nothing i can say will ever show how much i love shiki iseya, but i'll do my best!

shiki iseya! i discovered you, and sideM, through cinderella girls ~ whenever i would go to shiki ichinose's page on the wiki through the search, below her was "shiki iseya" -- and one day i became curious and decided to see who this person was.

from when i saw you, i knew that you were my favourite. i have always loved excitable, passionate characters, and i was so happy to find out that you, who shared a name with another character i loved dearly, were just that type!

unfortunately, i had no idea what sideM was -- i tried to find your songs, and could only find highxjoker songs. i loved those a lot, but i didnt know which one singing was you. so, i gave up for a while. i only mentioned you when sideM was bought up, and i'd always preface it with "i know nothing about this game, but i love him!"

that's how it was, until not so long ago. the trailer for the sideM anime was released, and i was so excited when i saw you and hayato! around this time, i went through i pretty rough patch -- i had just turned 18 and i had no idea what to do with my life, i felt like a child, and i didnt want to grow up -- i was really scared of everything, and i felt like nobody was there for me; who would want to listen to me complain and not do anything about it? i didnt blame them!

sideM news kept coming out, and i inevitably latched onto the series as a whole. everything about it was so exciting, and i loved how gentle and pure the series was - there's very little, if any conflict between any if the characters, and even outside of their units everyone supports each other! sideM was exactly what i needed, when i needed it -- for me, fiction is escapism. lots of drama might make a good story, sure, but for me i always want everyone to be happy.

and all through this, i had you! my favourite since before the start, no matter how much i learned about and loved the others, none of them could come close to you!

i love you shiki because like i said, youre my type! i really really love characters like you who smile a lot and are passionate, because they make the shy and timid me feel energized!

but there's so much more to you; like you admit yourself, no matter how gaudy you might be, you want people to take you seriously when you sing! and when you sing i can feel all of your heart in it, your love for your unit who are above all else, your best friends, and your love for just singing! when you sing, you're not just the "loud boy who loves cats and the colour pink" - you're shiki iseya, and youre wonderful.

shiki, i'll be your fan forever! no matter what happens, i know i'll be okay because of you! i look forward to every day, thanks to you! just like how you've been there for me so much, i'll be there for you!