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Nogizaka Year End Gift Gran Prix

This episode is about the 5th members giving a gift to a senpai that has taken good care of them

Much like the legendary Valentine episodes

there will be major outbursts of love

plus a nonstop barrage of extreme joy and sadness

Tonight is the conclusion

what drama awaits this gift giving ceremony?

There are four 5th members left to go

Which senpai has been taking good care of Okamoto?

Raise those hands....dozo

And here they go....right there

Sakaguchi has her hand up

Stepping up this time are Sakaguchi making her first entry and Kuromi

Now then Sakaguchi....why you?

I've been waiting for this!

[ Oozing with confidence ]

Do you have solid evidence or something?

Hina-chan...way back in the early days

would tell me that I was her oshi

ah...oshi

There's another deciding factor

[ Has bonus fullproof evidence ]

On the back of Hina-chan's phone case

there's a picture of us together

There it is

You've seen it?

I saw it!

ah really?

[ Randomly shoots out beams ]

The case got a little dirty

Is it there now?

Where's the picture at?

Right now the picture is at home

Its sitting at home

oh my goodness

The picture is held down with a thumbtack above where I sleep

With a tack?

[ Treated like cheap merch? ]

And Kuromi

Kuromi

Well on my birthday

she sent me a message at midnight

"I'm the first to wish you happy birthday"

When we talked later she told me "I sent the message right at midnight"

Also she told me "I'm so happy being with Kuromi-san at work"

it always makes me happy when she says that

seriously?

Kuromi-san you're mega cute

and she'll come touch my face

She'll be affectionate

She'll touch your face?

She touches my face and hair and will say

oh so pretty

really?

hold on

while Kuromi was speaking

Okamoto had serious problems with her sweaty hands

[ Bizarre behavior ]

Were you wiping off your hands?

I don't typically get that sweaty but

for some reason the sweat was pouring out just now

When you say just now

it was the moment Kuromi started talking

[ The actions of a guilty conscience ]

And also we couldn't have dinner because of conflicting schedules but

she was the 1st kouhai to invite me out to eat

Like yakiniku

She's like "what should we have for dinner?"

She's talking about proposed yakiniku dinners

[ The raw meat version ]

If they had actually went it would settle it

In the end who is Okamoto's true love?

ah? ah she went there

yes!

arigatou

Sakaguchi

ah Kuromi looks upset

Okamoto's oshi has been Sakaguchi since she joined the group

so she expressed her feelings and gave her macarons as a gift

Okamoto you can't do that

sweating like crazy when Kuromi is talking

[ Visibly uncomfortable ]

At the end too

[ Synced to background music ]

You can't do that

Up next...which senpai does young Ogawa want to give a gift to?

Go for it!

There's a lot of them

Those with the confidence to step up this time

are these 5 members including Umezawa making her 1st appearance

Well let's start with Ume

why you Ume?

I really love her

to be honest I don't even care what Aya's opinion of me is

I'm here to tell her how I feel about her

And then very recently

I think I heard this from Satsuki

she's like "Aya would really like to have dinner with Umezawa-san"

And did you go?

We haven't gone

Where would you go if you did?

eh something like afternoon tea

[ Sophisticated Umezawa ]

That's the kind of place I'd like to take Aya to

But I don't believe that Aya hates me or anything

So I'd love to get a gift from her

Got it

And then Sakaguchi

hai

She just got a gift

Why?

I know there's lots of rivals for her gift

But Aya

I totally totally adore her

You adore her

At Under Live

we all wear a can badge with another girl's face on it

and its like "whose badge will she pick"

and Aya came up to me and said "I've got Tamami-san's badge on"

Also we've hung out together

eh where'd you hang out?

A doughnut shop

huh?

doughnuts!

Nobody has ever brought up doughnuts before

[ What will the doughnuts do? ]

Isn't hanging out a big deal?

Its huge

And Sato Kaede

Is this your first time?

yes it is

She's here for this one....so how come?

So Aya

she has several different mothers

[ Horror story? ]

She only has 1 mother

we seriously adore Aya

she has lots of mother figures here

and everyone is aware of this

So within Nogizaka its like that

Like for real....recently

[ Why so casual? ]

I discovered that we share a common interest

she says she's into Harry Potter

We share a common hobby

and we've made plans to go see the Harry Potter play together

Got it

That Harry Potter show is really good

by all means...

[ Fulfulling his duties of promoting the show ]

We've made plans

So you haven't gone

We're definitely planning on going

Got it

From here its the usual suspects

There she is

Kuromi

Aya is the first kouhai I've had dinner with

Back then

I requested that Tomisato join us for dinner

You talk like a corporate executive

[ Name dropping all the people she's helped along the way ]

That's her senpai vibes talking

I presented them with a 5th member 1 year anniversary plate

[ The legendary plate ]

So that wasn't a yakiniku dinner but

we did eat meat

And then...ah!

There she is

Tsutsui...haven't seen you in awhile

hai

But I'm here to finish this

[ Tsutsui the closer ]

So she's the winner

First of all the 5th member debut episode

I was the one that presented Aya

We've seen this turn into a win before

This won it for a couple people

We also did a hit campaign together

We've also exchanged birthday presents

You've exchanged gifts then

Also she said my name when asked which senpai she looked up to

When did you say that?

I've pretty much always said that

what?

[ Jackpot? ]

good!

Hate to tell you this but

Its love confession time

The super popular Ogawa

Who will she pick?

Is it Tsutsui?

Tsutsui?

Moving towards Tsutsui

ah its not her....eh eh?

Its Sakaguchi

Not Tsutsui

What should I do...

Why?

There's a strong vibe in here like Ogawa has been stolen from them

But we'll continue to adore her

ah arigatou

Someone here claimed she had this won

Was that Tsutsui? Isn't this awkward

Its like

I feel like I'm about to faint...

[ Dizzy Ayame ]

Ogawa gave out her gift of gourmet umeboshi plums and expressed her feelings

So why did she select Sakaguchi?

Its because I love her

Plus we went out together recently

and we visited several different cafes

We had a lot to talk about

Sakaguchi is actually very motherly

From now on go out to dinner with a lot of your senpais

Everybody wants to get cuddly with you

And that's really why.....I haven't been able to tell them this but

I'm so grateful

that everybody keeps telling me I'm cute

but generally it all ends with "kawaii"

once they're done saying that....

What a nice problem to have

[ The comments of a popular girl ]

The next kouhai to give out a present is Tomisato

The senpais that stepped up this time

this time its the most people so far....6 members

There's 6 of them

This is quite the lineup

[ The all star team of rejected members ]

Lots of genres here

We'll start with Ume....why you?

As you can see

she's really charming and flirtatious in a good way

And then on tour

she knows that I'm always like "kawaii kawaii" around Aya

and she's close friends with Kaede

Kaede calls me over like "hey Ume"

"Nao has something to say to you"

Aya shouldn't be the only person you get cuddly with

please show me some love too

What's that about?

sugoi

Its like she's telling you her feelings directly

hai

She's jealous

wait....part of your story

she's close friends with Sato Kaede?

This is the moment I've been waiting for

[ Your winner is Sato? ]

How come?

I'm not the type of person to approach kouhais but

Nao is the first kouhai to aggressively approach me

Since that made me so happy I want to repay her

so we've been close for a long time

We've been to a theme park together

we did a shoot there

As a gift

I gave her a teddy bear print tshirt

And she wore that tshirt a lot

I heard from manager-san

She wore that shirt 2 days in a row

[ huh? ]

eh...doesn't that mean she wears it too much

[ Laundry? ]

Are there no washing machines?

I have much more to tell you

There's more?

We've gone out to dinner

There it is...what did you eat?

It was a shabu shabu dinner though

ahh we have no data for that one

[ Boiled meats are unpredictable ]

After that...since it was summer

she suddenly tells me she wants to see fireworks

eh?

And let me tell you....in Tokyo....

[ coworker after a few drinks? ]

Now its her words that are spilling out

[ Spilling on a new level ]

I'm ok with you talking to me like I'm your best friend but still

She's a strong contender though

She sure is

She gets gifts

I've gone out with her for pizza before

pizza!

So we've had pizza

and she's come over to my house to hang out

your house?

She came over?

Isn't that huge?

Its huge

She came over and we both made dinner

so I play guitar

You play the guitar!

[ Curious about her personal life ]

So while I played guitar she sang for me

You formed a duo then

[ In house debut ]

We're basically lovey dovey

eh? Isn't this making the rest of them look weak

weak...so weak

We haven't heard them yet

Shibata you sure about this?

heh heh....

heh heh heh heh...

[ Can she spit it out? ]

So we both grew up in Chiba

[ She's been waiting to do that ]

That's so weak

You'll never win if Chiba is your only argument

On the 5th member debut episode I was the first person she talked to

You were the very first

hai

We also went and did the fire ritual together

so maybe....

[ prayers ]

And Kuromi-san

Do you have any stories?

At the hotel she told me "Please dry my hair"

and she came over to my room

Dry my hair?

[ What relationship is this? ]

She talks to her like a servant

Tomisato said that?

That makes no sense

My hair was still wet

so I went to Kuromi-san's room

And she said she'd dry my hair for me

You dried her hair?

I dried her hair

We watched tv while I dried her hair

sugoi

She would come to my room and we'd eat takoyaki

That sounds like something

I'm not sure if that makes her a strong contender

She would call me

and she'd ask me for advice about things she was unsure of

On tour she'd call me and say "Please come to my room"

It sounds like its only Kuromi

Isn't she being used?

[ Just call senpai Kuromi if you need something ]

Seimiya you sure about this?

ah its likely I'm not feeling so sure anymore

[ HP zero ]

Do you have a story?

She was always next to me at the Under Live shows

After the concert she says

I feel like Rei-san is who I get along with the best....what do you think?

Did she say best?

wait a second

She called us close friends too...

Maybe her true feelings are with her

eh? We've talked for like 3 hours at the hotel though

Aren't you her #2 and #3 girls?

Seimiya did she say that?

She said it

Did you specifically call her #1?

I said it

uwah!

This could be huge

Its a factor

She just said who her #1 was

Its settled then?

huh? What was Ume's story again?

[ The giant stands tall ]

Is Tomisato's true love among them?

Just who is Tomisato's true love?

She's moving

She went to that side

ah its not them

ah not them...ah!

I'm so happy

Its Sato Kaede

Kuromi...you've failed

I felt like it was me and Kaede-san fighting for #1 and #2

[ Mukai has been omitted ]

Seimiya didn't she say you were her #1

Well I guess not being her #1 will be fine

[ Trying not to think about ]

It doesn't have to be that way Seimiya-san

Tomisato selected Sato Kaede and gave her a candle

And her reason is....

Kaede-san....when we were doing Under Live concerts

the times I couldn't make it to rehearsal

after it was over

she'd ask me "Would you like to go over it together?"

That helped me out so much

I'm so happy

Kuromi-san I'm so sorry....

Don't worry about it

This won't put too much distance between us

[ A small amount of distance is in there now ]

There's one last gift to give out

The last 5th member is Okuda however...

And Okuda is already crying

gomennasai

Now then

Stepping up this time are 2 people with gifts already

plus these 2 who have nothing so far

Yoda is already our killer gift getter

[ Highly acclaimed and on a roll ]

Think you'll get it?

We haven't had many private conversations but

we got a chance to talk during rehearsal for tour

After talking the result was massaging each others calves

[ Massage buddies ]

That made me happy and then after that

she gave me gyoza print socks as a present

How come?

When I think of gyoza I think of Yoda-san

You don't think of Utsunomiya?

[ 1st place city for gyoza consumption? ]

I was out shopping

ah you saw the socks

Since we had just talked about it

this seemed like the perfect chance

maybe I can use this to talk to her again

So I gave the socks to her

Strong contender

I told you she's a contender

Its amazing to see her up here again

You're back Sato Kaede

The first time I went up and talked to a 5th member it was Iroha-chan

Plus I like her singing voice

Her facial expressions during a concert

and her dancing are things I really like

So I often compliment her directly

That should make you happy

And here's where it begins

Its the upcoming members

And Kuromi

Just the other day we went out for dinner

What?

She said it was her first time having dinner with a senpai

[ First dinner GET ]

What was for dinner?

sushi

[ Yakiniku's longtime rival ]

Also during the rehearsals for Under Live

Iroha-chan gave me lots of encouragement

encouragement?

I was crying and Iroha-chan

walked right up next to me and encouraged me

Its kind of weird to call this a return favor but

when Iroha-chan started crying in the middle of MC duties during Under Live

I whispered something into her ear

Did you whisper "Everybody's watching you"

[ Senpai trying to get her to jump off the ledge ]

What percentage confidence do you have?

Around 75%

[ Guarantees her losing streak will end ]

And Seimiya

Around 80%

[ Recovery from zero ]

So the Under Live

we were next to each other the entire time

and I really respect Iroha

and I love her

and I've always

well I'm not sure I tell her that all the time but

Have you actually said those words to her?

not really....however

Yesterday we went to see a play and I sat next to her

You went yesterday?

And then today we randomly made eye contact

That could mean something

Which way could that go?

Okuda you can't do that

[ Using her eyes to give out hints? ]

We've made eye contact like 15 times

[ The winning response ]

Who will receive the last present?

ah she's moving....who is it?

huh? Is it Yoda?

ah not her...Sato Kaede

or is it Seimiya?

ahh its Kuromi

Its finally Kuromi

It was Kuromi

Seimiya

All that eye contact meant nothing!

[ The eye contact leads to sadness ]

Okuda she thinks you made eye contact so did you?

We made lots of eye contact

Why were you looking at her?

She's pretty

[ Inadvertently taking quick peeks ]

At that point Okuda expressed her feelings for Kuromi and gave her some pillow mist

You did it

Good for you Kuromi

Thank goodness

Kuromi...you did it

She's making me cry now

Please tell us why you selected Kuromi

Like Kuromi-san mentioned earlier

she was the first senpai I had dinner with

That's a big factor

And during concerts....its not just me but

she's so kind to everyone

I respect that part of her so much

I hope to become a kind person like Kuromi-san

[ The ideal senior ]

Okuda when you first stepped up here why were you crying?

I was wondering why I didn't bring 7 presents with me

[ Wanted everybody to go home with a present ]

ah sugoi

I felt terrible

even though I love everybody so much

But in today's society

not everybody gets their fair share

[ Wraps it up with trolling ]

And that means once again

all of them did their best to give us some variety

Keep those senpai kouhai relationships going strong well into the future

DON

And Nogizaka Under Construction is underway

We are your hosts Bananaman

yoroshiku onegaishimasu

And they are Nogizaka-chan

new uniforms....those are new

new uniforms

ah they brought them out

You guys got new uniforms then

We're going to monopolize you!

monopolize!

gomen gomen

sorry I tried to talk to you

[ First time that's happened in 13 years ]

I was thinking the uniforms looked new and I blurted something out

Good idea to simply ignore him

[ Keep pushing forward ]

I was wondering why they didn't respond

Now then Himura-san

what's on today's show....onegaishimasu

34th Single Hit Campaign

This happens with every single

its a tradition here

This one releases on December 6th

its their 34th single

moro

moro...

polyp

[ Song about colon polyps? ]

They'll stick a camera right up in there for you

When they're looking for polyps

Lots of people will have several polyps

I've got like 6 of them

[ Huge quantity discovered ]

Just like you said...I've got colon polyps

[ polyp monopoly ]

34th single hit campaign

The double centers will combine powers

to take on Japan's toughest stair step challenge

oh stairs

ah ah....arigatou gozaimasu

This time you'll be facing Japan's toughest uphill slope

Located in Kumamoto...Japan's toughest stair step challenge

with a total of 3333 steps to climb

In the middle of that the 2 centers will work together on 10 challenges

and since there is a set time limit for the shoot

they'll use up all that time to reach the top

By the way if you fail a challenge

100 more steps will be added on

It says thats 200 steps round trip

Once you make it back you'll redo the challenge

eh! That's cruel!

You can't move forward until you clear the challenge

We have to fight through the challenges

its not just climbing steps

I can't even imagine 3000 stair steps

Well if you treat it like a normal walk that's only 3000 steps

[ Too easy for you? ]

But it'll take too long if we walk it

And with that they'll come face to face with Japan's toughest stair climb

Is this the place...

When you actually see it up close....

Its kind of amazing

The angle of it

Is it doable?

This time the challenge is an over 3000 step climb

Once you start moving you lose sight of the end

The summit of this mountain path is the goal

[ This is about where the goal line is located ]

Right away they'll get started on Japan's toughest stair climb

Shall we get started?

Let's pay our respects first

Let's climb up!

We've started the climb up!

We've started

So how are you feeling?

eh...

I'm not feeling anything yet

[ Of course you aren't ]

And once they speedily climb the first 100 steps...

eh this is definitely going to be a tough one

Its a tough one

I'm already tired

I know what you mean!

ah but look....check it out

ah!

sugoi

How do you read that?

mame?

[ The 100th step ]

ah...there's something sitting on top of it

[Guru Guru Curtain]

So that's how it works....for every 100 steps

you'll see a single CD left behind

so once you climb 3300 steps

you'll have reflected on Nogizaka's history of 33 singles

When you cross the goal you'll be making your step towards the 34th single

That's a reach

sugoi

How does it work out so perfectly like that?

Then I'll take good care of this while we climb up

yes...let's keep climbing

Its the 100th step

I'm so happy

And then the 2 of them arrived at step #192

Here it comes

here it comes

A black box that looks completely out of place

And with that they've hit their 1st challenge

What will it be?

As double centers

tell us all 34 single titles in order from #1

Take turns saying the titles and don't make any mistakes

yabai

You'll take turns saying the titles in order

You clear once you get to the end without any mistakes

Got it

Its all the single titles

yabai

We should be able to say them all

I can say them but

in correct order...

I know

eh wait a second

yabai

If this were after a concert or Birthday Live I'd remember

They've said all their excuses

any mistakes now and its 100 steps back

First challenge start

[Guru Guru Curtain]

hai

[Hashire! Bicycle]

They're already wrong

eh?! They already messed it up

Its [Oide Shampoo] and then [Hashire! Bicycle]

gomen!

Staff: I thought that answer sounded rushed

But [Hashire! Bicycle] seems like it should be the 2nd single

You're so kind

Endo and her hard to believe careless mistake

forces the 2 of them to go back 100 steps

100 steps back is nearly the entire way back

They're moving so fast

100

We've gone pretty far back

We're all the way back before the debut single

We're in serious trouble...

We're not qualified to climb up to the top

Next week its the infinite stair climbing loop from hell

Will the 2 of them be able to reach the goal?

No crying from either of you

The latest music video from the 5th members has been released

Don't miss out on the streaming replay of the Newcomer Live