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The story
Hello! Project’s official social media runs a daily segment called “Hello! Q&A,” where members answer that day’s question. The topic for September 7 was “If you gave yourself a foreign-sounding name, what would it be?” and members’ answers rolled in one after another, starting with Danbara Ruru’s “Lucy.” The thread lit up especially over Endo Ayakari’s answer, “The ENDO” — commenters kept pointing out that the spelling closely echoes THE END, the boss character from Metal Gear Solid 3. Old logs from the same segment back in 2021 were also dug up and quoted, with people comparing this year’s answers to the ones from back then.
What people said
Q. If you gave yourself a foreign-sounding name?
Danbara Ruru Lucy
Q. If you were to give yourself a foreign-sounding name?
Kanazawa Tomoko Isabella
This just kind of popped into my head (lol)
Uemura Akari Caroline
Inaba Manaka Manakan Dawson
Because I love Titanic…♡
Inoue Rion Sarina
Danbara Ruru I think I'll just stick with Ruru.
Kudo Yume Harpon Uude Tarko
Matsunaga Ria Charlotte.
Because I'm planning to name the cat I'll live with someday Charlotte.
Arisawa Ichika Ichi-Cutter
Irie Risa Elizabeth
Ebata Hisaki Katherine Evangelista (lol)
Wait, isn't an octopus's 8 things called legs, not arms lol
that's also worth poking fun at
Actually, those octopus things aren't legs, they're arms
some members are answering totally seriously, what's with that
https://ameblo.jp/juicejuice-official/entry-12494688130.html
2019-07-16 16:39:25
Today's photo♪
I couldn't eat the octopus, but I could take a photo with it ♡
Snapshot with the octopus!
https://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/20190716/16/juicejuice-official/b3/88/j/o0810108014504097581.jpg
My true feelings were…
https://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/20190716/16/juicejuice-official/ee/a1/j/o0810108014504097588.jpg
A sample of octopus arm………
I didn't eat it!! It's okay^^*
I really didn't eat it!!
Really (´ε｀；)
Come to think of it…
Octopuses don't have legs!!!
Those eight things on an octopus are all arms! Every single one (o^^o)
So for me, "octopus arms" feels more natural to say than "octopus legs" (✿˘艸˘✿)
Had no idea
is The ENDO, the boss character from the stealth action game
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (MGS3)
and its remake, METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER.
Background and Talking Points
“Hello! Q&A” is a regular daily segment run by Hello! Project’s official social media, and because it simply lines up each member’s individual answer as-is, the differences in personality tend to stand out. The thread also quoted a log of the same segment from November 22, 2021, with plenty of posts enjoying the comparison between past answers — like Kanazawa Tomoko’s “Isabella” and Inaba Manaka’s “Manakan Dawson” — and this year’s crop. The centerpiece of the discussion, Endo Ayakari’s “The ENDO,” evoked THE END, the boss character from Metal Gear Solid 3, thanks to the close spelling, and reactions from game fans helped fuel the thread. In the exchange around Kudo Yume (nicknamed “Tako,” or Octopus), a bit of trivia — “an octopus’s 8 limbs are arms, not legs” — got reinforced by quoting her own 2019 blog post, which highlights something not obvious from the main text alone: how long-past official posts keep getting dug up and referenced by fans.
※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Q: “If You Gave Yourself a Foreign-Sounding Name?” — Endo Ayakari Says “The ENDO”.”
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