Translations: Alice Nine Channel May 17th 2013 (first ~14 minutes)
Skipping to this episode. I really like this episode so I might just do the whole thing. Starting with this first talk segment.
Intro Talk segment 00:00 - 14:10
Tora: Ah, it started? Lol. Don't start suddenly out of the blue. There is no countdown or anything? Anyway, good evening everyone. This is guitarist Tora, how is everyone doing? Ah, good, there are many viewers today too. Right now, golden week just about ended. [Golden week is generally a week of vacation in Japan] Now we are halfway through May.
Tora: What did everyone do during Golden Week? Hmm? May blues? [because May is the period where school or work tends to start, so people tend to get stressed while adjusting to their new environment during this time. It's a kind of psychological illness that happens in May?) That's not good. I got the blues in March. If you don't get that early enough it's troubling…
Tora: Oh people worked during this week. Hmm? What? Band collaboration? With who? I don't get it. Well in any case everyone seems to be doing well. So what did we do? Well we went to the dentist…Ah, not we, it's just me.
Tora: Yup, I went to the dentist. I don't usually visit the dentist. When I did for the first time in a while, it was really scary. The drill sounds were quite overwhelming. I really can't stand it. I never want to come back, but I was told, please come back next week. It's probably a threat of something.
Hiroto: Will he come back next week?
Tora: I really don't want that. Anyway introductions please!
-introductions-
Hiroto: (after intro) Don't you think the side (monitor) is kinda low today?
Tora: What do you mean?
Hiroto: the screen.
Shou: The monitor screen?
Tora: Really?
Shou: Looks like it.
Tora: Oh the monitor screen is a little low, not that anyone (the viewers) will notice.
Hiroto: Eh, how is it like for the viewers?
Tora: It's still normal view for the audience.
Hiroto: Ah it's normal for them.
(they make some comparison with the shooting star backdrops etc, some detailed parts I don't quite get so I'll skip)
Shou: You're scared?
Tora: Hiroto-san, you're scared right.
Hiroto: Well I am. I mean…
Tora: It's May.
Hiroto: It's May, and I am here, so that could only mean…
Shou: We just celebrated a while ago didn't we.
Hiroto: Eh? Wasn't it over and done with that time (the birthday surprise/dokkiri/ordeal lol)
Tora: I don't remember the cameras rolling that time!
Hiroto: Yeah, the other time, as a present from Shou-san, we celebrated my birthday.
Shou: Though Saga-kun didn't come.
Tora: That bastard. He really didn't come.
Hiroto: Though, funny thing is, I didn't really feel at all disappointed.
Tora: Instead, if he came, it will be a bigger surprise.
Hiroto: I will be surprised if he came.
Shou: Though he did apologize (through text msg) at 6am that he was sleeping.
Hiroto: About two days ago, we met during work. He was a little awkward when we met.
Shou: So he was feeling a little sorry about it.
Hiroto: I said, morning, and then he said, ah, Hiroshi…morning…
Shou: In a rather awkward way.
Hiroto: Yeah. At the back of my mind, I was thinking, ah, he's actually a good person.
Shou: As expected, Saga-san has a conscience.
Tora: Nao-san came as quickly as he left didn't he.
Shou: He had a cough so he was worried (about spreading it? i don't really know) hence he came just to pass the present.
Hiroto: Yeah, it would have been fine even if he passed it to me the next time we meet.
Shou: Right. He came all the way, hand over the present and left right away. Cool, isn't he.
Tora: All the way, from some faraway place, to hand over the present. Thank you very much lol.
Tora: Well well, it's expected you will be scared (of the birthday 'surprise'). Just now, Hiroto has been spraying cologne all over himself in the dressing room. But really, technology is not that advanced yet. It's not like the smell can be transmitted through the computer. Why do you have to spray that much cologne? What's more in this room where there are only men.
Hiroto: True, there are only 'rascals' in this space(actually it's just man in slang, but the literal meaning is rascal, just to differentiate it a little)
Tora: So I don't understand the need to put on cologne. The smell can't be conveyed to the listeners.
Hiroto: Eh, niconico hasn't had that function set up yet?
Tora: That function? It will be quite a problem setting that up! People will have to keep sniffing the television. (skipped a few lines) Well it's similar to 4-D. I kind of want to experience that. Why is it only in Nagoya?
Shou: Oh yeah, there's one in Nagoya (4-D movie theater)
Tora: Yeah, the 4-D movie theater. I want to watch a movie at least once there. Has anyone gone there before? Have? Ah (xxx, I don't get the title, but some 4d movie in disneyland?) I heard that you can feel the wind blow on you, the chair will shake and so on. I really want to see it. I heard Iron Man (3) is showing there (in 4-D).
Hiroto: Really?! I want to see.
Tora: Yeah, I want to see it too. Maybe someone can tell us about it. Anyway, here comes a letter. From Saitama, Wami-chan.
Tora: (letter:) It's a month ago, I went to see the Visual Battle Royale with my daughter. It was amazing. Having lived so long, it was the first time I see so many wonderful guys gathered in one place. After that, we decided to watch the special alice nine channel, my daughter and her friend were really excited but in the midst of it, I got separated from them. Only I wasn't able to watch it. Next year, please do it at a more convenient location.
Tora: Was that place hard to find? Ah, it was at the edge (of the location?)
Hiroto: Usually there is some event you might be looking forward to but only the related personnel knows where it is.
Tora: Even for us, it's the staff who tells us where it is. So it was supposed to be an obscure place? Let's stop holding it there. lol.
Hiroto: Ah, I wanted to ride that Segway.
Tora: Nao-san was riding it round and around. It's probably his hobby now.
Hiroto: Plus that was at the edge wasn't it? He was going round there in the Segway.
Tora: Also that Rodeo machine that Saga-san rode was also in that area!
(skipped a few lines, basically talking about that area and previous episode)
Tora: But I guess we will be doing this again next year? If we are maybe it could be more…
Shou: at the center.
Tora: Yes lol. Also, maybe the contents of the 'sports events' could change? One more thing, for the past one year, all the other bands have come to have their own shows don't they? Like D=out. I wish they will talk more.
Shou: True. We have been working out our bodies in our show, so it's natural that we think the others do that too. But somehow it didn't feel that way lol. For that battle royale, we are the seniors there. We are there being active and all, but somehow they are more like (acting cool), ah, ok ah, ah ok.
Hiroto: We had been touching dry ice with bare hands, getting bitten by crabs etc.
Tora: Yeah we did all that. Screw was there too, but they talked even less than last year! Why on earth?
Shou: Exactly, even though it was themed Visual Royale, you can't just stay in visual-kei style anymore.
Tora: Right. Well next year, please have the Gazette on as well.
Shou: Though with Aoi-san appearing, it's probably going to get tense.
Hiroto: Ah, that tension might be good.
Shou: I guess we can be standing at the side and Aoi-san will appear right in the middle…
Tora: Ah sounds good. …(staff said something) I certainly want him to be the emcee too. The contest? Let's do the contest too lol. I'm just saying it though. Ah, if this reached Aoi-san through twitter or something, he will be saying, Hey Tora, we need to talk.
- release, event information -
(skipped to the letter)
Tora: here comes. I think it's your time Hiroto.
Hiroto: Maybe it's something else.
Tora: Something else? Please don't, like a surprise for me or something…please wait for 4 more months…(until Tora's birthday in Sep)
Tora: (letter:) Yo Alice Nine. (skipped a line) Now you all are in the midst of a consecutive 3-month single release. But at the same time in alice nine channel, starting this month, have you realized that you're starting a 5-month consecutive event as well?
Shou: What?
Tora: Really? I don't know. (letter:) Right! For Alice Nine, in May, Hiroto, in June, Saga-shishou (shishou=master), beginning of July, Shou, end of July, Nao and in September, Tora, starting from this month, it's a consecutive 5 months of birthday events.
Tora: 5-month consecutive events, well that is like almost an entire year worth of events.
Tora: (letter:) Hence, for this month's event, we have prepared this segment known as: The Hiroto birthday commemoration returns! Onegai, Hiroto ranking!
Hiroto: What? What was this?
Tora: Ah we did this. (letter:) Last year, it was a great success, so after a year, even though no one asked for it, it's here again!
Hiroto: Lol. Then again, time flies! It's already a year ago?! This is the one where my brother appeared right.
Tora: (letter) (skipping all these: basically the letter said it's going to be slightly different from last year and they will explain all after the set change)
-song intro-
Intro Talk segment 00:00 - 14:10
Tora: Ah, it started? Lol. Don't start suddenly out of the blue. There is no countdown or anything? Anyway, good evening everyone. This is guitarist Tora, how is everyone doing? Ah, good, there are many viewers today too. Right now, golden week just about ended. [Golden week is generally a week of vacation in Japan] Now we are halfway through May.
Tora: What did everyone do during Golden Week? Hmm? May blues? [because May is the period where school or work tends to start, so people tend to get stressed while adjusting to their new environment during this time. It's a kind of psychological illness that happens in May?) That's not good. I got the blues in March. If you don't get that early enough it's troubling…
Tora: Oh people worked during this week. Hmm? What? Band collaboration? With who? I don't get it. Well in any case everyone seems to be doing well. So what did we do? Well we went to the dentist…Ah, not we, it's just me.
Tora: Yup, I went to the dentist. I don't usually visit the dentist. When I did for the first time in a while, it was really scary. The drill sounds were quite overwhelming. I really can't stand it. I never want to come back, but I was told, please come back next week. It's probably a threat of something.
Hiroto: Will he come back next week?
Tora: I really don't want that. Anyway introductions please!
-introductions-
Hiroto: (after intro) Don't you think the side (monitor) is kinda low today?
Tora: What do you mean?
Hiroto: the screen.
Shou: The monitor screen?
Tora: Really?
Shou: Looks like it.
Tora: Oh the monitor screen is a little low, not that anyone (the viewers) will notice.
Hiroto: Eh, how is it like for the viewers?
Tora: It's still normal view for the audience.
Hiroto: Ah it's normal for them.
(they make some comparison with the shooting star backdrops etc, some detailed parts I don't quite get so I'll skip)
Shou: You're scared?
Tora: Hiroto-san, you're scared right.
Hiroto: Well I am. I mean…
Tora: It's May.
Hiroto: It's May, and I am here, so that could only mean…
Shou: We just celebrated a while ago didn't we.
Hiroto: Eh? Wasn't it over and done with that time (the birthday surprise/dokkiri/ordeal lol)
Tora: I don't remember the cameras rolling that time!
Hiroto: Yeah, the other time, as a present from Shou-san, we celebrated my birthday.
Shou: Though Saga-kun didn't come.
Tora: That bastard. He really didn't come.
Hiroto: Though, funny thing is, I didn't really feel at all disappointed.
Tora: Instead, if he came, it will be a bigger surprise.
Hiroto: I will be surprised if he came.
Shou: Though he did apologize (through text msg) at 6am that he was sleeping.
Hiroto: About two days ago, we met during work. He was a little awkward when we met.
Shou: So he was feeling a little sorry about it.
Hiroto: I said, morning, and then he said, ah, Hiroshi…morning…
Shou: In a rather awkward way.
Hiroto: Yeah. At the back of my mind, I was thinking, ah, he's actually a good person.
Shou: As expected, Saga-san has a conscience.
Tora: Nao-san came as quickly as he left didn't he.
Shou: He had a cough so he was worried (about spreading it? i don't really know) hence he came just to pass the present.
Hiroto: Yeah, it would have been fine even if he passed it to me the next time we meet.
Shou: Right. He came all the way, hand over the present and left right away. Cool, isn't he.
Tora: All the way, from some faraway place, to hand over the present. Thank you very much lol.
Tora: Well well, it's expected you will be scared (of the birthday 'surprise'). Just now, Hiroto has been spraying cologne all over himself in the dressing room. But really, technology is not that advanced yet. It's not like the smell can be transmitted through the computer. Why do you have to spray that much cologne? What's more in this room where there are only men.
Hiroto: True, there are only 'rascals' in this space(actually it's just man in slang, but the literal meaning is rascal, just to differentiate it a little)
Tora: So I don't understand the need to put on cologne. The smell can't be conveyed to the listeners.
Hiroto: Eh, niconico hasn't had that function set up yet?
Tora: That function? It will be quite a problem setting that up! People will have to keep sniffing the television. (skipped a few lines) Well it's similar to 4-D. I kind of want to experience that. Why is it only in Nagoya?
Shou: Oh yeah, there's one in Nagoya (4-D movie theater)
Tora: Yeah, the 4-D movie theater. I want to watch a movie at least once there. Has anyone gone there before? Have? Ah (xxx, I don't get the title, but some 4d movie in disneyland?) I heard that you can feel the wind blow on you, the chair will shake and so on. I really want to see it. I heard Iron Man (3) is showing there (in 4-D).
Hiroto: Really?! I want to see.
Tora: Yeah, I want to see it too. Maybe someone can tell us about it. Anyway, here comes a letter. From Saitama, Wami-chan.
Tora: (letter:) It's a month ago, I went to see the Visual Battle Royale with my daughter. It was amazing. Having lived so long, it was the first time I see so many wonderful guys gathered in one place. After that, we decided to watch the special alice nine channel, my daughter and her friend were really excited but in the midst of it, I got separated from them. Only I wasn't able to watch it. Next year, please do it at a more convenient location.
Tora: Was that place hard to find? Ah, it was at the edge (of the location?)
Hiroto: Usually there is some event you might be looking forward to but only the related personnel knows where it is.
Tora: Even for us, it's the staff who tells us where it is. So it was supposed to be an obscure place? Let's stop holding it there. lol.
Hiroto: Ah, I wanted to ride that Segway.
Tora: Nao-san was riding it round and around. It's probably his hobby now.
Hiroto: Plus that was at the edge wasn't it? He was going round there in the Segway.
Tora: Also that Rodeo machine that Saga-san rode was also in that area!
(skipped a few lines, basically talking about that area and previous episode)
Tora: But I guess we will be doing this again next year? If we are maybe it could be more…
Shou: at the center.
Tora: Yes lol. Also, maybe the contents of the 'sports events' could change? One more thing, for the past one year, all the other bands have come to have their own shows don't they? Like D=out. I wish they will talk more.
Shou: True. We have been working out our bodies in our show, so it's natural that we think the others do that too. But somehow it didn't feel that way lol. For that battle royale, we are the seniors there. We are there being active and all, but somehow they are more like (acting cool), ah, ok ah, ah ok.
Hiroto: We had been touching dry ice with bare hands, getting bitten by crabs etc.
Tora: Yeah we did all that. Screw was there too, but they talked even less than last year! Why on earth?
Shou: Exactly, even though it was themed Visual Royale, you can't just stay in visual-kei style anymore.
Tora: Right. Well next year, please have the Gazette on as well.
Shou: Though with Aoi-san appearing, it's probably going to get tense.
Hiroto: Ah, that tension might be good.
Shou: I guess we can be standing at the side and Aoi-san will appear right in the middle…
Tora: Ah sounds good. …(staff said something) I certainly want him to be the emcee too. The contest? Let's do the contest too lol. I'm just saying it though. Ah, if this reached Aoi-san through twitter or something, he will be saying, Hey Tora, we need to talk.
- release, event information -
(skipped to the letter)
Tora: here comes. I think it's your time Hiroto.
Hiroto: Maybe it's something else.
Tora: Something else? Please don't, like a surprise for me or something…please wait for 4 more months…(until Tora's birthday in Sep)
Tora: (letter:) Yo Alice Nine. (skipped a line) Now you all are in the midst of a consecutive 3-month single release. But at the same time in alice nine channel, starting this month, have you realized that you're starting a 5-month consecutive event as well?
Shou: What?
Tora: Really? I don't know. (letter:) Right! For Alice Nine, in May, Hiroto, in June, Saga-shishou (shishou=master), beginning of July, Shou, end of July, Nao and in September, Tora, starting from this month, it's a consecutive 5 months of birthday events.
Tora: 5-month consecutive events, well that is like almost an entire year worth of events.
Tora: (letter:) Hence, for this month's event, we have prepared this segment known as: The Hiroto birthday commemoration returns! Onegai, Hiroto ranking!
Hiroto: What? What was this?
Tora: Ah we did this. (letter:) Last year, it was a great success, so after a year, even though no one asked for it, it's here again!
Hiroto: Lol. Then again, time flies! It's already a year ago?! This is the one where my brother appeared right.
Tora: (letter) (skipping all these: basically the letter said it's going to be slightly different from last year and they will explain all after the set change)
-song intro-