The Kageki Top Star feature for 2009 was a spinoff of the 2008 feature, where Top Stars were asked to pick a side on a question. Unlike the 2008 edition, which had 2 questions, the 2009 version only has 1 question, and the stars are then asked to predict everyone else’s answers.
The May question: Do you prefer…
A – Traditional sweets?
B – Western sweets?
Which side are you on 2: Hyper! (May 2009)
Q: Do you prefer…
A – Traditional sweets?
B – Western sweets?
Matobu Sei, Flower Troupe
B – Western sweets
I like both of them, but since I really like whipped cream I went with Western sweets. Shortcakes are my favorite type of cakes, you see.
What about everyone else?
Asako-san (Sena) likes Western sweets. I got a tip once that she likes sweet things. Chika-san (Mizu) I’m not sure about. Maybe she’d prefer traditional sweets. I picture as someone who doesn’t really eat sweet things. Chie (Yuzuki) seems like she’d eat either (laughs). But if I had to pick, I can picture her eating dango, so traditional sweets. Going by appearances, I’d say Western sweets for Tani (Yamato). But she doesn’t seem like she’d eat much. I feel like she’d maybe just nibble on a cookie.
Sena Jun, Moon Troupe
A – Traditional sweets
I can’t stand whipped cream, so I don’t eat Western sweets, generally. My favorite traditional sweets are nerikiri1 and things like that. I’m a smooth red bean paste person, I don’t like coarse red bean paste.
What about everyone else?
I think everyone else definitely likes Western sweets. But Unta-chan (Matobu) seems to like traditional sweets too. Chika-chan (Mizu) really likes sweets, of course, and I can picture Chie-chan (Yuzuki) holding a huge cake and saying ‘This is so delicious!’ as she’s eating it. Tani-chan (Yamato) seems like eating sweets at a fashionable cafe would suit her best, but perhaps she breaks the mold and prefers traditional sweets.
Mizu Natsuki, Snow Troupe
B – Western sweets
I think I like Western sweets better. I really like sweet things. If I had to pick between traditional and Western sweets, I’d choose Western sweets. I especially like custard and chocolate, but my favorite right now is rolled cake.
What about everyone else?
Matobu-san has an old-fashioned side to her, so maybe traditional sweets… Maybe traditional sweets for Asako-san as well. But it seems like she might not like sweets that much. Yuzuki-san would like Western sweets. I can picture Chie (Yuzuki) getting really excited over a delicious looking Western sweet (laughs). I also get the feeling for Tani that she doesn’t like sweet things that much, but going by her image she seems like she’d like Western sweets.
Yuzuki Reon, Star Troupe
B – Western Sweets
It’s Western sweets. I love everything, especially macarons and crepes and things like that. But, when I’m served tea and traditional sweets once in a while, I’ll think that traditional sweets are nice too. So although it makes me struggle a little, I don’t have many opportunities to eat traditional sweets, and so I’ll go with traditional sweets after all.
What about everyone else?
Yuu-san (Matobu) likes shortcake and such, so Western sweets. But, while this is my imagination, I feel like recently maybe she’s started looking at traditional sweets as well. I see Asako-san as drinking coffee, so maybe Western sweets. Mizu-san would like traditional sweets. I think the tea would be the important thing about it for her. Tani-san I picture as liking western sweets.
Yamato Yuuga, Cosmos Troupe
A – Traditional sweets
It depends on the time and place, but if I had to say which one I liked better I’d go with traditional sweets, I suppose. Although maybe I’m just in the mood for them at the moment (laughs). I especially like traditional sweets that use adzuki beans.
What about everyone else?
Matobu might be Western sweets. I think she liked Western sweets ever since she was in the Music School. And Sena-san, going by her image, would be Western sweets too, maybe… I think Mizu-san would like Western sweets too. We were doing shows together ever since I was in Moon Troupe, so I feel like she’d prefer eating Western sweets. Yuzuki-san said recently that she likes macarons, so I think she might like Western sweets better too.
1 – nerikiri is the sweet base ‘dough’ for many types of Japanese traditional sweets.