NGT48 Assault Case Summary for July 29, 2020

My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 7/29 (Wednesday).

• Maho will appear in a stage show
  • “I’m happy that my first stage play will be a work about Dazai Osamu, who is also from my hometown of Aomori. I will play the role of Yamazaki Tomie, Dazai’s last partner. Someone who loved another person so strongly, falling madly in love. I’ve felt jealous about that part of Tomie. Would I be able to die for the sake of love? Even while immersing myself in the feelings of love that everyone holds, I think I’ll be able to earnestly convey this genuine love. I will try my very best.”
  • https://www.roman-melos.com/
  • Maho’s tweet
    • https://i.imgur.com/Mcqg5my.png
  • Ken-On official
    • https://i.imgur.com/e25mSsd.png
  • From modelpress: “Yamaguchi Maho’s first stage play appearance will be in “Run, Melos!” starring Uchi Hiroki”
    • https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/2162378
  • [Additional translation here from @speranzom]
• Riko’s tweets
  • https://i.imgur.com/zm2mu2o.png
    • https://i.imgur.com/LbKh4Ih.png
  • https://i.imgur.com/lRTVbCo.png
    • https://i.imgur.com/YTX4W7H.jpg
  • https://i.imgur.com/pHA0rwu.jpg
• Rena’s tweet
  • https://i.imgur.com/OFtl2fo.png
• Only Sponichi uses a photo of Maho from her NGT days in their article reporting on her first stage play appearance.
  • https://i.imgur.com/YV0sy3s.png
• From MAQUIA: “What were last week’s most-read articles? The Top 15 popular articles ranking (7/15~21)”
  • #4 is an article with Yamaguchi Maho
  • https://maquia.hpplus.jp/makeup/matome/52942/6/
• A tweet analyzing the Billboard charts
  • “Regarding Sherbet Pink being #2 in CD sales, that is quite a ways away from being #21 in the [Billboard charts] Lookup. This reflects a small number of unique users. Sales is the only index in which it entered the top 10.”
  • https://i.imgur.com/2HTmPWx.jpg
  • Explanation of the Lookup
    • https://i.imgur.com/8op7WTj.png
    • https://i.imgur.com/0lBI1U4.png
• The second week of Sherbet Pink sales start with it at #26
  • https://i.imgur.com/XBPK3jA.png
• TakkenTaro video: “Was NGT still popular after all? Sherbet Pink’s first day sales are 72,187…”
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4iYalQMnsA

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Note: I try to repeat the Japanese thread as closely as possible here. Where I do make some editorial additions I’ll put them in [ ], though I do occasionally soften the posters’ tone.

Why is this here? My original announcement