Blog Translation: Hayashi Runa (Oct. 6th, 2020)

Otsukaresama desu! Don't look-, don't touch- me, Runa. The one in charge of the jet-black, Runa. No, that's not, it's the person in charge of doing her best at everything, Hayashi Runa. Oh, and I turned 17 years old.

(watch Nogizaka skits ep.17 for more info)

All this time I've been living with the flow, like the window of a car on the highway.

To put it bluntly, it's like there was no will and no intention to.

Compared to the time when I was just living by inertia, the 16-years-old-Hayashi Runa has been living by the ticking of time.

Dense, very dense and intense, such a year.

Those words had no unneeded embellishments, so without them warping they gently penetrated straight into my heart.

Thank you for all your congratulatory messages.

Thanks for your hard work today as well.

I'm Hayashi Runa, the 4th generation member of Nogizaka46.

17 years old, second year high school student from the Kanagawa Prefecture

I'm Hayashi Runa, the blooming seven's teen.

(A reference to Ito marika's PV, hana-saku sixteen)

Don't lose, don't be discouraged, Hayashi Runa! Today is another day of hard work!
(makeruna, shogeruna, Hayashi Runa! kyõ mo ichinichi ganbaruna!)

(pin-pon)

This is my 33rd blog relay.

And I've just turned 17 years old.

17 already, so fast isn't.

So many people congratulated me this year.

Seniors, 4th gens, former trainees, school friends, not-so-friends and my mother.

And everyone.

I can only say thanks to everyone for the opportunity to meet some really wonderful people as I get older.

There was also a child who wrote me a letter.

I cried because I knew that I was having a year that I would treasure for the rest of my life.

And at the same time, I wanted to make my 17 a much better and important treasure.

No one can imagine how the future will be in a castle on the air, so I can't say anything with certainty, but,

In order to give you the strength to be able to live your tomorrow,

The person in charge of doing her best at everything, Hayashi Runa, it's going to work super-duper hard.

Thank you for keep supporting me.

It's a t-shirt with "Leave it to others' headquarters" and " Self-reliance' temple" in it.

("Hitomakase sōhonzan"; "jiriki-tera")

It's the story of hayashi.

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The 16 members of the 4th gen performed at「TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL オンライン2020」

It was the first time of Nogizaka46 to perform there, and of all the 16 members of the 4th gen too.

It was the first time for me/us to perform on TIF.

And because it was online I couldn't see everyone's faces, but,

As I said in the nekojita SHOWROOM last month, I have the power of clairvoyance, so I could feel everyone's cheers, and of course I could see your faces.

The new 4th gen started performing from the 3rd song "Seifuku no mannequin"

And then we continued with "Girls Rule", "Kisu no Shuriken" and "I See...".

All of the 4th gens were very kind to me.

They taught me the movements that I didn't understand and they were really good at finding out my points I had to improve.

Teachers and the members of the 4th term have really supported me a lot.

From now on, I will work harder and harder so that I can be able help to them as well.

To everyone that watched us,

Or for those who thought, "Oh, today's TIF isn't, do your best girls!",

Thank you so much.