The discussion about regret in this part reminded me of a meme a friend shared on social media recently. To paraphrase, it asked if you would rather go back to being 10 years old but with all the knowledge you currently possess, or wake up at age 45 but with a billion dollars in the …
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The Air Moon Ch. 6: Jōgen no Tsuki, Part 2
Let's just get right to it, shall we? ☆ May 9-10, 2003, Nippon Budōkan (First & Second Days) This was Gackt's first time putting on a concert at the Nippon Budōkan since going solo. It would also be the first time there's a show at a large Tokyo venue just one week after the start …
The Air Moon, Ch. 6: Jōgen no Tsuki, Part 1
*Half a year late* Happy New Year, O Readers! ^o^; Time flies when you're finishing a Masters degree, and then would like to spend a couple weeks doing absolutely nothing, but you have to secure a job first, and deal with other Life things... Anyway, if you need a refresher on the story so far, …
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The Air Moon Ch. 6: Jōgen no Tsuki, Part 0
It was a bit hard to keep my concentration up to get through this translation, but I'm trying to do like that one lady told Picard and "Never give up [my] music." (A gingerbread cookie to whoever gets the reference and can cite season & episode number. Ahaha...) It didn't help that I recently got …
The Air Moon Ch. 5: Moon Child, Part 2
Sorry if anyone following the blog got the draft version of this in their email; I was sleepy and accidentally hit "Publish" instead of "Save Draft." ^o^; That version hadn't been edited for clarity, and was missing the last two pages of this chapter. I wanted to hurry up and finish but things kept popping …
The Air Moon Ch. 5: Moon Child, Part 1
I wasn't going to update this until around Thanksgiving, but since Chapter 5 is about MOON CHILD and October is the season for vampires, I figured it would be most appropriate to do this now. While it is a relatively short chapter at just 18 pages, I don't have time to do it all at …
Under the Darkness
Eli: The moon is waxing gibbous tonight, which means it's time to tally the votes from the previous post and see whether you chose Trick or Treat. And the winner is...Trick! Oh, you playful readers you, that's what I like to see. ^o~ That said my idea of a fun trick is rick rolling people, …
The Air Moon, Ch. 4: Kagen no Tsuki, Part 11
As we draw nearer to the end of this tour, we find ourselves in Fukuoka. I wonder if Hirose himself is from there, considering how much he gets into the specific locales of the city. Because of all the mentions of specific places, I added glosses instead of doing footnotes to explain things like "this …
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Sound Detective: Fragrance
I was translating the next chunk of The Air Moon when I got to this part where someone says what they hear during the spoken part of "Fragrance" as performed live. Unfortunately I don't have the Kagen no Tsuki DVD (for shame!) but with clips on YouTube I can sort of understand why they heard …
The Air Moon Ch. 4: Kagen no Tsuki, Part 9
Happy Birthday to GACKT, the United States, and Steve Rogers! Is everyone enjoying the party? Anyway, this part turned out to be surprisingly short at just four pages for two days' worth of shows. The venue name may seem familiar if you recall the Hokkaido show in Part 5. Interestingly there were several of these …
Warped Frost 