Ai’s introductory dialogue is out! My confidence in this translation is lower than for the others (casual speech is hard)… Sorry if the wording is weird. Let me know if you find errors!

This is an SIF-style dialogue, so Ai is addressing the reader, a fellow student, before they shoot her introductory video (what we get as text in the member profiles).

Profile

A second-year student at Nijigasaki High School. As a suggestible person who’s always willing to help, she has a lot of friends.

Her style is flashy, but she has a big heart, and she’s a granny’s girl. Her favorite food is nukazuke [TL note: a kind of Japanese pickle].



Dialogue right before the video



Hey, were you waiting? Oh, that’s a camera!

Whoa, you borrowed it for today’s filming. I definitely thought you’d be using a smartphone instead. Because using a smartphone would be smart! Ahahah! “Smartphone” and “smart”! That’s a knee-slapper!

Wait, why the face? Wasn’t that hilarious? You got the joke about “smartphone” and “smart”, right?

Gah! Why do you look like you saw something bizarre? What’s up with you? Even though I’m an energetic girl!

What’s my favorite food? I guess I’d say nukazuke. [TL note: Again, nukazuke are a kind of Japanese pickle. And yeah, I’m not sure why she changed the topic so suddenly, either.]

My grandma’s nukazuke was really delicious… To think that I can’t eat it any more… oh, she’s not dead! She’s still alive and kicking!

Eh? I’ve done enough of telling jokes and explaining them, so it’s time to sober up? OK, got it. I’ll be serious. You went to the trouble of borrowing the camera, after all.

What!? You bought the camera yourself!? You worked at a part-time job!? Wow, you’re really committed. That’s kind of incredible.

Ah, sorry, sorry. I wasn’t trying to make fun of you. More like, “wow, they’re really giving it their all”, or “I’m kinda jealous”.

There isn’t anything in my life that I’m as dedicated to, you see.

Huh? So the world of school idols will have things I’ve never seen before. And I’ll be able to see a deeply touching landscape?

Is that so? This is coming from you, and you’re really serious about this, so I guess it has to be true.

Ahahah, I’m down for that! I’m getting super excited! A landscape I haven’t seen before, huh… what could it be like?

Not just that, but if I do something like becoming a top school idol, grandma’s definitely going to be pleased, right? “Ai’s giving it her best!”

All right, I’m suddenly pumped up. Hurry up and start recording—I’ll be in a great mood for this intro video!

Remarks in the video

[Pasted from my translation of the member profiles.]

Yo. I’m Ai Miyashita. I stumbled into being a school idol because my friend from school asked me if I wanted to! Everyone, I’ll be in your care! I love you! Because I’m Ai! [TL note: the pun here is that “aishiteru” can mean “I love you” or “I’m being Ai”.]

With that, Ai-san’s special rapid-fire pun corner starts no— oh, I can’t?

……Ah, OK, sorry. I’ll be serious from here on. Seriously.

Well, as you can see, I end up getting dragged into a lot of things, but I’m an honor student. You can’t see that? Wait wait wait, but it’s true! I’m good at both studying and athletics, and I’m stylish… you see?

Anyway, the friend I mentioned before said to me, “I think the impression of the school idol world that you have is totally off. Sure you don’t wanna give it a shot?” That got me excited! I’m really prone to getting fired up from that kind of challenge.

So! I decided that I’ll aim to be number one in the world of school idols!

I want to see this world that I haven’t seen!

And I want to show everyone that landscape!

Let’s soldier on in high spirits!

