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Nano?

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I see what's going on here.

I see whats going on everywhere.

Haruka's a cutie.

Very late night/very early morning /@/.

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You ready for Kirari/Kanako power duo?

#暑いので水着のアイドルが見たい

What the hell is this hashtag

some nips feeling thirsty in their hot weather epidemic

Want to see idols in swimuits because it's hot

Oh, now it makes sense with my basic jp knowledge. Kanji for water and
katakana for idol. Just kidding i can barely understand

Swimsuits?

Swimsuits.

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thicc

Good stuff.

well, see for the serious translation.
but contextually, nips are having a heat wave.

sup chie

Is she not wearing anything under that wrap?

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Kotori isn't that kind of girl.

>96-100°F
>heat wave

So just another day in Houston then?
Got in my car yesterday and it was 105°F on a cloudy day

cool

All I know is that their heat in unbearable because humidity or some bullshit

Age is making her resort to drastic measurements.

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Dont you ever reply to me with a picture of my wife ever again

I'm curious how Japan would feel at its hottest. Today in Houston it will be 99° with 42% humidity in the afternoon, which is actually surprising considering humidity usually sits in the higher 70s/80s. Over two decades in and im still not used to this shit though.

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Succubus cant be cute.

You can't be cute, nerd.

What the fuck is the Mami virus?

Sounds like it would make your dick fall off

IKINOKOREEEEE

Ah, event ended

Not in my time zone.

来たわよ~!夢の南国ビーチロケー!
We're here! The dream beach shoot location!
や~んすっごいキレイ~!しかっも貸し切り!
My! It is so pretty! Not to mention, this place has been reserved!

いやぁ・・・日本の混んでる海水場所と違ってやっぱり貸し切りテンションあがるな!
Wow... Unlike in the crowded Japan beaches, one can really get all pumped up at a reserved place!
時子さんはどうですかぁ?
What do you think, Tokiko-san?

まあ悪くないけど・・・私はもっと人のいる大衆むけのビーチでもよかったわ
Well, it's not bad per se... It's just that I would've preferred to be a beach for the masses.
えっなんか意外!
Eh? That's quite unexpected!

だってそういう場所なら自然と豚が集まってくるし色々使えて便利でしょ
After all if I'm at a place like that, the pigs would just scurry naturally and I could make use of them in so many ways. Wouldn't that be very convenient?
ぶひ~
Oink
トキコサマ
Tokiko-sama

格が違った・・・
Tokiko's on a different level...
しかしホントに暑いわね チッ
Still, it sure is hot. Tch

I know. Im sexy instead

>aunt's family goes on a vacation to Italy
>they bring back a bag from a place called "nino & friends"
Asuka is Asuka to me, but this is hilarious. I want to take Nino and friends to nino & friends; go grab some coffee, or something.

It ends 20:59 Japan time
It's 20:11 there.

nice try, tough guy

You better stop right now

Is it hipster enough for Nino?

I fapped to that manga, this morning.

It's funny because Asuka doesn't have any friends.

>fapping in the morning
Fucking control yourself

First time event player here, what's this now 8/9 12:00~8/11 14:59 appearing where the event end used to be about? Did the event get extended or is it something else?

Event results display period.

How do you have that already, though? Are you Australian?

I fap as soon as I wake up. I check if there's anything new uploaded in sadpanda while I'm asleep

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Asuka has friends; just because her friends aren't your friends doesn't mean they're not her friends.

>user, let's have sex!
>It's the morning, fucking control yourself

>Asuka has friends
Citation needed. Doujins and fanart don't count.

I got Mami virus. Blame your sister.

I just can't quit this game
It's just too reliable compared to my other mobile games

Reliable?

Compared to what? Why is it reliable?

Morning is for snuggles.

it can cook you dinner and take care of your kids when extra work comes up

34k should be safe for T2 right?

I'm so sleepy

Damn son

Deresute is you're waifu.

In-game unit commus with Ranko, anime appearance with Mirei.

Wouldn't be surprised if Koume ends up in Asuka's SS CM commu.

>In-game unit commus with Ranko
Idol unit. Nowhere have they stated they're friends.
>anime appearance with Mirei
Evidence for them being friends?
>Koume ends up in Asuka's SS CM commu.
When has Koume even spoken a single word to her?

I dont think Chiaki should ever get a voice

Seira a cute

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>Evidence for them being friends?

She's with her.

>do debut to get next score reward, not spend stam drinks
>"gonna fc all this"
>ad libbing like a dipshit and get a "nice" third song in

It's finally over

Let's all hold hands and die together

Not yet in Japan.

Still 6 more minutes.

>Failing to FC a debut groove

Yuki I'll FC you in the face

IN THE FACE

Jumping Dookie where art thou

>Tomo
>Seira
>Chiaki
Good to see another producer with superior taste.

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It's over. You won't get KWSM.

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What was this unit called again?

>Farming in GBF
>Forgot to run two more songs

Sunflower?

Legenders

When the hell was Mirei with Nino in the anime? Nino's only direct appearance (that is to say not counting posters) was the unit with Koume and Ranko.

Samapuri

/aceg/ loves puchimas, just like /@/

If you're going to play this selective game with evidence just to say Asuka doesn't have any friends, then you might as well consider 95% of all CG interactions being simply "friendless" idol relations if they're not New Wave-level friendships. Koume is simply speculative based on mutual proxy to Ranko. But half of CG unit formations are based on actual friendship or close familiarity, so Ranko still counts, and by the same token by anime continuity, Mirei could also count. The lack of material that expanded on the episode 25 Ranko/Asuka/Mirei unit is not a lack of evidence that they ever did more than just stand with each other, considering that expanded material were only limited to idols with voices.

>episode 25 Ranko/Asuka/Mirei unit
What the fuck are you talking about?

It was Koume and not Mirei? Shit, my memory serves me incorrect then on that then.

Aiko responds poorly to lewd

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>Bringing up Puchimas
Why most people hate Chihyaa?

>acting like the anime matters
And preemptively
>Implying even the in game units really matter
Top kek
Also she has a love hate relationship with Arisu which is usually the foundation of friendship

At least post the BD version where it's actually obvious that it's Nino

Why do we bother with anything canon if it's not regarded as canon then? Might as well go 100% headcanon and fanon, since we're already halfway there.

Idols working together doesn't mean they're friends. In CG, countless units exist. Might as well consider everyone a friend of everyone else. At that point, yeah, she has friends.

Otherwise, there are characters that often interact with each other, even not as part of a unit. There's a difference between that and being in one scene together.

The closest thing to a friend Nino has is probably Arisu, like says but I have no clue what the top part of that post says because if you're not counting game and anime, might as well just forget about everything and fap to doujins.

>end with 308XX

Save_me.Chihiro

Why is this image of Makochii R-18?

That's why I said half the CG units are based on friendship or at least close familiarity, similar concepts if not mutual exclusive. Maybe it's actually a little less than that, like a third, since if you look at the list of units the majority of them are really fucking random without even a remote basis. But then some get later expanded on when they formerly had nothing substantial to them, like Monochrome Lily. But no, I realize not all of them are even worth a damn.

It's like, what standard do we consider a friend anyway? There's the inplication that Nono and Rin are familiar with each other on a passing basis, but have never been otherwise shown to interact with each other anywhere in canon material. And yet her voice debut interview has Nono considering Rin to be a friend. Who knows.

I bet Mio posts memes about Harambe on Facebook.