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Watering Ducklings, Hilda calendar art

Happy 37th anniversary of X's debut!!

¡¡Feliz 37 aniversario del debut de X!!

"If I remember correctly, we first met (with hide) over ten years ago at Penta Studio in Ikebukuro. By that time, I had already left X after working on "SKULL THRASH ZONE" (a Victor Entertainment compilation), and hide had come in to take my place, but they needed one more guitarist. They called me, and I came to the studio. That's where I was introduced to him. I had known Kyo-chan before, but while he was playing in Saber Tiger, I didn't see him very often, so I didn't know hide personally either.

I think Yoshiki introduced him to me and said "hide-chan," but I didn't hear the name properly, and I didn't ask for clarification — so I spent the whole day thinking, "How am I supposed to address him?" — and just went around in confusion, calling out to him "Hey, hey, hey."