AKB/NMB48: NMB48 on Ariyoshi again!

Well, if I thought the last episode was subdued with NMB, they pull no punches in this episode. Hilarious all around.

Yeah! That’s what I’m talking about!

The format of the show has several sections, starting with an interview of random things. As always, when it comes to NMB, everyone says they’re funny. I wish there was some way to better translate this to foreign audiences. Seriously, their humor is on another level entirely… like it’s not exactly cheap and silly, there’s some extra layers to it. I think.

When I think about it, it’s so rare that we have these three together, and it’s so awesome when they are.

First we start off with each member giving their ippatsu-gei, or “One-Shot Gag.”

Nana’s crow impression is so awful, yet somehow hilarious.

Her “WAO!” is… wow.

Milky’s impression was one of Nana running away from a crow. One of the funny things about watching this is that for some reason Milky also flaps her wings. I don’t think Nana would do that, lol. But you see what I mean? Look how well their humor transitions into itself. You just don’t get that from AKB or SKE, and probably HKT too.

As for Sayaka…

It’s been 2 years, and it’s still awesome.

The next section was about sexual harrassment and how everyone keeps touching Sayaka’s boobs. Specifically Yuuko.

Nice hand movements you got there.

Classic lines by Kojima and Ariyoshi:

Kojima – It must be nice to have something that everyone wants to touch!

 

Ariyoshi: Have you thought about suing her?

Yamamoto: Nah, of course not.

Ariyoshi: If I touched your boobs, would you sue me?

Yamamoto: Definitely.

Kojima: That’s only natural.

 

The next section is about what they’re currently into, like hobbies and stuff.

Milky starts off by saying she likes looking at kids. Ariyoshi tells her to be careful that she doesn’t cause any crime, lol. That would be fishing of the worst kind.

Nana talks about how she’s into looking at girls in magazines. She starts by talking about how she likes looking at Kojima… not to say she’s into Kojima. Kojima asks her if she’s into looking at guys.

I’m not into looking at guys.

Whaaaaaaatttttttt? Maybe this is why Nana has a lot of female fans.

Kojima counters by saying that they do, but it’s a secret among girls so they don’t talk about it. Milky says she likes nice shoulder blades and Nana talks about how she has a fetish for looking at guys from the back when they take off their necklace. Err, what?

Sayaka talks about how she’s into Boys Love, or shipping with guys. Which guys?

Ariyoshi asks if she imagines things like Downtown kissing and she says yes.

This reminds me of when I went to Comiket and there was yaoi manga of anthropomorphized train lines having sex with each other. Or one with Tokyo Tower and the Eiffel Tower. What is wrong with people, lol. And Downtown? Really?

They asked Ariyoshi if he prefers to be the feminine or the masculine one. Uh, not a conversation I want to listen to.

The next section is about denying or confirming rumors.

Sayaka wants to crush Mariko.

Based on Mariko’s speech, Sayaka now views everyone as rivals. According to her, this is when she made the decision to cut her hair. I really wanted to see more of this, more inter-group rivalry, and this is the real reason I don’t like NMB in AKB singles. Ah, well.

They asked Milky to confirm or deny if she was perverted or not, and they showed evidence.

One of them was her G+ where she asks someone to come with her to chapu chapu.

Kojima’s face says it all.

Milky: “I like chapu chapu, so…”

I’m honestly not sure if she’s fishing or if she’s just being real and innocent. I can totally believe the innocent part because I can sort of think like that.

Milky says that she is the bridge between two beds, and she asks you to cross the bridge.

I’m really not sure. Maybe she’s unaware (or uncaring) of how cute she is?

I’m not falling for it though. If anything, I want them to fall for me. Heh.

For Nana they wanted to know if she was older than she said she was, lol. They came to the conclusion that her hand movements and voice make her look older, lol. To be honest she looks younger to me, maybe because she’s so short.

Lastly we finish off with some strange item improv comedy, where they have to be both funny and attract Ariyoshi, or something like that.

I got nervous when Nana appeared, given all her fails on Geinin, but…

Ariyoshi, will you be my diaper?

That doesn’t even make any sense, but it totally does, lol.

Milky uses Ariyoshi’s armpit fetish to her advantage.

Look how smooth her armpits are.

The winner was Kojima Haruna, who had gems like these.

From D-cup (Diamond Cup) to E-cup (Excellent Cup)!

Chinchin Densha! It’s small!

At the end they asked NMB what they thought about their appearance. The reply was something like “I didn’t know we could say such perverted things,” and “I shouldn’t have held back.” Oh boy. I hope they appear again, this episode was comedy gold.

AKB Ariyoshi Republic: AKB vs. NMB

For whatever reason I really like these battle episodes. Whether it’s AKB vs. Nogizaka, or Old Gen vs. New Gen, or AKB vs. SKE… I watch them all for some reason.

And of course, I had to watch this next one because of who appeared…

Osaka yan!

Those Tigers jerseys are hot. I’d totally wear the Yamamoto or Yamada one. I’m sure people would be confused though. “Which player is that?” “YO I DON’T WATCH BASEBALL OR YAKYUU OR WHATEVER.”

I was disappointed with the roster though. I thought they would bring in more people. 3v3? That’s it?

And hey, what’re you doing on AKB’s side? You’re NMB too!

Yeah, I’m aware that Milky is also Team B, but… whatever. Heh.

Voltron Shurijou.

I read this “Let’s Play” walkthrough of Suikoden. I forgot that you get to name your castle in that game. I would totally name it Kibun-Jou, so then it would be 気分城城。 Well. There’s a joke no one will understand.

Anyway, the first battle is a chapu chapu battle. And what is that?

I see where this is going.

So they put on bath towels and shake it. I’ve seen this before. And this is really, really, boring. I can’t even say it’s degrading anymore. It’s just boring. Like… it looks bad., there’s no excitement, and it’s not like they’re even shaking it in attractive manner. If I was Ariyoshi I’d hate my life.

AKB won and did this really strange chapu chapu thing.

The next battle is sexy trivia. See, this is funny. And it’s not like it’s degrading funny, it’s just funny.

Ariyoshi: Who has the sexy voice in the group?
-NMB points to Nana-
Nana: Yeah but they also say my voice is weird.
Ariyoshi: Your voice IS weird.

Also we got a semi-appearance from HG! Razor Ramon! Hard Gay!

That’s not it.

Now reflect on your actions.

Also strange was Yamamoto moaning all the time. Err. Yeah. Didn’t work on Ariyoshi for some reason. Totally worked on me.

I also noticed something SUPER WRONG.

Question: “Kuri” means what in English?

Sayaka correctly answered with Maron.

But wait. What the hell is Maron?

Maron is actually French. Kuri should’ve been chestnut. See, this is why it’s hard to be an English speaking fan: they get English all wrong!

We move on to the next round, which is Sumo. And hey, do you remember that one girl that never lost at arm wrestling.

Maybe Shimada has a chance. People have been complaining about her weight, right?

So much for that.

And the last game is some odd game where they blow balloons up in people’s panties.

FML

Yamamoto tried to volunteer but they made Milky the victim. Ehhh.

Overall a pretty subdued episode. Kinda disappointed, actually.