Himitsu no Jikan

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**Himitsu no Jikan** (ひみつの時間 (じかん), *Secret Moments*) is Sayonara Ponytail's first illustration collection and a comprehensive collection of Chiitan's artwork for the band.

## Contents

**Himitsu no Jikan** collects Chiitan's illustrations for album and single releases, music videos, social media posts, and concept designs. It also contains song lyrics excerpts, 5 short manga stories, an A to Z index of everything related to Sayonara Ponytail, a timeline of releases, as well as stickers.

### Lyric Excerpts

The song lyrics excerpts of different Sayonara Ponytail songs are interspersed among the pages of the collection. At the end of each manga are lyric excerpts of the song each story was named after. The other excerpts are from songs that were either unreleased at the time, or have yet to be released or announced. Among the former includes, Niji, Sayonara Natsu no Shounen, Uchuu no Katasumi, and the Ohayou Twintail song Kitto, Mitsukete. The two excerpts from unreleased songs are titled *Mahou no Jikan* (魔法の時間) and *Fuyu no Ashiato* (冬の足跡).

### Manga

Each manga is a short story of 9-pages, with one of the 5 vocalists serving as the focal character. These stories are interspersed among the illustrations and are mostly named after a Sayonara Ponytail song. In order of appearance, they are:

* Kono Koi no Iro wa (Yuyu)
* Mahou no Jikan 2 (Nacchan)
* Hikari ni Natte (Shuka)
* Kimi ni Arigatou (Ayumin)
* Hajimari no Aizu (Miina)

### Sayonara Ponytail's Secret A to Z

Sayonara Ponytail's Secret A to Z (さよならポニーテールひみつのAtoZ, *Sayonara Ponytail Himitsu no A to Z*) is a comprehensive index of every song, album, single, book, member, and nearly every chapter of manga, among other things. Each entry has a description of what they are as well as some insights about them.

### Release Timeline

The final 2-page section of the book is a timeline of music, books, and music video releases. The former two are collected in one timeline, while the latter is collected in its own timeline. Each entry has a release date and a description about them.

## Promotion

*Himitsu no Jikan* was announced on April 7, 2016. A Wix.com webpage was soon established to promote it. From May 9 till its release, it was extensively promoted on social media, with many pages of the book being previewed (see Gallery). In addition, two image movies were posted to Twitter in June 2016. The book had a four-day countdown before its release, with drawings of the vocalists, Chiitan, as well as S-chan promoting the book.

Shuka: "What is your manga like Yuyu?"
Yuyu: "It's a secret!"Miina: "This outfit's nostalgic!"Chiitan: "I forgot to preorder..."S-chan: "It also comes with stickers!"

## Gallery

* Manga
* Previews
* Promos

Pages for the manga chapters, as previewed on social media:

Kono Koi no Iro wa coverMahou no Jikan 2 coverHikari ni Natte coverKimi ni Arigatou coverHajimari no Aizu coverHikari ni Natte previewHikari ni Natte previewKono Koi no Iro wa previewKono Koi no Iro wa previewMahou no Jikan 2 previewHajimari no Aizu preview

Pages of *Himitsu no Jikan* previewed on social media:

Nacchan reading *Himitsu no Jikan*

## References and Notes

1. ↑ The obi counts 144 pages
2. ↑ an exception is *Nacchan no Shashin*
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/sayopony/status/718008364370776064
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BD8OoEHSN93/
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/sayopony/status/722748376102535168
6. ↑ Image movie 1
7. ↑ Image movie 2