Juice=Juice's Blogspot: [Translate] Makino Maria's Interview

         She used to be nervous for lessons every day. She feels like she’s only improved in singing and rhythm by a little bit, but she wants to keep getting better and keeps listening to the music to find ways to improve.
          At first she couldn’t dance at all because she had no experience in it, but lately she’s been getting even 16-beat songs down easier and has been having fun doing it.
She doesn’t find the lessons strict. The teachers are there to help her learn these practices and minute details, so she’s very grateful for their presence. They’re there to help her and watch her grow, and she likes that.
          Her rival is Kishimoto Yumeno. They’ve always been together between the MM auditions and the KSS, and Yumeno has a great smile and is so funny, which Maria thinks she’s lacking, and very good at dancing, but Maria won’t lose to her in terms of energy and eagerness.

Tsunku’s comments: Please get a better sense of the rhythm and details in dancing. You have a look that you give too often where you seem so serious, so it would be good for you to have something individualistic about your self-introduction, or a gag, or a catch-phrase so as to overcome that wall.
She is going to always work hard as a KSS. She might not be able to debut this year, but her dream is to be able to join Morning Musume.