Good luck!
I'm cheering you on.
T-Thank you.
Please support "Candy Island"!
You're going to be on TV for the first time?
Yes.
Lucky! What's the show?
"Cerebral Boom! Brains Castle".
That's the quiz show hosted by Mizuki-san and Airi-san, right?
Where idols compete with each other over self-promotion time-nya!
Cool, that's like a competition show.
When's the taping?
Tomorrow.
They say it'll be taped before a live audience.
I'm already nervous being on TV for the first time...
I'm nervous about it, too.
After we released a song, I figured I wouldn't have to work for a while.
I'm at the end of my rope.
What the heck!
The basics of a variety show are the foolish remark, and reactions.
If you can learn that, you'll have nothing to worry about!
Okay, let's practice!
What the heck. What the heck.
Say it like you're mad!
What the heck.
Snap at the person!
What the heck!
Not even close-nya!
Anzu-chan, you do it, too!
I say the foolish remarks.
Then make a remark about this.
With variety shows, you have to be instantaneous. Hurry up!
A rhinoceros beetle and a tsuchinoko.
You're just going to sleep!
Nice comeback.
That's our Miku-nyan.
It was a piece of cake-nya.
Listen, even if the original statement was only kind of dumb,
a sharp rejoinder can save the day, and that's a variety show, got it?
Yes!
Use that same fighting spirit tomorrow to appeal to the audience.
I forgot we're going to have an audience...
We've got to do something about that.
Yes?
Hey, we need your help for a minute.
Chieri-chan, it's fun being an idol, isn't it?
Yeah. I like wearing cute outfits...
But I get so nervous in front of a crowd...
I know what you mean.
I still get nervous, too.
If it were me, I'd have a good time for sure-nya!
And I'd entertain the audience, too-nya.
Same here.
Um... Everyone...
A frog...
This won't work!
It's just not a good match.
What is this-nya?
You know how they say that if you're nervous,
you should think of the audience as pumpkins, right?
That's not a pumpkin.
Sorry. This is all we had...
I wanted to be of some assistance...
Thank you!
I think I can do my best now.
Let's all do our best for the project's first TV appearance.
Right!
Okay, let's our best to get some self-promotion time!
Let's use it to sing our song!
We'll do our best for "Candy Island"!
Yeah!
Frog, frog, frog...
What the heck.
Well, it'll work out somehow.
Yeah...
And Mio and them said they'd come, so let's do our best!
R-Right...
Good morning!
Boy, my last taping ran late.
Although it was because I'm cute...
Sachiko Koshimizu-chan!
Huh?
Sachiko-han?
I thought I heard your voice...
What are you doing?
Are you here to declare war on your rival or something?
U-Um...
Sae Kobayakawa-chan and Yuki Himekawa-chan, too!
Maybe you're in the wrong dressing room?
O-O-Of course they're not!
The newbies came here to ask for our advice!
Well, that's okay.
Please go easy on me today, you two.
Yes! We're looking forward to it!
Be careful you don't get hurt.
Are you in training?
The taping is tough, but let's all do our best.
R-Right...
Get hurt? Tough?
This is a quiz show, right?
You didn't know?
From this episode on, it's an action-variety show with lots of exercise.
Even the title's changed...
Everyone! Are you bored?
We're bored!
We understand.
But we'll dispel that boredom with competition!
Mizuki and Airi's love-love power will jump-start your hearts!
So let's begin!
Brawn Boom! Muscle Castle!
All right! Brains have become brawn and we've taken on a new look,
but do you know why, Airi-chan?
Um, because idols were so bad with the quizzes that it dragged the whole show.
Now, let's introduce our idols, who will be competing for self-promotion time.
First, let's bring out the usual suspects!
Yay!
Here I come!
Welcome!
Well, please tell us your team name.
Cute me...
...and baseball...
...team!
Next, the assassins sent by the Cinderella Project!
It's the first time on TV for this fresh trio!
Welcome!
And what's your team name?
Right. One-two...
C-Candy Island!
That is fresh.
Cute Me and Baseball team, you've lost every time so far,
but do you think you can win against innocence today?
It'll be fine! After all, I'm on the team!
Wait!
If you're that enthusiastic, channel it with a mic performance.
You girls are... Candy Island, is it?
If your attitude is sweet as candy,
you're not gonna win against cute li'l me on this show!
I'm sorry!
What? You're apologizing?!
10 points!
The Candy team won the talk battle!
Okay, cut!
I feel like a mother watching over her children.
It went over well, but Chieri was just really nervous, right?
Still, they got points for it, so they're off to a good start.
You're naive.
That was just a good save from the host, to make the show more interesting.
The real competition is next.
I'm so nervous...
Chieri-chan, are you okay?
Yes... No... I'm sorry.
When I heard the crowd, my mind went blank.
Yeah...
Look, remember... Frogs.
That's right, frogs! Let's calm down and get back out there.
Okay. Frogs, frogs...
Balloon popping contest!
The rules are easy.
Whoever pops the balloon fastest over the other team's heads is the winner!
Aim to be an idol with true muscles! Ready...
The balloons are getting bigger.
It looks like Cute Me and Baseball's is slightly bigger.
Don't pop by me!
That was a shock.
This is great!
The winners, the Baseball team!
Kawashima-san, you're leaving out "Cute Me"!
Okay. Time for the penalty phase!
The losing Candy team has to drink this herbal tea.
Um... What does it taste like?
You should down it in one gulp!
I-I-It's bitter!
Come on, Anzu-chan, you have to drink it all!
I can't! I can't! I can't! I can't!
Nice reaction!
Marshmallow catch competition!
Who wants to catch?
Me!
You're really into it, huh?
When it comes to catching, leave it to me!
I want to eat marshmallows!
You're honest.
Who wants to fire the marshmallow gun?
Me!
You've got this one.
Then Sae-chan and Anzu-chan will participate ne so get ready.
We'll start with the Baseball team.
Fire the marshmallows!
I'm ready whenever!
Leave it to me!
I'll get 'em right in your mouth for sure.
Sorry...
Sachiko...
Sachiko-chan, that distance is against the rules.
The Candy team is up next!
Frogs...
The marshmallow...
That was a nice dash.
We can tell how badly you wanted to eat it.
All right!
We did it!
Okay, the last try.
If you catch it, you'll be tied up.
Kanako-chan, do your best!
Right! Chieri-chan, I'm ready!
Okay...
We did it!
Thank goodness...
Kanako-chan, how do you feel?
It's good!
Kanako-chan did it!
Yeah.
It was like a miracle granted to her by the god of sweets.
Style.
That's a muscle girls always have to cultivate and train.
So our next competition is a plain clothes fashion show!
First, a fairy who hails from Hokkaido, Anzu Futaba-chan!
She's wearing a casual combination of T-shirt and spats.
And there's the bunny she's always got under her arm.
Is the saying on her shirt personal policy?
The curtain rises on a new age of idols...
But maybe this is too new!
They're eating it up...
Let's move on.
This angel descended to us from Kyoto.
Sae Kobayakawa-chan.
She's changed her image today, doffing the usual kimono for a school uniform.
That's because I came here right after school!
60 points!
Yes!
You did great, Anzu-chan.
You left your mark.
We now come to the final event.
If you win you'll get lots of points, maybe enough to pass the other team.
The winners will get glorious self-promotion time.
But if you lose, a glorious punishment is waiting for you.
It's a bungee jump down a beautiful canyon.
W-Wait a second...
I-I can't do that...
This is a tough one.
Okay!
What should we do?
Producer...
I don't think I can do this.
It's work. Besides...
Chieri-chan!
Ogata-san!
Are you okay?
Yes. I'm sorry.
Do you think you can make the next segment?
Yes...
Can you do it with a smile?
Chieri-chan.
I'm afraid of doing a bungee jump, too...
...but for the next segment, I'm going to do my best with a smile...
I was so happy when I made my debut with a unit.
I knew I never would've been able to do anything alone.
I'm scared...
...and I don't have confidence in my smile...
...but you two gave me courage...
...so I want to do it together!
Yeah! Let's do it together!
If the three of us are together, I'm not even afraid of a bungee jump!
Oh, I'm still afraid of that.
All right, me too...
I don't wanna do a bungee jump, so let's aim for a comeback!
That's right, we just have to come up from behind!
Then we'll get self-promotion time, too!
Let's sing to them together!
Yeah!
Let's go, Candy Island!
Yeah!
Now let's move on!
The final competition is...
...a merging of brains and brawn!
Slide Quiz!
The winning team will have the last person at the top.
The losing team won't get any points.
The quiz questions will be chosen from this board.
The person who answers correctly first gets the points.
If points are awarded, the angle of the other team's slides increases.
So let's start with Entertainment for 10 points.
What's the name of the team who blew up the show last week
with a format-destroying ditzy answer?
B.B. team!
Sachiko-chan is correct!
Yes!
Kanako-chan was a little slow.
Don't fall yet.
Okay, Baseball team, what's the next question?
Entertainment for 20 points!
Who is this male trio that began their world tour in April of this year?
Jupiter!
Correct!
Rio de Janeiro!
Correct!
All right!
I-I can't...
No!
Let's hang in there together!
O-Okay!
I'll decide the next one. History for 10 points!
Who was the third Tokugawa shogun?
Um...
Iemitsu!
Kanako-chan is correct!
You did it!
Now this is Candy team's chance to work a miracle!
Science for 30 points!
Candy team is back in the game!
A-Anzu-chan...
This is the only way we can win.
If you drop an apple from the top of Sky Tree,
what speed will it be right before it hits the ground?
Sky Tree is 634 meters high
and gravitational acceleration is 9.8.
111.474 meters per second.
U-Um, what about km per hour?
401.306 km!
C-Correct!
Did you just work that out now?
Amazing...
Uh-oh, do we have our first girl down?
It looks strange, but she's holding on!
Let's go on to the next question.
Anime for 30 points!
Oh my, this time for 30 points!
In "Astral Projection! Furubokko-chan",
where was the main character, Furubokko-chan, born?
Pluto, block 6, number 6.
C-Correct!
She covers a lot of territory.
I can't hang on!
Sae-chan is out!
Forgive me...
H-Hurry up with the next question!
Special for 30 points!
Good luck!
She means to win it with this!
During the Edo period, Dutch traders introduced
this non-native species as packaging material for glass goods.
What is the name of this flower that symbolizes
good fortune and promises in the language of flowers?
Sorry, I don't know.
Um, if no one knows the answer, the other team will choose the net topic.
I know!
Chieri-chan, you know the answer?
T-The answer is...
...white clover!
Correct!
That's great, Chieri-chan!
You did it!
Yeah!
White clover...
Yeah, the four-leaf clover.
This proves that it's good luck!
Well, raise the slide for the Baseball team!
Hey!
W-W-Wait!
I-I'm gonna fall...
Sachiko-chan, that was a cute fall.
And so, Candy team is the winner!
We won...
Yeah...
Anzu-chan!
We won!
Okay, cut!
Going all out makes me tired.
Mio-chan's here. Rin-chan and Uzuki-chan, too!
You just noticed now?
They've been here the whole time.
Sorry. They were all frogs until a minute ago...
Then it couldn't be helped.
Let's announce the results!
What?! A tie?
All of you must really get along.
Then we'll let them share the self-promotion time, half and half.
And they can share the punishment, too.
We didn't hear anything about that!
That's because I was told not to say anything.
So next week's show will be a special edition,
featuring the bungee jumps of the Candy and Baseball teams.
We get to work again.
And now, the self-promotion time segment.
Oh, come on!
That's not what I was going for!
Everyone watching this show...
One-two...
We are Candy Island!
The song you're hearing now is our debut single,
released just the other day, "Happy Happy Days".
Um, the reason why we say "happy" twice...
...is the more happiness, the better.
And it would make me happy if "Happy" reaches everyone.
It's a good song, so please listen to it.
Please listen to it!
Also, we're retiring!
What the heck?!