[Trans] Kame Camera - Vol.47 Path

[iside89]

Hello everyone! It has been a long time xD
I am going to repost here my Kame Camera translations that I made for kamesanctuary's Kame's 30th birthday.
Many of you have already read them, many probably haven't. I hope both categories will enjoy them anyway :)

Translator's message:

I didn't think this T/N was needed, but after the recent events, I guess it's

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His path.

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Dear Isi,

I feel really lucky somehow because the first time I come to your blog is also at the same time you made your comeback - post after several months! I've been really enjoying reading your translation of "Kame's Camera" these few days. Thank you so much.

I heard about KAT-TUN since my high school days but was never really into Jpop, and "the" Kamenashi Kazuya that I know and grow fond of is actually the actor Kamenashi Kazuya, because Japanese movies and drama are always my cup of tea! I feel sorry somehow that at first I didn't know anything about Kame (even the fact he is part of KAT-TUN), and continue to be such an irresponsible fan for a very long time (I barely look at profile of any actor or actress and only look forward to understand them through the way the analyse and interpret their characters), but recently I just decided that I had to know more about Kame so I can admire him to the fullest extent! That's why I start google about him and Google - sama led me here ~ Thank you for all your hard works *bow*

I'm really happy to read his thoughts from his 20s till recently. Whoever was in charge of this column did a really good job. I'm also in my 20s so his thoughts become even more attractive to me. The image of him that I get from these posts doesn't deviate much from what I've been thinking of him: a loner, a hard worker, a sensitive person, an ambitious guy, a boy with strong will, a man with pride and an (unofficial) leader with great sense of responsibility. But I also get to discover that he is someone who longs for his family and a forward - looking person with a great love for the opposite sex. I've never seen anyone who is such passionate aboutsex difference as Kame, honestly (maybe because he is too often described as feminine and beautiful haha?). I like the fact that he is always be responsible for whatever he does, takes control of his own fate and grows up to be flexible with any kind of situations. I love him even more to know how much he treasures every second of "encounters", how his mind captures even the smallest details of this kind of scenery. I was amused to see how he struggled to find his true self while growing up in a world that cannot be more complicated which is the entertainment world. I believe such a question comes to anybody, especially when you're in your 20s, like some kind of identity crisis, neh? It's fun to see that our Kame went through it too, and his strategy is to constantly reply to whatever other desire to see or to feel from him. He makes himself empty and fill it up by absorbing the whole world he lives within or encounters. Not everyone can nor should follow his method, I personally think his way of identifying himself makes him fit perfectly to be an idol and an actor. After all, he succeeded to produce his identity, his trademark, his "Kame-ism" that fans like me can recognize and enjoy from time to time. Thanks to "Kame's camera", I got to know a much more lively Kame who loves himself, loves people, loves his life, loves to give love and loves to be loved. This honest and sincere Kame is truly the best Kame that I love and would be proud of. His love truly puts him on top of the world.

Re: His path.

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I also feel sorry for Kame because his job is not something he can completely separate from his private life. Most of time, it is so easy to mix up these two parts and it might drag him down endlessly in his loneliness and contradictions. For example, when he stares at the girl he likes with the same way he glances at his fangirls, it sounds like when I talk to my husband using jargon that I frequently use with my colleagues and clients. Personally, I think we should treat people in different contexts properly. My husband would not understand whatever I wanna say, just like that girl could not feel secured with that kind of treatment. Kame mentioned a lot about his switch button, but yeah .. sometimes he doesn't put it on or off at the right moment as it should have been done. But while most of us can build a career and a private life at the same time, people like Kame don't have time nor space to do so, that's why I strongly hope that his partner can catch up with him and be someone that he can rely on. Better be someone who is more mature than him LOL. Reading his thoughts like this, I feel much more sympathy for him and understand better problems he got messed up with, concerning relationships for example.

About his path being an actor, I rather have a high and strict standard. Even I love Kame's acting in many ways and understand very well his sincerity towards acting, I hope he can moderate his ambition and makes one step at a time. Most of thing I feel from him is the beauty and the variety but I long to see more depth from his acting. Kame has the ability to interpret his character in the most interesting way possible so he is now pretty much a face than can guarantee the quality of a movie. But I feel like it still lacks something that stops Kame to climb up to the next level of actor. Kame has a mysterious and fascinating beauty that are built up by his perseverance and maturity. I will be waiting to see that beauty blooms in the more gorgeous way. Kame and KAT-TUN will always have my support!

Thank you Isi once again for the works you've done so far! I'm sorry if my comment goes way beyond of what this magazine series are about. Honestly, I want to write a proper comment to repay (even unproportionally ...) the effort you've made and hope that I can read more about Kame in the future with your help! Arigatou!

Best,
K.L