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thanks! I would TOTALLY go!! except I have work those days T______T ugghhh they finally come to Tokyo, but I can't go T_T I might be able to make the one at edge if I can get off work early and they don't play first lol, but it'd be cutting it pretty close T________T

Okay!! Finally caught up with their Line blogs!! ≫　2016.08.26 Ryo Blog　(〇ョ〇) ≫　2016.09.01 Omi Blog　(◯ミミ◯) ≫　2016.09.08 Hiroki Blog　(◯ロ◯) 　　　　　　　　^links to my translation blog! or you can read them all on the fan page here or I can just copy and paste all the entries directly to the forum if you want... it just seemed like a lot in one post and idk how to do the spoiler thingy so that it doesn't take up the whole page (〇ョ〇) My general impressions of them after reading a few blogs are that Ryo is kinda "meh" about things, Omi's just weird and random, and Hiroki is happy and excited about everything lol but yeahh lemme know how you like things posted. idk if people get annoyed if they have to click to a different page lol

Omi retweeted a tweet from a few days ago. Basically saying that Tra is a "genuine live band" (as in their music is made for lives more so than listening to on CD or the radio) Also, apparently the outro Omi plays for 「所詮、女宿り」(the last song) is ad-libbed so it's different every time = "YOU MUST SEES US LIVE!"

Okay, sorry I'm posting here a lot guys T_T I just really love this band.... I'll work on translating Ryo's and Omi's most recent blogs next! Also, apparently TRA TRA TRA will have another announcement tonight (different from the announcement Hiroki is talking about in this blog entry) at midnight (JST).. in like 15 mins... (〇ョ〇) [Translation] Official Line Blog Summer! Summer! : HIROKI 2016/08/18 22:40 Hello. I’m the “Red Mop,” Hiroki lol First of all, yesterday we played in the “Jet Black Symphony” event at Shinjuku BLAZE! Thanks to everyone that came! How was it seeing TRA TRA TRA on a big stage? I had a blast. It was a cool scene! These kinds of festival-type events are great. I hope we can take part in it again next year. Seems like Obon season is already over Is everyone having fun? Did you already have fun? I’ve been having a pretty good amount of fun. I went to the beach, to the mountains, played some gigs.. I’ve been able to have a pretty fulfilling summer. This is the beach I just went to. Whoever knows where this is is amazing! lol I always want to travel year-round so I really love going to the beach in the summer. I just don’t really like beaches that have a lot of people. I love swimming in a beautiful ocean with no people in sight. I love swimming in this kind of place I wanna make a video with all the TRA TRA TRA members swimming at the beach! Oh, but there’s someone who can’t swim at all… lol There aren’t anymore gigs in August so for now I’m gonna put all my excitement and energy towards our 9/25 one-man! Since it’s our first one-man, I definitely want to make it a success. I can’t help but feel really excited Start saving up your energy for it! Alrighty, that’s about it for now till next time! PS. There’s gonna be a really happy announcement soon HIROKI Next time: Ryo [Translator notes] translated by echo Source: Official Line Blog Unofficial Fan Page: Unnever End

Omg guys. Hiroki is killing me right now So this all started with the (◯ョ◯) face when Hiroki mentioned Ryo losing his phone in one of his tweets a while ago. I think originally it was just ◯ョ◯ to stand for リョウ. ("Ryo" in katakana).. Like how they block out some parts of the name so you don't know it is even though it was obviously Ryo. Then he starts trolling Ryo with the face and Ryo was like wtf does that even mean??? Lolol so Hiroki was like (◯ョ◯) ＝ リョウ and started just using it randomly in a lot of tweets. He even posted instructions on how to add it to your keyboard so that it comes up as an option when you type in りょう lol. Today Omi posted a guitar cam video and was like "the other three look like they're having fun talking amongst themselves behind me during my guitar solo!! I wanna be a part of that!!" Or something along those lines. Hiroki replies with: (Basically just typing "omiomiomiomi" a bunch of times) Followed by: (Omi mio) Then: Making faces out of each of their names in turn by removing the first and last moji of their names. And then finally he tweeted the big list Lolol personally, I think (◯ョ◯) and (◯ロ◯) are the most useable. I've already put them all into my key oard's dictionary though Lolol (◯ョ◯)(◯ョ◯)

I've uploaded TRA TRA TRA's discography! I'll add KAMIKAZE once I get it at the live on the 16th!

@Alsdead14no problem! I'm glad you enjoyed it! ^^ of course I'm going to their first one man!! I'm leaving work early just to make it in time! LOL I'm also going to the 2nd one!! And okay I'll try to make a live report... my live reports suck though. It's usually like "THEY PLAYED SONGS AND IT WAS AWESOME" haahaha I'm gonna go see them on the 16th so I should be able to get KAMIKAZE when I go!! :DD

haha omg I should try doing that... I srsly spend WAYYYY too much time on translations... I usually read the whole thing once, go back and translate it roughly, read the translation and make it sound more natural in English, then compare the completed translation back to the original Japanese to double check if the meaning is accurate *insert long spans of time just staring at it trying to remember English* I might have to switch to your style to retain my sanity as well lolol OMG LYRICS. I don't translate them often cos they literally kill me. I do a LOT of research and consult multiple native Japanese speakers to see what they think certain lyrics mean etc etc. and I try to make it accurate without footnotes butttt fuuuuhhhh haha

also... "tora tora tora" lololololol

@hirokiThanks!! yeah they're really going with that theme. so much talk about "offense" and "attacks" and what not haha and omg RIGHT??? I don't think people understand the struggles of translating T^T I would seriously just sit there staring at my screen wondering how to make it sound natural, but still stay true to the original meaning in the Japanese uggghhhh I swear I forget how to English sometimes lolol

I FINALLY FINISHED TRANSLATING!!!!!! UGHH I hope they appreciate how much work this shit takes T_T (I actually had to do some research for the meaning behind their name x_x) EvoL'v Special Interview: TRA TRA TRA I'll work on the last few LINE blog entries next :DD

Don't miss your chance to talk to Ryo! Take part in the TRA TRA TRA Line chat tonight at 21:00 (JST)... In about half an hour lol Even if you don't speak Japanese, just leave a message of support!

I agree with @doombox. Kpop is just easier for the average person to accept. Not just cos of its similarities with American pop/R&B, but it generally has good beats. I know a lot of dancers like kpop cos it just has good dance beats, whereas if you don't already like rock, there's very little chance of you getting into vk (although I was kind of opposite... somehow I went form rap and R&B to vk to rock/metal?? lolol) I was surprised when I went to visit some bboy friends and they were bumpin 2NE1 in their cypher haha And yeah, vk seems to have more popularity in European countries than the Americas. But I think metal has a stronger presence in Europe as well so that's just consistency maybe? @peffylol yeah. Out of ALL the Gazette songs that are available... I wonder what made them choose THE INVISIBLE WALL o_O

I'm not sure if they're planning on releasing a full album any time soon. They haven't hinted at it at all from what I've seen. Hopefully there will be one soon though!!

@hirokihere's a video of them being idiots. Maybe it'll help you get back into them lolol (also you can learn the furi!! lol)

how do you own all their CDs, but haven't listened to them yet??? Go listen! Now!! yeah I've liked him since feeche too! I never got into feeche all that much, but I remember liking him ^^ yeah I'll let you know when they officially release kamikaze... right now they're just handing them out for free at lives haha demo version I think they said. Ryo posted a picture that looked like he was signing them too! I hope they release more music soon too! or like... at least a pv. I'm pretty sure they don't even have a pv yet;;

Yes!! You do!! They're so good!! And even better live!! I'm going to their gig on the 16th. If they're still handing out their newest song, Kamikaze, I'll upload it. Maybe it'll help you get back into them