Going to school and working during the day, training and studying at night, this life lasted for several weeks.
Amamiya Shiori also gradually became familiar with the members.
Communication between people is always accompanied by mutual help. Amamiya Sōri sent Asuka Saito to school during the day, and occasionally helped her with her homework. Unknowingly, other junior high school students often came to her room to ask for help with their homework.
By checking their homework, Amamiya Sugawara made one thing clear, that is, most of the children in this group are stupid, especially the ones who look confident, and there is a high probability that they are little Baga.
The children who were helped by her would also bring her some specialties from home, small gifts, etc., which made Amamiya Sori feel that her job as a teacher was not in vain.
During these three weeks, two members requested to withdraw from the operation due to family and academic issues. One is named Yamamoto Honoka, and the other is the tentative center Ayaka Yoshimoto who was selected at the press conference on the day of the selection. The management also agreed, and on September 22, it was announced that two members had "resigned from the event."
Not only have they not debuted yet, but they have not even had their first public event, Center has left, which gives people the feeling that they have not yet succeeded.
Center has run away, but the activities will continue. At the same time that the management announced that the two members had ended their activities, they also announced that the recording of the first titled group would soon begin.
The title of the series is "Where's Nogizaka", and the broadcast time is the late night slot of TV Tokyo.
The members were very excited when they heard the news. It is a very good treatment to have a title program when you debut.
Although Amamiya Shiori doesn't watch much TV, you can still feel the excitement of the members. If Yoshio Konno hadn't left at the scene, everyone might have stood up and jumped up and cheered.
"However, not everyone can participate in this program." Yoshio Konno's words immediately poured cold water on everyone.
"Before the recording of the program, based on the results obtained in the training sessions so far, the response on Nogizaka46's official website, etc., 15 selection places will be decided to participate in the recording of the first episode. Members who are not selected will be I will learn from you in the audience.”
As if to confirm what Yasushi Akimoto said, "Nogizaka will have more frequent ranking changes." This time is not the "tentative selection" decided by the judges at the time of the final selection, but the "first selection" determined by the members' evaluation of their own efforts.
The selection position and the opportunity to appear on the show are of course precious, but before that, the members have to think of self-introduction words and shoot a short video of self-introduction and put it on Nogizaka's official website.
In addition to your name and age, the self-introduction part also needs to include stunts, nicknames, opponents in AKB, etc.
For someone like Amamiya Sori who does not participate in club activities, there are no special skills that he can perform. Fortunately, there are not a few such members.
For example, Hashimoto Nanami, who was born in Hokkaido, worked as a basketball team manager in middle school. Now she is attending an art college. Her specialty is not painting, so she had a sudden inspiration and came up with a stunt that imitated the dryer in a shopping mall toilet.
Damn it, how could you have such a good idea! Amamiya Suga secretly sighed, if it hadn't been for Sayuri Matsumura also secretly learning from Hashimoto Nanami, she would have gotten away with trying to imitate something's voice.
As for AKB's opponents, Amamiya Sugawara has not thought about it, and feels that none of them corresponds to his personality. However, there is one member he likes, the smart and gentle, but also very "natural" Kojima Haruna.
In the end, Amamiya Soi learned a little trick on the Internet to restore the cut rope, and used it as his own stunt, and finally completed the task.
"I am a 19-year-old mayonnaise star from the fourth dimension, nicknamed Mai Shiraishi Mai. I will work hard, please take care of me." Mai Shiraishi showed her introduction in front of Amamiya Shiori with words and gestures. "How is it?" he asked expectantly.
"What does the fourth dimension mean? Doraemon's pocket?"
"Ah, well, it seems...that's it." Shiraishi Mai nodded.
"What does the mayonnaise star mean? Are you Hijikata Jushiro?"
"It just means - I simply like to eat mayonnaise, yes, that's what it means." Shiraishi Mai wrapped her fingers around a strand of her hair.
"Uh... Is this the popular way to introduce yourself now?" Amamiya Suga thought for a moment. It sounded childish at first glance. If it were her, she would choose something simpler, which would be safer without any merit or demerit.
"I asked Wakatsuki, and she said it was good." Mai Shiraishi felt that the term mayonnaise star described herself quite appropriately.
"If you think it's good, it's not impossible." Amamiya Sōri then thought about it, and it's not a problem that the variety show is exaggerated. There are people on dating shows who introduce themselves as "cute and cute two-dimensional" people. As long as you have a normal mind, you can say whatever you want.
"I'll ask someone else."
After asking a few more people, Mai Shiraishi received more positive replies than negative ones, so she happily decided to use this sentence as her introduction.
The browsing data of each member's short film on the official website and the teachers' evaluation of the members' course learning jointly determine the members who will appear in the first program.
The members who took the bus to TV Tokyo were both excited and apprehensive.
Generally speaking, as junior artists who have not yet debuted, Nogizaka members should first say hello to their senior comedians who are MCs. But in order to maintain a sense of mystery, they were not told who the MC was.
The thirty-odd members who were called out of the lounge first came to a video studio with a pure white background.
Yoshio Konno, wearing a black jacket, began to announce the members of the "first selection" in front of three rows of members.
"Shiraishi Mai." The first person to be called was the perfect Shiraishi Mai.
Next, the names of Erika Ikuta, Reika Sakurai, Kazumi Takayama and other members were called one by one.
The last person to be called was Ikoma Rina. This girl, who had often cried because of homesickness since the beginning of the training camp, was given a close-up of her crying when she was finally called.
The selected members were naturally happy, congratulating each other and wiping away tears.
Some members who were not selected had expressionless faces, while others expressed their unwillingness.
Amamiya Shiori, who was standing in the third row, looked curiously at the furnishings inside the studio.
As a negative teaching material that is often singled out by teachers, although the progress is relatively fast, it is not outstanding in the group in singing and dancing. She felt that it was normal for her to be brushed off.
But the next step is to watch the recording process of the program in the audience. Amamiya Sugawara looked at the expressionless and fierce-looking Mai Shiraishi, full of curiosity and expectation for the next few hours.
