Summary of this week’s Uranohoshi Girls High School Radio (Uraraji for short)! They’re hunting down subs on YouTube with DMCA requests, so text will have to do.
This episode, they talk about CYaZALEA☆Kiss, the solo songs, Yuigaoka High School, and when they first met as Aqours.
YYY (RubY, You, Yohane) started with intros and talking about the "Remote Edition" on YouTube, then the CD/BD releases, including
- Love Live! Fest BD: "They put together the 9s!"
- "Fantastic Departure!": "It comes out the day before Nya's and Ucchi-san's birthday!"
"CYaZALEA☆Kiss☆DaDanDaan"
First letter: they really liked Ruby's "pinkuuu!".
Furirin says that she actually recorded two versions: "pinkuuu!" and "piiinku!"
Kyan: "Extending the 'piii' really fits Ruby."
Question: Who's the most likely to get caught up in it and perform a finishing move?
Their answer, of course, was Arisha—she was in the Super Sentai series.
Kyan, Shuka: "She's the real thing!"
Furi: "Even Dia-san gets into it—like her outfit."
Kyan: "The thing on her head is intense."
Shuka: "Yeah, it is!"
Kyan: "She seems like she'd be really strong."
Shuka: "She definitely would be."
"Whose solo besides yours would you want to sing?"
Ruby and Oneechan:
Furi: "Ruby would definitely do Oneechan's 'WHITE FIRST LOVE'. I wanna try that, and in return: 'RED GEM WINK'..."
Kyan: "I think I saw [Arisha] sing that in the backstage footage! [...] 'Oshiete~'"
You:
Shuka: "For me, 'Sakana ka nanda ka?'"
[laughter]
Shuka: "It's a good song!"
Kyan: "That's true."
Furi: "It's really classy."
Yohane:
Kyan was indecisive...
New Winding Road: She likes the "yeahhh" part.
Beginner's Sailing: She wants to pop out of the stage.
"I want to do all of them... Well, I guess I'll choose Mari's song."
Chika:
Kyan: "I really want to see Chika sing Yohane's song! We might be able to see a cool side of Chika-chan."
Furi: "Surprisingly, I like the Yoshiko & Chika pair. The mikan-loving and mikan-hating duo."
Mari:
Furi: "I want to hear Mari sing 'Sakana ka nanda ka?'. Since it's classy. [...] And I kinda want to see Nya-chan dance it."
Shuka: "Those moves! Because you want her to spin the baton?"
Furi: "Yeah."
Very fishy...
They noticed that "Sakana ka nanda ka?" is pretty popular. "We should have everyone sing it."
Kyan: "Let's make it a 9-member song."
Furi: "We'd go all out singing during practice."
Pianoforte Monologue:
Furi is a fan of "Pianoforte Monologue".
Shuka: "I like the choreo. It's really pretty, like when she follows the piano."
Kyan: "The synchronization between with the visuals on the screen is nice."
Kanan:
Furi wants to hear Kanan sing "Oyasuminasan". "It'd be really mellow, and you'd feel like you're underwater."
Hanamaru:
Kyan thinks "One More Sunshine Story" would be cute for Hanamaru, with its musical feel.
The Love Live! New Project: Yuigaoka High School
The foreigner?
[10sec of Furi and Shuka going "TAN KUKU!"]
Kyan: "Tang Keke's face looks different from the others."
Furi: "I'd thought Arashi-san would be the foreigner."
Kyan: "She looks like she'd like pandas, right? Arashi-chan."
Shuka: "TAN KUKU!"
Kyan, Furi: "You just wanted to say it!"
Shuka: "I want to say her name with a strong voice! TAN KUKU!"
Kyan: "You're really into it."
Ponytails
Furi: "So we gotta have a ponytail member."
Shuka: "It's true!"
Kyan: "She's cute!"
Furi: "Can't go without one."
Shuka: "It's absolutely better with one."
Five...?
Kyan: "They're all cute... is it only five members?"
Furi: "Right now, they've only announced five."
Shuka: "So will there be four more...? Or not...?"
Kyan: "We don't know yet."
Furi wants in!?
Furi: "Maybe I could've gotten in! I wanted to join!"
Shuka: "Maybe you should've applied after all."
[...]
Shuka: "There're 4 others, so maybe you can still ask! 'Pretty please?'"
Furi: "I hope to be in Love Live!..."
When Aqours first met
Yujacha covered this part, featuring
- Shuka's overhaul
- Kyan touching Shuka...?
Ending music & announcements
The song they chose: "CYaZALEA☆Kiss☆DaDanDaan"!
After playing the song, they reminded us about the upcoming streams.
Finally, they announced that June 24 will be the last episode for YYY.
Ladies and gentlemen, the call of duty...is upon us. Yes, yes, I knowーbut hold your tears! For there is but one thing left that we must yet do...
Every week, we are graced with ten precious minutes of Rikako on radio. Now, this in itself is providence, but what if I told you that, with yourーyes YOUR help, we could have not ten not twenty but FIFTY yes that's FIFTY WITH A CAPITAL IFTY minutes of Rikako on radio every week! Wow what a steal! All you have to do is vote Aida Rikako for Uraraji personality at:
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Voila! Thank you for your cooperation, comrade...oh, and share the good news with your friends!
Rikyako’s addiction to sour things is well-documented. She talked about her intense love of vinegar and her addiction to umeboshi (pickled plums that are known for being very sour and salty) back in 2016 when she was interviewed on “KaneTomo Seiyuu Laboratory”:
Kaneda: I don’t understand why you like pouring vinegar on everything.
Rikyako: (genuinely shocked) HUH? You don’t?!
Rikyako: I love that feeling when your throat dries up from the sourness~ ♥
Kaneda: *judging her*
*GLUG GLUG GLUGGGG*
Demonstrating the ungodly amount of vinegar she pours on her food.
A container of vinegar this big wouldn’t last her a month.
Rikyako’s love of sour food has even been brought up by her fellow Aqours members on UraRaji. (Subbed segment of the relevant UraRaji episode [here])
During UraRaji Ep15, Arisha and Ainya mentioned Rikyako's ridiculous plum intake, saying that Rikyako could probably be lured away by umeboshi in the same way that Ruby was baited with candy by Chika in the anime. Apparently, before one of their live performances, Rikyako absolutely destroyed a pack of umeboshi in no time while waiting backstage. Arisha was very concerned for Rikyako's health since umeboshi has a high salt content.
It turns out that this habit of Rikyako’s was evident as far back as her middle school days. Back in 2005~2006, Rikyako was part of a young idol group called “Jewel☆Hands” that released a DVD of their activities. In one part of the DVD, a cameraman goes around to each girl and asks them what their impressions are of the other members. One member in particular had something interesting to say about Rikyako:
Q: What about Rikako?
A: Rikako is...how should I put it...
A: A lemon.
The cameraman is understandably confused, so the girl explains why she associates Rikyako with sour food:
Aikyan and Ainya sing happy birthday to Rikyako
from Uranohoshi Girls High School Radio #70 Aug 9, 2017
Aikyan/Ainya: Rikyako, happy birthdaaaay!
Rikyako: Thank you!
Ainya: Happy birthday song!
Ainya/Aikyan: ♪Happy birthday to yooou~ ♪
Aikyan: Look, look!
Rikyako: eh!? waah!
Aikyan/Ainya: ♪Happy birthday to yoou! ♪
Aikyan: YAAY!
Aikyan/Ainya: ♪Happy birthday dear Rikyakoo woooo~ ♪
Rikyako: wow!
Aikyan/Ainya: ♪Happy birthday tooo yoOOoou~ ♪
Rikyako: Wow, the passion is amazing. Thank you!
Aikyan: Yaaay! Congrats!!
Rikyako: There are no candles but, can I blow it out?
Aikyan: Blow it out, blow it out!
Rikyako: *fuu*
Aikyan/Ainya: ooh, it's out, it's out, it’s out
Rikyako: Thank you! Actually, last year I also celebrated my birthday on Uraraji.
Aikyan: Ara!
Rikyako: It was with Shuka.
Aikyan: Ara ara!
Rikyako: The timing is really amazing isn't it?
Aikyan: It is, isn't it!
Rikyako: Thank you, I"m so happy!!
Aikyan: I'm glad, I'm glad!
Rikyako: Thank you so much!
Aikyan: give us a bite afterwards!
Rikyako: Yeah, let's eat it together!
Aikyan: yay, yay!
Rikyako: Thank you so much!
Ainya: yaaay!
Aikyan: yaay! Congratulations!
Ainya: and with that....the next mail...
