Fool's Love

"The Story Written by Yamagishi" cannot be passed even one step from here.

Shoko Takami was cooking dinner when the door knocked.Soy sauce, salt, sugar...

These seasonings are mixed together, poured into the pot where the beef is boiling and bubbling, and finally the meat soaked in soup is covered on the rice - this is Xiangzi's best beef rice.

She stirred the pot with chopsticks and sprinkled the soup, the unique aroma of fermented soy sauce mixed with the sweetness, Xiangzi hummed to calculate the cooking time.Her voice is clear and clear, which is the foundation she accumulated when she was an idol.

"Like like, tweet, loveheart..."

I always feel a little inappropriate to sing this song today when I am no longer an active idol.

It's like a person in his thirties wearing the costume of a primary school student, making those who hear it frown.

Looking back on when she was still an idol, Xiangzi can't help but feel that it was really a life like living in a dream.

Tiredness, bitterness, and difficult life, in the eyes of Xiangzi, who had a dream in mind at the time, were just temporary obstacles.

Xiangzi didn't know how to dance originally, and her singing was only at an amateur level, so she could barely get out of tune.

The only thing related to the word idol is good looks and youthful enthusiasm.

Shoko came to Tokyo alone from her hometown in the north—that was when she was 17 years old.

She participated in the audition for an idol girl group, but she failed, so she simply became an underground idol.

At that time, Shoko was alone, living in a dark and small house with no lights.

The income of underground idols is not stable, and they sometimes rely on instant noodles to make a living.However, they are already considered lucky enough. After a long period of hard work, they have their own fixed fan base, and they have held performances in the underground of the Ikebukuro shopping mall.

To say that the most memorable performance was a certain day two years after Xiangzi joined the troupe.At that time, due to a line failure, the planned performance had to be suspended.

The failure occurred 10 minutes before the performance started. The seven members of the group "Maria's Crown" had already changed into costumes and were ready to go on stage. Suddenly, the blue light on the top went out, and the surroundings suddenly became invisible.

There were exclamations from the audience at the back of the stage.Shoko and the other members of the group were also thrown into chaos.

A point-like light source suddenly lit up.Fujita, the oldest in the group, turned on the flashlight of his phone.

"Shall we appease the audience first?" Several girls discussed and finally reached a consensus.

Fujita went to find someone to repair it, and member Matsumoto came to the stage to inform that something was wrong and it would take a while.

Shoko Takama stood first, and when his left foot was tired, he switched to his right foot, and when his right foot was tired, he switched to his left foot.Later, both feet were extremely tired, so she simply squatted down and continued to play with her mobile phone.

"It's boring, it's boring!"

Fifteen minutes after Fujita left, the youngest Sakuragi finally couldn't stand it anymore.As usual, she never hides her emotions, and yells when she is in a hurry.

In normal times, she would be stopped in time by Qing Shan, who is strict in doing things.And now Aoyama looks very anxious.Her eyesight was so distracted that Xiangzi felt that she was addicted to cigarettes.

Xiangzi stood up and walked around to the right side of the stage.Looking at the audience from here, the audience left now is estimated to be only two-thirds of the opening.

There was sadness in her eyes, she turned back to the back of the stage, and when she sat down again, there was a sound of stomach rumbling - she followed the sound, and the source was Sakuragi with a embarrassed expression.

"Wow, sorry!"

"Sakuragi, are you hungry?" Matsumoto asked her.

"I didn't have dinner..."

"Actually, I'm also a little hungry." Xiangzi raised his hand and said, and then one or two other members agreed.

Matsumoto glanced at the faces of several people helplessly: "I bought some instant noodles and piled them in the cabinet behind. If you are hungry, go get them." They thanked Matsumoto and then made instant noodles.

In the dark basement, several idols wearing exaggerated short skirts gathered around, squatting on the ground and sucking noodles.

At this time, Fujita called and said that the line was being repaired and it would take at least two hours to turn on the power.

"What should I do?" Aoyama looked at Matsumoto.The latter gritted his teeth and said that he told the audience that tonight's performance was canceled due to the power failure.

Shoko turned the noodle soup with a fork, but couldn't pick up the noodles.Matsumoto left behind the scenes where several people were, and walked to the stage.

With no microphone, she announced the end of the show with a louder voice than usual.Xiangzi began to wipe his mouth.

She tossed the used tissues in the trash and slinked to the side of the stage again, now less than a third of the crowd remained.

After Matsumoto announced the suspension of the performance, it was inevitable that there would be cascading voices of disappointment.Soon, most of the people withdrew again.

Xiangzi's heart felt empty.This is an irresistible factor, but she always feels sorry.

At this moment, an inexplicable emotion surged up.Xiangzi rushed to the stage and shouted to the few remaining audience: "This is a special performance by Maria's Crown!" Her actions shocked Matsumoto who was standing on the stage.Afterwards, Shoko sang with a voice that was closer to a roar than she started singing.

Not their own songs, but those of the singers she usually listens to.Like "THE BLUE HEARTS" or "Sakanaction".

She didn't care about the audience, she just kept singing and singing on her own.This is something only a 19-year-old crazy woman Shoko would do.

[From here, you can't pass any more]

[The reason doesn't make sense, the law doesn't make sense either]

[No one's voice can reach it]

【Friends or lovers cannot get involved】

Xiangzi sang loudly, and later, the members who had stayed in the background gradually came up to the stage to sing in chorus.

A happy farce.Xiangzi roared until it became difficult to speak, as if something was blocking his throat.

They sang for about 10 minutes, and the fans in the audience were in high spirits. They turned on the lights with their mobile phones, and tried their best to produce a performance that echoed several people.

Even though they were just sporadic spots of light, Xiangzi was very moved.In the end, the members of Maria"sCrown thanked the audience who stayed until the end with hoarse voices. However, dreams are not to be eaten. Maria"sCrown ended up disbanding after the members quit one by one .

The experience of being an underground idol did not bring Xiangzi a lot of savings. Xiangzi came out of a false dream house and plunged into the melting pot of Tokyo life.

Her luck was bad, and she changed several jobs, all as temporary workers, and none of them lasted long.

She made a boyfriend, but what followed was an even worse nightmare - the man surnamed Nagata revealed his true colors after a few months of dating: he had a bad temper and had violent tendencies .Xiangzi deleted his contact information and had to move to avoid him, but Nagata always found him again and again.