Oh my god. I had to hold back from translating the entire episode - it's that good. I know tons of people who don't like Ayaya because of her voice, but I think she's an awesome, perky girl! Plus, it's not like she's making that voice on purpose to act cute or whatever; she naturally has a high-pitched, squeaky type of voice. |D;




[Aya worked with Nino one year after her debut, in "Ao no Honoo".]



Sho: What's your first impression of Nino?
Aya: He's like a tiny old man.
Nino: That's really weird!
Aya: He was really tiny! How should I put this...
Sho: What do you mean?
Aya: He doesn't tell jokes like an old man or anything, but he'd do impressions of Roux Ooshima-san.
Nino: I was really obsessed with that.
Sho: I've never seen him do that!
Jun: Neither have I!
Nino: I kept saying, "That's what roux is!"
Aya: That's all he ever said!
Sho: How is that like on set?
Aya: I hate to say it, but it wasn't funny at all.

Love the look Ohno shoots at Nino, when Aya calls him a tiny old man. |D



Aya: MatsuJun is... I was really into "Hana Yori Dango", and I watched it a lot! So, I didn't see him as MatsuJun. I could only see him as Doumyouji. But, you know, that's why I felt like he's a person who doesn't betray your expectations. Behind the scenes, even when the camera isn't rolling, like a small briefing for example, even for those moments, he's Doumyouji.
Sho: Not Matsumoto Jun?
Aya: That's right, that's right!
Jun: Is that how I come off?
Aya: No, no! Once, I was on a special music programme with all of you,
Sho: Yes.
Aya: and I found Nino, so we started talking. When I asked him if MatsuJun was around, Nino said, "Ah, our King?" When I turned around, he was just on his way here... and, he was wearing a long coat, with two rows of buttons down the length of it. He really came in a Doumyouji style, and that's his personal wear, you know. That's when I thought, "Ah, this guy is PERFECT. Amazing!"
Sho: He won't betray your expectations.
Aya: He won't betray you at all!



Ogu: What about Leader?
Aya: He has no ON or OFF, that's what I think.
Sho: In a different way from MatsuJun.
Aya: Yep, in a different way. He's a very natural person.
Jun: If we had to choose, he's always OFF.

[Brief mention of TQS, where Aya and Sho said they haven't a chance to really talk to each other yet. Ogu-san said the show was very interesting.]

Ogu: What about Aiba-kun?
Aya: Aiba-san is... um... I'm really sorry, um, I've never had any interest in him.
[No impression]
Aiba: Listen. Listen, Aya-chan...
Jun: [pats] There, there.
Aiba: Ayaya-chan... Listen... Listen...
Jun: There, there.
Aiba: No, no. See, you can think that way all you want, but there's no need for you to mention that on TV! Even the people who come to this studio for the first time--
Nino: You're really NOISY.
Aiba: People who come to watch Shukudaikun--
Jun: She said she's not interested.
Aiba: Eh?
Jun: She said she's not interested. Don't you think you should just dive into your bag and hide already?
Aiba: You're so fierce! What's with this atmosphere!?

Aya's rule for eating udon!
-Don't bite down on the noodles. It's impolite to the person who made those noodles; the noodle maker made it at that length just for YOU. The joy of eating udon is to slurp it all up and savour the taste in your mouth.



Nino: You put that meat on top of the udon... ah, Aiba-chan, do that for us please.
Aiba: May I? Okay, I'm going to do it!
Aya: Okay. Please do.
Aiba: So I should cook the meat first, right?
Nino: I told you to put it on the udon! What the hell have you been listening to!?
Aiba: Sorry.
Nino: Put it on the udon!

Aiba: Ayaya-chan, please step away.
Sho: You're so kind, Masaki!
Aya; He's so kind...
Handle: [keeps going back]
Nino: Can't you see it goes back up!?
Aiba: I pushed it down! Why does it keep going back up?

Aiba: Do you like spring onions?
Aya: I do!
Aiba: You do.
Sho: How kind. It's important to ask.
Aiba: But I'll give you half, okay?
Sho: Why? Why!?
Aya: Even though I like it? Even though I like it?
Sho: What's with you? Less of the tsudere!



Aya: Don't cut it! Don't cut it don't cut it don't cut it. I'm sorry, but...
Nino: You have a drama. You have a drama, you know.
Aya: The udon maker made it long for you, see.



Aiba: Do you actually prefer that?
Aya: Yes! He looks like such a glutton, it's adorable!

For a minute I thought Sho was going to laugh and spit everything back out.



Aiba helpfully trying to prevent the soup from splashing on Ayaya. XD

Aya: It's not udon. It's like really really soft pizza.
Jun: Is really really soft pizza actually tasty?
Aya: It's like... it became sodden.
Nino: Your descriptions are all negative!
Aya: I'm sorry! If I have to choose between delicious and not delicious, I don't really find it delicious!
Nino: Then why did you say it was tasty!?

I like Aya. She's so cute to me. *l-lol*



Aiba: HOT.
Nino: Don't cut it, don't cut it! Don't cut it!
[You mustn't bite down]
Jun: You can do it! You can do it!
Nino: You have to slurp it all up! All of it!
Sho: Miracle boy! Miracle boy!
Aiba: [slurps all]
Jun: Yayyy, miracle!
Aiba: It's hot!
Aya: It really is hot though.
Jun: Aiba-san.
Aya: A stain!
Jun: You've so bought this. You've bought this.
Aiba: Nomura-san (stylist), how much is this?
Sho: Ask him later!



Aiba: It's good. It's good. Leader'll definitely like it.
Aya: Please slurp it up.
Jun: He'll definitely cut it.
Nino: What a great sound.
Sho: His rhythm is perfect.
Ohno: Delicious!
Nino: Thank you very much!



Ohno: Sho-kun will love this one.
Jun: Sho likes Italian.
Sho: That's right.
Ogu: If he likes Italian, he'll like this.
Nino: He likes Italian.
Ogu: Ah, there he goes.
Ogu: Why are you moving up and down?
Nino: He looks like he's in a slurping mochi tournament. You can do it, go for first! Go for gold!
Ohno: You can do it!
Nino: Just a bit more!
Aya: Just a bit more!
Nino: You're in the lead, you're in the lead! You're in the lead!
Aya: A bit more, not yet not yet not yet!
Ohno: Don't panic!

Sho does this on PURPOSE. The obvious solution to Aya's rule is to take a short strand, or as few strands as possible - which Ayaya herself actually did when she tried this dish. XD Sho, on the other hand, stuffs a whole bunch of noodles in his mouth just to slurp and slurp and slurp and make us laugh. Oh Keio boy, wlu.



Ohno: Okay. You've bought it.
Nino: Ah.
Aya: Whoa, how did the stain fly to your back?
Nino: It's probably 'cause he turned to look at the guy next to him.
Sho: [gesture]
Aiba: It flew that far!?



[Aya talks about eating tangerines while taking two-hour baths. She also has this thing about being prepared. She has to make sure her hair, nails, face is perfect all the time, she has to have ten spare bottles of face lotions all the time. Same with toilet paper.]

What's the joke here, Nino? >: SHARE IT WHY DON"T YOU.



Jun: You don't need that much toilet paper.
Aya: Isn't it hard to tell when to buy more toilet paper?
Jun: No, you'll notice you're almost out.
Sho: That's true!!
Nino: He's cool! So cool!!

Oh I see you, Nino. Very subtle move there.

Aya: I get a rash if I meet someone I don't like.
Ogu: [moves away]

Aya: If I don't like his smell, I probably can't date him. For example, if he put his arm around me, or I laid in his arms, the minute I think the smell is bad, I instinctively turn my back to him. But I probably can't bring myself to call him anyway.

Jun said it was weird, but I... kind of agree with Ayaya. Scent is important! It does help to date a boy with a nice fragrance, or one who at least wears a cologne you like. What do y'all think?



I love this. So much. Not just because Nino leans in very, very close, has the biggest leer on his face when he pulls away and Ohno is just like, ".....?" But also because you get a shot of Jun's "god you guys, MUST YOU?" face as he watches them, before he quickly turns away.

Aya's scent test:



Ogu - a gentle scent like a 5-year-old boy

Nino - has a fashionable scent
(Aya: He's not wearing cologne, is he?
Nino: [nodnod]
Sho: Probably not.)

Producer Koshio - smell of a construction site

Aiba - has no smell
(Aya: He has almost no smell.
Nino: You have no interest in that?
Aya: Not much.
Nino: You have no interest in people with no smell?
Aya: I'd rather have people with some kind of scent.)

Jun - Like he has cologne, like an aroma candle. Close to a woman's smell.
(Nino: Do you like it? Or hate it? Which one--
Aya: I like it.
Nino: You want to smell it?
Aya: Yes. 'cause he smells like a woman... like a mother's fragrance, that sort.)

Sho - Smells like incense, like an old grandma's house
(Nino: Here's the next one. You might slide off though.
[sloping shoulders])

Ohno - A smell she doesn't like
(Aya: Ah, I don't like it.
Nino: Why is that?
Aya: I like subtle scents, ones I have to dive in to smell, but this person has a strong fragrance, so... he's not my type, that's all.
Nino: I see. It's probably 'cause he's getting old.)

Sho: Your favourite number... which person was it?
Aya: The one whom I said had a fashionable scent...
Sho: Number two, right?
Aya: Or! The one with a mother's fragrance... one person before the incense.
Sho: Ah, it's number five.
Nino: Before the incense...



Sho: On the other hand, which smell didn't work for you?
Aya: Ahhh... for me, it's the person who had no smell.
Sho: Before that, can you...
Aya: Pardon me. See! There's nothing, nothing!
Sho: It's boring!
Aya: Right! It's blank! Sorry, this is a really bad way to put it, but your smell is BORING.
Sho: His smell is boring.
Aya: For me, that is...
Nino: So for you, it doesn't give you good memories at all, huh?
Sho: Okay, let's have you take a look, shall we? Here's number four!
Aya: SHRIEEEK. I'M SORRY.
Aiba: What is this? TODAY IS JUST HARSH.
Aya: Seriously? SERIOUSLY? Are you really four?
Aiba: Yes!
Aya: Really?
Aiba: THESE THIRTY MINUTES HAVE BEEN HARSH.



Nino pout. SOCUTE. ♥



Nino: whisper whisper whisper
Ohno: LOL



[The expression you make in front of the store when you want your boyfriend to buy a bag for you]



Gee, whose arm could that be?



(Aya chose the two boys who had the scent she liked XD)

Sho: Caption people! You better not call us the "Variety Show Group"! No "Variety Show Group"!

[Comedian team
Sakurai Ohno Aiba]

Sho: You hear me, caption people!?

Ogu: Who'll go first?
Nino: I will!
Sho: Shall the incense go first?
Aiba: Okay, the incense.



[The expression you make when the girl you like says, "Actually, I'm a man," after you've confessed your love to her]

As I said to retrojanny, Sho looks disappointed, while Nino looks surprised but... happy. XDD



[The expression you make in the middle of flying down during a bungee jump]

J-Jun omg.



[The expression you make while taking a bath after three days of not bathing]

The boys said Aiba looked stupid. *LOL* I thought they both look oddly sad for the situation.



[The expression you make when a foul ball hits you in the back of your head]

ilu, Aiba.

And now I crash. Night! o/