After graduating from university, when I found a job, I encountered the second oil crisis, and the world was in a recession, so I had to bow my head everywhere to have a job that made a living.

After the economy picked up and the Plaza Agreement was signed, it entered the so-called golden age, although other industries were in full swing, but the large machinery manufacturing company he worked for was affected by the times, and the future became more and more bleak.

When his younger brother Shingo Nakagawa was dazzled in front of many opportunities, his elder brother Daigo Nakagawa's life was not smooth.

After graduating from university, I joined the current company together, and when I went out to drink together, I occasionally complained: "How can I not meet any good things?"

For Daigo Nakagawa and his classmates, their luck was really not very good.

The younger brother, who is now living a chic life, talks about the current era, and is full of energy, with a hint of relief. At this time, Nakagawa Daigo laughed and said that he was "lucky".

Is Shingo lucky? Of course it's good.

However, Nakagawa Daigo did not have the slightest feeling of envy for his younger brother, even if his life was a little difficult for the time being, he did not have the idea of envying and jealousing other people's lives.

Not only that, but since he was a child, he also knew the struggle in his younger brother Shingo's heart.

As the second son, Shingo has both respect for the brother in front of him, and wants to challenge, seeing him as a shoulder, and sometimes seeing him as an enemy, Shingo with a slender personality, when facing Nakagawa Daigo, these complex feelings are all in Nakagawa Daigo's awareness.

And for Shingo, who is now living a chic life and finally letting go of the struggle in his heart, Nakagawa Daigo is happy for his younger brother and worried about him at the same time.

In any case, in his eyes, such a state of life is like always stepping on the clouds. Although it feels good, it is also said that it will fall off at some point.

The old-school Nakagawa Daigo firmly believes that he should live a down-to-earth life, and this idea is probably old and outdated in the eyes of his younger brother Shingo, but compared to the life of stepping on the clouds, Nakagawa Daigo still feels more at ease with his down-to-earth life.

But even so, the times are indeed developing in a direction that he never thought of, and even Daigo Nakagawa, who is determined in his heart, feels a sense of confusion from time to time.

In such an era, how should we live?

During his lunch break, Daigo Nakagawa picked up a copy of Weekly Modern from the company's newsstand, which is his weekly must-read magazine and is also popular within the company.

Flip through the pages one by one, read them carefully if you are interested, and hastily turn them over if you are not interested, and just like that, I turned to the article "Forever Youthful, Forever Beautiful Seventeen" written by Kichiichiro Kawahata.

"This year is the 17th anniversary of the debut of Nansha Weaving Mulberry. Seventeen years ago, I heard a girl from the south singing "17 Years Old", and I felt that an era had arrived. ”

The first paragraph of this article attracted Daigo Nakagawa. If nothing else, when he was a student, he was a loyal fan of Nansha weaving.

Nansha Ori retired for ten years, and there are still well-known critics mentioning her in the article, and Daigo Nakagawa misses it while reading it carefully, wondering what Kichiichiro Kawabata has written.

Although Nansha Ori is written at the beginning, Nansha Ori is similar to a discourse introduction in the article, and Kawahata Kichiichiro's brushstrokes quickly turn to the discussion of the times. Daigo Nakagawa is not surprised, or rightly put, because this is the social edition of Weekly Modern, not a music magazine review.

The era that Kichiichiro Kawahata writes about is an era that Daigo Nakagawa personally experienced, so it feels very real to read. Of course, there are also times that Nakagawa Daigo did not experience, such as the section on the left-winged youths written by Kichiichiro Kawahata.

"After the defeat of the left-wing youths, the school also learned from the previous school disputes, and the management system also changed and became more perfect.

"The space for students to pursue freedom is compressed, and they have to obey the school system honestly. The double blow made the future students lose that hope and enthusiasm, as well as the positive ability to act. ”

However, Nakagawa Daigo thought to himself that although he had never been a left-winged youth, the follow-up effects of the defeat of the left-winged youths had also really affected him, a later student—the rereformed school management system was just right for him, a later student.

From this point of view, the times are indeed such interlocking things, and there is a cause and an effect.

So, in this era, is it the fruit of the causes of the past, or the causes that are planted for the effects of the future?

An article that can make people think is a good article.

If that's the case, a song that makes people think about it is also a good song. When I saw the end of the article, Kichiichiro Kawabata mentioned Senri Moritaka, the first thing that came to Nakagawa Daigo's heart was such a thought.

Then I thought of another thing: Has Nansha Weaving's famous song also been covered?

After work, before going home, Daigo Nakagawa went to a record store to buy a copy of "17 Years Old" by Chisato Moritaka to listen to.

Walking into a small record store and announcing the name of the single, only to be told it was sold out.

"Is it sold out?" said Daigo Nakagawa subconsciously confirmed.

The young clerk looked apologetic, "Yes, the stock was not too large...... Sales have suddenly become very good these days, the small store has been sold out, and the request for restocking has been sent to the record company. ”

Daigo Nakagawa walked out of the store and sighed, originally planning to avoid the hustle and bustle of the city at this time, it seems that he still has to go to a big record store in a busy area.

Suddenly the increase in sales, is there another person like him, who wants to buy a single after seeing the magazine and listen to what kind of single it is?

Daigo Nakagawa was even more curious. He came to Shibuya and walked into the TOWER record store.

Returning home with this record, Daigo Nakagawa put the record into the record player and quietly listened to Chisato Moritaka's performance. It's still a familiar melody, but it's a completely different feeling.

It's different from the "17 years old" in my memory.

After listening to the record, Daigo Nakagawa thought of something, walked to the bookshelf, and found Nansha's "17 Years Old". As a loyal fan, even though he is almost 30 years old, he still retains fond memories of Nanshaori.

Put Nan Sha Weaving's "17 Years Old" into the record player, and the familiar and at the same time nostalgic music sounded, and a sense of the times came to my face.

This is "17 Years Old", which is completely different from Chisato Moritaka, and Daigo Nakagawa recalls the words of Yoshiichiro Kawahata in the article, and his heart is full of emotion for some reason.

The rearranged single allowed Daigo Nakagawa to see the old tunes rejuvenated in the new era.