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『SCANDAL Catch up supported by Meiji Bulgaria Yogurt』 - Season 2, Episode 50


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•The episode starts with this.

•MAMI says that, although she didn't see this during the marathon since she wasn't able to look at her phone, TOMO was watching her running status during the Osaka Marathon the whole time and sent over screenshots of videos taken before the marathon that were posted to YouTube. They laugh and TOMO says she did keep sending her messages since before the marathon started and also watched the moment MAMI finished the race. MAMI says they had a system where people could track runners via GPS and had videos of the runners passing certain points of the marathon. She mentions that their radio program director Kawai had run in the Tokyo Marathon and was really fast + faster than MAMI, and was 2 hours faster than her at 4 hours, 9 minutes. She also had gone to cheer her on. HARU says that everyone's so impressive. TOMO says that that includes Kawai, MAMI, and the listener Pii-chan. MAMI says also includes TOMO and they laugh. TOMO says good work to herself for working on her abs. MAMI says the last time she ran the Osaka Marathon was 7 years ago with HARU. Her time then was about 6 hours. This time she walked a lot, so it took her about 6.5 hours. HARU says that it was raining, too. MAMI says it was also cold. The previous marathon took place in November so the temperature was different. She kept thinking that she'd be able to run it, but 7 years had passed, after all. TOMO says that the video at the 25 km mark showed MAMI walking, but at the 35 km mark she was running. RINA says that she made a comeback. TOMO says that watching MAMI working hard had made her cry. MAMI says she ran as hard as she could and her knees still hurt even now, but it was a great experience. Ono asks her if she regularly runs and MAMI replies that she doesn't. HARU asks Kawai, and she seems to say she doesn't and had done training for it. MAMI asks if she's run since the Tokyo Marathon, which Kawai seems to say no to. HARU and TOMO say that that's impressive that she seems to like to run.

•TOMO reads the next message from a listener who says their mom is a solid person who everyone can rely on, but sometimes she can be a little out of character. She's recently started taking care of some houseplants and sends the listener photos of them via LINE. One day when they went to her house, they saw some cacti and thought were cute all clustered together. They held it in their hands and it seemed as if it was growing. The band laughs and is kind of confused by this. The listener says that when they told their mother this, she laughed and said she had been watering it for a long time. The band says that's cute. RINA says that her mom had been taking care of a small cactus that she and her siblings had given to her as a birthday present in the kitchen, but over the years it grew into a very tall cactus. HARU says that small cacti like golf ball cacti look like golf balls at first but will look different as they grow. MAMI says that HARU seems to have a knack for raising things and mentions the turtle her family had. HARU laughs and says that the turtle did live for a long time for over 30 years.

•MAMI reads the next message from a listener who says that their queen in their black cat Coco. She can be selfish and cleverly takes over a warm bed that another cat was sleeping on when the other cat moves, but when another cat tries to get on the bed or sofa where she's sleeping, she'll cat-punch it. And even though she sleeps on top of the listener, when they try to pet her she runs away. Although she's selfish, she'll sometimes bare her belly and let the listener pet her. When they go to the vet, she buries her face in their armpit, shivering and with her butt sticking out. She's a 15-year-old grandma queen with a very cute side to her. The band says that's adorable. RINA says that cats are tsundere types, after all. HARU says that she's extremely cat-like. MAMI laughs and says that hiding her face but not her butt is very cute. TOMO says that's nice that it sounds like they have many cats. MAMI says she wishes Coco lives a long life.

•RINA reads the next message from a listener who talks about Season 2, Episode 49 and says that as she listened to the person who sent in the message of not liking herself, she thought of how she also doesn't like herself. She's a childcare worker who doesn't think she's doing her job well, and she ends up thinking the kids aren't cute, or that she's useless and not needed, or that they're better off without her. But she hopes that she can gradually learn to love herself with the band's words in mind. She knows it'll take time, but she'll do her best and thanks them. RINA says that she got a lot of feedback on that episode, such as messages on Instagram. She was reminded again that everyone is dealing with similar feelings on a daily basis. As she said in that episode, she thinks it's really important to be kind to yourself as well. HARU says when they get messages like this, people can realize that they're not alone in their thinking. RINA says we should all accept each other.

•HARU reads the next message from a listener who has been struggling with this for the last 14 years: When they went to karaoke with someone they used to date, the listener was so tone-deaf when singing that the person asked them, "Are you chanting?" After that, the listener found it difficult to sing in front of people, and can only sing in front of people they're close to (who would not hate them even if they know they're tone-deaf). They ask the band if they could give them some advice about how they can learn to sing in public. RINA is surprised there are people (like their SO) who would say something like that. TOMO says that it's likely never the case that someone wouldn't like someone else because they're tone-deaf. RINA says no, but it hurts a lot and makes you afraid to sing. HARU says that she thinks the person who said that to the listener is nonsense. TOMO says that it's possible it could have been meant as a joke if they were very close to each other. HARU says that the listener was hurt by it, though.

•HARU also tells a story of how in middle school there was a girl the same age as her that wanted to be a singer but wasn't very good at first. However, she loved karaoke so much that she went almost every day for fun, or even by herself. By going there every day, she got really good at singing. TOMO says that's a good story. HARU says that maybe the listener could do the same by going to karaoke by themselves. MAMI says that if you're aware of yourself, you can become better. RINA says that she knows how scary it can be to have that happen even once. She's not a very good singer herself and is a little scared of singing, which she thinks comes from being a little traumatized from her school and audition days. She doesn't know how to solve that, which is why she doesn't sing at all outside of work. She doesn't even go to karaoke for fun; she only sings when the band needs her to. She thinks the only way to get rid of those feelings a little at a time, though it is really hard to do. HARU suggests that the listener decides on one song to sing and commit themselves to getting good at singing it, so when they go to karaoke with someone, it'll be nice to be able to sing that song well. MAMI says they can ask their friends to help them practice or go to karaoke with those who can sing well. HARU says that to be realistic, they could record themselves singing and then analyze it. They agree that the listener should try going to karaoke to practice alone at least once.

•TOMO starts reading the next message and reads the line "New segment about people with godlike powers." She pauses, laughs, and asks what that's about. Ono begins to mention gods and HARU and MAMI seem to remember. MAMI says that they had asked in a previous episode that they asked people with "godlike powers" to send in messages. TOMO goes, "So we named that segment 'People with godlike powers.'" There's a pause before Ono laughs and says they didn't. TOMO continues to read the message. The listener says that they've been baking for a long time, and even though they usually keep their bread completely cold, it starts to warm up when they touch it. It feels like they're turning bright red and their blood is flowing through them. They say they also know a hairdresser who sometimes gets their strength sucked out of them when they touch a client's hair, and can tell a person's state of mind and body just by touching their hair. They ask the band if they've gained any divine power during their 17 years of being a band, such as being able to hear sounds that people usually cannot, or being able to understand what birds are saying. TOMO laughs and asks what's up with this person. HARU says that maybe they're someone with godlike powers. RINA says that maybe the sound thing could be related to an occupational hazard. Ono asks if they know what birds are saying. They laugh and MAMI + TOMO say they don't. They ponder and then say that they don't really have any 'powers.' TOMO asks Ono if a lot of people have sent in messages for this new supposed segment. Ono says a lot of people have. TOMO says that as they listen to stories of people with godlike powers, the moment may come when the band also realizes the powers hidden within them.






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MAMI completes the Osaka Marathon! A listener who was motivated by this decides to try something?

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HARUNA: This time...we'll just be reading messages. We have less than 10 days until the release of our new album LUMINOUS...

RINA: It's almost here.

HARUNA: Let's read some "Quminous" messages!


Pii-chan

MAMI-chan! Good job running the Osaka Marathon.


All: Good jobー

MAMI: Thank you!


I'm glad you were able to complete the race without any injuries! I wasn't able to be there to cheer you on, but I was moved by tracking your run online that I couldn't stand still and decided right then and there that I wanted to try something, too! The week after the full marathon, I decided to take on the challenge of riding around Lake Hamana on my bicycle!

What MAMI-chan did is a billion times more difficult, though I don't mean to compare one challenge to another. Ever since I became a SCANDAL fan, I've always looked up to you four who always remember stay positive and take on challenges, and that has been my guiding principle in life ever since I became a fan of SCANDAL.

I've been on a diet lately so I've been trying to avoid sweets, but on this particular day, I had my favorite chocolate banana as a reward!! It was delicious!

Not only this time, but whenever I've been troubled or had a hard time in my life, you've always shown me the future and shined a light on me.

I have not been able to give anything back, but I will continue to support you in your life, even if it's only in a small way!



All: Thank you!

TOMOMI: I wonder how long it takes to go around Lake Hamana. Doesn't that sound impressive?

HARUNA: Even if they say it's "just" biking...

TOMOMI: It must be tough.

RINA: I wonder how many hours it takes.

HARUNA: I wonder.

RINA: There's also Lake Biwa, right?

HARUNA: There is.

TOMOMI: Lake Biwa is huge.

RINA: Is there an event where you cycle around Lake Biwa... I don't know.

Staff: It says that one trip around Lake Hamana is 71 km/44 miles.

All: 71 kilometers!? Lake Hamana!?

TOMOMI: That's tough!

HARUNA: Wow!

RINA: I wonder how long it takes to bike it?

MAMI: Isn't that really difficult? Didn't their legs get swollen? Were they okay?

Staff: The estimated time required is 4 hours and 44 minutes.

RINA: Ehー? That's tough.

HARUNA: They're doing something totally amazing.

TOMOMI: Good job!

RINA: Good workー

MAMI: Good work!

TOMOMI: But they were inspired by MAMI-chan.

HARUNA: Yeah, they did it the following week.

MAMI: That's amazing.

TOMOMI: It is.

MAMI: I think it's amazing that they were able to decide to do something now and take action.

HARUNA: It really is amazing.

TOMOMI: Oh, I did sit-ups too! After seeing MAMI-chan running the full marathon.

MAMI: Eh, did you work hard on your sit-ups?

HARUNA: You were definitely influenced.

TOMOMI: I was, and I was moved!



【Translated Summary】
『SCANDAL Catch up supported by Meiji Bulgaria Yogurt』 - Season 2, Episode 49


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•The episode starts with this.

•TOMO reads the next message from a listener who is 40 and has been playing darts as a hobby for 16 years, and will be participating in the qualifying round of the soft darts world tournament. The preliminary round is an online match where you compete against competitors and professional players from all over the country, and after winning the first round and the second round, the final round is a tournament to decide who will be the finalist to participate in the main event. In the main tournament, you compete in a tournament against top-ranked men's pro players, women's pro players, and winners of overseas tournaments. If you win and become number one in the world, you will receive a prize of 10 million yen ($68,000 USD). Their dream is to participate as an amateur in this tournament, which is attended by professional players that they've admired for many years, and to become number one in the world. The band says that's impressive and also wonder what soft darts are. RINA guesses that the tips are soft. They say they don't really know much about the darts world, but they have played darts before at places like bars and backstage at festivals. They laugh and say they've never met anyone who was good at it, though it's likely most people they've seen had been tipsy while playing. They say they're cheering the listener on and hope they can be the best in the world.

•MAMI reads the next message from a listener who says there's something they're too embarrassed to tell anyone: they can't ride a bicycle, partially because they're not too athletic and also because they gave up practicing when they were little. They actually bought a bike two years ago and tried to practice at the park at night but gave up. They tell people they're really close to, but they just say that it's okay. The listener also thinks it's okay because they have a driver's license, but they get a strange feeling when they see kids or adults riding bikes around town. They ask the band what they would think if someone their age told them they can't ride a bike. They also ask them for a pouch for their birthday so that they can put their car keys in it. The band laughs and says they'll give it to them. MAMI says that they can eventually put a bike (lock) key in there. HARU says the band could practice with them, with the listener having asked about practicing riding a bike. They laugh and RINA says that the listener would be under a lot of pressure with the four of them watching. HARU says that it might be better to do the same thing people usually did when they were little where your parents took off your training wheels and they would hold you in the back. RINA says that they already have a sense of fear regarding riding a bike and think that they can't do it, so it's best to get rid of that mindset first. HARU says that it must be hard to practice alone in the park as an adult if you think someone might be watching you. TOMO says that it might be a good idea to try out an e-bike, which is easier to ride, to get a feel for it, and then try riding a regular bike. MAMI says that she doesn't think riding a bike has anything to do with athleticism. HARU says that you just have to get a feel for doing it.

•RINA asks if any of them have ridden a bike recently. HARU says no. MAMI says no as well, but the last time she rented a bike, she was able to ride it like normal. RINA says that she thinks it's important to not feel like you're not good at it, but even if they're not able to do it in the end, it's fine to just drive their car, and geting a license is many times more impressive. MAMI says that it's not the same feeling as driving, though. Even if you haven't driven for a month, you'll still be able to drive. TOMO says that she thinks riding a bike is similar to walking since you don't think about how to walk. Once you learn how to ride a bike, you don't think about how to do it afterwards. You don't remember the first time you walked as a baby, but you probably practiced hard enough to finally be able to walk. That's why you shouldn't give up on practicing. MAMI says that maybe they could first practice on a stationary bike like those found at the gym. RINA says that it isn't dangerous, after all. HARU wonders if they would be able to get a sense of balance like that. RINA says while laughing that there's this horse-like thing you can experience. The others aren't sure what she means until HARU asks if she's talking about the 'rodeo' ones (I think they're talking about mechanical bulls). They laugh at this but don't think that would help. MAMI says that unless they first step on a bike pedal, they won't be able to move forward. And if they don't move forward, they won't be able to balance. TOMO says that if you're scared, you won't be able to pedal at first. MAMI says that this is a pretty lively convo, which makes the others laugh. HARU says that they want the listener to do their best and be able to ride a bike. TOMO says the first step is the scariest, which they all agree with. They ask the listener to let them know if they make any progress.

•There's then a pause before they go, "What?" and MAMI seems to read this from their script: "Although you've never spoken about it, what is something you can't do?" HARU says that she can't whistle. RINA says that she doesn't think she can either. MAMI says that she can whistle but not change the pitch. RINA says that she thought a high percentage of people who can sing well can also whistle well. HARU says that she can't. RINA says that she thought she could do it well. MAMI says that TOMO can whistle. HARU says that she doesn't know how to whistle. She then seems to try whistling but all that's heard is what sounds like a quiet breeze. They laugh and HARU says it's just the wind. RINA asks if she's trying to cool something down. TOMO says it sounds like the window's open a bit. MAMI says that she herself was able to whistle better in elementary school. TOMO seems to try and a whistling sound does come out a bit. She says she used to be able to whistle melodies but it's not possible for her anymore. Another attempt at whistling is heard, and seems to be coming from MAMI. They laugh at this. RINA says that whistling's difficult to do. MAMI tries whistling again and RINA says she's doing it. MAMI says that she can only whistle this note, though.

•HARU asks if there's anything else they can't do. MAMI says she's really bad at ball games like baseball and softball, and can only really catch a ball about as big as her head. RINA says that's really surprising. MAMI says that she can't catch them and don't know where they'll fall. She'd always get hit in the face and get a bloody nose. HARU says that she's probably been traumatized by that and she's convinced that she won't be able to catch it. MAMI says she probably can't see it the moment she'd be able to catch it because it blocks her vision. When she looks at it, it hits her in the face. HARU says that maybe she's seeing the ball right to the end, but perhaps not. MAMI says that she doesn't know the distance between the racket and ball when playing tennis, for example. RINA says that it's more like you're using the racket as an extension of your hand. MAMI asks if it's like she's trying to touch it with her hand. RINA says yes, and that it's all about feel.

•TOMO says that she's rather unsure of her sense of distance. She bumps into people and doesn't notice when she drops things. Her iPhone flies off so often that she wonders sometimes if it's even still working. She doesn't know why this is and says there's something wrong with her hands, and that her senses are dull. HARU says that she kind of gets that, though. RINA says that she's amazing when it comes to the playing the bass, though. TOMO goes, "Am I even playing the bass?" They all laugh hard. HARU says she's a prodigy. MAMI says that she seems to be okay when she drives and doesn't come close to bumping into anything. TOMO says that she does when she rides a bike, though. MAMI says something about once having to hold her hand while walking to keep her going straight (it's hard to understand since they're all kind of talking and laughing at the same time). TOMO says that there are lines on the ground when driving, so if there could always be lines on the ground when she's walking, then she could probably walk straight without having to depend on others. RINA laughs at how narrow the lines would be. HARU says that she'd probably be okay if she walked in bike/pedestrian lanes. TOMO thinks so as well. RINA says that there are tons of things they can't do, and jokes that it really feels like they're in a band and barely getting by with what they are able to do. MAMI says she doesn't know if they're doing a good job or not. RINA goes, "What do you think, guys?", directing this to the fans. They all laugh. HARU says that they're probably good at being SCANDAL, which they laugh and agree with. TOMO says that what SCANDAL can do and what the band members can do are two different things. They all agree.

•RINA reads the next message from a listener who is encouraged by the messages that SCANDAL puts out every year on March 8, International Women's Day. She feels that SCANDAL is always there for each and every one of their fans, regardless of gender or age. When she hears that they're proud to be women and in an all-girl band, and then sees their message on IWD, it pushes her to take better care of herself. She says she don't like who she is. She's not pretty, slim, confident in herself, or knowledgeable--she has so many negative aspects about herself that she can't even begin to list them all. Even so, every time she gets a message from SCANDAL, she's reminded that it's okay to accept herself more and she feels relieved that she is who she is. March 8 is also her birthday. RINA pauses, laughs, and says this is getting kind of heavy. The listener says that every year she takes the liberty of thinking that SCANDAL's IWD message is a birthday message to her. She's also come to love mimosas. RINA's voices starts wavering and says that she's starting to cry. The listener says it'll take her a long time to love herself, but thanks to SCANDAL, she's sure she'll love herself a little bit more every time her birthday comes around. She thanks them for all of their love.

•The band thanks the listener. RINA says she really doesn't want the listener to say that they don't like herself, and that she thinks she's a really good girl. When they send out a slightly sensitive message like their IWD ones, they find themselves thinking about how difficult it is to choose the right words and how to send them out. She says she's so glad they kept going without stopping. The listener is from the same generation as the band and right now is likely a point in time when her life will change a lot and has to deal with a lot of conflicts, so being able to to be kind to yourself is really cool and important. Since the listener has this kind of heart that can write something like this for the band, RINA wants her to direct that love towards herself as well. Although she's never met her and doesn't know what she looks like or what her body shape is, she thinks she's really cute and cool no matter what. Of course there's beauty in delicate things, and there are some clothes that can worn because you have the right physique for it, bit there's nothing cooler and more beautiful than living a life where you love every minute of it. She's really happy that their message and music resonate with her mentality, and that RINA's the one that should be thanking her. She says she's really adorable.

•MAMI says that she doesn't think there's any difference between who's pretty, who's cool, or who's not. It may seem like everyone's looking at you, but they probably aren't. People don't look at others as much as you think they do. That's why MAMI's been thinking a lot lately that it's all about self-satisfaction. It's okay to wear what you think is cute, or put on makeup that you think is cute. She used to be overweight, which is why she understands how the listener feels. RINA asks if it has to do with wanting to lose weight. MAMI says that it was more that she had to lose weight and was always told to lose weight. RINA says that was what the 'right' thing to do was when they first debuted, and the world back then wasn't one where people could talk about lookism like is done now. It was like the thinner you were, the more successful you were. HARU and RINA agree that that was how things were. MAMI had always thought of herself as overweight, so when promo photos were taken, they would make her appear thinner. But since she was pretty rebellious, she would say things like she was going to lose weight but never did. The others laugh and RINA says that's nice. MAMI was concerned about that back then but wasn't so concerned that she thought her life would be over if she didn't lose weight. Now, we're living in an era where there's a lot more diversity, and that all body types are good. RINA says that that's been true for thousands of years, but it's only recently that everyone's starting to finally realize that.

•TOMO says that being cute or cool is all a matter of taste and is up to each person, so it's best to stick to your own preferences and be who you want to be. MAMI says that Kuromi (a Sanrio character) always says to be the person you want to be. They laugh at this. TOMO says that that's what Kuromi does enjoy saying the most. MAMI says that Kuromi is cute because that mentality makes her cute. RINA says that instead of thinking of yourself in terms of negatives that make you feel bad about yourself, change your way of thinking so that you can enjoy the process of becoming more like what you want to be. But if you find something you surprisingly like about yourself, leave it as it is. She wants you to make yourself the kind of person you want to be so that you can become more beautiful as you get older. HARU says that she thinks it's normal to compare yourself to someone else--she does that as well. It's something that happens every day, so it's not a bad thing at all. It's totally normal to feel bad about yourself, so just try to choose what you like as much as possible. If you accumulate a lot of happiness, even in trivial things like "I'm glad I ate this today" or "I'm glad I bought these clothes," she thinks you'll feel fulfilled.

•MAMI says that there's sure to be a lot of people who aren't able to send this kind of message, no matter how much they love themselves or think they're cute, so taking that first step like the listener is something special. TOMO says that what the listener thinks isn't something exceptional; it's something that everyone thinks but doesn't say. So don't think you're unhappy because you don't like yourself, because everyone's the same. She thinks it'd be good for her to try something that'll make her like herself. RINA says because the band's job is one where they're able to send messages like this, that they want to break this kind of binding spell, even if just a little bit, that people have on them. MAMI says that she thinks there are a lot of people who can relate to this message, so they're really grateful that the listener sent this in. RINA says that she really hopes that SCANDAL's music will give people confidence. She hopes that when people hear their words and music, it'll be like a switch that helps to ease peoples' hearts and minds.

•They then close out the episode. HARU says they read quite a lot of deep content today. RINA laughs says that there were so many kinds of messages, and that she wasn't expecting to go from talking about bikes to crying.






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A friend who has something that you don't have... Introducing "outrageous queen stories"!

Season 2, Episode 49 blog


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HARUNA: This time...we'll just be reading messages.
In celebration of our new album LUMINOUS on March 20, we have started a segment called "Queens of LUMINOUS," or "Quminous" for short. We've been receiving many "outrageous queen stories" about people you know.


Aoi (*26 years old)

For me, my friend Shi-chan is a Quminous. We connected because we'e fans of the same actress. We liked the same idols from the time we were in the upper grades of elementary school until we graduated from high school, and we became fans of SCANDAL around the same time. We have been going to SCANDAL concerts and events in Kansai together for about 6 years now.

We have a lot of similarities in our family structures and positions at home, so we are very comfortable together, but the thing I like most about her is that she is somewhat nonchalant. I tend to think deeply about many things, like whether I should do ___ in this case, but when I ask her for advice, she responds surprisingingly light-hearted about it, like, "Isn't that okay?"; she makes me laugh with her unique use of words; she goes "I dunno" (知らんけど; shinran kedo), which is very Kansai-like of her... I don't know why, but when she told me, "Well, just do your best" after listening to my problems, it felt more comforting than any other "Do your best" I'd ever been told. I always think that she has something that I don't have.



RINA: That's wonderful.

TOMOMI: They're a good friend. I don't think there are many people who have the same favorite thing for so long. I think it's rare.

RINA: It is very rare.

HARUNA: Yeah, they've been friends since elementary school.

RINA: I guess their interests really do match.

HARUNA: They're in their late 20s now. That's amazing.

RINA: It's a great thing to have someone by your side who understands you so well at a time in your life when you are going through a lot of changes. It's wonderful.

HARUNA: But I think Shi-chan is also helped a lot by Aoi, who is different from her.

RINA: You can tell that they support each other.

HARUNA: This kind of "Quminous" is great, isn't it?

RINA: It's really good.

(A staffer asks, "Do people in Kansai use 'Shiran kedo' a lot?")

RINA: I say it unconsciously, but it's not something you should pick up on, so I don't think it's appropriate.

HARUNA: But don't you say it a lot?

RINA: I do!?

HARUNA: I think you do.

RINA: That's so embarrassing!

HARUNA: I think you say it right away.

RINA: Really!? I'll be a little more aware of it...



【Translated Summary】
『SCANDAL Catch up supported by Meiji Bulgaria Yogurt』 - Season 2, Episode 48


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•The episode starts with this.

•TOMO then guesses beef (*bzzt). MAMI guesses jalapeno (*bzzt). HARU guesses chocolate (*bzzt). RINA guesses wheat flour (*bzzt). MAMI guesses cactus (*bzzt). TOMO says they had eaten tacos for every meal when they were there and asks what were in them. RINA then guesses chicken (*bzzt). TOMO guesses pork (*bzzt), and then breaks down what the taco consisted of, starting with a corn tortilla. MAMI says there were some tacos with chocolate on them, and then guesses cabbage (*bzzt). HARU guesses onions (*bzzt). MAMI guesses tomatoes (*bzzt). She laughs and says, "You've gotta be kidding me!" TOMO guesses cheese (*bzzt). Ono says that they kind of were close earlier. TOMO then guesses chili peppers, which is correct. The others go, "Ahh." TOMO asks if that includes jalapenos, which Ono says that it seems to. The band says that "chile" being chili peppers does make sense. TOMO says she really wants to eat some tacos. HARU says she does, too. MAMI says she really want to eat jalapenos (lol). RINA says that Mexican dishes really suit Japanese palettes. MAMI says that what you usually think of when you hear tacos is the American version of them with ground beef in them (like Taco Bell tacos), but in Mexico they put the tortilla first, then the ingredients, and you can eat it with a fork and knife (lol idk about that). Ono then says that this question actually came from Meiji's site. RINA kind of repeats what MAMI says about tacos = American style tacos. HARU says that tacos sold at chain restaurants are usually American style. TOMO says that they didn't see any tacos with ground meat in them in Mexico. They also mention how they were given a lot of tequila and gave a lot of them to their staff, which they happily accepted.

•HARU reads the next message from a listener whose message was previously read, who is a Japanese person married to a Brazilian and had been planning to go to Brazil. They say that they went during the New Year's holidays and mention things like how they asked a local relative to find the churrasco place that SCANDAL had gone to. The quiz question is then read: "In Brazil, breakfast is called 'café da manhã,' but what does it mean when translated literally?" RINA guesses "ohayou no hitokuchi" (good morning sip/bite) (*bzzt), which HARU laughs at. TOMO guesses "coffee and sugar," in English (*bzzt). MAMI says that since "cafe" is in the name, it probably has something to do with coffee. HARU guesses "coffee and muffins" (*bzzt). TOMO guesses "coffee and milk" (*bzzt). RINA guesses "pancakes and black tea" (*bzzt). TOMO guesses "pao de queijo" (Brazilian cheese bread) (*bzzt). MAMI guesses "coffee and bread" (*bzzt). TOMO guesses "coffee and wheat" (*bzzt). Ono says that the "cafe" = "coffee" part is correct. TOMO guesses "sunny-side up eggs" (*bzzt). RINA guesses "sausage" (*bzzt), then "potatoes" (*bzzt). Ono then says that it's "___ coffee." MAMI guesses "morning coffee," which is correct. She goes, "That's correct?? Yay!" Ono says that this question also came from Meiji's site. They all laugh and say that everything can be found on their site. HARU reads a little more info that came from the site and mentions that fruit juice is also an indispensible part of breakfast. They all recall that the fruit juice they had there was really good. TOMO says it was so good that she thought she was going to die.

•HARU reads more info, which mentions pao de queijo, and says that it contains mandioca flour, which makes it very springy. MAMI goes, "What does 'mandioca' mean?" and asks it like a quiz question. TOMO guesses glutinous rice (*bzzt), which makes the others laugh. RINA guesses "flour that makes food springy" (*bzzt). TOMO guesses rice flour (*bzzt). Ono says that the word is actually defined on Meiji's site, which surprises them. HARU says that she happened to see the answer and info, and says that it was once a staple food of indigenous peoples. TOMO guesses taro (*bzzt). MAMI also seems to know the correct answer and says that she's close. TOMO then guesses satoimo (which is also taro, though lol) (*bzzt). TOMO then just says potato, and MAMI says that it is a potato. HARU says that it's something they've likely heard more about in recent years. TOMO goes, "What?" MAMI laughs and says that doesn't help. RINA guesses Japanese mountain yam (*bzzt), which makes everyone laugh (HARU: "What a refined answer"). RINA says that she thought that'd be the right answer. HARU says that it's used in something that's popular these days. TOMO and RINA are still confused by this. TOMO then guesses "maritozzi" (I think lol? which are Italian cream buns). There's a pause before the others laugh and say that that has been a popular item recently. MAMI laughs and says that's not a potato.

•HARU clarifies that it's something potato related that's used in something that's popular. TOMO says that she can't think of anything. HARU starts saying that it was probably more popular a little while ago, before TOMO suddenly goes, "Tapioca!" HARU goes, "Tapioca, what?" TOMO asks what tapioca is, anyway, and if it is a potato. HARU says that it's the potato used to make tapioca. RINA asks if it's a white potato, which HARU says it is. TOMO says that she thought tapioca was made from gelatin, and then wonders if gelatin comes from a potato (lol it's derived from animals). TOMO then guesses "konjac potato" (*bzzt). RINA asks if it's "___ potato." HARU says that it is. TOMO again guesses satoimo (taro) (*bzzt). HARU says that it's not really talked about in Japan. Ono says that they've likely heard about it before, though. TOMO and RINA try thinking of what tapioca is made of. TOMO says that she's surprised tapioca comes from a potato. Then, she goes "Ca-?" Ono says that it does start with "ca." They then just start saying words that start with that, like "cabinet." TOMO guesses "casket" (*bzzt). RINA laughs at this. MAMI says that it's "ca" plus the name of a fish (spoiler: she's referring to "saba" (サバ), which is mackerel). TOMO says "cagyo" ("gyo" means "fish") (*bzzt), which they laugh hard at. MAMI starts to explain something else when TOMO suddenly answers "cassava," which is correct. She goes, "I've never heard of it, though!", which they all laugh at. RINA says that she's never said it outloud before, and when she said it, that was the first time her mouth ever moved that way. They laugh. MAMI says that it resembles taro but is a different kind of potato.

•HARU reads the next message from a listener from the Philippines who mentions things like how they and their friends won first place in a digital art production contest at their school, which was scary at first since it was their first time collaborating with local friends. They had little experience collaborating before, which had been with online friends in far away countries. They say to also wish them luck as they're working on a piece to give to someone for Valentine's. The band says that's awesome they got first place. RINA wonders if designs created by AI were used. They also say that it's great how we live in an era where you can make art with people you've never met before, and wonder what kind of art they're making for Valentine's. Ono says that Meiji doesn't have a page about the Philippines on their site, so this is a question he made up especially for them. HARU starts reading it: "'Everyone loves Jollibee, but...' Wait, what does this say? 'Men'..." MAMI goes, "'Men'?" Ono takes a look at it and says that it says "menu." The others laugh and RINA says she was wondering what that 'men' was all about. HARU reads the question again: "Everyone loves Jollibee, but what is the local food 'palabok' on the menu?" HARU says that TOMO did go to Jollibee. RINA asks if she ordered it. TOMO says that she didn't. MAMI guesses sweet banana (*bzzt). RINA says that that does seem probable. TOMO says that the mango peach pie was delicious (*bzzt). RINA guesses fried chicken (*bzzt). TOMO guesses sweet meat sauce (*bzzt). MAMI guesses meatball (*bzzt). There's a slight pause before they ask if they're close. Ono says no. They laugh and say that he was making a face that seemed to indicate they were close.

•Ono says that this is a difficult one and that it's not a dessert food. TOMO guesses a hot sandwich (*bzzt). MAMI guesses salad (*bzzt). Ono tries to explain stuff to them and mentions that it's close to a Chinese dish. TOMO guesses bun (*bzzt). HARU guesses manju (*bzzt). MAMI guesses glass noodles (*bzzt). TOMO guesses yakisoba (*bzzt), then pad thai (*bzzt). RINA says beef. There's a pause before they all get excited and start clapping. Ono says that that's not an incorrect answer, and that it's "___ beef." TOMO guesses eggs and beef (*bzzt). HARU guesses tofu (*bzzt). RINA guesses chicken (*bzzt). TOMO guesses seafood (*bzzt), then onions (*bzzt). MAMI guesses garlic chives (*bzzt), and then vegetables. There's no buzzer sound played, which makes the band confused. MAMI then guesses ground beef (*bzzt). TOMO guesses cassava (*bzzt). MAMI laughs and RINA says that's definitely the right answer. Ono says that it describes the shape/size of the beef. TOMO guesses finely cut beef (*bzzt). HARU guesses soup (*bzzt). TOMO guesses ankake (basically refers to food covered in a thick starchy sauce), which is correct. Ono seems to show them photos of the dish. They say it looks good and would like to try it.






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HARUNA: This time we're doing... "I see - The Catch up"!

TOMOMI: We love this segment!

HARUNA: It's been a while.

TOMOMI: It's been a really long while, hasn't it?

HARUNA: Not since last summer.

RINA: That much time has passed, huh.

HARUNA: Last summer, too, it had been a while since we'd done "I see - The Catch up."

TOMOMI: Once every 2 cours.
(*1 cour equals 3 months)

RINA: That's right.

HARUNA: It seems like we've been doing it quite a bit, but at any rate, it's been a while.

RINA: Once is a lot.

HARUNA: "I see - The Catch up" is a quiz about world news and countries! Based on messages from overseas listeners, the staff comes up with quizzes related to the countries of the people sending n messages and ask the members questions. So far...we have delivered quizzes based on messages from Estonia, Malaysia, Argentina, Italy, Russia, USA, Australia, Philippines, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, and Hong Kong.

RINA: The number's growingー

HARUNA: We get to know a lot more about the world. Which countries will they be from this time? First, we'll read the messages.


Antonio

Hi, im Tony from Mexico

This is my first time to send you a message and I am using a translator so I am sure there are many things wrong, but I was very happy to hear that SCANDAL has a new album and a new tour this year. I hope they will have a concert in my country, I want to go too, in 2015 and 2018 you already had concerts there, but at that time I was not yet a fan of yours, I was hoping MIRROR would have a date here, though that did not happen, hope to see more scandals this year and next!


(*Note: I translated this message to English through another translating service to retain the machine-translated feel)


All: Thank you very much!

TOMOMI: We'd like to go to Mexico tooー.

MAMI: We doー.

TOMOMI: I wonder what made them like us after 2018.

HARUNA: I wonder.

TOMOMI: There might have been some trigger related to Japan, like TV or magazines. If it's overseas...

RINA: YouTube? When we went to Mexico for the first time, we heard that many people came after watching our music videos on YouTube.

TOMOMI: I wonder if that's still true today. We don't update YouTube at all...only music videos.

HARUNA: There's no content that can be easily watched. (lol unfortunately, you guys are too naive)

TOMOMI: It'd be nice if there was more.

HARUNA: That's true.

RINA: If you hit upon a video and watch one, there are quite a few music videos to watch.

MAMI: There are quite a few.

TOMOMI: On the contrary, there are only music videos.

HARUNA: We made a few documentaries during the MIRROR era, so perhaps they watched them.

TOMOMI: We'd love to go back to Mexico.

Staff: SCANDAL fans overseas enjoy this program, too. That's why they send in messages.

HARUNA: That's true; if people want to know more about us, they could eventually end up here.

TOMOMI: But since we only talk in Japanese...it'd be difficult [for them to understand] even if they ended up here.

RINA: We're very grateful.

TOMOMI: Thank you very much.

HARUNA: Now then, let's start "I see - The Catch up" with a question about Mexico.

The essential ingredients for Mexican cuisine are corn, beans,
And "chile." Now then, what is "chile"?

TOMOMI: Chile??

MAMI: Chire!? Wait, wait, wait...avocado!
(*bzzt)



【Translated Summary】
『SCANDAL Catch up supported by Meiji Bulgaria Yogurt』 - Season 2, Episode 47


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•The episode starts with this.

•TOMO reads the next message from a listener who says they're sending in a topic for Smental: When eating oden, which ingredient do you start from? Ono says to try and do it. HARU says that she has hers decided. RINA says that there's one that she usually starts with. MAMI says that she has two in mind. TOMO says that hers depends on her mood that day. MAMI then wonders what some of the official names are for the ingredients. RINA and HARU both say that theirs are very standard ones. Ono says they should try and match their answers. RINA says that the one she's thinking of is one she'd imagine about 90% of people would order when eating oden. They say they think they'll match up and all answer "Daikon" at the same time. HARU says that she hasn't eaten oden much this year. MAMI says she's hasn't eaten it. TOMO says that she's eaten it around 3 times. RINA says she's eaten it as well.

•MAMI reads the next message from a listener who says that they really sympathized with the recent story the band told about absorbing luck and say that they have similar experiences where something bad always happens to someone who treats her loved ones badly. An example would be mysterious leaks in the roof above the three people who treat her husband badly, and all those people sat in the different locations. Also, good luck always seems to happen to her loved ones. She's always had this kind of luck but wants to get rid of it since it scares her. She's also scared that she's the only one like that. HARU says that her mom is the same way, and lists an example of people working with her quitting right away. TOMO says that they're on a higher level than SCANDAL. The band just absorbs luck, but it's like these people are punishing bad guys. MAMI says that HARU's mom isn't the same as the listener. HARU says that her mom will wish things like "I wish they'd leave" and they usually do. TOMO says that the listener in particular is kind of close to being a god. MAMI says that maybe they were in a past life. They then talk about how it's the opposite for them with liking stores that seem to inevitably close down. RINA says that maybe they're pouring out a lot of twisted love, which they laugh at. They ask people who have these "godlike powers" to send in messages.

•RINA reads the next message from a listener who says that they spoke some power words in early 2024. They were worried about the environment of the place they'd been working at since the end of last year, and even after the start of the new year, they found themselves being consumed with work and exhausted by it. They came down with the flu at the start of the year, yet the owner gave them a tough schedule. The listener asked if they cared about their employees at all, and owner said they've never been told that before. The next day they talked and made peace, but the listener did eventually quit. RINA says that all built up and exploded when those words were said. TOMO says it takes courage to say something like that, and it's great when that courage improves things for others.

•Before HARU reads the next message, she goes, "What was 'Shunkan Plain,' again?" None of them remember what it is. TOMO says that they probably don't have this segment anymore. HARU then reads the message from a listener who sent in a message to the recent "Catch up" live broadcast for a "song you want a loved one to hear," which he dedicated to a follower of theirs, though the message + song weren't chosen to be aired. A few days later when they were feeling down, they were so happy to hear from their follower and told her about the message + song they sent in to express their gratitude for the follower. She said that she had actually done the same, and their messages ended up being almost the same. Although they live in different places and have never met in real life, they met on social media because of SCANDAL and are very important to one another. The listener was so happy that they couldn't put into words when they found out they both had written the same kind of thing. They say it's their dream to meet the follower at a concert one day. The band says that's lovely. HARU apologizes for not reading their message. They say they have several concerts this year, including their upcoming tour, so they'd love for them to come out and finally meet.

•TOMO reads the next message from a listener who lives in Kagoshima Prefecture and ask if they remember the call-and-response regarding a local commercial they did when SCANDAL went there on the 47-prefecture tour. They're referring to this commercial for a vocational school where one person asks, "Shourai, nani ni naru no? (What will you be in the future?)" and the other answers, "Koumuin (civil servant)." They say that the school hasn't showed the commercial for a few years now, but it's so ingrained into the bodies of people from Kagoshima that they'll definitely answer back if they were asked during another MC. They also give a tip to stretch out the "no" at the end. MAMI says, "We didn't absorb the luck out of the commercial, right?", which makes them all laugh. TOMO says that's possible. They laugh at how they were even given a tip to say it properly. TOMO says that they'd do this kind of local commercial call-and-response thing during their 47-prefecture tour, which made the crowds excited.

•MAMI reads the next message from a listener who saw TOMO's post from when she went to the Philippine and had Jollibee. They say also went to the Philippines and had Jollibee for the first time. TOMO says that Jollibee was great. HARU asks what she ate. TOMO says she got the kids meal because she wanted the toy of Jollibee that came with it. She says it came with some bright yellow 'clay' (was actually Play-Doh) but didn't understand the directions on how to do it (you put a piece of Play-Doh into the food mold on the figure's back, press it down, and put the Play-Doh on the figure's tray it's holding), so she asked fans via social media for help.






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HARUNA: This time...we're just going to introduce messages. Let's get right to it.


Paashii

I became a fan of SCANDAL when I was in middle school, and although I was away from the band for a while in high school due to studies and club activities, I am now a nursing student and am hooked on SCANDAL again. In that vein, I belatedly listened to all past episodes of "Catch up," and I really wanted to tell HARUNA something, so I'm sending in a message to a radio program for the first time in my life.

During Smental (game where all 4 members of SCANDAL try to give the same answer to a subject), HARUNA has given answers such as mochi and tofu, but what I imagine while listening and what HARUNA gives as an answer are always the same.

The other members would say, "Why would you answer that? That's so funny!", I was pleased to see that my thought process was exactly the same as HARUNA's, but at the same time felt down and thought I was a weirdo, so I had mixed feelings about it (haha).

I got the impression that HARUNA feels down every time Smental is played, but she has like-minded comrades, so don't be discouraged! That's all I wanted to say.

On a personal note, the national nursing exam is coming up in a week, so I'm feeling anxious every day no matter how much I study. But I will get through it by listening to SCANDAL songs every day!



HARUNA: Thank you!

TOMOMI: Good luck! National exams sure are nerve-racking.

RINA: But their message is so cute.

TOMOMI: HARU has a comrade.

HARUNA: Yeah, I do. But there are a few others as well.

MAMI: Hmm?

HARUNA: I get DMs from quite a few people who say, "I also thought of tofu!"

MAMI: Before that, HARU, you felt down!?

TOMOMI: You felt down?

HARUNA: Well...

RINA: You did?

HARUNA: It doesn't make me feel down that my answers are different than your guys' answers. I'm surprised that you're so surprised. I'm more surprised than disheartened.

All: Ah!

MAMI: I see. But it's not something to be disheartened about.

RINA: There's no right answer.

TOMOMI: It's just a game.



【Translated Summary】
『SCANDAL Catch up supported by Meiji Bulgaria Yogurt』 - Season 2, Episode 46


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•The episode starts with this.

•RINA also says that it was raining on the day they stayed overnight in Kyoto, but it was really cool to see Kyoto in the rain. She spent a nice and luxurious day relaxing and thinking how grateful she is to have been able to spend her time like that. She also mentions that she went to Tokyo Disneyland. HARU is surprised and says that she successfully drove outside of Tokyo/the prefecture (one of RINA's 2023 resolutions was to drive outside of Tokyo, which she didn't get around to doing--until recently with this trip). RINA laughs and says she did accomplish that. MAMI congratulates her. HARU asks how it was. RINA says she was really nervous but managed to get there safely. She mentions how the Disneyland staff is so smiley when they guide you when parking. It made her think, "Thanks! I've arrived!" and says she was really happy. HARU says that she's glad she drove outside of Tokyo, RINA says she's glad she was able to report this.

•Next, HARU says that TOMO did a lot of traveling. TOMO says that she first went to Kumamoto for New Year's with her family and saw Mount Aso, the castle, and relaxed in the hot springs. After that, she went to South Korea with her high school friends for 2 days, 3 nights. Following that, she went to Cebu in the Philippines with her elementary school friend for about a week. Following that, she went to Toba Aquarium and Ise Jingu Shrine (in Mie Prefecture) for a day. HARU says that's a huge distance traveled. TOMO says she was almost never in Tokyo and was always somewhere else. Because they usually don't have much time to do private traveling and don't know when they'll have a vacation, this might have been the first time in her life that she was able to properly enjoy a trip. She also brings up how they usually have travel plans taken care of for them (when they travel for concerts) by travel agents and such, so this was her first time doing all of this herself. She had to do stuff like rent a pocket Wi-Fi and such. She says that she had so much fun taking these trips that she thought she was going to die. The others laugh at this. MAMI mentions how she invited TOMO to go to a parfait place that they like and she brought her a bunch of souvenirs. TOMO had said she had gotten back the day before and will be leaving again tomorrow. TOMO says that MAMI had invited her at a good time.

•HARU says that contrary to TOMO's packed schedule, she spent a very relaxing time at home. She did travel once, and also went to Mie with her mom. She's been going to Toba Aquarium on family trips since she was little and so is familiar with the aquarium, and recently videos of the sea otters there have been going viral on social media. HARU really wanted to go see them again and found them so cute that she watched them for about two hours. She says that the reason why the otters started doing the stuff they're going viral for is for the keepers to check their health, like if they're able to move parts of their body normally or if they feel well or not. RINA says that it's comforting to hear they weren't taught that to make humans happy. TOMO asks HARU if they stayed in Toba. HARU says they did. TOMO asks if there were a lot of stalls, like ones selling grilled oysters, set up in front of Toba Station. HARU says that there were. MAMI wonders if it's because it's near the sea. TOMO says yes, and that there are lots of places that sell seafood caught that day and grill them on the spot, which makes it so much fun to visit those places. It was in fact so much fun for her that she delayed her return train. HARU says she probably did the opposite schedule from TOMO where she went to Toba first and then to Ise (also in Mie) the next day, and then went back home. TOMO says that she was in Toba for 2 days. MAMI goes, "In front of the station?", which they all laugh at. RINA asks TOMO what she ate. TOMO says she ate spiny lobster, grilled oysters, clams.

•Next, they read messages from listeners who sent in messages for the new segment to celebrate the release of their album, titled "Queen of LUMINOUS," or "Quminous" for short. HARU reads a message from a listener who says that her family's "Quminous" is her mother Sacchan. She mentions things like how there are three daughters and they usually listen to their parents' complaints, but when Sacchan gets a little tipsy, she gets a little pouty and says stuff like, "Is it my fault?" and then falls asleep. She asks SCANDAL if they can award Sacchan, who is always working hard, the Quminous Award. The band laughs and MAMI goes, "Were we giving out awards?" TOMO says that it's not that kind of segment. HARU wonders if they'll make an award later. They say that Sacchan sounds lively and joke that they'll give her the award. Ono says they can send her a pouch, which they agree on.

•TOMO reads the next message from a listener who also writes about their mom. They hadn't been able to return home for a while due to the pandemic and such, but had finally been able to do so for the year-end holidays and was reunited with their family for the first time in about 5 years. They told their mom that they had been having fun going to SCANDAL's concerts, and she asked them to tell her about SCANDAL's next album. When they gave her a copy of the Highlight no Naka de Bokura Zutto single, she listened to it every day in the car and now supports SCANDAL. The band says that makes them happy to hear that fans are starting conversations like that.

•MAMI reads the next message from a listener whose short Quminous story is about their wife who is ridiculously good at making tamagoyaki (rolled egg) and calls her the Tamagoyaki Queen. The taste, the shape, the color all look like ones found at an izakaya, and frankly, they are even better than the ones served at restaurants. The listener says that, by the way, they're the Chawanmushi (steamed egg custard) Minister The band laughs at how this couple's all about eggs. TOMO says that telling someone something like what the listener mentioned would definitely make them happy. They say that the Tamagoyaki Queen and Chawanmushi Minister sound really cute. TOMO says they'll give them an egg award. There's a pause before MAMI goes, "...egg?" They laugh and say they don't have that kind of award.

•They then close out the episode. HARU asks the others how it was to record an episode after so long. RINA says that it went by in a flash, which they all agree with. HARU says that it always feels like that, though. MAMI says that they conversed like they usually do. RINA says it felt good to talk and have things feel fresh.






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HARUNA: This time... It's been a month since we recorded for "Catch up"??

RINA: That's right. Not since the end of last year. It's been quite a while.

TOMOMI: We recorded a surprisingly large amount of episodes at the end of the year.

RINA: Yes, we recorded several rounds of three episodes.

HARUNA: Yeah, we recorded about two months worth. That's why we said "Happy New Year" in December. The reason for this is that SCANDAL took a whole month off in January.

RINA: That was a first. It was the first time we took such a long break.

HARUNA: Yes.

RINA: I'm grateful.

HARUNA: We've been at this for 17 years, so we took this opportunity to take a little vacation, and each of us decided to do something we liked for a month... Let's talk about how we spent the month.

RINA: What did you guys do?

MAMI: I went to Sanrio Puroland about once every three days.

HARUNA: Ehー?

RINA: What a crazy pace...

MAMI: I also went to Harmonyland in Oita with my mother. Or rather, my main reason was to go to Harmonyland.

RINA: Your long-cherished wish...?

MAMI: Yes, my long-cherished wish.

RINA: You did mention that. Was that your first time going?

MAMI: No, it was my third time.

HARUNA: You've been there quite a bit.

MAMI: It was a day trip. We took the plane at 6 am and came back at 7 pm. This was probably my second trip to Oita Prefecture where I wanted to do some proper sightseeing, The first time I went to Beppu, and this time I went to Yufuin.

TOMOMI: Sounds great!

RINA: Did you go to an onsen?

MAMI: That's right. Also, I think I got sculpted gel nails for the first time in my life.

TOMOMI: You play the guitar, so you can't usually do that.

MAMI: Yeah, I can't. Now they're all removed and shortened. When your nails are cute, you get really excited.

HARUNA: That's right.

MAMI: The moment you hand something to someone or hand them something, a conversation is born into this world, like, "Your nails are cute!" It was my first time experiencing that. I was so pumped.

TOMOMI: It's nice, isn't it?

HARUNA: I grew my nails a little longer, too.

MAMI: You grew them longer??

HARUNA: I grew them longer than usual.

RINA: Did you do your nails?

HARUNA: Yes, I did them myself.

TOMOMI: Nice... I can't grow mine at all. I cut them right away.

MAMI: I had my nails taken off at the place where I had them done, and I told the tech, "Thank you so much. I can't believe how happy it made me..." I told her everything I was feeling, and then she took them off.

TOMOMI: You sound like a first-year gyaru.

HARUNA: We all took trips, right?

RINA: We did. I went to Kyoto with my sister, and we went to an Italian restaurant next to the five-story pagoda, where you can eat while looking at it. It's really cool; the interior is Western style, but the view is cool Japanese style. That contrast is wonderful. Chihara Junior went there with Yuichi Kimura (both comedians). It's a creative Italian restaurant, but it's not exactly Italian. It's all a little different. We ate a course there and then relaxed at a ryokan (Japanese inn).



【Translated Summary】
『SCANDAL Catch up supported by Meiji Bulgaria Yogurt』 - Season 2, Episode 45


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•The episode starts with this.

•TOMO reads the next message from a listener whose message was read during Episode 156 where she asked the band whether she should be happy with the person she loves, or the person who loves her. She's sent in this message because there's been some progress, but says that she's not in a relationship with either guy. MANIA-kun had come to Kansai to visit her and then came again for SCANDAL's unlimited UTOPIA tour, though they didn't attend the concert together. They kept in touch after that, but his social media profile happened to be recommended to her and the difference between that and how he is in real life was so drastic that it kind of woke her up and made her feel uncomfortable. She thought that if she kept contacting him, she might get his hopes up, so she deliberately reduced the frequency of her replies. Even so, she felt sorry for being unable to respond to his feelings, which outweighted how happy she was that he was thinking of her. She just told him that she'd see him if there was another concert and then stopped contacting him. She had made plans to hang out with the other guy she likes on the day of SCANDAL's signing event in Tokyo, and afterwards he accompanied her to the venue. She was planning on confessing her feelings when they parted, but in the end she didn't have the courage to do so and they remain friends to this day. As time went by, she thought that she could have a better relationship with him as a friend rather than a lover. She says that there may come a day when she'll regret this decision, but it was one she made after much consideration so she'll enjoy her single life to the fullest so that she doesn't regret it. The band talks about the social media aspect and that, for example, you'd be really excited after a concert and that could come across in your posts. They say that it's important how you use social media, though it's okay to just be yourself. There's nothing wrong with there being a big difference between your online and offline personalities, and that it's a matter of compatibility. They thank the listener for sending in an update.

•MAMI reads the next message from a listener who is sending a "just between you and me" type of message from something that happened when they attended a SCANDAL concert a few years ago. They say that they were front row on MAMI's side and was raising their hand during one of the songs when a hair strand of MAMI's, who was whipping her hair around, floated into their hand (TOMO: "That's scary!"). They say that since they attend concerts solo, they haven't had a chance to tell other fans about this incident, which is why they're sending in this message. MAMI goes, "You don't really need to mention this story!" They all laugh. TOMO wonders if the fan took home the strand. MAMI says (or hopes, more like it) that they probably threw it away. Ono states that the listener is a woman. The band is surprised at how the listener was able to notice the single strand of hair and wonder if it was illuminated by the lighting. They say that MAMI's hair is pretty easy to see, especially when it's blonde. TOMO says that she thought there'd be a scary story that followed, which they all laugh at. MAMI says sorry and thanks for finding it, while TOMO says congratulations. MAMI then says that she has no idea what to say to this. RINA laughs and says it's an odd feeling. Ono says that this message was sent in as part of the "secret conversations" message theme for the live broadcast.

•RINA reads the next message from a listener who says that their secret is that they dress up like a woman. They started doing their own makeup about six years ago but couldn't imagine going out like that. Once they went out wearing a mask, they gained a strange confidence because most people weren't concerned about it, especially those who were looking at their phones. Since they started growing their hair out, switching from a wig, they've been wearing women's clothes to SCANDAL concerts. They went to SCANDAL's signing in Osaka in a t-shirt, skirt, and sandals after much deliberation. RINA thanked them for wearing a "SHE IS A WAVE" shirt and said that it looked nice on them. When they told RINA that they were a guy, she looked them straight in the eye and said "Oh? That's great!" They were so happy that they were tearing up. They still feel guilty for dressing up as a woman but still want to continue doing so. RINA says that she remembers them. HARU says she does as well. RINA says that they don't get to talk much to each fan due to limited time, but she was really happy that they told her that, and she thought it was really wonderful that a fan was truly living their life the way they want to. HARU says that she thinks people can express themselves however they like to. MAMI says that she really loves the YouTuber Himenii who also dresses up like a woman and that they're really cute. She says that Himenii says that cross-dressing is the best thing that only men can do, which she thinks is true. RINA says that the reverse is also true, where there are many women who like things that only guys are supposed to like. That's also something that she thinks is totally fine. She mentions that they often get DMs and fan letters about things like this, and she wants to tell all of these people that it's totally fine. TOMO says that it's the most wonderful thing when you live your life faithfully to what you love.

•HARU reads the next message from a listener who is sharing an embarrassing story that he experienced in middle school. One morning in his first year of middle school, he was riding the train as usual when he noticed a slightly scary high school boy staring at him. They had grown up watching lots of drama series so they figured that they couldn't look away because the boy would see that he was scared and would take advantage of him. When he didn't look away, the high schooler started slowly making his way towards him. He thought he would get beaten up like in dramas, but instead the high schooler whispered to him that his fly was open. That was what he was trying to communicate to the listener. The listener realized that it was in fact open and felt like he wanted to just disappear. TOMO says that was a good story and that both boys were really cute. HARU says that you do get pretty nervous when someone stares at you like that and you wonder if you did something. MAMI says all the more when it's someone older than you.






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HARUNA: So, this time...we'll just be reading messages!


Ruka

This is my first time sending a message.

For Christmas, it's become an annual event for me to go to SCANDAL's concert. After the concert, I stay over with my SCANDAL friends, exchange gifts for things I don't need, and spend Christmas basking in the afterglow of the concert. I had a long history of unrequited love and had not had a significant other for several years, so I had forgotten the concept of Christmas.

The 24th of one such year was also a regular event with my usual friend group. A week before the 24th, a good friend of mine called me and asked me when I was free. I replied that I was going back to my parents' house at the end of the year, so I was only free on the 25th and 26th, and I could hang out on either of those days. He then suggested that I go to Yomiuriland on the 25th with a male friend, and we agreed to go.

Since I was staying over with my friend group that day, I was a little late and headed there with my big luggage. However, I had forgotten that it was Christmas, so there were many people at the bus stop of the nearest station. I had no choice but to walk there with my big luggage in the cold. As a result, I was very late.

I managed to meet up with my male friend and we walked around the park, but it was so cold and snowy that we couldn't ride many attractions because of the huge number of people.

When it was time to leave the park, my male friend suggested we take the long way around. On the way to the exit, my male friend said he wanted to talk to me. I answered, "What is it?" and my male friend suddenly confessed to me with a serious look on his face, "I like you. Please go out with me."

I had never imagined he'd say that to me, so I was surprised and said, "What? Are you serious?" In my head, I was like, "What's going on?"

As I mentioned at the beginning, I had no concept of Christmas at that time, and my male friend wasn't my type, so we just hung out as friends. So I never thought he would confess his feelings for me.

I heard later that he seemed to think it was a good idea to do this on Christmas day and was planning on confessing his feelings, but when I had been very late and when I started talking about my ideal type when we started talking about love, he realized that I had no interest in him and hesistated to confess.

However, as a result, on December 25th of this year, I will have been dating him for two years.

It's probably something normal people would understand, but I was horribly insensitive to it, so it was a slightly embarrassing story about Christmas.

Also, the 24th of this year will be my 9th Christmas with SCANDAL. Of course, I will be there again this year with my friend group! I'm looking forward to it!



All: Thank you very much!

RINA: They wrote this before coming to the concert.

HARUNA: They did.

RINA: Thank you.

TOMOMI: So on that day they decided to start dating?

RINA: Two years ago, yeah. That's amazing. I guess that's what they like about them, too. It's a special day, but you don't have to be conscious of it--there's a sense of freedom. Just enjoying each other's company as friends. I think that's wonderful.

HARUNA: But certainly, if someone said they were free on the 25th, you might be a little nervous.

RINA: Yeah, you'd be like, "It's Christmas; is that okay?"

HARUNA: That's great that they've been together for two years and have spent nine Christmas concerts with us.

MAMI: Thank you very much.

RINA: Thank you. I wish you happiness.

HARUNA: Please come to a concert with him.

MAMI: Is this worthy of a pouch?

HARUNA: Shall we give them a pouch?

RINA: Let's give it to them!

HARUNA: Then we'll give it to Ruka.

TOMOMI: The first "Catch up pouch" - how commemorable!

HARUNA: We'll give them a "yogurt pouch"!

RINA: So cuteー



【Translated Summary】
『SCANDAL Catch up supported by Meiji Bulgaria Yogurt』 - Season 2, Episode 44


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•The episode starts with this.

•HARU asks which instrument each person wants to play. TOMO and RINA say they'd be fine with any of them. HARU says to choose whichever one they like. MAMI decides to go with the one right in front of her, which is the ektara. TOMO and RINA still aren't sure which to choose. HARU says, "Aren't you in charge of playing the melodies?" TOMO goes, "Me?" HARU says yes (since TOMO had done them for past jingles). RINA asks if TOMO will play the bugle, then. TOMO wonders if she'll be able to play it. She tries it out and can only play a singular sound, which makes the others laugh. TOMO says that it doesn't have a key to it. She tries it again and says that you really have to use it like a trumpet in order for it to make noise; it's like she's back in a concert band club. HARU asks if she had been in that kind of club. TOMO says that she played the clarinet in elementary school. She tries the bugle again and says that it only makes one sound. HARU then reads something that says that the scale can't be changed.

•They all try their instruments a bit before HARU asks what song they should try playing. TOMO suggests "Highlight no Naka de Bokura Zutto." RINA asks what part of the song to do. Without anyone really answering, they test their instruments again. MAMI says that her instrument doesn't really do higher sounds. She then suggests doing "Line of sight," which the others say is good. HARU says that LOS is a really fast song, though. After more testing of their instruments, HARU says that it seems like it'd be impossible for them to play any new songs. MAMI wonders what about "CANDY." It sounds like TOMO tries to play it but is unable to. The others laugh and HARU asks what part she's trying to play. TOMO says the intro. HARU laughs hard, since it sounds nothing like it. HARU again asks what song they should try playing. MAMI says that "CANDY" would probably be the easiest to do, and suggests playing the chorus. RINA asks how that goes, again. HARU starts to sing it, and then MAMI says maybe they can do the "tururururu tururu" part. TOMO tries playing it but it doesn't really sound like it. MAMI then tries her instrument but laughs and says she doesn't know anymore. RINA is heard playing her instrument in the background. HARU says that it sounds like she'll be able to play the "tururururu tururu" part." TOMO tries again with hers, which makes them laugh again.

•They try out playing that part in "CANDY." HARU starts to say "SCANDAL Catch up supported by..." but laughs in the middle and says she can't do it. They all laugh at their first attempt. They do their second attempt and are able to make it the whole way through. They stifle their laughter after and wonder if that was a good take since this jingle will be used for the rest of the year. RINA jokes to not use it that often, which makes them all laugh. HARU says that was difficult to do. She also says that there really are all kinds of instruments in the world.

•They then close out the episode. The song that plays right before they close it out is "CANDY," which makes them laugh. MAMI says that real thing is playing. HARU says that the only thing they did this episode was try and make a jingle, which they laugh at. TOMO says it's always fun to do. HARU says these instruments were a good find. MAMI says that these have been the most instrument-like so far, like they actually look like commonly used instruments. HARU says they're the biggest instruments they've used so far. MAMI says they were the most interesting ones, which makes TOMO laugh. HARU says they've been doing this for four years and she's looking forward to next year's jingle as well. MAMI laughs. TOMO says that the instruments will be so leveled up next time that she'll probably be playing the flute.






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HARUNA: So, this time...
Celebrating 200th anniversary! Let's produce an original jingle!

TOMOMI: Celebrating the 200th episode... we did that, didn't we??

HARUNA: (*to the staff) We celebrated it the other day, didn't we?

MAMI: We haven't done that many "commemorations" called "commemorations."

HARUNA: I guess we just talked about it, saying, "It's the 200th episode!"...

RINA: Did we say that?

HARUNA: The 200th episode came out on New Year's Day.

RINA: Yes, yes...

TOMOMI: During the live broadcast...? Oh, that's not right.

HARUNA: January 1 was when the 200th episode came out.

RINA: I see.

TOMOMI: Did we just talk about how 200th episode coming out on New Year's Day was nice?

HARUNA: That's it.

RINA: Yeah.

HARUNA: We didn't do anything for it, so we'll be making a jingle for the program again.

TOMOMI: I feel like we've been recording them consistently.

HARUNA: Don't we do it once a year?

RINA: That's right.

HARUNA: They say this will be the 23rd time we've produced an original jingle. Do you guys remember the previous ones?

RINA: I vaguely remember them...

TOMOMI: An instrument we used was the "boroboro mini" (four-hole ocarina)... and then, uh...

HARUNA: What else were there?

MAMI: A whistle!

TOMOMI: A bird whistle.

HARUNA: We played "one more time" and "eternal."

RINA: We did.

HARUNA: And this time, the instruments have been "powered up"!

RINA: What...?

TOMOMI: Powered up!?

HARUNA: You're probably wondering what that means...

RINA: What are there??

TOMOMI: There are always a lot of "ethnic instruments," though.

HARUNA: Let's take a look at the instruments this time.

*Instrument appearance!

(*Members speak freely about their impressions of the instruments)

MAMI: There's a big one.

HARUNA: They look like interior decorations.

MAMI: What's that?

TOMOMI: It's kind of cute.

MAMI: They're all usually cute.

HARUNA: Is this a bugle?

MAMI: The little bugle is called a "marching bugle."

HARUNA: And this one?

MAMI: That's a "mini bamboo xylophone."

HARUNA: Is this a guiro?

RINA: It's an "ektara/gopichand."

TOMOMI: The guiro is the frog one (frog rasp).

HARUNA: (*reads the explanation) The Indian "marching bugle" is also used by the military.

TOMOMI: How do you change the pitch of the marching bugle? Is it the mouth?

HARUNA: The mouth, right? The ektara is an Indian instrument, and the sound is changed by gripping the bamboo part on the side.

MAMI: I see.

HARUNA: The frog "guiro" is a Vietnamese instrument.

TOMOMI: That's cute.

HARUNA: Apparently it's called a "mokokku" (unsure of the correct spelling; I can't find a damn thing about how this word is spelled in Vietnamese or otherwise lol). The boroboro mini is also from Vietnam. Apparently it's called "đàn T'rưng." It's true that the instruments have become more powerful.

MAMI: They'd all make nice interior decorations.

HARUNA: Let's decide which instrument each of us will play.



【Translated Summary】
『SCANDAL Catch up supported by Meiji Bulgaria Yogurt』 - Season 2, Episode 43


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•The episode starts with this.

•I'll write out exactly what the band talks about after:

H: MAMI had mentioned that when we decided on the title. So, while I think this album has a much brighter feel to it compared to the previous one, I still don't think we've completely overcome that feeling.

M: We always had a happy mindset about it, though. We're just trying to give form to some of the things we had left to say and that we're ending them here, so I feel like we titled the album with the hope that people will accept it with a 100% happy and cheerful mindset.

H: It was pretty late in the process when we decided on the title. We all came up with our own words. Nothing good really came up.

R: That [process] will probably be included in the bonus video [in the Blu-ray Edition].

H: Maybe so. It was really difficult to put the mood or our thoughts at that moment into one word, but the moment we found the word, it was like our feelings suddenly became one.

R: We were able to agree at the same time, "Ah, that's it."

H: Yeah. I think that's amazing it happens every time.

R: I know. It's a moment when all senses come together beyond explanation.

H: Yeah.

R: It's amazing. But albums are extremely important because they determine the year we'll have.

H: That's right. It can be said that it's the end of a year, and also that it's the beginning of a year. I think March is the time when all kinds of things are mixed together, so I think it's great that we can release something at that time that's filled with our feelings. Also, our tour will start. I can't wait for it.

T: It's been a while since we've done a tour with a fair amount of stops. There are 19 of them.

H: Not since 2022. And yes, there are 19 performances. We're going to a lot of places. We're mainly performing at live music clubs this time.

R: That's awesome and admirable. I would have never imagined we'd be doing a live music club tour like this in our 18th year, so I think it's awesome and admirable of us. You know, you live your life as a band member, but you also live your life as a woman, all betting on the band. I think that's really great.

T: It's also very meaningful to tour live music clubs with this album.

R: In close proximity to the audience, too.

H: SCANDAL's fired up.

R: It really is awesome.

H: We'll work hard this year, too. We always wonder how long we can keep working hard for, though.

R: Let's get through this tour one performance at a time.

H: That's right. We always want to persevere in everything we do. Everyone who's coming, please look forward to it!


•HARU then mentions that they're starting a new segment to celebrate the release of their album, titled "Queen of LUMINOUS," or "Quminous" for short. They're looking for stories about extraordinary 'queens' that you know--mothers, sisters, all kinds of 'older sisters' to you, drag queens, etc.--though these stories should exclude SCANDAL.

•Next, they read messages from listeners who attended BEST Xmas. TOMO reads a message from someone who says they didn't expect Dobondobondo to make an appearance and honestly thought that Almond Crush would follow after them. They also found out later via YouTube that DD has another song that's called "Dobondobondo Dungeon." TOMO says that DD surprisingly has 4 songs (DD no Theme, Cherry Jam, DD Dungeon, Sekapero). MAMI says that their policy is that they don't write their own music, so if someone writes a song for them, they'll do it. TOMO says that the song they performed at BEST Xmas was "Dobondobondo no Theme" that Masahiro Ehara wrote it for them. She also lists a few more people that wrote their songs, like DJ Misoshiru and MC Gohan, and says that she'd love to do this again + wish someone would work with them. They laugh at how small TOMO's voice got as she talked.

•MAMI reads the next message from a listener who went with a friend who was going to be seeing SCANDAL for the first time and didn't mention anything to the friend about how BEST Xmas is usually a special kind of concert, hoping to surprise them. When the concert started, the first 3 songs took them by surprise and was very curious to know how their friend felt about it. When they asked them afterwards, they said that they were surprised and thought, "Idols can rap too?" They both had a lot of fun and also mention that they're teachers (SCANDAL: "Hey! Teacher"). The band says they're glad they enjoyed it. MAMI says that the special segment they do at BEST Xmas is usually in the middle of the concert, so she thinks that people who saw them for the first time would be really surprised. HARU says that they didn't have their instruments on stage at the beginning, which most fans seemed to have noticed. Parents didn't seem to notice, though. They laugh and wonder why that was. TOMO says that although nothing was on the stage at the beginning, there were some markers on the floor numbered 0-2 for the band to remember where to stand when dancing. She says that's not something bands usually do, and that she thinks they're the only band who can coexist with that. HARU says that they really do do amazing things.

•RINA reads the next message from a listener who says a few things about the concert, such as how hearing "Taiyou Scandalous" in the middle of winter really warmed them up. MAMI says that the song does warm your body up like wormwood (it stimulates sweating). The band laughs at this. RINA says that the song has a very destructive power. TOMO says she's glad they played it.

•They then close out the episode. HARU mentions there was one more thing to look forward to on the day of BEST Xmas for TOMO and RINA. TOMO and RINA say that it was the finals of the M1 Grand Prix (for comedians). RINA mentions how they got to predict their top 3 for Comedy Natalie, that she was really nervous when writing it, and that she did pretty well in her predictions (her 2nd place prediction ended up winning 1st place, and the other two in her top 3 were finalists). HARU says that's impressive. RINA says that what made her happiest at the end of the year was that her sense of humor wasn't off.






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HARUNA: So, this time...
New Album LUMINOUS Special
~Ruminasu, Katarimasu~ (ルミナス、カタリマス; Talking about LUMINOUS)

All: We'll be talking about itー!

HARUNA: We'll be talking plenty about our 11th original album LUMINOUS, which will be released on March 20.
...We completed it at the end of 2023.

TOMOMI: We completed it just in the nick of time.

HARUNA: We recorded it just before the end of the year. LUMINOUS has a total of 11 songs. The first song we worked on was "Line of sight," which also became a single. So from the start, it took a little over a year to make. Now that it's done, what do you honestly think, RINA?

RINA: This is our 11th album, and I feel that we've done well to get to this point. The word "LUMINOUS" means "bright," "clear in meaning," "easy to understand," "self-luminous," etc. Especially in the past few years, we spent a lot of time worrying and struggling with various things, feeling like we were in a tunnel in a sense. We named it LUMINOUS with the hope that we could get out of that tunnel and move forward into a brighter world feeling lighter. A lot of things happened, and we still don't know which path is the right one to take, but the four of us decided "This way!" We came to believe that the path we took was the right one... Because we are luminous, we're starting to think that the place is bright, and that's a huge accomplishment. I feel that we worked really hard to make it.

HARUNA: The pandemic was a big thing, like it was for everyone else, so production was difficult and we came to a standstill. Since the start of the pandemic, we released our previous albumMIRROR, but that had a lot of songs from when we were struggling. That's why it feels like this new album contains many songs from just before we came out of that struggle. What do you think, TOMO?

TOMOMI: This is our first album since we set our Guinness World Record. We'd been working hard to achieve that goal for the past few years, so I think many of these songs were created while imagining what would happen after that. There are some songs that are everyday songs, but it is great that we were able to include songs that are truly about ourselves and our future, and songs that we can sing with determination.

HARUNA: I agree. I feel that many of the songs that MAMI wrote, especially the ones about the band--or rather, about our thoughts and feelings, have lyrics that reveal them in an honest way.

MAMI: When I wrote "Highlight no Naka de Bokura Zutto," we had tested positive for COVID and couldn't perform live. We really don't know when we'll no longer be able to perform, or when we'll be unable to stand on stage. As human beings, we don't know when we'll die. We don't know if the world will end tomorrow. All of these things are not 100% impossible. I thought about all this a lot when we were stuck at a hotel on tour for about 10 days, and I had never thought about those things before. I thought, "I surely will die someday, but will it be tomorrow?" If we were physically unable to continue, we might not be able to keep doing this, but I felt that the band would somehow be able to continue. I felt so strongly that we never know what will happen to us at any moment, that I even wrote a song about it. We were trying to set a Guinness World Record and I wanted people to know and understand SCANDAL even more. There are some songs that honestly express my feelings, and while there is also an ego-like feeling of wanting people to understand, those feelings are expressed in the album LUMINOUS. I was like, "I've gone and done it," or rather, that I'm done with these feelings. I started to see the light and the light at the end of the tunnel. I'm glad that I was able to do it.



【Translated Summary】
『SCANDAL Catch up supported by Meiji Bulgaria Yogurt』 - Season 2, Episode 42


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•The episode starts with this.

•TOMO's second Power Word is from Episode 156 from the 16:23 mark, during which a listener asked the band whether she should be happy with the person she loves, or the person who loves her: "We're talking about you!" TOMO wonders if "MANIA-kun" has ever realized that the band was talking about him, but they're told that no messages have come in from someone who could be him. TOMO asks if there have been any follow-up messages from the listener. Ono says there are, which surprises the band. He says that they are so many year-end things they need to do for the program, so it'll have to wait until a little later on. HARU says that maybe they can get to it in February or around there.

•Next up are RINA's Power Words. The first one is from Episode 148 from the 32:04 mark, when they were discussing their 2023 resolutions and RINA explained what a 'slightly long' drive is for her: "Within in Tokyo." TOMO brings up how one of MAMI's Power Words also came from this same episode. She also wonders how far one could actually go if they drove for 5-6 hours. MAMI says that you could probably go to Osaka, which the others agree with. RINA says that for her, it's not about the time but about how far she'll drive/the length. HARU laughs at how RINA didn't actually drive outside of Tokyo like she had resolved to in 2023. RINA says she's still a little scared to do so. HARU and MAMI say that she first needs to decide on a destination and then set out for it. RINA says that she gets really scared when her GPS suddenly tells her to take some street right after leaving her place. MAMI says, "Like, you have to get on the highway even though you've only been driving for 5 minutes?" RINA says yes, and MAMI says that she does kind of get that. RINA says that she starts to get scared when she first sees a route like that. She says that she'll do her best this year.

•The second one is from Episode 153 from the 9:24 mark, when discussing a message from a listener who asked for advice on lies: "Your nose hairs are sticking out." After playback is done, the band laughs at how long it was (about 8 minutes). RINA laughs and says that she doesn't like the distortion that was put on her voice when she said that line. MAMI laughs at the contrast between how RINA said that and how TOMO said the same thing, but TOMO's was more light and polite in contrast to RINA's heavier and less polite one. HARU says that the band probably answers things too seriously, which the others agree with. They laugh at how much fun they sound discussing things like nose hairs. RINA says that listening back on things like this, she can still relate to what they've talked about. The others agree. MAMI says it makes her laugh like she's hearing it all for the first time. They also wish that they hope their joy is being conveyed to the listeners. MAMI jokes that they're probably all like, "What?? What's with them??" HARU says that they'll do their best to say some good lines in 2024 as well.






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HARUNA: Continuing from the last episode. Though the New Year has already begun, we'll be looking back on 2023 with this annual segment: "SCANDAL Catch up Power Word Awards 2023!", part 2!

All: (*Applause)

HARUNA: Things such as members' memorable comments, touching comments, etc.--those "Power Words" will be featured in the form of awards. This is the third one since 2021. We will now present the second part.

TOMOMI: Last time, we introduced HARUNA's and MAMI's Power Words of 2023.

RINA: They were good. Yeah, they were goodー

MAMI: Thank you...

HARUNA: Starting from this year, we'll be doing two "Power Words" apiece.

TOMOMI: Two for each person.

HARUNA: What kind of "Power Words" will we get this time...
Let's get started and introduce the "Power Word Awards 2023!"
Power Word Award - TOMOMI Category
TOMOMI's Power Word came up while reading a message from a listener who saw SCANDAL perform at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall.

All: We remember this one!

MAMI: This is indeed an insane one!

RINA: I can't listen to it!

HARUNA: Please listen from around the 4:45 minute mark.


TOMOMI: (*reading the message)...When the event started and we were listening to Nishina, the first performer, sing, a 7-8 cm bee-like insect flew onto the back of a middle-aged man wearing a yellow "Sekai Ichi" t-shirt who was sitting one row in front of us. As I stood by and watched in horror as the same bug repeatedly flew at the man in the yellow shirt, my husband calmly explained that the insect was trying its best to stretch its mouth toward the t-shirt. He said that the bug probably thought the yellow t-shirt was a flower and was trying to suck the nectar. Unfortunately, the bug could not suck the nectar, and it did not come close to us after that.

On the way home, I asked my husband, "Wasn't SCANDAL cool?" He said, "It was so wonderful! I was surprised to see TOMOMI dancing and playing beautifully. And the flower sitting in front of us..."

All: Flower...!!??

MAMI: It doesn't say "flower," does it?

HARUNA: This is a "Power Word Award" candidate.

TOMOMI: That was my (*reading error) mistake...

MAMI: What did they really write?

TOMOMI: "The flower-man."

MAMI: But the listener is also roasting the guy, right?

RINA: They are, and the husband is too.

→Back to the studio



All: (*laughs hysterically)

HARUNA: This is a strong one!

MAMI: Too strong.

RINA: I just can't. I love this so much.

HARUNA: No matter how many times we listen to it, we always laugh at the same part, so the laughter's doubled.

MAMI: Laughter surround sound.

HARUNA: "SCANDAL Catch up Power Word Awards 2023!"
TOMOMI's category: "The flower sitting in front of us."

MAMI: I wonder if that flower listens to this program.

RINA: I wonder.

TOMOMI: I wonder if they're aware that it's them.

RINA: We're waiting for a message from this "flower"!

HARUNA: Have we received any messages from a "flower"?

Staff: No, we haven't.

HARUNA: We're waiting for a message from this "flower"!



【Translated Summary】
『SCANDAL Catch up supported by Meiji Bulgaria Yogurt』 - Season 2, Episode 41


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•The episode starts with this.

•HARU then reads that the next one they'll be doing is the second one in the HARUNA category. She's surprised that there are at least two for her category (since they've only done one per member in past years). Ono says that there are two for every member, which surprises the band. The second one for HARU is from Season 2, Episode 24 from the 3:18 mark, where they read messages for the part-time job message theme ("Arubaito no Naka de Bokura Zutto"): "Are we energy vampires?" The band laughs at this. HARU says that they have been around for 17 years, after all. Ono mentions how all the Power Words were selected by the listeners, and MAMI laughs and says they don't want to take away everyone's luck. TOMO says they'll only take away luck from stores, which they all laugh at.

•Next up are MAMI's Power Words. The first one is from Episode 148 from the 27:40 mark where MAMI says she wants to improve the quality of her sleep: "I can't fall asleep unless I kill my eyes by playing games." MAMI laughs at how Ono laughed hard when she said that during that episode. TOMO says he sounded like a demon king. They laugh and say he sounded scary. MAMI says that she still continues to kill her eyes by gaming. HARU asks if her tendency of sleeping on the floor is a result of her killing her eyes. MAMI says it tends to go like this: She sleeps on the floor; then she goes, "Ah, I shouldn't be sleeping on the floor. I'll watch TV"; then she falls asleep again on the floor; then she goes, "Ah, I need to get up" and moves to the sofa; then she starts watching [comedian] Eiko Kano's gaming videos on YouTube; then she falls asleep; then she goes, "Ah, I need to get up" and moves to the bed, where she further kills her eyes and then sleeps. She also mentions how she's been hooked on watching mukbang videos recently, and falls asleep listening to ASMR of eating sounds. HARU says that MAMI is always playing something. MAMI says that that's true, and that she doesn't actually watch TV programs and such on her TV, but she does need to have something on as background music. She says that she might be the type of person who can't sleep unless something's playing in the background.

•The second one is from Episode 158 from the 8:11 mark where a message from a male listener is read who says that they're in love with a junior colleague of the same sex: "My Melody says that if you keep those feelings in the treasure box, then they'll keep accumulating a lot of sparkles." The clip that was played was rather long--about 6 minutes--and after it was played, the band laughs and says that was really long. They also laugh at how MAMI's Power Words were actually words that My Melody had originally said. TOMO says that MAMI revealed her love for Sanrio for the first time during this episode. MAMI says that she started getting really into Sanrio around February 2023, which Ono says was around the time Episode 158 was recorded/came out. MAMI says she's really drawn to things like Sanrio's corporate philosophy and their characters' mentality. Although My Melody's radio program isn't airing right now, MAMI says that you can listen to past episodes of it on the program's Audee page and wants everyone to listen to at least one episode because she thinks it'll really you them up and perhaps solve all your problems. She also says that she goes to Puroland a lot and told My Melody in person that she always listens to her radio program, and that My Melody's always working hard. My Melody went, "I'll do my best!" and did a pose for MAMI, which made her cry. They all laugh at this.

•They close out the segment and episode by saying they had forgotten they said all this, and that all the words chosen were good. TOMO's and RINA's Power Words will be revealed in next week's episode.






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HARUNA: Though the New Year has already begun, we'll be looking back on 2023 with this annual segment: "SCANDAL Catch up Power Word Awards 2023!"

All: Yayー!

TOMOMI: But I feel like we just did them the other day... The "Power Word Awards."

RINA: Seriously

HARUNA: One year goes by fast... That means a year has passed.

MAMI: So fast.

HARUNA: Things such as members' memorable comments, touching comments, etc.--those "Power Words" will be featured in the form of awards. This is the third one since 2021. The awards will be brought to you for two weeks in a row.

RINA: It's a popular annual segment.

HARUNA: It's always a lot of fun...
Let's begin the "Power Word Awards 2023"!
Power Word Award - HARUNA Category
From Season 2, Episode 8!
HARUNA's Power Word came up when we played RINA's style of "Guupaa" (an offshoot of rock-paper-scissors, but you either throw out rock or paper, and whoever does matching signs are paired up) in deciding the pairs for upcoming episodes. From the 2024:43 mark.

MAMI: Hmm?? Wait a minute, wait a minute! Did you just say "2024 minutes"?

HARUNA: ...eh, did I?

MAMI: Wait, wait, you said that!

All: (*laughs*)

HARUNA: This should be the first candidate for the 2024 "Power Word Awards"...

TOMOMI: It's already happened!

HARUNA: Anyway! Please listen to Season 2, Episode 8 at around the 24:43 minute mark!


(*Archive plays)

HARUNA: ...The next episodes will be pair ones, which we haven't done in a while. Last time it was the "HARU+MAMI" pair and the "TOMO+RINA" pair. What should we do next?

MAMI: How did we decide last time?

HARUNA: I wonder...

RINA: Did we do "Guupaa" or something?

HARUNA: I don't remember.

MAMI: I don't remember.

RINA: Something like that?

TOMOMI: What do you think? Guupaa?

RINA: Let's try it.

MAMI: Yeah.

RINA: Who'll do the "Guupaa"? Is it okay if I do it?

HARUNA: Yepー

RINA: Let's split up with Guupaa, ding-dong!

HARUNA: Eh, you say "ding-dong" for it??

RINA: How many times are we doing Guupaa...

HARUNA: Because there are regional differences! The only person I've met who says "Ding-dong!" for it is RINA.

MAMI: "Ding-dong!" is fine!

RINA: Let's split up with Guupaa, ding-dong!

All: We're paired up.

HARUNA: So, the "HARU+TOMO" pair and the "RINA+MAMI" pia...

MAMI: "Pia"!

HARUNA: We're grateful to "Pia" (the name of a Japanese ticketing service), though...

→Returning to the studio



All: (*Burst of laughter)

HARUNA: I remember that!

MAMI: Pia! I wonder if that can be surpassed...

TOMOMI: "RINA+MAMI" pia... It was too influenced by the "ding-dong" during Guupaa before that.

RINA: You're right.

HARUNA: "SCANDAL Catch up Power Word Awards 2023"!
The HARUNA Category was the "HARU+TOMO" pair and "RINA+MAMI" pia.

RINA: This is really strong...

HARUNA: It's very strong... I thought I came up with a pretty good one myself.

MAMI: You were going for a "Power Word," I see.

RINA: You're very aware of it all.



【Translated Summary】
『SCANDAL Catch up supported by Meiji Bulgaria Yogurt』 - Season 2, Episode 40


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•The episode starts with this.

•HARU asks TOMO what her snooze increments are. TOMO says 5 minutes, but there are 1-minute ones as well. MAMI seemingly looks at her phone and laughs, saying she's the same with 5 minutes. She seems to show the others and they laugh too. TOMO says that she doesn't know why there are alarms set for certain times. HARU says she doesn't get why there are night alarms. MAMI asks what she's talking about. HARU says that there are some set for 11 pm and wonders why. TOMO says there's one for 11:57 pm, for some reason. MAMI laughs and says she has one for 11:06 pm and has no idea why. HARU bursts out laughing. TOMO says has no idea for hers either.

•Next are MAMI's resolutions: Build up her stamina, improve her quality of sleep, cook more. HARU and TOMO ask her how it went. MAMI says that she's continued to go to the gym for physical fitness and tries to go to training at least once a week when she can. For quality of sleep, she says she changed her pillow to one that stabilizes her neck. TOMO asks if she can sleep better now. MAMI says that rather than sleep better, she can now sleep anywhere. They laugh and say that probably means her quality of sleep isn't very good, then. MAMI says it's not, and that she's still continuing to sleep on the floor as well as the sofa. As for cooking, she says that she made some leftover stuff herself today and drank mystery soup. TOMO laughs at the mystery soup. She also says that MAMI's been making oatmeal a lot. MAMI says she has, but as far as doing stuff like cutting up vegetables [for meals], she doesn't do it very often. She gives herself a C for fulfilling her resolutions, which they all laugh at. RINA says that's not bad.

•Lastly, RINA's resolutions: Travel alone, drive to a slightly far away destination, continue doing Pilates. RINA says that she didn't travel alone. HARU says that it was kind of hard to do in 2023 (since they were busy all year round). As for driving slightly far away, RINA says that she fulfilled that, if you count the length of time she drove. HARU laughs and asks where she drove to. RINA says she still hasn't driven out of the Tokyo area because she's still scared to. MAMI asks if she's driven on the highway before. RINA says she has but has never gone that far, and that in 2024 she'd like to go outside of the Tokyo area. HARU laughs at this. MAMI says that maybe she could try aiming to go outside of the Kanto region. TOMO says that driving within Tokyo is the most difficult thing to do, which is why she thinks it might be easier to leave it. RINA says that she's so scared to drive in the city that she starts to think that she won't be able to go back home if she goes any further. HARU asks if she then turns around at that point. RINA says she does. HARU asks if she ever found herself driving outside of the prefecture before she realized it. RINA says no, and that she's hopeless. HARU says that she should drive to somewhere like Hakone. TOMO says that she could also take a solo trip that way. HARU also suggests Yokohama. RINA says that she'll try for Yokohama. As for Pilates, she says that she is still continuing to do it.

•Now, based on last year's resolutions, they're to make new resolutions for 2024 and use sketchbooks to write them down. As HARU flips through her book, she says that there's a lot of "Catch up" history in it. MAMI finds a page in hers that says "A wonderful encounter" and wonders who wrote it. HARU finds something else in hers and says that a staffer's daughter must have used it. They all laugh. Ono also laughs and says it's a waste to not use a sketchbook, which the band agrees with. They continue to think about what resolutions to write down. MAMI and TOMO in particular seem to be having a hard time coming up with some. MAMI then laughs and goes, "What does 'houfu' (抱負; resolution, aspiration) even mean??" The others laugh and HARU agrees that they say it like it's obvious, but they don't know the origin of the word. MAMI looks up the meaning and says it means "The plans you have in your heart." They continue to think/write. MAMI says that she has one written down. HARU does as well. After another pause with TOMO going "Hmm...", RINA laughs and says she seems really torn. They all laugh. HARU says that this is probably the most troubled she's seen her. RINA says that surprisingly, it's important to say something in words at the beginning of the year. HARU says that even if you don't remember it after a year, you're probably still mindful of it. HARU then asks how many they've written. MAMI says two.

•They then read their resolutions. HARU goes first and only has one: Save money. Ono laughs and goes, "What?" HARU says she's really bad at saving money. RINA laughs and says that she does seem terrible at it. HARU says that she's always gone too far with what she wants. She wants what she wants. She wants to eat what she wants to eat. She probably can't hold herself back. RINA says, "But isn't it awesome to be able to live without doing that?" HARU says that's true, but now that she's 35, she feels like she needs to be a little more mature about it. MAMI goes, "What if you died tomorrow?" There's a pause before HARU laughs and says, "Well..." The others laugh too. TOMO goes, "It's just a resolution!" MAMI says that's true and apologizes. HARU says that it'd be fine if she died tomorrow because it means she has no regrets, but when she thinks about her future and her parents, for example... RINA asks if that means she's spent money without thinking about it much. HARU says yes. RINA says that she's trying to change her way of thinking about spending and saving money. HARU says yes, and that she thinks there are things she needs to do more properly as an adult. MAMI says that's very commendable. Ono mentions something kind of inaudible about 500 yen (something about coins?). MAMI says she keeps coin change in a pouch. RINA says that there are less and less times when you actually do use cash nowadays. MAMI says that it's kind of a bad thing, since it's so easy to just spend using electronic methods. HARU says she totally gets that. RINA laughs and says that they should be careful.

•Next is TOMO, who wrote 3 resolutions: Stop eating fast, increase muscle mass, reduce hitting the snooze button. They all laugh at the last one. MAMI says she's continuing with that one. TOMO says that she wants to stop eating fast, and RINA says that she does eat really fast. TOMO says she swallows without chewing much and wants to stop doing that because it definitely must not be good for her. For the second one, TOMO says she has no muscle mass at all. Sometimes she can't even open a bottle or jar at home and she feels sad when that happens. RINA laughs and says it seems like it'd be really hard to develop muscles into open a bottle. The others laugh and HARU goes, "Which would they even be?" TOMO says that not having much muscle mass at her age also makes her think about the future, which she and the others laugh at. HARU says she's saving up muscles. MAMI asks her about doing strength training. TOMO says she hates doing that. The others laugh. RINA says you do need to work hard when doing that kind of training. TOMO says she'll try building muscle in a non-strength training way.

•TOMO then mentions the snooze resolution. RINA asks if that means to cut back on the number of times she hits the snooze button. TOMO says the cut back number of times she hits the snooze button, which is in 5-minute increments. She says she'll hit it 4 or 5 or 6 times. MAMI says she totally gets that, which makes TOMO laugh. TOMO says she if she's able to get up the first time the alarm goes off, then she won't hit the snooze 5+ times after that. HARU asks if that actually stresses her out instead, since she gets woken up over and over again. TOMO says when she wakes up for the first time, it makes her go, "Oh, and I still sleep like five more times." They all laugh. MAMI again says she totally gets that, and if she needs to get up at 6 am, she'll set alarms that'll go off between 5:30 and 6. So she'll be like, "Oh, I can still sleep for another 30 minutes." The others laugh. TOMO says she wants to quit doing that. Ono says something about reducing the snooze button presses down by 1 right now. TOMO seems to agree, but then HARU goes, "One less now won't make any difference at all!", which makes them all laugh. TOMO says she knows what to do now, and before she goes to the gym in the morning, she'll have to get ready to go before she goes to bed at night (so she doesn't need to spend time doing so in the morning). HARU says it's like a reminder. TOMO says she's basically reduced her snoozing by one now, which they laugh at.

•Next is MAMI, who wrote down 3 resolutions: Stop sleeping on the floor, start playing a game, stop eating while doing something. She says she started 2023 from sleeping on the floor, but has been trying to reduce her time sleeping on the floor by doing these three steps: She starts off from sleeping on the floor and then realizes she shouldn't be doing that, so then she sleeps on the couch but realizes she also shouldn't be doing that, so then she goes and sleeps in her bed. So in 2024, she's going to stop sleeping on the floor and start off from sleeping on the couch. The others laugh and RINA goes, "Not the bed, huh?" For the second resolution about playing games, she says she's been really enjoying watching comedian Eiko Kano's YouTube videos about gameplay recently that it's been making her want to start playing some games herself. She also wants to try making gameplay videos. She used to think that you had to talk the entire time you're playing/filming, but after learning it's okay to be quiet or not talk at all, she'd like to try doing it.

•MAMI then talks about her third resolution, which is to stop eating while doing something. She says that after she wakes up and brushes her teeth, washes her face, does her skincare routine, does her hair/makeup, she always starts eating breakfast at the same time. The others are really surprised at this. RINA asks if this means she doesn't sit down while eating. MAMI says that she basically only stands up while eating. TOMO asks if she eats while she still has stuff like skincare cream on her hands. MAMI says that she does eat with chopsticks, though. TOMO asks if she'll keep doing that, having stuff like cream on her hands while continuing to eat. MAMI says yes. TOMO says that sounds like a hassle. HARU agrees. MAMI says that she feels the time spent on eating is wasted in the morning. The others chuckle and HARU says she does understand that. MAMI then says that she'll often eat straight from something like the rice cooker or a pot. This also surprises the others. MAMI also mentions that she'll stand while eating from these as well. They laugh and RINA goes, "Isn't it really hot?" TOMO and RINA ask if she eats the food with a scoop/ladle. MAMI says there are times she does that. The others laugh. RINA points out that she does this in spite of being bad with hot foods. MAMI says that she blows on it while eating, and that her tongue is currently really burnt. They laugh hard at this and HARU says she should definitely stop doing that. TOMO says it would definitely be more efficient if she took the time to eat normally. MAMI says that she doesn't have time to, since there's no time in the hour she has between getting up and getting out of the house, and trying to also get ready in that same time frame. HARU says that sounds like a pain, and that she's also skilled. MAMI says that she doesn't sit down while eating. RINA says that that's definitely something you can only do if you live alone. TOMO says you could only live with other people who think the same. MAMI reiterates that she wants to stop eating while doing something, and says that it feels like she hasn't eaten when she does that. The others laugh hard at this. RINA says this is all so amusing. MAMI says she doesn't feel like she's eaten but has eaten everything on her plate (or pot? lol). RINA says that she thought MAMI was talking about snacking on stuff during recording sessions or the like. HARU says that it's actually on a higher level, which they laugh at. MAMI says that she eats while doing things that are essential to her life. HARU asks if this only happens in the morning. MAMI says it's mostly in the morning. RINA says that it would seem harder to do at night. MAMI says that the band often has dinner together at night, like when they're recording and they're more likely to sit down and have a meal together. RINA says they had no idea about this aspect of MAMI. MAMI says she'll be careful, which makes RINA laugh.

•Lastly, RINA reads her 3 resolutions: Using her time in a new way, go see a bunch of comedy duo Diane's performances, take a break from social media. She says she thinks it's wonderful that she's been able to spend each each season basically the same way for the past 17 years, but around the time they got their world record in 2023, she realized she'd like to try a different way of spending her time. For example, she started to think after their anniversaries and BEST Xmas that she'd be okay if she just passed away after them, which she and HARU chuckle at. RINA says that it's not that she wants to stop doing things like that, but she'd like to do something in addition to them, or have some kind of change before/after them. HARU clarifies to ask if RINA's talking about things for herself. RINA says yes, and that she doesn't want things to change for the band. For the second resolution, RINA says she was energized by Diane's comedy in 2023 and it helped her get through the year, so she's looking foward for it to be a part of 2024 as well. HARU says that's a good thing. For the third resolution, RINA says she's been tyring to be conscious of constantly updating her social media accounts, such as her blog and YouTube channel, and although she thinks it's still important for her to do, she's also starting to think it might be a good idea to make some changes in the way she uses her time. She says because your time is limited, it's really important to try different things, make changes, and use some time for yourself. HARU closes out the segment by saying that they don't know whether or not they'll remember their resolutions at the end of the year, but they'll do their best.






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HARUNA: Happy...

All: New Year!

HARUNA: Best regards in 2024 as well!

All: Thanks!

HARUNA: The first "Catch up" episode of the New Year is miracuously out on New Year's Day!

MAMI: That's awesome.

HARUNA: And it's the commemorable 200th episode overall!

All: Wow!

HARUNA: Do these kinds of coincidences actually happen?

TOMOMI: It's amazing.

RINA: It is.

HARUNA: As for season 2, this is the 40th episode of it. Well, we have been doing this for a long time. Thank you very much.

All: Thank you very much!

HARUNA: We hope to continue to enjoy bringing you this program this year as well. So the saying goes, "The whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day"... We will each announce our New Year's resolutions. But before that, we actually announced our New Year's resolutions last year too... Do you guys remember them??

RINA: I wonder what I said...

TOMOMI: I don't remember... I wonder.

MAMI: I don't remember at all...

HARUNA: And we each set three New Year's resolutions.

TOMOMI: Three!?

RINA: Ehー? What did I say...

HARUNA: I remember one of mine.

MAMI: Wow, that's admirable.

TOMOMI: You mean we did three per person??

HARUNA: Yes. We gave them as 3 bullet points.

RINA: We did.

TOMOMI: Did we do that?

HARUNA: I think we wrote them down in sketchbooks.

TOMOMI: Oh... I really don't remember any of them.

RINA: I wish I could remember!

Staff: Let's look back at last year's resolutions. Let's start with HARUNA.

HARUNA: Resolutions for 2023:
1. Exercise a little more
2. Go to bed early
3. Travel

HARUNA: I pretty much did all of those!

TOMOMI: Wow!

HARUNA: For 1, "exercise a little more," I started Pilates last year. For 2, "go to bed earlier," I'm not sure... I think I go to bed earlier than the rest of the band.

RINA: What time do you go to bed?

HARUNA: 1 am or so...

RINA: That's early!

MAMI: That is! That's great!

RINA: That's early.

HARUNA: It's early, isn't it? I think that's earlier than everyone else. As for 3, "travel," I have done a lot of traveling--or rather, I've traveled a lot to see concerts of my favorite artists.

RINA: I see.

TOMOMI: Well, it does count as traveling. You're going to a different place.

RINA: Then that's cleared.

HARUNA: Oh, I think I cleared my resolutions.

All: Wow, good for you! (*applause)

HARUNA: I totally forgot about these "resolutions."

TOMOMI: That's fine.

HARUNA: I see - 2023 was a fulfilling year.
Now, let's look back at TOMOMI's three resolutions for 2023.

Staff: Next, TOMOMI.

TOMOMI's resolutions for 2023
"Cut back on pressing the snooze button on her alarm"

TOMOMI: "Cut back on snoozing"??

HARUNA: ...that's it??

TOMOMI: Eh? Eh? That's not three!

MAMI: And you were able to cut back?

TOMOMI: (*looks at her phone) Let's take a look...

(*A huge amount of "snooze" presses stored in her phone)

RINA: Oh, wow...

MAMI: Wow... I'm the same.

TOMOMI: There's still a lotー



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『SCANDAL Catch up supported by Meiji Bulgaria Yogurt』 - Season 2, Episode 39


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•The episode starts with this.

•RINA says that the band set will start after opening with 3 dance songs, and that the the pacing will be totally different from usual, physically. MAMI thinks that they'll be exhausted from the start. HARU agrees that that's totally possible. RINA says that dancing and performing band songs are completely different from each other. HARU says they more or less no longer know how to pace dancing anymore. TOMO says that there will be gaps between songs for them to rest, such as the raffle drawing and the MCs. RINA says that their Morning Musume. costumes just arrived at their office today and they're deciding on the sizing. HARU says that there's about a month left until rehearsals start. RINA says that rehearsals seem like they'll be tough. HARU says that they're tough every year. TOMO says that it'll be even more tough this year since they have the cover song at the start. At the end of rehearsals, they always do a final check of the opening + first song, but they've never had BEST Xmas start with a dance song before. HARU says that they won't be checking instruments for it, after all. TOMO says that this is the first time this has happened in 17 years. The band also says that they hope the concert's a lot of fun and that they're excited for it. They also say that currently, they're working really hard at recording songs [for their new album] and are on a really tight schedule, which is why they're recording this episode in November. RINA says that it's the busiest they've ever been, and that they're working really hard right now. HARU then says that the next thing that you'll hear is audio of them during BEST Xmas rehearsals.

•The next audio starts with them on December 20, the second day of rehearsals. HARU says that rehearsals are going pretty good. RINA says that they're dividing up the dance song and band song rehearsals. HARU asks how things are going right now. RINA says that the setlist has unchanged since the time the previous audio was recorded, and they're still working out details and any costume changes. HARU says that she doesn't think there will be any changes at this point, which the others agree with. RINA says that the band songs are set and ready to go. TOMO says that it's unusual that they have it all set on just the second day of rehearsals. HARU mentions that they'll be playing "Taiyou Scandalous" for the first time in a while, and that she was surprised that the lyrics span 2 pages when typed out. RINA says you can really tell it's a song of its era. TOMO says it's a fun song. RINA says that it also has a lot of power. HARU wonders what else there is to mention. RINA says they'll also be playing "Switch." TOMO says it's been a while since they last played that live as well. RINA says it's a really good song for winter time.

•HARU says that they've been working super hard to remember the dance for the first song. RINA says that her muscles are really sore and her body hurts a lot. HARU says that you use muscles that you don't usually use. RINA says that she doesn't get sore muscles when playing songs, but she doesn't have any dance muscles anymore. Staffer Kawai asks them what song they're talking about. HARU says it's "Renai Revolution 21." RINA wonders if this is the most they've ever danced to a song for BEST Xmas. HARU says it might be. TOMO wonders if "Glass no Shounen" (performed at BEST Xmas 5 in 2013) might be the top one instead. RINA also wonders about "SHAKE" (performed at BEST Xmas 2 in 2010). HARU doesn't think they danced that much for it. She then mentions their Shuji to Akira cover ("Seishun Amigo" performed at BEST Xmas 3 in 2011) and they all start laughing. RINA says it was like an acrobatic segment. TOMO wonders if all of them did it. HARU says that only she and MAMI did it. MAMI goes, "Me??" RINA says they jumped over a vaulting box-like thing at the end. TOMO goes, "Oh my god, that's so gross!" They all laugh. HARU says the ending is why it was so hard to dance to that song. RINA says that the dancing for the song they're doing this year is almost a perfect copy of the original. HARU agrees and says that this song came out when she was in elementary school and she used to dance to it all the time. That's why she still remembers it a bit to this day. TOMO agrees that you never really forget a song you've learned.

•RINA says that every year she's amazed at how fast the other three can learn a dance. MAMI says that it doesn't seem that way at all. RINA says that it takes her about 10 times longer for her to learn, and that each of their dance histories differ. She can really feel that difference every year. MAMI says that something like a three-year difference may be a big one. RINA says that she only had about 2 months of dance training (since she joined the band pretty much right after joining Caless). TOMO is surprised and asks if that's true. RINA says yes, and that's why the other 3 impress her. HARU says that she has been dancing lately again. MAMI says each year it's getting harder and harder to remember what she learned. TOMO says she doesn't think dancers these days will ever be able to always remember dances from this current era. HARU says that she thinks the muscles used are totally different (from then compared to now). RINA says that it also depends on the era, and that music as well as bands are amazing. Songs now may have the same length as ones from the past, but there are a lot more songs that don't have intros anymore. HARU says that it also depends on the way people listen to a song. RINA thinks it's awesome that this convo is now about music. HARU goes back to the BEST Xmas topic and says that it's the first time they won't be playing instruments for the first 3 songs, and that it'll be quite exhausting. Kawai is surprised to hear that they're dancing to 3 songs. HARU says that it's not so much dancing but singing with handheld mics.

•TOMO then brings up how Dobondobondo and wonders how many years it's been since they were last seen. RINA thinks it's been 8 or 9 years. HARU goes, "That long??" MAMI says she's sure there are people who don't know about them. Kawai says that it's her first time hearing about them. TOMO explains that the unit called Dobondobondo is coming to Japan from New York, for the first time in almost 10 years. There's a pause before Kawai laughs and the others chuckle. HARU adds that they're going to perform at BEST Xmas. Kawai goes, "Wow!" and that it's crazy they're playing for the first time in that long. There's another pause and Kawai laughs again. RINA says that they're putting her on the spot, which they all laugh at. Kawai goes, "I'm like, 'Who is that?'" They laugh again. RINA says the band has sure done a lot of things. TOMO says that she listened to the song they're performing again ("Dobondobondo no Theme") and thought that they were really cool. MAMI agrees. RINA asks if the song was produced by (the comedian) Masahiro Ehara. TOMO says yes, and that's where Dobondobondo's music career started from. HARU says that they disappeared suddenly. TOMO says it was due to rights issues (lol probably hinting that it was due to Epic/Sony). RINA says that she's glad they played around a lot with music in their 20s. They then say that they'll keep working hard during rehearsals tomorrow and the day after. RINA goes, "Good luck, me!"

•The last and final audio played is of SCANDAL right after BEST Xmas has ended. The band says they worked really hard. RINA thinks it was a huge success, which the others agree with. HARU and RINA say both the band and the audience were really focused today. HARU says although they started the concert with a completely different flow from usual, the audience was really exicted. She and RINA say it was like an explosion. TOMO goes, "We will never be performing 'Renai Revolution 21' ever again!" They all laugh. HARU says they did a good job. RINA says this was their first and last time performing it. TOMO says that their staff did a great job on the costumes. Ono says that they danced really well. RINA says she's happy to hear that and thanks him. HARU says that RINA did practice pretty hard and practiced for several hours each day. RINA says that her muscles really hurt. HARU says that when they recorded the earlier audio during rehearsals, they rehearsed a bit more, and after that, RINA stayed behind and practiced for 2 more hours. TOMO says she's glad they worked hard. MAMI says it was perfect. HARU says it was fun.

•Ono then mentions Dobondobondo. TOMO says that it's been hard for Dobondobondo to appear again due to rights issues (which she mentioned earlier). HARU says that applies to any new songs as well. They have 4 songs (Dobondobondo no Theme, Cherry Jam, Sekapero, Dobondobondo no Dungeon), and if they were to put out a 5th one, they'd need to find someone to write it because Dobondobondo doesn't get invovled in the production or anything like that. They laugh at this. RINA says that it's a big day that happens once in a decade (that DDD makes an appearance).

•Ono next mentions something inaudible about "Switch" and "CANDY." MAMI says it had been a long time since they last performed "Switch." HARU and MAMI say they're glad they played it. TOMO wonders when was the last time they played it. HARU says she has no idea. RINA says it's been so long that they can't remember when it was (it was on their 47-prefecture tour back in 2017 lol). TOMO says it still feels right at home when they play it now. They say that it's a good song.

•Then, Ono mentions the "M-1 Grand Prix 2023" (contest where comedians compete to win first place). They laugh and TOMO says not to mention anything about it. Ono says that the last episode is currently going on as they speak. He brings up the feature on Natalie where TOMO and RINA talked about their top 3 predictions and asks if it's okay for SCANDAL to have relationships with comedians. The band laughs and HARU says they'll see what happens next year. TOMO says they're having fun just being viewers and that it was really hard to choose their top 3 predictions because they're all so hilarious. RINA says she was really nervous to pick them. TOMO says the same. They say they're looking forward to see who wins.

•Next, they say that they announced they're releasing their new album LUMINOUS on March 20 and also going on tour on support of it. HARU says they've been working really hard on it, and that she hopes people listen to it a lot since it's truly an album that's filled with who they are right now. RINA says it's going to make everyone feel all cheerful and bright, so she hopes everyone will look forward to it. She also says that they'll be talking a lot about the details on "Catch up" in time. They then talk about the tour that'll consist of 19 performances. TOMO says it's been a while since they've done that many performances on a tour. They say they'll do their best. Ono mentions that Kawai is from Okayama, which is one of the places they're going to, and she might try going to the concert there. TOMO says that they had planned to go there on their KFTD tour but couldn't. She says she also has relatives there. Kawai says she'll go if she can join them. The band says she's welcome to. To close out this part, HARU says they worked hard this year, did many things, and are very satisfied. They thank their fans for another year and say that BEST Xmas was awesome.

•They then close out the episode by returning to audio of SCANDAL from November. They laugh and say they're jumping around too much, and wonder if each section did connect to each other. MAMI says that although this is being recorded in November, the episode will be out on Christmas Day - they then say Merry Christmas. HARU says this is the last episode of 2023 and the next one will be out in 2024. HARU says they should look back on this year and say a few words. They say they released 2 singles, went on tour, held the first signing events, went to Brazil. HARU says they did work pretty hard this year. TOMO says that they performed at more events than usual. MAMI goes, "We got a Guinness World Record!" The others laugh and say they forgot about that. MAMI says it's all thanks to their fans. HARU says it was a dense year. TOMO says this year was one where she couldn't believe that there were 365 days in it. They say to look forward to their album. They also say that this is apparently the 199th episode overall for "Catch up," with next week's episode (January 1st) being the 200th one.






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HARUNA: This is the last "Catch up" episode of 2023.

All: Oh!

HARUNA: So, we will be bringing it to you in "three forms."

RINA: "Three forms"?

HARUNA: That's right.

TOMOMI: "Three forms" sounds like a single, like Limited Edition A or B.

HARUNA: Based on our Christmas event "BEST Xmas," which took place yesterday, the 24th, we will jump through time and space.

RINA: I see.

MAMI: That's kind of amazing, but what do you mean?

HARUNA: We are recording this now, before BEST Xmas. It hasn't started yet.

RINA: I mean, it's only November right now.

HARUNA: Yes, it is November right now. We're recording this episode way in advance but we'll be talking about how excited we are for BEST Xmas.

MAMI: Hmm? That means everything has already been released, right? BEST Xmas is over, in the eyes of the world.

RINA: Yes. In a sense, spoilers are okay.

HARUNA: Yes. For those of you who are listening, BEST Xmas is over, too. However, we don't know if we did it well or not. At this point in time, we don't know if we've done it right.

RINA: Well, we have a lot of things planned.

HARUNA: I don't know if we've done what we're thinking and thinking about right now...

MAMI: But that's okay. That's part of the "now" (*November).

TOMOMI: ...Morning Musume. How was itー??

MAMI: How was itー!!

TOMOMI: How was itー!? Everyone!

MAMI: How were the first three songs of BEST Xmas!?

TOMOMI: How was it? It's also been a while since Dobondobondo came to Japanー

MAMI: Hmm? I mean, it would be nice if they came to Japan.

TOMOMI: Eh, they might not be coming to Japan... They are supposed to, though.

RINA: One of the major differences of this year's BEST Xmas is that we completely changed the structure of the event. Usually there's a dance segment in the middle of the show, but this year we danced at the beginning. It was very different.

MAMI: When people came into the venue, they probably thought the band set was different from usual....

RINA: I wonder what the set is like. There was talk of going without a band set, but...

HARUNA: Didn't we decide to go with it?

RINA: We did, huh.

MAMI: We decided that there wouldn't be mics.

HARUNA: Just the mics removed (*put on the wings of the stage)...

TOMOMI: We left the change of clothes on stage.

MAMI: Anyway, it's a different scene from what's usually seen.

HARUNA: There are no mics, after all.

RINA: Do you think they'll notice that?

HARUNA: I don't know.

RINA: I wondr...

TOMOMI: With or without mics...

MAMI: They don't know??

TOMOMI: You have to be aware of it...

MAMI: Really??

TOMOMI: I don't know.

RINA: But there must be people who are aware something's off, I'm sure. They'll realize something is different.

MAMI: I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's reactions to this year's BEST Xmas.



【Translated Summary】
『SCANDAL Catch up supported by Meiji Bulgaria Yogurt』 - Season 2, Episode 38


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•The episode starts with this.

•HARU reads the next message from a listener who says they got married this summer. They actually going to break up with their girlfriend, but she proposed to them and they accepted it. Two months later, they quit their job and moved to his now-wife's city. They say that their wife is a school teacher, by the way. There's a pause before the band goes, "No, it's the listener's wife who's the teacher!" and laugh (referencing to how the band always says "Hey! Teacher" when a message is read from someone who's a teacher). TOMO says that the listener shortened the juicy parts a lot. HARU wonders why they wanted to break up. RINA says that they must have thought when she proposed that she was the right person for them after all. MAMI wonders if there was a reason she proposed. HARU brings up how they had moved to her city so it sounds like they were originally in a long-distance relationship, so perhaps the listener wanted to break up for that reason, but then maybe the listener was like, "If we're going to get married, we can live together." They say that they're glad for the listener and congratulate them.

•TOMO reads the next message from a listener who says they can't get over their ex-girlfriend. HARU goes, "There it is." RINA says that there really are a lot of people like them out there (referencing to how many of these kinds of messages they read during the live broadcast). The listener says that she was their girlfriend from middle to high school. It's been almost 15 years since then, and they sometimes still wonder how she's doing. They wonder if it's better to forget about her since she's married. TOMO says that maybe she's their unforgettable love, and it's fine to keep their memories of her, but don't go out of their way to contact her. RINA says that time is already moving forward.

•RINA reads the next message from a listener who says that he has a crush on a junior colleague at work. He's not sure if it would work out or not, but there's actually something he's hiding from her: Her birthday, which she told him about, is the same as his's mother's, as well as their blood type. Their personalities are completely different, though. When he talked to their girl friends about it, they were divided into two types of opinions: one was that it was a miracle and they were destined to be together, and they supported him, while the other was that they thought he might have an Oedipus complex. On top of that, the ones who were taken aback totally rejected the idea of him confessing. That's why he's not sure if he should tell her how he feels. He says they don't have an Oedipus complex, but he was wondering if those kinds of coincidences about the birthday + blood type can happen. There's a pause before they all start laughing and HARU goes, "Wait a minute!" TOMO and HARU ask what the thing he's hiding from the co-worker is. MAMI says it's that her and his mom's birthdays and blood types are the same. TOMO says that's cute while HARU laughs. The band all agree that even if he tells her, she'll probably just be like, "Oh, really?" HARU says that it would have been better if he had said their birthdays were the same when she first told him when hers is. RINA says she probably wouldn't be like, "Ugh, why are you talking about your mother?" TOMO wonders why some friends were opposed to him telling her. RINA says that maybe they were talking about something else, but she also thinks that this kind of topic isn't really one to talk about with girl friends. TOMO acts it out and whispers quietly, "Actually, she has the same birthday as my mom." RINA joins and goes, "I've fallen in love with her." TOMO continues, "What should I do? Their blood type's the same, too." Everyone else laughs while this is happening. TOMO says she doesn't get the point of asking for advice about this. RINA says he probably doesn't need to worry about being rejected for just telling her this. While eating lunch together, he could just be like, "Oh yeah, my mother has the same birthday and blood type as you; that surprised me." TOMO says that this situation is cute. RINA says that it was surprising, though, which they laugh at.

•HARU reads the next message from a listener who says that they have a boyfriend they've been dating for a year. They were in the same group on SCANDAL's Mystery Tour (anniversary event), and they miracuously are the same age and live in the same prefecture. After the event, they went out to dinner and went out many times after that, and then ended up dating each other. She had often gone to concerts and events in the past by herself and didn't have many SCANDAL friends, so she was very happy to be able to connect with the same group during the second Mystery Tour. She and her bf had gone to RINA's exhibition last summer, where RINA asked them where they were going afterwards, and that she recommended Ebisu's atre mall. RINA goes, "I remember that!" The listener says they haven't gone there yet, but they'll go in the future. She also says that they regularly hang out with the same group of friends from the second Mystery Tour but haven't told the others about their relationship yet and have kept it a secret. They say they actually enjoy doing so. They don't have any particular reason for keeping it a secret, but they go to the meeting place separately and leave separately as well, only to meet back up again and hang out as just the two of them. She says she wonders if their group listens to "Catch up" and is nervous about whether or not their relationship will be revealed by the time they meet up with them again at BEST Xmas (which was 6 days after this episode aired). The band says that's nice. TOMO says that secret love is nice. HARU thinks that the friends must listen to this program, which the others agree with. MAMI says that they're using "Catch up" to have fun with this. TOMO says that Ono's suggestion (he was the MC at the second tour) that people on the same group make a group chat on LINE has resulted in the birth of several couples. The band says that's awesome. TOMO says that he's changed peoples' lives. They also say that it's nice that groups are still meeting up even a year and a half later.

•TOMO reads the next message from a listener who is a middle school teacher (All: "Hey! Teacher"), and says that they have a little something they want to brag about. when they were in college, they had a Chinese friend at their part-time job who could only speak a little bit of Japanese. They wanted to get to know them better, so they learned Chinese from them. This year, which was three years after they met, the listener took and passed the level 2 Chinese Proficiency Test. They say they think it's a pretty good result for someone who learned Chinese pretty loosely from a friend, and realized that the desire to get along and communicate with others is one of powers of speech. The band says that's impressive, and there's no need for it to be a secret; they should be proud. They also say that Chinese is really difficult, including the pronunciation. RINA says that she's sure it's because they had a friend like that that made it fun for them to study, but also because of their own efforts. TOMO says it's hard to stick with something if you don't like it. Ono mentions something most likely about boasting being something more like a secret. The band agrees and says that it's hard to be boastful outloud, so a theme of secrets makes it easy for people to send these kinds of messages in.

•Before the next message is read, Ono says that they had received the most messages about this next kind of topic. MAMI reads the next message from a listener who says they're currently in a dilemma between two senior employees at their company. They work with one of them for almost the entire day, but both of them keep complaining and whining about the same things in their conversations with the listener, which is causing them a lot of stress. It's the two employees' own matter, so the listener is like, "This is not my problem." Ono says that a lot of messages were about this kind of "Not my problem/How should I know?" topic. RINA says that there's a chance it could make things hard for the person who doesn't want to be bothered by the problem, which is why human relationships can be difficult among people who work for companies. The band basically says it's great that the listener has that kind of mentally to say that they don't care, and to keep that kind of spirit. They then say that they really enjoy this message theme and will likely read messages for it another time in the future, although not necessarily for another late-night live broadcast.

•They then close out the episode. They say it's currently 4:30 am and that they worked hard to record 3 episodes of the program today. HARU says that on the contrary, she doesn't know if she'll be able to go to sleep when she gets back home and is a little worried, but says that this was a lot of fun. The others agree and they say they'd love to do this again.






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