greetings, meri here! welcome to my art blog! (she/her) ⁞ eng/fil/日本語(少し) ⁞ sleepy multifandom/oc artist & graphic designer ⁞ likes idolmaster, magical girls, cartoons
enjoy this pinned tweet post. i’m usually more active on twitter/bluesky but i sometimes go here for things.（こんにちは、メリです。よろしくお願いします。）
here’s this extended about page and my art blog’s carrd for more info + other online sites i’m on! generally, i like various media stuff and i sometimes draw things inspired by the same media i like.
This is a reprint of my own Twitter post from 1/13/2023. No, I did not post this on the wrong blog this time.
—— happy birthday, michio! let's continue walking together on this grand stage, forever and ever 💙👓📐
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Michio-san, how’s Tokyo fairing for you? Still trying to chase your dreams? Or perhaps you’re still inspiring your students to chase theirs?
It’s my fourth year celebrating your birthday and I can never get tired of seeing you around. How do I describe this... Because I have either a few, or a lot to say.
It has been several years since I got more into SideM, since I became S.E.M’s producer for the very first time. Somehow, you’ve managed to keep me sane while also driving me insane at the same time in the best ways possible. Whether as a teacher or as an idol, you’ve helped guide me to follow my own dreams and passions; and to find myself again during and after those few years of pain. Seeing you had reminded me of... myself, in a way.
Nothing says “I love you” more than staying by your side and watching you grow as an idol and as a person over time. You–all of S.E.M, really–had kept me moving forward for all those times. You’ve inspired me to keep moving forward in light of bad fortune and to chase my own dreams. This burning passion of yours has reminded me of my own passion and the way I want to keep supporting what I love, what kind of person I want to be in the future, and to come back to my own roots even if it meant starting over.
It’s funny how it took a while before I found a favorite that had left so much impact and represented a part of me so much. Those past few years have surely been a ride, and even with a long-standing part of us now gone after over 8 years, I still want to support and be there for you and all of S.E.M as your producer. Despite the odds and the bleakness of it all right now, we shall try to stand tall and continue moving forward.
Let’s continue walking with you on this grand stage, forever and ever.
Thanks for always keeping me company.
― meriP
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I had also made some graphics for the “letter” in hand!
It’s difficult for me to find the exact words that fully express the extent of how much my no. 1 tantou idol — Michio Hazama — means to me. Every year, I often ask myself if all of whatever oshikatsu or activities I’m doing would be considered “enough” to not only me, but to other Ps as well.
S.E.M is my favorite unit, but I didn’t start paying more attention to him in particular until “Learning Message” came up in my playlist in late December 2019 during a road trip. Throughout 2020, my love for him grew with each new game event in SideMoba and MStage, and got myself into a habit of drawing art for his birthday every year.
There’s so much I want to create and achieve, and yet I find myself trapped in reminders of my own fears and insecurities of whether anything I create (art, writing, translation, etc.) or do will ever be as “good” compared to others that have had more time, money, or experience than me — worried if I could even be compared to other Ps that may have achieved more than I ever could. I could never get the highest ranks through in-game events, yet I’ve tried to find other ways to express such love in different ways — even when I had to learn to accept them despite my stubbornness.
If my love couldn’t be shown through a game, then through what?
I want to get better at art and translation. I want to get better at expressing myself and my favorites. I want to get better at understanding other Ps. I want to connect with other Ps again like I tried to before and (eventually) gave up because I just wasn’t strong enough.
I feel oddly emotional on his birth month this year. Felt burnt down from the events of my personal life last year and unable to focus and get myself to work on things as I continue to consume YouTube videos over and over again… yet there is still that burning feeling deep down inside me that yearns to push me once more. As I watched over S.E.M’s activities throughout 2025 — from Van Gogh to 10th STAGE to MOIW and seeing Michio get to be part of a cross-branch game for once — I’ve never felt more proud of being not only S.E.M’s Producer… but also as Michio’s Producer by far.
Michio… gives me a reason to keep on creating. To keep moving forward.
Glasses, silver hair and lavender eyes, a serious personality, his gap moe, and an overflow of sincerity. What draws me to him the most is his never-ending passion. He may be the oldest in 315Pro (and the entirety of the IM@S idol cast), but his drive for learning and caring for others (whether it would be towards his students, his family, the comrades he has made in 315Pro, and especially his unitmates + Producer) transcends age itself. Through his time as an idol, he has never stopped growing and is open to try something new… and has become more expressive in conveying such feelings and passion from it that inspires others.
His silent passion is one of the things that drive me forward. I have said it before and I’ll say it again: his burning passion has reminded me of my own passion and the way I want to keep supporting what I love, what kind of person I want to be in the future, and to come back to my own roots even if it meant starting over.
As a Producer, as an artist, and as a person.
Happy birthday, Michio. I’m looking forward to seeing and working with you for another year onward.
happy 20th anniversary im@s!!!!!
i was given the honor to draw the after20 & over30 (minoriizu or mengoku five) quintets for the kaigaiP/overseasP "YE@RBOOK" zine!
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