HelloPro! Time Episode 2 (4/28/11) screenshots

Episode two of H!P's brand new television show aired on its normal slot last Thursday. If you missed episode one, you can click here to read more about this new show.

This week's cameramen are Morning Musume's Niigaki Risa,

S/mileage's Fukuda Kanon,

and Berryz Koubou's Tsugunaga Momoko.

This episode starts off in some cafeteria. Gakisan runs up to 9th gen for a chat.

After a short self introduction by 9th gen,

Gakisan decides to play a game with them.

Risa will say some the lyrics of a Morning Musume song and it's up to one of the 9th gen members to identify that song's title and sing a little of it.

I won't spoil the results, so I'll instead talk about the 9th gen's singing.

I thought that Mizuki sang the best here, but that's to be expected; she is the most experienced after all. I would rank Riho next. Once again, no surprise to me. I think she has the most potential. Third and fourth goes to Kanon and Erina. Both sounded okay. But of course, there's plenty of time to improve. And to be fair, a 20 second acappella sample is hardly the best way to compare them.

either Kanon really wants to answer or she's charging up her special attack

After that is over, we switch to S/mileage.

They are going to Osaka for an event and are discussing tasty foods (since Osaka is known for it's awesome food), I think.

Meanwhile, Sakicky is having fun with hangers.

On that note, we move onto S/mileage's Osaka event.

Oh noes, Kanyon is captured by a hanger

After the event, we get to see S/mileage's dinner date at some okinomiyaki restaurant.

Okinomiyaki is like a Japanese omelet pancake pizza.

It's name literally translates to "grilled stuff you like", so you are able to customize it however you see fit.
 
For example, here is one with cheese that S/mileage ordered.

 Omigosh food, yay!

Everyone, including Kanon, seems to enjoy it.

Also, this is pretty random, but Sakichy has the best laugh ever

Finally we are sent over to cameraman Momoko. We follow her trip taking video and pictures for her MomoPuro corner in UpToBoy magazine.

Momo and her awesome momo hat.

On the car ride, Momo whips out a kanji dictionary (or whatever it is. it makes me cry seeing that much kanji on a single page).

She looks for the the kanji 嗣 (tsu, from her last name Tsugunaga).

Found it! Remind me to never play Japanese word search

While they are filming, some random lady shouts

"Model-san?"

After the shoot is over, Momo tells us that she was excited that someone said she looks like a model.

Later when Momo and staff are walking through the park, a food vender gives her a free sample.

The shooting finishes,

and we are taken back to Gakisan and 9th gen to wrap things up.

Hidders said something in the comments of another post that I totally agree with. Mizuki is like the big sister among the 9th generation members. That's the exact reason why I wanted an Egg to join so badly. I thought that an Egg's experience could only help ease the transition from normal girl to Idol sensation that the other three members (and to an extent, Mizuki herself) are going through.

And lastly we get a preview of next week's episode - Berryz in Seattle!

Oh Kyapu, why so pretty? <3