February 2025

ClariS’s Clara is often described on SNS and other social networking sites as a clunker. In fact, she bites a lot during MCs, is weak in the morning and has to be woken up by Karen, and often forgets where she put her phone to look for it at home. But I would like to dispute this. I think he is actually very smart. First of all, ClariS started when Alice and Clara uploaded “I tried singing” songs on Nico Nico Douga and gained popularity. At that time, Clara wanted to try it but didn’t have the courage to perform alone, so she asked Alice to join her, which is the first point. She made the choice that if she teamed up with Alice, she would (as it turned out) become famous. Becoming famous is not something that can be done lightly. After graduating from Alice’s school, Clara, not wanting to go it alone, turned to Karen, who had been accompanying her to practice, and intuited that “with Karen, we can create a great ClariS,” and scouted her. Thanks to this, they were able to focus on live performances, which they had never done before, and Karen, who was good at dancing, was able to find a place to play an active role. As a result, they were able to perform live at the Budokan as a one-man show, and in recent years, overcoming the Corona disaster, they were able to expand their activities into overseas markets. In short, she is an excellent judge of the potential of the members she invites to join her. And that’s not all. When the members were changed from Alice to Karen, the fans’ clamor for Alice could not be ignored, and this placed a considerable psychological burden on Karen. Clara saw this and told the audience at the Budokan concert, “Thanks to Karen here, ClariS can continue. I thought it was too obvious to say that ClariS was only possible because of Karen, but it was important for her to say such an obvious thing out loud to the audience. But it was important for Karen to speak up and tell the audience what was so obvious. And in front of an audience. These were the words that Karen, who agonizes daily, really needed to hear. Karen was also grateful and happy that he had understood her so well and encouraged the Aristists to understand her as well. Karen was so moved that she burst into tears. It was an emotional moment. When Karen went to her first recording session, she gave her a cat ring as a gift to make her happy and relieve her nervousness. The cat is an image item for Karen. It is an important item. It is wonderful that she is able to show such thoughtfulness in such a casual manner. As a sign of his concern for the recording members, she wrote a beautiful letter on a sheet of A4 paper to current band member Ellie and Anna. Elly and Anna, who was nervous because it was her first time, was thrilled and motivated by the letter, and I am sure that she was able to fully enjoy the recording session. The girls praised Clara as a “goddess”. Returning again to her relationship with Karen, Clara is one year older than Karen. Karen did not believe that Clara, who was making her major label debut, was the same person as her childhood friend, a girl she used to be in a band with. Before joining the band, she was a fan who collected ClariS CDs, so Clara was someone she admired. Clara admonished Karen that she could speak to her as a “tamer,” but she called her “Clara-chan,” and the hierarchical relationship continued for a while. Meanwhile, Clara, who was having trouble balancing schoolwork and ClariS at the time, decided to depend on Karen. At first, Karen was a bit taken aback, but Karen think she gained confidence in the fact that Clara could rely on her, that she was trusted, and that she could help Clara. At some point, she changed her name from “Clara-chan” to “Clara,” and the distance between the two of them changed from senior and junior to irreplaceable buddy. This had a really positive impact on their performance. The two of them were in perfect sync with each other. A good example is the first take of “Connect. When they finished singing, they said “Thank you very much” at the same time, even though they had not discussed it. They even laugh at the same time afterwards. It is an amazing synchronized movement. Without Clara’s reliance on Karen, it would have been difficult for the two of them to come together and perform so well in unison. She does not seem to be the type of person who makes decisions intuitively, not in the sense of making precise calculations or thinking logically, but as mentioned above, I can only assume that Clara has always chosen the best decisions to make ClariS make great strides. Clara is very smart. Clara is so smart. I can only be astonished. Clara chose the new member, Ellie Anna. If that is the case, then there is no doubt in my mind that ClariS will make even greater strides.

Is Clara clunker?