[Trans] KAME CAMERA - Vol.4 TEAM
"TEAM", also known as "The essay where Kame is just wonderful". Or "where Kame covers with love his bandmates even though he doesn't want to admit it (but eventually does it)", or "in which Kame tell us how much he respects the members", or "in which Kame talks about the days he felt lonely".
Or "How Kame can make his fans both sad!emo and happy!emo and get them to cry their eyes out with just an essay".
This to say: before starting reading, find a pack of tissues.
KAME CAMERA
What's the scenery of the bottom of the heart that Kamenashi Kazuya's lens reflects?
Vol.4 - チームTEAM
「Even though we aren’t a group of bosom buddies at all, it’s odd, right? Accumulating time and experiences, the bond is naturally continuing to be born.」 [*]
When I was worrying about which kind of situation I should [choose] for the subject “members”, my eyes were captured by this board in Shibuya. I thought it was cool that there is something like a board [with us on it] in the downtown where we had played since Jr. days. On top of that, I’m in this picture with them as well (laughs)
Recently, I have become able to do stuff like going to eat outside with the members, or exchanging birthday presents with them. Even though it’s something I couldn’t even imagine in the old days (laughs). I think that the nature of our relationship is naturally changing, because we have been together for already 10 years. [**]
The newly-formed KAT-TUN was an agglomeration of generally admitted to be B-rank Juniors; this because the “mains” of the same Jr. generation were to the utmost people like YamaPi and Ikuta. We were B-rank, but since we were all strong guys, at first there were also never-ending rows. And me who was among them, I was a problem child. My temper was rough and naughty. I also did stuff like grabbing the member who failed during the concert in the dressing room and screaming “What the hell are you doing!!” (laughs)
To tell the truth, inside the group, I was cut off. Even if at work I was the mediator, it was usually a “1 versus 5” formation. I originally have a nature that doesn’t want to cluster together, so I wanted to split work and private life and didn’t talk so much with the members outside work. I think another cause is also because I had received many great chances since very soon, such as solo activities or theatrical plays. In 2004, to play Takizawa-kun’s substitute in the play “DREAM BOY” was a huge turning point. With the chance of being the leading role in a big play, inside the group I was isolated, but on the other side, I could grow up as a “worker”. I learnt how to pull the team as the leader, and my professional conscience became stronger. I said what I wanted to say for the sake of making a good job as KAT-TUN too, so I naturally became the one that stands in the center and pulls [the group] too. I think that members were angry at me at first. Because I was the youngest, you know. It’s not that I want to attract the attention. Even though I only want to make KAT-TUN going on well…… There were days where I had the impression I wasn’t conveying this well, and to be honest, they were days when I felt extremely lonely. (laughs)
Each other's good and bad sides, now we are able to reciprocally understand them as our personality
Still, we were able to debut, we overcame busy days and unexpected problems all together, and the atmosphere inside the group started to change little by little. Our strong selves are as before, but we have become able to comprehend and then accept each other’s good and bad sides. Now even if we have long talks for the concerts, we don’t emotionally bump into each other. I have understand the “users’ manual”: that Koki is the type of guy that doesn’t say the opposite opinion on the spot but actually after has something he wants to say, and that I must not be pulled by Taguchi’s my pace attitude (laughs). This is valid for me too. I take the initiative in proposing ideas and talk my head off, but only putting the inspiration into words, it doesn’t mean I want to stubbornly stick to my ideas till the end. On the contrary, I want someone to control and guide my intuitive and tend-to-runaway self (laughs), and now they are comprehending this as well. Koki’s rap, Nakamaru’s beatbox, Ueda’s guitar, Taguchi’s juggling. Before realizing it, everyone has mastered his own weapons, and I really respect this.
It’s odd, isn’t it? Even now, I have no “sense of obligation” that I have to get along well with them. But as a man who tries to act cool, I don’t want to show a clingy friendly mood though (laughs). The bond is naturally becoming deeper.
About my present self, there’s a big part of me that was created by KAT-TUN. Exactly because I set out on this road with these members, my temper and thought have been shaped. Now I feel, from the bottom of my heart, that I’m glad to be in KAT-TUN. Although there’s the group, I am myself, so it’s good that there is an ego that decides to carry myself out as an individual human being as well. I think this is KAT-TUN too. But, if the mother ship called KAT-TUN receives benefits, surely my road and possibilities spread. I think that whichever the work is, it’s the same. For team’s sake, I sometimes sacrifice myself. But that isn’t a detour. Since there are experiences we can do only as a group and whichever the job is, it connects to my personal road, it will become a weapon that I can use. For this reason, I think I want to continue to go forward as KAT-TUN together with those jerks.
Kame’s fixed point of observation
Suzuki Solio’s CM is a CM where it seems that those 5 going out for a drive would have a great fun. When asked about the disposition of seats inside the car, Kamenashi-kun said “It was already decided, but I think that it perfectly meets the nature of KAT-TUN’s relationship”. “Nakamaru, who is driving, is the mom, and I am reasonably the dad sit on the passenger seat. This because the truth is that Nakamaru is the easiest one to consult with about group matters. The three sitting behind are the sons. Koki is the eldest, who looks naughty and is a good boy, and Taguchi who can’t read the atmosphere is the second son. Ueda… There's a sense of distance almost he’s like a cousin, maybe (laughs)”.
By Maquia
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[*] & [**] I think in English the verb form “s.thing/s.one is borning” doesn’t exist, right? Thanks to uepixie I discovered "to being born" exists :P Kame’s saying that their bond (kizuna) was born, is being born and is continuing its process of coming to light (implying that before it didn't exist).
Almost the same goes for the sentence I marked with [**]. He implies their relationship is still changing and will continue to change.
I think this concept deserved a note for you to get better what he is meaning :)
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I added the last box that you find in the page with Kame (even if I haven’t translated it in the past corners) because I was so much moved and with tears at the end of the essay that I NEEDED to put something funny X°D
And don’t worry, dear, even if you don’t want to show your clingy side, we already know you are a sweetheart with the members XD (and he’s practically admitting that he IS clingy with that sentence. How much I love him XD)
Or "How Kame can make his fans both sad!emo and happy!emo and get them to cry their eyes out with just an essay".
This to say: before starting reading, find a pack of tissues.
KAME CAMERA
What's the scenery of the bottom of the heart that Kamenashi Kazuya's lens reflects?
Vol.4 - チームTEAM
「Even though we aren’t a group of bosom buddies at all, it’s odd, right? Accumulating time and experiences, the bond is naturally continuing to be born.」 [*]
When I was worrying about which kind of situation I should [choose] for the subject “members”, my eyes were captured by this board in Shibuya. I thought it was cool that there is something like a board [with us on it] in the downtown where we had played since Jr. days. On top of that, I’m in this picture with them as well (laughs)
Recently, I have become able to do stuff like going to eat outside with the members, or exchanging birthday presents with them. Even though it’s something I couldn’t even imagine in the old days (laughs). I think that the nature of our relationship is naturally changing, because we have been together for already 10 years. [**]
The newly-formed KAT-TUN was an agglomeration of generally admitted to be B-rank Juniors; this because the “mains” of the same Jr. generation were to the utmost people like YamaPi and Ikuta. We were B-rank, but since we were all strong guys, at first there were also never-ending rows. And me who was among them, I was a problem child. My temper was rough and naughty. I also did stuff like grabbing the member who failed during the concert in the dressing room and screaming “What the hell are you doing!!” (laughs)
To tell the truth, inside the group, I was cut off. Even if at work I was the mediator, it was usually a “1 versus 5” formation. I originally have a nature that doesn’t want to cluster together, so I wanted to split work and private life and didn’t talk so much with the members outside work. I think another cause is also because I had received many great chances since very soon, such as solo activities or theatrical plays. In 2004, to play Takizawa-kun’s substitute in the play “DREAM BOY” was a huge turning point. With the chance of being the leading role in a big play, inside the group I was isolated, but on the other side, I could grow up as a “worker”. I learnt how to pull the team as the leader, and my professional conscience became stronger. I said what I wanted to say for the sake of making a good job as KAT-TUN too, so I naturally became the one that stands in the center and pulls [the group] too. I think that members were angry at me at first. Because I was the youngest, you know. It’s not that I want to attract the attention. Even though I only want to make KAT-TUN going on well…… There were days where I had the impression I wasn’t conveying this well, and to be honest, they were days when I felt extremely lonely. (laughs)
Each other's good and bad sides, now we are able to reciprocally understand them as our personality
Still, we were able to debut, we overcame busy days and unexpected problems all together, and the atmosphere inside the group started to change little by little. Our strong selves are as before, but we have become able to comprehend and then accept each other’s good and bad sides. Now even if we have long talks for the concerts, we don’t emotionally bump into each other. I have understand the “users’ manual”: that Koki is the type of guy that doesn’t say the opposite opinion on the spot but actually after has something he wants to say, and that I must not be pulled by Taguchi’s my pace attitude (laughs). This is valid for me too. I take the initiative in proposing ideas and talk my head off, but only putting the inspiration into words, it doesn’t mean I want to stubbornly stick to my ideas till the end. On the contrary, I want someone to control and guide my intuitive and tend-to-runaway self (laughs), and now they are comprehending this as well. Koki’s rap, Nakamaru’s beatbox, Ueda’s guitar, Taguchi’s juggling. Before realizing it, everyone has mastered his own weapons, and I really respect this.
It’s odd, isn’t it? Even now, I have no “sense of obligation” that I have to get along well with them. But as a man who tries to act cool, I don’t want to show a clingy friendly mood though (laughs). The bond is naturally becoming deeper.
About my present self, there’s a big part of me that was created by KAT-TUN. Exactly because I set out on this road with these members, my temper and thought have been shaped. Now I feel, from the bottom of my heart, that I’m glad to be in KAT-TUN. Although there’s the group, I am myself, so it’s good that there is an ego that decides to carry myself out as an individual human being as well. I think this is KAT-TUN too. But, if the mother ship called KAT-TUN receives benefits, surely my road and possibilities spread. I think that whichever the work is, it’s the same. For team’s sake, I sometimes sacrifice myself. But that isn’t a detour. Since there are experiences we can do only as a group and whichever the job is, it connects to my personal road, it will become a weapon that I can use. For this reason, I think I want to continue to go forward as KAT-TUN together with those jerks.
Kame’s fixed point of observation
Suzuki Solio’s CM is a CM where it seems that those 5 going out for a drive would have a great fun. When asked about the disposition of seats inside the car, Kamenashi-kun said “It was already decided, but I think that it perfectly meets the nature of KAT-TUN’s relationship”. “Nakamaru, who is driving, is the mom, and I am reasonably the dad sit on the passenger seat. This because the truth is that Nakamaru is the easiest one to consult with about group matters. The three sitting behind are the sons. Koki is the eldest, who looks naughty and is a good boy, and Taguchi who can’t read the atmosphere is the second son. Ueda… There's a sense of distance almost he’s like a cousin, maybe (laughs)”.
By Maquia
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[*] & [**] I think in English the verb form “s.thing/s.one is borning” doesn’t exist, right? Thanks to uepixie I discovered "to being born" exists :P Kame’s saying that their bond (kizuna) was born, is being born and is continuing its process of coming to light (implying that before it didn't exist).
Almost the same goes for the sentence I marked with [**]. He implies their relationship is still changing and will continue to change.
I think this concept deserved a note for you to get better what he is meaning :)
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I added the last box that you find in the page with Kame (even if I haven’t translated it in the past corners) because I was so much moved and with tears at the end of the essay that I NEEDED to put something funny X°D
And don’t worry, dear, even if you don’t want to show your clingy side, we already know you are a sweetheart with the members XD (and he’s practically admitting that he IS clingy with that sentence. How much I love him XD)