Oozora: In the rehearsal room, we were working towards shonichi, trying to a degree to make a perfect work.  But of course when you get on the stage you see new things and there are day to day discoveries, so I think steadily it’s become fun.

Ranju: Me too.  Things like the direction of the play and the nuances have expanded bit by bit.

Hokushou: ( Read more... )

Now I remember why I haven't been translating so much lately...because it takes forever.  Comments are highly appreciated XD

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"Especial Time ~As You Like~": Hokushou Kairi and Yuzuki Reon
(Graph March 2009)

Disclaimer: I’m just an amateur who does these for fun and to improve my Japanese.  My apologies for any ( Read more... )

Otozuki: Micchan, during the Takarazuka Music School entrance examination, you had long hair, didn’t you? (laugh)

Hokushou: Yeah, my hair was long (laugh)

Otozuki: So you put it in a bun (laugh).  Even though it was long, I wondered if you would be an otokoyaku (laugh)

Hokushou: (laugh) During the second round of the Music School examination, ( Read more... )

The standard disclaimer: I’m just an amateur who does this for fun, so my apologies for any mistakes contained within.  Feedback and constructive criticism are always greatly appreciated.  Do not reproduce or retranslate without getting permission from me first.

Serious, serious thanks to

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Data of Kei Otozuki

Birthday: 6/19
Blood type: Type O. Since I don’t mind, mixing me in with Type A is…
Reason for your real name: It’s the same as the name of a novelist my mother liked, and it’s also from the name of a tree.  It’s a thick and sturdy tree, and like that tree she ( Read more... )

Question 1. If you were going to challenge yourself, would you…

1. …go sky diving?
2. …go scuba diving?

Question 2. If you could be born again, would you…

A.     …be born as a man

B.     …be born as a woman?

Matobu Sei

Answer to Question 1: Skydiving

I think sky diving.  I’ve experienced scuba diving before and it was very ( Read more... )

E to Bun, Kageki January 2005: Hokushou Kairi

Happy New Year.  Everyone, I think you are spending an enjoyable New Year’s.  I, Hokushou Kairi, from here on for a short time will be on duty for the “E to Bun” corner.  Please look forward to it.  This time, I want to try reporting on the event of “New Year’s” and the private affairs of Takarazuka ( Read more... )

For those of you who don't know, one of my projects is translating the script for tsukigumi's Luna.  I'm a significant chunk of the way through it.  However, I'm hitting spots that I'm stuck on and just can't figure out.  Hence, translation spam.  Any help would be greatly, greatly appreciated.  I really want to get this done and I'm hitting the ( Read more... )

I've translated the article "Takarazuka Anonymous Research 2006."  Unfortunately the way it's formatted makes it difficult to post to Live Journal.  For the moment I've uploaded it to sendspace, so you can download it as a Word document there. 
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Disclaimer: I’m just an amateur with too much time on her hands who does these for fun.  My apologies for any mistakes contained within.  Feedback and constructive criticism are always appreciated.  Do not repost or retranslate without getting permission first.

Data of Kairi ( Read more... )