Kisaragi Megumi – “I am no longer a loner” (November 2022)

I’m Kisaragi Megumi of red color from Zenbu Kimi no Sei da. Today I’d like to occupy your brain. I hope you’ll read this to the end.

Another issue, I don’t know which one anymore. This time I’d like to write about “Zenkimi.” There are probably people reading this who don’t know me, and there are probably people who have heard something about “Zenkimi.”

On December 10, 2022, Zenbu Kimi no Sei da turned 7 years old. Seven years sounds like an incredibly long time.

When we first had our own column in “Skream!”, I, Kisaragi, was the very first one to write for it. And then I wrote that “‘Zenkimi’ is only 4 years old.” But now I’m thinking, “What, already seven years?” Not in a bad way.

The group has become so much a part of my life that I can’t even believe how much time has passed. We had a period of being on hiatus for two months, but then we just didn’t have any shows or work in public, but we kept practicing dance and vocals. After that, new members joined us, and we, without stopping, did two tours over all 47 prefectures of Japan in almost one year, and now we are in the middle of a third. It’s quite an interesting life.

And I’m writing this text on a trip, too. On the border between prefectures. By the way, between Saga and Nagasaki.

And this is how I spend all this stormy – I won’t stop saying that – time. I can say this with absolute certainty. I think about Zenbu Kimi no Sei da every day. It’s already something abnormal at this point, both mentally and physically.

It’s my whole life, so to speak. What is “food” to you, is “Zenkimi” to me.

Before I joined “Zenkimi,” I was failing to live a so-called “normal life,” and so when I gained something important to me in addition to these strange traits of mine, I became increasingly focused on my growth and became kind of crazy. I mean, I’m just a fool. And I don’t know any more people who could live like me.

And after those seven years, it was decided that on March 15, 2023, we would perform at Budokan.

And if you look back, what began seven years ago with one member’s phrase, “Budokan, the place of dream,” has now become “the promised land.”

After all, I am the only one who continues to carry the feelings of our fans over all these seven years. I have strived all this time to bring them to the Budokan, and so now when I have achieved this opportunity, I am glad to the core. I really am. So much so that I wish I could go back to the moment Earth was born, to the moment of the Big Bang, and say thanks. And I would like to thank all the people who have made a pinky promise with me.

The promise, wanting to keep it, I didn’t stop all this time.

I wanted to treasure the fact that people believed in me.

I didn’t want to forget the voices of the people who believed in me, the feelings of the people who came to our concerts in between work or school. “Ah, if only I could take them with me.” Maybe it’s just self-satisfaction, but the path I’ve followed all this time has not been easy, and that’s why I have pretty strong feelings and a firm spirit in me.

The Budokan concert I’ve been waiting seven years for – what it will be like, what songs we will perform – I can’t imagine. I would like everything to be so chaotic that even the making of the set list can be left to the eve of the show. I want to be surprised along with the fans: “Oh, this song and now!”. I love that kind of unreasonable stuff.

For me, who didn’t think of devoting my life to music at all, Budokan was something incredibly distant. And now it’s sort of the next station.

To those who are reading this now: how many years have you known Zenbu Kimi no Sei da?

Perhaps there are people here who have already come out at some station.

First of all, there are probably also those who knew this train but have never ridden it yet.

And I would like, if possible, to come to Budokan with all of you.

If you “know,” I want you to “know for real.”

The fate of the “religious” heavy feelings, desires and dreams of the origins of the world of Zenbu Kimi no Sei da.

As I said in the introduction, Zenbu Kimi no Sei da is now in the middle of its third tour over all 47 prefectures of Japan.

I hope to be able to see you somewhere and be able to convey this.

Get to know Zenbu Kimi no Sei da for real!

Hey folks, we’re finally going to hit Budokan!

I’ll fulfill all those promises I’ve made so many times. I, Kisaragi, am no longer a loner!

Source – https://skream.jp/column/kiminosei/kiminosei_18.php