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[Nogizaka46] The Ikomiona is now boarding!
I am pretty sure I have mentioned it here and there before but just so you all know I am a great shipper of Ikomiona. That is Nogizaka46’s Ikoma Rina and Hori Miona. Just to get it out of the way, Ikoma is 1st Gen, Face of Nogizaka as well as the first Centre. She is 18yrs old as we speak. Hori Miona is 2nd Gen, the Centre of the 7th single Baretta/Barette and the Ace of 2nd Gen of members too. She is 17 years old at the time of typing.
Now with that quick intro out of the way, and I am sure you know that Ikoma is now in an exchange programme btn Nogizaka and AKB48 Team B a la the shuffles, let’s get to how cute these two are together.
And before I touch upon the caps above, I wish to point you to this post Hocchan posted about Ikoma-kun’s mix in with AKB48 where she calls Ikoma her precious! That’s right, her precious!
I mean I have been into them for a while as I picked up vibes about them from Nogizakatte Doko and Nogibingo where it seemed like Ikoma was actually a great support for Miona but I figured that might have been PR, for show, but it seems that wasn’t the case.
Proof that I wasn’t chasing waters first came in the form of that blog post from Hocchan (as Ikoma-kun calls her) of course but then today, I stumble upon this episode that…Interestingly it aired all the way back in December, 3rd to be exact, yet H!O did not, and still doesn’t have it! I guess they don’t have everything after all.
Anyway, in this episode of R no Housoku, Nogizaka were the guests and I got to learn a really important fact about this ship. First of all, before we even got to the juicy info, I was already melting at their cuteness. Hori was asked if there was a member she was scared of…this was her face after she says no…
She was probably going – O man, I screwed up! How boring! I should have said something more interesting. But before her soul gem gets filled with despair, Ikoma-kun’s voice floats in from the heavens like the pull of the grief seed eating away the darkness and into Hocchan’s ear.
Like…How cute is that?! Seriously!?! You should have seen the look on Miona’s face upon hearing it! Jesus! And so we got that lovely scene you saw in the first caps. Well get this…
These two are so close now that every time they meet Ikoma greets Hori with a squeeze of her butt!
Yeah, let it sink in…
And no, it’s not harassment. Miona does not not like it so it is not harassment. I am still not too great with Japanese but I am pretty sure she said that she lets Ikoma-kun do it. And apparently her butt is so awesome Ikoma squeezes it every time they meet in greeting.
Yeah, I too am questioning what I am typing right now but it is the truth! And that precious look Ikoma-kun sent Hori-chan’s way towards the end >.< And then as if feeling Ikoma-kun’s gaze on her, Hocchan looks towards Ikoma as well as if there wasn’t two members sitting between them!
God!
Yep, I am already a first class passenger on this cruise baby!
Have some gifs of these lovely precious…
[Pics] Nogizaka46 Show Caps
So, this week on AKB48 Show ep19, apart from Takamina appearing on her segment, where she was actually a guest this time, the show was dominated by Nogizaka46. Indeed just like Cap said to Ikoma-kun in the opening sequence, it totally was the Nogizaka46 Show.
Sadly we only got that segment with Iku-chan, Hashimoto and Mai and the one with Takamina. The rest was song time. Actually maybe I shouldn’t be sad since they performed two of my Top 3 Nogizaka46 songs – Kimi no nawa kibou and Seifuku no mannequin.
To make things ever that much better, Kimi no nawa kibou, my favourite Nogizaka46 song, they did the LIVE version I love so much with Iku-chan on the piano! Man that song gives me eargasms every time I hear it especially LIVE. They really need to release this acoustic version of this song on the album (when it gets released) because it’s just too good to not be professionally recorded for infinity pleasure of listening!
Really great choice choosing Seifuku no mannequin as the other song too. I love that song and how it shows off the other side of the girls. Well, almost all songs so far have shown different sides of the girls but since I am a cool-factor freak, well, SnM takes the cake. And this is personal but seeing Minami-chan again really puts a huge smile on my face. I miss her in senbatsu.
I would have preferred if they did Baretta or Tsuki no Ookisa instead of Sonna baka na but then again, those two songs are also cool and we already have SnM so I understand why they chose to go with this fun song instead. Yeah, the show was awesome on the music side of things.
On the show side of things, Takamina and Sakurai of course talked about the leadership thing and Takamina asked about what we are all curious about, the Centre switcharoos they are doing now for every other single. And of course she asks about how Ikoma must feel about that but she also sees the change in her from when she was the Centre to now.
I too can see it, the change I mean. She is more fun now than when she was the Centre. Of course Ikoma is still the Face of Nogizaka even if she is no longer the Centre. I wonder how long will we have to wait until she centres another single. Yeah, can’t help but come to the conclusion that she is still the best choice for Centre. Oh well, who knows, maybe there will be someone who will be fit for the role more than her. Not in the current members though. Maybe in the 3rd Gen? Usually things get complicated around the 3rd Gen entry. On the other hand, this means we might yet get to see a Iku-chan centre as well (she was looking smashin in that suit, huh?) ^^ or maybe a Minami Centre, you never know (when she completes her diet mission).
Any who, I hope there is another Nogizaka Show episode coming our way. I want more awesome Nogizaka songs.
Caps…
Nogizakatte Doko–U R Ma Valentine Part 1
Nogizaka is taking no prisoners people for they are putting on even more pressure but upping the awesomeness of their TV shows! This week’s Nogizakatte Doko takes all kinds of serious cake with its theme alone!
That’s right, Valentine’s is just right around the corner so what better way than to make an episode of gift exchanging? No no, don’t cry yet as you remember back to last year’s episode. Nope, this time it’s totally different and all kinds of awesome. Not only are the girls exchanging gifts, but they are between each other, No Himura cock-blocking this time. Better yet, they have to accompany the exchanging with a confession. Like, is that GOLD or what?! I mean, I gotta confess but though I had an inkling of what might happen from last episode’s preview, I did not think they would actually go and do it but they so did! All hail Nogizaka!
And to make things all that much more awesome, we only got through 8 of the sixteen girls, meaning that the next episode is a continuation of this awesomeness! But unlike AKB that will make you wait for the best until the very last, Nogizaka balances things out pretty well by starting with just not anybody but Wakatsuki-sama herself!
Let the drama commence!