@@emaekker8645 of course! It's a really short sentence! But he does speak~ (wear headphones so you can hear it clearly!) =) here is it ↓ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xhLqzbZgP3w.html Ah~! Don't forget to subscribe to his channel~! He has a lot of nice videos, most of them with eng subs! :)
In the second one it looked like he was forced to talk :(, i mean his whole persona is not talking and that girl went over to him knowing that making him feel awkward probably
@@cherealice this might be super late of a reply lol! but I think her goal was really to hear his voice. I'm no japanese fluent speaker, but I'm pretty sure "uta" means voice? not sure if there's any homonyms tho! but still, I believe there was no malice in her laugh too ;)
I went to double check since I think multiple people were speaking- not sure but it was hard to try and separate in my brain. I'm pretty sure she did say 'uta' or 'utau' but those translate as 'song' or 'sing' which is a different word than what 'speak' translates into. I'm guessing she's just innocently asking about what Mana does in MALICE MIZER
judging by how Mana-sama just reacted as a whole, he was more than likely forced to. from an autistic perspective, i can totally understand being uncomfortable when someone makes you speak when you’re nonverbal
Oh my!!! That's so true!!!! I've always wondered if he is autistic like me cuz I got interested in him because of our similarities... well I guess we'll never know... but by the other comment here above, he also doesn't like loud sound of ppl screaming or things like that...
never thought that and i also believe that since i think i may be a little autistic too and also maybe that's why wee all get together kinda and also now it makes sense why it feels so comfortable when not speaking and how he can keep a straight face without laughing or smiling kinda
he is not autistic WOW yall need to go outside so bad. the not talking thing started as a joke. bro is just shy and has kept with the joke thata it. smfh kids these days
i am insane. the way i was leaning in with absolute glee to listen to this grown man from 20 yrs ago say two short, mumbled phrases on this lo-fi ass recording
He spoke in Paris back in 2004 at the Japan Expo, but I could hardly hear a thing because as soon as he approached the mic the fans started screaming their lungs out. I read later that what he had said "Je vous aime". I wish I would have heard it because his voice is lovely ;__;
I'm so glad I went to see Masakazu Katsura and get a signed lithography by him instead of going to see Mana (they were doing their stuff at the same time), I couldn't have handled those screaming fans.
"Merci beaucoup, je vous aime" to be exact. I could understand in spite of the disrespectull ear-killer screeching coming both from hysteric fangirls and mature men (yup there was a noisy bunch of'em a few rows in front of me). disrespectfull as it has been clearly asked to people of the audience not to be too loud/ show off too much energy as it might've made Mana too uncomfortable / nervous to stay.... come to think of it, I actually am still surprised that he did stay as of course, people didn't give a fuck to what was asked before he appeared on stage. I suppose that he was in a great mood and happy enough to be there to feel able to stay 'til the end of the conference. Now.... why did I even mention all that. you've been there it seems. sharing old memories, I guess. :p
@@NocturneReflet I'm still pissed off that I missed it. I was there, but they wouldn't let me in for whatever reason. I think it was because I was carrying my digital camera with me. Never mind, I thought. I'll have him sign the Moi Dix Mois CDs and DVD I had with me. But no, siree. The staff asked to see my red coupon before being allowed to meet Mana. "What red coupon?" I asked. Well, turns out you had to buy M+M merchandise at Japan Expo on Friday, that is 2 days before the event with Mana. Of course, this had never been mentionned by the organizers. No information whatsoever. Nothing, zilch, nada! Just "meet-and-greet + autograph signing with Mana on Sunday afternoon", and that's it. Total lack of communication on their part. Anyway, they refused to let me in because guess what, I had purchased my *official* CDs & DVD on cdjapan! I usually hate conventions, and the only reason I went to J.E that year was to meet Mana. In vain! I was not the only one in that situation. Dozens of fans from the UK, Spain, Italy, Germany, etc. had come as well to see Mana and were not allowed to meet him because they didn't know they _had_ to be there on Friday to buy the French edition of M+M merchandise in order to get that bloody red coupon, the only thing Mana would sign (as per his manager's request, I was told). Fortunately, I had more luck with Yoshiki from X-Japan.
I see. I didn't want to go to the signing thing, queuing once for 1h40 at the entrance of the convo, then for about two hours before the conference was allready way more than enough. But now I do better understand the reason I saw a hecatomb composed mostly of lolitas crying their hearts off while being close to a guenine state of shock.
In the first clip, he says ギターのマナです (gitā no Mana desu)(literally “I’m Mana of guitar”) and the woman repeats ギターのマナさん (gitā no Manasan)(literally “Mana-san of guitar...”) This is just literal Japanese grammar and can be translated to English more naturally-sounding as: “I’m Mana, on guitar.” “Mana-san on guitar...”
@@oksanathompson5771it doesn’t say anywhere that he’s non verbal. In the second one he’s not being forced to talk really; he probably was just uncomfortable bc she was kind of getting in his face. He was just saying his eyes were dry from not blinking.
I think it's cuz he wants to be different from others. In a journal(that some fangirls made), it said that he liked to be different and tells you all sorts of things he's done to make himself differnt.
What he says in the first video when he's sitting on the ground is: The girl asks him, why are you on the ground? And he says because it's cute. EDIT: I mean second video.
She said that it's time to performance and cameraman said OK which meaning finished the interview. Mana didn't notice that the camera was still recording. Anyway he said "my eyes bit dried." Because he pretended as a doll.
During this period Japanese band tended to act like this because it made them look cool and mysterious. I remember I saw a video from early L’arc and everyone was like deaf and dumb.
estoy es de hace cuatro años, pero igual si no estoy mal, no habla para mantenerse en personaje, porque claramente su voz no cuadra mucho con sus visuales
Mana has such a beautiful voice🥺I myself don’t like talking over the phone especially for a video or podcast hate it cuz it’s making me feel terrible I don’t like the way my voice sounds and it’s making me anxious so I think I can sorta relate 😅😅
Actually in the second clip, it's not mana it's közi who talked and he said that mana's eyes has dried bcuz he was acting like a doll for too long He was next to them and u can literally see the woman turning her head to see him while he was talking I think that this clip is confusing since u don't have the whole video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zjDvZ5nOvn0.html This is the video so u can understand the situation better
asena he isnt. its part of the japanese culture. In the old days women werent allowed to act in plays, so usually a man would play a female role and it got transfered to their music and it has managed to stay until present time. Keep in mind that japanese people dont view men dressing as women as europeans do. I hope the info was helpful! ^-^