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GACKT ITALIA Staff Blog - March 1st 2015

HAPPY SUNDAY LOVERS! How are you all? Here we are with the weekly recap, GACKT ITALIA Staff Blog is ready for you all! Let's start with the videos from GACKT x Nestle Game Center serie, as usual:

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Are you ready for tomorrow? New GACKT's Guerrilla LIVE! And, of course, we will be awake to give you a lot of screen caps!

Blomaga and Blog's translations, finally he found a nice Japanese restaurant, but he had some problems with airport...

TRANSLATION BLOMAGA #90 – February 27th 2015

TRANSLATION OFFICIAL BLOG – February 27th 2015

That's all for today! HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK WITH GACKT AND GACKT ITALIA! Stay tuned~ Kisu!

by SaiKaiAngel

TRANSLATION OFFICIAL BLOG - February 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

In a flash,
my time in Barcelona has come to an end.
I wasn't there to specially visit places
or do sight seeing and stuff.

To me, going overseas,
is to wander around the streets freely,
go looking around at real estate,
and think about things that have me interested.

Occasionally,
the scenery I catch between buildings will stop me in my tracks,
or I'll stare at the interesting scenes that I see from the car window...
things like that.

That, to me,
are the actions that make daily life more interesting.

Within that, if I'm in a country that give me lots of feelings
that other countries can't,

『Anyway, maybe I'll try staying here･･･』

is how it will become.

Recently, I've been able to think in simpler terms than before
about which country I would like to live in.
In other words, putting it simply,
without thinking too heavily on it,
I don't need that much time to take action or make a decision,
is what I mean.

Why?

Because life is short.
All the time
and at every moment, that's in a corner of my head.

『How much more time do I have left...』

No one can tell you the answer to that.

But for myself,
I think that I definitely don't have that much time.

This,
is not that I'm thinking negatively,
it's because I'm realistically basing it off my experiences and
because only I can sensitively assess the state of my body,
that I can say this sentence positively.

If this was a normal instance,
you'll probably find it sad to hear this.
After I say that,
I'll definitely follow it up with this.

『That's why until the end I'll be smiling』

That is GACKT.

People have limits.
No, living things all definitely have limits.
That's why, it's beautiful.

It'll definitely fall.
Someday, for sure.

That's why,
that's why in this moment become a flower in full bloom.

You understand right?
What I'm trying to say.
Those who don't get it should just stop reading.
I'm not talking about difficult stuff.
I don't intend to explain.

I just want you to feel and understand it.

Now, back to topic...

While driving through the streets,
various scenery will appear.

In other words, 『encounters』.

Not with people.
Encounters with scenery.
That's why, I've always found it annoying
when people say that if you don't go on foot it's not good.

Be it beautiful architecture,
or tourists with their mouths agape,
there are times when you'll be unsure as to
which scenery piques your interest more
Whichever it is, it's interesting.
Being able to encounter such scenes
is also because you set foot outside.

I'm tired of that.

This time, various things happened
in Barcelona.

And I met some wonderful people.
When I brought up the tragic Barcelona food story,

『I would definitely want you to try out this restaurant! 』

they said, and introduced me to this place in the city.

Basically, the meal times in Barcelona are late.
Whichever restaurant it is, the earliest they open is 8 at night.

For me, who starts eating
at 5:30 in the evening,
this is a pretty painful thing.

I made a reservation at this recommended restaurant at 8:30.

It was pretty confusing getting to the restaurant.
『Is it really fine opening a restaurant in a place like this... 』

I thought, when I found the short-split curtain
of the restaurant in a secluded location.

When I set foot in the restaurant,
I was brought to my seat by a staff with a nice smile.

As expected the smiles in Spain are great.
No!!!!!
Regrettable, regrettable,
previously I got terribly cheated by this smile.

This time I'll brace myself well!
I thought while I remained in my seat
at the counter.

Honestly,
sitting at a counter in Japan and stuff like that,
I haven't done in years.
Because I can't eat comfortably.

Sitting at the counter for the first time in awhile was unexpected and nostalgically happy.
The chefs were hastily working away of front of me.

There aren't any other guests yet.

After awhile,
a man who reminded me of a general stood before me.

『Eh.... ◎◎-san recommended me... 』

I asked, unsure. Then,

『Eh.... Camui-san？？？』

he replied me with a smile.

『Yes, that's right. I've been looking forward to today.』

The two chefs who stood next to the general
poked him with their elbows a few times.
They desperately whispered to him

『It's GACKT san！GACKT san！』

they said a number of times
but the general continued speaking with a blank face.

『Ah, apologies！
I came here from Japan 17 years ago so
I don't really know you so
Well... Aren't you cool〜Gahahahaha』

and he said in his own pace.

He's an open-hearted man...
Even to me,
he went on as per his general-isque form
i was strangely happy.
『To come to a sushi restaurant and say that I don't eat rice is
pretty rude but, is it okay?』

I asked, and to that the general said.

『Ah~ is that so, an allergy.
That being said, noodles or flour are a no-go as well!? 』

He went on with his own pace.
It seems that he's the type that don't really listen.

『No, they're fine. I don't eat rice and bread but,
if it's noodles I can eat it』

I replied, and...

『No~, can't have flour too huh･･･』

he said as he held his head so、

『General！Noodles and flour are okay！』

I said loudly. To that he grinned and said

『Ahhhhhhhhh I see! That's great！
If that's the case, i can think of a few things！』

and began giving orders at his pace.

He's an interesting person.
I think his name was Hideki-san.
He's probably my age or a year older? So with that
we started talking quite a bit bout various things.
While talking, I looked around me and
more customers were starting to come in.

From that time to about another hour after the shop became filled up.

I remember feeling oddly reassured
when i looked at the chopsticks and the chopsticks rest before me.

Then, the first dish was served.
I gave it a taste.

Hm, it's delicious.

『General, this is delicious...』

『Nah, it's just a plain old miso soup.
But, that's great〜！It suits your palate！』

he continued saying with a face full of smiles.
As a matter of fact, it really is delicious.

When this was served I initially was wondering what on earth it is but
it was a really nostalgic taste.
『In any case,
it's because all the ingredients I can get in Spain
are delicious and fresh！』

he said with confidence.
It feels good.
He will definitely, dish by dish, explain every aspect of if.
Then to the Spanish people next to me in Spanish,
and to the other customers in English.
To the Chinese customers, he explains in Chinese.

This restaurant appears to have their chefs
made out if Chinese, Spanish and Japanese people.

The next dish served was sashimi that was beautifully plated,
and while applying the youngsters' lingo in the sashimi's explanation,
『It's from the Japanese Archipelago...
just kidding. Gahahahaha』

It's delicious.
It's a foreign approach to sashimi.
The taste, is exceptionally delicious.

No matter what sashimi, it has to be fresh,
and the cutting method has to be good.
It's not only about the ingredients.

The next dish served was prawn.
『Because it's fresh,
please eat it with your hands！』

Once again,
the freshness was brought out.
Of course, there was no smell.

And
somehow from the prawn's head, eel (unagi) popped out.
I was surprised by this.
Furthermore,
being able to eat something this soft surprised me again.
Without much thought, because it was too delicious, I said

『Hideki-san, this is really delicious！
I never thought I'd be able to have such eel overseas！』

He said,
It's all about『insistence』.

I naturally have the responsibility of being the face of Japan,
because of that, I cannot serve anything sloppy.

I cannot do sloppy work.

If customers can fall in love with Japan with this shop being the spark...
with those thoughts, he goes through with his insistence.

I'm the same.

I always apply an insistence.
There are definitely many times when I meet opposition.
But before you can go through with your insistence, you'll definitely meet opposition first.

The restaurant can take about 50 customers.
Comparing with that, there are 25 staff members.
If you hear this you'll get the impressions that there are too many staff but that isn't the case.
Of course,
if you're thinking about finances you'll definitely believe that having fewer staff is better.
But, just to
prepare the food,
cook, display,
to serve customers at a high standard,
it's only natural that you need a lot of people.

I think that it's good like that.

With insistence, you'll definitely need money.
But, the number of people who aim for such standards are only that few.

The customers next to me
from start to end kept saying「Wonderful…..」.
It was really moving.

Isn't this akin to creation?
It's not that as long as you spend money that you can create great things.

While pursuing your insistence, to have to spend money to get there is something you can't avoid.
The most important thing above chasing after what you want
is whether you can deliver it well or not.

After that, the following dishes
were all delicious no matter what was served.

After having a good conversation with the general,
he walked me out
to get a cab back.
During the meal, the general disappeared from sight a few times but,
I think he was searching online thoroughly about what we talked about.

He's an interesting man.

I managed to meet with a wonderful person.
I'm glad I set foot outside.

Yet again,
I managed to learn something precious again.

My name is GACKT...
My motto is『Mr. ENCOUNTER』

A person lives to encounter other people.
Because of your encounters,
you'll be able to grow a lot.

I am sincerely thankful for this new encounter.

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

by SaiKaiAngel

TRANSLATION BLOMAGA #90 - February 27th 2015

Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb............
Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb............
Yes... Hello.........

Ah... It's you...

Eh?
In a bad mood? you ask...

Fu....
....... it's bad... quite so.
To the point where I wonder whether today's filled with bad luck...
too many various things happened...

Honestly I'm tired.
Pretty tired.

And, I'm tired today too...
I'm so tired that I laughed...

Eh?
It's better if I went home to sleep... you say.

Exactly because it's this kind of a day
that I'm not sleeping and am going through a whole bunch of things outside!

It's not something that happens often.
So it becomes a waste
if you don't get entertained by it right?

Today is a day that you'll never be able to repeat right?

Fu~~~~~~~~...
Even so!!!!

Eh?
Where am I... you ask?

I'm in Lisbon... in a Japanese restaurant.

Eh??
Is Lisbon in South America..... Hey what!!!

Portugal, it's in Portugal!!
Europe's most south-western end.
Why don't you know about Portugal,
tempura and castellas,
they come from Portugal.

The word tempura has Portuguese origins!!

Eh?
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... you say...

He~~~y!!!!

Are you impressed.
That's not the main point.

Eh?
I like Japanese restaurants right?... you say...

That's not it.
I didn't specifically look for a Japanese restaurant.

I asked the taxi driver
to bring me to a cool bar
and for some reason I was brought here...

In the first place maybe he didn't understand me?

At this point, I can only laugh.
Even so!!!

......... well, it's fine...

I'll talk about it later.
Today was a full day of awfulness.

Because it started from morning.
I was traveling from Barcelona to Lisbon right?
and since it was a 2 hour flight,
I thought it was going to be an easygoing time.

So, I went to the airport early
and went to relax with a cup of cappuccino.

I don't like rushing around.
So normally I'll get moving ahead of time.

While thinking that today I have extra time
I had my coffee while looking around.

Of course,
I could go to the lounge too but
that's not fun right?

So I went wandering around and shopped for various things.

In the airports, you can see each country's characteristics.
Of course,
it's not just the architecture of the airport,
the atmosphere in the shops, the brands on display,
and even the ambiance of the staff working there are different.

While enjoying all that,
I was shopping, you see.

In Japan's airports the staff are very modest.
In this Barcelona airport,
it's as if they think they're higher ranking than you,
they kind of arrogant.

It's not really at a level where I'll get bothered but,
when you compare this with other countries, how do I say this...
Comparing with Asians or something,
anyone would probably think so...
Well, that's fine as it is.

It was about time to board so
I figured I should get to the boarding gate, you see.

What's sloppy about this country is,
it is common for them to only confirm the boarding gate
20 or 30 minutes before time.

That's why, the boarding gate area tends to get very hectic.
I, to some extent, will predict the gate
and will head there first so
I don't have to run to the gate noisily.

This time as well, to a certain extent,
I have my predictions so
when they announced the boarding gate
I was already near it.

I have extra time right?

I was sitting and waiting in an empty area
right next to the boarding gate, you see.

Because Europe's boarding gates no matter where are especially hectic.
I don't really like such an atmosphere.
That's why I'm sitting and waiting in an empty area.

While on the way there.
There were quite a few units that were shuttered.
Maybe it's due to the bad economy, but it's strangely lonely.

Spain is in an economic crisis so,
the economy tumbled quite significantly and
it's yet to fully recover.

Well, so maybe it's because of that or something else,
that there were many shuttered shops.

In any case,
it's fine with me.

When I looked over
at the people who are boarding the same plane as me,
I thought... everyone is hastily rushing in.

12:30 is the departure time,
and I first sat down in this seat at around 12:00 probably...
And, the passengers are hastily flying in.
There really aren't that many people.

Then, when those people have cleared out,
I finally calmly took my ticket
and slowly walked over.
It was 12:20.

Then, when I was about to enter,
「It‘s too late！」 (english)
they told me.

Then,
Huh??????
I thought while looking at my watch
「What？
It‘s at 12:20 yet,
I don’t get what you are talking about？？？？」 (english)

I said in English.
Following that,

"The plane already left. It's too late!"

was what they said.
Wait a minute!!!!!!!

I'm not too late right.
It's only, 12:20 now.
Moreover, just now right before me there were passengers right?
When I said that,
the ticketing auntie said

"You shopped too much.
If you had the time to wander around,
why didn't you wait here?"

Fuck!!! I wanted to say but,
even if I got angry now there was no use so,
I calmly spoke to the auntie.

"You know,
in the first place isn't your attitude is weird?
I've been sitting there and waiting the whole time.
I wasn't wandering around.
Why,
can't I board the plane even though I've been waiting since before boarding time?
Furthermore, there wasn't any announcement made at all.
Isn't it weird?"

Following that, she ended it with

"Your baggage has been taken out so
please go to the check-in counter again
and get a new ticket!!!"

and ran off.

Hey hey hey hey hey,
wait a minute now.
So you're saying,
my luggage that was packed in the plane
has been removed so
that means that no matter how it's already been taken out by 12:15 right?

No matter how I think of it its so strange that I'm not convinced.
But, the auntie has already disappeared in a hurry...

Without knowing the reason why,
I went to the check-in counter.

....................
I'm really pissed off but
I have already
decided to quit getting angry from last year.

Eh??
Why??... you ask...

Various reasons.
Great of me right?
I'm becoming more mature right?

When I'm angry its close to the equivalent of me deciding to hit the person so,
when there's no need to raise a hand
I decided to quit getting angry in vain and raising my voice in vain.

Well,
even if I yelled at such an auntie I'll still be stuck anyway,
I figured in any case
I'll head to the check-in counter and see what I can do.

So I did that.

This time,
Air Portugal's check-in counter can't be found!!!
It disappeared!!!

Huh???, I thought,
when I went to the area where Air Portuga's counter was at,
a man was sitting there.
Then, when I asked him,

"Air Portugal's check-in counter won't open until the evening.
So check online."

... was what he said.
Ever heard of something this stupid?
Then, because that was pretty irresponsible,

"Where's the in-charge for Air Portugal in this airport?"

I asked, and everyone shrugged their shoulders.

Is there ever such a thing???
In any case,

"Whatever's fine so
tell me right now
where I can find out more about the current situation of Air Portugal!"

I said, and they replied

"Maybe the service centre would know..."

What kind of vague answer...
Geez.

I was getting pretty angry but
even if I did it wouldn't change a thing.
I'll go to the service center then.
Along with the luggage I picked up.

When I went there right...
There wasn't anyone around...

Then, what's happened here??
I thought, then I saw a piece of paper placed on the side,

《On break until 1:30...》

it said....
He〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜y!!!!!
The service center's service is bad!!!!!

This is shocking...
And, I don't have a choice so I waited there.

Just moving is bothersome already.

This is already frustrating enough
and with overweight baggage - FUCK!! FUCK IT!!

But, I didn't yell!

While slowly dousing the rage in my heart,
I waited for an hour...

... but isn't it strange?
Even though it's stated that break is until 1:30,
it's already 2 and they haven't returned...

"What one earth,
what's going on, this country...!"
I thought.
And when it passed 2 I turned back to look,
and the service center auntie nonchalantly returned.

Hey〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜!!!!
I've been waiting for you〜〜〜〜〜〜〜!!!!

I thought.

But... I won't get angry...

Like an auntie
who is coming back from the fields like nothing happened...

Thou shalt fear Spain's aunties!!!!
Coming back at some in-between timing...
If that's how it's going to be,
don't state the time〜... I thought but
I'll definitely... not get angry...

If I get angry I'll have lost... If I get angry I'll have lost...
I repeated in my heart over and over while I explained my situation.

Then
because this auntie isn't fluent in English,
I gave up explaining halfway...

Seriously, the service is amazing... really.
So,
in any case I switched to doing what I have to get done first,
and checked if I could get a ticket for the next flight.

So, somehow I managed to keep my seat...

The next flight is in the evening.
Then, once again
I have to go to the check-in counter to put in my baggage.
When I asked what time the flight was,
she said its at 17:30.
"So, what time does the check-in counter open?"
I asked, and she said
from 16:00 to 16:30.
Hey hey hey hey,
is there ever such a sloppy thing??

You guys always say
we should normally reach the airport 2 hours in advance
and check in but,
what with that kind of sloppy time setting!!!

But... I won't get angry............

In any case, it seems like
tonight's dinner will have to be taken in the airport so
I decided to first settle my dinner.

Eh???
Isn't that great.... you say??

Hey you,
in everything that I just said
where do you find any great elements!

... well, it's fine........

So.
I went to have my meal...

However.
There isn't any place to have a meal...

Then, somehow I searched...
and I found this place
that probably had edible food.

I thought "My precious one and only meal in a day〜〜〜!!!!!!"
while ordered with a smile.

As I held onto the thought,
"All in all,
I'll definitely break free of this country
with unreasonable aunties!!!",
I was the first to board the plane
before time!!!

Serves you right!!! Spain!!!
I don't know if someone has said this before but,
when I got to my seat in the plane,
my emotions strangely welled up.

Damn it〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜！！！！！！！！！
Damn it〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜！！！！！！！！！！！！
Damn it〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜！！！！！！！！

But.................. I'll definitely not get angry..................

Then, uneventfully,
I arrived at Portugal.

That was long...
That was really long...

It was a ridiculous day.
But, I can't just rest in my room here!!

If I ended it like that,
I'm too pitiful!!!

『In any case, I'll head out････』
I'll go out and breath in the air in the streets･･･････』

With that in mind, I decided to head out.
But,
if anything happened here
I may really get angry
and while thinking of it with many years of intuition,
I decided to first grab a drink before going out.

So, I got on a taxi
and told the driver

『Bring me to a cool bar･･･』

With that, "got it!!"
he said.

And he brought me to this place...

When I entered the restaurant,
I thought "Isn't it a little too bright for a bar??"
and found it strange.

But, well in any case I took a seat.

Then, after awhile
the waiter brought a menu over...

Then, when I looked at the menu...

Isn't this a Japanese restaurant!!!!

"Hey hey hey hey hey,
Such a development, unbelievably~~~~~~！！！！！！！！"
I thought while looking at the menu.
I could only let out a sigh...

Even so.

Mi...so...shi...ro.................???
what's that??

Are they saying Miso Soup (Miso shiru)?
What's with this subtle mistake?
Is it some kind of trap??
Am I being put through some kind of test again?

Source: OH!! MY!! GACKT!!

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

by SaiKaiAngel

TRANSLATION FACEBOOK - February 24th 2015

《Guerrilla Live on 2 March! Where is GACKT going?! Everyone, let's guess!》
Last year, GACKT's "guerrilla live" garnered a great response and
it has been decided that it will be held somewhere in Japan for this year as well!
It will be closely broadcasted by NicoNico Douga!
Everyone, do catch it by all means!
And, we hereby invite everyone to give a guess as to
where GACKT will be going to on the GACKT Official FaceBook page!
Please leave your guesses in the comments to this post
We look forward to your guesses!
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Program title：GACKT Guerrilla LIVE ～A Close-Up Broadcast from Somwhere in Japan 2015～
Broadcast date/time：2 March (Mon) 10:00am～12:00pm
Broadcast viewing page：http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv210335570
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Source: GACKT Official Facebook

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

by SaiKaiAngel