It looks like nothing has changed, everything is changing inadvertently.
2014 seems to be a year of great changes in Nogizaka. The entire group and everyone are unconsciously moving in the direction they want.
To be honest, Oda pays very little attention to other idol groups. In addition to reading information about AKB, Momoiro Clover and other girl groups for several days in the early stage to supplement idol knowledge, he only picked out a few of the Nogizaka members.
I accidentally heard it from an idol house, and it was hard to even match the name and face.
However, when Ikoma made his debut at AKB's Grand Gukaku Festival, Oda learned the news all at once from the line group chat established by the Nogizaka members, and most of the members were a little unbelievable about the news.
Looks like that, while several TOPs, including Oda, remained silent.
Oda thought about it and found that some time ago, he was called by Nango-san to talk alone. During the conversation, he vaguely remembered being asked, "What would happen if I joined AKB48 as a part-time job?" and Oda
He just touched his head and said haha, saying that he couldn't even recognize the person, so he forgot about it, and avoided it by joking. Nanxiang didn't ask in depth, and let Oda go after a few casual conversations.
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"Now it seems that the previous conversation was probably a test of our attitude..." Oda touched his chin with his hand and thought. In terms of influence and level, AKB48 should far surpass Nogizaka46. This time, he also served as
Although it will cause some controversy, the gains it brings will definitely be huge.
However, even if Nango asks Oda again if he is willing to take on the concurrent role, Oda will probably still answer no. After all, Oda is essentially a Buddhist and lazy person. In her eyes, he should do his best.
The life of doing work and then chatting with friends every day, and taking a break to go home and read for a while is quite happy. I don’t want to squeeze my rest time anymore - although it sounds a bit selfish, this is how Oda thinks.
In fact, Oda's character has a weakness, that is, he is fundamentally unwilling to take on too many responsibilities, or he is not very willing to become the number one in a group. In other words, Oda is not very interested in communicating with others.
I have never been particularly good at it. This lack of expertise does not refer to the inability to face strangers, but how to use appropriate language and better ways to achieve one's goals when facing familiar people.
When he became TER, Oda actually didn't know how to encourage depressed members through words, so he just kept practicing silently with his head down, leaving this encouragement job to the captain, Ikoma and others.
People do it; several times after the selection, Oda wanted to comfort Xiao Asuka, Hikaka and the others with whom he had a better relationship, but he couldn't find the right words, so he just listed the reasons for losing the selection with them one by one.
When he came out, he only said words related to comfort such as "It's okay" and "You're great" which seemed a bit perfunctory at first glance.
In fact, Oda has read so many books and can always know some words to comfort others, but whenever Oda wants to say these words, he feels that although saying these words will ease the other person's emotions a little, it will not
It was impossible to recognize my own shortcomings, so I suppressed the words that popped into my mind and continued to "comfort" as before.
Wu Geng once said to Oda: "It's really strange that someone like you can make friends." Oda also agreed deeply, and then stretched out his hands to press Wu Geng's temples.
Until she begged for mercy.
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Early the next morning, even though it was just a training session, the members all arrived in time. Matsumura and Sakurai, who were often late, were the rare ones to arrive ten minutes early.
Training time has come, but Ikoma, the focus of the audience, has not arrived yet. Just when the members sighed with some disappointment and were about to start training, the door of the training room was pushed open, and Nanxiang and several camera guys walked in.
And... Ikoma.
The moment they saw Ikoma, all the members' eyes were focused on her. Several members even raised their hands and opened their mouths, as if they wanted to say something, but were interrupted by Nanxiang's wave.
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"Everyone knows that Ikoma will start working part-time in AKB48 from today." Nanxiang nodded to the cameraman behind him, then turned to the members and said, "Although I know that starting from last night, everyone
We all have many questions to ask, but let us first listen to what Ikoma-san has to say."
"Well...I'm sorry for not informing everyone of this news in advance." Ikoma stood in front of the members, still wearing her favorite black T-shirt and black wide-leg pants, looking a bit old-fashioned with her outfit
wearing black-rimmed glasses, "Some people may want to ask me the question 'Why do I also serve as AKB?'..." At this point, Ikoma raised his head and smiled.
"During Yoyogi's live and Zepp's tour, as well as the live in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, I was thinking that if we continue to live, it won't work like this."
"The idea of wanting to become better and having more fun performing came into my mind."
"Just when the Yokohama anniversary live ended, I decided to take on this job concurrently."
"Although I know that the decision I made will make everyone feel uncomfortable, and some people will want to ask questions like 'why' and 'what will happen to everything we have done together so far'... But now that I have made this decision,
, I just plan to continue working hard.”
"Anyway... I hope everyone can support me." Having said this, Ikoma lowered his head again. The members' sights were like X-rays, scanning Oda clearly from top to bottom.
Ikoma could even hear the words "betrayal" and "abandonment" repeated in the voices of the members in the audience. A strange, somewhat unfair emotion welled up in his heart and gathered between his eyes.
, squeezing the tear glands and forcing tears to flow out.
"No, I can't cry." Ikoma clenched her fists tightly, trying not to cry.
Ikoma knows that she is definitely not the best in the Nogizaka team, but she is sure of one thing, that is, she loves Nogizaka the most.
According to Nanxiang, he was the last TOP member he consulted. If he was not willing, he might give up the plan to take the concurrent role. The word "last" was also the decisive factor in Ikoma's decision to take the concurrent role.