Unsurprisingly, the incident of Ikoma's escape during the reporter's interview was on Yahoo News the next day, and was also reported by other online media and print media. Its main content is all about speculating on the reasons behind it.
It's difficult to take on big responsibilities due to immaturity, or being petty and unsatisfied with the rehearsal results. These are all rash conclusions made without understanding the reasons behind them. Affected by the media, online forums such as 2ch also criticized Ikoma's trend.
All kinds of weird and shady remarks are endless, and some people write essays based on the minutiae of the series in a serious manner. The group is divided into several small groups, and Ikoma has long caused dissatisfaction among some small groups. During the rehearsal for this performance, conflicts intensified due to positioning issues, and Ikoma used escape threats and other things. All I can say is that with this kind of brain power, it would be a pity not to go to work in Wenchun.
The few days of the official performance were pretty smooth. Although people still cry every day, there has never been a confrontation as fierce as Ikoma and Matsumura.
After some "persuasion" from Amamiya Souri, Sayuri Matsumura became much more honest in the past two days. Perhaps out of a guilty conscience, she has been avoiding Ikoma recently.
Fortunately, both of them adjusted their mentality quickly, and Ikoma acted as if this incident had never happened. Matsumura, on the other hand, after treating Amamiya Shiori with caution for a few days, slowly returned to his original casual state of being malicious and cute, and pushing his nose and face.
The performance lasted for a week, and every day some people were happy and some were sad.
Popularity is an important factor that affects audience voting, and an interesting self-introduction is the only chance to catch up.
The three people in the front row are basically occupied by Ikuta, Takayama and Shiraishi. Amamiya Shiori's role changes among several named supporting roles.
After the performance, the management gave everyone a good few days off. After the break, a few more handshake meetings for three orders were held. Counting the days, the selection of the four singles is also on the way.
One day in mid-September, everyone, including Akimoto Manatsu, who was in school, came to the studio in Nogizaka. This time, the program will be recorded for a whole day, and everyone will be on stage. Everyone knows that after three months, the selection is coming again.
The theme of the first episode is to review the behind-the-scenes stories of the musical "16 Protagonists". Bananaman takes everyone to watch VTR.
Looking back on this experience, everyone has mixed expressions. There is the joy of a successful counterattack, but also the frustration of being powerless. This performance made many members realize the gap in popularity. No matter how much sweat they put in backstage, they could not close the gap in the hearts of the audience.
VTR recorded the origin of the performance, the training process, part of the self-introduction, and the mid-time voting, and even specifically mentioned Ikoma's escape.
They only showed the scene of the escape without explaining the reason. This is obviously because the management wanted Ikoma to explain himself on the show.
"Awesome!" After watching the VTR, Himura and Shitara kept praising.
"And that, about Ikoma's stage fright," Shitara looked at Ikoma, "I also saw it on Yahoo News."
"Yes, I was shocked." Himura also turned his attention to Ikoma, who was in the center of the first row of the hinatan.
"Actually, it's wrong to say 'I ran away because of the pressure at the press conference.'" Ikoma must have expected such an inquiry and had already prepared a set of words.
"Yes." Himura and Shitara nodded in response, indicating for her to continue.
"We were rehearsing, and we had to select 16 people first, so, um... I thought about everyone's uneasiness in practicing every day, etc., and all those memories came back." Ikoma explained while gesticulating.
The member sitting behind her nodded quietly.
She has tried her best to hide it, even though this reason may not be accepted by many viewers.
"There will be that kind of heart-to-heart collision between the members. At that time, I really had the urge to cry. Then at the press conference, because of the word "opponent", those feelings came up again. If If I continue, I will definitely cry like before, so I ran away." Ikoma smiled and selectively stated his feelings. Most of them were true, but the key factors were missing.
The members who knew the reason were quietly doing background work, and the atmosphere was eerily quiet.
"Hmm~" "Oh~" Himura and Shitara nodded in understanding. Sensing something was wrong in the atmosphere, they turned the topic to self-introduction.
Takayama Kazumi's funny self-introduction made Nakata Hana, who appeared behind her, very distressed. Sayuri Matsumura forgot to wear safety pants. During the performance, she walked off the stage as if nothing was wrong. After changing, she rejoined the group as if nothing was wrong.
These two revelations gradually enlivened the atmosphere at the scene.
The second program is also about watching VTR, and the theme is the release of Nogizaka46’s final selection video. The first generation of Nogizaka, who were finally selected and assembled in August 2012, have been together for a full year. Looking back at their original selves, all members feel very ashamed.
"It's already the first anniversary of the series."
"Yeah, pretty fast."
"What a tumultuous year it has been for everyone."
"So today I want to tell you what happened before next year. Let's start with the final selection."
People grow up in stages. The experience of this year has made everyone mature a lot. In comparison, I looked very naive back then. Seeing the shameful video of their immature selves, the members at the scene started to wail one after another.
Every time VTR reviews a few members, he stops to share information with everyone. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Matsumura and Takayama's special moves, Apple Punch and \Amazing!/ appeared in the group for the first time.
"Hey~ So Shayo Lin is coming~ Shayo Lin Shayo Lin Shayo Linlin~ Shayo Lin Shayo Lin Shayo Apple! The honey-filled Shayo Apple, please give it a try! Breakdown Your little heart! Sayu Apple Punch!" Matsumura started her daily cuteness.
Everyone clapped their hands awkwardly.
"Awesome~" Shitara sighed, such a shameful special move,
"Hahahaha——" Himura was also overjoyed.
In addition, in this episode, Shiraishi Mai also revealed that Nishino Nanase is not close to her.
"I really wanted to have a good relationship with her at the beginning, so I kept chatting with her, but Na-chan didn't accept it at all. It felt like I was being blocked." Shiraishi complained.
"Ara, do you still hate her after a year?" Shitara became excited after hearing this, looking like he was just watching the excitement, "Do you hate her Shiraishi?"
"Hmm... I feel like she is quite difficult to get close to." Nishino Nanase answered honestly. "It feels like you're on top."
"Shiraishi is pretty and hard to talk to, right?"
"Hey, I often touch the members around me, but I feel like if I touch Mai, I'll get hurt." Nishino said weakly.
Shiraishi quickly smiled and shook his head. She gets her butt touched every day, and touches other people's butts every day so she doesn't get angry.
"Then let's take this opportunity to get close to each other!" The intimate brother Shitaku conducted the scene.
Shiraishi didn't hide her funny nature at all. She stood up like an uncle and spread her hands, moving her fingers obscenely.
Nishino was too frightened to approach. Shiraishi had no choice but to walk over and grab Nishino's hand.
"Actually, we usually have a pretty good relationship." Shiraishi explained, but Nishino just smiled when his hand was held and had no intention of getting closer.
"How does Nishino usually take the initiative and hug him directly?"
Shiraishi opened his hands in a non-defensive gesture, indicating that Nishino could hug him.
"Sure, sure enough... I still have some concerns." Nishino chose to stay away.
"But Nana-chan touched me without any scruples." In this embarrassing situation, Hashimoto Nanami stepped forward to save the two of them.
"Really? Hashimoto, come here. Let's see what Nishino will do when facing Hashimoto." Shitara and Himura conducted.
"It's absolutely okay." Facing the close Hashimoto, Nishino could completely let go.
Nishino took Hashimoto's hand before Hashimoto came over, then naturally hugged Hashimoto's waist from behind and rested his chin on Hashimoto's shoulder. This kind of action has been done many times in the background and at home.
"It's natural, no worries. Now let Hashimoto and Shiraishi change."
"Come on, get on now!"
After Shiraishi came on the stage, Nishino still had some scruples and couldn't hug him immediately. The members screamed in despair, and Shiraishi was defeated and fled back to his seat.
It was okay not to scream, but when the members screamed, Nishino started crying again.
"Well, we -" Shitele stopped talking.
"How could this happen? Is it our fault?" Himura waved his hand helplessly. Shitara, who liked S, was already laughing so much that she could not speak.
"Where are the tears? Don't cry~" Himura scratched his head. These girls cried too easily.
Hashimoto quickly hugged Nishino and let her cry in his arms.
The members were overjoyed. Seeing the aggrieved expression on Shiraishi Mai's face, Amamiya Sōri laughed and bent over in the back row.
