10000 Character Interview [Kiriyama Akito, Myojo, Oct. 2014 Issue] {Translated}

[otp_of_otps]

T/N: The original article split the interview into little sections, so I took the liberty of titling the sections and putting them in different 'cuts' (???) for organisational purposes.  IMO the parts that really moved me was (1), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9).
I would say prepare a box of tissues, cos some of this stuff is pretty… ;_____________;[I

Comments

I'm definitely not crying, you're crying /uglysobbing

[defiancebyfire]

i have no words. thank you, for translating. and thanks to akito, for being completely honest. and thanks to shige for being a stubborn little git who can't let go of his members for all of eternity. and for johnny who didn't let my 3 older boys quit. and--and, for hamakamiryu for not leaving when 4人 happened and--thanks, everyone.

RE: I'm definitely not crying, you're crying /uglysobbing

[otp_of_otps]

haha, i had a similar reaction when i first read it
thank you for reading!
kotaki mentions shige refusing to let go in his interview as well; shigeeee ;_____;

[nadiah_kumako]

thank you for this. as much as fans hurt when we heard the announcement, but they're actually the one who suffered the most. so glad Johnny-san accepting their stubborn decision =)

[otp_of_otps]

thank for reading!
it must have been really hard for everyone during the countdown, ;~;
i can't imagine what it would be like being a fan at that time

[okuribi_dreams]

What a wonderful person he is.
I've been following him for such a long time, so many many parts made me tear up -- some of them, I recognized the signs of his feelings back then when they happened, but some others, I would have never thought he was feeling like this.
Thank you so much for translating this!

[otp_of_otps]

thank you for reading!
i learnt a lot of things about akito and the things he felt that i never knew before too! he really is a lovely person

[blahblah]

Thank you very much!!!

[otp_of_otps]

thank you for reading!

[sky_fish7]

Thank you so much for sharing this translation! I really love those 10 000 character interviews, it's like the best way to really get to know the true feelings of Johnny's members because I think, in this interview everyone is 100 % honest

[otp_of_otps]

First off, thank you for reading! And thank you for such a long response, those are quite rare ^^

I'll start off by saying that you clearly know Akito+JWest a lot better than I do, haha
I feel kind of out of my element trying to discuss this with you but I shall try my best (I've only really gotten into JWest and Akito this past month >.I see what you mean about being shocked by this interview in the beginning

[sky_fish7]

Aw~ I have to thank YOU for replying to my long comment! (That's quite rare as well xD). Yes, please bear with another long comment, I'm really sorry but if something gets me interested, I can really turn into a chatterbox haha XD