Sense of Crisis. (Blog Magazine Issue 71 Excerpt)
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The Tokyo performances have ended in the blink of an eye.
Even my ankle with its chip fracture
somehow held out.
Every time I landed while doing the wire work
there was a terrible jolt of agony,
but it held out until the Tokyo performances ended,
so I'm going to be grateful from the bottom of my heart for that.
The Tokyo run
started with the first performance that was two and a half hours late.
I wondered how it was going to turn out,
but we somehow managed to finish
without too many more injuries.
Kirisho [=Kiryuuin Shou] came too.
He was already talking about how he's going to rip off my show...
He's a piece of work...
Even so,
there were three performers other than me who broke bones,
We might even be lucky in a way
that there weren't more.
This is the gift that training gives us...
Other than that we also had a lot of sprains and pulled muscles,
but nothing that was serious enough to stop the performance.
I'm worried about what will happen from now on.
In the break between now and the Fukuoka performances
those who neglect their training,
or break the rhythm of their daily activities
are sure to cause a big accident in a performances somewhere,
I'm worried.
To what extent will they have a sense of crisis
and manage themselves?
This is the one thing I can't do anything about.
They're all good adults.
I just have to trust that on their own self management,
they'll come together and do it until the next performance.
From the day after tomorrow,
I have horse riding practice for the Kenshin Festival.
Will I be able to ride a horse with this leg...?
I won't know unless I try.
But I have to do it.
If it's something that you have to do
thinking and worrying about every little detail of it won't help.
You've just gotta do what you can.
The 300,000 people who will gather in Niigata
are waiting for that Uesugi Kenshin.
I don't know how long I'll be able to continue.
That's why I want to treasure this moment.
I'll burn the image into your eyes.
Like a soaring dragon...
That's GACKT.
That's what my life is.
My name is GACKT
My motto is "Mr. BLUE DRAGON"
See you in Niigata.
GACKT