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the GazettE Personal long interview ACT 1: RUKI (part 2)

(click here for part 1)

That up and down of feelings everyday is something that naturally comes into being. In those down times, it’s about how much of it I can successfully link to the production.

――So, you really took your time when you were working on DOGMA. That being the case, I suppose it was also easy to control the feelings that you were expressing, wasn’t it?? RUKI Hm, I wonder how it is. For humans, that up and down of feelings that we experience everyday, is something that comes into being naturally. In those down times, it’s about to what extent I can successfully link it to the production. Honestly, controlling that is a difficult matter…

――Some artists just need to thoroughly devote their time in order to be able to make a convincing and satisfactory work. RUKI For the GazettE it’s like, if we have the time, we put all of it into the production and if that’s the case, the completion tends to be pretty late. On the contrary, when we don’t have time, we can get along with a short and intensive production. But working on an album is tiresome, I guess (bitter smile). Compared to other productions, DOGMA is one of those albums, we spent quite some time on. Although, if you asked us if we had a lot of free time to spare, that wasn’t the case at all. When we spend a reasonable amount of time before making up our minds about certain compositions, we arrange the recording and editing of songs that we’ve already decided on, and before actually reaching a finished form, we keep repeating that process of searching for the ideal form. In fact, why did we have so many song selection meetings? Cause that’s also an essential and important part in the process.

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GIGS October 2015 feat. the GazettE

the GazettE 「OMINOUS」LYRIC VIDEO (Promotion Edit Ver.)

R: phew. finally all the designs for the items are finished. Q: Wah, thank you for your hard work!! so I’m guessing those will also have that DOGMA kind of mood? ( ˃̶᷇ ‧̫ ˂̶᷆ ) R: there’ll be like song lyrics on the motifs and logos. Q: looking forward to it (^o^)/ how many will there be this time? R: UN has about 20 items. for DUE they’ll all be changed again. Q: thank you of all your hard work! I’m really curious about the hat, what color is it? ヽ(´▽`)ﾉ R: it’s broad-brimmed and black. Q: R-San. hello, thanks for the great job. so, there will be a hat then. since my head is kinda small I’d like to know the size. how much will the size of the hat be? (｡-_-｡) R: I don’t know what a normal hat size is but small people can adjust it from the inside. Q: will there be iPhone cases again this time (｡･ω･｡)? R: there will. we have iphone5S, 6 and 6plus sizes. Q: are the pants the skinny type??(*´ｰ`*人*´ｰ`*) R: they’re skinny and have holes near the knees. Q: will there be mail-order again this time? R: of course! Q: what kinds of T-shirts will there be!?☆ and what colors!?☆ R: 3 kinds. though one will be FC limited. Q: do you have bears and stuff again this time? R: we do. Q: what is it that always inspires you for the motifs? (´・ω・｀) R: Hmmmm. this time it was a lot of inspiration from the album. Q: will there be accessories? and please let us know the colors (^^) R: if everything goes smoothly as it is, there will be 3. a necklace, a chain bracelet and earrings. Q: are the cases hard? or the notebook type? R: the one for the 6plus is hard. 5/5s and 6 are a new notebook/memo-pad kinda type. Q: will there be a wallet and pass case again this time? I couldn’t get them before so I really want them. R: we don’t have them this time. Q: will there be a tote bag or a boston bag? R: there’ll be a tote bag. and this one I totally recommend. Q: will there be things like a pamphlet or a photo book?? R: there won’t be a tour pamphlet. the DOGMA limited edition comes with a photo book so you might wanna check that out! Q: could you please make sure that it won’t be all sold out again.   R: it should be fine, since it’s a tour, don’t you think? Q: R-San, hello! will the main color of the T-shirts be black this time again? R: Well, it’s monotone. Q: R-San, thank you so much for your effort. I heard that last time you forgot to produce mirrors. will there be any mirrors this time? (*´ｖ｀) R: yes, there will. Q: if there is a bottom and a hat, it seems like it will be a whole outfit (from head to toe)! will the designs be ok if we combine them? R: yeh, of course. Q: any pouches and stuff this time? R: yup. Q: I’m actually hoping for a T-Shirt with the tour schedule on the back, so will there be something like hat this time😶? R: the FC limited T-Shirt is one of those. kinda like a typical tour shirt. Q: will you upload pictures again of the members wearing the goods (><)? R: if we have the time! but there’ll also be a LOOKBOOK so please refer to that(¤␣◉) Q: I have a feeling those pants won’t fit me (lol) I would really like to know the size in detail (:_;) R: well, if you told me your size I’d be able to answer you. but I think it should be fine! Q: what’s the size of the earrings? the usual 18 gauge? R: it’s a normal earring pin size. Q: what do you mean by a new notebook type…? does it open on the right…? or does it open vertically?! R: it’s a two-leaf/double-door kind. Q: what size does it (the tote bag) come in? my tote bag from the RAD mook book is so worn out, so I really want a new one soon R: it’s not that sort of eco friendly shopping bag but a usual tote bag. Q: will there be a clutch bag? R: yes. this time we aimed at a reasonable price and firmness. Q: that’s gotta be the first time there won’t be any pamphlet, right?? ( ˊଳˋ) I haven’t missed a single one since the JUDGEMENT DAY( ˇωﾟ) (photo) R: yeh, might be a first. Q: is the pouch cool? or more of a cute design? R: it’s cute but it does have an evil feel to it. Q: around May you said something about VM and that something’s would be different, so when will you know? R: right now we’re still in the stage of producing the items so please wait just a little longer. Q: is the design of the earrings for girls? R: it actually has a unisex feel. Q: thank you for your hard work. so the hat will be wide-brimmed, but is it about the size of the hat Uruha was wearing in fadeless? R: well, that one was an actress hat, wasn’t it? (*apparently that style for hats is called that, at least in Japan)

CD & DL Data the GazettE Translation

The pursue of the ideal form of the original the GazettE Everyone has complicated feelings about the word DOGMA, right. - this year on the Budoukan live on the 10.3. on this day you put 13 stairs as a symbol in the middle of the stage, and as the show ended you showed a developent that stunk of symbols „pitch-dark“ and „dogma“ (the japanese word), but when was the time the concept of „DOGMA“ came up? Ruki: 2014 was the year we did the „redefinition“ tours, but we made songs of the album parallel to them. Kai: The first time we showed the songs was around june, wasn’t it? In the beginning we brought songs with us without deciding for a topic, after we heard these songs, we thought about deciding (a topic), that was the style we did it. But at this time „OMINOUS“ was already there, wasn’t it? - I could feel the typically chaos of the GazettE in the word „OMINOUS“ through the slow tunes and certainly as you put the album together and finished (the album), this song was suitable,right? That means the topic of the album was settled in fast steps,right? Ruki: No,no, we did it very often, the song choosing meetings.  Didn’t we do it like 4 or 5 times? Kai: But at the first choosing of the songs, Ruki talked about a plan for the CD cover and 教義(=Dogma) and wanted to do a album in this style. At this time we still didn’t know what „DOGMA = 教義” was. Except for that everyone had complicated feelings towards the word DOGMA,right? Aoi: Anyhow, we couldn’t see our DOGMA、so until we could see it clearly, we somehow didn’t progress at all. Ruki: After the song „DOGMA“ came up、we could feel that everything became solid in one go, right? After we entered this year (2015), without stopping everything became solid. By ourselves it became conceptual. Uruha: The first time we brought songs, they were like the opposite of the concept we have now. What I think now is, we couldn’t make conceptual songs at this time, because we wanted to make songs like an extension of the latest album „BEAUTIFUL DEFORMITY“. Reita: Until now I got the feeling, that we made an album on „I want to do such a live“, „I want to show such a view“ or „I want to make such tunes at lives“, but this time it’s a little different. „the GazettE has to be like that“ we wanted to pursue something like that. Aoi: This time it’s just „let’s make the GazettE!“. But because of that there are also things we didn’t know. Because we’re in the GazettE for over 10 years now, what is typically for us? Even if we think about that, on the contrary especially because it’s us we don’t know, right? But we talked about that „let’s make the GazettE“ = „DOGMA“ as an interpretation (for us) is good. As we heard these words the songmaking became easier, right? Ruki: yeah. While we went by this flow, like always we thought about if we should leave the mechanically sounds out. It’s because we wanted to go in the opposite direction of „BEAUTIFUL DEFORMITY“. - in the opposite direction of that time,right? Uruha: yeah. After we could see the concrete topic of DOGMA, our way to make songs changed too. The instrumental song that is conected to „DOGMA“ is „NIHIL“. After every song was present, finally, as a introduction „DOGMA“ was made. In this Album too, we wanted to put digital sounds in without it feeling incompatible. In the early days, even if we wanted to adopt different genres in ourself, we got the feeling we manged that, but this time it’s not like this, the elements of religion and also metal in the topic of DOGMA are a properly determined condition of how the GazettE is and we were able to connect these, I think. - In this work, which song is personally for you the most pronounced the GazettE song? Reita: personally I think, the songs where I feel that they are the most familiar for the GazettE are  „BLEMISH“ or „INCUBUS“. „INCUBUS“maybe because its also the song that is the most melodious . - I thought that „DAWN“ is also really typicall for the GazettE. The refrain for example. Aoi: I like these kind of refrains. I think it’s typically for the GazettE, indeed. Reita: „the bright red blooming merry-go-round, is indeed very typically for the GazettE (lol). - the melodie or the match of the notes,right? Really like the GazettE. Kai: The first time I heard „DAWN“ the melody itself felt really nostalgic! It’s a melody like the sound from the beginning of the GazettE. Reita: Because the lyrics are also written about ourselves, it’s really empathetic. After all the driving force was anger. The feel of the song and also the lyrics are really the GazettE-like.   Uruha: because this time Ruki brought songs with him where you could feel the typically the GazettE, personally we wanted to create a the GazettE that wasn’t there like this before, wo we pursued to make songs like that. A song that has a twisted feeling, “DERACINE” for example, is a song that gives an emotional feeling . Aoi: usually we’re looking at the songmaking from a different angle, I wonder if it’s the same. Of course while we’re concious of the GazettEs typical side, there is also a little twisted feeling about the GazettE. A song like “WASTELAND”, because we’re not doing them often, I risked it and aimed to make (a song like this). This song holds my sensibility and is the most ‘DOGMA’-like, I think. I got concious of this as we made this Song. - “WASTELAND” carries a full load of religion, right? Personally I think that this song is really like the tunes that Aoi comes up with often. Ruki: I thought that too, that “WASTELAND” is a typical Aoi song. I added the headline afterwards, but the fitting was good and it became a good feeling. Aoi: yeah, right? But for myself, I think that “GRUDGE” is more typical for me. “GRUDGE” is also faster, right? It also gives a pretty easy feeling. - the drawn impression of “GRUDGE” is like a dark falling, and indeed feels like a melody that Aoi seem to like, right? Ruki: yeah. But this time, it’s because Aoi (he uses san) and Uruha (no san lol) brought just passionate songs. Aoi: if you ask why it’s like that, it’s because of the songs RUKI brought with him (lol). But because of that I and Uruha too, had to change our mind completely and especially because of the topic of DOGMA these kind of songs were brought to live. - I see. Personally I felt the impression of DOGMA because of “NIHIL”, “DERACINE”, “WASTELAND”,and “OMINOUS”, I was surprised as I heard that in the beginning “OMINOUS” was the first song that came up. This world was set in such an early stage. Ruki: I had the feeling, that the whole image of the album became gradually solid, but within me, at the time we made “OMINOUS”,as I wrote it, I looked  at a concrete picture,the Cd Cover for example, and so  my worldview became firmly solid. - I see. But in this work in question of skills you really let us feel your growth! The drums in “RAGE” for example, if it’s not Kai, nobody will be able to hit (the drums) like that! Kai: nono, as I heard the demo for the first time, I felt astonishment (lol). But what is the GazettEs religion? If you think about that, intensity is a really important part. Because we didn’t convey this with just “DOGMA”,we connected it with “RAGE” and so it became a really good flow I think, right? Overseas Interview There are people who are coming again and again, doesn’t matter where you go to do a live. - yeah. However because the GazettE are doing lives oversea too, I want to listen, how often is oversea becomming a topic? First what is the meaning of lives oversea? Aoi: especially, why we want to do lives, or why we don’t want do to a live, we don’t think about thinks like this, but when there are people who are coming for us again and again, I think I want to go everywhere to do a live. So, even from oversea (there are people) who come again and again, we don’t have a reason to not go (abroad), right? I wonder if it’s difficult to convey the meaning because we have many lyrics in japanese. But as we are listening ourself to western music, because we like it,we pusue it right? So I don’t think that is much of a problem. Therefore for them to like us to this extent, and are coming again and again, if it’s possible I want to go (abroad) without limits. - I think the equipment you can bring with you abroad is limited, in Japan it’s not like you can’t bring something with you I think, so is there something that’s stressfull? Uruha: it’s not the absolutely same enviroment as in Japan and the performance also can’t be done exactly the same abroad, but at the place we’re now, we can do a live in this enviroment to the extent that we reproduce (the tunes I think), so to this extent we don’t feel stress. Kai: about the drums, there are many times you have to rent the drums from the place, so there are cases that you get drumsizes different from the ones you asked for. In the beginning that meant stress for me, but lately, I got used to just accepting it. It’s because my mind changed to: if we’re here,we can do the live.I got the feeling that our mental side got stronger too. Uruha: in the early days, going abroad, meant we couldn’t see anything except tiing the live with a good mood, but we got to understand slowly that the mood is everywhere different,so we started looking forward to the different views we would be able so see. A Part of the good mood is also because our spirit changed, right? - on oversea tours there are good parts as well as bitter parts , right? Reita: a live is, whatever reason we are doing it for, fun right? If the enviroment is ready and if we have time to do a rehearsal, there is absolutly no problem with the enviroment! But what’s hard, is after all the moving. - because it takes long, right. With minimum of staff? Reita: it’s like that, right. The lighting technican is always coming with us,but the staff of the place is always helping out if we ask them for help too. More than that, after all if one of these 5 people isn’t workin properly, it’s not working at all, if these 5 don’t think about making the GazettE work, it’s not working, that’s what I’m always thinking. To do a good live with a minimum staff, we think that we have to link our growth together,right? As Aoi said earlier,because there are people coming for us again and again, we want to go everywhere. But, if we’re gone, we end up wanting to go home again really fast (lol). I think that it would be great if we could actively do lives oversea from here on too. - the places you went to until now, which left an impression or which live left an impression? Ruki: Brasil I think? The slum like place. .where was it again? Aoi: chile, right. Ruki: Chile? It was a place a little like a prison. Because in Japan there aren’t places like that at all. At this place I stood on stage with big round make up, it felt a little disconnected, but it was really fun (lol). On the other side we had pride (to stand there like this I think) - I see. What are the fans abroad like? Ruki: they’re excited, but somehow they can’t keep it up constantly. The heat cools down easily, I think? I thought about it like that. Also, to make them like the core more, we probably have to head oversea more often. But because we aren’t able to move the same way as we do in Japan, there are irritating hings. So first this and next year will be just about Japan with the religion of the GazettE, so please come to us. The comments from the member for the new songs will take some time,I’m sorry, but I thought that you didn’t want to wait until I translated them too so here it is :3 I hope I didn’t make too many mistakes xx   

Self Liner notes CD & DL Data

Self liner notes 1 NIHIL “because digital and electro elements are suitable in this work, if possible we wanted these parts included in the sing we made (Uruha) 2 DOGMA “scale in gothik style, if we made it with asian Instruments, how would it be? At this stance, we wanted to make a song where until the end there is no Refrain. That’s the topic. The lyrics are filled with the purpuse of us (Ruki) 3 RAGE „ the music composition is really intersting, because the feeling of the tempo, as well  as it’s not a tempo that naturally proceeds “ (Kai) „The lyrics are close to DOGMA, but it’s a little bit nearer to angryness. The sutra-like sound part is a feature of this song.“ (Ruki) 4 DAWN „With quite a speed that is kept, it strikes the refrain, but this mellow refrain, this umbalance is really interesting I think“ (Reita) „There I sing about what led to this song ang about (the time) until the Budoukan on the 10.3.“ (Ruki) 5 DERACINE „originally this song had the title „sorrow“, and it’s a song that has a sad color. I wondered how to make simple expressions swell up and faced that in this song.“ (Uruha) „In the lyrics I thing about a person who throws the place he blongs to away“ (Ruki) 6 BIZARRE Because we included Uruhas A melody with his tappingguitar, we were able to make a song where you could feel the stoicism of the band. The song is about what I think of juvenile crimes“ (Ruki) (that was last years disscussed topic here in japan) 7 WASTELAND I tried to make a song about the things you won’t show often to other people, I tried to make the spiteful part of oneself into a melody.“ (Aoi) „the lyrics are about the net that judged by law“ (Ruki) 8 INCUBUS Because it was a song without a refrain at first, I thought it will be a rocking melody, but surprisingly it became a song with a refreshing feeling.“ (Kai) „I wrote these lyrics about a woman, who suffers from a trauma of the past“ (Ruki) 9 LUCY Because it’s a conceptual album, I think a rocking song like that is a must. The lyrics are about that we have to drop hell with our own hands, and that there a guys who are dazzled by money. 10 GRUDGE We did this song with the intention, that it would be good if there were a song where you have to listen to steadily. It’s a song we wanted you to listen to it by by the nuance of the sound.“ (Aoi) „just recently I saw the movie „Gone Girl“, because of that the lyrics were influenced by it, I think.“ (Ruki) 11 PARALYSIS We aimed for a song where the intensity stayed until the end and the guitar play came to its limit.“ (Uruha) „The lyrics are about a person, who’s turning towards bad things to fulfill his desires.“(Ruki) 12 DEUX „the lyrics show a split personality. Suddenly a moment where you think something like „I’m diving into…“ is spelled. As a song we made it with our images of how we do a single.“ (Ruki) 13 BLEMISH „It’s a song that had a refrain with a firm melody from the first song choosing meeting, but as we considered the flow of the whole album, Ruki remade it and so consequently it was the song that was completed as the last one.“(Kai) „The lyrics are about our „missing part“.“(Ruki) 14 OMINOUS I thought about showing something like a different space-like world and it was the song that we imagined from the beginning to the end. The lyrics include the meaning of OMINOUS and all its matters, and is like a afterword.“(Ruki)

i always pretend to be such a coldhearted bitch but in reality i cry about everything, all the time. literally, always crying.

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RUKI  A  TO  Z  INTERVIEW [Stuppy 2014  June Vol.1] 〜part 1

A - ANGER: You don’t really strike me as the angry type.  Yeh, well, I guess it’s cause I’m not really the type to flip out and hit people, you know. But usually I do get pretty angry (laugh). Basically it’s when things don’t go the way I had imagined them to or when I face unreasonable and irrational things that I can’t control myself and lose my temper, you know that kinda thing, so it’s more of a childish anger. So it happens that I try and hold myself back and tell myself like “it’s so childish to get upset about this!” (laugh). but the thing I get the most angry about is when something that’s concerning us is happening unofficially and we don’t even know about it. At those times, I really don’t do anything about it. Even though I know I’m causing difficulties. So yeh, I’m stubborn like that.

B - BABY (child): Do you like children? I love children a lot. I don’t have any of my own so I don’t really know but from what I can tell, I do love them. I’m the type that often waves at them when it’s just me and a kid in the elevator at my house. How about you? do you have any siblings?  I have an elder brother. That’s why since way back I’ve always wanted a little brother or sister, I couldn’t help it.  What kind of a child were you?  The way I am now. I seriously haven’t changed. I’m not any different to who I was in elementary, middle or high school, haven’t changed at all.  It kinda sounds like you froze (laugh). Ahahaha, yep. It does feel like I froze. feels like the full throttle B-type. Like not being interested in anything at all. Not really interested in people. Only caring bout people I’m actually interested in, only interested in myself. Although I am interested in people’s ways of thinking and ideas, you know.

C - COOK (cooking): Do you cook? I don’t. But I really admire guys who cook. In a sense, we kinda take it for granted that it’s the women who cook but it’s often guys who do the cooking at cafés and such, right? Whenever I see that, I always end up wondering “does he cook at home, too?” A menu that you like? Pasta, in general. I love pasta (noodles). I really love it when it’s still a little undercooked. I’m also quite particular about the thinness. Not the thinnest type, but I love the medium thin type. Around 11? No, around 9 (laugh) Which is the pasta you like best? Genovese. I love it.

D - DEPTH: What are the things you usually think about deeply? I guess, something like “what kind of thoughts and ideas does that person have?” After paying attention to people I think to myself “what was that person thinking at that time?” and then, for example on the next day, I like asking them “what were you thinking yesterday at that time?” it’s not like I’m feeling sorry for them but I just want to know what that person was feeling. That’s actually similar to songwriting. I like thinking about what ways of thinking people have at certain times. that’s why sometimes I look at people’s twitters and think to myself “that person doesn’t really say what he or she’s thinking”. I end up being suspicious about the other side of peoples thoughts and views.   So you’re really interested in philosophical conversations, aren’t you? I am. I love them. That sort of conversations are extremely interesting, aren’t they? I don’t really analyze the members to that extent but I guess there really are times when I think about Aoi-San or REITA.

E - ENCORE: What is the encore according to you? Rather than me, I always think about what the encore is to the fans. Like I wonder, if they’re taking it for granted now. Really, I do think they’re seriously happy when we do an encore. Now since it feels like it becomes a LIVE when we include the encore, I sometimes wonder if that’s a little different (?). As for myself, I just think that I want it to be a time where people can genuinely enjoy themselves, you know.

F - FAN: What do you think about the existence of fans? I think, they’re good fans. They’re the type of fans who really like themselves. I mean, they’re passionate fans. They keep telling us how much they really love the GazettE. I’m really thankful. And they retweet a lot on twitter (laugh). I think, they really love us.

G - GOAL: What’s a life goal according to you? Life goal? Let’s assume there’d be a time we would quit the band, that wouldn’t be my life goal and it would also feel like a timeout (?). Hm, I wonder what it is. Well, I guess the goal of life is the time you die, isn’t it? But if that goal is a good goal, I think that’s the best, you know. But, I believe in the Samsara (endless cycle of death and rebirth) and I do think about what I will be when I get reborn? (laugh) What do you want to be when you get reborn? I’d like to be a human again (laugh). Do you think you would want to follow your own life’s path again? I guess, if I were to live that life one more time, I would wish to have my current mind and thinking from the very beginning. What about your goals as a musician? I think, there are none. Cause I think, if my interest in music fades away that would be the end right there. If I ever lose my interest in music, I’d draw the line without hesitation.

H - HOROSCOPE (astrology): Do you believe in fortune-telling/divination? No, I don’t. And I always end up thinking “why do people who believe in it, actually believe in it?”

I - IDEA: When do you get your inspiration and ideas for songwriting, arrangements, LIVE performances etc.? Sometimes  they suddenly come to my mind when I’m having a conversation like right now. it’s like I just know it, when I least expect it and from there the inspiration just comes to me without stopping, that’s how it feels. Then again, whenever I tell myself to think about something and to produce some ideas sitting in front of the computer, nothing comes to mind at all. So, eventually I end up wasting my time surfing the internet and looking at clothes and stuff (laugh). That’s no good, is it? (laugh)

J - JOURNEY: If you were to travel, where would you wanna go? I wanna go to Cancún in Mexico. I really love the ocean, you know. If I had one week of vacation right now, I’d totally go there without hesitating. In the Caribbean sea, the ocean is always deep blue in any case. And the climate is nice, too. And I’d have a bed on the water. That’d be so good! But I never tan/get a sunburn. I use sun screen and spray on top of that so I protect myself perfectly (laugh). This year in January I also went to Perth in Australia. Yeh, the ocean really is something, huh.

K - KIND: When do you feel the kindness of people? This is also something that’s similar to my way of thinking,  I don’t really feel the kindness in real time, you know. For example, when someone pays attention to what I need and gives me a drink that I really love, in that moment, I just say “Ah, thank you” but after I get back home, I start thinking “Did they check in advance that I like that beverage?” and gradually reflect on that person’s kindness. That’s the way I am. Or like when people bring presents (from their trips). I think about how they actually thought of me in the moment they bought the present, you know. That’s when I feel their kindness. I also feel the fan’s kindness, when I’m reading their letters. I wonder what was on their minds when they were writing them and I’m just grateful. Or when I was ill someone had given me bathing powder which made me feel their kindness, too.

L - LIFE: Do you lead a decent life? I neglect my health (laugh). Last night I went to bed at around 2 and that’s early. Cause normally I always go to sleep after it gets bright, you know. In those times, when I don’t have to work the next day, I end up sleeping until the evening. Basically I can’t really fall asleep. especially when we’re touring. I think about the LIVEs and all and can’t sleep at all.

M - MIRACLE: Do you believe in miracles? I do. But, I think miracles happen a lot, so that’s the stage I like (?). When a miracle happens, I love thinking “why did this happen?” for example, when you get juice out of a vending machine or when a LIVE goes extremely well I end up thinking “why is that?” and I feel like there has to be a reason. “Was it good that I slept so well the the day before?” or “was I just lucky to have such a good night’s rest?” I think, winning the lottery or at bingo are just coincidences and happen by chance but when a LIVE goes really well it’s not just a coincidence. It’s a miracle. It’s the kind of miracle that makes you wanna find out the cause of why you were born.

N - NIGHT: What do you do at night? I work on designs and stuff. not designs that I have to send in soon but more like designs that I’m just personally interested in. You really like that, don’t you? Totally. Or like I do stuff on the internet. Play with my dog. Koron (that’s my dog’s name) doesn’t sleep, you know. My bed at home is a little high and when I’m sleeping he wants me to take notice of him and to care for him, so he really gives his best and runs around nearby the bed. Whenever he does that, his nails hit the floor and make that “chaka chaka chaka” noise. When I hear that sound I wake up. And I just give him a hand and he climbs up on the bed. So when I let him up on the bed, we just sleep together, side by side. And we repeat that pretty much every day. And his body temperature is really warm in winter nights. In the summer, it’s sultry though.

[note: I marked the one’s I was kinda confused about with a (?) but other than those it should be fine ^_^]

he love children 😌

ESP / A-1 艶～EN～

[SCANS] Silver Accessories Vol. 30 ~ REITA

Scans credits: gazeyeah@weibo

Full Size DL: MF (thanks to Kai’s Blog)