Nogizaka46: A little of this and that for 2016 #42....

 Last Nogi post for the year and it's #311 for 2016! Not quite one a day but it's close to 32% of the total posts for the year as there will be a 983 of them which should be a record. Kind of makes me tired just seeing that number, kept wanting to slow down a bit but it never happened for more than a day. In a way kind of hope that record won't be broken next year.
 Seeing as how after February we won't be seeing any more of Nanami that figure of 983 will be tough to top, still not totally convinced of her retiring. For the second year in a row Nogi will be appearing on the NHK 'Kohaku' show which is a marathon with all of the most popular musical groups. It's the 67th year it's aired and it also goes by the name 'Red and White Singing Contest'.
 On the 28th the group had a rehearsal for the show, it's such a popular show even rehearsals are covered by all the major media sites. Know the group will be performing their current smash hit "Sayonara no Imi", unsure if they'll be doing any other tunes.

 Besides that not much else going on with the group, the gals though never seem to take a week or two vacation and sure they probably need that. Have two new mag spreads with the first being from a special Flash issue titled 'Best of Winter 2017' featuring Manatsu and Sayuri.

 The other Sayuri is joined by the eternal never smiling Marika 😐 in the February Entame.

Nogizaka46: X-Mas blog pics and more UTB scans

 Not too many new happenings for the group these last few days, they have performed on a few music shows but bet they're all enjoying a mini vacation. That'd be a well deserved one as 2016 may have been their busiest year to date and there's plenty of things for 2017 on tap already.
 Every year the members who came of age(turned twenty) hold their ceremony at the Nogi Shrine, that's the real name, in Tokyo and that should be happening in the first two weeks of next year. The members who should be at the ceremony are Himeka, Hinako and Miona who all turned twenty last year. That's the lowest number I've seen as most years seems there's around five members but most now are well into their twenties.
 Haven't posted many blog pics lately, one reason is that too many members haven't been doing a good job at keeping their blogs updated. It being the X-Mas season though there are quite a few pics for the holidays, there's many more so perhaps there will be a part two for them. Sure all know most of the members by now, Yuuri's pics looked the best and the final four solo pics feature her.

 Last mag spread post had quite a few pics from the February issue of BLT but there's a few other spreads from that edition. Ayane always had that 'homely look' about her but no more as this is one fine set of pics of her from BLT.

 Bet that UTB issue has close to a hundred pics as there have been about fifty already posted. Here's a trio from that issue who I've never seen together and they are Iori, Mai S. and Misa.

 The Undergirls held their own solo Christmas show a few days ago, being an Undergirl usually means you don't get your won solo spread though Ayane did have one from this issue.