I feel cute I take off my hat. I take off my sunglasses, then I do tons of staring up at the sky. I want it to look like I'm in a music video. Like singing to myself and walking boldly down the street. I'd have the aura of a musical artist. I'd keep walking and wait to get hit on. Then you'd reject them? I'd reject them, because I'm a fine woman. You sound like a country girl. I wouldn't call Hama-chan cute. She's more like a talking emoji. Constantly. Am I talking to an emoji right now? Mizumin, how about you? The first time I went to Hokkaido was for the auditions. ██████████████████████████ Grew up in Hokkaido - Special talent is her impersonation of Winnie-the-Pooh I meant to say Tokyo... Tokyo. It was my first time in Tokyo, so I don't know where anything is. And I grew up with trains that only went in one direction. Hokkaido only has trains that go one way? The place where I lived was all one way. The train went back and forth. That's not the same as one way. That's frightening. Sounded like a horror story. So not knowing the streets I was scared of asking for directions and getting rejected, so I tried to get attention. You tried to look lost. That way I could select who I wanted help from. Tokyo is a scary place to try and talk to strangers. That's the Hokkaido perspective. Even though you were lost. You must feel disoriented being among the large crowds of people. I do. This is quite common. Hirata Yuki, how about you? I have a friend that's in showbiz ██████████████████████████ Her special talent is cooking french fries and when I walk around and see a big ad with her on it I'll be like "ah, that's my friend so and so-chan". When you're with friends or by yourself? When I'm with friends. That sounds annoying "ah, that's so and so-chan". I think I know how she feels. About people you know? Like when a member puts out a photobook or when an AKB single comes out and I'm hanging out with my mother I'm like "ah look... it's about AKB". Speaking of which... the coupling song... You say it loud enough for others to hear you. Yuki, you do that too? What kind of people do you do that for? For example if you saw Minegishi-san on a poster. "Ah! That's Mii-chan." Not really. I only point out my good friends. Your good friends then? That would be crossing over the line. Ah, you're being cautious. Could you do it from now on? Go ahead and do it. Do it for us too. Like our taxi ad. Ah, I saw that today. This is our b dash ad campaign. This is what we do. Don't close the window when that ad comes on. It'll help our ad engagement metrics. It is kind of an amazing thing when you think about it. It is. Even though she had zero popularity before, Hiccorohee has always been a drinking buddy of mine, and now she's on this huge train station ad. That's right. She's all like this. It's this huge skincare ad. But it is amazing to see a friend of yours on a billboard. It's interesting to see that they've become a poster girl. Rei-chan, how about you? So when I go into a store that sells super expensive items... ██████████████████████████ Just like a celebrity her hobby is golf You know how I still look really young? "Can this girl really afford these items?" Everything is so expensive that I look out of place there. There's lots of times when the salespeople will treat me like that. If it were someone that looked rich like a madam the salesperson would be like: "This is our newest model." "How do you like this model?" But they never say a word to me. I do bring enough money with me since I do intend on buying something. It's so disappointing for me. I'll think some clothes look cute and will take it to the fitting room. So on Instagram... AKB members get a verification mark on their profile. I purposely left that on my phone and left it on a table, went to the fitting room and when I came out... "That looks so good on you~" They saw the verification mark on Instagram. Verification mark? Does the mark carry that much power? It shows she's verified. Seal of authenticity. Do all of you do that? Not much? Eh? Not on purpose. That sounded like a big shot move to me. But it was effective. When I walked in I was barely acknowledged, but thanks to the Instagram verification mark it became: "Arigatou gozaimashita." Any store that treats you differently because of a mark should not get your business. That store sounds bad. SatoMina, how about you? I usually can't walk and look forward. ██████████████████████████ Also currently this show's narrator What's that mean? How do I describe it? I always walk like this. This is how I look when I walk. In Shibuya or Harajuku when I'm walking down a fancy street I try to look cute and I'll walk tall. I'll walk around like this. I don't really want anyone to try and talk to me but I'll act like: "Hey, I'm AKB!" "Hey, I'm AKB!" That's how you get attention. Do you want to be noticed? Ah, I do want to be noticed a little bit. Like if I'm in a cute outfit. But it seems like people only notice me when I'm in something weird. Ah, I see. How are you dressed? I'll be in my dance gear and wearing a cap or I'll be drenched in sweat. Yabai... my bangs are soaked in sweat right now. When you're not looking your best. So you do hang out in Shibuya and Harajuku. Ah, I'll go there. There's no more rules about avoiding Shibuya then? Yes... on a previous episode about some of AKB's bizarre internal rules... In the super early days there were rules that forbid you from going to Shibuya. The Shibuya is banned rule. We found out that in the early days going to Shibuya was banned. That ban has been lifted, but what are the rules now? There are rules about staying away from Akihabara. So it's actually Akihabara now? But in my case I love Akihabara. What is this? What's she doing? Could you come back and talk with us? What's the issue with Akihabara? Because the fans might be hanging out there. This is about going in your private time? Hai. Eh? But I love that place! We don't need that... who are you talking to? Maho-pyon, how about you? Heh. Why are you laughing? I thought we were reviewing everything Maho-pyon did wrong. Nobody has said a word about it plus you're sitting in that fancy chair. Right over here. That thing costs 20,000 yen. This is just a normal talk with everybody. You are thinking about it then? Are you reflecting? I'm reflecting on it. ██████████████████████████ She loves 2-D characters and is this show's center I've also tried to get some attention before. Often when I'm in public I'll often go to Ikebukuro or Akihabara. I'll wear tons of character goods. I want to walk around and get attention from the goods I'm wearing. I buy a lot of character goods that I like. I'll cover myself with character merch and go to Ikebukuro since it's the holy land for this stuff and I'll walk around. I'll show it off and do a lot of walking. "Hey, look at this"... this is my oshi. I get that... the attention from showing off a character you like as an anime lover. That's right. I'll spot an otaku and be like "I like that character too" and show off my merch. "I'm more into this character." They have these transparent bags with badges all over them. These bags are totally clear like "look what's in my bag". They put their bags in front of them and walk around like that. Trying to show off the cuteness. Their bags hit their knees. Bag! Hippo... RAWR! Bag. She did a hippo. It's bag. It was bag... I'm sure you could do a funny bag impersonation. Hotei-chan, have you tried to get attention? ██████████████████████████ Grew up in Hyogo - Favorite motto is "It will all work out in the end" Since I had to move to Tokyo from the Kansai region it's like when I walk around I'll emphasize my Kansai dialect. I'll do a lot of that when I'm walking. Where from Kansai? Hyogo. Hyogo? So it's normal for you to talk in Kansai dialect? That's right. It's like mega... that's right. Kansai dialect. Kansai dialect. I feel like it's the opposite though. People come to Tokyo and are embarrassed about their dialect, so they'll hide their dialect. I want people to know that I've moved to Tokyo. You're saying "I'm actually here from Osaka". Hai. Please talk in Kansai dialect since we don't get any when you use polite language. Be casual. Is it raining today? It did rain yesterday. It rained a lot. Yes, there was a lot of rain. You may use casual language with us. What did you do yesterday? Eh, yesterday... I went to dance lessons... Try talking to one of your friends then. Hai... ah, Eri-chan. ██████████████████████████ Eri-chan grew up in Osaka Eri-chan. Conversation. It's fun. So much fun. So that's your Kansai dialect? Talk about your next concert. I'm mega nervous. Do the best you can. I will. Ah, kawaii... nice appeal. Hama-chan talks in Kansai dialect, doesn't she? I talk in mega Kansai dialect. Mega Kansai dialect. Did this happen to you when you came to Tokyo? I'm from Kansai too... for example if I were talking to SatoMina. Let's have lunch again sometime. So I'd respond with "let's go... let's go"! wrong answer. What do you mean wrong answer? Did you notice what I just said? What do you mean wrong answer. For example... if I were talking to SatoMina and said: Let's have lunch again sometime. SatoMina would be like "Eh?" "I've never gone to lunch with you though." She'd think that. Ah... you're saying it's the first occurrence. Yes, it would be the first lunch. Maho-pyon, let's hang out again sometime. Let's go... let's go. Wrong answer! Stop saying they're wrong. Why are you asking for it again? Again means some other time. Yes... you say again even if you've never been out with that person. So I don't even know what the standard usage is. Yes. It's happened to you too? I'm from Fukuoka. The bags that I carry with me ██████████████████████████ Grew up in Fukuoka - Has made it to the 3rd round of R-1 before I would "karau" those bags. ██████████████████████████ Karau - verb used in Fukuoka meaning to carry on your back I'm going to "karau" this backpack...people are like "karau?" And when I say I'm going to "naoshitoku" the contents of my bag: "Eh? But nothing is broken?" ██████████████████████████ Naosu - verb used in Fukuoka meaning to finish up or clean up It confuses people so I've stopped saying it. People don't understand so I've stopped saying it. "Karau" is local just to Kyushu. "Naosu" is said in Kansai too. Anybody here from Northern Japan? Hokkaido. The out of town members all live together in a dorm. Share house? We're all living in there. When I say "urukashitoite" what is "urukasu"? Urukasu? Does that mean selling and renting? That's a messed up topic. I think the word is completely normal when I say it. I don't even know what the standard word is for it. I don't know "urukasu" either. When do you use it? Let those dishes "urukasu". You mean wash the dishes? Urukasu. Wet them? Does it mean to soak? Let it "urukasu" in water. It means to soak it in water? Ah, let it soak. Get it wet then. Ahh, so that's what "urukasu" means. Anybody from other regions? Ah, Maho-pyon. I'm from Ibaraki, so for example I'd say Chiyori-san's face looks "ishikoi" today. Excuse me?! Anybody from other regions? ah Maho-pyon I'm from Ibaraki so for example I'd say Chiyori-san's face looks "ishikoi" today Excuse me?! So "ishikoi" is a compliment? Well, the word "ishikoi" means her face today seems to be in bad condition. Bad condition. That's not good in standard language either. Similar to "ishikoi" there's today I said something that was so "gojappe". Ungojappe? Gojappe. Goja... gojappe. Gojappe. Gojappe. Gojappe means something stupid that makes no sense. That's so "gojappe". Chori is making a gojappe face right now. I wish I never knew the real meaning of it. Remi-tan, where are you from? Tottori. Tottori... that's a good one. ██████████████████████████ Grew up in Tottori - Got 3rd place in softball regionals Should have told us earlier. Ehh, is there a regional dialect? There's "darazu". Darazu? What's it mean? You're such a darazu... it means baka. It's not good to be called that. Darazu. Which member is the most "darazu"? Eh? Darazu... Chiyori-san. Why? You're both darazu and gojappe. You are completely out of control. All kinds of different dialect is being used to insult her. This kind of stuff is on [Dancing Sanma Palace] all the time. It's on there. These kind of conversations, this is good stuff. This totally happens. Anybody have anything that's particular to their hometown? So I'm from Gunma ██████████████████████████ Grew up in Gunma - Has obtained a cooking certification and Gunma doesn't have much of a regional dialect, but we do say "OO-nan" instead of "OO-nano". But when we say that Kansai people are like: "Don't copy our Kansai dialect." Got it. Does it sound the same? It's possible. But Kansai people you know how they're full of Kansai pride? Much like Hotei-chan just said. It's kind of popular. I think it's really part of Gunma dialect. Gunma dialect. How do you use Gunma dialect in a sentence? Hmmm~ There's a mosquito buzzing in my ear. Eh? What would it be? Like "Did you wake up early today dattan?" For us it's "Did you wake up early today yattan?" "Dattan." We say "dattan". That's cute so it's good. Non-chan. Hai. Where are you from? Saitama. Ah, Saitama... where in Saitama? ██████████████████████████ Grew up in Saitama and is AKB48s youngest Saitama right on the border of Tokyo. It's close. People make fun of Saitama a lot. There's even a movie called [Tonde Saitama]. What's that like? Well still... Just by getting made fun of it means that people have heard of you. That is true. And also you know how they make fun of us for not being on the ocean. It's rare for a prefecture not to have access to the ocean. That means we're in the minority. Sugoi. You are Saitama's star of hope. Eh, Mayuu-chan, do you have anything you want to bring attention to? Yes, well, I envy the people that have a regional dialect. ██████████████████████████ Grew up in Saitama... most scared of her mother Among the 17s I'll imitate Hokkaido and Kansai dialect. I'll say things like "Thank you yah de". Thank you yah de! Thank you yah de. So you wish you had dialect? I do... Mizumin always tells me "We don't talk like that!" Where are you from? Saitama. Ah, Saitama. Saitama doesn't really have a dialect. Which dialect do you most wish you could talk in? It's Osaka. So Osaka. But you could learn it if you had to... for example: "Eh? You're from Saitama but I hear you use Kansai dialect." You got that right. What's your favorite food? I guess... takoyaki. That's not how we say it... takoyaki. Sounded like she said herbal medicine. Takoyaki. Takoyaki. So attempts to get attention. Mion, how about you? So AKB and Music Station-san, ██████████████████████████ AKB48's 3rd General Director we get to perform on that show sometimes. When you go on that show there are these Music Station tissues. You receive their famous large tissue boxes. But you don't get a bag to take them home. I'm thinking the members that take the train have to carry these tissue boxes on the train with the Music Station logo all over them. I'm thinking it'll attract attention. Music Station-san, we get to perform on that show sometimes. When you go on that show there are these Music Station tissues. You receive their famous large tissue boxes. But you don't get a bag to take them home. I'm thinking the members that take the train have to carry these tissue boxes on the train with the Music Station logo all over them. I'm thinking it'll attract attention. So when I'm sitting on the train putting the tissue boxes on my lap is too blatant. So I'll place them on the floor and give the people a little view. Oh no! You think the people on that train are like: "Music Station... those are Music Station tissues!" Does that happen? It does create the aura that you may be a celebrity. If there's a girl carrying tissue boxes home on a Friday night then she definitely just appeared on Music Station. You don't take a taxi? The train? Yukirin too? Hai. Eh, Yukirin takes the train? I'm sorry... that's a lie. Why are you telling lies? We're counting on you over here. Do not lie to us! I'm begging you! Even if it's not funny at all or makes no sense. If it makes you look old that's ok. Just don't lie! Even if it makes you look old. Even if it makes you look old~ Even if it's not funny it doesn't matter~ Please stop~ We've been reviewing everything that went wrong on [Dancing Sanma Palace]... Maho-pyon. Is she reflecting? I'm reflecting on it. Is she really giving some thought to it? We've been reviewing everything that went wrong on [Dancing Sanma Palace]... Maho-pyon. Is she reflecting? I'm reflecting on it. So did we give you a good reference point? This will be a great reference. I'm thinking of copying everything from this episode. Do not do that! I'd like to make it a part of me. Did she really give this some thought? And that's all... you are not funny, the people around you make you funny. This was a review of everything that went wrong for Omori Maho. AKB48 60th single [Hisashiburi no Lip Gloss] it officially releases on October 19th. And then the next episode of Sayonara Mouri-san airs on October 6th. Please look forward to it!