Single Hinatazaka46 1st [Kyun] [2019/03/27]

The new song Hinatazaka brought tears at the lives. But there are supposedly no plans to record it. It will only be sung at lives. People have tried to reconstruct Aki-P's words. Here's one attempt (source):

大きな木の側（そば）にいたから || We were beside a great tree
いつも日蔭だったけど || Always in the shade
もう誰かを追いかけはしない　|| We weren't chasing anyone
自分の道を行（ゆ）くんだ || Just advancing on our own road
悔しい想いの分だけ　我慢強くなったのさ || We felt frustrations, but made ourselves that much stronger
人生って面白いよね　努力はほら、報われる || Life is funny: you work hard, and you are rewarded
坂はここから始まるよ　|| The upward slope begins here
そう、きっと平坦な道じゃない || No, it will not be a level road
みんなで頑張って進もうぜ　目指してた日向坂 || But let's all work our hardest and go forward on the sunny slope we have aimed at

(text and translation improvements welcome)

 

I wonder if CRE8BOY will be Hinata's main choreographer the way Takahiro is for Keyaki? I think that would be interesting. Though I would like to see Saizenretsu e's choreographer does more choreography for Hinata too (does anybody know who's the choreographer for that song?)

 

Hinatazaka46's 1st single (Kyun!) 3rd round HS sales result
rank. (prev. rank.) sold slots/total slots (+change) member name

01. (01.) 24/24 (+00) Kanemura Miku (1st round sold out!)
01. (01.) 24/24 (+00) Nibu Akari (1st round sold out!)
03. (03.) 24/24 (+00) Kakizaki Memi (2nd round sold out!)
03. (03.) 24/24 (+00) Saito Kyoko (2nd round sold out!)
03. (03.) 24/24 (+00) Kato Shiho (2nd round sold out!)
03. (03.) 24/24 (+00) Sasaki Mirei (2nd round sold out!)
03. (03.) 24/24 (+00) Matsuda Konoka (2nd round sold out!)
03. (03.) 24/24 (+00) Kosaka Nao (2nd round sold out!)
03. (03.) 24/24 (+00) Kawata Hina (2nd round sold out!)
03. (03.) 24/24 (+00) Miyata Manamo (2nd round sold out!)
03. (03.) 24/24 (+00) Watanabe Miho (2nd round sold out!)
03. (03.) 24/24 (+00) Higashimura Mei (2nd round sold out!)
03. (03.) 24/24 (+00) Takamoto Ayaka (2nd round sold out!)
03. (03.) 24/24 (+00) Ushio Sarina (2nd round sold out!)
15. (15.) 24/24 (+02) Tomita Suzuka (3rd round sold out!)
15. (15.) 24/24 (+02) Sasaki Kumi (3rd round sold out!)
17. (17.) 16/24 (+09) Hamagishi Hiyori
18. (18.) 00/24 (+00) Iguchi Mao
18. (18.) 00/24 (+00) Takase Mana
Total: 400/456 (+13 since 2nd round) [87.7%]

1st Gen: 192/240 (+2) [80.0%]
2nd Gen: 208/216 (+11) [96.3%]​

 

Feel so sad for Iguchi and Takase

 

Yeah I don't understand how they haven't sold out one slot yet :/ at least they'll enjoy full lines at kuroi hitsuji handshakes but maybe it's a bit cruel to go from that to this...

 

I really hope they start selling some slots around the 4th+ rounds. I’m really sad and annoyed for those two

 

Well, let's put it this way. "Even the least popular member sells." is a better narrative than "Even the mid-tier member struggle to sells."

It's not that bad when you see the bigger picture here around idol groups.

 

Good point from @EinhanderX, and in any case there are three more sales periods and only three possible members to buy a ticket for. Snack Mao will give Mao-chan some push on GanaOshi this weekend. I hope Manafi and Hiyo-tan get some, too.

EDIT: By the way, I don't know if it has been mentioned here, but the two lives were sold out at about 12,000 people each, making a total of 24,000 people over two nights.

 

Hinatazaka did two songs in the Keyaki mini-live that just ended. The two songs on the Keyaki single. details here

 

looking at those Hinatazaka lyrics, Aki-P wasn’t very subtle at the beginning, about that tree part, like a Keyaki tree? wonder if it’s Aki-p idea of how Hiragana must have felt in the past or if he actually talked with them about their feeling towards Keyaki. It give me that “We had some discontent towards our senpais” kind of feelings. Maybe i’m just overthinking it.

 

Which lyrics?

 

I believe it's the one they performed on debut countdown. The song Aki-P exclusively wrote only for the countdown concert.

 

Ah OK

 

Well if they did it’s only natural.

Hopefully we’re getting radio rips of the other bsides this week. Only 17 days to go

 

Second post from the top of this page. I translated some fan's memory of the lyrics of the special song "Hinatazaka" that Aki-P wrote for performance only, not to be recorded.

@Japan86 -- I never sensed any discontent toward Keyaki members. But there was some discontent about the situation, where their name made them hard to distinguish from Kanji Keyaki. Various Hiragana members have mentioned that when people think "Keyakizaka" they think of the 1gen group, not of Hiragana Keyakizaka. I believe even Memi -- who loved the name and was sad to give it up -- said this. That metaphor of being under the branches of a big tree is something I love, myself, and that I think I have heard said about the situation before.

In the preview for next week's Hiragana Oshi, we see a member who may be Memi happily shouting "Hinatazaka" off the side of a mountain road. I think even she is pretty well reconciled to the change.

 

Thanks. I couldn't find the lyrics so I was kinda lost lol.
By now the girls have probably adjusted to the new name. They are eager to move on with it and I am glad to see them doing that in unity. Of course, I can understand their feelings while being under kanji. We, the fans, couldn't even deduce their position then. I have also gotten used to their name now. I was still referring to them as hiragana some weeks ago after their name change. I was probably still in disbelief then lol

 

Can't wait to listen to the songs... I love their uniforms... more Nogi-like than Keyaki-like, and it accentuate the cute, cheerful image of the girls.

 

Early on Yuugata Paradise we listen a new Hinatazaka46 song. TYPE-C "Tokimeki Sou" enjoy. (I had some problem to upload).

Hinatazaka46 - Tokimeki Sou.

Is a really good song. I like it a lot.

 

I love it. Almost think it should’ve been the A-Side

 

It is really good indeed but I still think Kyun sounds much catchier. It is a shame that this doesn't get MV.