Nogizaka's Synchronized Coincidence

Chapter 67
A piece of rhythmic European and American style electronic music in the 90s came to an end. All 33 members were divided into two rows. Next to the eyes, the index finger is up and the middle finger is level, and there is no expression on the face.

A middle-aged lady who is different from ordinary people in terms of hairstyle and clothing, and who can be seen with a strong personal style at a glance, frowned and looked at it for a while, then said: "Okay, let's stop here for tonight The day after tomorrow is the day for the MV shooting, you all have reached the qualification standard.”

After hearing the affirmative words from Mr. Akimoto, who was designated as a choreographer by Mr. Akimoto from the first single, and who can be regarded as their enlightenment mentor in dance, the members relaxed their bodies and began to have a smile on their faces. smiled a little.

However, Teacher Nanliushi's voice sounded again.

"Well, Akimoto! You danced slowly in several places just now, and you couldn't keep up with the rhythm of other members. Please pay more attention, otherwise it will affect the overall performance."

Before it was too late to wipe off the sweat from his forehead, Akimoto Matsumoto, who was criticized by name, lowered his head and apologized: "I'm sorry!"

"And Ikoma, you are from the center! Please show off your aura as a center. The style of this song is quite different from the previous ones. Whether you can express the meaning of this song depends mainly on you"

Yikuma nodded after hearing the words, but his eyes showed helplessness and bewilderment.There should be no mistakes in my movements, and my own rhythm can be considered in sync with the team members. So, what is Teacher Nan's weakness?

"Kurokawa!"

Seeing Ikoma's tangled face, Nan Liushi had to find someone to help her due to time constraints.

"exist!"

"Just work hard, give Akimoto and Ikoma a little trouble, and help them reach the level I require by the day after tomorrow, okay?"

After accepting the invitation of Sony Music and Yasushi Akimoto, and becoming the queen choreographer of Nogizaka 46, Nan Liushi, who is like a half-teacher, took a fancy to two good seedlings, one is Aoi Kurokawa , and the other is Saito Asuka.

In Nan Liushi's mind, Saito Asuka's dance is full of spirituality, but because of his young age and lack of experience, the current expressiveness can only be limited to those innocent and lovely, lively and childlike dances.

But Kurokawa Aoi's reading comprehension ability makes her very satisfied. She can clearly understand the interpretation of songs and lyrics, the composer/lyricist's ideas, and even the meaning and mood of choreography, and express them in a form full of personal style. , but it can be properly integrated into the team's performance.

It is not to say that there are no members with excellent dance ability in the team. For example, Kawamura Mahiro and Ito Wanlihua have a very solid foundation, and their performance is considered top-notch among the members. Reika, Wakazuki Yumi, Shiraishi Mai and Ikoma Rina are also not counted.

However, when it comes to the performance ability that can shake people's hearts, only Asuka Saito is the only one in terms of potential, and Aoi Kurokawa is the first choice in terms of immediate combat power.

"Good teacher, I will do my best"

Aoi Kurokawa bowed his head slightly respectfully, and answered the task entrusted by Nan Liushi.

After explaining the matter clearly, Nan Liushi left the dance room.

All the members sat on the ground regardless of their manners, wiping sweat and drinking water. Under such intense and high-intensity rehearsals, it was the teacher's mercy that they were still able to move.

This time for the MV of "Uniform Doll", all members will be on the stage, whether it is selection or under, except Miss Yumi who has announced her graduation and Xiaobai who is concentrating on her studies.

"No matter how hard I try, I can't close the distance created during that window period, right? Some things can't be changed even if I try my best. Maybe I shouldn't come back at all, and I won't be surrounded by other members and Fans will hate it."

The more she thinks about it, the lower her head becomes, and the tears in her eyes are also affected by gravity, falling to the ground drop by drop, but she dare not make any sound, because she feels that she is just holding everyone back. , the airborne "Fu Shen" who will only rely on the hard push of the operation if the name is not right, the basic singing and dancing ability is not as good as that of the members of under, she is not qualified to cry when she is wronged.

Akimoto Manasuma, who was in constant self-doubt and denial, was interrupted by a warm hand on her head.

"Don't think about those things that are there or not. You haven't done anything wrong. Just do what you can. Let me practice with you, step by step or even step by step. You can do it , Manatsu"

The gentle and powerful words stopped the water in Akimoto Matsu's eyes, raised her head and looked at Kurokawa Aoi with her small eyes, and sincerely thanked her from the bottom of her heart: "Aoi sauce, thank you!"

"You're welcome! Don't tell me that your hand feels good."

After patting the opponent's head several times, Kurokawa Aoi left Manatsu and came to Ikoma.

"How much does Ikkuma-chan understand Teacher Nan's words?"

Rina Ikoma's crystal-clear eyes expressed puzzlement and said: "To be honest, I really don't understand what the teacher said. Do you want my movements to be more powerful and clean? Or should I dance more quickly?" Taller or bigger moves? I asked myself when I just practiced, there was nothing wrong."

The members who were resting in the dance room and were close to the two of them nodded at the same time to express their agreement. Among them, Ichikuma-chan's dance is quite standard.

"Is that how you understand it? That's right, some things can only be felt, not expressed in words. How about this, you watch me dance once, and then discuss your feelings"

After finishing speaking, Aoi Kurokawa turned around and took a few steps, then turned to face Ikoma, but instead of starting immediately, she lowered her head and closed her eyes.

Less than five seconds later, when Aoi pressed the switch of the speaker and raised her head and opened her eyes again with the music, Rina Ikoma's body shook involuntarily when she met her eyes.

With just one look, she felt the aura of Aoi Kurokawa rushing towards her face. It was an aura that she could call "fighting", "resistance", "unyielding" and "sharpness", but it was only from Aoi Can a single look and a standing posture convey so many emotions?
The dance steps are no different from Ikoma's, but the feeling for everyone present is completely different. Ikoma's dance may make them feel energetic, handsome, etc., but Kurokawa Aoi's dance makes them feel like I understand what she thinks in her heart, she wants to resist not being manipulated by adults, to break all taboos, and she is not willing to become a uniform doll who is like a walking dead, without emotion and thought.

As usual, she completed the action, but the fierce gaze in Kurokawa Aoi's eyes made the heart of those who looked at her throb, and they dared not look directly into her eyes, but they were deeply attracted at the same time.

After exhaling, the aura of Kurokawa Aoi disappeared without a trace, and she walked slowly to Ikoma and said, "So Ikkuma-chan, how do you feel now?"

"It's momentum! Aoi sauce, you can express the emotions you want to express very well with your eyes. And what you show is very consistent with the meaning of the song, making people understand and feel it at a glance get"

Ikoma intuitively explained her feelings, and now she finally understood what Nan Liushi was talking about.

"The rest depends on your own comprehension. I'll help Manaxia with her rehearsal first."

Patting Kuma on the shoulder, Aoi Kurokawa went to look for Matsumoto Akimoto.

The next day, when Nan Liushi watched Nogizaka46's "Uniform Doll" again, she knew the girls were finally ready.

On the day of the MV shooting, it was still gray at 46 o'clock in the morning. All members of Nogizaka [-] took the bus and arrived at the former Takahagi Industrial High School in Takahagi City, Ibaraki Prefecture. They will have a whole day to complete the shooting task.

In the early morning of late October, it was the end of autumn when the temperature was not sunny, and even wearing a coat, I still felt a little cool.

Hashimoto Nanami, who has rarely overcome the difficulty of getting up in the morning, is next to Kurokawa Aoi, Shiraishi Mai, Ikuta Erika and Matsumura Sayuri, listening to them chatting with each other.

"Nanamin? Nanamin!?"

"Scared? I'm sorry, I was thinking about something just now"

Hashimoto Nana expressed her apology to Kurokawa Aoi who called her.

"Nothing important, just want to ask how is your school going? Are you okay?"

"I can handle it for the time being, but I have to ask the company for leave from time to time when I meet exams and hand in homework. Other times are fine. By the way, the Chinese medicine doctor you introduced to me a while ago, I pressed him a few times and drank those medicines. Very bitter Chinese medicine soup, now I find that my physical condition is much better, and the occurrence of allergies and low back pain is very small, I really want to thank the sunflower sauce!"

Nanamin still remembers that when she first followed Kui to see the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, she was quite skeptical about these things in her heart, and she would not try it if Kui Jiang strongly recommended it.But it's really amazing, after the doctor's conditioning of my body for more than a month, all aspects of the situation have improved significantly, but I lost the opportunity to massage myself with sunflower sauce, which is a little regrettable.

"That would be great! I would also like to thank my grandfather for finding Dr. Chen for me. If he and Dr. Chen's father were not brothers, and it happened that the other's son was practicing medicine in Tokyo, it would be difficult to find a Chinese medicine doctor with authentic materials." It's not easy"

Kurokawa Aoi is also thankful that when he was on the phone with his grandfather, he was just worried about finding a Chinese medicine doctor for Nana Min, and it happened that he happened to know that when he was studying martial arts in the Zhenfan Martial Art Museum, the son of the junior he knew was living and practicing medicine in Tokyo. This is God's will.

"But Dr. Chen told me to do more exercises to strengthen the abdominal and back muscles, so as to better protect the position affected by the old disease."

"Then why don't you just run and do exercises in the park near our house every morning? Anyway, I know a lot of ways to exercise abdominal muscles and back. Do you think this is a good idea?"

"Then I'm not even deprived of the benefits of sleeping in late? Woohoo, Kui Jiang doesn't have to be so diligent! Or every other day, three times a week, and rest on weekends, okay, please~"

In order to defend her right to sleep late, Hashimoto Nana abandoned her intellectual and cold personality without even thinking about it. She acted like a baby and pretended to be pitiful.

"Three days a week, let's say three days a week! But it must be less, otherwise it won't have much effect"

Kurokawa Aoi softened her heart and accepted Nanamin's request.

Thanks to the unremitting efforts and hard work of the scholar-bureaucrats, the layout of the shooting site was quickly completed. Under the illumination of multiple non-stop moving spotlights and spotlights, the original gymnasium was full of mystery and fantasy.

Rina Ikoma came to Kurokawa Aoi, and said to her as if she wanted to offer a treasure: "Aoi sauce, Aoi sauce, can you see me like this?"

After finishing speaking, Ichikuma-chan lowered his head and closed his eyes to prepare his emotions. After a while, he raised his head and opened his eyes. The clear eyes shone with a firm and unyielding expression. The petite figure with short hair implied a mixture of boys and girls. Androgynous charm is eye-catching.

"Very good, Ichikuma-chan's expression and aura have successfully played his own role. Do you remember what happened when we were in the "Principal of 16 people"?"

"How could I forget it! Now as long as I hear these words, my body will tense up subconsciously"

As if recalling something terrible, Ikoma's expression became terrified.

"Acting and dancing are both performing arts. The biggest difference between an excellent performance and an ordinary performance, do you know what it is?"

Kurokawa Aoi's question caused Ikoma to fall into deep thought.

"I can't tell, I can only judge by feeling. I think it's good if it can make people feel the emotions displayed by the performers?"

"You are right, the point of performance art is to be able to touch other people's emotions, so that the audience can experience the thoughts and feelings that the work itself wants to express, and my own opinion is that an excellent performer can inject "soul" into the work Bring it to life.Don't we have to remember all the characters' lines and positions so that we can always be ready to perform?But does a character only have lines and positions?The uniqueness of the character, background, personality, psychology, etc. A "live" character contains all these details. Although the audience may not be aware of it, whether you can make the character you play have a "soul" depends on these details. necessary"

Kurokawa Aoi's explanation made Ikoma Rina understand that the other party was able to compete with Huahua for the first role of "Alice". .

"Aren't you very dissatisfied with the fact that the adults forced us to become competitors with each other? Just take advantage of this opportunity when we can justifiably express our will to resist, and let you vent your anger and dissatisfaction at that time! If it wasn't for this pure dance MV without any plot, I would still want to have a big destruction like "Come on Shampoo!"

Recalling the time when the MV was filmed, when she pushed all kinds of objects to the ground from the balcony on the second floor, that kind of carefree and comfortable feeling, Kurokawa Aoi naturally showed a happy expression on her face.

The corner of Ikoma Rina's mouth twitched unnaturally, and then she remembered the beautiful, gentle and caring elder sister in front of her, a violent person who likes to listen to heavy metal rock and rap and hip-hop, and possesses martial arts.

After a whole day, a lot of shots were taken for the group dance, personal close-up, Fushen group, selection group, etc., but it was finally completed without incident.

Among them, Manatsu's performance has been practiced hard, and under Aoi's patient guidance, he finally caught up with everyone's level, but because it is the first time to shoot the MV, there is still room for improvement in personal performance, and that can only be achieved by time and experience accumulated.

When everyone boarded the bus and returned, the manager said: "Everyone has worked hard today! But the members of the selection team, I am sorry to inform you that there will be location arrangements for the filming of "Where is Nogizaka?" tomorrow."

"Yeah! Isn't it?"

"Hey, have we all become social animals, a bunch of people squeezed by the company?"

The members of the selection team suddenly complained, while the members of the under were secretly having fun. Even if there is no work arrangement, it is not a bad thing, at least there is time to rest.

When the voice of complaining stopped for a while, the manager's voice sounded again: "The content of the shooting plan is to visit the scenic spots in Tokyo, taste various special food and solve puzzle games. The members will be divided into 3 groups to compete with each other, and the winner will be the winner. You can get the reward of burning meat all you can eat”

Immediately there was no sound in the bus, and then there was an earth-shattering cheer, which made the driver of the bus tremble with fright. Fortunately, no accident was caused due to his rich experience.

"I love Sony! I love operations! I love programming!"

"Roast meat! Roast meat! Roast meat!"

"I think it's not bad in Nogizaka!"

Sometimes, happiness is so simple.

　Sorry to keep everyone waiting.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)