Let's move Oda-chan to tears by filling her handshake meeting with wotas! (Part 1)

山形握手会を人いっぱいにして小田ちゃんを泣かそうぜ！

(HPW note: At the beginning of 2013, UFP decided to hold a series of handshake events all over Japan. On March 21 they announced that Morning Musume was gonna have "simultaneous handshake events" on April 2 over 11 prefectures, which meant they're gonna send each single member into several local cities alone. As the result of lottery Oda Sakura was to be sent to Tsuruoka of Yamagata Pref, a rural small town in the Tohoku region of Japan. Soon after the announcement some wota established a thread in 2ch worrying about the predicament the newest and probably the least popular member had to face. The thread was full of derisive, negative and skeptical responses at first, but it began to show an unexpected development as it went on.)

1 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:10:39.81 0

俺はりほりほのとこ行くから頼んだぞ

I'll go to Riho's, so I'll leave Oda's up to you.

4 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:12:24.18 0

俺はその日愛知に用があるのでお前ら任せた

I have a thing to do in Aichi on the day, so I'll leave it up to you guys.

5 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:12:58.13 0

奇遇だな俺も愛知に用がある

What a coincidence! I'm scheduled to go to Aichi too.

(HPW note: Aichi was where Kudo, more popular than Oda at the time, was going to have the handshake meeting on the same day)

7 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:13:19.96 0

人いない方が泣いてくれるよ

Having few people would be more effective to make her cry. 

15 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:16:27.64 0

山形って言われても地図上に場所が思い浮かべられない

I can't recognize where Yamagata is on map.

18 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:17:04.45 0

平日だしなあ

Even worse, it's a workday.

20 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:17:50.50 0

マジレスすると遠すぎる

It's too far, seriously.

24 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:18:59.97 0

糞事務所は何でこんな酷いことしやがるんだ・・

How could the Damn Agency treat her that cruel?

(HPW note: Wolfers, the residents of the H!P forum on 2ch, always call Up-Front Promotion "the Agency" or "the Damn Agency".)

28 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:19:55.17 0

小田ちゃんが過疎で泣いてしまわないか心配で不眠症になりそう

I might get an insomnia of worrying if Oda-chan would cry of having few people there.

32 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:21:38.03 O

小田は調子乗ってるから１回現実見せてやったほうがいい 

ガラガラの握手会で泣かせようぜ

Since Oda has been getting puffed up, it'd be better to force her to face the reality. Let the venue be empty to make her cry.

38 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:23:45.31 O

S-MALLって鶴岡じゃねーか 

山形県に住んでるけど遠すぎて行けねーよ 

何で山形市内でやらねーんだよ

It's in Tsuruoka where the S-MALL is! I live in Yamagata Pref, still it's too far to visit. Why they don't do it in Yamagata City?

(HPW note: S-MALL, a local shopping mall, is the venue for Oda's handshake meeting.)

40 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:24:24.21 O

何人からがいっぱいに入るんだろ？

How many spectators do you think is enough to be described "filled up"?

42 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:24:51.38 0

１００人きたらもう万々歳でしょう

If a hundred came, I would call it a victory.

49 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:27:14.01 0

無理だゴメン遠すぎる

It's physically impossible for me. It's just too far.

50 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:28:14.34 0

まぁ人気最下位にはふさわしいんじゃないの

Well, that deserted place would be suitable for the least popular one.

59 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:30:33.99 0

１０人来ないだろう 

冗談でなく

She would have less than 10. I'm not kidding.

69 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:34:55.99 0

小田ちゃんが天下のモーニング娘。の看板を背負って一人ぽつんと立ってるとか泣ける

It'd be sad to see Oda-chan standing solitarily representing the world-famous Morning Musume.

81 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:39:28.03 O

ツイッターにガラガラの握手会画像をうpするアンチすらいないだろうから 

そういう意味では安心w

There wouldn't even be haters posting pics of the empty venue on twitter. And it'd be the only good thing about it.

112 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:52:33.95 0

鶴岡出身だけど人なんて集まらないぞｗやめとけｗ 

何かジャスコにネプチューンが来たときは30人位集まったけどｗｗ

I'm from Tsuruoka and I must say it won't go successfully. I remember around 30 people gathered at JUSCO when Neptune came up.

(HPW note: JUSCO, the Japan's largest chain of hypermarket) 

(HPW note: Neptune, a comic trio. You might have seen them as members of Happatai.) 

117 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 20:55:15.57 0
俺も鶴岡出身だが30人も集まらないと思う 

I'm from Tsuruoka too. They couldn't expect even 30 spectators, I'm afraid.  

132 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 21:05:46.72 0

東京の人には信じられないだろうけど 

鶴岡なんて昼間でも道に人っ子一人居ない 

道歩いてたら何かしてるからついでに覗いてこーなんて事も望めないし本当止めてあげて欲しい 

事務所は鶴岡来たことあるの？絶対無いだろ

Tokyoites wouldn't believe me, but there's no passer-by on streets of Tsuruoka even in daytime indeed.  So you could never expect shoppers to happen to drop by the meeting while they're at it. I really wish they'd cancel it for the sake of her. Has anyone of the Agency ever come to Tsuruoka? I bet none of them has.

159 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 21:16:23.28 0

東北圏の人達も生田や佐藤に散っていくというのが恐ろしい

Even worse, they're gonna have to share wotas in the Tohoku range with Ikuta and Sato.

(HPW note: UFP assigned Ikuta to Fukushima and Sato to Morioka, these two cities are also of the Tohoku region.)

162 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 21:17:19.26 0

ぶっちゃけ道重やももちが来ても人が集まらないと思う

Frankly speaking, even Michishige or Momochi wouldn't get a big audience there.

167 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 21:18:25.57 0

(HPW note: The appearance of the Tsuruoka Station)

170 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 21:19:08.49 0
これは… 

Oh...

172 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 21:20:08.17 0

駅前にも何にも無いから気をつけろよ 

ミスドが一個あるだけ

Remember there's no shops in front of the station other than Mister Donut.

182 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 21:23:29.43 0

でも山形全体で考えればハロヲタ300人くらいはいるだろ？ 

そのうち1/3でも集まれば…

But there could be about 300 Haro-wotas in whole Yamagata Pref, couldn't there? What if one third of them turned up?

223 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 21:36:27.84 O
山形県の他の地域とは出羽三山で隔絶されてるんだよ 

Unfortunately, Tsuruoka is shut off from other districts of Yamagata by the Deba Mountains.

203 : 名無し募集中。。。[sage] : 2013/03/21(木) 21:28:42.52 0

※当日は握手会のみとなります。握手会は列が途切れ次第終了とさせていただきます。 

これはすぐに終わる可能性もあるのか？

"NOTICE: Handshake event only. The event will be closed as soon as queuing is over."

Does it mean the meeting could finish very soon?

205 : あ[sage] : 2013/03/21(木) 21:30:14.09 O
あるよ 小田山形じゃ３分保たない 

Quite possible for Oda in Yamagata. It wouldn't last for 3 minutes.

219 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 21:34:18.40 0

なんで鶴岡なんだよｗｗｗ山形出身の俺ですらほとんど行ったことないのに 

山形とか天童とか米沢あたりにしとけよ

Why in Tsuruoka for this time? Even I myself from Yamagata have hardly ever been there. They need to change it to Yamagata or Tendo or Sakata.

222 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 21:35:51.93 0

小田ちゃんの嬉し涙が見たいねん

I just want to see Oda-chan crying with joy.

225 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 21:36:32.71 0

小田は鶴岡の地に立った瞬間やる気なくすだろうな 

活気ゼロだものｗ

Oda would droop as soon as she stepped into that totally dull town of Tsuruoka.

301 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 21:55:13.07 0

田舎って都会より何倍もヲタクとかそういう文化に厳しい

People in countryside are many times more intolerance of subcultures such as Otaku than people in urban areas.

304 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 21:55:28.34 0

ファンサービスって言ってもファンがいない所じゃなあ

How could they have a fan meeting where no fan exists.

321 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 21:58:24.69 0

山形なんてＡＫＢとかでも手出さないな危険地帯だぞ 

選抜メンでも苦労するレベル 

そんなとこに小田１人ぶち込むとか本当イジメだよこれ

Yamagata is the risky area which even AKB wouldn't go into. It would be tough even for their picked team. It's almost like bully to send Oda into such a place alone.

323 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 21:58:30.19 0

現実を教えてあげるのも優しさ

The best education is to be forced out into the world.

331 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 21:59:45.85 0

新幹線使っても４時間以上東京からかかるんだよなぁ 

帰れないじゃんか

It takes more than 4 hours from Tokyo to Tsuruoka by the Shinkansen. I can't go and return in a day.

(HPW note: the Shinkansen is also known as Japanese bullet train.)

336 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 22:01:00.11 0

そもそもガチの小田ヲタというものがどの程度存在しているのか 

存在していたとして休みを取って田舎にたどり着けるのか 

疑問です

First of all, I can't help getting skeptical about how many serious Oda-biased does exist for real. Even if they did to some extent, how many of them could take day off and find their ways to that countryside. I'm really skeptical about it.

340 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 22:01:17.68 O

何だかんだで野次馬が来てそれなりに賑わうでしょ 

CDは100枚売れないだろうが

She would get a bunch of curious onlookers after all. Still it'd be hard to sell 100 CDs.

397 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 22:15:18.88 0

今回ほどヲタの忠誠心が試されるイベントはないな

No event will be more severe than this one to examine wota's loyalty.

444 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 22:26:15.14 0

飯田バスツアーのように後世まで語り継がれるイベントになると思うから 

歴史的瞬間を見たい人は行ってみたらどうだろう

I think this event could be a legend to be handed down to later generations just like the Iida's bus tour. Wanna be a witness of the historical moment? What are you waiting for?

454 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 22:32:05.81 0
参加者が少なすぎて語り手が途絶えてしまわないか心配だ 

I'm afraid there could be too few witnesses to hand it down.

460 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 22:34:21.88 0

モーニング娘。新メンバーの小田さくらが山形県鶴岡市の商業施設S-MALLで孤独死 享年14歳

"Oda Sakura, the new member of Morning Musume has died of desolation at the commercial building named S-MALL in Tsuruoka city of Yamagata Pref, at the age of fourteen."

476 : 131js115.omn.ne.jp : 2013/03/21(木) 22:40:31.70 0

敢えて裸で書く 

俺が米沢から行くよ

I dare to declare naked. I'll go there from Yonezawa.

(HPW note. "Naked" means showing submitter's Internet Protocol Address, and being not afraid of getting identified.)

(HPW note. Yonezawa is about 140km in driving distance from Tsuruoka.)

566 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 23:05:03.62 0

いや俺も難易度高い場所&小田ちゃんでかえって燃えるんだがハードル高すぎる 

場所さえもうちょっと便利だったら即決なんだが

The high degree of difficulty to get there and the compassion for Oda-chan are turning me on. I'd make up my mind right now if it was at somewhere else a bit closer.

618 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 23:20:31.16 0

ハードルが高いほど熱くなる 

プラチナ期に僻地のコンサスレ伸びてたの思い出す流れだわｗ

The higher obstacle lies ahead, the more I get excited. The flow of this thread has reminded me of how we used to talk about going to concerts in remote towns during the Platinum Era.

691 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 23:42:11.41 0

さくらちゃんに恥をかかせるわけにはいかないから行く

I'll be there to prevent Sakura-chan from getting humiliated.

701 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/21(木) 23:44:56.62 0

ここで行くとか書いた奴が行かないのはわかる

I know these guys declaring going there wouldn't go actually.

865 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/22(金) 01:27:52.54 0

さくら前線北上中

The cherry blossom front is moving northward.

(HPW note: As you know Sakura means cherry blossom in Japanese, and in every Spring it begins to bloom from south to north gradually. The cherry blossom front is a line indicating the forecasted blooming date of sakura.)

891 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/22(金) 07:31:49.06 O

これは･･･事務所の温情だろう 

鶴岡なら人が集まらなくて当たり前だからな 

少なくてもさくらが気にやむことはない 

むしろ人数次第では東京のだーいしが死亡するぞｗ

It must be an UFP's clemency on Oda. Because Oda wouldn't need to feel sorry for having had little audience in the deserted town of Tsuruoka. I'm rather afraid of Daaishi might get accused if she couldn't have had a big crowd in Tokyo.

(HPW note: Daaishi, Ishida Ayumi was lucky to draw Tokyo for her charge.)

921 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/22(金) 10:01:23.44 0

秘境の地だな山形って

Yamagata seems just like Shangri-La or something.

928 : 名無し募集中。。。 : 2013/03/22(金) 10:09:52.22 0

山形在宅ヲタの俺からすると 

ってかなんで急に山形なんだろうなって感じだ 

急に山形なんか来られても地元民対応出来ないよｗ 

まず山形でコンサやって地盤つくってくれ 

いきなり握手会でオダサクだけこられてもな・・・・

As I'm a zaitaku-wota lives in Yamagata, I can't help wondering how come it's in Yamagata this time like a bolt out of the blue. How could locals react to OdaSaku coming alone to Yamagata to do a handshake meeting all of sudden? They need to do concerts and create the fanbase in Yamagata first of all.

to be continued...

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