AKB/SKE "Horror Night Adrenaline" drama: Episode fourteen recap with Akane Takayanagi

 This episode aired on November 18, 2015 and the series ran until March 1st of the following year. There were 41 episodes in all, 21 were on TV-Asahi while the others aired on Hulu. Skewed Subs has done another seven shows but only the ones from TV-Asahi, this brings their total to seventeen done and will have at least two more coming up. As mentioned in that first recap these episodes are quite short ranging from 11 to 15 minutes. That's usually not a problem as it means there's no time for fillers but think this show would have been a bit better had it been 3-4 minutes longer.

Episode title: Video Upload

 Akane played Sonomi and in the first few minutes we were believing her story. That's of her living in a 'haunted apartment' where a previous tenant had jumped from the balcony. We also thought that Sonomi was telling the truth to the audience in that it was her first time uploading a video to the internet. Of all places the video site was called 'YheaTube' and Sonomi thought that by viewers knowing of her horrific apartment they may be able to help her or even perhaps save her if a ghost appeared as she was making the videos.

 It wasn't just one video but many as they seemed to be just a few minutes in length but weren't done 'live' as Sonomi doctored them up to make them appear 'scary' before putting them on 'YheaTube'. Sonomi confessed her scheme to her best friend Aki and the videos were all done for the wrong reasons. Sonomi is one of those gals consumed by how many likes they receive or how many views their videos get which was why Sonomi was doing them, to become popular on the video channel.

 As you can see in the second to last screenshot there was a hand on Sonomi's left shoulder. She didn't put that there and where did it come from(?), she couldn't admit that there was possibly a ghost in the house to Aki. That video received over 10,000 views, a good amount but not too impressive according to Sonomi. But as you can see in the last screenshot some viewer is aware of her tricks, it wasn't Aki so who knew that Sonomi was doctoring the videos?

 Sonomi came up with the idea that doing a live broadcast would attract so many more views, she's enlisted Aki do help her create some spooky special effects. During this time there's also been some creepy noises around her apartment but Sonomi couldn't find the source of them, was it just her imagination? The live video was scheduled to begin at 9:00 pm but things fell apart before the presentation. First the lights went off in Sonomi's apartment yet her computer and internet still worked? Actually that may have been a blessing thought Sonomi as she lit candles which gave the place a more eerie atmosphere.

 The other snag in the live broadcast was that an emergency arose and Aki couldn't make it to help her friend with the special effects. That was a tragic happening for Sonomi for as you can see above shortly after starting the live broadcast a figure appeared behind her, we never did see the outcome as the episode ended there but we can guess what took place. All of these shows have had a reference to a classic Japanese horror movie, this one from 'Ringu' and the above post from 'Ju-On'.

 Fine episode but as mentioned in the beginning a few more minutes may have made this a bit better. This lasted a little over thirteen minutes but the final two were of an interview with Akane and some of those pics are below. Will try to squeeze in the next pair before my mini holiday, looking forward to the next one which features Miru from NMB.

SKE48: Akane Takayanagi's "Itsuka, omoidashita koto" photobook scans....

 My interest in J-Pop music has really waned these last few years. Sure I do so many posts for Nogi but in a way their music is almost secondary these days as they have so many other activities which are usually interesting and enjoyable. But as far as music goes it just hasn't been the same to me since C-ute disbanded three years ago. To me their tunes were so much better than any other group and really think having only five members made a huge difference. But right after them the tunes from SKE were my second faves from any group and had been that way for a while.

 But what's happened to them these last few years? This is just the fourth post for the group or a member since last October, kind of odd that Akane had the last solo post. SKE has had one single this year after just having one in 2019, that song was aptly titled "Frustration" which is the state they're leaving their fans in. Kind of at a loss on what to say as there's been no single postponed nor I think a tour either. I really miss the members as SKE is one of the older groups which was a big reason for me remaining a fan plus I've always thought their members are the hottest. Let me work on things for a bit to try to get a few posts for the gals as something must have happened over the last six months. Will attempt to have a group post(s) soon as they're also a bit popular around here, perhaps most viewer's #1 group after Nogi.

 Above is an ex-fave someone seldom seen these days and I do miss her. Title of this photobook means 'Thanks for the Memories', it was supposed to be a sendoff for Akane's graduation. The book was released on March 4th, at the end of the month her farewell concert was going to be held. But because of the crisis in Japan that was cancelled and Akane has remained a member of SKE though the group hasn't done much of anything these last few months. No new date has been set for her departure so maybe that means she'll appear on their next single which would be their 27th.

 This PB may not appeal to many as it was a graduation book looking back on Akane's eleven years with the group, she'll be turning 29 in November. For her first photobook the pics were taken in Thailand, this time around the destination was Vietnam as she really enjoys SE Asia. About a 1/3 of the book includes pics with the other SKE gals from the past decade but really wish there were many more solo pics. The book was a mess as far as order goes but did try to straighten it out a bit. First off are some pics from the areas of Da Nang and Hoi An, following them are the best and sexiest pics from the book. Then there's a huge amount of SKE group pics and end off with some text messages from her. Akane looks quite fabulous in those bedroom and beach scenes, as mentioned just wish there more but all in all think a graduation book should look like this one. There's a total of 109 pics for any(many?) fans to enjoy.