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That night, a scandal erupted. A rival tabloid published a blurry photo: Hana leaving the izakaya with a male friend from high school. The headline screamed: “PURITY VIOLATED: IDOL’S SECRET NIGHTLIFE.” entertainment industry is a powerhouse of "soft power,"
But three weeks later, Kenji the bartender cleared a small corner of his izakaya . He hung a single red curtain. Hana stood behind it, a shamisen in her hands — not a synthesizer. She sang an old min'yō folk song about a fisherman’s wife waiting for a husband who will never return. She sang an old min'yō folk song about