Well, this is the first journal entry of mine on Animepaper.. It's about friends, and it is the continuance of Julien's journal entry, too.

Dear Julien and my friends,

As you all know before, that friendship is a present, a wonderful crystal for all the friends who can protect and take care of it.. Last time I read Julien's latest journal entry and I can realize the truth, and the wonderful of friendship. Yes, friends are precious, "if life is garden" then "friends are flowers". That's really true.. Last Sunday, I chatted with him. He said to me that he had a few friends and it was because: with him, to make friends is so very very hard. Yes, maybe with all of us make friend is difficult too, but in some additions, it doesn't like a trouble - I mean it isn't so hard to anyone. Just open-mind and be nice with our friends, then we'll be able to understand them, be closer with them then we will see that to make friends won't be a problem anymore...

And there is something much more important than that, I wanna tell you, Julien.. It's about your nerve. Well, to find a true friend, you know already: A friend in need is a friend indeed . It's hard for you to make friends, but why don't you show us you're NOT made of salt, that you have enough self-confidence to overcome that trouble and you still walk straight ahead on the way you choose, even though you know you may get worse on that!?? Well, you got enough nerve, didn't you? When you chatted with me on MSN, I could see the real you - so helpful, so kind and so amazing. I felt comfortable and smiled as always when I talked to you. You know, as you told me before: "I hate to be useless with friends, that makes me feel blue, so I wanna do everything that can make me useful with them.. I'll try my best to do that." You know, the truth is you're NOT useless, you're helpful and that shows us you're a true friend too. You're humorous and you make your friends feel happy every time as you do with me. You cheer me up when I'm sad, you help me when I really need a help and you make me happy with a smile on my face. So why don't you think you can make friends so easy with the real you!? I know someone is not really loyal or nice to us, but in their mind, maybe it has some bright spots and some bright thoughts about us. We just need to exploit those bright things and make them to be closer and nicer to us. Then, we'll know more about each others, we'll belong together and all of us will realize what the true friend is.. Yes, and remember on thing: "a friend in need is a friend indeed."

After all, Julien, and everybody here, I just wanna say: Maybe we have a few friends, but they are true friends - the gifts of life we never want to lose. More beautiful than that, our true friends - also the holy crystals bring half of the life for us. The friendship will be much more beautiful than ever if the friends can overcome all the arduous and hardship together to protect and take a loving care of that holy gift.

Yes, that is what I want to say. I hope you agree with me and build your own garden by yourselves. The garden with beautiful flowers, the garden which has true friends, and - the garden of friendship..

So, ready to beautify your own garden!??

This is a gift for all of you, my true friends, and especially, you - Julien
Thanks for everything you did to me,
Thank you, a lot..

Mina-san! Arigatou gozaimashita!

And all of you, take care of yourselves..

--xxx^Tokine^xxx--