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6-1
Theme：RINA





My coming of age ceremony was nerve-wracking & exciting.
I was really unsure
Whether to attend one in Tokyo or one in Nara,
And whether to even attend a ceremony at all,
But I ended up attending the ceremony held in my home area of Nara Prefecture.
I was so nervous on a level that was bad for my heart；
Congratulations
To all of my fellow new adults!
TEAM 1991 (third year of the Heisei Era), banzai!






I moved to Tokyo earlier than those I knew,
So I felt a little nervous
Not having any local friends that I could contact.






However,
I'm so glad I went.
When I was in sixth grade, I had a group of friends that I was always together with.
I also got to see my old teachers.
About four or five people said things to me like,
『RINA! It's been forever! I see your Osaka dialect is strong as ever when you're on TVー! You're the only one with it! (Gahahaha)』
Those were the first things people said to me after much-overdue reunion lol
Also, while we were communicating
And I was occasionally doing aizuchi
By going 『Rightっ´｀!』,
They got mad at me.←
That kind of made me happy. haha
I'll continue speaking in my accent for the rest of my life. Yep.








I was so surprised at how many people
Know of SCANDAL,
Said that they like us,
And have seen us live! And things like that.
There were more than I expected.
That made me so happy.
There were also people who said they're in cover bands of ours.
Also,
I was invited to join a band.
I had to unfortunately decline, though.
Immersing yourself in the unique excitement of your home area
And having a pleasant time there makes you feel like it'll last forever.






After the ceremony ended,
There was a class reunion for grade 6, class 1.
We opened the time capsule we promised to open
On the day we'd turn 20.
I didn't at all remember what I put in it.
When we opened the mud-covered box,
It kind of felt like
We were doing something bad.






In our box of memories were each of our treasures.
It was full of presents and messages for our future, adult selves.
Faded purikura pictures,
Tests with full marks,
Plushies that hung from our school bags,
Newspapers we made together,
Photos taken at our favorite places on campus.
All of them were of us smiling.






As for me,
I found a Little Mermaid envelope that I had written to myself.










Inside of it were things like my favorite purikura shots
And cut-outs of my favorite characters. (How much did you like Nemo, past self.)
Also,
When I opened the envelope, the first thing I saw was



『To the 20-year-old Rina in 2012,
Have you become an entertainer?
From the 12-year-old Rina in 2004』




That's what I was written in it.
A little condescending, don't you think?






I don't really know why,
But it really made me tear up.
Since kindergarten, and continuing into elementary and middle school,
I never stopped thinking about that, and that alone.
I couldn't think about anything else.
What I believed was that I believed in a shortcut.
I was unknowingly obsessed.















『To the 12-year-old Rina in 2004,
I'm still obsessed to this day.
Discover the drums even sooner, okay.
From the 20-year-old Rina in 2012』






RINA

2012-01-09 22:38:26