Translation of the h-darts story
Thanks to some gentle nudging by friends ("gentle nudging"= sweiled flashes a knife at me while dreamers_live holds me captive. XD Just kidding, I jumped at the chance to translate this), I decided to translate the h-darts story. This is the story that you can see scrolling on the right when you enter the h-darts Version 5 story in the middle of the h-darts page here. I had forgotten all about it until our conversation and my speculation about the Darts concept prompted sweiled to mention the story and suggest translating it. So here it is. Very interesting stuff, and makes me excited to see more of the Darts concept.
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DARTS
In the beginning of the 16th century, there existed on this world a small number of blood relatives that possessed special abilities. As the world was then experiencing a time of war, their bodies were ousted[1] from that world by those who tried to grasp and use that power, and by those who feared it.
Crossing over the ocean countless times, they pursued a new land where they could live peacefully; but they could not escape from the fate that they themselves carried, and the decision was passed down within the clan to drop their bodies into the darkness, without leaving anyone behind, and to continue existing.
In order to survive, they put their hands to all of the dark work that was possible, and before long, they gained their position in that world. In time, they became legends in the dark world and the people called them DARTS ~Darkside Inhabitants~[2]. They lived in the darkside of the era; that form was revealed in the shadow of the era.
However, within the expanding family, an internal conflict gradually began; they did not know that the hateful conflict would continue and lead to the result, which was the loss of many lives.
The survivors, who had predicted beforehand "ruin"[3], stopped the fighting, and in order to save blood[4], they sealed their own memory of DARTS. They erased their form from the world of darkness and the history of the clan appeared to be over.
Notes:
[1] "mi o ouwareru": could mean either that they were ousted, or that they ousted themselves from the world. Either way, they were driven out as a result of those outside forces that were trying to use their powers and that were afraid of their powers.
[2] "yami no jyuunin": literally, resident/inhabitant of the dark. The phrase "Darkside Inhabitants" is used as a label for Gackt's h-darts jewelry line.
[3] "horobi": ruin; perish; destroy.
[4] "chi o nokosu": save the blood, in the sense of setting it aside or leaving it behind.
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So, comments? Theories? Speculation on what the new tour will be like? *is dying to talk about Darts even though I still don't really get it* ^^;;
What does the "h" in "h-darts" stand for? Is it DARTS because of "DARkside inhabitanTS"?
Oh and you might recall that Gackt said the first two songs of the Sixth Day Seventh Night tour (Utakata No Yume and Oasis) were previews of the Darts story. That's a little bit clearer now after having read this story.