Continuing to catch up, here’s Ai’s interview in Famitsu App! Her dialogue tends to be a little more difficult to translate, with more casual/slang-like language and puns. Let me know if you have any errors or corrections to report~

Being frank, how has it been, working with Famitsu App?

Have you gotten used to helping out at Famitsu App?

I’ve gotten to experience a lot of stuff, and it’s been awesome! Making a magazine really does need the strength of a lot of people, huh~ Getting to know this world that I knew nothing about has been super exciting!

Hm? The other employees are praising me? Saying that I have good muscles? Heheh, as expected of Ai-san—I’m doing pretty well, huh?

Juuust kidd- wait, hold on, don’t print that! I haven’t even done that much yet~!!

What are your thoughts on working with us?

Though I’ve only been allowed to help with researching for the articles, I’ve really learned a lot. It’s important to understand not just the perspective of someone being covered, but also that of the person covering them.

Somehow, it perfectly fits what we need for our school idol activities!

Oh, now that I think of it, I wonder when my gravure shots will be released? I promised to my grandma that I’d make sure I’ll show her first!

What motivated you to work with Famitsu App?

Someone I hang out with a lot is a Famitsu reader, so when they heard, they said that “of course you have to choose Famitsu!”.

I trust them a lot, so I thought, “I guess I have no choice!”!

When you’re working at Famitsu App, what do you talk about with Ayumu-chan and Rina-chan?

I talk about work with Ayumu-chan a lot, I guess. And afterwards, I tell her about things like the latest popular apps. When I tell her about some interesting social apps, she smiles a lot when we’re talking about trying to make friends using them.

With Rina-rii… oh yeah, I call her Rina-rii, but anyway, we manage to talk, with her using the Rina-chan Board. That thing has a lot of faces, so it’s pretty amusing.

Oh, and I promised Rina-rii that we’d go shopping together. We’re planning to hit up some cute shops and eat pancakes with tons of cream! Rina-rii is the type to want to be fed!

Do you have any thoughts on clothes?

My clothes? I guess I’d say they feel freeing? But I like them, and what’s most important is that I wear what I want to wear!

Right, if you wanted to talk about fashion, you’d want to talk to Karin. She’s pretty good at coordinating clothes, she knows some good stores, and she gets really excited about it. I actually bought the accessories I’m wearing from an online shop that Karin recommended~

When you’re talking with people in a higher position, do you talk to them like you’re doing right now?

Huh? I don’t think so… Ahem, even I use keigo [TL: honorific speech] with my superiors, you know? On that note, has everyone had the chance to eat yet? [TL: she switches to a more formal tone here.]

You wanna… er, if you please, would you like to dine together?

…how was that? I got my manners from my grandma—when she said that I was being rude, I tried to be proper and polite! But when I messed up, she taught me how to phrase things correctly.

What do school idols mean to Ai-chan?

Why did you start being a school idol?

Well, I have this classmate who’s a big fan of school idols, and they asked me, “The world of school idols is completely different from what you’ve seen before, I think. So do you want to take up the challenge?”

When someone says something like that to me, I’m the type to suddenly get really fired up about it.

Being honest, what’s your appeal point as a school idol?

My appeal point would have to be… my knack for puns, maybe! Who else could tell these grate cheesy puns? Heh!

[TL: Thanks to @annanicomaki​ for the pun suggestion! In the original text, she says “Dajare o iu no wa dare ja?”, roughly meaning “Who’s telling puns?”. “Dajare” is “pun” and “dare ja?” is like “who could it be?”.]

What? Why didn’t you laugh? Ah, did it go over your head?

You see, it’s because it’s “grate” and “cheesy”… wait, why are you looking at me so kindly?? [TL: in the original, she says that it’s because of “dajare” and “dare ja”.]

What kind of school idol do you want to become?

With my amazing puns, I’d like to make people laugh when they think of me while they’re relaxing, and fire them up when they’re in a tough spot…

Yup, I want to become an idol that’s like a good friend. I’d give you the feeling that Ai-san Power is always by your side.

Like “One order of love [TL: translation of "愛情” (aijou)] for the weary!”. Because I’m Ai, after all! [TL: “Ai” is the same character as the “ai” in “aijou”.]

From now on, what activities do you want to do as a school idol?

Of course, I want to get on stage as soon as I can! And I want to be on the biggest stage.



Since I started working to become a school idol, and this goes for helping out here as well, every day brings a view that I haven’t seen before. Up until now, I’ve seen everyone being noisy and having fun, but it’s kind of like—how do I put this—we’re doing jiu-jitsu, I guess? [TL: yeah, I’m a little confused about the jiu-jitsu part too.]

So, standing in the center up on stage… on a huge stage, just what kind of landscape would you see from there? I really want to find out soon! Recently, I’ve been thinking about this every day before I fall asleep, but I think it has to be beyond my wildest dreams!

