# E10 - Gateway to Success
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**[01:31] Matsuda**
We passed the initial screening
of the Idol Festival!
***SIGN*** Green Leaves Entertainment
**[01:35] Matsuda**
These are the groups participating
in the Tohoku preliminaries.
***SIGN*** Idol Festival
**[01:39] Tange**
It's finally starting.
**[01:41] Matsuda**
Only the group that scores highest
**[01:43] Matsuda**
based on on-line and off-line fan votes
**[01:46] Matsuda**
and the judge's scores
will make it to the I-1 Arena.
**[01:54] Miyu**
Everyone's so cute.
**[01:57] Yoshino**
Hey, look at this.
**[02:00] Miyu**
Are they entertainers?
**[02:01] Kaya**
They're so unique.
**[02:03] Airi**
They've got an incredible
aura in more than one way...
**[02:07] Nanami**
But don't they seem more
like comedians than idols?
**[02:11] Matsuda**
You're right. I don't
think we'll lose to them.
**[02:14] Tange**
Don't be stupid.
**[02:17] Tange**
You'll run into trouble
if you underestimate them.
**[02:20] Matsuda**
What?
**[02:21] Tange**
You don't understand, do you?
**[02:23] Tange**
These comedic groups
are the real danger.
**[02:26] Matsuda**
What?
**[02:27] Tange**
Plenty of idol groups are
good at singing and dancing.
**[02:31] Tange**
The groups that make
**[02:33] Tange**
the strongest impact
in the judges' eyes control the game.
**[02:36] Tange**
In that respect, the Demons of Oga
are doing better than us.
**[02:41] Matsuda**
Yes, but...
**[02:44] Tange**
What is the essence of Wake Up, Girls!?
**[02:47] Tange**
Think about it.
***SIGN*** Kumagaiya
**[02:52] Yoshino**
What is WUG's essence, huh?
**[02:54] Yoshino**
I wonder what it is.
**[02:55] Mayu**
It's a difficult question.
**[02:57] Mayu**
We've been working so hard overcoming
**[03:00] Mayu**
the challenges we've encountered.
**[03:02] Mayu**
I don't know what makes us unique.
**[03:04] Miyu**
I've never seen such excited fans before.
**[03:08] Miyu**
They've certainly captured
the interest of their fans.
**[03:12] Minami**
The president's right.
**[03:14] Nanami**
The preliminaries will be streamed lived
**[03:18] Nanami**
and fans will vote in real time, right?
**[03:21] Airi**
We can't win if we don't
make an impression.
**[03:24] Yoshino**
We still have time.
Let's come up with something.
**[03:26] Kaya**
But I haven't thought about it before.
**[03:29] Producer**
Do you have any questions?
**[03:31] Minami**
Yes!
**[03:32] Minami**
What do you think is
the appeal of Wake Up, Girls!?
***SIGN*** Local Gourmet Super Delicious
***SIGN*** Event Details
**[03:39] Producer**
What?
**[03:41] Director**
The appeal of Wake Up, Girls!?
**[03:44] Kaya**
Yes.
***SIGN*** Serious Idol Talk!
Sorry It's So Short!
**[03:46] Yoshino**
This is our 50th concert at MACANA.
**[03:50] Airi**
Oh, right. There's something
we want to ask you today.
**[03:54] Fan A**
Ask us anything!
**[03:55] Fan B**
We'll answer your question!
**[03:58] Minami**
Anyway, when I asked...
**[04:01] Producer**
Maybe it's the way you eat, Minami-chan.
**[04:04] Kaya**
That's only your appeal.
**[04:08] Director**
Oh, I know.
**[04:09] Director**
We've heard positive things about
your biting comments, Kaya-chan.
**[04:15] Yoshino**
That only applies to you.
**[04:18] Fan A**
Your naiveté!
**[04:20] Fan B**
Your energy!
**[04:22] Fan C**
Your shakiness!
**[04:27] Airi**
We got a lot of nonsense answers after that,
**[04:29] Airi**
such as how we're like dogs or plastic bags.
**[04:34] Miyu**
We didn't get any helpful answers.
**[04:36] Yoshino**
Anyway, let's focus on our lessons.
**[04:39] Yoshino**
I doubled our training time and content.
**[04:42] Minami**
What? We're doing even more?
**[04:44] Yoshino**
Mayushi, can you watch us dance
before the instructor gets here?
**[04:48] Mayu**
Okay.
**[04:49] Yoshino**
It'd be great if you could take
note of anything that sticks out.
**[04:51] Mayu**
Got it.
**[04:54] Airi**
I'm glad everything worked out.
**[04:58] Airi**
Nanamin?
**[04:59] Nanami**
Airi, try dancing the steps
for the second Melody A section.
**[05:03] Airi**
What?
**[05:04] Nanami**
I told you.
**[05:05] Nanami**
My goal is to place first
in the Idol Festival.
**[05:09] Nanami**
I always meet my goals.
**[05:12] Nanami**
In order to do that,
I need you to work harder.
**[05:15] Airi**
What?!
***SIGN*** Thank You for the Full House
***SIGN*** Adult
**[05:45] Yoshino**
It's finally the weekend.
**[05:47] Mayu**
Yeah.
**[05:48] Yoshino**
I hope we make it through
this stage to the finals.
**[05:51] Mayu**
Yeah. I want to win, too.
**[05:53] Yoshino**
You just wait, Tokyo!
**[05:55] Mayu**
Yeah!
**[05:57] Saki**
Hey, you gals.
**[06:04] Saki**
Y'all are Wake Up, Girls!, right?
**[06:08] Mayu**
Um, I don't understand
what you're saying...
**[06:12] Yoshino**
Yeah, we are.
**[06:13] Mayu**
What?
**[06:13] Yoshino**
Are you from Demons of Oga?
**[06:17] Saki**
Oh, so you know about us?
**[06:20] Yoko**
'Course she does. We're famous.
**[06:23] Yui**
'Course.
**[06:24] Saki**
Guess we don't need
to introduce ourselves, then.
**[06:27] Yoshino**
Do you need something?
**[06:28] Saki**
We thought we'd check out the girls
**[06:32] Saki**
we're gonna beat in the preliminaries.
**[06:34] Yoshino**
I see.
**[06:37] Saki**
We eat cute little idol groups
like you for breakfast.
**[06:42] Saki**
Prepare yourselves!
**[06:44] Yoshino**
You're the ones who need
to watch out for us.
**[06:46] Mayu**
Y-Yoppi...
**[06:48] Saki**
Really? You've got some guts there.
**[06:51] Saki**
Are you the head of Wake Up, Girls!?
**[06:53] Yoshino**
Not the head. The leader.
**[06:56] Saki**
They're the same thing.
**[06:58] Saki**
I'm head of the Demons of Oga,
Kinumiya Saki.
**[07:02] Saki**
These are our members:
Rokudai Yoko and Kazayama Yui.
**[07:07] Saki**
We look forward to meeting you again!
**[07:16] Saki**
I know we'll cream you
in the preliminaries.
**[07:20] Mayu**
What was that? A threat?
**[07:23] Yoshino**
How terrifying.
**[07:24] Mayu**
What? It was?
**[07:25] Yoshino**
The president was right. They're strong.
**[07:29] Mayu**
I'm home.
**[07:36] Mother**
Why are you starting this again?
**[07:39] Mayu**
I...
**[07:40] Mother**
How much more do you
have to make me suffer?
**[07:53] Mayu**
Um...
**[07:56] Mayu**
Wait, Mom!
**[07:58] Mayu**
I'm sorry I haven't
talked to you about
**[08:00] Mayu**
what I'm doing with Wake Up, Girls!
**[08:04] Mother**
I don't care about that anymore.
**[08:07] Mayu**
Please! I want you to listen.
**[08:23] Mayu**
I want to tell you how I feel today.
**[08:28] Mayu**
I know apologizing for hurting you
**[08:31] Mayu**
over I-1 isn't enough,
**[08:35] Mayu**
but...
**[08:38] Mayu**
I couldn't stay there.
**[08:42] Mayu**
It's hard to explain,
but I wasn't happy there.
**[08:48] Mayu**
I'm just sorry I hurt
you and Dad because
**[08:56] Mayu**
of my selfishness.
**[08:58] Mayu**
My new agency is small,
but the president, the manager,
**[09:04] Mayu**
and all the members are doing their best.
**[09:07] Mayu**
Everyone's so considerate of everyone else.
**[09:10] Mayu**
Because of that, we fight sometimes,
**[09:13] Mayu**
but I finally think this is where I belong.
**[09:18] Mayu**
You may not understand,
but I feel like I could be happy there.
**[09:24] Mayu**
So, Mom...
**[09:27] Mother**
I told you before, but why
don't you do whatever you want?
**[09:31] Mayu**
Mom, this weekend, the Idol Festival
**[09:34] Mayu**
regional preliminaries are happening.
**[09:37] Mayu**
I'd like you to come watch.
**[09:39] Mayu**
If you see me on stage,
I think you'll understand.
***SIGN*** Idol Festival
***SIGN*** Idol Festival 2014
**[09:57] Ota**
* The Idol Festival symbolizes*
* this age of warring idols.*
**[10:03] Ota**
* This event, planned*
* and produced by head*
**[10:06] Ota**
* of the I-1 Club,*
* Shiraki Tooru, has begun.*
**[10:11] Ota**
* The favorite of the highly contested*
* Tohoku Block is Crescent Moon.*
**[10:16] Ota**
* Gathering sudden attention*
* with the addition of former*
**[10:19] Ota**
*I-1 member, Shimada Mayu,*
**[10:20] Ota**
* the one-year-old Wake Up, Girls!*
* is also a formidable contender.*
**[10:25] Ota**
* At first, only former I-1 member*
* Mayu received attention,*
**[10:29] Ota**
* but through local*
* broadcasts and concerts,*
**[10:32] Ota**
* the hard work of the other members*
* has captured the attention of fans,*
**[10:35] Ota**
*and they have distinguished themselves.*
**[10:39] Ota**
Hey!
**[10:41] Asazu**
Hey! Sorry we're late!
**[10:45] Shiromoto**
The war council will now begin!
**[10:46] All**
Yeah!
**[10:48] Yazawa**
Today's subject: How can we show
WUG fans are in the audience
**[10:53] Yazawa**
and support the girls
on the day of the event?
**[10:57] Ota**
I've already thought of something!
**[10:59] Ota**
Why don't we make matching sweatshirts?
**[11:03] Ota**
These will not only unite our hearts,
**[11:07] Ota**
but also declare our presence
to idol fans across the nation!
**[11:13] Asazu**
They'll be black, right?
**[11:15] Shiromoto**
And they'll say, "You can do it!
Wake Up, Girls!", right?
***SIGN*** You can do it!
**[11:20] Ota**
All right! Let's keep our spirits high!
***SIGN*** Family Cafe Diner
**[11:22] All**
Yeah!
**[11:23] Employee**
Please keep your voices down.
**[11:25] Ota**
Oh, excuse us...
**[11:32] Both**
Hello.
**[11:35] Tange**
Oh, it's been a while.
**[11:36] Anna**
It's good to see you again.
**[11:38] Yoshino**
So flashy.
**[11:39] Kaya**
Hayasaka-san wants us to wear these?
**[11:41] Miyu**
But they're so cute.
**[11:43] Miyu**
We can win with these alone.
**[11:45] Anna**
Everyone seems so excited.
**[11:47] Tange**
I suppose.
**[11:48] Tange**
It would've been better if we'd had
this solidarity earlier, though.
**[11:52] Tange**
But if we make it through
the Tohoku preliminaries,
**[11:55] Tange**
maybe I'll treat those
girls to something.
**[12:00] Matsuda**
You're going to jinx them.
**[12:01] Tange**
How rude.
**[12:03] Karina**
Hayasaka-san wrote you
a new song, didn't he?
**[12:06] Miyu**
Yes. It's so hard, he must
have done it to spite us.
**[12:11] Anna**
You should be glad it's worth learning.
**[12:13] Yoshino**
Well, yes.
**[12:15] Mayu**
Oh, right. Could we
ask you something?
**[12:19] Nanami**
Pork buns?
**[12:20] Minami**
No, bean buns.
**[12:22] Minami**
I found them in the convenience
store the other day.
**[12:26] Anna**
The essence of Wake Up, Girls!, huh?
**[12:28] Mayu**
Yes.
**[12:29] Karina**
Maybe you don't need to decide
for yourselves what that is.
**[12:33] Airi**
What?
**[12:34] Anna**
You're right.
**[12:36] Anna**
I think the people who see
you perform will decide for you.
***SIGN*** Office for Rent
**[12:45] Anna**
Well, we'd better get going.
**[12:47] Karina**
Make sure you win those preliminaries.
**[12:49] All**
Okay!
**[12:52] Yoshino**
Excuse me.
**[12:56] Yoshino**
I think I finally understand
what you told us before.
**[13:01] Yoshino**
About fighting.
**[13:03] Karina**
Are you guys fighting enough?
**[13:06] Karina**
You should tell each other
what you want to say.
**[13:08] Karina**
You're part of the same group.
**[13:11] Yoshino**
It took me long enough, though.
**[13:14] Anna**
I see.
**[13:15] Karina**
That's great.
**[13:17] Yoshino**
Yes.
**[13:19] Minami**
Leader, everyone's calling you.
**[13:22] Yoshino**
Oh, sorry. I'll be right there.
**[13:24] Anna**
Hey, Leader!
**[13:26] Karina**
You can do it.
***SIGN*** Idol Festival
**[13:36] Grandmother**
Mayu-chan, you need to leave soon.
**[13:43] Grandmother**
I hope you do well.
**[13:46] Grandmother**
I'll make your favorite tonight.
**[13:49] Mayu**
Okay.
**[13:51] Mayu**
See you later.
***SIGN*** Tohoku Block Preliminaries
**[14:00] Ota**
Good morning!
***SIGN*** You can do it!
**[14:02] All**
Hey!
**[14:06] Ota**
We should show our support, too!
**[14:09] Ota**
Let's start with a Minami chant!
**[14:11] All**
Yeah!
**[14:12] Ota**
Ready, and...
**[14:13] All**
Everyone's little sister, Minami!
**[14:17] Woman A**
Minami-chan's so popular.
**[14:19] Woman B**
She certainly is.
**[14:21] Mother**
We should do our best, too.
**[14:23] Mother**
I made these for today.
**[14:28] Tange**
Why are you so nervous?
**[14:32] Matsuda**
What about you, President?
**[14:33] Matsuda**
Also, you can't smoke here.
**[14:37] Airi**
Okay, okay.
**[14:38] Miyu**
I can do it. I can do it if I try.
**[14:40] Miyu**
I'm a shining star.
**[14:41] Kaya**
What are you talking about?
**[14:42] Kaya**
We're just entering the ready room.
**[14:44] Nanami**
The battle has already begun.
**[14:46] Yoshino**
You're right.
**[14:49] Mayu**
Yoppi?
**[14:52] Saki**
Come to get crushed by us?
**[14:54] Kaya**
What? Say that again.
**[14:56] Minami**
Don't fight.
**[14:58] Yoshino**
Let's settle this on the stage.
**[15:00] Saki**
Bring it on.
**[15:03] Nanami**
Was that...
**[15:06] Mayu**
Yeah, the Demons of Oga.
**[15:09] Announcer**
Thank you for coming
to the Idol Festival today.
**[15:14] Announcer**
The idol group that wins will be
**[15:16] Announcer**
officially recognized
as the I-1 Club's rival.
***SIGN*** You can do it, Minami-chan!
**[15:21] Announcer**
This group will become the second
most popular idol group in Japan.
**[15:27] Shiraki**
Hello, everyone.
**[15:30] Shiraki**
I'm general manager of the I-1 Club,
Shiraki Tooru.
**[15:34] Shiraki**
The day of the Tohoku Regional
Preliminaries has finally arrived.
**[15:38] Shiraki**
Aomori, Iwate, Akita, Miyagi,
Yamagata, and Fukushima.
**[15:43] Shiraki**
Today, the top ten teams chosen
via document screening and
**[15:48] Shiraki**
on-line polls will compete
in the I-1 Sendai theater.
**[15:53] Shiraki**
Ten idol groups born from this
region will battle here today.
**[15:59] Shiraki**
Only one group will make it to the finals,
**[16:02] Shiraki**
but let's show support for every
idol group appearing here today.
**[16:08] Shiraki**
I'd now like to announce the opening of the
**[16:10] Shiraki**
Idol Festival Tohoku
Regional Preliminaries.
**[16:16] Fan A**
Saki-chan!
**[16:17] Fan B**
Yoko!
**[16:18] Fan C**
Yui-Yui!
**[16:19] Fan D**
Demons!
**[16:24] Yoshino**
Let's go, girls.
**[16:25] All**
Yeah.
**[16:37] Announcer**
Next up is Wake Up, Girls!!
**[16:39] Yoshino**
Let's go!
**[16:40] Kaya**
Let's do it!
**[16:41] All**
Wake Up, Girls!!
**[16:45] Yoshino**
We are Wake Up, Girls!!
**[16:48] Yoshino**
Thank you for your support!
**[16:50] Ota**
WUG-chan!
**[16:59] Yoshino**
This is "First-Rate Smile!"
**[17:06] SONG**
A schedule written in the clouds
**[17:09] SONG**
Filling an empty weekend
**[17:13] SONG**
With anything you can isn't right
**[17:18] SONG**
It's not right
**[17:20] SONG**
Only truly plain and ordinary days
**[17:23] SONG**
I film videos of my cat
**[17:26] SONG**
Maybe I'll try redecorating
my room sometime
**[17:32] SONG**
I made a slideshow of my friends
**[17:38] SONG**
Full of smiles, full-on smiles everywhere
**[17:43] SONG**
Smiles, so many smiles
**[17:45] SONG**
I end up smiling, I have energy now
**[17:52] SONG**
I'll never give up, not in
spring, summer, fall, or winter
**[18:00] SONG**
Because we've known painful seasons
**[18:03] SONG**
I appreciate unchanging smiles
**[18:07] SONG**
The smiles of Japan overwrite
**[18:10] SONG**
Even during hard times
**[18:13] SONG**
The smiles of Japan
make things cuter
**[18:17] SONG**
The overflowing color
of cherry blossoms
**[18:20] SONG**
Because we've known painful seasons
**[18:23] SONG**
First-rate smile
**[18:25] SONG**
Smile
**[18:35] Yoshino**
Thank you very much!
**[18:37] All**
Thank you!
**[18:55] Nanami**
It's over.
**[18:56] Miyu**
Now we just have to
wait for the results.
**[18:59] Announcer**
We will now announce the results.
**[19:07] Ota**
*Wake Up, Girls!, please!*
**[19:10] Announcer**
We will now announce
the results of the Tohoku Block.
**[19:13] Yoshino**
This is it.
**[19:16] Announcer**
The idol group with the highest score based
**[19:20] Announcer**
on the off-line and on-line votes and
the judge's scores will advance to the finals.
***SIGN*** Results
**[19:30] Announcer**
The winner of the Tohoku Block is...
**[19:37] Announcer**
Wake Up, Girls!!
**[19:42] Kaya**
Did we win?
**[19:44] Airi**
No way...
**[19:45] Nanami**
All right!
**[19:46] Yoshino**
We did it!
**[19:48] All**
All right!
**[19:51] All**
Amazing!
**[19:52] Miyu**
I'm so happy!
**[19:54] Minami**
We're advancing to the finals!
**[19:57] Mayu**
We did it! We really did it!
**[20:00] Yoshino**
Yeah, we did it.
**[20:05] Matsuda**
All right!
**[20:10] Announcer**
We will now hand the Tohoku
Block trophy to Wake Up, Girls!.
**[20:20] Saki**
Hey.
**[20:21] Yoshino**
What?
**[20:24] Saki**
Your performance was amazing.
**[20:27] Saki**
Go win the finals for us.
**[20:31] Yoshino**
We will. Thanks.
**[20:34] Saki**
We visited all the Tohoku idol groups,
**[20:38] Saki**
but yours had the most backbone.
**[20:41] Yoshino**
I see.
**[20:43] Yoko**
Starting tomorrow, we're going
back to working every day.
**[20:47] Yui**
We haven't given up.
**[20:51] Saki**
You can do it.
**[20:52] Saki**
If you lose the finals,
we'll make you regret it.
**[20:56] Yoshino**
Thanks.
**[20:58] Saki**
You were great.
**[21:00] Mayu**
What?
***SIGN*** Green Leaves Entertainment
**[21:09] Mayu**
Good morning.
**[21:12] Mayu**
Um, what did you want to talk about?
**[21:15] Tange**
It's your contract with us.
**[21:17] Tange**
You didn't join through the audition,
**[21:21] Tange**
so you hadn't formally signed on with us.
***SIGN*** Shimada Mari
**[21:25] Mayu**
This is...
**[21:26] Tange**
Your mother came to the agency yesterday.
**[21:30] Tange**
She asked us to look after her daughter.
**[21:38] Tange**
It's great news.
**[21:39] Mayu**
Yes.
**[21:42] Matsuda**
Good morning.
**[21:43] Matsuda**
I-1 should be appearing
on a talk show today.
**[21:46] Matsuda**
I wonder if they'll mention
the Idol Festival.
***SIGN*** I-1 Club performs its new song!!
**[21:50] MAI**
This is our new song
that goes on sale today.
**[21:53] MAI**
It's by Hayasaka-san.
**[21:55] Manami**
It's a very difficult song.
**[21:57] Manami**
The choreography is incredibly challenging.
**[22:00] Nanoka**
But that's what makes it worth doing.
**[22:02] Shiho**
This is "First-Rate Smile"!
**[22:06] Matsuda**
What? This song title...
**[22:08] Mayu**
Isn't that our song?
**[22:11] Tange**
It can't be!
***SIGN*** To be continued
***SIGN*** Next Episode Preview
**[23:45] Nanami**
Ai-chan, what are you good at?
**[23:47] Airi**
Making sweets, I guess.
**[23:48] Nanami**
That doesn't help you
with your idol work.
**[23:51] Airi**
What? But sweets would be
a great present for fans.
**[23:53] Nanami**
I'm not into that kind of flattery.
**[23:56] Airi**
What?
**[23:57] Both**
The next episode is
"Idol Rhapsody!"
***SIGN*** "Idol Rhapsody"
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