Nagahama Neru blog: April Fool, Line Live, reading, photos, videos

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Nagahama Neru
2018.04.02


Good evening.

April 1!
The beginning of a new school year.


Right now, right beside me
Naako-chan just cooly told a lie.

She was so nonchalant about it that I didn't realize


I guess it was an April Fool...

Yesterday,
Very quickly after TGC,
Yukkaa and I did a Line Live.

It was so much fun


To everyone who watched
At that late hour,
Thank you very much!!

It was a really cute office.




And oh yes,
Yesterday morning
There was a special program on television
About Nishi Kanako's book Omajinai.
I went straight out to the bookstore and bought it!

It was so engrossing
That I finished it the same day


Through that time
My heart was directly imbued with
What Nishi-san had said on TV.

I felt surrounded by warm feelings
Of complete affirmation.


Her wonderful words
One by one melted my heart.


So many times, I have been saved by books...
To all authors: really, thank you very much.



In Omajinai,
It says something like
"I just go boldly into films alone, in silence."

I can totally relate to this.



This also has something to do with
Why I like reading so much.

"Reading" involves
Shutting oneself away in one's shell, to one's heart's content.


Reading a book,
Feels like being in a silent world.


What moments do you all like?



Thank you for reading

Nagahama Neru

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written evening 180401, posted by staff 180402  01:49h

Nishi Kanako (age 40) is a Japanese fiction author who was born in Teheran when her father was posted there, and who also lived in Cairo as a child. "Nishi’s forthright portrayals of the alienation experienced by characters with strong personalities have gained her a wide following, especially among young readers." (source)

"Omajinai" is the Japanese "abracadabra," the word you say when casting a magic spell.


Here's Neru and Yukka's Line Live from Sunday:




And Neru, along with Zumiko and YuiPon, threw the ceremonial first pitch at the Chiba Lotte Marines baseball team's opening game of the season. Of the three, Neru was the only one to throw the ball far enough -- over 60 feet 6 inches (18.4 m) -- for the catcher to catch in the air.

Here's that video:




And some stills of Neru:

But that's not all Neru has been doing! She was the first member to appear on Kanji Keyaki's new five-minute weekly TV show Keyakizaka46 no Appuppuri, visiting a cafe/flower shop that is getting a lot of notice recently:

And here's that video:



Finally, here's a unique shot of Neru from Naako's blog:

It's from before April 1st, but otherwise I would have said it is how Neru looked when she realized Naako had been April fooling her.

By the way, "TGC" refers to "The Girls Collection" fashion show and mini-live that took place over the weekend. They did Hiraishin with Risa at centre! Nice, but I definitely missed Techi's vivid emotion and sharp dancing, lol.