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Aoi Hitorigoto - 27. Doubt - by Katô Shigeaki

Feb 21, 2010 16:13

I'm always somwhat in awe about Shige's writing in those essays, and love to read the translations.
Since I havn't seen this essay translated yet, I decided to give it a try . Maybe others like to read it as well, so here it is.

( I would rather come down with an illness, than excessively injecting a vaccination against people. )

katô shigeaki, translation: aoi hitorigoto

Comments 59

faricsyung March 8 2010, 01:56:39 UTC

[ Nevertheless, I still want to believe. ]
-- I believe in this too. <3

I share the same sentiment. It seems like there's less and less reasons to have faith in mankind lately, but I guess it's better to think that there's goodness in everyone despite that.

Thanks for sharing this. I understand it can be difficult to relay the exact feelings from the original article.

gerbyl March 8 2010, 08:07:43 UTC

right. I mean of course I can understand the parents about wanting to protect their children (it's a parental reflex I guess), but why go overboard like this, right?! It's kinda sad :/

yeah, sometimes it can be a bit tricky, but I try my best in translating :)

nuerulez March 8 2010, 02:20:10 UTC

poor shige..i'm the one who can believe in other people easily but i'd like to change that..
thanks for translating!!

gerbyl March 8 2010, 08:10:17 UTC

yeah, I can imagine just how upset he must felt about getting suspected. :/ So you mean change it, as in trying to be not so easily believing in people?

nuerulez March 9 2010, 01:57:27 UTC

mistype there..huhu..i'm the type who *cannot* believe in other people easily, so i'd like to change that..sorry for the confusion..^^

gerbyl March 9 2010, 06:44:37 UTC

ahh okay, I thought it might be a typo but wasn't sure, that's why I asked :).

akimitsuru March 8 2010, 04:55:01 UTC

thank u for the translation ~
i wonder is it only in asia that we tend to be wary towards camera?
in the past, i would think one with such a camera must be a professionall someone i would respect. but nowsaday i would think twice for i do not want to see my photos or anyone i know has their photos posted online. so run!

but still, those parents are too paranoid! he is such a handsome boy to be a pervert ~

gerbyl March 8 2010, 08:16:09 UTC

exactly! while I can understand the parents wanting to protect their children from any harm, they went a bit overboard with it there. Perverts/stalker/whatever wouldn't probably be walking around so openly, they'd be hiding behind trees or bushes or something, sneakily taking photos but not like that.

And yeah, i know what you mean, I don't think it's restricted just to Japan (or Asia) that people tend to think or behave that way. In Germany (where I live), when I'm taking pictures of busy/crowded places (well I live in a metropole, so it can't really be helped), I notice a bunch of people looking at me like they think I'm stalking them or something. And I myself, often tend to turn away when i see others taking pictures in public , but not because I think they are doing something bad, I just don't wanna be in the picture. So I can relate to what you're saying.

akimitsuru March 8 2010, 11:30:29 UTC

that is a global phenomena !! we are all wary against camera~ jus can't take pics like scenery. u need a model to tell them "hey look! we are not taking u, we are jus cam whoring ourselves"

positive thinking will be: that is how celebs feel abt paparrazi ... and we are all celebs-equivalent XD

gerbyl March 8 2010, 11:45:15 UTC

right! for instance, when I'm out with friends and obviously am taking pictures of them, in a public place, people won't look at me like I'm doing something creepy, although they still end up in the picture, when they are walking around in the background or something. I guess as soon as they see some is getting their picture taken, they drop every bad thought the might have had. Nobody seems to consider that some people just like taking pictures of trees or flowers or...the scenery (as you said).

LOL at the positive thinking line...:D

synthesizia March 8 2010, 05:40:37 UTC

Thank you for translating!

And as much as I find Shige's point of view admirable, I think he's being a little naive. There are too many sickos out there, and even just an innocent photo of a child playing in the park can be manipulated into something completely NOT innocent.

gerbyl March 8 2010, 08:20:38 UTC

I think he was just really upset about having been suspected, that must have really got to him (and i can't say it wouldn't get to me, too in that situation), which is why he then wrote it like that.

And of course I can totally understand parents wanting to protect their child from any harm, but I still think they went a bit overboard with it here. On the other hand, I can't find myself to be that trusting towards just any other person as he wants to be /is, according to what he said in the last part there. Probably because I'm aware that there are so many sick people out there (as you said).

synthesizia March 8 2010, 08:47:34 UTC

I don't think they went overboard necessarily, but I just don't get what the police officer thought he was going to accomplish looking into Shige's bag. Like, yeah, Mr Pedophile always carries a stash of child porn around with him, let's check every suspicious person. It was kind of dumb on the officer's part.

raviolikenshin March 8 2010, 11:22:51 UTC

hahahaha lol forever at this comment.
i had the same thoughts. i guess they really could do nothing else? lol, should have taken him into custody, THEN we would have an interesting story...

"Aoi Hirogoto 27 - Imprisonment"

raatkerani March 8 2010, 05:52:14 UTC

thank you for the translation.
i understand both parties completely. while i love taking pictures (mostly building and open spaces) and feels awfully dejected when someone actually confronted me on accidentally take their picture, i could also understand the mothers for wanting to protect their children (thank goodness it's shige, what if it's some pedophile taking pictures?).

gerbyl March 8 2010, 08:24:48 UTC

exactly. I do understand the fear of the parents and how they want to protect their children from any harm, but in this situation, I think they went a little bit overboard. I guess it always depends on the situation.

I also love take photos of outside on the streets and of buildings (living in a metropole, that has a lot of those), and noticed how when I do so, many people were looking at me like I'd be stalking. Nobody has ever run to the police though (maybe cause i'm a girl). I never was directly confronted either, but just from the looks people gave me, I understand completely how that feels.