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A thread on 5ch dedicated to Hello! Project blew up after an Instagram reel surfaced showing Morning Musume.’s Fukumura Seira and another member tearing up while pushing through a grueling rehearsal. The post also led to fans sharing second-round advance ticket details (accepted 9/17–9/23) for the “M-line Special 2026 Autumn – NOCTURNE –” autumn tour, which hits Shinjuku ReNY on October 11 and November 7, and Kashiwa PALOOZA on November 1. In the thread, opinions clashed over why the tears happened — some dismissed it as “she’s just out of shape from doing solo work for so long,” while others countered that “of course it’s rough once you’re working outside your usual group.” Fans were also split over the venues being livehouse-style.
Just how brutal was this rehearsal…
For these two to end up like this is no small thing…
Source: instagram.com / Original post here
What people said
Hey!
She was giving it everything for our autumn tour, but
seeing Fuku-chan like this is rough…
I really do need to make it to at least one show
🌟Second-round advance tickets now on sale🌟
M-line Special 2026 Autumn ～NOCTURNE～
Oct 11 (Sun) & Nov 7 (Sat) — Shinjuku ReNY
Nov 1 (Sun) — Kashiwa PALOOZA
🗓Application window: Thu 9/17 18:00 – Wed (holiday) 9/23 23:59
🔽Full details on the official site
https://ody-inc.com/
#MSpeNOCTURNE
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Shinjuku ReNY, huh — haven't been there since before the pandemic.
Ooooh, Kashiwa PALOOZA is Matsuzaki-san's livehouse, right? Didn't realize Hello! Project stuff happened at a place like that.
Out on her own, this is just how it is.
Or so I hear, I dunno.
Yeah, it's easy to see.
Watching from the back wall at ReNY with your penlight pumped up full blast is pretty fun too.
If you don't do stuff like this, entertainment won't pull in new or casual fans. Longtime otaku enjoy it too.
"Did you even practice?" (her infamous catchphrase)
Personally, maybe Sendai darwin — haven't been in a while —
or Shinjuku ReNY that same weekend.
One of those two might be doable.
if she brought home some random few-thousand-yen mirror, she'd probably get scolded for it
clashing with the house or whatever.
Don't be soft.
It's a standing show.
I'm not going into the pit.
Let me know if they ever do a seated hall show.
Is that Fukumura's call too?
She's a guest, but "Tii" said she's got a ton of stage time.
I'm taking Kiki-chan home with me.
Guess she caved to all those harsh comments.
That's probably why there's a mountain of choreography to memorize.
As a fan that makes me thrilled, but
that sounds brutal for the members.
I always pictured Fuku-chan's place as basically a whole floor of some ultra-luxury condo, like the Johnny's Harajuku dorm (the talent agency's shared trainee housing).
Even if it's not her own room, you'd think there'd be plenty of full-length mirrors around…
don't tell me she's started living alone?
Never mind that, just go buy your tickets already.
Three shows minimum.
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It's that competitive, huh… I'd better hurry for real.
Background and key points of the debate
“M-line Special” is a Hello! Project unit project spanning multiple groups. As mentioned in reply #4, the autumn tour is indeed scheduled for October 11 and November 7 at Shinjuku ReNY and November 1 at Kashiwa PALOOZA, with second-round advance ticket sales opening at 18:00 on September 17. What divided the thread was how to interpret the reason Fukumura Seira and the other member were shown in tears. Some took the cynical view that she was “just out of shape from a long stretch of solo work,” while others defended her, arguing that “life outside Tsubaki Factory, where she was more sheltered, is simply tougher” — and some posters even floated the idea that the video was edited for documentary-style effect. The other sticking point was the venue format: some fans said they’d skip the shows since livehouses are mostly standing-room, while others welcomed the chance to get up close and wave their penlights. Worth noting: the video itself never explains the reason for the tears, so specifics like poor physical condition or brutal choreography remain speculation within the thread.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Look at this, ace performers Fuku-chan and Kiki-chan are rehearsing in tears 🥲 Now I really want to go to the M-line autumn tour…“.
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