2008/06/03＊Takuro
「Something standing inside the ring」
Today we did a run-through rehearsal of the set for “Mujuuryoku no Cube.” In other words, we played exactly how we’d play at the show itself. No pictures unfortunately (it’s not just the kanji conversion function, the picture quality also sucks on this phone. I think I’ll buy a digital camera.) but everyone was naturally taking it seriously. Especially so for Kazuhiko. We’ll leave it at that. It was good.
Now then, the special feature of our show this time around, it’s the fact that there’ll be an actual “Mujuuryoku no Cube” (Zero Gravity Cube) there. We made a cube inside AX that’s 5 meters in height, width, length and all those things, and it’s completely weightless. We also brought it out for our rehearsal today. Ahh, it’s something truly magnificent. How great is it that we’d actually get something like that made out of a title we spent such a long time thinking about. As we were in our rehearsal studio having a break, several men (carpenters) came in, put together a wooden frame in which they inserted black glass, in addition to which they covered it with black cloth. One man, a researcher — probably the only person who understood the structure of the cube — was silently keeping time while looking at his wristwatch. However, it didn’t look like a countdown or anything like that. If I counted correctly, he stopped at a seemingly rather arbitrary number of 32, or perhaps 33, and said “Alright, that’s good! Remove ’em!” That being their signal, the carpenters removed the black cloth in one go. The studio resounded with shouts of joy — it was the magnificent Zero Gravity Cube. It didn’t look much different to how it did before they covered it with the black cloth. It was just a cube of wooden frame and black glass. However, everyone in the room shared the same sentiment: “There’s no mistaking it, this is the Zero Gravity Cube” they said. I have no idea what it’s used for. The researcher was signaling people to get in. Our manager, actually going inside the cube, was excitedly saying “This is awesome!! I mean, the ××× has changed into ●●●●… dude!” You guys must be tired of reading this. Everyone, please confirm what I’ve just said by yourselves, too. Or, well, that’s what I’d like to say, but all that I’ve said concerning the cube so far has just been an unfunny joke. Just me killing time. It would’ve been just fine to not read any of this, but instead you spent your time going through it. I’m sorry. I was actually given birth through the mouth, and that’s the truth. No, it’s a lie, just a lie. Really a complete lie. No good. I’m getting tired as well.
We’ll be making a radio appearance tomorrow night (this one’s not a lie).
