Maquia 2012.09 time! This is really an interesting piece and I'm sure you'll be eager to watch Ore Ore movie as soon as possible after reading it! :D
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I think you can disagree with some choices of your idol's. If he does something stupid, you aren't compelled to defend him to death - as you say, it's not someone we know or our brother, and anyway if necessary you'd scold your relatives or friends if they did something wrong, right? But there's a subtle difference between disagreeing with some choices and complaining for trivial facts. Let's be serious: he's performing for you for 3 hours (and a 3-hour-concert is really something, most of western artists wouldn't do it), he's giving all himself to you on stage, and you send a complaint letter to the fanclub because he wasn't wearing sunglasses...?! It's absurd O___o Or when they scolded him because he took some weight during 2010...? it's not that he suddenly became obese, it wasn't necessary to write to the fanclub/radio/ magazines to tell him to lose weight! Or saying that he should never have his hair permed ever again. These are trivial facts that are totally useless and non influential to his character, behaviour or career; the only result is just hurting him - because I bet that Kame The Perfectionist took all those complaints deadly seriously, just think at how many times he apologised (!!!!!) for putting on some weight for the HR project. This is just playing the spoiled fan, without keeping in mind that he's still human, and without looking at what the artist behind those sunglasses-kilos-hair wants to convey. This is what I meant with "you're supposed to support him" - as an artist making his choices on stage. You may prefer the "cool show off Kamenashi" over the "weird Kamenashi", of course; but you can't boo him every time he's a little different from your expectations. You aren't showing maturity as person either.
Oh dear you can rant anytime you want...I completely agree with you....
Of course you can disagree with a few choices...but he didn't or doesn't do anything in particular with what I could disagree with... The only thing what I'm complaining about for weeks now is his lack of sleep and his...nearly stupid try to convince everybody that it isn't that serious like it seems to be and that he can handle it. Yes he can...but for how long. I don't want to see this drugged like zombie appearance he had in the DB press con again -.- (because it fucking hearts to see him like this) But I'm afraid that even if he did something completely stupid (even if I really can't imagine anything right now...) I WOULD defend him to death. Scolding him in my mind...but nevertheless I would stand completely behind him and support him no matter what...because this is the time where people need the support of their fans the most...when they choose the wrong decisions and make faults.
I really can't understand fans like this :-( I just can't... He is not a stupid pretty doll which is standing in a vitrine...he is a human. A human with feelings, an human who can and will get hurt but things like this. I seriously don't get why this people don't understand that they are HURTING him. It's not easy to be an idol at all...and they make it even worse. And they are killing all the lovable things...like his beautiful permed hair, or his gain of weight or other things which can be just so damn adorable. They are just killing them by saying this.
But this is again this different point of view. Lots of people ( especially Japanese people in this case) think that they are allowed to demand something for their money and for their support, while we here are just damn lucky that we have the chance to see him and to be allowed to love him and to give him all the support he deserves.
Ah this whole shit is so damn frustrating sometimes -.- I just hope that he knows that there are also tons of fans who are willing to accept every little side of him without judging.
Dear girls… I hope you won´t mind, if I join you in this…
I had been a fan of few singers and bands in past years, but nobody had such a great impact and effect on me as KAT-TUN. Just like you I wondered many times, how can I be so emotional about someone, who I don´t know personally, who I´ve never met, but Kame is simply so deep in my heart, that sometimes I cannot even understand myself. And I´m a little scared of it too… There´re not so many people I really care about, but Kamenashi Kazuya is one of them, even though he´s not my family or friend. I love him with all his strenghts and weaknesses, in all his moods, he´s someone who I admire and cherish for his awesome talent at singing, dancing and acting. When I see him smiling naturally, I feel so warm; when I see him being down or depressed and how hard he´s trying to cover it, it clutches my heart. And in past few months I´m so worried about him, when he looks like he can collapse any day…
Seelenlicht… You wrote exactly what I think. He´s trying so hard to persuade everyone that he´s so FINE with this crazy job schedule and making fun of it, that I wanna cry. I´m in the same way in this as you. It hurts like hell to see him in the state like on DB press con. I almost forgot to breathe, when I saw him…. He needs to REST, damn it. And if his appearance has such an influence on us, his fans, what about his family and friends? Where the hell is anyone who would tell him to stop for a minute and take a day off? Don´t they care? I think, he doesn´t decide about his work, he just cannot say „no“ to anything (JE agency is modern slavery according to me), but this is killing him slowly and surely. I love to see him in doramas and movies, yes, but he´s not obligated to sacrifice his health for it.
Fans… I despise that kind of „fans“, who complain about NOTHING just to feel important that they complained or because the idol didn´t fullfill their high expectations. They should just shut up and appreciate everything what Kame is doing for them. Especially Japanese fangirls are crazy. I´d love to go to live KAT-TUN concert once, even though the possibility is almost zero, but I wouldn´t be able to withstand Jap. fans. They are so fucked up, that they hurt their idols and think, it´s a good thing. I do hope Kame (and the others too) know that there´re normal fans out here, who support them no matter what. And what bitch (pardon me, but I had to say it) can complain about his weight?? No matter in what year. Most of the time he´s skinny as hell! And now he doesn´t even have time to eat properly, for god´s sake!
You both wrote things which are going in my mind, too. He´s not a puppet, not a doll to play with, not a robot with neverending source of strenght. He´s human just like us. The one big difference between him and his fans is, that he has great talent, great gift, which he shares with us. People should be more grateful…
I´m looking forward to Ore Ore movie, too, I won´t deny it, but to be honest I´d rather see Kame lying somewhere in the grass on silent and peaceful place with cold beer in hand and doing nothing, than this movie. I´d definitely feel better in that case. :/
I can´t really imagine, what life it is to be observed by so many eyes and cameras since childhood and I feel sorry for Kame, that he has to keep his cool image almost all the time. I think, there´re really rare opportunities, when he shows his true self a little. But I´m sure about one thing. Kamenashi-san is an idol, who would be much more than worth to know in person.
Well, I´m so sorry, this was quite a long ranting, but I got sad and angry because of something like this and I couldn´t help it. Gomen ne… For my swearing, too.
PS: Iside89… Thank you so much for your translations!! You´re doing a great job. I definitely have to check your older posts too and I will.
But there's a subtle difference between disagreeing with some choices and complaining for trivial facts. Let's be serious: he's performing for you for 3 hours (and a 3-hour-concert is really something, most of western artists wouldn't do it), he's giving all himself to you on stage, and you send a complaint letter to the fanclub because he wasn't wearing sunglasses...?! It's absurd O___o Or when they scolded him because he took some weight during 2010...? it's not that he suddenly became obese, it wasn't necessary to write to the fanclub/radio/ magazines to tell him to lose weight! Or saying that he should never have his hair permed ever again. These are trivial facts that are totally useless and non influential to his character, behaviour or career; the only result is just hurting him - because I bet that Kame The Perfectionist took all those complaints deadly seriously, just think at how many times he apologised (!!!!!) for putting on some weight for the HR project. This is just playing the spoiled fan, without keeping in mind that he's still human, and without looking at what the artist behind those sunglasses-kilos-hair wants to convey. This is what I meant with "you're supposed to support him" - as an artist making his choices on stage.
You may prefer the "cool show off Kamenashi" over the "weird Kamenashi", of course; but you can't boo him every time he's a little different from your expectations. You aren't showing maturity as person either.
/end of long rant, sorry xD
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Of course you can disagree with a few choices...but he didn't or doesn't do anything in particular with what I could disagree with...
The only thing what I'm complaining about for weeks now is his lack of sleep and his...nearly stupid try to convince everybody that it isn't that serious like it seems to be and that he can handle it. Yes he can...but for how long. I don't want to see this drugged like zombie appearance he had in the DB press con again -.- (because it fucking hearts to see him like this)
But I'm afraid that even if he did something completely stupid (even if I really can't imagine anything right now...) I WOULD defend him to death. Scolding him in my mind...but nevertheless I would stand completely behind him and support him no matter what...because this is the time where people need the support of their fans the most...when they choose the wrong decisions and make faults.
I really can't understand fans like this :-(
I just can't...
He is not a stupid pretty doll which is standing in a vitrine...he is a human. A human with feelings, an human who can and will get hurt but things like this.
I seriously don't get why this people don't understand that they are HURTING him.
It's not easy to be an idol at all...and they make it even worse.
And they are killing all the lovable things...like his beautiful permed hair, or his gain of weight or other things which can be just so damn adorable. They are just killing them by saying this.
But this is again this different point of view. Lots of people ( especially Japanese people in this case) think that they are allowed to demand something for their money and for their support, while we here are just damn lucky that we have the chance to see him and to be allowed to love him and to give him all the support he deserves.
Ah this whole shit is so damn frustrating sometimes -.-
I just hope that he knows that there are also tons of fans who are willing to accept every little side of him without judging.
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I hope you won´t mind, if I join you in this…
I had been a fan of few singers and bands in past years, but nobody had such a great impact and effect on me as KAT-TUN. Just like you I wondered many times, how can I be so emotional about someone, who I don´t know personally, who I´ve never met, but Kame is simply so deep in my heart, that sometimes I cannot even understand myself. And I´m a little scared of it too… There´re not so many people I really care about, but Kamenashi Kazuya is one of them, even though he´s not my family or friend.
I love him with all his strenghts and weaknesses, in all his moods, he´s someone who I admire and cherish for his awesome talent at singing, dancing and acting. When I see him smiling naturally, I feel so warm; when I see him being down or depressed and how hard he´s trying to cover it, it clutches my heart. And in past few months I´m so worried about him, when he looks like he can collapse any day…
Seelenlicht… You wrote exactly what I think. He´s trying so hard to persuade everyone that he´s so FINE with this crazy job schedule and making fun of it, that I wanna cry. I´m in the same way in this as you. It hurts like hell to see him in the state like on DB press con. I almost forgot to breathe, when I saw him…. He needs to REST, damn it.
And if his appearance has such an influence on us, his fans, what about his family and friends? Where the hell is anyone who would tell him to stop for a minute and take a day off? Don´t they care?
I think, he doesn´t decide about his work, he just cannot say „no“ to anything (JE agency is modern slavery according to me), but this is killing him slowly and surely. I love to see him in doramas and movies, yes, but he´s not obligated to sacrifice his health for it.
Fans… I despise that kind of „fans“, who complain about NOTHING just to feel important that they complained or because the idol didn´t fullfill their high expectations. They should just shut up and appreciate everything what Kame is doing for them. Especially Japanese fangirls are crazy. I´d love to go to live KAT-TUN concert once, even though the possibility is almost zero, but I wouldn´t be able to withstand Jap. fans. They are so fucked up, that they hurt their idols and think, it´s a good thing. I do hope Kame (and the others too) know that there´re normal fans out here, who support them no matter what. And what bitch (pardon me, but I had to say it) can complain about his weight?? No matter in what year. Most of the time he´s skinny as hell! And now he doesn´t even have time to eat properly, for god´s sake!
You both wrote things which are going in my mind, too.
He´s not a puppet, not a doll to play with, not a robot with neverending source of strenght. He´s human just like us. The one big difference between him and his fans is, that he has great talent, great gift, which he shares with us. People should be more grateful…
I´m looking forward to Ore Ore movie, too, I won´t deny it, but to be honest I´d rather see Kame lying somewhere in the grass on silent and peaceful place with cold beer in hand and doing nothing, than this movie. I´d definitely feel better in that case. :/
I can´t really imagine, what life it is to be observed by so many eyes and cameras since childhood and I feel sorry for Kame, that he has to keep his cool image almost all the time. I think, there´re really rare opportunities, when he shows his true self a little. But I´m sure about one thing. Kamenashi-san is an idol, who would be much more than worth to know in person.
Well, I´m so sorry, this was quite a long ranting, but I got sad and angry because of something like this and I couldn´t help it. Gomen ne… For my swearing, too.
PS: Iside89… Thank you so much for your translations!! You´re doing a great job. I definitely have to check your older posts too and I will.
Kasumi
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