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A clip of Juice=Juice’s Ebata Hisaki trying senburi tea for the first time in her life during a TV variety segment was posted on X, sparking discussion on 5ch’s Hello!Project board. Senburi tea is a notoriously bitter herbal tonic long used in folk remedies, and capturing someone’s priceless facial reaction the moment they drink it has become a classic bit on reaction-based segments. Thread posts focused on Ebata’s expression, comparisons to other members who’d done similar segments in the past, and differing opinions on whether this was a punishment game or a challenge she took on herself.

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*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello!Project board) thread “[Image] Juice=Juice’s Ebata Hisaki-chan tries senburi tea for the first time in her life in a TV segment wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.”

Breaking news hit the 5ch Hello! Project board that the venue for Morning Musume。’26’s Oda Sakura graduation concert has been set as Yokohama Arena. The thread immediately buzzed with unconfirmed reports that Juice=Juice — which also has a member set to graduate around the same time — would hold its own graduation concert at the same arena, making it a “2-day” run, though nothing about this was ever confirmed and the speculation ran well ahead of the facts. The conversation eventually drifted from the venue’s size itself to comparisons of drawing power and big-venue track records across other groups like Juice=Juice and ANGERME, spiraling into arguments about the pecking order between Hello! Project groups and heated exchanges between fanbases.

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “[Breaking] Morning Musume。’26 Oda Sakura Graduation Concert Venue Confirmed as Yokohama Arena Kita━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━!!.”

A thread about Hello! Project idol group ANGERME lit up over the observation that “the members don’t all go out together anymore.” The group was once known for outings where the whole lineup would head to the beach, USJ, or Disney together, but with the graduations of core members like Takeuchi, Kamikoku (Kamiko), and Kawamura (Kawamu), some suggested there’s no one left to organize such plans. Thread posters were split on whether the group’s current senior members — Ise, Hashisako, Kawana, and Tamenaga — could fill that role.

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※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5channel (Hello! Project) thread “Hasn’t ANGERME stopped going out together as a full group…”.

A ranking site’s survey of 1,413 men on “which former Nogizaka46 member would you most want to marry” became a hot topic on 5ch. Mai Shiraishi took the top spot. While some in the thread agreed with the top picks, plenty questioned why popular members like Marika Ito, Rina Ikoma, and Kazumi Takayama didn’t make the list, and others took a skeptical view of the ranking itself. Some posts also revisited the earlier announcement of Shiraishi’s relationship with Fuma Kikuchi.

We surveyed a total of 1,413 people online for our “Which Former Nogizaka46 Member Would Men Most Want to Marry? Ranking [2026 Edition]”! From the group’s all-time aces to its current lineup, popular members spanning generations made the cut. Who did men support most as their “ideal marriage partner”…?

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1st place: Mai Shiraishi (145 votes)

Source: rankingoo.net / Original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports Express+) thread “Which Former “Nogizaka46” Member Would Men Most Want to Marry? Ranking.”

On the Hello! Project board, opinions clashed over the direction of Tsubaki Factory’s new single. It started with a post saying: “Tsubaki can just be the group that puts out great songs even if they don’t sell — please stop releasing dumb songs aimed at going viral.” The group has previously put out songs aimed at TikTok virality, like “Mousou Furifuri,” choreographed by Sako Makita, and their new song “Aiueon,” written by Hyadain, was seen as following the same pattern. The thread split between those who said “they don’t need to go viral” and those who argued “chasing virality is part of what makes Hello! Project what it is,” with comparisons drawn to the currently thriving Juice=Juice, and some pointing out jealousy lurking behind the criticism.

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Tsubaki Factory otaku: ‘Please stop putting out dumb songs just to go viral’.”