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On October 19, a handshake event was held in Pacifico, Yokohama.
There were 29 candidates for the draft meeting.
In fact, there were other important conditions aside from the handshake event that day.
That was a face-to-face meeting with the members of the draft meeting.
The candidates each gave their names to the members they admired for the first time.
There are only a few schedules for popular members, so it's an important chance to see the candidates in person.
The gazes of 12 people are warm and strict.
For the candidates, now is a big step to grab their dreams.
With a slight appeal, they put their best thoughts into it.
Thank you!
It's like...
It's cute, isn't it? They're all so small.
It's more sparkling when we actually meet them.
I think it's nice.
There's a sense of tension there.
I think it's a very nice atmosphere.
Anyway, I'm going to stand in the center of the team and see how I can stand out.
I'd like to see how I can make everyone shine and shine myself.
I'd like to choose it.
Before I go with you guys, I've been keeping an eye on one or two people.
It's hard.
Of course, I think it depends on the environment.
But I think it's better to have a stretch.
The 29 girls who spent their daily lives until the draft meeting was decided.
Of course, their origins, ages, and experiences are different.
It's been about a month since they've been called candidates for the draft meeting.
They've been walking the same path to grab their dreams.
However, due to the nature of the draft meeting, not all of these 29 people will be able to grab their dreams.
A two-night and three-day lesson camp was held under that cruel competition principle.
So what did they get?
On October 13th, Ms. Anna's dance lesson, which was held for the first time in two weeks, was held.
I'd like to see how much everyone has changed over the past two weeks and how you've spent those two weeks.
The task given in the lesson two weeks ago was to master the dance you wanted to see.
For this day...
Each of them practiced over and over again, but...
Okay, let's do it.
I'm sorry, could you stop for a second?
Um...
Before we start...
You have to feel it.
Okay.
You have to feel it before you start.
Okay.
One team was divided into four.
The first team suddenly started off badly.
The second team started off badly, too.
The tension was high for the other three teams, too.
Their singing and dancing were either heartless or stiff.
What did Ms. Anna think of it?
Okay!
Thank you!
I've tried it so many times that I don't know what to say.
Um...
First of all, not one of you is singing seriously.
It's mouth-watering.
It's not at the level of the voice of that number of people.
And the rest is choreography.
It's not about being bad or good.
Not one of you has feelings in it.
For example, you're running this way, right?
Why are you running this way?
To meet the people over there.
You want to get closer to the people over there, don't you?
Why are you running like that?
You're just saying it because you've decided it.
Is that your tension?
You want to get closer to everyone over here, don't you?
Yes!
Does it make no sense if you can't convey it?
If you can't express it when you say "that's how I feel", it doesn't make sense.
If you know it, say it!
If you don't know it, say it!
If you know it, say it!
The rhythm is a little different.
This is like...
"Let's raise the degree of perfection of 'I missed you' for each of the four teams," said Ms. Anna.
They have 30 minutes.
If you don't feel like it, you can say it here.
They check each other's choreography in the team.
If you make a mistake, you will say "Oh, I made a mistake."
But if you make a mistake and smile,
Even if Ms. Anna takes it, it's okay if you think "this is right for me."
Four teams have divided candidates into five.
However, each team's job is at stake.
I want to go buy some clothes.
Yeah, let's go.
Using Anna-sensei's words as a hint, each team's ingenuity was taken care of so that better results could be achieved next.
Each team was given 30 minutes to listen to Ito.
It changes if you say it.
Momentarily.
But I think it's important whether it can continue or not.
So now we're trying various things and seeing how it reacts and whether it can continue.
So even if you're already watching at this time, some of you may think it's completely different and some of you may be getting serious.
As a result, when you become members of AKB, it's not like you can always do lessons like this in one-two- man.
I don't think it's possible for children who watch videos and wake up and can't practice in their own time.
So, in the time we're giving now, we're going to see how much we can do it ourselves and for children who can't do it in particular, we're going to feel responsible for not being able to do it and see if we can really do it.
Whether you can work as hard as you can in this short period of time is very important, so we're checking that out now.
It's time.
Next up is...
AKB
♪ Yeah! ♪
♪ I'm getting bigger for you ♪
♪ Shirt ♪
Anna-sensei's evaluation pen runs through the candidate member list.
OK, let me see...
This team...
Ayuka...
Hinana...
and Yoshino...
Rena...
Nao...
You can't.
You're not focused.
Your eyes are twitching.
There's no eye contact with the song.
Everything has to make sense.
Do you understand?
There are many hurdles to overcome.
The candidates who were said to be bad
and the candidates who weren't
all have heavy expressions.
♪ Yeah! ♪
Later, Matsumoto, who was lost, also got a punishment.
Well, four of you in the middle, no.
First of all, you can't dance properly, so please do your best.
Yes!
Even if you want to express your feelings in front of you,
there are places where you can't do it because you're clumsy, so please do your best in all of them.
Yes!
Thank you very much!
Yes, then Chino-san.
They intended to do it themselves.
But it doesn't work for Anna-sensei.
Yes! Well, not everyone in this team can do it.
Some of you can't even dance properly.
What's wrong first is that you don't remember the lyrics.
Before the chorus starts, all of you will say "what was it again?" for a moment.
Your feelings won't reach your ears at all.
You won't be able to convey it with your current ability of expression.
So not everyone of you.
All of you, come up properly by tomorrow.
Yes!
Make sure you put in the song and the lyrics.
Yes!
No way, not everyone will get a penalty.
Oh yeah!
Anna sensei is judging the 4th team.
Their facial expressions haven't changed, but their rhythms have changed.
The evaluation given to this candidate is...
"Stone" and "Triangle" - it's not a penalty.
"Mirror" also received "Triangle", but it's the most popular among the four teams.
Is this team the most stable so far?
"Mirror" and "Triangle" are still clumsy and awkward.
Also, you have different ways of putting your feet and other details, so please fix them by tomorrow.
Yes.
Is that all?
Yes, that's all.
Thank you for your hard work!
Please go back to your seats.
This draft meeting is AKB's first attempt, isn't it?
And this audition is not for researchers.
If this audition is for researchers,
even if you can't do it right now because you're clumsy,
the management and staff will help you choose how you can do it.
But this audition is for members.
It's not for researchers, but for people who want to dance and sing with you.
So this audition is not for researchers at all, but for people who want to dance and sing with you.
That's why you have been given one month of time.
And AKB members remember the choreography more than one month.
If you remember it in a few hours, you can shoot it right away.
You have to be that focused.
Be a little more serious!
If you don't do it seriously, do you know what it means to do it seriously?
If you don't do it seriously because you've never done it in your life before, it's impossible!
Yes!
Zero is sad, so I want everyone to be chosen somehow!
But it's really impossible as it is now!
Please change your mind more! You said it last time, didn't you?
Yes!
Think you can't do it now!
Think you can't do it as you are now!
Yes!
I don't know if you can make it if you change from here, but if you don't feel like changing seriously, you'll never make it!
Yes!
Ms. Anna's lesson for the first time in two weeks!
More than last time!
They were pushed to the height of the hurdles they should overcome.
I think it's my feelings. I think I'm losing because of my feelings.
I want to remember where I'm not good enough and fix it by tomorrow.
I think it's painful if you don't try your best like the teacher said.
They want to grow even a little in limited time.
Ms. Anna knew the candidates' feelings best.
If you think about it normally, there may be a feeling that it's okay for amateurs to work so hard in such a short time.
It doesn't make sense to say "OK" to them now.
In the end, I gave them "OK" considering their experience.
If their fans and team captains don't think it's okay for them, they can't go any further.
So, if you think about it properly, I don't think it's strict at all because they want to implant what they see from a professional's point of view.
They fully understand the meaning of the strictness they are faced with.
However, their impatience makes them lose control of their emotions.
I feel sorry for myself for not being able to do it because I think it's a mission for amateurs now.
I want to practice a lot and be perfect so that I can be aware of everyone.
On the contrary, I was happy to be told a lot of things.
I wonder if they expect me to be like that.
I wonder if they say it because they think I can fix it in the future.
If I were told I couldn't do it, I wouldn't say it.
So I will do my best.
What's wrong?
I don't know.
Let's do our best.
Don't give up.
That's right.
You're still young.
I want to write down my weaknesses and overcome them.
Their schedules are packed until late at night.
In addition to dancing, there are also voice lessons and acting lessons.
It should be difficult even for them to master all of them.
However, even after finishing all of the lessons of the day,
they continued to look for hints for making progress.
We are all rivals, aren't we?
We are all rivals.
This training camp is made up of teams like us and we are working as a team.
We have to work hard individually.
As rivals, we have to work hard as a team,
but we also have to think about the importance of the team.
I think we need to work hard for the team.
Sometimes we pull each other's legs.
Everyone is kind and teaches me,
but I think everyone has their own things they want to do.
If someone who can't do it teaches me,
I want to go higher and I think I have something I want to do,
but I can't do it because I can't do it.
There are times when I can't move forward, so I think I have something I want to do.
I feel the same way.
It's the hardest thing for me to get in everyone's way.
So...
That's why I was practicing alone.
I'm sad that I can't dance and I'm holding my legs.
But I don't think so.
So you don't have to worry about it at all.
I don't know if we can all dance well.
But I think the audience will be happy to see us all dancing.
So you don't have to worry about it at all.
If you don't know how to dance or if you don't care about it at all...
It was full of the candidates' sincere thoughts.
Even if you practice suddenly from now on...
I don't think you'll improve that much.
Let's do our best little by little.
Can I say something first?
Go ahead.
If I were in your position...
You might feel the same way.
But you're practicing because you're frustrated.
You don't practice like that before you're pointed out.
I wonder if you're saying that in your own way.
I can't dance with my ears.
From my legs.
Everyone was chosen by the draft and said, "Yes, we're dancing today at Sera."
In order to motivate each other, blood went to the convenient team.
I remember the distance and the voice.
Now, in order to grow themselves...
They lack strength on their own.
Because they are rivals, they must move forward together.
Not everyone noticed it.
Even with just your eyes, you have your own feelings.
The most difficult thing is the eyes.
Dance is also about the head, but you can definitely do it if you take it in.
But the eyes are your own feelings, so you can't do it no matter how much you think about it.
I think our team should decide the lyrics that we want to emphasize here.
That's right.
I think we should decide the points we want to appeal.
I think we want to emphasize this last part the most.
Looking at each other's shoulders like this and looking at the lyrics, I could feel each and every meaning.
So I'm sure we can do it.
With that conviction in my heart, the candidates spent their nights.
On October 14th, the last day of the lesson camp.
The schedule has been set up since early this day.
However, the candidates did not say a word.
They just did their best in what they could do now.
Well...
I still have a lot of room for improvement.
That's right.
I thought I could do it, but I couldn't do it at all.
Even a little.
At least she wanted to be convinced of it.
I know I'll be scolded for sure,
but I want to do everything I could do yesterday.
Yes.
I'm scared.
Okay, we'll start one by one.
Finally, the team screening by Ms. Anna began.
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Just one day.
But she should have spent a day of unimaginable intensity.
However, Ms. Anna did not evaluate the candidates here.
Well, please wait a moment.
Yes, ma'am.
It's because no one has surpassed their last performance the day before.
So I couldn't see any change from there.
I thought it wouldn't change unless we did it a little differently.
So I quit.
Will she be able to master it by the day of the performance?
I don't think she can do it normally.
But you can't choose it normally, can you?
So I think a girl who can clear it is a girl who can join AKB members all of a sudden.
There are a lot of girls who take time until they are chosen by regular members.
I think she has to be persuasive enough to jump over those hurdles and join AKB all of a sudden.
So I think she is a girl who can overcome those hurdles.
Thank you for your hard work for the past three days.
You all look much better now.
I think you've been pushed back enough to remember about your family and friends who have supported you for the past three days.
I'm sure some of you wanted to go home.
But I think you've been training for the past three days.
I think it's an absolutely necessary time for you to chase your dreams from now on.
Even if you fail or fail, it doesn't matter.
I think it was a very valuable three days for you.
Please have confidence in yourself.
I thought it would fall apart in these three days, but no one will fall apart.
From the mouth of the general manager of Togasaki, who speaks his favorite words, an unexpected surprise was announced.
Since we arrived at one point, next time we will have you actually participate in the handshake meeting of Pacifico Yokohama on October 19th.
You will actually shake hands with the fans, appeal yourself, and practice to become one of the members of the positive group on October 19th.
The next participation in the handshake meeting shown here means that after this lesson camp, they have been able to understand it as an even more important step.
And five days later, on the day of the handshake meeting, what the candidates saw was beyond their imagination.
They were once again reminded that they were at the same level as regular members.
That reality was stealing smiles from them.
Good morning.
Today, I have something to tell you all.
Yes!
Okay, are you ready?