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bmsg☀️SKY-HI 晴れるまで踊ろう☀️
Disclaimer: This is not a translation of the entire book, just the foreword.
Foreword (The beginning)
Should I call this book an essay?
I wanted to make sure I didn't sound like I was flaunting myself. It wasn't that I couldn't do it, I didn't want to.
If you watched "THE FIRST", you'll understand. There was no script or acting. It was an audition, as it were, broadcasted on TV. That's what made "THE FIRST" beautiful I think.
I didn't want to exaggerate or sugar coat anything. If anything, I wanted to avoid doing that with this book.
The Initial proposal for the book wanted me to write about AAA's final dome tour leading to the hiatus. It was very dramatic and sounds emotional, but I personally didn't feel a great change in me.
I would be troubled if you misunderstood that, I did feel "Ah this is the last time (as AAA)". I definitely thought of that. I've been in this group since 2005 after all. I'm glad we got to do this tour. Some groups don't even get such a send-off before their hiatus, you know. I'm glad we could do this tour after the timing of our hiatus announcement.
That said, I didn't feel a strong sense of sadness. That's the truth. There are two reasons:
AAA's last tour was moved around a lot. AAA was going to put a lot of activities on pause in 2020, you see. The tour was going to happen a year before. So doing a tour when we're supposedly on hiatus made me a little anxious. Kind of like, you're in your first year of high school and suddenly attending your middle school graduation ceremony. It's very important to me that my thoughts are reflected in my actions. I didn't know what to do to convey this feeling.
The second is, my days went on the same way, whether before or after AAA's hiatus. As Hidaka Mitsuhiro of course, but also as SKY-HI. I've been living and going to live as such tomorrow, and for how ever many years onwards. I'll work as a CEO for BMSG too of course.
So I didn't have a feeling of "this is gonna be a new beginning!", and that's my honest thoughts.
…Is this opening OK? Did you expect something more dramatic? Not that I really went for it, that's what I meant when I said I'm not going to lie.
Since it's the opening, I thought I'll bring up one thing. It's kind of weird I'm bringing this up myself… I've been considered a saint or savior by some, and received offers to be a keynote speaker by others. If you type "SKY-HI" and "famous quotes", you'll see lots of results too. I'm thankful for all of these things…
But I'm not that great of a person. I do, will do, stupid things. I'm not a saint or angel, just wanted to say that off the bat.
In the foreword people usually say "I hope this book saves someone" or "I hope this helps someone in need", right. I totally get that, but sorry to say I don't feel that way at all. I'm just putting what I've experienced, what I've been thinking about into a book. If people get something from it I'll be grateful, but I didn't write this with such a goal in mind. I'll do my best to "make it happen" though.
There's no script or acting, so I also don't know how this book will turn out, isn't that kind of fun to think about? Maybe in the first half and second half of the book I will contradict myself or I might repeat myself. But there's a reason for all this right, that's why it's a book.
It's a documentary. I will show you things as they are. I'll show you why I'm really happy right now.
Boss's book, 晴れるまで踊ろう is available for purchase at most Japanese bookstores and via online stores like Amazon.jp and Rakuten. If you are interested in reading more, please consider buying boss's book and giving it a read! (If you're confident in your Japanese of course, no pressure.)
I am by no means a professionally paid translator or very perfect with my Japanese, so do take these translations with a grain of salt. I did my best to be faithful to boss's tone as much as I could.
Feel free to retranslate this into other languages, but please notify me beforehand and give me credit once posted. Thank you~
Disclaimer: This is not a translation of the entire book, just the foreword.
Foreword (The beginning)
Should I call this book an essay?
I wanted to make sure I didn't sound like I was flaunting myself. It wasn't that I couldn't do it, I didn't want to.
If you watched "THE FIRST", you'll understand. There was no script or acting. It was an audition, as it were, broadcasted on TV. That's what made "THE FIRST" beautiful I think.
I didn't want to exaggerate or sugar coat anything. If anything, I wanted to avoid doing that with this book.
The Initial proposal for the book wanted me to write about AAA's final dome tour leading to the hiatus. It was very dramatic and sounds emotional, but I personally didn't feel a great change in me.
I would be troubled if you misunderstood that, I did feel "Ah this is the last time (as AAA)". I definitely thought of that. I've been in this group since 2005 after all. I'm glad we got to do this tour. Some groups don't even get such a send-off before their hiatus, you know. I'm glad we could do this tour after the timing of our hiatus announcement.
That said, I didn't feel a strong sense of sadness. That's the truth. There are two reasons:
AAA's last tour was moved around a lot. AAA was going to put a lot of activities on pause in 2020, you see. The tour was going to happen a year before. So doing a tour when we're supposedly on hiatus made me a little anxious. Kind of like, you're in your first year of high school and suddenly attending your middle school graduation ceremony. It's very important to me that my thoughts are reflected in my actions. I didn't know what to do to convey this feeling.
The second is, my days went on the same way, whether before or after AAA's hiatus. As Hidaka Mitsuhiro of course, but also as SKY-HI. I've been living and going to live as such tomorrow, and for how ever many years onwards. I'll work as a CEO for BMSG too of course.
So I didn't have a feeling of "this is gonna be a new beginning!", and that's my honest thoughts.
…Is this opening OK? Did you expect something more dramatic? Not that I really went for it, that's what I meant when I said I'm not going to lie.
Since it's the opening, I thought I'll bring up one thing. It's kind of weird I'm bringing this up myself… I've been considered a saint or savior by some, and received offers to be a keynote speaker by others. If you type "SKY-HI" and "famous quotes", you'll see lots of results too. I'm thankful for all of these things…
But I'm not that great of a person. I do, will do, stupid things. I'm not a saint or angel, just wanted to say that off the bat.
In the foreword people usually say "I hope this book saves someone" or "I hope this helps someone in need", right. I totally get that, but sorry to say I don't feel that way at all. I'm just putting what I've experienced, what I've been thinking about into a book. If people get something from it I'll be grateful, but I didn't write this with such a goal in mind. I'll do my best to "make it happen" though.
There's no script or acting, so I also don't know how this book will turn out, isn't that kind of fun to think about? Maybe in the first half and second half of the book I will contradict myself or I might repeat myself. But there's a reason for all this right, that's why it's a book.
It's a documentary. I will show you things as they are. I'll show you why I'm really happy right now.
Boss's book, 晴れるまで踊ろう is available for purchase at most Japanese bookstores and via online stores like Amazon.jp and Rakuten. If you are interested in reading more, please consider buying boss's book and giving it a read! (If you're confident in your Japanese of course, no pressure.)
I am by no means a professionally paid translator or very perfect with my Japanese, so do take these translations with a grain of salt. I did my best to be faithful to boss's tone as much as I could.
Feel free to retranslate this into other languages, but please notify me beforehand and give me credit once posted. Thank you~
