Maimi goes through her birthday presents and introduces ℃-ute’s latest single in her February 17th update “present( ・ω・)“. Full translation below.

Good afternoon
It’s Maimi

I had a little time last night,
so I looked at the birthday presents and letters that everyone gave me(o^^o)

The letters gave me a lot of power,

and I could feel the love from everyone from the presents while thinking things like

“Did they think a lot before choosing this?”

and “Did it take them a lot of time to make this?“

Thank you very much

Ah That’s right
I didn’t have enough room to write about it earlier,

but after the Hello! Project concert finale the other day,

all of the Hello! members and staff went out to eat yakiniku

Unfortunately, Berryz Koubou’s Tsugunaga Momoko-chan couldn’t participate due to illness,

but I was relieved to hear that she went back to work starting yesterday

The yakiniku I ate with everyone was reaaaaaaally delicious(≧∇≦)

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℃-ute shrewdly sat at the table next to Berryz Koubou’s(^o^)/*

Everyone in Berryz Koubou really loves to eat(≧∇≦)

When ℃-ute was like “Our stomachs huuuuuuuuurt(*_*)”,

we could hear someone say “Hey, we don’t have enough meat( ´ ▽ ` ) Let’s secretly order some more“,

and then “Maybe ℃-ute will give us some(((o(*゜▽゜*)o)))”, and they cleaned off all the meat from ℃-ute’s table

Seeing girls who can eat a lot is soothing to me~( ´ ▽ ` )

By the way, the white top I was wearing then was a birthday present from Juice=Juice’s Miyazaki Yuka-chan(^o^)/*

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(↑Huh? Have I attached this picture before?(^◇^;)… I forgot…f^_^;)… Well, it’s alright~~( ´ ▽ ` )ノlol)

The next day, I said to Yuka-chan,
“I wore it yesterday( ´ ▽ ` )ノ Did you notice“,

and she responded “Ah(((o(*゜▽゜*)o))) I thought it might’ve been( ´ ▽ ` )ノ”(//∇//)

Thanks Yuka-chan

Speaking of clothes,
I also received this from ANGERME’S Takeuchi Akari-chan(^o^)/*

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(↑Huh? Did I attach this one before too? I couldn’t tell which pictures I’ve attached before and which I haven’t(＞人＜;) Sorry if I’ve attached it before)

Akari-chan came all the way to my house to give it to me on my birthday(T ^ T)

Thanks…

By the way, today I’m wearing the shorts that Berryz Koubou’s Shimizu Saki-chan gave me♪( ´θ｀)ノ

Thanks everyone

Now then Today at 3:00PM,
at Tokyo Tower Daitenboudai 1st floor club333 special stage,

we will have a public recording of “Nakajima Saki no Cute na Jikan”(((o(*゜▽゜*)o)))

Hagiwara Mai-chan and I appear as guests*\(^o^)/*

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If you have the time, please be sure to come and hang out( ´ ▽ ` )ノ

Ah… Is it alright if I say one more thing?(￣▽￣)

Today I’ll be with Nacky and Mai,
and the weather was bad during their solo birthday events~(￣▽￣)

The weather was only nice on the day of my birthday event, which was between theirs(￣▽￣)

And then, it’s supposed to rain today~(￣▽￣)

Everyone(・ω・)ノ
Don’t blame today’s rain on meψ(｀∇´)ψlol

Well then, let’s have a wonderful day today~~

Until tomorrow’s update~

On April 1st, our 27th single “Tsugi no Kado wo Magare/Gamushara LIFE/The Middle Management ~Josei Chuukankanrishoku~” (song order pending) will be released

It’s ℃-ute’s first triple A-side single, and the songs were composed by Nakajima Takui-san, SHOCKEYE-san and KOUGA-san, and Tsunku♂-san

We already debuted “Tsugi no Kado wo Magare” at the Hello! Project concerts,

and it’s a motivating song that makes us think “When things aren’t going well even though we’re working hard, it’s probably a good idea to not get hung up with one way of thinking and to try throwing away our fixations! There’ll be a new world waiting for us!”

“Gamushara LIFE” is a song where we sing about ℃-ute, and the lyrics are packed with our experiences
I’m really happy that they made a song for us like this in the 10th year after our debut
I think if people unfamiliar with ℃-ute up to this point listen to this song, they’ll be able to understand our history and feelings

“The Middle Management ~Josei Chuukankanrishoku~” is a cool number with a fast tempo
As the oldest group in Hello! Project, I hope we can charm people with our maturity and femininity in this song
Along with the tempo, the dance is also really speedy, so we will work hard to show everyone a cool ℃-ute

We will pour our hearts into this single so that we can show everyone a completely different ℃-ute with each song

I hope you’ll look forward to the date when we can perform them