little japanese princess

Two years later

2006. 12, 3

On an ordinary and extraordinary day, Rika and Mayu sat together nervously waiting for the staff to call their names.Today is the day for the final review of AKB48's third-generation students.

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Li Xiang shouldn't have been nervous at first, because she never thought about being a star or anything, and her thoughts in her previous life still firmly convinced her that being a star is not a job.But Ma You, a silly girl, wanted to join this unknown group. She failed the second round of selection in February and wanted to join the third round.Rika, who cares most about her friends, is of course worried that Mayu, a simple girl, will be cheated. Now that she lives in Tokyo, she went to the AKB2 Theater in Akihabara to watch a performance.After joining the Pillar Club and lurking for several months, I finally reluctantly agreed with Mayu's idea of ​​joining akb.Lixiang, who was still a little worried that Mayu would be stained by the muddy waters of the entertainment industry, decided to join akb with Mayu after struggling for a while.

Li Xiang thinks well, joining akb with Ma You, with the experience of living 20 years longer in her previous life, she can protect Ma You no matter what, and when Ma You stands firm in the group, she can retire with success.

But I didn't expect so many people to participate in the audition for a girl group that is not very popular. Although it has released a few singles, it is not popular and more like an underground idol group!Although Lixiang thinks she looks good, she has never learned to sing or dance, and has no acting experience. Compared with the experienced girls around her, Lixiang can't help but worry about what to do if she can't be selected.

First, there was the review of singing skills. Lixiang had a chance and chose a Chinese song——Liu Ruoying sang "Later" from Kiroro's "Future へ"

The tune is familiar to the Japanese, but the words are in Chinese, and Lixiang felt relieved when she saw the surprised eyes of the inspectors. "You are singing this song in Chinese, right?" Akimoto Yasushi pondered.

"Yes, because my mother is Chinese, so I can speak Chinese."

While talking, Lixiang suddenly thought of the conflict between China and Japan, "They won't brush me off just because I'm a Chinese-Japanese mixed race." Lixiang, who suddenly felt a little nervous, certainly did not expect that the requirements of celebrities and ordinary people are never the same. Being able to speak a foreign language means that there is an additional market, and the identity of mixed blood has more opportunities than ordinary people.Although Chinese-Japanese mixed blood will be controversial after debut, it also means that attention will increase, not to mention that Akimoto Yasushi has long coveted the vast Chinese market, and Chinese-Japanese mixed blood is easier to open up the Chinese market.

"Your singing voice is very beautiful." Hearing Akimoto Yasushi's incoherent words, Li Xiang could only reply: "Thank you."

The second session was the dance review. Lixiang stood there nervously waiting for the review teacher to arrive, but she remembered Xiao Liang's participation in the J family's selection. According to Xiao Liang, the J family's dance selection is everyone standing in the dance venue , let everyone "free dance".Xiao Liang could only hold back the complaints in her heart and danced for football practice (￢_￢).Thinking of this, Lixiang laughed, and her nervous mood suddenly relaxed. After all, she danced better than Xiaoliang, at least she could dance the radio gymnastics of her life ╮(╯▽╰)╭

Fortunately, the dance review is to practice for a period of time after the teacher has taught it before reviewing.Lixiang's comprehension ability has never been bad, and she has always insisted on the all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique, art and labor. She is also good at sports, and she dances well. Although she is not as good as those girls who practiced dancing since childhood, she can keep up.

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"Suzuki Rika...Watanabe Mayu...the above are all qualified candidates, a total of 21."

Li Xiang, who heard that both she and Mayu had joined, couldn't help but get excited with Mayu, and couldn't help but feel that the hard work of connecting with singing and dancing during this period was worth it.The excited Li Xiang didn't realize that her mentality of just wanting to be with Ma You had gradually changed.

"Do you have any children you care about?" After the selection, Yasushi Akimoto and the staff watched the video of the selection. "I am most concerned about the girl named Kashiwagi Yuki. She can always feel that she is watching the viewer, and she has the talent to be an idol." Seeing that everyone was silent, Yamamoto gave a speech first.

"what about you?"

Next, everyone expressed their opinions. Yuki Kashiwagi, Aika Tada, Ayaka Kikuchi, and Mayu Watanabe were all mentioned by everyone.After everyone finished speaking, Yasushi Akimoto pointed to the frozen Lixiang on the screen and asked, "Did you not take a fancy to this child?"

"No," said Togazaki Tomobu, "this child, how should I put it, with her looks, she is definitely a seedling for an idol, and her singing voice is also amazing, and she has an 80% chance of becoming a top idol after she develops. But , After seeing her selection process, this kid doesn’t really want to be an idol, I feel like he will leave the group soon after joining.” The staff all echoed Tokazaki’s words.Yasushi Akimoto smiled and said, "Not necessarily, idols bring people a wonderful career."

"Those who pass the test will have to practice every day from next week, in preparation for the performance in a month's time..."

After hearing a lot of things, Rika finally went home with Mayu.Yes, "go home".During this time, in order to join AKB, Mayu went to Tokyo alone, and the place where he lived was of course Rika's house.

Mayu and Rika walked hand in hand on the way home.

"That's great! I joined akb48 with Rika. Now that I think about it, it must be fate that I didn't pass the second round of selection." Hearing Mayu's voice with emotion, Rika asked curiously, "Why?"

"If I had passed the second round of selection, I would have become a member of akb by now. At that time, Rika did not accompany me in the selection, so I will definitely not want to join akb in the future."

"You still say!" Li Xiang pretended to be angry and patted Ma You on the head, "I participated in the selection by myself. What if this is a lie? What if you encounter unspoken rules! What should I do if I am bullied?"

"I didn't think about that much at the time, I just thought, there are so many people in AKB, if I join, I must have a lot of friends. And after joining, I will definitely come to Tokyo, so that I can often see Rika instead of just seeing each other during holidays one side."

"Mayou..." When Li Xiang heard this, she couldn't help but recall the days when she went to school with Mayou, thinking that Mayou was often bullied, but she couldn't stay by her side all the time.

Seeing Lixiang's expression, Mayou knew what she was thinking, and smiled: "What is Lixiang thinking, although Lixiang is not by my side to protect me, but Mayou can already protect herself, no one will bully me anymore, it's just that Just a friend like Rika who can share manga with me and chase fans together.” After speaking, seeing Rika’s distressed expression, Mayu said seriously: “It doesn’t matter now, we can always be together now, Rika Don't feel sorry for me anymore, as long as you don't separate from me in the future."

When Lixiang heard this, she looked at Ma You's serious expression, and was a little stunned. When did the child who needed to protect herself be able to protect herself?But it’s also true, Ma You, who has always been introverted, can have the idea of ​​becoming an idol and have the courage to put it into practice. This is already growth.Li Xiang smiled, and said seriously: "Okay, we will never separate again."

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Because the selection day was on Sunday, Rika had to go to class the next day.On the other hand, Mayu and Watanabe's mother went through the transfer procedures.

The matter of transferring schools was discussed by Ma You and her mother a long time ago. As long as akb48's selection is passed, Ma You will transfer to Tokyo to go to school.Because I want to be an idol in Tokyo, it is impossible to go back and forth between Saitama and Tokyo every day, and it is impossible to let go of my studies, so I had to transfer schools.Of course, the school is naturally the school that Li Xiang attended.

So within two days, when Mayu appeared in Rika's class and introduced herself, Rika happily introduced to the surrounding students: "This is the Watanabe-san I told you two days ago, you have to be careful Take care of her."

It was good at first, and the classmates in the class took good care of Mayu, but within two days, Lixiang found that many students in the class looked at herself and Mayu with strange eyes.Lixiang didn't notice it at first, but every time Lixiang and Mayu walked together, they found the students in the class whispering and pointing.This has not been discovered yet, and it is too difficult for Li Xiang.

For a whole day, Lixiang couldn't take it anymore, she stayed at her deskmate a little stubbornly after school, and asked angrily, "Why do you look at me and Mayu like that?" "What? (⊙⊙)" innocent.

"Don't pretend you don't know! I can see you pointing fingers at us." Seeing that Lixiang's expression became a little dangerous, the tablemate hesitated for a long time, but he mustered up the courage to say in a low voice: "You and Watanabe San, is that that?" "What that?" Li Xiang was a little confused. "That's the one!" Seeing that Lixiang still didn't understand at the same table, she looked around and whispered, "It's gay."

"What!" (O_O) Rika was stunned.The tablemate looked at Lixiang's surprised expression and asked curiously: "Everyone in the class says that you and Watanabe-san are in a relationship, or are you childhood sweethearts, is that true?" "What? Why do you think so? "Lixiang couldn't figure out why her relationship with Mayu was rumored like this.

"Who made you hold hands all the time no matter where you go, or just hold hands. I never saw you two separated at school, even going to the toilet together!!!" Li Xiang was a little dumbfounded when she heard this, obviously these things are very serious. Ordinary, well, it will be like this with my girlfriends in my previous life, who knows that it will be like this in Japan in this life, probably because of cultural differences.

Using her mixed-race identity and her deskmate to explain the meaning of Chinese girlfriends, Lixiang sighed as she saw her tablemate's subversive expression.Listening to her tablemate promise to help Lixiang explain the matter to the whole class, Lixiang thought that this should solve it.

And in this way, a week has passed, and the training of AKB48 will begin.