[tenshi no hane]

Originally Posted by maze

ViVi scans by Negi:



9 scans, rar file

Great shoot, and lovely interview

I don't have time to translate the whole interview, but here's my (long XD) summary:

- She ate whatever she wanted during her pregnancy; she ended up weighing 15kg more than usually. She worked hard to get back into shape for this photo shoot.
- Kenji usually plays the guitar to lull the baby to sleep. She sometimes joins in and sings "ai no uta". She feels truly happy during those moments.
- She feels getting married and having a baby can make a woman stronger, more beautiful and cooler. In the past she had the image that getting married and becoming a mother would make you lose things, but now she feels it makes you gain things: a family, endless love, things to protects, support, etc. Gaining those things made her stronger.
- If Kenji had wanted her to be a stay-at-home mother, she might have done so. But he didn't want that, he respects that she is the artist Koda Kumi. She apologized in advance to him because this shoot would be revealing, but he said he didn't mind and encouraged her to go for it. He wants her to stay true to "Koda Kumi". That's why she can (and wants to) continue being "on the attack".
- Her current happiness makes her wonder what her life would be like if she had married someone else. She thinks she couldn't be as happy with someone else as she is now. In the past she thought "marriage = happiness", but now she knows it depends on choosing the right partner.
- The song 'darling' is filled with feelings of love: for example, seeing the sleeping face of her husband, exhausted after doing chores in the house to relieve her.
- She's still very much in love with Kenji, if anything, she loves him more now. And having a child gave her a deeper, broader feeling of love. She'll continue singing songs of love. She feels she can sing even better now.
- Not working for a while reminded her of how much she loves singing. Kaera and Chara sent her their new records during that period, and she also had the time to listen to a wider variety of singers. That inspired her.
- As she said before, she wants to be a cool mother that sings Cutie Honey while holding her baby in her arms. She wants to continue living life her way. She might change her tune a bit if her child starts getting embarrassed of her, but she says she'll think about that when the times comes.

I'm happy she's so happy <333