With this, we're again in line with Maquia's releases! *applauses* Theme was given in English, as written in the title, "Love". I personally really like how the theme was developed because probably it isn't what you're expecting ^^
And by the way, I see Ao's luggage in front of the door in Kame's picture ^^
Highlights:
-Talking a lot about Tamaki Koji and TBW :D
-Love as power to deal with work and people :D
-How he related with work when he debuted and what changed now.
-Small revelations about Shuji & Akira and Yokai Ningen Bem offers.
-...and quite a lot of other stuff!
Thanks
scorch66 for the English check ♥
KAME CAMERA
What's the scenery of the bottom of the heart that Kamenashi Kazuya's lens reflects?
Vol.33 Love
「“To love” means to understand. Maybe it means preparing yourself for the worst for your partner's sake.」
This time it's a picture I took during the break time between filming. For some months this is my home! I'm filming “Tokyo Bandwagon”, a story filled with lots of love, giving my best day after day and offering lots of love.
Recently, I'm constantly feeling “love”. It's related to the drama “Tokyo Bandwagon”, because I'm relating with the staff and my co-stars in all earnesty every day. I'm the type that can't move if I can't feel the “love”, even regarding work. For this reason even when it's a drama, during the debut period I just jumped into the set that was prepared, but after acquiring experience, I started to actively relate with everything and everyone before filming period begun. Why was I offered that story, what is required of me...? I want to create that piece of work while feeling the production side's love and facing them. I don’t think it would turn out to be a good product if I work just as instructed by others while I still carry doubts or uneasiness. Even when I did “Shuji to Akira” with YamaP, honestly, at first I put up resistance against releasing a CD before KAT-TUN's debut. So I phoned Johnny-san directly, talked with him for more than 2 hours, and only after I understood did I challenge it. “Youkai Ningen Bem” was the same. I received the offer one time 5 years before too and I rejected it. But the producer kept it without giving that character to anyone else, and then offered it to me once again. In that instance, I was hit by that love; as as result of carefully discussing it together, I could consider trying it with my all. I won't move just as others order me to, so I tend to be seen as impertinent. But by doing things like this, I am able to face everything after properly consenting each and every job one by one: I consider this my kind of “love”. On the contrary, my real thought is that I don't want to do a work where I can't feel the love (laughs). This is valid for TV, movies, and magazines. Of course, I want to feel the love towards the product, and also the love towards me. It's during a limited time so it happens that, depending on the working place, I end up being used exactly like a tool; it’s first strictly explained to me the bare minimum and then I am told, “First of all, sing”, “undress”. My sentiments as a living being are simply left in the corner and they [the staff] abruptly push on me the image of the Kamenashi Kazuya whom they have deliberately already created. I know that, considering the position I'm in and the amount of work I have, it can't be helped. For this reason, depending on time and place, I obediently follow. But in the depth of my heart I'm thinking, “I can't kiss if there's no love!” (laughs).
Exactly because I'm a person that gains energy from love, I'm grateful of the love I'm receiving every day in many forms. The love from staff and family around me, but I'm also grateful for the fans' love. Of course during lives, but drama and CD numbers are the same. It’s exactly because I always feel the presence of people who love me that I can continue to move every day.
Staff and co-stars in “Tokyo Bandwagon” are all people of deep love. Among them, Tamaki Koji-san is someone of "hyper" love! His expressions of love are passionate and direct. Every time we meet he hugs me, saying, “Kame is a good man~!” and sometimes steps on my feet, and then after five minutes I'm innocently asked, “sorry, was I stepping on you?” I'm all whatever it’s OK (laughs). It also happens that he sends me phone messages with one simple word like, “I want to see you”, “I love you!”, but also other times he sends me some sort of lyric poems all of a sudden. I suppose that in the case of women [these kind of actions] awake motherly instincts. He's pure like a young boy so you feel you want to do anything for him. It seems that even in regards to this drama, he refused the offer up to 7 times saying, “I'm unsure I can’t properly go to filming every day”, but at the end he said, “I accepted because it's Kamenashi”. So for this reason, I'll challenge this drama with all the energy I have. I think I'll fight it out till the end together, prepared to accept anything. To love means to be willing to understand, and maybe it means preparing for the worst for the sake of the partner.
“Both in work and in private, if I don't feel love, I can't genuinely move. I can't kiss without being in high spirits (laughs).”
Kame’s fixed point of observation
There are many other episodes about his love with Tamaki Koji-san! “Tamaki-san said 'I want to go out drinking with Kame soon, but let's restrain while we're still filming'. But every time we meet he worries all on his own, “Shall we go drink some champagne? No, it's still too soon!'. It's odd that I say this, but seeing him like that is cute (laughs). But before starting filming, he invited the co-stars and the staff to his house. I wonder why, for around 3 hours everyone stood up talking to each other passionately and he sang for us. It was a fun and free time!”
By Maquia
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"“To love” means to be willing to understand, and maybe it means preparing for the worst for the partner's sake." ← This sentence totally hit my heart and I love how it applies not only to romantic love but also (especially) to work: if you're totally convinced of your choice, you won't regret it, no matter the result. This turned out being one of my favourite Kame camera numbers, probably :D
Love da ne ♥