[224] Arrival o/~

Translation: Delirium-Zer0

I've arrived to the piece & quiet of my hotel in Osaka~ (^_^)b
So, I'm gonna eat well and get plenty of sleep, and then tomorrow & the day after, I'm gonna put on the best shows ever!
I'll only be drinking alcohol in moderation, yeees...... haha.


Everyone I met at Haneda and Kansai airports gave me sooooooooo many smiling faces, thank you all! (*^_^*)
Aawwwwwww, everyone, I love you! (*^_^*)(*^_^*)(*^_^*)



After this, I think I'll be looking at all the letters & presents you've been so kind as to send o/~
And then I'll check out the writings from everyone in TA o/~








kimi ga mou kore ijou,
nidoto kowai mono wo minakute sumu no nara...


boku wa nan ni datte narou.


(If it means that you never again
have to look at anything that scares you...


I'll become anything you need.)

[221] That's right.

Translation: Delirium-Zer0

...what's right?

Well um, during the Hiroshima performances, I came down with a cold. *facepalm*
Because of that, I couldn't go to Okonomimura (aka Okonomiyaki Village, this place in Hiroshima with tons of restaurants. --Deli), which I always look forward to.
(Maybe things will still turn out okay somehow.)

I'm soooo sorryyyyy (>_<)

Everyone in the send-off team, the meeting-up team, and everyone in the venue seemed to me thinking "ayu doesn't look too great....", but it was the number of posts here saying "AYU ARE YOU OKAY~(>_<)???" that made me finally give myself up.

Now now, that's no good.
I am no good!!! I need to be more stable!!!!!

Since perfectly ending the run in Fukui, the cold virus was hidden in my body, and I guess I wasn't thorough enough when I told it to go away!!!!!!!!
Ugh, enough is enough already~.

As I write this entry, I'm in my home with a muffler wrapped around my neck. I looked all mysterious.

Will you be uploading Today's Photo soon, KAZ?

[220] Hoooootttt~~~~~~!!!

Translation: Delirium-Zer0

Nagoya, hot!!!

Nagoya, really really hot!!!!!!!

The temperature may be hot, but I've decided I am still going to be meeting up with everybody. (haha)

For a minute I thought I landed it Taiwan by mistake. < What the...?! (ROFL)
As for the site, it seems tomorrow KAZ is kindly uploading a new "Today's Photo".(^_^)v

Well well, looks like that'll a nice diversion for two days starting from tomorrow. o/~
Also my voice has considerably improved, I'm feeling better~ (^_^)b
Yup!!!


Incidentally, today it looked like I was gonna miss my bullet train, so I and the whole group seeing me off ended up making a mad dash up the loooooo~~~nng stairs at Tokyo Station.
So that was a little bit amusing. (lol)

Luckily, I made it on time (*^^)v




Because~ o/~
I was neveeeerrr o/~ ever alooooone o/~

("itsudemo~
hi~tori ja~ nakatta karaa~")




Goodnight! (^_-) -*smooch

[217] Shop-Promoter Girl

Translation: Delirium-Zer0

Although I know there are people who already know about it & who've already seen it, I ask that you allow me to mention the beauty parlor "ZACC", where I've been going for the past 9 years~ (*^_^*)

ZACC's Owner, Takahashi, has been doing not only my hair cutting & coloring, but most recently has worked on my magazine shoots, TV appearances, CMs & PVs, all that kind of stuff~.

Despite that, I'm acting as shop-promoter girl for the first time, asking that you visit the Aoyama or Daikanyama locataion of ZACC beauty parlor~.
Going there is quite a nice experience, so if you have the chance everyone, go check it out.

Incidentally, as a follow-up, they seem to be having a campaign where you can get a good deal if you order a haircut to look like me. (I'm going overboard talking about this, haha)
The ZACC website has more details, so by all means go check it out.



Alright alright, I'm done talking about that now.

I've been pretty depressed since this morning.
My voice is still not at all healed, so I'm really anxious about the live shows tomorrow & the day after, and I'm getting nervous...

But even today while I was leaving Haneda Airport and arriving at Komatsu Airport I got to see everyone's smiling faces.
Because of that, somehow my mind was put quite at ease.

When I arrived at the hotel & checked TA, everyone had written so many warm messages, with worries of my voice on their mind.
Because of that, somehow my heart was strengthened.




Sometimes the morals that are part of my personality are strengths, and sometimes they're weaknesses, I've realized.



Yeah.
No matter how much I think about all of this, it can't be helped.
I've already done all I can.

After this..... everyone in Fukui, from your heart I think it would be good for you to be able to enjoy the show.
In this limited amount of time we have, moment to moment, with all your might, always live with care!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One day, I was able to teach that to everyone.

Today also, for the love that you give freely, I thank you.

[209] Now then!!!

Translation: Delirium-Zer0

When I wrote before, I briefly mentioned one more new song.
All went well, and now I'm done recordiiiiinnng! \(^O^)/
I have very deep feelings about this song...
I wanted to sing it now, no matter what.

After very specifically defining all my thoughts to the recording staff, we recorded the song.
Because of that, I think it turned out really wonderful!!!
As for further details, maybe I'll be able to explain more to everyone after you've heard the song...
That's what I think anyway.

Incidentally, the song is called "Life".
It's a word I like very much.
It's a song whose theme ended up being "living"...
That's good enough to say for now.

It's a rather painful song, but a positive one too.

So anyway, changing the subject, soon Kaz is going to do the site renewal I'm sure. Silly man. (*^_^*)
I'm really looking forward to it Kaz! .

[75] Changed~.

Translation: Delirium-Zer0

Yeah. Honestly even ayu isn't used to it yet. (lol)
Keeps me on my toes.

Message after message came, showing everyone's impressions of the site, and up until now I've been reading them. Everyone was able to write the things they wanted only ayu to read.

I can't put it in clever words, but the input was very very good, I thought.

Well, in three months we'll check this over again, but for the time being this will keep us busy, yes?

So I'll talk to you guys later!!!

We see changes every day. Smooch.

[74] hello hello~!

Translation by Delirium-Zer0

Lately, I've switched to what I'll call a new system. I call it that but really just experimental, trying it for 3 months. Naturally, everyone's had various opinions. Of course, ayu too has varioius thoughts on it. Kaz does too.

But you know, I think ayu is always optimistic about going forth & considering anything.
So the current renewal is just one single part of many things, but on the other hand it seems better than we expected, the part that we have seen change, we can't find fault in, so we should all have faith in what we'll see next.
It's natural to resist new things, and this is kind of a big thing but it's also kind of a small thing, so when it gets right down to it, anyone who's uneasy about this will be apprehensive. But how sufficient is the status quo, even if we stop there and never desire to move forward?

The directions the office has been taken lately will definitely be challenging! Everyone's working together. Assume that we're all striving for the best result, as usual, so this test period isn't useless. Because surely, this aught to reconfirm to everyone how seriously we're taking this.

Now, what the heck are we gonna be seeing over the next three months? Hm? Definitely "suspense and hope rising"!!!!!

Don't worry, everyone... After this, the messages from me to everyone will still be here, as well as Kaz's "monologues" (lol). Afterwards, Bancho & Nonchan and others on the staff will publish a bunch of messages. And after all this, I can properly read everyone's messages about the changes!!!!!
I look forward to your lovely messageeeessss~! Smooch smooch smooch.

Until now, and from now on, we're right here.
And the manager is you, Mister KAZ!
So be nice to him, everyoooonnnnne.

with love ayu-san. heart.