[Aidoru Kana?] Poll results, Extras and brief intro for n00bs =P

You know, you'd think with all this time on my hands, I would be blogging more and procrastinating less, right?
WRONG.
That SnN review I promised has been started, but since I KNOW I won't be finishing into tonight, I decided to post something else instead~ no jumps this time, so just scroll to your heart's content!

I feel like I've been neglecting the story side of this blog as of late, so I decided make an Aidoru exclusive post. Yes, I am aware I posted a chapter of the story just a few days ago, but two weeks without an update? Scandalous! (That, and I was very determined to have six posts in this month... yet that SnN review seems to be coming along rather poorly, so that will probably have to wait at least until Monday. So here's my infamous stalling post!)

For those of you who haven't been following my story (and totally should be, rawr,), here's a little rundown:
I originally created this blog to post chapters of the story "Aidoru Kana?" which focuses on the lives of three young people in the Japanese entertainment industry, all experiencing different dilemmas with their careers and their personal lives. Each character is based on an actual celebrity- the twelve-year-old idol is based on Kago Ai, former H!P frontgirl. Korean-turned-J-pop artist debutante Jae is based on Younha, who you may know for singing the third ending to the anime BLEACH. Hiro is "inspired" by Miura Haruma, purely because he looks delicious- the actor "Hiro" of in the story has nothing to do with his actual experiences in his career as an actor.

Okay, so the poll has long since closed- I set the end date at July 20th, and we have a tie between all three choices. That means I have to come up with a song for Azami's group, HA.NA. BI, and Jae's audition song, AND make a trailer for Hiro's drama? haha, two of three are already half way done.

-I've already written English lyrics to Younha's "Audition- Time2Rock" a little while back (I actually posted about this earlier too) but that project fell through for a while. I'm restarting auditions on Youtube and scouting for a singer, so that should get done fairly quickly =D.

-HA.NA.BI's song will be a S/mileage song (yes, the group from H!P). I've already got girls fandubbing it with me, so expect that out by August 10th.

-and while I don't have HIRO's drama trailer ready just yet (this isn't the trailer for his CURRENT drama, but rather the older one which originally skyrocketed him to fame), I do have another trailer ready for public viewing!

Azami's (12-year-old Ai Kago extraordanaire) trailer, focusing on some key points of her story, I pulled clips from Ai Kago perfs, interviews, and even let her W twin Tsuji Nozomi double for her in some scenes =P. Aren't I the stealthy one?

Enjoy:



The subtitles are obviously fake, if you have any degree of vague understanding of Japanese- but I didn't want to spoil it for those of you who didn't before you watched, so I decided the disclaimer would go after the video.

Now, go read the gosh darn chapters, will ya? =P

[Aidoru Kana?] Chapter 8

Read the previous chapter//start at the beginning

The words blurred, swimming in front of my eyes as I wrestled with my fading focus. Squeezing my aching eyes shut for a moment, I did what I knew I couldn't- what I shouldn't- but I did anyway. 

[Aidoru Kana?] Chapter 7

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I fixed my eyes on Fujimoto-san’s receding silhouette, willing the sunset not to swallow his figure as he headed across the parking lot towards his crookedly aligned Toyota. His final words rang in my head, an air of resignation weighing them down:

            “I’ve said all I can, and I’ll give you a chance to discuss this matter as a family now.”

[Aidoru Kana?] Chapter 6

Start from the beginning//Read the previous chapter

            Hello everyone! ^^

Today was sooooo much fun!

I got to meet lots of famous actors and singers ^///^

We had a great performance today!

I can’t believe it’s only been a month since I started this blog!

Thanks to everyone for their support <3!

            I sighed, letting the breath seep out of me like a deflating balloon.

My head hurts and my feet ache.

Stop texting me. I don’t want to talk to you.

I’m scared.

I’m tired.

            The words get their two milliseconds of glory on the screen before I hold down the C and watch the word wrap eat them away.

            “Enter.” I mouth to myself, willing myself to submit the entry before I snapped the phone closed.

[Song] Would you like to give Jae a voice?

Hey everyone!
Sorry, no Azami chapter this week. I'm already spending way too much time online (and not enough time revising for APs) as it is. But I do have an exciting announcement to share!


I've been working on English lyrics to the song that Jae was singing for a while now, and I've finally finished penning the lyrics to it. It's based on Go Younha's song, "Audition-Time2Rock", which, if you haven't guessed yet, is who I used as an inspiration for Jae's character.


Here's the song with its original Korean lyrics translated:





Want to sing this song and be Jae's voice? See under the cut for my lyrics, based on Jae's character!

[Aidoru Kana?] Chapter 5

Read the previous chapter//Start at the beginning

My fingers closed on empty air, too late to grasp her delicate wrist as she fled from me. As her silhouette shrunk steadily in the distance, I willed my frozen feet to bring me to her. My out-stretched hand fell, slumped limply at my side as an agonizing drape of despair veiled my world. I sank to my knees.

            “But… Sakura. I loved-“ was all I could utter before the rising sobs tore free in my chest.  Sinking to my knees, I muffled my pain in my chest.

[Aidoru Kana?] Chapter 4

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My clammy fingers wringed the fringe of my shirt, searching for something to hold on to.  Whenever I dreamed (or had nightmares about) of this moment, I had always imagined myself with a microphone in hand. Then again, I had also thought I would be meeting the judges’ gaze with confidence and poise, and that wasn’t happening either.

[Aidoru Kana?] Chapter 3

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“Remember: be idols. Be happy.” were Maya-san’s parting words. As I staring into the flare of the spotlight as tingling energy surges through my body, I wonder. Is this happiness? Even if it isn’t, it will have to do.

[Aidoru Kana?] Chapter 2

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            I could feel the hot breath of an old hag rolling down the back of my neck. It wasn’t exactly the most pleasant sensation, but I gritted my teeth and kept staring at the ground- or at least, what I could see of the ground between the patches of feet that covered it. I hadn’t donned sunglasses, a baseball cap, or some loose hoodie, but no one gives me a second glance. Looking up, I stare straight at a cute short-haired girl wearing a grey, artsy hat, and she stares back at me for a moment before turning to stare out the window.

Not an ounce of recognition.

Figures.

[Aidoru Kana?] New trailer and poll!

So in my shameless attempts of self-promotion, I've created a snazzy trailer for Aidoru Kana? between school, computer spazzes, and grouchy parents, this almost-a-minute-long trailer took me four days to make! Phew!

Love it? Hate it? Let me hear it in the new poll in the sidebar!

it will be open from today until the end of April :)

the trailer has also been added to the AK? Masterlist page for your future viewing pleasure.

look forward to a new installment of Idoru Kana, featuring the mysterious actor coming very soon!

~Cristelle

[Aidoru Kana?] Chapter 1

 

            There’s a fine line between taking a leap of faith and taking a leap to your death.