July - Wink Up - Jun

    ドームコンサート、楽しかったね。すげぇ楽しかった。すべての公演を終えた今の心境は、そのひとことに尽きるね。巨大バルーン？あれもすごがったね(笑)。本当にあれはラッキーだった。「実験くん」のスペシャルでバルーンに吊られて空中を歩く。。。っていう、あの実験があったおかげだからね(笑)。何かおもしろいことができないかなぁと思ってたときに、あのロケがあって。「これはおもしろいな」と思って、そのロケの最中に大至急スタッフに連絡して「ドームでこれをやりたいんだけど」ってことで決まったの。とりあえずOKは出たんけど、会場によって複雑な規制があるし、その中でどうやるか？だったから。。。だから、本当に今回はスタッフに感謝だよね。時間もなかったし、仕込みも大変だったと思う。台車にしてもバルーンにしても、全部手動で動かしてるからね。観にきてくれたお客さん、ファンのみんなへの感謝はもちろんなんだけど、やっぱりスタッフの力は大きかった。本当に感謝してる。
    The dome concerts were fun, ne. Really really fun. Now that all of the concerts are finished, that seems to be the one word i keep ending up at, ne. The huge balloon? That was amazing too, ne. (laughs) That was honestly all luck. That time when i was hanging from a balloon and walking in the air on our experiment special we had for Shukudai-kun... I owe it all to that, ne. (laughs) When i was thinking about how i can't do all these things that are so interesting, that show came about. Thinking "this is so interesting..", in the middle of shooting the experiment i suddenly called the staff and asked, "I wanna do this kinda thing at the dome but.. is it ok?", and thats how it was decided upon. I was given an OK for the moment, but every stadium has different rules, and in between all that we were wondering just how to do it.. so, this time i'm really thankful to the staff, ne. We didnt have much time, and I think just preparing for it was overwhelming too. No matter if it was just a little push car, or a giant balloon, they moved them all by hand, ne. Of course i'm grateful to all the people and fans that came to see us, but this time the staff played a big role. I'm really grateful to them.

    ドームっていうサイズでやるっていうのは、ふだんアリーナでやってるものとは全然違うものなんだなっていうのを、やってみてあらためて思ったよ。やっぱり、あれだけの人数の中でやれるっていうのは、すごく気持ちいいし。。。なんかね、オレの知り合いが観にきて言ってたんだけど「5万5千人の大熱唱だったり、みんながすげぇ幸せそうな笑顔になったりするは、やっぱりすごいね」って。オレもそれはすごく感じて。ダブルアンコールの「Love so ~」とか、「5万5千人があのいい歌詞を歌ってるのを聴くと、それだけで元気になるね」って。そこにすごくいい空気が流れて元気になれるって言ってて。たしかにそうだなぁ、本当にすごいなぁって。うれしかったのが初ドームってことで、オレの世話になってる人とかけっこう呼んでたのね。もちろんお客さんが喜んでくれたこともそうなんだけど、そういう人達もすごく喜んでくれて。高校の同級生とか「なんか泣きそうになった」とか言ってて。「今までで一番おもしろかった」とか。。。そういう人達の、その言葉を聞けたのもうれしかったんだよね。
    After working in the dome i came to realize that just working in that sheer area is completely different from any normal arena. Just being able to perform in the midst of all those people was such an amazing feeling.. somehow, ne, even though it was my friend who said it, " all 55000 people singing so enthusiastically, and all these huge smiles on everyone's faces, you just cant help but think its amazing, ne.". I could really feel that too. Like with "Love so Sweet" in the double encore, "When i heard all 55000 people singing those lyrics, just that was enough to make me smile, ne." Also, the atmosphere itself really made it so you couldnt help but get into it. Thats true i think, it really is amazing. The thing that really made me happy about it being the first time at the dome was all the people supporting me who were really calling out to me with all they had, ne. Of course its true that the fans normally make me happy, but those people made me really happy. Even my high school classmates said "It felt like i was going to cry", and "this was the most amazing thing ever".. being able to hear words like that from them, was truly a happy thing, ne.

    アジアをずっと回ってきて台湾、韓国、そして日本でやってそれで今回のドームがあったわけじゃない？ドームを大阪で2回、東京で2回できたことが、本当によかったなぁと思うんだよね。1回1回それぞれに思うにとがすごくあったし、ドームでやること、今このタイミングでこの場所でやれることっていうのはすごく意識しながら毎回やってたから。その感じ方は毎回ちょっとずつ違って。。。それを4回できたことがよかった。まだまだ満足はしてないけど、ちゃんと種はまけたんじゃないかなと思う。夏のツアーをやることも報告できたしね。楽しかったし、本当にいい経験だった。
    Travelling all over Asia, going to both Taiwan and Korea, then finally Japan, isnt that the reason for these Dome concerts anyhow? I really think its great that we could do two concerts in both Osaka and Tokyo, ne. There was a lot of thinking that went into each one, and performed every time with a sense of the fact that we were doing it now and at the dome. The way we felt each time was a little different... I'm glad that we could do all four concerts. I'm still not satisfied, but i'm wondering if this isnt the start something great. We could report about the summer concerts we're doing too, ne. It was fun and a really good experience.

    そして、近況？近況はドラマですよ。休みなくドラマを撮ってます(笑)。ちなみに昨日の空き時間は、ずっと北村さんと立体パズルやってた(笑)。オレは昨日、初めてやったんだ。昔やったことはあったんだけど、全然できなかったの。あのカラクリが全然わかんなくてさ(笑)。で、北村さんに「立体パズルって何がおもしろいんですか？」みたいなことをオレが言ったら「ちょっとやってみ？」って言われて。やってみたら、今までは全然からくりがわかんなくておもしろくなかったんだけど、ずっといじってたらなんかできるようになってきて。で、初めてひとつ解けたのよカラクリが。で、とりあえず1面だけ作るのをどれぐらいでできるのかなと思って、やってみたら2分35秒だったの。やった!とか思って報告したら、北村さんは35秒で終わったのね。なんか。。。チョー腹立って(笑)。もう一回やったら今度は50秒でできたの。という。。まぁ、立体パズルにハマりつつあるというか、ハマってるって話ですね(笑)。 
    Recently? Recently its just been my drama. I'm filming without breaks. (laughs) Incidentally, yesterday during my free time I was playing with a Rubik cube with Kitamura-san the whole time. (laughs) Yesterday was the first time i did it. I've tried to do it before, but i could never finish it. It was because i didnt know the trick to doing it. (laughs) So, I asked Kitamura-san "whats so interesting about Rubik cubes?" and he asked if i wanted to try it. So i tried, up until now i didnt know the trick to it and it wasnt interesting to me at all, but when i tampered with it, somehow after awhile i figured out how to do it. That was the first time i ever figured out a trick. So, like wondering about how long it takes to finish one side of it and timing myself, it was 2min 35sec. Yay! I thought, and told Kitamura-san, but he said he was already finished by 35sec. Man... I was so upset. (laughs) When i tried again, this time i could do it in 50sec. So.. well, asking if i'm into the rubix cube now, then yea this is a story about that, ne. (laughs)

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