Rainbow「Revival/21」English Translation
(This is a translation of a story from Ansamburu Stars.)
- Rainbow
【Revival/21】
narration
- 〈The day of the live performance of "Rain-bows"〉
narration
- .......i! .......mi,sensei! sagamisensei, Please get up!
chiaki
- oh....... Huh? Was I asleep?
jin
- Yes! You were sleeping so comfortably! I'm in trouble. Let's hurry up and change and head for the stage!
chiaki
- The live show is about to go live!
chiaki
- Yeah. ........ Sorry Akiyan.
jin
- .......Akiyan? No, I am, as you can see, the burning heart Morisawa Chiaki!
chiaki
- Oh, don't say every single thing like it's two names, it's painful....... Sorry Morisawa, I was half asleep.
jin
- I see. You know, I've always thought you were like the old Kunugi Sensei.
jin
- They look exactly alike, like the fucking serious part. Be careful not to go bald in the future.
jin
- ? No, I think we are genetically fine.......?
chiaki
- That's not the point! I know I keep saying this, but let's hurry up and get there before the Live starts!
chiaki
- If the sensei don't show up for any length of time, there could be panic on the ground!
jin
- Okay. Sorry, sorry. I guess I'm fading. I used to complain a lot, but I used to be punctual.
jin
- I'm so tired, I think I just closed my eyes for a bit and fell into a sound sleep.
jin
- Ahaha. Sagami sensei, look like an old man.
chiaki
- I am an old man compared to you guys. Sounds like a 'master' character, doesn't it?
jin
- Here we go.......Ah~. My joints hurt from sleeping in weird positions.
jin
- Are you okay? Move your body as much as possible before the show, sagamisensei
chiaki
- It's okay, it's okay. Don't worry so much. I'll at least dress up.
jin
- In the meantime, I am willing to do it. Maybe even more than when I was working. I don't want to drag my feet and cause trouble for you young guys.
jin
- .......Haha. I guess units have to think about that kind of thing.
jin
- Fresh, all around. I feel reborn. I wish there had been such a system in the past.
jin
- We have to hurry. Hang on, I'm going to go shave. I can't go out in front of my clients with a dirty little face.
jin
- Ahaha. Surprisingly stylish. sensei.
chiaki
- I had a guy close to me who cared a lot about how he looked. He warned me every day, and I started to pay a little more attention.
jin
- Is that a kunugi sensei? Isn't it a complicated feeling to fight such an opponent?
chiaki
- No, not at all. The idol industry is a killing business. Anyone who opposes us will be crushed without mercy.
jin
- Scary........ I guess the old days were bleak compared to now.
chiaki
- I think it still is. It's a competitive society. There's no way we can all get along and hold hands and make it to the finish line.
jin
- Morisawa is a sweet girl, and it would be hard to live in that kind of world.
jin
- .......
chiaki
- Hmm? What's wrong? I need a little more time to get ready, so go ahead and go to the site first. Take care of the juniors.
jin
- .......sensei. I've been wanting to ask you something.
chiaki
- Hmm? What? You have to hurry now, don't you? If it's too hard, we can talk about it later.
jin
- No, um, yes. Okay, I'll get back to you later.
chiaki
- .......No, I'm still curious, so please tell me now. You look serious, and it's important, right?
jin
- Because there is still a little time. What do you want to ask?
jin
- Ah, yes........ I know this is hard to ask, but why did you quit being an idol?
chiaki
- I had the pleasure of working with you on the saga project, and I watched you for a long time, and you seemed to be having a lot of fun.
chiaki
- You love to sing and dance, don't you?
chiaki
- The lazy sensei took his grueling training more seriously than anyone else because he loved it, right?
chiaki
- So why did you let go of something you love so much?
chiaki
- Can you seriously tell us about it without misrepresenting it as if children don't understand it?
chiaki
- I'm scared. That one day I'll hate what I love now.
chiaki
- Many times I almost resented the heroes on TV because I thought they were liars.
chiaki
- But in the end, I hugged him because I still loved him.
chiaki
- But even those feelings will disappear someday?
chiaki
- If so, I don't want to and I'm scared. I can't explain it well, but is that how it is?
chiaki
- Do the things you were passionate about as a child become unimportant as you grow older?
chiaki
- If so, I wonder if it is futile to pursue my dreams so hard like this now.
chiaki
- Morisawa.
jin
- Ah, yes. What is it?
chiaki
- I'm a school teacher, not your parent or counselor, so I can't help you with those problems.
jin
- But. You're a pretty good guy, so I'd at least give you some advice.
jin
- Nah, we should at least be bad example. I haven't been able to work as a teacher very well.
jin
- I, you know, yeah, I liked the idol. It was my dream. My first love liked idols, so I wanted to be an idol, too, and I admired them.
jin
- I must be a stupid kid. Just like you.
jin
- But the idol industry, which I worked so hard to reach, was already rotten.
jin
- The glorious golden age was a thing of the past, and the world that I and that he I fell in love with dreamed of was already over.
jin
- In the post-weekend world, I've been used so much by greedy, filthy adults that I've become tired of it myself and my soul has been soiled.
jin
- I don't care about anything anymore.
jin
- So I did a lot of reckless things. I was so burned out, I didn't care what happened to me.
jin
- There are rumors that I stood up and fought against the corrupt entertainment industry, but that was just a suicide of sorts.
jin
- I feel like I was charging into a powerful enemy and hoping to be defeated. I never thought I could revolutionize, honestly.
jin
- I was a spoiled brat who was helpless and still could not hold back and continued to lash out.
jin
- I hated everything, I couldn't take it, I was venting my stress.
jin
- But the idol industry never gave up on me. Because I was the only one who could make money. I guess they couldn't let go of their golden egg-laying chickens.
jin
- So I started escalating. I started doing things that tested how far I was willing to go.
jin
- I drank, smoked, and played with girls.
jin
- Still, I was set free for a while. The idol industry actively protected such bastards.
jin
- They covered up scandals, manipulated information, and lied to everyone.
jin
- I hated it even more when I saw it. I'm an irredeemable scum, the world I live in is rotten, and I have no more dreams or hopes.
jin
- That's what I thought. I felt hopeless.
jin
- But that didn't last long. The disadvantage of continuing to have me as a problem child was weighed against the benefit I would generate as an idol. Eventually, I was simply expelled.
jin
- They made up a reason for his retirement that was riddled with lies until the very end. I was only supposed to have retired amicably, but in reality, the scum got what they deserved.
jin
- The idol industry just couldn't cover for me anymore and cut me off. Nothing dramatic about that.
jin
- I guess people go crazy when they inadvertently succeed without knowing why.
jin
- I think I was a little sick. I was delirious, and then I was flattened and ruined.
jin
- It's such a common story.
jin
- .......
chiaki