【Album concept】 Children in Showa era(Japanese era 1926-1989) were vaguely imagining the rosy future in 21st century where everyone lives comfortably with a smile in a bright society. Now, what about the 21st century that has arrived? It may have become comfortable. But when it comes to rosy, I don't think so.I personally feel the air that seems to be choking because innocent personality and prominent behavior are considered semi-evil. It may have been a sudden event since last year, but we can no longer smile at each other. It's like a dystopia that George Orwell foresaw. If this disaster is put to an end a few years later, I can't help but terrify just by imagining what the future holds for us at that time. We have chosen an easy path named rich and comfortable. But I think. I think that life is only when there is suffering. To gain a harvest, people have to work hard to cultivate the fields. People are born and die, and in the meantime they experience many farewells and become affectionate. People learn to forgive others from sadness and suffering and become able to respect each other. In a way, suffering may be the happiness.The suffocation these days must seem like the result of pushing (or being directed to) the hardships to the corner. Perhaps bitterness and comfort are two sides of the same coin. Only when there is suffering can the comfort shine and we feel happy.In this album, I want to draw the sadness and suffering in life, the worst future map, the wrong choice in the sense of being human, etc. with a hard sound. Of course, I will take great care not to give up a specific event so as not to be unnecessarily critical. From a modern point of view, if I could sing universal things, it would be a great success. By the way, “KURAKU” is also the name of a popular literary magazine(Japanese) before and after the war. Ranpo Edogawa's "The Human Chair" was published in this magazine. I thought it was interesting and suitable as the next work of the previous album “SHIN SEINEN”, so I proposed this title. Shinji.Wajima

@fabios.8153

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome meaning. Respect to you and your crew! Love your music and lyrics.

@mihaz1193

2 жыл бұрын

It's been over an Year I've discovered you, knowing that Japanese people have a very respectable metal culture ( being a metal head myself I like to search for different sounds ) . What really pops up when listening to your music is a great dedication and it gets even better when you actually "listen" to the words and concepts expressed. Props to you all, and cheers from Italy. You are doing great!

@cosmicman621

2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed your song and words...I feel I understand your introduction to the album.Yes...you are a deep thinker and there is ..power..and ..SINCERETY..in your ..Art and therefore in your life.Safe Passage and Bright Moments to you and the Band.From Australia🐝🌈💫

@Valseil

2 жыл бұрын

This hit deeper than my blunt. God...

@lauragarrard919

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you,brother.

''There is no good old heavy metal anymore. It's dead...'' Ningen Isu: ''Hold my sake!''

1st time: Wow 3rd time: the lyrics are good 10th time: can't stop listening 100th time: Toshishun

So grateful that English-speakers are getting a chance to see this incredible band in their never-ending prime.

@graywolf0026

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't need to understand the lyrics to know that these were songs with depth to them. Especially when each song has all the hallmarks of being six plus minute mini-opera's.

@JonathanKillstring

2 жыл бұрын

@@graywolf0026 oh for sure. More that just a year or two ago, they were all but unknown in English speaking countries. And I'm so glad to have discovered them

@War624

2 жыл бұрын

@@JonathanKillstring I only just found them last year. My Japanese band listening was only Galneryus, Babymetal, and Sex Machineguns. Then I started listening to Band-Maid, and I've just spiraled into a Japanese rock/metal hole. TRiDENT, Unlucky Morpherus, Oral Cigarettes, Bridear, and many more.

@davidcantu8720

2 жыл бұрын

@@War624 Loudness has always been a favorite of mine, and they go back to the 1970s as well. I just also discovered Ningen Isu and love them!

@JonathanKillstring

2 жыл бұрын

@@War624 Dude, yes. Band-Maid is SO GOOD it's unreal

Me 3 years ago: "Shabadabadia, Shabadabadia, Shabadabadia, Babababa!" Me today: "TOSHISHUN! TOSHISHUN!"

@nadimmahmud277

Жыл бұрын

your comment made my day bruh XD

@Maurice75

10 күн бұрын

Read you comment today Man, thank you! I laughed so hard my heart skipped a beat and my boss asked me if I was dying.....

日本語って、こんなに美しくて 機微に富んだ言語だったのか。

人間椅子さん、お名前は音楽雑誌等で30年前から知っておりましたが、初めてこちらで拝見させて頂きました。 こんな凄いバンドになっていたのですね。本当に尊敬します。 海外コメントが長文ばかりで、愛されていると分かります。 ビジュアルも、サムライギタリストとボーズベーシスト、極道ドラマーという感じでめちゃめちゃカッコ良いです！ この3人組で、50歳を過ぎてから世界に殴り込みをかけるなんて凄い境地に踏み出されましたね。 日本人として誇りに思います。ありがとうございます。

異端者の悲しみにも通じるラストの展開にホッとするというか、クイーン的というか未来は捨てたもんじゃないよね、きっと

涙でる。みんな健やかであって欲しい。

みんなありがとう！ このような日本人以外のファンのことを考えてくれて本当にありがとう！ Thanks guys! I really appreciate that you think about us non Japanese fans like this!

@onclesam1463

2 жыл бұрын

同感です !

30年間、聴いて来て本当に良かったと思う、今日この頃

@NK-ul4es

2 жыл бұрын

文字にすると長かったと思うけど 一瞬だよね、体感は。 みんな、こうやって年をとっていく その一瞬が重なる瞬間は神の導きか はたまた呪いか

杜子春は、小説を知る事で、人間椅子の 杜子春の意味が深く分かります。

世界中パンデミックでこんなメロディーを聞きになり感動しかないんだ

I´m waiting for you comin to germany angain so hard! I´ll be there then!

ブレず。刺さったわ。 ありがとうございます。 人間椅子！！！

人間椅子さん、2日前に初めて知りましたが、聞いてすぐとっても好きになりました。この曲は私が思っていた今の世界について同じことを歌っていらっしゃるので、とてもうれしくて感動しました！応援してます！！

混沌と不安と絶望に喘ぐ世界中の人々に、希望の一撃⚡️

Shinji is a riff MACHINE!

一番!相変わらず。。。。。あなたの音楽は南カリフォルニアの砂漠で生きています😎

最後の飛翔に希望がある泣

私はイタリアからあなたをフォローします、あなたはとても強いです !!!

自分を語る杜子春と、コーラスで杜子春！と自分の名前を語りかけられるのを、ちゃんと区別して訳されてる❣️ コレ初めて聞いた時、ムンクの叫びが喚起されました…深いッ‼️

彼らは今日から国内LIVEツアーが始まります。成功を祈ります!!　頑張れ!! They will start their domestic LIVE tour from today　I pray for your success!!　good luck!!

お!カッコいいリフ!お父さん❗で持っていかれたw

Man imagine an entire crowd chanting Toshishun as they play this live. I get chills just thinking about it.

和嶋教授のギタートーン、グルーヴ、憧れしか無い。

コロナが早く収束して、海外で”杜子春コール”を響かせて欲しいです🥺

@sakitamablack8686

2 жыл бұрын

ですよね。 ヨーロッパツアーが決まってた矢先にコロナだもんな。 神は人間椅子に、何故に試練を与えるか！ 早く世界の人間椅子になって欲しいぞ！！と、爆弾行進曲と東京ボンテージが好きなオッサンが書くわけで。

Hearing this song i feel like i crossed an extra-dimensional warp gate and reached a universe where Black Sabbath were from Japan.

芥川さんの作品も読んでみようかな。 ほぼ50年ぶりかも。

Оболочки стариков слетают с их тела, когда они поднимаются на сцену и начинают играть металл. Словно сакура расцветает, так их музыка делает этот мир лучше.

Hello from a subscriber in New Zealand. Nyūjīrando no kanyū-sha kara kon'nichiwa. Anata no kyoku `hātoresusukyatto' o saisho ni kiita no wa, hon'no 2-nen hodo mae no kotodesu. Hayaku bando o mitsuke rarenakatta koto o owabi shimasu. Watashi wa anata no bando no subete ga daisukidesu, anata no 3-ri zen'in ga odoroku hodo ensō ​​ shimasu! Anatagata hitorihitori wa anata no gijutsu ni sugurete imasu. Wajima shinji wa WOW! ! Anata wa pawafuru de shikkari shita koe, machigainaku metarushingā o motte imasu. Kon'nani fukami, tōn, shiāna badasu ga kikoeru to wa omotte imasendeshita! Watashi wa anata ga kirumono to fuku ga imi suru mono ga daisukidesu. Naniyori mo, anata ga anata no bunka to gengo o anata no bando ni toriire, sono sentaku ni mo koshū shita koto o hokori ni omoimasu. Osoraku, anata no bando wa 1987-nendai no hitobito no mimi ni wa amarini mo susunde ita node wanai ka to omotte imashitaga, sūjūnengo, hitobito wa tsuini subete no metaru bando ga Beikoku ya Igirisu kara no monode wanai koto ni kidzukimashita. Nihonjin to metaru no kumiawase wa, sukunakutomo watashi ga sunde iru bashode wa, hijō ni dokusō-tekidesu. Kyō, watashi wa tsuini motto ōku no kotonaru bunka, gengo, soshite subete no kotonaru kuni no hitobito no `kongō' janru o kiite imasu. Watashi ga kiita ta no ikutsu ka no bando: `Shinfonikkumetaru' wa yōroppa de kyodaidesu `NightWish'- nyūjīrando no subarashī bandometarubando. `Epika'- shinfonikkumetaru o kumiawaseta mono. `Eirian'u~eponrī'- karera wa omoni nyūjīrando no haha kokugo de utatte imasu. Maori/ tereodesu. `BlackPink'- metarubēsu no Kankoku no ōrugārubando. (Warui hyōka! ) I love "Black Sabbath" & loved "Pantera", I can hear some iconic riffs, you 3 guys are real BAD-ASS! I wish all the best for the Band and I can't wait for the rest of the world to catch -up! I'm hoping you all hit IT BIG & in doing so you are able to help out many families, especially your own.

東京オリンピック　これで行きたかったかな。ネオ東京ね。

Based on the Ryūnosuke Akutagawa retelling of the old Chinese tale of Toshishun. The song seems to pull from and mash together 2 parts of Toshishun's story. In one part Toshishun is poor and homeless and freezing. He meets an old man who asks him what is wrong and Toshishun tells him. The man tells Toshishun to go to a certain place and dig and he will find a fortune. Toshishun does so and becomes very rich. Toshishun then throws extravagant parties and has many friends but squanders his fortune in just a couple of years and ends up broke, friendless and homeless again. Toshishun then meets the old man again who again tells him of a place to go dig and amass a fortune and he does so with the same outcome. He becomes rich and has many friends and then loses everything within a couple of years. The scenario repeats for a 3rd time but when the old man offers up a location to go dig for a treasure Toshishun decides he is tired of how people are and how the people love him when he is rich and then use him and abandon him when he is broke. He no longer desires wealth and fortune or to be admired by his fair-weather friends. Toshishun then realizes the old man is a wizard and asks to become his apprentice which is the second part of his story. From here the wizard tells Toshishun they will get a stick from a tree and ride it into the sky to Mt. Emei and they do so. Once they are there the wizard drops Toshishun off and say he has to fly around the world and while he does so Toshishun must wait on the mountain. He informs Toshishun that evil spirits and scary things may try to talk to him and that no matter what he must never speak a word or he will not become a wizard. The wizard leaves and before long a giant tiger and a White snake appear and try to question Toshishun about why he is on this mountain that no men go to. Toshishun refuses to answer but the creatures threaten to kill him if he does not answer them. Still Toshishun remains quiet. The Tiger and snake surround him and pounce but then disappear. Toshishun continues to wait and the wind begins to howl and it rains fiercely and the mountain shakes as if it might collapse. Toshishun stays put. Lightning strikes and then a Fire demon appears and it too attempts to get Toshishun to speak by threatening to kill him with his spear. Toshishun does not speak and so the Demon kills him. Toshishun then awakens in a strange place where he is captured by demons and taken to one of the Judges of Hell. He is questioned but refuses to speak even after threat of being taken to Hell. The demons then carry Toshishun to Hell showing him the rivers of blood and mountains of needles and the suffering people and still he does not speak. The demons return him to the Judge who is surprised that Toshishun has not spoken yet. The Judge gets an idea though and tells the demons to bring Toshishun's dead mother and father before him. Toshishun then sees 2 frail, starving horses that he recognizes are his dead parents. The judge demands Toshishun speak and tell him why he was on the mountain or else he will whip the 2 horses with iron chains. Toshishun still refused to speak and so the demons whipped the 2 horses until they were bleeding and tears ran down their cheeks and were close to death. Still Toshishun did not speak. Then Toshishun heard a voice in his head, the voice of his mother telling him "We will be fine. If you are happy, then that is when we are most happy. Even if you say anything, or do not say anything to the judge of the afterlife”. Toshishun had heard this voice and was overwhelmed that his mother remembered him and he remembered that when he was rich and then poor how his friends had treated him yet his mother loved him no matter what and he ran to the horse and cried out "Mother!" Toshishun then awoke, he was back in his village as if nothing had happened and the wizard appears and speaks to him. Toshishun tells the wizard he could not remain silent seeing his mother whipped by demons. The wizard understands and acknowleges that Toshishun probably doesn't want to be a wizard now. Toshishun agrees and the wizard asks him what he does want to be. Toshishun tells him he just wants to be a human. The wizard tells Toshishun to forget they ever spoke or met but that there is a house on a mountain that he owns and that it now will belong to Toshishun to live in. CREDIT: Plastinum (?)

@jetaimemina

2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, that's dark. Thank you.

@dhruvagarwal

2 жыл бұрын

daamn, thanks a lot, i was trying but was unable to find meaning of word toshishun .

@correnting4379

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the explanation of this story, love this song

@jamesmars9767

Жыл бұрын

Given the band's name is also a literary reference, it makes sense that they'd be into literature

@kyrasoze516

10 ай бұрын

Thanks very much for the rundown. This is metal as fuck.

原作がある曲も映像化や世界に翻訳がある作品が多いから調べたり触れるきっかけになる。 活字読むのが苦手な人でも興味もつよね。 原作の解釈を通して新しい作品を生み出すって本当に凄いです。

NINGEN ISU, the three Bodhisattvas of Zen Metal with a dark message... but at the end of the awesome riff, there is a message of light for those who seek it. 🤘😎🙏🙂

I love everything happening here. 私はここで起こっているすべてのものが大好きです。

和嶋氏のアルバムコンセプトコメントの 21世紀の想像図と現在の乖離の嘆き（さらに現在から未来予想図は明るいものというよりは、流行り廃り程度の根拠の薄い制限だらけで明るい未来を語ることもなくなり）からの 「From a modern point of view, if I could sing universal things, it would be a great success. 」の一言も、 人間椅子の活動を見てると説得力もあるし、ロックとメタルへの飢えを感じてる英語圏の需要をみると、ちょっとは未来に期待を持ちたくなる。

アイアンメイデンの新譜のタイトルが 日本語の｢戦術｣なのには驚いた。 アニメーションや漫画、日本の文化が メタルバンドと融合する時代が来た！ がんばれ人間椅子！！

やはりすごい反響だな。特に海外の反響が。

With English lyrics can easily understand the story behind this song. You guys are my favourite Japanese band all the time...Rock it...

@JaredPoirier

2 жыл бұрын

Did you discover them on KZread like I did?

@izzyhung

2 жыл бұрын

@@JaredPoirier No, it was Spotify. Was listening the King-Show(筋肉少女帶) at first, then it recommended Niggen Isu's "Love Nirvana" and "Heartless Scat"...and the sound really fit me...

If I'd heard this when I was 14 I'd be a lifelong fan.

Me: "Omm..." My Buddhist friend: "Oh, are you practicing Buddhism now?" Me: "It's complicated.."

This song reminds me of my mother who passed away years ago 😢

@DonTheMoron716

Жыл бұрын

I’m sorry, brother.

とみに物忘れが激しいこの頃、椅子を聴くと脳細胞も活性化され、身体も軽くなるよう。オミクロンも撃退しますぞ!!!

"To live is painful as hell, to die is also painful as hell", this speaks to my soul

@harryhaller9386

2 жыл бұрын

that is so pathetic. What the hell do you know about dying?

@DennisMoore664

2 жыл бұрын

@@harryhaller9386 "Lighten up, Francis"

@buzzy-ears

2 жыл бұрын

@@harryhaller9386 Well, I don't know if you expect me to share personal things with some random asshole on KZread, but let's just say there's war, third world depression, cruise missiles, PTSD, untreatable health issues, failed pregnancies and being alone in a foreign country involved. There are quite a few angles I could approach that stupid question from, Harry.

コロナ禍だからこそ聞きたくなる。

おどろおどろしい地獄の様なサウンドにワビサビの効いた歌詞、トリオというシンプルな構成ながら、この重圧感と刀の様に鋭い雰囲気 マジですげえバンドよな人間椅子 The Japanese Metal

Ningen Isu never makes a bad song .

Barababamba Barababamba Barababamba Barababamba 仏陀と大女神に感謝します。 私の訴えは答えられました。 歌詞をありがとう。 人間椅子ありがとうございます。 Ich Danke Buddha und der großen Göttin. Mein Flehen wurde erhört. Danke für die Lyrics. Danke Ningen Isu. Shabadabadia Shabadabadia Babababa

The End! The Beginning! The Riff! Toshishun!

ムチャクチャいいな。

Buddhist Sabbath

これが 辞めずに殺りつずける事の 最終形態なのですね。

What an awesome and considerate move to accommodate your western fans!

This could be the best guitar sound/tone in the world!

@gregdolecki8530

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Very clean and articulate. No over-done mid scoop.

*Japan Most Badass Trio* is coming back!!! 🤘😝🤘🇲🇾♥️🇯🇵

夢中になって、聞いて、掘り下げて、複雑な構造、国の味、驚くべきエネルギー、本当にそれが好きでした、どうもありがとうございました!!! Muchū ni natte, kiite, horisagete, fukuzatsuna kōzō,-koku no aji, odorokubeki enerugī, hontōni sore ga sukideshita, dōmo arigatōgozaimashita! ! !

This is a revelation. I am so saddened by the realization that I don't have enough days left to live to experience all the music the world has to offer.

この曲は名曲です。ヘビメタ愛の皆さん。オールドロック(伊藤正則さんの言葉)愛の皆さん。今こそ立ち上がりましょう。この曲を沢山の人に聴いて欲しいです。

ロシアからよろしくお願いします、あなたの音楽は良いです。 おそらく悪い翻訳でごめんなさい

@heavenstarlight

2 жыл бұрын

Кстати, почему он так популярен в России?

@l.ow-6457

2 жыл бұрын

とても良い翻訳ですよ👌😊

@user-tj8vl3yn4b

2 жыл бұрын

👍

どうもありがとう NINGEN ISU. the gift you give is beyond priceless

Still in the Rabbit hole,, see you in two years,,🐕🕺🐕

Soooo frickin happy to discover this amazing band, it's been a long time since the hairs on my neck felt such pure joy.

Why I didn't know them yet by tonight? lol Bookmarked thanks Wish u all have great days ahead too

Please guys, support them. Buy their album, if nothing else, at least buy this song digitally. Punch that like button. Subscribe. And leave comments. I want these guys to tour the US so I can see them, they deserve a greater fanbase--they are just great metal all around!

最近またはまり始めました。人間椅子のライブ行きたいです‼️

NINGEN ISU ETERNAL

@Darklen100

2 жыл бұрын

NINGEN ISU ETERNALU*

@moamlbeastineast772

2 жыл бұрын

@@Darklen100 ما شاء الله تبارك الله

Thank you , ever loving

もう言葉が幾つ有っても足りないくらい最高！映像も凝ってて良い！

Toshishun is a novel by the Japanese novelist Ryunosuke Akutagawa. It is based on a Chinese folktale.

Ningen Isu always brings a ridiculous smile to my face. I have no shame. I love these guys. 💕

@War624

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, why would there ever be shame in liking good music? Lol.

@tyrantravealpha

2 жыл бұрын

There is nothing to be ashamed about. This trio is a brilliant bunch.

@EffieReal

2 жыл бұрын

@@tyrantravealpha I was referring to the the silly smile and it was humor. LOL. You guys are funny. Hugs and stuff.

I'm gonna tell my kids this is Rush.

@mikeg.4211

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha!! :)

@JaVinci77

2 жыл бұрын

You won the internet, sir. LOL!

@yoichim5915

2 жыл бұрын

funny enough! Both are trio outfits eventually

@Dreaming_Gerd

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@marklee1376

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

I don't understand them but I sure do enjoy listening to them.

I feel like I've found "my people". I haven't gone down a musical rabbit hole like this for a long time...

Great band. Greetings from Athens Greece. 🤘💪

Genius.

Outstanding!! They deserve FAR more recognition in the USA. An amazing band

@hosteggaming9081

2 жыл бұрын

not USA, but rest of the world

@rodrigogomez-wc4of

2 жыл бұрын

Just USA? The World Is bigger

Thank you! I just bought this CD. It rocks....even though I do not understand the lyrics.

The guy who put the lyrics in English in the comments for the official video is asking... "Am I not appreciated?" Thanks Ningen Isu for this english version video. YOU are most appreciated.

ヤバかった… ヤバかった…

No idea who these guys are. But god damn. What a good find. Good job KZread

Awesome Epic metal of righteous honorable anger and HOPE!😮

Cada vez me gusta esta banda. Descubierta gracias al encierro de la pandemia. Son una joya. Lastima.la dificultad de poder adquir su material

Love from New Zealand

Ningen Isu's songs are more than twice as long as most songs but every time I listen I wish they were longer.

@ChrisS30097

2 жыл бұрын

I could listen to their music for a lifetime

Wajima-sensei how did you ever create the miracle of your SG staying in tune? すごい！

@gregdolecki8530

2 жыл бұрын

No Bigsby

I love how Shinji is basically Oda Nobunaga but he's a guitarist

Ningen ISO.... is so awesome they know everything about my brain and thoughts.... They truly are masters of this miserable human existence

sugoi

この夏家族で一番聞いた曲。 なぜか中高生の娘たちがはまっている。いつもはBTSなのに😁

@user-id9hm7gq9v

2 жыл бұрын

純粋がゆえに 素晴らしいものを直感で感じとってるものと思われます😁

歌詞に込めた想いがもっともっと海外ファンの方々に伝わると嬉しいですね❣️

@fukawa3614

2 жыл бұрын

杜子春→Toshishun これを見るに、なかなかピンポイントで意訳できなかったんでしょうね。 ちょっと前に”おもてなし”だの”つなみ”みたいに海外に使われるようになっていったので、Toshishunって海外で使われたらちょっと楽しいですよね。

@WeLoveTanktop69072

2 жыл бұрын

動画分けたのは頂けない 字幕機能を使えばよかったのに 再生数が割れてしまう

@68YOUKI

2 жыл бұрын

@@WeLoveTanktop69072 翻訳まで終えてから発表すればいいのにね

実存主義的なバンド。好きだ。

This is way more heavy than I expected. Good job

Every time I hear or see Ningen Isu, the more I like them. I just bought Ifuudoudou (live album from 2017).

How many times have you listen to this music? Me: toshishun

凄く良い、雰囲気が良い、とにかく良い‼️

Alter! Ist das geil! U n b e l i e v a b l e good! I enjoyed every second of it! For the first time in my life this KZread algorithm did something right...

Litterally every one of your songs rocks so hard. Easily one of the best metal bands of all time.

This is a masterpiece. I've been studyng Buddhism for a while and this song matches so much. BTW, lovely tune. Abraços do Brasil! (Greetings from Brazil!)

Ningen Isu are definitely in my Top Ten of favourite bands. 🤘😎🤘