Fainaru An-tsubo?
23 May 2008
I've been so preoccupied with Final Fantasy XI recently that I haven't had time to write a synopsis for the last two episodes of Haromoni@. I'll have to get both of them done soon or I'm going to regret it later.
The theme for last week's outfits was 'fairies' so they were wearing nice pastel-coloured dresses and fairy wings. I thought that Tanaka Reina and Michishige Sayumi looked the best in their blue and yellow dresses. I noticed that Reina still had her skull earrings on - not sure they match the theme very well but I'll let her off :). Before the first clip Sayumi did a pun at the narrator's request but I didn't really understand what it was about. I think it was some sort of play on words. The pose at the end was very cute though and that's all that matters.
The first video of the show featured Takahashi Ai as the ultra high tensioned Tsubo-Tsubo Man. The sparkly gold jacket with the pink top hat looked very much like the outfits they used to have in the old Hello!Morning shows. The whole segment in fact had a very nostalgic in feel to it. It started with some secret footage of Kamei Eri being led into a room where Ai was waiting. Kusumi Koharu and Reina mentioned that Eri seems to be easily tricked into these things. It does seem like she's the victim of these little pranks quite often.
Once in the room she looked kind of bewildered as Tsubo-Tsubo Man constantly laughed at his own (very cheesy) jokes. After settling her down in the couch Tsubo-Tsubo Man began the little quiz. It was a multiple choice question concerning the first person to wear 'panties' in Japan. To represent each of the answers they'd stuck little stickers on different points of Eri's foot. If she got the wrong answer then the foot massager would inflict pain on her, just like in previous Hello!Morning episodes. As was expected, Eri chose the wrong answer and was duly punished. It was just like the good old days.
The next segment was quite funny. It featured Koharu doing a voice dub for a short clip of Reina, Sayumi and Eri. The original dialogue wasn't that funny but the facial expression from Reina was hilarious. Koharu put her Kirarin Revolution experience to good use and did a superb job of re-dubbing the voices. The ending phrase, "Tako de~su" went perfectly with the clip. Hopefully this segment will continue in the future as quite enjoyed it.
There was a return of Princess Wai Wai with another simple magic trick. She turned a pot full of corn into popcorn just by shaking it. It wasn't hard to guess that the popcorn was hidden underneath and that the act of shaking would cause the heavier corn to sink and give the appearance of it turning into popcorn. Sayumi only got two stars because the members said that they just had to watch the end of the show for the answer. Then Reina remarked that she'd never seen the end of the show /laugh.
Finally we get onto the memory contest grand final! It promised to be quite the showdown between Ai and Mitsui Aika. They were given twenty minutes to memorise the names of fifty different animals. This was probably the toughest topic to date. The rules were changed slightly for the final. They would take it in turn to draw a card from the pack. If they answered correctly then they would get that card. If they answered incorrectly then it would be passed over to their opponent. Whoever had the most cards at the end would be declared champion.
It didn't start very well for Ai who couldn't name the very first card. It passed over to Aika who had no problems with it. They continued for a short while and after eight cards the score was 5-3 to Aika. It all started to go wrong for Ai again on the next card when she got it wrong because of a single syllable. I think from this point the motivation deserted her and it became a bit of a one horse race. Not even the encouragement from Jun Jun could help Ai.
After eighteen cards the score was a whopping 15-3 to Aika. It looked very much like it would be a complete whitewash. However, something clicked inside Ai and she began to get her questions right. It wasn't enough to stop Aika though who didn't get a single question wrong. By the end the score was 34-16 in Aika's favour. It could have been a lot worse for Ai but she fought bravely until the end. Good on her!
And so it's been decided. No one can beat Aika at the memory challenge segment. She's declared the all time champion. I'll have to congratulate her on this achievement. Her memory is certainly very good. I think in all the challenges she's done she's only got one or two incorrect. That's a pretty amazing record. And with that result we can say goodbye to the memory test segment. Or can we...?! Because the next episode features another contest but this time it will be to decide the stupidest member. It's Mechaike all over again!
Posted byHocchan at 4:47 pm
