Italiano“Kimi dake no〜, boku de iru kara〜♫“ (Kimi Dake no Boku de Iru Kara)
Beep… hello~
Ah, senpai!
What’s up with calling at this time?
Eh?
“Before this, while I was walking along Ikebukuro
Gakuto was projected on a huge screen at the side of a building”
… you say…
Ah~, that, it was NicoNico.
Heard of it?
That was the live broadcast at Ikebukuro,
that I was involved in as a guest.
Y’know?
“Is that the NicoNico Video thing!!”
… you ask…
That’s right.
It’s live broadcast is held at Ikebukuro
and done around that timing.
In their satellite studio in Ikebukuro.
Come to think of it,
were you there by chance?
You could’ve contacted me.
“As always you look well,
though you seem extremely busy.
Your tour has begun too right?”
That’s right.
The next one is at Yokohama.
Right now I’m in the midst of heading towards a meeting.
“Eh〜〜!! Even at this timing
you still have work?”
… you ask…
No no, senpai.
It’s only 11 p.m. .
There’s still a ton of things I have to settle.
Even on the move I’ve got various meetings to go for.
There’s no rest.
“How should I put it,
you’ve probably been asked about this before though.
On the days when you have a live
just what kind of schedule are you moving in?
Since you start work at night, by afternoon or so
you can relax already right?”
… you ask.
Senpai,
I can’t take my time like that.
We go in at 9 in the morning.
From there we start off with meetings first.
Here we receive points to reflect on from the previous day’s live,
and review any changes to be made,
and see what changes can be made on the same day
and apply them for checking in real time,
then,
we meet to talk about
the updates that we can do
and how much is left.
“You start doing that in the morning?!!!
That’s awful.
Isn’t that way earlier than the rest of us!!”
… you say…
I don’t know about other artistes but,
for us, because my personality is like this,
we’re working extremely rigorously.
Of course,
having fun isn’t just talk.
We’re talking about,
“Work and play as if your life depends on it!!!”.
“As always you’re full of Ki Ai!!!
That’s how you like it right”
… you say…
I watch and learn from senpai.
We don’t have the luxury
of having our hands held and led through things.
I always do things as if my life depends on it.
Until the last second.
Then, we start training after that.
“You say training
but it’s more like warm ups right?
You don’t do
what you normally do at the gym right?
If you do stuff like that
it’ll affect the actual performance”
No no,
what are you talking about, senpai.
We train for 3 and a half hours.
We frequently do what we can.
“Eh〜〜!!! Isn’t 3 and a half hours
longer than the actual performance?”
That’s why, its alright.
Because its longer than the actual performance,
I can be relaxed when doing the actual performance.
Occasionally there are those like that right?
The kind of guys who say
『Let’s do our best for the performance!!』.
I really hate people who say things like that.
If they can only produce 70% during rehearsals
its absolutely impossible that they can reach 100% during the actual performance!
If,
they get lucky and it happens once,
or happens by chance
it can’t be sustained.
For us we aim for 200% during rehearsals,
and during the actual performance reach 120% without straining ourselves.
“Hm,
indeed there are many such people in the world
who say these negligent things”
Also,
those who get excited about the actual performance,
will definitely run into accidents.
Furthermore,
the accident will tangle someone in their vicinity up in it.
People will get injured.
Guys like that are really unforgivable.
The stage of the actual performance
has spirits.
That’s why,
unforeseen problems will arise.
If you try to support it,
if you don’t always behave calmly,
there will definitely be accidents that happen which affects others.
“I get it〜 I really get that,
In the end,
whether you’re successful in everything or not
all depends on
how prepared you are…”
Yes.
I believe that too.
That’s why,
in the preparation stages we normally raise things
to the max levels like our lives depend on it.
Doing our best during the actual performance is only natural.
After the 3 and a half hours of training ends,
we start courtesy calls from there.
“What does that mean?
Who are you greeting???”
Source: OH! MY! GACKT!
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
Translation © GACKT ITALIA