Dear Loser:

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X no Sei to Shi: Part three, chapter fourteen “The last stage.”

It got the the point where there were only three days until I would leave X. After playing three days at Tokyo Dome, January 5th, 6th, and 7th of 1992, I would no longer be in X.

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X no Sei to Shi: Part three, chapter thirteen “The principle of equality.”

Looking back now, “Blue Blood” was where everything started going downhill.

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X no Sei to Shi: Part three, chapter twelve “Myself, unchanged.”

I think it’s actually that men never change.

Somehow even after becoming famous I didn’t change. Even after our major debut, my life may have made a 180 degree turn, but I fundamentally was not able to change.

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X no Sei to Shi: Part three, chapter eleven “Troublemaker.”

At the end of our three days in Tokyo Dome, I withdrew from X.

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X no Sei to Shi: Part three, chapter ten “Living in the moment.”

The most severe injury I had was one that required 14 stitches in my arm.

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X no Sei to Shi: Part three, chapter nine “Destruction band.”

“Men get serious when they have to.” That is the theory behind X.

At the time we formed, we were very quick to fight. This feeling wasn’t a leftover fragment- it remained strong with us.

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X no Sei to Shi: Part three, chapter eight “Revolution.”

Honestly speaking, it was a harsh period. Rock music in the era in which we started our band was not yet mainstream.