Selection of Atsuro’s tweets

  • After the lives were finished, I’ve been in a daze. I forgot about twitter… reminds me of way back, when I once completely burned myself out at a school festival and didn’t go for a week… Sep 7th
  • Today’s Λucifer’s rehearsal and I was wondering how everyone already knew about it. Then I figured it must be the fault of this guitarist companion in front of me!!♪( ´▽｀) — Sep 9th
  • I want to update my blog, too, but I’m busy so I keep putting it off… on that point Twitter is simpler♪ During Λucifer’s time, I did my best with SMS. There’s a stronger sense of closeness now. — Sep 10th
  • Also, today marks Λucifel’s (sic) debut day! We’re breaking into our 11th year. I’m grateful to everyone who still keeps supporting us!! — Sep 15th
  • Hosoki Kazuko tells me that on our 11th year we should rename the band Aucifel (^^;; — Sep 15th
  • Of course, the band’s name is “Λucifer”! Sorry sorry～! — Sep 15th
  • The offer this time, starting tomorrow: Quarter Pounder for ¥200♪───Ｏ（≧∇≦）Ｏ────♪ — Sep 16th
  • As I thought, as per all your wishes, starting tomorrow I’ll be attempting a consecutive Quarter Pounder record…? — Sep 16th
  • For now, I’ll be having a Quarter Pounder tomorrow. There’s only one in a set so I’ll be alright～☆ — Sep 16th
  • Since I didn’t have time to have one during the rehearsals, I’m having a Quarter Pounder now after leaving the studio… delicious☆ — Sep 17th

  • After rehearsal, I’m at Maru-Kin Ramen with Towa and Uecchi for the first time in a while. We’re all having seconds♪( ´▽｀) — Sep 17th

  • Today I don’t feel like eating that… — Sep 18th
  • I’ll skip the Quarter Pounder today～! — Sep 18th
  • Today it’s this! A hamburger steak from a neighborhood Western style restaurant is good no matter where you get it eh～☆ — Sep 18th

  • I’m getting a haircut & coloring now. Having my beloved Premium Malt’s while I do (^з^)-☆ — Sep 19th

  • After the haircut, I found a new hiding place! — Sep 19th

  • Good morning～☆ Sure is hot eh (>_<) There’s lots of things I have to do today so I’ll eat this to get a lot of power ＼(^o^)／ — Sep 22nd

  • That’s the one. A Quarter Pounder～☆ I wonder why you can’t see it in the picture～? I saw it in there though… But it’s not an important picture anyway σ(^_^;) — Sep 22nd
  • I have a feeling I won’t be able to eat those from tomorrow onwards, so I went ahead and had sushi today. From tomorrow onwards it’s just going to be stomach medicine and spicy food. Last time me and YUKI-chan had tom yum goong every day so I’m prepared for that this time, too～☆ — Sep 22nd
  • Heading towards Narita now after just one hour of sleep… I predict I’ll be sleeping like a baby on the plane σ(^_^;) — Sep 23rd
  • South wing now～☆ A different version than YUKI-chan’s picture (^_-) — Sep 23rd

  • Having mango juice. YUKI-chan is drinking root beer ψ(｀∇´)ψ — Sep 23rd

  • TOWA is coming separately so don’t worry～☆ — Sep 23rd
  • There’s lots of rain… will we be able to take off safely?! — Sep 23rd

  • This is our plane. I’m actually very weak at taking offs and landings… — Sep 23rd

  • Our take off was one and a half hours late but we’ve arrived safely! Now at a seafood restaurant. As expected, authentic Thai food is really good☆ But spicy (>_<) — Sep 23rd

  • My throat is sore (>_<) I brought lots of stomach medicine but… my stomach is just fine (lol) So my body is used to that part of Thailand huh ψ(｀∇´)ψ — Sep 24th
  • At a Thai idol shop, there was a 10th anniversary celebratory handmade poster! The dearly missed redhead ATSURO-san σ(^_^;) — Sep 24th

  • Soundcheck done～! My throat’s gotten worse… swallowing hurts too (>_<) — Sep 25th

  • Thai performance over! Somehow I overcame it with fighting spirit☆ — Sep 25th
  • Thanks for all the “good work” messages～☆ — Sep 25th
  • I came back to the hotel without taking part in the wrap-up party. It sucks, too, since I wanted to drink with everyone (>_<) Have to take care of my body… — Sep 25th
  • I got hungry because of this and that so I ordered my loved pad thai from the room service. Some seriously delicious stuff! — Sep 25th

  • My voice won’t come out so I’ll drink medicine and lie down～☆ — Sep 25th
  • Preparing for the Thai fan meeting. My voice is raspy so I sound like Kenji Oshima (lol) — Sep 26th
  • Even though I have some off-time in Thailand, I’m just feeling under the weather at the hotel… Even though I want to eat spicy food and drink Singha beer until sunbreak (>_<) — Sep 27th
  • Since I don’t have anything but stomach medicine, I’ve received lots of throat medicine from the staff & Makoto☆ — Sep 27th
  • Let’s read a book. Lately I’ve been too busy to read a book… Keigo Higashino — Sep 27th

  • Watching F1 Singapore GP’s rebroadcast. All of a sudden, the safety car! This SC sure is cool☆ I know how the race ends but I’m still watching (lol) — Sep 27th

  • My condition was taking a turn for the better but at night I couldn’t stop coughing so I hardly got any sleep (>_<) Today we’re gathering some additional footage so I’ll be doing my best～☆ — Sep 28th
  • As we’re doing a photoshoot with Makoto & YUKI & ATSURO for an article, this person is drinking. A foreign celeb! — Sep 28th

  • Returning to Japan today. YUKI-sama’s completely wasted (lol) — Sep 28th
  • Arrived in Narita～! The air is clean☆ Feels nice to my throat (^ ^) Once I get home, I’ll stop by the hospital… — Sep 29th
  • Sky Tree under construction☆ Saw it from the Express! — Sep 29th

  • Went to the hospital. As the doctor was taking a look, he said “This is bad～” — Sep 29th
  • They put a scope in through my nose and my tear glands wouldn’t stop watering. That’s pretty crazy… “I’m inserting it all the way to the lung～” — Sep 29th
  • “This could turn into pneumonia～” “But my body feels fine though…” “That’s because you’re young. An older person would collapse” — Sep 29th
  • “I’m prescribing you with some pretty strong antibiotics～. Complete bed rest!!” and with that, I’ll be taking it easy for a while (^_-) Everyone, sorry to have troubled you and made you worry m(_ _)m — Sep 29th

Selection of Yuki’s tweets

  • I went to see Acid Black Cherry at Yokohama Arena. It was my first time seeing a full size live from them so I was really moved. It’s risky for my tear glands to think about the QED tour. I’m glad to have seen yasu’s comeback live. Good work to all the members, too～(o^_^o) — Sep 6th
  • Morning (*^_^*) Today’s Λucifer’s Thai rehearsal. I’m glad (the weather) this morning is cool (^o^) The studio is really cold. By the way, my air conditioner isn’t fixed yet (T^T) — Sep 9th
  • Returned from the rehearsal. I’m really really glad it’s not that hot～ (lol) But doing the application for a Visa is such a pain in the ass (T^T) After this I’ll write music for the sake of tomorrow’s recording. Seems like it’ll be a long day tomorrow, too — Sep 9th
  • Phew, I wrote some music～(*^_^*) An 8-minute song with no repeats is difficult (>_<) (Note: …8-minute song with no repeats? Just what band is this?! Rayflower? I need to hear this!) I’ll take a shower and go to sleep… — Sep 9th
  • Morning (*^_^*) Finished setting up at the recording studio (^o^) But I’m tired (T^T) — Sep 10th
  • I’m secluded by myself in the acoustic guitar booth but I really need to go to the toilet (@_@) — Sep 10th
  • Came back from recording. Practicing for the fanclub event in Osaka the day after tomorrow and making guitar parts for the next recording session. I’ll hold out a little longer (^o^) My cooler will get swapped Wednesday (>_<) It’s noisy so I closed the window, and now it’s like a real sauna. — Sep 10th
  • Finished preparing for tomorrow’s recording session～(*^_^*) A 10-minute song and a 9-minute song, looks like it’ll be a long one. Tired today. Gonna sle～ep (-_-)zzz — Sep 12th
  • Finished with one of the songs just now (^o^) I’m concentrating on doing arpeggios on a gut guitar. Starting on the second song now. — Sep 13th
  • Recording’s finally ended. Did some ultra high speed harmonies which felt really good (^o^) That’s prog for you eh. Ah～ Tired～. Sleep (-_-)zzz Night. — Sep 14th
  • Morning. Today’s the day I get my new cooler, as well as Rayflower’s mini-album’s release. I also have a DUSTAR-3 event. And it’s really cold… what the heck’s this… — Sep 15th
  • DUSTAR-3’s event is over (^o^) Really happy to see so many people seem to be listening to Rayflower. It was also Λucifer’s 11th anniversary. Thank you for the congratulatory messages (^o^) — Sep 15th
  • A DUSTAR-3 event today, too. Gotta fix my hair. — Sep 16th
  • Today’s the last rehearsal for Λucifer’s Thai performance. — Sep 17th
  • Atsuro’s reply to above tweet: Done with setting up! Let’s work hard at the rehearsal～☆ — Sep 17th
  • Yuki’s reply to above tweet: Let’s start early. — Sep 17th
  • In the middle of recording. Today’s a 10-minute song (^o^) I’m in a spacious booth by myself, feels quite lonely. — Sep 20th
  • Still recordi～ng. But the song a long one (+_+) Battling with the high speed harmonies. — Sep 20th
  • Mornin’. After this I’ll go make my YUKI-model ear monitors. — Sep 21st
  • Atsuro’s reply to above tweet: Good to hear the ear monitor troops are increasing! If you have any problems, do get in touch～☆(^_-) — Sep 21st
  • Yuki’s reply to above tweet: Thanks. It takes some time to get used to them eh (+_+) I’d rather not use them if possible but if the venue’s really large, they’re kinda necessary right (^o^) — Sep 21st
  • They measured my ear shape (^o^) The last time I just got it over with quickly, but this time I got a properly fitted one (*^_^*) Looking forward to when it’s finished. — Sep 21st
  • Arrived in Narita (^o^) Ended up not sleeping a wink. The airport procedures sure are bothersome eh. Had to take off a lot of stuff at the metal detector. — Sep 23rd
  • Well then～～YUKI～～heading off to Thailand～(*^_^*) — Sep 23rd

  • Arrived in Thailand (^o^) Happy about the fans who were there welcoming us at the airport (*^_^*) — Sep 23rd
  • Arrived in Thailand. Enjoyed Thai food to the fullest. Press conference tomorrow. — Sep 23rd
  • Morning. Having breakfast right now. It’s a good way to wake up. — Sep 24th
  • I’m going to do a little bit of shopping. — Sep 24th
  • Had lunch and now I’m taking it easy. I didn’t leave the house yet as I’m hiding from the hotness indoors. By the way, the cooler in the room has 10 different settings, but why? Because it’s a hot country? (lol) The person in front of me is drinking beer. I feel like drinking too. I want to have a morning beer. — Sep 24th
  • Press conference over (^o^) A lot of people were there. Though we did it in the open air, it was still hot～(+_+) After doing this article for a column, we’ll do a rehearsal for tomorrow’s live. — Sep 24th
  • Rehearsal done (^o^) It was a long day. Tomorrow’s the live. I’ll drink beer, too (^-^)v — Sep 24th
  • Morning. Ate lunch and I’m heading towards the venue. It’s Λucifer’s last. Right now I’m still relaxing. — Sep 25th
  • Arrived at the venue. It’s a big hall. Doing rehearsal with high spirits～ — Sep 25th
  • Morning. The live ended and I got to drank delicious alcohol, a Thai beer called Singha. There’s no alcohol left but there’s still that feeling of wanting to drink after a live. Heading off to the fan meeting. — Sep 26th
  • Morning. Yesterday we did a final wrap-up party with all the staff. During the party there was a lot of thunder and rain. I might’ve drank a little bit too much (lol) Mai-Maow! — Sep 27th
  • Arrived in Pattaya (^-^)v We got on the statue and shot some guns, too. Having lunch right now (*^_^*) Mai-maow means “I’m not drunk!” (^o^) — Sep 27th
  • Returned to the hotel. The weather in Thailand right now is cool, but I’m sweating because of green curry, tom yum goong and other super spicy foods. It was delicious. — Sep 27th
  • Mornin’ (^o^) I’ve returned to Japan. Ahh, it was truly enjoyable～(*^_^*) Well, I’m completely exhausted though (lol) Thank you very much to all the Thais, too. — Sep 29th
  • Arrived at my house. When you get back to your home after a while, you can clearly sense the smell of your home. The smell of sweet osmanthus also calms me down. It’s Autumn, eh. By the way, I’m not completely wasted (-｡-)y-ﾟﾟﾟ Just a little bit tipsy (lol) — Sep 29th

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