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June 12 2021

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Ruki: Did you listen to the radio? 🦉

Ruki: It was the first time I recorded the radio at home, so halfway through, I had this weird tension as if I was announcing a new song and became all fidgety 🦉

Ruki: Starting next time I’ll probably record with other members, so this might be the first and last time!

Ruki: I said this a little while ago, but now I’m thinking that I want to try replying to people’s replies randomly from time to time 🦉 RT @RUKItheGazettE I’ve disconnected myself for a bit, but SNS is also a place where I can get into contact with everyone and I’ll appreciate it. I’m reading everyone’s words. Thank you.

Ruki: I’ll try to be a man of my word. From time to time!

Ruki: I’m not! Is it interesting??🦉 RT @RUKItheGazettE Ruki-san are you reading “Kimetsu no Yaiba”?

Ruki: Oh, did you really hear that?! lol RT @RUKItheGazettE I was just listening to it while having a bath and was very surprised lol. Koron-san’s sneeze was cute 😊 It was like Ruki-san’s way of speaking in private, so it had a fresh feeling!

Ruki: Yes🦒of course! RT@RUKItheGazettE Do you already have Gira-chan? Remember? Haha 🦒🇧🇷

Ruki: Gracias 🦉 RT @RUKItheGazettE Amo cuando muestras esa parte de ti :3, tan natural, tan tuya 🙈

Ruki: Thank you. I’ll create other stages and works that will reach you even more! RT @I’m deaf, but I always receive strength from the GazettE-san’s powerful live performances and music! I’m sad that there will be no lives this year, but someday, when the situation will calm down and lives can happen again, I want to go to the live again

Ruki: I tried replying to 5 messages. From time to time, I’ll come to communicate with you guys again. Thank you for all 🦉🤘

(May 30 , 2020)

DIR EN GREY LIVE ARCHIVE & SPECIAL TALK [DAY 2]

Thank you, Toshiya, for being 100% natural after 3 drinks and sharing so many stories with us! XD So here are my notes from the talk:

We got to know that during Vulgar era Die and Toshiya went to a host club in Kabukicho together and they were treated to Champagne and drank until 6-7 in the morning.

Another time they were drinking somewhere in Tokyo (Toshiya spilled the name of the place though he was not supposed to tell), Toshiya was really drunk and it was hot. There was an elementary school with a pool nearby so Toshiya had the great idea to climb over the fence, strip down naked and enter the pool. He made Die watch out not to get caught and Die even organized him a towel.

Joe asked them where the 3 of them would like to travel together (as in they could have another special for the fans where they spend time together). Long pause, Toshiya: To the sea or the mountains. Onsen would be great too.  Kaoru cut in saying that he couldn’t enter an Onsen (as he’s got tattoos). Toshiya: But as Die doesn’t eat fish/sea food we would have to go to the mountains. Die: Very considerate of you. Die explains that he doesn’t like the hassle of picking fish bones or using crab tongs and scissors. Toshiya then tells an episode from when they were in Sapporo and had crab which was the food highlight there but Die wouldn’t touch it and Toshiya, thinking it was too bad, started peeling the crabs for Die so he could try them (「お食べ」).  Toshiya suggests they could have a takoyaki party together.

Then they remember an insider episode and explode laughing and it gets  confusing bc Kaoru doesn’t want to talk about it. Apparently when they had a takoyaki(?) party together something smelled extremely aweful. Kaoru said something to Toshiya about the smell that cannot be spoken about in public because it would destroy the bands image (something very rude women are not supposed to hear).

Toshiya is really into sauna. He thinks about buying some umbrella-like device with which you can turn your bathtub into a sauna. He even looks up the best saunas in the region when they are touring.

Recently Kaoru and Toshiya (while taking a bath) like to watch some travelling TV show where a cute girl travels around overseas and introduces places.

Die is recently into some new overseas drama (Ozark) that is similar to Breaking Bad.

Apparently there was a time when Kyo and Toshiya walked around 2-chome (a gay district in Tokyo) and attracted some gay couple’s attention as they pointed them to come closer with a hand gesture and this was when Kyo and Toshiya ran away fast.

Joe asked them to tell a Dir en grey-episode they cannot forget.Toshiya remembered one time the band was in a car and they ware taken home to their respective places. The whole time they were talking about Shinya, teasing him. When Shinya was the first to get off the car, before entering the building he turned around one more time telling them “Don’t talk about me when I’m not around”. Toshiya cannot forget Shinya’s expression ever since.

Although it was actually time to end, they (Toshiya) were in such a good mood (or drunk enough) that they extended the live stream. Jokingly saying they wanted money for the extension fans really started donating and thanking them. Toshiya said he really wanted to go to a host club with Die again and they made a fake date for tomorrow (Sunday) to go to a host club and drink champagne.

In the end Joe asked Die and Toshiya if they had a message for Kyo that he would deliver him next week. Die or Joe (can’t remember) jokingly suggested Toshiya and Kyo could go to 2-chome again. After some thinking Toshiya brought up that Kyo is really particular about food/a gourmet and that he recently recommended Kyo a good Ramen bar and would like to know if Kyo already went.

DIR EN GREY LIVE ARCHIVE & SPECIAL TALK #DAY2

Die & Toshiya [PART2-1] The Freedom of Expression

DIR EN GREY LIVE ARCHIVE & SPECIAL TALK #DAY2

Die & Toshiya [PART2-2] The Freedom of Expression

WINTER GHOSTS by Sean Fitzgerald.

“And when they saw us, they call us like this” Toshiya telling the story about a gay couple at  Kabukichō calling him and Kyo when they were on their way to the studio.

TOSHIYA.. ICE CREAM.. AND HIS SEXY VOICE *lol 

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