Here's the English translation nobody asked for: Kei greets us with a formal "long time no see". In fact the last episode of 「DIAURA号でゆく」was from the time around "Gumin no hi". It's already 2 weeks in, but "Happy new year!". He asks how everyone has spent the new year. He mentioned this on his blog before, which was uploaded on January the 3rd, but he wasn't really in celebratory mood of the new year himself. There were some people, who got worried or felt a sense of uneasiness (due to the blog?) In any case, he wished to return to daily life quickly. With December the year also came to a closure. Since they have been busy until new year, he thought of taking it slowly, but after getting up he found himself sitting in front of the pc, doing various things. Since he WAS on break, he wanted to get various things done, so that he won't have to do it later on. But around January the 3rd he thought to himself that he wanted to feel the new year's vibe, so he went outside and visited a nearby shrine. If he went to his hometown and visited a shrine there, it would have been a totally different feeling again. (His hometown is about 10 hours away from Tokyo with the car, 3 hours if you were to take the Shinkansen). The activities for DIAURA have already started and there were many shootings. Unfortunately he can't tell us anything yet. Kei asks for what we were looking forward to or what we were hoping for from DIAURA this year. They used to have a singing contest around new year a few years ago and Kei received many messages, which complimented the musical accompaniment. He appreciates it that many people seem to treasure the musical accompaniment more than the actual singing part. Kei also tells about how he's been mistakingly using hand cream as hair treatment for a few days. They receive many gifts and products and among those products he thought there must have been something for the hair. Since the package didn't come with any description and the brand was also from a foreign country there was no info about the proper usage. Then just before using it again he's been worried for a moment if this was really treatment for the hair. He then looked it up on the internet and found out that it clearly was hand cream. (lol) He's glad that he investigated this 2 days ago. xD (I would like to know if he's still using the product as hand cream now or if he got rid of it out of frustration xD) Kei says that there's another bloopers story. (shippai-banashi失敗話: literal "failure story") Doesn't everyone like stories of bloopers, he asks. During new year, he saw 2 young adults, who seemed to be in the age of college students with their bicycle walking around near a convenience store. They looked as if they were searching for something. Soon Kei was approached by them and they asked if he happened to have a lighter with him. Since Tobacco is cheap and they weren't smoking the alternative iqos, they ended up missing a lighter now. Kei thought that he didn't have one with him at first, but then remembered that he still must have had one in his pockets. So Kei pulls the object out and is ready to hand it over. But what he found was just lip balm. However, if you look at it, doesn't it have the shape of a lighter? (I can imagine this must have been a funny moment LOL) There have been special limited good bags given out and the fans informed them that they have been safely received and they enjoyed them much. (among those goods are video recordings from the tours. Sometimes the members even cut the footage themselves.) Going back to upcoming live performances, DIAURA's 13th anniversary live happend 20th of January. (I'm a bit late with the translation. Our division is in dire need of qualified personnel.) (I can imagine it must have been amazing 💕) They have been doing this for the past 13 years, but if you were to say that you loved DIAURA now or the DIAURA from today, they would feel gratitude towards those words alone. Kei also mentioned that within those 13 years he's never been 100% satisfied. That's why he wishes to deliver an even better DIAURA and lots of good things, which will surpass the previous 13 years. Though he's been creating music for DIAURA for the past 13 years, he's never been 100% satisfied. During production there were moments where he thought to himself: "this is a masterpiece!" or "this is awesome!", but shortly after release he thinks that there could be more. But without the love for DIAURA from you guys this wouldn't have been possible, so he started to be grateful for various things. He's slowly becoming an adult. After celebrating DIAURA's birthday, their upcoming shows will revolve around the member's birthdays. The next live would be Shoya's birthday, January 31st, which is tomorrow. After that we have Kei's birthday, February 7th, followed by Tatsuya's birthday, March 28th. Birthday goods for Kei can now officially be pre-ordered. And to anyone who's visiting Shoya on his birthday, I wish you the bestest of all time!! May 2024 be an amazing year for DIAURA and Gumin. Glory to the fools!! 🤟🔥
