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This is the Three-hundredth-twenty-ninth week of using the "Perfect Anime Girl Sheet". Notice: This Blog may contain Unmarked Spoilers.

==On a deserted island==

Welcome back to the blog everyone. Now, many of you may be wondering why we're here.

: I certainly wonder myself.

To back up a bit, late last month I was told to investigate the 765 Productions by Makoto. I went there and did blogs on both Chihaya and Haruka. After doing her blog Haruka challenged me to a battle, of which I don't understand how I won.

: Half of 256 is 128!

Sounds like Anzu isn't the only idol who can do complex calculations in her head! But anyway, Haruka tricked me with Miurasan and I got warped here.

: Yayoi dragged me here, if you're wondering. Sadly I can't find her.

That's odd. We're on an island so it's not like there's far for her to go. Let's go looking for her.

: Harumph. I've already looked around enough, but since I want to rub it in your face when you can't find her I'll follow you. Come along, Io.

: Moh!

*A chibi version of Iori glances from behind Iori's legs.*

Wow, I didn't even notice that Io was here too.

: She's a very shy Puchidol. But anyway, since we're going perhaps you have some entertainment planned.

Well, I could do my blog on you...

: Eh? That's it? Can you at least carry me?

If it's not on my back and I'm on all fours I don't think I can.

: WHAT? Are you calling me heavy?

No, I'm just weak and puny.

: I see then. W-well, let's just walk together while you talk about me.

*Iori places Io on her head and takes Topaz's hand.*

Uhhh?

: Don't misinterpret this! I'm just doing this so that we don't get separated. I figure you'd moan like a b-baby if we do!

Whatever you say, but since she's given me permission...



Head
Hair: Iori has brown hair that goes all the way down to her waist (or so), with a mostly-straight line down her back (there is a curve by her shoulders that widens it, but it looks nice). To be fair it does look darker in Xenoglossia, nearly black, but darker hair seemed to happen to most girls in that show. She also had a headband, and while she usually has one in now it's not as noticeable. The reason for this is that, back then, it pulled her bangs back and you could see her scalp (plus two out-of-place hairs). That's the main reason I dislike hairbands, I really don't like seeing the hair line. To be fair early art has her with this hairstyle as well, but the main anime/current look it's different. She instead has a very elegant swept bang on the left, while her hair on the right is pulled back. It's really pretty and fits her ojou personality well. While she doesn't often have her bangs down she does so in the game, revealing she has a lovely hime cut (in the games at least). She does this to evade being recognized by President Kuroi. I'm not sure if she has them down in Puchimas at times, but it's possible.
Speaking of Puchimas, Iori is sometimes referred to as "forehead-chan" due to her hairband. The reason this concerns Puchimas is that her Puchidol, Io, has the ability to shoot lasers out of her forehead. Sadly both Io and Iori in general get underused in Puchimas, or at least I think that. Going back to Iori's hair, I'm not sure why I like it so much, but I definitely do. She looks like a fashion model so that could be it, but I find her hair extremely gorgeous. I'll also mention that she occasionally has it up in a ponytail for certain cards as well. This doesn't look bad, but I prefer her "natural" look.
Grade: A-

Eyes: Iori's eyes sadly aren't as good as her hair. Mostly due to the color-Iori has PINK eyes. Now, it's a bit hard to tell as it nearly looks brown like her hair (a trait I do enjoy) but her eyes are defined as "pink". Shape-wise it's fine, A-1 standards aside. In fact, she's a bit better than most of the rest of the cast as she has a strong tsurime.
Grade: B-

Face: Again we run into A-1 problems here. They aren't as bad, Iori has small features which help, but there's nothing too much that sets her apart from the other girls. Other than her forehead I suppose, but I mentioned that back in "hair". I will say that her expressions on some of the cards she's on are really expressive and cute. Another thing I should mention is that she's gotten a few "wet face" scenes, in both the main anime and even the movie.
Grade: B

Body
Build: Iori, while my favorite loli idol of the first season, is still a loli. Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course. They even had an episode where she (and the other loli idols) try to act more mature but fail spectacularly so I'm glad that she became more accepting of her true beauty. She starts at 150 cm and 39 kg in the first game before moving up to her current measurements of 153 cm and 40 kg. Oddly enough her measurements remained the same at 77/54/79. As you can see, her hips are slightly larger than her bust. Sadly this doesn't matter too much as Iori really doesn't get too many fanservice scenes (especially compared to the curvier girls). Oddly enough though, in the Million Live cards she shows her bare stomach on no less than five cards. I'm guessing that her belly is considered to be attractive. I can't say for sure but her navel sure is cute. I would say that she could have gotten a higher score here if she'd show something like her butt more, but Idolmaster isn't a fair series.
Grade: C-

Breasts: I'm sort of surprised that Iori has a chest measurement of 77 cm. That's even bigger than Chihaya! That said, it still doesn't give her enough chest to make a difference. Like many Riesunderes she has a flat chest.
Grade: D

Clothes: Iori has a lot of clothes! Well, you can sort of assume as she's an idol and thus I'll say my normal "she wears a lot of idol outfits", to paraphrase, but even then she has a lot of great clothes. As is tradition I have to mention her fruit costume is a peach (though sadly she never shows her peach bottom). I assume that this is because her official color is Pink so she wears a lot of it (even if Haruka is trying to move into her territory). She also has a lot of cute frilly dresses, including a wedding dress and a Cinderella ball gown (though the latter two may be card-only). At the beach she wears a frily pink and white bikini, though sadly the frills cover her butt. She also wears a white shirt during a water fight in the movie, a bad idea as it becomes see through even if she has a bra under it (though good for the audience). Speaking of the movie she wears a pretty interesting school uniform in it; a long sleeve white shirt, red necktie, and blue dress. It looks pretty nice. Her cards are extremely varied as well, containing such outfits as cat ears with tail (possibly tiger-related as a call back to Taiga), a couple belly dancer-ish outfits, a beautiful purple kimono, a Santa dress, a demoness outfit with thighhighs, a bee costume, a royal gown, a few sports outfits (mainly lacrosse), and a beautiful black detatched-sleeves dress with a great trim. She also has a few official cosplays due to her VA; first she dressed up as Alisa from the God Eater series and then, as she's Harada Katsuhiro's favorite idol, she also dressed up as Lili from his Tekken series. Both series are Namco productions so it makes sense. She also wears Nadeko Sengoku's outfit in a CD cover, if that counts, as she sings "Ren'Ai Circulation".
Grade: B+

Mind
Personality: The first thing that you notice about Iori is that she's rich. She's the daughter of a powerful CEO and this is used in the series to confront villians. She does have an air of elegance about her, fitting her ojou background. However, it seems that her father can be scary. Iori has a mother and two older brothers as well, though her brothers are overseas. Outside of maids or butlers the only friend Iori seemed to have growing up was her stuffed rabbit Usa-chan (or, in the anime, Charles Donatello The 18th). Surprisingly she's not spoiled though, she's best friends with Yayoi and helps around her house when necessary. She even decided to become an idol to prove to her father that she could make it herself. She does have a pretty big ego, to the point where her interviews in Puchimas are fast-forwarded as she taks about herself too much (this may just be for the comedic effect though). She also calls others, especially Miki, "Anta" which shows either familiarity or is condescending.
Another easily-noticed trait of Iori's is that she's a tsundere. Luckily she's not a bad one, only being slightly harsh around people she knows and kinder to strangers (including fans). Even then she's not annoying at all She does like teasing the other girls, especially because she can come up with ghost stories quickly, and she does have a sharp tongue and short temper. She's nicknamed "The little-devil idol" for this. She seems to enjoy vacations and shopping, though in Puchimas she doesn't seem to enjoy Yayoi taking her on random trips. She also seems to be multilingual and is able to speak Chinese, French, German, Spanish, and fluent English in addition to Japanese. We also can't forget that she becomes part of Ryuugyuu Komachi, though fortunately she doesn't cut her lovely hair.
We can't forget about Iori's VAs. Obviously her main voice is Rie Kugimiya, the tsundere queen herself. She's a bit high, but it's in no way distracting and sounds really nice. At least to me. That said, it's impressive that Xenoglossia was able to get Yukari Tamura to play Iori. She does a GREAT job being a smug loli like Iori, but both voices are great. In general, there's a lot of things that made Iori my favorite loli and one of my top idols from the original series.
Grade: B+

: Of COURSE, no one can resist my extravagant beauty- Wait. I can understand you MAYBE falling for the charms of girls like Ritsuko or Takane, but there's another loli you like more than me?

*Topaz tries to avert is eyes.*

: If you don't tell me I'll have Io shoot you!

: Moh!

Alright, I blame Anzu's great personality. But you easily have her beat on hair!

: Figures that a lazy guy like you would like Anzu. I really shouldn't be surprised. N-now get back to the blog, even if you're nearly done!

Certainly!

Libido: There really isn't much shown in this area for Iori. She might hit on the Producer, like most of the girls, in the games, but I don't know much about them. She's likely to be paired up with Yayoi though. The two seem to spend a lot of time together and I'm not sure if their meeting has ever been explained.
Grade: C

Age: Iori, as one of the idolmaster lolis, is only 15. Technically she started at 14 in the first game, but she's aged slightly. Iori's birthday is May 5th.
Grade: B-

Total Grades: 61
Average score: 6.8
Final Grade: B-

: THAT'S IT!

What? You didn't like your score?

: Well, I imagine that your other blogger friend would think higher of me, but that's not the point. I mean I'm sick of looking for Yayoi.

: Kii!

Calm down, Iori and... I.. o. That's it!

: What?

We can't find Yayoi but I have a sure-fire way to find her Puchidol Yayo!

: It's probably a dumb idea...

*Topaz sneaks behind a nearby tree, and then pops out with a leaf over his face.*

SKRREEEEEEE!

: AIIIEEE!

: Kiiiiiii!

*Iori leaps back while Io nearly fries Topaz with a head-laser. There's a small smoldering area just where he was standing (as he had taken evasive action and jumped back behind the tree). He also drops the leaf.*

Wow, I did NOT think that through...

: What's the big deal! You nearly scared the living daylights out of us!

Well, I was hoping that by scaring you it would make money pop out.

: You DO know real people aren't like that...

That's true, you don't have an oddly giant-headed proportion. But we do need to get some money on the ground. Do you have a coin on you?

: I only have a credit card, that's usually enough.

That's not helpful. Let's see... *Topaz digs around in his pockets, eventually pulling out a coin.* AHA!

*He drops it on the ground.*

Now we wait...

: Do you really think a plan like this will work?

*Nearby bushes rustle.*

Shhh, she'll hear us.

*An orange-haired Puchidol emerges from the bush.*

: Uun? Un-uun!

*Yayo goes an picks up the coin cutely, putting it in her mouth before starting to run off on all fours.*

Hey! Don't run off!

*Yayo slows down and stops. She then turns around and, crying, offers the coin back.*

No no, that's yours.

*Yayo stops crying and looks happy.*

: Uun!

*Yayo does the pose of getting money.*

But you have to take us to Yayoi. Can you do that?

: Un-uun!

: What do you think, Io?

: Moh!

: Your judgment is as good as mine. Let's go, Topaz!

*And so they did. Iori and Topaz, along with Yayo and Io go across the island, with silly screens of them canoeing down a river, mountain climbing, and a break for tea. Eventually the reach a hut. The four enter it and see Yayoi up on a throne with two Harukasans as guards on either side of her. They have silly Roman helmets and spears.*

: Welcome you two. I'm the island chief here, but if you're looking for a Yo-yo I already gave mine away.

Curses! But at least we have a Yayo!

*He holds up the Puchidol.*

: Uun?

: Enough playing around, you two. So THIS is where you went after you dropped me off.

: Well, I was ordered here by the Chessmasters to make sure that Topaz didn't get a hold of THIS!

*She holds a mechanical device attached to her wrist and back of her left hand.*

I-Is that the Savior Saver?

: Uhhh, I think that's what they called it. But no matter. You're before me today and if I defeat you I can go back to the city!

: But why are you doing this?

: The other idols and I have decided that, since you seem to not like twintailed idols we'd defeat him before he has a chance to blog on us. Now, my minions! Get them!

*The two Harukasans sway back and forth, not doing much of anything.*

x2: Kakka!

*Yayo is too distracted by a shiny coin to battle.*

: Un-uun!

: Fine then, seems I'll have to take care of you myself!

*Yayoi epically takes out a deck of cards.*

: Hey, this is my blog! You can't fight him yet!

That's true. Wait your turn.

: Fine then, you'll have a full week to prepare yourself.

You heard her everyone. Seems next week will be a blog on Yayoi!