[ kurage ]: a plastic tree community

Hello~

2008-08-20T20:31:57Z

I'm selling my copy of Camera Obscura. If anyone's interested, details are here, in my lj:

http://white-boot.livejournal.com/132744.html

^_^

Yesasia help

2008-08-20T04:16:15Z

Did anyone else preorder the single from Yesasia? I still haven't got my copy yet ;___; Their site said I would get it on Monday the 17th If anybody could help me out that would be awesome. My last resort would be to contact yesasia and ask them.

To make it worse I haven't even listened to it yet! I promised myself I listen to it when I get my copy *sigh*

Artwork

2008-08-19T02:13:21Z

Hi guys, I'm sorry to bug everyone ^^; but I remeber a long while ago someone posted a link to a website where there were a bunch of drawings that all the guys did, it was just like a gallery site. Does anyone have that link, or know if it still exists??
Thank you :)

kurage @ 2008-08-17T13:09:00

2008-08-17T17:12:42Z

I'm a loser and play Sims. I'm an even bigger loser and make omg!RAELZ PPL Sims, and have finished Ryutaro Model no.4.

Unedited in-game stills, suckaaaaa.

profile needs m0ar work, but it's a grand step above Ryutaro no.3.

the remix.

the thug remix feat. missy elliot.

The quest for the holy grail.

I've never been able to find great hair for him. The quest continues. I'm not sure why I like making him look like he just got his ass kicked. Need cigarettes and blow to make him extra realistic.

I'd package him for download, but I can't imagine anyone wanting it.

Plastic Tree in Chile

2008-08-16T01:57:13Z

Please, vote for Plastic TRee in the survey of this web

http://www.noix.cl/news/

Do my dream, and that of many fans of chili reality

Thanks!!!!

Onegaishimasu

2008-08-15T12:50:22Z

Hi everyone. I'm posting first time here and I wanna ask you a favor.
<I think Poland fans can help me more than others, but if you can-please, help me! ^^ >
It's all about Pura's concert in Poland (17of October). Now when I'm sure that I'll able to go there I'm worried about tickets. If there's someone who know where could I buy it, please tell me. Also I read somewhere that I could reserve tickets, but I need more informatio about it.
Onegaishimasu! {and sorry for my english, ~~it's so shameful~~}

It's Kera time again

2008-08-15T08:14:09Z

Oh, and for everyone who hasn't seen it yet, I want to point at this youtube video, especially the part where Ryutaro's mike falls apart ^^,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkinpIxg8FY
I think Alone Agian isn't exactly a very strong song performed life. -_-

I come bearing Replay in all its forms!

2008-08-14T13:40:10Z

Just wrote this up rough after downloading it earlier (since my copy's being held hostage at CDJapan), so don't worry about credit for romaji/translation -- only did it quickly and there's plenty of room for individual translation on this song, it's just my take. I'm providing the kanji, too, so you other translators out there can see what you come up with.

ROMAJI:

saishu bin no kanransha---
kimi to boku ga yoru ni ukandeku.
hoshizora to PANORAMA no machi no hikari to hikari no mannakarahen
migite no naka ni aru nukumori wa, itsuka chigau hito wo terasu deshou.
RIZUMU ga hayaku naridasu kodou. kimi no na wo sakebu shinzou desu.

yakusoku kawasazu ni, itsuka mata aeru nante donna mahou daro?
gomen, arigatou, sayounara, iitakunai kotoba shika denasou.
ki ga tookunaru hodo no mirai de, kokoro ga omokutte uzukumaru.
eien ni yoku nita juu bunkan. sono tabi, omoundarou.

mawaru, mawaru, futari ga hora yoru ni yami ni hikaru sagasu
koishii, itoshii, omou yueni mune ga hidoku kurushii

mayonaka, tomatta kanrensha---
wasuremono wo tori ni kitan da yo.
shunkansecchakuzai no namida. hiraita kita datte kuttsuketa.
aa, sou deshita. ore, konna deshita. kimi to au mae, jibun kirai deshita.
dakara mune no ichiban oku de kimi no na wo yobun da yo

mawaru, mawaru, kokoro ga mata yoru ni yami ni kimi wo sagasu
koishii, itoshii, shiranai ma ni kiete shimau hikari.

tashikana mono nante iranaiya. namida de kanashimi wo nuku.
daijyoubu. soredemo boku datta.
nani mo nai migi no tenohira de, nokotteru nukumori ga sawaidatte.

mabuta tojita. kioku ochita. hoshi ga mabataku suki ni utau.
hyaku nenbun no kodou nosete hibiku, koe ga todoku.

meguru, meguru, kimi wo omou. hitotsu, hitotsu, wasurenagara.
mawaru, mawaru, ano hi no mama futari, yoru ni ukabu---.

a, mata onnaji toko. modotte kitara asa da yo.
aka. ao. yume. uso. irodzuku sora.
kitaku. shihatsu. hizashi. mado. kirameku sekai nagareta.
mou te wo furanakya,
SAYONARA da yo---.

ORIGINAL KANJI:

最終便の観覧車－－－。
君と僕が夜に浮かんでく。
星空とパノラマの街の光と光の真ん中らへん。
右手の中にある温もりは、いつか違う人を照らすでしょう。
リズムが早くなりだす鼓動。君の名を叫ぶ心臓です。

約束交わさずに、いつかまた逢えるなんてどんな魔法だろ？
ごめん、ありがとう、さようなら、言いたくない言葉しか出なそう。
気が遠くなるほどの未来で、心が重くってうずくまる。
永遠によく似た10分間。その度、思うんだろう。

廻る、廻る、二人がほら夜に闇に光探す。
恋しい、愛しい、想うゆえに胸がひどく苦しい。

真夜中、止まった観覧車－－－。
忘れ物を取りに来たんだよ。
瞬間接着剤の涙。開いた傷だってくっつけた。
あー、そうでした。俺、こんなでした。君と会う前、自分嫌いでした。
だから胸のいちばん奥で君の名を呼ぶんだよ。

廻る、廻る、心がまた夜に闇に君を探す。
恋しい、愛しい、知らない間に消えてしまう光。

確かなものなんていらないや。涙で悲しみを抜く。
大丈夫。それでも僕だった。
何もない右の掌で、残ってる温もりが騒いだって。

まぶた閉じた。記憶墜ちた。星が瞬く隙に歌う。
100年分の鼓動のせて響く、声が届く。

巡る、巡る、君を想う。ひとつ、ひとつ、忘れながら。
廻る、廻る、あの日のまま二人、夜に浮かぶ－－－。

あ、また同じとこ。戻ってきたら朝だよ。
赤。青。夢。嘘。色づく空。
帰宅。始発。陽射し。窓。きらめく世界流れた。
もう手を振らなきゃ、
サヨナラだよ－－－。

TRANSLATION:

It's the final turn of the ferris wheel---
You and I float upwards into the night
Halfway up there's the light of the town, of starry skies and panoramas,

Inside my right hand there's warmth, someday it'll shine over someone else*
The rhythm starts to beat faster. My heart screaming out your name.

Exchanging a promise, how and by what magic will we someday meet again?
I'm sorry, thank you, goodbye, only the words I didn't want to add seem to come out
In the future where I feel so faint and astounded, my heart can only cower
Eternity will often resemble those ten minutes. In those times, I'll think (of you).

Turning    turning    look at us in the night, in the darkness, searching for light
Darling    beloved    I think of you and it causes pain in my chest

The dead of night, still on the ferris wheel---
We fetch up things left behind to take them
Tears of instant-dry glue. They attach to my open wounds.
Ah, that's it. I'm such a person. Before meeting you, I hated myself.
So inside the most important place in my heart, I call out your name.

Turning    turning    my heart again in the night, in the darkness, searches for you
Darling    beloved    I don't know how long before the light goes out

I don't need defined things somehow. Sadness is drawn out through tears.
It's alright. That's just me.
With an empty right palm, the remaining warmth is just troublesome.

I closed my eyes. My memories fell. Stars twinkled and sang.
For a hundred years that beating resounds, your voice reaches out.

Around    and around    thinking of you    once    once    but I lost you
Turning    turning    the way we were on that day    comes to mind in the night**

Ah, the same again.    If I turn back, then it's morning.
Red.    Blue.    Dreams.    Lies.    The colored sky.
Coming home.    The first train.    Sunlight.    The window.    The glittering world flowing through it.
Already my hand is left cold***,
It's goodbye.

Translator's notes;
* Technically it's "a different person" and not someone else but with interchangeable meanings in Japanese, it just made sense to go with something that didn't make it sound like Tarou had a back-up in mind. XD
** The kanji used for "comes to mind" is the same as used for "floating upwards" in the second line, clever use of double readings.
*** Phrase used here is more along the lines of "left jilted / given the cold shoulder", but considering the references to warmth earlier I picked something that satisfied both accuracy and irony. XD

Enjoy!

[UPLOAD] Replay/Dolly Regular Edition Single + Neo genesis Vol. 27

2008-08-13T21:23:44Z

I went to Tsutaya yesterday to buy the new single and also I saw new Neo genesis with Pura photoshoot and I had to buy it *o* I don't have a scanner in Japan, so I'll put here some photos only, sorry. I've uploaded Replay/Dolly single as well. Regular edition only, meybe I'll upload the Limited one later, too. I'm too tired right now and I need go to sleep. I spent the whole night in McDonald's in Nagoya last night cuz I didn't have a place to go after the Pura live -_-" I'm still sleepy.
About the single...I like it. I'm in love with Replay, really. About Dolly...I don't know yet xD If I like it or not. It's not bad, but Replay is better.

Replay/Dolly RE

o1 リプレイ
o2 Dolly
o3 回想、声はなく。

poster ->

DON'T SHARE IN OTHER PLACES!

+ some photos of new Pura photoshoot from Neo genesis Vol.27.

(click to see bigger pics)

I love this photoshoot *O* (especially the poster and 6th and 9th pics are the best!) Tarou's so sexy ♥

Please don't share those anywhere, thanks.

Ahhhhrghhh?

2008-08-12T14:25:59Z

Okay, this might me some kind of strange request:

When Pura released their World Tour photobook I was without internet for a long time and it was already sold out by the time I even found out about it.
Ever since I've been checking Ebay and Yahoo Auctions Japan for it (and I know some other people here were too), but never saw one for sale until now.

I finally found one on Yahoo Auction and was all hyper and happy and willing to pay a crazy amount of money to get it.

I asked a Japanese friend to check the auction for me as my Japanese is very poor and he also agreed to have it sent to his family in Japan as the seller doesn't ship worldwide.

Unfortunately we had to find out that you can only bid up to 5000Yen with a simple account.

To bid more you require a paid account (-_-) and to register for one you have to live in Japan.
So, my request would be - does anyone by any chance happen to have a paid Yahoo auction account and would be willing to buy the photobook for me? I am REALLY desperate to get it.

I guess the chance is rather small, but I figured it was worth a try.

Zy 23 July/August 2005 - Ryutarou Cover

2008-08-12T01:47:22Z

I'm trying to come up with some extra money so I'm selling the last of my magazines, one of which is a copy of Zy 23 with Ryutarou on the cover.

Zy 23 July/August 2005 - Ryutarou cover

NO POSTER. Great condition. CD-ROM extra included.

Price: $8 + $7 shipping

Payment: PayPal ONLY. Absolutely NO eChecks. Required within 3 days.

Shipping: The above shipping cost is for the USA and Canada ONLY. Overseas shipping will be different, so please check with me before agreeing to buy. Likewise, the above shipping is for regular, First Class mail. If you would like to upgrade or add other services, this will cost extra as well and I need to know prior to you making payment so I can figure in the extra. If you don't buy insurance, I will not be responsible for lost or damaged items. Insurance on overseas packages can only be added to Priority or Express packages. Prices for these methods start at around $18.

I can't hold any items, nor am I interested in any trades. Thank you.

Feel free to ask any questions you may have. Thanks!

REPLAY

2008-08-09T06:45:13Z

Replay PV is here.

<3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CfhZIACwDQ

Oh, and I am amazed by the song in a very strange way. Somehow I hate it because I think it doesn't sound Pura like at all, or because I think that it's some...strange "mixture" of their styles...don't you think it sounds as if they put several different songs together?
On the other hand I love it for exactly that fact...it's so...interesting?...refreshing?

I guess I have to listen to it a couple more times to settle my decision.

~Kaibutsukun 怪物くん~

2008-08-08T19:16:58Z

Hey everyone ^^ I was wondering if anyone had the kanji and romaji lyrics for Kaibutsukun!? I've looked everywhere and I can't find them >.<;
Thanks ^_^

４Ｗａｌｌｐａｐｅｒｓ

2008-08-08T06:35:12Z

.more//HERE

Photo request

2008-08-03T19:26:24Z

*_________*

Who can help?

Request: "Gojyuuonshiki"

2008-07-31T13:00:37Z

Where I can find a book named "Gojyuuonshiki" with text and scans from old magazines, which contains only Ryutarou's photo?
one girl from russian PT community said, that someone posted scans here, but I can not find them! T___T

Another manga upload Oo

2008-07-30T18:39:38Z

Once, we've talk about one interesting thing on russian platree community.
About Arimura-san and Kusumoto Maki's manga.
In one of interviews Ryutarou said, that Kusumoto's manga has an big influence on him.

Ryutaro = K.

Ryutarou = Kanon

If somebody interesting in, i've uploaded three Kusumoto's works: KISS XXXX, K. no Soretsu and TV-Eye

Kiss XXXX
(5 volums)
Romantic love story about young man Kanon (singer of visual-kei band Die Küsse) and sister of their bass-player - Kameno-chan. Stories about their love, concerts, friends - about life.
This manga is unusual for Kusumoto. It is very delicate and romantic.

Download: Vol 1 Ch 1-12

K. no Souretsu
(my favorite! *_*)

The funeral bells are ringing the day that Mikaya moves into his new apartment. However, once he arrives, he learns a startling fact: the room he's moving into belonged to the dead man, K. Strangely enough, no one ever found K's body. Where is the body, and which of his eccentric neighbors was the one who killed K...?

Vol 1, ch 00 - 09
Vol 1, Ch 10 - 13
Vol 2, Ch 14 - 19
Vol 2, extras 01 - 03
the end^^

T.V. Eye

Three incredible short stories filled with some darkness and obscurity.
T.V. Eye - Meet Isao and his crew of mischievous mistaken group of friends who are obsessed with their refrigerator and a TV that doesn't work.
Camera Obscura - A girl with a camera meets a guy in a club, takes him in, dines him, takes pictures and....
Channel 11 - Twins and another pair of twins that look like them but are dead? A Transvestite, a bar master and an encyclopedia too, what do they all have in common?

Ch 01 - 03

---
all manga credits to http://www.mangatraders.com/

Ningen Tokei (Human Clock)

2008-07-30T07:56:57Z

In one interview I've read that Ryutarou's favorite manga is Ningen Tokei.

I think, it can be interesting:
Tokunan Seiichiro - Ningen Tokei (Human Clock) ~1960x

The story about young boy Tadashi, who don't like to go to school and always stays at home.
His house is a family shop selling watches and clocks. He gazes and gazes at the clocks. Little by little, everything around him turns into a clock.

Download:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5

After reading this I don't actually know what to think about O_o
it is not just a manga - it is kind of drugs

credits to: http://samehat.blogspot.com

funny photo from Hiroshi's blog

2008-07-30T06:18:46Z

Lilu Dallas. Multipasport!

xD

First Wallpaper >_<"

2008-07-28T18:06:01Z

Today I made my first wallpaper because I want to learn more about it and... ai, Ryuutarou! >//< |D°
I know it isn´t very special or something like that, it looks very simple and easy, but I like it ._.
So I want to share it with you and hope someone like it, too ^^

[01] Ryuutarou (800x600 & 1024x768)

TEASER:

You can find it here at my lj!

more infos about october's tour~☆

2008-07-28T15:55:57Z

i'm coming here with some news about pura's european tour~ ^__^

it was written already in comments in the entry about dates in france, but pura will come to poland on 17/10.
and also news for german fans~
they will play two lives in germany, probably right after polish live, so i bet it will be 18.10 and 19.10 or something like this.

so the dates look like this now:

10/11 - FRANCE - Lyon - Marché Gare
10/12 - FRANCE - Paris - La Scène Bastille
10/17 - POLAND - Wrocław or Poznań
10/18-19[?] - GERMANY - places unknown

can't wait to see them *____*
and btw -> i know about the german lives from the person, who organizes their concert in poland ^^

~~SALE~~

2008-07-26T14:38:17Z

I'm having a sale on my selling journal. A mod may delete this if it is not allowed.

With Poster!

+MORE!

shabondamasale

Kay

Plastic Tree in France

2008-07-26T12:36:03Z

Plastic Tree will be back in France in october.

10/11 - Lyon - Marché Gare
10/12 - Paris - La Scène Bastille

Details will follow soon ...

source: Soundlicious, JaME fr

ticket for gig in okayama

2008-07-20T15:15:25Z

Does anyone have tickets for sale for the live in Okayama? (8.10) I`m looking for them. Thanks.

Single Preview

2008-07-19T04:01:30Z

I don't know if anyone has seen it yet, but there's a preview of one of their new songs up on their homepage.

Click to hear it

Anyone know if that's Dolly or Replay?