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These are the June 17, 2009 Dir en grey mobile Q & As. Credit to Risu at Orchestrated-chaos.com for the translation :D
Subject: Shinya-san
What do you do to kill time while traveling during the tour?
I am very curious so please tell us!
Shinya: Around 5 years ago I found the rubik's cube which was popular with me
and I started it again.
No matter what I can't complete the 6 sides within 3 minutes and it always seems that I can break it.
And what's more since I do it too much everyday, my fingers hurt.
Subject: To Toshiya-san
I am only a middle school student but there is a girl that I like whom I can't confess to.
What should I do?
Toshiya: Do your best! (laughs)
Subject: To Die-san
I believe that Die-san has a lot of heroic tales about being drunk but if the were any new heroic tales or interesting incidents in recent years please share it with us!
Die: I sort of...finished a Tokyo 18 hour alcohol stamina drinking race
Subject: To Kaoru-san
Great job on the tour.
The distribution of the fixed cash handout has already been decided, if Kaoru-san receives the cash stipend what are you going to use it for?
Kaoru: Dream Jumbo
Translator's Notes:
The "Dream Jumbo" is a lottery held in June every year. Tickets cost only 300 yen each. Prizes include 40 top prizes worth 200 million yen and 120 second prizes worth 100 million yen. There are 80 prizes worth 50 million yen for combinations one figure off the winning sequence. With winning odds of 1 in 9, and a total cash payout reaching over US$531.8 Million, Japan Summer Jumbo Draw is the richest Lottery in Asia.
To battle the recession this year, the Japanese government is giving out 12,000yen cash stipends to every single working person living in Japan.
Subject: To Kyo-san
For Kyo-san, what is to be alive?
Kyo: Groping in the dark/searching blindly each day
It's been a while since I've posted here! Anyway, I was browsing and found this: Die's English message for The Lowdown. His first sentence is hard to understand, but the rest is surprisingly well spoken (to me anyway XD). He looks very nervous XD he keeps swaying around....and I love teh fact that his voice gets like 20 times deeper. hahaha...
Announced on Onmyouza's official website, TORA -斗羅- [drums] was offcially leaving the band for personal reasons as of March 10th. However, he will continue to be the band's support drummer under the name of Atsushi Kawatsuka.
He gives thanks to all of his fans who have supported Onmyouza for their 10 years, and he hopes that everyone will continue to support them!
If any of you know the band plastic tree, then today on their website (here) I noticed that their drummer Buchi is leaving T_T So, I'm not sure what this means for plastic tree... because they are really good... *cries*
Release date 1/28/09 GACKT'S NEW SINGLE/PV "GHOST". AH! It's so wonderful! here is the video! I hope that you enjoy it! tell me what you think of his new song :D