I originally posted this translation in August of 2020. At the time, I knew that miko had done a series of blog posts explaining each track on the album VIRGIN. I didn’t know that she had done the same thing for the tracks on the EP THE LAST DAYBREAK—even though she literally mentioned reader comments … Continue reading
Happy August Igu Day! Finally, we come to the last song on VIRGIN, “SORA.” Sound-wise, this song is very fitting to close out an album; it sounds like an ending theme. That, along with the soaring melody, remind me of “Calling” by Kyosuke Himuro, which was used as the ending theme to the original Advent … Continue reading
Edit, July 20, 2021: I’ve written an updated version of this post, which includes a translation of a miko blog I hadn’t read when I initially posted this translation. The translation itself is almost entirely the same; the change I did make I had already written as a possible interpretation in the footnotes here. I’m … Continue reading
Things in the US have both changed and remained the same since the last time I posted something. They’ve changed because of the protests going on. But the protests are happening largely because things have stayed the same: we continue to see unarmed Black people murdered in this country at the hands of armed law … Continue reading
Happy May Igu Day! Now that The Air Moon is done, I’d like to get through all the songs on VIRGIN. I’m gonna try to post on the 1st, 9th, and 19th to make it a routine. Though I’ve done a couple of songs from this album already, I figured I would just go in … Continue reading
This is it. The last five pages of the MOON PROJECT Document Book The Air Moon. It’s taken me just shy of six years’ worth of spare time to complete this by myself. Not that I spent every moment of my spare time doing this, but still. I never would have guessed the circumstances under … Continue reading
I missed Igu day, but March 20th is Omi’s birthday, so I thought it appropriate to do an exist†trace translation anyway. I picked “Requiem,” which unbeknownst to me when I picked it, was written by Omi. Not that it’s particularly appropriate for a birthday, but… (苦笑) The lyrics in Japanese are on Rock Lyric. Now, … Continue reading
This is the continuation and conclusion of the unpublished post-Jōgen no Tsuki interview started in the first part of this chapter. For earlier portions, please see the Table of Contents. ☆ —Getting back to this tour, what venue was the most memorable for you? Osaka. Because before I even got up on stage, I felt how … Continue reading
お久しぶり！It’s been a long time, O Readers. A belated Happy Winter Solstice, Happy Festivus, Happy Emperor’s Birthday (or did it switch to the new Emperor’s already?), Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Kwanzaa! When GACKT announced the KHAOS tour back in September, I started making plans to go. Some of the tour dates overlapped with … Continue reading
This translation includes Jyou’s spoken part on the album version of the song. (Not that I know for sure that she’s said other things for other versions, but it seems like a logical assumption to make.) I could catch all but a couple of words myself, but I found this Japanese site, UtaTen, that had … Continue reading
