音時雨 ～Regentropfen～

Yesterday evening I did a masterpiece. I thought so at least.
So far as, all my drawn pictures have taken me 5 display books, and I have to use more display books for my new pictures after if only I am drawing continue. Oh, no! I think I will not to buy any display book because I not have so much space to store them. So that last evening, I did a big job: stapled all my pictures by themes and made them into some booklets. Then I finished all them I found it took my almost 3 and half hours. I found very hot and tired because I keep my glasses on my face all the time and standing till the end. Well, I made it whatever.
To count the booklets I did, twenty I got; and the number of booklets was not include these themes which I not colored. In other words, I own more than 20 themes from when I started to draw: from January of 2006 to now. It’s so much that I even can’t believe it!
After, of course I should take some photos. At first I took them by three groups: the first half year in 2006, the second half year in 2006, and all others in 2007. I felt very happy and excited.
At last, suddenly I got a new idea. It would be how great if I put them into a circle. So I did it; and I took it. Sure enough it was very great. For everyone can know how much it was, I put a CD in the centre of the circle. It was so big I had to stand on a chair when I took it, and I laughed satisfyingly. A nice job!

August 6, 2007, that day is Kajiura Yuki’s birthday:flirt: , and that day was also the day of the first anniversary between me and MyOpera! I knew it just now! I know that this August is the first anniversary of me and MyOpera, so I wanted to know the date and I checked my diary; I was very surprised when I knew it! And the date do was the same to Kajiura Yuki’s birthday…
I was very happy for the two dates were the same! In fact, I had applied 4 or 5 blogs before MyOpera; and that time I met MyOpera was only by little accident. So it is very normal that I could not remember the date. But then, I loved MyOpera soon after I played there.
“… although there is only 300 MB for me, it’s enough! Yet the album was very beautiful. So I will stay there always! It’s very nice!” that day, I wrote in my diary.
Surely it was very nice. I was not so enjoyed blogging before I met MyOpera. And from then I have my opera, and with its advancement, one day I found I have enjoyed bloggin very much. MyOpera is a good blog and it is better than any other blogs I had seen. It’s beautiful, wonderful and you can blogging easily. From then one year passed, and I love MyOpera more and more.
I think it should be a double-insurance for the date when we met is the same to Kajiura’s birthday! I will not forget again the date when I met MyOpera.
Yes, today, August 14, 2007; the date is little missed to the real date, but no matter! Now let me do a little celebration for the first anniversary!
Congratulation! The first anniversary of me and MyOpera!

さっき分かることになりました。今月6日、つまり梶浦様のお誕生日:love: の日は、私とオペラとの出会った日でした！今年の葉月は私とオペラの一週年記念ので、その具体の日を探すため、朝から前の日記を探してから分かりましたので、とっても驚きました。この日は梶浦由記様のお誕生日と同じことなんて…
でもやっぱり嬉しいですわ、同じ日のことに！ずっと前、オペラの前、私のブログの数はもう約4,5でしたもの。今度、オペラと出会った訳もまったく偶然、その日を覚えていないのも普通でしようがありませんし。けれども、ちょっとだけ、オペラに遊んでいただけで、すぐにオペラに気になりました。
「…そこで300MBしかないけど、私にとって十分だよ！そちのアルバムも素敵だし。私、ここでずっといるつもりだわ！よかった！」と、その日の日記で、私はそんなに書きました。
本当によかった！オペラとであった前に、私はブログにまだよく慣れません。で、オペラの進化するとともに、私はもう完全にブログを離れないことになりました。オペラって、本当によいブログなんですね。いままで私が見たすべてのブログよりも、きれいで素晴らしくて上手になり易いです。今まで一年が過ぎて、私はオペラのことをますます好きになることです。
私とオペラと出会った日も、梶浦由記様のお誕生日なんですものから！これで二重保険をかけることですわ！私はもう忘れなりません、私とオペラと出会った日を。
そして、今日は日時にちょっと外れてしまいましたけど、でも大丈夫、私を今日にオペラと一緒に小さなお祝いをさせてください！
おめでとう、出会ったからの一週年。

At first, Happy Birthday! Yuki Kajiura-Sama!

this picture comes form a post of Sermons from the Trail--The Church of the Walker's God:
http://my.opera.com/COTWG/blog/show.dml/416109
kiyoedit: MyO is dead.

In this February, I wrote a post named “Here We Stand in the FictionJunction” for my loved FictionJunction YUUKA (after: FJY.) from now on, how much fruits that FJY got?
April 18, 2007, the seventh single “romanesque” was released;
July 4, 2007, the second album “circus” was released.
The two CDs were must get new signs in the road of FJY.
About “romanesque,” I have talked it in this April in one of my diaries which named “The Romanesque End of this Spring”, so this time, our theme is on “circus”!

Merely listen to the music, the fit scene can float into our minds. Maybe it is one kind of the so-called “force of music”?
From 2 months after “romanesque”, I awaited for “circus”. Like the last album “destination”, there are about half of songs in the previous singles in the album, but the new songs do are very beautiful!

track 1. circus
The name of this song is the same to the title of this album. The prelude listened very summer-like. This type of arrangement made me thought out one of Saeko Chiba’s song “Melody”. The chorus or arrangement also, made out a calm mood.
Color of this song: the red-orange color of sunset
Image of this song: “In a summer day, we were still little children. From the end of a circus, we were on our way home. Looked up to the sky, it was a very very red sunset sky. We said ‘Bye-bye’ in the crossroad and continued our way.
Bye-bye, see you tomorrow…”

track 6. pleasure (よろこび)
The percussion instrument made a fresh and fickle atmosphere though this song has a calm arrangement. And when YUUKA sung “奏でる歌は薔薇の色 (the song is sung, its color is rose) ”, somewhat, I found little shadow from “blessing” (^_^. However, there is a little likeness between the two songs, the whole feeling of this song is not any like “blessing”. Like the mean of title, there is some unspeakable pleasure in this song.
Color of this song: the sparkle rainbow color of star night
Image of this song: “In the night which we watched circus, I got a dream. That was a very beautiful dream. You, and I, we were in a magnificent star-steamship. To view the splendid star-night, we saw the twinkling stars. I was really happy.”

track 7. the shining desert (光る砂漠)
This is another very summer-like song. In the title, there is the word “desert”, but why I can feel the cool gentle wind in the summer dusk?
Color of this song: the far dancing golden color
Image of this song: “Suddenly, we saw a desert. It was shining in distance. It was very dazzling. The light seemed liked wanted to stop our travel, and not want to stop my dream; the light seemed wanted I could always stay with you, even it was only in my dream…”

If to listen the three songs in serial, they are unexpected match to each other!

track 9. piano (ピアノ)
In the whole album, I love this song best. The sorrowful notes flowing out from piano, and drop onto my heart in grains. In the long intermezzo, the arrangement which mixed with piano and cello is wonderful! This sensation likes one is yearning something deeply. Piano, cello, and YUUKA’s voice, only use the three elements, Kajiura-sensei made out one art song.
Color of this song: the blue color when musing
Image of this song: “Some years later, we were no more children. Where are you staying now... from my room I can see the sea. Every time when I play the piano, I always gaze the sea, then I will think about you. And… the melody what I always play, is that one you ever taught me. Surely, the notes from my piano adorn the deep blue sea, but why I feel so much sad and sorrowful…”

track 10. June is Your Eternity (六月は君の永遠)
Arranged only by piano, this song is another art song. From it, we can feel the transparency of YUUKA’s voice more and more.
Color of this song: the green color when we encounter again
Image of this song: “At last, we encountered again. We stayed together again. Everything happened in this June. And from now on, we swore each other, we will not be apart again…”

Excepting the new composed songs, there are also two mix versions of previous single songs in the album. They also have wonderful arrangements! Especially is in “Romanesque”. Some new lyrics are added into the song. The new lyrics made “romanesque” dimmer and mistier. Although the other part of this song is same to the original version, everyone had better listen to “romanesque-Full Size Mix” please, even only for the new added lyrics!

FJY made lots of beautiful colors from “circus”. And they can make out more and more splendid colors since “circus”. We FJY-fans so praying too. Wish FJY can always compose the most beautiful shine and colors.
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今年2月、私は大好きのFictionJunction YUUKA（以下”FJY”）へ『Here We Stand in the FictionJunction』という文章を書きました。あれから、FJYがどんな成果をできましたのかな？
2007年4月18日、7番目のシングル『romanesque』が発売されました；
2007年7月4日、2番目のアルバム『circus』が発売されました。
二つのＣＤはもうきっと、FJYは彼女たちの道で、新しいしるしになりました。
『romanesque』について、今年4月の『ローマ式の行く春』という名の日記にはもう話しましたので、今度の本題はFJYのセカンドアルバム『circus』です！

ただ聴くことだけで、頭にすぐその曲と呼応する場合や景色などを浮き出せることは、いわゆるの音楽の力の一種なのでしょう？
『romanesque』から2ヶ月ぶり、やっと『circus』を迎えになりました。『destination』と同じ、半分の曲もシングルで発表してきましたが、新曲が本当にすごいなのですよ！

track 1. circus
アルバムの名前と同じ、前奏からは十分の夏っぽいです。この種類のアレンジは、私を自然に千葉紗子さんの『melody』を思い出させました。コーラスもアレンジも、穏やかな気分を作り出した。
曲の色：夕焼けの赤くオレンジ色
イメージ：『ある夏の日、子供のあたしたちはサーカスから家に戻って、見上げたのは紅い紅い夕焼けでした。家までの分かれ道で、あたしたちが離れた。「バイバイ」と話し合って、あたしたちが戻った。
バイバイ。まだ明日ね…』

track 6. よろこび
アレンジは穏やかでけれども、打楽器の作り出す効果はとてもとても鮮やかで儚いです。そして、YUUKAは「奏でる歌は薔薇の色」と歌いだす時、なんとか、『blessing』と繋がっていることになりました。旋律上で少しだけ似ているけど、歌全体の感じは『blessing』とぜんぜん違いますなの。タイトルのとおり、言葉で言い出せないよろこびの気持ちがあります。
曲の色：輝く星空の虹色
イメージ：『サーカスから戻ったその夜に、あたしは夢見ました。それがとても綺麗な夢だった。あたしは、あなたと一緒に、華麗な色の星船で乗っていて、輝く星空を眺めた。星々はきらきらと彩られて光って、本当に、うれしかった。』

track 7. 光る砂漠
まだ一曲の夏っぽい歌です。名前に「砂漠」がありますが、私には夕方の涼しい風のような感じがします。
曲の色：遠く踊る黄金色
イメージ：『星船から眺めたあたしたちは、ふいに砂漠を見つめだした。遠く光っていた。とても眩しかった。まるであたしの旅を止まらせたがっているように、あたしの夢を終わらせないように、ずっと、あなたと一緒にいられるように、夢の中でも…』

以上の3曲を連続で聴けば、意外にぴったり似合いますよ！

track 9. ピアノ
アルバムに一番好きな曲です。切なく響くピアノの音符が一つ一つ零れて心の底に落ちました。長い間奏にチェロの和音をピアノの旋律と混じり合わせるアレンジが素晴らしいです。この心地は、何かの大切なことを深めで懐かしむのようになります。ピアノ、チェロ、それにYUUKAの声、その三つだけで、梶浦センセイがもう一曲の芸術歌を作り出した。
曲の色：静かに思う青色
イメージ：『何年ぶり後で、昔のあたしたちがもう子供じゃなかった。今、あなたはどうなのかな…あたしの部屋から海が見えて、あたしはピアノを弾く度に、その海を見ながらあなたを思うのよ。そして…あたしの弾く曲もあなたが教えてくれたのよ。指先から落ちた音符が海を飾っているのに、どうしてこんなに寂しくて、切なくて…』

track 10. 六月は君の永遠
純粋なピアノで作り出したもう一曲の芸術歌です。この歌から、YUUKAの声からあふれ出す透明感をもっとよく感じられます。
曲の色：出会える緑色
イメージ：『やっと、あたしたちがであった、もう一度一緒になった、この６月に。これから、もう離れないと、あたしたちがお互いに誓った…』

新曲の以外、シングルから二曲のミックスも素敵です。特には『romanesque』の加えた新しい歌詞。これでますます儚げな夢のようになりましたのですね。ほかの分はオリジナルの歌と同じですけど、この新しい歌詞のために、きっと『romanesque-Full Size Mix』をお聞きくださいよ！

『circus』から、FJYが美しくてたくさんの綺麗な色を出した。これからもきっと、より美しく素晴らしく色を出すことができましょう。ファンたちもこんなに祈っています。ずっと、綺麗に美しく輝きますように。

days I don’t want to do anything; but it’s not the hotness which I can’t get rid of, I think. Such as studying and drawing, there are lots of things are waiting me to do, I must try to do them best!
Say about August, when I was a little girl, I could see the fireflies. The fireflies I said are which use their faint light to adorn our dark blue night. I remembered that time, I reached out and cupped my hands, wanted to chase that light. What a nostalgia the scene that the light flowed out from my palms was! For there are not any fireflies around us now, it’s a little pity really.
Another, the single “Light of Fireflies (Hotarubi)” by RYTHEM which released in last month, is very fit the feeling in August! ^_^

葉月はやってきたので、あたしの夏休みも半分過ごしたの。土用の期間にとても暑くて何でもしたくなくなるの。でも、このくらいの暑さなんて、どうせ適わずことじゃないのね。勉強することやら描くことやら、私はまだたくさんのことがあるの、頑張らなければならないの！
葉月といえば、小さい頃、まだ蛍を見えたのね。微かな光を出して、深い深い青い夜を飾ったその蛍。その頃、子供のあたしが手をコップの形にして伸ばし、その光を追いかけた。小さな蛍火が手のひらに微光を出した光景は本当にとても懐かしいね。今、蛍をほとんど見えなくなるので、ちょっぴり惜しんでいるわ。
そうだ、先月、RYTHEMのシングル『蛍火』はあたし今の心地とぴったり似合うわよ！^_^

From today, July 20, the dog days (it’s called Doyou in Japanese) came during the next 18days. Everyone seems to lose weight easier for it can be said that the period is the hottest in summer. To get back the energy, we should have some nutritious food. If you choose eels, that's the best.
So that, Eri-san (my mother) and me went to the Japanese restaurant Momoya near my home. We ordered bake eel and tofu soup. They were very delicious♪.
In Momoya, it was not very light, the air-conditioner made here cool. The atmosphere was wonderful!
This year’s dog days came at last. Although I don’t know how hot here will turn to from now on, I wish everyone have cool comfortable days during the dog days!

↑in the restaurant Momoya / 桃屋の内

文月20日、今日から18日間はやっと土用になりました。この頃は夏に最も暑い時期だと言えますから、人も痩せやすくなるのです。そこで、元気を戻すため、栄養がいっぱいの鰻を食べれば最高なのですね。
ですから、真昼、英里さん（母）と一緒、近づくの桃屋料理さんへ行きました。蒲焼き鰻、また湯豆腐をも注文しました。とても美味しかったですよ♪。
桃屋のうちに、あんまり明るくなくし、エアコンがあって涼しかったです。雰囲気がすごくよかったです。
今年の土用はこうしてやって来ました。これからどんなに暑くなるのは分かりませんけど、みんなも涼しくて心地よくこの土用を過ごすことができますように！

It was some years ago.
“In future, my boyfriend must be a bioscientist that the same to me!” I said to one of my friends.
“well, that’s wonderful. If you get some results together that must be very happy!” She said.
That was my first thought which about boyfriend.
As time goes by, and as I learned more, my thought was changed.

“If my boyfriend is a good cooker, I can have delicious meal every time; I can also get rid of all the troubles on cooking. It’s good, don’t you think so?”
Another day, I ask my friend.
“But do you know? A cooker has to cooking for all the guests and he maybe no more time for your own meal.”
“Ah, yes, you’re right… I have almost forgotten it.”
What she said was right, so the cooker boyfriend was rejected.

“Now…do you want to listen to me?”
“What?”
Another day too, I ask her.
“I think a computer science boyfriend must be match to me!”
“Err?”
“Because of that he can help me resolve all the problems about software or internet, so that I need not to take much care of them. In another hand, he and me can work out lots on bio-informatics.”
“But…only he one, can he help you so much? There are lots of fields in computer science, I say your exception.”
“Ah… yes… I know. Did I too ideal?”

“In fact, I need a mathematics boyfriend.”
In the beginning of this year, I said to her.
“Why you said so this time?”
“You see, in this term, we have the class bio-statistics. In our future works, the knowledge must be used frequently, but I am not good at mathematics, and I also do mathematic problems careless so that I always get error answers…”
“Do you think so? Then do what you like please.” She said nothing more but only smiled.

In April, I wanted to draw.
“After I thought once and once again, I think a novelist will be match to me.”
“Oh, yes? When you changed again?”
“Yes, because I can draw illustrations!”
“If you say like that…”
“Of course, if he is a cool Lolita complex one, that will be more interesting!”
“Ha, ha-ha…”
“But, though a Lolita complex he is, he still will be rejected if I am not the first important one in his mind! One can only love the 2-dimensions girls if that one is a so-called Lolita complex.”
“Well, that is very match for you… I think.”

From then, there was not a very long time.
“In finally, I think that is good!”
“What are you saying about? Your future boyfriend?”
“Ha-ha… you have known what I will say…”
She nodded.
“In a word, a economy boyfriend is good!”
“Eco… economy?!”
“Yes, I am not good at it, so…”
“Yes yes, I know. Think it more please!”
“Ah, wait me; I still want to say…”
“Yes, yes, I know…”
My words were plugged by her.

It was June.
“In truth, I think it will be better if I live myself.” I said.
“Oh? Have you understood after all?”
“Yes. Because it is free. And there will no problems on my future researches, I think. For then, I must in a work group which lots of persons are there, so that we can work out lots of problems.”
“Ha! That is it!” suddenly, she said highly.
“What is ‘it’ which you said?” I asked.
“Yes, that is it, I have known early.”
I kept silent and waited her.
“What you think about is not about boyfriend, you are thinking about your future work group! Err…to say more certainly, you like… yes, you like a queen! Don’t you think so?”
“Queen? Me?”

Sure enough, I like my free life, I love to draw lovely girls, I want to study more about my like subject biology… regard to my future boyfriend, I think I never have the time to take attention to him. And I still want to live as this style. Finally, what I thought for long time was not, and never about boyfriend, that is a group which I want to own: all the people who have the same interesting I have, and we help each other, we do all things which we like. In my mind, that is the best!
And that, sometimes, it is good if I am a queen!