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- 6 Dec 2007
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^ ah, so it's really a wig !! XD but I really hope to see his real hair and eyes one day XD
-Well then, what about Mucc.
Tatsurou: This time, I'm gonna go in a relaxed mode. I've been talking about all kinds of things just now, but the main goal here is to just have fun. So it's not something where you aim for perfection or anything. Depending on the situation, it's ok to have mishaps and troubles. I'm thinking it'd be nice to have a live where in the end, you can include all those troubles and say that you ﾂ"had funﾂ".
-Well then, since you guys will step over the usual way of doing things and also the usual songs, you think it'll become something with a different nature?
Tatsurou: I don't know. We haven't decided anything that specific yet, but I think that'll probably be something inevitable or it'll just become something different naturally. Kind of like a festival or something. And this doesn't have to do with the live, but simply for me, it's been a really long time since I spent the End of the Year and New Years in Tokyo, it's actually been so long it's not in memory and it feels like the first time, so I'm excited for that too.
Ryutaro: ah, that would be exciting.
Tatsurou: And once the event is over, if we decide to go out to drink, I wonder what Shinjuku would be like? And stuff like that.
-The end of the performance is around midnight, right. I'm sure it'll be really busy everywhere all the way until morning. But, I think once the morning comes the city will instantly get pretty quiet. No matter if it's Kabuki-chou or Center city or anywhere else, I'm sure it'll be like scattered pieces of grain.
Ryutaro: Yeah, that's how it really is.
Tatsurou: I want to actually see that kind of atmosphere in real life-.
-Speaking of alcohol, is everyone in Antic Café ok with alcohol?
Miku: Um, no we're not good. Only our drummer, Teruki can drink.
Tatsurou: No way. It's because you're short so you don't have any space to put alcohol in (laugh).
Miku: Ah-, well we actually are all short and around the same height.
Ryutaro: Oh it's that kind of problemﾂ…
Tatsurou: I mean, you probably only come up to half of me, right?
-That's not true!
Tatsurou: But, you're probably only like 110 cm or something right?
-That's too deformed! (laugh)
Miku: I'm about 163 or something. But, we're all around the same height, so we don't usually feel that kind feeling. But today during the photo shoot I did think ﾂ"what?ﾂ" for a second (laugh).
-That's true, you were ﾂ"standing smallﾂ" in between Ryutaro kun and Tatsurou kun (laugh),
Miku: I know.
-So then what happens when that kind of Miku-kun happens to forcefully drink some alcohol?
Miku: I get dizzy and fall over (laugh).
-How was Pura Turi again
Ryutaro: The ones that drink at lives are mostly Akira and Bucchi (Sasabuchi). But at fan club trips and stuff, it's free and easy so there are times where I drink sometimes. At those times, when I do lives, it's different from the usual so it's kind of funny (laugh).
Tatsurou: But, when vocalists drink alcohol it's immediate. Doesn't your voice not come out?
Ryutaro: Really? I think I'm the opposite and it comes out more. It's momentary, but I feel like my throat opens up.
-Maybe it makes your blood flow better
Tatsurou: For me, my throat gets dry easily.
Ryutaro: Oh I totally understand. For me, it comes out for a moment but then it dries up after. According to what I heard from a doctor, it's ok when your throat opens up momentarily, but when you keep singing in that kind of condition, then you put a heavier burden on your throat than usual.
-Well then, for those who like to drink, we want you all to be careful with that kind of thing and go on stage.
Tatsurou: But you know. Even before the alcohol, on that day I'm gonna go there from the morning, right? Then, I have a feeling I'll have been talking so much, by the time it's our turn, my throat would be all dry anyway (laugh).
Ryutaro: That's so true (laugh).
-Who knew there was a pit fall like that (laugh).
Tatsurou: But you know, that can't be helped. I will still sing even if that happens, so it's ok.
-About how much time is planned for each band's waiting time?
Tatsurou: I think for the 1st group it'll be about 30 minutes each. And, for the 2nd group it'll be about 45 minutes each. And for this time, we're planning on doing a ﾂ"New Years Gift Special Projectﾂ" for the 2nd group. So I think there will be another ﾂ"somethingﾂ" other than each band's live.
-This makes things even more exciting now.
Tatsurou: Well, and then all we need is the guests to actually really comeﾂ…and stuff.
-Got it. So, since we got to have the representatives for the shining 3 bands group together today, we'd like to have you guys talk about the scene of this year and last year, is that alright.
Tatsurou: Yes, yes. Go ahead.
-Especially since this year the words ﾂ"Neo Visual keiﾂ" and ﾂ"Visual keiﾂ" were used a lot and it was even talked about in the general media and also in the overseas media. How do you all feel about this flow of things?
Tatsurou: Let's see. Well, as a scene, the fact that things are getting really energetic is a true fact I think. There are all these bands that are working so hard in their own different ways. Although all we do is just take advantage of it.
-Rather than taking advantage of it, you guys are more like in the center of it all and holding it up, right
Tatsurou: Well, but I think it's a good thing. The fact that we are popular overseas and that the world is focusing on that kind of topic. And then that way people who didn't really have that much interest in this turns their eyes to us right? So, when they actually do turn to look at us, we would want to be looking cool then. I think if we look good at that moment, then people would come toward us from there.
-Concerning that scene, Antic Café and such has really been causing a new wave these past years as the New Generation Band, but how does Miku-kun and the others handle this?
Miku: We don't feel like ﾂ"Wow, we're creating such waves!ﾂ", but the thought of ﾂ"wanting to be a band that creates a new kind of waveﾂ" is present in someone. If we could be seen like that from the people around us, then that would make us really happy.
-The things that Antic Café has thrown into the scene is something very big, I think. It's a style that goes down the path that the dark and decadent image, that used to be mainstream for a while, could never even imagine. And you swept over the scene with that.
Tatsurou: That's so true. That part is amazing about Antic Café.
Miku: but we're starting to not understand it ourselves too. We start thinking, What? Is this going a little too far? And those kinds of senses start to get numbed. But, in the end we like showy things, so we're coming more and more into this side (laugh).
Tatsurou: But you know what, for Antic Café's case, it was already way past the flashy point. I mean, when that keyboardist came in, there was no greater shock than that, you know? It was so sensational.
Ryutaro: Yeah. That was crazy (laugh).
Miku: Ahahaha (laugh).
Tatsurou: I mean, you guys totally ignored the visual-kei theory. I thought, this was something amazing.
Ryutaro: Me too. At the company office, Tadashi kun and I were just flipping through the magazines and we were so shocked (laugh).
Tatsurou: I thought, it's visual-kei, but it's DJ OZMA?? (laugh).
-Now that must have been the true Visual Shock
Tatsurou: At that time I got the members together too and talked about it. I searched for the picture and ﾂ"Ok here I go, the one that's surprised is the loserﾂ". Then, I said ﾂ"here!ﾂ" and showed it to them and they were all ﾂ"Ehh---!ﾂ" and really surprised (laugh).
-Starting with Miku kun, how are all the members catching these reactions from the people around them? Are you not a little uncomfortable?
Miku: oh. We don't have that at all. It's actually the opposite, and we want to make everyone laugh and have everyone surprised. We wanted to do something different from other people, so it was good.
Tatsurou: but, that's actually kind of hard. I recently realized that fact, because in the end band-men are all people that want to do something different from other humans, right?
-That's true
Tatsurou: so, when those kinds of people all get together, then within that group of people, some start to become similar to each other. Each one wanted to do something different, but in the end, that route was the same as others. Those kinds of phenomenon sometimes occur.
Ryutaro: I see-. How ironic (bitter smile)
Tatsurou: Even when you think of it that way, this presence of Antic Café is really overwhelming.
-I think it's not just limited to Antic Café, but Pura Turi and Mucc both individually have an overwhelming and strong presence too.
Tatsurou: Ah-, well that must be so. Because we all each have our own world-.
-For Pura Turi's case, in this group, you guys come under a different generation compared to that of Mucc or Antic Café, but how do you guys see yourselves in this flow of things?
Ryutaro: U---mﾂ…Ah-, I don't really know (bitter smile). But, we've seen all kinds of scenes up until now. Kind of like a Biwa-Houshi (this is someone who plays the Japanese lute) (laugh).
-You guys are familiar with 10 years ago during the Visual-kei bubble period (The period where the bands who were called the Visual Gosanke(Visual Top Three) were there, and the scene as a whole was presenting the activity), right
Ryutaro: But, concerning us, we weren't really associated with that, and people didn't associate us with them (laugh) I think we were always doing things our own way.
-Because you guys kept your own pace, the Pura Turi now exists, right
Ryutaro: But, I also do feel that the way the world is these days, is starting to change.
-Well Pura Turi also did go to an overseas tour last year and this year too.
Ryutaro: Yes we did. Because there are things you can see and feel when you go over there too. You see that there are really all kinds of people listening to us, and that there are all kinds of bands like this, and they are all working hard in their own ways. And the fact that there is such a current like this, I think is a really nice thing too.
-Having supporters, followers, and friends is a real beautiful thing
Ryutaro: I really am also a person who likes music a lot and also likes bands a lot too, so as we continued that this whole time, if we gained something like a standing ground for ourselves, then we would like to keep on working hard.
-But, even if it's obvious within Japan, having Japanese bands being given attention overseas must be something that you couldn't even imagine 10 years ago
Ryutaro: You know, it makes me think how nice it is to have everyone working hard in their own ways. For example, when I see someone in front of me wearing a T-shirt of Mucc or some other band I'm close with, then I strangely get really conscious about it. I get all excited and say ﾂ"Ah, it's Mucc!ﾂ" and stuff (laugh).
-Same with me, once, when I was going to do an interview for a completely different band, I went to a certain country, and I found a Pura Turi flyer, and without even thinking I took it home as a souvenir (laugh).
Ryutaro: It's such a strange thing. I mean, this is such a unique culture.
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ahahaha!!! xDDD Teruki looks like he was the tallest? haha, I don't know xDDDMiku: Ah-, well we actually are all short and around the same height.