AnCafe said:11-12-07
The mystery of Chuuo Sen (the Chuuo Line)
Teruki death.
Today, Kanon san had to go to his sister's wedding, so he took a day off. So, the 4 of us minus Kanon san went to the studio with Hasegawa-shi. And we newly started again on our pre-production. This time's songs are Yuuki's song and takuya's song. Both of them had this old-time feeling already when it was a still a demo, so I thought they were nice songs☆ And especially takuya's song, since it has a little bit of a foreigner to it(laugh) So for this year, after we finish recording these 2 songs we'll be done with recording!
And then after that the 5 of us went out to eat yakiniku. We talked about the lives after Utsumiya and had fun chatting. It was so good~☆
Good night.
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11-13-07
Milky Way Railroad.
Teruki death.
Today we went to the recording studio in the afternoon and had a meeting for our songs and other things. I feel like some interesting song with a new taste will be made☆
And in the evening I went to see a friend's live. And then after that, I went to Shibuya's ZEAL LINK-san and did some shopping. Today, I bought a CD and live DVD of this certain band-san. This band-san already broke up in the end of last year, but I like their songs and they perform really well and I've personally gone to their lives a couple times before too.
Once I got home I immediately started watching the DVD, but the support drummer was playing the drums in a very beautiful way and he was the type of drummer that I like. We actually got to do a live with them once before...I should've watched them a little bit more closely(*_*) But, during that time I didn't have the same values as I do now...
Good night~.
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A long desired conversation, A rare conversation from Kanon
Hello this is the little-bit drunk Kanon san☆
Today I got to do a long desired talk with Takahashi, Naozumi san(>ω<)
It was crazy
It was so much fun☆
After the interview, I got some alcohol in me too and it was so much fun(*ーωー)
And right now, I am in the state where my excitement won't calm down
Going straight back home just seems like such a waste right now(>_<)
In my fan-letter I put my telephone number and my address so
it's ippatsu gyakuten renai game (this means: when you're losing a game and you get one really big point in the very end making you win instead. So you flip back up)
Oh yeah, at the train station just now I bumped into my old friend from middle school
And I was so surprised then too, I got excited again
I felt like I hit puberty again (he's talking about his voice change)
Man, today I had a storm of excitement
I can't forget Naozumi-san's smile(>ω<)
Aah it was so much fun~
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(I went to Takahashi, Naozumi-san's site and I saw that he posted an entry talking about this day too so I translated that too ^_^)
Here is his HP: 高橋直純 OFFICIAL WEB SITE
I love Ya◇ruto o(^-^)o (Yakuruto)
2007/11/16
On the entry on the 13th, I just wrote that I had a "conversation", but...
the people who were related to that all seemed to have written on their individual blogs about it, so...I will too...very discreetly(laugh)
I actually got to have a conversation with that super popular Visual-kei band 『AnCafe(Antic Cafe)』's Kanon-san! Before that was Saeki-san.
Even though they heard and read about all kinds of things before they came, they were nervous...I guess (←Although I thought they didn't seem like that at all?.../*laugh*)
Saeki san had completely written about it on his blog(^_^
And I got to appear on Kanon-san's blog too, and these kinds of connections makes me really, really happy~.
Kanon-san is a very straight kind of person, and it seems like within his quietness he has a wick inside, and I got to really spend a beautiful time with him! I was laughing the whole time from beginning to end.
I had been hearing about Kanon-san a couple times before, but once I got to actually meet him and talk to him, there were parts of him that were un-like him and it made me smile...so I got to really spend a meaning time and it went by so quickly without noticing.
If I were to express it in just one word, it would be "a good guy"♪
I was very moved~(*^_^*)
I wonder what kind of conversation article it's going to turn out to be...I'm excited. Please be waiting for it('-^*)/
(this was a long entry so I just translated the Kanon-related part ^^
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11-14-07
Please give me work.
Teruki death.
Today takuya and Yuuki had a photoshoot together, and Kanon-san had a seperate photoshoot, and Miku-kun was at the hospital...which means I, Nagata, was the only one with nothing to do(*_*) Please give me work, please let me work, that's the kind of day it's been.
I was torn between either going in to practice the drums or make songs, and in the end I decided to make songs which I hadn't done in a while. In the evening I went to Harajuku for a little shopping too. And after I came back, I was making songs again, and although it's rought, I got to finish one straight song.
Good night.
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The morning is here
This is takuya☆
Just now, I finished reading this novel called "Henshin" (Metamorphosis or Transformation). I started reading it from yesterday, but I got so engrossed in it, I stayed up all night reading it and finished it(´∀｀) Works like the one I was reading the other day "Genya" and "Byakuyakou" and others that are written by Higashino, Keigo-san are all really worth reading!
Everyone, if you all have a chance please try reading them too('-^*)/
Well then, good night-
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11-15-07
dAnce
Teruki death.
Today from the evening, Kanon-san and I went to record the Radio Cafe and then after that all the members gathered together and did one interview.
And at night we were planning on doing TD (track down) but as we were heading toward the recording studio, we got the message "push it back 2 hours!" so, each one of us decided to kill time individually. The Teruki & takuya team went to Shibuya. First we went to Tower Records and bought the Mr. Children Live DVD☆ But we still had lots of time left, so we went to ZEAL LINK again, and went to the underground open space and killed time there. There were PVs of all kinds of band-san playing there, so having takuya as my partner, we did a Visual-kei training session. "OO-san was a ex-member of the band called △△, and..." Kind of like that(^_^
After the TD we all went to eat at Matsuya and went home.
Good night-.
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11-16-07
Emptiness, I flutter in mid-air
Teruki death.
Today we had studio from a little after noon, and we did the pre-production for the new song. After that, we had TD again at the recording studio, but the song that we finished today turned into a really cool song! It is really kiteru!
About this song, for me personally when we were in the pre-production stage, I couldn't see the complete shape. I couldn't imagine it. So I just followed the members who had an actual vision for the whole arrangement, and just absorbed myself in the drums. But then today, when I heard the completed thing, I thought "wow...I get it now...". Yes, it was good I just left it to them. When you once try to just trust a person who you can't understand, as an experiment, there are times where you can add one more drawer to yourself as a result of it. Although, it does depend on whether that person is a reliable person to begin with or not(^_^In my case, it was of course the dependable members, so I could leave it to them. I want to let everyone hear it♪
After I got home, I watched the Mr. Children DVD I bought yesterday. The drums are so lively, it was so human I love it so much.
Good night-.
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A Scary Family Restaurant from Kanon
Right now it is 3:00 in the morning
I am relaxing at a local family restaurant by myself.
I sometimes just wander in here like this to relax and think about things, but
today something strange happened...
Like usual, I parked my bicycle in the bicycle parking lot, and when I sauntered into the place, the bell that sounds like pin-pon-pa-n when someone comes inside, rang,
and then after a while, an employee came and asked me this
"Party of two?"
And she politely even did the peace sign gesturing two
Unintentionally I looked in back of me
Nobody's there...(-ω-
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Suit o(≧∀≦)o
Nyappy o(≧∀≦)o it's Miku-suke☆ Today I went in to do some personal practice and after that I went out to drink with an old friend. The time we were supposed to meet up was 10 at night. As I thought, with this meet-up time I won't be able to watch Kinpachi-sensei!! I went there anyway o(・∀・)o Of course I recorded it though. My goal is to not miss even one.
Today we went to a place where the employee there does a short joke/impersonation o(≧∀≦)o So I of course did one back at him and he said "it's boring"!!
After that we went karaoke. It was an atmosphere where visual-kei wasn't allowed, so I attacked with CHEMISTRY, EXILE and Kageyama, Hironobu o(≧∀≦)o
But I of course sang Sadie too Ψ(｀∀´)Ψ
My friend was wearing a suit when he came and he changed into casual clothes, but I thought he was so cool looking o(^o^)o He said "Because I can't get riled up with a suit on". Miku-suke wants to wear a suit too. Because I mean, it looks like I'm never going to wear it my whole life now. Ooh-. But I'm a chibi (small) so I don't think I'll look good in it o(≧∀≦)o But in college when we did ballroom dancing, I wore a suit and surprisingly everyone liked it. At that time my skin was darker too, so o(・∀・)o
I want my own suit-wearing Miku-suke artist picture o(≧∀≦)o
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11-17-07
Dreams are a small~ Pink colored Room~♪
Teruki death.
Today we did a dress rehearsal for the tour. Thanks to the 3 lives we did the other day the arrangements generally got back into my body, so I focused on the parts I was weak at and just practiced a lot. But, I thought we would still have a week in between, so I was in a relaxed state, but there's already a live tomorrow. I'm so excited! This isn't happiness without a reason☆
After that, I went to the studio and got back what I forgot yesterday. I forgot my kick pedal parts...I have a sub-pedal just in case, so today's rehearsal was fine(^_^But, the rehearsal nicely ended a little early, yet I had to go the long way around and come back home, it was troublesome-.
After I got back home I watched the Mr. Children-san's DVD yet again. Out of Mr. Children-san's albums there are works called "Shingai" and "BOLERO". The overwhelming presence of these two works is what I love, so...instead of buying the newly released Live DVD, I bought the older one(^_^but for now I'm glad I bought this one.
Good night-.
oOOH, WELL WiSH yA GOOD LUCKLike I said, I really doubt it. V_V I've lost one too many important things. But congrats on the guitar, and nyappy late birthday!
but i dun no where in singapore hav kinokuniya and hmv... place that have shops hmv and kinokunniya..can gif some plcaes as example???
AnCafe said:11-18-07
Min Min o( ≧∀≦)o
Nyappy o(≧∀≦)o it's Miku☆ミ
Today we had a live at Utsunomiya o(^o^)o And in the afternoon, we ate potstickers at this potstickers restaurant called "Min Min"♪ Supposedly it's famous, but it was really good☆ Leave it to the potstickers city☆ As for the live, we had some time in between from the last live so my senses were a little numbed and at first it was hard for me to do it, but from the second half I felt like I regained my senses again o(≧∀≦)o
Watching the live from the stage, I thought that today was a live that was very climatic♪ I was watching from the stage, but all the Cafekkos were so hot with energy. Thank you for that very energetic live o(≧∀≦)o But I think the oxygen was really low there so for the Cafekkos it must have been a little bit of a difficult live. You guys worked hard until the end!! It was really fun Ψ(｀∀´)Ψ Next time we will go there more power-uped. I need to do my best at tomorrow's Mito live too o(≧∀≦)o bye Nyappy-o(≧∀≦)o
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☆Utsunomiya Live!☆
This is Yuuki(o・v・o)
Today we had a live at Utsunomiya(*^∇^*)
During et cetera Teruki san threw Stitch(ノД｀*)
(I'm not sure what "et cetera" is. I'm guessing the encore or something? I think it's a section where they talk or something??)
But putting that aside!
I'd be happy if everyone had fun today(o・v・o)
I feel like gradually we are growing too (o^-')b
We'll make the rest of the tour after this a success too(・｀ω・)
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Ow, ow, ouch
This is takuya☆
We got to do a good live today too-!
For me personally, there was a mountain full of things to work on, but I'll do my best(>_<)
One of those things to work on is my obvious lack of exercise(-з-) During the live I got this accident where my legs lightly got cramped (laugh) It's really pathetic(ノ_・。) But, I feel like I got to keep performing as if nothing happened...but, I don't know, how was it? *laugh*
Well then, thank you to everyone who came today-☆ I'll work hard tomorrow too!
Good night-
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The kind everything~ that I can't forget~♪
Teruki death. Thank you for today's Utsunomiya HEAVEN'S ROCK!
Today's live ended very nicely too! The results of yesterday's practice came out too, so I got to correct my weak points, and I am progressing forward every day just as a tour should be☆Tours are nice, they're so much fun(^-^) Every single live is fun too, and as we pile on each one, you can feel the growth of the band and that makes me happy too. This is my happiness. Of course including today's live too, they are all fun! Next time I'm sure Yuuki won't forget either(laugh) Thank you all m(_ _)m
Right now we already arrived at the Mito hotel with the eventer-san's car. Before we got to the hotel we all went to a family restaurant together, but while we were there I got an e-mail from a friend back in college. He said "I'm at karaoke right now, but there was a Antic Cafe song and I was so surprised-! Nagata, you're really working hard. It just made me really happy". These things make me really happy. When Kakusei Heroism got on the charts, I got a lot of e-mails from my friends saying they saw a ranking TV show with us on it.
Ok! I'll work hard tomorrow too! Good night~☆
In the room next door, Kanon & Yuuki are so noisy!!
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☆Mito Live!☆
This is Yuuki(*・w・)
Today we had a live in Mito(￣▽￣*)
Mito is where my cousin lives(´・ω・)
I haven't met him in a while(;´Д｀)
We got to have fun at today's live too (o^-')b
It'd be nice if everyone's having fun tooヾ(´∀｀)ノ
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SIAM
This is takuya☆
I hate Nattou, but I love Mito(´∀｀) (Nattous is a Japanese meal of fermented soy beans. It's really stringy and stinks)
I'm glad we got to do a pretty energetic live today too-! Thank you-!
Well well-
Good work-
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11-19-07
An Cafe's strongest Berserker (a crazy soldier), Yuuki. from Kanon
We were just in Ibaragi
And now, we are in Shinjuku
Cars are so fast
I really want a license
Anyways, its all of a sudden gotten so cold since we left
I feel like I might break because it's so cold in these jeans with holes
But I'm probably going to wear them in Hokkaido anyways
It's always like that
These days, Hasegawa-mane (manager), Miku, Yuuki, and I are addicted to the PSP Monster Hunter Portable 2
Yesterday night, Yuuki and I were doing Monster until our limbs were tearing apart
Actually, Yuuki is the only one that fights, and Hasegawa-shi and I dance, and eat grass, and kill deer
We just join him in the end, when he's winning
We were really making Yuuki have a hard time
Hasegawa-san went out to see whats going on, and almost died. Then, Yuuki had to fight with the monster while he was taking refuge
I thought, "He is such a reliable person in a game"
This time, we had a live in Utsunomiya and Mito
Neither of them weren't that big
So, I felt very close. It was very fun.
As a symbol of thanks, I thought of a catch phrase
(*-ω-)つ
A depressed("utsu" in Japanese) capital("miyako" in Japanese), Utsunomiya
Meatball, Mito
The temperature is going to get colder
Well, good night
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From Mito, to home 0(≧∀≦)0
Nyappy 0(≧∀≦)0 It's Mikusuke☆ Today was the live at Mito♪mufu mufu. Mito is the city of nattou ｖ( ｀∀´ｖ ) I hated nattou until I was 20 years old, but I recoverd! Now, I am addicted to that sticky-ness♪
These days, I am making a lot of mistakes, so I concentrated and rehearsed backstage before the live started. I thought "concentrating is so important after all ". I really felt the change in during the live! I felt this during the rehearsal too, but the live house (they call it the "hako" ) is so small, the distance between the audience is so close. That's why I wanted to have a lot of contact with the fans 0(≧∀≦)0 Although there was a second floor, I hope it wasn't a live that made a distance between us☆But it was so packed today! Was everybody okay?? I worried (>_<)
Anyways, it was a very fun live.
Thank you so much!
Also, thank you for the letters. I am going home right now, so I can relax and read all the letters♪After all, home is the best place! I can calm down. When I get home, I am going to eat my cup ramen. It's the new one.
"Milk Seafood Noodle"
Here is the Miku-suke review 0(≧∀≦)0
Looks…★★★☆☆
Smell …★★☆☆☆
Taste…★★★★☆
...Is what it's like. It's really fresh yet creamy. Looking at it from Nissin's (The cup noodle brand) point of view, this is probably targeted towards women. The un-Nyappy part is that there is less stuf inside than the
original seafood noodle. It will be perfect for those who like heavy things.
Well, Adios Nyappy 0( ≧∀≦)0
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The one-third pure-hearted takuya
Teruki death. Thank you for todays Mito Light House!
I laughed so much today(^_^Thanks to the people in Mito, takuya has grown (laugh) The season is slowly changing and etc, and we have the time to enjoy ourselves☆The performance went really well, and the straining went away, so I am very satisfied today. Thank you very much m(_ _)m
Next we will jump in the Kantou region, so the real trip is just starting. Be waiting, Cafekkos living over there-!
Good night.
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11-20-07
Crossing many borders
Teruki death.
Today, we had studio from the afternoon, and had pre-production for your new song. Our goal was to finish 2 songs within today and tomorrow, but we only safely finished one today. We worked on the second song a little already, so I will work hard tomorrow and finish it!
We have been saying "we are doing pre-production for our new song" and "we are doing recording" since September on our blog, but how many songs do you think we have made in total? It's actually a big number(^_^
After studio, I went out to eat with the staff-san , and went home.
Then, when I got home I again listened to Mr. Children! Jen-san's drumming is seriously so cool-. Good night-.
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☆Meet the Police at Shinjuku...☆
This is Yuuki(´・ω・)
Today we had studio at Shinjuku, but...
as I was heading toward there, I got stopped by the police at the Shinjuku train station...(laugh)
I guess at Shinjuku, Kabukichou there are a lot of dangerous things happening and they searched my belongings...
This is the first time experiencing this in my whole life(´；ω；)
And then when the luggage inspection safely finished, I asked "why only me?" and they said "I thought that your eyes met with mine"
...
Eeehhh(´Д｀)
I'm so in shock(*ΩωΩ)
When I told this story to the members, takuya said
"well if you're wearing black jeans, a black coat, and a stitched knit cap I'm sure you look suspicious enough...(laugh)"
(´；ω；)
But I'm lightly admitting it myself...(laugh)
And then after that I walked around here and there with Miku san and went home(´・ω・)
I'm excited for tomorrow's live~(*´Д｀)
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11-21-07
Out of deep sea.
Teruki death.
Today we had studio from the afternoon. We at least got to finish all the work that we planned on doing, so I'm really relieved. Once we finished the live at Kumamoto on 12/1 we came back to Tokyo, and we're doing recording again. We need to practice at each place we go(^_^Seems like that will be the last recording for this year.
After I got home I started packing for the tour starting tomorrow, and then after that I made an MD I can listen during the car rides.
Starting tomorrow we'll start a long trip we haven't done in a while. I'm really excited~☆ Everyone, make sure you don't get sick! You all better come full of energy!
Good night.
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Preparation for the trip from Kanon
The Duck Commanding Officer who captured the carry bag
Oh dear, what to do
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Nyappy chan o( ≧∀≦)o
Nyappy o(≧∀≦)o This is Miku-suke.
These days, really cold days are continuing. These days I want some winter clothes o(^o^)o I've stopped at the autumn clothes. I'll look for clothes during the tour and do some shopping♪
These days, Nyappy-chan is being a really a baby (meaning wanting attention a lot) o(≧∀≦)o She'll bring her toys and want me to play, or bring her leash and want me to take her for a walk☆ミ
So cute-.
But the tour starts tomorrow, so I took her to my parents' house. A couple of lonely days will continue(;_
I want to take her to the tour o(≧∀≦)o
Oh, I'm still not done preparing for tomorrow's tour(;_
I need to make sure I don't forget anything o(≧∀≦)o
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Btw, I just wanted to add that whenever takuya writes, he has this kansai dialect since he's from Wakayama. And it's really cute. It kind of sounds similar to the Osaka dialect but a little different. It really makes him sound cute for some strange reason XD