Hagiwara Yukiho Character Memo

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HAGIWARA YUKIHO CHARACTER MEMO
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・Her family owns a construction company, the "Hagiwara Gumi." But while this hasn't been specifically stated, it's possible the "Hagiwara Gumi" is actually yakuza. And OFA is yet another era of questions, as Yukiho's father's work is still intentionally covered up.

【Found in: iM@S Arcade/1 (One Day's Scenery 2), iM@S Mobile, L4U! (Dressing Room Backstage Conversation), SP Yukiho Story (IU Primary 4th Battle), iM@S2 (At the Bookstore), iM@S2 (PS3 version) DLC Catalog 14 Complete Set Bonus Item, Weekly iDOLM@STER Vol. 1 (older iM@S magazine), OFA (After-Work Event, Rank E/D with 1.6 Memories)】

※ In one scene cut from the final version of THE iDOLM@STER MOVIE, Yukiho would be called an "ojou" by one of the group's disciples, whose appearance would surprise the other idols. （MEMORIAL M@STER & OGI★STAR MEMORIES 2）

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※ 「MEMORIAL M@STER & OGI★STAR MEMORIES 2」 on page 73

Nishigori: During the screenplay stage, a voice behind the screen door would start a scene and say "Ojou, I have gathered a change of clothes for your friends and have left it here." And then everyone would get surprised (laugh). Then during the storyboard stage, Takao-san (Takao Noriko) says, "This isn't really effective."

It was certainly amusing, but during such a serious moment, it would be difficult to pull people into it. So cutting it was the right choice (laugh).
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※ Platinum Album Caption

On off days at home, she wears kimonos as well as casual clothes.
Since she's been accustomed to it since childhood, her "shy girl" image reflects strongly even in her clothing.
Her father's intense eyes and glare make it very hard to stay relaxed. But it's all right.
He'll just dig some holes and... bury people here and there?
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※iM@S Arcade/1 (One Day's Scenery 2)

P: What a splendid area... Yukiho, what exactly does your family do?
Yukiho: Whaat?! Um, well... t-that's confidential.
P: Then I'll try to guess. Would they happen to be involved in some shady work...?
Yukiho: W-What kind of work would you call shady...?
P: Wild and exciting work... you know, things like that.
Yukiho: Y-You're mentioning wild and exciting work... so something like a kingpin boss and his cronies who act like family and attack others together! The kind of work where firing off machine guns gives you a thrill! Is that what you mean? B-Because you're wrong!
P: I, uh, didn't mean all that...
Yukiho: And it's not like father has a scar on his forehead or anything.
P: Nope, never heard that. I never heard a thing.
Yukiho: And it's only a small scar on his forehead when he fell and hit a desk corner, so like I said, it's just a misunderstanding...
P: Oh really!
Yukiho: A-Anyway, my family's work is confidential! Please excuse me.
P: (Hm. The mystery deepens a little.)
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PICTURE 1

The L4U text is too small for me to fully translate, but it's basically more about her father's "work."  The SP picture (third on the right, top row) is likely about her threat to call her family on reporters harrasing Takane before one of their IU bouts. The iM@S2 lines are as follows, from left to right:

"Oh... I think my father and his disciples may be in this place."
"... Hm? You mean your father, Yukiho? Is he really working here?"
"Yes. B-But my father is a very frightening person!"
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PICTURE 2

Pictured here is the Hagiwara Gumi Hard Hat, featured in DLC Catalog 8 (360) or 14 (PS3) in iM@S2 as a set completion bonus AND in OFA DLC Catalog 3 as an individual item.
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PICTURE 3

OFA commu, but I can't really read the text that well and don't have a video source. It's mostly Yukiho avoiding the question like usual, though. The caption says:

"In the end, is Yukiho's family's work in construction? Is it yakuza? Or maybe it's both?"
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・Her outdoor commus have revealed UFOs hidden in the background numerous times. And Suromasu (LIVE in SLOT!) has alien encounters, too.

【Found in: iM@S Arcade/1 (Senior Citizen Home Condolences), (C-Rank Video Photography), (AB-Rank Video Photography), (Day Off 3), (Day Off BT), DS (Ai Story), iM@S2 email (Is this right?), Suromasu (Private Production)】

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PICTURE 1

Any outside commus have a hidden UFO somewhere, while she talks about UFOs in the bookstore.
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PICTURE 2

A text from iM@S2 where Makoto supposedly sees and points at a UFO, but Yukiho isn't sure if she saw it and gets a little scared.
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PICTURE 3

"Incidentally, in G4U Volume 3 and its street corner photography shoot, you can catch a UFO flying above. The idol in the photography session doesn't matter."
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PICTURE 4

"And the space alien finally reveals itself in Suromasu's interview chance time."
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・She'll get angry if you point out her face is seedy-looking or if you drink her precious favorite tea.

【Found in: iM@S Arcade/1 (Meeting in Salon)】

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※ iM@S Arcade/1 (Meeting in Salon)

P: I have to say, your (Yukiho's) appearance has improved from before. Your face is like I'm looking at a completely different person! If someone passed you on the street, they'd be utterly shocked!
Yukiho: Uu, they didn't do anything to my face. Are you saying my face is so seedy-looking? T-That's mean...
P: W-What?! D-Damn it. I didn't mean that...
Yukiho: I may be plain and unnoticeable, and sometimes my face looks dark and depressed. But to say something like that... *cries*
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※ iM@S Arcade/1 Email (Dream Tea)

This is Yukiho... thanks for the work today. Ugh... I know it's unusual, Producer, but I'm a little bit angry right now...
I-I've been really careful trying to keep my favorite tea set aside for later, but then... uu... m-my father just went and drank it all!
If it was ordinary tea, I wouldn't be so angry. But this tea was something I was REALLY looking forward to... i-it's my dream tea...
H-How could you do that, father... uu...
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Basically, she cries even when angry.


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・Yakiniku is her favorite. She overeats in one lesson to the point that she can't complete her task. Additionally, she has a pattern of being quite picky about its preparation and eating.

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PICTURE 1

The picture dialogue, as from the SP translation:

Yukiho: No, it's got to be meat!
Yukiho: I-Is it that bad? I-If I get to eat, I promise I'll go run properly.
P: And so, I ended up taking Yukiho out to eat some yakiniku.
Yukiho: Thank you for the meal! It was so tasty! It really was, but...
Yukiho: R-Running after eating is going to be kind of... impossible. I'm sorry.
P: No physical exercise today, I guess... we'll have to start slowly next time.

Caption: Her facial expressions clearly don't reflect her considering her problems.
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※ NAMASSUKA SPECIAL 05 Drama Quotation

Yukiho: Um, for now, let's start by grilling the meat.
Yukiho: ...
Kotori: U-Um, Yukiho-chan? Isn't it bad for the report if you aren't talking...?
Yukiho: Shh! Otonashi-san, please give me time to concentrate! It's no good for the meat's thickness if you only flip it over once! And if you flip the meat too often, the juices inside the meat will all leave, so the timing of the first flip is very important...!
Kotori: O-Oh, really...
Yukiho: Yes, really!... O-Oh! Now! NOW!... Hahaha, perfect timing ♪. After the meat is cooked, would everyone here like to try some?

~Omitted Dialogue~

Yukiho: Uuu... just now, my pure love for yakiniku burst out and turned the hot pot prep into yakiniku prep...
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・She still believes in Santa.

【Found in: iM@S Arcade/1 (December Work)】

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・You won't be able to listen to any guitar songs or performances in Yukiho's house. This is because they really upset her father.

【Found in: iM@S Arcade/1 (One Day's Scenery 3)】

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・Yukiho's father used to be in a band when he was younger and met Yukiho's mother while in it. Yet he stopped around the time Yukiho was born due to injuring his fingers while playing the guitar, completely separating him from music. But back in those days, his guitar was valuable to him.

【Found in: iM@S Arcade/1 (Live Appreciation/Study)】

※ By the way, his fingers are better now.

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・She never really got to go to an amusement park. Because her father dislikes them, he's even gone so far as to oppose her going out there with friends.

【Found in: iM@S Arcade/1 (Live/Theme Park)】

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・In Yukiho's house, her father had constructed a completely soundproof room for Yukiho to use. He even supplied the room with a bunch of audio equipment.

【Found in: iM@S Arcade/1 (One Day's Scenery 6)】

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・She doesn't dislike being around children, but she's not good with them. Children of relatives or neighbors find it easy to tease and torment her.

【Found in: iM@S Arcade/1 (May Work)】

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・Because she's a nervous person and sometimes can't speak up or say anything, she isn't good around men. However, it seems that the anime's interpretation of her being weak to men is about them being "scary."

【Found in: L4U! (Dressing Room Backstage Conversation)】

※ Yukiho's "not good around men" trait has been blurred and interpreted many different ways due to various writers' interpretations. While the above "nervous and bad around men" interpretation occurs relatively early on and is generally relaxed and reduced due to her close relationship with P in many works, the "men are scary" interpretation and her terrible fear of men is one used by the anime and novel works.

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PICTURE 1

The dialogue is rather simple. Yukiho says she gets nervous speaking around men, and P says that he himself is nervous speaking to Yukiho. She's relieved he feels as anxious as she does.

Caption: In short, the "innocent" game version of Yukiho.
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PICTURE 2

Anime shots. Feel free to cringe.

Caption: Seeing men as actual monsters... you may question whether Animas Yukiho has some bad trauma.
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※ From page 129 of Yusuke Saito's official novelization "THE iDOLM@STER: Heart-Throbbing Summer Days"

Everyone's gaze fell on Yukiho as she was answering the last question of the interview.
"Um, well, my dream is..."
When I noticed everyone's line of sight was on her, Yukiho's face went red.
"M-My dream is for every scary dog and man on earth to disappear!"
"Hold on, what are you even saying? That doesn't sound like an idol's dream to me."
"Uuu... b-but I thought you were only asking what my dream was..."
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・Ever since seeing her first TV performance, being emotionally connected to it, and getting helped by her after being stuck with a harrasing fan, Yukiho became completely attached to Takane. Producer calls it "Takane Fondness Disease." With its more focused attention in their radio co-appearance, it's immediately dived into its own world of delusion.

【Found in: SP (Yukiho Story), MASTER SPECIAL 04】

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PICTURE 1

Not much to say here. The SP ones are better left for playing the translated Yukiho route in SP, as there are PLENTY of examples of her Takane love there. The OFA example is from a particular commu where they train together, though it's not on that SP level of crazy. Speaking of crazy...
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※ MASTER SPECIAL 04 - One Example of "Takane Fondness Disease"

Yukiho: Because today is Shijou-san's first radio talk, I thought I'd welcome her in a grand, majestic fashion! I've prepared many special effects for it, as well! Like tape and smoke and fireworks! And I couldn't help preparing some "Welcoming Tea" for a drink! I may be ill-mannered and incompetent, but for today, I'll completely 100 percent welcome her here!

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※ Yukiho's Talk portion gets dragged further downward

Takane: Then I shall entrust everything to you...
Yukiho: T-That's...! Shijou-san, do you mean you'll listen to whatever I have to say?!
Takane: T-Though I feel you interpreted that a little bit differently, your synopsis is not incorrect.

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Yukiho: Um... about that "please listen♪" you said at the end of your talk portion... how can you show your kindness if you don't smile and aren't as cute as you can be?
Takane: Wha... what?!
Yukiho: It's just that I think Shijou-san's always a little cool, so I imagined you could say "please listen♪" into the mic all cute and blushing, but then you'd suddenly jump out of the studio with a burst of energy, run into the bathroom, and mutter "Uu... this truly is impossible for me..." to yourself while tears run down your face!
Takane: Y-You possess a very specific imagination...
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・She is so bad with insects that she couldn't even bear to be near a butterfly.

【Found in: Dearly Stars Eri Route (Lesson First Encounter Event)】

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PICTURE 1

Just as it says. Yukiho finds all bugs scary, even butterflies (Eri looks surprised there, too).
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・She's a little bit of an airhead.

【Found in: iM@S2 (Regional TV Work)】

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・She doesn't know how to use a microwave oven.

【Found in: iM@S2 (Local Greeting Work)】

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・Every year, her family gets a ridiculous amount of high-class whiskey delivered to their house.

【Found in: iM@S2 (Basic Contact)】

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・She's skilled in being able to pull out all the tissues from a tissue box in 15 seconds.

【Found in: iM@S2 (Fan Event Work)】

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・She's addicted to "DaguDagu 2013," a mobile phone game. She is ranked #4 in the world.

【Found in: OFA (Contact Rank C with 3.4 Memories), OFA email (Just a little more...!)】

※The game title and conversation about it closely resemble Namco's arcade game "Dig Dug."

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・Though she's not good with dogs, her temporary care for a puppy named Yukichan helps build her composure.

【Found in: OFA (Yukiho Story)】

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・In her home, she is prohibited from watching television late at night.

【Found in: OFA (Morning Contact, Rank A with 4.3 Memories)】

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・She'd like to participate in some of her school's club activities. However, her idol work prevents her from being able to do so.

【Found in: OFA (Morning Contact (Angel Activities Club), EX Episode 3 #2 Clear】

By the way, there is no tea ceremony club. Any other possible choices for club activities available in her school remain unclear.

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PICTURE 1

Though I have the video recorded, the picture is a highlight of a wrong choice further clarified by:

Caption: A seemingly simple but actually shocking fact emerges when you suggest she join the "drill club" and she replies, "To be honest, I don't really like digging holes..."

... But in the older drama CDs and the anime, she's portrayed as digging holes because she enjoys doing so.
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・She's rather popular in her local area, but any love letters she receives are torn apart and thrown away immediately by her father.

【Found in: Platinum Album, Character Master】

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・The start of Yukiho's idol career began with her friend Kaze-chan sending Yukiho's application out for an audition without Yukiho's knowledge... and she passed.

【Found in: Platinum Album, Character Master】

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・The disciples whom come and go from her home number around 30 persons.

【Found in: Platinum Album, Weekly iDOLM@STER Vol. 1】

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・Because Yukiho became an idol to do something on her own, her mother supports and approves of her daughter's idol activities.

【Found in: Drama CD Scene.01 Rank E (Magazine Interview, Hopes of a Newcomer)】

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・Because she can't handle the long whiskers on crawfish or lobsters well, Yukiho can't peel off their shells.

【Found in: MASTER ARTIST 09】

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・She's calm enough around snakes to grab and hold one. It seems she got used to handling them in the past, where snakes would manage to trespass into her father's bedroom.

【Found in: MASTER ARTIST 09】

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・Yukiho's poem writing seems and reads like a third-grade student's written thoughts.

【Found in: （MASTER ARTIST 2 -FIRST SEASON- 07）】

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Yukiho: I've also published some poems on my blog! For example...

'Friends are important,' 'If I had no friends,' 'I may not be able to live'
'I might surely die,' 'No,' 'I'm sure I'd die'
'But,' 'Because I don't want to die,' 'I'll train my muscles,' 'And I'll forge my body and health!'

Yukiho: ... Ehehe. How was it?
Mami: ... Huh? W-What do you mean... how was it?
Yukiho: Hm? I meant what kind of impression my poem left you...
Mami: Whaaa--?! Uh, r-right now, it seems like a third-grader wrote it--!
Yukiho: Ahh! Y-You completely cut that down like nothing~!
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※ However, since the song "First Step" from Yukiho's iM@S2 story ends up being successful, the portrayal of her poetry skills as good or bad is blurry and shaken up a bit. Additionally, the "tasteful" comment left in the above segment also came from Mami's mouth.

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PICTURE 1

The screens are from Yukiho's True End in iM@S2, where a DJ comments on Yukiho's cute singing for First Step, which has also topped the charts for five consecutive weeks.
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・While she self-publishes her poems on her blog, she keeps her full name unknown by writing under an alias.

【Found in: MASTER ARTIST 2 -FIRST SEASON- 07】

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・She has to avoid a dog near her home called "Hellhouse" while talking her regular commute to school.

【Found in: NO Make! Episode 7 Talk】

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・She was born and raised in the Adachi ward in Tokyo Metropolis

【Found in: Akemasu Official Blog - 2nd Location Test Popularity Ranking, Special Prize Project (Yukiho Special Program)】

Yukiho: M-My birthplace is Adachi in Tokyo, where I was also raised. I was first bathed at the Nishiarai Daishi as a baby, my family name is Hagiwara, my name is Yukiho, but others call me... uh, the popular idol Yukiho! Ha, ahahaha!

TL NOTE: http://www.idolmaster.jp/imas/archive/soundlog/log050311.htm

Additionally, the temple Yukiho mentions here, the Nishiarai Daishi, is a well-known Buddhist temple within the area. Her bath story is likely a miyamairi, almost like a Shinto baptism for newborns. I assume that's the meaning, anyway.

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・Though she was likely lactose intolerant as a child, she works hard at drinking more milk now to become a "glamour girl."

【Found in: iM@S Arcade/1 email (I'm not good with milk)】

TL NOTE: Basically the same reason people joke about Chihaya drinking milk. It's to build their figure.

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・She's not good with tongue twisters.

【Found in: iM@S Arcade/1 email (Talking fast), iM@S2 (Local Radio Work)】

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This is Yukiho... thank you for all your work today.
So if you were thinking about practicing tongue twisters, I just found a tongue twister based on tea...!
It goes like this: 「お茶たちょ茶たちょ茶々とたちょ　青竹茶せんでお茶とたちょ」
W-Writing it is simple enough, but saying it is a little... impossible. It's pretty hard...
Like I expected. I should just drink tea instead...
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TL NOTE: I'm not that great at translating wordplay like this, but it's a pretty tough tongue twister if I say so myself. Here's the romaji:

Ocha ta cho cha ta cho cha cha to ta cho
Aodakechasen de ocha to ta cho

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PICTURE 1

Surprise! It's another tongue twister.

Caption: After only being touched on by a mail so long ago, it was picked up again in iM@S2.

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・Yukiho is always being teased by boys in her class.

【Found in: iM@S Arcade/1 email (Yukiho Kokeshi)】

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・She doesn't like wasabi on sushi and doesn't eat it.

【Found in: iM@S Arcade/1 email (Wasabi...)】

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・She uses air-mail to keep in touch with classmates that have gone to the UK to study abroad.

【Found in: iM@S Arcade/1 email (Air-mail Correspondence)】

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・She still wears her elementary school clothes to this day.

【Found in: iM@S Arcade/1 email (Average elementary school...)】

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Um... Producer. This is Yukiho...
I've just noticed that all this time... I've still been wearing my clothes from elementary school.
B-Because I'm so seedy-looking, I haven't changed sizes at all. Uu...
But I wonder, maybe this is a good thing? Actually, you wouldn't want clothes to go to waste otherwise...
I think looking so seedy has helped me for the first time.
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That kind of thinking may be overthinking it a little.

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・She has never gone abroad.

【Found in: Happening☆Location】

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・Though she's generally not good with alcohol, she can drink amazake in one gulp and show a huge boost in character and tension.

【Found in: Happening☆Location】

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PICTURE 1

Not much to say. It's a small dialogue where she takes a drink and ends up more cheerful.
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TL NOTE: Amazake is essentially low to non-alcoholic sake. Some even see it as a cure for hangovers.

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・Due to being so tight-lipped, her friends at school gave her the nickname "Snowy Jizo statue."

【Found in: L4U! iDOL@ Prima Series (Haruka)】

TL NOTE: Not sure what アイドラ would properly translate to, but it's basically DLC skits.

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・Her favorite place in a room is in the corner or in a nook. She also spends her days off digging holes.

【Found in: SP (Arranged Interview Time Conversation)】

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・Her father and his disciples carry the portable shrine every week in the seasonal festivals.

【Found in: iM@S Channel Gallery Comment (dated 4/29/2014)】

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・Her repeated practice with the piano has come to fully bloom.

【Found in: Million Live (Fleeting yet Beautiful Melody Hagiwara Yukiho) + (Fully-Bloomed Performer Hagiwara Yukiho)】

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・While she's weak with dogs, she's perfectly calm around triceratops.

【Found in: Million Live (Dinosaur Contact Time Hagiwara Yukiho)】

This is established as a chaotic scenario where Dr. Ritsuko made a time machine and each idol is transported to various periods in time, resulting in a Time-Travelling Dream gacha.

While her fear of butterflies (see above) makes it seem like she's afraid of all living things, her calm and completely OK composure around snakes and triceratops shows another surprising side of Yukiho.

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