I didn’t have regular internet access for a good chunk of the year (until August) and got out of the habit of posting here; this is a summary, but I don’t know that he did much outside of the big tours. He moved his site in the spring to ju-ken.velvet.jp and his blog to blog.ju-ken.velvet.jp; currently (Dec. 2009), the old site and blog are still up.

He is on the cover of the January 2010 Bass Magazine (on sale December 19, large image from amazon.jp)

Live:

• Gackt Live Tour 2008-2009: Requiem et Reminiscence II ～再生と邂逅～ December 2008-April 2009 (detailed tour information; brief information in English); did not participate in the arena tour and is therefore is not on the DVD (Chirolyn was the bassist for that). I don’t know if he would have been in any TV appearances or anything else during that time; he was in the Platinum Box IX (recorded in 2008 and released January 2009).
• VAMPS – everything they did, I think (live, TV, PVs, DVD, some recording (I think there were two bassists credited on their album))
• Anna Tsuchiya – fall lives; I think Fire was her bassist earlier in the year
• Quintillion Quiz – a number of lives in the first half of the year; they were on hiatus for a bit (one date in August, few blog updates since then; as near as I can tell, Mine had some health problems), but have updated again and have a date in January 2010 and will hopefully have more in the future.

Transliteration

Rock that body body
Move your ass over
Slap that naughty body
Move your ass don’t stop
Rock that body body
Move your ass over
Slap that naughty body
Move your ass over here now!

I’m alone all night
shita o karamete I’m waiting for you
sake ni oborete high!
tabako fukashite kemuri ni falling love

I want you, oh I really do
But there is something wrong with it

Rock that body body
Move your ass over
Slap that naughty body
Move your ass don’t stop
Rock that body body
Move your ass over
Slap that naughty body
Move your ass over here now!

I’m crazy about you
moeagarisou na love
dare ni mo jama dekinai
I got some shit let’s fook up tonight

Rock that body body
Move your ass over
Slap that naughty body
Move your ass don’t stop
Why don’t you look at me
Why don’t you notice me feeling

*

Put your ass in the air

Translation

*Rock that body body
Move your ass over
Slap that naughty body
Move your ass don’t stop
Rock that body body
Move your ass over
Slap that naughty body
Move your ass over here now!

I’m alone all night
Twisting my tongue, I’m waiting for you
Drowning in alchohol I’m high!
I’m smoking cigarettes and falling in love in the smoke

I want you, oh I really do
But there is something wrong with it

Rock that body body
Move your ass over
Slap that naughty body
Move your ass don’t stop
Rock that body body
Move your ass over
Slap that naughty body
Move your ass over here now!

I’m crazy about you
It seems like this love is going to burn up
No one can get in our way
I got some shit, let’s fook (hook) up tonight

Rock that body body
Move your ass over
Slap that naughty body
Move your ass don’t stop
Why don’t you look at me
Why don’t you notice me feeling

*

Put your ass in the air

Transliteration

Baby I’m standing alone
wasurenu Rainy day
anata no kage o otte
And It’s over suna no you ni

I sigh every night
I scream like a child & cried
shizuka ni tadayou Sorrow
Please Please god tsumi o yurushite

I don’t need to hide no more
aoku hikaru hou e nagareteku
Just keep going on

*You’ve got the chance now
You’ve got the power
kidzuite so true yourself
I show you my life now
I show you my love now
I show you my everything yeah yeah
Baby don’t be afraid

Baby I’m lying alone
mezamenu drowning days
owari no nai my misery
Now I know that furimukanai

Life goes round & round
Just silence surrounding me
moetsukite like a phoenix
And I’m falling ubawarete iku

I don’t need to lie any more
yureru nami no you ni
ikireba ii Just keep going on

**You’d better change now
You’d better catch now
kawaranai so be yourself
I’ll show you my strength now
I’ll show you my love now
I’ll show you my everything yeah yeah
Baby don’t be afraid

Translation

Baby I’m standing alone
The rainy day I can’t forget
Chasing your shadow
And it’s over like sand

I sigh every night
I scream like a child & cried
Silently sorrow hangs over me
Please Please god forgive my sins

I don’t need to hide no more
I’m flowing towards the blue light
Just keep going on

*You’ve got the chance now
You’ve got the power
Realize it so true yourself
I show you my life now
I show you my love now
I show you everything yeah yeah
Baby don’t be afraid

Baby I’m lying alone
The drowning days I can’t wake up
Endless is my misery
Now I know that I won’t look back

Life goes round & round
Just silence surrounding me
Burning out like a phoenix
And I’m falling I’ve been taken

I don’t need to lie any more
If it’s alright to live
Like the swaying waves, Just keep going on

**You’d better change now
You’d better catch now
Without changing so be yourself
I’ll show you my strength now
I’ll show you my love now
I’ll show you everything yeah yeah
Baby don’t be afraid

Transliteration

asu nante konai you ni to negatta yoru kazoekirenai
yume mo ai mo nakushi ame ni utareta mama
naiteru naiteru naiteru naiteru

kazaritsukenaide kono mama no watashi de ikite yuku tame
nani ga hitsuyou
jibun sae shinjirezu nani o shinjitara ii no
kotae wa chikasugite mienai

*kuroi namida nagasu
watashi ni wa nanimo nakute kanashisugite
kotoba ni sae naranakute
karadajuu ga itamidashite
taerarenai hitori de wa

yonaka ni naki tsukarete egaita jibun ja nai jibun no kao
yowasa o kakushita mama egao o tsukuru no wa
yameyou yameyou yameyou yameyou

kazaritsukenaide ikite yuku koto wa kono yo de ichiban
muzukashii koto?
anata kara morau nara katachi no nai mono ga ii
kowareru mono wa mou iranai

**kuroi namida nagashi sakendemo
shiranu kao de ashita wa kite
onaji itami ni butsukaru
sonna hibi o tsudzukeru nara
tooku kiete shimaitai
wagamama to wakattemo….

*
**

Translation

The nights that I wished tomorrow wouldn’t come are countless
Having lost my dreams and love, beaten by the rain
I’m crying crying crying

What do I need in order to go on living
Without dressing myself up like this
What should I believe in without being able to believe even in myself
The answer is so close, I can’t see it

*The black tears flow
To me having nothing is too sad
Unable to put it into words
My whole body begins to ache
I can’t stand being alone

In the midst of night I grew tired of crying and drew on a face which wasn’t my own
Putting on a smile thta hides my weaknesses
I need to stop  I need to stop  I need to stop  I need to stop

Is living without dressing
The most difficult thing in this world?
If I could have something from you, I’d like something intangible
I no longer need something that can break

**Even if I scream with the black tears flowing
Tomorrow will come with an unknown face
And I’ll run into the same pain
If those days will continue
I want to disappear faraway
Even though I know it’s selfish…

*
**

Reviewed by: Marty

Director: Mika Ninagawa

Screenplay: Yuki Tanada, from the manga by Moyoco Anno

Cast: Anna Tsuchiya, Kippei Shiina, Hiroki Narimiya, Yoshino Kimura

Music: Ringo Shiina

First and foremost, probably the only reason why I went out of my way to tape Sakuran on SBS2 was that Ringo Shiina wrote the music for it, and I was interested to see how one of my favourite musicians, adept seemingly only in songwriting, would fare with scoring a film. Of course, instead of the score being a lush and epic orchestral one – which you would have normally expected it to be if you looked at a still or trailer of the film – Ringo’s voice appears a lot in it, which ended up suiting both her writing style and the vibe of the film. But this isn’t a music blog, is it?

Sakuran details the lives of the Chrysanthemum House’s many courtesans, in particular the life span of Kiyoha (Tsuchiya), a rebellious and stubborn girl, who was sold to the House as a young child. Despite her mischievous exploits as she grows up, she serves as a maid to the almighty oiran of the house – that is, the highest rank of courtesan, and the most popular and beautiful – until she herself is old enough to be initiated into courtesan-hood. Before long she finds herself falling in love with a seemingly faithful customer named Sojiro (Narimiya), however events in a feudal-era Japanese courtesan house, if anyone who has read ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ would be aware, are hardly ever empathetic to their employees, and as Kiyoha’s lover disappears from her, she becomes hardened to every pain that befalls her, until her transition into immoral, indifferent mistress becomes complete, and she is elevated to oiran status.

In the tradition of films with not too much plot and lots of stunning visuals here at Movie-Quatic, here is a film with not too much plot and lots of stunning visuals. In all seriousness though, the plot in this film wasn’t actually too bad – it just moved way too slowly, and never really got anywhere. It lacked the epic integrity of something like Memoirs of a Geisha (sorry to keep refrencing that, it’s just the obvious comparison for a film like this; the film adaptation of Memoirs was pretty average in any case) and in terms of character development, Kiyoha was basically too unbelievable. The courtesans weren’t geishas, I gather, but they almost seemed to be semi-geishas, or closer to modern-day gyaru: adorned by piles of combs with jewel hangers and gigantic hair chopsticks, but also outlandish eyelash extenders and massive false nails with decorations on them. Sure, all this peering into the luxury-ridden lifestyle of old Japan is interesting, but I don’t think it was too accurate – and to address the original point of this paragraph, it seemed like it sacrificed its plot to make way for how the film looked. The acting, too, was incredibly low standard, particularly by Kuranosuke (Shiina).

Kiyoha, as a young girl, vowed to escape the Chrysanthemum House and the life of a courtesan, but as she becomes an oiran – a position which probably fit her well because of her take-all nature – she seems to love the attention and being at the mercy of all who work below her. Perhaps, then, Sakuran is a study of Tsuchiya’s character, which seems to almost be interesting: Kiyoha goes through so many moods and dispositions that it’s really quite hard to know what she really wants and what she really thinks about herself. This makes it a bit difficult to sympathise with her character overall. It’s obvious that she’s troubled in her life as a female servant, but just when she seems ready to snap, all of a sudden the film cuts to a scene of immense tranquil beauty, where Kiyoha is seated beneath a blooming sakura at night, or something along those lines, appearing serene and wise. She would be an interesting person to study if she wasn’t so frustrating to watch. Not to mention the fact that she is only half-Japanese, and it certainly is noticeable – in many scenes, she bears a striking (or disturbing) resemblance to Angelina Jolie.  BUT that’s a racial discussion of which I won’t go into, because she was mostly beautiful anyway.

Of course, the film looks amazing. The colours are definitely the stand-out point for this film: delightful cocktails of scarlet red, gold, light blue and pink abounds, and when the oiran that precedes Kiyoha, Takao (Kimura), happens upon the wrong end of a throat-cutting, the blood that splashes the walls and tatami is almost beautiful and artistic. The framing is commendable, be it Kiyoha waking up to a field of sakura beneath her window, or a lone tree covered with snow framed in the roofed walkways between sections of the Chrysanthemum House.

So, in conclusion, I’ll just say that this film was great to look at for a while, but I found myself becoming frustrated with it within a very short time – something that doesn’t usually happen very often when I sit down to watch a film. It tried to be beautiful and bittersweet, but it just ended up being exactly what its protagonist, Kiyoha, essentially was – a troubled individual with nowhere to go. Oh, but the music – yes, the music was amazing. In itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRH_GYnx9IQ&feature=related – a mash-up of clips from the film put to the song ‘Gamble’ by Ringo Shiina, probably the best track off the film’s soundtrack, played when Kiyoha is paraded down the street as an oiran. the version in the film was much more grungy.

Wow, i can’t believe i’m doing blogging again. It’s been more than a year since i last blogging. This time it’s different from the last blog i have. The purpose of this blog is to share Jpop music video and mp3 that i have with all the jpop lover out there. Hope you’ll will enjoy my collection as i enjoyed it myself.

So without further a due, for the open ceremony of this blog itself. I already uploaded this one music video from Anna Tsuchiya – Brave Vibration. Enjoy.

[PV] Anna Tsuchiya – Brave Vibration

Download Link

SLAP THAT NAUGHTY BODY/ MY FATE / 2nd Single / Release Date: [2006.03.23]

Credit: Anna Tsuchiya & Olivia Lufkin

Virgin Cat / 9th Single / Release Date: [2008.09.10]

I seem to be on a Japanese drama and film binge. I cannot seem to get enough of the stuff. And it doesn’t help that you can watch so much Japanese TV (from the new to the very nostalgic 80s stuff from my childhood) with a click of your mouse pad. But, I’ve been eyeing Sakuran for a while now since it was first released in 2007. There was a lot of publicity, and although I hadn’t seen any of Tsuchiya Anna’s work at that time, I have since watched Shimotsuma Monogatari (Kamikaze Girls) which I really liked. The costumes, the visuals and the soundtrack (especially the main song by Shiina Ringo) of Sakuran all drew me to the film. Plus I was also watching a lot of Ōoku (or Oh-Oku), a Japanese historical drama series about the great interior of the Shogun’s palace where the women resided and into which only the Shogun could enter. It was riveting stuff with lavish costumes, traps and manipulative women all vying for love and power.

Based on a manga by Anno Moyoko, Sakuran follows the tale of Kiyoha who is sold to Tamagikuya, a brothel in Yoshiwara, the pleasure quarter in Edo (old Tokyo) frequently depicted in the ukiyo-e of some of Japan’s most famous artists such as Utamaro, Hiroshige and Hokusai. Once in, no woman can leave unless they have paid off their debt or their contract bought out by a client. Kiyoha resolves to leave one day when the sakura blossoms in Yoshiwara where there are no cherry trees except for one gnarled stump. She becomes a successful courtesan eventually becoming an oiran, the highest level courtesan in the pleasure quarter. Sakuran is a play on the word oiran (made up of the two kanji for flower and best/first) which substitutes the word for flower with cherry blossom (sakura). So oiran becomes sakuran.

The feel of the film was in keeping with Shimotsuma Monogatari with its technicolour brilliance and a very modern soundtrack courtesy of Shiina Ringo. The directorial debut of photographer Ninagawa Mika, Sakuran is a very pop and slick film, yet it manages to retain the poignancy and bittersweet edge from which you cannot totally escape when telling the tale of an oiran. Kiyoha is such a strong character yet has a vulnerability which keeps you hoping that one day she will find happiness. You want her to succeed even within the harsh and confined world of Yoshiwara.

I loved this film. It was cool and beautiful yet pulsating with energy. It’s a film about longing, and Tsuchiya Anna’s portrayal of Kiyoha is a mixture of charm, coquettishness and sorrow and is wonderful to watch. And did I mention how divine Ando Masanobu is? As well as his killer looks, his character Seiji reminded me a bit of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Mr. Thornton. Enough said.

And finally, the difference between an oiran and geisha is explained here.

You can see the trailer for Sakuran here.

I’ve posted earlier about my love for the cool Anna Tsuchiya and her break-out role in the movie, Kamikaze Girls.
By now, you’ve probably realized that this site’s name was born out of that funny, endearingly cool movie.

I’ve always have an affinity to Japanese movies more than the films churned out by my own country. I’ve seen and fallen in love with a lot of ‘em: Okurubito (Departures), Must Love Dogs, Ringu, Death Note…but Kamikaze Girls is the one movie that captured senseless my kawaii-lovin’, Japanese-speakin’ heart.

The movie is about two girls: Ichigo (a yanki) and Momoko. FYI: A Yanki is a boyish, tough lady gangster who belongs in a bosozuku gang (a motorcycle gang) while Momoko is a Lolita (girls who dress like dolls) who adore the shop, Baby the Stars Shine Bright.

You may read the rest of the story and summary here and here

Some stills from Kamikaze Girls:

I had a sex dream with anna tsuchiya, which is big awesome magical tings for me. so, i had a boy friend in this dream for some reason, but then i hear this electric guitar music (the one that plays in shimotsuma monogatari every time ichigo comes along) and i know it’s her and i know she is my lovah. she looks exactly like she does in shimotsuma. she is in her motorcycle, which is much cooler than the one in the movie, and i climb in. we go to my house (in a montevideo/paris amalgam) and we have sex. I’ll spare the details but it was HOT. then like, any other dream, she disappears and turns into another person, and i spend the rest of the dream trying to find her, but that is not important because i had sex with anna tuschiya! in my head.

obviously, anna is the one with a staw up her nose.

Just a quick note for those in the UK, the Japanese film Shimotsuma Monogatari (Kamikaze Girls) will be on Film 4 today at 11:15pm. Watch it if you can!

A cantora e atriz Anna Tsuchiya (25) apareceu durante em uma entrevista coletiva para um novo serviço de celular da au, “Gangan Mail” na segunda. Tsuchiya, que anunciou sua segunda gravidez em setembrou, enfatizou sua barriga usando roupas em um estilo rock ‘n’ roll em com jeans e uma jaqueta de couro.

O novo serviço, o qual se inicia no dia 9 de novembro, permite os assinantes da au mandar quantos e-mails eles quiserem sem levar c0nta os anexos por uma única taxa de 780 ienes. No comercial, Tsuchiya aparece em frente a uma tela exibindo o rosto de Tsurube Shofukutei enquanto cantava e se movia ao som de rock ‘n’ roll.

Tsuchiya pareceu gostar da canção, dizendo, “É fácil de memorizar e fácil de entender. Eu realmente gostei de filmar o comercial, mas foi cansativo.”.

Confira o vídeo do CM abaixo:

Fonte: JapanToday & Sanspo.com

Créditos: Jstation

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Hi Dear God,

If I get to die and be given a chance to live again as another person…..
Can I be ANNA TSUCHIYA???
pretty please po?

Consider Anna:

"Lucy’ – From Nana the Movie (BlackStones)

"I’m Addicted to You" (from Kuroi Namida single)

"Cocoon"

What I like about Anna is that she’s unique compared to the typical female Japanese singer.
As much as I love anything JPop (and Japanese for that reason) but let’s admit that most female singers have this annoying pa-cute voice. And more often than not–they have this pre-packaged image that you don’t get their personality anymore.

I first saw Anna Tsuchiya on a CNN interview and I was impressed. Where did this girl come from? Turns out–she’s everywhere in Japan! And did I mention that she’s one of the leads in Kamikaze Girls (with Kyoko Fukada)?

Before I reduce myself to a slobbering, raving lunatic–I’ll shut up.
Losing coolness factor is not exactly cool if I am ANNA TSUCHIYA!

I watched this film a few weeks ago and was totally bowled over. It had been on my radar for a number of years now since its release in 2004, but I wasn’t particularly drawn to it as I had no interest in the gothic lolita trend that was sweeping Japan and slowly travelling to the West. But Shimotsuma Monogatari was a bright, funny and poignant film about friendship, fitting in and chasing your dreams.

The style of the film is similar to that of director Tetsuya Nakashima’s subsequent film Kiraware Matsuko no Isshou (Memories of Matsuko) which I saw a few years ago, a technicolour pop extravaganza that seems to be at odds with its weighty themes but works brilliantly.

The protagonists Momoko and Ichigo, played by two of Japan’s most talked about actresses Kyoko Fukada and Anna Tsuchiya, are both charmingly contrary and you can’t help but want them to succeed. There are a lot of comic moments in the film, especially in the beginning when we are a given a technicolour kaleidoscope of Momoko’s background and upbringing, especially her petit yakuza father’s dodgy business: flogging pirate brand goods which became a surprise cult hit.

After getting caught and threatened with legal action, Momoko and her father make a quick getaway to live with her grandmother in a sleepy town called Shimotsuma, where the locals all shop for clothes at Jusco, Japan’s Wal-Mart. Momoko, who spends all her time alone, has one passion, and that is for the lolita fashion brand Baby, The Stars Shine Bright. It isn’t cheap to go all the way to Tokyo to shop for clothes and Momoko soon needs to look for ways to fund her lolita fashion lifestyle, and she does so by selling her father’s long-forgotten knock-offs. And that is how she meets Ichigo, a member of the local ladies motorbike gang, Ponytails. The two strike an unlikely friendship and the film follows their transformation as they realise what they mean to each other.

Shimotsuma Monogatari is a comic, yet poignant, portrayal of smalltown Japan, slowly vanishing as it is consumed by the ever encroaching urban sprawl. The message I got was that wherever you are, you should follow your dreams and that there is always someone you can bond with even in the most unlikeliest of places. I know it sounds cheesy, but what a great film.

Anna Tsuchiya de 25 años nos ha dado la información en su blog personal que está embarazada de 3 meses de su novio Yamato. Donde en breve se casaran por lo civil. La relación entre Abba y Yamato surgio de lo más particular del mundo, Yamato era el estilista de la cantante que la consola despues de la muerte de su anterior marido Joshua con el que tuvo una hija. Así que esperamos tener fotos del bebe cuándo llegue y que Anna no deje su carrera por estar con dos niños.

A cantora e modelo Anna Tsuchiya (25 anos) anunciou em seu blog que estaria grávida. Ela e o pai da criança, o estilista Yamato (28 anos), pretendem se casar em breve.

Yamato foi estilista de Anna por muitos anos. A relação entre os dois aparentemente começou a dois anos atrás. Ela diz estar grávida de três meses do bebê.

Anna Tsuchiya foi casada com o modelo Joshua, entre 2004 e 2006, e tiveram um filho juntos. Joshua faleceu no ano passado com apenas 25 anos de idade.

Mensagem de Anna Tsuchiya no blog dela:

“Notícia!
Sim, sim – o verão acabou. O Natsu Fes desde ano foi super divertido.

Mas não é isso. Eu tenho uma coisa para contar…

Quando a Ansan (diminutivo de Anna-san) estava cantando, na verdade ela não estava sozinha. Duas pessoas estavam cantando. O quê? O quê?

Na verdade, dentro da barriga da Ansan tem um bebê! (falei!)

O responsável é Yamato, o  estilista! Nós 4 faremos amizade!

Então, este ano ainda há alguns shows para fazer, mas durante as próximas duas apresentações nós vamos agitar o rock com o nosso poderoso vocal duplo.

Só que eu vou estar um pouco mais gorda! (risos)

Porque a força de todos vocês é a nossa força, a Ansan está feliz!

É isso! Contei minha novidade…”

Fonte: Tokyograph, Penpas

Créditos: Jstation

A modelo, roqueira, atriz e apresentadora japonesa, Anna Tsuchiya revelou em seu blog na web que está grávida novamente. No post que ela escreveu está assim:

“Notícia!
Sim, sim – o verão acabou. O Natsu Fes desde ano foi super divertido.

Mas não é isso. Eu tenho uma coisa para contar…

Quando a Ansan (diminutivo de Anna-san) estava cantando, na verdade ela não estava sozinha. Duas pessoas estavam cantando. O quê? O quê?

Na verdade, dentro da barriga da Ansan tem um bebê! (falei!)

O responsável é Yamato, o  estilista! Nós 4 faremos amizade!

Então, este ano ainda há alguns shows para fazer, mas durante as próximas duas apresentações nós vamos agitar o rock com o nosso poderoso vocal duplo.

Só que eu vou estar um pouco mais gorda! (risos)

Porque a força de todos vocês é a nossa força, a Ansan está feliz!

É isso! Contei minha novidade…”

Para ler o post original no blog da Anna é só clicar aqui.

Notas de tradução: Os japoneses costumam falar de si próprios na terceira pessoa, por isso ela escreve tanto: “Ansan fez isso. Ansan fez aquilo…” De fato ela está falando de si mesma. Não existe muito o hábito de usar você ou eu, principalmente quando você pretende passar um ar de intimidade com o leitor como nesta postagem. Bom, parece engraçado mas pra não demonstrar intimidade o falante de japonês não se dirige a outro por anata, omae ou kimi que são as formas de se falar “você”. Sempre usa-se o nome da pessoa em questão. Ao mesmo tempo, a pessoa que escreve sem usar boku, ore ou watashi que são as formas de dizer “eu” acabam passando um ar de intimidade para o leitor. Reparem no texto, mas ela não escreve “eu, eu, eu, eu”, mas usa sim o apelido que os fãs lhe deram respeitosamente. O que demonstra o respeito que ela tem pelos fãs.

O Natsu Fes deve ser algum festival de música que tem por lá.

O pai do bebê chama-se Yamato, o cara que foi estilista da cantora durante 4 anos. Ela revelou em entrevistas que eles já namoravam há 2 anos e que em breve devem anunciar o casamento. Anna se casou pela primeira vez em 2004 com um modelo chamado Joshua Niimura e eles tiveram um filho juntos chamado Sky. Em 2006 eles se separaram. No ano passado Joshua faleceu aos 25 anos de idade com problemas cardíacos.

Atualização: Um jornal japonês revelou que quando ela diz: “Nós 4 fizemos amizade” está se referindo a ela, ao primeiro filho, ao estilista e ao novo bebê que está esperando. E na verdade na tradução ela quer dizer: “Nós 4 faremos amizade” (já corrigi lá em cima!). Acho que muita gente deve ter lido isso e ficado confuso. Confesso que eu também fiquei quando traduzi..rs.. Ah e o pai do bebê é 3 anos mais velho que a Anna.

No Japão existe uma gíria que diz quando a mulher vai se casar novamente que é um pouco indelicada. A palavra é Batsu-Ichi (バツイチ) que significa que a mulher já foi divorciada uma vez. De fato essa palavra significa “errou a primeira jogada” quando o rebatedor perde a primeira jogada.

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