18 comments on “The problem of not having anything to talk about with idols

  1. I agree with >77, Haruna’s really good at handshake events. I really had fun the first time I met her in one.

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  2. It can be awkward when faced with your Idols! I had a tough time talking with Momochi both times Berryz came to the USA. The first time I told her I thought she was a genius Idol (in Japanese) and she just kinda nodded without making eye contact and that was that. I don’t remember what I said the second time, but her reaction was similar. Risako was also difficult- we met eyes at the concert, and after thanking her for that, there was a really awkward moment where I just kept saying thank you until it was time to go. Maasa was also hard to talk to, but in a kind of fun way, as if she were caught off guard by everything.

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  3. Wow… It’s so weird reading this, ‘cos for us foreign fans handshake events are so rare and precious. I imagine I would end up either gushing out all my feelings or just be totally star-struck. I myself have only shook hands with one Japanese band and even then all I could blurt out was an “Arigatou” to each one before I was patted aside. From what I gather, there are different types of handshake events with different amounts of time given? Sheesh, what I would give to be in their shoes.

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  4. I’ve never been to an event, but I remember watching a report on either Buono! or Momusu in Paris, with three or four people being let in for handshakes at a time. Being in a small, quiet room like that would be even more nerve-wracking.

    Personally, I’d be more concerned about making sense since I’m not 100% confident on Japanese sentence structure. lol I would probably babble like an idiot.

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  5. Man, I can relate to so much of this, it’s funny. That fact that my Japanese sucks just makes everything so much more awkward, haha.

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  7. Lol, it’s true about it being hardest to talk to your oshi. I’ve met Reina twice and the first time I couldn’t say anything because I was trying not to cry. The second time, even though I had a good amount of time to talk, all I could do was high-five her and say “Reina!!” and then run away ORZ

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  8. At least they get to meet their idols =]
    I would probably say hi and probably die of happiness

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  9. some group should try calling reina tana-satan, and call the other musumes by maa-chan nicknames..

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    • Hahaha I would love to see their reactions to that. What nicknames were there? I can only think of minishige-san and yasushi-san

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      • Mizuki – Fukunura-san

        Kudo – DOduu

        Haruna – Meshikubo

        maimai- akibara-san?

        airi- takahashi-san?

        Yajima Maimi – Nakajima-san, Yaguchi-san

        Ikuta Erina→ Wikuta-san

        Ishida Ayumi→Anumin

        Kumai Yurina→E(Erina)

        that’s all i could google up.

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  10. This topic is perfect for me because I’m having the C-ute handshake tomorrow and my friend and I were discussing that we’ll probably forget anything we wanted to say. :P

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  11. I totally get what these guys were saying. Last year I went to my first handshake event ever, and I was really looking forard to it, so I prepared beforehand everything I would say, especially to my oshi. I even took some Japanese lessons, just to make sure they would understand my pronunciation. So the moment came, and I was actually able to say some words to the members, but when I got to my oshi, I panicked. I said her name FOR SOME REASON and she just stood there, looking at me, looking DEEPLY at me, and I forgot everything I had prepared, so I just… thanked her. I literally said ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU, like an idiot. She held my hands and said lots of stuff I couldn’t understand, and I kept smiling and nodding, looking stupid. It was awful. At least I got to see her in person.

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