- TRANSLATION - TATSU-GUMI VOL. 102

[uedanoyome]

There we go again!

Alright!
Let’s go hard today too!


Q: Ueda-kun, do you feel like going “Uryaoi” when you eat soft pastries/sweets? Lol
A: What are you* saying?


Q: I really can’t find anyone I like in High schools. This is undoubtedly Ueda-kun’s fault.
A: Don’t blame other people


Q: It’s been on my mind for a while, but what does fine-sugared red beans mean? lol**
A: Eh? For real? Lol. You don’t know it? Lol This is the so rumoured generation gap…


Q: Who is Ueda-kun’s favourite boxing player?
A: Naseem Hamed. If you have a chance, try watching him


Q: I’m a high school student, but I love Ueda-kun. Isn’t there any chance for me?
A: When you become a wonderful adult woman!


Q: Is there an historical character you’d like to play regardless of Japan’s history or world’s history?
A: Leaving the existence aside, I’d like to try Caligula the most***


Q: I want to fix my protruding teeth (canine looking like fangs, probably)
A: Eh? No good! They’re cute

This is it!
See you!


*He used “Temee” to refer to the person he was replying to, a rough way to say “you”
**Ueda used it once in one of his Tatsu-gumi
*** One of Ancient Rome’s emperors –as an Italian, I’m kinda happy to see this, though he could have chosen a better and less… weird one lol

Comments

[aommy-tatchan.livejournal.com]

thank you.

[uedanoyome.livejournal.com]

No problems!

[mrs-koki.livejournal.com]

Caligula wasn't weird so much as he was a crazy, psychopathic, loon! LOL!!

[uedanoyome.livejournal.com]

Crazy psychopath indeed! I tried to include it all under "weird" 😂
At least it wasn't Nero since... well, that's another horrible example lol

[mrs-koki.livejournal.com]

Christ on a cracker! Nero's worse!! LOL!! At least he didn't pick Hitler, imagine headline news in some papers that would cause. Hell, I still remember the backlash Koki and JE got over his Black vs White pv and the Nazi-like imagery used. It was a stupid thing to bitch over since the ending clearly shows the dark side losing. Koki even said that the pv's ending was what was important. To be fair, Koki left off the fake Nazi medals. We don't Ueda facing the same thing. I mean, I get why people had issues with it but still...they didn't look at the context of the imagery use.

[uedanoyome.livejournal.com]

Definitely! And even pretty disgusting given the way how some Latin poets portraied him xD
But yeah, better than Hitler or other @@

GOSH NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT AGAIN! I remember all the fuss they created coz of this thing, but seriously... Why couldn't they see what's inside the pv instead on focusing on this stuff. It really pissed me off back then, to see those comments and articles @@

[mrs-koki.livejournal.com]

Picking anyone else was better than picking Hitler XD

I know right. Hyde got the same backlash for it once too, he only dressed similar one time for concert performance and it was media news.Hell, Koki even told them to actually watch the damn thing before they start being judgemental assholes. He was more polite about it though. But he did also say that he did understand why it was such a big deal and why people have problems with it, and that he wasn't trying to offend anyone.

But I don't think he ever really apologized for the imagery he used in the Black and White. lol

[uedanoyome.livejournal.com]

Undoubtedly xD

Eh? Hyde too? I didn't know about this @@
Unluckily people are so quick to be that judgemental to the point that they don't even realise that maybe, just maybe, they made a fuss out of some stuff which didn't really have much to do with what they thought >.>
Of course it's understandable that some of them might have felt triggered seeing a particular kind of uniform, but I think that it's better to research and look deeply into stuff before creating hell out of it

Lmao Koki is responsible of what he does, not of what other people understand sooooo

[mrs-koki.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he thought it was stupid b/c not one person who bitched about it looked at the context of what he was portraying.

They really are and it's people should stop doing that or they're gonna hurt themselves one of these days. They do and it doesn't, it's mostly trolls who wish for attention.

Those who were triggered by it were a lot more respectful about voicing their thoughts and used their common sense and realize that it wasn't anyone's intention to cause emotional harm to anyone.

Pretty much. It's like when he got arrested for someone else's pot bits in a car that wasn't his. He didn't offer a public apology but he did the bowing thing any way. Koki only apologized to us fans and his family, the ones he actually gives a shit about, not to the general population. lol

[uedanoyome.livejournal.com]

That's indeed pretty stupid! I mean, if those same people who judged him would have looked at the meaning and all the rest behind that, then they would have undestood some sh*t

Exactly! Hurt themselves or also hurt the other person in question, since they'd be accused of some stuff they didn't even think of on the first place.
People are ready to do anything for clout ugh

I wish all people could be this rational, really. It doesn't take much to be respectful. If they have an opinion about some stuff, it's okay to let it out, but they shouldn't assume that their opinion is fair and quickly point their finger at other people.

Well, since there are people who quickly accused him before investigations were even over, I'm glad he only referred to us fans and family. Those other people don't deserve his apologies :/

[mrs-koki.livejournal.com]

Sadly we can't fix stupid. They clearly have no idea what the word "context" even means.

Clout and attention.

They can be, if they choose to use their God given common sense. But they tend to lack that ability with increasing frequency.

They don't and that went for non fans of his who were judging him too. Same here.

[uedanoyome.livejournal.com]

Unluckily, they're already too bad to even try to fix them. Obviously they do not, or else they'd have been able to keep their thoughts for themselves

Exactly!

The more we go on the more people forget how to, it seems... :/

People are just too quick at assuming stuff and judge, it's so sad