Masha turned 46 yesterday.
I've been loving him since I was 7, 8, 9 years old? Anyway, at least 15 years already, since I only knew him as niichan until I found his name, his music, his other drama. It has been a long journey : )
I don't know any Masha's fan and I've never been active in his fandom but I got a bit emotional when I saw this picture and read some of his fans birthday wishes for him on tumblr.
Hotaru is the first PV project that I ever participated in, and the last line of the lyric is "ありがとう この街で出会ってくれて 生まれてくれて" - Thank you for our encounter, for being born. Somehow the picture reminds me of that. Yea, I'm thankful for you being born, Masha niichan.
(btw Hotaru is one of the best PVs imo too. It's just simply beautiful. I remembered I was so picky with word choices and V and I went over those words countless times. One part I loved from the lyric translation is
" 今君だけを見つめてる
出会った春もはしゃいだ夏も
泣いた秋も 寄り添い歩いた冬も"
we made it into mùa hè rực nắng, mùa thu buông rơi :)) I don't know how accurate they are, but it sounds great to me :)) The only thing I don't like about Hotaru PV is Masha's hair, but he had a taiga project around that time, so it couldn't help ;___;
OH! website is down for several months now. It is sad but there isn't anything I can do. Here is
OH! vietsub version of Hotaru)