傷を癒やすクスリ気持ちいいの・The medicine that cures wounds feels good...

Maquia 2015.11, released in September

T/N: Back here is meant not only the actual “back”, but also that person's image, position, attitude, that you look up to.


VOL. 53 背中 BACK

「With my back, I want to be able to instill in others the sense of nervousness, hope, and resolution, without saying useless words 」



( One time, Johnny-san told me “YOU have the destiny to carry weights on your shoulders”. )

Posting some old Maquia again!

Published on Maquia 2015.09, released in July.

[** “Green/Blue” is the direct translation of the title, but the meaning is not the color “blue/green”, but being “green”, unripen, unexperienced, immature, naive. In the translation I choose the most fitting word case by case, but please remember that it actually includes all those meanings every time those terms appear]

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What's the scenery of the bottom of the heart that Kamenashi Kazuya's lens reflects?

Vol.51 青さ Green **

「Knowing what is common sense without being captivated by it. I want to be a man with some “inexperience”, with a charm that can't be measured with a ruler.」


( This happened when we debuted and had a meeting about KAT-TUN's future with the members and the staff. There were many people who didn't understand the reality and the situation, I was shocked and irritated that the discussion wasn't coming across at all, and I left the room without thinking. Occasionally, I'm impulsive. )

Slowly catching up!
I remember this issue hit me as I think it was one of the first times Kame was expressly referring to leaving the group after debut, and from his words it's actually possible to backtime those moments. And what he says after sounds particularly close, despite being said even before 9uarter...


These Maquia are all 2015 interviews. I wrote all numbers and release date on top of all issues.
**please keep in mind that each Maquia's interview was probably made 1 to 2 months before its release date**

ps: thanks to scorch66 who, as always, read them and kindly fixed my non-native English :)

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Published on Maquia 2015.07, released in May.

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What's the scenery of the bottom of the heart that Kamenashi Kazuya's lens reflects?

Vol. 49 風 WIND

「I like feeling a new breeze. But don't live leaving everything up to the wind. You must row towards the future with your own strength」


( I've never said it, but actually even I had a period when I was about to be disheartened in continuing being in the group. But every time I thought that, an opposite wind came up and I made up my mind again “I have to do something!”. I was always worried, and my feelings for this group are strong as I desperately continued supporting this group until now. )

Hello everyone! It has been a long time xD
I am going to repost here my Kame Camera translations that I made for kamesanctuary's Kame's 30th birthday.
Many of you have already read them, many probably haven't. I hope both categories will enjoy them anyway :)


Translator's message:

I didn't think this T/N was needed, but after the recent events, I guess it's necessary.
These Maquia are all 2015 interviews. I wrote all numbers and release date on top of all issues.
**please keep in mind that each Maquia's interview was probably made 1 to 2 months before its release date**
This means that an issue released on June 2015 was probably done in May or even April. Some words might have deeper meanings, but some others maybe don't.
Please keep in mind release/interview month when reading.
Please read Kame's words, thoughts, and feelings.

Thanks!!

ps: thanks to scorch66 who, as always, read them and kindly fixed my non-native English :)

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Published on Maquia 2015.05, released in March.

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What's the scenery of the bottom of the heart that Kamenashi Kazuya's lens reflects?

Vol.47 道 Path

「I want to open up my own path, so I'm not neglecting any preparations for my 30-year-old self.」


( What I always think about is that, “an encounter is a farewell”. To be a big farewell, it means that there was an even bigger encounter or it wouldn’t have happened, would it? )

Here the special number, which was published before the number I already posted. This article is longer than a normal Maquia! But it's very very poetic, the journalist really was inspired by Kame's expression during this photoshoot! It felt like translating poetry :) Anyway, enjoy! It's really a beautiful piece (with beautiful pictures).

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[T/N: The word the title uses is “to charm, to captivate, to grab someone's feelings and interest”; it sounds like the verb “to show” too, so the literal nuance, referring to the subtitle and the pictures too, is “Kamenashi Kazuya, who shows (himself) and captivates you”. I chose “fascinating”.]


MAQUIA "KAME CAMERA" SPECIAL - BOOK IN BOOK

Fascinating Kamenashi Kazuya

The heart, the body, and then the secrets that no one revealed until now ----



( Every moment which passed by, before realizing, the young boy he used to be disappeared somewhere far away. He matured slowly, and now, he is silently releasing a mature man's scent. )
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Kamenashi Kazuya in JOKER GAME

The movie “Joker Game” which he stars in will open in January. We asked him to talk about his passionate feels about this excellent work which is already called Kamenashi Kazuya's masterpiece.



( In my beloved cinema world, I'm more than zero and less than one. )

Let's continue the Kameweek with another Maquia xD (don't get too used to it, I was just really behind with translations)
Highlights:
-Seems that fans aren't the only ones noticing Kame's eye intimidating power... XD;
-How he thinks his eyes don't only show love for who he keeps dear, but also create barriers.
-How he can recognize every small changes in people around him.
-...Kame trying to make even male photographers fall for him? XD

Always thanks to scorch66 :D


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Vol.45 目 EYES

「I like the action of gazing, because the eyes reflect that person's exclusive sensitivity and heart.」



( More than being said “I like you because you are cool”, I want to be said “you're a hopeless man but I love you”, and I want to tell her “You're an hopeless girl but I love you” (laughs) )

Flash translation! XD scorch66 was also incredibly fast in correcting my English (thank you ♥) so I post it at once and here a belated Christmas present! Merry Christmas everyone and... Merry Christmas Kame ^_^ ♥

Highlights:
-Everything can be sum up with "inspirational Kamenashi" all for you!
-Reflecting about how his career as Johnny's was thanks to senpai and how he wants to be from now.

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Vol.43 色 Color

「In order to learn and master your personal color, even if it means worrying and failing, you have to find the answeron your own」



Be it clothes or accessories or small things... I always have the color red around me unconsciously. I got this at the shop where we had the photoshoot. As expected, I unconsciously asked for something red! The flower shop is a personal power spot of mine.

( I think that looking for your personal color is like looking for a love partner. As a result of living while keeping coincidences dear and sharpening your sensitivity, if it is a lover whom you spontaneously reciprocally attract – if it is a color that was born spontaneously, it will never overlap with anyone else's. )

Here the volume 42 of Kame Camera! We're close to the 4° anniversary (december). The special is on its way too, but in the meanwhile enjoy this very emotional issue too! ^_^

Highlights:
-There is a huge premise in how Kame spends money. Try to guess what.
-What he does when that premises isn't there anymore.
-What he answered when he was asked "what would you choose, love or work?" xD
-Talking about his childhood again and how his parents raised them.
-Talking a bit about Come Here tour too!

Thanks to scorch66 as always!

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Vol.42 ミニマム Minimum

「I like the condition of not possessing anything. Because when you're at the minimum, you can be hungry.」



( I've lived in a small house with a big family, and we weren't in the condition of obtaining what we wanted at any time. But you know, back then, the awareness that we were poor was quite thin. )

Kame Camera reached no.40, plus 3 specials! ^__^

For this volume... get ready for a lot of "mental table-flipping" (as scorch66 commented) XD Welcome to Kamenashi's super complicate world~
This is the issue that includes the "I'm not tsundere, I'm merely mean" xD He talks a lot about love too. I also included some tweets from Maquia staff this time, so please have a look to those too! ♥

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Vol.40 つなぎとめる To secure

「By living selfishly and honestly you retain the personality, and it becomes a technique to secure love.」



( It was unconscious, but maybe I was exposing myself because I wanted to get closer to everyone, because I wanted to tie our hearts. )

Long T/N ahead so I won't write highlights this time except of:
-Kame is UNISEX (quoting Tsumabuki) xD
-a very very sweet moment between Kame and his grandmother
-fanboying Leonardo di Caprio and a reflection about himself.


This was one of those issues difficult to translate because even if the meaning comes off quite smoothly from the Japanese text, the result is different in English >__< So, a particularly huge thanks to scorch66 whose help this time was extremely precious to make the text flow better :)

T/N: The term used for the theme (the English word "standard") is tricky if used as it is in English, so inside the text I replaced “standard” with other terms such as “basis”, “touchstone”, “foundation”, accordingly to the flow of his thoughts. Overall, please take the definition of “standard” as he gives it in the quote under the title and keep it in mind while reading this issue.
To simplify, I assume that with “standard” he's implying what he considers the “basis, foundation” inside of him, and includes a nuance of emotional involvement. Standard as what's normal/the usual for him, but he could be referring to the items or people he considers special too.


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Vol.39 スタンダード Standard

「I grow to love things more and more if I use them for a long time, and their significance to me becomes deeper: for me, this is a "standard”.」


( I also think that surely there are still people who like the young boy, thin to the point of being too thin, more. But if you ask me, I think that the present me, as a human being, is cooler )
Everyone~ have you bought your In Fact copies? No? Then run now to Yesasia or CDJapan and buy~ support the artists :D