

I think I can become those girls‘strength by doing such duty. Now that I was able to discover such girls’ interesting personalities, I think I can also do my duty to help them have some spotlight. But members that are not in senbatsu really don’t have much spotlight. Kashiwagi: There are many members with many different personalities in NMB48. Watanabe: I was sitting with her at Team B’s place that time so I was also surprised. Now I feel that having a concurrent position is really worth doing! But when my name was called at Daisokaku Matsuri, I thought “Why me?” But when I first stood on stage as NMB48 at their concert at Saitama Super Arena, I certainly had a fresh feeling that is different from AKB48. Kashiwagi: I was very surprised! Truthfully I always thought that things about concurrent position have nothing to do with me at all. Interviewer: And at Daisokaku Matsuri, Kashiwagi-san was announced to have a concurrent position in NMB48. And I think many kouhais admire her because of that. It’s not “because I’ve become the center”. Originally Mayuyu is always serious, so she thinks about this very properly. That’s why I feel that I have to precious the chance I got. Watanabe: It’s because I joined AKB48 and now being in a blessed environment, after all… There are lots of people who want to become idols but cannot do so. Interviewer: Certainly I have an impression that Watanabe-san is being a stoic in her “idol path”, and just advances without being shaken. I think Mayuyu is the only one who never complaints anything to anyone. Kashiwagi: Obviously because of your skills, your popularity and effort. By the way, I think I’ve said this many times before, but I always think that Mayuyu fits the center position of AKB48 the best. Interviewer: Kashiwagi-san, how do you feel seeing Watanabe-san as the center? I think we need to build up our strength even more than before. Watanabe: Now…I really think that we need to pull everyone together. Interviewer: Watanabe-san is the only center in the newest single “Labrador Retriever”. That was what I thought during the Daisokaku Matsuri (Big Reshuffle). As the senpais keep leaving, I have to pull myself together. There are only 3 members from 1st generation (Takahashi Minami, Kojima Haruna, Minegishi Minami) and only 1 member from 2nd generation (Kobayashi Kana-san) who actually still remain in AKB48. Interviewer: But 3rd generation is kinda doing good. Watanabe: Then I’m glad that there are no victims (lol). Interviewer: If you guys had done that, there would have been fans died crying because they were moved, wouldn’t there? Kashiwagi: 5 of us were going to make a circle and start the song by saying our usual line, but the song was started mistakenly so we couldn’t, and it’s a pity. Watanabe: Everyone was in high spirit before we sang, right? Like “Ue~i!!” Interviewer: But at “Request Hour 2014” in April held at Saitama Super Arena, all 3rd generation members gathered and sang “Shonichi” – the original team B’s song, right? Fans at the arena remembered the past and were very sad about it, “A team B started with 16 members now only has 5 left.”

Maybe because we didn’t get to be together a lot. Kashiwagi: But it’s been a very long time since us two last had a photo shoot together, right? Then later I also felt like laughing so we laughed together (lol). Watanabe: Yeah, Yukirin suddenly laughed it looked like the cameraman-san made her laugh or something. Kashiwagi: We laughed a lot during the photo shoot so it was no good. Interviewer: So, how was your “MayuYukirin” photo shoot? Sorry about the shitty quality but just look at them! And before anyone goes ‘What’s the big deal? Everyone else is sharing an umbrella!’ I will have to ask you to point your eyes to the hands! Only a Mayuki umbrella takes the power of two hands to hold! KukukuĪnd where is my meme! You know which one I am talking about! There is a BuraGeki version of it now I want a Mayuki, with these clothes yo! You all artists out there get to work!Īny way, the awesome Mayuki loving translations… Any way, thank you very much mystery awesome person!Īnd as always Mayuki are being Mayuki and by that I mean that they never disappoint! Truly, the Captain’s ship of this fleet! Too bad all that awesomeness had to be cut short no thanks to B Garden! I mean how awesome would it have been if this was followed up by those two doing the Mayuki thing as the double Centre for that PV?Īt least they made up for that in Yuko’s grad PV! In case no one knows what I am talking about… I think I got this from Stage48 but I am sure whoever posted it there wasn’t the one who translated it. A great deal of thank yous to whoever translated this interview of Mayuki from their latest Magazine Photoshoot.
