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D Flower Stand Project 2019○「Artistic Radiant Dream」Tour Final

Flower Stand Project 2019

日本語はこちら→D フラワースタンド企画○「Artistic Radiant Dream」ファイナル - The Night of Children

Recently I (@cmr410)casually tweeted that I wished to send a flower stand to D and to my surprisep a lot of people responded positively to my plan! We will be sending a flower stand and an album to D on final show of 3 headliners tour "Artistic Radiant Dream"
This is a project where D fans unite and show our support to D for their 20th anniversary determination!


　
Looking for participants worldwide！！　
Join before 12/15



Please register from the link below!!
https://forms.gle/mRSerfZThzYmYSYc9


The page will ask you a name you would like us to put in a list of participans. (Nickname is also welcome!)
Also, you will be ask to put down your contact details of LINE ID, Twitter ID or email adress.

You could also ask myself （@cmr410 ）in person at one of shows that I attend to join this project



Flower Stand

（Venue＆eventer approved/Booked a florist）

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Japanese flower stands here are some ideas.
Flower Stands seen at Visual kei concert venues


●Lookong for a design ideas　Collecting until 11/10
We want your ideas to decide how to arrange the whole flower stand!

I'm considering sending the stand as
『薔薇の申し子有志一同』
bara no moushigo (D fans name) yushi ichido
From a group of D fans

These are some rough ideas that I have right now

  • The base colour will be Justice colour (silver) and include all the member colours (blue, green, red and yellow)
  • Include a illustration panel of members in new single's theme
  • Include a message to support D for their challenge for 20th anniversary

↓Some rough drawings of the design. Please give us your idea!!!

The budget for the flower stand is around 60,000 yen.


The venue adviced that they are part of a shopping complex so the size of the stand has to be the standard size. So please avoid design ideas that spreads wide (e.g. requires two or more consective stands) or excessive decoration.

※Standard size is one stand. It can have one or two layers.
Standard size
Two layers

●Looking for a illustrator for the panel　

Show your interests by 11/5
Will be announced soon

Please message めりあ(Melian) directly via your preferred contact method. If there are multiple candidates, we will be deciding the illustrator by votes from the project participants.


● I am looking for volunteers to help run this project with me as well. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact me （@cmr410）

Side projects

An Album

I am planning to gather messages and illustrations from all the project participants to make an album.


Structure ideas for the album pages

  • List of participants
  • Messages to D
  • Illustrations of D
  • 2019 D's memorial page (e.g. collage)

You can send messages and illustrations via internet to me. (I will update here when I organise upload link)

A banner (pending)

Suggested by an overseas fan.

It would be perfect if a banner could travel each venues of this winter and collect names and messages from all the people who are going to see D.


This project will include people not only the participants of the flower stand project but all the fans who are going to attend D's shows. Part of a fund collected fron this project will be used on this as well.



If a banner was difficult to organise, we are planning to a small message board on each venues or only at the final venue.


Participation Fee

●2,500 yen per person


I did a poll asking people's budget before officially start this project and results were below.



You can also donate more than 2500 yen. The extra donation will be 500yen per ticket if you pay via the website.

※All the participants will be treated fairly regardless of the amount of donation.

Payment methods

●Pay directly to the organiser in person
Venues that I accepts payment
手渡しできる場所

  • 11/2 Shinjuku BLAZE メトロノーム FEST.2019 黒の日-ウィスヌ-
  • 11/10 FC only＆Online salon only shows
  • 11/15 ARD Yokohama（After show only）
  • 11/22,23 ARD Sendai（At the concert or outstore event）
  • 12/6 ARD Saitama

This is a schedule as of 10/29 and possibly more venues will be added.
I will consider direct payment outside of these dates.(Tokyo and surrounded areas only)


People who lives far, difficult to make payment in person or living overseas, please use the payment methods below.


●Bank Transfer
If you prefer a bank transfer please send message to the organiser (Melian)


●Peatix (online payment service) 11/3〜12/15

Dフラワースタンド企画 2019 #1 | Peatix

The website supports one of the following

  • credit card
  • convenience store payment (Japan only)
  • Payal

(The organiser of the project will cover the system fee)







The funds will be used on following.

  • A flower stand
  • Album making
  • Banner project（pending）

If there were excess fund, we may spend them to purchase a gift to D.



Details of expenses (Total funds, breakdowns and receipts) will be released to all the participants.




This project is organised by fans. We have no relationships with D/GOD CHILD RECORDS as well as the venues and the tour eventer. Please contact the organiser (めりあ Twitter @cmr410) if you have any concerns.

D フラワースタンド企画○「Artistic Radiant Dream」ファイナル

Flower Stand Project 2019

English page - D Flower Stand Project 2019○「Artistic Radiant Dream」Tour Final - The Night of Children

先日Twitterで何気なくお花を贈りたいとツイートをしたところ、想像以上の反響をいただいたのでDへフラワースタンドを贈る企画をすることになりました！来月から始まる３マンツアー『Artistic Radiant Dream』のツアーファイナルでDの今回のシングルをイメージしたお花とアルバムを、決意表明を応援するメッセージと一緒に贈りませんか？


参加者募集！！　
12/15まで



参加をする場合は下記のリンクへどうぞ
Register from the link below!!
https://forms.gle/mRSerfZThzYmYSYc9



リンク先では参加者一覧へ記載希望のお名前を伺います。（ペンネーム歓迎！）
また連絡先としてTwitterのID・LINE ID・メールアドレスのいずれかをご記入しください。



めりあ（@cmr410 ）へ直接の参加表明も可能です。Dのライブ会場でお気軽にお声掛けください(^^)

フラワースタンド

（会場＆主催許可済/お花屋さん仮予約済・近日詳細発表）
●デザイン募集　11/10まで
フラワースタンドの配置や配色を一緒に考えて色々と案を出して決めるつもりです！

今のところ『薔薇の申し子有志一同』としてお花を送ることを検討しています。


いま考えている大まかな案→

  • ジャスティスカラーベースでメンバーカラーをすべて取り入れる
  • 今回のシングルをテーマにしたメンバーのイラストパネルを添える
  • 文字パネルに最大領域への挑戦を応援するメッセージ

↓意見を聞くためにラフ画にまとめました！






フラワースタンドは6万円前後の予算で考えています。



会場に問い合わせたところ商業施設の一部のため一般的なフラワースタンドの大きさなら問題ないとのことでしたので横に伸びるようなデザイン（2連以上）または過度な装飾のご提案はお控えください。


●パネルイラストの絵師さん募集　11/5まで
近日中に絵師さんを発表いたします！

直接めりあへ連絡をお願いします。数人希望が出た場合は参加者のみなさまから投票をしてもらい決めようと思います。


●その他、企画のお手伝いをしてくださる方も募集しています。質問や提案などございましたら、めりあ（@cmr410）へご連絡ください。

連動企画

アルバム

フラスタ企画参加者からのメッセージやイラストを1冊のアルバムにまとめたいと思っております

構成案

  • 参加者一覧
  • Dへのメッセージ
  • Dのイラスト
  • コラージュなど今年のD思い出ページ


手渡しの他にデータとしてメッセージやイラストをを受付けます。
（送付先は決まり次第こちらのページに載せます）


寄せ書きバナー（未定）

海外のファンの方からの提案です。


ツアーを一緒にバナーに回ってもらって各会場でライブに参加されるお客様から名前や簡単なメッセージを寄せ書きしてもらいたいです。


こちらの企画はフラスタ企画参加者のみならずライブ参戦をする方を対象に行う予定ですが、フラスタ企画で集まった経費の一部をあてて行う予定です。



バナーが難しい場合は各会場もしくはファイナル会場のみで寄せ書きをしてもらうことを考えています。


参加費

●1人あたり2500円

企画始動をするにあたって実施したアンケートに基づいて参加費を決定いたしました。


2500円以上の寄付も可能です。サイト経由の場合は一口500円から追加を受け付けております。※寄付の量で待遇は変わることはありません。

入金方法

●めりあに直接手渡し
手渡しできる場所

  • 11/2 新宿BLAZE メトロノーム FEST.2019 黒の日-ウィスヌ-
  • 11/10 FC限定＆サロン限定ライブ
  • 11/15 ARD 新横浜（終演後）
  • 11/22,23 ARD 仙台（ライブもしくはアウトストア）
  • 12/6 ARD さいたま新都心

今現在の参戦予定ですので参戦会場が増える可能性もございます。
その他都合が合えば都内近郊での手渡しも受け付けています。

遠方にお住まいの方、会場で直接手渡しが困難な方、海外在住の方は下記の方法で入金可能です。

●銀行振込
ご希望の方は主催へ直接DMを送ってください。

●サイト経由Peatix(支払い期間11/3〜12/15)

Dフラワースタンド企画 2019 #1 | Peatix

クレジットカード、コンビニ払い、Paypal対応
(手数料主催負担)






資金は

  • フラワースタンド
  • アルバム制作
  • バナー制作（未定）

にすべて使用いたします。


すべて使用した上でもしも超過分が出た場合は有志からDへのプレゼントの購入に使用するつもりです。


集金額、内訳、領収書は参加者すべてに開示いたします。





本企画はファン有志が企画したものです。D及びGod Child Records並びに各会場、ツアー主催とは一切関係ありません。お問い合わせはこちら（めりあ Twitter @cmr410）までお願いします。

Determination by D announced on 2019/10/20 show

I apologise first that the lack of updapte on this blog. I would like to update more translates soon. Especially after the show tonight, I really felt like I had to put more time into this blog.

Also sorry if there is any typos or grammatical errors. I don't even know if the whole thing make sense to you guys. But my brain is overloaded tonight that I don't even think I understood the whole situation...



After tonight's show I thought this needs to be shared ASAP as I want all fans of D to know what they have decided with their future.


It is hard to put them together in one sentence as ASAGI and the members shared a lot of information during the show. I could see that It was really hard for ASAGI to tell this to fans as well as to D's memberes.



All the tiny details aside,

Here is what you need to know.
  • D is going to "challenge the maximum" on their 20th anniversary year (2023)



Little more details from tonight's announcement.
  • ASAGI has been thinking of taking some rest or even retirement
  • Last time D was in hiatus they had to go back active in a year because of some financial issues
  • ASAGI thought that if D ever broke up it wasn't the right time to do so
  • Members had meeting and decided to continue at least till 20th anniversary and to "challenge the maximum"
  • They haven't decided what will happen after 20th anniversary year


There were so many things that went through my head when I was listening to ASAGI. It was almost like he didn't even practice what he was going to say. He just told everything that was in his mind.


Many fans were in tears and I also cried during their encore sets. The new single is a part of Vampire Story but ASAGI said that this song also depicts their feelings towards this situation. We won't know what will happen but members sounded pretty positive about it. At least though they now have a some sort of objective to work towards.


All the members of D will update their blog soon

I will update more details after their blogs are up.

Deadly Sin - Interview Translates 1

Vampire Story Vampire Story-Chapter Two

Original Interview was published on here↓
https://www.hmv.co.jp/news/article/1811271014/
Please let me know if there is any mistakes in the translation.

Full single commentary

Original Text by ASAGI

Deadly Sin

This song is a sequel to the previous single 「Revive -Kohai Toshi-」 which is the beginning of the 2nd chapter of 'Vampire Story'.

After King Dreizehn's death, Justice and the Four Knights were living as humans. But why did their vampire blood reawaken? The story will progress from this question from the previous single.
Dreizehn who died as a human, was resurrected by a dark force and lost all of his memories.
Because Dreizehn lost his humanity, as well as his memory, his vampire nature turned him into a bloodthirsty and aggressive monster.
Justice and the Four Knights who are in the lineage of the vampire, reunited with Dreizehn in an unwanted way.
This was not the Dreizehn that they remembered, but instead, an insane, cold-blooded evil vampire king.
Justice figured that his father had lost his memory, so he continued searching for the whereabouts of Dreizehn with the Four Knights.
Was he going to sacrifice people and ignore the bloodshed to save his beloved father, or kill his own father in order to save the world?
When he thought of what his father wishes, there was only one answer there.
Justice has decided to kill his own father which would be the "Daizai(Deadly Sin)" that he bears for the rest of his life.
This song's title "Deadly Sin" means Daizai.
Dreizehn's sin is committing mass murder, although Justice hasn't committed any crime, patricide would be a deadly sin, so I chose this title.

STAR SAPPHIRE

This song's main character is Kircheis, one of the Four Knights.
Between the time of the previous song 「Revive -Kohai Toshi-」and this song「Deadly Sin」, the Four Knights had complicated thoughts.
When fellow vampires celebrated the joy of turning into humans Kircheis felt complicated.
After the incident of Martisor (She was used by her loved one, got betrayed and became ash), his hatred for humans was greater than ever.
Therefore, turning back into a human, which he thinks are a pathetic race was nothing but a pain for him.
It was unpleasant knowing that human blood was running through his own body, and he became sick of human life as well as the powerlessness.
So it was the greatest joy for him that his vampire blood was awakened again. Because for Kircheis, being human isn't being true to himself, but being a vampire is.
Vampires live forever.
Endless time will pass them. Even if Dreizehn forgot the time that the two of them spent together, Kircheis swears that he will spend time with Dreizehn again and again. Kircheis believes that because there is a deep bond between the two of them, even if they start from the beginning, they would go through the same path again and understand each other. Till the day he remembers the same "sin".

The Secret Rose Garden

This song is written as Carbuncle, one of the Four Knights, the story is between the time of 「Revive」and「Deadly Sin」.
Her parents, as well as her uncle Dreizehn, were humans in the past, but Carbuncle was born as a pure vampire.
As she didn't have a memory, and a past as a human, she had been secretly wanting to be a human and only for 3 years (between 「Dandelion」to「Revive」) her wish to live as a human came true.
There is a baby in her belly, but Carbuncle's vampire blood was awakened again.

What will happen to my child........
In the deep forest, there was a secret garden with beautiful wild roses blooming.
As if there were no visitors there, the trees grew out to every direction so it looked as if it were a maze.
The secret garden is still waiting for me to visit right now, but I cannot seem to get there.

At such time, Carbuncle saw a lovely girl who pushes aside the wild rose bushes which was a vision of herself as a little girl. As she followed the girl, she found herself in a familiar place, "The Secret Rose Garden".
Tracing back her memory, she remembered a taciturn boy. He was a Leidenschaft who was beside her no matter what.
He was a beast who served Carbuncle, who is the vampire princess as well as her childhood friend.
Since he was small, he always served her as her knight and was there for her through the happiest to the saddest of moments. Eventually, the two's strong friendship turned into devotion.
Finally Leidenschaft's love reached to Carbuncle because of his pure and strong dedication to her.
Thinking of Leidenschaft who loved her like that, Carbuncle's gloomy mind seems to be cleared a bit.

It looks like Carbuncle has a strong will to welcome their child into this world. And she swears that one day to visit the secret garden with her husband and her child.

Blood War

The last song is instrumental. The song depicts the Four Knights emotion during the absence of Dreizehn.
「Blood War」means the war between the darkness. But Dreizehn, Justice, Carbuncle, Kircheis, Rafaga, and Wilderness are relatives who are descendants of the first king, Eins.
They also have a deep relationship with Dreizehn who was the first vampire king, and made a blood pact with him, which is why I chose this title.
When there is no light, again in the darkness they fought against them with their weapons, they found their old friend as well as the only king in front of them.
In the disaster of the war, what does the future hold for them? I can see that they all have hope, but facing the mystery.
They have to choose the hardest decision, and when Dreizehn's scream turns into sorrow, they will try to kill their beloved friend.......