Girls Locks! Maki as guest on Nanami’s show
// December 27th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Interviews
It’s been a while that I had to translate a snippet from Girls Locks!
Last week Maki made a guest appearance on Sakuraba Nanami’s segment and here is what I can translate from the little transcript that got posted on the site of Tokyo FM.
I’m sorry for any mistakes, but I wasn’t able to go through it again to correct typos and grammatical mistakes.
12/15 [Horikita Maki]
"Hello everyone! I haven’t been on here for a while. I’m Horikita Maki."
Why did she come on the show last week? SCHOOL OF LOCK released their new book called "DAYS3" and the two girls did a photo shooting together for it. That’s more than enough reason to get Maki on the show. ^^
| [Nanami] | You know, that magazine that we have read during the photo shooting, it was really interesting, wasn’t it? |
| [Maki] | It hasn’t been that long since then, but I have to say that Nanami has become a lot more mature again. The magazine that we have read… Oh, right. (laughs) We can’t say what it was about here now, though. Back then we also talked about school, dorms and GIRLS LOCKS!. |
| [Nanami] | There is another very important reason why Horikita Maki, the honorary president of the Books Club, is here. We are currently accepting original novels for the 2nd Aoikisho teenage literary Rookie of the Year Award. I read the winner of the first awards, "Kodoku Hoshi", as well… I was really amazed that other pupils at the same age as me are able to write such novels. Maki-san, how was it to read all those novels for the first awards? |
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| [Maki] | The first awards… receiving all the works from our listeners… I was really worried… However, there have been so many superb works. It was really worthwhile reading them and it became a very fun memory for me. Nanami, you read "Kodoku Hoshi". How was it? |
| [Nanami] | The unexpected development really surprised me!!! |
| [Maki] | I know what you mean. It’s all thanks to that unique atmosphere of Aokisho that we got stories with such unexpected developments and so on. That’s why I’m totally looking forward to the 2nd awards!!! The theme this time is "The scribble that changed the world." That sounds like fun. Nanami, what comes to your mind when hearing the theme? |
| [Nanami] | ???????? Uhm…. I… A scribble that came to light after the center of the earth got torn apart… |
| [Maki] | Ehhhhhh? That would be "The scribble that destroyed the world", right? (laughs) |
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| [Nanami] | Oh. I guess you are right~ (laughs) How about you? |
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| [Maki] | I really don’t have a clue, but I always scribbled on the desk at school. What if one of those harmless scribbles would cause a huge uproar around the world? That kind of feeling, maybe. |
| [Nanami] | Well then, how about giving our listeners who want to participate at the Aokisho awards a message? |
| [Maki] | That’s a good idea~ There was an amazing response towards the first Aokisho awards. Writing a novel might seem like something really difficult, but everything starts with a challenge and I want you to send your works SCHOOL OF LOCK! !!! |
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| [Nanami] | We have only been talking about SCHOOL OF LOCK! up to now, but what about you? What have you been doing these days? |
| [Maki] | These days I’m filming for TBS’ Sunday dorama "Tokujou Kabachi". It will start airing next year on January 17 at 9pm. |
| [Nanami] | So you have to get at the set when it’s still dark outside and go back home when it’s dark again. |
| [Maki] | Exactly. (laughs) |
| [Nanami] | What kind of role do you play? |
| [Maki] | Do you know what a notary public does? |
| [Nanami] | Not at all. |
| [Maki] | It’s like a lawyer, but you don’t stand in a courtroom. The difference is that you mainly work on making documents. You can consult a notary public much more at ease than a lawyer, I think. |
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| [Nanami] | Is it difficult? |
| [Maki] | It is~ There are so many technical terms… Besides, I haven’t really done that many roles as a working adult so far. This role is yet another big challenge for me. |
| [Nanami] | I’ll work hard as well!!! Thank you very much for today. Maki-san, will you attend tomorrow’s Girls Locks! again? |
| [Maki] | Yes!!! Principle and vice principle, please help me out tomorrow again!!! |
12/16 [Horikita Maki 2]
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| [Nanami] | All right, let’s get to the introduction right away. She is here at the girls class for the 2nd consecutive day. |
| [Maki] | Good evening, I’m Horikita Maki. |
| [Both] | Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu. |
| [Nanami] | Okay, speaking of Maki-san, today we gonna talk about something related to Maki-san’s position as the honorary president of the Books Club again. Before you graduated, you established the "Future Library" asking people to tell us which book they would like to send to their future selves. Even after you graduated, people still sent in messages related to the Future Library and occassionally posted it on the web. Since you are here today, I’d like to introduce a couple of those messages first. |
| [Maki] | Okay. |
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| [Nanami] |
(From Yokohama city / Nickname: Sora) Maki-san, did you read this book? |
| [Maki] | This one… I think I’ve read it halfway through. I’m probably going to continue reading it now. |
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| [Nanami] |
I’m a senior high school student, so I guess I’ll have to read it too. Let’s continue. (From Ishikawa / Nickname: Mukka) How about this book? |
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| [Maki] | I’ve read this book. The composition of the story is very fun to read, there are many petty yet interesting parts and even a lot of surprises. I simply remember it as a book that was a lot of fun to read. I can totally understand Mukka-kun’s opinion. It’s the same for me, I always get a much better understanding of the content when rereading a book that I’ve read a long time ago. |
| [Nanami] | I want to read books, too. |
| [Maki] | You don’t read??? |
| [Nanami] | The actions of the protagonist and stuff like that, I always mix them up in my head. |
| [Maki] | I see. Of course there are books where it’s important to follow the actions of the characters, but there are also books more similar to poems. Maybe you should start reading such genres first? |
| [Nanami] | Maybe I should. |
| [Maki] | I can give you some recommendations, if you want. |
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| [Nanami] | It was probably so much trouble for you to get the time to appear on this show and now it even turns into a private consultation… |
| [Maki] | It’s fine with me, so don’t worry!!! |
| [Nanami] | I… can’t bring it to a conclusion… |
| [Maki] | What do you mean? |
| [Nanami] | When I’m talking, I can’t get to a conclusion. |
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| [Maki] | Ah~ I’m not that good with that either. However, surprisingly we get a lot of chances to talk in public. Stage greetings and stuff like that… You try to come up with a perfect comment, but then you completely blank out and end up saying something hastily. In those situations it might be better to only think about the things you really want to talk about, instead of forming a perfect comment. And reading books might actually increase your vocabulary. |
| [Nanami] | Huh… I guess it’s really a good thing to read books… I’ll try my best!!! Thank you very much for your 2nd day here at Girls Locks!. |
| [Maki] | It really was a lot of fun. I’m thankful that I was able to return here at least once. I hope I’ll be able to visit you again!!! |
| [Nanami] | Yes, you have to!!! |
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