Aoi Hitorigoto - 51. Abuse - by Katô Shigeaki

[gerbyl]

yay for having some time during the semester break to do things like this :D

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[gerbyl]

someone posted the scans in news_jpop...the post where you can download the scans (including the one of this essay) is here ;)

Through him explaining the whole matter in this essay, I came to understand it better I'm pretty direct myself and often tell friends or people openly if I'm bothered by certain things. And if I slander them then it's only to like 1 or 2 people who I consider my best friends, and whom I trust, but most of the time, I already told the person who it concerns directly so it's not actually.."behind their back". Anyway, it was interesting to read his opinion on this and they way he explained it :D

[vinyaromeniel]

then I'm a bad person because I backbite about anyone xD
I never backbite about people I like, I rather say snarky things in their faces and then be like "It's just my way to tell you how much I love you".

But I do get his point :)

Because then again I always say things like "Koyama's an idiot but it's why we love him so much", too haha

[gerbyl]

I never backbite about people I like, I rather say snarky things in their faces and then be like "It's just my way to tell you how much I love you".
yeah see, that's how I was thinking as well, so it took me some time to get my head around his way of thinking. But by the end of the essay, he explained it so well, that I understand where he is coming from.

haha yea...and Shige said that about Koyama so many times in interviews or on the radio, that it's not really "talking behind his back" anymore anyway. I think Koyama knows it's his way to express how much he loves him.

[vinyaromeniel]

I think this just shows how amazing Shige is. He manages to explain another way of looking at things and you always end up being like "Ah, yeah, I understand"

I think Shige should become a teacher. A philosophy teacher or something :D

[gerbyl]

yeah exactly, even if at first you sometimes think "wtf is that about?" in the end there is always something you've "learned", be it just a different view on something.

aw, I think he'd make a great teacher! :D

[nara_heiwa]

tks for the translation

[gerbyl]

you're welcome :)

[strawberryparty]

oh god, the member love in this is adorable ♥

and good job on the translation! it definitely sounds like it was done by a native english speaker.

[gerbyl]

yeah, every member got their share in this essay, well..Koyama more than the others but it's KoyaShige after all haha.

oh thank you! Unfortunately I'm not a native speaker, but living in an english speaking country for a year and speaking/writing in English to friends on a daily basis helps a lot, I guess. I know that bad or broken English makes it hard to enjoy reading translations, so I try my very best :)

[faricsyung]

I think it's almost similar to how I think that only close friends are able to tell off the other about their flaws directly, and yet the other party still feels loved.. because it shows that they care. (This sounds rather confusing. ^^;)

Thanks a lot for this. His thinking is always admirable. <3

[gerbyl]

haha, don't worry. It totally makes sense what you said. It kinda sums up this essay and I know that, if some person I have no close relation to tells me off for something, I immediately get defensive, but if it's a good friend, who knows me and my quirks, I listen more carefully and try to think of a way to maybe change it, because I know they only want the best for me and do it because they cherish our friendship.

you're welcome. It is <3