At the pairs handshake event last week in Nagoya,
I was paired with Memi...
Memi enchants fans without speaking.
I was really interested in how she did it.
But even there right beside her, I didn't get it.
This is after Memi bashed her foot
And was cooling herself against a metal door.
Even during treatment, she did not rest from being burikko.
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Note: I'm not sure I see any burikko in that pic, just Memi's inescapable personal attractiveness. Maybe she said something at the time. Here are a few quotes from handshake fans that might explain what Kumi couldn't see:
-- just hearing Memi's voice bewitches me
-- her very existence is bewitching
-- she's even nice to virgins
-- after saying hello, I asked her to "fish" me. She gave me the most wonderful wink and brought her smiling face closer to mine. I had prepared things to say, but they all vanished. it was great.
-- Mii-pan's shoulder still seems not have healed (note: they were a pair in Thursday's Osaka handshake event), but our princess just continued in normal operation, making people fall in love with her in an instant
-- when Memi's eyes met mine, my heart seemed to stop
-- one guest says she was feeling down when she got to Memi, and Memi noticed, expressed sympathy, and said she wanted to hug her (note: the handshake set-up prevents this -- and I'm just guessing that the guest was a girl).
-- twitter sekkatijaime: Kakizaki Memi is an idol among idols. She's so cute that at the handshake event I was shocked that such cuteness existed. And add burikko to that, and fishing. there is unimaginable power in seeing such cuteness. was the word "cute" invented for her?
Personally, I might add different explanations: that her gaze seems able to create a direct contact with the audience. I think the burikko stuff is like shock treatment to help people feel the eye-to-eye direct contact. And I am always impressed by Memi's inner calm, which is probably what allows that feeling of contact.
And unlike most idols, I just about never see any hint of fear in her eyes (understandable when you think of the pressure to please that is on them). Like the slight fear in Kumi's eyes in these pictures.
To me, Memi is the happiest part of the happy aura. It just comes welling up from inside her and she does not have to push the appearance of it with any kind of forced smile (although she has now learned how to do that when she needs to).
In Message a few hours ago, Memi recommended the YouTuber KouichiTV. YouTube Twitter -- surreal humour aimed at a high-school and college audience. She says she watches every day.
She also recommends kombucha, a slightly fermented drink made from seaweed -- in particular, she recommended umekombucha, a kind including dried plum. This is not to be confused with the "kombucha" now sold widely in North America, which is fermented tea given the wrong name, lol.
Memi seems to have a confidence and stability in her heart that allows the trivial stuff to bounce off and her inner self to bloom... no doubt being the daughter of an artist, she's familiar with the landscape of emotional self, quite early on (much like Neru, though Neru's self was grown as a country girl, close to nature).
ReplyDeleteI find it fun to compare idol's paths thru the industry, with their Chinese birth animals: Neru is a Fall Tiger, and it shows from her 'ne-ne' hard shoulder taps (tiger paw), to her short-distance sprinting ability (like a real tiger), & brilliance putting her entire heart into whatever she deems worthy (including after Sakamichi). Being a Fall Tiger, she overlaps with the following year's animal: the Rabbit, to tame the Tiger's brashness (like Summer Tiger Mona) or claws (like Berisa) :D
Memi is a Winter Snake... and Snakes often tend to fall into two categories: physical, strikingly beautiful w/ long limbs and necks (like Team 8's Shitao Miu) or internally, where esp their eyes are mesmerizing, like Kaa in the Jungle Book (see Techi). Being a Winter Snake, she's overlapped with the qualities of the following year -- the Horse -- so has qualities of both. Kosakana is a perfect example of a Horse (quite sensitive but also very strong), so a nice combo in Memi :)