Today I went to a park and got yelled at by a squirrel. Again.

XD

It's been a really long time since last I posted anything here. In terms of fannish stuff, my life sucks so much that I can hardly find enough free time to catch up on recent mirage translations. But since a couple weeks ago, my schedule has been getting a bit looser, so hopefully I'll be able to finish the two mirage projects that have been sitting on my HD forever. (And that I promised to do more times than I can remember, how pathetic.)
I am also considering dropping my LJ altogether after that. It looks like I have arrived at a point in my life where I would actually enjoy keeping a kind of normal, everyday-stuff journal. And because I have this fixed idea of my LJ mostly serving to keep contact with mirage fandom, it just doesn't feel like the right place for random life-related blogging. XD

I've always known Mirage rocks, but now it's official it rocks *progressively*! XD

And huh, to think that I've had Sex and Religion (the album) for more than ten years and only now noticed how Still My Bleeding Heart is a perfect Naotaka song...well, at least I was aware that it isn't right what Naoe does in his dreams with Kagetora... XDD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocvHD62OOLI&feature=related

Lyrics:

A child to a boy, from a boy to a man
Pride growing stronger, reaching his victories
He speaks no lies, he fights his cause
He judges not the scavengers that persecute humanity

Fate does call and the sickness falls, lights of life dim down
Fear like an alien comes to view, but with words like the mountains

I'll die like a soldier in your arms, my will enduring till the pain is gone
Then he looked into his lover's eyes and he cried
In the name of love, still my bleeding heart
For the love of god, still my bleeding heart

His chin he held high, and the courage in his voice
Was like the burning of the sun, but like the breath of an angel
How could this be, I had to scream
Why this innocent young boy, must suffer so helplessly?

But who am I to challenge god
In the ways of the world, remain divine mystery
I crumble down on my hands and knees
While his words fill the air, as he looks into his destiny

I'll die like a soldier in your arms, and I will be brave so you can be strong
And then he looked into his lover's eyes and he cried
In the name of love, still my bleeding heart
For the love of god, still my bleeding heart

And he died like a soldier in his lover's arms
Brave as a hero in a blood red war
And his final words as he reached for the stars

In the name of love, still my bleeding heart
Be well my love, still my bleeding heart
In the name of love, still my bleeding heart
For the love of god, still my bleeding heart


One day I'm going to make a proper list of songs that I connect with Mirage in some way, if only for the purpose of having all my songfic inspirations at one place.

Photos from Miratour 2009:Gas station nearby Takaya's high school in Matsumoto. This must be the one where Takaya did his part time job. XD
I mean, Naoe, the kid is trying to tell you something...


For Extrara: "lube" znamená mazivo všeobecně, takže od osobních lubrikantů přes technická maziva na bázi olejů, po vazelíny a grafitový prach. Tady nejspíš nabádají k doplnění oleje do motoru :)

I think Onitsuka Chihiro is becoming my no.1 Japanese mirage songwriter :)
I have been re-reading some parts of vol. 11, 12 and bits of Karin arc, when I realized her Infection has got a lot of the feel and imagery of the Hagi incident - so many things going into pieces at that point, some to never really recover. I am still rather torn about whose POV it gives. Which only gets to show how messy and blurred Naotaka have become in my head lately. They truly are becoming one, and it makes me wonder just how far from the edge of a classified madness would Naoetora walk in that 'ideal way of existence' of theirs?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHlkeP4Sic8


Music, lyrics: Onitsuka Chihiro
Lyrics translation: Teresa Ko (?)

‘Somehow, I have to answer back,'
With that, my tongue grows thick with weeds
A shadow passes through one more person's heart
And strips off his mask

In the night
I sit down as if I'm dead

An explosion has ripped apart
The shattered fragments of my heart
And although now all I see
Are glittering lights all around me
When, I wonder,
did I become this weak?

My legs are cramped, but
Pretending not to notice, I go on
This foolish disease of mine
Seems only to get worse and worse

In the night
I realize this infection

An explosion has ripped apart
The shattered fragments of my heart
And although now all I see
Are glittering lights all around me
When, I wonder,
did I become this weak?

Growing more and more to fear
Every little fever that comes along
I may have little chance
But, still, I must wake up

An explosion has ripped apart
The shattered fragments of my heart
And although now all I see
Are glittering lights all around me
When, I wonder,
did I become this weak?

An explosion has ripped apart
the shattered fragments of my heart
Fragments... fragments... all around me
When, I wonder
did I become
this weak?


Note: In the original English line "And strips off her mask" I changed the grammatical gender in order for it to fit mirage better.
Japanese and romanized transcription can be found at:

http://lyrics.wikia.com/%E9%AC%BC%E6%9D%9F%E3%81%A1%E3%81%B2%E3%82%8D_(Chihiro_Onitsuka):Infection

Meme from Twilight-san :)

Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. You can't use the band I used. Try not to repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think! Repost as "my life according to (band name)".

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I can’t believe it’s been almost a year since my friend and I first started thinking about making a MoB trip around Japan. And now at last, despite a bit economically harder times, we got through with it and I am really happy for that.

The main mirage places we visited mostly deserve an entry of their own, but here is a brief summary of our trip first:
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I survived Mira tour 09!! XDD
And it was pretty much all I had wished for. :)
I returned home just few hours ago and I must admit that after fourteen days of travelling from place to place, I am a bit tired, but the trip was totally worth it. For those interested, I will be posting about our adventures, of course including photos of all mirage sights we visited.

Author: Kuwabara Mizuna

Japanese to Czech: Katsumi (Extrara)

Czech to English: Skinintheway

Note: This is a little part from the Memorial, apparently the author 'asked' various Mirage characters to reveal some hidden facts about our dear protagonists. XD 

HIS SECRETS (that only I know)

Miya about Takaya:

Well, in eating and drinking, my brother is just like a child. He would always play it cool in front of other people and drink strong black coffee. But when nobody is there to see, he puts a lot of sugar and milk in. And he also eats sushi without wasabi. That is what he is like…

Utarou about Takaya:

Hmm…something interesting about Ohgi-san, you say? Perhaps his eating habits…I think he dislikes ginger, because I noticed he secretly picks it out of his fried noodles. And then there is the way he sleeps. Obviously he likes to hug something in his sleep. The other night I saw him fall asleep with a teapot in his arms. He looked quite cute.

Ranmaru about Nobunaga:

Heh? Lord’s secret? If he finds out, I told you something like that, I‘m a dead man. But I could tell you about the first time he tasted coca-cola. He was truly adorable, he couldn’t get enough and drank five bottles at once…and spent the whole next day on the toilet.  And you know how he’s into all that modern stuff…The worst thing was when Tamagochi was in the fashion. While we were in a battle, I was the one who had to feed that thing. Can you imagine what would happen of me, if I let it die?! Better not to know…

Teruhiro  about Naoe:

My name is Teruhiro and I am  Yoshiaki’s older brother. I’m not sure if this could be called a secret, but ever since his childhood, Yoshiaki has been kind of…well, let’s say his behaviour wasn’t adequate to his age. Perhaps due to this fact, he‘s been very popular with women even as a child. The funniest story was, when his pre-school teacher told him in perfectly serious tone that she would wait for him utill he is legal age. Talking of ceremonies, he was very popular since high school. I can only hope he didn’t really date any of those widows…Still, considering how worried we were for him because of his suicide attempts, he has grown to be a capable and responsible man. It’s just that he uses the credit card a bit too much…

Kousaka about Naoe:

What? You want to learn some of Naoe’s secrets? It would be my pleasure! Just keep in mind, that after those 400 years, this will be a long list…In my personal database I keep an account of everything beginning with the way he used to wash his loin cloth and ending with the nonsenses he babbles in his sleep. This little article can hardly suffice, because what I know is worth more than just one novel. After all, I am the person who wrote Kouyou Gunkan. If you want to know, Naoe constantly keeps up his act, trying to look cool, but deep down, he is the same old country bumpkin. He loves to listen to himself, hence his monologues often take up to five pages of text. He keeps barking, despite being a total chickenshit. Also, he…(author‘s cut for excessive length)

I believe I must be like hundred thousand years too late to make this discovery, but Gackt‘s Dooms Day makes one perfect Naoe  >> Takaya song. Not only does the addressing in the song fit Naoe’s way of speaking (as far as I can tell), but the imagery, the themes and metaphors, are so similar to the story that it’s scary. This impression is even intensified by the music themes, which keep shifting abruptly from peaceful and gentle to raw and violent, just perfectly reflecting the dichotomy of Naoe’s behaviour towards Takaya. Or maybe it’s just me over-analyzing things.

Anyway, most surprising is that there seems to be no Mirage AMV made to Doomsday, not even by Japanese fans…

 

Author: Gackt Camui

Translation: Mina-P

The pretty moon is smiling
In the quiet night, it's laughing
Once more, I murmured
Your name...

Above the scattered glass
A cold wind is dancing
I await your return
Before falling into sleep...

My shouting voice resounds
And I embrace your unforgivable sins

I saw your dream
The dream you can't awaken from
While leaning against the windowsill
And being softly embraced by the moon

Your shouting voice stops
And my unforgivable crime continues
Your heart, your arms, your voice... everything
Until we love each other, until it drives us mad, I hold you who I love too much
I destroyed over and over again...

Does it reach you now?
His kind voice
Can you see it?
Your arm, dyed red...

While shaking, the last sound is erased
While weeping for our unforgivable sins
Ephemeral dreams, sorrowful dreams, painful dreams announce the end
Into gentle dreams, into beloved dreams, like that day, like that time...

kirei na tsuki ga warau
shizuka na yoru ni warau
mou ichido, tsubuyaita wa
anata no namae o...

chirabaru garasu no ue de
tsumetai kaze ga odoru
anata no kaeri o matsu wa
nemuri ni ochiru mae ni...

sakendeiru watashi no koe ga hibiku
yurusarenai anata no tsumi o daite

anata no yume o mita wa
mezameru koto no nai yume o
madobe ni motarenagara
sotto tsuki ni dakareta

sakendeiru anata no koe ga togireru
yurusarenai watashi no tsumi wa tsuzuku
anata no mune o, anata no ude o, anata no koe o... subete o
itoshii hodo ni kuruoshii hodo ni aishisugita anata o daite
nandomo kowashitsuzuketa...

ima nara todokimasu ka?
yasashii kare no koe ga
anata ni wa miemasu ka?
akaku somatta kono ude ga...

furuenagara saigo no koe o keshite
yurusarenai futari no tsumi o nakinagara
hakanai yume wa, kanashii yume wa, setsunai yume wa owari o tsuge
yasashii yume ni, itoshii yume ni, ano hi no mama ni, ano koro no you ni...