[TOA] The moment ARASHI announced hiatus, I was in a plane

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27 Jan 2019.



In that morning, I went to watch Touken Ranbu movie in Osaka. Then I spent my day in Awata-Jinja Shrine, Kyoto.



I remembered that it was a sunny day and I was satisfied that I arranged my schedule well to cover all spots.

I was idle when queuing to get onboard, back home. I glanced the SNS and the shocking title "ARASHI will go on hiatus" took my breath.

This couldn't be true, I thought. I've never imagine that this could happen. I called my friend and asked what was going on, but at that time the CA made the onboard announcement and I had to turn off my phone and got onboard in an unbelievably chaotic condition.

Up in the sky, I could do nothing but watch and re-watch Killing For The Prosecution (Kensatsugawa no Zainin), which I've watched many times in cinema and on plane. I just wanted to read the news but I was in a plane (not JAL) so ... had to accept that most of the things in our lives are not in our control.

The plane landed. I immediately turned on the phone and found all the news headlines and coverage that ... I didn't want to read.

I couldn't help bursting into tears. Tears of shock, tears of anguish. Fortunately there was a washroom nearby.

I submitted my PhD application days before this Osaka trip. Had ARASHI announced hiatus days earlier, I wouldn't have had any motivation to go for this application ...

Watching Jun said that he felt sad thinking about that this might be the last time he sing that song during ARAFES Kokuritsu performance in the latest Voyage episode, I turned the computer off. Yes I still haven't watched the whole episode 20.

I feel so sad. And still shocked. Don't quite want to hear the words "end", "last episode", "xx episodes left" ... I think even after they revive I would still feel sad whenever I think of this period of time.

And I shall live with this sorrow, and feel and embrace this sorrow, as part of my love to ARASHI.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Sob sob 😢😢😢 I was crying when I read the news after working my morning shift 😢😢😢 still hard to believe