WU 2015.07: Kamiyama Tomohiro
Note that I am self-taught, and not a native Japanese speaker. There may be errors. Feel free to share, but please don’t claim this as your own translation. Corrections are welcome.
The theme for this month was letters, so he talks about fan letters he's received, a letter he remembers vividly, a letter that he wrote, and some recent events.
Things that were often written to you in fan letters from a long time ago, things that are often written now
In the past, and even now, people send me criticism. When I read them I honestly get very angry, but I'm grateful because rather than receiving complements, thinking "damn!" towards their criticism motivates me more. In the past people didn't really say a lot about my clothes because it wasn't a feature of mine, but now people write me about them. Also right now, people write about my hair. "Blond is good," "brown hair is good" "black is good"... no matter what's said I'm going to do my hair freely! It's my hair! As long as I have hair, it's bad if I don't have fun with it! When I don't have it is a different time (laughs)!
An impressive letter. A letter that you remember
A letter that I received from a dance teacher that I called Master. He had a male-only dance team, and I joined that team. When I was in my first year of middle school, that teacher left Japan to study abroad and sent me a letter. "I really think of you as a little brother," it said. I was very happy. It came with a message in English on dog tag accessories. Though I don't know what he wrote in English (laughs), right now I still have them. Even now my teacher is still doing an exchange, if I have time I'll go to the dance school to play. Next, for some reason, the New Year's card from my little sister that's in her first year of middle school (laughs). Though it made me happy, I thought why did an obligatory letter make me happy? (laughs)
What's an experience where you wrote a letter seriously?
During elementary school, I did a letter exchange with my neighbourhood friends. I wrote letters filled with stuff about myself and mailed them from home. At that time I remember writing quite seriously.
Recent status
Recently, my clothing hobby has changed. While I, of course, love flashy clothes, my frequency of wearing them has reduced. Non-chan told me "you're just fashionable" (laughs). But wait, if I continue a little more I'll return to my past self! Right now I'm going to study flashy clothes! Though it's possible I might become too flashy (laughs).
Translated using scans from yoshiko_mama
The theme for this month was letters, so he talks about fan letters he's received, a letter he remembers vividly, a letter that he wrote, and some recent events.
Things that were often written to you in fan letters from a long time ago, things that are often written now
In the past, and even now, people send me criticism. When I read them I honestly get very angry, but I'm grateful because rather than receiving complements, thinking "damn!" towards their criticism motivates me more. In the past people didn't really say a lot about my clothes because it wasn't a feature of mine, but now people write me about them. Also right now, people write about my hair. "Blond is good," "brown hair is good" "black is good"... no matter what's said I'm going to do my hair freely! It's my hair! As long as I have hair, it's bad if I don't have fun with it! When I don't have it is a different time (laughs)!
An impressive letter. A letter that you remember
A letter that I received from a dance teacher that I called Master. He had a male-only dance team, and I joined that team. When I was in my first year of middle school, that teacher left Japan to study abroad and sent me a letter. "I really think of you as a little brother," it said. I was very happy. It came with a message in English on dog tag accessories. Though I don't know what he wrote in English (laughs), right now I still have them. Even now my teacher is still doing an exchange, if I have time I'll go to the dance school to play. Next, for some reason, the New Year's card from my little sister that's in her first year of middle school (laughs). Though it made me happy, I thought why did an obligatory letter make me happy? (laughs)
What's an experience where you wrote a letter seriously?
During elementary school, I did a letter exchange with my neighbourhood friends. I wrote letters filled with stuff about myself and mailed them from home. At that time I remember writing quite seriously.
Recent status
Recently, my clothing hobby has changed. While I, of course, love flashy clothes, my frequency of wearing them has reduced. Non-chan told me "you're just fashionable" (laughs). But wait, if I continue a little more I'll return to my past self! Right now I'm going to study flashy clothes! Though it's possible I might become too flashy (laughs).
Translated using scans from yoshiko_mama