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polyphonical · 5 months

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Twinkle Kuuchuusen FULL VER (KAN/ROM/EN)

トゥウィンクル空中戦

Twinkle Dogfight [1]

(空! 宙! 空中戦!)

(Kuu! Chuu! Kuuchuusen!!!!)

(In! The air! A dogfight [2]!!!!)

(空! 宙! 空中戦!)

(Kuu! Chuu! Kuuchuusen!!!!)

(In! The air! A dogfight!!!!)

(空! 宙! 空中戦!)

(Kuu! Chuu! Kuuchuusen!!!!)

(In! The air! A dogfight!!!!)

今夜も開戦ワントゥスリー

Konna mo kaisen wan tuu surii

This battle starts again tonight, one two three

アッというまに始まった

atto iu ma ni hajimatta

It started up suddenly

この緊急的状態(状態!)

kono kinkyuuteki joutai (joutai!)

This urgent condition (condition!)

メラッたトキメキ見逃さない

Meratta tokimeki minogasanai

We can't miss these flashes of excitement

スキの狙いあいあい

Suki no nerai ai ai

Or our objective of love

バックビートで揺れる　いま浮遊中の脳内 (脳内!)

Bakkubiito de yureru　ima fuyuu-chuu no nounai (nounai!)

Right now, floating in the inside of my brain and swaying to the backbeat, (my brain!)

追って追われて照準は常に　きみ一点集中だ

otte owa rete shoujun wa tsuneni 　kimi ittenshuuchuu da

Is it aim and chase after you constantly, so I'll keep my full attention on you!

(こんなハートドゥーユーノー?)

(Konna Haato Douyuunou?)

(This heart, do you know [3]?)

どっかアタマがとんじゃった

Dokka atama ga ton jatta

Why does my head feel like this?

(デッドヒート双方向!)

(Deddo hiito souhoukou!)

(Dead heat [4], both ways!)

脳の天までいっちゃって!

Nou no ten made icchatte!

You've reached the top of my brain!

バッキュン! きみにズッキュンドキュン!

Bakyun! Kimi ni zukkyun do kyun!

Bang! And another bang at you! [5]

ハートを撃ち抜く光線が

haato o uchinuku kousen ga

Your heart got struck with a ray of light

焦点めがけて一直線

shouten megakete itchokusen

You're right in my line of focus

もう逃がさない

mou nigasanai

And you're not getting away!

(ばっきゅーーん!!)

(Bakkyuuun!!)

(Baaang!!)

バッキュン! ぼくにズッキュンドキュン!

Bakyun! Boku ni zukkyun do kyun!

Bang! And a bang towards me! [5]

たがいに交わる交戦で

Tagai ni majiwaru kousen de

In a mutual battle

きみを (バーン!)

Kimi wo (BAAN!)

You (BANG!)

ぼくを (バーン!!)

Boku o (BAAN!)

And I (BANG!)

ああ今夜も眠れない

aa konna mo nemurenai

Ah, we won't let it go to rest tonight

(空! 宙! 空中戦!!!!)

(Kuu! Chuu! Kuuchuusen!!!!)

(In! The air! A dogfight!!!!)

ひとりとひとりじゃできない体験

hitori to hitori ja dekinai taiken

You can't experience something like this alone or by yourself

(空! 宙! 空中戦!!!!)

(Kuu! Chuu! Kuuchuusen!!!!)

(In! The air! A dogfight!!!!)

いま絶賛混戦中! ちゅ! ちゅ!

ima zessan konsenchu! chu! chu!

Now we're in the middle of a fierce competition! Chuu! chuu!

酩酊 (メーデー) 揺られだす

Meitei (Meedee!) yura re dasu

Drunkenly (Mayday!) swaying

いたいの (いたいの!) とんでいけっ!

itai no (itai no!) tondeikee!

I want to (I want to!) Take off!

上がって (下がって?) 休む暇ない

Agatte (Sagatte?) Yasumu hima nai

Go up (Go down?) No time to rest

感度は(常に!) エマージェンシー

kando wa (tsuneni!) Emaajenshii!

This is a sensitive time, (as always!) Emergency!

アッというまに終わっちゃう　一度限りの急展開 (転回~!)

atto iu ma ni owatchau　ichido kagari no kyuu tenkai (tenkai~!)

This'll be over in a flash, is what I thought until a once in a lifetime development hit (development~!)

急所一撃最終兵器は　アイ装填した光線だ

kyuusho ichideki saishuuheki wa　ai souten shita kousenda

The final weapon that hit your weak spot is a ray of light loaded with love

(こんなハートドゥーユーノー?)

(Konna Haato Douyuunou?)

(This heart, do you know?)

どっかアタマがとんじゃった

Dokka atama ga ton jatta?

Why does my head feel like this?

(デッドヒート双方向!)

(Deddo hiito souhoukou!)

(Dead heat, both ways!)

脳の天までいってみる?

Nou no ten made ittemiru?

Wanna go to the top of my brain?

バッキュンきみにズッキュンドキュン

Bakyun! Kimi ni zukkyun do kyun!

Bang! And a bang at you!

絶えないふたりの交戦は

taenai futari no kousen wa

The both of us are in a never ending battle

押して押されてのシーソーゲーム

oshite osa rete no shiisougeemu

A push and shove see-saw game

まだ終われない

mada owarenai

Which still hasn't ended yet

バッキュンぼくにズッキュンドキュン

Bakyun! Boku ni zukkyun do kyun!

Bang! And another bang at me!

慣れないなきみの光線が

narenaina kimi no kousen ga

I still can't get used to your rays

胸の奥まで焼き付いてる

mune no oku made yakisuiteru

It hit me and burned deep down in my chest that

ああ、きみの全部が欲しい

aa, kimi no zenbu ga hoshii

Ah, I want all of you!

バッキュン! きみにズッキュンドキュン!

Bakyun! Kimi ni zukkyun do kyun!

Bang! And a bang to you!

ハート駆け巡る光線は

haato kake meguru kousen wa

Rays of light shot right through my heart

やっと交わった運命線

yatto majiwatta unmeisen

Our lines of fate finally crossed

もう離さない(ばっきゅーーん!!)

mou hanasanai (Bakkyuuun!!)

And I definitely won't let you get away! (Baaang!!)

バッキュン! ぼくにズッキュンドキュン!

Bakyun! Boku ni zukkyun do kyun!

Bang! And another bang at me!

たがい求めあう交戦で

Tagai motome au kousen de

In our mutual battle of pursuit

きみを (バーン!)

Kimi wo (BAAN!)

You (BANG!)

ぼくを (バーン!!)

Boku o (BAAN!)

And me (BANG!!)

もう今夜は寝かさない!

mou konna wa nekasanai!

We won't let it go to rest again tonight!

(空! 宙! 空中戦 !!!!)

(Kuu! Chuu! Kuuchuusen!!!!)

(In! The air! A dogfight!!!)

ひとりとひとりじゃできない体験

Hitori to hitori ja dekinai taiken

You can't experience something like this alone

(空! 宙! 空中戦!!!!)

(Kuu! Chuu! Kuuchuusen!!!!)

(In! The air! A dogfight!!!!)

いま絶賛混戦中--

ima zessan konsen chuu..

Right now, decided in the midst of a heated battle…

また再延長戦中! ちゅ! ちゅ!

mata sai enchousenchuu ! chuu ! chuu !

our dogfight got sent into overtime! chuu! chuu!

[1] I think the theme of the song is supposed to be like a fight in space? So whenever I see things like shooting rays, I just imagine it like shooting laser guns. If that helps with any visualization.

[2] Copypasting the definition of a dogfight "The term “dogfight” refers to close combat between aircraft that are designed for speed and maneuverability. While aircraft are in close range, pilots try to out-maneuver the other fighter plane with aerobatic moves, such as the barrel roll, and damage the enemy plane using weapons mounted on the aircraft."

[3] I think it's saying "do you know" in English? But if I'm wrong please let me know so I can update it

[4] Dead heat is a situation where both sides are exactly equal ( in this case, that would mean both sides of the battle are tied )

[5] Bakkyun and Zukkyun are hard. They're both onomatopoeias, generally meaning the same thing just slightly different? Bakkyun is like. The sound of shooting something and zukkyun is like the sound of something moving really fast. I believe both of them are often used for the sound of shooting something through the heart? Like imagine cupid's arrow. So I was going to say "Bang! Shot you through the heart" because depending on the line it's saying something is shot at you or shot at me. But right after, there's a line about shooting a ray of light through your heart. So I decided to just keep it as Bang and you can imagine it like shots being fired from both sides

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1nm8translations · 10 months

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edN Lyrics Translation & Song and MV Analysis

This time, I dive deeper into the themes and symbolism in the lyrics of edN and the imagery used in the MV. The analysis is based on my own translation. Includes spoilers for the 1Nm8 lore revealed so far, also after the release of FATE.

Please find edN by 1Nm8 and its official MV here.

As this analysis is being written after the release of SHOWDOWN and S∀G∀, I will make references to it where I believe it’s relevant or that something in the MV or the song is foreshadowing. You can find my analysis of S∀G∀ here.

As always, this analysis is subjective and you’re free to agree, disagree, or agree only with parts of it and have your own interpretations! I simply like making these and sharing them in hope my musings will be interesting to other fans.

Keep in mind my translation includes some liberties in wording where I could tweak something for rhythm and rhyme, but the meaning should not be affected. I explained my choices in the analysis. Without further ado, let’s discuss edN and it’s:

General themes:

At least some songs from FATE and RAGE are directed at the opposing group (for example, Hit em up is a clear diss at VISTY, and License to Kill has a reference to the conflict between Iori and Hancho as the extension of his history with Zen), and edN can also be interpreted as a message from 1Nm8 to TCW, at least in some parts.

I think some of the verses are directed at each other, and the chorus seems to be a message to Alter Trigger, though.

edN is mostly about 1Nm8’s goal and mission, with the strongest religious references out of their first three songs. However, there is a darker undertone to it.

Finally, I think edN shows contrast between the members the most from their songs so far.

Imagery

There’s a lot of white in the MV. First, it’s a part of the religious imagery - together with pillars, windows and arches reminiscent of a church. White stands for what’s pure, correct and holy.

However, white can also be a reference to the Alter Trigger facility Itsuki and Rokuta were kept at. The facility, in turn, is a symbol for what they’re fighting against. See the irony? I believe it may be intentional, showing them as two sides of a coin, and how easily righteousness can be corrupted - like at the beginning of the MV.

Finally, the white may be a reference to 1Nm8’s slogan of “Return to blank”, destruction to a blank slate to build again.

Then, the imagery in each of the members verses could be interpreted as their unique ways of “rebuilding”. It shows the contrasts between the members but also how they complete each other.

Kei is surrounded by floating broken parts, which means initiates the destruction. He’s the one who has formulated their plan and recruited the others. However, also contributes the ideas and ideals, which is shown by the floating models.

Meanwhile, the background in Itsuki’s verses features spirals, harmonious shapes and regular, flowing movement.

I believe that it shows how he contributes calm and structure. Notice how even the typography in his verses is the most neat and orderly (at least in the beginning), in comparison to Kei’s warying fonts and sizes and quickly moving text, or Rokuta’s floating letters. It appears as if Itsuki was typing the words on a keyboard.

The “typing” might even be a reference to Itsuki seeing himself as a “memory recording machine”.

However, one of 1nm8translation's followers, sugarstar-rabbits interpreted this differently (sharing with permission): that Itsuki typing out his lyrics gave it a cute personal touch. I think that is a good way to look at it too; you could see it as Itsuki being able to communicate better through music.

Finally, Rokuta is the most playful, with what looks like huge building blocks and floating round letters that remind me of a children’s show. While Kei can go to extremes and Itsuki gets cold and uncompromising, Rokuta brings in the warmth. He may use metaphors that are a bit childish, but he's the best at actually appealing to emotions and emotional needs.

Translation and Analysis

Aiight, Okay listen, Okay listen

目を覚ま

せ時は刻む

キミを導く It's my mission

静かに秘めたambition

Aiight, Okay listen, Okay listen

Open your eyes, the clock is ticking

To lead you is my mission

The quietly hidden away ambition

Just as in the voice drama, Kei declares that he sees changing people’s views of Phantometal is his mission - implied as a mission from God by the imagery. The clock Kei is sitting in front of looks like a clock from a church tower. It also means he’s high up - literally and figuratively “above” the misguided people.

“Quietly hidden away ambition” might refer to Kei having hidden plans related to his objective or, possibly, the way he didn’t go public about Phantometal until Paradox Live gave him the opportunity.

古いシステム全部投げ捨て

躊躇なく壊す and reset

感じないか？

溢れ出した勘違いは

悪しき害さ

Do it right, huh

Throw the old system away

Don’t hesitate, break it and reset

Don’t you feel it?

Misunderstandings slipping out of control

Are an evil influence

Do it right, huh

“溢れ出した勘違いは” literally means “The misunderstandings that overflowed”, like water from a container, but “going out of control” conveys the meaning better in my opinion. The misunderstanding would be rappers thinking that Phantom lives and Phantometal are something good for them - the way TCW refuse to give up on it because of the belief they bring each other and people together with their music.

感情的なるなまずthinking

悪いがもうアラームが鳴るringing

遊びならまたにしてくれ

俺達には時間などない全然

Don’t get emotional, thinking should come first

I’m sorry, but the alarm is already ringing

If you want to play around, do it another day

We don’t have any more time left

I think this is one of the parts of the song that is adressed to TCW, based on the confrontation between Kei, Itsuki and Naoakira and Yohei. In the drama track, Itsuki admitted he can't comprehend the emotional response to their plea and their attachment to Phantom Lives.

This verse gets a completely different ring to it after the SHOWDOWN drama track. There, we see that using Phantometal has adverse effects other than just trap reactions on Rokuta, and based on this verse, it likely affects Itsuki badly in some unusual way as well. Despite this, both Itsuki and Rokuta are determined to further Kei’s ideals.

It makes it even more ominous that Itsuki’s wording here doesn’t promise that they would be here later for the “playing around” - it’s more like he’s saying “don’t waste our limited time”.

In my translation I switched “later” for “another day” for the sake of the rhyme.

繋ぐ点と点を線で

I can see clearly like a レントゲン

Yeah, no pain no gain

Back to the 原点

消し去る幻影

Like connecting the dots with a line

I can see clearly like an X-ray

Yeah, no pain no gain

Back to the Origin

To obliterate the Phantom

The first two lines could be a reference to Itsuki’s abilities, but in the context of edN and the message of the song, I think it's more that he sees the truth behind Paradox Live and Phantometal.

This verse can also be seen as a flash forward to SHOWDOWN. “No pain no gain” is a cliche phrase, but in Itsuki’s and Rokuta’s situation it gains a more specific meaning - without suffering from Phantometal, they can’t accomplish their goal. If they stop out of concern for themselves, or Kei tries to stop them, they will fail.

Notice the black and white contrast. "Obliterate" is in black while "Phantom is in white. It's as if the MV was asking us "is this really the right thing to do?"

Yeah, History is

In the making

We're gonna be

The 1Nm8 King

なんどでもまたbreaking

The fight to try

Yeah, History is

In the making

We're gonna be

The 1Nm8 King

No matter many times, once again breaking

The fight to try

I find it interesting that Rokuta is the one who sings this part first (Kei repeats it later with the same lyrics). It shows how, despite his kindness and easygoing personality, he's just as commited to 1Nm8's goals.

ユルセナイ

そう思わないか？

覚悟を決めろ

地獄から手招きしてるピエロ

It’s unforgiveable,

Don’t you think?

So prepare for the worst

From hell, a pierrot beckons

I believe this part of the chorus adresses Alter Trigger - it's a declaration of war. The "unforgiveable" deeds would be of course their experimentation on the two and the damage the organization inflicted on many others - and continuing to pull strings bedind the scenes.

The phrase 覚悟を決めろ is often used in anime where a character or group challenges their opponent to a fight. It's like saying "prepare to get your ass kicked".

The 'pierrot' is fascinating because there's a few ways to interpret who it is supposed to be. The pierrot went from a sad fool in comedia dell'arte to a symbol of unpriviledged, opressed and misunderstood people in modern culture. Some artists, like Schoenberg, also used the pierrot's painted face as a symbol of hiding one's feelings and opinions.

Who is the pierrot in edN? I think it's either Ryu - Zero, or Kei. Ryu seems like an obvious choice. His cryptic speech and antics conceal sharp observational skills and the ability to see through people. He is also one of the worst affected by Alter Trigger's experiments.

On the other hand, Kei is the one who takes an active role in fighting for the victims of Alter Trigger and Phantometal. However, his arguments are dismissed by most, and he's seen as an unreasonable "fool".

The imagery in this verse shows Kei's silhouette going down a massive flight of stairs all alone - which may reflect that he has no support. He's stepping from the outside into a building which seems to be full of darkness. The only light is shining in from the outside.

Kei once tried to move away from Phantom Lives and even quit music, after he learned what Phantometal research has done to Rokuta, but he is voluntarily walking back into "hell" of Paradox Live for the sake of his mission of ending it once and for all. He "beckons" Itsuki and Rokuta who decide to follow him.

雑音(ノイズ)が付きまとうのさ

Everywhere we go

歪んだ世界から

今すぐ抜け出そう

We’re haunted by noise

Everywhere we go

As soon as we can

Let’s escape this twisted world

The 'noise' doesn't just mean loud sounds, but it can refer to interference or static, or even gossip or irresponsible criticism [1]. The 'noise' would be people trying to get in the way of 1Nm8's plans.

美しい破壊の音色儚い

悪魔の声に耳を貸さない

恐れる必要はない

No sacrifice

僕たちが導く paradise

The melody of destruction is beautiful yet fleeting

Don’t lend your ear to the whisper of the devil

There’s no need to fear,

There will be no sacrifice

In the paradise we lead you to

This is another part that I feel is adressed to TCW. The lyrics acknowledge that Phantom Lives have their appeal, and may even be beautiful, but it's the devil speaking. 1Nm8's ideal world wouldn't require anyone to risk their health or life for music, hence "no sacrifice".

However, would it really be "paradise"? The sudden switch from white to black here feels ominous. While on the white background, the members have their eyes closed, as if dreaming, while when they open their eyes, the mood changes dramatically. It might be showing the contrast between their 'dream' and the reality of it or what they're doing to achieve it.

If you look closely, there is a round light behind them in both frames (in the second one, it's just very faint). It reminds me of an angel's halo, or perhaps a lamp from a lab.

High, ほら手を取って

連れてくよロケットでトップへ

空は高いけどまぁどうせ

オレとキミが楽しけりゃdon't care

High up, come, take my hand

I’ll take you to the top on a rocket

The sky is so far, but it’s no matter

As long as we enjoy ourselves, I don’t care

I've heard the phrase "the sky is far (lit. high up)" in several Japanese songs. It's a metaphor that refers to your dreams and goals seeming very far away and difficult, or even impossible to reach, like the sky above us.

However, Rokuta isn't going to be bothered by it! It's too far? Let's make a rocket!

At first, I took this verse as an encouragement directed at 1Nm8's listeners, but now, after listening to the SHOWDOWN drama, I think it might actually be meant for Itsuki. I loved how he cheered Itsuki on and looked out for him before they met Kei. It gave more depth to their relationship, and showed it's not just Itsuki taking care of Rokuta, but a give and take.

えーなんで悲しい顔してんの？

悪夢みたいな世界でも

キミにあげるよチケット

そして見届けようジ・エンド

Why are you making a sad face?

Even if this world seems like a nightmare

I will give you a ticket out of here

And see it through till the end

I added "out of here" to the "I will give you a ticket" line because I feel like it's strongly implied by context of the verse and the whole song, like in "Let's escape this twisted world" in the chorus.

Like I mentioned at the start, Rokuta is the one who notices things like sadness and hopelessness and offers comforting words, which is difficult for the other two.

I think this verse is also for Itsuki. It reminds me of how Rokuta immediately noticed Itsuki was in a bad shape after they left the facility, overwhelmed by the outside world.

However, the imagery for the line "And see it through till the end" seems strange to me. It was the basis for my theory about Rokuta's memory loss, which you can read here.

The screen splits into 7 or 8 parts (if you count the one mostly off screen) and both Rokuta's image AND the words are repeated. It's as if the promise itself was repeated many times in the past - which could be because Rokuta kept forgetting it.

運命でも偶然でも一緒

具現化する描いたvision

重点置く重低音は基礎

痛言した数千のdecision

No matter if it was by chance or fate

To embody the vision pictured in our minds

The emphasis from the heavy bass serves as a foundation

For thousands of harsh decisions

I see this verse as Itsuki describing his role in 1Nm8 and his relationship with Kei. In SHOWDOWN, Itsuki says he feels 1Nm8 meeting and Kei's power working on him and Rokuta is fate.

1Nm8 is meant to realize Kei's vision, and he is the one making the "harsh decisions". 低音, bass, can also be translated as "low voice", and Itsuki's voice is the lowest of the three. I interpret this verse as Itsuki declaring he's rapping to support Kei's cause.

正確なリズムに旋律

I'mma show you how

唯一無二テクニック

着実に蝕むtoxic

They need the dope shit

Precise rhythm and melody

I’mma show you how

With one-of-a-kind technique

Steadily eaten away by the toxic

They need the dope shit

The “toxic” is obviously the Phantometal. means "to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin; to undermine; to gnaw at (one's heart, body, etc.); to eat into; to destroy" [2], which accurately describes the Metal's effects.

Yeah, History is

In the making

We're gonna be

The 1Nm8 King

なんどでもまたbreaking

The fight to try

Yeah, History is

In the making

We're gonna be

The 1Nm8 King

No matter many times, once again breaking

The fight to try

Kei sings the same pre-chorus Rokuta does for the first half of the song, interestingly, with the same background imagery. I think it's meant to show their connection, and maybe hint at Rokuta's identity as Kei's missing brother (back when FATE released, we didn't know for sure).

(Chorus repeats)

必要ならば手に入れる

手っ取り早く we show and prove

無駄な工程はすべて省き

計画通り成し遂げる

Anything we need, we can obtain

Quick and easy, We show and prove

Eliminate all unnecessary steps

Proceed according to the plan

胸躍る事everyday

夢中でもっともっと大気圏まで

宙を舞ったらplay back again

With you, you, you そんなplan

My heart pounds in joy everyday

In a daze, I get closer to the atmosphere

If it flutters down in the wind, play back again

With you, you, you, that’s the plan

While Itsuki's verse is pretty straightforward, reiterating his methods and ambition, Rokuta's is more metaphoric.

I talked about it in my memory loss theory too, but 舞う can mean "whirl in the wind, flutter about, swirl, fly, circle", for example, like cherry blossoms falling. I think here it refers to Rokuta's memories, which scatter once he overused Phantometal again.

Notice that similarly to "See it through to the end", here "You" is repeated. I interpret the lines as Rokuta saying if he ends up losing his memories once more, he wants to "play back" - start over with 1Nm8.

悲しい結末は用意していない

君に正しい世界を見せる

これが道標さ

さぁ行こう

I'm not preparing a sad ending

I will show you what the world should be

This is a signpost

So, let's go

The literal translation of the second line of this verse would be "I will show you a correct (righteous, lawful) world".

This typography in this verse gives it a lot of urgency, and the way the characters rapidly flicker during the lines "This is a signpost / So, let's go" is sinister. It feels like Kei is close to the edge.

What comes next is even more sinister, however.

The chorus repeats again, but muffled, with a gray, staticky filter put over it. The moment where Kei is only partly visible through the kanji for 覚悟 (resolution, preparedness) but without his face now looks legitimately scary.

I found this part of the song unsettling ever since I first saw it, but I still can't quite put a finger on it. The filter makes me think of a feeling of shock after hearing or experiencing something that really rattles you, or numbness from too much pain. It might also evoke the feeling of muted "unrealness" when you are having a nightmare.

Do you have any other ideas? While I can't be sure what this means for Kei and 1Nm8 yet, I can tell it's nothing good.

Then, the second half of the chorus plays as normal, and the MV ends with the members in the same scenery we saw at the beginning. But can we still look at it the same way?

Final thoughts

Based on the muted filter, other symbolism and imagery in the MV: the double meaning of white, the black and white contrast, as well as Kei 'walking into hell' I'd say an important theme in edN is "becoming evil to fight evil" and the dangers of it. It's presented mostly visually, but I think it compliments the atmosphere in the drama track for FATE, especially the latter half. I want to make my own translation of it; I will link it here when it's completed.

Please don't take this analysis wrong! I'm a huge 1Nm8 fan and I voted for them both times. I think the element of darkness makes them more interesting.

Not that I am not worried, however ｡ﾟ(ﾟ＾ωﾟ)ﾟ｡

#1nm8 #paradox live #pararai #kei miyama #rokuta #translation #song translation #edN

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cornflowershade · 4 months

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Let's Try - English Cover

*use earphones!! it doesn't hit the same otherwise since I listened that way when mixing lol*

I covered the OFTS song!! I honestly wasn’t sure how it would go since this is a tricky number (and a little on the low side for me) but I’m really hyped with the result all things considered, and the process was really enjoyable! I ended up singing in both the original octave and a higher octave that was easier for me to reach, then mixed those together, for the most part using the lower sections as accents. Happily I could actually reach the high “on fire!!!” note with no issues, which I wasn’t sure about going in. I also recorded a TON of harmonies to choose from and I love the slight discordance and chaos in this rendition, which I felt worked well with the drama-disaster vibe of Only Friends. Sound mixing is a lot of fun for me, and this was no exception. This project was 12 tracks high and I’m very proud of it. I love how the last few choruses keep getting more complex, too.

The translation process was also extremely fun!

A few lines are the same or similar to the available translation, but a lot of it I re-translated myself, going line by line through the Thai lyrics. As always, I wanted to stay as true to the original meanings as I could (not that I can claim perfect understanding ofc) as well as make the new lyrics flow and make sense in English, while ALSO attempting to follow closely to the original sounds and rhymes of the Thai lyrics. I did end up realizing one line in the chorus could’ve worked much better in that regard—by changing one line to “if you’re down, then don’t be shy,”—but I tried re-recording with that alternate line and it just wasn’t easy enough to hear in English? It kind of blended away, at least when placed into my project as an afterthought, so I stuck with my original mix. Also I had Ray in my mind the whole time I was working on these lyrics haha. After that I made a lil lyrics video (pretend the soundwave visual didn’t get shifted off beat I didn’t wanna re-export asdfg) and here ya go! My first fanwork of the new year :)

#only friends the series #ofts #only friends #song cover #song translation #mine

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kuma829 · 3 months

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Adonis Solo- Burning Body Translation

This BURNING BODY won’t stop it’s relentless tirade

With this ravenous flame that’s Ambitious

I’ll let this ferocious blood rush all throughout my body

This society’s discrimination,

It’s a boundless prison we’re all controlled by

Operating in all-to-see broad daylight

Yet, even still such ego won’t stop growing

You just can’t give it up

Letting yourself engrave it into your real life

This BURNING BODY won’t stop it’s relentless tirade

With this ravenous flame that’s Ambitious

Even in an illogical society that refuses to show me love, I’ll be Ready to Fight

Setting myself ablaze, BURNING BURNING, Indulging in this undying flame

I’ll let this ferocious blood rush all throughout my body

Letting the meaning of life run through my veins I’m ALIVE

Endless difficulties, it’s all excuses1, it must be that troublesome Bad timing, right?

I must persist in my determination, only then will the right path will open up for me

My strength’s sole, will drown all my weakness

I’ve been given power to suppress overconfidence

And to stand resolute in adversity

Raging BURNING BODY

This passionate pulsation is Ambitious

Such apathetic hegemony with an uncaring society, I’m Ready to fight

I’ll set myself ablaze, BURNING BURNING, Indulging in this undying flame

All your hatred, I’ll make it my fuel to keep moving

Shouting with all my being the meaning of this life, I’m ALIVE

Experience will be our power, despair will be our flesh

When we’re in the heat of the moment, we’ll use our experience as strength

And despair too, it will serve as our very flesh.

In this hell’s flame, we are ALIVE

This BURNING BODY won’t stop it’s relentless tirade

With this ravenous flame that’s Ambitious

Even in an illogical society that refuses to show me love, I’ll be Ready to Fight

Setting myself ablaze, BURNING BURNING, Indulging in this undying flame

I’ll let this ferocious blood run all throughout my body

Raging BURNING BODY

This passionate pulsation is Ambitious

Such apathetic hegemony with an uncaring society, I’m Ready to fight

Setting myself ablaze, BURNING BURNING, Indulging in this undying flame

With all my relentless ambitions, as fuel

I’ll continue to live with everything I’ve got, I’m ALIVE

Not part of the original plain text; however it is an interpretation of the

dialogue to make what he is saying clearer (in relation to a translation).

#song translation #adonis otogari

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acutemushroom · 3 months

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So...I translated a Black Friday song

Do You Want to Play? is one of my favorite song in the Black Friday soundtrack and one of my favorite Starkid one. So, since it's an also relatively easy short one, I decided to translated in French, for fun.

Lyrics below the cut :

Petite fille ?

Trésor ?

Californie ?

Veux-tu jouer à un jeu ?

Adorable enfant, adorable enfant.

Veux-tu quelques bonbons ?

Ma tendre enfant, ma tendre enfant

Jouons ensemble

Jouons ensemble, ce soir

Un amusant jeu

Si amusant jeu, ce soir

Becky, regarde, par là-bas

Veux-tu jouer à un jeu ? (joins-nous, petite)

Adorable enfant, adorable enfant (joins-nous, petite)

Veux-tu quelques bonbons (Ici, ma petite)

Ma tendre enfant

Je veux qu'tu nous joignes pour qu'nous puissions jouer (ma tendre enfant)

Jouons ensemble

Jouons ensemble, ce soir

Un amusant jeu (marrant, si marrant, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha)

Si amusant jeu, ce soir (marrant, si marrant, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha )

Ha, ha, ha, ha

#starkid #hatchetverse #black friday #song : do you want to play ?#becky barnes #song translation #cover #amateur singing #cover in french #english to french #sorry Kim Whalen for destroying your song with my bad singing

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absentmindedadmirer · 8 months

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RIVALS! {Doppo Kannonzaka and Dice Arisugawa Duet} [ENG Translation]

=== Eng Translation for Rivals!, the new Doppo and Dice duet on the HOMIES album :> I've been waiting for this for like 6 years, everybody look at them, look at my boys!!!

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Novice translator trying their best, I apologise if something is off! Requests and asks are always open, I'm always learning more and more. Thankies for reading!!

Google Docs version if you want to look at my weird font choices (or the Romaji and JP that's more useful-)

#hypmic #song translation #translation #doppo kannonzaka #dice arisugawa #they make me sob uncontrollably all the time #my laser focus on this song and rio's solo is insane #very mentally ill over them thankies #Youtube

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feargha · 5 months

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The Old Witch Sleep and the Good Man Grace | Lyric Translation

(I love The Amazing Devil sm)

“You’re not a coward ‘cause you cower

You’re brave because they broke you

Yet broken, still you breathe

So breathe, breathe, just breathe”

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“Kamulȳ kamuyȳ ko kɔse’nan la

Kuun kɔs’nan la ghɔ kȳȳf me

Mȳ kȳȳf la k’sɔqȳ, al’bha tael

Thegha tael, tael, šaatɬ tael”

——

“[A] coward cowering does not make you

Brave because you they broke

But broken you are, regardless [you] breathe

So breathe, breathe, [command] breathe”

#conlang #conlanging #anfadica #translation #language #song translation #the amazing Devil #lyric translation #tad

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daikifr · 4 months

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「IMPERIAL CHAIN」 ŹOOĻ translation

oh-eh, oh-eh

break down! all things

oh-eh, oh-eh

only we can manipulate that

魘されるよな悪夢はどうだ odorasareru yo na akuma wa dou da how’s that nightmare that’s making you cry out in your sleep

素知らぬ顔の control soshiranu kao no control an expression of feigned ignorance takes control

シハイの味はニガイだろう？ shihai no aji wa nigai darou? doesn’t rulership have a bitter taste?

編まれていく (ayy 孤独と憤りの鎖) amarete iku (ayy, kodoku to ikari no kusari) woven together (ayy, chains of solitude and rage)

so! 募らすhatesは連鎖するfever so! tsunorasu hates wa rensa suru fever so! the growing hates chain together into a fever

望まれてんのは破滅的リーダー nozomareten no wa hametsu teki riidaa what the people desire is a destructive leader

のし上がろうとする者の下には noshiagarou to suru mono no shita ni wa beneath those who try to climb above the rest

(drop 免れない者が crying やがて堕ちてゆく deep hole) (drop manukarenai mono ga crying yagate ochite yuku deep hole) (drop those who cannot escape are crying and eventually fall into a deep hole)

レイコク上等安堵しな your place で reikoku joutou ando shi na your place de fabulously cold-blooded, you can find relief in your place

(we will be EMPERORS 見下ろしてやる) (we will be EMPERORS mikudasite yaru) (we will be EMPERORS looking down on you)

only we can manipulate that

帝国の幕開け (ho!) 爆音を響かして (ho!) teikoku no makuake (ho!) bakuon wo hibikashite (ho!) our empire begins (ho!) with a deafening roar (ho!)

破り取れ、明日を (HA HA!) yaburitore, ashita wo (HA HA!) tear it apart, seize tomorrow (HA HA!)

gimme number, number, number, top

奪われるくらいなら (ho!) キツく縛りつけて (ho!) ubawareru kurai nara (ho!) kitsuku shibaritsukete (ho!) i’d rather chain it to myself (ho!) than have it taken from me (ho!)

キズアトが残るくらい (HA HA!) kisuato ga nokoru kurai (HA HA!) so tightly it’ll leave a scar (HA HA!)

you remember, remember, remember, remember

ready ready go, ready ready go, ready ready go

ready ready go, ready ready go, yeah, yeah

ready ready go

既製品になんかならねえアタマ4つ抜ける kiseihin ni nanka naranee atama yottsu nukeru i won't become a pre-made product. i'll stand out with my four heads

媚びるように笑ったりしねぇ kobiru you ni warattari shinee i won't smile flatteringly

やきつけろ (ayy 従順に飽き飽きしてたんだろ) yakitsukero (ayy, juujun ni aki akitetan daro) burn it (ayy, you were probably getting bored of being obedient)

so! 望まれてんの未開 entertainment so! nozomareten no mikai entertainment so! being desired is primitive entertainment

抱えてる dark side こちらには聖剣 kakaeteru dark side kochira ni wa seiken holding onto the dark side, here is the holy sword

同じトコがジクジクと疼いて onaji toko ga jikujiku to uzuite the sami place is throbbing

(anger 胸を締めつける endless 全身のまれてく black hole) (anger mune wo shimetsukeru endless zenshin no mareteku black hole) (anger tightens the chest, endless, enveloping the entire body like a black hole)

失うものなどもう忘れてんだ ushinau mono nado mou wasureten da i’ve forgotten what it’s like to lose

(we will be new era 跪くがいい) (we will be new era hizamazuku ga ii) (we will be new era, kneel)

only we can create new value

わきあがる感情を (ho!) 燃えたつ炎に変えて (ho!) wakiagaru kanjou wo (ho!) moetatsu honoo ni kaete (ho!) emotions surging (ho!) turn it into a blazing fire

鎖は紅くなる (HA HA!) kusari wa akaku naru the chains turn crimson

gimme power, power, power up

痛いと喚いたって (ho!) もう逃げられやしない (ho!) itai to wameitatte (ho!) mou nigerare ya shinai (ho!) even if you cry out in pain (ho!) there’s no escaping now (ho!)

everything is mine 運命が (HA HA!) everything is mine unmei ga (HA HA!) everything is mine, fate is (HA HA!)

呼ぶ hour, hour, hour, hour yobu hour, hour, hour, hour to call hour, hour, hour, hour

ready ready go, ready ready go, ready ready go

狂気の中で叫べ本能を kyouki no naka de sakebe honnou wo scream out your instincts in the midst of madness

(oh, oh, oh, oh)

彷徨い続けて果ての答えイマ samayoi tsuzukete hate no kotae ima wander persistently, the answer at the end is now

悪意を選んでたむろう poison akui wo erande tamurou poison choosing malice, lingering poison

もっとオレだけを見てなよ audience motto ore dake wo mite na yo audience look at me more audience

(oh, oh, oh, oh)

拡がる ZONE は歯止めをかけない hirogaru ZONE wa hadome wo kakenai a spreading zone has no restraint

like a roar… (bang!)

帝国の幕開け (ho!) 爆音を響かして (ho!) teikoku no makuake (ho!) bakuon wo hibikashite (ho!) the dawn of an empire (ho!) echoes thunderously (ho!)

破り取れ、明日を (HA HA!) uaburitore, ashita wo (HA HA!) tear it apart, seize tomorrow (HA HA!)

gimme number, number, number, top

奪い返してやる (ho!) キツく縛りつけて (ho!) ubaikaeshite yaru (ho!) kitsuku shibaritsukete (ho!) i’ll take it back (ho!) tightly bound (ho!)

キズアトが残るくらい (HA HA!) kizuato ga nokoru kurai (HA HA!) leaving scars behind

you remember, remember, remember, remember

わきあがる感情を (ho!) 燃えたつ炎に変えて (ho!) wakiagaru kanjou wo (ho!) moetatsu honoo ni kaete (ho!) emotions surging (ho!) turn it into a blazing fire

鎖は紅くなる (HA HA!) kusari wa akaku naru the chains turn crimson

gimme power, power, power, up

痛いと喚いたって (ho!) そう決して逃がさない (ho!) itai to wameitatte (ho!) sou kesshite nogasanai (ho!) even if you cry out in pain (ho!) i’ll never let it escape (ho!)

everything is mine 運命が (HA HA!) everything is mine unmei ga (HA HA!) everything is mine, fate is (HA HA!)

呼ぶ hour, hour, hour, hour yobu hour, hour, hour, hour to call hour, hour, hour, hour

ready ready go, ready ready go, ready ready go

ready ready go, ready ready go, yeah, yeah

ready ready go

#zool #ainana #idolish7 #imperial chain #touma inumaru #minami natsume #haruka isumi #torao mido #translation #english translation #song translation

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Dutch translation of Bug

Credit: shoppingcart

Ik ben verdwaald, verdwaald, recht tussen deze pa-pa-para paranoia

Bzzz-zzzt, het snijdt mijn hart, deze pa-pa-para paranoia

Uiteindelijk sneedt ik een ontsnappingroute af, verstrikt in pa-pa-para paranoia

Hoe erg, hoe erg - ik lig, uitgestrekt en leeg - pa-pa-para, compleet paranoïde

Kijk, het is een bu-bu-bug, nu, bug, bug; ta-tag, het zijn gewoon talenten die zo zijn getagd

Ugh, ik zal we-we-wegschillen, mijn emoties wegschillen, dit begin van “pijn” is niet goed, niet goed, niet goed…

Oh nee, oh nee, oh nee!!!

Wel! Een angstaanjagende daling in emotie, het is al de pa-pa-para paranoia! Ik verhef mijn overstemde stem en ga rond en rond

Wel! Het is een wanhopige situatie, ik ben gedoemd om te vallen wat ik ook doe! Zeker, zeker zinken, nee, nee, NEE!

Kijk, het is een bu-bu-bug, nu, bug, bug; jouw affectie is buitensporig, ik haat het zo!

Kijk, het is een bu-bu-bug, nu, bug, bug; het antwoord is zo slap, ik haat het,

Ik haat het!!

Draai draai, gestoord worden!

Barst! Waarschuwing! Wacht, dit gaat niet werken–draai draai, draaien op de tel van 1, 2! (Gestoord, gestoord,) Aah!

Barst! Waarschuwing, ja, dit gaat echt niet werken–draai draai, mijn voeten vastgebonden, (gestoord, gestoord)

Eindeloze pijn, huh? Hah!

Geknepen, stevig geknepen is een onnodig kind; pa-pa-para paranoia

Goed meisje, goed meisje - degene die de chat vloedt met “goed gedaan” is de administrator…

Ahh!

Kijk, het is een bu-bu-bug

Ver-ver-vertraging, looptijd vertraging…

Lo-lo-logboek, een logboek van rebellie

Bu-bu-bug, pa-ppa-pa-la-pa; pa-paranoia,

Pa-paranoia,

Pa-paranoia, nee, nee, NEE!!!

Nu dan! Een angstaanjagende daling in emotie, het is al de pa-pa-para paranoia! Het maakt niet uit of ik links of rechts ga, al dat ik doe is draaien – de ellende!

Mijn brein is bij zijn limiet, gestoord worden met alles dat ik doe! Verdwaald en bedwelmd op deze duisternis, we spelen kiekeboe

Kiekeboe-hoe, geen punten voor jou!

Een angstaanjagende daling in emotie, het is al de pa-pa-para paranoia! Ik verhef mijn overstemde stem en ga rond en rond

Wel! Het is een wanhopige situatie, ik ben gedoemd om te vallen wat ik ook doe! Ik ben overal bevroren, nee, nee, NEE!

Kijk, het is een bu-bu-bug, nu, een bug, bug, deze droefheid, zeer en opgeruwd, ik haat het!

Kijk, het is een bu-bu-bug, nu, een bug, bug, alle reden dat ik had is oversluwd in duisternis, nee, nee, nee… nu, nu, nu;

Oh nee, oh nee, oh nee, oh nee, oh nee, oh nee, oh nee, oh nee, oh nee!

#vocaloid #vocaloid translation #vocaloid lyrics #dutch translation #english to dutch #lyrics translation #song translation #translation

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resurrection-of-soul · 3 months

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Fiery Scream | Rei Solo Translation

Before I knew it, I'd already grown accustomed to being thirsty While walking down this road with no hope for change I don't look back on the memories I left behind in distant days My heart is frozen, living each day devoid of any stimulation The screams calling for me gave me passion And revived my soul With that passionate¹ voice, sear into me A fire that will never go out again Please share it with me, light it in my heart It grows with my thirst, a craving² Which touches the back of my throat³, an unquenchable impulse Even pain turns into a sweet aphrodisiac⁴ ...which I'll return to you

Staring at the wedge driven into the meaning of life I spent yesterday decaying into apathy The feelings I'm now capable of were given shape by you Carrying both sins and freedom, living each day seeking stimulation I've been awakened by those screams which make my wounds ache And remind me of my soul All you have to do is listen and tremble with pleasure So much so that it drives you mad with desire I'll show you all my selfishness You'll accept it with your whole body, won't you? Whenever I drink from the unbridled passion deep within you It gives me joy...which I'll return to you "I'm buried in boredom, I don't mind even if it ends" If you can no longer bear to think that way Then it's best to turn those feelings into screams Call for me, with that passionate voice of yours Transform my life, let it be reborn I'll show you all my selfishness You'll accept it with your whole body, won't you? For the craving which kindled my passion I'll repay you with a singing voice sweeter than any aphrodisiac

¹ 熱い (atsui) is both "passionate" and, quite literally, "hot." So, y'know. Fire puns! ² The word used here is 欲望 which is like…so, so sexually charged. It's pretty much identical to the word "lust" in that 90% of the time, people are using it to mean sexual desire, but it can also just mean a passionate desire for anything in general. I'm going with craving here to keep in line with the whole "thirst" theme present throughout the song

³ 喉元 is "throat," but 喉 alone can be throat or "singing voice," so this + the previous line together sounds very much like "It grows with my thirst, a desire to sing which becomes an unquenchable impulse." Given the context of the song, this wordplay seems intentional.

⁴媚薬 can be either "aphrodisiac" or "love potion," so... Pick your poison. I went with aphrodisiac here since the rest of the song is so dang sexually charged

#ensemble stars #rei sakuma #enstars translation #song translation #tw: suicidal ideation #solo #fiery scream

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denofven · 2 months

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I tried to translate 『Suteki na Jumon』 !

[ official jacket illustration source ]

★ Disclaimer: I'm an english speaking casual student of the language and my translation is in no way anything but amateur, I mainly rely on kanji dictionaries and researching individual syntax with very slight MTL assistance. I started to translate Ikigusare songs late last year for myself in order to simply gain a personal understanding of the music and thought I'd share what I have for others now that the idols are finding traction in western spaces. very open to critique!

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『Wonderful Incantation』 English Translation [ original lyrics and singable romaji ]

If you cried because you were sad, if you wanted to run away because it was so painful If it was so difficult you couldn’t speak, or so distressing you couldn’t move Try chanting this wonderful incantation and open the door to a world of delight

Iä! Iä! Hastur! Hastur cf’ayak ’vulgtumm, vugtlagln, vulgtmm! Ai! Ai! Hastur!¹ Outer space split apart and something strange emerged

If you moistened your pillow with a worn out love, self immolated with a violent jealousy If you feel the urge to kill, or if you curse this entire world Try chanting this wonderful incantation and the end will peacefully start

Iä! Iä! Hastur! Hastur cf’ayak ’vulgtumm, vugtlagln, vulgtmm! Ai! Ai! Hastur! Outer space split apart and something strange emerged

Try chanting this wonderful incantation and the end will peacefully start

Iä! Iä! Hastur! Hastur cf’ayak ’vulgtumm, vugtlagln, vulgtmm! Ai! Ai! Hastur! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh, Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn! Cthulhu fhtagn, Nyarlathotep th'ga, shamesh shamesh, Nyarlathotep th'ga!

Cthulhu fhtagn! Ai! Ai! Hastur!

I hope such a world is destroyed

¹ This is the fictional chant to summon the eldritch entities Byakhee of the Cthulhu mythos

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researching specific Lovecraftian chants was so exhausting, the romanisation ends up reading in a pretty funny way!

support Ikigusare and their producer Namaichirou on their official channels! I own nothing but my rough translation

#ikigusare #ikigusare idols #イキグサレ #song translation #body horror

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dkniade · 6 months

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Can I just say that I’m glad to see more fans of datsugoku here? LIKE ITS SO SO GOOD AND GOD SO TRAGICC THEY DESERVED BETTER!! Also also your analysis on Oktavia’s cover was FUCKING AMAZING HOLY HELLL/pos

(If anyone’s curious about the song mentioned here, note that the first link’s music video contains flashing lights and rapid motions, and the themes include violence and character death)

Thank you so much!! I really love Datsugoku’s MV for telling such a story in a mere 3 minutes and 47 seconds while combining music/lyrics/visuals together well. I remember how I used to really look up to sidu for her work on Datsugoku, particularly for its lighting and video editing haha. Over the years her artstyle has changed but Datsugoku is one of my favourite “phases” of her art style I’d say

(I think to this day if I’m trying to get someone into Neruke I’d just send them the MV haha)

But as a song it’s just really cool to listen to as well. The riff at the start, that guitar solo in the middle (I wrote a post about my interpretation of the solo’s narrative significance) IT’S SO GOOD. One of the best—or most memorable?—solos Neru has written I think. I like that you can get one interpretation based on the music/lyrics themselves, and another slightly different interpretation based on the MV (since what’s described in the lyrics don’t exactly match what’s happening on-screen even though they’re describing the same event.) This mismatch (?) in how the media forms are staggered (?) is so cool, like when the LYRICS say (using my translation)—

Slamming down on the rusted throttle

with all that I’ve got—

so hard that I’d break my bones—

Right now, let’s break through reality

—but the ANIMATION shows the moments before, where Kawasemi throws the knife to rip off Kuina’s blindfold, mouthes something in a cocky way, and runs away to start the chase…!

(Note that the next link here goes to a post which links to a video with flashing lights and rapid motions.)

AH speaking of a tragic ending that deserved better, back in 2021 I was able to participate in a Neruke 10th anniversary fan medley MV, and did the illustration for Datsugoku! The section chosen was of course the very guitar solo itself so I tried to depict a scene of freedom and happiness in the illustration. Whether the smiling and relaxed Kawasemi is alive in the illustration is up to interpretation, haha…

It’s to match lyrics like—(note that this section of the lyrics kiiind of alludes to metaphoric drugs, and again character death)—

“Increasing the altitude without a change in your expression, you laugh”

(“顔色変えず高度上げて君は笑う”)

and

“As the engine heats up, I don’t care about what’s happening to the plane’s body, so high I was in the blue heavens”

(“エンジンがヒートして　機体がどうしたって気にもしない程に　トリップしてしまう大空は偉大さ”)

UE UE UE KAWASEMI YOU BASTARD WITH NO SELF-PRESERVATION (affectionate). Looking at it again, as a loanword from English,トリップして (trip-shite) likely refers to tripping (on drugs)… as in he’s in such a state of ecstasy—in seventh heaven, if you will—it’s like he’s high. ….oh my god hence Oktavia’s line:

“Though the engine overheats, the plane begins to dive / I don’t care, it’s right in front of me / The Seventh Heaven finally on the bright side”

(Long ramble about Oktavia’s lyrics, Japanese lyrics, English translyrics, melody, and phonology here)

As for my initial reaction Oktavia’s encore cover, thank you!! As I’ve mentioned in the reaction/analysis post I really like how she writes lyrics. Rhythmically, I’ve realized that it’s not just about fitting the Japanese lyrics’ syllables to English words while retaining the meaning, it’s about sonority (relative loudness of a speech sound) and how the sonority of the English lyrics should sound with the melody—and as a poet and occasional (English cover) lyricist who tries to rhyme and keep the rhythm, THAT’S REALLY DIFFICULT. I think… a vocal melody written for a song in Japanese would probably take advantage of how Japanese is mostly consonant-vowel (e.g. Datsugoku can be split up to da-tsu-go-ku, but don’t quote my on the technicalities), but rewrite the lyrics to English without thinking of rhythm and suddenly it’s hard to sing lyrics when they’re all mushed together, be it because the sonority just don’t work, or that there are too many consonants…

For example, it’s easier to sing

あの頃僕ら夢を見ていたんだ

(Ano koro bokura yume o miteita nda)

than it is to sing, say,

“Back then the two of us would dream of better lives than this”

even though the syllable count matches (do you know how hard it was to intentionally write a line that’d mess with the syllabic stress in relation to the melody)

SO THAT’S WHY I LOVE OKTAVIA’S LYRIC

“Tell me you remember when we’d dream of another life.”

The way the consonants at the ends of the words follow the vowels at the beginning of the next word makes it flow SO WELL. It seems she writes the lyrics based more on the melody’s ups-and-downs itself instead of the Japanese syllables, if that makes sense?

Oktavia’s mentioned something similar about rhyming and syllables in Japanese vs English lyrics once

“it is interesting though that rhyming is so integral to english lyrics but like in other languages (japanese) that sort of culture doesn't exist

my theory is that it's because english has so many different pronunciations to learn rhymes are more appealing 'cause they're rarer? vs japanese where because of the syllable system you can write lyrics that rhyme MUCH easier so it's not as prioritized???? idk”

The syllable system in Japanese is different from English so maybe it sounds nice in English when a (relatively) complicated syllabic system suddenly has rhymes where it usually wouldn’t…?

Ahaha, anyway, thank you for the ask! I was able to ramble about Datsugoku’s lyrics and gain more insight on the song even after a year…

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S∀G∀ Lyrics Translation & Song and MV Analysis

I’ve translated the lyrics and made an in-depth analysis of S∀G∀ by 1Nm8, including the song lyrics, the imagery used in the MV, and how they’re connected.

The analysis will contain heavy, unmarked spoilers for the 1Nm8 “SHOWDOWN” drama track, which I translated in full here.

The following analysis is fully subjective. You’re free to interpret any parts of the song and MV differently. I share it in the hope that my musings will prove interesting, and because the depth and effort put into this song and MV blew my mind.

I made my own translation of the lyrics based on the original Japanese text to use in the analysis.

Imagery:

The motifs and symbols repeating through the MV are: the color green, plants and flowers, and crystals.

The color green is most associated with Itsuki, and a lot of the symbolism seems to be connected to him and his experiences this time. This goes in line with Itsuki’s verse kicking off the song and him playing an important role in the drama track.

I believe that green in the MV may symbolize one’s real, “natural” self, most generally speaking. For Itsuki, it’d be his emotions, for Rokuta, his memories.

1Nm8 causing flowers to bloom over lab floors and sitting in a flower field would represent them healing themselves and others.

During Itsuki’s verse, the imagery alludes to the Alter Trigger labs and experiments performed on him. During the verses “Something I lost / A feeling I can’t explain” we see a green crystal shattering into pieces.

Next, we see near transparent crystals with little bits of green at the bottom locked in test tubes, as if the aim of the experiment was to drain the “green” from the “crystals”. The crystals would be the experiment subjects’ hearts/minds, losing themselves and becoming broken if they resist.

However, the three large floating crystals that appear repeatedly and are connected by some sort of a ring would represent 1Nm8 and their healing connection (they’re all green!). I do notice there’s four crystals in the picture, but I don’t have a definite explanation: it might be a symbol for Rokuta not identifying with his past self, Minori, because of his memory loss or foreshadowing for something we don’t know yet.

Itsuki’s verse:

未だ手に残る感触

It hit me like a gunshot

焼き付いた記憶は単色

塗りつぶしたみたいさ

The sensation that remains in my hand

It hit me like a gunshot

The memories burned in me are monochrome

As if they’ve been painted over

The imagery going with the verses “The sensation that remains in my hand / It hit me like a gunshot” shows Itsuki’s phantometal, the Geometric Square Tattoo, which means they describe how the metal was implanted in him and its effects.

The word “塗りつぶす”, paint over, can have another negative connotation, meaning “cover up the truth”, like the emotions associated with Itsuki’s memories being blocked out and the way he perceives the world with his senses changing.

失ったsomething

説明がつかない感情

干渉する必要はないunknown

見ろここじゃ俺たちはweirdo

理論通りにやる Let’s get on

Something I lost

A feeling I can’t explain

Unneeded interference from the unknown

Look, here we’re the weirdos

We’ll proceed logically, Let’s get on

The tree might be a special symbol relating to Itsuki. We do not know if “Itsuki” is his real name or if it’s the name he received (or picked, based on his test subject number) at the facility; the way it is written in canon, using katakana, doesn’t reveal the intended meaning.

However, the name Itsuki can be written with the character 樹, meaning trees, wood.

In the MV, we see the tree behind Itsuki, obscured; then Itsuki separated from the tree with a transparent cylinder, then finally, Itsuki sitting at the foot of the tree, among flowers.

Itsuki being shut off from the tree while the verse “As if it’s been painted over” plays - he’s separated from his emotions, and how he used to see the world.

足踏み入れた世界は

歪みだらけさ Nah mean

ワンシーン切り取るたび

見える理不尽なことばかり

The world we stepped into

Is nothing but distorted Nah mean

Each time you take a snapshot

You see nothing but senseless acts

Here, I believe that Itsuki is no longer rapping about the facility - but the world outside it. That’s what the line “The world we stepped into” implies. The outside world he and Rokuta chose wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows; it’s overwhelming and twisted.

If plants in the MV represent the real selves of the experiment victims, then the saplings here would be the released victims taking part in the government program - small, because they’re just “growing”, learning how to be themselves again. However, they’re doing it in a locked up, controlled environment, like an incubator machine. To Itsuki, that’s not much better than what they’ve just escaped. Like he said in the drama track, “To be controlled again by anyone else would be intolerable.”

The imagery of the incubator machine appears again in the chorus, as the line “In the tainted soil”, sung by Itsuki, plays - Itsuki sees the outside world who does things like locking up the victims again as tainted.

奇妙な感覚

感じたことない温度

We can do it non-stop uh

奇跡かもな I don’t know

A peculiar sensation

The temperature I’ve never felt before

We can do it non-stop uh

It may be a miracle, I don’t know

I think these verses refer to 1Nm8 and their relationship. The “peculiar sensation” is expressed with a word that can mean something strange, difficult to understand in a logical or scientific way, but also something rare and excellent.

“Temperature” makes you think about physical contact and warmth, like from holding hands, which 1Nm8 have done on more than one occasion.

A “miracle” is an unusual thing for Itsuki to talk about, as he tries to approach everything logically. A sign of his outlook changing shows the impact of 1Nm8 on him.

Chorus:

Yeah 集中したら It’s going down

It’s true, true いつも通りさ

少しづつ I can see clearly now

Yeah

Yeah as long as we focus, It’s going down

It’s true, true, just as always

Little by little, I can see clearly now

Yeah

The line “Little by little, I can see clearly now” by Rokuta might reference his memories returning bit by bit.

すり抜けた砂で描いた

儚い愛の詩

何度もbreak down and 創り上げた

それを証明するため

Written in sand slipping away

A poem of fleeting love

Broken down and remade countless times

In order to prove that

The imagery of sand, together with the word "fleeting" makes me think of a hourglass, and time running out. It may be the limited time they have to change things before phantometal claims more victims, or the limited time they have in general...

"Uta" sounds like the word for "song", but the kanji used actually means poem. There's a pattern of referring to written word instead of music in the song - the word SAGA, 書き足す later in the chorus, using the kanji for write, "drama", a written work.

The beautiful flower いつかは枯れ

芽が出るまた汚れた地で

We must have the power 勝ち取るゲーム

書き足すSAGA 幸せなdramaになるまで

The beautiful flower will wither one day

To sprout once again in the tainted soil

We must have the power to win the game

Keep writing the saga

Until it becomes a joyful drama

Before the Drama Track came out, I thought the withering flower was a part of the imagery of fleeting things relating to Itsuki’s and Rokuta’s health, but after listening to it, I believe the “beautiful flower” is actually Kei.

In the hospital scene, when Kei falls asleep on his shoulder, Itsuki says that “Things that are too beautiful are also fragile” and that he’s terrified of Kei breaking one day. There’s also the symbolism of plants - they’re what’s true and pure in the world, the opposite of people in the labs.

Also, if you look closely, the flower is pink, a similar shade to Kei’s hair. It's shape is even a bit similar to Kei's hairstyle!

Kei’s verse:

It’s sky high 見渡す

誘う聖なる場所まで

We fly high

Y’all never shoot me down

It’s sky high, the place in our sights

Towards the holy land that’s calling us

We fly high

Y’all never shoot me down

This verse contains references to religious imagery that Kei often uses - he compares the changes they want to carry out to entering paradise and leading people there.

Birds are a common symbol for freedom, too, like freedom from the influence of phantometal on their lives that 1Nm8 is seeking.

深い傷と疼くpain

ただの数字がhis name

降りかかるdirt 振り払う

ウンザリさどれもsame

Deep wounds and aching pain

With mere numbers as his name

Warding off the dirt falling as rain

What a pain, it’s all the same

I think just as the tree may be a special symbol connected to Itsuki, the others also have a plant or arrangement of plants associated with them. For Rokuta, it’d be the vertical garden with ferns, which often appears in the background behind him. However, as the line “Warding off the dirt” plays, Kei is shown in front of it while something like a scanner device is running, a wall of light passing through.

If we assume the vertical garden is a symbol for Rokuta’s real self, this scene looks like someone is looking for traces of Kei in his lost memory. The “dirt” falling down is the corruption affecting them or Rokuta specifically.

This verse (together with the Drama track) shows that Kei’s feelings about Rokuta’s name are complicated. It’s not like he doesn’t care that his little brother’s name and identity was taken away from him. We see Rokuta blurred and far away, and looking closely, the circle of light at his feet is covered by a shadow much closer to the screen, like someone’s shoulder. I think that might be Kei’s shadow, watching his little brother fade out of view, far away from him. He found Rokuta, but in a way, not Minori.

In the story, Kei chooses to call Rokuta by his new name, but I see it as a sign of respect and love towards him, not that Kei doesn’t care one way or the other. During the piano scene in the drama track, Kei almost calls him Minori when overcome with emotion, but corrects himself. He makes a conscious choice for Rokuta’s sake.

It could also symbolize how the scientists were dehumanizing Rokuta by referring to him with a number. Faces and eyes are connected to perceiving another person’s humanity, so they get blurred as Rokuta is treated like an object. The word choices by Kei in this verse, different than his usual beautiful language - annoyance/ a pain, dirt - verse show his hidden anger about the issue.

Yeah, we did it again

物語る信念はいつもbrand new

Yeah yeah yeah

Yeah, we did it again

The conviction we speak of is always brand new

Yeah yeah yeah

I am not sure here, but I think “brand new” might possibly reference the concept of “original intention” or “initial resolution” in Japanese (初心,初一念, 本意). It’s the feeling when you’ve just started on something and you’re full of enthusiasm and belief in what you’re doing, the opposite of being jaded and discouraged.

Rokuta’s verse:

シャボン玉のように浮かんでる you & me

どんなに遊んでもdon’t worry 遊園地

F R E E D O M

ギリギリシーソーゲーム

You & me, floating like soap bubbles

No matter how much we play, don’t worry, it’s an amusement park

FREEDOM

Seesaw game on the edge

This verse seems to refer to Rokuta and Itsuki (“you & me”), their precarious situation as former test subjects and their choices from there on. Soap bubbles are something short-lasting and incredibly fragile.

We see a scene that parallels one from Itsuki’s verse. Rokuta gets locked in a cylinder in the lab while a computer on the wall is obtaining data. What’s more, if you look closely, in the background there’s something like a semi-transparent window and a blurry outline of a tree (seen in the background of Itsuki’s lab cylinder scene) can be seen. This possibly shows Rokuta and Itsuki being a part of different experiments at the same time.

In the SHOWDOWN drama CD, Rokuta says he and Itsuki “chose freedom” over living at another facility for the victims with government support.

ギリギリ in Japanese describes a situation where you just barely make it, and there’s a danger of failing.

A seesaw goes back and forth, just like how performing in Paradox live can either cause the phantometal influence to hurt Rokuta and Itsuki (and by extension, Kei, who deeply cares about both), or it might ease the adverse effects of the metal through the healing properties of Kei’s music.

それナイス楽しいなら

繰り返すのさ１回よりもtwice

edNって名のparadise 集合みんなで

That's nice, if it's fun fun

We should do it again, twice is better than once

Everyone, gather in the paradise called edN

悪いけどさ手放す気はないんだ

この音が止まるまでずっと踊りたい

I’m sorry, but I have no intention of letting go

I want to keep dancing until this sound stops

This part always sounds ominous to me. What sound, Rokuta? What sound? Surely, you wouldn’t mean something like your heartbeat?

Interpreting “this sound” as Kei’s music isn’t much better, because Kei has previously tried to quit music under the weight of guilt for using phantometal when it hurt Rokuta and Itsuki this much. It might just mean the end of a particular song, but Rokuta’s verse has so many concerning flags for their future I can’t help but worry about this one, too.

Before the chorus repeats again, we're shown flying birds again, more symbolism for freedom, but also a blooming white flower.

I believe showing these motifs one after the other isn't accidental, but is meant to create a connection between them. If birds flying mean freedom and positive continuation of their "saga", then flowers blooming mean the same.

It matches up with the interpretation that plants growing and flowers blooming in the MV represent healing and breaking free from the past.

This analysis was very fun to do, but it still took a lot of effort to research for and compile, so if you liked it I appreciate it if you showed it some love! I plan to analyze other 1Nm8 songs in the future, so stay tuned.

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