My favorite Japanese idol group filled with elegant, classy members
Misa-senpai, the sexiest of all Nogizaka46 members, has announced her graduation from the group this morning. Another First Generation leaving us soon.
Only know this, the First Generation will quickly diminish. That’s how following idols work. They graduate.
I hope for happiness in her life.
Happy New Year! From me to you. I hope you have a great year and happiness aplenty.
I wish you and your family, friends, the world a Merry Christmas. May this feeling last through the entire year.
Seven days left with Nanase in Nogizaka46…
Let’s start with the beginning. Maiyan ropes me into checking out this group called Nogizaka46. On the wiki pages, I peruse though the members. They are all pretty. I get to Nanase’s page and know that there are many members as pretty or more than Maiyan, in particular Nanase. To me, she’s always been more beautiful than Maiyan. And I find Maiyan the most beautiful of idols. Somehow, both are true.
Anyhow seven days, at the beginning we begin again.
The title should be a “Link of the Day,” but for Wakatsuki it’ll have to do.
Today’s link shows you how awesome a group Nogizaka46 is. Why? Because it describes the graduation of one of the members in nice detail. You’re almost there.
https://tokyogirlsupdate.com/nogizaka46-yumi-wakatsuki-graduation-ceremony-201812141844.html
Be thankful today. Tomorrow. For the future.
It starts with the idol group from Japan, Nogizaka46. Thanks for the beauty, the songs, the magic.
It ends with family, friends, cohorts, acquaintances. Thanks for being there.
It continues with you, my readers. Thanks for visiting.
Dankeschön.
I posting this although I’m going by memory. Watched a few months ago, perhaps end of September early October, right around the time of the re-release of Perfect Blue. It’s a critique of the film, but also of the idol culture upon which the film builds upon.
Does the author build a case against Japan’s obsession with idols? Does the author understand what idols mean to the Japanese? Is his criticism of idol culture just a hook into the horror of the film? Watch it and find out.
I think there are cultural differences between the West and Japan that muddy the waters. There are good things and bad things to idols. Certainly, the participants are open to exploitation, but as in many public pursuits this isn’t specific to idols. Certainly, the fandom can be toxic, but fandom can breed bad fans in any corner of the world. Certainly, the focus on youthfulness can be taken read as something unseemly for the olds to obsess over, but the case may be overstated.
Last week, my mom asked why I was obsessed with the young girls in Nogizaka46. I still haven’t found an answer that would satisfy myself. It is a thing that is me at this moment in life. But really, I have never seen such a concentration of beauty in all my life. So beautiful to make me cry.
I can not wait for the 22nd Single to come out…
Have I got a treat for you. One of my favorites.
「ロマンティックいか焼き」
“Romantic Grilled Squid” from Nogizaka46’s fifth single. This version is from their 2015 National Summer Tour in their home stadium, Meiji Jingu. This is Nogizaka at the cusp of their step towards stardom. In the video, you get a few of the graduates who didn’t make it to Tokyo Dome in 2017, and you get graduates from afterwards, and you get those ready to graduate. So good to see them all — like before they were stars.
They end with the future double centers of the fall 2015 single, Nanase and Maiyan. “Kira!” And they are on our way to be the great idol group that I love.
I apologize for the awkward framing of the video. I still don’t understand this WP Gutenberg editor…
Nogizaka46 22nd Single, 「帰り道は遠回りしたくなる」.
Bye-bye, Nanase.
