Morning Musume DVD Magazine Vol.28

A really brief coverage of Eri's parts in this DVD. Here's a sloppy translation/summary for the Eri-related stuff.

Gaki-san called Eri over to the camera when she was brushing her teeth and Sayu told her to express what she wanted to say through gestures. She did the "Komanechi" (A comedian's gag) movement before rushing off for her preparations.

Eri had enjoyed herself in this concert tour. She thought about lots of things while performing and learned a lot from it. Her expression in the screencap above is so cute ♥

Watching other members hold a concert in their hometowns, Eri envies them and shares the joy with them. She was overjoyed when she saw fellow members saying "I'm back!" and being welcomed back by fans. So happy that it makes her want to do the same. A short clip of Eri saying that she would introduce herself as Kamei Eri from Fukui was included in this DVD. You can find the details of the clip in this post. She did the same thing in Yamaguchi and Fukuoka. You can find the details of it here. In case you're wondering, Eri is from Tokyo and there are concerts in Tokyo for every concert tour. However, the girls are always in Tokyo so there's nothing to welcome Eri back for. The last time an "Eririn" call was made was during Bonkyu Bonkyu BOMB's final concert encore which was in Tokyo.

As Sayu and Eri were talking in front of the camera, Reina came over...
Reina : Kamei Eri.
Eri : (Surprised look)
Reina : That pair of boots is mine.
Sayu : (Looks at Eri's boots) Lol, you're terrible.
Reina : (lol)
Eri : Hey, the camera is rolling, was it necessary to say it out?
Reina : (lol)
This might be the Rokkies' shoe incident because the dates somewhat matches.

Sayu forgot her dance steps for the earlier song performance during the Yamaguchi concert. Shortly after the song performance was the Chinese MC so she checked the steps with Eri.
Sayu : Thanks for teaching.
Eri : It's okay...but it feels like a backstage atmosphere.

There was a segment in the DVD for the girls to talk about the MC segments in ~Platinum 9 DISCO~ The clip for this MC GAKI translation about Gaki-san dreaming of Eri was included.

For the translation of the Eri MC that was included in this DVD can be found here. The solo MC segment was the first time Eri was hosting a corner alone. There were times whereby her talks were too long and sometimes they were too short.

After Eri and Junjun posed in front of the camera, Junjun started bending the headband that she was holding on to. Eri looked so amazed by the broken headband ^^; She figured out that because the broken part was on the inside, the audience can't see it from the outside when it is put on.

In the Chinese MC, the word for that day was 「不对」 bu dui, which means "It's wrong." Now for the skit....
Sayu : Can you help me put it (The imaginary ring) on?
Eri : Okay, here I go. *Tries putting the ring on* Michishige-san...your finger is fat (Futoi). Futo (Fat)...futo (fat)...futo (fat)...your finger is wrong ( bu dui)*
Sayu : *Whacks Eri* A pun?
Eri : It's used this way...(The way " bu dui" is used)
Sayu : ...right?
Linlin : *Shakes head* Bu dui (It's wrong).
EriSayuLinlin : Man, I had enough ~
*" bu dui" sounds like "futoi"

Surprisingly, Eri curled her hair by herself. FYI, Gaki-san usually has to help Eri curl it before concerts.

Eri : Ah, the meat looks delicious ~
Eri : There's mentai spaghetti and...*Walks away* ME~AT!

As Aika tucked into her onigiri, Gaki-san reminded her that there was only 5 minutes left before they had to gather. Eri then responded with a "Eh! Oh my god! *Stands up immediately* Excuse me!" It was done on purpose to give it there-is-only-5-minutes-left feel.

The translation for this MC can be found here.

In the Platinum Performance corner, one of the Platinum Performance was "It's you." Eri had fun dancing to that song although she had to practise a lot together with Aichan to make sure they were in sync. Also, they were dancing in heels in that performance so it was not easy for the 3 girls.

Another Platinum Performance was Eri's solo, "Kataomoi no Owari ni." In that song, Eri is singing as a university student. As Eri is currently at the age of a university student, she doesn't really have to put on a fake character and can be just herself when she performs this song. However, because the song itself isn't too impact-ful, it's not easy to leave a deep impression of it on fans, Eri hence had to look for special movements and points to draw attention to her performance while being natural. Eri wasn't the only one who has such an opinion of the song. Her dance teacher too, shares the same sentiment. Eri cried, she was troubled and wanted to bring the fans the best because she doesn't know when is the next time she will get an opportunity to perform this song will come again.

Eri's Platinum Happening for the concert tour was during a song performance, Eri messed up the lyrics of the chorus of the song. It was a new song so the lyrics for the song was flashed on the big screen. Eri initially thought she could deceive the fans but she was told it was obvious that she messed up. Our little turtle was very embarrassed and did self-reflection for it. Even up till this day, she still regrets making a mistake in that performance. The thought of the audience who went only for that particular concert spotting her mistake reminds Eri that she shouldn't have made such a careless mistake. She rounded up with a "I'll be careful next time (lol)"

Eri : Tanaka-san is horrible.
Reina : I'm now explaining myself to her about my MC. The one about her birthday.
Putting aside the weird yet funny backstage TanaKamei relation...Eri's hair O.O

I really love the way Eri balances her work and play. It's very admirable to be able to play hard and work hard at the same time. That's about it for the Eri-related parts in this DVD. Some of the parts of self-explanatory so I didn't write about them.

FYI, you can find the translations for some of the MC segments which were included in this DVD here.