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Short Translation Requests

Sep 21, 2007 22:09

I have a very cheeky and greedy request to make. There are two short TOKIO clips on youtube that I would be incredibly happy to have translations of.

1. This clip of them on Music Station, plugging Honjitsu, Mijukumono - there's a lot of other stuff going on. The TOKIO part sort of starts at 3:39, but the talk part that i'd love to get a ( Read more... )

honjitsu mijukumono, tv, translation

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Very Rough: Music Station luxvesperis September 22 2007, 04:30:59 UTC

Music Station. D: Do Mariko, Ta: Tamori ( ... )

Re: Very Rough: Music Station guingel September 22 2007, 04:43:04 UTC

Oh my god, you're incredibly fast! That's amazing! Thank you so, so much. Haha, this talk is great - I have so much love for Mabo. That's adorable. And hehe, Nagase is M. XD Thank you!!

You're welcome. luxvesperis September 22 2007, 04:52:39 UTC

I saw it when it was on air, it's a short clip, and it was pretty recent, so I remembered most of the content, which makes it easier. Plus it was Matsuoka for most of it, so I was glued to the screen. And I love his classic comment of "I'm the guy who sings "Yay! Yay! Yay!" in [Uwasa no Kiss]." I've heard that so many times. (^_^)

The next week when Nagase was on by himself, Tamori constantly refered back to the "M" comment. (^_^)

Re: You're welcome. guingel September 23 2007, 18:27:25 UTC

Haha, I haven't ever heard Uwasa no Kiss, actually, but I was still really, really amused. So cute! Oh my god, Mabo is amazing.

Y'know, I don't really ponder whether they're M or S, since we don't really use them as personality types here, but I definitely would not have pegged Nagase for being the type to say he's M. It seems sort of out of character somehow. . .

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Very Rough: HEY!x3 luxvesperis September 22 2007, 04:31:49 UTC

HEY!HEY!HEY! Ha: Hamada, Ma: Matsumoto ( ... )

Re: Very Rough: HEY!x3 guingel September 22 2007, 04:49:28 UTC

Haha, indeed, that was a lot about Johnny - more about Johnny than TOKIO, I guess. Still charming, though! It's interesting that Yamaguchi was 17 when he joined and Taichi was 13! So Taichi would have joined two years before Yamaguchi, then, I guess. I wonder how old Leader was when he joined. . . XD

I'm doubly excited because I just got my sister into JE and we both love TOKIO and we're always saying to each other how much we want more TOKIO-age and now I not only get to read and enjoy these translations myself, I also get to share them with her! Which I know will make her really happy, too.

Re: Very Rough: HEY!x3 luxvesperis September 22 2007, 04:57:18 UTC

Leader was about 18, if I remember correctly. He was in high school for sure. He wrote about it in his book.

I'll translate when I can, but I'm really fickle about it and only do it when I feel like it and even I can't make myself feel like translating. It's why I can't do this as a profession. (^_^)

Re: Very Rough: HEY!x3 guingel September 22 2007, 05:15:05 UTC

Your translations are great! I wonder, even if I spoke Japanese, how much translating would I do? I definitely find that sort of work exhausting. I hope nothing I said came out like "YOU! Translate more!" - what I want is for there to be more translators! Your "fickle"-style of translating is great, and has brought me much joy - I would never ask for more. . . except in this post. XD

Wow, 18. Although if the kids joining now are younger and younger, I guess that wasn't as extreme then. . . it seems now that most of the juniors are joining when they're under 13. But maybe in 1988 18 was closer to the average joining age.

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luxvesperis September 22 2007, 04:48:24 UTC

Totally forgot to add: Junon-hime!!!! She's so pretty. (^_^)

There is one HEY!x3 and I can't remember the group...I think it was V6, but I'm not sure...when someone mentions Leader and Hama-chan says, "That man isn't Johnny's!"

TOKIO has a rather quiet fanbase, even in Japan. That's not to say they're not popular. It's just that they exist on such an ubiquitous level, there are comparitively few people who extremely love them or hate them. Actually, I have never met anyone who had a negative image of TOKIO. I have met people with negative images of all the other Johnny's groups. In anycase, what I'm trying to get to is that since there aren't many fanatic people in Japan, the stuff doesn't really make it out of the country internet-wise. And they're not the pretty boys anymore, they've aged, and quite well, so it takes a bit longer for people to understand how damn cool they are. All personal opinions, of course. And from a girl who ended up staying in Japan over a year longer than she should have mainly for TOKIO. (^_^)

guingel September 22 2007, 05:07:00 UTC

Haha, that is so funny, "isn't Johnny's!" Oh man, Hey!x3 are definitely on board with the Leader mocking. XD ( ... )

luxvesperis September 22 2007, 05:39:11 UTC

Downtown, especially Hamada, love messing with Leader. I think they're amused by his very existance. There was one episode when they told him that sleeping in the costume room was a sign to go back to Nara. (^_ ( ... )

guingel September 23 2007, 18:21:47 UTC

Agh!! I accidentally quit my browser while I was halfway through responding to this! And I hate retyping things, I find it exhausting. :( I suck ( ... )

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tomosuki September 22 2007, 06:31:46 UTC

Anyway, sorry for the whining. It frustrates me more than it should, probably. XD

No no, not at all. I don't think you're the only one frustrated. It is really hard to find their stuff. :(

There's this new comm I saw which seems to be for sharing TOKIO media, if you haven't checked it out yet: tokio_suki.

guingel September 23 2007, 17:53:07 UTC

Ahhh! Thank you so much for pointing me there - that's made me really, really happy!! I can't believe I hadn't seen it yet!

thanks tomo_naki September 24 2007, 12:26:35 UTC

heya~
guingel, thanks for posting this up here.
i've been wondering the same thing too, about the MS talks.

M: The key is really high. At that moment, I realized Nagase was amazing. And I would also like to take the opportunity to ask that, just because I'm in TOKIO, don't ask me to sing TOKIO. I don't sing. I just sang " Yay! Yay! Yay!" in [Uwasa no Kiss].LOL.. whatta coincidence.. the song's playing in my player right now ( ... )

Re: thanks luxvesperis September 24 2007, 16:36:36 UTC

You're welcome. It's nice to know when my translations are helping people get to know TOKIO for the awesomeness that they are. I am stupidly in love with them, as is probably obvious, and I believe it's with good reason.

TOKIO concerts are great. I've only been to three and while I was hanging on for another tour, looks like that's not going to happen while I'm still in Japan. But I have faith. They were given the name "TOKIO" so that anywhere they went, they would be recognized as being from Japan. Whether it been ten, twenty, thirty or even more years from now, they'll make their way worldwide. And I'll be waiting with open arms.

Welcome to the community. Thanks for writing this comment. I might not have added you otherwise, since I don't like empty journals being in the comm. There are a number of locked entries that you'll probably enjoy. (^_^)

Re: thanks tomo_naki September 24 2007, 16:53:16 UTC

*nods* *ack. empty journals* LOL.. i just started using LJ.. and i dunno how to start.

thanks very much for accepting me here, despite of that.
words just can't describe how much i really feel for TOKIO,
and that's coming from someone who hasn't even set a foot in Nihon.

i'll prolly be starting to write my endless rants about them soon enough. LOL
i find it really amzing that you extended your stay in Japan mainly for TOKIO.
ahh~ university life really gets in the way of fangurling.. j/k
but when the opportunity comes, i really won't miss the chance to see them live. (ack.. i'm just a few hours of flight away from Japan. *sigh*)

your translations really made me see them.
i've long been curious about that certain JE group who can play instruments for quite sometime, and whenever i visit JE forums, i *fail* to find anything more about them. (they're mostly from Arashi--> KAT-TUN ( ... )

Re: thanks luxvesperis September 24 2007, 17:49:22 UTC

Everyone needs to start somewhere. Any kind of intelligent notice in my direction of a real person using the account is enough for me. If people can't bother to do that, I don't bother to add them. Since it's on the comm info, I just figure it's fair.

My extended stay is in my eyes both amazing and stupid. But I figured it was my last chance to do something stupid before getting sucked into the real world, so I took advantage of it. I've never encountered a single person who looked down on my decision, which was a bit of a surpise to me. And it's been worth it. Expensive. But worth it.

Before this gets too long, I'll end with: Taichi on drums was one of the cutest things I have ever seen. (^_^)