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Kept you waiting!

HinaAi's started, and they're the energetic Hinatazaka!

Ready and...

Merry Christmas!

Oh, it's that time already

What'll we be doing today, Kasuga-san?

Christmas SP segment

Romantic Love Confession Situation!

Good luck!

After about 4 years, the love confessing segment returns!

We have to show wholesome situations that appeal to Reiwa youths

We entrust the script-writing to 4th gens who are yet to know what's what in showbiz

However! It's worrying to have them act out the script as well...

So the battle-hardened seniors will act out the script!

It seems 4th gen wrote the scripts this time...

Did it go well?

...Yes!

You did it despite being busy

Yamashita-san

You're good at daydreaming?

Yes, I'm great at imagining situations. For this...

I couldn't stop writing, with a grin on my face the whole time

Yesterday, I imagined what if Akashiya Sanma-san came here

Like what kind of Christmas will it be

Stop with the dreamy stuff

Your dream won't come true

Just how costy you think it'll be?

Kishiho and Miyachi are dumb, right?

Alleged dumbos

No!

You dumb?

We're not

I'm smart

Me too, I'm smart

How's your grade at school?

Back in grade school, I was the top among girls in the national test

Well, I don't believe that

Won't get enchanted by Sumire

Konishi... You're dumb too, right?

I, Konishi, am dumb!

Without a doubt

You said it yourself

Around mid Bottom Mid-bottom Mid-mid Around average

I think I'm average

(in highschool)

Above average near the center?

GPA = 4.9/5 I got 3rd /240 in a test once

Around average

In 40 people class Japanese = 1st Overall = 35th

Around mid-upper

Faster to count from below to find me

We'll check 4th gen academic skill when the end of semester is close...

The 16 seniors joining today are...

Already split into male role and female role!

They're on standby while channeling a persona that 4th gens would like, also the one that fits the scripts

4th gens will choose seniors that fit their scenario!

Here are the 9 for the female role

We have members who already graduated highschool

But you still can pass for a high school student, Katoshi

We're still freshlings and younglings

Really!? Yay!

Kasuga-san has something to say

Yeah...

You look like skit performers

Is this comedy tourney preliminary?

What about the rest?

Only Kamimura-kun is an actual student?

Really!?

I thought Paru's in middle school 3rd year

Still a midschooler?

You're a highschool grad, Paru?

I would count as a 1st year in univ

For real!?

I see...

The free clothes members. Saito Kyoko-san

Only you look elegant

Mature get-up

Like from some old TV music show

More than catering to 4th gen's taste

I chose the classic dating get-up

Dating, huh

Yeah, just for today, I should've just picked a uniform

Regret for real..

Ushio-san?

I thought this out thinking I'm going to immerse in the romance today!

She thought it out

I mean, everyone's wearing a uniform

I was thinking "did I make a mistake?"

So for Ushio-san and SaitoKyoko

It's their get-up for real dates...

Take me out for a date

You're embarrassing me here! -Yeah...

Cat?

Since it's Christmas, so I wear ribbons, like I'm the present

The gift is meow ♥

So the present is Higashimura Mei, Santa'd bring you inside his bag, huh

The female role will be played by these varied 9 members!

Now, for the anticipated male roles!

They're on standby in 2 rooms, separated by their settings, highschool vs univ & adults

We'd like 4th gens to pick the male roles based more on feelings so they'll wear a mask

Let's take a look at the highschool group first!

Wowie!

They adjusted their pose just now, not enough standby time?

Who's who?

#1, please give us your name and club

I'm Kento

What club are you in?

I'm in light music club, on bass

Expanding fantasy

I'm tall, so I must be a hit to those who likes tall person

Selling height

Oh, how tall are you?

Height gap moe material

What do you want 4th gen to know about you?

I won't lose at accepting capacity

Surprisingly bold

What do you mean?

You hug good, you mean?

I hug good ♥

From American school?

Since you're 180cm

#2, what's your name?

Come again?

Surugawan Ouji

Ouji? (prince)

Yea

Freaking annoying

What Ouji again?

Your given name is Ouji?

Yeaa

Family name?

It's Surugawan

Surugawan?

Surugawan Ouji

Surugawan-kun???

Shizuoka's bay, Surugawan

You're going with that Surugawan?

What club are you in?

I'm in the breaking dance club

Can you show us a move or two?

Thank you

Watch out!

Don't worry, I got it on

That was close!

What sets you apart from the others?

I keep a pug

Pug? You have a pug?

A pug

So what if you keep a pug?

Isn't pug a thing for women?

Playboy's idea

Scary...

I guess...

What's that pug's name?

The name?

Numazu (a city in Shizuoka, near Suruga bay)

You shot there recently or something?

On HinaAi's sister show?

Why sit on the desk?

I got too much Valentine chocolates...

Valen..? We're doing a Christmas segment today

I wanna ask more and more...

Makes you want to know more

Can we just skip you for now?

More of this and it'll be bad for Ouji, so we'll move on

What's your name?

My name's Shohei

Is it the same kanji as the comedian with glasses on?

Umm sorry, can you repeat that?

I won't repeat it

We'll keep it in katakana

#4, what's your name?

I'm Haruto

Haruto-san. What club are you in?

I'm in the football club

What's your position?

Position? Um.. I'm...

The one who kinda shoot

Are you really in the football club?

Stereotypical poser?

Can you show us how you dribble until you shoot?

Ah, got it

Like shoot after you beat a defender

Trick that would shock even Mitoma

It looked the part a bit

4th gens

Any of them is your type?

Yes

Oh, all of you nodded

Shimizu, who's your type?

Ouji-kun looks funny

Really? Would that be okay?

Uncle's against it

Dads things

Don't pick Surugawan Ouji

Will the unpopular-among-dads playboy Surugawan Ouji get picked? Next up...

We also have the college student and working adults group too

Oh that's true -We got adults too

And here are the members

THE Nonfiction?

t/n: FujiTV melodramatic documentary show; the song playing is its theme song (Sansara by Atari Kousuke)

They're a different level!

They feel composed, unlike the school kids!

'Course they'd be different from the kids

No. 1 is just Kasuga's dad

Living the quiet life of retirement?

Won't he be an old fart then

That's just (Kasuga) Noriaki

Your name?

Sato... Tokeru

Sato Takeru?

No, no

Sato Tokeru

t/n: Sato Takeru is an actor; Tokeru (溶) means to melt/thaw

Tokeru?

Kinda like those impersonators in Kisara

t/n: Kisara is a famous comedian cafe where the staff and showmen there will do impersonations of famous people

Next gen impersonation comedian?

A lookalike for Sato Takeru, huh

And your occupation?

I'm a shoplifting-buster

Is he for real?

And they allow you to show your face?

Will he be OK?

How old are you even?

I'm 36

Hold on, a 36 y.o with a 4th gen is just...

Hazardous. Do not mix.

How long have you been a shoplifter-buster?

Around 20 years

Legendary buster?

You've been in the game since you were 16?!

Can we see how you'd be in your peak action, when you catch a shoplifter in the act?

Kisara's audition?

Like the vibe?

Yes, we're curious to see what it's like when you catch one

Feels like there are several ways to do it

The basic form

He's looking at his target

He's eyeing his target?

He's doing that while there are customers around?

Wordlessly, commandingly

I see it now

Tokeru-san, thank you for showing us

I don't think you'd be chosen though...

Oh no, no need for applauses

Budding sense of camaraderie

Now No. 2, please tell us your name

I'm Akira

Akira-san, then

How old are you?

I'm 20 y.o

You're 20? -20??

Pretty young

Are you in school?

I'm an idol

An idol???

Suddenly going romance reality TV

You're an idol?!

So you appear on TV and hold concerts and stuff?

I'm not... a mainstream one

I'm in the underground scene

So I don't really appear on TV and such...

Will you be fine, though?

If you get picked, you would have to take off your mask, you know?

Yes, my agency has given me the permission

Akira just wants to get popular

And No. 3, your name?

I'm Junya

Junya-san

Yes?

What's your occupation?

I run a cafe

Deja vu?

Do cafe managers wear sleek suits for work?

Last time, I said I was only managing a cafe...

I've upped my game since

And expanded my areas

So you opened up more stores?

What else do you manage now?

Like an online salon

Online salon...?

And also

Private room saunas

The management skill of a former charismatic host

That's pretty popular

4th gens, what do you think?

Is any of them your type?

I like No. 3, Junya-san...

I've been chosen

What about him you think is fine?

I feel like I've seen him before...

Well, there was a cafe manager before too

One and the same entity?

Told us the menus he served there

Oh right, No. 3, can you tell us the name of the cafe you run?

It's "Twenty Hour"

+3 hours

Oh, is he the owner?

How long is the working hours?

It's technically open for 24 hours

Kinda like the ones in Kabukicho

t/n: Japan's infamous entertainment district

From Kabukicho?

Oh yeah, they got those there -They do

And with that, for the adult group, these three striking individuals are the entries

From now on, it's questioning time!

The 4th gens can ask questions to them each and find the one whose image suits their story!

Anyone has a question?

Well then, Tamaki

I would like to ask the students

I want to know their favorite subjects -I see!

I never went below 1st in exams

But my favorite subject is sports

Very high specs guy

No. 2, what's your favorite subject?

If I gotta name one, guess it's the geography

Geography???

Surugawan, you...

He's Surugawan-what?

It's Surugawan Ouji

Can't not laugh at his name

And your dog's name?

Numazu

That explains the names, 'cause you like geography

No. 3, what's your favorite subject?

I'm in the science department

So I like chemistry

You seem like a smart one

Really? Well, I'm not really good at Japanese Lit...

So you're in science! -Yep...

No. 4?

I'm always the 1st for English in my year

First in your year?! -Yes

English one-up

Can we hear you speak a little of it?

Shockingly enough grade 5 EIKEN level

That's cute

Just what you'd expect from the 1st place

Anyone here has a question for the working adults?

Alright, Yamashita-san

Say, if you were to see seaweed stuck on my teeth, what would you do?

Man, Yamashita is WAY too into this

Y/N delusion in full swing

Well, you can tell what someone's like from there

Alright then, No. 1?

How would you deal with that?

Can I run a simulation?

Oh, sure

Habit picked up from work?

There's seaweed stuck on your teeth

For the horror movies suspension bridge effect?

t/n: phenomenon for when the feeling of fear is mixed with excitement and mistaken as love

Creepy

No. 2, what would you do?

I've got long nails, so I'd be like

(Scratches scratches)

Niche habit?

So you'll get the seaweed off her or something

No. 3...

I'll pull a button off...

and offer the thread for her to floss her teeth with

Doing it the hard way, huh

Hilarious

Your own button...

This one's hilarious, I like it

With that, the questioning time for the men is over!

Now that we've gotten a somewhat clearer look on the men's nature

At last, it's time to pick the script!

Over here, we got the scripts

And here are the flyers designed for the scripts

The 4th gens designed a flyer each based on their script to which Kasuga will choose from

By the way, with the time considered, the amount of works we can act out...

Are 4-5 works

It's all air time's fault

We can't do all of them? I wanna see all of themmm

Now Kasuga-san, please choose wisely

Kasuga-san, anything caught your eye?

There's a lot that I'm interested in

Should we do this one?

"Last Day at Part-time Work"

Should we go with this?

Yeah, I think this one's good

Whose work is this?

It's mine

It's Hirao-sensei's!

Let's have Hirao-sensei summarize the plot!

The story is set during Christmas' Eve

Taking place in a bookstore, there's a woman in her second year of college working there

She harbors one-sided feelings for her senior from the same workplace, who's older by a year

But she has no intention to confess her feelings

Well then, now you may pick the male and female roles

Please choose for the female role first

Who would it be?

Matsuda-san, please

Oh, Matsudakono for the female role

Why, thank you

What's the reason?

I've always had Matsuda-san in mind during the writing of the script

Script tailored for Matsuda

Really?!

Yes, while I was writing it-

So it was a script written for specific actors then?

Yes

So happy to hear that!

That's right

Then, the male role...

Which one is it?

No. 1 from the working adults, Tokeru-san, please!

Tokeru-san!! -You're going with Tokeru?

Why did you decide on Tokeru-san?

Something just spoke to me

The boyfriend of destiny?

t/n: a line from Tteka (the full line is "The boyfriend of destiny... where could I find him?")

Also, he wears glasses

So he seems to be intelligent, and someone who reads books

Without further ado, here's Hirao-sensei's romantic situation, "Last Day at Part-time Work

Please look forward and pay attention as to who Sato Tokeru turned out to be!

And we raise the curtain!

The night of Christmas Eve, the town is bustling with couples....

As someone who has no boyfriend, I came straight to the bookstore near my school, to do my shift

Oh, Sasaki-senpai

Thank you for your hard work today

Oh, Matsuda! Good work today too

It's Christmas, what are you doing here at work?

Now you're just making fun of me

As if you're not here at work tonight too

He's a senior at the place I part-time in, Sasaki-san

He's a 3rd year student from another university, which places him a year above me

For the past year now, I've been harboring one-sided feelings for him...

Spotted a serial shoplifter?

The truth is that, today is the day he quits this job...

But I've decided to send him off without telling him how I feel

Man, we really got nothing to do around here

Come to think of it, we were also at work on Valentine's and our birthdays this year

C'monnn, what about it?

You got to spend time with me!

Well... today will be the last, though

Good for you...

Then, from tomorrow, you're gonna be free all day!

It's not like I got nothing but free time

I'll be looking for work starting tomorrow

Something that isn't a part time work...

Sasaku's grandiose acting

It's gonna get lonely around here, I guess

Guess I'll be spending Christmas on my own now...

What are you saying?

Don't start crying when I'm no longer here, now

Hold on!

It's not like I'm gonna cry

Likewise, you better not run back here to me when you start getting lonely

I was already deadset on not confessing...

But to think that he'll treat me like a child... He's so mean for that!

Oh, it's about time I clock out

You're going home already?

Well then, good luck

We still got orders to do, though?

That... I'll be leaving it to you

Moving like a matador

Later, then

Please wait

I guess...

I do feel lonely after all

And I really don't want you to go

I mean, without you, who would I be spending all these time with?

Christmas, Valentine's, and birthdays

I took a shift today all because you'd be here...

Matsuda...

I know you would still quit anyway, so...

Do you mind if I spend Christmas next year with you again?

You're fine? With me?

Of course

I'd like to be with you, senpai!

I'll wait for you outside

You better place 'em orders correctly!

Enough with treatin' me like a kid!

You're no longer my senior, ya know!

And with that, my love had started to stir...

Finished!

Hirao-sensei

That dialect there

You specifically pushed for the dialect in the script, right?

Hirao's detail: Matsuda's Kyoto dialect would add to the cuteness

Yes! -How was the dialect?

It was better than how I imagined it in my head

I see

I was thoroughly happy!

You can feel how the bar has risen

Acting-wise, there's improvement since 4 years ago

Did my acting get good?

It went into something straight out of a romance drama

I got shy halfway watching it, that I looked away from the monitor

Stressful for an all-boys school graduate

Time to pick another script

Which's next?

Let's go with this

Oh, this? "Buying supplies"

The reason is?

It's simple

What are they buying?

You're curious?

I'm curious because it's simple

Who wrote "Buying supplies"?

Fujishima-san

Let's have Fujishima-sensei summarize this script

It's about a 16 y/o, 2nd year highschool girl

I wrote her as an innocent, cheery girl

I see, please choose who'll act the girl

I'd like to choose Yamaguchi-san

It'll be Paru, what's the reason?

I think she'd suit playing a bit mischievous innocent girl

She suddenly looked playful

Variety mode

You got chosen, Yamaguchi-san

Yes, since I'm pure and innocent to begin with... pft

Superb variety response

I know

Who'll play the guy?

I'd like to choose #1, Kento-san

#1 Kento-san, the reason is?

Ouji who disturbs the show

Ouji-kun who appeared just now...

Feels a bit too overbearing, so...

I'm choosing the cool #1 Kento-kun

After this, everyone got a heart attack from Yamaguchi's cute pureness!?

Fujishima-sensei's "Buying Supplies"

Please enjoy while guessing who's Kento-kun

After school on Christmas

I went to buy stuff for the Christmas party

With Takahashi-kun who sits next to me in class

It's so heavy...

I'm beat, can't walk anymore

We're almost there, let's keep it up

Hey, a park! Let's play there!

Rough girl

She just threw those

Innocent and all

That's football

You're so amusing, Haruyo

You'd run and shout out of the blue

Like some kaiju

Are you making fun of me!?

I'm noisy like a kaiju, so guys don't like me! I know!!

I'm not saying that

Everyone'll chew on us if we're not back soon

Don't mind them

What's this?

Someone left it?

Oh! That's Kasugaan!

Kasugaan?

It's the biggest kaiju there is

It shoots beam from its mouth, rampaging over the town

But it can look playful at times like Haruyo, which is cute...

You mean me?

I mean...

I see

So Takahashi-kun's in love...

I mean, it's not like that!

..with kaiju

Oh, that...

You're not?

Jumped into conclusion

Don't tell me... By telling me that I'm like a kaiju...

You're actually praising me?

It's not like I praised you! Kaiju have their own cuteness

Like you have your own cuteness

I mean

Are you saying I'm cute?

I mean...

What's cute about me?

What I'm saying is...

Say it clearly

Even if you put it like that...

If you say it clearly...

I don't mind going out with you

Huh? You mean it?

Just kidding!

Hey.. What are you trying to pull?

I'm not telling! Not until you say what's cute about me

It's..!!

You're so cute when you're so noisy, like a roaring kaiju...

Rawr!

All-out burikko

So cute!

Cute..!

I'm still not going out with you!

The ending hits so hard!!

The end!!!

How were their acting?

The height difference between them is perfect

It's so romantic

Dreamy height contrast

I see... The acting was wonderful

I can't help but laugh when I'm with Haruyo

Side effect: Makes you lol

Since she's your genmate

Yes. Since we never do serious stuff...

Normally, huh?

I'm innocent and pure after all

I thought I couldn't make it

But Kahorin did her best for the script

So we vowed not to laugh, we did our best

After this! The mysterious key holder Kasugaan creates a problem!?

Next episode! 2nd half of Fantasy Romantic Situation! Can they feel the romance from the crazy guys!?

There was a kaiju named Kasugaan...

Don't you remember that?

Do you love Hinatazaka?

Kasugaan?

When Watanabe Miho did her paper theater...

Yes yes

She drew Kasugaan in it! Didn't she!?

Source

Don't you remember!?

You commented on it since you got asked to

I'm sure it's hard for you as well

Did you remember it!?

Before they asked you to!?

I did!

Did you see Osushi's face when the cue card came up?

Stop that! Don't ever replay it!