TV / Radio Nogizaka ni, Kosaremashita. ~AKB48, Iroiro Atte Teretou Kara Dai Gyakushuu!~ (2021/07/07 - 09/29)

Looks like Momoclo have all their members in the top 8 positions!

 

Because those biggest hits are garbage? Granted there's only one song in particular I have in mind, but it's just terribly out of joint with the group as a whole and unpleasant to the ear, the only reason it became popular in the first place is because of a fan participation project that went viral. And because of that it's now their most played song. They should have stopped playing it when the center graduated.

They need new biggest hits, and for that purpose they need to stop emphasizing their oldest hits (and stop trying to duplicate them--as said, sooo many fantastic songs have been relegated to B-sides and are completely unknown to the public, while A-sides tend to follow the same handful of patterns).

 

I agree that they need to put emphasis on their new songs, but I actually still love all the songs. They're overplayed but I can't find it within myself to skip them when they come up on shuffle while I'm listening to AKB48.

I remember this happening and was so sad that they didn't do anything with it.

 

After witnessing so many negativity about the first two episodes, I wasn't very convinced if I should watch it.
Anyway I decided to give it a try with episode 2.
And unfortunatly that doesn't do it for me. Lots of discussions, the MC from distance can't have any interraction, nothing really funny, I don't get what they are aiming at in this show.
For something that is promoted as a great renewal I'm not sure it hit it's goal the right way, it looks more like an old galleon who lost it's compas in the middle of a windless ocean.

I'm enjoying Bingo Neo better, which may have a new MC in it's next episode. This possible change alone, makes me more curious than this supposed strike back.

 

So... why were the girls so upset after the first day of filming? ddd

 

Subs from GEES and me for ep 01

https://twitter.com/EitoSubs/status/1417781828921044992

 

Perhaps, their essence is essential no more. Something used to be novelty is new no more. Something that set them apart has turned banal.
- Very big number of members. They are multiple big groups these days. Not as big as AKB48 yet very big. Aki-p created groups especially. As the big number is exciting no more, just being big barely has any value.
- Theater/ "girls you can meet" concept. This is exciting no more. It has to be more than just theater performance to interest the public. Also, some agencies form performance groups off their trainees thus, fans can witness the passage of girls from amateurish trainees to polished idols without theater.
- Handshake event. Almost every groups do this or hi-touch event in recent time.
- Variety show. Most groups are doing this in some forms. So, just variety show is not enough. It has to be seriously entertaining variety show.

Last Idol made use of its large number to draw attention like this

if the video does not show watch the video here
AKB needs a different idea to stand out with its large number again.

 

Wow! even Scrambled eggs editor in chief is confused about the show
https://twitter.com/s_egg/status/1417817670594928643

 

Great to see someone is subbing this, will you be doing future episodes?

 

They had a plan A. It was so bad that the girls rejected it and the staff decided to move on to plan B while having shot for plan A.

If they can't think of a good plan A, imagine their plan B.

 

So far GEES intends to continue subbing the show, although this week he will prioritize his work on AKBingo Neo ep02.

 

Deeply grateful to the subbers for continuing to work on this show. That said, for being the show that’s helping to rejuvenate my interest in AKB, I can’t say I think it’s off to a particularly strong start. I’ll certainly continue to watch, and I do think we could be up for a smoother ride beginning with the next episode.

Still, the mere nerve of the show’s title piqued my interest and brought me back in to the extent that I’m watching more Showrooms, playing Dobon(lord help me), looking forward to the new single and trying to learn about members apart from the Kanto Team 8 members I already know. So I guess even if the show isn’t very good, it brought me into the door to check out everything else that’s going on. It is all a bit overwhelming, however. I don’t know much more space I have left in my brain for memorizing idols. I guess I could push a couple Sakamichi graduates out to make room for the likes of Yamauchi Mizuki…

 

Thanks to GEES and @Lusankya for providing the subtitles for episode 1!

I haven't seen episode 2 yet, but episode 1 made me feel both disappointed and angry. First of all angry because Hiroyuki got quite a few things wrong. They brought up Morning Musume and he said "well but they're still selling because they change their concepts." Momusu's last single before COVID sold 126k copies within its first week (January 2021) and AKB48's single sold over a million copies... I feel like he doesn't know what he's talking about.

I love Momoka for setting him straight as well about the number of AKB members.

Also... the lack of budget for this show... Getting a host to talk to the girls via ZOOM and filming the whole thing within AKB's own theatre because they couldn't be bothered to rent out a studio?

 

You know, there is this pandemic going on…

 

Okay? This hasn't stopped Hinatazaka46 or =LOVE/≠ME from recording variety shows within a studio. I'm sure there's more but they're the only ones whose variety shows I'm watching. Not to mention AKBINGO NEO (which was released on the same day as Nogizaka ni Episode 2) was filmed in a studio. They all had hosts within the studio, too.

 

I figured he was a butthurt H!P fan angry that AKB displaced Momusu (if you look back to old blogs and message boards from 2011-12 there were a lot of guys angry at AKB and putting out H!P cope)

 

Probably it is filmed in the Theater so that flop MC's critics ''hit close to home'' and create drama, therefore Hiroyuki can say these things in a place where the girls should feel comfortable.

 

ñññ I know. I have a feeling that they were so hellbent in having the 2ch guy that the ZOOM part is unavoidable.

Them being in the theatre (for the time being?) feels a bit like a prologue or something. Surely they won’t spend the entirety of the time the show airs (months? years?) wondering how they can surpass Sakamichi. They’ll have to do something eventually.

I’m still not sold on the idea that they ditched their original idea for the show as @Aka said. As if the girls ever had any say when it came to shuffles and shit? It’ll come.

 

I still have no idea what this show is about. What about it is the counter attack against Nogizaka? Because all i saw was a even lower budget akbingo.
Honestly the original idea about a survival show sounded much more exciting, AKB is extremely bloated right now and could easily cut some fat. But i guess the member can simply say no and management can't do shit.
The group is in such a sad state, really.

 

I thought ep02 was actually really funny, tons of work to sub, though. Next episode looks really entertaining, too, although I am kinda confused, because I thought there were supposed to be hidden camera videos.

On popular demand I added subtitles for all name tags of the members.

[Eng Subs] 210720 Nogizaka Ni, Kosaremashita - AKB48, Iroiro Atte TVTokyo Kara No Dai Gyakushuu! Ep02
https://twitter.com/EitoSubs/status/1420524491248181250