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pupa-cinema · 4 years

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Happy Go-Lucky Heads - VIVA!ハピバ (VIVA! HAPPY BIRTHDAY) - English Translation

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Lyrics：Sekihan Music：Nakanishi Kousuke (a.k.a. neko)

ハピバだョ全員集合 Happy birthday-o, gather ‘round everyone オメでたい　オメでたい Let’s be happy go lucky, happy go lucky 誕生日近い人ー Is anyone’s birthday coming up? 「本日生まれです」(はい) “I was born on today” (Okay) 「今週生まれです」(はい) “I was born on this week” 「今月生まれです」(はい) “I was born on this month” (Okay) まとめてドンと来い All of you get your asses over here

育ちとか　生まれとか No matter your upbringing, or background, 男女とか　年齢だとか If you’re male or female, or whatever age you are, '初めて見るよ'とか Or if this is your first time here 'ライブ不慣れ'だとか Or if you’re not used to concerts なにも構うもんか I don’t give a damn 次行ってみよう We’re going forward

いざ　はじめよう(全員集合) Come now, it’s time (gather ‘round) みんなが ready to バカ騒ぎ Are y’all ready to rumble アンタが主役になれ You are now in the spotlight

はぁVIVA VIVA VIVA VIVA Deep breath... VIVA VIVA VIVA VIVA HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU！！誰にでもある　わかりやすいハッピーデイ It’s a go-to happy day for anyone いい日だな　ハピバノンノン What a wonderful day, birthday cheer in full swing いっちょまえオメでたいわぉ There’s enough happy go luckiness to go around

VIVA VIVA VIVA VIVA HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU！！ちょっとはしゃぎすぎよ　あんたも好きねぇ You’re taking it a bit to far, that’s what I love about you いい日だな　ハピバノンノンいっちょまえ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU！！ There’s enough to go around, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU！！

さぁまいりましょ Come join the party 後半しゅっぱつ Intermission's over

サプライズ　仕掛ける Set up a suprise 君の　驚く顔　見せて I can’t wait to see the look on your face 部屋の　明かり消して Turn off the lights in the room 忍び寄る　背後へ Creeping up behind you Just like a 背後霊 Just like a guardian angel on your shoulder ◎◎うしろうしろ Behind you!

育ちとか　生まれとか男女とか　年齢だとか 'どのバンド好き'だとか No matter what bands you like 'ぼっち参戦'だとか Or if you came here solo なにも構うもんか I don’t give a damn 次行ってみようブレイクダウン We’re going on with this, break it down

誕生日だぁ～ It’s your birthday~ We 祝う YOU We CELEBRATE you 誕生日だぁ～ It’s your birthday~ We 祝う YOU We CELEBRATE you

いざ　はじめよう(全員集合) Come now, it’s time (gather ‘round) みんなが ready to バカ騒ぎ Are y’all ready to rumble アンタが主役になれ You are now in the spotlight

VIVA VIVA VIVA VIVA HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU！！ちょっとはしゃぎすぎよ　あんたも好きねぇ You’re taking it a bit to far, that’s what I love about you いい日だな　輪に入れよ What a wonderful day, join together now いい日だな　自分磨けよ Spruce yourself up いい日だな　心洗えよ Cleanse your heart また来年HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU！！ See you again next year, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU！！

Interviews: ● Gekirock interview:

Interviewer(Yoshiba Saori): In our previous interview you had mentioned a birthday song you were in the process of writing, so that turned out to be ‘VIVA! Happy Birthday' I see.

Sekihan: That’s right. After tinkering and revising with twists and turns along the way, we finally arrived at the 'VIVA! Happy Birthday' you see today.

It’s a proper birthday song yet... I couldn’t help but notice the sheer amount of references to The Drifters, “It’s 8 o’clock-o! Gather ‘round!” among many (Laughing).

Sekihan: Good eye.

Poniki: Please stop praising him before it goes to his head.

Sekihan: That wasn’t exactly praise though.

mao: Did you catch most of the references we stuffed in?

Interviewer: They’re of my generation so yes.

Sekihan: The title even was once “Happy Birthday-o! Gather ‘Round” but it was just a The Drifters song at that point so... I changed the title to be “VIVA! Happy Birthday”, while still leaving everything else pretty much the same. Did you notice the Mustache-Dance-esque part in the middle too? As soon as we settled on using The Drifters for our motifs, this idea popped into our heads. ＊The Mustache-Dance. They say “後半まいりましょ後半しゅっぱつ” just like Viva! Happy Birthday.

Interviewer: As the composer, 324, what did you have in mind for this song?

324: At first I steered to make it absolutely bursting with joyous energy. As we said, the song took on a lot of gear changes along the way, so naturally my initial product was a little different from the current one. Mine was more-

mao: Edgy and emo. It was emotional music.

Interviewer: At the chorus the rhythm had been slowed down by half; a mellooow song one could easily crowd surf to. If I recall correctly, didn’t we suggest the theme to be about the birth of life? About ‘Traversing the birth canal’ and what not.

Interviewer: At the studio we had considered that a possibility, but eventually we came to our senses and said ‘Wait, no this isn’t right!’

324: That theme was a bit too heavy so we chose to lighten it.

Sekihan: Simplified and rectified, birthdays are happy go lucky celebratory events so all we’ve gotta do is have a good time. With that said, we didn’t want to make a run-of-the-mill party song either, we were in a pickle. Then came the idea: everyone gathering around = The Drifters. I watched videos of The Drifters the whole time I was writing.

 mao: After eliminating the unnecessary Drifters bits, we have what you see today.

 324: It was too far down Drifters lane at first. I had to intervene. 

Interviewer: You get lost in the swing of it huh (laughing).

Sekihan: I love-love the qualities of the Shouwa era. On our main site we recently uploaded the MV for “HAPPY GO LUCK HEADS”, in which ‘The Veteran’ appears at the beginning, I tried to dress myself up as Kuroyanagi Tetsuko for that. My interest in Shouwa just comes seeping in to my works. One which I hope spices things up for others as well.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo7nkDUnr2s

Interviewer: The almost fairy-tale ending of ‘VIVA! Happy Birthday’ even leaves a Drifters taste in my mouth. I see Nakanishi Kousuke assisted with the writing of this song, then also ‘Ebifuri-ya’ and ‘WA ni natte tomo ni’. Could you tell me more about him?  

Ponikingdom: He’s practically our hidden 6th member, or so the people say. He once even produced a song for my own album. Herein 324 writes aaall the music, so we wanted the essence of someone different here and there. We make a good team to boot. He understands our aesthetic to a T.

Mito-juu: He makes them exactly as ordered.

 Sekihan: It’s not about musical ability, but aesthetical ability (laughin).

324 So there you have it. He made the music, then I arranged it to make it perfectly Happy Go Lucky Heads.

　● 324 blog: 324 exhibited how to play the lead guitar part of the intro! He said “Watching this, I notice that this weirdo actually uses the middle finger of his left hand a lot.... That’s uncommon alright. @ Pon-chan - If I ever die, please use this as reference and take over my role as lead.”

● Poniki’s explanation: It’s a good ol’ birthday song with a catch; it’s in Omedeta style and bound to remind you of a certain classic show about the rich! Every day of the year is somebody’s birthday. We filled this song with wishes for that somebody’s special day! It’s even already becoming a hit among birthday peeps in the crowds at concerts!

● MV release article: This song is set to celebrate Omedetai’s 1 year band anniversary.

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cutiecrates · 4 years

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Cutie Reviews: Gacha Gacha Crate Nov 19

I’m actually working on this sooner than I had planned for once :P I wanted to go and visit my mom at the Hospital today (her port for kemo had to be removed because it gave her a bad infection), but I woke up sick and feverish, and on top of that I’ve been having “leg issues” due to a cramp I got yesterday. I think I’m better off spending today in bed.

With that in mind I just ate lunch (caramel apple walnut pie slice and apple juice), and now I’m ready to work!

Later, I will be doing a smaller post regarding some news related to the various boxes/brands I’m subscribed to, so be sure to check that out when you get a chance!

Calico Critters Doll Set

Calico Critters (in Japan they are known as "Sylvanian Families”) are very popular and cutely flocked human-like animals who come in all sorts of species, each with its own special name, outfit, and information.

For this months box, we could get 1 of 5 various sets, each including its own character, items, a baby bottle, and changeable background piece. I know this looks big in the picture, but its actually really small, being about... not even half the size of my juice box. Each costs 200 yen, and besides my bunny piano set, there was also:

Bear and rocking toy

bunny and bed

squirrel or chipmunk and a car

kitty and a slide (this would have been perfect for my set)

The details of this piece are really nice, especially the backgrounds (which are actually from the toy sets), and the crisp and clean animal figure. The house piece has a detailed roof but otherwise no defined traits (which isn’t bad for display purposes), while the pieces with the animal are very “flat”, for example, the baby bottles are single colored and have no details. The bigger pieces are single colored (with the exception of the piano keys, which are white. I can’t tell if its a sticker or painted) with a lot of molded detail you need to look really close at to see.

I think this is a really cute little toy. I’m not sure its really the best thing to play with due to its tiny size, but it’s perfect as a display piece, for figures, re-ment sets. I’ll be giving it to my Tuxedo Cat family daughters (and their adopted bunny sister).

Pokemon Figurine

This is one of those popular “Gacha in its own head build it yourself“ pieces. I had two other Pokemon versions of these, so I assume they have a bunch of series. But they seem to be mainly based on the original generation.

Meanwhile... can you guess Who That Pokemon is?!

I’ll give you a hint, it’s not Eevee~

It’s Flareon!

Besides Flareon, we could also get Jolteon, Vaporean, Eeevee, and Pikachu!

As usual, these figures are very easy to assemble and seem to be “chibified”. All the pieces come inside and you just pop the head pieces on, then slide in the ears. They paint quality is spot-on in accuracy and detail- but I did notice my Flareon has a "mark” on its nose. I’m not sure if its supposed to be a shine on it, or if its a scratch in the paint.

I will mention that these are a bit fragile. Not in the sense the pieces will break as they are plastic, but they seem to “fall apart“ if dropped or moved too roughly. I barely jostled my box after assembling this and when I opened it again I found the head piece was separated and the ears fell off.

Super Mario Bros

I love getting these cute mini-game based Gachapon, and this one is MARIO themed! I love Mario x3 (and Sonic too, I grew up with both series). This series included 6 variations, either coming in yellow or red, with gold or red coins. The various characters besides this one I got was the Mario Bros, Peach, and Toad. I really wish i got one with Princess Peach, she’s my favorite~

The game is pretty self-explanatory. All you do is insert the coins on one side and guide them to the other.

When not playing with it, you take off the plastic pieces and put them together, put the coins inside, and store them in the slot on the back. It’s very handy and makes this a fun little piece you could bring with you.

I’ll admit, the game gets boring after a few minutes and there isn’t much to it at all; but it’s really cute- and if you’re someone who likes Mario or video games as a whole, I think that adds a special layer to it. It could also be really fun if you play it with multiple people.

Onigiri & Tako Rabbits

Next up is this cute little keychain series featuring Piske and Usagi, by Kanahei, featuring various rice recipes (and a tako Piske). Ironically, I probably got the one I’d not want to eat all all; I don’t like anything but white rice, and I especially hate peas.

However, I’m not eating this and I think this is a very cute charm. It has pieces on both the top and bottom, so you have plenty of options as to what to use this for- but they’re so small, I feel like bigger fingers would have difficulty using them.

Quality wise, these charms are great. The one I have is made from heavy-duty plastic and is very detailed, featuring unique textures on each section (Piske, the rice, the omelet wrap), and the painting job is a solid 9.9 out of 10. I noticed a very small amount of white bleeding into the rice, but its not hugely noticeable.

Fruits Basket Rubber Charm

This item is perfect for any Fruits Basket fans out there new or old, and this was made in time to celebrate the end of the updated series’ first season. There was 8 possible characters in the form of a chibified rubber charm, and from what little I do know, I got Ayame Soma.

While the theme of the series appeals to me, I’ve never entirely got into Fruits Basket. I just know basics, and the stuff my friend (who does like the series) tells me.

These charms are very detailed, with a smooth backing and ball chain... that’s pretty much all I have to say about it. I’m sorry but rubber keychains are almost all the same quality wise regardless of the series. It’s very cute and I like it, but I may pass it on to my friend because I feel like she would appreciate it more.

Onigiri Rings

Our final item of the box is an adorable Onigiri replica :D

Inside the onigiri is this adorable ring, based on the various food items ones might eat in rice, on rice, or with rice. For example... I think mine is sesame seeds and seaweed, or some kind of pickled vegetable. There was also a piece of grilled tuna or salmon, a pickled plum, a raw piece of tuna or salmon, and fish eggs.

Each one costs 300 yen a piece, and honestly I think besides the one I got, I’d like to have gotten the fish eggs (I like how pretty they look), or the pickled plum (because it reminds me of one of my favorite PriPara characters).

The ring is a big, silver loop. I did originally take pictures of my finger with it on, but due to limitations I had to cut back <_< But I will say it fit on each of my fingers and didn’t feel overly tight, so I feel like many hand sizes/types could fit these, which I really like and appreciate. I don’t often wear rings, but just for the cute/weirdness factor, I could see wearing this one.

(Also, does anyone play A3? It’s a new visual novel male actors game. As soon as I got this, the whole thing reminded me of Misumi. With his onigiri and triangle obsession).

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All and all, I liked this box :D it was pretty fun and cute and I think in terms of the included items, it was about the same as the prior box, or maybe a little better in my opinion. I didn’t dislike anything, and I can’t wait to get my next one~

As I said on top, I’ll be making another post very soon. Initially I planned on doing it right after this one, but I’m beginning to feel sick again and it’s wearing me down. I think I’ll be doing it later after I get some more rest.

#cutie reviews #gachagacha #gachapon #gachagachacrate #pokemon gacha #mario gacha

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