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Translation number 5: Luffy (One Piece) - Rei dos Piratas by M4rkim "King Of The Pirates"

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[Introdução/Introduction] (0:00)

Monkey D. Luffy (M4rkim): Eu não posso morrer... (I can't die...)

Não ainda! (Not yet!)

Como você, vou ao mar (Like you, I'll go to the sea)

Peço que me levem com vocês (I ask you to take me with you)

Uma cicatriz comprova (A scar comproves it)

Eu comi (I ate)

Uma fruta que transformou meu corpo em borracha (A fruit that turned my body into rubber)

Eu não sou tão forte quanto imaginava (I'm not as strong as I imagined)

O seu braço (Your arm)

O mar levou (The sea took away)

Culpa minha (My fault)

Se sacrificou (You sacrificed yourself)

Acredita que eu serei rei? (You believe I will be king?)

Seu chapéu me entregou (You gave me your hat)

[Pré-verso/Pre-verse] (0:43)

Um barril no meio do mar (A barrel in the middle of the sea)

Isso eu quero me tornar! (I want to become that!)

O Rei dos Piratas (The King of the Pirates)

Um bando preciso achar (I need to find a crew)

Caçador, eu gostei (Hunter, I liked it)

Suas armas na sua mão (Your arms on your hand)

Primeiro da tripulação (First one of the tripulation)

[Verso I/Verse I] (1:02)

Dentro da Cidade Laranja (Inside Orange Town)

Acabei de conhecer uma ladra (I just met a thief)

Vencendo um palhaço (Winning a clown)

Que não tem muita graça (That isn't really funny)

Essa ladra não gosta nem um pouco de piratas (That thief really doesn't like pirates)

Mas eu percebi que você é muito boa com mapas (But I realized you are very good with maps)

Percebo que o mentiroso é realmente (I realize the liar really is)

O melhor atirador (The best sniper)

E eu sei que esse mentiroso mente (And I know that this liar lies)

Apenas por motivos tão bons (Only for such good reasons)

Se junta a jornada (Joins the journey)

Going Merry navega (Going Merry navigates)

Todos devem comer (All must eat)

Só pode ser você (It can only be you)

Sanji, seja meu cozinheiro (Sanji, be my cook)

Um corsário Zoro enfrenta (Zoro faces a corsair)

Mas Zoro perdeu (But Zoro lost)

Com um grito promete (With a shout he promises)

Nunca mais perder! (To never lose again!)

[Interlúdio/Interlude] (1:41)

Enquanto isso, Nami foge (Meanwhile, Nami runs away)

Rouba nosso barco, mas sei que tem outra maneira (She steals our ship, but I know there's another way)

Guarda meu chapéu que eu resolvo pra você (Guard my hat cuz I'll solve it for you)

Sem saber dos seus motivos ou da sua vida inteira (Without knowing your reasons nor your whole life)

Você mexeu com uma pessoa errada (You messed with the wrong person)

Saia dessa ilha e não vai ser (Get out of this island and it won't be)

Você quem deixou ela arrasada (You, the one who let her devastated)

A tirar minha vida (The one to take my life)

Porque vou destruir tudo o que faça ela lembrar (Because I'll destroy everything that makes her remember)

Do que destruiu sua vida inteira (What destroyed her entire life)

Ei, minha navegadora (Hey, my navigator)

Olhe para cá (Look over here)

Você é minha companheira! (You are my mate/nakama!)

[Verso II/Verse II] (2:20)

Um país pede ajuda (A country asks for help)

Mais um assunto pendente (One more pendent matter)

Mudando o nosso rumo (Changing our way)

Pois Nami está doente (Because Nami is sick)

Bandeiras têm sonhos (Flags have dreams)

Você não é um monstro (You are not a monster)

Salvou alguém do bando (You saved someone from the crew)

Então porque não vamos? (So why don't we go?)

Crocodilo fazendo trabalho sujo (Crocodile making dirty business)

Uma princesa quer ajuda, então ajudo (A princess wants help, so I help)

Seca, fome e morte, é, e tudo junto (Drought, famine and death, yeah, and all together)

Eu nem vi esse cara, mas eu já odeio muito (I didn't even see this guy, but I already hate him a lot)

Não posso o tocar (I can't touch him)

À beira da morte alguém me salva (On the verge of death someone saves me)

A sua areia molha (Your sand wets)

Com o meu sangue, eu vou te derrotar! (With my blood I'll defeat you!)

[Pré-refrão/Pre-chorus] (2:58)

Despedida... (Farewell...)

Precisam de você... (They need you...)

Nossa companheira (Our mate/nakama...)

Sempre irá ser! (You'll always be!)

[Refrão/Chorus] (3:16)

Todos sabem (All know)

Que Luffy será o rei! (That luffy will be the king!)

Pelos mares me joguei! (I threw myself at the seas!)

E sem vocês sou nada (And without you I'm nothing)

Com o bando, os Chapéus de Palha (With the crew, the Straw Hats)

Eu serei o rei! (I'll be the king!)

[Pós-Refrão/Post-Chorus] (3:40)

A garota que me salvou (The girl who saved me)

Entra pro meu bando (Enters my crew)

Minha recompensa aumentou (My bounty increased)

Um navio caiu do céu (A ship fell from the sky)

Reto à ilha de Jaya (Straight to the island of Jaya)

Uma terra sem leis (A lawless land)

Não reaja, escolha bem as suas batalhas (Don't react, chose well your battles)

Uma risada e um aviso (A laugh and a warning)

Porque eles contam algo preciso (Because they tell something precise)

Os sonhos dos homens não têm fim (The men's dreams have no end)

Em ilhas no céu acredito (I believe in islands on the sky)

Um mentiroso contou (A liar told)

Sobre uma cidade de ouro (About a city of gold)

Em que ninguém acreditou (In which nobody believed)

E esse homem foi morto (And that man was killed)

Nuvens no céu avistando (Seeing clouds on the sky)

Olha onde a gente chegou (Look at where we arrived)

Um deus fazendo morada (A god living there)

Cruel e atormentador (Cruel and tormenting)

Provações de deus (God probations)

Todas derrotadas (All defeated)

A fruta do raio? (The lightning fruit?)

Eu sou de borracha (I'm made of rubber)

Era tudo verdade (It was all truth)

A história contada (The story told)

O sino de ouro (The golden bell)

Toca a badalada (Rings)

[Verso IV/Verse IV] (4:38)

Não aguentou tantos danos, Going Merry (She couldn't bear as much damage, Going Merry)

Partindo pra ilha dos carpinteiros, Water 7 (Parting to the carpenters' island, Water 7)

Ladrões da família Franky roubaram dinheiro (Franky family thieves stole money)

E o pior: machucaram meu companheiro (And the worst part: they hurt my mate/nakama)

Não tem conserto para o Going Merry (There is no way to fix Going Merry)

Usopp, aceite ou que o duelo comece (Usopp, accept it or else may the duel begin)

[Interlúdio/Interlude] (4:58)

A luta mais difícil, Usopp saiu do bando (The hardest fight, Usopp left the crew)

E uma enchente de problemas acaba Robin levando (And a flood of problems ends up taking Robin away)

A cidade da justiça vai conhecer os Mugiwara (The city of justice will meet the Mugiwara)

Não precisa pedir para poder ser ajudada (You don't need to ask so you can be helped)

[Pré-Verso/Pre-Verse] (5:16)

Preciso ouvir! Preciso ouvir! (I need to hear! I need to hear)

Que quer viver! Que quer viver! (That you want to live! That you want to live!)

Nico Robin (AnnyTHN): Eu quero, sim! Quero viver! (Yes, I want! I want to live!)

Me leve ao mar com vocês! (Take me to the sea with you!)

[Verso V/Verse V] (5:36)

Monkey D. Luffy (M4rkim): Pra eles verem que isso não é brincadeira (So they can see this is no kidding)

Aí, Sogeking, atira fogo na bandeira! (Hey, Sogeking, shoot fire on the flag!)

Não ligo nem um pouco de declarar guerra ao mundo (I really don't care about declaring war on the world)

Se isso for pra salvar minha companheira! (If that's to save my mate/nakama!)

Se essa é a luta mais difícil que já tive até então (If that's the hardest fight I've ever had until now)

Então novas marchas na sua frente passarão (So new gears will pass ahead of you)

Preciso salvar o bando, afinal, eu sou o capitão! (I need to save the crew, after all, I'm the captain!)

Rob Lucci, luto e te venço com minhas mãos! (Rob Lucci, I fight and win you with my own hands!)

Pra salvar a gente, uma última navegação! (To save us, a last navigation!)

Going Merry, como foi bom ter você com a gente! (Going Merry, it was so good to have you with us!)

Hoje você parte, mas tá em cada coração (Today you live, but you are in each heart)

E agora no bando, um carpinteiro diferente (And now on the crew, a different carpenter)

Um navio de um tamanho de uma ilha (A ship the size of an island)

A bordo, vejo um esqueleto (On board, I see a skeleton)

A Laboon ainda tá te esperando (Laboon is still waiting for you)

Ei, você quer ser meu companheiro? (Hey, do you want to be my mate/nakama?)

[Interlúdio/Interlude] (6:15)

É inaceitável o que fazem (It's unnaceptable what they do)

Vendem pessoas como escravas com os sorrisos nas faces (They sell people as slaves with the smiles on their faces)

O meu amigo tomou um tiro e eu devo aceitar calado? (My friend got shot and I should accept it quiet?)

Sobre tudo isso ainda penso (I still think of all of this)

Mas não sei se quero aceitar calado (But I don't know if I want to accept it quiet)

Eu me aproximo somente com um pensamento (I approach with only one thought)

Mas não sei se quero aceitar calado (But I don't know if I want to accept it quiet)

Mas todos vão ver isso em um completo silêncio (But all will see this in a complete silence)

[Pré-refrão/Pre-chorus] (6:36)

Atos têm consequências (Acts have consequences)

O que cê fez com meu bando? (What did you do to my crew?)

Eles tão pedindo ajuda (They are asking for help)

Porque eu não tô ajudando? (Why am I not helping?)

Tão fraco nesse momento (So weak in that moment)

O bando todo separado (The whole crew separated)

Nesse dia em Sabaody (That day in Sabaody)

O bando do chapéu de palha foi totalmente exterminado (The straw hat crew was totally exterminated)

[Refrão/Chorus] (3:16)

Todos sabem (All know)

Que Luffy será o rei! (That luffy will be the king!)

Pelos mares me joguei! (I threw myself at the seas!)

E sem vocês sou nada (And without you I'm nothing)

Com o bando, os Chapéus de Palha (With the crew, the Straw Hats)

Eu serei o rei! (I'll be the king!)

Lyrics and voice by: M4rkim

Nico Robin's voice by: AnnyTHN

Mix and master by: mixbytec

Instrumental by: beatbyblxck

Guitars by: arturg_b

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lifes-a-simple-plan · 6 years ago

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Anyone else remember that one time....

...I wrote an essay about a Japanese drama on Netflix called Switched?

Yeah, me too. In case you don’t, here’s the link to it - if you were curious. Or if you were insane enough to dive into a 20 minute read about a television show wherein I just talk about everything I loved about it. Either way, it’s at your convenience now:

https://lifes-a-simple-plan.tumblr.com/post/177182071148/this-is-gonna-be-one-of-my-longest-posts-ever

Roughly, it has been one year since I first watched the show and I thought it would be fun to revisit my old post and re-watch Switched (yet again; because I genuinely do have a problem)

This time around, I learned how to make a fucking “keep reading” link, so everyone who wants to can pass on by without spraining their scrolling-hand. But for anyone who just feels like they want to spare the time - thank you!

Now that that’s done, I guess I’ll just get started! Last time, I spoke of what I felt the show did right, my favorite moments and quotes, character analysis, shipping, my thoughts on the ending and what I wished had been in the show.

Really, not much has changed about my opinions regarding those subjects. If anything, I feel them stronger. How Kaga is the light in this world, Ayumi is just the most pure bean, Kaga is the only one on earth to deserve true happiness, Umine needs a therapist, Kaga is my One True Love, Koshiro should really express himself better, and did I mention that Kaga is the absolute best?

I do think I’ve discovered some things deeper than I had in the multiple times I’ve watched it in the past year (I’m at 15 now y’all, and it is not looking like I’m going to stop any time soon (I’m literally fucking watching it right now)). So I would like to touch on that.

Things I hadn’t noticed before

Another working title for this section is “things I thought I saw but are definitely canon for me now”

- In the second episode, in the scene where Umine is walking with Koshiro telling him not to talk to other girls and then Ayumi is like, “let’s talk, yo.” This felt like the biggest discovery since ever for me. It dawned on me that it is the first time Koshiro and Ayumi, in Umine’s body, are facing each other - KNOWING the entirety of the situation. This is the first time he has to conceal his true feelings from her. When I watch it now, I get a little glimpse (or think I see a glimpse) of the moment Koshiro shoves it all away. His expression turns completely blank and he just starts playing her right then and there. She has priorities, and therefore didn’t even look at him, but he shut it down at that moment I believe.

- Koshiro didn’t take Umine very seriously until their walk in the blue lights. I think he didn’t want to think of her as a real threat, or as someone who was in as much pain as she was. But when she openly admitted to wanting to commit suicide is when he started thinking of her in a new light. He started asking questions. He started to see her as a real person who needed help. I really love that she was finally able to open up to someone. This scene also gave us an idea about who Umine is as a person, when no one is teasing her, when she doesn’t have to worry about her mom, or think about her dad. I said it last time, that this was probably the best day of her life, and I feel like it’s the first time in a LONG time that she could let go of her worries. That’s the part of her that reached out to the good parts of the other characters and earned their ability to forgive her.

- When we get to the scene in episode 3 where Kaga is overheard confessing his feelings about ‘Umine’ to Maria and Ritsu, I think Kaga fully realizes that his classmates were all dicks. And I think we see here within that realization that Kaga might’ve been a dick too. Not as much as the rest of the guys, who are all making the actual jokes about Umine and the idea that she could be liked by someone like Kaga. But most definitely in the way where he just goes along with the jokes. Accomplices are still guilty, after all. I feel like this might have been his flaw. A good friend of mine and I had a wonderful conversation not long after I posted my first review. It was about how she wished we could have found something wrong with Kaga so that he might actually seem human, and not like the perfect Godsend he really is. Well, with a year passing of considering this convo, I feel like this is it. The thing that makes him human. We know without a shadow of a doubt that Kaga stands up for the people he cares about - seeing as he does it for Ayumi right there in the scene I’m talking about. But I think before he was directly involved with the person being teased, he laughed with the rest of them no matter what the situation was rather than stand up for them. This really is just a guess from me, but it feels like canon simply because of the hesitation before he tells the class how cute ‘Umine’ is now. Almost like the look on his face was saying, “This was me at one time.” I hate to think it, but it feels right to me.

- Ukon and Amagase scenes were utterly of no importance. They literally get less and less significant every time I watch this damn show. Like, I understand that they are there for informative reasons, but if Kaga had been just a little bit better with the Google search he did early in episode 3, he could’ve found that research paper Koshiro was annotating in his room in the dead of night. And that could have been his source of information about how body switching happens, and how Ayumi can never go back to her body. Ukon could still have had her name on the paper, and been part of the show that way. Really, her scenes just took up time that could’ve been saved for MORE KAGA. If only Ukon and Amagase had been more like their characters in the manga. I know that that would have significantly altered the drama aspect of the show, but it would have been better than what we got.

- I think Koshiro wanted to get punched by Kaga. Just a little bit. He felt he deserved it. And in my opinion, he definitely deserved it.

- Ayumi was never going to meet Kaga’s feelings halfway. Had things gone differently that day (ie. meeting Kaga instead of Koshiro), she might have started dating him. But it would have been because she didn’t want Kaga - her biggest supporter - to be sad or disappointed. SHE. REALLY. COULD. HAVE. LOVED. HIM. but she never gave herself the opportunity. Kaga was going to fall more completely for her, but she would’ve only broken his heart later because she doesn’t really love him. (*Edit: this was made right after a food binge in that halfway-sleepy/full mood and the weight of this truth was overwhelming at the time).

- Umine’s mom definitely blames herself for the dad leaving. Maybe that’s obvious to some people, but it took me a few times to really get that feeling from her. I believe that she believes he would have stayed if she’d been more beautiful. Which, honey, it’s really not your fault. He left for reasons that were unexplained (but I am making a fanfiction that will cover that more, if anyone’s interested in that). I just wish that she didn’t have to take out her insecurities on Umine.

- Koshiro’s kind of a dumbass for telling Umine he never actually loved her on the roof. ALL SHOW LONG she’s been telling you she’s suicidal. She jumped once, she’ll do it again. Really just a huge lack of foresight there.

- In Kaga’s memory montage, he is most definitely feeling the pain of having to give up Ayumi. Those were probably the best times of his relationship with her. Not having to share her with anyone, not having the attention he was getting diverted by her feelings for Koshiro. I know Koshiro was being an ass when he said that the switch benefited Kaga the most, but he was right about it. And, OW, my heart.

Feelings towards the characters - one year later

Koshiro:

Koshiro, Koshiro, Koshiro...How do I feel about him? Even though I KNOW he’s good, I can’t freaking help but hate him for most of the show. It’s as intended by the creators of this magnificent piece of art, but I just can’t really stand the guy sometimes. This man is practiced at lies. I’m going to pretend that he’s in drama classes, on top of everything else he does. Koshiro is already good at every damn thing he does (much like Tomohiro Kamiyama - fucking ridiculous how talented he is). Truly, I don’t hate him. I just can’t help but think that his “ends justify the means” personality is wrong on so many levels. And I feel like his actions shouldn’t have earned him Ayumi’s love more than Kaga’s should have.The more I watch it, the more I think that he really didn’t deserve Ayumi in the end. And while I KNOW she already loved Koshiro, I’M. STILL. NOT. OVER. IT. Clearly I still have some feelings about this. Maybe I’ll add in a paragraph specifically about this.

Umine:

I kinda like her more than I did a year ago. And, honestly, I liked her a lot back then. I’m not denying that she made a whole hell of a lot of mistakes. Switching bodies and threatening people is not how one usually makes friends. But it was interpreted as a cry for help that went on to entirely change her life for the better. I’m just so happy that her actions led her to Ayumi, Koshiro and Kaga. Because literally anyone else would have been too pissed to reconcile once everything was said and done. I’ve had this idea in my head that maybe she was jealous of Ayumi for more than her looks, or her boyfriend. I think the biggest underlying reason that Umine chose Ayumi was her ability to be open to people. Making friends is really hard for her, and they just seem to flock to Ayumi without her even trying. I can truly understand why she dislikes Ayumi, even if I can’t agree with it.

Ayumi:

I really adore her character so so so freaking much. I know I talk a lot about how she didn’t make choices that I would make *cough cough KAGA* but I can’t fault her for making them either. She just always chooses kindness. She always chooses compassion for others. This girl is like, 16, I don’t know how she can be so forgiving. I genuinely admire that in her. I am far too petty, so I really think she is a hero in her own right.

Kaga:

I. cannot. stress. enough. how. much. i. love. this. character. Kaga is the kind of man other men should watch to figure out how they should act. I swear to god. I love him more than I did a year ago. AND I LOVED HIM SO MUCH. His chivalry, his ability to put others before himself, his never ending optimism, how he can see what people need, how he acts on his emotions, HIS FUCKING SMILE. He is altogether otherworldly. Kaga is the sun, and we’re all just the planets revolving around him (I have dibs on Mercury; y’all can get in line). I wouldn’t change a damn thing about him. He is so so so valued and appreciated. My god.

While I still have you (if I still have you), I’m just gonna circle back to that bit about Koshiro not really deserving Ayumi in the end. I got all kinds of worked up earlier (as per usual), so I think it should be addressed. So why? Why do I feel like this? A year ago, I was perfectly satisfied with the ending. But now I’m just not so sure. Koshiro lied. A lot. And I know WHY he did it. And I know that he apologized. And I know that he didn’t WANT to do it. But he did. And while he expressed genuine guilt, I can’t help but be uneasy. I think it’s because of Ayumi. Not once did she have a face-to-face conversation with him about how messed up he was acting. Not just as his girlfriend, but as his friend. They were CHILDHOOD FRIENDS and she just sort of....let him treat her like that. I also understand that Ayumi had a whole bunch of stuff going on in her life. Switching bodies could not have been low on her list of priorities. But I really just need to see a time when she looks him dead in the face and asks him why. Why he said he only cared about her face. How he could stand there next to someone who ripped the two of them apart. How he could care less about the way she was feeling. Even if he only lied again, I wanted her to stand up for herself. Just a little bit. I can think of several occasions where she had the opportunity. And maybe she just didn’t want to hear the answer, or really believed in him because she knew him that well. I don’t know. I’m just upset that she didn’t blow up on him a little bit (also, just imagine that Kamichan has to be stoic and passionate in that scene and you’ll wish you could watch it too). Honestly, I still would have gone after him even learning the truth behind his actions. He hurt her feelings, and he should be told that (I know he knows that already, I’m just saying that more words could have been said). So, the point: The ending. I think Koshiro could earn her (in my eyes) if we saw something more than a montage of Koshiro-behind-the-scenes that expressed his guilt.

And truthfully, I am still ok with the fact that Ayumi didn’t choose Kaga. She really just wasn’t in love with him. She loved him. But platonic love does not a relationship make. I desperately wish that Ayumi’s heart could have changed, but it was enough for me that she was willing to give up on Koshiro just to spare Kaga’s feelings. I’ll keep telling myself that until someone loves him back.

Changes this show has made in my life

That sounds really fucking corny, but I’m not kidding you when I say that after watching this show my life was altered. It was the very first Asian drama I watched, and honestly it was a very good thing that I waited until I was older to start on this journey. My personality is kind of obsessive when it comes to bands or television shows, and I was WORSE in my teenage years. I’ll just keep reiterating that hey, at least it’s not drugs. Since my first dive into Switched, I have:

- Started painting again. I used to love art and making drawings. I don’t really remember why or when I stopped doing it, but it was almost a constant. Art supplies for birthdays and Christmas presents, my room covered with all of my artwork, handmade birthdays cards given out to EVERYONE. I knew I was never very good, but I loved doing it. And Switched gave that back to me.

- Started learning Japanese. You see guys, you give me an Asian show and I just drop everything to learn a new language. Why am I like this? Oh right, I’m obsessive and need to better understand things that I love so that I can love it harder. Ugh. I hate how much effort I put into things. But really, I can’t help but put in the effort. I bought books and practice daily. I write diary entries in Japanese in a notebook. I highlight. I have apps that I use on the go. During lulls at work, I practice writing the hiragana. I repeat phrases in my head ALL. DAY. EVERY. DAY. because they get stuck in my brain like a loop. I make my friends make quizzes for me. i pester the internet people with questions about certain words. I have a problem. But I do it because one day I could watch the show without subtitles. Or hear a Johnny’s West song and know what it’s about without asking for a translation.

- Made an internet friend! I was always taught that the internet is a really scary place where no one should be trusted. And I still feel that way. NEVER GIVE OUT PERSONAL INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET (had to get my PSA out of the way). But my experience with my internet friend has been so so different from many other experiences. She first reached out to me after she read my review about Switched a year ago. Her sister had found it and told her about it. When she read it, she told me that it was nice to find someone who loved the show with the amount of passion I expressed. She also offered me a genuine gift: Johnny’s West. It was maybe a couple days after I had posted the review when she reached out, and at that point I had given up on the band. I wanted to know them, because Shige and Kamichan were my babies from Switched, and I’d seen all seven of them in Blazing Transfer Students (sidenote: if you want to laugh until you cry or pee yourself, watch that show- it’s a hot mess of hilarity). But it is damn near impossible to find their music anywhere. That makes sense, because it’s America, and they don’t have the access to Japanese music the way that Japan does. But I couldn’t find music videos, or songs ANYWHERE. Youtube has some clips of live performances, but live performances are not for Abby’s unless the music has already been listened to. I had been doing the deep internet searches for a little over a week and come up empty-handed. And I wasn’t about to drop over $50 to ship an album from Japan to me without having heard them first to know if I actually liked their music. So my internet friend sent me the entire discography. My mind was blown. Music is no joke to me - it is and always has been the source of my happiness. To just share it like that for nothing in return was a fantastic gift. And she didn’t just stop there. I wanted more (to fuel my obsession, of course), and she delivered. Music videos, behind the scenes of music videos, television shows they’ve appeared in, concert dvds, interviews, skits, radio shows, news, pictures, blog entries, EVERYTHING. She was like an angel from above. But beyond what she’s given me in Johnny’s West, she’s just an amazing person. She is kind and generous, and funny. We can talk about anything from work to periods to bands to religion. I really never thought someone from the internet could be such an important person in my life, but I love her as much as any of my friends that live close to me. If you read this, let me tell you how much I love you for the millionth time!

- Started listening to Johnny’s West. Maybe that doesn’t seem like such a big deal. People find bands from TV shows all the time. But I always HATED music that was in other languages. In my head, if I couldn’t understand what they were saying and tried to sing along I might say something offensive or vulgar without knowing it. And even though I sing that kind of stuff in English, doing it in a language where you don’t know you’re doing it feels wrong to me. I still feel that way a little bit, but it helps that I’m learning Japanese. Johnny’s West also makes all the difference though. My love for these 7 boys is unreal. Akin to how I feel about Kaga, and if you’ve come down to this part of the post or have read my other review, you KNOW how I feel about Kaga. They make me feel so good about myself. I don’t even know how they do it. They say or do things that fill me up with such a warmth - it makes me feel like I can accomplish things, because I have their strength with me. I go without listening to them for a time, and my body just kind of aches to have them back. I had a similar feeling with One Direction back in my teens, but the extent is VASTLY different. In this past year, I’ve probably gone only a handful of days without listening to them. For me to choose one band, every day, for an entire year is very very very not like me. I have more than 200 CD’s that I consider my children; that I protect more sacredly than anything else I own. But now I only choose any of those other bands when I’m on a road trip, or feeling a random day where I need them. I can’t seem to burn out on Johnny’s West, but all of my friends who ride with me are. I don’t even have a favorite member. Each and every one of these 7 men are so worthy of being a favorite that I have to love them all equally. Which should say something to you, because Shige played KAGA - one of the greatest fictional characters to ever exist! If he isn’t my favorite, that should tell you how wonderful the others are. I just can’t really fathom my life without them now. I hope and wish for all great things for them for the rest of their lives. Putting that into the internet will make it come true, won’t it?

That’s really all I have to say. Wow, it was shorter than last time, but it took so much longer to write. This show has made an impact on me that changed a lot about how I view the world. I just really really loved it. With my whole being, I adored it. Thank you to anyone who decided to read this much for something that really isn’t important in the grand scheme of things. I wrote it for me, but I appreciate anyone who enjoyed my words enough to waste their time on them. I hope you all have wonderful days!

ありがとうございます !!!!!!!

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