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General chat / Re: I don't listen to X anymore!

« on: August 28, 2018, 09:57:06 AM »

I do listen to X, maybe not in a daily basis. But I'm addicted to Toshi's solo albums now. I don't know if that counts

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General chat / Re: X Freaks Twitter Army summon: guidelines, how to join, FAQ

« on: August 28, 2018, 09:53:23 AM »

It's fine for me! Let's do it that wwy then!

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General chat / Re: X Freaks Twitter Army summon: guidelines, how to join, FAQ

« on: August 27, 2018, 03:42:50 PM »

Omg, it's going to be released on the same day when I start university. Okay, not start, but the opening ceremony and all that jazz is on the 3rd. Cool, I love the idea! The hashtag could be something like: Congrats_Toshl, or Cake_for_Toshl

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Community / Re: The Official T-Shirt Of The unofficial X Japan Forum

« on: August 19, 2018, 11:03:52 PM »

That is gorgeous aki! I'm in love with the colors!

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Important / Re: OMG, this new look!?

« on: August 19, 2018, 11:00:57 PM »

Agreed! I was surprised for a moment, but I like it! It's still a little bit strange but that's because I got so used to the other look, haha. Its good! 

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General chat / Re: X Japan - Major announcement tomorrow

« on: August 18, 2018, 10:51:43 AM »

Everytime he announces an announcement, there has to be some drama around it. "We hope everything is ok" and the "I miss you hide" post...

I don't know what to expect. And I don't want to get too excited either... Let's just wait.

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Community / Re: The Official T-Shirt Of The unofficial X Japan Forum

« on: August 13, 2018, 06:53:08 PM »

I love it Kasumi! I know it costs more, but I think it would look awesome on a t-shirt with these colors! 

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Offtopic / Re: Post funny X-related things you come across

« on: July 31, 2018, 06:13:56 PM »

I love this thread already!! 

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Community / Re: The Official T-Shirt Of The unofficial X Japan Forum

« on: July 28, 2018, 11:41:09 PM »

It's cute! I like the idea of hide and Taiji holding the banner. This way everyone in X is included.

Yes, I wanted to include everyone(even the alpaca), that's why there's so much going on there haha. That's a really good idea, putting the banner on the back!

Yes, Yoshiki looks pissed, because of the alpaca! Come on, that thing made him mess upp Endless Rain! But I wanted to include it, so I put Yoshiki on alpaca's back. He wasn't happy about it

Thank you everyone for the nice comments!

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Community / Re: The Official T-Shirt Of The unofficial X Japan Forum

« on: July 28, 2018, 06:11:27 PM »

I just took a picture, to show you what I did. I'll scan it, after we get other ideas! 

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Community / Re: The Official T-Shirt Of The unofficial X Japan Forum

« on: July 28, 2018, 06:07:55 PM »

Great, great idea!!  I've got too much time in my hands right now, so I'm going to try to draw something today. I can't make digital art, so it's going to be hand drawing.

Ok, so I just took a picture, because I just want to show you what I thought would be cute. 





_{Edit by nb: I've made the picture size a bit smaller; you can click on it to expand to the original size}

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Community / Re: The Official T-Shirt Of The unofficial X Japan Forum

« on: July 28, 2018, 10:12:27 AM »

Great, great idea!!  I've got too much time in my hands right now, so I'm going to try to draw something today. I can't make digital art, so it's going to be hand drawing.

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Forum Games / Re: Languages

« on: July 21, 2018, 09:37:10 PM »

My mother tongue is Hungarian. I speak English, and still in the (never ending) process of learning Japanese. I've learned German for 2 years, but I legitimately forgot everything. Ok, I remember this: Ich weiß nicht  Haha
 Ps: wanna learn Russian sooo bad!!!!!!

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General chat / Re: An important announcement on July 8, LA time

« on: July 19, 2018, 07:05:31 AM »

GUYS WE FOUND THE FOOTAGE.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlVxJFXnblH/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1b1isny4tf92a

He said, he knows a lot of people are worried about this Hyde thing. He said, he can't tell the exact reasons, but Yoshiki choose him. He said, from the very beginning, he decides everything about X Japan. He said to be honest, he felt a little bit bummed about it, but this is Yoshiki's project, and that's that. He also said, he's sorry he couldn't give a straightforward answer. That's it guys. He doesn't seem too sad, thankfully.

Thank you, that's great to hear.

I don't understand why that is a great thing. He said he was bummed, he doesn't seem too sad, but clearly not happy. And trying to solve everything with showing his new cute t-shirt like... As lakeisle said, there's real disappointment behind that smile, and he just accepted what happened because what he can do when "Yoshiki is the person who decides everything for decades".

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General chat / Re: An important announcement on July 8, LA time

« on: July 18, 2018, 02:15:33 PM »

awwww, thank you! <3

but it's a bit sad, isn't it? He sees X Japan as a Yoshiki only project. I mean, yes, he is the bandleader, but i thought Toshi would see himself as part of the band. It honestly sounds like he's only an employee...

No! He doesn't see X Japan as Yoshiki's project. He meant "Red Swan" is his project. He only said he decides everything about the band from the very start and that's it.

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General chat / Re: An important announcement on July 8, LA time

« on: July 18, 2018, 02:02:53 PM »

GUYS WE FOUND THE FOOTAGE.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlVxJFXnblH/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1b1isny4tf92a

He said, he knows a lot of people are worried about this Hyde thing. He said, he can't tell the exact reasons, but Yoshiki choose him. He said, from the very beginning, he decides everything about X Japan. He said to be honest, he felt a little bit bummed about it, but this is Yoshiki's project, and that's that. He also said, he's sorry he couldn't give a straightforward answer. That's it guys. He doesn't seem too sad, thankfully.

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General chat / Re: An important announcement on July 8, LA time

« on: July 18, 2018, 08:13:31 AM »

I think the translation is subtly different in nuance.
 
<残念> is used as a meaning of "That's too bad", "That's a shame", "That's unfortunate".

A : The match was postponed due to the heavy rain.
B : That's too bad. (残念)

That's why "Personally, I feel disappointed" seems to be slightly exaggerated. I'm not an English speaker and not able to explain well, but it's different anyway. And what is behind the sentence is more important. Because けれども means that something should be added after it due to the nature of Japanese sentence structure. And the following sentence is the key.

Sentences taken out of context and without actually seeing the person saying it can be dangerous.

This. I agree. I'm not defending Yoshiki tho. TBH, they don't look like a band to me, Yoshiki is a boss, other members are employees, Yoshiki orders, other members obey, that's what I felt about the band many times. So it is not strange that this happened. 

I think I'm becoming insensitive to Yoshiki's stimulation little by little.

And thank you for the information. I didn't know Toshi sued the tabloid. Actually I do not lurk Japanese fan threads anymore. There are too many rumors and it's unhealthy. I'm glad that
 the conflict between Yoshiki and Toshi is groundless.

But isn't they use "残念" when they wanna express their disappointmen? It's totally an innocent question because maybe I don't feel the "real meaning" of the word. Let's translate it to "It's too bad". Isn't it still means that he's not happy about it? I'm not stating anything because we sill don't have the footage, I'm just asking about this sentence because it's interesting.

Edit: for example in hungarian i would translate it, "olyan kár". Teemeah can help me withw those one, haha. And "olyan kár", is totally for something to express disappointmen. I don't know...

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General chat / Re: An important announcement on July 8, LA time

« on: July 17, 2018, 04:07:43 PM »

I don't think he consciously does that, axlroseX. For this guy, X is his life. Look at his VUK period, he had unwashed hair, and looked like a hobo most of the time... and he always looked sad and detached af. I doubt he would consciously and knowingly try to destroy the one thing that legitimately keeps him alive.

I know he isnt sabotaging the band on purpose... I tried to look past all the delays and broken promises. I love Yoshiki and X, I really do. I wanted to start just being a fan again, but this is so insulting. It is insulting to us, it is insulting to the other members, and it is especially insulting to Toshi. It just is, and there just isnt a way to positively rationalize it. It's a dissapointing and damaging decision. It will damage the fanbase's opinions, and it will damage Toshi's place and opinions in the band. It basically is an unintentional message to everyone in the band- "you are replaceable or expendable... I AM X Japan..." X might be Yoshiki's band and he might write 90% of the music, but those other guys are members too and Toshi ESPECIALLY deserves respect.

From the Twitter quotes I read, it seems he said "he understands this is Yoshiki's side project". But then I don't understand why he calls it X Japan. Interesting.

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General chat / Re: An important announcement on July 8, LA time

« on: July 17, 2018, 02:35:48 PM »

http://s.webry.info/sp/blueverse.at.webry.info/201807/article_19.html

This is what I found. This person says, he/she went to 2 of Yoshiki's dinner shows (second and third night), and she quoted him. He quoted Toshi as well, about what he said on Toshi channel.

「個人的には残念な気持ちはありますけれども
"Personally, I feel dissapointed"

「YOSHIKIが選んだ人」「YOSHIKIが決めること」
ということでした．

"Yoshiki choose that person(Hyde). It was Yoshiki's decision."

She also said, what Yoshiki said on his dinner show. He said "I was questioning myself a lot when X Japan broke up. I didn't know what went wrong. I took resposibility of their lives as a leader, and told them to "follow me". They followed me, but something went wrong. I hope, it's still not too late (to fix things)".

That's all I could find.

Edit: to avoid misunderstandings, the "something went wrong" part is for the past events. Something went wrong in the past so they broke up. And he was wondering what did he do wrong.

Thank you. That's still a third person quoting and not the stream itself... I hope someone will put the Toshi channel stream on youtube. Sentences taken out of context and without actually seeing the person saying it can be dangerous.

If you can find anything feel free to share. I tried, but nothing came up. Unfortunately we can't subscribe to Toshi's channel without a Japanese credit card. :/

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General chat / Re: An important announcement on July 8, LA time

« on: July 17, 2018, 01:46:03 PM »

http://s.webry.info/sp/blueverse.at.webry.info/201807/article_19.html

This is what I found. This person says, he/she went to 2 of Yoshiki's dinner shows (second and third night), and she quoted him. He quoted Toshi as well, about what he said on Toshi channel.

「個人的には残念な気持ちはありますけれども
"Personally, I feel dissapointed"

「YOSHIKIが選んだ人」「YOSHIKIが決めること」
ということでした．

"Yoshiki choose that person(Hyde). It was Yoshiki's decision."

She also said, what Yoshiki said on his dinner show. He said "I was questioning myself a lot when X Japan broke up. I didn't know what went wrong. I took resposibility of their lives as a leader, and told them to "follow me". They followed me, but something went wrong. I hope, it's still not too late (to fix things)".

That's all I could find.

Edit: to avoid misunderstandings, the "something went wrong" part is for the past events. Something went wrong in the past so they broke up. And he was wondering what did he do wrong.

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Offtopic / Re: The Visual Kei Best Styling Awards 2018

« on: July 08, 2018, 11:39:31 AM »

Sugi wins! Of course he does! Loved this! Hahahaha

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General chat / Re: X Japan Translations - post your requests here!

« on: June 30, 2018, 12:14:09 PM »

Do you relate to the guy above? Don't worry bro, most of us do! The X Freaks community might be able to help, though. 

Would you like to translate a song, interview or press article from Japanese into English? Curious about whatever Toshi was saying in his latest TV show appearance? Wondering how to say a certain phrase in Japanse? Post it here and our kind X Freaks volunteer translators might pick it up for you, if they find it interesting!

_{Disclaimer: our volunteer X Freaks translators are not professionals and they have limited time. Don't post super long articles or videos. Don't be mad if they're too busy to help - translating is a hard and fastidious job (says a part-time translator!).}

Great idea! I volunteer! At the moment I'm translating SugizoTube's first volume, if anyone interested, just scream and I'll send you the link to the google drive links for the parts I've already done. (I'm a slow worker, so I'm doing it little by little, it's 2 hours long. Sugizo likes to talk and mostly about spiritual and deep stuff, haha)

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Toshi / Re: Toshi's participation in 2018 UTAGE!

« on: June 14, 2018, 01:44:54 PM »

When I first read it, I recalled this stage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWSf7jR9B6c

ㄴ They are original singers(band).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12DXszAfcFM

ㄴ And this singer arranged their song and sang alone.

Of course, that is not a female&male duet song, but the singer distinguished his voice from a soft voice and a rough voice, and sang the song of two people alone. Maybe Toshi can do it that way?

Wow, I watched the performances! Very interesting, indeed! I'm looking forward what Toshi is going to do. (Especially the rap part)

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Toshi / Re: Toshi's participation in 2018 UTAGE!

« on: June 13, 2018, 08:18:02 AM »

sasasama, thank you for the information.  I think it is written that Toshl is willing to sing both male and female parts(yes, he can) and also rap part for the first time.

Or maybe he'll collaborate with a woman and a man, and with the guy he will sing the female part, with the woman he will sing the male part. I really can't imagine singing both parts only by himself haha

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Toshi / Re: Toshi's participation in 2018 UTAGE!

« on: June 13, 2018, 07:59:24 AM »

sasasama, thank you for the information.  I think it is written that Toshl is willing to sing both male and female parts(yes, he can) and also rap part for the first time.

Wow! I mean yes, he can, but how he is going to make a duet with himself haha. It's very interesting! Can't wait to see!
Also: thanks for the correction. It's even more interesting now.

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Toshi / Re: Toshi's participation in 2018 UTAGE!

« on: June 12, 2018, 10:19:35 PM »

You guys are so good at this, I'm laughing so much! 

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Toshi / Re: Toshi's participation in 2018 UTAGE!

« on: June 12, 2018, 01:20:50 PM »

That's really cool. I want to hear him sing on UTAGE! and rap(?) if that's true. Looking forward to it

"さらにラップに初挑戦するとう意欲的は試みも." It's written there, it says: he's very motivated to try to rap for the first time.   

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Toshi / Toshi's participation in 2018 UTAGE!

« on: June 12, 2018, 12:44:11 PM »

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bj47ud6lm8Q/

So it says, that this year's request in Utage (a singing variety show) is "Love songs", and Toshi will sing the male part from female/male duets, and he wants to rap too.  This sounds veeery interesting! I hope someone will upload it to somewhere! I've never heard Toshi rap before, haha. What do you think?

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Toshi / Re: Pictures without glasses

« on: June 04, 2018, 07:38:50 PM »

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Offtopic / Re: what does your username mean??

« on: May 30, 2018, 10:00:32 PM »

My username is basically from one of my real names. I have 3 names, one of them is Friderika (everyone uses this one), and the other one is Alexandra.  Literally noone uses this one, but back then when I was really into anime, I wanted a cool sounding username. We often shorten Alexandra to "Sandra", "Sandi", "Sasa", so for some reason I picked "Sasa",and put "sama" at the end because it sounded cool LOL