Double Planet Episode 5

Double Planet
Episode 5: "Today, miracles begin to happen"
Satoru Aono (Furuta Jun & Kanda Yota / Radio Shonan personality)

My high school has finally started online classes.

If you have a smartphone or computer, you can take classes.
The teachers are still feeling their way around, and for now they are only broadcasting two 45-minute lessons per day.
Yesterday we had English and Japanese.
It was a strange feeling to have around 300 second-year students all watching the same lesson at the same time.
I'm sure there were some people who didn't listen seriously, but I listened seriously.
If I write like that, people might mistake me for a serious student, so I'll be honest.

Aono Satoru is "definitely" starting to change.

It may sound exaggerated, but even though this is how things are every day,
When I started making music, life became a little more fun.
With the world in this state, how important is this "little thing"?
I feel this deeply in my own way.

Next year I'll probably be a student taking entrance exams too.

Studying for the entrance exams may be necessary, but more than that (I'm by no means at the level where I can say this, but whatever, I'll say it anyway), I feel like I'm starting to understand the meaning of studying for myself as a musician.

First, English.

Up until now, I've only listened to Western music. Even though I like it, I prioritize melody over anything else.
I've always loved Western music with cool melodies, but recently I've also become interested in the lyrics.
This was also largely due to the fact that I wanted to try writing lyrics myself.
If you try looking up your favorite Western music online, you'll find a variety of translations. Sometimes people who like the song will translate it based on their own interpretation. There are subtle differences due to differences in nuance, so it's hard to understand. Ah, so it's my own interpretation. With that in mind, I started translating my favorite Western music based on my own interpretation. The lyrics of Western music are often written in very simple English, so even someone like me can just about manage as long as I understand the grammar and English vocabulary. The song I'm currently trying to translate is "Don't Look Back into the Sun" by The Libertines, one of my favorites.

And this was the subject that led to a fateful encounter: Japanese language.

That day, standing at the podium on my smartphone was a male teacher in his 50s named "Sawamura," who had just started teaching at my high school this semester. He looked chubby, and even though it was spring, sweat was pouring down his forehead like a waterfall. Classes hadn't even started yet.

Naturally, everyone in the class group LINE chat started making fun of me.

"What's with him?! (lol)"
"It's midsummer!!"
"It's gross though lol"

Sawamura, the teacher, is not exactly a dandy. To put it bluntly, he has a dull appearance.

"Hello everyone, it's Sawamura.
Originally, I was supposed to teach in front of everyone in the same classroom.
However, given the current situation, I am now speaking via live broadcast via camera.
I'm teaching modern Japanese, and today I'd like to introduce some of my favorite words.

With that, Mr. Sawamura grabbed a piece of white chalk and began writing something in large letters across the entire blackboard, with great concentration.

With this development, the group LINE is not keeping quiet.

"I've seen this kind of thing in old TV dramas."
"Kinpachi?!"
"What's that?"
"I don't know."
"The sweat on your back looks like the Americas lol"
"No, that's the African continent lol"

I got tired of reading LINE any further and started looking at what Sawamura-sensei was writing.

"Just walk alone like a rhinoceros horn. With dignity!"

A 19-character sentence that spans the entire length of the blackboard.
After finishing writing, he wiped the sweat off his face with a hand towel and began speaking.

"Walk alone like a rhinoceros horn.
These are words of the Buddha that appear in the Sutta Nipata.
The metaphor of a rhinoceros's horn means "loneliness."
In short, don't be afraid of loneliness.
Nowadays, you can easily connect with others in various ways, such as LINE.
If that doesn't work out, you might feel lonely.
But I think it's okay to try to love even that kind of loneliness.
This may be my own defense as I am still single.
Hahahahaha"

I guess the idea was to get laughs there.
In the classroom where only Sawamura-sensei was present, a hollow sound of self-laughter echoed.

"And the words, 'With dignity!'
Does anyone know this?
In fact, there is a legendary professional baseball player named Sawamura Eiji who has the same last name as the teacher.
It's his favorite phrase. He always adds "With dignity!" to the end of every sentence.
There's something noble about this phrase, and it's also uplifting.
I really like it, and my teacher often wears it too.
You may be spending a lot of time alone right now.
Try to love even that loneliness with dignity."

I was emotionally moved by it all by myself.
These words were a relief to me, as I was trying to make music all by myself.
As soon as class ended, I opened my lyrics notebook and began writing freely.
There is no correct answer.
Kanda-san from "Love & Music" said that it's okay to start writing lyrics like a diary. I think I just wanted to write down the feelings that welled up in my heart like a diary. After I finished writing all the way to the end, I decided on the title.

"Miraculous Words"

Gather up and arrange the scattered dreams
If we take a concrete form and look at the current situation again,
The miraculous words I encountered

If you chant prayers to me and the horse's ears
There are times when it really shakes your heart.
Meetings are always sudden.

"Don't lose, always win! With dignity!!"
"Not just to win, but to do it coolly! With dignity!!"
Blooming, miraculous words

Let's pass it on to future generations and leave it behind
As Sawamura said, I have my own way too.
Let's raise our voices now in full bloom

"Don't lose, always win! With dignity!!"
"Not just to win, but to do it coolly! With dignity!!"
Blooming, miraculous words

I'm the hero, I'm good
If you think like that, courage will come out of you

"Don't lose, always win! With dignity!!"
"Not just to win, but to do it coolly! With dignity!!"
"Don't lose, always win! With dignity!!"
Blooming, miraculous words

"to be continued"

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