Nagahama Neru (Neru) / Keyakizaka46 1st Generation

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  1. Bingo

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    Center is Neru


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  2. Furukawa_Akane

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    Congrats on the center Neru!!!
     
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  4. Timmeon

    Timmeon Kenkyuusei

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    To celebrate Neru's SakamichiAKB center, here's my translation of her postscript in the photobook:



    Postscript
    (by Nagahama Neru)



    I earnestly thank you for picking up “Koko kara”!!

    It is this, my beloved and precious birthplace, Nagasaki-ken!!! The Goto islands!!!


    When I went back to Goto for the photoshoot after such a long time,

    my feelings were less of nostalgia and more of a proudness about it towards the staff that accompanied me.

    “Yes yes! This is Goto! Please take a good look at it! Please come to like it more!”

    In an instant I was pulled back into being an islander.

    It’s that kind of place.


    To tell the truth, for the five days that were scheduled for the photoshoot a heavy Taifun and constant rain had been forecast.

    I worried whether everything would be alright but in the end the weather cleared up!

    For those five days, from a clear sky without a single cloud to the drizzle and mist, I think every scenery of Goto was visible.

    Thank you, weather.


    I also got the opportunity to reunite with the special people who I can call my Goto family.

    As I walked the streets I met them by pure chance. It was like God had brought us back together.

    As if it been only yesterday that I had left they approached me with a “Welcome home!”.

    The shop owners let me take lots of things with me, “Here take this with you!” they said. (laugh)

    What a friendly town…


    This book is crammed full with a plethora of miracles.


    And you who are holding this book in your hands right now looking at it are the greatest miracle of all.

    That we’ve come to encounter each other is a miracle.

    Honestly, thank you very much.


    When I looked at the finished photobook I thought: “This is me, smiling this way.”

    At some point it happened that pulling the corners of my mouth upwards in front of the camera had become my smile.

    It had been a while since I saw my face laughing from the heart without a single care.


    I had forgotten about it! Forgotten!

    I am actually a person who laughs plenty.


    I like to mess around, make people laugh and talk to them.

    Aah. I was a lighthearted kid. That’s what Goto reminded me of.

    Since a certain point I had forgotten about it.


    But I can’t at all remember when that happened, at this point or another…

    For the purpose of fitting myself into my surroundings I started to hide myself,

    and at some point that became the new me.


    If I can’t make myself understood, it is better to not speak.


    When did I start to cut myself off from the world in this way?

    It made me feel lonely to think that this was what it meant to become an adult.



    It might’ve been when I became 18

    or when I started to do this work.

    “It can’t be helped.”

    In this way I’ve come to accept many things.


    If I’m misunderstood - whatever.

    If I can’t get myself across good enough, that also can’t be helped.

    When you decide to make yourself known as you are, courage is necessary and being energetic is a vital behavior.


    But because I’m exhausted, I’ve given up going beyond the status quo.


    And above anything else I’m scared of laying myself bare!!!


    I’m truly afraid of letting the outside world touch the part of me that constitutes my core.


    But you see,

    after I went back to Goto

    with the deeply familiar people and landscape backing me up

    I tried to open that door a tiny bit.

    I tried to expose myself.

    Let myself go a bit, as I’ve come to understand the situation.


    Everyone on the photobook team also told me that they liked me better that way.


    I cried happy tears.

    The photos were taken in such a state.


    Even when I was praised, I thought that I’m no good. I’ve been weird that way.

    But when you accept your own nature it’s as if your heart gradually melts to the outside.

    I think a light has been lit.


    In my diary that I created during the photoshoot location on Goto, I wrote:


    “The ocean is vast. Lots of fish are in it.

    Every one of them got their own surroundings they’ve been born into and their own lifestyle.

    Indeed, the ocean is vast.”


    There exist all kinds of people.

    The city we were raised in, the experiences we made, the things we were able to feel at this or that time because we’re all different.

    That our thoughts and personalities are different is nothing to be surprised about.


    Therefore straighten your shoulders a bit more.

    Isn’t it as well that we try to enjoy our time more thoroughly?


    When my own world turned painful,

    somehow a new world opened up for me.


    I’m here now through an overlapping of chances.




    You, who is fighting with yourself

    You, who wants to challenge yourself

    You, who is searching for what you want to do

    You all are amazing.

    Because living itself is hard we keep on fighting.


    You inadvertently have thoughts like:

    Everyone is doing their best, I’m the only one who drags behind.

    Even though I’m doing my best why has the world to be so unjust?


    But everyone themselves is fighting with their world.

    Because everyone is doing their best, I will do so too.

    When you think along this line I think your heart becomes a bit lighter.


    Furthermore, what I strongly believe in is that the world I’m in right now isn’t everything.


    When you can manage to gradually improve the place you’re at right now through trial and error, that’s good.

    But I think there’s also a viable method in changing everything.


    Everything I sense is the environment I’m in right now but the outside world is also huge.

    It’s something I’ve realized recently.


    For me too, in my time as middle and high schooler school was everything.

    There was nothing else for me every single day.

    The school was my whole world.


    Then I went to the capital and became an idol.

    There was a time when I gained weight.


    My body and soul couldn’t keep up with the stress and change in my environment.

    “Your self-discipline is weak, as an idol you disqualify yourself.”

    Many such voices I came to hear and I could only concur. It was a sound argument.


    I became afraid of buying the clothes I liked,

    became unable to go to the hair dresser to cut my hair,

    started to walk through the streets with my head held low

    and also hid myself from people on TV.


    It was extremely excruciating.

    This alone became my whole world.

    I thought about it constantly inside my head.


    I ended up overthinking everything which piled more stress on.

    More and more my gears weren’t able to mesh anymore.

    I had entered into a vicious circle.


    From an outside perspective these were all easy things

    but even they went wrong when I judged myself, questioning why I couldn’t do them.

    This me I started to hate more and more.


    Why am I an idol?

    I ask myself this often.

    For the photobook I went through a diet

    and it made me think that my way of living back then was pitiful

    because I had to give up so many other things.


    Still, this is all me. So I can’t deny it.


    There happen all kinds of things in life

    but what I felt at that time makes me who I am now.


    It leads me to think that because this me also existed, the current me exists now.


    If I negate everything about me I become unable to breath.

    If I’m in harmony with my heart I can become friendly towards my surroundings.


    On one occasion someone told me:

    “My younger sister loves your blogs and recently has slowly become able to go back to school again.”


    Such things make me extremely happy.

    Aaa. I’m glad I’m doing this work.


    Doesn’t this alone make me happy?!

    Isn’t it enough when I reach someone like this?!


    In the case that you, who looks at this book, have thoughts like

    “I can try my best tomorrow too.” or

    “The scenery of Goto is healing.” or

    “Hey, that face is funny.”


    Really, that alone makes me happy.


    I’ve made the summer of my 18th year a lifetime treasure.

    I’ve been able to discover a small piece of my true self.


    On those 5 days, though I wanted them to never end,

    I ultimately concluded to keep doing my best in Tokyo.


    I’ve gained confidence anew.


    I think the beloved town and people forwarded me their support.

    Therefore I’m brimming with motivation.


    From the bottom of my heart I’m thankful for all the people who were involved in this, for my family

    and for you who read this until the end.


    Thank you very much.


    From now on I want to move forward.


    Nagahama Neru
     
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  5. ukifune

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    Neru blog post: SakamichiAKB centre, Takahiro's treasured words.

    Neru never tells us what Takahiro said to her, just that it will continue to be a lamp unto her heart. Perhaps they were words that gave her confidence in her abilities. In Message, she says how nervous she is on the day the MV comes out, and how little she thinks she was up to the task. But she also says she wants to keep moving forward, and will accept any challenge. Tanuki Empress banzai!

    Here's the photo she included in the post:

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    Thanks, @Timmeon, for that wonderful translation. "It leads me to think that because this me also existed, the current me exists now. If I negate everything about me I become unable to breath." Wisdom. Even the bad things in our past can be good. Neru is a remarkable person.
     
  6. Akusaiko

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    Almost crying, lol, she ended up as the center here, in such a rare occasion, but not in keyaki single, i like it and will make sure to buy the cd, it will be another one of my heirloom after the PB of Neru, congratulation:1st:
     
  7. Megumibex

    Megumibex Kenkyuusei

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    I welcome our new tanuki overlord
     
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  10. CutePanda

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    3-3-2018 Billboard Japan hot 100 countdown


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  11. Mana

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    @Timmeon Thank you so much for the translation of the postscript of Neru's photobook! That was such a nice read. Neru is really an interesting person and I love the way she thinks, she is young but really smart and the things she says are beautiful and encouraging. She's such a good person. She is definitely made for this job to be an "idol", she perfectly represents what an idol should be, making people happy with her smile and cuteness, and encouraging them with her words. <3

    and I want to say a big congrats to Neru for being the center of the SakamichiAKB song!!! This is a great opportunity and she deserves it after all the popularity she has in recent months. She looks great in the short Pv, the dark styling suits her, and I absolutely love her entrance and her first line! I look forward to see the full version! and I hope they will perform the song live too. I read Neru's blog post about being center and she seems nervous but I'm glad she has this chance, and I'm sure she will do it very well, step by step she will do better and better. Let's support her!
     
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  12. himawari

    himawari Kenkyuusei

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    Congratulations neru for your center position in a SakamichiAKB song! I couldnt be more proud than this. I felt like she was chosen not only to represent k46 but also the sakamichi series. So I’m totally happy for her! I hope soon we can see her center an a-side in one of keya’s singles!
     
  13. CutePanda

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  14. jyunshin

    jyunshin Kenkyuusei

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    Anyone watching the showroom right now? Actually didn't know neru's voice could go that deep sometimes

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  15. CutePanda

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    i am still watching ANN now:)
     
  16. jyunshin

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    how long do you think they are streaming for? i still have work tmrw :^^;:
     
  17. CutePanda

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  18. jyunshin

    jyunshin Kenkyuusei

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    Thanks, now they really making me sleepy hahaha

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  19. Akusaiko

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    the part where Neru imitate voice was truly interesting:blush:
     
  20. CutePanda

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    Techi and Neru on radio (3-9-2018)

    Neru will replace Techi as the MC for Kochira Yurakuchou Hoshizora Housoukyoku

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    new version for March

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