"[2011]" "[March 11:" "The Great East Japan Earthquake]" "Immediately I began to think that there was nothing I could do while in this line of work." "I didn't know what would've been the right thing to do." "[March 14:" "The AKB48 Concert "Follow Takamina" was suspended]" "but we were worried if we would get in the way." "and we didn't really take the first step." "[March 26 and 27:" "Charity Event Support Project "What can I do for someone?"]" "We couldn't just stay like this." "stopping our voiced support felt like we were running away." "We felt like we had to do something. but I wasn't feeling well by chance and slept in my house alone." "There were small movements that continued on... so... [12th generation kenkyuusei:" "Iwata Karen] ...I thought that it was my body that was acting up. and ran out of the entranceway without any shoes on. so I ended up not staying there for the night." "I spent that night in the car." "we were finally able to see some of the images on TV." "What country is that?" "♪ People are living ♪" "♪ for the sake of someone ♪" "♪ What can I do to help?" "♪ a girl that became an AKB48 kenkyuusei... and observed a concert." "12 years old." "she is the only member who was a disaster victim." "Excuse me." "It's even made its way out here." "There's a house still standing there." "Otsuchi and Yamada] after this we will be having AKB48 appear on stage." "And it would be good if they could perform several songs." "thank you very much!" "due to the condition of the roads... it's turned out so badly..." "Are you a bit nervous?" "I'm nervous." "Wow... there are a lot of people!" "it's Yukirin." "Yukirin!" "no way...!" "There are many kids waiting." "I think we're good to go with the super energetic version." "We really could tell from the inside of the bus that there were smiles and a lot of excitement outside." "[Team B Captain:" "Kashiwagi Yuki] it was like..." "We began to think that we weren't going to be rejected like we thought." "there was no way I couldn't go out." "That was when I could go out with a natural smile." "Let's go up now." "Do your best!" "Good luck." "We're going now!" "Hey everyone in Otsuchi!" "We are AKB48!" "would like to think that we can help even just a little bit with the restoration of the stricken areas. but we've never been able to directly visit a disaster-stricken area." "Otsuchi is the first place from the stricken areas that we will be visiting." "Yeah." "The first song that will be played here is..." "Heavy Rotation!" "okay." "Ready?" "Okay." "What's your name?" "on this side." "This side?" "It's Kurumi-chan." "isn't it?" "Yeah." "your face." "Yes." "can you?" "Do you mind if it's in the center?" "That's okay." "thank you so much!" "Seriously!" "?" "we should've done this in the first place!" "we need to keep going over there." "Thank you so much!" "No way!" "No way!" "Let's get a shot of everyone here." "Yay!" "Yay!" "take the photo." "thanks!" "but actually meeting them to communicate." "[Team A:" "Shinoda Mariko]" "I also felt that as well." "The people in the worst situation actually telling me to do my best is like my own..." "How do I put this?" "...my own weakness?" "I was perplexed with how to respond to such remarks." "I really felt the power of their words." "AKB48 has been a stepping stone for us..." "[Team K:" "Oshima Yuko] ...it had been that kind of place." "wanting to become a singer." "but we could make people smile with songs like these." "It was the first time that I thought it was a really good thing." "So now I have a mindset of trying to help AKB48 cheer up Japan... another new and different goal for AKB48 emerged within me that day." "bye!" "We'll be back!" "[AKB48 22nd Single Election - "This year is also serious!"]" "[June 9:" "Nippon Budoukan]" "Ah..." "So we are gonna do it..." "At first we weren't sure what to think of it." "But I gradually started to change how I thought about it. since we had no choice but to do it." "because we were acting and doing other stuff." "What is your target for the election?" "Target... my target for the election?" "What rank do you think is good?" "Second place." "Nice response." "thanks." "Do your best!" "I will." "I won't need to do my best or anything." "I want to enjoy it!" "Okay." "But I think that nobody wanted to do it." "[Team A:" "Maeda Atsuko]" "I don't think anyone was doing it for themselves." "Yeah. your body will truly go weird." "spots!" "Why are you showing only your hands to the camera?" "And now they are like this!" "Both of my legs have spots on them!" "that's gross." "Right?" "So the best thing is to take it easy and relax until the last minute." "Okay." "Okay." "Are you starting to get nervous?" "[Team K:" "Umeda Ayaka]" "I'm extremely nervous. climb up the stairs... doki... (heart pounding)" "I can't calm down." "if you get excited by yourself." "Why!" "?" "Gross." "AKB48's 22nd Single Election..." "I will now announce the ten members starting from 40th place to 31st place." "In 22nd place..." "Umeda Ayaka!" "I made it!" "In 19th place..." "Yokoyama Yui!" "Congratulations!" "I'm really..." "I'm really thankful to everyone who voted for me." "Ah... well... [Team K:" "Yokoyama Yui] but I do remember being really happy." "Next we're up to the eighth place." "Itano Tomomi!" "With a cool smile..." "It's thanks to you guys who were here... was it?" "...that I've come this far." "having your own rank go down..." "[Team K:" "Itano Tomomi]" "...is truly... what is it? Was I not good enough this past year?" That kind of thing was the toughest part. with a positive attitude." "You're used to painful situations?" "I am." "In fifth place..." "Watanabe Mayu!" "even with a photo album..." "How should I put it?" "Like with elections..." "[Team B:" "Watanabe Mayu] but... now I I knew that I wasn't in a situation to go up in rank." "I know well that now isn't my time to shine." "holding on... and I guess that is what I will have keep holding on for." "Shinoda Mariko!" "As a model..." "Kashiwagi Yuki!" "I was very happy with my rank of 8th place." "But when appearing in various TV shows and magazines... Do your best!" "I thought about how could I try harder to get them to notice me and now I'm here" "I thought that it was going to be me." "since I thought that I was in fifth place." "But when it ended up not being me but instead Mayuyu... and also great friends..." "I always intended to be looking up at her while being a member." "My belief of wanting to support Mayuyu was really strong." "I was breathing the heaviest when Mayuyu got called." "just exactly what they want to do is a little different." "Why were we battling each other?" "right?" "I will now announce the next one!" "This year's election's second place!" "The final tally for the votes..." "843 votes..." "AKB48..." "Oshima Yuko!" "She couldn't get the coveted consecutive victory but look at these final results!" "Close to four times the amount of people compared to last year have supported her!" "it became really painful once again." "Yeah..." "That moment was painful." "I didn't like it." "the number of votes represents everyone's love." "Thank you so much for all the love." "Please give a warm round of applause for Oshima Yuko." "AKB48's 22nd Single Election's first place!" "Final tally is... 892 votes." "Maeda Atsuko!" "Maeda Atsuko came back in the election!" "Maeda-san was able to--in a good way--relax and think seriously about what she could do for AKB to great effect." "rises again. living my everyday life. there were times when I would fight with this solitude of mine while trying to pass... each day." "I think there are some who dislike me." "Yes." "I ask only for one thing. please don't come to dislike AKB48!" "who came in first this year." "Many thanks." "Many thanks." "you look terrible!" "Suuchan." "Your eyes..." "Let's have a word from Maeda-san." "thank you so much for everything up until now." "We hope that you'll continue treating AKB48 well!" "those were top-ranked Maeda Atsuko's last words..." "Let's look forward to next year." "Thank you very much!" "Thank you very much! so I couldn't speak." "I don't think anyone else wanted to talk either." "Congratulations!" "Congratulations!" "Thank you very much!" "We hope that you'll continue treating AKB48 well!" "Keep it up!" "Kashiwagi!" "Kashiwagi-chan!" "thank you." "Keep it up!" "Yukirin!" "Congratulations!" "Thank you so much!" "You did it!" "Congrats!" "eh?" "Acchan..." "Ah.. no..." "Where is Acchan?" "She..." "She's over here." "Where?" "Over there?" "Acchan." "Acchan." "Spotting member!" "Thank you!" "wasn't it?" "Thanks." "wasn't it?" "I know what it's like." "I knew that it was always going to be intense." "Thank goodness." "Congratulations." "Congratulations." "You worked hard for it." "right?" "That's right." "We also have to start again after this." "I ranked down so... haha!" "but you know what?" "I really think that you worked hard." "because you are in a drama." "Right?" "Keep working hard!" "I will." "Minegishi was crying aloud." "She was like... there she is!" "There." "won't you fix it?" "There was indeed a battle between those two." "[Team A Captain:" "Takahashi Minami]" "Acchan came first in the first election." "Yuko came first in the second election." "Acchan came first." "There were indeed many conflicts between them." "I knew even from just watching." "My own heart was racing." "They have finally discovered Umechan." "Amina-chan." "Acchan." "She's gotten all worried." "They might start crying." "Congratulations." "right?" "I also suffered as well." "I was able to get first place because I also went through hardships for a year." "It's because everyone recognizes you as the center." "so the first place would be fitting." "What did she say?" "but I don't think so." "But we both have a dream." "We both um... have a real interest in acting." "movies and also stage plays." "We had times where we talked about both of us one day starring together in a stage play. so it has now become one of our dreams." "You worked hard." "It was short." "Short?" "But it was 3 hours long!" "...saw a live transmission." "how many did you see?" "Eh?" "Minami is okay!" "It's bright." "Until the last minute." "Let's go." "with the person in front of you..." "Many thanks." "Many thanks for today." "sorry." "I'm sorry." "I want to eventually become a good role model for everyone." "I'll work hard." "So the election is over." "Yeah." "How was it?" "er..." "I don't know..." "Sashihara Rino!" "the drama of the election isn't just be limited to the top 8 members." "Congratulations!" "Uh..." "I was 27th." "Last year I was 19th." "And this time... uh ninth place..." "I didn't think that I would make it into the media senbatsu." "really happy." "Why? [Team A:" "Sashihara Rino]" "but I'm really grateful for the number of votes that came in for me." "I wonder if it's because various people wanted to see me in the PV." "Atsuko!" "Atsuko!" "If you'd just look at me." "Shape up!" "That's enough already!" "Cut it out!" "for the next part which has extras." "We are extras..." "Yes." "Can we have a turn?" "Can we?" "if it's okay." "Thank goodness." "Is it okay?" "thank you." "Thank you." "Make-believe extras." "we had too much free time while filming the PV." "What extra agency are you with?" "Which movies did you appear in?" "Just playing around during down time." "she did." "she wouldn't even go to a baseball field." "In baseball as well..." "I was an extra for "Touch"." "that's awesome." "No way!" "I was an extra for "Touch" around 5 years ago." "I was an extra for that "Mei-chan's Butler"." "I kept it for myself because I thought it would be troublesome." "Really?" "That's incredible." "I've also appeared in AKB's PVs twice." "Is that so?" "actually." "Is that so?" "Yeah." "is that so?" "As for me..." "I also was an extra in "Sakura no Ki ni Narou"." "Is that so?" "Yeah." "I've never been in one." "it's impossible to fit everyone in. [Team B:" "Kitahara Rie] it's fine if I don't get shown on screen." "I..." "I have a comment." "Please use it." "You don't need to shoot me during the first verse. third or fourth rows?" "What do you think?" "I'll try." "what's it called? "Sakura no Shiori"?" "um... quite unexpected..." "You were shown in that one." "she is cute!" "how good it must be." "She does look different from TV" "She looks different." "right?" "I'm aiming to become someone like her." "Must be difficult." "And that was today's Make-Believe Extras." "You surprised me." "Congrats." "You were perfect." "for real." "I'm really happy for you. to the point that I would make notes..." "[Team A:" "Oya Shizuka]" "..for when I appeared on variety programs." "And on those days... and things that I thought were cool." "I would find which parts that I thought were interesting were cut out and then I would think about why they got cut out." "Rather than not wanting to lose to Sashihara..." "I'm really good friends with her." "Hmm... how should I put this?" "Rather than not wanting to lose to Sashihara I want to do my best with her." "I guess." "But I do want to overtake her." "What did they say?" "and put it on right." "All we have to do is put it on." "For the first ones... right?" "It's at the top." "How many seconds do we have?" "This is wicked." "I want to change quickly." "Uh... backstage there was a copper wire..." "[Team A:" "Takajo Aki] and damaged my right ankle ligament." "Thank you very much!" "What's wrong?" "What's wrong?" "it hurts." "Why are you like that?" "I thought you weren't here." "My ankle is..." "It's quite dangerous here with these steps." "two..." "On our shoulders." "Ow..." "This is bad." "I'm sorry." "Carry her to the dressing room." "I'm really sorry." "Not at all." "you would see all the members there on the live show. there was a different girl dancing there. you know. are girls with great momentum that haven't entered senbatsu yet." "And at that time I was really..." "I felt scared to the point that I had to turn it off straight away." "up to here." "okay." "In 12th place..." "Takajo Aki!" "Congratulations! but I wonder where it will go from here." "As I progress with age... and up till now..." "Ah!" "My fans have been telling me all along that I'm cute because I'm young and fresh. and the young girls are quickly rising in status." "the fans that like idols... right?" "Mariko-sama and Yuko-chan they're so mature and... so I wondered what I should do?" "Like I was really stuck between adolescence and adulthood." "Then that means we can say today's theme right here." "Today's theme is..." "This is the beginning!" "For that part just use your hands." "...just your hands." "Then we arrange it." "Himawari" has its own suitable MC. and then you start with that." "Do you want to hear three songs? I want to let them know more about one of our sides." "Let's do this!" "Yeah!" "We thank you so much for coming today!" "Is it fine?" "Thank you very much!" "everyone?" "Kachuusha"... ladies and gentlemen." "so I will make an announcement regarding the unannounced team assignments. but the team which they were headed for was still not announced." "I will announce the name of the team which includes these ten members." "I will now announce it." "The team these ten promoted members will belong to is Team 4! has been established." "Please continue to support AKB48 after this." "Team 4" is formed] thank you very much." "Team 4!" "Team 4!" "Team 4!" "Miyako]" "I guess... to think it's actually in a state like this." "Going there was scary." "Yeah... it was quite scary." "really nervous about this." "Takahashi." "uh... hurry up!" "you're so small!" "It was really thanks to you guys that this performance was so fun." "thank you very much!" "Thank you very much!" "Thank you very much!" "Thank you very much." "you gave us a pine cone!" "So adorable." "thank you!" "A little girl..." "[Team K:" "Minegishi Minami]" "...was holding onto a few flowers." "Like they weren't pretty flowers that you would sell..." "I don't know... being taken up to the people on stage... so I bent over almost sitting down on the edge while receiving the flowers from the girl." "I received gifts from their viewpoint." "which was like even now..." "I kind of regret it..." "But that feeling makes me really happy." "I gripped them tightly in my hands." "In times like those... but despite the fact that things that we normally do... they also have become for the sake of someone else." "That's what I realized." "there is a flower ♪" "[Yomiuri Land:" "Maeda Atsuko's Solo Single "Flower" live]" "♪ A small flower that has bloomed ♪" "♪ The wishes from that day... ♪" "♪ peacefully bloom in the sun ♪" "♪ It's a long way until then... ♪" "Thank you very much." "♪ ...being blown by the wind... ♪" "Thank you." "♪ ...and being rained on... ♪" "Kancho!" "♪ I just honestly ♪ keep it up!" "]" "♪ want to continue to believe ♪" "♪ in what I can do right now ♪" "You're super cute!" "Thanks." "Thank you!" "♪ Your devotion ♪" "Thank you very much." "Many thanks." "Thank you very much." "Minamisanriku]" "♪ is just like the sun ♪" "♪ You gave me courage ♪" "♪ when I was about to fail ♪" "...and thank you all for having us." "♪ A pitiful petal from that flower ♪" "Thank you very much." "♪ has taken the shape of one of those dreams ♪" "Thank you very much." "Watari and Yamamoto]" "♪ Reach out your hands straight out ♪" "Thank you." "♪ and take in the rays of life ♪ adorable!" "Work hard!" "fixed tears will flow ♪" "Sashihara!" "♪ and won't be able to stop ♪" "Kesennuma]" "♪ If you happened to give up ♪" "♪ then nothing will have bloomed from the soil ♪" "Do it like this." "aren't you?" "Thank you very much." "We'll come again." "♪ Without us knowing ♪" "♪ the seasons have left only the sky ♪" "Ishinomaki]" "♪ while the surrounding scenery changes ♪" "♪ into unnamed flowers ♪ there is a flower ♪ wait..." "Ah!" "♪ A small one that has bloomed ♪" "Really?" "That's incredible." "♪ The wishes from that day... ♪" "♪ are peacefully blooming in the sun ♪" "Thank you very much." "♪ Just like our love ♪" "[July 22:" "Seibu Dome]" "It was the worst first day ever." "Why did we display the worst thing ever? I really wondered whether our performance was good enough. [Team A:" "Kojima Haruna]" "I thought that it was somewhat complicated." "which we talked about." "that... what's it called?" "It hadn't been discussed with any adult. we couldn't say anything." "We didn't say anything." "That was... the first day of the concert." "AKB48..." "Yossha~ Ikuzo~ in Seibu Dome..." "Alright!" "Let's do this!" "Team 4!" "Wow!" "That's crazy!" "No way!" "isn't it?" "Even though they are next they haven't come yet?" "Ah!" "We made it..." "We were all extremely anxious." "What's the next song?" "Where can we dress up?" "It was just like that." "go!" "What's wrong?" "Go to the left." "not here." "From the top." "the top." "The side of the pool is there." "Pool?" "At the edge of the pool?" "we're this way." "But "Outer stage left" is written here." "so this way!" "They said that all of Team S is this way!" "What!" "?" "But "outer stage left" is written there." "I think that's another mistake. in regards to doing it on a large stage." "for the time being everyone was working crazy hard to remember the dance moves." "And it ended with everyone using all they had." "We couldn't tell where it would go from there." "Well even if you tell us that now..." "I felt really sorry for it happening." "Take a look!" "we can do our best." "Kiss." "We can do our best." "Asparagus! during the live." "What did I have to do next?" "When are we going on?" "From the top or the bottom?" "where do we go out from?" "we made a mistake." "What?" "From where are we appearing?" "From which exit?" "Please continue to support us!" "Thank you very much! despite only having that number of members." "it didn't have anything to do with the number of people." "I think it's the teamwork that is important here." "That's what I thought after doing the live." "Thank you for today." "Thank you for today." "that was probably our worst concert ever." "I don't think it's just the responsibility of the members. and that our responsibilities were extraordinarily large. it may seem that that plan has come to a halt. about whether what we did was good enough." "Perhaps the order of the songs was weird" or "Wasn't this MC a bit weird?" "You must think about these things much more seriously." "I want you all to work hard with an intent to create a completely different concert from today's." "You were saying that it was bad I really also thought that it was the worst." "but the audience all had lots of smiles. but I don't know how to go on from here." "everyone must work out their own individual problems." "as the captain." "how much it changes." "but still..." "I was really not good at all." "I was so bad that it was embarrassing." "let's see what happens tomorrow." "Okay." "do your best." "Thank you very much." "Okay. we'll probably be finished." "I'm sure everyone thinks and feels that way." "Doesn't it frustrate you to think this was fun at all?" "I'm sure everyone thinks that we can do better." "I do think that. why did it turn out like this?" "I really thought that and it frustrates me so bad that I cried a lot about it afterwards." "I really regret it and thought about not wanting to stand up because it was like this." "we must continue on tomorrow and the day after." "There are people that will come tomorrow and the day after." "Perhaps even people that came today." "There will also be people that will see AKB48 for the first time." "Perhaps there may be people from disaster-stricken areas that will come." "We can't let it happen again." "Let's do this with all we've got." "Okay!" "Let's go more over there." "right... can we use this area?" "Sure." "we were in pitch blackness with Team A." "The front of Seibu Dome was really dark. but we practiced late into the night. we all really thought about the second day." "the height of your hands." "Align the height of our hands." "If we raised at the "i" of ima it would be better." "can we?" "There's about 21.5 meters to get to the middle." "and gently lower your hand." "the final formation." "lower it." "we'll change it." "That's what Takamina said." "do your best." "Thank you very much." "Thank you very much." "Why are the SKE members of Team S... because I want to end with us in a line here." "Then..." "let's see we'll change all the dance moves." "There's a really bad feeling about...." "Exhale through your mouth." "Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth." "yeah." "Get a paper bag." "Inhale through your nose!" "Exhale through your mouth!" "You'll be fine!" "let's calm down!" "Maeda Atsuko collapsed from hyperventilation." "who is the center for many of the songs was gone." "I want you to do Acchan's part in "RIVER"." "Is that okay?" "it was supposed to be Acchan." "Alright." "I'll have Jurina take her spot in "RIVER"." "At kimi no... you move to this spot." "and Yui will go in for Yuko." "so she is remembering now." "This is tough." "Let's do it." "AKB48!" "Let's go have an awesome Seibu Dome!" "let'sdothis!" "It is possible that she will be taken out halfway through." "It is also possible that she won't be here for the start." "During that time we must go out with a cooperative mindset..." "She's come." "Let's show what Team A is made of." "Okay." "She's here." "Alright." "So everyone's here." "This is Team A." "please go back." "Okay." "We'll support you all the way." "Yeah." "Hello everyone!" "I have made an acrostic poem for "AKB48"." "I will now announce it." "AKB48's..." "A!" ""Because we want to see your smiles!"" "AKB48's" "K!" "Our sparkling and shining selves!" "AKB48's" "B!" ""We will relentlessly convey our energy!"" "AKB48's 48!" "48 is infinity!" "The one that gets forced to do impossible things is Mariko-sama!" "is Sashiko!" "Let's do our best in these three songs!" "I'll change this." "Okay." "Vegetables!" "[Center stage is around 40m." "Do your best!" "]" "More towels!" "The backstage was a war." "It was nonsense." "It was as if the brakes had stopped working." "We have to do it with all our might!" "We really felt like we had to finish our jobs." "Everyone was collapsing and causing a commotion due to heatstroke." "Takahashi-san!" "please?" "A towel or water!" "Can I please get a towel?" "Can I please get a towel?" "Bring a chair." "a chair." "Sorry." "sit down." "like that." "That really frightened me." "ready?" "like that." "The director is actually Yukihiko Tsutsumi." "Amazing!" "They shot it as a drama." "Wow!" "right?" "Amazing!" "getting attacked by a hyperventilation fit. the song where she became the center from winning the election." "Sorry." "This is the preview edition of "Flying Get"." "Go!" "[Armed Struggle Movie" " Red August" " Summit Decisive Battle]" "[Preview Edition]" "Where's Acchan?" "Towel?" "Are you all right?" "Someone bring a light here." "Light!" "Light!" "Change her clothes here!" "We can do this." "Okay." "that's the only thing to it." "keep up the good work!" "got it!" "sorry." "45 seconds left." "Are you all right?" "Get your legs ready." "you'll make it in time!" "you'll make it on time!" "It'll be fine!" "Excuse me... let's go." "breathe!" "deep breaths!" "she's going to collapse." "thank you for today." "are you all right?" "She is right!" "?" "What's with that response?" "You're doing fine. please look forward to it." "Yes." "the drama." "Well." "it wasn't really over 30 minutes or anything..." "That's right?" "That kind of feeling." "Yeah." "it will be released on August 24." "please enjoy the music video." "We look forward to you enjoying it!" "Well then..." "We will now perform the song here." "keep it up!" "Please listen to "Flying Get"!" "encore... are you all right?" "Keep it up!" "How much time we have left?" "What's next?" "Huh?" "What's next?" "The crowd is doing the encore shout." "Is the encore starting from Majisuka?" "I see." ""Yankee Soul"." "Where is it?" "What was it?" "What... is next?" "Am I going out from the usual spot?" "where do I go out again?" "I don't know..." "Take a short rest there." "it'll be fine." "breathe slowly." "I'll call the doctor." "Slowly... it'll be fine." "Slowly..." "Here." "This one seems to work." "it works?" "Here." "Is Togasaki sensei here?" "Togasaki sensei is here." "Togasaki sensei!" "Togasaki sensei!" "I want to know where I go out from." "Where will Yuko go out from?" "Yuko will... like that." "yeah." "Breathe out from your mouth." "Once you do that... yes." "like that." "right? it will go into your mouth." "that's good." "That's good." "Just wait a bit longer." "exhale through your mouth." "Crap." "My vision is so blurred." "okay." "Yui-chan is in trouble." "inhale from your nose." "The time from the encore call till their appearance was planned to be a regular 3 minutes." "yet no one is standing on the stage." "encore... great everyone." "I'm fine." "Can I start the Majisuka part?" "Takahashi will go out." "she's out." "Thank you so much for the encore call!" "Inhale through your nose..." "Try standing up." "stand up." "Okay?" "Watch your step." "Do your best." "Thank you very much." "Can you move your legs?" "that's fine." "Alright." "Run!" "Oi!" "I was waiting for this!" "Oshima Yuko returns to the stage." "the stage will continue with a dialogue between Oshima and Takahashi." "go." "How are you all feeling?" "What the hell are you losers doing!" "?" "Yuko-san!" "Yuko-san!" "Come back!" "hurry!" "Yuko-san!" "Yuko-san!" "Yuka-san?" "Yuko-san!" "Yuko!" "by the way..." "Uh... who are you?" "Um..." "Yuko-san!" "back from heaven." "Yuko-san!" "we couldn't do anything." "Are you all right?" as well." "And so... we we could do nothing but wait for her return. you could tell that she really was an idol." "Acchan has sort of collapsed due to heatstroke." "I see." "So I thought we should give her a rest." "So I guess it's break time for her." "Sorry. that I was the cause." "I couldn't move. and couldn't calm down... doesn't it?" "what do you want to do?" "I know that you want to go out... right?" "Let's get fired up!" "go." "She's out." "Acchan is going out!" "Acchan's fine!" "♪ Before my eyes ♪" "♪ was a towering staircase ♪" "♪ How many steps do I have to go up ♪" "♪ before I can catch my breath and relax?" "♪" "She was actually told to stop." "There was an order saying she didn't have to go out there." "But she did." "but participated nonetheless." "♪ Without appreciating my youth ♪" "♪ I was always bored... ♪" "♪ I even overlooked the precious events ♪" "♪ that were before my eyes ♪" "♪ I've finally climbed the stairs ♪" "♪ to the top ♪" "I can't sing the song ♪" "thank you very much for today!" "Thank you very much!" "Please." "Is she feeling relieved?" "but she's conscious so she's fine." "like even working really hard; going on with pretty much just your own willpower felt really good." "For the first time I knew exactly how far I could keep going." "I really thought about becoming a director." "[Team K:" "Miyazawa Sae]" "Like... I really wanted to do it like this" and many more came up during that time. then it would be great if I could create my own concert concept one day." "[August 2:" "Kagoshima Citizen's Cultural Hall]" "[August 2 (Tuesday):" "AKB48 Team 4]" "Good morning." "We are Team 4." "Looking forward to working with you all day long!" "Looking forward to it!" "you're better now that you have some experience." "Sorry?" "You're better now that you have some experience." "Be more confident." "Sorry?" "Be more confident." "Be.. con.. what?" "I can't hear you properly." "right?" "Yes." "Okay." "Please pull yourself together." "Okay." "um... oh?" "Um..." "Um... like we normally do in the theater?" "Can we do our introductions starting from that corner?" "I have an announcement for you all here." "Team 4's captain has been chosen!" "It's Oba Mina-chan!" "Mina-chan!" "Congratulations!" "I haven't been doing stuff reliably at all. but since I've been chosen I will absolutely make it a great team!" "Oba?" "It was a lot like me when I had to lead everyone in the beginning." "[Team B Captain:" "Kashiwagi Yuki] I had a feeling during that time which was a lot like with me." "Ah... will a girl like that be okay becoming a captain?" "It was like a sense of parental love." "uh because she was really passionate about it... furimui..." "Everyone!" "furimuite..." "I don't do anything when it's furimuite?" "take positions here!" "Just like that." "assemble!" "Is it okay?" "so it should be fine." "Okay." "Um..." "[Team K Captain:" "Akimoto Sayaka]" "Shimada behaves quite smartly." "She has a real sense of being sports-oriented." "like she wanted to be the captain." "There really was that kind of a feel with her." "Ah!" "It's not Shimada." "the kind that leads people..." "[Team A Captain:" "Takahashi Minami]" "..." "I thought that she should work hard because a part of her is captain-like." "If I'm the captain then I should work hard. it was I thought balancing it would be difficult." "right?" "Shimada probably did think about wanting to be the captain. but because it ended up being Mina..." "What should I do from now on?" "[Oba]" "Huh? even though the topic hasn't come." "That sorta has an off feeling to it." "No!" "[Oba drawing a chain of relations between Team 4's members]" "Don't tell me..." "Don't tell me." "Shimada may send you a "Go die!" message afterwards." "[Shimada -- "Big Respect For" " " Oba] don't say that." "right?" "that it has a painful feeling to it." "...have a good time with everyone here as we put all of our gratitude into this... please allow us to sing this song." "Are you all excited!" "?" "Ah!" "Sounds good! guys!" "okay?" "Oba Mina!" "ow..." "That looked like it hurt!" "Let's go." "it is." "psyche me up." "Psyche me." "I don't know... ow... you didn't get my back." "you know!" "Kashiwagi Yuki-san has unexpectedly dropped in today!" "Kashiwagi Yuki!" "Team 4..." "Hurry up!" "Mina-chan?" "[Oba Mina:" "Talks about former love in blog]" "Suspended]" "[Purikura shots also leaked]" "[Oba Mina:" "Announcement regarding suspension." "Stepping down from "Ikemen Paradise"]" "[The law of "No mutual love"]" "[Breaking the law of "No mutual love"]" "[Announcement] a member of Team 4]" "[Suspension proposal]" "[Suspension]" "Hmm..." "What I find really difficult... right? we entered AKB48 before we reached that stage. having a person which they liked as it is... having things about your life prior to AKB coming out must be really heart-breaking." "um..." "[Team 4:" "Yamauchi Suzuran]" "...because Shima-chan and Minarun are together how to say... I think that had a good balance." "However... how to say it... how to... and we came to that point with Shima-chan also not knowing how." "A gloomy mood ran through Team 4." "when problems arose there were no senpai who could settle them." "Unifying their feelings was not an easy task." "I think that this is the true start for Team 4." "first concert]" "Do your best to make the 'Boku no Taiyou' concert the best it can be." "was what was written." "Don't cry before the concert!" "I'm real sorry." "but... coming from Takamina-san..." "This is crazy." "Right?" "Because we're all happy. why don't we all beat that to the ground?" "two..." "Hold on!" "stop." "Who is it?" "What?" "Here you go." "What is it?" "From where?" "What?" "Please read it." "Who was that?" "Here I go." "Here I go." "We have an announcement for you all." "What?" "Yay! until the captain Oba Mina-chan returns it has been decided that it will be Shimada Haruka-chan who will put the team in order as acting captain." "Haruka!" "Shima-chan!" "um..." "I stay in contact with Oba every day..." "I absolutely do want her to immediately come back." "Mina has a great presence as the captain of Team 4." "I will support Team 4 with all my might in her absence." "but thank you for this." "[We will follow Takamina forever!" "]" "[Taiwan]" "thank you!" "It was like the world was coming to an end." "[Hong Kong] you know." "why are they this excited about me?" "[Taiwan]" "I love you!" "Mayoyo!" "It's incredible." "I'm moved." "sorry..." "Yuko!" "I always have!" "Become my wife!" "okay!" "Oshiri!" "Oshiri~ really?" "thank you." "bye!" "So cute!" "Kya~!" "Kya~ So cute! it was like a movie!" "It was like... they would protect you... he would go... they would do stuff like that for us... they wouldn't respond." "Everyone follow Maeda-san that way." "[Shanghai]" "but they didn't respond. upon reflection back on it." "What did you try to say?" "How old are you?" "Hello." "thanks." "That's receiving too much." "it suits him." "cute." "becoming so famous before one knows it..." "It hadn't really sunk in at all." "it wasn't the AKB that I knew anymore." "we'll stop really soon." "Okay." "A lot came." "Yuko!" "Yuko's the best!" "bye!" "bye!" "Please come back!" "Rie-chan!" "Isn't this a farewell to the bodyguards as well?" "bodyguards!" "right?" "I would think so." "How great it is!" "I want a bodyguard!" "I want a bodyguard." "[September 20:" "Nippon Budoukan] the second Janken Tournament was held." "Just do it!" "Jan Ken Pon!" "The winner is Oya Shizuka!" "I did it with an intent to win..." "I thought that maybe I would lose." "Around when?" "When our eyes met." "What do you mean?" "I was thinking that she was serious." "Ready!" "The winner is Shinoda Mariko! thinking that I wouldn't like having things said about me." "If having a CD with you as the center... it would be bad." "second bout." "Shinoda Mariko versus..." "Minegishi Minami!" "I've never seriously faced off opposite to such a face as pretty as that before." "right?" "Which is why looking at her serious face at that time was something I hadn't seen in a long time so at that time I was kind of overpowered." "Ready!" "Jan Ken Pon!" "The winner is Shinoda Mariko!" "like it kind of felt like that it would be better." "like..." "I wouldn't really want to be center." "I also felt a bit relieved." "it's finally come down to the deciding battle!" "will the one who will stand at the top of the Janken ladder be..." "Fujie Reina?" "Or Shinoda Mariko?" "She was already serious..." "[Team K:" "Fujie Rena]" "..." "like... not smiling at all the whole time since I felt that she was also looking into my eyes." "The moment the ties continued on I felt like I wanted to end it with the next one." "coming second would still be good." "I faltered for an instant." "Reinyan whispered... that this was scary." "honestly." "Was she scared of me?" "Or was she scared of everyone concentrating their focus on her right arm?" "Or was she scared of the fact that she may become center after all this?" "but for an instant she faltered." "don't think anything is scary about being the center." "Jan Ken Pon!" "The winner..." "Mariko Shinoda!" "now!" "The winner will be third!" "isn't the best three really important?" "but to reach this point?" "We're deciding with this!" "?" "right?" "Like you would want to be inside a triangle." "So I was thinking that I absolutely shouldn't lose." "Jan Ken Pon!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Third place!" "Yes!" "I'm so happy!" "Thanks!" "congratulations." "I did it!" "Best Three!" "Bronze Medal!" "I would've liked more of a reaction." "Thank you very much." "Congratulations!" "Rikuzentakata]" "isn't it?" "All of this was a pine tree forest." "really?" "For Iwate Prefecture it was the place they were proud of." "Oh..." "Like... having one pine tree standing is indeed wondrous... it feels like... it holds within it a message about not forgetting about natural disasters and earthquakes." "an ordeal." "I really wonder..." "Please enjoy until the end." "Thank you for having us!" "And the person you all can see from your right side... Iwata Karen-chan." "on that day I was at my home in Sendai and experienced that earthquake. and started living in Tokyo. meet you guys." "with my great senpai I was able to come here. so please enjoy! [12 generation kenkyuusei:" "Iwata Karen]" "my grandparents were really against it... they cried and asked me not to go so far away." "My music teacher and everyone else probably as well..." "I was probably thinking about whether I was doing the right thing when I auditioned." "I couldn't talk with anyone about it." "So that kind of uneasiness was also there." "If the earthquake hadn't occurred... whether I would've entered AKB48 or not." "♪ I certainly exist here ♪" "♪ Clear the rubble that blocks your way ♪" "♪ and live in the now ♪" "♪ Even if the wind stops ♪" "♪ there is no world where the wind stops ♪ just like how you breathe ♪ even a painful day like this... ♪" "First of all I'm really sorry about what happened." "I was really holding out during that time. since I'm weak... and worsened Team 4's image." "I wasn't able to participate in Team 4's important first concert. wasn't able to participate in the first concert." "I've made you all feel uneasy and anxious." "I received permission to participate in your lessons starting from today." "whether you will let me participate in lessons together or not is what I want to ask." "Please allow me to take part in your lessons." "Let's do this together." "Let's do it." "Thank you." "I think feelings of Minarun coming back equaling her not being able to stay as a captain were there. and also the uneasiness was also there." "but for Shima-chan it must've been considerably intense for her." "Yeah... but... she was all like..." "FUWA!" "What the heck was that?" "like the feelings inside her were all jumbled." "I wonder if anyone saw that... I'm sorry." "I wanted you to come back all along. so I did my best until you came back. lately it made me wonder who I was exactly. it's fine." "completely." "Because the ones who know how vital you are... are all the members." "I'm sorry for everything. because you didn't do anything wrong." "like..." "It's amazing..." ""How are you?"" "hasn't it?"" ""I'm sorry for not being able to contact you."" ""Are you able to sleep well on a futon?"" ""Have you stopped having scary dreams?"" ""Is school fun?"" "you know... doesn't make your breath white."" ""You also can't really see the stars."" ""and for suddenly leaving for Tokyo at that time."" "I was troubled by it all along."" ""I wonder if it is okay for me to wear such pretty costumes"" ""and sing with a smile."" ""Wondering if it is okay for me to be chasing after my dreams..."" ""I was really troubled by those things."" ""they told me that my hands were warm."" "I have to warm up the hearts and the cold hands of these little girls."" "I haven't hesitated."" ""I decided that I wouldn't stand still."" ""It's because 'the miraculous pine tree' taught me the strength of never giving up."" ""Next time I will receive the baton"" "the light and hope."" ""My own seat will always remain in the middle school which I planned to go to."" "I can't return.'"" ""It's just that there are still many things left which I must do."" ""I can't return until I find my own seat and place in AKB48."" ""God has given me my life's biggest crisis and the biggest chance once already it seems?"" ""I wonder if I'm being tested..."" "don't you think?"" ""because that is my destiny."" "Because there are people who can smile from our dancing and singing..." "For that..." "I began to feel some pride about what I do." "and finally reach here." "Like whenever you draw a curtain... which means you could never see what's left ahead." "I would have never thought that even after drawing curtains this many times still such a wonderful world awaits." "If there was no Team 4 I would have probably quit." "I've decided that I will absolutely continue on." "It's something we've learned from." "But no doubt it's because... because we have songs." "Tokyo]" "[AKB48's "Flying Get" took the first prize!" "]" "Tokyo]" "Congratulations!" "I really thought that we would lose!" "We got it!" "Yay!" "[NHK Hall]" "[December 31: 62nd NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen] let'sgo!" "Let's do our best!" "I feel I can work hard again with everyone's effort." "Let's do our best!" "We look forward to the show!" "can the opening members please go." "please go and take one." "Kojima." "Yes." "Sashihara." "Yes." "Shinoda." "Yes." "Takajo." "Yes." "Takahashi." "Yes." "Maeda." "Yuko." "Yes." "Minegishi." "Yes." "Miyazawa." "Yes." "Yokoyama." "Yes." "Kashiwagi." "Yes." "Kitahara." "Yes." "Mayu." "Yes." "Jurina." "Yes." "Rena." "Yes." "Yamamoto." "Yes." "Let's go." "Okay." "Sixteen people." "let's go." "let's go." "okay." "Let's go." "Good luck!" "Take care." "My future dream is to become a big actress." "So I honestly don't want to finish as just a kenkyuusei." "I'm hoping that I can advance a bit." "while getting hurt along the way]" "Iwate." "And also to the locals of Tohoku." "I devote this to everyone who lives in those places." "We are always with you." "Director:" "Eiki Takahashi]"