yaotomesugoi's long MYOJO interview [translation]
[MYOJO] yaotomesugoi's long interview translation
Q: How did you get to know about what happened?
Y: I had just finished watching Zenkai Girl's last episode. It was around 9pm-ish? Then I realised that my phone had a missed call. It was Ko-chan. She doesn't usually call me, unless if it's an emergency. So I knew something was up; I just didn't know it had something to do with fandom. I thought she was just worried about the workshop we had to go to the next day.
Q: So you called her back.
Y: Yeah I did. She talked to me for a bit about the workshop we were going to the following day and then she asked me, "Hey so who's the new leader for NEWS now?" I was like, "Huh?" and she told me, "Pi & Ryo has left NEWS." I screamed at the phone "WHAT are you talking about??!" and rushed into my room to talk privately where my parents couldn't hear me.
Q: You were shocked.
Y: You have no idea. Sometimes she talks to me about rumours but I somehow knew this time it wasn't a rumour. I sat on my bed and I cried, I wailed actually. I threw the phone to my sister's lap and she was like, "What's wrong with you?" then she picked up the phone and spoke to Ko-chan. She didn't even comment, she just said "Bye" and hung up the phone. I cried some more and my sister was in shock. And then I called Hana, and she laughed (-.-), she didn't believe me. She thought it was a rumour. Then suddenly she called back and was like "omg".
Q: What was the first thing or who was the first person that crossed your mind?
Y: Miru. I thought of her because we always tweet to each other and I know that she loves NEWS just as much as I do. Then I thought of Erin & Usagi-chan. I straight away got online using my phone since I had switched off my laptop earlier. I wanted to text Usagi-chan to tell her the bad news but I realised that I was using my internet sim card so I couldn't do that. I used my sister's phone to text her and then saw that Usagi-chan gave me a Facebook message.
Q: What did you do after that?
Y: I was online until around 11pm+ I think? I don't remember. Erin was telling me not to think about it. I went offline and lied on my bed and sobbed. It feels so unreal. It's like every time I think about it, I expect it to be just a nightmare but then reality hits me and I have to swallow the fact that it's really happening.
Q: Do you blame anyone about this?
Y: I can't say that I blame either of them. For all we know, Johnny is the one who arranged all this. But I have to say that I really feel betrayed by Pi. He promised that he wouldn't leave us. You may compare this with Jin and say that Jin promised too, but I always thought that NEWS was different. I trusted them. Everyone knew that Pi would go solo one day but I never believed that. He's our leader, and he betrayed us. As for Ryo... Sure I do understand his situation. But somehow I just feel that, well he's been doing this for years. Why does he have to quit now? He could have done it a long time ago like Takeuchi did. Maybe it's partly my fault? I've always wished that I was there during the Notti/Uchi suspension period in 2005. Be careful what you wish for.
Q: What do you think about the new NEWS?
Y: Without a doubt, I will continue to support them just as I have been with the 6-nin NEWS. I'm very thankful to the remaining 4 who decided that NEWS is still worth something and that NEWS still exists instead of disbanding. That would be worse. Anyway, since that night I didn't have the courage to listen to NEWS songs.
Sigh. Look how bored I am.
Tegoshi is the only one who apologised and acknowledged us fans who have been waiting.
Anyway I listened to Pi's songs last night and challenged myself to listen to NEWS "Why" orz. I teared of course. tsk.
Q: How did you get to know about what happened?
Y: I had just finished watching Zenkai Girl's last episode. It was around 9pm-ish? Then I realised that my phone had a missed call. It was Ko-chan. She doesn't usually call me, unless if it's an emergency. So I knew something was up; I just didn't know it had something to do with fandom. I thought she was just worried about the workshop we had to go to the next day.
Q: So you called her back.
Y: Yeah I did. She talked to me for a bit about the workshop we were going to the following day and then she asked me, "Hey so who's the new leader for NEWS now?" I was like, "Huh?" and she told me, "Pi & Ryo has left NEWS." I screamed at the phone "WHAT are you talking about??!" and rushed into my room to talk privately where my parents couldn't hear me.
Q: You were shocked.
Y: You have no idea. Sometimes she talks to me about rumours but I somehow knew this time it wasn't a rumour. I sat on my bed and I cried, I wailed actually. I threw the phone to my sister's lap and she was like, "What's wrong with you?" then she picked up the phone and spoke to Ko-chan. She didn't even comment, she just said "Bye" and hung up the phone. I cried some more and my sister was in shock. And then I called Hana, and she laughed (-.-), she didn't believe me. She thought it was a rumour. Then suddenly she called back and was like "omg".
Q: What was the first thing or who was the first person that crossed your mind?
Y: Miru. I thought of her because we always tweet to each other and I know that she loves NEWS just as much as I do. Then I thought of Erin & Usagi-chan. I straight away got online using my phone since I had switched off my laptop earlier. I wanted to text Usagi-chan to tell her the bad news but I realised that I was using my internet sim card so I couldn't do that. I used my sister's phone to text her and then saw that Usagi-chan gave me a Facebook message.
Q: What did you do after that?
Y: I was online until around 11pm+ I think? I don't remember. Erin was telling me not to think about it. I went offline and lied on my bed and sobbed. It feels so unreal. It's like every time I think about it, I expect it to be just a nightmare but then reality hits me and I have to swallow the fact that it's really happening.
Q: Do you blame anyone about this?
Y: I can't say that I blame either of them. For all we know, Johnny is the one who arranged all this. But I have to say that I really feel betrayed by Pi. He promised that he wouldn't leave us. You may compare this with Jin and say that Jin promised too, but I always thought that NEWS was different. I trusted them. Everyone knew that Pi would go solo one day but I never believed that. He's our leader, and he betrayed us. As for Ryo... Sure I do understand his situation. But somehow I just feel that, well he's been doing this for years. Why does he have to quit now? He could have done it a long time ago like Takeuchi did. Maybe it's partly my fault? I've always wished that I was there during the Notti/Uchi suspension period in 2005. Be careful what you wish for.
Q: What do you think about the new NEWS?
Y: Without a doubt, I will continue to support them just as I have been with the 6-nin NEWS. I'm very thankful to the remaining 4 who decided that NEWS is still worth something and that NEWS still exists instead of disbanding. That would be worse. Anyway, since that night I didn't have the courage to listen to NEWS songs.
Sigh. Look how bored I am.
Tegoshi is the only one who apologised and acknowledged us fans who have been waiting.
Anyway I listened to Pi's songs last night and challenged myself to listen to NEWS "Why" orz. I teared of course. tsk.