Departure for New Life

There are two big scandals coming to us as surprises in this week; one is, as already mentioned in this blog, the detailed reason of Norika-Jinnai divorce was brought into light at last, probably making people in the world throw the penetrating eyes at Jinnai’s disclosed true nature with a full sense of suspicion. Because of Jinnai’s displaying himself as an amicable and hilarious man, the discovered news of his nasty abuse toward Norika and flirtation with some other women must have flabbergasted quite a few of the Japanese all the more strongly. Among the most surprising facts betrayed is that Jinnai was actually exerting domestic violence on his wife, although he himself denied the allegation. According to one who knows this couple well, when interrogated on his alleged infidelity by Norika, Jinnai, far from showing any tincture of sincere attitude to her, got infuriated by contraries, outrageously insisting that she apologize to him for her skepticism, and finally drawing her hair violently. It was all the more disgusting for me to hear this news, especially when giving a little imagination to a never-likely-to-happen humiliating sight: the impeccably prestigious actress Norika forced to kneel on the ground in want of forgiveness from her husband the just mediocre comedian. Norika, coming back to Japan from Africa, where she had stayed on her business, revealed her honest feelings on her blog, saying that she, with the large amount of help by those willingly supporting her, had done her best to get over obnoxious problems lurking behind their conjugal life, only to find her arduous efforts ended in vein. She also emphasizes that all her concern is now focusing on future; there being no tiny fraction of nostalgic feelings about past.
The other news running into us this week reports that Miki Fujimoto, an ex-Morning Musume member, and Tomoharu Shoji, a comedian within a unit called “Shinagawa-Shoji”, the two of whom had been known as being in an intimate relationship, officially announced that they at last decided to be engaged. Susceptible to acrimonious diatribes by those cross-grained as the news of a decided engagement between a pop idol and a comedian generally seems to be, somehow this one receives a lot of gentle comments simply congratulating on the two. Probably one of the reasons they are so much celebrated without any criticism lies in the fact that they have built their own way into the goal of marriage through “proper procedure”: they have never been subjugated to the nasty temptation of an “unplanned pregnancy before marriage”. It is becoming one of the most serious social issues, as is represented well in a recent shocking scandal from Britain ― “A 13-year-old father and 15-year-old mother”. Although a recent DNA test revealed this 13-year-old boy was not actually a father of the baby, it still remains irrefutable that they “did it” before their marriage, not premeditative. I personally feel it is no problem for a loving couple to have a sex no matter how young they are, as long as it is based on a consensual agreement between the two, and the deliberate consideration for their future. But as far as recent examples are concerned, too many couples seem to cross the line without any responsibility and sensibility, oblivious to the fact that an unplanned sex surely brings them the once-and-for-all forfeiture of their hitherto normal and peaceful life. Given such a reprehensible tendency being rampant in the world today, Mikitty-and-Shoji couple might be said to deserve creditability for their prudence. Congratulation! Miki and Shoji, and don’t follow the same path as Jinnai and Norika!!