Minegishi Minami (Miichan) / 1st Generation

and it even has an English description

fun fact, in the English version she tells she's a Scorpio, in the Japanese one she tells her blood type
but this is not an auto translate, someone translated it into good English, that and the editing of it (even though limited) tells me she (and M&S) didn't do this off the cuff.
They might have gotten rid of the scissors though

Spoiler

btw, I'm guessing that's Miichan's living room?, it seems to be huge for Japanese standards and very light.

she posted this pic on her instagram

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あけましておめでとうございます。
毎年恒例、秋葉原の劇場で行われる元日公演の書き初め。
「有終の美」
意味は、最後が素晴らしい様子。
頑張るぞおおおおおおおお！

2020年もよろしくお願い致します
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happy New Year.
The beginning of the New Year's Day performance held at the Akihabara theater annually.
"Ending beauty"
The meaning is that the last is wonderful.
I'll do my best Oh oh oh!

Thank you in 2020.
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I think that's a really sexy pic 大好き　

 

ok, this is something I still find a bit weird .... you are two national idols ... you have some free time, and what do you do ??
karaoke of course

https://twitter.com/chan__31/status/1214178821349396482
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リハーサル終わり、ゆきりんと火鍋を食べて、2人カラオケをしました。とても楽しかったです。 今日もお酒を飲みませんでした（29日目）
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At the end of the rehearsal, we ate a hot pot with Yukirin and karaoke together. It was very fun. I didn't drink today (day 29)
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yeah, but I don't go programming for fun after wor...... ow wait ... I have done that :/

 

well, if there is one thing Miichan doesn't seem to have these days, it's probably stress .... for what I've seen she has been totally enjoying the end of year performances to the fullest

 

I am surprised that no one has mentioned the importance of wearing the right socks when at karaoke.

 

hmm... isn't that what western media always say about wota .... and isn't it we don't really agree with as it probably only applies to a minority, that just as of many see them as 'daughters' and that it doesn't explain the female fans at all, but I admit, this is a tangent and for sure you weren't all that serious

anyway those socks clash with those slippers she wore at new year

 

and the second YouTube video is up

if the video does not show watch the video here

she went shopping for a パソコン(pasokon - personal computer) .... she was looking at MacBooks ... but it seems she thought the 13" was a bit too small .... and she definitely thought they were expensive ....
so ... completely logical ... she went to another BIC Camera .... and bought a selphie stick and some glue for her nails(?) ..... to then return to the first BIC Camera ...... to .... not to buy a compete this time after all
so in the end ... not a completely successful trip ... but I'm sure the three shop attendants must have been happy to help/advice her

(and .. call me an old cynic .... but product placement much?
because if you go to Akihabara there are loads of other stores selling MacBooks like e.g. Yodabashi )

but I wouldn't mind going shopping for a laptop with Miichan ... it's would be fun... and I would be kinda useful for a change as well, I think ...

it's kinda funny to see Miichan worry about the costs when you have seen the video where Nyan-Nyan inboxed a 27" iMac, I'm pretty sure Miichan doesn't really have to worry too much about money

 

I understand the reasoning, the only thing I can say as a response is that I had my previous MacBook Pro since 2010 and I only replaced it with a newer model beginning last year, they are build like a tank (I kicked mine of the stairs and it dropped like a meter and was, apart from a small dent, fine)
I just love the OS, so yeah ... I guess that apart from a Miichan fanboy, I'm an Apple fanboy (not fanatically though, Apple fanboy that is ... )

ow, and I might add, I like the idea that Miichan is very much aware of the value of money ... nothing is more annoying then seeing some celebrity spending money like it means nothing to them, which of course might well be so, but they might realise that their fans who in the end are there source of income might have trouble paying their bills, so it's kinda inconsiderate.

in other news, you can send a graduation message via the link below, the Miichan graduation committee volunteers will translate it and handwrite it to a card of your choice
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIvnaU1V5E98Zl59y5QLzOKoUNwDZCSLANELVJQ6OlXdHlhQ/viewform

btw, didn't I say Miichan was having fun? :/


sources:
https://twitter.com/chan__31/status/1214920935066619904
https://twitter.com/chan__31/status/1214906363211472898

for the first pic she said that she had an upset stomach due to eating spare ribs(?)
last two were during a TV show, so that is just a pose I think (hope)

 

Miichan went out to diner with Mako-chan and still hasn't drunk any alcohol since her graduation announcement


source:
https://twitter.com/chan__31/status/1215484274654138368
https://twitter.com/chan__31/status/1215656193462419459

Mako-chan looks a bit thin too me, but that might just be the pic

 

It's a bit of a weird MV isn't it? ...it's certainly not fluffy and idol-ly ... it looks like it's cold and the girls look miserable and lonely ... and that fits the lyrics.
Miserable and lonely ... well that's apart from Kasai Tomomi who seems to have a sort of contented 'smirk' at times, like a cat who just ate the mouse, contrasted to Rie, Sasshii and Miichan and the others who obviously need a good hug.
Anyway, Chiyuu's facial expressions seems a bit out of tune with the general look and feel at places to me (at the end of the MV she looks 'suitably' unhappy though).

btw, there is this split second close up shot

it's about the only sign, apart from Miichan and Haruka sharing music, that they are not completely alone

btw, it might not look as chilly to Japanese people as it does to me, because if it looks like that on the Dutch coast for sure it will be cold and you just know it will start drizzling in a bit.


and YouTube video number 3 is up
I've only watch the first minute or so yet, but I think she's going for a cappuccino at a Starbucks ...

if the video does not show watch the video here
(ok, i was partly right, it was a frappuccino)
Initially I thought they were leaking location information (e.g. readable street sign), but the video ends at an office location, I suspect the Ogi Pro/M&S offices and seeing the boxed in the beginning it might even start there as well.

ok, did some online sleuthing ... it must be the M&S office which is located nearby, Production OGI is in Ginza, on the other side of Tokyo