– tetsu-san, you’re not quite what they call a “perfectionist,” right?
\n[I’m not, but I do think perfectionism makes a good theme.]<\/p>\n
– There’s what they call “Easy on others, strict with yourself,” right? What are you like, tetsu-san?
\n[In the past, the people I knew told me “You’re strict with others, but that’s because you’re also strict with yourself.” I was told “That’s what makes things so hard.”]<\/p>\n
– Did you really think things were hard?
\n[Hard? Well, sure, for the things I was particular about and for the people I was particular about. Being picky takes up a lot of time. When things take too long, I might say “It’s tiring” or “I’m exhausted” or something like that. But if I get down to the line where I can think “Now this is OK,” it’s much more fun, isn’t it?]<\/p>\n
– Yes, I think so.
\n[When I decide “This will be OK,” it makes me happy, and if that time comes by quickly, then I’m lucky, right? That level is high, and it takes a long time for me to give my OK, so that’s when I’ll complain that it’s tiring.]<\/p>\n
– So, what kind of person do you think of as a perfectionist?
\n[Perfectionist? A perfectionist is someone who strives for perfection, right? (laughs)]<\/p>\n
– But what sort of thing is that, really? Not just “Making it in this field is perfection!” Try projecting onto different genres. For example, is a collector of figurines or something a perfectionist? – For you, tetsu-san, in your daily life, have you ever said “This is the one thing I’ll be picky about” about something? For example, “If this isn’t that brand, I don’t want it” or “This is the only brand that should be making this” about things. – Oh, I see. Listening to you talk, I thought you might have some thoughts such as “This is how the interior should look” or particular tastes in clothes. – But, it seems like the part of you that won’t say “Well, whatever” about that sort of thing is stronger than it is in most people. – I suppose. Well, it might be another of your interests, but are you particular about cars? – You say you hate having the same things as others. Why might that be? – Ahahahaha! That’s right. Yet, there aren’t so many other people who have such a strong aesthetic consciousness. That might not have made you feel your best. (3)<\/a><\/a> – Kuhahahaha…… That’s not cool. – Ahahahaha! Right, right, I’m sure that’s the right sense. If you thought of your own feelings as normal, then you wouldn’t sway. I always have thought that artists get their own way of doing things. -Interviewer : Honma Yuuko <\/a>2. Gashapon are those little toys you get from vending machines, encased in a hard plastic bubble. See <\/span>Gashapon<\/a><\/span>. <\/span>Go back.<\/a> \n<\/a>3. Please read the next few paragrpahs keeping in mind the stong Japanese tendency towards conformity. The interviewer seems to think tetsu had some bad experiences because he doesn’t like to fit in, which is rare in Japan. Go back.<\/a> – tetsu-san, you’re not quite what they call a “perfectionist,” right? – There’s what they call “Easy on others, strict with yourself,” right? What are you like, tetsu-san? – Did you really think things were hard? – Yes, I think so. – So, what kind of person do you think of as a perfectionist? – But what sort of thing is that, really? Not just “Making it in this field is perfection!” Try projecting onto different genres. For example, is a collector of figurines or something a perfectionist? – For you, tetsu-san, in your daily life, have you ever said “This is the one thing I’ll be picky about” about something? For example, “If this isn’t that brand, I don’t want it” or “This is the only brand that should be making this” about things. – Oh, I see. Listening to you talk, I thought you might have some thoughts such as “This is how the interior should look” or particular tastes in clothes. – But, it seems like the part of you that won’t say “Well, whatever” about that sort of thing is stronger than it is in most people. – I suppose. Well, it might be another of your interests, but are you particular about cars? – You say you hate having the same things as others. Why might that be? – Ahahahaha! That’s right. Yet, there aren’t so many other people who have such a strong aesthetic consciousness. That might not have made you feel your best. (3)<\/a><\/a> – Kuhahahaha…… That’s not cool. – Ahahahaha! Right, right, I’m sure that’s the right sense. If you thought of your own feelings as normal, then you wouldn’t sway. I always have thought that artists get their own way of doing things. -Interviewer : Honma Yuuko <\/a>2. Gashapon are those little toys you get from vending machines, encased in a hard plastic bubble. See <\/span>Gashapon<\/a><\/span>. <\/span>Go back.<\/a>
\n[Take our producer, Okano (Hajime)-san. (1)<\/a><\/a> He’s the type to try and complete sets of figurines and gashapon (2)<\/a><\/a>, but I don’t think of Okano-san as a perfectionist. He’s really funky, his rough sides are rough, and of course, he has things he’s particular about as a professional. Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever met a real perfectionist. People eventually change what they’re particular about. I think everyone has their own thing to be picky about.]<\/p>\n
\n[No, not really. If I like something, it’s enough that I think it’s good. I’m 100% confident about recommending everything I have at home to other people, and they’re not all functional things or designer things or wonderful things, either.]<\/p>\n
\n[You can call it pickyness, but I won’t wear clothes I don’t like. Anyway, I always have to wear something, right? Since I can’t go outside naked, I need to wear some kind of clothes, and of course I always have this slight urge to wear the clothes I really like. Everyone has that.]<\/p>\n
\n[Maybe, but I don’t especially think so.]<\/p>\n
\n[Just that I want to have things nobody else has. I just hate having the same thing as someone else. Other than that, it has to be one I find cool.]<\/p>\n
\n[If I bump into someone in town with the same clothes as me, I think “This sucks.” It’s the same idea. I don’t want the same thing as someone else. In fact, it applies across the board, for clothes, and for accessories. To say “This is what’s being sold now” or “This is the most popular” is common in the general public, kinda like saying “I mostly bought this to fit in.” I think there are people who follow that selling method, that buying method. But me, I want different stuff. Stuff that I think is cool. Even with the most popular things, I’ll only buy it if I actually want it, too. Everyone might have it, but if I buy it, it means “I think this is good.” But then, there are things that are like “Nobody has this because nobody wants it”… and I don’t want it either (laughs).]<\/p>\n
\n[It’s normal, coming from me. If I think something is special, it’s a bad sign. As normal as a guy who thinks “I might be a bit of an oddball~” can get (laughs). I don’t really think I’m normal. Around the world, everyone called “artists” think of themselves as normal. I’m probably as normal as the ones who think “I’m an oddball” or “I’m an artist, so I’m a little different” to themselves.]<\/p>\n
\n[Since I was a kid, I always thought “I don’t want the same things as everyone else” but I can’t say I thought I was “special.” I just thought “Those other guys can buzz off.”]<\/p>\n
\n[But, I don’t actually know that many other artists (laughs). I really don’t know much of anyone besides the members of L’Arc, and the members of my own solo band. But they’re all normal (laughs)]<\/p>\n
\nTranslated by Natalie Arnold.<\/p>\n\n<\/a>
\n1. Quite possibly the same person mentionned back in chapter 05, as a bassist tetsu admired who is now a producer.
\nGo back.<\/a><\/p>\n
\n
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\n[I’m not, but I do think perfectionism makes a good theme.]<\/p>\n
\n[In the past, the people I knew told me “You’re strict with others, but that’s because you’re also strict with yourself.” I was told “That’s what makes things so hard.”]<\/p>\n
\n[Hard? Well, sure, for the things I was particular about and for the people I was particular about. Being picky takes up a lot of time. When things take too long, I might say “It’s tiring” or “I’m exhausted” or something like that. But if I get down to the line where I can think “Now this is OK,” it’s much more fun, isn’t it?]<\/p>\n
\n[When I decide “This will be OK,” it makes me happy, and if that time comes by quickly, then I’m lucky, right? That level is high, and it takes a long time for me to give my OK, so that’s when I’ll complain that it’s tiring.]<\/p>\n
\n[Perfectionist? A perfectionist is someone who strives for perfection, right? (laughs)]<\/p>\n
\n[Take our producer, Okano (Hajime)-san. (1)<\/a><\/a> He’s the type to try and complete sets of figurines and gashapon (2)<\/a><\/a>, but I don’t think of Okano-san as a perfectionist. He’s really funky, his rough sides are rough, and of course, he has things he’s particular about as a professional. Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever met a real perfectionist. People eventually change what they’re particular about. I think everyone has their own thing to be picky about.]<\/p>\n
\n[No, not really. If I like something, it’s enough that I think it’s good. I’m 100% confident about recommending everything I have at home to other people, and they’re not all functional things or designer things or wonderful things, either.]<\/p>\n
\n[You can call it pickyness, but I won’t wear clothes I don’t like. Anyway, I always have to wear something, right? Since I can’t go outside naked, I need to wear some kind of clothes, and of course I always have this slight urge to wear the clothes I really like. Everyone has that.]<\/p>\n
\n[Maybe, but I don’t especially think so.]<\/p>\n
\n[Just that I want to have things nobody else has. I just hate having the same thing as someone else. Other than that, it has to be one I find cool.]<\/p>\n
\n[If I bump into someone in town with the same clothes as me, I think “This sucks.” It’s the same idea. I don’t want the same thing as someone else. In fact, it applies across the board, for clothes, and for accessories. To say “This is what’s being sold now” or “This is the most popular” is common in the general public, kinda like saying “I mostly bought this to fit in.” I think there are people who follow that selling method, that buying method. But me, I want different stuff. Stuff that I think is cool. Even with the most popular things, I’ll only buy it if I actually want it, too. Everyone might have it, but if I buy it, it means “I think this is good.” But then, there are things that are like “Nobody has this because nobody wants it”… and I don’t want it either (laughs).]<\/p>\n
\n[It’s normal, coming from me. If I think something is special, it’s a bad sign. As normal as a guy who thinks “I might be a bit of an oddball~” can get (laughs). I don’t really think I’m normal. Around the world, everyone called “artists” think of themselves as normal. I’m probably as normal as the ones who think “I’m an oddball” or “I’m an artist, so I’m a little different” to themselves.]<\/p>\n
\n[Since I was a kid, I always thought “I don’t want the same things as everyone else” but I can’t say I thought I was “special.” I just thought “Those other guys can buzz off.”]<\/p>\n
\n[But, I don’t actually know that many other artists (laughs). I really don’t know much of anyone besides the members of L’Arc, and the members of my own solo band. But they’re all normal (laughs)]<\/p>\n
\nTranslated by Natalie Arnold.<\/p>\n\n<\/a>
\n1. Quite possibly the same person mentionned back in chapter 05, as a bassist tetsu admired who is now a producer.
\nGo back.<\/a><\/p>\n
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