mottoyomitai | [JWEB] Kawashima Noel (Noemaru)

Part 2!

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Q. (k. Yukimoppun)

Here’s a question for Noel-kun, who I support the most in this entire universe!

I was happy to hear that you’d bought a book in LA.

After that time, did you go to the bookstore more often?

Have the biggest thanks in the universe for your question!(?)

I haven’t finished reading the book, so I haven’t gone! (lol)

Q. (Tou)

I’m bad at turning away requests or invitations from others. Noel-kun, when you get something like that from someone important to you but you really want to turn them down, what would you do?

For me, I’d properly explain my reasoning when I turn them down!

If it’s a relationship where you both treasure the other, I think they’ll do their best to understand where you’re coming from! Turning someone down isn’t a bad thing! Don’t worry!

Q. (Eternal anemia)

Good evening, Noel-kun! The other day, I climbed Mount Fuji by myself. I managed to accomplish one of the things I wanted to do in this life! On the way down, my legs were so exhausted that I didn’t manage to descend like I’d wanted, but then I read the new Noemaru entry that had just updated at that exact moment, which was so lively and energetic, and my walking speed increased! This is for real! Idol power s amazing! Thank you!

Mount Fuji is great, isn’t it~! You’ve worked hard~!☺️

When I was in elementary school I climbd it in every year, and when I was in high school I climbed it when we didn’t have shows for PLAYZONE~!

Did you read (my blog entry) at the peak?!

Please try reading Noemaru at the highest peak in Japan another time! I’d like you hear your thoughts! (lol)

To be told something like this, it makes me think that being an idol is truly an amazing job, and that makes me even happier!

Q. (Natsu)

Hello, Noel-kun.

On today’s Noemaru* you talked about creating the music (for the WOD performance), and I was really surprised! You’re way too amazing. The performance, including the music, was truly the best, and I’ve been watching it over and over countless times.

[ T/N: This is referring to the 14 August regular update. ]

Noel-kun, if there’s a story behind how you ended up creating the music, I’d love to hear it.

Hello!

Yay☺️

This is about WOD, right!

I couldn’t help but smile at the praise!

I’d be even happier to have many, many people watch it and think, “Ah, dance looks fun!”, so I’d be happy if you shared it around!

A story, huh! (There’s people who pronounce this word for “story” (経緯) as kei-i and those who pronounce it as iki-satsu, aren’t there.*)

[ T/N: This same kanji can be pronounced commonly in two different ways, for this particular meaning. ]

Right at the start, we were thinking of just editing a song like we did for the WOD preliminaries or the Prelude competition, but I ended up itching to remix something.

I mean, I wanted to show off “Travis Japan” to the dance world, you know.

If we’re going to fight, we’re going to fight as “Travis Japan”!

I guess that’s the story behind it🧐 (I’m the kind of guy who pronounces it kei-i)

I didn’t want to have any regrets! I wanted to test our limits by doing it on our own!

I presented this idea to the members, and then spoke with the agency many times, and then got support from the staff on the music team. I’m glad that we got a good result out of it☺️

Q. (Momoshoko.)

Hello! What were you doing right before writing this blog?

I was raising my rank🦑

If I push it all the way up to S+ level, I’ll most likely shoot up!

Q. (Aika)

Hello, Noel-kun! My impression of Noel-kun is that no matter what comes your way, you aren’t fazed and you’ll stay calm; how can I become like you? For me, I tend to get anxious immediately even when small things happen…

Goodmornhellovening!* (Is that a dated reference?)

[ T/N: A reference to the theme song for the 80s anime “Dr Slump”, which was titled “Ohakonbanchiwa”, a mashup of “good morning”, “hello” and “good evening”. ]

I think it’s the product of experience!

If you increase the breadth of your past experiences, you’ll know how to deal with various problems, so you’ll be less fazed and can coolly decide how to deal with the problems, I think🤔

Even now, when I encounter something new, my heart skips a beat, and there’s times when my mind goes blank, you know!

Like that time when the buzzer went off as we were singing, you know! (lol)

But, if you have enough experience where even that doesn’t scare you, then I think you’ll be able to keep going on without losing your compusre!

We’re both growing every day!💪

Q. (Kana-chun)

Good evening, Noel-kun! Thank you for always updating Noemaru

What is a view that you’d like to show to Noe-tans?

Thank you for always waiting with anticipation for new entries!

I want to show them our concerts!! I want to experience the same time in the same place together!!

Q. (Mina)

Around 2 years ago when you’d first started to update daily, you had likened each of the members to a kaomoji; has your impression (of the appropriate kaomoji for each member) changed since then?

Personally, I quite like the “yeah!!!” vibe of Umi-kun’s (lol)

I think there’s some that didn’t change, and there’s some that did! Personally, I’d like to make new kaomoji for all the members!

Q. (Seisei)

I’ve been saved by the wwords you’ve written on your blog, such as “You’re amazing for being alive today!” and “You’ve worked hard!”, Noel-kun. I’m up to my ears every day caring for my children, but I’m able to give it my all (thanks to that). Thanks for everything.

You’re amazing for being alive today, too!

You’ve done your best!

Praise yourself lots!

Whether it’s caring for your children, or something else that you treasure in life, I hope you treasure them even more from now on☺️

Q. (Kyouka)

I’m currently in the depths of despair, because my finger slipped and I accidentally deleted a really important document… Noel-kun, how would you go about recovering the file? Of course, I know that if I had just saved it properly all of this would not be an issue, but other than that if you’ve got any tips or ideas please let me know…

Ohh, this is an emergency!

I also do that sometimes when I’m writing these regular updates, you know.

Tips or ideas, huh…

How about you tell yourself that you just forgot to create that document in the first place…

If you think of (the deletion) as a mistake, your mood will plummet from a good one to a bad one (well, you’ve lost some time, but that’s just a thing of the past now!), but this way you won’t be in a negative state but just at zero instead!

Just give it your all from now onwards~!!

You’ll be operating on the premise that you forgot to do it, but now you’ll already know what you need to do! You know what you’ll need to type out! Wow, lucky!!!

I hope you managed to recover the file with no issues…

Q. (Nyanchu)

Noel-kun, if you’ve found a favourite spot that you’ve kept secret even from the other members, please share it secretly with me… (whispers)

Eh, it’s a secret, okay?

It’s the world inside my books and games… (whispers)

Q. (Noesan, yappo!)

Hello!

I’m at a steakhouse right now

Noel-kun, what doneness of meat do you like?

The weather’s hot, so please eat a lot and stay energetic ♪

I usually like it well-done or medium!

When I don’t have any work coming up for a while, I’ll have it medium rare! (lol)

I’m eating a lottttttt😋

Q. (A huge, ‘there, there’ present for Noel-kun)

I want to come to love the various parts of my personality that I’ve got a complex about, but I’m bad at loving myself. How should I go about loving my real self?

Thank you for coming to me with this!

I looked up complexes, you know, and it seems that they’re made out of a combination of various feelings.

I’m not an expert, so I can’t speak to this in detail, but what I think is that when you mentally have some spoons to spare, you should untangle that complex knot of feelings and examine them closely, because those feelings might show you how to love yourself, or teach you something about how to love yourself. What do you think of that?

For me, I hated the fact that I had so many complexes, and so I don’t know whether what I did was right, but I took apart that knot of feelings so many times, but even then I wasn’t able to love myself so I began to try to gain confidence through gaining my various qualifications and throwing myself headlong into my work instead.

Even then, I wasn’t able to love myself, but I received all this unconditional love from Noe-tans, and it was then that I realised, you know.

That the way I am now is fine; that it’s fine to love the ‘real’ me.

There’ll surely be someone there for you too, to tell you that you’re fine just the way you are.

Please don’t forget that I’m one of those people, alright.

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