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Beautiful Memories Q&A, a series I started translating in 2021 and finally finished earlier this year. This is a series of mini-interviews printed on the back of novelty cards distributed at the AGF 2020 pop-up shop. There were 22 cards in total, one of each idol as a child and the other recreated as adults. I grouped the translations by senior/junior units.

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Uta No Prince Sama: Shining Live 6th Anniversary

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The new Town event "Dive into Autumn" starts on 9/6 14:00 JST! Coming soon! #ShiningLive https://t.co/GBnErkg5BO

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She was right. He could very well lose everything. That being said, it wouldn’t be the first time. He had come very close to losing his career before; he had even come close to losing his place at Shining Academy due to his lack luster performance. He’d nearly lost being an idol altogether, with his agent wanting him to focus on acting instead of the thing he love the most.

He didn’t want to lose something else he loved in an attempt to please others again.

“It wouldn’t be the first time,” he affirmed aloud, “I’d feel just as selfish, especially since you’re at the start of your career and doing well. Just as you say, I… I also want to be with you.”

“We’ll have to think of how to approach this with Shining. We’d have to do it soon. You’re absolutely right about the journalists; they’ll devour this.” He pulled her into his arms, “I don’t want to walk away from this,”

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Ophelia glanced down as she felt his soft and warm lips against her forehead. She smiled slightly as a light blush dusted her cheeks. She was happy to be able to see him again however she knew this would be a challenge to try and hide their relationship but she was up for it. " Maybe we could meet here since this seems secretive enough." She stated as she looked around her. She shivered slightly as she then shuffled closer to Tokiya. " W-we can always look for another place if this isn't enough." She added as she snuggled herself against him so she kept warm. She glanced to the side slightly " y-your coat wasn't enough." She stuttered.

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Tokiya tried to think of where he had heard Jaesoo’s name before Moonlight, but he couldn’t place it. He was pulled from his thoughts when she felt him snuggle against him.

“Yes,” he replied instantly when she asked if he wanted to continue. Of course he did. It wasn’t even a question worth asking... which surprised him. He NEVER took risks like this. His career meant everything to him, but maybe everything could mean more than one thing. 

“What do you mean, for someone like you?” he asked. Her lack of self esteem worried him. She was talented, beautiful, kind. Why couldn’t she see it herself?

“Losing you would not make me happy,” he voice was firm, “And it’s true, it took a long time to get where I am. That doesn’t mean you haven't been training just as hard as I have. This... could also affect you. We’d both be risking a great deal,”

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Ophelia glanced down as she felt his soft and warm lips against her forehead. She smiled slightly as a light blush dusted her cheeks. She was happy to be able to see him again however she knew this would be a challenge to try and hide their relationship but she was up for it. " Maybe we could meet here since this seems secretive enough." She stated as she looked around her. She shivered slightly as she then shuffled closer to Tokiya. " W-we can always look for another place if this isn't enough." She added as she snuggled herself against him so she kept warm. She glanced to the side slightly " y-your coat wasn't enough." She stuttered.

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That's my reason to live now!

The preview here

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“Jaesoo?” Tokiya was surprised. He had heard her name long before Mooblight was formed. She had been with the academy for quite a while, “You aren’t kidding... I knew of her before Moonlight was formed. What was she thinking?”

He paused for a moment, then looked down at Ophelia, “I say that when I know EXACTLY what she was thinking...” he admitted quietly. He felt her slip her hand into his, and he gave her hand a gentle squeeze. 

“All eyes will be on Moonlight and Heavens now,” Tokiya said, “But I... I-I don’t want to lose you either. Surely... Surely we can find someway to keep it a secret for now. Maybe it won’t have to be forever,”

He pulled her closer when she mentioned being stuck, “You will have to be careful, and so will I. We can make this work... I want this to work,”

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Ophelia glanced down as she felt his soft and warm lips against her forehead. She smiled slightly as a light blush dusted her cheeks. She was happy to be able to see him again however she knew this would be a challenge to try and hide their relationship but she was up for it. " Maybe we could meet here since this seems secretive enough." She stated as she looked around her. She shivered slightly as she then shuffled closer to Tokiya. " W-we can always look for another place if this isn't enough." She added as she snuggled herself against him so she kept warm. She glanced to the side slightly " y-your coat wasn't enough." She stuttered.

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His smile faded, “What? A dating scandal?”

His mind was racing; who could it be? He tensed when she mentioned Moonlight. A scandal this early could end that girl’s career and put a spotlight on the rest of the group. Their whole group dynamic would be thrown off while they tried to adjust to losing a member.

“It’ll be alright,” he said quickly. He reached out to hug her but stopped a placed a hand on her shoulder instead, “Who is it?” he asked gently. 

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Ophelia glanced down as she felt his soft and warm lips against her forehead. She smiled slightly as a light blush dusted her cheeks. She was happy to be able to see him again however she knew this would be a challenge to try and hide their relationship but she was up for it. " Maybe we could meet here since this seems secretive enough." She stated as she looked around her. She shivered slightly as she then shuffled closer to Tokiya. " W-we can always look for another place if this isn't enough." She added as she snuggled herself against him so she kept warm. She glanced to the side slightly " y-your coat wasn't enough." She stuttered.

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After 18 months in shipping limbo due to pandemic happenings, I finally got my box with the lovely "My Favorite Things" notebooks for Uta no Prince Sama. I opened them up and scanned both covers at once. Here are the Starish boys.

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It took him aback when she said that, but he didn’t know why. She was absolutely right and he didn’t know why the thought hadn’t crossed his mind.

“Yes, I... I would say this is a date,” he replied. He couldn’t believe it; this is not at all how he thought his day would go today.

He reached up to place a hand on her hair when she leaned against him, “Ah, worked out recently? I do... everyday if I can...” he replied, blushing.

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Ophelia glanced down as she felt his soft and warm lips against her forehead. She smiled slightly as a light blush dusted her cheeks. She was happy to be able to see him again however she knew this would be a challenge to try and hide their relationship but she was up for it. " Maybe we could meet here since this seems secretive enough." She stated as she looked around her. She shivered slightly as she then shuffled closer to Tokiya. " W-we can always look for another place if this isn't enough." She added as she snuggled herself against him so she kept warm. She glanced to the side slightly " y-your coat wasn't enough." She stuttered.

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“It’s not that this place isn’t enough. It’s beautiful; that’s why I brought you here.”

He pulled her closer, “But I’d like to take you to other places too. Places you want to go to. New places we can explore together. Places that are warmer,” he added with a small smile, “I can’t imagine it’s going to stay warm for very much longer. It would probably be very pretty in the winter, but it’ll be very cold,”

Closed rp with: @ask-tokiya-ichinose

Ophelia glanced down as she felt his soft and warm lips against her forehead. She smiled slightly as a light blush dusted her cheeks. She was happy to be able to see him again however she knew this would be a challenge to try and hide their relationship but she was up for it. " Maybe we could meet here since this seems secretive enough." She stated as she looked around her. She shivered slightly as she then shuffled closer to Tokiya. " W-we can always look for another place if this isn't enough." She added as she snuggled herself against him so she kept warm. She glanced to the side slightly " y-your coat wasn't enough." She stuttered.

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