Magnificent

**Magnificent** is a unit under LATCH! consisting of Hazime Ichijo and Yuri Takanashi. They debuted with the song Regret.

## Background

Yuri, idolizing Rion, had worked hard to fulfill his greatest wish of joining LATCH!. On the other hand, Hazime was offered the position by his senior and could not refuse.

Although the two joined at the same time and formed a unit together, Yuri's aspirations were significantly higher and he took an arrogant attitude towards his new partner. This initially intimidated Hazime, but upon realizing it was because of Yuri's strict personality decided to stand by him no matter what. Gradually they began to accept each other, and now Hazime prides himself in acting as Yuri's interpreter, with Yuri in turn placing great trust in Hazime.

## Etymology

The name **Magnificent** is supposed to reflect the splendid, noble, and proud image of the unit.

 *(I know it's sudden, but today me, Hazime Ichijo, will be taking a leave of absence from my station duties. The reason for that being...)*

 "Hazime-san, how are you doing? Shall we begin the meeting to decide on the name of our unit right away? Here are all the suggestions I tried to come up with. Please, take a look."
 "Thank you very much. ...Wait, you came up with this many...!"
 *\*chuckle\** "Of course. As our public face, the unit name is a matter of utmost importance. We have to think about it very carefully, right?"

 *(Seems like instead of a station master, I've become a detective for the day.)*

 "Yuri-kun, I know you're very busy with your other duties and lessons. Thank you for taking your time off to work hard for the unit."
 "No, it's my pleasure. These all came naturally to me, so don't even worry about it♪"

 *(...Yuri-kun, Detective Ichijo takes pride in knowing everything about you. As far as I can tell, you're not the type to settle for alternatives. You already have a unit name decided in your heart. Therefore, there's only one reason you came up with these in the first place.)*

 "I hope you will like some of them."

**Hazime:** *(I'm guessing it's because you wanted me to feel included, too. Yuri-kun... How thoughtful of you...)*

 "Come on, Hazime-san. Please choose whichever you like."

 *(...This is tough. From all these alternatives, I need to be able to choose the one Yuri-kun has already decided on! One, two, three... Ahh! There must be at least 50 of them! It's embarrassing to admit, but I'm taken aback by the amount of love that Yuri-kun has for our unit...!)*

 "...What do you think?"

 *(Oh no, Yuri-kun looks worried... I need to hurry. Let's try to narrow them down a bit.)*

 "There are quite many, aren't there? Personally, I think we should take our future plans into consideration as well when deciding on the unit name."
 "...Something future-proof?"
 "That's right. For example, words like *elegance* and *genius*. Those may reflect our ideal form, yes, but I want us to aim even beyond that."
 "That's my partner, Hazime-san!"

 *(That narrows it down a bit. Next...)*

 "Let's see. *Marvelous*, *Mystic*, *Amazeballs*–"
 "..."

 *(Concentrate, Hazime! You must not miss the slightest shift in Yuri-kun's expression.)*

 "*Glorious*, *Ultimateness*..."
 "..."

 *(No, it's none of these.)*

 "*Splendid*, *Magnificent*, *Wonderous*..."
 "..."

: "...*Magnificent*. A word with a meaning of splendid, noble, and proud... As ones who take passengers to a world of their dreams, that sort of existence is one I'd like us to aim for."
 "*Magnificent*! That was my personal favorite too!"
 *\*chuckle\** "Bulls-eye, huh?"
 "Did you say something?"
 "No, it's nothing."

 *(Magnificent... Considering the direction we're going in, it's a wonderful name for our unit. I expected nothing less of Yuri-kun.)*

 "Well then, shall we relay this information to Shouji-san?"
 "Do you think he'll approve of it? ...I'm a little nervous."
 "He'll say it's a nice name for our unit, I'm sure of it."

 *(It's me who needs a breather after safely finishing today's detective mission. I never expected Yuri-kun to feel anxious about this, but that's a story for another time.)*

 "*Magnificent*... How nice it sounds!"
 "Absolutely good! I can't imagine us with any other unit name. Our ideas will continue to grow from here on!"
 "I need to tell Hazime-san how excited I am. I'll go see him first thing in the morning–"
 *(Come to think of it...)*
 "Surely, Hazime-san..."

**Hazime:** "Just as expected from you, Yuri-kun! Let's do that."
**Hazime:** "I have no objections."
## **Hazime:** "When Yuri-kun is happy, that makes me happy as well."

 *(I'm talking about how nice Hazime-san is. If I wanted to name our unit Magnificent, I'm sure he'd accept it with no complaints.)*
 *(But is that good enough as partners?)*
 *(I'm always the one who insists, and Hazime-san just goes along with whatever I say...)*

 "...No, no, no!"

 *(The two of us should be equals in our unit...!)*

**The next day**

 "Hazime-san, how are you doing? Shall we begin the meeting to decide on the name of our unit right away? Here are all the suggestions I tried to come up with. Please, take a look."
 "Thank you very much. ...Wait, you came up with this many...!"
 *(With this many options, I'll surely be able to find out what Hazime-san truly wants.)*
 *(Come on, Hazime-san. Tell me what you think.)*

 "..."
 *(Oh?)*
 "..."
 *(Could it be that you don't like any of them?)*

 "There are quite many, aren't there? Personally, I think we should take our future plans into consideration as well when deciding on the unit name."
 "...Something future-proof?"
 "That's right. For example, words like *elegance* and *genius*. Those may reflect our ideal form, yes, but I want us to aim even beyond that."
 "That's my partner, Hazime-san!"

 *(Of course! What a wonderful standpoint you've got!)*

 "Let's see. *Marvelous*, *Mystic*, *Amazeballs*–"

 *(Yeah, those are nice, too.)*

 "*Glorious*, *Ultimateness*..."

 *(But... There is a more spot-on word for us.)*

 "*Splendid*, *Magnificent*, *Wonderous*..."

 *(Hazime-san, right there!)*
 *(...No! I mustn't interfere. I've got to keep my cool.)*

 "...*Magnificent*. A word with a meaning of splendid, noble, and proud... As ones who take passengers to a world of their dreams, that sort of existence is one I'd like us to aim for."

 *(Exactly, Hazime-san!)*
 *(That's the one I was thinking about... Ah, to choose the same one out of this many options... We are indeed meant to be a duo.)*

 "Well then, shall we relay this information to Shouji-san?"
 "Do you think he'll approve of it? ...I'm a little nervous."
 "He'll say it's a nice name for our unit, I'm sure of it.

 *(You are the best, Hazime-san. Thank you for always continuing to support me.)*
 *(Here we come, to make our future magnificent!)*

## Songs

*All STATION IDOL LATCH! songs can be found here.*

Magnificent's first song is "Regret", included on the EP STATION IDOL LATCH! 02.

Tracks:

1. Salt & Sugar
2. SUNRISE!!
3. **Regret**

Release Date: September 8, 2021

Magnificent's first single is "PHANTOM".

Tracks:

1. PHANTOM

Release Date: July 27, 2022