Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

NicoNico is the origin of bullet screen websites. Bilibili copied it and then localized it into a localized website.

After Jiang Yan took the phone, he saw that Mina and the others were watching a dance called "Good Morning on Friday" performed by Karen Iwata, an active member of AKB48.

"You guys still follow AKB48?" Jiang Yan asked curiously after putting down his phone.

"Not entirely. It's just that ever since Iwata-senpai posted this dance, it's become popular on Japanese social media. We're young people, so of course we have to pay attention to it."

Sana Minatozaki spoke at an astonishing speed in her Osaka accent, and after explaining, she continued without pausing, "Besides, we've debuted now, isn't it normal for a girl group to pay attention to senior domestic groups? After all, that's AKB, I wasn't even selected in my auditions before."

Jiang Yan wasn't surprised when she said that.

Without a doubt, for most Japanese girls who want to become entertainers, the 48 Group is probably the first choice.

In particular, Sana Minatozaki later said that if she had come in third place in the 48 Group general election, she would never have come to South Korea to become an idol. This shows how high the status of the 48 Group is in the hearts of the Japanese people.

However, in his previous life, Jiang Yan supported Nogizaka46, AKB48's official rival, which belonged to the Sakamichi Group. The reason might be that some members of Nogizaka46 had a more aesthetically pleasing appearance.

However, after Sana Minatozaki said that, Jiang Yan subconsciously asked, "So, none of the three of you passed the AKB audition before?"

Sana Minatozaki shook her head and said, "Anyway, I didn't pass."

Mina didn't say anything, but she also shook her head.

But Momo Hirai said, "I've never had an audition. I was approached by a talent scout from the company after I posted my dance videos on YouTube."

After Hirai Momo finished speaking, Minatozaki Sana suddenly clapped her hands, as if she had thought of something, and added, "Speaking of which, Mina and I used to participate in dance training at LDH. At that time, we were even planning to see if we could be selected as internal trainees by EG.Family... Um, Hikaru-san, can you understand what I'm saying?"

Sana Minatozaki originally wanted to share something about her connection with Mina, but halfway through, she realized that Jiang Yan, being Chinese, might not understand what she was saying.

After all, compared to AKB48, created by Yasushi Akimoto, which has a great reputation throughout Asia, the groups under LDH have little reputation overseas.

But Jiang Yan could actually understand it.

Although he doesn't know much about JPOP compared to KPOP, he still has some knowledge of it.

"I know LDH, and I also know that EXILE is a very famous group in Japan."

The group EXILE might be relatively unfamiliar to the general public in China, but one member of the group might be somewhat familiar to casual observers in China: Akira, Lin Chi-ling's future husband.

"Eh, I didn't expect that you even knew this, Hikaru-san." Minatozaki Sana looked somewhat surprised.

"Actually, I don't know much about them either, but their third generation group has a song called 'Fireworks' that seems to be very popular in Japan, and I personally like it a lot," Jiang Yan replied with a smile.

"That's the song. It was really popular in China back then." Sana Minatozaki nodded in agreement.

However, at this moment, Mina suddenly interjected softly, "Hiko-san likes this song... is there a reason?"

"reason?"

Jiang Yan looked at Mina, who had asked the question, wondering why she would suddenly ask such a question. After a moment's thought, he replied, "I just like listening to ballads, there's no particular reason."

"But after listening to this song, I actually gained another goal."

"What's the goal?"

Jiang Yan's second half of his sentence immediately piqued the curiosity of the three of them.

"It's nothing, I just really want to go see a fireworks festival sometime in the future if I have the chance."

In his past life, as a hardcore anime fan, whenever he saw scenes of male and female protagonists participating in fireworks festivals in romance anime, he would think about choosing a good time to experience the atmosphere of the event when he traveled in the future.

However, after Jiang Yan casually uttered this idea, the three members of Misamo who heard him paused in unison.

Then, whether it was Mina, Sana, or Momo, the way they looked at Jiang Yan changed.

Something within them seemed to be quietly sprouting with the help of those words.

Jiang Yan didn't notice the subtle change in the atmosphere; he was just a little surprised that the three of them suddenly fell silent after he finished speaking.

He didn't seem to have said anything wrong, did he?

"So, which fireworks festival are you planning to go to next, Hikaru-san?" Hirai Momo blinked and asked tentatively.

Jiang Yan was stumped by that question.

Although he had this plan, in reality he only created a new folder.

"We don't know yet, let's talk about it later."

Jiang Yan felt it was too early to talk about these things now, since he couldn't possibly go to the fireworks festival alone. He could do some research when he actually went.

As for who he would take with him, he didn't know; he hadn't considered that question yet.

Seeing that Jiang Yan didn't want to continue the topic, the three of them tacitly stopped asking any more questions.

But after glancing casually at the other two people beside them, each of the three secretly felt a sense of wariness.

Meanwhile, after returning the phone to Mina, Jiang Yan was thinking about something else.

Perhaps he could register a NicoNico account and, like Kenshi Yonezu, try to build up a base of Japanese fans by posting some songs on the website.

Many of the new generation of Japanese singers who became popular later, like ADO, started their careers in this way, so it seems that he could replicate this path.

Anyway, there's no real loss if it fails; it's just an attempt.

After deciding to do this, Jiang Yan planned to write a Japanese song and then post it on the NicoNico website at a later time to test the waters.

After chatting with the Sakura Line members for a few more minutes, a series of light footsteps came from the practice room doorway.

After Yoo Jeongyeon and Lim Nayeon walked in from outside, they also saw Kang Yeon.

"Oppa, what are you doing here?!" Yoo Jeongyeon approached in surprise, while Lim Nayeon looked equally surprised.

Jiang Yan repeated his explanation of the Sakura Line to the two of them.

Subsequently, the chat expanded to include six people.

However, Jiang Yan did not stay in the practice room for long. Half an hour later, he said goodbye to the five people.

We could have chatted a little longer, but that was based on the premise that he had no new plans beforehand.

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