And if you hear Nene laugh, there can be no doubt at all that it's Nene. :D

I liked Nenedon for how she took care of little Ooga Saki, the precious Baby chan.😊💪🏻🤘🏻

@@bigbrutalbassbeer410 "Take care" as in "biting her head" ? xD

I kinda think Hana Taguchi is so underrated she is also fantastic

@@richardbiondo239 its only cause nene brings out the skills of being cute funny having a cute laugh and just being silly nene hana has those qualities too but not the laugh and hana kinda left the scene too after the fallout hana is awesome in her own style

Just came down here to write this. Thank you for saving me time (and putting much more info than I was going to)! Of course, its not that crowded this year....

Beat me to it. 😆

Ouh yes.

_"May 3 Constitution Day (Kenpo kinenbi)"_ Wow, that's the Constitution Day here in Poland too :D

So when "former" Emperor Akihito dies, the Showa no Hi will turn into Heisei no hi? Or because he abdicated the throne, it won't change? Or it's does't have any connection with the death of the Emperor, but is "just" an homage to Emperor Showa?

That's a lot of great information tha adds a lot of useful context to many of the questions and answers. Thank you! Marina and Moa did get to perform at one Sakura Gakuin concert as "M&M", a sub-unit that performed some of their favorite anime songs. Unfortunately, there is no video of that performance, but the audio is out there. : )

@@rickwagner- It is my great honor to receive a reply from you. I am the one, who always receive a lot of information from you. Thank you so much. It is Golden Week in Japan right now. Tomorrow is "Adult Day", lol. But I can not travel because of covid-19, so I just watch KZfaq or do net surfing at home all day. I have been a fan since 2019. Moreover, I have not participated in their live shows yet. It is embarrassing. I tried to go to SlipKnotFest last spring, but it was canceled. And I could not get the ticket at the Budokan either. However, I have pretty collected a lot of their CDs, DVDs, and recent magazines featuring them. I am a middle-aged Japanese. I want people all over the world to know about BABYMETAL more, so I will send out information or my opinions about them. but It is not special information. I think what everyone knows as a Japanese. And It also serves as my English learning, lol. I will check M＆M out. Thank you from Japan. I am sorry for my poor English or long sentences. We want the Metal Maffia to react to the following Nendo Tests, right?

@@minamihideki7123 I'd love to see them react to every Nendo test. And of course the pranks that Mori-sensei set up before most of them. One great thing about Sakura Gakuin is that you can be interested in only a few members, but by the time they graduate, you become invested in the ones who are still in the group.

@@minamihideki7123 Here's a link to M&M on SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/fudosama/mm-marina-moa-seikan-hikou-hana-wo-puun (I left this as a separate reply, since KZfaq will often remove comments with links.)

@@rickwagner- Yes, you are right. It was ambiguity at my previous comment. I am a fan of BABYMETAL. I have rarely heard of Japanese idol songs even in my teenage. But I have fallen down into deep fox hole due to BABYMETAL, and arrived at Sakura Gakuin at all. I am happy now, haha. Mori's prank show is good. I prefer 2014 Wasabi prank. I think 2013 is a little bit poor for girls, lol.

in Bangladesh, Bengali culture, ... there is a similar proverb for this situation --- we say - "মেঘ হচ্ছে, রোদ হচ্ছে, শিয়ালের বিয়ে হচ্ছে" which translates -- "it's raining, the sun is shining, the fox is getting married" :D

@@zahidurrahman2869 that's interesting. I wonder if a fox marriage is commonly used this way in many other cultures. I know I had never heard it used to represent rain before.

@@zahidurrahman2869 That old Fox God really gets around, huh? :D

@@0okamino ... hahaha ... XD, ... maybe, who knows! well. we don't say FoxGod, ... we say "শিয়াল পন্ডিত" = "Fox Pandit" ( a "Pandit" is a person with specialised knowledge or a teacher of any field of knowledge) .... Fox represents knowledge/wit ... in Bengali folklore. :D

As I read “a Fox’s Wedding” I instantly thought of “The Fox’s Wedding” vocaliod song sung by the vocalioids Miku and Gumi.

The girls often mention the "Staff-san" as being crucial to their success. That of course includes Mikiko, and Mori as well as a bunch of other people we don't see as much. All of these people are pretty personally involved in the girl's growth, so he *is* kind of their teacher in a way since he is an industry pro working with girls whose goal is to eventually become industry pros themselves. I'm sure he's often called as a reference when these girls are looking for work.

Celebrating that she did better than Moa. I love how Moa was like not so fast I'm going to announced next. And then was.

@@russellward4624 I was wondering if she was talking a little smack, but then she was so happy for Moa after lol. They are both too cute.

@@mikepowers9486 At 20:49, Yui was called by her name first, so she jumped to the conclusion and said to Moa, "I won better than Moa", like a cute child. But Moa calmly told Yui that my name might be called next, and Yui suddenly noticed and said "Ah". Nene also said to Yui, "How about Ayami?" All girls are really cute.

@@minamihideki7123 They are all so precious. Too cute!

@@mikepowers9486 a bit of "in your face" but not as confrontational. Lol TBF they could sayn"8ll be drinking your blood" and it'll still come across cute. Lol

As I like to say "Marina Horiuchi is made of magic!"

Well, it's not a real school and i highly doubt it was a real test. I've seen the outtakes. It is about as real as Saved by the Bell. But it's still cute, it doesn't matter that it wasn't real. It's more impressive that it wasn't real. They were all acting. They had camera men right in their faces. I couldn't do it. They learned a lot more from this than they would have learned from a real test.

@@Jordan-Ramses They are entertainers, there are cameras, make up, etc. but they don't know the questions in advance, they don't even know the day of the test, and of course the tests are not real in the sense that they are testing girls from a wide range of grades, and the questions need to be entertaining.

Well, one question which is common: the members names and how you write them. :-)

@@cadiazm - How do you know that they even took a test? It's show business. They never showed them taking the test beyond a few seconds and it looked like they were acting. When Mori left the room to 'grade' the tests he probably came back 10 seconds later with all the material written by staff writers. But i am not saying this for any other reason than that i am a person who values truth for it's own sake. I don't think it matters one way or the other. It doesn't make anybody any less that it was fake. It's show business. It's supposed to be fake.

@@Jordan-Ramses There is an interview answered by Iida Raura when asked about the genuienity of the test. She had gone on as saying it is as real as it gets. Random basic common knowledge questionares. And from following tests. Mori Hayashi have gone on in the same segment that he with fellow staff members mark their answers and laughing at their insane answers. Now whether they take this seriously is another questions because their answer can be really be out there. It can be safe to assume some of them answer it on basis of their own personality rather than correct answer. Having said all that having seen them being stiff and unnatural in their weekly Fresh show I dont think all of them are that good of an actresses to be able to cry and be sad when they failed the test. Two names which I believe use this to their advantage to show their personality Okada Megumi and Okazaki Momoko. One to shine to show the fans she is a smart girl and the other showing what a funny girl she is though on her last test Momoko does look worried if fans see her as too dumb.

Mori Sensei aka the Kami Band of SG. And the ninja who got Magz when they reacted to the Friends tribute by the 2013 seniors 🌸

This is old now, but… I listen to Marinas album just about every Monday as I’m driving to work. It’s a nice way to start the week.

@@kevinhiggins7838 Marina's album will never get old. I also listen to it around once a week.

Stay safe.

Stay safe!

Just released a new cover on her YT channel, it's really good.

I'd say she's better than pretty good, but I can't deny that she's both pretty and good. :D

Super Moa Day is definitely a celebration for the world. :D

I wonder if some time in the past the expression traveled from one country to the other?

The subtitles might be off but not Mori-Sensei's punchlines. They hit, and they hit hard lol

"reacted a video were Ayami, Airi and Hourichi Marina (the girl with weird answers XD) make a cover of Doki Doki Morning." That 'Doki Doki ☆ Morning' shuffle-unit cover had Ayaka, Airi and Marina. Not Ayami.

@@rickwagner- hahaha, I’m sorry, my mistake typing the name XD

@@kurtcobain133 No worries. Have to love the idea of putting the two tallest girls on the left and right of Marina. : )

We do the best we can we are 700 videos deep sometimes we forget things, we’re only human

@@MettalMaffiaOfficial But, but, but… It's Moa's Birthday! Are you saying "Who cares!" : )

Shhh.. no spoilers haha 😆

@@arielasentista6637 pretend you didn't see that hehe....

@@bullemule yeah will do. by this time they already got to the power udon, so happy times

@@arielasentista6637 the best of times :) i still wonder who the noodle man is hahaha!

@@bullemule i dunno.. maybe he is in a band with Mr Buffer, Harry-san, Franky-san, their Grandpa, and an Egyptian haha

That LOGICA segment is in a cute and funny moments video for Marina. I hope they get around to those. Maybe after these nendo tests. :)

@@0okamino remember that part when the guy voicing the robot thing was just laughing to the point of speechlessness? marina got him 😂

or grow, I think she needs to drink more milk:)

Magz and LVT have even both mentioned Moa's birthday being July 4th a couple of times before. They keep forgetting. Maybe they need a test. :D

@@0okamino NEXT SHOW: MagzLVT Gakuin - 2021 Nendo Test. 😂

lol 😂 I don’t even have my band members birthdays memorized and I see them every week! Lol

@@MettalMaffiaOfficial I like to say that Su was born on the Winter Solstice (December 20th, 1997), Yui was born on the Summer Solstice (June 20th, 1999) and Moa… was born on the "Fourth of Kawaii" (July 4th, 1999). : )

@@MettalMaffiaOfficial Speaking of birthdays, Temporary President Nene's is May 9th. Just putting that out there. ;)

the water gun fight would be a great one for them to see

just a slight correction, I am not sure if it is the case in the States but I think tests are normally graded on a curve so that 50% pass and 50% fail to account for tests being more or less difficult from year to year

Yeah, then you get to see him perform. "Hold my beer moment"

We didn’t create the subtitles on the video so we’re just going based of a link we were sent.

@@MettalMaffiaOfficial I know it wasn't you, I didn't mean to make it sound like I was blaming you. I meant I wish the uploader had done some basic fixing of the subtitles before people like you took the time to watch it. All Babymetal and Sakura Gakuin videos you see with subtitles, the subs were done by fans. But since they didn't have as many fans in their early years, most of the subs from before around 2014 are very poor. But with so many videos to translate most people who do subs nowadays only work on newer content. It would be nice though if someone could go back to their older videos and improve the subs for newer fans like you guys. That's all I was trying to say. PS: I really love your Babymetal and Sakura Gakuin reactions! I hope you keep going even after the original Babymetal members graduated from SG in 2014. Sakura Gakuin really improved a lot in the last couple of years!

My Japanese is really basic... I noticed 'ojisan' is 'uncle' not 'grandpa' (that is 'ojiisan') and it is written right in the original captions.

Shhh.. no spoilers hehe 😁

In that case that would make them very effective actors like their reactions are very spontaneous and natural.

@@jamesdean3352 Have you seen the videos of Nakamoto performing in a stage play in Hiroshima before Sakura Gakuin??

"Wrote "the scripts" " I'm trying to figure out if you're bursting people's bubble about it being a "real school" (it isn't, of course) or if you're trying to imply that this isn't as off-the-cuff as people think and everything must be heavily scripted line by line like in a movie script (I don't think this is true). Most of the Sakura Gakuin skits (like the one where Yui and Airi trade places for example) are scripted...that would be more in line with an SNL-style skit. The players memorize lines and recite them. But the Nendo tests are more off-the-cuff than I think you're giving them credit for. I don't think the level of scripting for the Nendo tests is much more involved than what a teacher might do for designing a lesson plan for a class of students. I actually do think the girls take a test, and it's the answers they give on those tests that determines what kind of script he wants to build and what kind of scene and punchlines he wants to put into place. He sets the scene using that script, and the girls have characters (chara) that they're supposed to be playing, in which they give off-the-cuff responses to this scene that he's set into place. The girls are putting themselves in the situation and reacting how they would if they were truly in that situation. It's more of an improv skit that has certain arrival points as well as a pre-scripted finish. To be honest, I think the format has more in common with a D&D campaign. A lot of factors are pre-set, along with a predetermined desitnation, but the overall flow is more-or-less completely improvised.

@@takigan Mori is one in an interview who stated that he wrote the scripts for the classroom scenes.

@@outwest1014 Yes, and in this case he was able to base his script on the members answers to the test questions. Mori-sen is a really good comic writer, but I don't think even he has got the imagination needed to make up Marina's answers. : )

What they've seen so far hasn't contained much material from the LoGirl episodes, so that's yet to come. :)

spoilers!!! Please don't spoil the tests to LVT and Magz

They must have gotten 0 points on the test. :D

@@0okamino true that hehe :)

Not a real school, or test, but not all is scripted, the results are not, the girls don't know the questions in advance

@@cadiazm - Are you just saying that or do you know? Because i've had a lot of people tell me that it was a real school and that is complete nonsense. Seems like people want to have some weird fantasy about it. I don't get it.

@@Jordan-Ramses Someone once told me that the group is officially registered and considered as an actual school lol, don't know where this is coming from xD

The real school thing is complete none sense, and people who believe that are new to the group, since they never say that and make it clear in many ways that they are a “school themed idol” and that the girls attend “real” schools. I followed them for many years, initially because of BM, not anymore sadly, and have watched different videos, concerts, LoGirl and Fresh episodes, behind the scenes, read translated dairies, etc. Any material pre 2020, And it’s clear to me that although they follow scripts, there are also improvised and natural components, like here in the nendo tests, their diaries, etc. In some nendo tests you can see the frustration of the girls when they do badly. Again they know they are being filmed of course and the purpose of what they are doing, so it’s not completely real or natural, but they are not told to answer incorrectly.

@@cadiazm i don't know if you are familiar with Craig Ferguson, but the Nendo Tests give me the same kind of vibe, i.e. the element of improv. (Btw, Craig is one of my favorite comedians)