In order to welcome the return of Akimoto Manatsu, "Where is Nogizaka" has produced two consecutive programs centered on her. With this kind of treatment, even if she is not Akimoto Yasu's biological daughter, she can still be regarded as a few goddaughters.
The first episode of the program first analyzed Akimoto Manatsu's character and strengths through her answers to several questions, and then entered a game session to enhance unity.
With this arrangement, it can only be said that the management also understands that the people inside Nogizaka who have been manipulated by them recently are panicked, full of conflicts, and the cohesion has declined.
In the game session, everyone guessed things and jumped rope together. Although they did not achieve any real success, they still relaxed the atmosphere lively.
The second program is based on the theme of Akimoto Manatsu 1v15, allowing the members of the selection team to compete with him in a game using their own "specialties".
It's said to be a specialty, but it's all based on a script, and there are a lot of deliberate leaks.
Some projects are watered down, such as Erika Ikuta's cooking showdown, Minami Hoshino's loud-voice showdown, Sayuri Inoue's udon bowl showdown, and Rina Ikoma's breath-holding showdown. These people are poor cooks, their voices are as quiet as mosquitoes, they eat as slowly as snails, and they are scared to death of water. Using these weak items to compete will obviously give away points.
There were also mistakes made during the process. For example, Sakurai Reika deliberately dropped the competition equipment and made a mistake, and Fukawa Mai deliberately painted more abstractly than usual when painting.
Amamiya Sugawara is also a free-spirited contestant, and the event she competes with Akimoto Manatsu is macarons.
Akimoto Manatsu said in the first episode that she likes to eat macarons the most, while Amamiya Shiori doesn't like sweets very much, especially macarons, snacks with too much sugar. Akimoto Manatsu enjoyed the taste and quickly destroyed a box. As soon as Amamiya Sugao had eaten two, she was so tired that she lost to her unexpectedly.
Fortunately, there are reliable players represented by Hashimoto Nanami, Takayama Kazumi and others who have earned a few points, otherwise it would have been a joke that a member who had been there for a year would be easily picked up by someone who had just arrived.
"Nana-chan...are you okay?" Amamiya Sori whispered to Kazumi Takayama who was sitting next to her.
A push-hand sumo wrestling match between Nishino Nanase and Akimoto Manatsu is being staged in the studio.
The so-called push hand sumo wrestling is a game in which two people stand face to face and push each other without moving their feet or bending their knees. Whoever is pushed down or pushed away from the original position first loses.
Perhaps he is still worried about the selection position, but Nishino Nanase, who has always been soft-tempered, is very unwilling to admit defeat today. He has been taking the initiative and deliberately did not look at Akimoto Manatsu's face when he pushed. Akimoto Manatsu was blindly defensive and had no intention of counterattack. He also did not look directly at Nishino Nanase and just smiled awkwardly.
Gao Shanyishi didn't speak, just pursed his lips and shook his head.
After a stalemate for a while, Akimoto Manatsu couldn't help but took two steps back and lost to Nishino.
The score was tied at 7-7, and in the end, Rina Ikoma gave up for nothing, allowing Manatsu Akimoto to easily win the confrontation 8-7.
After two episodes of the program, it cannot be said that Akimoto Manatsu and other members will get along well immediately. It can only be said that a step has been taken on the road to closer relationships.
It has been two weeks since the selection was announced, and at least judging from the atmosphere in the lounge, there has been considerable progress.
Several more proactive members have already started talking to Akimoto Manatsu, including Yumi Wakazuki, who has been familiar with Akimoto Manatsu before, Rina Ikoma, who is half the team leader, and Kiyora Hatanaka, who is relatively crude and nervous.
"Shiro...Shiraishi..." Akimoto Manatsu held a small paper bag in his hand, which contained cookies he had made.
In the past two days, she has been working hard to build a good relationship with each member, such as sitting together and chatting during meals, inviting people to go out on weekends, or sending some snacks, small gifts, etc. She has used many methods and achieved some results.
At least there weren't as many hostile looks as there were on the day of selection.
Based on two years of experience as a student council president in a girls' school, Akimoto Manatsu carefully analyzed the composition of Nogizaka members and roughly divided them into several groups based on age, selection position, and relationship between members.
The boundaries between these groups are not so clear-cut. The most obvious and critical one is the small group with Mai Shiraishi as the core and the "Gosan Family" as the cornerstone in the fans' mouth.
The so-called Gosanka refers to the three well-established gods of good fortune in the second row, Mai Shiraishi, Sayuri Matsumura and Nanami Hashimoto. The three of them were all born around 1992, are similar in age, and are all very popular. Among them, Mai Shiraishi is currently the most popular member of the group, and she has a vague status as the first sister of Nogizaka.
With her as the core, she is surrounded by the eccentric Matsumura and the unique temperament Hashimoto. On the outside, there are also gentle "sister" members such as Mai Fukawa and Mica Eto.
Amamiya Souri is a very special member. Toda Idol and frequent out-of-village programs have brought her a high reputation. She has both popularity and strength. Outside the village, she can even surpass Shiraishi, but in the selection position within the group But it has been suppressed by operations.
But she seemed not to care about the selection position and was vaguely attached to Shiraishi. The two are best friends who have known each other since they were children, and they have a very good relationship. Although they are not members of the "Gosan Family", Matsumura listens to her very much, and Hashimoto also has a good relationship with her, even though he is the second-in-command of the "Shiraishi Group". Too much.
The "White Stone Group" includes many popular and important members of the group, and building a good relationship with them is a crucial step.
So Akimoto Manatsu took the cookies she made and prepared to get close to Shiraishi Mai.
"Ma Yi, let's take a photo together!" However, a voice suddenly interrupted her plan.
The voice was soft and filled with cute excitement.
Its owner scares Akimoto Manatsu away.
Nishino Nanase hugged Shiraishi Mai's arm and smiled like a flower.
"Huh?! Okay, okay!" Baishi was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened in surprise, and he readily agreed.
Nishino Nanase, the woman who puts pressure on Akimoto Manatsu. It is normal for Akimoto Manatsu to receive hostility from the members due to the airborne landing of the fourth group. In the past two weeks, most of the members' hostility has been eliminated after calming down. Only Nishino Nanase's hostility has not diminished at all.
Akimoto Manatsu didn't know how deeply he had offended Nishino Nanase. In the push hand sumo wrestling show just now, Nishino Nanase's attack was merciless, and Akimoto Manatsu could only give in to her.
At that time, she didn't even dare to look into Nishino's eyes. Nishino's repulsive attitude was completely different from the ice-melting look on his face when he took Shiraishi's arm, which brought a hint of bitterness to Akimoto Manatsu's mouth.
