Shibutani Subaru – JWeb July 15th, 2007

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Yamanashikkusu.

The password is: peace! peace!

Iyaa, it was funnn~ We showed that typhoon, didn’t we? We are lucky! We are here- the eighters and eight! There is no mistake in that!

The amount of guys attending our lives is slowly growing and it makes me happy. That guys like us too is something to be thankful for.

It’s probably unpleasant to go to someplace that only girls go to, but the number of those guys who manage to do it nonetheless is slowly growing. Thank you.

Male eighters are warmly welcomed. Because there is no mistake in our lives. But only the guys who came to see our show know this.

Yamanashi is a peaceful, lovely place. It was really fun. We’ll be back again.

Yamanashi eighters, thank you. Thank you for your hard work!

Shibutani Subaru – JWeb July 14th, 2007

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Saitaman.

Tears, thank you tears… it felt like that.

The feeling of unity in Saitama wasn’t half-assed. Again, it was a live when I felt happiness, importance, fun and the value that comes from singing in front of the eighters. Saitama eighters, really, thank you.

Numbers have nothing to do with it. Right now, the eighters, eight and the staff- this is what creates my world. And I think that the one pulling it all along, is ∞.

One second ago is already the past, one second from now is the future. Nobody knows the future that will come if that second passes. That’s why I think that it’s important that eight, the eighters and the staff pour together their strength. And above all, link hands together in love.

Sometimes words can be emboldening, sometimes they have no meaning whatsoever. In that cycle, by using music and many different things, I want to go on conveying many different words in many places. Thank you.

Tomorrow it is Yamanashi! We’re not going lose to no typhoon and will create a fabulous live together. No matter how strong the typhoon will be, no matter in what kind of adversity we’ll meet, we’ll team up and turn it all into our energy. Let’s keep on moving forward.

Yamanashi eighters, treat us well tomorrow!

And Saitama eighters, thank you. Thank you for your hard work!

Shibutani Subaru – JWeb July 8th, 2007

Ibaraki. Thank you.

It was embarrassing to be so close to everyone, but I was really happy. It was fun, wasn’t it? Ibaraki, we’ll be back. It wuz* a good live. Alcohol tastes good thanks to the Ibaraki eighters! There is no mistake! Ibaraki. Thank you.

Tomorrow I have work in Tokyo again, but I am all up to it.

Eighters, your love is the greatest power. Always, thank you. Let’s keep that love going on and on.

Ibaraki eighters, good work! Thank you.

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*- he uses kind of a baby talk here

Shibutani Subaru – JWeb July 7th, 2007

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Chiba! Choushi**!

It was a calm, good place. However, the live was hot! It was fun! It felt like there were a lot of ROCK fans in the audience.

There is no mistake in Chiba. There is no mistake in Rock.

Out of 7 people, 5 play an instrument, a ROCK-rascal group. I mean there is no mistake in kanjani8, right? And the remaining two people create laughter.

There is no mistake that kanjani8 is a combination of music and laughter. There is no mistake in those who always support us, in eighters who walk by our side.

Really, thank you. I love you.

Chiba eighters, than you for your hard work! Thanks. We’ll do it again sometime.

Tomorrow it’s Ibaraki! Let’s have a great live together! Treat us well, ok?

Thank you. From the vocalist of a group of 7 Cow Herding Stars* meant only for the eighters. My Weaving Princesses*, be filled with love.

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*- The Cow Herding Star (Hikoboshi) and Weaving Princess (Orihime) refer back to the legend of the Tanabata festival. Orihime was Sky-god’s daughter who was really good at weaving. Her father loved his daughter’s work, so she tried her best with it, but this resulted her being very lonely, because she didn’t have a chance to meet anyone or fall in love. Her father saw his daughter’s misery, so he introduced her to Hikoboshi, who was living and working on the other side of the Milkyway. The two fell in love immediately and got married. But now being happily in love, Orihime stopped weaving and that got her father very upset, so he banished the two lovers on different sides of the Milkyway and forbade them to meet. But this made Orihime so sad that she still couldn’t weave. Seeing his daughter’s misery again the Sky-god allowed them to meet on the 7th day of the 7th month (Note the date of the entry!) if Orihime did her job well.

But the first time they tried to meet, they couldn’t because there was no bridge on the Milkyway. A flock of magpies saw that and promised to create a bridge on the Milkyway every year so the lovers could meet. But if it’s raining, the magpies can’t create the bridge and the lovers have to wait another year before they can meet.

How odd that I just happened to do a presentation on this legend and festival just a few weeks ago for one of my Japanese exams

**- Choushi is a city in Chiba.

Shibutani Subaru – JWeb July 3rd, 2007

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Sendai. I’m sorry that it comes late.

Those 2 days in Sendai were the best. It was so fun that I didn’t want to leave. Those were two intense days.

I was so happy feeling so welcomed.

There is no mistake, Sendai. Thank you.

Playing “One” after a long time again was great. There is no mistake in the four of us playing “One”.

Sendai, thank you! We will definitely be back! Until that day comes, let us both continue growing!

Sendai eighters, thank you.

Shibutani Subaru – JWeb July 1st, 2007

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I forgot my mobile phone in Sendai!
I will update properly when I get it back!

But I just have to say this, Sendai was flawless!
Thank you!

From Green’s mobile phone.

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Nothing to do with this entry, but I just realized I have been translating Subaru’s j-web for over a year now. True, I have fallen behind with it… but to be honest, I never thought I had the motivation to continue with it longer than a few months.

Shibutani Subaru – JWeb June 25th, 2007

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It has been a while since we last were to Fukui. This time the concert hall was much bigger, wasn’t it?

When coming to Fukui, I remembered how last year in summer, as soon as the concert ended, we had a 7 hour-long bus ride back to Tokyo and then Ohkura and I did a show together in the International Forum. Holding lives like that. It was happiness.

Thank you. I’ll be coming back. Fukui eighters, thank you.

Kyoto! Maru’s home town!

First time we’ll hold a live there. During an MC Yoko-chan and 1TIME-Murakami spoke about how we did a play in Kyoto a long time ago, but that’s about it.

There is no mistake, Kyoto!

I really think that each prefecture really has it’s own colour and feel. Our first time in Kyoto, it was really a unique atmosphere. I really don’t know how to explain this feeling, but… Kyoto! It felt like a live in Kyoto. As I remember then it was a hot live.

I thought that I definitely want to hold a live in Kyoto again! The atmosphere of the live house and everything was great. I loved it.

Oh yeah, let’s go to Kyoto.

And there is no mistake in “Goujou ni GO.” No mistake in Inasen*! Thank you so much!

Kyoto eighters, thank you!

My favourite time in the world is during kanjani∞ lives when not really thinking of anything, we can be silly and laugh from the bottom of our hearts while having fun.

Recently I have thought about it a lot that I want to continue with Eito Rangers even if I become 30 years old.

Anyone can look cool. But good and not good are two different things. Those funny things, things that only we can do… this is what Eito Rangers is.

30 year-old Eito Rangers! It’s so cool that I’m getting goose bumps! From now on I’ll be aiming at becoming such a cool old man and work hard!

Eito Rangers will have eternal immortality! Definitely!

I think that if Eito Rangers should disappear from our concerts, it would get boo~oring… Even if we would switch to another skit or make up something new, I don’t think that anything could surpass the Eito Rangers.

That’s why I still want us to run riot wearing our helmets when we are doddering old men. Even if I have to use a cane, I still want to wear my suit and act like fool! That’s being a real man!

There is no other way of having such a cool and fabulous life! You can’t do it being normal! So this is what we do!

We did it, didn’t we! We are so lucky!

I believe that the Eito Rangers definitely DEFFINETLY have to become a national treasure and continue protecting the country in high spirits.

You may believe that I am just fooling around, but I’m serious about what I’m writing!

I think it would be good if kanjani8∞ became kind of universal. Turn the traffic lights 7-coloured, turn the zebra crossing 7-colored, also the shinkansen and planes, huge skyscrapers, the uniform of beef bowl restaurant workers, hospital beds, floors and tatami, the statue of liberty, the arc of triumph, the great wall of china, all the stairs that we have climbed to get here… wouldn’t it be great if everything everything was 7-coloo~ored

u~U~A~a aaaaaaaaaaaA~~~~~~~~

Aah, I feel refreshed.
Good night.

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There are no words to describe how much I love that man right now ♥
Never change!

*- They wrote the song.