Nakamori Akina and Kikuchi Momoko have no personal friendship, but they often meet her at the workplace. Whether it is Kikuchi Momoko's performance when they were on the same stage, or her own personality since her debut, the contrast with the character in the TV series is quite big.
"However, Kikuchi-san's appearance in the TV series is quite beautiful." Her appearance as a popular and fashionable urban woman is very convincing.
Playing such a contrasting role shows Momo Kikuchi's determination to transform.
During the rising period, you try many things, and when you start to lose sales, you start to transform. If the transformation fails, you go to new fields to find a way out. If you still have no hope of turning around, then just accept it and wait until the end.
It’s nothing more than this kind of acting career.
"In comparison," Shinichi Iwahashi said, "Nakayama-san on the poster looks ordinary."
No need to explain, just hearing what he said, Nakamori Akina could tell that there must be a lot of posters of this TV series hanging in his record company.
Established industry practices.
She only had to recall that whenever the singers and actors they promoted from Yanyin and Warner made any big moves, the company's posters would always be hung up, and she would have a clear idea of the current situation in his company.
"Miho-chan is so beautiful and cute."
Akina Nakamori spoke for Miho Nakayama, "However, the makeup on TV is a bit inappropriate for her." After thinking about it, "Probably because she plays a fashionable ordinary female college student."
Senior TV enthusiast Akina Nakamori also has a good understanding of the routines of TV series, so she hit the key points immediately.
The handsome and outgoing male lead, the organized and coquettish second male lead, the charming uncle who makes the heroine fall in love at first sight, and the second female lead who is somewhat interested in the male lead and is even more radiant than she is...
Standard traditional idol drama routine.
For the fashionable ordinary female college students in idol dramas, the focus is not on fashion, but on "ordinaryness". Beauty, cuteness, and good personality are more important.
If the heroine of such a TV series is impeccable in all aspects, it will be difficult for the audience to watch it.
A girl who knows how to dress up and is cute but not the kind of girl who turns heads 100% will be more empathetic. If the heroine is as glamorous as a female star, the character's image will not stand up.
However, the idol actors selected from thousands of people will definitely look a lot better than ordinary people. However, if you really find an average-looking actor to be the heroine, the audience will not buy it. In the end, you still have to be careful in clothing and makeup.
Work hard.
The heroine is responsible for being ordinary. As for beauty, it is naturally left to the second female lead. Anyway, no matter whether the second female lead is vicious or generous, her appearance will not be low.
It grows as the plot progresses, and this is the protagonist. Instead, it is a supporting role, even if it is a finished product at the beginning.
Besides, if the second female lead is a love rival, the stronger the opponent the heroine defeats, the stronger the sense of accomplishment will be.
"You're right." Iwahashi Shin said to her half as a joke, half as a compliment.
Akina Nakamori was praised by him, and she talked about herself proudly like an athletic girl showing off her biceps.
"We have a lot of children in our family, and everyone has their own programs they want to watch, so we make a schedule to control the remote control. Both sisters like to watch TV series, but their tastes are different from mine."
She told him her little secret, "So when I watch a TV series that I am not interested in, I will watch it and express my thoughts on the plot in my heart."
Then, while developing such a little habit, I also became clear about the routines of the TV series.
Iwahashi Shinichi thought of the various comments she had made while recounting the TV plot, and joked: "You can probably imagine it."
Hearing the hidden meaning of his words, Nakamori Akina smiled as if she was trying to hide her shyness.
"I don't know what housewives will think after watching this kind of plot."
"Maybe it's fun to watch." Iwahashi Shinichi followed her words and thought about it, "Because it's a life a little far away from me, it's easier to imagine."
If you really live such a life, you will probably either find a lot of faults, or you will have no desire to read anymore because it is too close to your own life.
"However," she said with emotion, "a girl like Momoko is so cute, even if she plays a frivolous role, when I watch her, she always gives me a feeling of 'not like that'."
If Momoko Kikuchi heard such comments, she would probably be a little disappointed.
After all, I have made up my mind to transform, so I took on such a contrasting role. If in the end it still gives people the impression that it is "not like that", then this transformation cannot be said to be successful.
I just don’t know if Akina Nakamori feels this way because she knows a little about Momoko Kikuchi, so she acted in the drama, or because it’s really “not like that”.
It was probably an occupational disease. The first thing Iwahashi Shinichi thought about her determination to transform was that by going all out like this, it seemed that her company felt that she had reached the end of her career as a singer and could only retreat but not advance.
"Speaking of it, Akina-san looks quite like an actor when she sings."
While chatting about the idol singer who was about to turn into an actor, Shinichi Iwahashi recalled the impression she had when watching the show and casually mentioned it.
Akina Nakamori didn't expect him to say this suddenly and said "Hey".
"During the performance, I seem to have planned the plot of each song in my mind before performing and singing. Therefore, I often feel like I am watching a stage play."
Iwahashi Shinichi said of her, "Even if you say you have experience as a stage actor, some people will probably believe you."
"I don't have that kind of experience." Akina Nakamori replied childishly.
Iwahashi Shinichi's tone when he called her made her laugh. His suggestion was half serious and half joking, "If you are interested and have a suitable opportunity, it seems good to give it a try. Akina-san goes well with the stage."
He originally started talking about it in casual conversation, but after he said it, he really thought it would be nice if she could give it a try.
"Performing a stage play?"
Akina Nakamori’s reaction seems to be that she has never considered this field.
Of course, this is also related to the high threshold for decent stage plays.
To be precise, the threshold for stage play itself is very low if you include small theaters like that. In the small theater in Shimokitazawa, I don’t know how many plays are performed every day.
But if it is a masterpiece by a famous artist, then this is the domain of professional stage actors.
For a music star, the probability of being invited by a television station to play a prime-time lead role is much higher than the probability of being invited by a famous stage play star to play the lead role in a masterpiece.
"I definitely can't do it..."
She muttered, but she didn't show any disgust with the proposal or her determination not to act. To be honest, she showed more of a lack of confidence.
Iwahashi Shinichi didn't dwell on this matter, so he almost stopped and didn't say anything further.
With Nakamori Akina's personality, if she really wants to act in a stage play, first of all, the quality of the work must be excellent, and then considering her status, she can only act in topical works by famous directors.
Moreover, acting in a stage play is different from acting in a TV series. After joining a theater troupe, the progress of other work will be affected. Just because other work is suspended, it will be difficult for the agency to support her to act in this.
If you think about it, it's quite difficult, and you have to bear the risk of being criticized if the performance doesn't get a good response.
It’s really the right time, right place, right people, and both are indispensable.
Since there was no immediate interest, there was no harm in bringing it up in casual conversation, and there was no point in continuing to pester him, so he stopped there.
However, when he talked about the stage play, it brought back Akina Nakamori's memories.
"I studied ballet when I was a child. The teacher in the ballet classroom said that children who have a foundation in ballet and like singing and acting are suitable to go to Takarazuka's music school. If they go to Takarazuka's school, they might actually be able to do stage plays now. An actor now."
The reason why I think of this is because when she was a child, when she was practicing ballet, she once thought about acting on the stage. Although her dream was to become a singer, it did not prevent her from being curious and a little bit interested in the role of "stage actor". longing for.
She said with a smile, "That's what I said, but because my family is very poor, I won't take the exam."
In Takarazuka, not only are the tuition fees high, but there are also many wealthy ladies gathered together. Rich families not only like to select outstanding brides from Takarazuka graduates, but also like to send their own children to be trained into outstanding brides.
For some wealthy families, Takarazuka is similar to a bridal school.
However, where rich young ladies gather together, there are also many domineering young ladies. Coupled with Takarazuka's strict superior-subordinate-senior-senior system, the seniors can almost do whatever they want to the juniors, and the poor girls have gone away, and the hard pattern of life is visible to the naked eye.
When talking about how her family used to be poor, Akina Nakamori looked calm and composed. She was neither embarrassed to talk about her origins, nor was she subtly conceited like people who have become prosperous when bringing up old things.
This look reminded Shinichi Iwahashi of her slightly proud expression when she said she was a kid from a shopping street.
"If my family had money, they would have sent you to Takarazuka, but there would be no 'Nakamori Akina' today."
Instead, it may be an unknown little actor from Takarazuka, or a rising star of Takarazuka stage plays, using the stage name of either a cool and domineering one or a real-life Mary Sue.
Iwahashi Shin took his arm out of her arms and held her hand instead, "So, it's best to be like this now."
"It's best this way..."
Akina Nakamori repeated it and smiled, "It's only Shinichi-kun who would say this." Although he didn't say it, he thanked Shinichi Iwahashi in his heart for his thoughtfulness in not denying her past, but telling her "now is the best".
If you don't want to be a Takarazuka star, watching Takarazuka's performances is not bad as an audience.
"Actually," she said with a smile, partly to change the topic and partly because she really thought of something, "when I praised Miho-chan for being beautiful and cute just now, I thought to myself, if Shinichi-kun follows up with the sentence, 'But when I If you are more beautiful and cuter in my heart..."
She couldn't help laughing as she said it, "But it's not surprising that Shen Yi-kun can't say such a thing."
"Yeah?"
Iwahashi Shinichi seemed to understand what kind of image he was in Nakamori Akina's mind, and he also understood what Nakamori Akina was longing for when he said these words.
She nodded vigorously, "Yes."
After saying this, I felt like I was blaming him for not understanding the style, so I quickly explained, "However, even though I said this, I am not unhappy."
I just want to be praised a little bit.
I was thinking wildly in my mind when I suddenly heard, "Of course Akina-san is beautiful."
"Why?"
Akina Nakamori went to see Shinichi Iwahashi. She didn't expect to be suddenly attacked by him.
The two faced each other for a moment.
Iwahashi Shinichi saw her expression and smiled: "She's beautiful and cute, so of course it goes without saying." After saying this, he paused and said, "Besides, her waist is also very thin."
Nakamori Akina couldn't help laughing when she heard this. Every time she thought about being complimented on her thin waist by Iwahashi Shinichi, her heart felt warm and she couldn't help but laugh.
Iwahashi Shinichi saw her smile.
Under the dim street lights, Nakamori Akina, who was smiling at his words, looked very touching. Realizing that Iwahashi Shinichi was looking at her, Nakamori Akina narrowed her eyes and stared at his face, with a childish and innocent expression.
Shinichi Iwahashi couldn't help but leaned forward and kissed her eyes gently. Without thinking about anything, he just felt that those eyes were beautiful and beautiful when he smiled, and he was attracted to her.
Being attacked suddenly by him, Akina Nakamori didn't expect it and subconsciously blinked her eyes and stared at him.
Shinichi Iwahashi noticed her surprise and finished his words slowly, "You are beautiful and cute, and your waist is very thin. I am not so glib because I want to coax you. I hug you because I like you."
You, say you are cute."
It was the first time I heard him say "I like it".
No matter how clear you are in your heart, and how tacitly understood you are, it is clearest when you hear a clear "like" that your feelings are reciprocated.
Finally I heard him say "I like it".
Even if Nakamori Akina knew it in her heart, she could feel his feelings, but it still felt a bit indescribable to be confessed clearly.
It's both "it's true", "it should have come a long time ago", and "I know it all".
She wanted to say something, but she didn't know which sentence to say first. In the end, she just laughed. She couldn't think of how to express it, so she subconsciously raised her hand and tapped Iwahashi Shinichi's shoulder.
After confession, first beaten ??
Iwahashi Shinichi deliberately teased her, "Did I say something strange with this reaction?"
Nakamori Akina shook her head and looked at him with a smile, staring at his face as if she wanted to get to know him again. After looking at each other for a while, Iwahashi Shinichi opened his arms to her.
Nakamori Akina was held in his arms obediently. After staying in his arms for a while, she seemed to come back to her senses and clear her mind.
"Shen Yijun." She raised her head from his arms.
Iwahashi Shinichi looked at her, "What?"
"Come this way." She smiled at Shinichi Iwahashi and directed.
