Minegishi Minami (Miichan) / 1st Generation

I think there's a nuance to that ... I'm pretty sure she was never considered as the center for 'Shitsuren, Arigatou', it would just not be logical to use Miichan as a center for one of the (few) major singles this year when she announced graduation, they will be performing it a lot more the coming weeks, and if Miichan had graduated as planned ... they would have to switch centers.
What Miichan turned down was a solo graduation song, she wanted to inlude her Minechildren .... well, in the end it turned out to be almost a solo song after all, and a great one, one of the best AKB graduation songs ever!


O, I always thought only the Soukantokus did the traditional annual pink ribbons on the columns in the AKB theater, because I've only seen pics of Takamina, Yuihan and Miion ...

but it turns out Miichan did one at the 10th anniversary, an so did the captains of the other teams



if the video does not show watch the video here


Miichan did a showroom on the 2nd, someone posted a clip on twitter
https://twitter.com/k3po7gouki/status/1245703988667797512
I'm glad it ends with a smile ... whenever Miichan cries I just want to hug her :/

 

Miichan and Sasshii, rivals in variety .... best friends for life

but Miichan!!!! don't do this in Italy!!!!!


I'm sure Miichan just does Sasshii's move wrong ...

those two ... will they ever grow up? ..
ow, and I like how they show the staff... and how they seem to have fun as well (normally we can only hear them laugh be we never really get to see them)
(even when they have to work while Sasshii and Miichan enjoy a meal)

 

Tbh, I think the chances are slim, there has been a virtual deluge in AKB related YouTube channels, MikiShige, Miichan, YuuNaaMogiOn, Yukirin and now Yuihan
There aren't all that many translators and on top of that we would need someone who's oshimen is Miichan or at least likes her enough to make the effort :/
I for one would like to see subtitles for Joshikō but so far I haven been able to find any

 

Paruroom gets 4 to 6 subs in just a few hours after posting. The latest YuuNaaMogiOn has none.

The difference: Paruru left her videos open for subs and invited people to contribute, so the subs are part of the video, not some later add-on. In constrast, AKS or whoever is not willing to let the world mess with their videos.

 

ok, valid point, although I'm not sure if Miichan's YouTube channel is AKS or rather M&S/Production Ogi (the editing of all the 'AKB' channels looks the same (even the MikiShuge one), but as Miichan will be graduating soon you would expect her channel to be controlled by M&S)

and ... I think Paruru has a bigger fanbase then Miichan (although Miichan might be more well known in the main stream)

 

Paruru video is like 3-5 minutes each. It's much easier. And it is mostly clean voice.

In contrast to Miichan, YuuNaMogiOn, MikiShige.... The amount of overlapped talk, the amount of non-essential dialog (which are actually harder to translate than the essence), etc, all make subtitling magnitudes harder. You can summarize the video even if you only "get" like 80% of the content, but for subtitling, you need 100% comprehension (or as close to 100% as possible, which is hard even for native speaker).

 

it's a リレー　euh ... Relay, Miichan nominated her , after doing a video of her own when was nominated by NON STYLE comedian Ishida Akira(?)
https://twitter.com/chan__31/status/1248948285856829440

not sure what was happening here, it's from the RAGAZZE (Itallian for 'girls') 2 hour tv show with a whole bunch of idol groups
https://twitter.com/k3po8gouki/status/1249001852638642177
It almost looks like Miichan is asking them who of them thinks she is the cutest member in AKB?
funny thing would be that one of the idol groups almost unanimously thinks so
And over all, more then you would expect
(otoh, she could be asking who of them thinks they are the cutest in the group, in that case the group with all the hand might have a proplem )

Ow, btw, were almost used to it now, but Miichan centered Aitakatta (the whole 15 seconds ) and Jiwaru Days
To think that there would be a day when Miichan centering on TV would almost feel like something normal


yeay, cooking with Miichan

if the video does not show watch the video here
it seems cooking bacon is scary
then she pulled a can of beer from the fridge, opened it ..... and everyone thought .... no!, no alcohol!!!
(even though I'd say if it's used in the dish the alcohol would have evaporated ...)
anyway ... she realised her mistake ... and replaced it with a 0% beer
(didn't go into the dish, btw)

ow, did I say I like Miichan in tight-fitting turtle neck sweaters? she look good in those

anyway, Miichan is like a lot of others (myself included, this will be week 4) self-isolating, hope everyone stays safe

 

I think Miichan apartment could easily house a family of four (following Japanese norms)
She never might have made Kami-7 but I remember a ranking of earnings for idols a few years back where she did pretty ok