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TRANSLATION Official Blog - January 27th 2015

Dear my G-Lovers

My thoughts can be read
on the GACKT Blomaga,
so those who want to read all of them, check it out.

*This is an extract from the GACKT Blomaga.

(Updates thrice a month)
http://ch.nicovideo.jp/channel/gackt

Finally,
the New Zealand shoot has begun.

I was expecting... maybe there will be sheep around...

Well,
it's fine either way,
it's really fine either way but.

In the year,
I came all the way here hoping to get a chance to chase sheep around.

I want to get to see at least 1 sheep.
But... today's photo shoot location doesn't have a single sheep.
Maybe the saying "The mention of New Zealand naturally leads to sheep!"
is similar to "The mention of Japan naturally leads to samurai!" ?

Somehow, that's the feeling I'm getting.

Today,
we're shooting at a hotel which costs 250,000 yen a night to stay at.
Before I got to see the place I was wondering what kind of hotel this was
but "is this really worth 250,000 yen!?"
I could hardly believe my ears.

Of course,
it's a good hotel...
it's appears to be a good hotel but,
even so, isn't it too expensive...

Nah,
if it's not priced this high,
on the contrary, no one would be willing to
purposely make their way all the way to such a place...

From Auckland,
it takes about an hour by boat and car to get here.

There has to be a really good reason
to travel for an hour.

Besides, from a business point of view,
instead of having lots of cheap paying customers,
it's more efficient to have just one high paying customer.
This way, they'll be able to provide a much higher quality of service.

Certainly there is a kind of insistence in the furnishings.

In the present world, the "standard" has been destroyed
and is being replaced with "no-standard".

A standard method of price setting is, simply put, non-existent.
A high level hotel is
one with an absurdly high price,
and
when you think that it will be a justifiable price,
only the customers who feel that the price is justified,
will think that it is a good place to visit in a pretty arrogant style,
almost like they're in charge of the place...

Of course,
in the past it's partly because of the exclusivity.

But,
in this day and age the exclusivity has become mainstream.
It an era where the business picks their customers.

The lifestyle disparity has widened in recent years...
No, the world in general, is a society of disparity.

For everyone to be truly equal would be an extraordinary spectacle.
Also,
to truly acknowledge this disparity
is to be able to challenge it head on.

That is also a choice you make on your own.

It's the same for hotels.

There's no need to please every single customer.
Just focus on those who get your concept.

Customers who don't even consider the hotel just because it is expensive
do not need to be dealt with.

The more business owners head towards this direction,
the more demand will be created for these businesses.

"I want to visit once..."

People who can have thoughts like that
are very rare and precious.

People who reflect these thoughts will definitely appear.
"Sell to those guys!!"

If the commitment is really there,
there are managers who can sway people with words.

Because the commitment is there,
they can clearly communicate that they understand the guys who get it (the concept).

And
the guys who make their way there,
it's not only because they have the time to
but also because they have the ability, the money, and the knowledge to.

Of course,
if there are more and more people who think "I want to be like that!",
that too
is a very meaningful thing in this era.

For a person's aroused ambition,
a world flooded with cheap and convenient things will not do.

At a glance,
amongst the people who think that it is a waste,
if they don't have a sense of valuing something,
in practicality,
it's as good as the post-war apartments in Russia.

That won't do.

"Yearn to enrich your spirit and create the yearning"
this is the most important thing above living.

There are also people who say you shouldn't want things.
Is that really true?

Because you want something,
you put in your best effort to fulfil that want.
It becomes your driving force to move forward.

It becomes what sparks you to put in effort.

The spark can be anything.
What's important is
whether or not you can continue to put in your best effort and progress forward.

Hence, if there is no want,
it is difficult for a human to have any motivation.

Also,
you find out your value when you do your best,
only those who have reached that point,
can remove the "want" and continue living their life.

Those who cannot continue their effort and give up halfway
will only end up holding onto that "want" for the rest of their lives.

How you want to live is, essentially, your own choice.
Yea... it's all up to you.

Become a person who finds out their own true value.

Comparing living a life with inferiority by the decisions that others impose on you,
or trying things one by one on your own,
and live a life with incentive while making your own decisions, which do you prefer?

No matter which you choose, risks will always be present.
It's up to you to choose.

My name is GACKT.
My motto is MR. INCENTIVE

It's not that you cannot be afraid of failure.
Being afraid and unable to move forward is what's not allowed.
Everyone's afraid.
No matter which path you choose, you'll still experience fear.
Since that's the case, enjoy the scare and smile as you go forward.

Fill your life to the brim with such joys.
There'll be no such thing as boredom.

GACKT

My thoughts can be read
on the GACKT Blomaga,
so those who want to read all of them, check it out.

*This is an extract from the GACKT Blomaga.

(Updates thrice a month)
http://ch.nicovideo.jp/channel/gackt

Source: GACKT Blog

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

© GACKT ITALIA

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by SaiKaiAngel

TRANSLATION Official Blog - January 17th 2015

Dear my G-Lovers

My thoughts can be read
on the GACKT Blomaga,
so those who want to read all of them, check it out.

*This is an extract from the GACKT Blomaga.

(Updates thrice a month)
http://ch.nicovideo.jp/channel/gackt

I woke up in my house overseas.
My entire body is in pain...
It feels like I have a fever again.

From the slits between the curtains, light floods in.
"It's already morning..."
While lying half concious in bed,
I recalled the stage play which ended a few days ago.

Finally the Yoshitsune Hiden 2 related plays have ended...
No, have sadly ended...

The curtains closed on a very successful Yoshitsune Hot-Blooded School Story.
Really, having only 2 sessions of this play is too much of a waste.
But we had no choice but to settle with only 2 sessions
of such a quality play.

Well, it can't be helped that it ended.
If only the production team this time around
were more aggressive...
that's something that I keep thinking about.

If you can only work with a negative attitude,
I think that it's better that you don't work with me but...

Well,
I guess it's a good thing that it ended anyway.

Even so,
it's been awhile since I had such a good feeling from a stage play.
Even after it ended,
being able to do it like this, it can be said that it calms my heart.
The actors faces looked refreshed as well.

And, now I think:

"Finally, it's come to an end..."

It's both the end of all the Yoshitsune stage play related works
and the last time I'm seeing these guys together.

Honestly, the feelings of a reluctant farewell came out.
To have been able to meet such wonderful friends
I am sincerely thankful.

At the launch,
the girls who were involved in Yoshitune's actual play came along too.
And these close friends,
once again were proven to be great people to me.

Right now I'm overseas immersing myself in the afterglow of the stageplay ending
while healing my body and spirit.

My fatigue surfaced in one fell swoop.
These two days have been a nightmare with the fever
but I've recovered a bit and feel better now.

While lying dazed in bed,
I suddenly started laughing.

I'm in shambles... really...

I'll laugh.
At this battered body of mine.

Then I'll praise.
The spirit of his body which continuously ran
for the whole of the last year.
Just awhile more and I'll prepare.
It's time for me to head to the airport.

My phone's ringtone rang out...
I wondered who it was, apparently it's a message from Mayo-san.

When the play ended Mayo-san too
looked like he was about to cry...

I wonder if he contacted me because he felt lonely...
I'll open the message and have a look.

"GACKT, sorry... I've become a burden to you.
Even though it's after great pains that the stage play ended
I don't understand why but the stupid women have teamed up together...
My greatest apologies.... I'm sorry..."

I haven't the slightest clue as to what he was talking about but
I read the attached article.

Ahahahaha.
Who's this woman??

Seriously, it's the end of the world.

I'm not saying this to protect Mayo-san but,
I'll say this just once.

Mayo-san
did not introduce any women to me, not even once!!

More or less, these women themselves
without clarifying the facts
blabbered about stuff like this carelessly...
Even though there was no need for my name to even be mentioned.

Why are the gossip magazines following this approach recently...
by simply stuffing in a small amount of truth
does that make it okay to make up everything else?

Even if you wrote it as if it was truth,
is there any reason that it would sell?

How ridiculous, seriously...

I said one thing to Mayo-san.

"My condolences..."

Really, everytime I see such articles
my disdain of the Japanese culture grows.

Freedom of press is regularly said.
But does that justify writing anything you like just to sell more?
And in terms of things that aren't facts,
is it okay to just end it with an apology attached to the back of the magazine?

Don't be ridiculous!!

Seriously, it stinks...
You can't do anything but laugh.

As the sun extends pushes my back with its hands,
I thought of how Mayo-san probably was like
when he sent me the article.

The image of Mayo-san slipping into deep shit on this kind of thing,
and while covered in it
desperately typing the text to send to me...

Mayo-san
I may only send a few words to you but...

"In times like this, just laugh"

That's right...
When I'm partners with a guy who is stuck in deep shit,
I'll also slip right into the mess face first.

Yea, it stinks like hell...
Hurry and wash up as soon as possible.

A~ah.
After finally having these few days they've been messed up...
Even though my fever finally receded.

It's time to go.
I'll fix my mood and go back to Japan.

My name is GACKT.
My motto is Mr. GYPSY.

Go spend some time and relax
in a place without disturbances and noise.

GACKT

My thoughts can be read
on the GACKT Blomaga,
so those who want to read all of them, check it out.

*This is an extract from the GACKT Blomaga.

(Updates thrice a month)
http://ch.nicovideo.jp/channel/gackt

Source: GACKT Blog

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

© GACKT ITALIA

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by SaiKaiAngel