Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - [Translation] ayu's DIARY entry for 3/05/2011: "Right now"

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[Translation] ayu's DIARY entry for 3/05/2011: "Right now"

Note: As stated before, the pic used is the same one for the English entry.

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So today, on twitter I was talking to TA members from overseas, and like, I was thinking it'd be nice to write in both Japanese and English here as much as I can.
I know there are people who do know this and there are people who don't, so I'll tell you just in case, for foreigner fans who don't live in Japan, there are rreeeaaaaalllly alot of barriers keeping them from joining TA.
They all work frantically to clear those barriers, however, and are still able to become TA members.
But still, they finally log in only to see nothing but Japanese language.
For example, when you guys open my twitter page and you're just inundated with all this english... you say "I feel lonely," or "Ayu seems distant," or "I don't understand," I'm sure there are many people who feel like this, right? All feeling the same thing.
For all the foreign TA members, I bet it's like this all the time. Maybe they're feeling sad or irritated or something too.
Of course, happiness comes first, right?☆
Well, I'm not them so I can't be totally sure of course.
But I've lately been in situations where I couldn't use any language but English, so over and over again I sense the importance of language and communication. When I'm in America, my family and friends naturally all speak English. They can't understand more than a little Japanese. If I want to share my thoughts with someone, there are no other choices available to me.
However, as far as my English goes, I didn't study it well in school, so whenever it was necessary, whenever I had a moment of emotion, I couldn't find words that the other person could understand.
Of course it's my own decision, one that I'll be dealing with, to get rid of that problem.☆ But yeah, if I just lied and said I thought it was gonna be a pretty picture, that wouldn't be honest.
So having said all this, I've got the feeling across, in conclusion, Chon-san (<-- been a long time since I called myself that) has put forth the effort to explain, and now she will be working on her English reading and writing in order to communicate with the overseas TA members yo!!
That's what I'm thinking.
They're part of the TA circle, why should they feel alienated???
Japanese TA members work desperately to achieve various things too, in order to stay here. I understand, and I'm thankful for it. There'll never be a day that I forget about it.
To put it another way, ALL of you are the same, you know! (*^_^*)
The language you may find being used at TA may change, but I'm proud of TA, the love I feel for all of you is the same! (*^^*)v
Transcending all else, all TA members all over the world, we are all one family!!
As long as I feel that, I don't need anything else. I'm happy!!!!!!!!!!
Today again, everyone should live with all their strength under the same sky (^_-)-*
And now, from everyone in the overseas team who is now falling asleep, when the moon starts to become visible, we'll pass along the smiles we give to the reassuring sunshine, ne!!

credit: http://teamayuenglish.blogspot.com and DELIRIUM-ZER0! \(^O^)/

WOW. :heart
So sweet of her!!!!

Yaaayy!!! (^O^) Thanks, tasking and Deli-chan! :heart

Does it mean she'll write in English on TA often?

thanks

Sounds like it. She wouldn't have asked/said if she didn't plan on it.

P.S. Your second sig is absolutely gorgeous! *___*

She has a heart bigger than her entire body.. She's incredible, I love her ^^

thank you, this is very nice : )

this is so great...thanks ayu!!!
GANBATTE with you english lesson..

ah! AYU IS THE BEST!!! >.<

I'm not sure how I'm going to respond, especially that I'm NOT a TA member (I'm still with my parents and I'm NOT going to try to play around spending over $100 a year just to sign up for TA membership with special online access (or up to $150, due to goods' shipping costs from Japan to America)) as well as with my current situation between me, Ayu and the other Japanese pop artists in my portfolio, such as ikimono-gakari, Arashi, miwa, Sayuri Sugawara, AKB48 and others...

But it's quite interesting for Ayu to put messages in English...

Thanks so much! Ayu's such a sweetheart! I am very happy that she knows the fact that there are really a lot of barriers that keep international fans from joining TA. I love how she says that her experience in the States makes her more aware of the importance of language and communication. :D Love her!!!

I think Ayu said it perfectly, so the Japanese speaking fans won't be so upset about English speaking fans getting too much attention.

omg. i love ayu and im so proud of being her fan!!

Btw, why does Ayu call herself "Chon-san"?
:)

its been a long time she didnt call herself like that... but i dont know...

what a beautiful message, her heart is so beautiful

This is so beautiful T__T I'm always amazed at how much she cares for her fans!

woww thanks a lot for sharingggg!!!!!

this filled me up with warm

she cares so much about her fans :love

Ayu is amazing. There's not much else I can say. :heart

OMG... that's a hell of an extra long entry... :laugh
so sweet anyway,,, :D

thanks a lot!! :D

I'm not an easily impress, but I have to say, that she has become a hell of a mature artist, all my respect to her for being so dedicated to her work.

Even if I ever come to not like her music anymore, I'll never detest Ayu <3

What are the japanese fans' reactions to this message?

She does so much for us (os fans) it honestly warms my heart so much.

AYU I LOVE YOU SOOO MUCH. :) :) :)

This is it!!!

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They're part of the TA circle, why should they feel alienated???

Very well said. Some (I think most) overseas TA members feel this way.

I'm so touched that Ayu really cares about each of her fans.

thanks for the translation Deli and tasking! ^_^

I'm glad she is ready to touch up her English and that some of the TA posts will hopefully be in English :)

...I wanna be TA member even MORE now, but can't:(

ah... I love that girl!! :D

OMG I L.O.V.E HER!! TOT

i wish ayu could have opened for international fans too. so everyone will feel special. haha~

So Ayu noticed her foreign fans in TA now.
So cute of her, she really has a big heart! :heart

Thanks for the translation, AYU's really sweet and considerate:)

Thanks so much for the translation :heart I was wondering about this longer text for a while. I think this is really honest and sweet of her to write.

What a sweet message. It really feels good to know that Ayu is making an effort to reach her worldwide fans. :D

Sankyu Ayu

OVERSEAS FANS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED! yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

It's really amazing how far everything has become. So many barriers broken, and more and more fans meeting ayu and etc...it's just wow.

Ayu is ******ing amazing.

Wow Ayu is so kind and amazing :heart
I really wish I could join T.A. just for this~

Thanks for the translation tasking and DELIRIUM-ZER0! :)

Ayu truly is a sweetheart. I'm very touched. Hopefully this means a couple of english TA entries from time to time.

i just joined TA last week (finally) and i'm SOOOO freaking happy i did! what a perfect time to be an overseas TA member!!!

seriously though, Ayu is just the sweetest most considerate person ever! i'm amazed at how genuinely nice and caring she is! i never ever thought she'd do something like this for her overseas fans, but its such an honor to know that she includes us so happily in TA!

as for the Japanese TA members, it seems to me like they're great with it! i think the overseas vs. Japanese fan rivalry that some of us see isn't actually real. i think its always been about TA members feeling like they were paying for nothing when Ayu gave away too much on twitter. i don't think the problem was that Japanese fans didn't like overseas fans. i think they are happy to welcome new TA members! actually, i've even noticed on twitter in the past couple of days a few Japanese fans have introduced themselves to me! ^^

I wanted this translation so bad, thank you m(_ _)m!!
She's the sweetest, this entry touched me so much.

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They're part of the TA circle, why should they feel alienated???

I hope this finally gets through to some of the Japanese fans who may still think that Ayu should only belong to them. I don't know if this is still an issue, but it used to be, maybe ages ago. Either way, Ayu is just the best, I love her so much. :love

they might start releasing english TA mags :) ayus so good to her fans

I love ayu!!!!! I got goosebumps reading this. I feel so touched. Maybe it's also because I'm currently overseas and it's just kinda bad. But I'm able to connect to ayu via AHS and now, even more directly through her english messages. :'(

they also could put official english translation of the songs in simple booklets like they do in chinese...

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Originally Posted by brener (Post 2646892)

they also could put official english translation of the songs in simple booklets like they do in chinese...

It's Chinese record companies that do that, not avex itself.

This is really amazing! Starting with the AWIO project, we've had so many advances in foreign-fan acknowledgement.

wow! she is amazing.
I love her even more now

I'm proud to be fan of this amazing person

omg she's freakin sweet. aw you done it ayu. you made my day again.

Oh, this is so sweet of her. That's one of the reasons why I really, really love Ayu...we - her fans - are really so important to her and she means all of us and not only her Japanese fans!

I'm looking forward to her English entries. I think that her English is really nice and cute! :D

i just love her so much more than i already did - :heart
she's so sweet, always thinking of others.. /crying right now

This is so, so sweet of her to do this!