[Text TL] Hanasato Minori - Birthday Card Story 2022

Translated by scythe (@floopdeboop on twitter).
Voices available at https://sekai.best/storyreader/cardStory/5/415.



Minori's Birthday Card 2022 - Part 1

Minori's Birthday - The Day Before Location: The Stage Sekai

stage sekai

Minori: My heart is pounding...

Rin: Minori-chan, sorry to keep you all waiting~!
Miku: Minori-chan's special birthday countdown celebration live, will be starting right now~♪

Minori: Waah...!
Minori: To think that I'd really get a celebration live just for me...!
Haruka: Hehe. It's a good thing you tried asking them, Minori.
Airi: To get this kind of celebration from Miku and the others, it's not something we'd normally be able to get, y'know.
Minori: Yeah...! ... Ah-!
Minori: U-Unless, this is a dream?! Shizuku-chan, could you pinch my cheek real good for me, please?!
Shizuku: Huh, your cheek? Then... squishy-squishy~

Minori: Hooeehh! I-Ith hurthfs~!
Airi: What the heck are you guys doing...
Miku: Minori-chan~! Everyone~! Come on, do our fan calls with us!
Minori: Okay~!
Haruka: Alright, let's liven up this atmosphere!
Shizuku & Airi: Yeah!


Minori: Miku-chan, everyone! The live was really, really fun!
Minori: Whenever I think about how you all sang just for my sake, my heart feels so full, just like that...!
Minori: They were all my favorite songs, and the staging and everything was so exciting...!
Minori: So that I'll never forget today's live... I'll replay it again and again in my mind, until I burn it into the album pages of my heart!!
Miku: We're all really happy to hear you say that, too~♪
Luka: That's right. Especially since we tried as much as we could to pack it full of the songs and staging that Minori-chan likes when coming up with today's live~
Minori: Eh?! I did think that they were all the songs I happened to like, but that's how it was?!
Airi: That's amazing. It's not everyday that you'd get a live that goes to this extent!
Minori: Yeah...!
Minori: Miku-chan, Rin-chan, Luka-chan, Mei-chan, Len-kun, Kaito-san— Really, really, thank you so much!!
Len: You're welcome. Us too, we're glad that we got to be the first to celebrate your birthday with you!
KAITO: Yes. To pull off a live for the sake of someone so close to us, it feels very worthwhile.
MEIKO: For real~♪ If the chance comes by, we'd like to sing for Haruka-chan and everyone else's birthdays too!
Haruka: Is that really okay? Then, we'd definitely love you to.
Miku: Minori-chan, I hope you'll get a bunch of birthday wishes from everyone tomorrow!
Minori: Yeah! Miku, everyone... Really, thank you for the live!

Minori's Birthday - The Day Itself Location: Miya Girls' Rooftop

miya girls rooftop day

Haruka: —Besides that, is there anything else you want to confirm about the birthday livestream later today?
Minori: I-It's fine!
Minori: Haahh... But... I wonder if any of our fans will be even interested in something like my birthday...
Minori: Uuu... What will we do if zero viewers show up...!
Airi: Seriously... You know that kind of thing definitely won't happen, right?
Shizuku: That's right, Minori-chan. Shall we do some deep breaths to calm down too? Like this, relaaax, relaaax~
Minori: Y-Yeah. Breathe in... breathe out... Relaaax, relaaax...!
Airi: Well, I'm sure the birthday rush later will blow all that anxiety away in no time, though.
Minori: Huh? Birthday rush?
Airi: It's nothing. C'mon, Shizuku, we should head to the classroom.
Shizuku: Yes~♪

Minori: ...?

Location: Class 1-A

miya girls classroom

Minori: Good morning~!
Kohane: Good morning, Minori-chan!
Saki & Emu: Good morning~!
Minori: Eh, Saki-chan and Emu-chan?! Why are you guys in our class... Wait, huh?!
Minori: Eh?! Everyone too, why—
Haruka: Hehe. Of course, it's to wish you happy birthday.
Haruka: Everyone, here we go!

Haruka: Minori, happy birthday!
Everyone: Happy birthday!

Classmates: From us too, happy birthday~!
Minori: Waahh...!! E-Everyone...!
Saki: Ehehe. Whaddya think? Did we surprise you?

Emu: We were secretly preparing this with Airi-chan-senpai and everyone~!☆
Minori: Eeehhh?! I totally didn't realise! Everyone, thank you!
Kohane: Minori-chan, An-chan wanted to wish you too. This morning, she gave me a message to pass to you.
Kohane: "Happy birthday! It looks like I'll be able to catch the livestream later today, so I'm really looking forward to it!" ... is what she said. I'm also really excited for today's livestream!
Minori: You're both going to watch the livestream?! I'm really happy! Ah, if it's okay with you, please comment lots and lots too, alright!
Kohane: Yeah! I'll be sure to tell An-chan that too!
Emu: Hi hi~! Me too, I'm also gonna read out the message from Nene-chan~!
Emu: "Happy birthday. Recently, I haven't been able to find the time, but I'd like to practice singing together with you again." That's what she said!
Saki: I have a message from my brother too, he said, "Ohh, so it's Hanasato's birthday today! Be sure to convey my regards to her!" ... is what he said.
Minori: Thank you, Saki-chan! Actually, that impression of Tsukasa-san was so real!
Shiho: It was?
Ichika: Ah, right. Before we forget, we should give you our present from us.
Honami: The four of us went out together to buy different presents, but we were like, "This is it!" and ended up choosing just this one, in the end.
Shiho: I think we picked out something that'll be pretty practical for you, Minori, so please use it, if you'd like.
Shizuku: Oh my! So in the end, you were able to decide on the present that you said you were troubled about, huh? I'm glad~!
Shizuku: That aside, Shii-chan, what kind of present—
Airi: Alright, alright. You can't just suddenly barge into a conversation between friends like that!
Shizuku: Ah, no way! Shii-chan, Minori-chan~!

Shiho: ... Somehow, I'm sorry.
Minori: Ahaha, it's okay! It was like a, "That's Shizuku-chan for you!" kind of feeling!
Haruka: Hehe. You're right.
Minori: (Yesterday, Miku and the others wished me happy birthday, and today, I even got this many birthday wishes from all my friends!)
Minori: (And next—)
Minori: (It'd be really nice if spending my birthday with all our fans goes well...!)


Minori's Birthday Card 2022 - Part 2

black screen

Airi & Haruka's Voice: Good evening, everyone~
Haruka's Voice: Thank you for coming to Minori's birthday livestream today!
Airi's Voice: The screen should still be blacked out, but can you all hear our voices?
Comments: "We can hear you~" "The black screen gave me a shock ww" "Kinda feels like it's about to start!"
Airi's Voice: Actually, right now we were thinking of setting up a little prank for Minori. We'll call it—
Haruka's Voice: "Now's the time to hear them! Her true feelings!"
Haruka's Voice: It's a prank where we'll get to hear Minori's current thoughts and feelings, celebrating her birthday as an idol.
Airi's Voice: If we do something like a formal livestream interview, there's the possibility she'll get so nervous that she'll just clam right up.
Haruka's Voice: With that, everyone, please enjoy yourself till the very end! Prank... start!

Location: Haruka's Room

harukas room

Shizuku: Ah, Airi-chan, Haruka-chan. Welcome back!
Airi: We're back. We brought the drinks! Here, Shizuku, yours is the oolong tea, and the orange juice is Minori's, right?
Minori: Thank you! Just in time, my throat was starting to feel pretty dry! Glug, glug...
Haruka: Ah, if you chug it that quickly...
Minori: Ngh hrk...! I-If you speak at a weird ti— Cough, cough!
Shizuku: Oh dear! Minori-chan, are you okay?
Airi: That's exactly why she said that...
Airi: (But, this might be the chance we need. Haruka, let's hide the camera right now!)
Haruka: (... You're right. If we just set up the camera behind the stuffed toys on the shelf...)

Comments: "Eh?! If we set it up this close, won't we just give it away?!" "I'm just worried Minori-chan's gonna say something weird ww" "How's this going to turn out... My heart is pounding!"
Airi: (Alright. With this, the camera mounting is A-OK! And as for Minori...)
Minori: Haahh, that scared me~! Shizuku-chan, thanks for rubbing my back!
Shizuku: It's fine, don't worry about it!
Haruka: (It's a good thing she seems okay. But besides that...)
Haruka: Minori, could it be that you're feeling anxious?
Minori: Yeah... I mean, it's different from all the livestreams we've had before, it's a livestream for my birthday, y'know?
Minori: I wonder if everyone will come to watch... Ah! Come to think of it, how many minutes do we have left?!
Haruka: If you're looking for the clock, it's here. We still have about 15 minutes to go, see?
Airi: (Well, that clock was actually tampered with beforehand to show an earlier time. In reality, it's already past the livestream's starting time.)
Comments: "Amazing! The preparations are perfect!" "I wonder when Minori will realize..." "I'm really excited for what we might get to hear!"
Haruka: By the way, you were saying before that you wanted to read out the birthday messages we received from all our fans to calm your nerves, right?
Minori: Ah, yeah! There were way more than I expected, I was really surprised!
Minori: I kept thinking, "Are they really for me?", or "Maybe they could've made a mistake?!"... I had to read and reread the messages over and over again to chase those thoughts away!
Shizuku: Hehe. And no matter which message you read, the words, "To Minori-chan" were properly written on every single one of them, weren't they!
Shizuku: And we even received some messages which made not just you, but all of us happy to read, right?
Minori: Yeah, yeah! Like the message we got from that fan we worked together with in our previous event, it was still a birthday wish, but...!
Minori: In the postscript, she wrote that she might be able to grasp her own dream for the future!
Haruka: Her dream for the future?
Minori: Yeah! Um... I noted down some of the messages I thought we could bring up during the livestream later, but... Ah, found it!
Minori: "After helping out at MMJ!'s event, I became interested in working in the live setup industry."
Minori: "I would be really happy if someday, I'm able to support MMJ!'s lives, not just as a fan, but as a professional," is what she wrote!
Haruka: That really would be nice, huh...
Minori: Right, right!
Minori: It made me think, as expected, being an idol really does give us an amazing power to deliver hope to others!
Shizuku: Hehe. Minori-chan too, you've received plenty of hope from Haruka-chan in the past, right?
Minori: Yeah! I've really received lots and lots!
Minori: That's why, because of that, I too want to deliver hope to all our fans, as an idol!
Haruka: Minori...
Airi: In that case, you'll need to practice your singing and dancing loads more, yeah?
Minori: Of course! No matter how difficult it gets, if it means I'll be able to deliver hope to everyone, I'll work as hard as it takes!
Airi: Yeah, that's the spirit!
Comments: "Minori, you just said something really good!" "I'm a little worried she's just spinning her wheels in place, though ww" "Minori-chan, I'm cheering for you~!"
Haruka: I know we were just getting fired up, but it's going to be time for the livestream soon.
Minori: Ah! That's right, the livestream! We said earlier that we still had 15 minutes, but... don't tell me that we've already gone past the time?
Airi: It's fine. See, if we look at this clock... Wait, huh?! This isn't good! This room clock, it's 15 minutes behind!

Minori: Eh, no way... Wait, it really is!! The time on my phone is different!!
Minori: Wh... Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-What should we do?! I was talking on and on about delivering hope to our fans, but could it be we were making everyone worry while they waited for us?!
Shizuku: About that, it's alright~♪ Actually—

Haruka: Tadah~! The livestream has already begun~!

Minori: ... Eh?
Haruka: Hehe. Ready, and...!
Shizuku, Haruka & Airi: The prank was a huge success~♪
Minori: Eeeeeeeeeeehhhh?!
Comments: "You really had zero suspicion..." "Alright, nice reaction! As expected of Minori ww" "Minori-chan, you're so cute~!"
Minori: The livestream already began?! How long ago?!
Haruka: From the very start, when Airi and I left to bring the drinks back here.
Haruka: We wanted to let them know your feelings right now, what you wanted to do from here on out, and your honest thoughts, that kind of thing.
Minori: S-So that was it! I wonder if I said anything weird?!
Shizuku: Hehe, it's okay. You said plenty of good things.
Shizuku: Besides that, I'm glad we managed to pull it off well, since I don't really have much experience with this sort of thing...
Airi: Well, Shizuku, you don't really seem to be the type to trick people, or get tricked by others.
Haruka: Everyone who was watching, what did you all think of the prank?
Comments: "We got to see a good reaction, it was really fun~!" "Minori, turns out you were thinking things through a lot more thoroughly than I thought." "So you do have some proper idol-like qualities!"
Minori: Ah...
Minori: Ehehe...
Airi: Alright, everyone! The prank was fun and all, but let's not forget what day it is today!
Airi: Let's all wish her together! Ready, and—!
Airi, Shizuku & Haruka: "Minori! happy birthday!" "Minori-chan! happy birthday!"
Comments: "Happy birthday~!" "Minori-chan, happy birthday!" "Minori, today was really fun~"
Minori: Wah! The comments, all at once...!

Minori: Hweh... Everyone, thank you!
Minori: Even though as an idol I still have much, much more to go!
Minori: I'll work harder and harder and even harder, and become an idol that can deliver hope to you all, just like Haruka-chan and everyone else!
Minori: It's a promise!

minoris bday

Ichika: Minori, happy birthday! I wonder how you've found the cosmetics products we gave you?
Honami: Since we were at it, I was thinking it would be nice if it was something that would be useful to you, Hanasato-san, so I asked Kiritani-san for her advice!
Shiho: Lipstick, eye shadow, mascara, blusher— For me, it might the first time I've ever tried seriously picking out that kind of thing.
Saki: For real, though~ Whenever I try to ask Shiho-chan for her opinion on which one looks good, she always just tells me, "Any one will do"!
Ichika: That's just how important of a classmate you are to her, Minori.
Honami: That's right. Hanasato-san, together with Kohane-chan, please continue to be good friends with Shiho-chan from now on!
Shiho: Honami, can you please stop talking like Onee-chan...
Saki: Ahaha! Of course, please also continue to be good friends with all of us~♪ Seriously, have a happy birthday today!
An: Minori-chan, happy birthday! I saw the livestream! The prank at the very start was really exciting!
An: Especially your shocked face right when you realized you got pranked, it was super cute, wasn't it?
Kohane: Yeah! —Minori-chan, really, thank you for your hard work today. Let's take our time to talk when we're at school again, alright?
Nene: Um... Hanasato-san, happy birthday. Like you heard from Emu, if you'd want to, let's practice singing with Hoshino-san and the others again some other time, okay?
Emu: Ah, Nene-chan! This Thursday's an off day for practice! This is your chance to invite her out!
Nene: Eh?! Th-That's a bit too sudden, I mean, I won't be able to mentally prepare myself in time, so...! U-Um... I'll invite you again another time!
Shizuku: Minori-chan, thank you for your hard work in today's livestream~
Shizuku: You were surprised by the prank, but I'm glad that you still enjoyed the livestream after that, Minori-chan!
Airi: Yeah. Especially as the time for the livestream drew nearer, you somehow seemed to be getting more anxious, huh?
Haruka: Yeah. But after receiving those messages wishing you happy birthday and cheering for you, I wonder if you managed to regain your confidence in yourself again?
Shizuku: If that's the case, all three of us would feel happy for you too.
Airi: —Minori! From now on, the four of us are going to keep to working hard together, as MORE MORE JUMP!!
Haruka: That's right. No matter what happens, we'll help each other out, and no matter how high the wall, we'll fly right over it!

stage sekai

Minori: Miku-chan, Kohane-chan and everyone, and even all our fans— I've really received a ton of birthday wishes from so many people this year!
Minori: Alright! To deliver just as much hope as the amount of support I've received— That's what it means to be an idol!
Minori: From now on, as MORE MORE JUMP!'s Hanasato Minori, I'll do everything in my power to deliver hope to everyone!
Minori: That's why! I'll be counting on you to keep supporting me!

Edit Report
Pub: 11 Apr 2022 07:19 UTC
Edit: 12 Apr 2022 08:02 UTC
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