Akimoto Manatsu (Manatsu) / 1st Gen

Nogizaka official twitter sending out each member's personal album cover for the Time Flies album.
Here's the Captain's: https://twitter.com/nogizaka46/status/1453317423851921416?s=20

 

This interview has made me cry: https://mdpr.jp/interview/detail/2905859

The part where she doesn't take up Ikuta's request before she announced graduation to the group. It probably hurts. I'm thinking about it and I feel sad.

 

She said in her cookpad that she will ask Ume to do MC for tonight and probably especially tomorrow because she'll be crying too much. soon after, Ume was announced as vice captain too. I am thinking that Manatsu have her graduation drawn out and could either be 10th birthday live or on her birthday in August in my opinion.

Ikuchan probably wanted to tell Manatsu beforehand that she'll be announcing graduation that day. Manatsu wanted to escape the inevitable and rejected the invitation(and Ikuchan's kind intentions) with regret.

 

Manatsu's cookpad with Ikuchan as guest.
one of the more fun cookpad episodes with Ikuchan asking many questions(mostly to an unseen cooking expert in the studio rather than Manatsu lol) about cooking.

https://disk.yandex.com/d/TGJrth--55GDmA

 

Can see that she gets her cooking genes from her mum and grandmother
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYYYOLflbaP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 

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Manatsu up to the boy cover

 

Nogizaka46 Hour TV segment: Manatsu Akimoto tries her hand at unicycling

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Manatsu first pitch in the "super dry day game".
Rakuten eagles vs softbank hawks


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She's someone that either really loved or really hated among the fans.
Some people love her way of doing things and some people (like me) don't like her.
I personally don't fancy her way of doing things, I find her way doing things is very contradictory to the group's image.
She's the sole Nogi member that I genuinely find unlikeable.

Since she loves drawing attention to herself so much she can't live without attention, I'm pretty sure she'd announce her graduation in Nissan instead of random blog post.

 

10th Birthday live is so big and important that I don't think the members want/will do any grad announcement there. No way they want to kill such a big hype with that kind of big announcement, the only announcement that is possible is 30th single. But of course if 30th single announced and we see the senbatsu,well it could happen.

 

I don't think anyone would use the occasion to announce graduation. if anything, it is to announce graduation , then graduate at Birthday Live, and not the other way around. She has sotsugyou radio show, she can always use that perfect avenue to announce. And i doubt as captain, she will want to do something just for herself.
also to announce 30th I think would be celebrate a milestone, I think if any grad announcement were to happen, it will be like announce 30th at the concert, then some days later someone announce graduation , just like Hinatazaka's latest singles Boku Nanka celebrating the return of Kosaka Nao , then few days later Watanabe Miho announced her graduation. however , with the formation we could maybe have a hint if Manatsu is at the "graduation" position(kage center).
if this is the case, then she would probably have a grad concert on the month of her birthday(August) during the expected to be announced Summer Tour , now that many things are opening up ( living "with Corona" as Japanese put it)

 

https://twitter.com/TokyoSpeakeasy/status/1535097069924667392?s=20&t=gOEtTPBlzp5l6dOUgHdIGg
TokyoFM SpeakEasy tonight will have her along with Maiyan

 

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Manacaptain birthdayWill be funny if Iroha cake is bigger

 

Happy birthday

 

Happy birthday!

 

Happy birthday!