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Kuroro Extra Story: The Red Bird Has Escaped

[The death of a beautiful woman is undoubtedly the most poetic subject in the world. 】

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"That day, we saw the falling of the stars."

—— "TIME Weekly" May 2006

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On May 27, [-], a midsummer night that should have been spent in tranquility.

A piercing gunshot resounded through the 30-person Tokyo Dome venue.

The gunshot announced the end of an era.

The most beautiful harvest of our time - "Diva" MANA was shot at a concert and unfortunately passed away.

MANA's death marked the end of the era of superstars. After the last world-class influential queen MANA passed away suddenly, there has never been such an incomparable genius in the music world.

Today is [-], the tenth year since MANA passed away.

In order to commemorate this actress who illuminated an era like a bright moon, the author interviewed a series of relevant people and finally made this article.

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【A girl running on the road of dreams, what she is looking at is...】

In the summer of [-], a fateful encounter.At the fan fair of Summer I, a talented music producer met a talented singer.

"When I heard it for the first time, I felt the hairs on my back stand on end, MANA's singing."

Later, Mr. Xia Ke, the manager of the Phantom Troupe, described how they felt when they met MANA for the first time. Mr. Xia Ke was also at the meeting that day. The man with green eyes smiled bitterly while recalling, and told the author like this described.

"Generally speaking, newcomers always have some shortcomings, right? Emotional investment, breathing skills, rendering intensity... Even after entering this industry for many years, there are still some shortcomings that cannot be made up for. However, MANA is different. Yes. She was only 15 years old at that time...or 16 years old? But both skills and voice are very mature, and emotions are also in place. Well, it can only be described as 'nearly perfect'. I was in the I thought, what kind of monster is this? I think it’s probably because of this that the leader decided to sign MANA.”

It was an era with many stars. In the last glorious period of the record era, there were as many idols as stars shining in their respective fields.

Among the many idols, what exactly is it that MANA relies on to become the most unique and unrivaled "singer" at the same time?

"I think it's probably because she worked so hard."

After thinking for a moment, Mr. Knight replied.

"Although hard work is the least important basic skill in this industry, MANA's hard work has reached the point where it can be called a talent. Even I feel scared sometimes. Generally speaking, after some achievements, People tend to relax and feel like, "Oh, that's good" or "you can take a break", right? But she doesn't do that at all. No matter how small things are, you have to do your best. This is MANA's creed. See She is so desperate, the people around will be driven up unconsciously, and run forward together with her at full speed. Even I don't know how long I have been driven by her. Of course, there are also people who can't keep up halfway. People who leave, but MANA never accuses those who are left behind, every time she will say to them "thank you for your support and help in the past", she is the kind of person who is very strict with herself, but she will not use the same strict One who sets strict standards for others."

The author has also heard the rumor that MANA froze bone spurs in the sea in order to shoot the album cover, so I couldn’t help but confirm it with Mr. Xia Ke.The result was an unexpected answer.

"MANA is never satisfied with her own work, so she always revises until the last minute, even if she says to her, 'It's too late! It's time to hand it over!' She will drag me to say something 'Please! I think this place can be improved! Please give me a little more time'... I am always the last person to negotiate with the company."

Mr. Xia Ke couldn't help laughing wryly when he said this, but his expression was still happy, as if he missed that time very much.

"Of course Mana is proven right every time, for some reason, after she's dealt with it, those parts are more moving. Having said that, every time I step on the last minute and rush to hand in the master tape The person is me."

The author believes that this serious attitude is also the key to MANA's ability to win the love of fans.

"However, although it is very hard, the time of cooperating with MANA is very pleasant."

Mr. Knight said so.

"Every second day after the completion of the project, MANA would invite everyone to have a big meal. It's surprising. Although she is in her position, she still cares about the evaluation of herself from the people around her. Once I was too tired and declined the dinner. When I saw her again the next day, she specially left high-end snacks for me. She pushed me over like a child who was afraid of being angry, and peeked at me a little timidly, pretending not to care, and said, "This is what the staff said is very good." There are snacks to eat, but there are only two pieces in the box, so little is the punishment for Mr. Knight who didn't come yesterday'...isn't it cute?"

Following the description of Mr. Xia Ke, the author seems to have also seen the girl who expressed herself in such an awkward way because she was afraid that her kindness would be rejected.

"Always run towards your dream, that is MANA."

Mr. Xia Ke finally commented like this.

"She is not a person who is pushed to the tide by the times. She is running in the torrent of the times, desperately trying to catch her own goals. Being able to firmly believe in one's dreams is a very remarkable talent."

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【At the graduation ceremony, watching from afar, did the girl ever feel sentimental? 】

MANA was born in an ordinary middle-class family in Tokyo. Her maternal grandmother was an island singing singer in Okinawa. The musical talent that MANA inherited from her began to shine when she was still very young.She won the runner-up of the regional folk song competition in elementary school, the runner-up of the Xth Youth Piano Competition, the champion of the National Folk Song Competition, and the No. Also excellent.

The author visited the former alma mater of MANA. Although many teachers were reluctant to talk about the privacy of the deceased student due to school regulations, most of them showed admiration and regret when mentioning MANA.

"She was a very serious kid."

Mr. A, who used to be a teacher of MANA, said so.

"No matter how hard the work was, she never missed her studies. On the day of graduation, probably to avoid a sensation, she stayed alone in the teacher's office, quietly watching everyone's graduation ceremony. At that time, she had already decided to go to a high school exclusively for entertainers. I went to school. Later, I also thought, what kind of mood did she have when she sat there that day and looked at those classmates who would go on different paths from her?"

After a few minutes of silence, Mrs. A continued with deep displeasure.

"The rumors online about how she was arrogant and made things difficult for her classmates are all nonsense...Mana is a very polite kid and the students like her very much. A kid like that shouldn't end up like that."

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[Not expressing is the most powerful expression. 】

The author wanted to interview MANA's family, but as always, MANA's family refused all interviews.

When MANA was still active, she resolutely opposed all disturbances to her family, hid her surname, and chose the Roman sound of MANA as her debut stage name, and it was also for this reason.She did not mention her family's situation in any public interviews, and begged the media more than once not to disturb her family's normal life, and strictly protected her family's information.

"As an artist, living in the public eye is my life, but for my family, I still hope that they can live their lives freely. I am very happy, and my family also has the same thoughts as me. Compared to' MANA's family' label, they prefer to be themselves. I also think this is very good. I hope everyone can allow them to retain the freedom not to be disturbed."

Regardless of whether she was alive or not, MANA's family members also kept silent.Do not accept any interviews, and refuse all curious shots.Even if criticized by critics for violating the public's "right to know", they have always remained silent.No matter how inquired and criticized by the surroundings, the stoic posture of keeping silent from beginning to end, in my opinion, almost has a kind of warrior-like heroism.

Children defend their families, and families defend their children.

Perhaps only what MANA said in an interview can accurately summarize such a relationship.

"Love does not have to be spoken. In many cases, it is silence that expresses love better. Because in some cases, silence requires more courage and perseverance than eloquence. Words are very easy to deteriorate and distort. , the moment a lot of things are said, they become something completely different. With every interpretation by others, things will undergo a re-creation. In the end, they will become unrecognizable even to the person involved. In this way, even the relationship has undergone a qualitative change. It is easier to say something than to splash water, but it is more difficult to take back what has been said than to let the rain fall into the sky. Therefore, sometimes, not expressing is the most powerful expression."

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【A person who is too gentle is someone who has been forcing himself. 】

After several introductions, the author met a foreign youth who once taught MANA piano and vocal music, referred to as Mr. J for short.

Before MANA's debut, Mr. J was her piano teacher.After she became the most popular star, they still maintain the relationship between teachers and friends.As a rare outsider of MANA, what Mr. J talks about is a completely different MANA from others.

"MANA is an overly gentle person."

He said.

"People who are too gentle will always force themselves. Because they are too gentle, they have already reached their limit, but they will still persevere for the expectations of others. She will always force herself for others, and she thinks it is what you want."

The author tentatively asked this friend if he was dissatisfied with MANA's choice to become an idol.However, I got a completely unexpected answer.

"Idol is just a profession."

When he said this, Mr. J looked very calm.

"Besides work, idols can also keep their own lives. Mana lost his own life."

The author has also seen the work arrangement of MANA, so I deeply agree with Mr. J's words.

It was a schedule with almost no rest time. There were less than 9 days of vacation in a year, but even such short days were used by her to be with her family.

Even for idols, work and private life are separated.

However, for MANA, work is her life.

"If only she could be gentle with herself..."

This is the end of Mr. J's words.The author felt a little disappointed.

"But in that case, she won't be loved by so many people, right?"

After the author asked this question, Mr. J also nodded.

"Which one is more important, the happiness of others or your own, is something that only the person involved can understand. Although her life is very hard, it is also a kind of happiness to her."

For a gentle person, maybe when she works hard for others, she has already obtained happiness.Becoming an idol and illuminating the lives of others may be the happiest thing for her.

I hope Ms. MANA in heaven can have a good rest.

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【The man who shattered the stars and took away the light】

To this day, there are still long-lasting fans presenting flower bouquets and gifts to commemorate MANA outside the Tokyo Dome every day.

Every year on May 27th, the Tokyo Dome will be closed for one day, and on that day, countless fans and citizens will come here to commemorate the girl who hastily passed away at her best age.

It was just an ordinary 29-year-old youth who ended the legend of the last diva of this era.

On May 27, [-], at the MANA concert, a young man named Masao Ishikawa pulled the trigger on MANA who had just finished the encore to thank the fans.

The bullet passed through Mana's heart and she stopped breathing before an ambulance arrived.

Masao Ishikawa was arrested on the spot by the police.

When the police who arrested him asked him why he did such a thing, Masao Ishikawa replied, "It was the radio wave that made me do it."

Is that an excuse he came up with to get rid of the crime, or has he really been trapped by mental illness and lost his normal thinking logic?

Now no one knows.

It is said that when the police interrogated Masao Ishikawa, they asked him why he did not shoot MANA until the end of the last song when he came to the concert with a pistol in the morning.

At that time, Ishikawa Masao's answer was, "Because her singing voice is so beautiful. I want to hear it to the end."

Unfortunately, he finally pulled the trigger.Killed the song that moved him.

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[Murderer, where did you go now? 】

MANA's death is the biggest unsolved case in the early 21st century.

Masao Ishikawa, the murderer who killed MANA, has a history of being forcibly taken to a mental hospital for treatment three times.Doctors diagnosed him with severe delusions, accompanied by paranoid symptoms.Masao Ishikawa insists that he is a warrior who guards world peace, accepting the orders of the agencies directly under the state to fight against the aliens who invaded the earth.

According to the police investigation report, Masao Ishikawa claimed that for the sake of confidentiality and safety, he communicated with his superiors through radio signals, and on that day, he received "orders from radio waves."Order him to kill MANA at the concert.

However, there are still many doubts in this case.

First, according to Ishikawa's father, Ishikawa has been completely out of touch with society because of his long-term hospitalization and isolation at home.Before that, he had never been in contact with MANA, and according to the police investigation of Masao Ishikawa's residence computer, it was not found that this person had ever searched and saved the records of MANA messages.The only thing that can be related to MANA is that he spent a huge sum of money to set a record for the purchase of VIP seats for MANA concerts three months before the incident.What exactly triggered Ishikawa's killing urge, we still don't know.

Second, according to Ishikawa Masao's medical records during his hospitalization, this person's violent impulses were all aimed at young men aged 50 or 16, and middle-aged and elderly men around 25 years old.The doctor believes that the former is the sequelae of traumatic stress disorder caused by bullying on campus during his junior high school, targeting his classmates who bullied him at that time, while the latter was punished by his father because he could not integrate into society. The strike against the older men represented by it, and the destructive impulse to the male elders who symbolize authority.Before MANA, he had never had violent impulses towards young women aged [-] to [-]. It can even be said that he feared and even avoided them.

Third, although the tickets for the MANA concert were purchased from Masao Ishikawa's computer, the source of the funds transfer did not come from his account.The money came from the pension account of an old man who had been dead for four years. Confusingly, the old man had nothing to do with Ishikawa.Ishikawa also didn't have the talent of a hacker. How did he mobilize the funds in the old man's account, and only use it for the purchase of concert tickets this time?

What made this man pull the trigger on MANA that day?Has he been maliciously induced by others?Or was it really, as he said, "the radio made him do it"?

No one can know anymore.

On May 31, [-], on the way to transfer Masao Ishikawa from the police station to the prison, the police car was attacked by a group of bandits armed with masks and guns. After a fierce gun battle, the gangsters took Masao Ishikawa away. He was driven away from the scene.

Although the police quickly launched an investigation on Masao Ishikawa's social relations, the identities of the gangsters were still not investigated, and Masao Ishikawa's whereabouts were also lost.

As of the date of publication, the wanted criminal Masao Ishikawa has not yet been arrested.

Why did Masao Ishikawa kill MANA?

Is the so-called "electric wave" real or is it his excuse?

Who is the person who kidnapped Masao Ishikawa?

Countless mysteries are intertwined, and it may never be the day when the truth is revealed.

The MANA shooting incident that shocked the world has still not come to an end.

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【People whose fate was changed by the death of MANA】

Mana's death is one of the most tragic losses of our time.

As the last singer, her singing is called "the most healing female voice of this century" and "the voice of an angel from heaven", which still inspires countless people to move forward.That beautiful singing seems to be the symbol of that era, soothing people's hearts.

In addition to her brilliant achievements in music, MANA is also a talented actor. Her debut film "The Dancer of Izu" won the Best Actress Award at the Tokyo Film Festival.Every subsequent performance has also been well received. Whether it is "Death of Summer" or "Phantom of the Opera", she has created popular female images one after another, and she is the goddess of the screen in the minds of a whole generation of young people.

It is conceivable that if she can survive, how many amazing results she will bring us.

The 23-year-old MANA is still at the peak of her career. No one could have imagined that she would pass away suddenly in such a sad way at such a prosperous time.

On the day of her funeral, countless people spontaneously took to the streets to mourn her departure.It began to rain heavily that day, and TV Tokyo called it "the darkest day of our century."

It wasn't until after MANA passed away that people discovered from her fund account that she had been silently supporting public welfare activities of all sizes. Since her debut, she has invested her funds in public welfare construction without hesitation. But during her lifetime, she never publicized this good deed, and refused to use it as her selling point.

While alive, she changed the fate of countless people.

When she died, she also changed the lives of countless people.

Among them, the one who was most affected by the death of MANA was the leader of the Phantom Brigade, Kurolo Rushiru.

As the leader of the hottest rock group at that time, Kurolo Roussillo was also a talented music producer.It was he who discovered and built MANA, the last legendary queen of the record era.

However, he was also the biggest victim of MANA's death.

Because it was revealed that Mana had expressed her intention to retire to the company before the final performance, many people wondered whether Mana's death was a conspiracy concocted by her company in order not to lose her commercial value.

At the same time, the excessive control and harsh manipulation of MANA by Kuroro Rushiru in the past seven years have also been exposed. He suspected that he had unknown feelings for MANA but MANA did not respond. With the attention of the media, the investigation launched by the police has aggravated his suspicion.

As the number one suspect in MANA's death, Kurolo Roussillo was attacked by overwhelming public opinion.

Even though the police finally announced that Kurolo Rusilu had been cleared of his suspicions, his career was still devastated.

After that, Chrollo Rushiru disappeared from the public eye.

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[Angel of music, please grant me your glory. 】

The author met Kuroro Rushiru at the end of this journey of pursuing MANA.

He lives in seclusion in a secluded country house, and the transportation is extremely inconvenient. Even going to the nearest convenience store takes more than half an hour on foot.The annex located in the forest is a Gothic building, inexplicably silent, with only a few birdsong echoing in the quiet forest.

Kurolo Roussillo is still composing, but it's not a song for anyone.The author was fortunate enough to observe the score, and it is a piece that can only be sung by a clear and long-breathing soprano.

The author took the liberty to ask Kurolo Roussillo if this is the song he wrote for MANA, but the man didn't answer, but just sat down by the window with a slightly bored look.

Time seemed to treat this person particularly favorably, and did not leave many traces of time on his face.

"What do you want to ask?"

Kuroro Rushiru entertained the author politely but indifferently, but the author hesitated for a long time, and finally asked a boring question.

"Have you ever loved Mana?"

As for this question, Kurolo Rushiru only responded with a smile.

--Finish--

【Talk later】

After seeing off the reporters, Kurolo Rusilu was still sitting in his seat.

He is flipping through today's newspaper.

In today's world, nothing special has happened.

The clock reached three o'clock in the afternoon and made a low chime.He glanced at the chime clock that struck three times, casually folded the newspaper, put it on the table, stood up, and carefully locked the door of the annex.

Well, it's that time again.

he thought calmly.

Then, he paced down the stairs like a stroll in the courtyard. In the empty stairwell, the sound of leather shoes tapping on the concrete steps echoed so darkly.

In this way, he walked to the basement with the locked door.

After opening the door of the room with several layers of steel plates, what came to the face was a wet stench, and... a female voice singing endlessly in the record player.

Clear, angelic soprano.As if it would never stop, it echoed in the empty basement.

That's - MANA's singing voice.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Ishikawa."

Kuroro Luci smiled slowly at the thing that was tied to the steel frame bed by the restraint belt.

[Fourth Extra Episode End]

The author has something to say: imitating the biographical style of a column, don't mind if the writing is unprofessional.

And the knight is lying.The day Kuroro met Mana for the first time, he wasn't there at all, but obviously Feitan is not suitable for the job of dealing with the media. It would be troublesome for him to corrupt the leader's truth. 【. 】

But his first impression of Mana's singing is his sincere words.

Chapter summaries are famous quotes from Edgar Allan Poe.

Imitation column biographical style, don't mind if the writing is not professional.

And the knight is lying.The day Kuroro met Mana for the first time, he wasn't there at all, but obviously Feitan is not suitable for the job of dealing with the media. It would be troublesome for him to corrupt the leader's truth. 【. 】

But his first impression of Mana's singing is his sincere words.

Please treat John’s part as a reporter’s reprocessing. His original words must be much more mysterious than this... and it must not be as good as it is written by the reporter.

John's original intention was probably "she may have felt happy when she died, but can such a thing really be called 'happiness'?" Such a dark and poisonous chicken soup, the reporter considered the magic change for the readers' little hearts. 】

I won't write what Kuroro did in order to pass the review, you all know.