Japanese words used by AKB48 fans

I thought I'd prepare this video as a kind of a start into a series of informal Japanese lessons.  I've been studying Japanese for a very long time now.  And while I'm nowhere near fluent, there are a lot of Japanese-related things that I enjoy, and that I want to share.

This first lesson should be enjoyable for AK48 fans.  I present a set of pseudo-slang words often used by fans of AKB48.  Although I had my cards out, I had the game sitting around so there would be something more interesting to look at ^_^;

The words present in the video are:

• 推しメン　→　oshimen　→　your favorite member, or the member of AKB48 that you support the most
• 単推し　→　tan-oshi　→　Similar to oshimen except that it means you only support ONE member
• 神推し、激推し　→　kami-oshi, geki-oshi　→　Similar to tan-oshi, excep taken to the extreme.  I read online that people who have kami-oshis usually support the one member, and ignore all the others
• 二推し　→　ni-oshi　→　your second runner up, after your oshimen
• 三推し　→　san-oshi　→　The third runner up.  It seems that if you have a second and third favorite, these two phrases are often used.  I have never heard of 四推し(4th place), however.
• 応援する　→　ouen-suru　→　to support!  This isn't strictly a word that is only used in the context of talking about AKB48, but something that might be heard more often than not.

That's all for now!

AKB1/149 Renai Sousenkyo, introduction, overview and gameplay

This video is a basic introduction to a video game called AKB1/149 Renai Sousenkyo (AKB 1/149 恋愛総選挙), aka AKB 1/149 Love Selection.  This is the third game in a series.  It is basically a love simulation game where you can date the various members of Japanese idol group AKB48.  The third game introduces some gameplay tweaks, in addition to expanding from AKB48 into their other sister groups, SKE48, HKT48, and JKT48.

This is a strictly a Japanese game - I'm hoping to give an insight to people who might want to know more about this game, but don't know how to read Japanese. I made a few mistakes with my on-the-spot translation of the gameplay, but please bear with me (^_^;)