No matter how troubled the world is, music will never leave people behind. At least Junko thinks so.
However, in a sense, the reason for this belief is that the mother and daughter, who depended on each other for life, were fascinated by the charm of music, so they felt courage and hope in the music.
At the beginning of the year, ZARD's single "Don't Give Up" was released, and this song was played in the streets and alleys. Junko worked in an izakaya, and when the live performance of this song was broadcast on the TV in the store, the office workers who were drinking,
He also raised his head and looked at the TV.
No one commented on the band's performance on TV, but they often stared at the people on TV silently.
The beautiful lead singer of the band always looks nervous and apprehensive when facing the camera. But because of this, it brings a kind of empathetic closeness, and the song "Don't Give Up" she sang is particularly touching.
If she sang this song with full emotion, it might not hit people's hearts. The beauty's lead singer's nervousness and anxiety brought sincerity to the song, making people want to believe that she was speaking from the heart.
Does a person who has everything like this have the qualifications to encourage the frustrated people of this era? When Sachiko Kamaike sang this song, Junko felt that ZARD had such qualifications. But if someone else sang this song, Junko would not
I would think so.
Junko was encouraged by "Don't Give Up" and also fell in love with other singers' songs. However, although life requires courage, it also requires temporary forgetfulness.
Although there are many emotions and experiences that she has not had, it is because she has not had them that she can immerse herself in her imagination. Even if she rarely has the opportunity to dance in a disco, listening to the music produced by Tetsuya Komuro
When playing music, it does not prevent her from being light-footed and dancing with her heart.
It was GENZO Records that produced songs that moved Junko one after another.
When Junko and her daughter were dependent on each other and living a difficult life that they had never imagined when they were young, this record company quietly appeared. When Junko and her daughter relied on each other and listened to the same songs along the way, this record company had already
It became famous. The music it produced seems to have accompanied Maiko as she grew up, and also accompanied the mother and daughter through such years.
Perhaps, it has grown into what it is today because it has accompanied many people through various years full of ups and downs.
Although such thoughts seem a bit pretentious.
But because of this association, Junko feels affection for the company GENZO.
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Junko came home from the evening shift, opened the door softly, and rummaged through the kitchen cabinets in the dim light. She made tea, sat down at the low table, turned on the TV, and turned the volume down to the lowest level.
After get off work, occasionally, colleagues who work together will meet up to sing karaoke, but most of the time, the entertainment after a day's work is to kill time with comedians' talk shows.
Comedians are the most familiar with the world. No matter how the world changes, they can use everything at hand as a joke. On late-night programs, the artists on TV speak freely, saying that "the increase in beauties in custom shops is a good thing."
Junko's heart skipped a beat, her feelings of disgust flashed away, and then she felt a rush of heat: she was a survivor after all.
After all, comedians dare to openly use the pain of some people as jokes because there are more people who derive a sense of security that is different from those people from such jokes.
Comedy programs are cruel programs, but Junko, who is tired of daily life, has no energy to think about the connotations, let alone such interest.
Junko may not be attracted by the show, but when she relaxes and listens to the nonsensical dialogues of the artists, she feels at peace. At this time, the paper sliding door of the bedroom suddenly made a noise, and Maiko poked her little head out of the gap.
"Maiko-chan?" Junko was a little surprised and apologized to her daughter, "Sorry~ did I wake you up?"
Mayiko rubbed her sleepy eyes. Although her eyes were sore, her brain was still excited. She shook her head and told Junko: "I'm waiting for my mother to come back..."
There is a letter that I want to show to my mother.
Although she is already an older child, Maizi still retains the habit of sharing with her mother as soon as possible when something happens.
Junko knew that Maiko liked to write letters. When Maiko was still a younger child, she sent letters to her favorite band and received a reply from the band Giraffe Man. It seemed that the reply from Giraffe Man was brought to her.
Courage gave Maiko the habit of conveying her thoughts through words.
Despite this, Junko was still a little surprised that Maiko wrote to the record company and received a reply.
What's more -
"Maiko-chan, thank you for your letter."
The person who wrote this reply was none other than Iwahashi Shinichi-san. Mayiko didn’t know when she wrote the letter and sent it, but it found its way into the hands of Iwahashi-san and got his reply.
Junko read this reply to Maiko. This legendary figure wrote a gentle and patient letter, in which he thanked Maiko...
Maiko opened the desk drawer and took out the box containing her treasures. Inside was another letter, a reply written to her by the giraffe man from DREAMS E TRUE when she was a child.
Although the letter was written several years ago, Maizi had carefully collected it over the years and the letter was still well preserved. She returned to her mother and placed the other letter on the table.
"Now, Maizi has another treasure." She said.
Receiving a reply from Shinichi Iwahashi was like receiving a precious star again for Maiko. However, when the two stars that decorated her childhood were put together, the stars twinkled with the same light.
.
Junko read Iwahashi Shinichi's reply, and when she looked down, she saw the handwriting of the band Giraffe Man right in front of her. Her heart moved and she put down the letter in her hand. When the two letters were placed side by side, the handwriting looked like this.
resemblance.
An incident that occurred when Maiko was a young child appeared in Junko's mind.
At that time, Maiko saw Shinichi Iwahashi and Akina Nakamori participating in a TV show on TV. In the show, Shinichi Iwahashi showed off his origami skills. Maiko was childish and said that the giraffe man in the band could also origami, saying
Maybe the giraffe man is Shinichi Iwahashi.
But not long after, Mayiko's fantastic thoughts were forgotten by herself.
Maiko, who was ignorant about the relationship between people, watched DREAMS E TRUE's TV performance at the end of the year, and thought that the band's lead singer Yoshida-san and the giraffe man were so happy when they were in the same frame. Maybe these two people are the same.
lover.
Junko accepted all her daughter's whimsical ideas with a smile. Anyway, whether it was Iwahashi Shinichi and Nakamori Akina, or the giraffe man and Yoshida-san, they were all distant clouds to them.
The superior person.
But at this moment, the two replies put together made Mayiko's whimsical thoughts become something close to reality.
Is the band’s giraffe man Iwahashi-san?
Such thoughts passed through Junko's mind, but she didn't know what such a thing would mean. She looked at her daughter, and Maiko was also looking at the two letters with her little head in her hands.
These two stars shine with the same light.
The reply letter sent by Shinichi Iwahashi not only thanked Maiko, but also invited her to visit GENZO Records.
