Nogizaka is a girl group with 34 official members. This is the impression they have established in front of the world for more than half a year. There were 34 members participating in the handshake party, and the personal PV included with the single was also 34 segments. It seems that only the 34 people who passed the final selection were selected.
In fact, the news reports when they were first formed clearly pointed out that this was an idol girl group produced by Sony Music Entertainment at the invitation of Yasushi Akimoto, with 37 qualified members in the first phase.
However, before the official appearance in front of the TV media, two people withdrew and one person suspended his activities. Among the two people who withdrew, there was also the tentative center Ayaka Yoshimoto identified by Yasushi Akimoto.
The rough stone drama that Yasushi Akimoto was passionate about hit a wall at first, which brought a trace of uncertainty to Nogizaka when it was first born.
At that time, all the limelight was focused on the two people who resigned. Few people remember that Manatsu Akimoto was also standing in the front row next to Ayaka Yoshimoto when the selection was tentatively scheduled.
She also hastily stopped her activities before she could show herself to the world. Akimoto Manatsu, who has been attending a girls' school since junior high school and has been a good girl for more than ten years, struggled to convince her parents and deal with school. She neither wanted to drop out of school nor quit the group. After long discussions with the management, she got permission to suspend her activities and return at the right time after entering college.
Akimoto Manatsu, who is preparing for the exam, has been paying attention to Nogizaka. She not only collects relevant magazines and reports, but also asks her brother to help record each program.
Looking at the members laughing and chatting on the screen in his spare time, Akimoto Manatsu felt envious and lonely. Having been the student council president of high school for two years, she is well versed in the ins and outs of girls' cliques, and she is a complete stranger to them. For more than half a year, the members have experienced a lot of work and challenges, and can be regarded as sharing the joys and sorrows. In comparison, without shared memories, he is like a temporary substitute for the second team. Let alone cooperation, it is hard to say whether he will be recognized by the starting members. Akimoto Manatsu has already begun to worry about whether he will be ostracized by then.
In this mood mixed with expectation and a little regret, Akimoto Manatsu was successfully admitted to the English Department of Tokyo Home Economics University. This is a private school for young ladies with a low deviation value. The high school she attended was a girls' high school affiliated with Tokyo Home Economics University, so it was not difficult to get into the school directly.
At this point, she is finally qualified to return, but her parents are still so reluctant. After all, in their dictionary, "idol" is not an option for their children's future career. They advised Akimoto Manatsu to put her studies first, but the implication was that they still wanted her to give up.
Akimoto Manatsu, who has been late for half a year, is naturally unwilling to do anything. I have done everything you asked for, so there is no reason to give in anymore. So it got into a long debate.
During this period, one of the members, Soi Amamiya, made big news.
In addition to Akimoto Manatsu, Nogizaka has two members who took the university entrance exam at the beginning of this year. One is Miun Ando, who was admitted to Sophia University, which is one of the three most prestigious private schools along with Saakei. She is already one of the few idols whose average education level is high school; the other member, Amamiya Shiori, is even more powerful. , and was admitted to the University of Tokyo without suspending his activities.
When Akimoto Manatsu heard the news, on the one hand he admired Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in Nogizaka, but on the other hand he felt a strong sense of crisis. Can she really keep up with the other members? Can they accommodate themselves?
Thinking of the two members who had not stopped working and were admitted to such a good university, Akimoto Manatsu felt that his so-called "focus on studies" in the past six months was so powerless.
After weeks of hard work, Akimoto Manatsu finally convinced her parents and got the chance to return to Nogizaka.
At this point in time, Nogizaka has released its second single and is carrying out follow-up handshake meetings.
According to the operational arrangements, Akimoto Manatsu will not officially return to the team directly in the third single. The specific timing is still under discussion. Until then, Akimoto Manatsu can participate in daily training sessions, and also has the opportunity to observe the recording of the championship live.
Even after being out of business for more than half a year, she was still treated leniently by the management. Akimoto Manatsu felt nothing but gratitude.
As long as she can get onto the track, she has a chance to follow in the footsteps of the other members.
With anticipation and nervousness, Akimoto Manatsu participated in tonight's training session.
Like a stone thrown into a lake, it can cause ripples but cannot shake the water body. The arrival of Akimoto Manatsu did not attract many people's attention.
Except for Yumi Wakazuki, whom she met during the selection, and Kiyora Hatanaka, who greeted her, the other members were either focused on their own worlds, or gathered together in twos and threes to talk.
Being remembered already brought tears to Akimoto Manatsu's eyes, and Wakazuki and Hatanaka's acts of kindness made her feel very warm.
But this warmth is only temporary. The problem facing her is how to let more than thirty other girls know her.
Sitting alone in the corner, Akimoto Manatsu seemed to be regarded as a new staff member, and no member raised any questions about the extra person in the room.
Qiu Yuan carefully observed the surroundings, trying to find opportunities to break the situation. It would definitely be inappropriate for me to get involved in a small group that was chatting happily. I had to find someone who looked easy to talk to.
So Akimoto Manatsu still went to Wakatsuki Yumi, who had just taken the initiative to greet her. The warm-hearted Wakayuki learned about her situation and introduced Sakurai Reika, Ito Marika and others to her.
The expected unfriendliness did not appear. They expressed their expectations for Akimoto Manatsu's return, which ignited the expectations in Akimoto's heart. Full integration into this new group seemed just around the corner.
"Everyone, do you want to eat a sandwich?" Akimoto Manatsu, who returned to the corner and entered standby mode, heard the voice coming from the door.
At a glance, he recognized that the cute girl carrying a large bag of condolences was the most famous member of the group at this time, Amamiya Shiori.
As soon as Amamiya Soi put the bag on the table, the greedy members came over eagerly.
From Akimoto Manatsu's perspective, Amamiya Shiori, who has just finished his foreign affairs, is like a parent who buys snacks and desserts for his children on the road after get off work. After returning home and giving the snacks to the children, he turns around and turns on the computer to continue his unfinished work. Gone to work.
The laptop screen displayed some kind of programming software, and Akimoto Manatsu couldn't understand it at all.
Maybe this is the difference between geniuses and mortals like them. Akimoto Manatsu swallowed, not knowing why.
Amamiya Shiori seemed to be thinking about something, staring at the screen without moving the keyboard. Sometimes he frowns and sometimes shows his face, sometimes he is happy and sometimes he is disdainful. In just ten minutes, Amamiya Shiori's mood changed several times, which made people curious.
"Um... Amamiya-san, what's wrong with you?" Akimoto Manatsu couldn't help but ask.
