On 9 stories and 8 songs
The question that every overseas fan seems to ponder is why with the title "Nine stories" the album has only 8 songs. Looking through Japanese fans reports on the last two one-mans the band held December 1 and 8, I came across an interesting remark that gives a clue to the riddle. A fan quoted Issay's MC at Tokyo live which roughly was as follows:
"I told you 8 stories, the 9th one each of you please spin yourself."*
So, like some books do, Issay has left us with an open ending. It's an elegant gesture, isn't it? Upcoming issue of the magazine "Motto" by 333music.net is promised to contain Issay's interview about the album, so let's hope that later there'll come more info.
*I don't know if these are exact Issay's words or just a narration (as I found this quotion in another report in a different wording), so if you're referring to this entry somewhere, keep it in mind please^^