At the pairs handshake event last week in Nagoya,
I was paired with Memi...
Memi enchants fans without speaking.
I was really interested in how she did it.
But even there right beside her, I didn't get it.
This is after Memi bashed her foot
And was cooling herself against a metal door.
Even during treatment, she did not rest from being burikko.
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Note: I'm not sure I see any burikko in that pic, just Memi's inescapable personal attractiveness. Maybe she said something at the time. Here are a few quotes from handshake fans that might explain what Kumi couldn't see:
-- just hearing Memi's voice bewitches me
-- her very existence is bewitching
-- she's even nice to virgins
-- after saying hello, I asked her to "fish" me. She gave me the most wonderful wink and brought her smiling face closer to mine. I had prepared things to say, but they all vanished. it was great.
-- Mii-pan's shoulder still seems not have healed (note: they were a pair in Thursday's Osaka handshake event), but our princess just continued in normal operation, making people fall in love with her in an instant
-- when Memi's eyes met mine, my heart seemed to stop
-- one guest says she was feeling down when she got to Memi, and Memi noticed, expressed sympathy, and said she wanted to hug her (note: the handshake set-up prevents this -- and I'm just guessing that the guest was a girl).
-- twitter sekkatijaime: Kakizaki Memi is an idol among idols. She's so cute that at the handshake event I was shocked that such cuteness existed. And add burikko to that, and fishing. there is unimaginable power in seeing such cuteness. was the word "cute" invented for her?
Personally, I might add different explanations: that her gaze seems able to create a direct contact with the audience. I think the burikko stuff is like shock treatment to help people feel the eye-to-eye direct contact. And I am always impressed by Memi's inner calm, which is probably what allows that feeling of contact.
And unlike most idols, I just about never see any hint of fear in her eyes (understandable when you think of the pressure to please that is on them). Like the slight fear in Kumi's eyes in these pictures.
To me, Memi is the happiest part of the happy aura. It just comes welling up from inside her and she does not have to push the appearance of it with any kind of forced smile (although she has now learned how to do that when she needs to).
In Message a few hours ago, Memi recommended the YouTuber KouichiTV. YouTube Twitter -- surreal humour aimed at a high-school and college audience. She says she watches every day.
She also recommends kombucha, a slightly fermented drink made from seaweed -- in particular, she recommended umekombucha, a kind including dried plum. This is not to be confused with the "kombucha" now sold widely in North America, which is fermented tea given the wrong name, lol.
via Anakamirikarutenani