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[EtherSword]

They are off with a good start with their new Hello Station:

 

[ItsudemoAibon]

Ayapan writes an article about some of her favorite books.

https://honcierge.jp...helf_story/5433

[KABTX]

Ayapan writes an article about some of her favorite books.

https://honcierge.jp...helf_story/5433

Until I saw this, I didn't realize Saori from Sekai no Owari had written a book.

[thegabriel]

2杯目！♡広瀬彩海

[EtherSword]

She is getting prettier. Her eyes are so reflective there lol.

[Fall]

 

It seems her family is going to be taking in a Canadian girl this year for homestay.  Her family is looking forward to learning a little English while her homestay sister learns Japanese.

[Niguritto]

^whoa that’s so cool! My family took in German and French girls before, it’s really fun.
I wonder if they screened her before to make sure she wasn’t a H!P fan haha
Edit: To clarify, it seems like she was there for a few months since last September but is now returning for another month through February. And she’s an intern.
Also Ayapan sounds sick here, hope she feels better

[Fall]

I had a dream last night that a homestay sister was sneaking Kobushi secrets from Hirose's phone.  This past year has made me paranoid even in dreamland 

[core2quad]

"Kore Kara da" story video #2 read by Hirose Ayaka

[core2quad]

"Ashita Tenki ni Naare" story video #1 by Hirose Ayaka

[core2quad]

From The Television magazine July 2018

H!P 20th Anniversary Series "Hello! Ai (Love)" - H!P Members who love baseball

[core2quad]

Quote from SaebaRyo@JPLOP

Ayaka and Maria's baseball team from members of Hello Project





https://thetv.jp/news/detail/147931/
https://thetv.jp/news/detail/147935/

Team Ayapan
1- SS　Sasaki Rikako (Angerme)
2- 1st　Ozeki Mai (Country Girls)
3- CF　Ishida Ayumi (Morning Musume。'18)
4- 3rd　Takeuchi Akari (Angerme)
5- C　Wada Sakurako (Kobushi Factory)
6- RF　Kishimoto Yumeno (Tsubaki Factory)
7- LF　Fukumura Mizuki (Morning Musume。'18)
8- 2nd　Kaga Kaede (Morning Musume。'18)
9- SP　Wada Ayaka (Angerme)


Team LOVErin
1- SS　Ishida Ayumi (Morning Musume。'18)
2- 2nd　Sasaki Rikako (Angerme)
3- CF　Takeuchi Akari (Angerme)
4- SP　Makino Maria (Morning Musume。'18)
5- C　Fukumura Mizuki (Morning Musume。'18)
6- LF　Takagi Sayuki (Juice＝Juice)
7- RF　Kishimoto Yumeno (Tsubaki Factory)
8- 3rd　Hamaura Ayano (Kobushi Factory)
9- 1st　Ikuta Erina (Morning Musume。'18)

A few of my thoughts as a baseball fan
- Why couldn't they get Ayaka a proper glove. She is a lefty
- Maria must think of herself as Shohei Ohtani (a starting pitcher batting in the clean-up spot)
- Maria made a strange choice with her 1st batting 9th. No firstbaseman should ever bat that low.

[core2quad]

A video from The Television

https://video.twimg....fQ8A60-zMJe.mp4
https://twitter.com/...982238300160006

[core2quad]

Quote from SaebaRyo@JPLOP

Continuing with the H!P Members who love baseball

Ami and Take-chan with their baseball teams.




https://thetv.jp/news/detail/147936/
https://thetv.jp/news/detail/147937/

Tean Oden
1- SP　Sasaki Rikako (Angerme)
2- SS　Funaki Musubu (Angerme)
3- CF　Murota Mizuki (Angerme)
4- C　Kasahara Momona (Angerme)
5- 3rd　Katsuta Rina (Angerme)
6- 2nd　Kamikokuryo Moe (Angerme)
7- RF　Nakanishi Kana (Angerme)
8- 1st　Kawamura Ayano (Angerme)
9- LF　Wada Ayaka (Angerme)

Team Mii
1- CF　Akiyama Mao (Tsubaki Factory)
2- 2nd 　Kishimoto Yumeno (Tsubaki Factory)
3- RF　Onoda Saori (Tsubaki Factory)
4- 1st　Ono Mizuho (Tsubaki Factory)
5- 2nd　Tanimoto Ami (Tsubaki Factory)
6- 3rd　Yamagishi Riko (Tsubaki Factory)
7- SS　Niinuma Kisora (Tsubaki Factory)
8- C 　Ogata Risa (Tsubaki Factory)
9- SP 　Asakura Kiki (Tsubaki Factory)

Take-chan's line-up is weird. Ami has a classic looking line-up.

Interview with Take-chan


https://thetv.jp/news/detail/147940/

[Nayok-Kihara]

Hirose's book recommendations from March and May.

March 2018

https://honcierge.jp...helf_story/5747

1. Kyonen no Fuyu, Kimi to Wakare (去年の冬、きみと別れ) by Nakamura Fuminori (中村文則)
http://www.booksfrom...inter-we-parted
- Has been published in English, and was recently turned into a film. A mystery about a murder case where two women were burned to death.
http://www.asianwiki...nter,_We_Parted

2. Short Trip (ショート・トリップ) by Mori Eto (森絵都)
- A collection of short stories.

3. Morning Musume 5+3-1 (モーニング娘。5+3-1)
- A collection documenting ASAYAN-era Morning Musume, from the "legendary audition" and group formation to the withdrawl of Fukuda Asuka. "The shocking truth." (衝撃の真実.)

---- ---- ---- ----

May 2018 (This month all of her recommendations are from the same author; crime and thriller writer Minato Kanae, 湊かなえ.)

https://honcierge.jp...helf_story/5869
https://en.wikipedia...ki/Kanae_Minato

1. Sapphire (サファイア) by Minato Kanae
- A collection of short stories themed around jewelry. Ayaka likes Mintao's use of words/language.

2. Bosei (母性) by Minato Kanae
- A mother-daughter mystery dealing with love and death.

3. Hana no Kusari (花の鎖) by Mintao Kanae
- A mystery told from the viewpoint of three women. Ayaka thinks it's supposed to be something you can enjoy even if you aren't good with the iyamisu (イヤミス; eww mystery) genre.

[core2quad]

広瀬彩海（こぶしファクトリー）× IS03 by SHARP



https://time-space.k...kan/2010/3.html

[KuronoKame]

Reading about Ayapan's book recommendations makes me want to read everything she suggested. I know Minato Kanae is her favourite author but all of the books she's talked about so far is making me want to read it more. 

[core2quad]

More The Television interviews

https://thetv.jp/news/detail/148335/

[core2quad]

Ayapan's birthday event will be held at TOKYO FM Hall on 8/6

http://www.up-fc.jp/...fo.php?id=12113

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[Nayok-Kihara]

Ayaka's honcierge profile is ranked 1st for both Favorite Bookshelf (192 Shelves) and Favorite Articles (381 Likes). She's ranked 17th for Number of Articles (34).
https://honcierge.jp.../kobushifactory

Hirose's recommendations for June 2018. Very rough summaries.

https://honcierge.jp...helf_story/6134
• March & May

1. 12-nin no Shinitai Kodomo-tachi (十二人の死にたい子どもたち; Twelve Children Who Want to Die) by Ubukata Tow (冲方丁)

Spoiler

• 12 children that want to die gather at an abandoned hospital, where they stumble into the mystery of a boy they find already dead.
• A manga adaptation is currently in publication.
https://myanimelist....i Kodomo-tachi
• Ayaka thinks the setting is detailed, with enough information to read while taking notes. She was drawn into the story as she imagined herself in different circumstances while reading.

• About the author:
https://en.wikipedia...iki/Tow_Ubukata
http://www.booksfrom...570-tow-ubukata

2. Kugatsu ga Eien ni Tsuzukeba (九月が永遠に続けば; If September Could Last Forever) by Numata Mahokaru (沼田まほかる)

Spoiler

• 41 year old seamstress Sachiko Mizusawa lives alone with her 18 year old son Fumihiko. One night Fumihiko leaves to take the garbage to the trash collection site and never returns, having left behind his wallet and phone. The story unfolds over the next six days.
http://www.booksfrom...ld-last-forever
• Ayaka says this novel falls in the "iyamisu" (イヤミス; eww mystery) category, a subgenre that she loves.
• (To the best of my understanding) She didn't think she could endure, but the story is conveyed in such a way that keeps you turning the pages. She read it in one stretch.
• If you don't know the author's style the title will be decieving to the contents; it sounds like a refreshing youth novel, but Ayaka wants everyone to enjoy a story that does not match in title and feeling.

• About the author:
http://www.booksfrom...mahokaru-numata
https://en.wikipedia...Mahokaru_Numata

3. Kasa wo Motanai Aritachi wa (傘をもたない蟻たちは; Ants Without Umbrella) by Kato Shigeaki (加藤シゲアキ; member of Johnny's group NEWS)

Spoiler

• A collection of short stories.
• It was adapted into a short drama series in 2016.
http://wiki.d-addict...nai_Aritachi_wa
https://en.wikipedia...nai_Aritachi_wa
• A manager asked Ayaka to read this novel and share her thoughts.
• She was excited just to have the book. The contents varied with something for all readers, from romance to suspense, and Ayaka enjoyed reading stories she wouldn't usually pick up.

• About the author:
https://en.wikipedia...i/Shigeaki_Kato