Re: Japan Junior Idol Rei Kuromiya
Jalisa Landgren
Everyone out there just remember to give as much support as you can. Use that crappy Japanese translation that Google gives you. They will know the gist of what you are saying, Or just say it in English.
Rei Kuromiya is one of the most interesting idols in entertainment to me. I think one of the things that factor in to making her so interesting is this dark past that she has. It sort of goes along the lines of the controversy surrounding Brooke Shields and the photos of her modeling in a bathtub when she was a minor. I believe whenever someone has to battle personal demons it can really show in their character.
With Rei it is quite evident in her physical being. Her face can often be very expressionless and her eyes can tell a story. I have known girls in both the entertainment industry and the adult entertainment industry and also dated an exotic dancer and the pain & hurt within them were definitely expressed through their eyes. Rei also used to post on her Twitter very dark messages often times full of anger. Curse words and knife emojis were also rampant in her tweets. Then there were the photos of cuts on her arms which were quickly deleted.
Original on instagram, user: suicide_u
Translation checked by a Japanese person who has fluent English (a Ladybeard fan). We both have known Rei for a long time (we both were at her birthday) so we know all the context.
Doing Rei a Disservice:
The pain that Rei has to put up with is not some repressed trauma from her junior idol days. Whatever our opinion about it she has repeatedly said she does not regret that work. She tells us not to concern ourselves about it. She is still with the same management team and they support her with all her current work (BRATS, Ladybaby etc).
To clarify in conclusion on my part there is no intention to instigate argument nor is there any ill will directed towards anybody. Much appreciation for your effort and I am glad there are very passionate fans of Rei out there like yourself. I try to be a very substantial contributor to this group and any idol-related information networks since I have a great deal of experience and extensive knowledge in the genre although I suppose words online can often be misunderstood or misinterpreted which is never my intention to offend. Thank you.
LOL. It is apparent you wrote it the wrong way on purpose as some kind of strange attempt to belittle me seeing as how you wrote my name in the correct format several times many hours ago in two different groups on Facebook. You have the vocabulary of an adult yet the mentality of a child.
Look man whatever these comments that were said that upset you so much were not by my wrongdoing but by the people who said them based off their own opinions on these aspects of the idol business. These people have a right to their opinion and you are in no higher position than them to tell them they are wrong.
Lol I admit that was a bit out of my character which is why I added the reply to Maniac below. Oh. And quote and remark all you want buddy. A faceless line of text on the internet does not affect my day to day life in the real world. ?
My apologies Maniac, I feel I may have broken one of the site rules with the foul language and mostly with that last statement, however I can not edit my post so please feel free to edit it at your discretion. Sorry.
Also Mike Returns, just to add additional defense in my part to your allegations, the way you reported my words as having harmful intent or implications on that LADYBABY Facebook Fan Club in some attempt to manipulate the people there into thinking I had malicious intent is rather greatly despicable and very uncalled for. Instead of being helpful to the situation and addressing the errors positively you let your emotions overtake you and tried to paint both me and Maniac in a negative light.
Also why should Maniac delete his own article on his own website when he is clearly stating his own opinion about this Junior Idol fiasco just to conform to some butthurt individual who seems to take an issue with something against his own opinion? Ridiculous. You guys must have totally missed or worse disregarded the entire part where he is basically speaking positive about her achievements and telling people to acknowledge her and support her at best. I deleted my post due to the fact that I was practically being attacked over something that I was basically trying to make an honest unbiased effort on and never thought it would spring about these emotions from individuals and explode to such magnitude. LOL. Maniac should not have to delete how he feels just because someone is unhappy with his opinion. That is ludicrous.
boo hoo Viz mistranslated a little as he rush jobbed it and some people got the wrong end of the stick, its not the end of the world, mike cleared up any misunderstandings and we are all alot wiser to what she meant in the original statement she made. isnt that what we should take from this? that she is ok? that she is positive? that she is looking forward to her future career and her signing with kings records? or just that Japanese is a complete mess to decipher sometimes and were going to be unforgiving if lord forbid one of us makes a mistake trying to enthusiastically translate something for those that cant at all.
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