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Translation: the GazettE/Decade Book (Reita&Uruha Interview Snippet)

Hello friends, long time no see. A while ago I translated a part of the Decade Book interview section where Reita and Uruha talk about their indie days for my friends and promised I'd do the whole thing one day.

Posting this piece ahead of the full interview to appreciate the bond the guys had with each other, and, in a way, thank them for not giving up.

scan credit: @rad-is-more

REITA : … I don't really think about the roles within the band, but each of us has a natural role, and I think that's why we've been able to exist for more than 10 years. Um, well, I kinda don't want to talk about this embarrassing stuff…

URUHA: You're embarrassed?! I really don't think it's embarrassing?

REITA: No-no, it’s not like that! I don't think I'm ashamed of what I'm saying, it’s more like when I say it out loud, it makes me feel a little awkward.

URUHA: Aah, so that's what you meant (laughs).

REITA : I think for all five of us the GazettE is very important. Even though me and Uruha first started a band as “a continuation of child's play”, we thought: “I want to take things seriously”, but still those bands didn't last long and always broke up after a few months.

URUHA: I guess that's true. Before we became the GazettE, we played with a band called Kar+te=zyAnose, where Ruki was also the vocalist. The drummer did not even show up for our breakup show, and when we announced “We’re disbanding today”, we heard a faint laugh from the audience. It was a real shock, wasn’t it? It was also the moment when my groundless confidence that made me think “We’re absolutely badass!” collapsed with a loud crash.

REITA: Indeed. It was TOUGH at the time. I guess it is precisely because of that experience that I am so happy to be able to celebrate 10 years with the current members of the band. It is also precisely why I cherish the relationship between the five of us now.

URUHA: That's so true. Before the GazettE settled down, me, Reita and Ruki also played together in bands called Ma’die Kusse and L’ie:Chris before Kar+te=zyAnose. It took us a long time to reach the GazettE.

— You never gave up, did you?

REITA: No, I gave up once! I thought there was nothing next for me. But honestly, I'm glad I didn't quit! (laughs)

URUHA: It’s because me and Ruki desperately tried to stop you, m?

REITA: Really, thank god you did. But back then, I couldn't see the future at all. Even my parents said “Giving up someday is also brave”. There were many times when I wondered “Is now the time?”. When I saw all my friends around me getting jobs and having families and stable lives, I thought maybe this was also a way to happiness. Still, I decided for myself “I’ll try to do my best for one more year”, and it was during that year that the GazettE was formed. I really think it was fate.

URUHA: But it was difficult, right? We didn't have many shows, and we couldn't tell if we saw the future.

REITA: Yeah. If the GazettE had not continued with the current members, I really would have quit.

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pro-hero au dabihawks!

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It's just a bro thing Sky...

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taiyaki (*´ڡ`●)

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A lot of gay stuff happening under these wings, if you want my opinion.

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domestic ☆

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That one king of the hill scene but with Enji and Keigo. Also ￥30000 Enji? bitch Touya is not that cheap.

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actor/musician💕 AU 👉👈

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omg theyre twinning or whatever

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something in me actively shriveling up and dying everytime i see dick grayson potrayed as someone who cant even do the most basic of things

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ssshhotooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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side eye

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i need dabi to experience the trials of being a stay-at-home adult son

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Kon: Tim is my friend, and if I love him, it’s the way I would love a brother. Jason: Tim is my brother and if he looked at me the way you look at him, I would call the police

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Around November 2022 I started reading TCOPTP and I was obsessed. Couldn't stop reading even though I had exams. I loved everything about it: the slow burn, the characterization, the writing, the story, the slow burn. I specially loved the original characters; Tomny had my hear literally since the beginning, but then she appeared.

I was skeptical of her at first, but she quickly became my absolute favorite, and I couldn't get enough of her.

Now that I'm rereading it and planing to finish it (it was unfinished when I started it, and I reached ~400k words when I had to leave it) I'm going crazy waiting for her to show up. The first time, I couldn't wait to read more from Tommy. Now, even though I still want more Tomny, I'm desperate to read Tonya.

#the marauders #the cadence of part time poets #tcoptp #i still remember some bits of the story but i don't remember the first chapter she appears on 😭 #btw im currently reading Sirius' first birthday

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Sorry for severe lack of art or anything really, I’m working on a very complicated commission, but hey! Have this warm-up doodle of an angry boi