Hinatazaka46: The special magazine spread and 'Hinatazaka de Aimashou' show recap post part one....

 

 Sure a few are scratching their heads over the title but bet that's not the first time it's happened.... probably not the last either! As a few have noticed been getting more into Hina as of late, not sure if they have what it takes to become my #1 current group in the future but do like them so much. Just did a group post a week ago after such a long gap and also recapped a pair if 'Aimashou' shows. What I want to is clean up some of the older mag spreads from earlier this year which total ten but didn't want to have a pair of posts just with those kinds of pics.

 Also wanted to recap a few more episodes of the variety show but like most in that vein the posts for them aren't overly popular. So what I decided so do was to combine the two themes so will have five mag spreads in this post and a recap for show #72. The post following this will be part two which has the rest of the spreads and that means all future posts should mainly have current activities. In that next post have a mini recap for episode #73 and it worked out well as it was a two part show. Not going to make the recaps long at all, a very brief overview and will let the screenshots tell the story. Last week added in a new label titled '46 Group's TV shows' which mainly includes shows like this but a few dramas too. So if you want to check out older 'BINGO!' or 'Keyakitte' shows that may make it easier.

 Will probably have a Nogi post for Halloween as they do have many cards and such. But don't think I can do one for Hina as they really don't have much for the day nor many cards for special occasions. Above are two pics from a Halloween concert they had last year but doubt if one will be taking place this year. "Hinatazaka" is the name of their first album under that name, they did have one when they were known as Hiragana. In week one it was the top seller with 208,000+ copies sold, week two it dropped to 16,000+ sold but 225,000 copies these days is quite impressive. For comparison Keya's last album with that name came out last week and sold 168,00 copies.

 On to the mag spreads and will end off with the screenshots from the 'Aimashou" show. As mentioned have ten spreads but there are more, not going to post the solo ones for members younger than twenty in age.... er, that is save for one and may as well start off with her. That member is Yuka who I really liked in the "Re:Mind" drama, she'll be turning twenty soon She did take a leave of absence a while back to finish her studies and notice most Idols in '46' groups these days don't attend college, at one time it was a bit common. First set for this post is from the July issue of BLT Graph.

 Second set is from the same issue but these are just one pagers for the members.

 One more July spread with Yuka which is from WPB #33.

 One last set for the seventh month which features Hina from Young Jump #35 and don't think she changed her name upon joining Hina....

 Final set is the oldest of them which is from the April edition of BLT Graph. Sarina is the gal featured in the spread and she'll be turning 23 in les than two months. Don't know too much about her but her best friend has remained Minami from Keya even after Hina departed from them.

 On to episode #72 of 'Aimashou' which aired on August 30th, will try to keep this recap extremely brief and let the screenshots explain the theme. This was Hina's second 'Burikko Championship' which is a bit of a cuteness contest. But not just looking cute but more acting that way and it'd probably be better to view the show to understand how to act 'cute'. The members were broken down into two teams, one was named Pure and those gals were considered to be true Idols and not have to fake their 'cute ways'. Fake then is the name of the other team which was a much smaller one and obviously by the name they had to fake their image.

 Four winning members were chosen from each team, everyone was there save for Kyoko and I think Mana. The screenshots do show who was on each team and what challenges they had to endure to become a semi finalist, those eight square off in the following show which will be in the next post. The challenges consisted of changing their emotions in a second as music played and when the song switched so didn't their emotions have to. Another activity was doing the High Jump which I thought was kind of lame but overall it was one fun show and to me Shiho ran away with being the #1 Burikko this show and I was so impressed with the way she presented herself. The screenshots are in exact order so follow them to 'watch' the show and they explain the games and who the winners were.