Letter to Our Goddess

Sorry for the late respond, everyone. And thanks Maruko for lending us a hand to send the letter!

To everyone, I will now do a little magic *cough*cough* and hide the section of where we used to have the download links. Until we receive a reply from her, those section will remain hidden. Including this thread. Tomorrow I'm going to move this thread somewhere hidden as well, hoho~

Which tread?Which section? I don't know what you are talking about Phio

Thanks Phio for the *cough cough* magic~ arara~ Artesox's feigning ignorant now (let me join in the act XD)~ countdown to the day of receiving her reply

Here is the answer *________*

Dear Maruko

It is hello, VAGRANCY.
I give you an email, and thank you.

Everybody and Marco in forum.
Thank you for sending a wonderful message.

I think it is honored also for foreigners to love music of shikata.

Because shikata is busy now, the visit to the forum is a difficult situation.
However, the message from everybody was passed on.
Shikata was very pleased.

The staff makes an effort to send better music to everybody in the future.

However, there is one asking.
The photograph of shikata is used for a top image of the forum site.
It must discontinue the photograph use to hit the portrait right violation as the publicity right.

I'm sorry by disappointing communication.

Many thanks.

As I thought, we have to delete the banner too >< Or at least, we must ask the permission to the photographer ^^

As expected, the reply was made by the staff instead. However, I'm glad that they actually visited the forum (at least i think that's how they know of the banner). Wished that they replied in Japanese/asked someone to translate the message into english instead of using a language translator >_<

Yea, we'll have to do something about the banner... Does anyone know who's the photographer?

Tired eyes know the sites from where these photos come from : D

"Shikata was very pleased."

That sentence made my year

I wonder if she actually read the e-mail or if the staff just told her about it. I would have liked at least a sentence response from her instead of just "Shikata was very pleased." Anyway, I think the e-mail was more about telling us to remove the image than to thank us...

I don't think so. Maybe she didn't directly read the e-mail, but I'm sure her stuff told her about this =D

Anyhow, it's now clear to all her staff and Shikata herself that she has a lot of fan world-wide, thus maybe in the future she will release DVD of her concerts or some PVs.

Treize wrote:I wonder if she actually read the e-mail or if the staff just told her about it.

This *___*

Other than that I'm happy she's pleased.
"Because shikata is busy now, the visit to the forum is a difficult situation." Hopefully this is implying she'll visit us in the future even if only for a little while!

Okay...
Well at least I'm glad that she appreciates the love and support we give her. Heheh.

Nee Akiko-san, itsuka de, doko ka de, aeru koto wo nozondeimasu! =)

That was fast! Oh my gosh! ^^"
Thank you, Maruko, for helping us so far! I agree that I would appreciate it more if Shikata-san had said even few sentences, and I wonder if the staff really tell her about our e-mail... But anyway, let's just think positive! I really, really hope that one day she will visit us herself and say something to us. ^^

I do want to think positive...but the letter sounds so...dismissive. Like, "oh here we go again, yet another fanmail". Perhaps it's just the language barrier?

Yeah it does seem like they just want us to remove the banner...I just hope that Shikata really read it though...since she does all the composing and arranging of her songs, I presume that she must be busy

I am not sure if I can be as optimistic as most in regards to Shikata's response to the forum. It's fine to take down illegal download links or the copyrighted images, but I doubt we'll be getting any personal response from Shikata. The email doesn't give the impression that Shikata will be visiting the website if the said actions are done, and we don't really know if Shikata is really informed by her staff about this place; he could have said it just to please us a little.

Probably better not to put too much expectation in this.

Well...I had an experience though.

I had an idol artist from deviantART. I wanted to show her my appreciation and want to communicate with her. But she doesn't talk to "low people". I was persistent and yeah I was called a stalker. xD

BUT...

I had another experience in Facebook. I came across the official fanpage of Fame Flores, a semi-finalist for Pilipinas Got Talent! (A Filipino version of Britain's Got Talent). I liked her because she's very much like Akiko Shikata (she also sings classical and she's beautiful). AND SHE RESPONDED TO MY MESSAGE! YAY!

So I guess it's just a matter of "it depends on the people we idolize". I believe Shikata-san is a generous person like Flores-san. =)

Oh I forgot to include what she said. Here:

"Hi Kristel.Bawat isa satin may kanya kanyang talinong taglay.Yan ay bigay satin ni God.Mahalin natin kung ano ang napakagandang regalo satin ni Lord.Wag tayong manghihina sa pagsubok.ilagay mo sayong puso si Lord at siguradong hindi ka manghihina."

It translates as:

"Hi Kristel. Each one of us have our own talents and skills. Those are given to us by God. Let's love this special gift to us by the Lord. We should not give up on our trials. Just put the Lord in your heart and surely, you won't get weak."

YEAH IT'S VERY INSPIRING!
I hope to hear something like that from Akiko-san someday...xD

Mm, that's true... Actually the reply is not very satisfying, but I wonder if it has some truth inside of it. Maybe I just want it to be like that so I believe in it strongly. ^^"

Let's discuss about what we need to do next here:

https://chouwa-harmonia.forummotion.com/t322-again-deciding-on-the-future

Thank you!