SASSHI X MAYU AKB SHINBUN PART 2 (Many thanks to chichan54 for collaborating with me!!! She translated this part!)
From when did you two become good friends?
Watanabe: A while after we joined team B, maybe.
Sashihara: Even after I was separated from team B (because of the transfer), we are still meeting each other while having senbatsuâs works and the others. Iâm also close to Yukirin, so like mutual friends, the three of us became close friends.
Have you ever gone to eat outside with each other?
Watanabe:Â U~n, no, I think.
Sashihara: First, I donât usually go outside. I donât really go out to eat with members.
Watanabe: Me too~. I only talk to Sasshi basically through mails, or at where we meet.
So you talk about talks like the âSo long!â one earlier at where you meetâŚ
Sashihara: Yeah! âChan chaka chan chan⌠Sakurai sa~n!â, like that (laugh).
Youâre also together in the unit song âAvocado jane~shiâŚâ
Sashihara: At first, when we received the lyrics, I said to Mayu âHave you heard the song? Itâs bad, right? It sounds weird, right?â. I wondered if that song was okay.
Watanabe: Itâs a slightly unusual song, but I thought it would be okay.
Sashihara: Because there are parts like âStrawberry, banana, apple, all smell sweetâ or âMelon, cherry, orange, you feel like hanging out with themâ in the lyrics, right? But the time when we were recording the song was exciting~.
Watanabe: With our voices combined, the dance inserted, and also the outfits being properly done, it became a very good song.
It ranked 20 at the Request Award.
Watanabe: Itâs popular! POPULAR! Yeah, we sang it at the last day (1st~25th), right?
Sashihara: We both have our own unit songs, but to think the song of us two would rank 20. Itâs amazing.
Watanabe: Within the fans who came to the handshake events, there are some said that ââAvocadoâ should rank this year!â.
Sashihara: And âIâll definitely vote for âAvocadoâ!â
Watanabe: And ââAvocadoâ will be 1stâ. But as expected it didnât rank 1st. (laugh)
Sashihara: We will also perform it this year. But I wish we had more chances to perform it.
Watanabe: We really want to sing it, right? How about once a month? (laugh)
Sashihara: Once a month? Ah, how about performing it on the theater, as a surprise?
After that song got 20th place, it got a âCelebration venueâ thread on a bulletin board of a certain net.
Watanabe: Itâs a popular song! ITâS A POPULAR SONG! Everyone loves it, donât they?
Do you have your unique atmosphere?
Watanabe: We have, right~?
Sashihara: We have, âright~â, you said? (laugh) WE HAVE, RIGHT~. Hahaha!
Letâs return to the topic. Are there any young members that you have interest in?
Sashihara: For me itâs (Tashima) Meru and (Tominaga) Mio. Mayu, too.
Watanabe: I love them! I love HKT48.
Sashihara: Please write clearly that part she just said. There are lots of little girls in HKT48 (laugh).
Watanabe: Lots of little girls. I love all of them. I often talk to them, and HKT48âs girls are very amiable. I canât go and talk to them because Iâd be nervous, so Iâm happy that they go and talk to me. I just⌠dote on them so much.
Sashihara: Those girls are so innocence, as a senpai Iâm worried for them, Iâm just out of words to describe.
Watanabe: Theyâre just too cute. So pure.
Are there any girls that you love the most?
Watanabe: Who⌠Everyone is cute, but maybe itâs Miotasu (Tomonaga) that I love the most.
Sashihara: Youâve done a unit song with Mio, right? Mio learned a lot from Mayu at Yahoo! Auction Dome.
Watanabe: We sang âIdol nante yobanaideâ. She would cry if she could not do it, so I said to her âDonât cry~, Iâll teach youâ (doing patting-head gesture) . S, so cuteeeee!
Sashihara: Mio is a crybaby. She just cries suddenly, without saying anything.
And then, by chance, Tashima and Tominaga happened to pass by, holding each otherâs hand.
These two are talking about you now.
Tashima, Tomonaga: EEEEHHHH! Really? Letâs go over there! (laugh)
Watanabe: Angels! ANGELS!
And the girl in AKB48 that Sashihara-san has interest in is�
Sashihara: There are lots of cute girls. Erm, that girl in 15th generation who ties her hair in ponytail⌠Ah, itâs (Mukaichi) Mion-chan. That girl is lovely. When I looked at her practicing âLove shugyouâ, she was so cute~. I love young and cute girls. I would watch them.
Watanabe: I also love Mion-chan! *Peropero* (licking).
Thereâs a rumor that AKB48âs Nishino Miki-san looks kinda similar to Watanabe-san.
And then once again, Nishino happened to pass by.
Watanabe: Oh, timely! AhâŚshe goes away (laugh). Does she really resemble me?
Sashihara: Usually I donât really think that, but when she stands on stage, sometimes I think âHm?â.
Watanabe: There arenât really any girls that resemble me up until now. So though sheâs not my little sister, Iâm happy. Itâs a strange feeling. I received a present from her on my birthday. Sheâs a very kind girl. I received a teddy bear.
Sashihara: You two do get a long, donât you?
Watanabe: Best friend! Best friend! (A/N: she was using the word âMabudachiâ)
Do you have any parts of yourselves that you want a lot of kouhai to inherit?
Sashihara: I donât, I guess. Instead, I think Mayu has some parts that she wants to be inherited, right?
Watanabe: Rather than from me, I want them to inherit Takamina-sanâs steady and sharp characters. I think kenkyuuseis now are all amazing for doing their best, so I want them not to forget that. Thatâs what I feel.
Your image of young members now
Sashihara: Theyâre lively and I think thatâs great. They seem to understand if I talk to them properly. They can even learn from me.
It seems that Sashihara-san, who is also HKT48âs theatre manager, gave some opinions about kenkyuuseiâs live at Budoukan on June.
Sashihara: Mostly about HKT48, though. But even if I didnât become a theatre manager, I think I would still do that.
Sashihara-san loves idols, so do you have any interest in the producing industry?
Sashihara: Not at all, I donât wanna! I really donât like that industry, since I donât want to take responsibility for other peopleâs future.
Well then, lastly⌠Next year, what if there was a general election? Sashihara-san, you said that you were aiming for a successive victory, right?
Sashihara: That was only a lip service, so⌠(laugh). Sashihara always say things that make people become livelier every day. Lip service for my entire life. But of course, I want to do my best.
Watanabe: Iâll take the 1st place. I WILL. Iâll fill up the gap (between Sasshi and me). Using many ways, like this and that (laugh). I want to do as many things as I can. I want to learn Sasshiâs talk skill. I need to grow up with my own power. I want to be able to express myself when talking on radio or TV.
Does Sashihara-san accept her challenge?
Sashihara: No, it wonât be like âCome at me!â, like that (laugh). I donât want to be misunderstood at that part.
Itâd be good if Watanabe-san uses her appearance on âBakuretsu Otousanâ as an opportunity to change.
Watanabe: Yes! Oto-san! My life has changed after being kicked at my head, like that (laugh).
Sashihara: Eh, is it really okay like that�
Bakuretsu Otousan VTR: On the famous corner of Fuji TVâs variety show âMechax2 iketeru!â, itâs a play where Kato Kouji who plays the otousan (father) and unfolds his insane comments. In the setting that looks like a shouwaâs living room, the father will get livid with the guestsâ behaviors and give them a giant swing, which is a wrestling technique (hold both of their legs and swing them, then throw them). On the 3rd of August, Watanabe received that technique on the same corner on 27-jikan TV. And when she was kneeling down on the ground, she got kicked at her head. That has been a fuss on the Internet, but on the concert on 7th August, Watanabe confessed to the fans âIâm okayâ.Â
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