WHAT's IN February 2011 - tetsuya interview

[mei_24]

Just a month, and it will be L'Arc~en~Ciel’s 20th anniversary!
I want to celebrate this with a new translation ^^
Now it’s tetsuya’s turn!

Subtitle (mine):
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS

What’s the truth about the band name? How they gained success? How they faced bad days? What’s the real meaning besides his behaviour during tour?
Leader answered to

Comments

[tekkichan2]

I think I acted like that to protect yukihiro-kun, in those days he received a very bad bashing from cruel fans in front of members.

i really like this one , that's what a leader must do .. hope we can see them climbing higher step in the future

thanks for the translation

[mei_24]

>that's what a leader must do
you're right! tetsuya is a perfect leader! He does always the right thing. They are so lucky to have him ^^

>hope we can see them climbing higher step in the future
i'm sure they will surprise us ^^

Thanks for comment ♥
You're always so kind <3

[mei_24]

> I always have the feeling he would be a great business man, if not musician.
I've never thought of it, but I feel you're right ^^
if I just consider how he carefully chose the members, it becomes clear how much effort he puts in every step he takes.

I'm so happy you had that feeling! It means his act reaches people's heart! He always knows what's the right thing to do!

Thanks for lovely comment ♥
I'm looking forward to their next steps too! ^-^

[saniza]

---Where did your word come from?

t„Because in those days there weren’t things like internet, I took a look at several materials in a bookshop, and among them there was this French word.

Yes now it becomes clearer and clearer the origin of 'L'Arc~en~Ciel'. I remember in my early years being a Laruku fangirl, it was said the name came from a French movie and leader gave it to the band. I don't know where this came from or who made it up. This 'fact' was taken for granted back then. These days I don't think much of it. But sometimes new fans get caught up and believe it.

and because in Umeda there was a café with the same name, it has been written for a long time in Wikipedia that I took it from there.

Yep I also came across this 'fact'. Leader should edit wikipedia himself. True facts bury inside him. btw i wana go to that cafe XD how they could have the same caps? ehhhh...coincidence?

Amateur bands often distribute handbills themselves, but L'Arc~en~Ciel never did that thing. Since the beginning we were thinking about that

[mei_24]

>Leader should edit wikipedia himself. True facts bury inside him.
XDD I think he got pretty annoyed about this fact. This reveals again how much he works about every details of the band, Wikipedia inclusive! I remember that he said he had studied on Wikipedia to get ready for L'Arquiz LOL He seems to pay much attention to this site, maybe because he knows that everyone gets infos from there...
And yes an anime could be the right solution to clarify all these things! XD

>Impressive, weren't they?
Yes. I was also quite shocked when I read what he said about "bad days" in 1997. But I think he wanted to minimize the thing, showing how Laruku could face really everything, but never give up. They are strong, indeed!

Thank you for long and nice comment <3
It's always a pleasure to translate L'Arc words, of course ^___^

[spacepirate179]

Thank you!! I enjoyed reading :)

[mei_24]

Thank you so much for reading ^___^

[kmakms]

Thank you for this ^_^

[mei_24]

Thank you for reading ^__^