Nogizaka's Synchronized Coincidence

Chapter 70 Goodbye Miss Yumi!
This day is the day when the titled group "Where's Nogizaka?" will be recorded, and they will bid farewell to October in a few days. Of course, the person who will bid farewell is Yumiko Iwase, who has officially announced her graduation from Nogizaka46.

The lounge was still the same lounge, but the atmosphere was different from the relaxed and cheerful atmosphere in the past, but now it was filled with a touch of sadness.

The operation arranged for the under members to come to the recording studio so that all the members could bid farewell to Ms. Iwase together. It is quite humane, but work always comes first. Taking advantage of everyone’s presence, they also arranged for them to record the live version "Uniform Doll" and "The Melody of Spring" are two new songs with four singles.

Because the next time is the end of the year, both Bananaman and Nogizaka46 will face overwhelming work schedules, so today we will record four projects.

The first one is the relatively relaxed "Nogizaka 46 Photo Exhibition". Basically, it collects photos taken by members of each other or by themselves. and spark interesting topics.

In a happy and joyful atmosphere, and under Shira-san's vicious tongue-shaking attack from time to time, the required lens material was shot.

After a short break and touch-ups, it was the turn of the special planning for Yumi-san's graduation.

After the same opening remarks and self-introduction, the theme of this episode is still expressed by Himura Yuki with a tone of laughter and tears.

"Nogizaka46's oldest member, Iwase Yumiko Special!"

For the effect of the program, the members also timely expressed their reluctance with exaggerated expressions. Of course, only you know how you really feel in your heart.

Greeted by applause, Miss Youmei, the protagonist today, came to the middle of the studio.

Shitara: "Why did you choose to graduate and leave Nogizaka?"

Yumi sister: "I have been practicing guitar since I was in middle school, and I also formed a band in high school. Sure enough, I still can't let go of the dream of being a band, so I decided to embark on a different musical path."

Himura: "Is that so? I see"

Shitara: "Yes, the program team compiled some clips of Iwase's past for this purpose, so please watch it! VTR~"

Following everyone on the TV screen in the studio, we reviewed the various clips that Miss Yumi participated in in "Where is Nogizaka?" Of course, all kinds of dark history are unavoidable, such as the 50-meter sprint during the physical fitness test. The shoes also ran away , made raw meat spring rolls during cooking.

Among them, there was also the sobbing testimonial when they entered the selection for the first time, and when the newly selected women's club planned to shoot the location, the gorgeous "tiger attacking the rabbit" style of walking down the street, every picture reminded them of this eldest, Yumiko Iwase, who is a bit natural but makes people want to rely on, many members are already watching and wiping tears.

After the VTR was over, the banana man made complaints about the next stage, which was to play games together.

The first one is "Blackbeard's Crisis Shot", that is, everyone takes turns inserting the plastic swords one by one, and finally let Iwase-san perform the final stab at Blackbeard.

If Blackbeard was stabbed and flew away before sister Youmei made a move, then the game would be considered a failure.

The game officially started. The first one was Lingxiang, followed by Aiwei, Nanamin, and then Asuka in the fourth round.

Slowly put the little sword into one of the empty spaces, just as Asuka said "ah, no problem", Blackbeard flew into the air!
Hastily picking up the black beard that fell to the ground, Asuka desperately tried to stuff it back, but Shile stopped her.

Shile: "I can't go back! Well, what's hanging under the black beard?"

Tiny Asuka, so anxious that tears welled up in his eyes, raised his black beard in his hands, and a small straight banner with the words "Congratulations on Graduation" appeared in front of everyone.

Shile jokingly asked, "Asuka, are you graduating?"

The overwhelmed Asuka could only cover his face and cry.

Seeing this situation, Shile didn't run away from her anymore, and then said: "It's not okay to fly Blackbeard with the fourth one! Iwase hasn't had a good time yet, let's do it again."

The second time, Asuka, who just finished crying, was the first to go into battle. After she passed the level safely, she looked like Mai, followed by Yueyue, Huahua, Lily Niang, Ikuma, Mai Mai, Xiaonan, Rena, Sayuru, and Nachan , Manatsu, Mito, Aimi, Nanamin, Reika, and finally Aoi Kurokawa.

Himura: "Kurokawa, you are the last one. If you can take Iwase safely, you can finish the game!"

Aoi nodded, and under the expectant eyes of the other members and Yumi-san, after taking a deep breath, she slowly inserted the small sword into the empty space she had chosen in her heart.

Blackbeard didn't respond quietly, they succeeded!

The members and Yumi-san cheered excitedly, this is incredible!

Finally it was Miss Youmei's turn to play, she took the remaining two small swords, randomly chose a position and inserted them in.

Blackbeard soars into the sky!The members excitedly stepped forward and hugged Miss Yumi who raised her hands high.

Iwase: "Ah~ This sense of accomplishment is so cool!"

Shile: "In order to let you have a good time, we have prepared other items!"

Then there was the table tennis relay competition, in which all the selected members hit the ball back and forth with the specially invited table tennis coach one by one, and it was the last turn for sister Yumei to smash the ball with all her strength.

The result, of course, is to cite the authenticity of Murphy's Law. It is possible for a group of girls who are mostly inexperienced in table tennis to complete this near-impossible feat without mistakes. The time is not infinite, and in the end I could only let Iwase-san do a smash, but she swung the empty shot gorgeously, which is really a plot full of Yumi-san's characteristics.

The last challenge is to jump the big rope together. Speaking of which, they have not successfully completed 46 jumps. If they can succeed in sister Youmei's graduation commemoration this time, it can be regarded as fulfilling this wish for her and the members.

Shi Le: "I challenged this big rope jump last time. How many times do you want to challenge this time?"

"46!"

The members shouted firmly in unison, in order for Yumiko Iwase to graduate without regret, they decided to fight.

Everyone was divided into left and right rows, leaving the tallest person in the middle, Aoi Kurokawa, and left a space on the left so Miss Yumi could participate.

With the shaking of the big rope, the members danced to the rhythm, and Miss Yumei also joined in quickly, but the big rope stopped after only one completion.

Himura: "Who is it!?"

Mana put his palms together and said shamefully, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

The members quickly comforted and said, "It doesn't matter."

The vicious Shitara would miss this opportunity: "Hey! Be serious, why don't you hold everyone back?"

At this time, the devil coach Himura went online again: "Do it well, you! How many times do you think everyone will dance this time?"

The challenge started again, this time the score improved and completed 7 times, the culprit was still the habitual offender Manatsu, of course some complaints were inevitable.

Make persistent efforts and come to the third challenge. After 10 times, 20 times, and 30 times, everyone feels that this time ushered in the dawn of success, as expected
"44, 45, 46! Yeah~~! It's a success!"

Everyone cheered and hugged each other as if it was a festival. Kurokawa Aoi hugged Yumi-san next to her for the first time, and then the members came one by one, surrounded them, and finally fell to the ground together.

"Congratulations! The 46 big rope jumping challenges have been completed."

The banana man who witnessed this moment clapped his hands vigorously for them.

The girls responded with loud cheers too.

Shitara: "How is it? Iwase, what do you think about the sense of accomplishment at this moment?"

Miss Youmei, who was still replying, said angrily, "It's so cool~"

In a joyful atmosphere, the part of the game ended, and the members touched up their makeup with the help of the makeup artist. After a short break, everyone became a little depressed and sad, because the time for parting finally came up.

Standing in the middle of the studio, next to the banana man, Yumiko Iwase had a look of reluctance but also relief on her face.

Shitara: "Then in the end, let the partners who have shared the joys and sorrows together offer blessings to Iwase."

Starting from Takayama Kazumi, they came to Iwase Yumiko one by one to send their last blessings.

They talked about their experiences with Miss Youmei, and told each other's memories with tears in their smiles, as well as their gratitude to Miss Youmei.

As the eldest, she is the object that many younger members rely on and confide in. The optimistic and kind-hearted sister Yumei has become their spiritual support, and also gave them a lot of encouragement and made them feel at ease.

Sister Iwase, who has no airs, doesn't mind the molesting and mischief of the members, and always uses a tolerant and accepting attitude to get along with these younger sisters.

Although I know that going to Sister Iwase is to embark on my own dream journey, but parting will always bring pain. After all, we have struggled together and shared joy and sorrow for more than a year. It is still difficult to say goodbye People don't want to face it.

Kurokawa Aoi: "It is a very precious experience in my life to meet each other in the vast sea of ​​people and become a partner who struggles together. Sister Yumi, thank you for helping me. I have worked tirelessly during this period. Tutoring for me to play the guitar, no matter what the future holds, Iwase Yumiko will always be my friend and partner of Kurokawa Aoi!"

With teary eyes facing each other, the two hugged each other for a while and then separated, wiping away the tears from the corners of their eyes while laughing.

After the members finished speaking, it was Yumi-san's turn to give them a final message.

"Being able to walk with everyone at Nogizaka46 has really benefited a lot these days, not only from the members, but also from fans, scholar-bureaucrats, and everyone. I feel that I have really grown a lot."

"Everyone and I will always be good friends, will always be everyone's older sister, and will always be partners in the future. In the future, there will be more unwilling things, difficult things and various imperfect things. But even so, everyone should hold the pure mentality now, even when you grow up, don’t lose your original intention, please always maintain such a pure self.”

Then Yumi-san officially bid farewell to the audience and fans, Shitara called in the under members who were waiting outside the studio, and Kiyora Hatakenaka, as their representative, presented a bouquet to Yumi-san
Under the channel formed by all members raising their hands, Yumiko Iwase, holding a bouquet with a smile and tears on her face, became the first member to graduate from Nogizaka46 under the farewell of the members.

(End of this chapter)