Through the eyes of Merry (メリーの目)
Playback Part 2 - "Fantastic Dawn"
written by Yuu / published in Fool's Mate Vol.256 February 2003 / translation by eurydike
I had been torn.
To continue with music? Or to stop?
My former band had split up, I was tired of human relations, I was even tired of women (bitter smile)...that was what bothered me day in, day out.
One day, I got a call from a band buddy. He invited me to form a band with him. It was Gara, and we had already been thinking about making a band together before.
To be honest, I was glad, but also perplexed...
That’s why I couldn’t give him a clear answer at this point.
I was troubled though and thought things over for about a month...and then, thanks to his invitation, I decided to go on with bands and to go to Tokyo for the second time...but I have to talk about the two weeks when I was still in Shikoku here.
Gara and I called each other every day to discuss how our band should be like. Who could we invite as fellow members? What music would we want to play? What style would we want to have?
It felt so incredibly great to form a new band from zero.
During all our discussions, a certain person came into my mind. Nero, the drummer of Gara’s former band. He had always seemed unique at Lives, and I was truly fascinated by him.
I told Gara about my idea, but he didn’t show a lot of interest. I knew he and Nero weren’t on particularly bad terms though, so I did what I had to do: I invited Nero into our band.
As I talked to Nero again after that long time [Note: Since Yuu last saw him and spoke to him], I realised that he hadn’t changed at all. He was very motivated as well, and we three grew together at a good pace.
Then, after these two weeks, I decided to go to Tokyo again...