UNOFFICIAL English translation of GACKT's tweets.
GACKTのツイターの英訳
[Square brackets indicate my own thoughts. Tweets without them are translations of GACKT's]
The name's changing from Twitter to X.
So if Twitter Japan becomes X JAPAN...
And people start handing out business cards like
"I'm Yamada from X JAPAN"
"I'm Sato from X JAPAN"
And if YOSHIKI let them...
No, no, no, that won't do at all.
Even if YOSHIKI allows it, I won't.
In the blink of an eye, 15 years have passed since Kamen Rider Decade.
It was truly an honor to be involved in the theme song and production, and to appear as Riderman in the movie and music video.
Kamen Rider is a hero to me.
1/4
Sakurai-kun passed away.
Japan has lost a great vocalist.
I've never met anyone else who had such a presence
and was such a wonderful person.
It's truly a shame.
Truly.
Someone DMed me to ask what I think about plastic surgery, so I'll answer.
Honestly, I don't care.
If you want it, then have it.
But plastic surgery isn't a cure for ugliness.
Ugliness is not smiling.
Ugliness is not saying thank you.
Ugliness is always envying others.
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I was wondering whether or not to say this, but I can't rest till I say it, so please read this even though it's long.
In reply to DJ SODA's tweet, there were comments like "It's cause she was dressed for attention" or "Her outfit was the problem" and what nerve they have.
1/3
There have been too many death notices this year.
But he's gone too soon.
I can't stop feeling sad about such an early departure. Too soon, far too soon.
I hope at least he can enjoy a peaceful time with his band mates on the other side.
Apparently I got married...
And I'm the bride...
Even though I'm pretty sure I'm a man.
By the way... this woman, or perhaps a man, since she's the groom, apparently has special healing powers, but she should probably fix her own heart and head first.
1/2
Even if you go to court over an article in a weekly magazine, it will be 2-3 years before the outcome is decided.
And even if you win in court, they'll just slap a "Regarding the situation with ~~ we apologize," on a page that no one will read.
1/3
I got Wolverine claws for my birthday but... what am I gonna use these for?
Maybe I should have taken that film role offer. Too bad.
#DEADPOOL3
#Wolverine
So that children can have hope for their future, like "I want to be like that when I grow up!" "I want to be a grown-up already!"
I think it's our mission as adults to show children a way of living that they can be proud of.
3/4
The ones who did it committed a crime.
The ones who committed a crime were 10,000% in the wrong.
People have personal freedom to wear what they want.
It's not right to say things like "It's cause of her outfit," like it's inevitable.
2/4
He has a good grasp on YOSHIKI's characteristics, including the part where you get the feeling you're talking to some kind of specialized AI.
He nods a lot, constantly touches his hair, and despite the fact that he's nodding, is not listening to what people are saying.
1/2
And I hope from the bottom of my heart that he can remain a hero for the children who will face the future from now on.
And I want all children to have an adult who is living now to be their number one hero.
2/4
If you want to touch a girl's chest, don't grope her in a crowd, go seduce her face to face.
It makes me cringe as a fellow man.
We need to be cool men.
No matter our age.
4/4
The happiest part of appearing on Music Station yesterday was being able to see SHOTARO from RIIZE for the first time in ages.
The truth is that even in the industry, my tours are said to be exceptionally tough.
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Such comments make it seem like the victim was in the wrong.
Do you want to make this into a country where people can't wear what they want?
If the person feels harmed, then that makes it a crime.
3/4
My nipples aren't sensitive so I don't get distracted when things rub against them.
But I have felt that it's not a pretty picture when I'm on stage and my guitar strap gets caught on my nipple.
That said, MiA took the plunge and did it.
Wow.
1/2
So, this video on TikTok.
For some reason, instead of "Sieg Zeon", I got a flood of comments solely about my pants.
BTW, this isn't a sarouel or sagged trousers.
It's special protective gear for GACKT Jr.
A magnum requires storage space, doesn't it?
This is manly sophistication.
I held a gathering for musicians for the first time in ages.
There was Maeda, INORAN, Matsuoka, Sho from Kishidan, Shinya from Dir En Grey, KAMIJO, ASH, Kiryuin, Pierre, Hiro from my first story, MiA, HIROTO from Alice Nine... and many other kouhai of mine. About 30 people.
1/5
The way I responded to this incident is not at all "because my personality has become gentler".
If you perform live for 30 years, you learn to detect and judge the psychological state of the fans that come to watch.
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[I am translating
@GACKT
's most recent book, Jihaku II, in no particular order. Here's Chapter 5, "Meetings and Farewells", feat. GACKT on trashing an NHK dressing room, the theory that Uesugi Kenshin was female, and his relationship with Ogata Ken:
]
Today is Christmas Eve.
I had a lamb Christmas dinner with my friends.
I don't place much significance on Christmas,
but spending time like this with my dancers who don't have girlfriends
is the most fun.
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[Note: DJ SODA is a Korean DJ who was recently sexually assaulted/harassed during a performance in Japan.
Amendment: I wrote "a girl's chest" but "woman" would have been a better choice of word. The original tweet just says "if you want to touch (their) chest"]
I heard that a large earthquake occured in Japan causing severe damage.
Please prioritize staying alive, and act calmly.
I hope from the bottom of my heart that no further damage occurs.
My vibrato can be broadly divided into two types.
This is correct.
And because there's four for each vocalisation type, that makes a total of eight.
The part about my falsetto is spot on.
Good observation.
Hey, hey, wait a minute
All the big businesses are quietly dropping their ads with Johnny & Associates or considering it,
But the problem and the rumors
should have reached the ears of every company, sponsor and advertising agency a long time ago,
they should have known.
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There probably aren't many people who can endure online attacks and defamation.
Actually it's definitely not a good feeling even for me.
There are times I can't help getting angry.
But acts of hate under the cover of anonymity are a type of addiction, like drugs or alcohol
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When I was young,
I loved "Cobra" so much
that I was always tugging on my arm
wondering why I couldn't remove it.
It pains my heart that a creator I truly loved has passed on.
To me, both Cobra and the author are my eternal heroes.
From the bottom of my heart, rest in peace.
This was DAIGO before filming Kakuzuke.
After this, my bad feeling turned out to be spot on...
Was this smile of his a premonition of screwing it up?
By the way, DAIGO.
The English word "wish"
means "a tenuous hope."
We're not evven at war, but 30,000 people die in Japan every year.
Isn't "love" the thing that's lacking in Japan, with so many suicides?
People can live if they feel loved.
"No one needs me now, I am unloved. And maybe it will always be like that."
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[I am working on translating
@GACKT
's most recent book, Jihaku II, in the order that the chapters interest me. Here's Chapter 9, "Linguistics and Love"
]
[I am translating
@GACKT
's most recent book, Jihaku II, in no particular order. Here's Chapter 6, "Lessons With Friends", feat. GACKT on being insulted by Kitajima Saburo, busting into SUGIZO's dressing room and never working with YOSHIKI again:
]
If you like someone you like them.
If you miss them, you miss them.
Feelings lose their power if you don't tell of them in the moment.
You could say they have a best-before date.
Just carrying your feelings inside you won't change your situation.
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[I am translating
@GACKT
's most recent book, Jihaku II, in no particular order. Here's Chapter 4, "Thirty-ish", feat. GACKT on a guy named "Animal", telling people in the 90's VK scene to fight him, and being persuaded to stop carrying a knife:
]
I'm changing the subject, but I heard that 40% of people in their 20's are virgins???
Everyone have more sex!
Why are a whole 40% of people virgins in their 20s?
Tell me!
Sorry to keep you waiting!
I'll be appearing in the new movie "What If Tokugawa Ieyasu Became Prime Minister".
I played the role of the strongest, most evil, stark raving mad Oda Nobunaga in Japanese history.
1/4
Hamada came to hang out in Malaysia. I was helpless to stop people rampaging around my house.
If Hamada wasn't there, I seriously would have kicked them out. FFS.
I wonder how many figures of me there have been?
This time the outfit is good and the quality is also rather high.
As is fitting for a 25th anniversary.
Look forward to being able to get it at Namco
on my birthday next year, July 4th.
It will serve as a protective charm for you
Since I started using Twitter, there are times when I get DMs that make me want to avert my eyes.
I know there are times when you want to die. I know you feel trapped and in pain.
But just remember this. Today, the day you tried to vanish, is the precious future for somebody>
A fan sent me this video, asking "Are you okay with Hiro from My First Story referring to you as "koitsu"?"
If I got mad at things like this I'd be on the same level as Sempai Short-ass. That'd be too uncool.
1/2
Bunshun is full of nonsense as always.
They should just let their dreams be dreams.
No matter who likes who, their feelings toward their fans aren't lies.
Maybe they should study the meaning of the word "Idol" by watching Oshi no Ko?
1/2
The cover art for TUBE and GACKT's "Instead Of Goodbye" has been released.
This is a song I made with the experienced musicians of TUBE. We've got a lot of feedback since we debuted it on FNS, but early access will open February 2nd, and it will be released February 28th.
1/2
The reality is that the courts are meaningless as long as Japan's system for defamation, damages and compensation, and the sums of money involved remain the same.
Nothing has changed since long ago. Seriously.
3/3
Well, that's how it always is.
It's not something that just started now.
Children are wonderous creatures.
They're good at sensing evil.
It seems that I need to train myself further.
Becoming an adult is hard work.
[Article: During GACKT's concert in Osaka on the 18th, an audience member repeatedly interrupted the show with things like "I paid a lot for this ticket, so say something funny!" and "What plastic surgeries have you had?" GACKT was praised for responding calmly and with humor. ]
When I go out with a woman, I always treat her.
It's the same for friends of friends
And the same for people who are my juniors
When I was young, my seniors treated me too.
I've always been the one to treat others, ever since I began to feel like it was my turn to do so.
1/4
Graduation ceremony season is upon us again.
Tomorrow, K and I will give the graduating students a push forward.
A graduation ceremony is also a day to express gratitude your family for supporting you and the people who helped you.
1/2
My name was used without permission in the name of an apartment building, so I told the owner, "Of course I'm going to need you to quit using my name like this."
1/2
I don't understand the psychology of people who slander others at all.
Whenever I speak, I imagine the other person's face.
It's the same even if it's the face of someone on the other side of a screen that I can't see.
1/2
Whether you succeed or not depends on "luck".
To become lucky, you just have to take action anyway. In the end, if you take action, you increase the number of chances to grab on to some luck.
After that, all you have to do is improve your luck.
How?
1/4
There are 120 days left of 2023
There's only a third of the year left.
Decline is nothing more than repeated acts of neglect.
It's a separate thing to the body declining biologically as you get older.
When you think about it like that, adding years isn't bad.
1/2
Dear young people,
It's an important idea to save 20 million yen and invest for when you're old, but there's no need to sacrifice the present by thinking about retirement starting in your 20s.
1/6
The TV industry has a deep dark side, you say?
Oh no, every industry has a dark side.
There's no such thing as an industry without it.
The internet and politics and the fabric of society are filled with darkness.
Greed creates darkness, and darkness attracts people.
1/2
Or perhaps her love for me was just too strong and she went crazy?
I guess that would make it my fault?
My bad.
There are many kinds of people in the world.
It's endlessly full of amusing things.
Cheers to this crazy world.
2/2
[Q and A: At what times do you feel happy?]
I feel happy when I see my friends' smiling faces.
I'm not just saying that because it sounds good.
The people around me are always smiling for me.
Having people around me who I want to make smile is the greatest happiness of all.
Because we live in the modern world which is full of gloomy news, I want you to watch Tonde Saitama and laugh out loud.
I think the people who've seen it will know, but this is the scene we filmed underground at Koshien.
I had 20 heat packs stuck to my body while we filmed it
People who can't be happy at the happiness of others become unhappy zombies.
They make their own unhappiness the responsibility of others, and spread malice around them by constantly complaining.
Unhappy zombies hate happy people, and gather others to their side.
1/2
Weekly magazines that just want to sell copies have no morals.
And I can say that for certain, having had articles written about me involving r*pe, tax evasion, scamming, adultery and drugs.
They don't give a damn about the truth. They only care if it sells, that's all.
2/3
Don't let other people make decisions for you.
Take this as advice for living a good life.
If you get in the habit of discussing things with other people when you don't know what to do,
it will significantly change what happens next when the results of your actions are bad.
1/5
DAIGO contacted me a little while ago.
Congratulations to DAIGO and Keiko.
It feels like they shared some of their happiness with me.
It made me smile.
News like this makes me really glad.
Second day of the tour.
Today, Maeda from TUBE will appear as a guest in LAST SONGS 2024 feat. K.
"Sayonara No Kawari Ni" has also been rearranged for LAST SONGS and is sounding good.
Everything is live and a single round fight.
Maeda, I'm looking forward to it!
1/2
2023 End Of Year Celebration
Celebrities, musicians, actors, martial artists, businessmen.
An end of year celebration for good men only.
10 bottles of whiskey, 5 bottles of shochu, 3 bottles of sake, 5 bottles of wine, 5 bottles of champagne, 20 bottles of tequila.
1/5
The stand-by time for the FNS Music Festival is unusually long.
The rehearsal for the show at 21:00 was at 11:00. The total stand-by time is 7 and a half hours.
1/2
I saw an article claiming that bullying in elementary, junior and senior high schools is at an all-time high.
That made me wonder what's actually happened to everyone,
so I asked that question for everyone to answer.
1/8
I got a desk and chairs from COFO_Japan.
I've never used an adjustable height desk before, but
This... Is awesome...
It's going to make it so much easier to work.
#cofochair
I see a lot of people are talking about the lack of Yuusuke Iseya.
I wanted him to be in the movie.
Though I guess he has his own grown-up reasons.
He's a good guy.
We gave Saitama our all.
But that's my sole regret.
Iseya, come back!
[Video Transcript: "What did you do today? I got up in the morning even though I'd hardly slept, and thought I'd work out. When I got on the pull-up bar, I lost my grip and jammed my finger. Isn't that embarrassing at my age? You do your best as well, ok?"]
So there's fuss on the internet about messy handwriting on a wedding announcement...
It's so dumb. Whether a person has neat or messy handwriting is a personal trait. I guess the people criticizing must have perfect handwriting then?
Why can't they just say congratulations?
Perhaps it's because Kakuzuke has a big impact, but there's people saying I'm a gourmet. I'm just a singer.
I guess the ppl commenting "What does GACKT even do?" haven't come to any of my shows.
1/2
Apparently there was a "Who can space out the most?" competition.
In this society of information-overload, we need time to consciously space out.
Because ways to kill time have increased so much that we've become unable to perform natural behaviors to relieve stress.
1/7
Do you know "Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku"?
A friend who I hadn't seen for a while recommended it to me.
This anime is awesome...
It's super interesting!!!
I like the catch phrase,
"You leave me no choice... Guess I'll kill you..."
Everyone let me know your recs!
Today, as a surprise, I came to give a congratulations speech at the entrance ceremony for N/S High School in Okinawa.
Apparently, it was streamed to 69 campuses around Japan.
It's a new era.
Nevertheless, whenever I come to Okinawa, I feel the warmth of the people here.
1/2
Apparently there are this many people who attack and hurt others "to relieve sadness".
This is a reality of Japan, no, of the world.
Because they're anonymous, they have little consciousness of the emotional damage they're doing.
1/2
Happy New Year.
New Year's Day is the best chance to begin something.
Start it today.
This is important.
It's no exaggeration to say that today will decide the rest of this year for you.
1/3
It's been 13 years.
We are living today, a day that they couldn't live no matter how much they wanted to.
I won't let those feelings and memories erode.
A moment of silence for the precious lives lost in the Tohoku Earthquake.
1/2
Since Kakuzuke has ended, I can tell you DAIGO's secret.
This is DAIGO's official LINE 1 hour before the show.
Even though the show organizers told him not to say a word, perhaps he didn't understand the meaning of "secret guest", cause he told everyone that he was my partner
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And yet Matsumoto-san himself released a series of silent-but-deadly farts next to me on a television special. It was hell.
#TheDarkSideOfTheEntertainmentIndustry
I'm impressed by the setting that was used to portray Lupin the Third in the world of kabuki, and the effort that went into giving young people a chance to learn about kabuki.
1/4
Congratulations Sugizo on completing 54 orbits around the sun~! Or speaking of orbits... In that case, happy birthday from GACKT, who loves about 670 orbits around the earth!
There are plenty of idiots in the world who cause trouble for others for the sake of self-promotion.
People who easily trouble others in the name of their own definition of justice, and people who cause trouble to stores for the sake of a laugh or something.
1/3
I'm going to appear on The Weekly 99 Music with the members of TUBE to perform Sayonara No Kawari Ni, but...
It was awful this time.
Maeda went on a rampage.
In the dressing rooms he had said "I absolutely won't do that!" and then he came at me with it suddenly during the show.
Morning.
"Fly Me To The Saitama- From Lake Biwa With Love" will be released today.
The day is now upon us...
Seems like I'll be on Denpa Jack, Fuji TV and a lot of other shows from morning onward. The grown-ups are excited about it.
1/3
Great God in heaven, make it so that two times two doesn't equal four!
Even if you pray for a miracle, 2 x 2 can never equal anything but 4.
Hard work leads to results, but you can't get out more than you put in.
1/2
There were replies to this post that said it was lack of money, not love, but I don't believe lack of money leads to suicide.
There are countries with a lower standard of living and greater wealth disparity than Japan, but their suicide rate is lower.
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For my first tour in 2024 K and I will be visiting 5 locations for LAST SONGS.
The theme of the tour is a show that collects "Songs you'd want to hear in the last moments of your life".
There are no digital sounds, it's an entirely live performance.
"Was I able to spend today smiling, too?"
"Am I grateful for this day?"
Ask yourself that before you go to bed.
Plenty of good and unpleasant things occur in life.
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[I am translating
@GACKT
's most recent book, Jihaku II, in no particular order. Here's Chapter 1, "Hiatus", feat. GACKT on taking a career break due to illness, writing a last testament, and not using shampoo:
]
> who really wanted to live.
Everyone remember to smile, and try to find something that makes you glad to be alive even in the smallest things.
Well then, it's another hot day.
I'll go with a smile, then.
LAST SONGS 2024 feat. K starts today.
Myself, K, the strings section, the session musicians involve in the performance.
And everyone in the audience.
It's a live performance space with no substitute, created when everyone breathes in time with me.
Look forward to it.
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