[AKB] 48 Producer Akimoto Yasushi (Aki-P)
At that time, the average age in AKB48 was 17.5, however Ohori Megumi was already 25 y'o and the oldest in the group so she couldn't appear on broadcasts performances, and she was also always at the end/back of the AKB theater
Aki-P: Regarding your solo debut
Ohori: Yes!
Aki-P: If you can't sell more than 100K copies, we'll force you to graduate
She was told that if she can't sell over 100K albums, she'll graduate from AKB48 (t/n: withdraw)
The MV set was a real Kyabaukra (adult entertainment)..
And the concept was a "woman with no name"
The choreography and her outfits was freaking hopeless
The solo debut's title was "Sweet Hip Joint"^^;;
- My knees slide
I poke you with my elbow
My hip joint is sweet and supple (hip joint/groin being supple means that you're sexually ill) t/n: lyrics trans here
The poster is also an actual picture of her own hip joint
She herself doesn't understand why she had to be dressed like that and come out
She also wore those clothes to go around CD stores and bowed her head down directly to greet the stores to "treat her well/take care of her"
"But what~ (looking forward)"
"A hug"
"A hug"
But we're not talking a trivial type of hug
She has to hug people while saying "Please mess me up<3"
She performed at the market
and since nobody was giving her attention, they turned off the music/accompaniments
She did that at the onsen
and even in motels
They didn't even offer her a car or lodging to move around so she was either hitch hiking or sleeping in the streets
In her autobiography, she said she thought that they would only make her sleep in the streets for filming footage so she asked when she will be going to her dorms and the director got f*cking mad at her;
Every day, she would dress like that, wear those 8cm heels and even walked the mountainous fields so her feet ended up bleeding..
On the day of the end of her [solo] project... There were only a little bit of time left and she wasn't able to sell 100K
This was the event during the last moments, and Ohori didn't show up
She was thinking she would be done for so she was crying. The MC next to her asked her "Are you giving up now? Is it the end?" I wanted to beat him up so bad
In the end, she even started hyperventilating
Eventually, she got the strength to show up at the final count..
And the members all ran to her and turns out she ran a hard race and was able to sell over 100K TT TT
In the end, they read her the letter from the producer ^^;
"Congrats^^ about 2 years ago, when your sales weren't improving and your smile disappeared, I scolded you right?
Even though everyone expected this~ You showed us a tenacity and never gave up! blah blah blah if you work hard you can achieve anything^^!"
Some people hearing those bullsh*t starting to laugh, but maybe it was out of emotions..
Ohori Megumi is so amiable towards her members, she has a lot of tears but also has a strong mentality, she was a good member.
Later, in her autobiography, she wrote that she was having it so hard back then that she was hyperventilating everyday, she was self-mutilating, her parents were hearing mocking remarks like "your daughter is doing this, isn't she embarrassed?"
Her mother ended up falling into depression, her dongsaeng looking at her family told Ohori in a phone call to stop tormenting their family and cried TT TT
The only person who was supporting her was her grandmother, but 2 days before her solo album went on sale, she passed away. Still, her grandmother was able to call her after hearing the news of her solo and her grandmother told her she happy that she was able to achieve this...
At that time, when she listened to her song, her mind would go blank, regarding her revealing clothing, she also lost her words for them... However, she didn't have any time to think about them because she would get scolded for her choreography when she was learning it. She was thinking this opportunity was something that might never come again TT TT
Right now, she's married to a famous play writer and she said she's living happily raising their daughter.
She looks happy
original post: here
1. F*ck... Are they insane?
2. My Japanese friends likes our country's girl groups so much... One time, we were talking about this one group and they said "They're so pretty and talented, but why do they have to be idols? They will be much better as model, I feel bad for them being idols" I went "huh? What are they saying?" back then, but now I understand... The human rights of Japanese idols are so low..
3. Japan's women rights are on the floor level... It's not like that for actresses, but especially for idols, it's so severe
4. Aren't normal fans looking at this going to get mad at the company for doing this? The way that they think that this is a normal thing for idols to do just shows you the gender disparity reality there. They're an upgraded version of our country, but in a bad way
5. If I went through all this, no matter how much time has passed, I'll never be able to get over it and personally go beat the sh*t out of all of them...
6. I feel so bad for her that this brought me to tears... I'm so relieved that she's living a good life now
7. This made me want to barf
8. Bang Sihyuk f*ck don't go play with a f*cker like himㅗㅗㅗㅗㅗㅗㅗㅗㅗㅗㅗㅗㅗㅗ Ah f*ck
9. Isn't this ijime....? What is this? It's literally abuse
10. This is crazy.... This went on air legally and nobody had an issue with this????????
11. If Japan wants JPOP to become a global thing, they need to retire this PD ASAP
12. Wow... My heart f*cking hurts
13. Making her wear this and sing this type of song while telling her to sell 100K copies is such bullsh*t
14. I'm happy that she's living happily now, but this f*cking broke my conscience.. ㅠㅠ
15. This would've made me want to retire as an idol
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