Fakta Tentang Nyamuk

 nyamuk anopheles stephensi

Nyamuk merupakan serangga parasit yang sangat akrab dengan kehidupan sehari-hari kita. Semua orang tampaknya pernah merasakan gigitan nyamuk. Kita sebenarnya adalah pendonor darah paling sering untuk nyamuk. Kendati jumlah darah yang diambil dari tubuh tidak signifikan dan langsung menyebabkan kita kekurangan darah, namun suara dengung, rasa gatal dan bentol yang ditimbulkan dari gigitan nyamuk seringkali sangat mengganggu terutama jika kita sedang beristirahat. Terlebih lagi, nyamuk juga diketahui secara luas bisa membawa (vektor) berbagai bibit penyakit yang mematikan seperti demam berdarah dan malaria.

Terlepas dari hal di atas, nyamuk sebenarnya jenis serangga yang unik karena ia kadang pilih pilih dalam menghisap darah korban sesuai dengan kemampuannya mendeteksi dan kesukaannya terhadap jenis darah tertentu (darah tipe O). Ia juga diketahui mempunyai kemampuan beradaptasi yang efektif  terhadap kondisi lingkungan ekstrem seperti kekeringan dan musim dingin yang lama dengan melakukan tidur panjang (dormansi). Selain itu, nyamuk juga ternyata hewan kanibalis yang mampu memangsa larva dan menyerang nyamuk spesies berbeda (seperti nyamuk jenis Toxorhynchites yang makan larva dan menyerang nyamuk jenis Aedes). Keunikan lainnya, dari fosil nyamuk yang berhasil ditemukan di daerah Kanada dan Burma, serangga ini diyakini sudah ada paling tidak sejak 46 juta tahun yang lalu dan tidak mengalami evolusi morfologis yang terlalu banyak.

Bahasa Inggris nyamuk, mosquito berasal dari bahasa Spanyol, mosca dan ito yang berarti 'lalat kecil' (little fly), dengan ukuran tidak lebih dari 16 mm dan berat 2,5 miligram. Nyamuk termasuk ke dalam family Culicidae, ordo diptera, yakni serangga kecil bersayap dua dan berkaki panjang yang sebagian besar hidup di daerah beriklim hangat dan tropis (juga bisa ditemukan hidup di daerah lingkar kutub).

Ada lebih dari 3.500 spesies nyamuk berbeda di seluruh dunia, terbagi menjadi dua subfamily yakni: anophelinae dan culicinae. Perbedaan keduanya bisa diamati ketika mereka menggigit mangsa. Saat menggigit posisi nyamuk Anophelinae cenderung miring dengan kepala lebih rendah daripada kakinya sedangkan nyamuk culicinae mengambil posisi datar. Perbedaan lainnya juga bisa diketahui dari gerak-gerik jentik-jentiknya berenang di dalam air.

Meski sebagian besar dikenal sebagai ektoparasit penghisap darah, beberapa spesies nyamuk baik jantan dan betina hanya menghisap sari gula dan cairan bernutrisi dari tumbuhan sebagai sumber energi dan nutrisi untuk telur. Dari semua spesies nyamuk, hanya nyamuk betina saja yang menghisap darah. Beberapa jenis nyamuk yang dikenal luas di antaranya:

1. Aedes, (bahasa Yunani: tidak menyenangkan) yang hidup di daerah tropis dan subtropis. Nyamuk jenis ini sangat aktif dan sebagian besar hanya menyerang pada siang hari. Mudah dikenali dari bagian tubuh dan kakinya yang berwarna belang (hitam putih). Aedes merupakan vektor virus yang menyebabkan penyakit seperti: demam berdarah dengue, demam kuning, chikungunya dan kaki gajah (yang disebabkan oleh sejenis cacing).
2. Anopheles, (bahasa Yunani: tidak berguna). Ada 406 spesies nyamuk jenis ini. Dua di antaranya dikenal sebagai vektor penyakit malaria yakni anopheles gambiae (di daerah Afrika) dan anopheles stephensis (di India).
3. Culex, juga dikenal sebagai nyamuk tropis pembawa cacing dan virus malaria pada manusia (west nile virus, filaris atau penyakit kaki gajah) dan burung (avian malaria).
4. Culiseta, habitat jenis ini tersebar di seluruh dunia namun dominan hidup di daerah selatan California dan diketahui tidak ditemukan di Amerika Selatan. Nyamuk culiseta lebih suka menggigit hewan seperti mamalia, reptil, burung dan hewan peliharaan dan jarang menggigit manusia. Culiseta juga diketahui bukan nyamuk pembawa bibit penyakit tertentu.
5. Haemogugus, banyak ditemukan di Amerika Tengah dan Selatan, terutama Brazil dan Argentina. Juga dikenal sebagai nyamuk hutan pembawa virus demam kuning. Virus tersebut kemungkinan ditularkan oleh monyet yang hidupnya bersinggungan dengan habitat nyamuk jenis ini.
6. Mansonia, dikenal setelah kemunculan demam 'Rift Valley' di Kenya sekitar awal tahun 1900 yang terjadi pada hewan-hewan peternakan (livestock). Diduga nyamuk ini membawa sejenis virus yang menyebabkan penderita demam, nyeri otot, dan pusing selama lebih dari seminggu. Dalam kasus yang parah, virus ini akan bisa menyebabkan kematian setelah penderitanya mengalami gangguan hati dan pendarahan. Penyakit ini diketahui tidak menular antarmanusia. Penularan hanya terjadi karena disebarkan oleh gigitan nyamuk.
7. Psorophora, hanya terdapat di Amerika Utara (termasuk AS) dan Selatan. Nyamuk psorophora sangat agresif menyerang tidak hanya manusia dan hewan tetapi juga diketahui seringkali memangsa larva spesies nyamuk tertentu dan kecebong. 
8. Toxorhynchites, yang tidak termasuk penghisap darah dan tidak berbahaya bagi manusia. Makanan nyamuk ini adalah karbohidrat yang berasal dari sari madu, dan cairan nutrisi tumbuhan. Ketika masih berbentuk larva, toxorhynchites memangsa larva spesies nyamuk lain untuk memperoleh protein dan lemak yang ia dibutuhkan kelak saat menjadi nyamuk dewasa. Nyamuk jenis ini juga merupakan predator bagi nyamuk Aedes yang berbahaya.

Selain sebagai sumber energi (gula darah), nyamuk betina menghisap darah korban (manusia atau hewan) terutama guna proses reproduksi. Kandungan lipid (sejenis lemak yang mengandung vitamin A,D,E, & K) dan protein dalam darah korban digunakan oleh nyamuk betina untuk menghasilkan telur.

Nyamuk Aedes Aegypti

Seperti layaknya serangga, nyamuk adalah hewan yang mengalami metamorfosis mulai dari telur, pecah menjadi larva, kemudian pulpa dan setelah itu baru menjadi nyamuk dewasa. Larva nyamuk hidup sepanjang waktu di dalam air. Oleh karena itu nyamuk betina meletakkan telur-telurnya di tempat-tempat berair seperti rawa-rawa, kubangan, kolam, bak mandi, serta barang-barang bekas dan bagian dari tumbuhan yang dapat menampung air. Sekali bertelur, nyamuk betina bisa menghasilkan 100 hingga 200 butir telur. Di daerah beriklim tropis telur-telur akan menetas dalam waktu dua atau tiga hari. Dalam kondisi lingkungan yang mendukung, masa metamorfosis dari telur hingga menjadi nyamuk dewasa rata-rata 14 hari.

Selain melalui penglihatannya, nyamuk menemukan mangsa dengan cara mendeteksi panas dan mengendus karakteristik kimia dari bau badan dan darah korban yakni adanya CO2 dan sejenis senyawa 1-octen-3-ol (alkohol jamur) yang tedapat dalam napas dan keringat manusia. Oleh karena itu nyamuk akan lebih mudah menghampiri orang-orang yang bernafas berat, berkeringat dan yang kulitnya mengandung lebih banyak bakteri. Nyamuk anopheles diketahui sangat tertarik pada bau darah karena mengandung zat sulcatone (C8H14O). Pada antenannya, nyamuk memiliki reseptor yang mampu mendeteksi 72 jenis bau berbeda, 27 darinya berfungsi untuk mendeteksi kimiawi dari pernapasan korban.

Kebanyakan nyamuk adalah binatang malam yang mulai beterbangan menjelang malam hingga fajar. Di siang hari mereka akan beristirahat dan hanya akan menggigit jika diganggu. Namun spesies yang agresif ada pula yang menyerang pada siang hari. Saat akan dan selama menghisap darah korban, nyamuk mensekresi air liur untuk mencegah penggumpalan darah yang akan menyumbat jarum penghisapnya (proboscis). Melalui injeksi air liur inilah virus atau bibit penyakit lain yang mungkin sudah ada dalam tubuh nyamuk masuk ke dalam tubuh korban. Rasa gatal dan bentol pada kulit setelah gigitan juga disebabkan oleh air liur ini saat sistem kekebalan tubuh bereaksi terhadap sisa protein air liur nyamuk dengan mengeluarkan zat histamin.

Nyamuk jantan rata-rata hanya hidup lima hari sampai satu minggu sedangkan nyamuk betina mampu hidup lebih lama yakni mencapai lebih dari satu bulan. Di daerah yang beriklim dingin atau kesulitan air, nyamuk beradaptasi dengan cara menunda perkembangan metamorfosis selama berbulan-bulan hingga lingkungannya menghangat kembali atau terdapat lagi cukup air. Larva nyamuk jenis wyeomyia mampu bertahan membeku dalam bongkah es selama musim dingin dan akan lanjut bermetamorfosis di saat musim semi tiba. Telur nyamuk Aedes juga diketahui mampu bertahan dalam kekeringan dan jika tidak diganggu akan menetas pada saat tempat telurnya diletakan digenangi air.

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reading source: 

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito

* http://mosquito-taxonomic-inventory.info/family-culicidae-meigen-1818

gambar-gambar diambil dari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito

  

Seishun Girls - JKT48 KIII 2nd Stage Setlist

Seishun Girls (literally means Young Girls) is the second stage setlist performed by Indonesian-Japanese Idol Group, JKT48 Team KIII, following up the first, Boku no Taiyo, and a waiting setlist, Pajama Drive when the team was still an embrio called Gen-2. The regular show schedule spanned more than a year held at JKT48 theater on March 8^th 2014 and officially ended on March 14^th 2015. The recording package of the show has been released nationwide in DVD format since November 8^th 2014 under Hits Record label. 

The setlist consists of fourteen songs, i.e eleven main songs plus three for the encore part, cover of their main sister Japanese group, AKB48 Team K who have performed it earlier from July to November 2006. It was also the setlist for AKB48 Team B (1^st stage), NMB48 Team trainee and NMB48 Team N (2^nd stage). The music, songs and coreography performed by all teams were the same except for JKT48, the lyrics were translated into Indonesian.

In total there were twenty one members of Team KIII when the schedule started. Sixteen members of the Team acted as regular performers while the rest performed sometimes as substitutes in case of vacancy or rotation. 

First Day Performance (Shonichi)

Team KIII officially performed the setlist for the first time (shonichi) on March 8^th, 2014. It was started with Member Cindy Yuvia, as kageana⁽¹⁾ or backstage announcer. The show performed by sixteen KIII members. They were Alicia Chanzia, Cindy Yuvia, Della Delila, Dwi Putri Bonita, Jennifer Hanna, Lidya Maulida Djuhandar, Nadila Cindi Wantari, Natalia, Noella Sisterina, Ratu Vienny Fitrilya, Riskha Fairunissa, Rona Anggreani, Shinta Naomi, Sinka Juliani, Thalia, Viviyona Apriani⁽²⁾.

Just like other setlist, Seishun Girls opened by an overture, which was musically predictable, followed by three opening songs, four units, and another four songs before they completed with the rest three of the encore. Within the show, there were 'MC' sessions, where members shared their feeling about performing new setlist for the first time as well as other topics too.

  

The regular performing members on schedule were supposed to be those who appeared on shonichi. But under management discretion, starting on May 19^th 2014 four second tier members were then assigned: Fakhriyani Shafariyanti, Novinta Dhini Soetopo, Priscillia Sari Dewi and Saktia Oktapyani. KIII also welcomed a new transferred member from AKB48, Rina Chikano who then started performing on June 16^th 2014. The decision perhaps disposed an uncomfortable shift for the team, especially for members pulled back to reserve such as Lidya Maulida Djuhandar and Noella Sisterina (both fixed to US Blue Rose), and Viviyona Apriyani who was fixed to bringing up US Kinjirareta Futari.       

Musical Style and Theme (in comparison to Boku no Taiyo and Pajama Drive)

Basically, the entire music of the setlist can be coined as J-Pop, the same term that may also apply to both Pajama Drive and Boku no Taiyo. But apart from its two predecessors, Seishun Girls in details offers its audience multiple music genres and dancing styles. We can hear Jazz slightly in ‘Kimi ga Hoshi ni Naru Made’ and clearly in ‘Hizuke Henkousen’, Rock in ‘Blue Rose’, Bubblegum Rock in ‘Korogaru Ishi ni Nare’, and Latin Pop in ‘Fushidara na Natsu’, ‘Don’t Disturb’ and ‘Cinderella wa Damasarenai’. There are also the more usual pop dance such as ‘Seishun Girls’, ‘Beach Sandal’ and ‘Virgin Love’ and pop ballad ‘Kinjirareta Futari’. As surprisingly new element from their previous stage performance, the team introduced their audience with Hawaian Salsa and Latin Flamenco along with any routines that they usually had been doing so far. Those make Seishun Girls have better performing techniques and a more powerful and mature follow-up of Pajama Drive and Boku no Taiyo.

Seishun Girls as a setlist has structure more leaning to Pajama Drive than Boku no Taiyo. Both seems to have three identical ‘warming-up’ songs before kicking off a more serious delivery and mature numbers in the middle. ‘Futari Nori no Jitensha, the fourth song in Pajama Drive actually sounds ‘heating up’ the setlist and so does ‘Blue Rose’ in Seishun Girls, which is also the fourth. It can also be heard that ‘Koro Garu Ishi ni Nare’ has an identical sound and the same track position as ‘Suifu wa Arashi ni Yume wo Miru’ in Pajama Drive. Both setlists also present smoother and more comfortable song sequences than Boku no Taiyo which may be heard lack of lower beat numbers needed in the middle.

Though the music is more diverse than ever, Seishun Girls’ theme is much like Boku no Taiyo’s, telling about teenage ‘ganbatte’ spirit, young romance (mostly the love that isn't mutual), and self struggle in achieving goals and dreams wrapped in bubblegum features such as summer, sunshiny beach, fireworks and rainfall while keeping the image of cute, friendly and sweet idolized young girls all along the show. Audience may consider this a routine or more than that, one of the group uniqueness.

Recording Release

The release package of the setlist came out on November 8^th 2014. The November release went public side by side another setlist ‘Dareka no Tame ni’ (What Can I Do For Someone?), performed by their senior Team J. The package is wrapped in chrome yellow cover disc case. Available inside, two discs, a folded gloss paper of the same colour presenting members’ pictures (only the chosen sixteen of them) each in different Seishun Girls costume, songs’ credit and lyrics and a photo shot card that will allow fans to take picture with one of the members. 

The first disc (DVD) comprises live shoots taken carefully from various angles over the stage during the performance. Fans chant and noise at the theater of course can still be heard. The next video presents ‘behind the stage’ session, where the fourteen performing members gathered around in front of staging camera sharing their performing experience and running down the setlist track by track. The other two, Novinta and Chikano seem to have been interviewed in another room (or session). The second disc (CD) is Seishun Girls in audio format. This is the recording sound only which is clear from any theater noise.    

Behind the session covered interesting experience of members in making the show into shape such as Della Delila who was late to take part in Ame no Doubutsuen  as she was trying to find her mike on the backstage. Failed to find it there, she instantly dared to jump out and stopped the show by shouting 'cut' and then asked Acha if she had taken her mike. The unit song take actually really had to stop for her.
 

The release is intended especially for fans who are unable to watch the setlist lively in JKT48 theater or for casual listeners who are interested in the group and in general, to let the show be memorable. It is technically an album, a live album. 

Key member Viviyona Apriani unfortunately didn’t appear on this DVD, that some fans thought was too bad.

 

Last Day Performance (Senshuraku)

Amidst the ‘Kaze wa Fuiteru’-single handshake festival held on March 1^st 2015, it was announced that Team KIII would perform Seishun Girls for the last time (senshuraku) on March 14^th 2015 and would later move on to new regular stage setlist ‘Saishuu Bell ga Naru’. Some members intentionally leaked the new incoming setlist on their Google+ account (such as Hanna and Vienny) that they would perform it soon but then in fact, Saishuu’s first regular performance was postponed until August 1^st  2015, four months later. 

The shonichi line-up again appeared onstage, except Noella Sisterina, replaced by Rina Chikano. The farewell show was preceded by strong gimmick, the so called ‘senshuraku week’ that lasted from March 10^th  to 14^th 2015. Anyone who could collect souvenirs from members (given in ‘hi touch’ session) from three separate show within the week (March 10^th,12^th, & 14^th) would be included in ‘lucky dip’ lottery of winning Seishun Girls Senshuraku special souvenir. The prize, which was a kind of memory tree handmade by KIII members was finally won by JKT48 fans from Japan, Sato Mamoru.     

Seishun Girls finale was held twice on that last day. Both were gained nice round applause. One spectator reported: “I attended show 2 that day. It was very overcrowded…. The show was glorius and more clatter than usual. I saw some members while in MC session shed their tears recalling the hardship and togetherness of bringing up the setlist"⁽³⁾

The senshuraku was also buzzed in K3poinOshi serials (hosted by Viviyona and Lidya Maulida), #K3nangan Seishun Girls and #K3poinHSFestival, where KIII members promoted the lucky dip lottery and media hastag. The hastag #K3nanganSeishunGirls became trending topics on twitter media the following days.

While in mind KIII had hopeful look to Saishuu Bell ga Naru, management decided to hold them back from the new setlist as to giving time for evaluating the team performance.       

‘In Between’ Live Concert – Don’t Look Back (June 13^th 2015)

There to excuse the delay was a vague statement that the team’s capability had not yet developed enough for further progress, for instance to an immediate new setlist. Yet, from fans’ point of view who had seen many times SG performance, it seemed to be a less making sense premise considering the Team’s success in performing very well hundred times of the delicate Seishun Girls for a complete one year and in the meantime then, also doing such professional act like 'Don't Look Back' live concert within a rest period for the team (if they were not to proceed further a little while). After all, no fans would turn down any new setlist. So why hesitate?

The live concert itself, held on June 13^th 2015 at Kelapa Gading Sports Mall, Jakarta was an instant proof that KIII had been standing intact on their ground with full readiness to bear whatever management pushed onto them. It went into another successful one. The event perhaps had nothing to do with any doubt what team KIII was capable of. It could be just one way for management to seize moment and turn it into a handful of profit by, once again, a gimmick that led fans back to get involve in exhaustive competition of winning the promised CD album to be released for any JKT48 team whose tickets were first sold out. 

It was a bad timing event, if management aimed to gain as much profit as they thought they could (yet it was not a bad KIII concert). Considering the Sounsekyo was just few weeks before, fans perhaps had less money to let go. They might feel would have been squeezed, if they had to bite the gimmick for more. And this probably the cause, although the event was not completely without commercial gain, tickets weren’t sold out and no team won the prize. 

The critical question is this. If all teams' tickets were sold out, which would mean fans believed all members could deliver them the best show, would it be fair and logical enough to give one team an album release opportunity only based on how fast the tickets were sold? What if other team had better singing ability but their tickets were sold slower?  

Management should have been wiser to release on purpose an album  for the mere sake of members’ development instead of making it a gimmick only to seek profit out of fans’ drying pocket. It might draw a conclusive concern, from people, if aware of that, that Management had no longer put member’s development at the first place in their entire operation.

     

Waiting Setlist – Boku no Taiyo Revival

The waiting period from March to July then saw the team's retreat to Boku no Taiyo and Pajama Drive performance again. The revival shows somehow were still welcomed by fans in enthusiasm, despite the real thing that fans were no longer able to see the same complete KIII like more than one year before when Octi Sevpin and Noella Sisterina were both still members of the group.

Boku no Taiyo was not a bad setlist. It did shape the image of KIII that fans liked to see or expect. While it tipped a little bit lower than Renai Kinshi Jourei, that many would prefer, its music and stage performance was so different that KIII were then easily seen as a very unique team besides their elder Team J. For KIII having a long beginning to level up as juniors, who but they could do it best? 

Pajama Drive can be seen as a training ground for every member and team in the group. No team proceeds to another setlist except doing this stuff first.   

 Song List

1. Seishun Girls (Young Girls)

2. Beach Sandals

3. Kimi ga Hoshi ni Naru Made (Till You Become A Star)
4. Blue Rose
5. Kinjirareta Futari (The Forbidden Lovers)

6. Ame no Doubutsuen (A Squall At The Zoo)

7. Fushidara na Natsu (Loose Summer)

8. Don't Disturb

9. Virgin Love

10. Hizuke Henkousen

11. Boku no Uchiage Hanabi (My Launching Fireworks)

12. Yakusoku Yo (Let's Promise)

13. Korogaru Ishi ni Naru (Be A Twirling Stone)

14. Cinderella wa Damasarenai (Cinderella Won't Be Deceived)

- Seishun Girls (Young Girls) –

 lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto, composer: Masaru Eyaki, arr: Funta

The setlist begins with the tittle song, Seishun Girls. It starts with a short acapella singing which, as listeners may hear, seems like Boku no Taiyo's opening Dreamin' Girls and then breaks into more lively, energetic verse-chorus delivery, interluded by in-between rap shouts. Sounds light and playful, as some first few numbers of Pajama Drive, the song seems really fit for the opening. It’s very cheerful and inviting, a sort of warming the audience to get ready for plenty other cheers coming next in the show.

The lyrics of Seishun Girls is a good example of typical bubblegum pop song which clearly represents image of purity, cuteness, youth & happiness the Japanese people or big fans may expect to see in idol groups. It suggests listeners to keep the spirit of being young and easygoing through life. Though for those who are familiar with the group's musical style the song may sound not so distinctive, it is apparently a good welcome and really has the energy.

 In DVD version the song ends with member Natalia proceeds as the center.

  

- Beach Sandal -

 lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto, composer & arr: Tetsuya Ouchi

The next following song is 'Beach Sandal'. It tells a fancy of being in the sandy beach at summer time and the feeling of love that happens. Just another bubblegum song, performed agilely within a clear guitar play, keyboard sound mix, and constant drum fill. The beat has less dance flavor than Seishun Girls, more bringing up a light rock sound that goes along with the electric guitar intro. It is a little shift from the first, but seems to have the same mood and sound or technically may be recorded at the same session, if it is true.

The dance sequence looks very perfect, eye-catching and really synchronized with the team’s singalong voice. The interesting so called 'Mexican wave' at 03:40 can be matched to a stamping wave made in Boku no Taiyo's Run Run Run at 03:38. Beach Sandal's wave looks better, perhaps because it is easier.

A summer setting of the song makes it fit with 'Manatsu No Sounds Good', if there is any idea to couple it in one other release. It also flashes Pajama Drive repertoire’s sound back a little bit.

- Kimi ga Hoshi ni Naru Made (Till You Become A Star) -

 lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto, composer:Yo Yamazaki, arr: Tomonori Taguchi, Harou Inatome

Kimi ga Hoshi ni Naru Made is a dance number. The music is a mix sound of the first two songs, laying on the dance beat and electric guitar rhythm. With careful listening, we can taste a combination of pop, rock and jazz especially in the interlude (starts at 02:53) and its background fill of late ’70s brass sound and percussion. Musician Tomonori Taguchi (or well known as Towa) ex-bassist of band Aucifer with Harou Inatome did the arrangement. The duo also arranged ‘Aitakatta’, ‘Temodemo  no Namida’ (of Pajama Drive) and the semi rock number ‘Itoshisa no Defense’ and ‘Sonna  Konna Wake De’ (both of Boku no Taiyo).

The dance seems more relaxing than Beach Sandal or Seishun Girls, only ranging from hand moving and foot stamping to switching-row repositions. This song tells us not to give up until we reach our dream, a central theme this group usually brings up. Another verse-chorus song, it is the third one that members wear the same seifuku and perform sixteen all out.

- Blue Rose -

 lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto, composer: Koji Ueda, arr: Tetsuyo Ouchi

Coming as the fourth, the most rocking number in this setlist, Blue Rose. An uptempo song that for casual listeners may be heard a little surprising as female group like JKT48 is close patron of sweet melodious pop song. Dark, masculine, and mature, Blue Rose is the first unit song, performed by only four chosen members in sort of 'Lay Down'  like singing and 'banging' style.

The song alone is just good enough, leaving the agile dance synch to be less necessary. It is not a dance song after all. A fast stand-mike kicking at 03:12 during the heavy rock guitar interlude may hook up, but only if the four dancers do that at the same instant, which is actually hard to execute. We can say the same to Lay Down (of Boku no Taiyo), which apparently has a clear rock arrangement. Only singing it with a proper vocal strength behind standing mike may be just enough for standing claps. JKT48 doesn’t have many pure rock songs on stack. Yet surprise is always rare, isn’t it?

As some members say, the song is about a person dealing with an unsuccessful love and how she tries to move on from it. The blue rose that in fact doesn't exist is an allusion for the impossible love.

In the DVD version this unit is performed by Shinta Naomi, Rona Anggreani, Novinta Dini, and Rina Chikano, but in case of vacancy or rotation the role was shifted to available members at rest such as Lidya Maulida, Viviyona Apriani and Natalia (Actually, the initial line up are Lidya, Rona, Naomi and Noella). Member Jennifer Hanna was also ever rotated to this unit.

Overseas transferred member from Japanese AKB48, Rina Chikano recalled her precious memory of the song when she & Akimoto Sayaka performed it in Tokyo Dome, August 22nd 2013. At the show Sayaka announced her graduation from the group that for Chikano (and other senbatsu) would be the last performance with her.

- Kinjirareta Futari (The Forbidden Lovers) -

 lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto, composer: Mihoko Ito, arr: Jun Kageie

Contrary to Blue Rose, the introvert Kinjirareta Futari is a slow pianic rhythm and moody song, performed by even less members. The two performers, keeping distance from each other sing as if they were expressing the feeling of lonely and being apart (the black and white costumes may highlight that sense) but at the end getting in touch together in some kind of way that for casual audience or anyone can be interpreted as the two girls involving in an odd same sex relationship.

In the DVD behind the scene session, member of this unit, Ratu Vienny Fitrilya gives an alternate opinion of the song, saying that it is not merely about lesbian love affair, a kind of relationship that should safely be discontinued but can also refer to everything which may stand in the way between any real mutual love. It is open to any other interpretation, she adds.

Along the setlist period, fans seemed not too disturbed about that lesbian thing. But one casual spectator had wrote negative feedback on his blog concluding that the song had suggested lesbian relationship.

In Japan, where the song should have been interpreted in its most proper sense and where AKB48 has been an easy target for any critics due to its huge popularity, the song lyrical story didn't draw a much heated controversy, though it was written that one fans of HKT48, another sister group, modestly had concern about the lyrics⁽⁴⁾. Yet the show still went on, or had to go on. 

Controversy might have been considered a common 'spicy interlude' in pop biz. Kinjirareta Futari was not the one and only case. Japanese people and media also once critized 'Seifuku ga Jama o Suru' (appeared in Dareka no Tame ni) as suggesting 'enjo kosai', a practice of compensating date that is now against the law in Japan. But there is always a time when we should draw a clear line and not cross it over. 'Oshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou' (of AKB48's Saishuu Bell ga Naru) where lesbian kissing is apparently showed onstage without any shame or second thought, has gone too far from what we should define as 'a healthy entertainment'. It is completely dumb and no use. Of course, JKT48 version didn't do too far like that.
 

The original release recorded the duo Vienny and Thalia whose position was initially fixed to Viviyona. Vienny (black) may be the sole member who really fits to perform this unit, considering her character and her soft low tone singing voice while Viviyona (white) who can turn her eyes into a sad blank stare also may do. When asked by fans (for her Vlog QA) which some of her favourite performing costume were, Viviyona said Kinjirareta costume was one of them.⁽⁵⁾

At this point of the show, Kinjirareta seems to be a cooling down number, delivering the audience an easy listening song after the upbeat ones in order to whet the flavours of the setlist. And at this point too, the nice Seishun Girls has just a very good ballad. The monologue line ‘tak bisa dengan yang lain’, a cut of the lyrics, has become most remembered cheer igniting catch phrase among fans, and may be among members too.

Leaving only the song theme again telling about the impossible love, Kinjirareta is Blue Rose in slow mode and hence, is a very good continuation.  

 - Ame no Doubutsuen (A Squall At The Zoo) -

 lyric: Yasushi Akimoto, composer: Yusuke Tajima, arr: Tetsuya Fujita

The nice, funny and cute JKT48 is back with the sweetest number, Ame no Doubutsuen, which may remind us of the same rainfall romance, 'Squall no Aida ni' (of Renai Kinshi Jourei). It is a unit of eight members in furry zoo animal costumes performing light footsteps and runaround dance. The song starts in one verse refrain (all the next three have two), which may be heard too long just like 'Yuuhi wo Miteiruka', and continues with the standard verse-chorus structured pop singing. As fine as Yuuhi Wo Miteiruka, it sounds sweeter and more cheerful

Ame no Doubutsuen is one of Seishun Girls' songs that has more common and sensible pop sound than many others which seem to never move on far from Heavy Rotation’s J-Pop sound and style. Those who are fans may hear it a return to some playful Pajama Drive’s cut but for larger pop listeners who are not too keen on J-Pop, the song may punch into their interest. The easy listening single Yuuhi wo Miteiruka may also satisfy that well (or 'Kaze wa Fuiteru'). But Ame no Doubutsuen somehow may not be suitable to stand alone as a single. It's just its right place in Seishun Girls.

On shonichi, the center role is performed by Cindy Yuvia as grey elephant (sometimes passed to Nadila Cindy Wantari as the schedule going on). Others are Alicia Chanzia (red chimp), Sinka Juliani (black panda), Della Delila (brown camel), Natalia (dotted giraffe), Riskha Fairunissa (brown lion), Jennifer Hanna (blue penguin), and Thalia (stripy zebra). Member Lidya Maulida Djuhandar is also said to have ever performed this unit too as brown lion. 

 

Some members really appeared to be suitable for this unit such as Hanna, Sinka, Acha, Della, Riskha and of course, Yuvia. Some didn’t, such as Natalia, Thalia and replaced member Lidya. They were better fixed to other unit than this one.  

Though Lidya was a spared member and only onstage now and then, she seemed having a more relax feeling for the unit than Hanna, who was actually the senbatsu. Hanna confessed she firstly had no idea how to put her style into some sort of cute funny thing like penguin in the zoo. She even seemed to be inconfident of her body size and thought she was too big to be cute. And she kept asking her fans back in the media about how well she performed it. Having just a replacing role might bring less burdened feeling. Despite revealing her disappointment of being reserved, Lidya positively said it was then a very chance to learn a lot of new ‘blockings’.⁽⁶⁾ That was a good way to say it.

- Fushidara na Natsu (A Loose Summer) -

 lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto, composer: Koji Ueda, arr: Kiyoto Konda

Fushidara na Natsu brings back the audience to summer romance but in 'Hawaian' air. Surely it goes very well with Salsa dance. It's a Latin pop. Another distinctive feature that the group can come up with considering its delicacy that requires profound training. In fact, it was the most difficult number of the setlist because, as members shared in 'behind the scene' session, it needed multiple performing takes to bring the 'Fushidara' into its best shape. It also proves the wide variety of genres that Japanese pop song can cover. 

The lyrics seems difficult to understand but the swinging melody of the song may be enough to satisfy listeners.

 

- Don't Disturb -

 lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto, composer: Masaru Eyaki, arr: Tetsuya Fujita

A good pair for Fushidara na Natsu, this one still sounds '"Hawai" but slower. Members still wears the same costume but now with weaker moves to show the calm feeling of self-contented having been with the loved one. An aquatic sound behind the acoustic guitar cover help shaping the shaded feel. The second ballad that really fits for them and again squares up the overall show.

- Virgin Love -

 lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto, composer & arr: Yoshimasa Inoue

This song returns to the group's regular delivery, fast paced dance and fast singing style. The fast tempo and multiple melodic bends make the song seem difficult to follow. The song’s arranger is Yoshimasa Inoue, one of prolific Japanese pop musician. He was formerly a jazz musician but later with Yasushi Akimoto, writing and arranging many AKB48's most famous songs, such as ‘River’, ‘Uza’, ‘Escape’, ‘Viva Hurricane’ and ‘Beginner’.  

  

- Hizuke Henkousen -

 lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto, composer: Michihiko Ohta, arr: Jun Kageie

Hizuke Henkousen has more jazz features than Kimi ga Hoshi ni Naru Made. It is clearly a jazz number. The song theme is like the quiet Sakura No Shiori, about believing that tomorrow will come with a lot of better things and all should run to it.  Yet, it is a little bit hard to say what the tittle means in English.

  

- Boku no Uchiage Hanabi (My Launching Fireworks) -

 lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto, composer: Kana Uesugi, arr:Ryuichi Katsumata

Boku no Uchiage Hanabi is another unique song in this setlist. Members on stage wear Japanese traditional outfits singing more like a standing choir unit than their usual hectic style. It's a downbeat track and has minimum dance, and in some way may resemble the sound of ‘Sakura no Hanabiratachi’. Beginning with a grande pianic intro, this number may fit for an ending song if the show stops here and won't go on into the encore tracks.

It is interesting to know that 'Yukata' members wear while performing this song is a type of Japanese traditional kimono people usually wear in summer or in an occasion like fireworks matsuri (that is also held in summer time).

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Seishun Girls leaves the next three songs as the encore part. All songs musically are of good ones and very well-performed. But the song sequence seems a little bit misplaced (to me). To put Cinderella wa Damasarenai as the last song makes the show heard not being ended comfortably and make it seem like unnecessary song. It may be suitable to put it as the first encore or we just have enough with only two, Yakusoku Yo and Korogaru Ishi ni Nare. Of course I won't agree if it is kept out of the setlist. It is interesting to check out their tapping flamenco dance so we need such that distinctive song from them.

The setlist encore has turned to be somewhat symbolic in every setlist. After finishing the whole main songs, members are given a pause for minutes back at the stage to take rest while waiting chant from fans, yelling 'ankor' three times. It is not just a random yell but it feeds back the message to performing members that they just brought up a good show and should go on to the encore. Without the yelling, the situation would mean that fans feel members just did a bad show and hence they are in no need to watch the encore. Pretty weird but interesting to know. 

Logically, everyone wouldn't hesitate to yell, for who would go home in hurry after spending 100k for the show?

- Yakusoku Yo (Let's Promise!) -

 lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto, composer: Suzuki Daichi Hideyuki, arr: Kiyoto Konda

 A farewell song, Yakusoku Yo nevertheless is a cheerful goodbye with a promise not to leave all good things behind. In short, it says 'don't be sad when saying goodbye'. A pop rock song that listeners may find usual, but not tedious and stands out as one of the group's best. The music is technically good, having the same clear and fluent sound as in Beach Sandal (and Himawari of Boku no Taiyo).

A good ending song, isn't it?

  

- Korogaru Ishi ni Nare (Be A Twirling Stone) -

 lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto, composer: Yo Yamazaki, arr: Funta

The last rocking number in the setlist. The song is just another Suifu wa Arashi ni Yume wo Miru (of Pajama Drive), sharing the same musical style and song theme. It is about keeping yourself determined and having an enthusiastic mood. It really belongs to Team KIII.

Korogaru Ishi ni Nare appears in the mini album 'Flying Get' released in 2014 during the voting time of annual general election for 6th Single's senbatsu team, that came out to be 'Gingham Check'.  

- Cinderella wa Damasarenai (Cinderella Will Not Be Deceived) -

 lyrics: Yasushi Akimoto, composer & arr: Yoshimasa Inoue

Completing the show, the team gives the audience a much different performance they haven't seen in any setlist before. Cinderella Wa Damasarenai which literally means Cinderella Will Not Be Deceived. It entirely sounds Spanish where members perform it in Flamenco dance code (moves, gestures and costumes). The song lyrics brings out the image of a Cinderella but with more confident and higher profile personality than the fairy tale, that she won’t be deceived by fake princes and better off turning them down.

The 'Ole' shout is a signature of this song, one way to hook up the performance, the other way to make audience keep the song in mind. Cinderella wa Damarasenai is also arranged by Yoshimasa Inoue, once again proving that he is a very talented Japanese pop musician.

Again in this ending, Natalia serves as the first center (and also the annoucer)

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DVD Participating Members

JKT48 Team K III

  

(1) Alicia Chanzia              

(2) Cindy Yuvia                   

(3) Della Delila                 

(4) Dwi Putri Bonita

(5) Jennifer Hanna

(6) Nadila Cindi Wantari

(7) Natalia

(8) Novinta Dhini

(9) Ratu Vienny Fitrilya

(10) Rina Chikano

(11) Riskha Fairunissa

(12) Rona Anggreani

(13) Saktia Oktapyani

(14) Shinta Naomi

(15) Sinka Juliani

(16) Thalia

 Members not appeared in DVD

(1) Fahriyani Shafariyanti

(2) Lidya Maulida Djuhandar

(3) Noella Sisterina

(4) Priscillia Sari Dewi

(5) Viviyona Apriani

 Until the end of August 2015, Team KIII has eighteen active members. Per August 1, Shinta Naomi was reshuffled to Team J, leaving the captain role to Devi Kinal Putri who was former Team J captain. Three KIII members were considered graduated, Noella Sisterina (Feb 27), Novinta Dhini (August 16), and Thalia (August 26).

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Footnotes:

(1)  http://helminaomissions48.blogspot.co.id/2014/03/shonichi-seishun-girls-gadis-gadis.html
       Author name is unknown.   
(2) http://stage48.net/wiki/index.php/Team_KIII_2nd_Stage
      A detail information about performing members is provided here including links to each of them. see also https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_K_2nd_Stage_"Seishun_Girls"
      Author name is not listed. 
(3) http://www.gwigwi.com/senshuraku-show-seishun-girls-jkt48-tim-kiii-9139/

     A short but informative article written by Fachrul Rachlian, March 16^th 2015 who attended the team second senshuraku show. Photo of Lucky Dip prize is shown on the article.

(4) http://fan48backup.blogspot.co.id/2014/04/arti-lagu-kinjirareta-futari.html
      Author name perhaps, is -lee- 
(5) https://plus.google.com/explore/VionaVlog 
     Viviyona Apriani's short video uploaded on G+ account. This appears to be her personal video serials without Lidya where she answered her fans' questions both visually and audibly. For now, there are  five records. Fans can use the tag #VionaVlog to drop questions, challenge her to do something, or just share things. Answer about her fav performing costume appeared in her second vlog released on Youtube.

(6) https://plus.google.com/106177178165307005926/posts 

     Lidya Maulida Djuhandar wrote on G+ account concerning her 300 performing record.  

All pictures were retrieved from www.google.co.id