#its NOT the nami no ne no. i know that. that's not in that song despite everything telling me it should be.

[red-dyed-sarumane]

kyuuyakus so good not only bc its like the only song heavy enough i can tolerate at loud volumes that can Almost drown out my coworker who never shuts up but ALSO for the points ive said 74times & will continue to,

aru sekai shoushitsu set us up for something super sci-fi, which. yes. the series very much is. but it was so technical and almost coldly indifferent. and then we're given the whole "old testament" in the title & the whole intro reading that isnt far from dantes inferno type content as my good friend emimin pointed out. we've got this new aspect added in and at the same time the lyrics let you know this character's still dealing with the complex technical stuff, from the terms down to the second kanji in ashita being incomplete as though because of a program error or interruption or some other similar reason.

and it feels even more different because theres just so much emotion in this one compared to shoushitsu. all the "bye-bye"s written in ways that express deep pain, the fact that the "see you tomorrow"s are cut off in the way they are the first time, and so drawn out the second time. the genre's not the spacey, distant trance type that shoushitsu is; its heavy, its intense, its got as much to it musically as there are details in the story. it's not just to sound cool, it's getting her state of mind across just as much as the spoken words. the world's being destroyed physically & metaphorically, everyone's suffered this over and over, they've parted ways so many times and its just never something they can get used to, especially not if they want to keep trying to end this whole loop, she's stressed past imagination trying to keep everything in check when its just not possible, & the intensity of the music just emphasizes all of that. there's less intense parts too, sort of like a forced focus on what she's doing that all too quickly builds to a panic. or the in the second part where everything gets so dire, the bell's tolling and she's running out of time, the piano over top of it giving such an uneasy feeling, and then right back to that heavy panic. theres so much emotional charge in it you know the long notes aren't just magu having fun with it; you just know they're meant as screams. i dont even think i can say screams for help, i think she knows shes past the point of help or at least that she's supposed to be everyone else's source of help that it's just stressed lamentation. she's doing everything she possibly can and its not working so all thats left is to cry out about it.

and then u have the rute furute wo a motif in here that's added in under the "fractal wa/kurikaeshita" parts that really hits harder now with kannagi for extra context. knowing that this is in the past & can't be changed and everyone else is using this as a point of reference. then u of course have the nami no ne wo motif, & the longest & clearest instance of it aside from maybe oumen mokushiroku so u know she's herself & gets to live, gets to keep doing this & watching other people die. (although i have absolutely no frame of reference for how long she lives given this is a past event & she doesn't seem to be present in the more current time songs. we dont really have that context yet) & then we're back to the rute motif on top of what still sounds like a jumble of nothing. but i also thought the rute line was nothing and here its a big deal so i cant wait to realize what this other jumble is, considering its also under the last ima kizanda parts.

theres just so so much to it, so many little intricacies that build such a full picture from whats otherwise one of the more simple series songs & i cant love it more.

#aru sekai series #part of me is desperately like is that last jumble here the reason the end of ashura sounds so familiar to me #but its not quite right for that i dont think #its also not the repeating whatever from shoushitsu #& it didnt make any sense to me when i tried reversing it either so i just dont know #ashura's a different conversation but oh my god i am so desperate to realize why the end of it sounds so familiar to me #like which song is it from & what motif is it #its NOT the nami no ne no. i know that. that's not in that song despite everything telling me it should be. #which is interesting in its own right considering the whole. cycle of things with ashura as a concept & whatnot. #& yet without that motif it implies she doesnt get to live after her song so thats something i think about often #anyway i feel like what im looking for is in either kyuuyaku or touhikou or both but i can never pinpoint it #compels me tho #as ive said many times the sound design in series songs is amazing when magu says they compose to fit a certain mood they fucking nail it #i thought about putting this under a read more but ive decided to actively be annoying #oh yeah once again im not looking at anything directly this is just off memory & the lyrics i can understand #bc some of these words i forgot immediately after learning. whoops.

[superbeaverstan]

はなむけ / Hanamuke / A Parting Gift

This isn't exactly a Super Beaver song, but it was composed by Yangi, and I wanted to translate this song (huhu this is currently my LSS), so I'm putting it here HAHA

会いたい気持ち　会えない苦しみ

何気ない優しさ　突然の理不尽

僕らは知って踏まえた今でしょう

どこかで暮らす あなたを想う

嬉しい夜も　寂しい朝も

間違えたことも許されて泣いた日も

僕らは知って踏まえた今でしょう

すぐ側にいる あなたを想う

言葉は思いを運ぶ船のよう

波と風の中を進む

届けたいものは　笑顔になりそうなもの

ただあなたの前途を祝して

おはよう

いってらっしゃい

またね またね

好きなことを好きでいてね

嫌でもどうしても嫌なことだってある世界で

あなたは何を選んでいくだろう

変わることの魅力と戸惑い

変わらざるを得ないもどかしさ

僕らは悩んでづいていくでしょう

今でもある大切を想う

言葉は強くて　時に無力で

悔やむこともあるけど進むよ

届けたいものが　より確かになっていく

ただあなたの歓び願うよ

おはよう

いってらっしゃい

またね　またね

好きな人を好きでいてね

嫌でもどうしても嫌な人とだって会う世界で

あなたは誰を愛していくだろう

人と違うだってひとが違う

去るもの追いかけたかったり

来るものに抗えたかったり

おかしくない

無闇に人を傷つけ悲しませること以外は全部

おかしくない

”おはよう”　ってさ　当然じゃないね

”いってらっしゃい”　には　またね　気をつけてねって加えたい

届けたいものは笑顔になるためのもの

とにかく　今日もあなたを想う

おはよう

いってらっしゃい

またね　またね

好きなことを好きで��てね

嫌でもどうしても嫌なことだってある世界で

あなたは何を選んでいくのだろう

おはよう

いってらっしゃい

またね　またね

好きなことを好きでいいんだと

”おはよう”

”いってらっしゃい”

”またね”

”頑張れ”

伝えたい

ただあなたの前途を祝して

--

Aitai kimochi aenai kurushimi

Nanigenai yasashisa totsuzen no rifujin

Bokura wa shitte fumaeta ima deshou

Dokoka de kurasu anata wo omou

Ureshii yoru mo samishii asa mo

Machigaeta koto mo yurusarete naita hi mo

Bokura wa shitte fumaeta ima deshou

Sugu soba ni iru anata wo omou

Kotoba wa omoi wo hakobu fune no you

Nami to kaze no naka wo susumu

Todoketai mono wa egao ni narisou na mono

Tada anata no zento wo shukushite

Ohayou

Itterasshai

Mata ne mata ne

Suki na koto wo suki de ite ne

Iya demo doushitemo iya na koto datte aru sekai de

Anata wa nani wo erandeiku darou

Kawaru koto no miryoku to tomadoi

Kawarazaru wo enai modokashisa

Bokura wa nayande dzuiteiku deshou

Ima demo aru taisetsu wo omou

Kotoba wa tsuyokute toki ni muryoku de

Kuyamu koto mo aru kedo susumu yo

Todoketai mono ga yori tashika ni natteiku

Tada anata no yorokobi negau yo

Ohayou

Itterasshai

Mata ne mata ne

Suki na hito wo suki de ite ne

Iya demo doushitemo iya na hito to datte au sekai de

Anata wa dare wo aishiteiku darou

Hito to chigau datte hito ga chigau

Saru mono oikaketakattari

Kuru mono ni aragaetakattari

Okashikunai

Muyami ni hito wo kidzutsuke kanashimaseru koto igai wa zenbu

Okashikunai

"Ohayou" tte sa touzen janai ne

"Itterasshai" ni wa mata ne ki wo tsuketene tte kuwaetai

Todoketai mono wa egao ni naru tame no mono

Tonikaku kyou mo anata wo omou

Ohayou

Itterasshai

Mata ne mata ne

Suki na koto wo suki de ite ne

Iya demo doushitemo iya na koto datte aru sekai de

Anata wa nani wo erandeiku no darou

Ohayou

Itterasshai

Mata ne mata ne

Suki na koto wo suki de ii n da to

Ohayou

Itterasshai

Mata ne

Ganbare

Tsutaetai

Tada anata no zento wo shukushite

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The pain of wanting to see someone but not being able to see them

A kindness that unexpectedly pops up in the midst of all the absurdities

By now, we probably know and learned (a lot) from these

I think of you living out there, somewhere

The happy nights, the lonely mornings

The mistakes we've made, the days we've allowed yourself to cry

By now, we probably know and learned (a lot) from these

I think of you (and how) soon I'll be beside you

Words carry one's thoughts, like a boat

That moves through the waves and wind

I want to give you these things, which seems to make you smile

So that I can cheer you on your journey ahead

Good morning

Have a great day

See you later, see you again

Just like the things you like

In a world where there exists things that no matter what you do, you dislike them

I wonder, what will you choose?

There's a fascination and confusion borne out of things changing

As well as a frustration in being forced to change

There'll probably come a time we'll become troubled

Even if it comes now, (just) think of what's important

In times when one feels powerless, these words are strong enough

Even when there are things we regret, it'll move us forward

I have become more certain of the things I want you to have

I just wish for your happiness

Good morning

Have a great day

See you later, see you again

Just love who you want to love

In a world where there exist people that no matter what you do, you just dislike them

I wonder, who will you (choose to) love?

We're different from others, because each person is different

Wanting to chase after those who've left

Resisting against the things that are about to come

These things are not strange

Except making someone sad by thoughtlessly hurting them

Everything else, though, isn't strange at all

Just saying "good morning" seems unnatural

I want to add "see you later" and "take care of yourself" when I say "(may you) have a great day"

I want to give you something that will (surely) make you smile

Anyway, I think of you today, too

Good morning

Have a great day

See you later, see you again

(Just) like the things you want to like

In a world where there exists things that no matter what you do, you dislike them

I wonder, what will you choose?

Good morning

Have a great day

See you later, see you again

Because it's ok to like the things you like

Good morning

Have a great day

See you later

Do your best

(These are things) I want to tell you

So that I can cheer you on your journey ahead

#柳沢亮太 #yanagisawa ryota #translation #Spotify

[bunnyandcomet]

hiya i saw ur tags & since that post is a bit older now i'd like to add yamete kudasai & kannagi are both series songs too!! yamete kudasai is most similar to laboratory in that she's also pretty focused on her own loss of self/disappearing, she's also not able to continue BUT she's blaming others & bitter that they're all kind of being pushed into that ending as the reasonings & decisions the other people tell her make it very easy to become impersonal & just feel like a task to do & of course as per the rules once they stop doing things of their own will they dont get to continue. so theres no main motif in this one either. i need to stress that even though shes VERY upset she's no where near as aggressive or mean about it as the unplanned apoptosis chara. kannagi on the other hand DOES have the main nami no ne no motif as well as a second motif the rute furute wo a thats also very noticeable in both kyuuyaku hankagai & shuuen touhikou! unfortunately the lyrics are no where near standard japanese to the point theres comments from native speakers joking the song is what jpn sounds like to foreigners. theres a decoding effort going on on the jpn atwiki but last i looked it still wasnt enough to definitively say the songs direct meaning so all i can say for sure is its linked heavily to the other songs. sorry for the long ask but i thought u might be interested if u didnt already know

Sorry for the late reply but thanks so much for the info! I discovered this series from kannagi being in vocacolle and it was such a banger I fell down the rabbit hole into the rest of their works. It’s suuper interesting and right up my alley but also difficult to find the meanings and connections between the songs, so I really appreciate all your analysis!

#you know a song is good when it’s 11 minutes long and still on repeat #same for kannagi being basically incomprehensible #anyway they’re all bangers

[hitogatarock]

君と奏でる五線譜

LYRICS TRANSLATION of Hina's newest solo song on the mini album, Aitai Nitoushin.

Romaji : Kimi to kanaderu gosenfu

Translated name : The Music Score that Plays with You (fan-translated), Fluffy staves (official)

Singer : Suzuki Hina ( 鈴木ヒナ )

All translations are belongs to me, make sure to credit properly if you plans on sharing this! Enjoy reading!

Listen along • google docs • twitter post

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ワガママばかり　言ってごめんね

wagamama bakari itte gomen ne

I'm sorry for being so selfish,

お伽話(とぎばなし)みたいにはね　いかないもんね

otogibanashi mitai ni wa ne ikanaimon ne

but it's not exactly a fairytale, is it?

オレンジ色の空　深呼吸してから

orenji-iro no sora shinkokyuu shite kara

As the sky turns orange, I'll take a deep breath

目を閉じてキミ想うよ

me wo tojite kimi omou yo

closes my eyes and think of you

ねえ　大事な物はキミに預けるよ

nee daiji na mono wa kimi ni azukeru yo

Hey, I'm leaving something important to you

どんな未来でも　後悔は自分で決めるの

donna mirai demo koukai wa jibun de kimeru no

Whatever the future holds, I decide what regrets should I have

キラキラ音の波に乗って　キミの側に飛んでいくよ

kirakira oto no nami ni notte kimi no soba ni tonde iku yo

I'm flying to your side on a wave of glittering sound

いつでも聞こえる届いてる　キミの事見つめてる

itsudemo kikoeru todoiteru kimi no koto mitsumeteru

I can always hear you, I can always see you

一人でなんて泣かないで　一緒に醒(さ)めない夢を見よう

hitori de nante nakanaide issho ni samenai yume wo miyou

so don't cry that you're alone, instead let's dream together

道はほら続いてるから　同じ方向　向いてこうね

michi wa hora tsuzuiteru kara onaji houkou muitekou ne

The road goes on and on, so let's keep going in the same direction

本当は全部　わかっているけど

honto wa zenbu wakatteiru kedo

The truth is, I know everything

永遠を感じているうちは見守っていてね

eien wo kanjite iru uchi wa mimamotte ite ne

but as long as we can feel the eternity, watch over me,

星空にキラリそっと願いかけて

hoshizora ni kirari sotto negai kakete

While softly wishes to the twinkles in the starry night,

小指で雫(しずく)拾うの

koyubi de shizuku hirou no

I picks up a drop with my little fingers

ずっと　夢見てたんだよキミに

zutto yume mite tanda yo kimi ni

I've been dreaming of giving you

少しでいい微笑んでね　不器用でも伝えたいんだ

sukoshi de ii hohoende ne bukiyoude mo tsutaetai nda

a little smile, even if it's just a clumsy one.

ふわふわ歌の雲に乗って　キミの元に会いにいくよ

fuwafuwa uta no kumo ni notte kimi no moto ni ai ni iku yo

Riding a cloud of fluffy songs, I'll come over to you

朝も夜も飛び越えて　大好きな歌を歌おう

asa mo yoru mo tobi koete daisuki na uta wo utaou

I'll fly through morning and night, I'll sing the songs I love

そこをステージに変えて　この偶然奇跡の日々は

soko wo suteeji ni kaete kono guuzen kiseki no hibi wa

As the stage changes, and in these days of coincidences and miracles,

一つ欠けるときっと無かった　キミに出会えて嬉しいの

hitotsu kakeru to kitto nakatta kimi ni deaete ureshii no

I'm glad I met you, because without you, there would have been none.

ねえ　大事な物はキミに預けるよ

nee daiji na mono wa kimi ni azukeru yo

Hey, I'm leaving something important to you

どんな終わりも　キミごと抱きしめるよ

donna owari mo kimi goto dakishimeru yo

I'll hold you in my arms no matter how it ends

キラキラ音の波に乗って　キミの側に飛んでいくよ

kirakira oto no nami ni notte kimi no soba ni tonde iku yo

I'm flying to your side on a wave of glittering sound

いつでも聞こえる届いてる　キミの事見つめてる

itsudemo kikoeru todoiteru kimi no koto mitsumeteru

I can always hear you, I can always see you

一人でなんて泣かないで　ふわふわ歌の雲に乗って

hitori de nante nakanai de fuwafuwa uta no kumo ni notte

so don't cry that you're alone— Riding a cloud of fluffy songs,

キミの元に会いにいくよ　忘れる事ないこの気持ち

kimi no moto ni ai ni iku yo wasureru koto nai kono kimochi

I'll come over to you, and I'll never forget this feeling

これだけは伝えさせてね

kore dake wa tsutae sasete ne

so let me tell you about it,

「見つけてくれてありがとう。」

"mitsukete kurete arigatou."

"Thank you for finding me."

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#my translates #translation #rock : song tls #himehina #ヒメヒナ #virtual youtuber #vtuber #suzuki hina #君と奏でる五線譜 #kimi to kanaderu gosenfu #鈴木ヒナ

[eirist]

Little Bits and Pieces of Heaven

EASY, LOVE

One-shot #: 24

Disclaimer: One Piece (and its characters) belongs to Eiichiro Oda-sensei.

Reminder: I have no beta-reader. Any grammatical and spelling errors are solely mine.

Warning: OOC possible. One shot.

Rating: T

Note: This can be a companion story to Calm Before the Storm. I rarely write one-shots with an ongoing arc timeline but the story’s much better in Wano set-up. I originally tried a different setting but it didn’t work out.

Title is borrowed from the song Easy, Love by Tom West. It has nothing to do with the story plot but when I came across it, I immediately thought it suits this one-shot best.

Summary: Since when did falling for someone been so easy?

Nami silently observed from the upper deck of the Sunny as the samurais of Wano Kuni arrived from their journey from the Ringo region.

If the merrymaking at Kuri beach—where a barbecue celebration (one of the many they had for the last few days)—was already loud and boisterous before… it turned to a total pandemonium once the group dismounted their horses to join the party.

Luffy was hollering from too much excitement; yelling Zoro’s name as he bounded towards the swordsman—who was getting off his own horse—so he could glomp him.

Her lips quirked in amusement. Idiots. Look how happy they both are to see each other.

It’s been days since the green-haired man traveled to the northern region to pay his respects to the samurai Ryuma who gave him Shusui. Few of the red scabbards went with him…

…along with Momo’s sister, Hiyori.

Nami pursed her lips at that. And it immediately turned into a frown when she noticed Zoro assisting the beautiful woman down from her own horse. Even with Luffy still entangled around him, his rubbery arms encircling the taller man’s torso, Zoro was still able to effortlessly lift Hiyori and set her down carefully on the ground.

Hiyori looked absolutely pleased. Her hands lingered on Zoro’s shoulders as Luffy continued cheering right at his ear.

Then Sanji decided to enter the scene to gripe and swear at his rival before taking the now-surprised Hiyori’s hands off Zoro to lead her towards the feasting table in a frenzy of popping hearts, nose bleed and drool.

Nami would’ve blown him some kisses for that. The look Hiyori threw on Zoro’s way didn’t escape her eyes yet the dense man was expectedly was oblivious to it; his attention was completely on his captain as he tried to pry him off his person.

She studied Zoro for a few seconds. He was being unusually nice… if not extra nice to the former oiran. Well… Hiyori was, after all, the reason why he got his hands on a new and more powerful sword.

And apparently, as Brook had gossiped to her and Usopp one drunken evening, it wasn’t just the sword. The musician had caught them in a rather… compromising position when he happened upon them in the hideaway hut back in Ringo.

Her frown deepened. The familiar sensation of something weighing down her chest came back again. Just like that night when she first heard the story.

Her hands twitched involuntarily and she didn’t notice that she was clutching the railing quite hard.

“Nami? Are you alright?”

The navigator whipped her head sharply towards the voice.

Robin was standing a few feet away from her with a questioning look on her face. She just emerge from the library and was holding a book in her hand when she spotted the younger woman so deep in her thoughts as she gaze at party below.

“Sorry,” Nami said in a sheepish tone, feeling weirdly guilty at being caught spacing out. “Got distracted for a second. What was that again Robin?”

The archaeologist smiled as she approached her, not bothering to repeat her question. She peered down below. “Ara, they’re finally back.”

“Yeah…” Nami followed her gaze. “We can now set sail… that is if our captain is finally done with all these feasts.”

Robin giggled. “I doubt that. Now that Zoro’s here, he’ll probably want to celebrate again.”

“Hmmm…” Nami smiled at her. “I don’t know why I bother with that thought when I already know what’s gonna happen.”

“Fufufu… shall we join them?” Robin asked.

Nami brushed back a stray tendril of hair that escaped her pony tail and shook her head. “You go ahead first.”

Robin nodded. She patted Nami’s shoulder lightly before heading down the galley. From the looks of it something was bothering the navigator.

But for now it’s much better to leave Nami to her thoughts. She’ll eventually share whatever was on her mind when she’s ready.

“Oiiii Nami! Namiiiii!” Luffy was shouting from the shore, waving his rubbery arms enthusiastically to get her attention. “Look! Look! Zoro’s finally back!” He started tapping Zoro’s back with enough force to earn a death glare from the surly man as he growled for him to stop.

Nami rolled her eyes at their antics.

Zoro tilted his head to her direction and their eyes met.

They held each other’s gazes. Nami willed her face to remain expressionless as they continued their stare off.

The katana wielder raised an eyebrow at her, wondering why her reception was as cold as the northern region he had just recently came from.

And just like that, Nami tore her gaze away from him and turned on her heel disappearing from his sight.

Zoro was left confused. What just happened? She didn’t even bother to greet him and just stared straight at him like he was someone she didn’t know.

Did he owe her something?

Beside him Luffy stopped his antics and blinked, also baffled by Nami’s odd behavior.

“Ne, Zoro. Did you do something?”

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“So did you do something?” Usopp queried, raising both eyebrows as he regarded the swordsman beside him suspiciously.

They were sitting on one of the feasting tables, eating and drinking. The former pirate hunter just told him about what happened earlier.

“I just got back!” Zoro hissed at him, slamming the tankard he was holding down the table. “How can I do something when I’m not even here these past few days?!”

Usopp shrugged. “Maybe you did something before you left.” He suggested, stabbing another slab of meat with his fork and taking a hefty bite from it.

“Like what?!”

The sniper shrugged his shoulders again unable to give an answer. He had long ago learned that Nami’s temperament is as unpredictable as the New World weather. Sunny with a high chance of thunderbolts. No use trying to figure it out.

“Oi Robin,” Zoro then turned towards the older woman who was sitting beside him. He nudged his head towards the Sunny’s direction. “What’s with her?”

Robin shifted her eyes towards the empty upper deck. Nami still hasn’t come down to join them and had probably barricaded herself inside the library. She shook her head apologetically. “I honestly do not know Zoro.”

“What did I do now?” Zoro grouchily asked no one in particular and Robin’s lips quirked up at his predictable reaction.

“Ara… Are you saying you did something?”

“No.” Zoro snarled as he eyed her indignantly. “I didn’t!”

“Maybe she’s just in one of her moods?” Usopp interjected. “You know how she is.”

“She probably is.” Robin agreed. “Best to stay clear for now Zoro.”

Clicking his tongue against the roof of his mouth irritably, Zoro reached for a bottle of sake.

They were ok before he left. More than ok to be honest as he recalled their drinking session days before the raid in Onigashima.

So what happened?

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The sound of the revelry was beginning to increase in volume indicating that it was starting to shift into full swing as cheers and singing filled the air.

Yet everything was lost on the orange-haired woman who was sitting by herself in the ship’s library. Her pretty brown eyes were fixed intently on the window just behind her mapping desk.

Oh she is in a mood alright. Ever since she realized what the heavy feeling that was settling inside her was.

By Kami, she’s jealous.

Yes indeed, she is.

She tipped her head back and groaned. What a nasty feeling.

And to think this was all because of that moronic, directionless swordsman.

She likes him. That she was sure now. That’s the reason why she was so down when she heard Brook’s story about him and Hiyori. And when he set off to Ringo with said woman in tow, not even bothering to ask if any of the Straw Hats wants to go with them.

And she’s not gonna even touch the scene she witnessed earlier when he assisted her down from her horse like he had been a gentleman all his life.

What else could have possibly happened to them? They’ve spent a lot of time together after all.

Zoro never mentioned anything about her that night she was drinking with him. And it’s not like she should be privy to it. What Zoro do or does is his own business.

She banged a fist on her mapping desk to stop the thoughts and winced when she realized that it was a damn rash action.

But the pain in her hand was nothing like the one wrenching her heart.

She smiled wistfully. And here she honestly thought there was something… between them.

Foolish, foolish thought! She chastised herself. How can she let herself be pulled in that moment with him!

And now… here she is.

Never mind that that was not the first time it happened and she realized it will not be the last.

She bit the insides of her cheeks. Now is not the time for this. She better straighten her thoughts and get a hold of herself. Some of her friends are pretty intuitive, they’d know at a glance that something’s up with her. She’s pretty sure Robin’s brilliant mind has already put two and two together.

Squaring her shoulders, she decided she’d come down to join the merriment after five more minutes.

Taking a deep breath to settle her nerves, she closed her eyes and…

The library door suddenly swung open; the heavy foot falls that followed it gave away who just entered.

Damn it! She’s not ready to face him yet!

She steeled herself when he crossed the room. She heard him grab a chair and set it down just beside her with a ‘thud’.

She didn’t even flinched at the sound. Normally she would be bitching about it. Complaining on how crass he is.

Instead she just kept quiet.

“What is it?” Zoro grunted; a bit peeved that she ignored his presence knowing full well why he was there.

“Nothing,” she answered after a few seconds, still not looking at him.

Zoro made a disapproving sound. He knows something is up. Nami cannot lie to him. He knows her too well.

“Spill.”

She remained quiet. And it was so unnerving to him. Whatever it was, he was getting the idea that it was serious. She was usually upfront with whatever she was thinking.

The silence that hovered between them was intolerable. It was pushing him over the edge.

Then Nami turned her head towards him. A determined look was all over her face.

And her lovely, brown eyes.

“I’m jealous.”

Zoro blanked at that. He heard what she just said—loud and clear.

And yet his mind cannot process what she finally decided to divulge.

He opened his mouth to say something… to blurt out an expletive, a retort.

But nothing came out.

Nami was looking at him intently, watching him. She watched as his usually nonchalant expression cracked, his cool composure completely obliterated by that phrase.

His face slowly colored.

There was no other way than to hit him with the truth. She readied herself for his outburst.

Instead he surprised her by stammering and turning into a deeper shade of red.

A chuckle escaped her.

What an adorable idiot he is.

She riveted her gaze back to the window. This is more than what she expected.

Amusing as it may seem, the heavy feeling from earlier still hadn’t left her.

Beside her Zoro continued spluttering.

That should be enough to keep him at bay. Nami thought amusedly.

She heard him took a deep breath before finally muttering a ‘damn it’.

And he suddenly leaned towards her, reaching out to grasp her hand roughly in his.

It drew her attention back to him.

He was grumbling something under his breath. She couldn’t quite catch what it was because her heart was thumping wildly inside her chest and blood was rushing to her head.

Zoro held her hand in his even as he refused to look at her. His face was so red now that steam would probably come out of his ears in a matter of seconds.

For a moment, Nami honestly thought he would combust.

But he still didn’t release her hand. Instead he held it tighter.

Nami chewed on her lower lip fighting the smile that wanted to grace her lips.

Just like that… everything felt better now.

Drat. She’s so screwed.

Nobody said a word. They remained quiet with their hands linked.

“So…” Nami began, deciding to break the silence. “Is this your way of—”

“Yes.”

“You didn’t evenlet me finished!”

“Just shut up.”

A hush fell between them again.

“So… you’re jealous?”

“Ugh. Shut up Zoro!”

#zoro x nami #ZoNa #zonami #zonalove #zona one-shots #zoro nami fanfiction #zona fanfiction #roronoa zoro #nami

[vstranslations]

LOCAL CONNECT - 沈丁花 (jinchouge) - Lyrics

song (spotify) Japanese/Romaji/English lyrics under the cut

Title: Winter Daphne

わかってるんだよ わかってるんだよ わかってるんだよ それでも花は今を咲いてたんだ

限られた時間の中に 人はどうして人を想うの？ 白く滲んだ呼吸が 儚い僕らを街並みに知らせた

誰も傷つかなくていい 孤独なままでいれば だけど無邪気な笑顔は 「出会えてよかったね」と

わかってるんだよ わかってるんだよ わかってるんだよ 僕ら消えていくこと

わかっているのに わかっているのに 離したくはない手のひらが そこにあった

「ずっと守っていたいんだ この命削っても」 「守ってほしいからずっと 一緒に生きていてね」

独りだったら 独りだったら 心を失っていくから 星になっても途切れないように 照らしていられますように… 確かに君はそう言った

いつまでも ねえ、いつまでも 触れていたいよ 君のそばで…

離さないから 離さないから 言葉じゃ伝えきれないけど 永遠を信じて生きる花のように 咲いた君へ

わかってるんだよ やっとわかったんだよ いつかは風のように消えるけど 想いは消えはしないから

しないから

ずっと…

–

Wakatterunda yo wakatterunda yo wakatterunda yo sore demo hana wa ima o saitetanda

Kagirareta jikan no naka ni hito wa doushite hito o omou no shiroku nijinda kokyuu ga hakanai bokura o machi nami ni shiraseta

Dare mo kizutsukanakute ii kodokuna mama de ireba dakedo mujakina egao wa deaete yokatta ne to

Wakatterunda yo wakatterunda yo wakatterunda yo bokura kiete iku koto

Wakatteiru no ni wakatteiru no ni hanashitaku wa nai te no hira ga soko ni atta

Zutto mamotteitainda kono inochi kezutte mo mamotte hoshii kara zutto issho ni ikite ite ne

Hitori dattara hitori dattara kokoro o ushinatte iku kara hoshi ni natte mo togirenai you ni terashite iraremasu you ni tashika ni kimi wa sou itta

Itsumade mo nee, itsumade mo furete itai yo kimi no soba de

Hanasanai kara hanasanai kara kotoba ja tsutae kirenai kedo eien o shinjite ikiru hana no you ni saita kimi e

Wakatterunda yo yatto wakattanda yo itsuka wa kaze no you ni kieru kedo omoi wa kie wa shinai kara

Shinai kara

Zutto

–

I understand I understand I understand But even so, the flowers have now bloomed

Within our limited lifetimes, why do people feel for others? My blurry, white breaths told our ephemeral selves of the townscape

You don’t have to hurt others as long you stay all alone But that innocent smile says “I’m glad I met you”

I understand I understand I understand that we’ll disappear

Even though I know Even though I know My palms that don’t want to let go held onto you

“I want to always protect you, even if my life is cut short” “I want you to protect me now until forever, so we can be together”

If you’re alone If you’re alone you’ll lose heart, so even if I turn into a star, I’ll try to keep on shining without end I’m certain that’s what you said

At any given time Hey, at any given time I want to feel you and be at your side…

I won’t let go I won’t let go I can’t express it in words, but I say to you who’s now bloomed like a flower that lives on, forever believing…

I understand I finally understand Though I’ll one day disappear like the wind, my feelings will not go away

No, they won’t

Ever…

#local connect #song translation

[parurushi]

Name Playlist : Jugemu Jugemu Unko Nageki Ototoi no Shin-chan no Pantsu Shinpachi no Jinsei Balmunk Fezarion Isaac Schneider San Bun no Ichi no Junjou na Kanjou no Nokotta San Bun no Ni wa Sakamuke ga Kininaru Kanjou Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru you de Shiranai no wo Boku wa Shitteiru Rusu Surume Medaka Kazunoko Koedame Medaka... Kono Medaka wa Sakki to Chigau Yatsu Dakara Ikeno Medaka no Hou Dakara Raa-yuu Yuuteimiyaouki Mukou Pepepepepepepepepepepepe Bichiguso Maru

FIRSTABLE THAT IS NOT YOUR REAL NAME

SECONDABLE YOU ARE OFFICIALLY BANNED FROM THIS ASK BOX UNTIL YOU WRITE A FULL ONE PAGE COMMENTARY OF EACH AND EVERY SONG ON THIS LIST WITH REFERENCES AND 

Don’t expect any sort of recurrent theme or cohesiveness here I literally just wrote down stuff as it came to my mind. This pretty much represents my music taste tho.

JUICY BEATS / Gacharic SpinUZA / AKB48Girl Crush / 7SensesECHOES / alanMystery Girls Club / SeoulmoonUsagi to Dorei to Cassiopeia / 2&

Jungle Gym / Yamamoto SayakaUh-ee / Crayon PopGOOD NIGHT / DreamcatcherEVERYBODY SAY YEAH!! / SCANDAL  My affection / callmeUsotsuki Anta / Morning Musume.

Utsukushiki Kodokutachi / PrediaNo Girls No Fun / GEMKantan na Koto / THE ORAL CIGARETTESOh! My God / Girl’s Day

NOW ON AIR / Akai KouenAoi Sangoshou / Matsuda SeikoGirl A / [Alexandros]Engine of Youth / SNH48Kioku no Dilemma / AKB48 HimawarigumiIce Cream Cake / Red Velvet Oddloop / FredericToo blue / 9nineOkie Dokie / SKE48Time Slip / Red VelvetOut of Control / Nothing’s Carved In StoneIn my dream / callme Nantetatte Idol / Koizumi KyokoOto ga Denai Guitar / Nogizaka46 Shunkan Sentimental / SCANDALHachigatsu no Yoru / Silent SirenI Wish / Cosmic GirlsNiliriya / G-DragonChildren of the night / Kago AiHeart ni Hi wo Tsukete / 9mm Parabellum BulletASIAN STONE / Dorothy Little HappyNoNoNo / Apink Nettaiya / SHISHAMOOur Songs / Taylor Swift Partition Love / TOKYO GIRLS’ STYLEAgain / YUINa Na Na / My Chemical RomanceThe Light / The ArkSilent Majority / Keyakizaka46UHHO UHHOHO / AKB48 Team K Stereo / By2Hwi Hwi / LaboumInstant Crush / Daft PunkNEW WALL / [Alexandros]Perfect Day / Oh My GirlA Bad Dream / KeaneCrazy Kanzen na Otona / °C-uteHow To Be A Heartbreaker / Marina & the DiamondsIndependent Girl ~Dokuritsu Shoujo de Aru Tame ni / Buono! Nobody / Wonder GirlsOne Room Disco / Perfume Juicebox / The StrokesIt Won’t Matter -Kaze no Toorimichi- / Saint VoxNamidairo / YUIShoujo X / X21Electric Public / Polkadot StingrayItoshisa wo Marumete / AKB48 Team Surprise BOOMBAYA / BLACKPINKAvocado / yonigeL.I.E / EXIDMagia / KalafinaUruwashi no Camelia / Tsubaki FactoryNamida no Mukou / STEREOPONYKono Machi / Moritaka Chisato Friday I’m In Love / The CureEYES / Goto MakiZannen Shoujo / AKB48 Team BAshita mo / SHISHAMORuin / PASSPOI Just Wanna Dance / TiffanyOH YEAH / GD&TOPNagai Hikari / AKB48 Team A If / Nishino KanaShiroi Hana ~White Garden~ / Amano TsukiAutomatic / Red VelvetAnswer and Answer / 9mm Parabellum BulletCrystal Ball / Keane Sadistic Dance / HANGRY&ANGRYClearest Blue / CHVRCHESHush / Miss ANo me digas que no / Nikki ClanEnchanted / Taylor SwiftI’m Not Okay (I Promise) / My Chemical RomanceDNA / Little MixEveryday I Love You / ViVi (LOONA)Red Flavor / Red Velvet Samurai Girls / Up Up Girls (Kari)Akai Ito / Tsuzuri ZukuriNeomu Neomu Neomu / I.O.I Boku ni Kanojo ga Dekitanda / SHISHAMOU&I / AileeNo One Knows / Queens Of The Stone Age NEXT STAGE / Gacharic SpinOff to the Races / Lana Del Rey I Feel You / Wonder GirlsColorful Starlight / Cheeky ParadeHATE / 4MinuteIma wo Ikiteru ~2013nen Haru~ / Gacharic Spin Number Nine / T-ARAOur Songs / Buono!

JEREMY / FLiPUde wo Kunde / AKB48 Team ANice! / Ushirogami HikaretaiJane Doe / Takahashi MinamiOne Light / KalafinaUntil Whenever / BIG BANG Namida no Regret / SCANDALAs If It’s Your Last / BLACKPINK Kamome / 9mm Parabellum BulletAdventure / [Alexandros]Nagisa no “…” / Ushiroyubi SasaregumiJiangluosan / SNH48 Team SIIOh No! / Marina & the DiamondsU-Go-Girl / Lee Hyori Neonlight Lipstick / Amuro NamieOut of the blue / 9nine Nostalgic Blue / Gacharic SpinOPEN YOUR EYES / Asaka YuiKatame no Liliy / 2&OK / 1TYMTake Me Out / Franz FerdinandTemodemo no Namida / AKB48 Team BAkaneiro / 9nine SWAP / INSHOW-HAAnswer / Babyraids JAPANNo Man’s Land / Koda Kumi Blood Circulator / ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATIONUntitled, 2014 / G-DragonNagiichi / NMB48 NEW LOOK / Amuro NamieOtona Shoujo / Gacharic Spin Nemurihime / 9mm Parabellum BulletI Don’t Need A Man / Miss A Water lili ~Suiren~ / TOKYO GIRLS’ STYLEArubusu no Shoujo / Gacharic Spin Suki da. / Little Glee MonsterALL FOR ONE & ONE FOR ALL / H.P. All StarsKaiju / [Alexandros]Arashi no Yoru ni wa / AKB48 Team BMegitsune / BABYMETALUnder Cover Of Darkness / The StrokesKill the virgin / SCANDALEveryday / Ju Jingyi Garagara GO!! / BIG BANGA / Rainbow Kirei / INSHOW-HAI’m In Love / SecretNever Forget / Fukuda AsukaI’m alone / callmeNatsu no Yoru / Katahira RinaAirplane / f(x)Re: / 9nineUFO / Pink Lady Kindan no Masquerade / PrediaAfterglow / CHVRCHESNandome no Aozora ka? / Nogizaka46Jump! / Dorothy Little HappyOld Yellow Bricks / Arctic MonkeysUchuu de La Ta Ta / Taiyou to Ciscomoon

Unbreakable / Jade ValerieRewrite / ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERAIONAll Too Well / Taylor SwiftGive Me Up / BaBeI Don’t Care / 2NE1Risky Risky / Gacharic SpinI Am Not A Robot / Marina & the Diamonds When You Were Young / The KillersAkikaze no Answer / FLOWER BAD BOY / BIG BANGOne Two Three / Morning Musume.KARATE / BABYMETALUP / Epik High Nakimushi Yowamushi / Mano ErinaOnly U / Laboum Natsu no Heroine / Kawai NaokoAfter the Lights / SweetboxMiss Love Tantei / WAlways / BIG BANGEvolution no.9 / 9nine Waterfall / SweetboxOshare Dorobou / WINK Secret ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ / ZONEHeart Gata Virus / AKB48 Team AIn Another Life / The VeronicasToki wo Koe Sora wo Koe / Morning Musume.Tell Me Goodbye / BIG BANGEMPTY / WINNERIkiru Girl / SHISHAMORed Light / f(x)Up and Down / EXID Yuki no Tsubasa / redballoonOut Of Control / B’zUnforgiven / Sweetbox Decalcomanie / MamamooEien ni / Little Glee Monster SQUALL / Matsuda SeikoHeart In A Cage / The StrokesI’m In Love / NarshaRough / GFriendAshita wa Ashita no Kimi ga Umareru / CocoloveNatsuzora / Otsuka AiA.D.I.D.A.S / Little MixInto The World / Kalafina No hesitAtIon / Kago AiOnly One / BoA Wataridori / [Alexandros]Oh My Julia / The Checkers Bakuchi Dancer / DOESOtona janai no / Matsumoto IyoKanashiki Heaven / °C-uteUso / SID We Like 2 Party / BIG BANGAshita e no Sanka / alan Samishii Nettaigyo / WINKHoshizora no Mistake / AKB48 Team KIt’s own way / callmeTelecaster Stripe / Polkadot StingrayTouch My Body / SISTAREnd roll / andropIf You / BIG BANGRide on IDOROCK / Babyraids JAPANUNIVERSE / Koda Kumi RIVER / AKB48Under The Tide / CHVRCHESSpeed Up / GEMUchiage Hanabi / SCANDAL STEP / KARAUntouched / The VeronicasRing My Bell / Girl’s DayUrahara / Buono!Moonlight / 7SensesEccentric / Keyakizaka46 Manazashi Sayonara / SKE48 Team KIIEodiya? / CLCDoom Dada / T.O.PAs For One Day / Morning Musume.Kaatoniago / FLiPAbracadabra / Brown Eyed Girls Konayuki / RemioromenAsterisk / Orange RangeZutto Mae kara / French KissUchuu (Cosmos) / Yamaguchi MomoeNU ABO / f(x)Out in the Sea / Jade ValerieKurage, Nagareboshi / Otsuka AiONE / JASMINE Koi no Vacance / The PeanutsOyasumi / SCANDALEscape / SKE48Droshky! / [Alexandros]Are You Satisfied? / Marina & the DiamondsMadoromi / Kojima HarunaExistence ~Anata to Iu Sonzai~ / Gacharic Spin MAD WORLD / SNH48 Team SIIEverybody’s Changing / KeaneDress to kill / LAZYgunsBRISKYALARM / Amuro NamieKonwaku Confuse / 9nineAlmond Croissant Keikaku / NMB48 Team BII Kizuke yo BABY / THE ORAL CIGARETTESOshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou / AKB48 Team KNOBODY / BLUE ENCOUNTOrange no Umi / CandiesMonopoly / DOLL$BOXXEdo no Temari Uta II / °C-uteDakishimeraretara / AKB48 Team KA MEMORY OF SUMMER ‘98 / Morning Musume.KAKUHEN / Gacharic SpinAitakute Aitakute / Nishino Kana With You / With Me / 9nineAkogare / Mitsume Sekai de Ichiban Kodoku na Lover / Nogizaka46Ame no Pianist / SKE48 Team SKagen no Tsuki / SCANDALKISS ON THE LIPS / Melody DayI’m Not Yours / Jolin Tsai x Amuro Namie Touch / Little MixOnedari Champagne / SDN48 Cat 2 / [Alexandros]Hanamichi!! Ambi~tious / SUPER GIRLSInto The New World / Girls’ GenerationGIZA GIZA / HANGRY&ANGRYAlone Together / The StrokesUchuu e no Tegami / Asaka Yui Yuuwaku no Garter / SDN48Ai Ai Ai / 9nineTougenkyo Alien / serial TV dramaSoldier Girls / Rick RackUnderstand / ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Dumb Dumb / Red VelvetAnata ga Mawaru / SCANDALKiss Me Kill Me / HANGRY&ANGRYAKANE / Silent SirenRollin’ / Brave GirlsAwaking / callme I’ll Be There / SPICAKoe wo Kikasete / BIG BANGEien Yoru ~Enya~ / FLiPNatsukashii Mirai ~longing future~ / alanOh! / Girls’ Generation Moon Song / [Alexandros]Electric The Sun / NoodlesDIP-BAP / THE ORAL CIGARETTESAmai / Omori SeikoKiss / Sandara ParkA Good Man / BIG BANG New Romantics / Taylor SwiftOh My God! / NMB48 Heavy Rotation / AKB48Oblivious / The StrokesUNDERSTAND / YUI Dog 3 / [Alexandros]Act Cool / Wonder GirlsKARAKURI TOWN / DOLL$BOXXAozora no Soba ni Ite / AKB48Rock’n’Roll Widow / Yamaguchi MomoeArabella / Arctic Monkeys R.O.D / G-DragonAwake / 9nineAnswer Song wa Aishuu / Hayami YuuYou Only Live Once / The StrokesU + Ur Hand / P!nkUgly / 2NE1 Yoake made / Maeda AtsukoUtsukushii Inazuma / SKE48Unmei / TOKYO GIRLS’ STYLETRI-ANGLE / TVXQEros no Trigger / SDN48Inochi no Zenmai / 9mm Parabellum BulletMr. Brightside / The KillersI Want You Back (cover) / Little Glee MonsterYou’re My / TaeyangAin’t No Fun / BIG BANGOnnna to Otoko no Lullaby Game / Morning Musume.Un Poco De Tu Amor / RBDKmi no Na wa Kibou / Nogizaka46Island In The Sun / Weezer Me Gustas Tu / GFriendUmbrella / RihannaKimi wa Boku da / Maeda AtsukoOmocha no Heitai / DOLL$BOXXUshinaitakunai kara / Nogizaka46 Princess Cloak / SNH48Estoy Aquí / ShakiraPick Me Up / PerfumeEl Camino / [Alexandros]Pierrot / 9nineEonjekkajina / SeoulmoonPlastic 2 Mercy / Gang ParadeEgao no Tonari / SHISHAMOPerapera Perao / Not yetEndless / SakanactionPin Heel Surfer / SCANDALEXIT / SUPER GIRLSPlanetarium / Otsuka AiEnd Roll / AKB48 Team KPray / Tommy heavenly6Ensemble / Coeur de PiratePredawn / TOKYO GIRLS’ STYLEEcho / Girls’ GenerationPrecious / callmeEojjeorago / SeungriPedicure Day / No SleevesEgao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa / Morning Musume.Pineapple / SeoulmoonElectric Shock / f(x) Ben-Jan-Dan / Gacharic SpinI Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor / Arctic MonkeysCall Me / Drop’sHaruharu / BIG BANGI love You / D-LITEGLUE / Nine MusesUtgo Tteona / GilmeShinseiki no Love Song / ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATIONOnce again / callmeMatsu wa / AmingAin’t Nobody / HA:TFELTReptilia / The StrokesUshiroyubi Sasaregumi / Ushiroyubi Sasaregumi

#this drained me completely #don't ask me to do anything else for the next fifteen years #ask rushi #cassiopeian007 #rushipost #best

[neeneegoose]

そよかぜの唄　[SOARA]

Note for anyone wondering what all the “sa, sa, iiyasasa” yelling is all about: this song is in the style of Okinawan music, so the shouting you hear in the background is kakegoe which you usually hear in Okinawan songs.

砂に埋もれて 乾いた干物 眠る貝殻数え 擦りむいた膝 塩水滲みて 顔をしかめた suna ni umorete kawaita himono nemuru kaigara kazoe surimuita hiza shiomizu shimite kao wo shikameta

sundried objects buried in the sand, counting the sleeping shells the salt water stings my skinned knee and I wince

いつも日が暮れるまで(君の隣で) 遊んだ声が(懐かしくなって) 海の向こうで(波に揺れて) まだ聴こえるよ itsumo hi ga kureru made (kimi no tonari de) asonda koe ga (natsukashikunatte) umi no mukou de (nami ni yurete) mada kikoeru yo

until the sun sets as always (i’m by your side)… that carefree voice (becomes nostalgic)… facing the ocean (the rolling waves)… I can still hear it

風が僕らをここに集めて 見せた夢と君の笑顔が ただ眩しくて心惹かれる 今も同じ風は吹いてるから kaze ga bokura wo koko ni atsumete miseta yume to kimi no egao ga tada mabushikute kokoro hikareru ima mo onaji kaze wo fuiteru kara

the wind gathers us here that dream i had, and your smile with just a sparkle, captures my heart that same wind still blows today

太陽の下 サンダル脱いで けとばし合った 水辺 首から下げた カギを失くして 歩いて帰った taiyou no shita SANDARU nuide ketobashiatta mizube kubi kara sageta kagi wo nakushite aruitekaetta

under the sun, we kicked off our sandals beside the water i lost the key hanging from my neck and walked back

なぜか 黙ったままで(そばにいるのに) そろえた歩幅(はぐれないように) ひぐらしの音は(夏を呼んで) まだ 聴こえるよ nazeka damatta mama de (soba ni iru no ni) soroeta hohaba (hagurenai youni) higurashi no ne wa (natsu wo yonde) mada kikoeru yo

somehow, without saying a thing (though we were side-by-side) our steps matched up (as if they’d never unsync) the evening cicada’s sounds (call for summer) I can still hear it

風が僕らを ここに集めて かおる息吹き 運んでくれた 流れ 流れて 過ぎ去る舟と 雲の行方 風は知ってるから kaze ga bokura wo koko ni atsumete kaoru ibuki hakondekureta nagare nagarete sugisaru fune to kumo no yukue kaze wa shitteru kara

the wind gathers us here and brings its fragrant breath the flowing current, the passing boats, and the clouds the wind knows where they’re going

貝がらはもう 空っぽだけど まぶたを閉じて 耳すませば ほら 聴こえるよ kaigara wa mou karappo dakedo mabuta wo tojite mimi sumaseba hora kikoeru yo

the seashell is empty now, but if you close your eyes and listen carefully, you can hear it

風が僕らをここに集めて 見せた夢と 君の涙が ただ眩しくて心惹かれる 今も同じ そよ風の中 kaze ga bokura wo koko ni atsumete miseta yume to kimi no namida ga tada mabushikute kokorohikareru ima mo onaji soyokaze no naka

the wind gathers us here that dream I had, and your tears with just a sparkle, captures my heart even now, in that same gentle wind

ラララ… lalala…

流れ 流れて また会える日の 空の匂い 風は知ってるから ここで待ってるから nagare nagarete mata aeru hi no sora no nioi kaze wa shitteru kara koko de matteru kara

the currents flow, because the wind knows the scent of the sky on the day we can meet again so I’ll wait here

source: https://ameblo.jp/horimiya0515/entry-12246579165.html

#lyrics translation #ALIVE #ALIVE series #tsukipro #SOARA #kachoufuugetsu series #soyokaze no uta

[kimonobeat]

Otsuka Ai Lyrics: HEART

English translation and romanization below the cut.

ENGLISH

Wish I could see you right now, I wish I could see you now I strung words like those together, then quietly gave them back to the waves Wish I could see you right now, I wish I could see you now I spent that summer night unable to look at your troubled face, unable to say it

We sort of hurried our way through the crowd You’ve got such reliable shoulders We made it just in time for the start of the fireworks, and then I closed my eyes I can quietly see them in the darkness

So pretty, ah, so pretty, ah A kiss I’ll never forget tickles my HEART

Wish I could see you right now, I wish I could see you now I strung words like those together, then quietly gave them back to the waves Wish I could see you right now, I wish I could see you now I spent that summer night unable to look at your troubled face, unable to say it

“What if I were more your type?” I wonder to myself, pretending to be all grown up I was so innocent then. My heart fluttered over you I look back on those times so fondly.

How nice, ah, how nice, ah A scent I’ll never forget lingers in my heart

Wish I could see you right now, I wish I could see you now Should I say it just like that and be a little bratty? Wish I could see you right now, I wish I could see you now A brief happiness, and a happiness I lose sight of from being next to you

Surfing, ah, surfing, ah A summer I’ll never forget tickles my HEART

Wish I could see you right now, I wish I could see you now I strung words like those together, then quietly gave them back to the waves Wish I could see you right now, I wish I could see you now I spent that summer night unable to look at your troubled face, unable to say it

What does it mean to be kind...? Words are so empty Just hold me And don’t say a thing

No one knows About the tears I’m holding back My HEART sways to and fro To this song

ROMAJI

ima sugu aitai ima, aitai sonna kotoba dake wo narabete sotto nami ni kaeshita ima sugu aitai ima, aitai komaru kao mirenakute ienakute sugita ano natsu no yoru

hitogomi wo kugurinukete sukoshi isoida anata no senaka ga tanomoshikute ma ni atta uchiage hanabi ima wa me wo tojita kurayami no naka ni shizuka ni mieru

kirei aa, kirei aa, HEART kusuguru wasurenai ano kisu

ima sugu aitai ima, aitai sonna kotoba dake wo narabete sotto nami ni kaeshita ima sugu aitai ima, aitai komaru kao mirenakute ienakute sugita ano natsu no yoru

sukoshi gurai wa risou ni naretara nante omottari shite otona-butta mujaki ni natte tokimeitari shite ita sonna koro no koto natsukashii ne.

ii ne, aa ii nee, aa HEART ni nokoru wasurenai ano kaori

ima sugu aitai ima, aitai sonna fuu ni iete amaeraretara ii no kana ima sugu aitai ima, aitai mijikai shiawase to soba ni ite miushinau shiawase

naminori aa, naminori aa. HEART kusuguru wasurenai ano natsu

ima sugu aitai ima, aitai sonna kotoba dake wo narabete sotto nami ni kaeshita ima sugu aitai ima, aitai komaru kao mirenakute ienakute sugita ano natsu no yoru

yasashisa no imi wa... ? kotoba no munashisa nanimo iwazu ni tada dakishimete

oshiyoseru namia daremo shiranai kono uta ni notte yureru yureru HEART

#otsuka ai #ai otsuka #大塚愛 #love piece #translation

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i was still feeling bad for not understanding most of kannagi even with that other persons hints & then i saw it has a special tag on nnd. im like oh that must be a fun tag they tag songs with weird language use right lets see what else is in it

nothing its JUST kannagi congrats on ur special tag

#i thought it would be like how they tag 3 min songs as ramen timer but no its Just Kannagi #anyway im glad everyones having a terrible time trying to figure this out not just me #i am so close to know what it means but its like trying to read colored text thru stained glass #u think u can read it but this just enough uncertainty there u couldnt reliably tell anyone else what it is #theres still a lot of theories & connections u can make with it not knowing everything tho #it would be so much better to. know why the rute furute wo a is so important tho #bc at least the nami no ne no we have comprehenable lyrics #& tell us yeah this character fits the criteria they live/repeat #but this. what is this telling me. i thought i was onto something for a second but forgot about the wo & then it didnt make sense anymore

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what if i went off about some of my favorite songs ever

kyuuyaku hankagai - hiiragi magnetite: everyone knows i love this. i just love everything about it. we really get both sides of the picture story wise with it- both the fact the world is literally, physically getting destroyed, and all of the mental torment the characters are dealing with. it still has that magu series weird wording but it gets everything across that it needs to. the instrumental is just as heavy as the scenario with added dramatics in parts that really make it for me. all the long notes to simulate screaming. the seamless addition of both the nami no ne no & rute furute woa motifs (& a possible 3rd? theres still parts in here i cant figure out yet) makes me so emotional. if u have no idea about the series its still a solid song. 10000/10 i cannot fully express my love for this song in words i just need it on repeat full volume for weeks on end.

ai wo - null: impossible for me to explain why i love this so much without oversharing. i keep telling myself not to rank this song so high but ive never felt so seen before. null's lyrics are both poetic & still hit every raw emotion where it hurts. the whole being left alone ur whole life & wishing it wasnt that way, that everything wasnt so empty, that someone could love u the way u need & never got. i want everyone to hear this song and i also want to gatekeep it. it became so important to me in such a short time & itll be hard to ever rival it

arikitari heroes - 150suzu: im not immune to nostalgia. shuuenpro is executed entirely different to aru sekai series & i have to judge from entirely different criteria & that said i really always loved how this one sort of summarized the series in a way that highlighted all the strife in it & made it subjective rather than an objective summary. the chorus is so high its like theyre crying out which fits entirely. i still have the video embedded in my mind & its been a hot minute since ive watched it. my teenage self thought it was so deep & even with a different perspective now i cant entirely discount those feelings. anyway i still really love it i could still listen to it for weeks on end if i wasnt busy keeping up with other things. i do not say it lightly when i say this is the song i have listened to the most in my entire life i used to spend Months straight listening to it. beloved.

tachiiri kinshi - mafumafu: i was sooooooo normal about this in high school (lying). its still high on my list of breakdown songs. like damn its been 8 years and it still holds up the same. between this & ai wo that just gives away 90% of my problems. imagine solving isolation by letting people in cant be me. anyway i was obsessed with drawing the girl from the video for a while idk how many doodles i still have left but she was Everywhere on my school work. normal person behavior.

jishou mushoku - nekobolo: song that has pulled the most weight in keeping me alive. where would i be without it. sometimes the mood is so bad this is still the only thing i can listen to some days.

rokuchounen to ichiya monogatari - kemu: the real reason i fell down the voca rabbit hole. still adore the song & find it hugely nostalgic, but there was a reason i connected with it when i was younger & being able to recognize how fucked up that was makes it also a painful reminder id rather bury. song fucks tho love how every rhythm game its in will destroy u trying to play it.

konmei no aji - savasti: regardless of the real meaning of the song this will always be a dissociation song to me not in the sense it makes me dissociate but rather in the spaceyness & disconnect it reminds me of the feeling but in a safer way to deal with it. personally i prefer rire's cover

taishou x - yurry canon: u will appreciate this song now right now its so under appreciated for a yurry canon song. god the fucking "i'm still living the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. as it is i will never be you. theres no reason in living, but just the same theres no point in dying is there?" [punching a wall] i like it a normal amount

kaiko no kanmuri - dopam!ne: god this song fucks so hard and yet its still edgy. i dont even really know how to explain what i feel with this one beyond i love it. its a kind of waiting for the right time to strike for revenge kinda song? idk its my absolute fave dopam!ne song i love a lot of his songs but this one just really does it for me

haru no sekibaku - inaba kumori: kutabireta atashi ga dame dattan da ne. yeah. the overall mood of this song hits just right all too often. sorry lag train this is the defining inabakumori song to me.

hyperlexia - yamaji: the space in this one also gives me a sense of vague dissociation. i just really love the whole reading between the lines not going to fall for lies anymore mood its got going on. a misguided sense of personal revolution that probably wont end in anything meaningful but i particularly like the song.

#this is far from extensive but it is relatively in order #i started this for fun & then ended up like ohhh the problems are obvious regardless of how much i say #dont worry about it im the cool fun well adjusted mutual theres no problems to speak of its fine #could also add harumakigohans saikai #if i was doing more than one per artist theres would be quite a few mafumafu songs for sure #but this is enough for now #debated adding jyokyo's wakatteruko-san but i absolutely dont have it in me to admit some things publicly #regarding my relationship with that song #thinking too much & shutting down now byebye

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hello i am also a hiiragi magnetite enjoyer but a casual one (the songs just bang. they're really good. i loop them) and i had no idea until we became mutuals and i looked at your posts that their songs are part of a series. i had never looked into it. i am genuinely interested and if you ever wanted to rattle off to me what it's about i will eat that shit up fr. it's been so long since i was last majorly into a vocaloid song series

hi hi! i hope you dont mind a public answer bc you're far from the only one who didn't know. once u know what to look for tho it starts making a bit more sense.

in short: its a sci-fi, time loop-type story about a group of people trying to stop the world from ending

but i'll get into the songs a bit for u. (this is long)

in long:

yes its absolutely a series with the exception of fabric flower, perfection, nadenna, uni, and rasshaina. everything else so far is part of the same series. (in their personally uploaded songs obviously their commission songs arent part of it)

idk where to throw this in so im sticking it at the beginning all of the characters have names. i asked & they answered me directly. but they're keeping them a secret until they feel like the time is right so i would LOVE to tell u their names but uh. no one knows but hiiragi magnetite.

aru sekai series is actually a fan given name. hiiragi magnetite has never addressed the series out side of the songs themselves unless asked about it. if you called it aru sekai series to them, they dont correct you, so until they want to give it a name themself, i'll be calling it aru sekai series. the name coming from the first song aru sekai shoushitsu of course.

im going to put my proof its a series here first bc i see a lot of eng fans say they didnt know, and even jpn fans that realize theres a series will get it wrong & say theres 2 different series going on. its the same story its one series.

the easiest way & the way that made me realize it is aru sekai shoushitsu opens with "nami no ne no yume wo miyou ame hodo no uruoi wo/ umareyou mou ichido nakuse domo nai keredo" etc which is important in a lot of ways but for right now we're just going to focus on the melody of it.

this same melody occurs in all aru sekai series songs except for kugutsu ashura & laboratory. kyuuyaku hankagai has it in the last chorus at 4:48 as well as the more obvious 5:16. shuuen touhikou has it in the choruses as well at 1:20, 2:34, and 2:46. oumen mokushiroku is the only song so far that has it in lyrics as well instead if mixed into the instrumental, its the last lyrics starting at 2:30 "ah mata aete yokatta ne to itte hoshikatta no ni/ tasogare ga tokete yuku kiete yuku nanimo mienakunaru". unplanned apoptosis its a bit harder to hear & much shorter but its at 0:57, 1:06, 2:16, and 2:26. i dont know why i see people insisting marshall maximizer is a separate series bc its one of the obvious ones with the motif at 2:23 (or at least more obvious than some others). canon has it at 2:20.

theres also the theme most people realize that (kyuu)yaku, (shuu)en, and (ou)men have the same kanji as what starts lines in aru sekai shoushitsu.

a lot of songs also have text in the bg thats basically lore & helps connect & clear up somethings. a lot of these repeat lines from previous songs.

& then we get to kugutsu ashura & laboratory which dont have any of those but they are part of the series your key is in the lyrics using similar themes & concept & wording to other songs.

so what are the songs about

aru sekai shoushitsu

this is a headache of a song that, im so grateful they give us so many songs to expand on bc trying to make sense of it with no context was actually the worst. the absolute most important thing u want to know here is the lines they made into the motif for the series which establishes this tragedy is repeating. the theme of rain/blue is the symbol the current world is coming to an end and they'll later be "reborn" and try again.

no one has any idea what the repeating greek(?) means. i can figure out the words toroid & function & thats it & ive never seen anyone else get any farther with it. if anyone knows please i am begging u to tell me. anyway, from the word toroid alone though i know it has something to do with the world repeating itself.

thats the next main theme i'll get into. the story is a loop of sorts but i hesitate to say its a true time loop bc there is very clear emphasis on the concept of fractals, so repeating but not exactly the same, and toroid shapes, so not a perfect loop like say a sphere or circle would be. instead of a time loop sending them back to the beginning of the day its more like waking up in an alternate timeline altogether. its not a 1:1 learn what the day brings and get out that way. each time's different in its own way. the fractal theme drifts off a bit after a few songs but its still there overall.

the other big one is the concept of things seeming the same when theyre different, and this is easier to miss bc it's actually in the bg text rather than the lyrics. there's a whole paragraph about if a man dies in a swamp from lightning and then miraculously another bolt of lightning in the same area creates a man that's exactly the same in structure, memory, everything, is it still the same man as the one who died. this not only applies to the concept of the world itself, that not only is the world itself not quite the same when everything restarts, but is also a big thing with the characters themselves. there is something that people have that make them "people", something that can be lost, and without that, even though they seem to be the same, they're more of a "thing" than a "person." very big detail that was only a theory until laboratory was posted and confirmed it. aru sekai shoushitsu also says, in lyrics, "however, as long as you exist as people, the old world's legacy will continue on in the toroidal direction." so as long as they still have what makes them a "person" they can still be reborn in the next iteration of the world.

i think those are the most important things. the lyrics are a bit objective overviews of the next songs based on the starting kanji and also a bit more technical detail of whats going on, and the rest of the text is a more subjective view of the events than the lyrics.

kyuuyaku hankagai

this one's the start of our subjective character songs. all the text in it is at the beginning. i won't get too into it bc i dont think there's anything specifically u need to know from it, put it definitely helps put the level of desperation into perspective. theres a bit of play in it with the concept of "people" again, but its more about the lengths everyone will go to to do something about the situation iirc.

quite obviously this is the "past" song and establishes this has been going on for a while. i dont have an exact timeline for you, and im not telling you that because its the "past" that this is the beginning of everything. however. we do get told once again the concept of a "self" is important to the continuation of this. we also get a bit of world description, saying about how the world gets torn up and destroyed at the end.

short overview of it is they've been at this a very long time, everyone is well aware of the stakes, they're desperate & tired, but in the end they know even if they die at the end of the world because they cant save it, they're going to wake up and need to face it all over again. thats why theres so many long notes in this. this song is this characters cry for help. they cant let go bc if they do, if they lose their "self" its all over for them, they know that (although its not blatantly said at this point), so they have to keep going through all the "fractals" hoping that something they do sometime is going to work.

song has a lot of specific terms but its not as impersonal as shoushitsu u can feel the character in this song, especially with all the specific "byebye" written with various forms of regret and pain of separation etc. in an effort to keep this short im going to stop there for now.

shuuen touhikou

song that fits with the "end" (shuu) lines of aru sekai shoushitsu. quite literally an answer to the question of what would happen if they tried to escape instead of facing it.

the first part of text sets up the characters frame of mind, that they've been through this so many times trying to save everything, what if they didn't have to?

also in the text are the "shuu" lines from aru sekai shoushitsu, as well as part of the text from the beginning of kyuuyaku hankagai. and the last text deals with the concept of "ego" a bit instead of a "self".

the lyrics are such that this character is still part of whatever everyone's doing to fix this, but doesn't really agree with how its being handled, constantly being frustrated by how nothing's changing and no one wants to try anything too different. they entertain the idea of just running for it, that theres some town out there that they'll be safe if they can reach, that maybe running is enough to do something that they arent just standing around hoping anymore.

so effectively, no, even if they were to drop everything and run for it, it won't do them any good. (by extension they might also not be able to come back from it, but i cant say that for sure)

oumen mokushiroku

the concave "ou" song. also the only one i can accept the ""official"" english title for since mokushiroku is read as apocalypse in aru sekai shoushitsu.

theres no text in this one! unless u want to count the ou kanji.

this one's interesting bc instead of a part of the human team we have an angel who can't do anything to help them. shes watching over them, she wants to help, but for various reasons she just cant. she cant tell them it's not her fault, she cant affect anything in a way that matters. part of the reason she has the broken umbrella i think is just to really get across shes supposed to be the safeguard but she cant. for reasons beyond her control she cant.

some of the lyrics kind of mirror other songs, "inoru you ni" "omotai kaze furiharau you ni" for example relating to similar phrases in shuuen touhikou, "ima sakenda" like the main lines of kyuuyaku hankagai, starting of with rain similar to aru sekai shoushitsu among other things.

and of course like i said this is the only song that uses the motif in the lyrics & this is a theory but im putting it out there i feel like that implies the others are a part of this but this character in particular can actually do something about it. i dont know if shes actually the one who makes the whole world be reborn or not but i will put that out there.

theres also the line like "we lost something without a shape or feeling" & i think thats another tie into the theme of needing to keep their "self" for any of this to be possible.

unplanned apoptosis

theres a lot going on here. this chara is hilarious to me bc all the others are pretty collected about the whole thing all things considered and shes just acting out the whole time.

she hates it. shes fed up & i think should be considered an unreliable narrator to an extent. she tries to act like fine whatever i dont care but she does. she does. she also doesnt want to take blame for anything.

now, theres the line in here like jibun wo koroshite and this isnt in the way u might immediately think. i also hesitate to say its the same "self" the other songs are talking about considering its jibun rather than jiga. its more like suppressing & denying her true feelings to deal with everything. not that that wouldnt tie in to that big theme if she took it too far but for now shes safe.

theres text in this song this time tying it directly to oumen mokushiroku in case the art wasnt enough for u to know that. its a bit about fate being predetermined for them, a bit about things continuing in the same direction they've been, but shes brought back again

the songs really a lamentation of losing her past and future to this as well as showing how badly shes handling it.

and theres a bit of foreshadowing here in the what with the window(s) behind her being dark and broken while also being the exact same in composition to the one in oumen mokushiroku. which u think initially is because the angel cant help her, but the lines in canon about something causing the glass to break i really think is in reference to this and is saying she's at least part of the reason the angel cant help anyone. whether shes aware of this i cant say bc shes a liar who doesnt take blame for anything & since this is her viewpoint thats a bit unclear.

marshall maximizer

i think its that it's asa's art instead of sena yuta's that people think this is unrelated but honestly arent u people so confused. u look at these lyrics and think its a stand alone song? are u not so confused?

anyway, this is actually another big one in terms of plot

welcome to sunk cost fallacy the song. like literally. thats what it is, admitting they've put everything into what they're doing that it's probably not worth it, but they've been at it this long they can't just stop either. its gotta pay out eventually right-

but if u take anything away from this, its that "people" or at least this character can tell when someone isnt one of them anymore. theres the lines like "observing you acting like a person gone mad" "to you who's pretending to be a person gone mad" where both "person" and "you" are written in katakana much like when the concept of being a "person" is discussed in aru sekai shoushitsu. "you" (kimi) being similar to "thing" (mono) in this case (shout out to hayato in the hiiragima tag on twitter for figuring this out btw)

theres also the iconic lines up to hito de nashi? as though to say, but if you act as a person does, then arent you a person as well?

and then the text. its. heavy. discussing what it means to be a person, if there's something special about it, if it matters to be alive for yourself or because of something else (in a series context. so. being forced to live without the "self" they need for example) it even starts to get into the "mono" versus "hito" concept until both characters talking get too overwhelmed by it. the character they were talking to then "disappears" after admitting they might nit be a "person" which seems to say those that lose their "self" dont get to continue.

for now though, the character narrating the song is still a "person" they still get to try again, and they continue to

canon

another one i see people say isnt part of aru sekai series. it says aru sekai de in the first lyric. whats not clicking.

this ones more on why things arent quite working out.

theres a sense of balance they need to keep in place, presumably, so they can make it out of this, but each time something happens that upsets the balance. again, theres the mention of cracking the glass that i think is a reference to that window in both oumen mokushiroku and unplanned apoptosis. this seems to be their sign if things are working out or not, the chorus of this song seems to being saying if the glass breaks theyve messed up, nothings going to change and they need to try again.

this chara's like the others in that shes also tired of everything, but she still has her "self" so she has to keep trying. only she'll do anything that might work so they dont have to do this again, so they "don't say goodbye" again. which includes lying a bit so people will try her ideas.

theres also the part admitting they didn't want any sacrifices for this, but, clearly, that didn't work out in their favor. this is probably a pretty broad definition of sacrifice, can be everything from time, energy, etc to sacrificing their "selves" for their cause.

theres also text in this song!! its coded in the video but shunnanna in the hiiragima tag decoded it so we know the text! it talks a bit about coming to and realizing the worlds okay, theres pretty flowers, and it smells like it just rained. it also then repeats the nami no ne no lines from aru sekai shoushitsu. the last part talks about a risky experiment that got out of control and ended up destroying everything. which that last part, to me, seems to imply this whole thing was their fault in the first place.

in the end tho, this songs the same they don't accomplish much and have to try again.

kugutsu ashura

tongue twister mantra the song.

this ones interesting bc the character isnt human to begin with (being ashura) so i think thats why the motif isnt here. they get to repeat in their own way tho.

shes just that. a puppet really. she cant do anything to help out, rather she can only do what she's supposed to so to speak.

if u can get through the wording though theres a lot to this!

its a bit more of an outsider's perspective at how needlessly desperate this how thing is. things are awful, everyone's having a bad time, hell, people are actually dying, but no one listens to reason and things keep continuing on in the same way. it places a lot of blame on the place that started the whole thing, the place mentioned in the canon text i believe, honestly for a good reason, and kind of criticizes whats going on.

and then u have the ending that really cements its part of the series for me, the whole thing changes into what feels like almost hope which is a nice change for this series. it talks of moving forward, of getting new starts, it works in the theme of rain especially with urufu as the same base as uruoi wo from aru sekai shoushitsu, and then of course the "mata ibukuyou ni" being thematically similar to the "umareyou mou ichido" also from aru sekai shoushitsu

theres a lot of specifics in the whole thing & a lot of very specific word choice but i think that gets the point across for now

theres no extra text either but honestly the lyrics are quite enough context if u can decipher them

laboratory

this song is so heavy. like. up until now things have been left rather vague and theres room to doubt how dire everything is especially with how subjective the songs are but this.

this girl is losing her "self". thats the whole song. her just terrified and being completely unable to stop it even though she would do anything to change things. all that talk from the other songs about whos a "person" and whos a "thing" this is a "person" whos becoming a "thing" and doesnt have a choice in it. i dont know what she did. but this is her punishment for it. she ignored things she shouldn't've and now she cant be her "self" anymore.

this is telling us directly its not just the world theyre fighting for, theyre fighting for everything that makes them who they are too. it's traumatizing in its own way that they live through the end of the world repeatedly. but now shes living through the end of herself and she wont get another chance. and thats why theres no motif in this one. she is no longer a "person" she can no longer continue. theres also no extra text in this song.

thank u if u read the whole thing thats where we're up to right now!! i hope thats enough to at least get started. theres a lot of deep diving u can do in this series & its a lot of fun to keep up with as it happens bc sometimes a new song just clicks so many things into place.

#asks #kafus #hiiragi magnetite #aru sekai series #im sorry i dont know how to be quiet about this series #apologies for any typos too

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my friend asked me to put together all the ways oumen & apoptosis are connected as songs today & i love those two so naturally ive been on this since i woke up & after really going thru the lyrics Yet Again i think i FINALLY have my answer about tenshi's song right.

so basically we know the nami no ne no motif from aru sekai shoushitsu being present in a song means whoever in the song is still a "person"/still has their free will & gets to continue into the next loop. standard info. in all the other songs this is mixed into the instrumental, the only times its sung are in shoushitsu of course & in oumen mokushiroku. didnt think much of it when the song first came out bc like yeah thats just whats in series songs. but more & more across various songs, shoushitsu, apoptosis, kanon, oumen itself it talks about sacrifice & implies that sacrifice was a permanent death. oumen as a whole is her not wanting to accept that sacrifice role, she doesn't have a choice in it, but she doesnt want it either, (& apoptosis being it was originally that girl who was supposed to be the sacrifice but she pushed it off on someone else, therefore is the reason tenshi's song goes the way it does in the first place)

so then why does she have the motif if everything else including her herself say that she dies permanently.

i propose to u my newest theory.

the whole song is her wishing she had more time, not wanting to do it, she wants to live. so. since she's specifically singing it. im willing to bet its a last wish of hers. that somehow, someway, she still has enough free will to counteract the act of sacrifice, if she wishes hard enough, if she holds enough of her own desires, then maybe against everything, she'll get to live on into the next loop. basically, not a sign that she Does live, rather, just that she desperately WANTS to

#aru sekai series #no joke ive been tearin up over her all day why is her song so painful #SHE DIDNT DO ANYTHING WRONG. WHY. WHY DID IT HAPPEN LIKE THIS. WHY #<- literally the end of apoptosis #apoptosis just looooves to cause problems until the one person she refuses to admit she cares about get caught in it #apoptosis is her own beast & u put the two of these together & im just in emotional overload. #apoptosis lying & saying shes in it for the other when shes just thinking of herself #until the other gets taken away from her without a chance to even say anything about it #& she just cant handle that #& u have tenshi who wants nothing more than to make it out alive with her taking her place & dying & in the end it changes nothing #im so fucking upset she wanted to LIVE she tried to lie to herself & say at least it might absolve everyones sins of carrying out this #project & it doesnt do a damn thing #she was SCARED she DIDNT want this she just desperately wants to live & see the other again & THEY KILLED HER...... #honestly apoptosis is so in the right to have a breakdown over it. its like half her fault but like. a breakdown is #the only correct response i think #kanon feels guilty but she doesnt seem to outwardly show that very much #so like. yeah i would also lose my mind if someone i was close to got killed for no reason & everyone just acted like it was nothing #i feel like im finally starting to come to terms with like labo's & yamete's deaths but god tenshis is just so........... awful.

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i have a new theory for aru sekai fans & by new i mean someone else might have caught on already but i havent seen it said SO. the rute furutewoa melody is in kyuuyaku, touhikou, & now kannagi (maybe elsewhere bc i havent been looking for this motif before i only realized it today really & i havent had time to go thru all the songs again yet) & we have kyuu (past), something in touhikou im too tired to remember currently but i remember calling something similar a while ago when someone asked if there was a timeline to this, and now kannagi that uses the older language so im willing to bet this motif is a way of saying the events in the song happened in the "past". whether thats actually Long Ago or just to say its not the current situation or just happened before the songs without it i cant say for sure but i think it makes sense given what we have now.

just like we have the nami no ne no motif that signals which characters still have their "self" if its in the song or lost it if its not.

i have to do some more digging of course but with what i know right now this makes the most sense to me

#aru sekai series #u know those old people who say they do crosswords to keep their brain sharp. thats what this series feels like to me. #incredibly complex puzzle to put together in which i need to be constantly learning new things & concepts #anyway for some reason i feel like theres a link to ashura that im not touching on too but idk for sure yet #there is. something about ashura that drives me insane bc it FEELS familiar there IS. SOME sort of motif or theme or SOMETHING there #i KNOW it but i can never place WHAT it makes me rabid. #tell me your secrets puppet girl #also btw kannagi i think also ties into touhikou. given the art & that line thats like prayer will come to sustain us or whatever it is #its 2am ive had a long day i dont remember the exact thing rn. usually i check before posting but please excuse me just this once #i wish i could make friends with the jpn magu fans who also go wild over the lore but idk how to find them. its always like one off comments #sorry i didnt really go wild over yamete kudasai. it just felt rather straight forward & didnt give any big reveals that i know of #so i just kind of went ah neat & looped it for a while #but kannagi. kannagi's got the puzzle aspect back & a WHOLE BUNCH of links to other songs. & thats without knowing the lyrics #but also u know kyuuyaku's my fave so having this be closely related is a big 👀👀👀 for me #i saw someone try to say kannagis the ka in the amakakeru arc of songs (if that is a real arc. it Is a fan theory idk how accurate tho) #but that wouldnt be right bc we already have kanon for the ka. #if there are arcs like that i think itd be in with whatever ashura's in. even tho ashura is a 5 kanji song and kannagis only 1

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having been here from the very beginning i think my fave aru sekai series lore is that

• despite it very clearly being a series (it is. it IS i can prove it to u) hiiragi magnetite has never addressed it as such. the fan art tag on twitter is aru sekai bijutsuten However it was chosen via poll and was a listener created tag. hiiragima themself has yet to say anything about it being a series. if u ask them a question (for example when i asked if the charas have names) they wont correct u & know what ur talking about but nope. they dont talk about the content of the songs outside of the songs at all

• possibly not aru sekai but we'll see eventually- they decided to make a song thats one second for every like they got. theyre currently making a song thats 70,000 seconds long (like 19 &1/2 hours). they have the file name saved so that "seconds" is replaced with "illness" which sounds the same in jpn

• the content is so fucking specific every time i see other people try to translate it theyre like "this was so confusing". they are so right but also i promise u it gets 2% easier when u know the songs are related

• sena yuta does the art for the main aru sekai series songs. asa is the other illust. even tho asa tends to do art for nonseries songs (nadenna, uni, rasshaina) marshall maximizer & canon are absolutely part of the series & i cant believe i keep seeing people over look this. the motif is RIGHT THERE. canon says aru sekai de in THE FIRST LINE whats not clicking

• many songs have context as text flashed for a frame in the video background! as of right now aru sekai soushitsu, kyuuyaku hankagai, shuuen touhikou, unplanned apoptosis, marshall maximizer, canon (this ones in code) have text. oumen mokushiroku, kugutsu ashura, laboratory do not. (if u want to get technical oumen has the ou kanji to say its part of the aru sekai shoushitsu order but theres no new information in it)

• all of the songs except for kugutsu ashura & laboratory have the "nami no ne no yume wo miyou" melody from aru sekai shoushitsu worked in somewhere. if u dont believe me ill get u time stamps if u ask. those two songs dont have it but im telling u its thematic, they ARE part of the series, but i cant only really theorize on what it means until we get more songs & content

• hiiragima once said "if u dont know how to read the title of kugutsu ashura you can just call it ashura" this is especially funny bc they always put furigana for their titles in their descriptions.

• they actually do a good job of getting characterization across once u get past the technical language they use. some of them are a lot more obvious than others (unplanned apoptosis. i think this girls so funny bc its so different from everything else) but theres a lot u can get from the word choice/play once ur used to all the weird science (?) terms. sena yuta's art also does an AMAZING job of getting their characters down in a single drawing. u can tell so much from the art for real. this is a whole essay in itself im stopping here for now

• all the characters have names!!!!!! i would know i asked directly & they responded they said yes the characters have names but theyre waiting for the right moment to reveal them. every day this torments me both bc i would like to call her by name instead of saying tenshi everyday and also bc i know this means they have plot significance & im not ready to handle that

• so far all the charas in the songs are girls but if i remember correct the bg text in some songs (shoushitsu & maximzier i think? id have to double check) refers to there being at least one guy in there somewhere.

• this is just a personal note but none of these people have basic lab safety i mean look at their outfits. if the world wasnt ending they die anyway wearing that esp the laboratory chara but i digress

• in general the series is ur "the world is ending and we need to find a way to stop it from ending"typical story i guess. not only plays on destruction of the world but also destruction of the self. its not ur lighthearted easy to handle voca series if u want that may i suggest honeyworks or perhaps last notes mikagura school suite instead

• we dont have a timeline. i can tell u from context the songs arent being posted in chronological order. i have no idea what the order is ive made a guess before but its just a guess.

• theres a paragraph in shoushitsu about a swampman & hilarious as it sounds it actually describes exactly whats going on. both about how the world functions in that no two attempts are the same but also that people who lose their "self" are also The Same But Not. which is interesting to know its so thought out considering the time between songs & how hiiragima claims to just be doing whatever they want. its very cohesive. somehow.

• i have no idea why the english titles of the songs are like that on youtube. i dont know if they did that themself or not but i for one refuse to acknowledge that shuuen touhikou is called "blade" over there. girl what how did we get there u just lost soo much connotation doing that. i want to say the swords arent even a main part of the song but i dont think i can actually. anyway the "eng" titles on yt dont exist to me

• the theme used to be 5 kanji title songs were the main songs and katakana with the first repeating (ex MArshall MAximizer) were more like. sub or context songs. and then we have like canon & laboratory so idk if those are just another type of song along with the others or if they decided they didnt want to follow that anymore. i need more info but still something to note. the kanji songs also used to be sections of shoushitsu (kyuu, shuu, ou, fuu, mei, juu, mou, ei) but then, again, kugutsu ashura threw me off so [vague confused gesturing]

• rain. thats all i need to say really. very few songs that dont have rain or the color blue in it somewhere & that's absolutely intentional.

• i saw sena yuta say something about flower language in regards to the laboratory art but i never saw if they elaborated and my friend whos into flower language was having a time trying to pin point what flower it was so for now another mystery unsolved

#aru sekai series #magu-san goto #i could keep going but i think this is long enough for now #speaking of the art tag if u check it u will notice im there a lot! im not proud of this #their taste in characters is cool girl which also happens to be my taste in characters so. #[making excuses] #i still think its funny i almost didnt listen to kyuuyaku when it was posted bc i didnt remember the producer name #& was like oh its one of those small producers that are hit & miss #& then i listened & was like FUCK THIS IS RELATED TO THE OTHER ONE #and now its been over two years and im STILL deciphering this #a series about the end of the world can be something so personal actually #heres my promised long post it will happen again ❤️

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anyway like i started saying over there i think its interesting that in all the other songs that have the nami no ne no melody (excluding aru sekai shoushitsu itself obviously) its mixed into the instrumental somewhere. however. in oumen mokushiroku theres none of it in the instrumental. its in the final lyrics of the song.

so. in the other songs the charas who can still repeat/still have their humanity intact have the melody in their songs. at first i was saying like thats interesting that the oumen mokushiroku chara would count as a human given shes an angel, both in depiction & the sound of the song works with that same style

but now im thinking. its not passive in that song. its lyrics. so i wonder if that's to say that the angel is at least partially responsible for this world to be able repeat in on itself infinitely. we know she can't do anything while the disaster is ongoing both from her own song and others like canon, but thats not to say she cant do anything before or after it settles down. and we know from her song that she very clearly wants to do something about the situation. so i think its very possible that the only thing she can do to help is to give them another chance to fix things.

which is then to say is that also how charas like the laboratory chara can no longer repeat. that theyve strayed too far away from her, or like got too ahead of themselves or something that now theyre on their own, sacrificed themselves to the point they cant be helped in the only way that was previously possible

#aru sekai series #as worlds number 1 oumen tenshi fan i take her song very seriously #(said as tho that isnt the case for every song) #was excited she was considered human but now....i really wonder if this is the case #i'll know as we get more songs. see if any other song puts new lyrics to the same melody #or if the relavant songs only have it in the bg #im worried tenshis going to be a side chara but if this is the case shes definitely a major role #which means ill get to see her more and i love her so thats a win if true #thank u for coming to my essay it will happen again