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Haiiro no Ginka Volume 61

December 2013

Translation Credits: Happiness and nothing, the assembled and neck - Kyotaku Ganso Naki Kaoru Ya - direngreytranslation Dr. Nemunemu no daigyakusyuu - direngreytranslation Meisho de Meishu - direngreytranslation Aibiki no Mori - direngreytranslation ------------------------------------------------------------

Happiness and nothing, the assembled and neck

It is better to stop having expectations. If someone asks why, what can you gain by it? What ever goes in accordance to ones expectations? In this world with the overwhelming number of people whose expectations failed, what do they hope for?

Is there anything that goes according to ones expectations? It’s rather the opposite.

So, what is the meaning of ‘hope/expectations’? What value has this ‘hope/expectations’ at this world where no one agrees in 100%, starting with the way of living, circumstances, personality and different ways to perceive life? I don’t understand.

However, as in hope/expectation there is a bit of ‘hope/wish’ that connects with the future, that is something much more valuable than expectations.

That’s why I steadily fix my eyes on my own way of living, without expectations, but also without casting aside efforts.

Way of living is different for each person, this strained me is alone, but surrounding circumstances don’t change. That’s why if there is time when you suffer because of waiting, when you expect something from others, it is better to improve ones own way of living.

So rather than in way of living or intention of other people, I want to believe in my own gushing forth will/determination.

I must take the meaning of the whole energy created by myself and let it evolve in the more profound place .

This is a fate in my songs, the limit per se is me.

From now on I will also continue to carry on the life of conflict without looking at the surroundings.

This is a way of living of Kyo. Once in a while through re-affirmation I am born as a new me and I am changed.

Meaning [of this] can be a bit unclear, but let me say this one thing to feel satisfied. Because simply the intention of frank people is carved for certain into my rusty/run down chest.

Today I wanted to honestly express my gratitude. What can be done is good, bad things don’t matter. As a human that is not like that, thank you for coming with me. Let’s climb to elevated places. Let’s see together various scenes.

It was unusual and unsteady, but those are my true feelings. I would like you to take them in honestly.

Then, everyone, please do your best in various ways and keep going.

Till the day we can meet again. It was a merely some guy, Kyo.

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Ganso Naki Kaoru Ya

How are you? This is Kaoru who since we have been on tour in North America for the past three days, has a stomach which is tired from eating hamburgers three days in a row.

This tour I’m more tired than usual. But it was very impressive and lots of fun, so worth doing.

In Okayama we had a bit of a scary trouble. While playing the second song, MACABRE, due to a harmony trouble we became completely unable to be heard. It was quickly exchanged for the techie Haruna’s harmony but it affected our concentration, I’m sorry we were messier after that… At the end, I talked on stage for the first time in ages, but I wonder if you could hear me properly? In regards to the song we played after, rasetsukoku, we truly chose that song at that venue - I thought it might be good to include a song we hadn’t included on the tour yet. Thank you to everyone who was there. Thinking about it now, that person who sleeps in Okayama liked that kind of live didn’t he.

There were some dramatic content in this tour, so for everyone as well I think there’s parts that people while think various things about, but I think it was a good tour. Sometimes I think I want to do another tour with that kind of content, so join me!

Next time I do it (a tour) I’ll reveal everything properly. But the excitement might fade away…

It will already be finished by the time you get this, but since the North American tour is still continuing I’ll work hard to return to Japan in good condition.

Well, I’ll be waiting for you at the Budoukan!

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Dr. Nemunemu no daigyakusyuu

Hello, this is Nemunemu’s corner again. I had time off in Oita so i wondered if there wasn’t anything I could do on the bulletin board use nettatsukuri (I couldn’t find a translation for this word >< ?????) Firstly I looked up what was famous in Daibu and found there was a monkey mountain. So I decided to go there by myself. It seemed you could get there by bus from Daibu station, so I walked down a shopping street to the station.

(photo of a shopping street)

Even through it was the afternoon it was not lively, and there was this mascot character everywhere.

(photo of a mascot)

It seems to be the mascot for a music festival, but for some reason it’s wearing a chef’s hat.

Also, at a park there seemed to be some kind of event going on, but as if it were the end of the world there was no one there, and I didn’t go close to it.

(photo of a park with some tents and chairs, but no people)

So with this and that I managed to arrive at the station, but I couldn’t see the bus stop. There was a police box so i approached it to ask for directions, but the person standing in front of it was a completely normal looking old man, so I found the bus stop by myself and got on board.

(photo of a police box with an old man standing out side of it)

Then after 30 minutes of shaking on the bus I arrived at mt Takasaki.

The person running the gondola at the foot of the mountain asked me if I’d be riding the gondola up. When I asked him how long it would take if I walked, he answered “10 minutes!” so while being surprised I decided to walk up the mountain. The mountain had stairs and slopes so you could climb it normally. After walking for a short while I arrived there promptly!

(monkey photo)

There were monkeys there that seemed like they were an obvious normal thing. (to be there)

(monkey lying on a fence)

They weren’t cautious around humans at all. Omg did they think I was their friend? furthermore when I went to the top the monkeys were all in clusters.

(lots of monkeys)

By that time I had completely merged in with the monkeys.

(photo of some monkeys)

The one in the middle is me.

After playing a lot with the monkeys and completely opening my heart to them, I departed from my friends and descended the mountain.

(sign)

There’s a mascot character here too!

Since I’d come all the way here I thought I would then take the bus to Beppu. Actually I’d been on holiday before to Beppu when I was eight years old. I was again shaken on the bus and arrived at Beppu station.

(photo of a station)

I looked around the station, but there wasn’t anything in particular there. When a stray cat came close I thought for an instant it was a monkey. This is an addition to things that often happen to people who visit monkey mountains.

(photo of a cat)

Since I’d come all this way I thought about going to an onsen and I searched the area. By that time I had gotten hungry so I found somewhere I could eat. That place was a little far from Beppu station so I decided to go by train. There was around twenty minutes before the train would arrive so I went to the end of the train platform and waited. I wanted to get on the train first so I waited right at the end. Then when I thought the train had finally come the train only had two cars and it stopped right in the middle of the platform.

(photo of train platform)

I jogged a little.

And so I arrived at the station closest to that onsen. It was quite a way from the station so I went by taxi. Looking out the window of the taxi the surroundings was the kind of place I like. So I thought I need to walk back down this street. The onsen was “maneki no yu” Since it’s a chain I wondered if would be okay but it had various elements so I decided on it. Well, it was incredibly normal but I was satisfied. Then I went back to the station on foot. It probably took one hour. The street to the station was a large street you often find in the suburbs, full of large sized stores.

Like this.

(sign for a book/cd/dvd/game store)

and this

(Photo of a large drug store)

Each shop was of a large size unseen in Tokyo so with each shop I became excited. Then I discovered this shop.

(Photo of a “treasures” shop)

I wondered what kind of treasures lay sleeping in the store and exploring it I found some great treasure.

(Photo of Dir en grey albums)

Then, having spent enough time I returned to the train station. By the time I arrived at the station it was already past 10:30. Then when I bought a ticket and entered the ticket gate I discovered something unbelievable.

(photo of timetable showing the last train to be at 22:32)

The last train had already gone!

(photo of a clock showing 22:35)

The last train had just left as I got to the station. It was inadvertent that there was no last train after 10:30pm. That town was that kind of town. I should have realized with the lack of activity in the shopping district when I arrived, and the mascot wearing a chef’s hat. With this and that I took a taxi home.

See you again next year. Have a good year!

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Meisho de Meishu

The Japan tour has ended in a blink of an eye. I’m a bit lonely. Because I have to leave Japan soon.

I think the GHOUL tour was a tour with very deep/dark contents. In particular, no matter how many times I played MACABRE I was always nervous. Even phrases I could play with no problem in rehearsal, when it came to playing them on stage my fingers would shake and I’d become clumsy. At Okayama when the song seemed to break up (Talked about in Kaoru’s segment) it was really bad for my heart!!! That was the NO.1 time I was flustered on the tour. From then on every time we played MACABRE I think my heart rate increased. I cannot tell you how relieved I would feel the moment we returned to the final intro phrase (laughs) It felt like I could finally see the exit. It’s not an easy thing to concentrate on a song for 16 minutes.

And as everyone knows, I’m playing anime songs. I, who declared I hate anime. Actually, when I heard this conversation from the company president, on the phone “um, Dragon Balls Vegeta….” honestly at that point in time my brain concluded “let’s reject it” (laughs) However this time I thought hard while listening to him. That before, while thinking about things with the bands image I’d always rejected this kind of talk. Even band-wise anime was the road I had come to most avoid. But that was right at the time when I was wanting a new motivation for myself, and wanting to change myself. So, if I didn’t start anything then nothing would change. I thought rather that more than anything else, touching on things that I didn’t like in a 180 degree turn from myself would become an incentive for me. Of course I don’t have the stance that I’ll do everything, but if I don’t try anything then I won’t know. I may be able to see different things to what I’ve come to see up until now. If I try and its not good, then I can just stop. So I started it with that kind of feeling. Already I’ve played two lives for it, and experiencing various things including, Dir en grey also touring at the same time, sharing an amp with another band, using an amp I’d never used before instead of the Marshall amps I’d always used at live houses, purchasing a multi effector, and playing while changing my tread on it, and because there was no wireless system being concerned about standing on the amp cord and feeling like the lights were unusually bright so being shy , I’m doing those concerts feeling everyday, expected things in a new way. And at the same time I’m remembering the time, even before we were an indies band, back when I’d only just joined a band.

and looking around, I’m already in the sky. Ahh for the first time in ages I was properly able to sleep on a plane. On the past Japan tour even in my hotel bed, apart from the times I was drunk I couldn’t sleep soundly without waking up every 2 hours. Maybe it was because while watching iron man 2 I drank two bottles of super dry and two glasses of red wine. That red wine was delicious. Thinking about it, it’s completely unrelated but I get the feeling I watched iron man 1 and 2 on the plane.

Doesn’t matter.

Well then, it appears we will soon be arriving in Los Angelos so I will finish here!

By the time you’re reading this we would have already finished the North American tour and will have returned to Japan. I wonder how our first North American tour in two years would have been? (will be?)

Translation Note: (Special thanks to Die for writing a 260 character long sentence OMG lol)

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Aibiki no Mori

How’s everyone doing?

Well, this time I’m going to talk about the exhibitions and solo exhibitions I can remember going to.

Firstly, Katsuhiro Omoto’s GENGA exhibition.

This person is truly amazing.

All of his original pictures in the AKIRA manga left me speechless.

I really admire his precise composition and the fineness of his lines.

Gazing upon his overwhelming works, Manga and storyboards like “Domu” “STEAMBOY” “Roujin Z” “MEMORIES” etc I enjoyed myself, forgetting the time.

At the end there was Kaneda’s bike featured in AKIRA. I was self conscious about the people around and I didn’t ride on it, which I regret.

Next was the Francis Bacon exhibition.

I came to experience the works of a man called one of the most important painters of the 20th Century.

Honestly speaking, it was a shock.

It’s common but it was like I was mesmerized from the tips of my toes to the top of my head… or a feeling close to light dizziness? After that I was attacked by something that doesn’t know a light character.

I can’t explain it well, but it was definitely a shock like being hit by a hammer.

A heavily distorted man, looking like he’s about to scream.

It was constantly violent… How should I say… Savagely beautiful?

But I couldn’t tear my eyes away from the madness there.

That is my feeling since (visiting) the Van Gogh museum.

I thought honestly that I too would like to occasionally pick up a brush and tread into this world.

Lastly is Takayuki Takeya’s work exhibition.

He is a person who has the skill of the magic of changing things from 2D to 3D.

Photos were allowed there, so I set off with the intent to take many photos.

His work was truly amazing, even the backs and small details, so without thinking I gazed at his work.

Of course the models were done well but the rough sketches were too, and I admired that that was what lead to such amazing sculptures.

I want one in my house.

Well, with that feeling, I gained a good motivation this year too.

To be able to properly raise the quality of this motivation next year too I want to work hard at my secret activities.

Well, I’ll finish here.

Everyone have a good year.

#haiiro no ginka

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