JUMP's Talk Yabu x Yamada 2011.03
An interview with Yabu and Yamada. The conversations really heats up when the boys talk about their beloved soccer.
Theme one, by Chinen. "What kind of otaku are you?"
It's a good thing to be really engrossed with something.
Yabu: What kind of otaku is Yamada?
Yamada: I guess I'm an otaku for the Korean language right now. I always carry at least 3 related books with me.
Yabu: You memorize it all on your own? That's so cool.
Yamada: It's strange, I have been studying all this time (laughs).
Yabu: To have something that you're so much engrossed with is a really good thing.
Yamada: One day JUMP will do concerts on Korea, I will teach everyone then~♪
Yabu: If it's something you like doing yourself, you can use it as a weapon during your job.
Yamada: Right! This time, during concerts, I can already great people in Korean! Then, what about Yabu-kun? What kind of otaku are you?
Yabu: I guess lately I'm an otaku for bath's~ (Translators note: ... Really now?)
Yamada: Oh, that's nice~ What do you do? (Translators note: I had no idea how to properly translate it, but he wants to know how Yabu shows his commitment to... taking baths. Yeah.)
Yabu: I will take a bath whenever I can. Also, I will clean my own bathtub. I get a special feeling in a clean brushed bathtub. You can try it next time?
Yamada: Is that feeling really that good? Okay, I'll try it out tomorrow.
Yabu: It's also good to listen to music while you're soaking in warm water. While listening to music I become all laid-back and relaxed.
Yamada: That's nice~ I also love relaxed soaking in my bath.
Yabu: Taking a bath is the best ♥Yamada: Yuto's theme is, "about soccer."
Yabu: Yamada, when did you start with soccer?
Yamada: My third year in elementary school. What about Yabu-kun?
Yabu: When I was in elementary school, I used to play for the school's team. Ever since then, I started loving playing the game myself too.Yamada: Me too! At that time I went to Hawaii and I saw two people playing soccer, I wanted it too.
Yabu: While everyone went shopping, I was really sweating on our lawn (laughs).
Yamada: That's so much fun~
Interviewer: What's so good about soccer?
Yabu: You learn the importance of being in a group. If one person is missing, everyone is missing, I think it's a natural way of making friends.
Yamada: Such a lesson is even helping me with the job I have now.
Yabu: Because it's both working in groups anyway (laughs). Also, the excitement you feel while watching a game is greater than anything! During last year's World Cup I was on fire. The entire world turned around 1 ball!
Yamada: I was also on fire~ Last year, the performances of the Japanese team were wonderful, I was really on fire.
Yabu: They used to have a really bad reputation, so in the end the results they made were really amazing.
Yamada: Speaking about it, could we make our own team?
Yabu: That's a good idea~ What members were you thinking off?
Yamada: Within Johnny's there are a lot of senpai that like soccer, everyone should gather...
Yabu: Wouldn't the feeling of playing against your senpai feel a bit weird? (laughs)
Yamada: No, there is no hierarchical relationship in sport! ...Or at least I hope (laughs).
Being the extremely lonely YabuDa shipper that I am I wanted to translate this article ever since I laid my eyes on it. However, I didn't had the time for it when it came out and I figured that someone else would do it.
... No one did it 8D So, because I had some spare time and it's Yamada's birthday today; here you go fandom!
I have to say I am never gonna raise my children with Yabu's input because they don't need to be turned into avid bath lovers >:| But other than that I really enjoyed translating this. Yabu and Yamada have great chemistry while talking and it was really nice to read. I love boys who love soccer /sigh ♥ (even though my favorite team lost today >_>;;)