Kakizaki Memi blog: Kumi or Kuma?

Kuma-chan

Kakizaki Memi
2017.06.16


Good evening,
It's Kakizaki Memi.

Kumi-chan

I'm always next to Kumi.

Like a burr ～(:3_ヽ)_


Oh, yes. Kumi said to me:
"From now on, call me 'Kuma-chan'"
So I'd better call her "Kuma-chan"

Face exchange.

A different face-shape makes you into a different person.
The shape of the face is important ~

Bye-bye.

Kakizaki Memi
_____________________________________ written 170615 evening, posted by staff 170616  02:46h

Kuma in Japanese means "bear."
 
I've flipped all the pics so you can read the shirt (and see the faces the way they  actually look). Memi's shirt is UVERworld official goods:

In reaction to yesterday's photo of Memi and Yurina, denizens of Hirate Yurina's 2channel support thread have been thanking Memi for showing them Yurina is still alive (no Hirate blog post for over a month), and for being there as a same-age friend for her. They also like the intimacy of using her given name. There is further debate as to whether everyone should start calling her "Yurina," if that's the name she prefers.

And credit is given to the crafty super-tanuki Neru for guiding Memi toward what Yurina might like.

One Japanese Tweet says that Memi calling Techi "Yurina" destroys the separation between Kanji and Hiragana at one blow. Seems like a bit of an exaggeration to me, but this has had a striking impact on some Japanese fans, so there may be repercussions to come. I consider Memi, Techi and Neru to be the three Keyakizaka members with a touch of magic about them, so anything can happen. Memi is actually a fairly forceful personality.

I wonder what the "big announcement" on SHOWTIME Thursday evening by the captain and vice-captain will be. One thing that did occur to me is the possibility of naming "Kuma" as captain of Hiragana.