Nanjolno’s letter to Eli from the June 2016 Edition of CUT Magazine
To Ayase Eli-sama
Thank you very much for the past 6 years.
I still remember the day we met even now. I wasn’t the type to perform a lot, so I thought a lot about how to perform as you. But after a while, I didn’t feel like I was “performing” as you, but that you were Eli, like a friend, or my family… a partner who had become really close to me. And so with the two of us I thought, “How do I make Ayase Eli from μ’s shine?” and devoted myself to that… that was the only thing I needed (laughs).
I can’t put these strange feelings into words. Of course, even though we had our own individual experiences, we saw the same sceneries with the same eyes, heard the same sounds with the same ears… I didn’t know until we were thinking about the same thing, but I think our feelings were definitely the same. I was Eli, and Eli was I… during that time, it definitely felt like it was the case. We were closer to each other than anyone else, and we really saw the same sights, huh. As I expected, during the choreography for Bokura wa Ima no Naka de, I thought about the very beginnings, where the 9 colors left an impression on me, but hers was the color that stood out the most to me and I loved it the most. “It begins!” I thought as I got excited, and I unintentionally saw that one color more than the others, and I was wondering how the Eli with a superiority complex (laughs) was like. In the end, the scene of the Live that we were able to see together is something that I probably will never be able to forget. When I think of our Lives, the first one that comes to mind is the Final Live, and the tears that flowed out because of Bokutachi wa Hitotsu no Hikari. My body grew hot as expected, and the tears that flowed out were hot. Of course I felt loneliness as well as many other feelings regarding the concept of “final” at that time, I didn’t think about what emotions were flowing out of me at all, but I was just surprised. It wasn’t like me. “So those tears are Eli’s!” I thought then, but… hmm? Maybe I was wrong, so sorry about that… (laughs) In short, I definitely can’t forget the heat of those tears.
I really am glad that I walked together with Eli in the past 6 years. Thank you for all the fun times we had. In these 6 years in both our lives, I think we were able to share the same body. Spiritual, isn’t it~!! (laughs)
Eli is me. I am Eli. It was like that then. But from now on we are living our own lives. I will treasure the memories that I got from my experiences with Eli, and do my best from now on.
Thank you for walking with me. I am really blessed that you were my partner.
Thank you very much for those 6 years.
Nanjou Yoshino
P.S. Congratulations on your graduation! P.S.2 When you turn 20, I’ll introduce you to some good sake! (laughs) Stay strong!
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