West²

## West2

*"Masters of Entertainment, the ultimate unit, West²!"* -Momoka and Minami

West2 (Styled as west², pronounced as "West West"; ウエスト・ウエスト) is a unit in GaruGaku. ~St. Girls Square Academy~ that focuses on comedy and making people laugh. They do Manzai, typical Japanese comedy where Momoka is the Boke Captain (The funny man) and Minami is the Tsukkomi (the straight-man).

The unit consists of the two members Momoka and Minami, who are both from the Kansai Region of Japan and speak the Kansai Dialect while their songs consist of double or triple amount of the same word in them, with all of the songs being mostly about Friendship and romance.

## In St. Girls Square Academy

West² makes an official debut in the Episode 09 of GaruGaku. ~St. Girls Square Academy~, however they made cameos in the episodes before hand, such as in Episode 08. The two, Momoka and Minami are almost always seen together. They enjoy making and seeing people laugh. This is also what led to the two making the unit West².

They don't just enjoy making people smile via telling them jokes, but rather they also enjoy seeing people smile when they help them. They often spend their free time at a Takoyaki Stand at a marketplace helping the Elderly with Takoyakis.

### Toa's Member Search Arc

With their debut in Episode 09, west² encourages Toa by giving her motivation to go on and continue searching for members in for her group by performing the song Wacha Wacha and doing their unique comedic performances.

### Summer Training Camp Arc

In the Episode 19 (Summer Training Camp! A Rugged Lesson!) west² has to go on the hike together, however in the middle of the hike Minami gives up, due to her feeling extremely nauseas. Momoka then scolds her stating that leaving her partner out in the woods is a cowardly move, which gives Minami motivation to go on and the two continue and complete the hike. Once reaching the end, Momoka hugs Minami and celebrates with her since they managed to complete the hike together.

In the later Episode 21 (A Compilation!! Summer Triple song Performance!) the unit performs their song Ai Ai on the summer training camps last day, which causes Toa to realize what her unit, the East² was missing and they finally make a performance that went in harmony. This is the first case of the two helping an unit out.

### The Charity Event Arc

West² performs two songs on the event: Ai Ai (off screen) but because South2 got stuck in a car traffic, they lend a hand and performed their second song: Sa sa sa Saiko. Their job was to spend as much as time as they possibly could in order for South² to arrive to their event on time, even if it meant by making lots of jokes and many performances. However the two get and idea and call East² on stage in order to get Toa's unit some attention and popularity, which is the second time they helped an unit out in the series.

### The School Festival Arc

In the Episode 29 (School Festival! Special live!) while everyone is waiting for south² to appear on stage to discuss the disbandment rumors, Momoka and Minami talk to each other about how if the rumors were true and if they are indeed true and south² does disband, they won't be okay with it.

In the final episode of this arc Episode 30 (Absolute Perfection, South²!) west² sits and listens to south²'s announcement and performance. During the Arigatou ~Hitokoto Anata ni~ song performance, both members tear up stating that south²'s song makes them want to be grateful to people and each other even more.

### The Member Shuffle Arc

West² in this arc gets separated, with Momoka being together in a team with Kira and Ran, and Minami being together in a team with Yuzuha and Kurea.

Later when east² performs Shine! we see how west² gives their rivals free points and complimenting them as they give east² points.

### The Christmas Party Arc

West² helps out with the decorating and setting up of the Chripa in this arc. Then later partake in the games and events that follow after the Kuripa's beginning, like photo shooting, eating the foot and taking part of the Present shuffle, with Momoka getting headphones as a present and Minami getting face-masks as a present.

### The Great Melee Arc

In their final performance that will audition them to Girls Arena, west² will go first just like they always have done. Momoka is unsure and nervous about the performance but Minami reassures her saying that they did make stupid mistakes, but it was all for the laughs and making people happy. Minami hugs Momoka, telling her their blood-type is AB, which is what makes them west². The two hold hands and perform their last song: Waki Ai Ai.

After the performance, Momoka tells Minami that she might just like her a lot more and the unit goes off-stage. With everyone being connected together after all of the performances by Toa, they gladly connect with the other members and perform Centimeter and Tsunagu Tsunagu in the Girls Arena with the others.

In the school year's end, they pack their things to go traveling around Asia and continue to study abroad somewhere there instead of St. Girls Square Academy.

## Background

As seen in Episode 22 (A lot of A.I.s!), it was revealed by A.I. Momoka and A.I. Minami that they have been helping out in their favorite Takoyaki shops, whether it's by cleaning the outside, the shop or even cooking the Takoyakis and giving them to the customers themselves.

## In ~Girls Garden~

Because of the events that happen in Girls Garden and the units being broken apart if not completing the graduation exams, west² comes back from their study abroad in Singapore, to help Toa with her quest to completing the graduation exams. They're mostly models for the new clothes.

They debut in Page 01 and continue appearing ever after that.

## Songs

Songs that west² have sung are:

* Wacha Wacha
* Ai Ai
* Sa sa sa Saiko
* Waki Ai Ai

## Trivia

* Momoka and Minami's blood type is AB.
* Their favorite food is Takoyaki and they help out in their favorite Takoyaki shops by cleaning and sometimes even cooking the Takoyaki's themselves!
* In the official Chinese translations of GaruGaku. ~St. Girls Square Academy~ their unit name is spelled as: "WESTWEST" on iQiyi. And on BiliBili it's spelled as "West West".
* They transferred to Girls Square Academy together with their debut song being unknown.