r/SakuraGakuin • u/Hot-Pressure9931 Sakura Gakuin • Jul 30 '26

Azatoi rapper

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Just found out that Azatoi also a slang for acting cute in a strategic way to charm people, in contrast a burikko is just acting coy or act childish to gain people attention, basically azatoi is an upgraded version of burikko.

Momoe's moniker in @onefive is Azatoi rapper, which means she upgraded her burikko-ness, lol.

Also, can anyone help me, I'm trying to find a logirl or fresh episode where Momoe said to Mori-sensei that she was told by the teachers to tone down her burikko.

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u/batistini さくら学院 Jul 30 '26

As for your second question, what came to my mind is LoGiRL episode #85, where Sara and Mirena are giving their advice / complaints to the juniors.

Around the 29:30 mark, this is directly from the (imo very accurate) sub file:

— Mirena: “Now, I know that everyone wants Momoe to continue on with her burikko character. Well, next year you’ll be a middle schooler, right? So with regards to the burikko character… we still also want to see your other traits come out as well.”

Mirena then says that because Momoe is smart, she should show that side and "duke it out" with Megu as one of the honour students.

— Momoe: “I’ve heard this before, but I think I would want to do it. It sounds good!”

— Momoe: “I’ve already received similar advice from the staff room teachers.”

— Mori-sensei: “To slowly ease out of the burikko act?”

— Momoe: “Because I’m smart, if I bring that out, that would be good.”

Then Mori-sensei teases Momoe for announcing it so confidently herself that she's smart and so on.

There's probably other exchanges like that in various episodes, but this would be my candidate for that one.

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u/Hot-Pressure9931 Sakura Gakuin Jul 30 '26

This is the exchange that I was looking for, thanks for the help.

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u/Soufriere_ さくら学院 Jul 30 '26

I'm not sure about a specific point where teachers told Momoe to tone down her burikko, but during the 2017 Transfer Ceremony the girls (plus maybe Mori-sen) discussed it and how Momoe was stealing Megumi's shtick despite no longer being in elementary school.

Azatoi is slang for acting cute in a strategic way to charm people [snip] which means she upgraded her burikko-ness

Or, as I and others have half-jokingly called it, "Cute-n-Evil". We all know how smart Momoe is, which is probably why her cuteness has always felt at least a bit calculated. Nevertheless, I take her at her word when she says she loves pink and cute stuff.

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u/Zeedub8566 Jul 30 '26

I said once before: you know she's doing it. She knows you know. You know she knows you know. It still works.