Nogizaka46: A little bit of this and that for 2020 #9....

 Having Yuki lead off these Nogi group posts has definitely been a good luck charm, their posts always garner the most views but seems those views have really increased so much lately and it's understandable why. The sales figures for photobooks don't come out until tomorrow but bet her second PB has now cracked 170,000 in sales, should hit 200 K by the end of May. However the group's 25th single 'Shiwase no Hogoshoku" hasn't fared as well. Last week it was #3 on the charts just selling 14,708 copies, to date the total is 1,056,000 which is still a high figure compared to most groups but it'll be Nogi's lowest selling one in a while.
 You can blame the crisis in Japan for some of that but the advance orders weren't as high as usual, even though it's a farewell single the song itself isn't one of the group's better tunes. But on the bright side do think the other songs on the single are fairly good, especially the second generation's tune. Just had two Nogi group posts over the weekend which means there aren't that many new pics. But in a way there are as there's also going to be some older 'NogiKoi' cards which I haven't been posting, all are new for here and will have plenty in the future.

 Can't forget about Erika's "Intermission" photobook which must be over 300,000 copies sold, it's also been the most viewed post here since July when it was done. Nogi's group film starring a trio of members, "Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!", was going to be released in four weeks but has been postponed until things get a bit better and who knows when that'll be. But there is a drama of the same name airing which was going to be a tie-in for the movie. It's a five episode series and it is being subbed, first show was done and will post recaps for it once the third episode is completed, then will do the final two shows a bit after the show has finished it's run.

 Have had more pics of Mai in the past month than I ever had and hope it doesn't stop for a while, for now I have her in the second position for my fave Nogi members. Not too many new pics from today though they are superb ones from the andGirl site. Plus after them did mention would be posting some older cards of the members so that of course is what they are.

 Minami is in the "Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!" drama but we haven't seen as much of her lately. But she will be the cover girl of a mag coming out next week, first time that's happened in a while and these are some more 'NogiKoi' cards.

 Have two more sets of member cards for today and actually you'll be seeing more cards of these gals in the future than any other members. First batch is of Hinako who has been my fave Nogi member for a while, following her is Kazumi and I need to make sure she starts having many more pics in these posts. The top two pics just came out last week.

 Two weeks ago did a pairs post for Hinako and Mai, neither will have six solo posts for this year but both will have 250+ pics in these group posts. That'll make them eligible for this year's faves list and they could both make the top ten. In that post had this new spread featuring them from the May issue of BLT, sure many missed it so here it is again.

 Not sure when it'll happen but when Mizuki's photobook falls out of the top ten for sales will post the pics from it. The book is definitely a sweltering collection of pics but to me I enjoy Mizuki's more conservative style such as this set from the April 27th edition of Big Comic Spirits.

 EDIT: Oooops, had to come back as these pics were forgotten and are brand new from the CanCam magazine site.

 Final tidbit for today which is about a new campaign for Fanta soda that began on Monday. But to my surprise there's no new videos for the product on YT nor at their site, sure there will be a few coming out soon. So after these pics have an older CM for the group who have been promoting their sodas for over a year, here's the link to their Fanta page: https://www.fanta.jp/top/