Nino More 10/2009
Ninomiya Kazunari's "It"
Episode 10: Questions and Answers
He simply kept running wholeheartedly up till now on his personal course. What were the feelings Ninomiya Kazunari was able to experience, and the important things he came to find?
Today after finishing his live play he rushed straight to the set of the shoot. For half a month, twice a day, he stands on stage, and day after day during the time between, late into the night, he is off for television shooting and coverage in magazines. Though his schedule is overcrowded to the point of extremes, absolutely none of it shows on his face.
It's really no different than normal, he says nonchalantly. Whether or not I'm busy, that's not something the people who are watching care about. From the beginning, it seems like my feelings and my expressions haven't been in agreement. (smiling) Though in reality I'll be happy, people will tell me I don't look it.
Despite that, his body is honest. He appears tired, and somewhat thinner, with his hunchback more pronounced than usual.
My hips have started to hurt. They say, "You move too much." (smiling) But even if I'm told that, it can't be helped, because I have to keep going. My hips have always been weak. Maybe it's because I've been doing backflips since I was little, but since my teens I've had nerve pain in my hip bone. Stress may also be a reason for the pain. But there's no point in dwelling. You just get more stressed if you're pondering on whether or not it's stress. (smiling) If you're in pain, you just have to fix it.
When he was a Johnny's Jr., he broke his hand yet continued to dance backup for his senpai without telling anyone. It was the same during Arashi's tour when he had lymphangitis. He showed the same performance as ever onstage.
When I had lymphangitis it was so bad that even having the air conditioner directed at my arm was painful. I went directly from the hospital where I'd been admitted to Yokohama Arena. If I think about it now, it's quite the story. (smiling) Such things as pain, uncertainty, and hate, even if I have negative emotions I don't brood, or express it. Even if I hate the person next to me I can talk to them naturally, and I generally don't get nervous, or depressed. Whether that's my original personality or one I've absorbed, I'm not sure... And it's not just with negative emotions, but I think there are questions that are better off not thought about. For example, who will I become in the future? If you keep thinking about such an unanswerable thing, it's pointless, you're just wasting your energy.
Women want the conclusion, whereas men enjoy the process.
Certainly, if you think too much the speed you run at will start to decline. The things you're able to do will dwindle. The moment will get away from you.
While I'm thinking "What kind of person will I become after I finish this game?", I won't be playing it. I just get engrossed and simply play. Work is the same. Even if I get hurt or have some trouble, in the end it's fun and that's why I do it. And because I know that, I don't stew over it. Before I even start to think there are plenty of other things to do...
Things like goals, results, and evaluations, I don't want to be living life searching for those answers. Like with Arashi, we did think in the past that we would like to give a concert in Tokyo Dome, but we didn't aim for that and work every day for that single purpose. There were things like small places and local television shows at that time, and we just enjoyed what was there in front of us, and I think it all linked up to our present.
Without searching for answers, he faces the things in the present with all his strength--- It's a simple thing, but considerably difficult!
I know that too. Generally, girls like things like "answers" and "results". On the other hand, boys like "problems" and "process". So, I guess we kind of miss each other... Even if you're dating, a girl always be concerned with, "Do you like me or do you not?" but boys don't like to put that into frank words. For example, for a girlfriend's birthday present, instead of being told directly "I want this," it's better that, during a date, she takes a long look at some cute clothes. Seeing his girlfriend's profile, then maybe he'd think, "Might that be what she wants?" and guys like to guess like that. (smiling)
In love, not telling the answer is more amorous, and not knowing is more enjoyable.
To that point, if you want to know my information, it's faster to look me up on Wikipedia. It's not a matter of whether or not it's accurate, it's the fact that it's all put into words. If the girl I like says to me, "I don't know what you're thinking! How do you feel about me?" then I'll tell her right out. But if it's a girl that doesn't understand unless I tell her, then I think she won't understand even if I do.
Talk about pain at some point turned into talk about love. While he was absorbed in speaking, his expression gave away nothing. Though it's closing in on his next job, there is no part of him that appears rushed.
To seek out answers and conclusions, ultimately, doesn't that mean that you're working towards the end of something? In work and in love it's the same. If you make marriage the answer to love, when it happens I feel like that means something has ended. The desire to get married early may be some girls' dreams, but for men, to see the woman they like in a dress is something they'll find beautiful no matter what age they become. You don't need to worry. (smiling)
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Note: I translated リンパ管炎 as lymphangitis though I can't say positively that that's what it is; in any event, it's an inflammatory disease in the lymph ducts.
Episode 10: Questions and Answers
He simply kept running wholeheartedly up till now on his personal course. What were the feelings Ninomiya Kazunari was able to experience, and the important things he came to find?
Today after finishing his live play he rushed straight to the set of the shoot. For half a month, twice a day, he stands on stage, and day after day during the time between, late into the night, he is off for television shooting and coverage in magazines. Though his schedule is overcrowded to the point of extremes, absolutely none of it shows on his face.
It's really no different than normal, he says nonchalantly. Whether or not I'm busy, that's not something the people who are watching care about. From the beginning, it seems like my feelings and my expressions haven't been in agreement. (smiling) Though in reality I'll be happy, people will tell me I don't look it.
Despite that, his body is honest. He appears tired, and somewhat thinner, with his hunchback more pronounced than usual.
My hips have started to hurt. They say, "You move too much." (smiling) But even if I'm told that, it can't be helped, because I have to keep going. My hips have always been weak. Maybe it's because I've been doing backflips since I was little, but since my teens I've had nerve pain in my hip bone. Stress may also be a reason for the pain. But there's no point in dwelling. You just get more stressed if you're pondering on whether or not it's stress. (smiling) If you're in pain, you just have to fix it.
When he was a Johnny's Jr., he broke his hand yet continued to dance backup for his senpai without telling anyone. It was the same during Arashi's tour when he had lymphangitis. He showed the same performance as ever onstage.
When I had lymphangitis it was so bad that even having the air conditioner directed at my arm was painful. I went directly from the hospital where I'd been admitted to Yokohama Arena. If I think about it now, it's quite the story. (smiling) Such things as pain, uncertainty, and hate, even if I have negative emotions I don't brood, or express it. Even if I hate the person next to me I can talk to them naturally, and I generally don't get nervous, or depressed. Whether that's my original personality or one I've absorbed, I'm not sure... And it's not just with negative emotions, but I think there are questions that are better off not thought about. For example, who will I become in the future? If you keep thinking about such an unanswerable thing, it's pointless, you're just wasting your energy.
Women want the conclusion, whereas men enjoy the process.
Certainly, if you think too much the speed you run at will start to decline. The things you're able to do will dwindle. The moment will get away from you.
While I'm thinking "What kind of person will I become after I finish this game?", I won't be playing it. I just get engrossed and simply play. Work is the same. Even if I get hurt or have some trouble, in the end it's fun and that's why I do it. And because I know that, I don't stew over it. Before I even start to think there are plenty of other things to do...
Things like goals, results, and evaluations, I don't want to be living life searching for those answers. Like with Arashi, we did think in the past that we would like to give a concert in Tokyo Dome, but we didn't aim for that and work every day for that single purpose. There were things like small places and local television shows at that time, and we just enjoyed what was there in front of us, and I think it all linked up to our present.
Without searching for answers, he faces the things in the present with all his strength--- It's a simple thing, but considerably difficult!
I know that too. Generally, girls like things like "answers" and "results". On the other hand, boys like "problems" and "process". So, I guess we kind of miss each other... Even if you're dating, a girl always be concerned with, "Do you like me or do you not?" but boys don't like to put that into frank words. For example, for a girlfriend's birthday present, instead of being told directly "I want this," it's better that, during a date, she takes a long look at some cute clothes. Seeing his girlfriend's profile, then maybe he'd think, "Might that be what she wants?" and guys like to guess like that. (smiling)
In love, not telling the answer is more amorous, and not knowing is more enjoyable.
To that point, if you want to know my information, it's faster to look me up on Wikipedia. It's not a matter of whether or not it's accurate, it's the fact that it's all put into words. If the girl I like says to me, "I don't know what you're thinking! How do you feel about me?" then I'll tell her right out. But if it's a girl that doesn't understand unless I tell her, then I think she won't understand even if I do.
Talk about pain at some point turned into talk about love. While he was absorbed in speaking, his expression gave away nothing. Though it's closing in on his next job, there is no part of him that appears rushed.
To seek out answers and conclusions, ultimately, doesn't that mean that you're working towards the end of something? In work and in love it's the same. If you make marriage the answer to love, when it happens I feel like that means something has ended. The desire to get married early may be some girls' dreams, but for men, to see the woman they like in a dress is something they'll find beautiful no matter what age they become. You don't need to worry. (smiling)
~
Note: I translated リンパ管炎 as lymphangitis though I can't say positively that that's what it is; in any event, it's an inflammatory disease in the lymph ducts.