Since amaia has already provided her excellent translations, I'm just posting mine in my own LJ. :3
There are only minor differences between hers and mine, so please consider mine more or less complementary to hers.
The credit for the original texts goes to ohgacktyoudidnt. <3

時代　（世界観）

古より、物ノ怪と人間は共存して来た。
人間にはない『異能力』を持つ物ノ怪を、人は崇め、時に恐れながら、長い間、『神』と人とのような関係を保ってきた。
だが、この物ノ怪達と交わり、 ( Read more... )

Yes, I'm going to make a final post regarding the sexism issue because there are some things I'd like to clarify and I don't want people paraphrasing me incorrectly.
So, please do skip it again if you're totally sick of it or if you're over it and just want to move on! :3

First, let me say how very grateful I am to all the people who commented ( Read more... )

I know many of you are completely tired of this issue by now, so do please skip this post if you want to. 
And I have already talked about it in the past, but I've been seeing so much real hurt among my friends in the past few days, and I just feel like I should throw in my two cents (or three or one hundred and fifty three...... orz) on the matter ( Read more... )

Just a quick translation of what ChaCha said in his ameblo blog today.

(snip)
I've also said this before on Twitter if you remember, but don't say or do something you don't want other people to say or do to you, let alone calling each other names, OK?
Exactly the same goes for the Pig Room on ameba here as well as in the comms.
We all became a family, ( Read more... )

In the wake of YFCz breakup, something strange happened.
I never would've found out about it if it weren't for some of my friends telling me about it publicly (nihon_hamano and tenshin26100) and in private (I won't name you guys, just in case. ;3).  Thank you, guys!!

So, the translation post I made about the YFCz breakup announcement on NicoRadi was used by jpopasia.com as ( Read more... )

I was tweeting earlier how funny I thought it was that GACKT keeps avoiding any mention of the YFCz breakup so far, and this got a lot of people talking about it.  And I just felt like people may want a place to kind of... vent or simply talk about the breakup.  Anytime something major, like a breakup, happens, people naturally get emotional about ( Read more... )

今日は舞台稽古の二日目。台本の読み合わせ、演出、構成を全員、共通認識を持つための大切な一日だった。が、結局、半分までしか行けなかった。もちろん、時間が掛かったことはしょうがないことだがこれに対しての制作陣の緊張感の甘さが気になってしょうがなかった。もちろん、いきなりテンションが同じになるとは思っていない。だが、今日やろうとしていることが半分しか終わらなかったということは、一月で仕上げようと思っていることが二ヶ月掛かるということだ。このことを理解していないヤツが多すぎる。悲しいが緊張感を本気で感じている人間はまだ少ない。それを出演者に認識させることが制作陣の大切な仕事でもある。が、その制作陣がこのことを理解していないってのは本末転倒だ。とにかく、初日までに１００％の舞台を組み上げる。 ( Read more... )

I can't believe what's been going on in the world of Tumblr, but I feel like I have to say this, so here it is.

When you spread hatred and negativity, you will get back the same amount of hatred and negativity sooner or later.  You call people names, and you will be called names, as well.  If you can't handle that, then don't spread hatred and ( Read more... )

Today we had our first rehearsal for the play "Yoshitsune Hiden", that is to say a read-through of the script.  To make the play run for less than two hours, the dialogues are given a fast tempo.  Surely there were many issues on the first day, but they'll all be resolved, and more than anything, I was happy with the fact that I could really feel ( Read more... )

沖縄での墓参りも無事に終わり、あっという間に東京に帰ることになった。あいにくの雨で予定していたことが全部変更にはなったがまあ、それも沖縄。もうすぐ出発時間。最後にスタッフみんなで、コーレーグースの一気飲み罰ゲームを掛けてパチンコ屋にはいることになった。何年ぶりかのパチンコ屋は随分と雰囲気を変えている。当たったら罰ゲームという話なんだが、まあ、こんな時に当ててしまうウチのスタッフ。店内で『掛かるなー！』と叫んでる完全に変な奴。掛けよう掛けようと思ってる奴よりも、掛かるなー！と思ってる方が方の力が抜けて、当たるのかもしれないな。今日の教訓。『何事もリラックスが大切』ご愁傷様。

The visit to the grave in Okinawa has ended without a hitch, ( Read more... )