[Ai Otsuka] Ai Otsuka ♥ ××× in her 18th Thread

[love in music]

Hearing the studio recording of I <3 XXX reminded me just how good ai is at singing live, her live performance sounded practically identical to the original recording. The song is growing on me. That title really doesn't fit it though lol.

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Originally Posted by sugarbasil

I still think it'd be "even if..." for the eyes part because it also ended in "temo." And rikai said bureru is like...blurred in the sense of a blurry photograph. So I took burenai as "clear" I guess. :Shrug And is THAT how you translate sore wa saisho kara aru takaremono???? Actually, that makes so much sense now that I look at it. LOL. It was like 3 AM when I translated it.

Haha, I don't often translate things... sometimes (like here) they come out sort of unnatural since I've yet to master the art of balancing adaptation and, how would you say it, faithfulness to the original text?

I translated mine as soon as I woke up so it might have been a bit weirder too .

Originally Posted by sugarbasil

See, I thought that BECAUSE it was "wa" that it was nights, starlight and moon. The "wa" makes it it's own thing. If it was nights of starlight and moon or the starlight and moon of the night the particle would have been like "no" or "de" or "ni" or something. I wasn't sure it was nights AND because the particle wasn't "to" either, though. I can see how it could possibly be nights of starlight and moon, but with her throwing those particles into random English sentences it's really hard to know.

It is hard to know! I went for "nights of starlight and moon" because many times, for example:

ayuは歌手＝　Ayu is a singer.　（With the copula left out as is common, as of course you know, in informal speech.)

So with this sentence, ’夜はstarlight　and　moon’＝　A night that is starlight and moon.　（Further adapted into 'nights of starlight and moon')

Idk if I made sense of myself

[sugarbasil]

Does anyone know where I can find photos of Ai from magazines? That isn't from Channel Ai? I can't navigate that place.

[Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~]

wow! thanks for he translation! The lyric is very simple, cute and sweet...

Ai is the best to make lovely songs...

[Connie Cheewah]

Originally Posted by identity

Hearing the studio recording of I <3 XXX reminded me just how good ai is at singing live, her live performance sounded practically identical to the original recording. The song is growing on me. That title really doesn't fit it though lol.

I have heard the live performance, but what is the original recording you mention. Where did you hear that?

By the way, you can see and hear 2 different choirs performing I ♥ XXX on the NHK website.

Originally Posted by sugarbasil

Does anyone know where I can find photos of Ai from magazines? That isn't from Channel Ai? I can't navigate that place.

Maybe you can navigate the Channel-Ai Gallery.

[KarenPang]

LOVE is BORN 7th Anniversary announced

No surprises, the 7th edition of Otsuka Ai LOVE is Born is planned in Yokohama on September 12, 2010.

【LOVE IS BORN】 〜7th Anniversary 2010〜の開催が決定しました!

【公演日/会場】
2010年9月12日(日)
横浜赤レンガパーク 野外特設ステージ

【開場】15:30
【開演】17:30

http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ai/news/100912.html

[Connie Cheewah]

^ Well, it is a surprise to me. Her birthday is on the 9th.

[PEARL]

yea why isit not on 9 sep this year...?

[maze]

this concerts looks so lovely :3 I really love her clothes and hair this time around

Daisukidayo

[love in music]

^ Looks nice.. it feels like she comes out with a live DVD like every couple of months or something. Her hair is though.

[Bigtop]

Yeah, her hair is just too frizzy for me to handle...

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Woah she was crying at 1:17. Never seen her cry before.

Still no news for I <3 xxx it appears..

[waterballoon]

omg *vomits*

her hair...

*vomits*

[love in music]

Originally Posted by waterballoon

omg *vomits*

her hair...

*vomits*

I was waiting for your comment on her hair lol, I knew it would offend you the most

[waterballoon]

^ lol. it reminds me of... a certain species of dog (can't really remember the name)... it's just so fried I don't understand what was going through her mind

[Crystal_Ageha]

Okay........I love her hair!! I love crimping in general, no matter how big or frizzy it makes it. It's cute. The outfits definitely look better here, too.

[ストロボ・EdGE]

Mm, I think the farthest extent she can pull off is the Is PV hair. Anything more extreme, like the tour video, is too much.

[NintendoHTF1242]

I screamed out "OH MY GOD!" when I saw the video XD That hair! AHHH!

[taskinillusion]

Say no to the hair, Ai. Say no.

[adantatu2]

I Love that hair, is so crazy but fancy too.
And Daisukida yo. sounds