AKI; ROCK AND READ #33

[sansamour20]

 

Comments

[yuki_pon]

TEKA NABABLIW KAMI SA PAG QUESTION NYA SA SEXUALITY NYA.

[sansamour20]

ahahaa. He's not straight then. Wiiiiiiiiiii~ xD a chance for Mi♥

[natsuruha]

so interesting!! thanks again for translating. ^^♥

[sansamour20]

you're welcome~ :D

[yuka_baka]

Thank you very much!! <3

[sansamour20]

sure, no prob. :)

[cultic]

Are you okay with corrections?

"I was in junior high, I had experienced some sort of imbalances in my sex hormone; it is not that I wanted to become a girl, but it had a big impact to me to have that kind of gay character that suddenly entered my life.(?)"

this part misses a lot of nuances and in my opinion it's a dangerous thing to mistranslate as it will bring about some misconceptions... what he says is more like

"In junior high, there was a period where I felt a bit insecure about gender distinction. That's not to say I wanted to become a girl, but at that time gender neutral characters [such as Yoshiki] came forth as relevant to me."

中性 could be translated as "gender neutral" or "androgynous" but definitely not "gay"!

i hope i didn't come off as too rude, translating an interview like this is long and difficult but i don't want people to misunderstand Aki. keep up the good work ♥

[sansamour20]

totally! thank you for pointing them out. will edit it now. yes, this was quite rushed, im very sorru. ^^::

[hai_to_yume]

Thank you for this new part! ;)
And it seems that many jrockers are influenced by Yoshiki, heh... I always hear of Hyde but lately I see that they mention Yoshiki as well :)

[sansamour20]

you're welcome~ :)

well, at most I see X-japan. they're like the universal fave band/idol/inspiration for most rock bands. esp VK ones. lol xD