Thalia_Ilace

Fans chanting your name, makeup artists and stylists swarming you and creating a beauty out of this world, your music playing on tv, and most of all, becoming someone's paradise...that's what Ishihara Minami had wanted since she was 12 years old.

An avenue to someone's healing process, a comfort to those who needed it, all the while looking like a princess and being loved by many. It sounded like heaven. It seemed like thousands of girls just like her managed to live out this dream that seemed so far it almost felt like it was made-up. They made it look easy....but who knew it would be so hard.

With so many people out to get you and willing to use you as a stepping stone, it seemed impossible to stay genuine in such a place. The road to her dream of becoming an idol that was filled with a roller coaster of emotions and constant lies, even she wonders if this dream will ever come into her grasp. 

"How far are you willing to go?" 
"I'll do anything."
"Just like they did to you?"
"No....I'll do it better than all of them combined."

Your Paradise: Listen To My Song

After numerous revisions, Minami's first full-length album was finally set to be released.

In the end, they had decided to go with a different title track to wrap up the theme of the album.

The album would be called "Mighty Mind" after the song of the same name, which would serve as the forefront of promotions.

Minami had written the track about those who had wronged her in the past.

With her previous songs solely about rising up and flourishing, becoming a place of peace, they'd felt that "Mighty Mind" which spoke directly on the hardships was the perfect finish.

The music video had already been filmed and the tracklist had dropped two days prior.

Now all that was left, was to practice for the concert and actually release the album.

Minami picked up the album, which she had received in advance, and scanned through the tracklist.

Ch 115: Mighty Mind