Nogizaka's year-end activities include the recording of debut singles and a special Christmas week event.
The first song recorded was not the title song, but a CW song called "Maybe I Want to See You."
Adhering to the management of Enshang Business Law, I felt that since Nogizaka debuted as "AKB's official rival", then the whole drama should be done, so I directly changed the name and arrangement of AKB's debut single title song, from "Want to See You" to "Maybe I Want to Meet You" was inserted into Nogizaka's debut list. Not only have the lyrics not been changed, but even the PV has to be shot in the same location as the original PV.
All I can say is, "As long as I'm not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed."
The members, who knew that this song was bound to make waves among the fan base, didn't know what to say.
Does this mean you want to surpass AKB? Or should we follow the path of AKB? Amamiya Shiori felt that this operation was a bit confusing. Maybe from the perspective of the operation, the negative fans it attracted were considered fans.
Before officially going to shoot the PV, there was a small episode.
In the TV series "Fraud Idol" starring Mayu Watanabe, one of AKB's Seven Gods, nicknamed "Mayuyu" for the first time, Nogizaka members will appear as "Nogizaka46".
After hearing the news, several May fans in the group were extremely excited.
Especially during the rehearsal that day, Mayu Watanabe, who was wearing regular clothes, suddenly visited the class, which made many members unable to control themselves with excitement.
Watanabe Mayu, who has long hair and glasses, is very different from her usual twin-tail image, but she is still very cute.
"Ah, hi, eh~ I am Mayu Watanabe, who plays Usa Usagi, please give me some advice." Mayu Watanabe nodded and greeted the Nogizaka members in front of her cordially.
Although she is not very old, she was born in 1994 and is younger than several Nogizaka members present, but she is already a senior who has debuted for almost six years.
Everyone stood up and bowed to say hello, "Please give me your advice——"
"Then, Watanabe-san still has to prepare for filming, please wait a moment."
As an AKB top, she has a busy schedule. She just said hello and was about to prepare for the shooting.
"Then, please give me your advice in the future." Mayu Watanabe left the dance studio with a formulaic smile, accompanied by several staff members cheering each other.
From time to time, fangirl voices like "Eh? Mayuyu...Mayuyu! So cute!" came from behind.
Although Watanabe Mayu's surprise visit was short-lived, the impact lingered. For example, Sayuri Inoue cried for a long time and could not calm down.
It was also the first time for Amamiya Sōri to meet Mayu Watanabe in real life. Before getting to know the Japanese idol, her biggest impression of this name was the animation of a few uncles and aunts calmly playing mahjong by the river when it rained heavily. Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth could not help but curve slightly.
As someone who has never been an idol nerd or been to an AKB handshake meeting, she can feel Watanabe's professionalism as an idol through a brief contact. The impeccable smile and cordial greeting seem to be the definition of the term "idol".
Meeting Mayu Watanabe was enough to excite the girls for a long time. Unexpectedly, a few days later, another more important idol also came to visit the class.
On this day, the bus took everyone to Suzaki Lighthouse in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture to shoot the PV of "Maybe I Want to Meet You".
It was midsummer when AKB shot here, and the vegetation was lush and lush. It was winter when Nogizaka came here, the temperature was cold and the vegetation was withering.
When they got off the bus, the girls in uniforms and short skirts couldn't help but tremble.
The cold wind blew against my face and passed under my skirt, making it chilly.
Wearing the down coats prepared by the staff made everyone feel better.
The first scene was to film the members after school, but the sky was obscured by a huge cloud, and the picture in the camera was darker than planned.
While the staff were discussing what to do, the members stood on the embankment and played happily.
This is their first PV shoot, and everything is full of freshness, just like an outing. So despite the strong wind on the embankment, they were still running around excitedly.
Amamiya Sōri hugged her arms tightly and kept tapping her feet to make her body warmer.
Facing the sparkling sea and the blowing sea breeze, Amamiya Sori wanted to compose a poem, but unfortunately there was nothing in his stomach.
"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, two, two, three, four, five, six, seven -" Anyway, she was idle, so she simply started doing radio gymnastics.
The sharp-eyed Erika Ikuta also started doing exercises in a decent manner.
Gradually, more and more people joined in. Everyone lined up in neat rows on the embankment, facing the sea and exercising.
Looking at the neat and bloated team in coats in the distance, the accompanying photographer chose the angle.
Suddenly the sky suddenly became clear, as if the Buddha's light was shining all over the place, and the sun's rays illuminated them. It was just that moment. Everyone who was in charge of the filming witnessed that miraculous moment.
"Oh~~" The girls cheered as they looked at the sunlight shining through the gaps in the clouds.
Filming continued.
The scene that Amamiya Sugawara wanted to shoot was with Nakata Kana and Hashimoto Nanami, sitting on the street-facing seats in the restaurant, looking out the window at Hoshino Minami and Ikuta Erika running.
At this point, I have to mention the corresponding role of PV. Some time ago, when filming a commercial for Meiji Chocolate, Ikoma Rina was selected as the center, so in this PV, her shots exactly correspond to AKB’s center Atsuko Maeda.
In the original PV, Yuko Oshima and Minami Takahashi were running desperately on the road, but now they are replaced by Erika Ikuta and Minami Hoshino.
The management’s intention is obviously that they hope they can become ACEs representing Nogizaka. There is a sense of wanting to copy AKB's success.
The heating in the restaurant was fully turned on and it was very warm. While waiting for the two cuties, orange juice and bread were placed on the table in front of the three of them, which looked very cozy.
"You are so comfortable, you can sit and rest, and you have something to drink." A tired and panting Erika Ikuta opened the door and walked in with Hoshino Minami. The two of them spent most of the scene running, running from the lighthouse to the forest path and then to the town. The two of them were exhausted from running all the way.
"Xiao Nan is hungry." Hoshino Nan looked at the bread on the table eagerly. Although the company reimbursed them, the kind staff did not give them anything to eat, only two cups of hot milk. Because they have a running scene to shoot later.
In response, the waiter served three generous servings of shrimp fried rice to Hashimoto, Nakata, and Amamiya. This is a prop for the next shot. "I'm starting." The three people clasped their hands together happily. CUT! With one order, the restaurant shots were completed. Before the group dance shooting started, they had nothing to do and could comfortably stay in the restaurant to eat and chat.
"OK, it's time to rest. Ikuta-chan, Konan, we have to continue filming." The staff said ruthlessly.
"Huh?" Ikuta and Hoshino looked confused. Not long after they rested, their mouths watered when they looked at the fried rice in front of Amamiya and the others. Now I have to go back to running in the cold wind, and the difference in treatment between people is too great.
"When you finish running, you can come back. I'm not hungry, so I'll leave it to you." Amamiya Sōri saw the hopeful look in Hoshino Nancy's eyes and couldn't resist at all.
"Really? I like Xiaozhi the most." Erika Ikuta answered quickly.
