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Feb 13, 2014 10:53 AM
Anime Relations: The iDOLM@STER Live For You!, The iDOLM@STER, The iDOLM@STER: 765 Pro to Iu Monogatari, The iDOLM@STER Shiny Festa, Puchimas!: Petit iDOLM@STER
This is the Two-hundred-and-seventy-second week of using the "Perfect Anime Girl Sheet". Notice: This Blog may contain Unmarked Spoilers.

*Topaz and Riri walk down the street.*

Riri: So you're saying that we'll get an idea of why these idol fans are all after you by going to this place?

That's right, plus we'll hopefully get them to stop. And here we ARE!

*The two stop a block from a large office building. However, a large crowd surrounds the front of the building, snapping photographs and asking questions.*

"Are you really from the moon?"

"What REALLY happened in the Ramen Shop last week?"


"Can I touch your butt?"


*Various other questions are thrown out but no reply is given.*

Riri: *points* There's no way we'll be able to get through such a crowd of paparazzi, Topaz! What should we do?

I know EXACTLY what to do, and it's something my friend loves doing...

*The scene fades, and when it returns we find Topaz and Riri behind the building in an abandoned lot of sorts."

...we'll take the REAR ENTRANCE!

*The two start walking towards the building, continuing their conversation.*

Riri: That's an overused gag, I imagine. Just because your friend likes butts doesn't mean he'll enjoy it either. Even if he seems to be your only reader. Besides, that was already used by that one Sonico series... *Turns to face Topaz.* N-Not that I enjoy watching shows with you on your lap or anything.... wait...

*As Riri spoke it seemed that Topaz disappeared. She looks around and sees no evidence of him.*

Riri: That IDIOT blogger! I can believe he left me behind and ran off in front! When I see him again I'll scold him!

*Ririchiyo runs forward and enters the building. However, she was completely unaware to the single hole in the lot. Now, let's rewind slightly: grainy images of past Riri appear. However, this is from Topaz's view rather than the camera (you can tell as he eyes her legs and butt as she walks). However, right as she says "friend" Topaz falls into well-disguised hole, dust entering his mouth to prevent him from screaming. Luckily the hole is sloped so he slides to the bottom safely. We now join him as he brushes himself off in a basement-seeming area.*

Hmmm, it seems that I've fallen and from the steep slope it appears I won't be able to get up. Guess I'd better explore around here.

*Topaz walks around and eventually finds a brown-haired girl with a shovel.*

???: EEEEEEK! A man! *starts to dig with the shovel, but Topaz grabs her*

W-wait! You can't dig here! You'll probably hit a water main and flood the entire room!

*The mysterious girl gets bright red and squirms out of his arms. There, he can finally get a good look at her.*

Hey, I know who you are! You're Yukiho!

Yukiho: Eep! H-how... did? I mean, it's good to be a fan, but I wonder how you got in the b-basement...

I feel through a hole, and I presume you're the one who dug it?

Yukiho: T-that I did, but I thought I covered it well enough that no one should fall through. Are you alright, at least?

I'm fine, though my clothes are a bit dusty.

Yukiho: I see then... *looks to the side in dismay*

If you'd like I can do my blog on you and we can call it even?

Yukiho: Oh, you're that one who talked about Taka-neesama last week, weren't you. I-I think I'll be alright with a blog b-but don't do anything too crazy.

You heard it, readers...

Today's girl is:



Yukiho Hagiwara
from
The iDOLM@STER


Yukiho: O-occasionally people call me Yuki-pyon too. Mostly Ami and Mami, I guess but still....

That reminds me, Takane must have warned me about your hole in a round-about way. She called you "Mole".

Yukiho: That sounds more like Kotori, she has a mole on her face.

Right, I imagine you're more "raccoon" than "mole". Even if you do dig pits.

Yukiho: I-I don't grow a tail, sorry...

Head
Hair: Yukiho has a nice shade of brown hair. It could stand to be a bit darker, but the way it is now is fine (shadows help). In Xenoglossia she DOES have a darker color, but it also looks a little too green than I'd like. Mind, I like brown hair and green hair, it's just that the mix isn't usually that great. As far as style goes she has a bob cut. It's a fairly average hairstyle for me as I prefer long hair. Yukiho's hair barely reaches her shoulders.
Grade: B+

Eyes: Yukiho's eyes are somewhat similar to her hair color-wise. By that, I mean that her eyes are brown. Not QUITE as dark as her hair (in some images she seems to have golden-ish eyes) but they're still a soft coffee-like color. Shape-wise her eyes seem to be as wide as they are tall and really oblong with a tarame. It does give her a kind moe-looking look and fits her personality well, but it also seems somewhat generic (though this might just be the art style). They are soft looking and nice, but not really noteworthy.
Grade: B

Face: Much like her eyes Yukiho's face is pretty soft-looking, not to mention gentle. Like the rest of her cast she has small features and pretty well-done cheeks, at least at times. I blame A-1 for cutting costs on animation and making people look similar. On the other hand her anime depiction is the one that I prefer as she looks worse in the games or early official art. She's not terrible, but again she's not really that memorable. I do say that some of her reactions are fun to look at though, moreso in the episode that focuses more on her.
Grade: B

Body
Build: Like Takane last week (and most idolmaster girls in general) Yukiho has measurements! She's 155 cm tall and weighs 42 kg, and her three sizes are 81-56-81. As you can see she's not bad and her hips are as big as her bust. This is good as I like hourglass figures, though it would help if she was bigger in both places. As is, she's not that exciting. Of course, she's no Azusa or Takane (for her butt) but she's also no Chihaya or Iori either for flat or loli-ish appeal. She's nearly smack in the middle and as a result doesn't get a lot of head-turning fan art as a result of not really having much to go off of. One last thing I will say is that she seemed to be one of the girls that stole Takane's place in the balloon popping contest, squishing a red one with her backside.
Grade: B-

Breasts:

Yukiho: I-I know I'm flat, no need to talk more about it...

Nonsense, Yukiho. 81 cm isn't bad and you'll make Chihaya sad if you continue to talk like that. Especially because your waist is about even with her, so it's not like the difference is made up there. Anyway, speaking of her chest, Yukiho is reserved but does show cleavage on occasion. Not much, as like I said she's a "middle" character, but she's definitely not flat despite her depreciation. And when I say "middle", I mean it; of the 13 "idols" (including Ritsuko) Yukiho is right in the middle with six girls smaller and six girls larger than her.
Grade: B-

Clothes: Like Takane it's hard to judge Yukiho's outfits as she has so many. She has such a variety it's hard to describe them all, but one thing that I noticed is that Yukiho is one of the most reserved girls. While others might show their midrift in an idol outfit Yukiho hides hers (though not all the time). During the beach episode she wore a white swimsuit with a skirt of shorts that reminds me more of a summer dress than something you'd swim in. I don't mind her reserved look as it fits her personality (we'll get to that next, I promise), but it is unfortunate we didn't see her in a better swimsuit. In the show she also wears a fruit-cherry costume (it makes sense in context) as well as the idol-lympics outfit like Takane (though, as said before, Yukiho at least made use of the tight blue shorts). Finally there's also official art of her in a Santa outfit and she looks really cute in it.
Grade: B

Mind
Personality: Yukiho is a very shy and reserved character. Her timidness certainly made me like her more, and in her episode we actually see what she's so scared of. She sees men as monsters and rather than what they actually say she hears unfortunate things. She panics as a result. To me this shows more of an understanding of what androphobia is than just having a girl punch a guy (even as a running "joke" Inami is terrible). She also easily bursts into tears, which is why I named this blog "Glass Idol"; Yukiho is extremely fragile and breaks down easily. That said, she did become an idol to fix that and, as shown in the third episode, she's getting better at performing in front of guys. In addition to men she's also afraid of dogs (even small ones) and when frightened she'll actually pull out a shovel and digs a hole. Her catch phrase seems to be "I'll go bury myself!" as well, due to this fact.
Her shyness is just a part of her personality, of course. She comes from a traditional household though we never find out what her father does). She enjoys green tea, writing poetry and blogging (seems I've done a few of those lately). In addition to having traditional tastes and aspects she's also very girly, wearing a lot of flowers or skirts and just having a feminine aura in general.
Voice-wise I have a slight problem. I'm not a big fan of Azumi Asakura as her voice (for Yukiho, at east) seems to be higher pitched than I enjoy. I suppose it does fit Yukiho, but I wouldn't say she's one of my top girls for singing. Unless you're talking about Xenoglossia where she has YUI HORIE's wonderful voice. And I'm not saying that just because I like Yui Horie; her voice does really seem to fit Yukiho better and you can hear it in her "Melos no You ni -LONELY WAY-" cover.
Grade: B

Libido: As I said prior, Yukiho has a problem with men. Because of that, I can't give her a great score here. However, she does eventually learn to be comfortable around the producer. In addition, while a fellow idol Yukiho seems to be Makoto's biggest fan and really enjoy dressing her up in men's clothes. Makoto is the tomboy of the team and has a lot of female fans so they might be paired up easily.
Grade: D+

Age: Yukiho is between 16 and 17, depending on where you are in the show. Yes, surprisingly she's one of the few characters in a series (and the only one in this one) to have a birthday party. It's episode 22 so she's probably 16 more than 17, but still. I imagine that she gets a party because her birthday is December 24th and they couldn't have a Christmas episode without her feeling left out (I certainly feel sorry for any readers with December birthdays. Oh wait...).
Grade: B+

Total Grades: 67
Average score: 7.4
Final Grade: B-

Yukiho: That wasn't too bad actually...

Thanks, it might be a little lower than I expected, but it's not a bad score. Now, if you don't mind, I have to climb this building and talk to Ritsuko to get something taken care of.

Yukiho: I see then, I'll stay down here and try to fill the hole back in like I was trying to do.

That's a good plan, hopefully no one else will fall through it. *starts to walk up stairs.*

Yukiho: Watch out though, the inside of the building is confusing!

Don't worry, I'm good with directions. And I'll see all my fans next week, so catch you then!

==Next week:==

I'm hopelessly lost!
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