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Mori no miyako no oka-march – One Piece

10 Saturday Oct 2015

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Performed by Bon Kurei / Mr. 2 (VA: Yao Kazuki)

杜の都のオカマーチ (Mori no miyako no okamaachi) – Oka-march in the forested capital


from ONE PIECE Nippon juudan! 47 Cruise CD in Miyagi Mori no miyako no oka-march single.

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Head to the north, I’m here in the forested capital, never stopping my progress
Putting on pointe shoes, I twirl around Tohoku
Zun, da zun, da beef, tongue
Zun, da zun, da beef, tongue

Sasa-come on, starry étoile
Donning a crescent kabuto helmet, this dandy will guard the city

My goal is the legendary sleeping crater at the top of Mt Zao
I’m not sure what I’ll find there, but
I’ll become the okama king and grasp something yo~

Eating sasakama, checking my makeup, a wonderful meeting is a journey’s beginning
White skin and sweet fragrance, sasakama is an okama’s nakama
Crossing the rugged field, over the mountain, like a swan dancing high in the sky!
Lunging fists, sasakama kenpo, I’m an okama prima donna

Snow, moon, flowers, beauty, I gaze upon the four best sceneries
As I explore Matsushima

Doesn’t matter that I’m a hammer okama-sing, I have a pleasure boat, no, a swan boat
I’ll paddle on with my well-toned shapely legs
Wait a minute, why am I going the opposite way yo~?

What’s going on? Dabadaa dabadaa
There’s no time to linger
What are you saying? Dabadaa dabadaa
This really isn’t a joke
Let’s proceed with a plié pas
Dashing up from the sea to the mountain
Hurry up, look, lulube chasse
Just let your mood soar up and up

I’ve reached the end of my journey, the okama king’s legendary spot
There’s no treasure to be found, but the view of the Five Colored Lake is the best, right?
What’s important is formless, like the shifting colors of the lakewater
Let it pile in your heart and form a layer, if you get it, then you’re the strongest
I’m the strongest, right?!!!

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Misa’s note:
– Oka-march is a combination of the words “okama (transvestite)” and “march”.
– Similarly, okama can also be translated as “volcanic crater”.
– Sasakama is a type of fishcake dish.
– Nakama can be translated as comrade.

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EAT WORLD, TAKE ALL – One Piece

10 Saturday Oct 2015

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Performed by Jewelry Bonney (VA: Kiuchi Reiko)


from ONE PIECE Nippon juudan! 47 Cruise CD in Iwate EAT WORLD, TAKE ALL single.

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I’m hungry~!!!

Oh damn! So good!
Bracken, abalone, Like that
Isn’t this super awesome?
Heart’s rouge!
So, open wide and stuff your cheeks
Everything’s so delicious

The left brain’s prudent
More calories, Give me Give me
Getting energy
The right brain’s greedy, eat it all
You know! Eat world Take all

Come~!
Rookies, four emperors, marines, admirals
Nobody’s an enemy, So, eat up, eating KING WINNER
One bowl, Two bowls, Three bowls, 1000 bowls
I eat it all but Get no satisfaction
Hungry NOW, hungry NOW
If my stomach’s EMPTY, I can’t fight
No rush, what’s the bill?
Go! Go! Go!

Oh damn! So good!
Jaja noodles, seaweed, Like that
Totally can’t stop
Even as an adult!
Or a child, or old hag
My craving won’t change

Leave an impression with your tongue
Come on, Show me Show me
Once you get synergy
The impulse won’t end, eat it all
You know! Eat world Take all

Come~!
Giants, mermaids, agents, mutants
Kick them out! So midriff and eating KING WINNER
One chilled noodles, Two chilled noodles, Three chilled noodles, 1000 chilled noodles
I eat it all but Get no satisfaction
Take care NOW, take care NOW
Can’t settle the INSECT in my stomach
At this rate, hah! All of Iwate, OH!
Will be eaten

Things like reminiscence are all his fault, his fault
So I’ll go in search
Let’s go, come, to the new world, don’t get in my way
Or I won’t forgive you!

Come~!
Rookies, four emperors, marines, admirals
Nobody’s an enemy, So, eat up, eating KING WINNER
One bowl, Two bowls, Three bowls, 1000 bowls
I eat it all but Get no satisfaction
Hungry NOW, hungry NOW
If my stomach’s EMPTY, I can’t fight
No rush, what’s the bill?
Go! Go! Go!

My stomach is still not satisfied
More~!!!

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Misa’s note:
There’s a play on the phrase “shoku KING WINNER”, as it means “eating KING WINNER” but also sounds like “shocking winner”.

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Nebuta no tora – One Piece

10 Saturday Oct 2015

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Performed by Isshou / Fujitora (VA: Sawaki Ikuya)

ねぶたの虎 (Nebuta no tora) – Nebuta tiger


from ONE PIECE Nippon juudan! 47 Cruise CD in Aomori Nebuta no tora single.

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Arriving at Hell’s casino, I bet on justice
The world is divided into odds and evens
I should be able to see nothing, but
Malicious faces are so easy to spot
Scoundrels filling these pubs
And degenerated justice will never change

Rassera Rassera Rassera Rassera
No need to rush, now’s not the time
The Nebuta tiger is unmoved by deception
The business of karma
Rassera Rassera, depends on the answer
Rassera Rassera, of the raging tiger

Arriving in this territory of respect, I sheathe my sword
The heavens see all
Give your body to the festival
Indeed, with an uplifting spirit
Life is full of good and evil
But there is no difference between heavy and light

Rassera Rassera Rassera Rassera
No need to rush, now’s not the time
The Nebuta tiger hides its fangs
The moment when all becomes transitory
Rassera Rassera, with no fear of the gods
Rassera Rassera, the tiger roars

Rassera Rassera
Scoundrels filling these pubs
And degenerated justice will never change

Rassera Rassera Rassera Rassera
No need to rush, now’s not the time
The Nebuta tiger is unmoved by deception
The business of karma
Rassera Rassera, depends on the answer
Rassera Rassera, of the raging tiger

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Misa’s note:
Nebuta is a summer nighttime festival in Aomori. Nebuta refers to the float of a brave warrior-figure which is carried through the center of the city, while dancers wearing a unique type of costume called “haneto” dance around in time with the chant “Rassera”.

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NORTH BLUE ROAD – One Piece

10 Saturday Oct 2015

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Performed by Kuzan / Aokiji (VA: Koyasu Takehito)


from ONE PIECE Nippon juudan! 47 Cruise CD in Hokkaido NORTH BLUE ROAD single.

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The pages that had become legend
I watch on from a distance, a HAPPY MAN
How miserable? GIVE ME A BREAK
With scars from that slackened justice
I’d severed off from, SEE YOU AGAIN
I’ll go to tomorrow, my own way
This sky, that sea
If we get too close, we fail to see its vastness
Where did these beautiful ice floes come from?
I don’t know, KNOCK MY LIFE

Wandering the NORTH BLUE ROAD
A rough frozen way
With a single bicycle tightroping on my heart
Just the NORTH BLUE ROAD
Ahh, the hands of the clock tower can’t be turned back
This world will go wild
GET OUT! GET UP! GET DOWN!
By anyone’s hand

Forced upon by
Rotten morals, an ANGRY MAN
I’m old-fashioned? GIVE ME A BREAK
Even the blazing snow storm
Heads towards miracles, SEE YOU AGAIN
Transform it into objet d’art with those hands
Trapped in this tiny box
So that when the time came to fly, my wings
Hurt, and in the end, even my own memories
Can’t be protected, KNOCK MY LIFE

Lost on the NORTH BLUE ROAD
At the end of the rough forest
I’ll find my own answer, an expanding FRONTIER
The glittering NORTH BLUE ROAD
Ahh, confusion, deliberate melancholy
To the fellow traveller embracing them
GET OUT! GET UP! GET DOWN!
We’re alive

Wandering the NORTH BLUE ROAD
On this solid earth, whistling
With a single bicycle dashing across the fields
Just the NORTH BLUE ROAD
Ahh, frolicking with the wind wherever we go
In my own way
GET OUT! GET UP! GET DOWN!
Just moving forward

Because I don’t wish to be
“A wolf in sheep’s skin”

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Misa’s note:
“Ii furikoki no ganbe takari” is a native Hokkaido saying used to describe something that looks beautiful on the outside but is actually rotten/ugly within. I thought “wolf in sheep’s skin” was the most fitting metaphor in this case.

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Yume ni iro ga nai riyuu – NMB48

08 Thursday Oct 2015

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Performed by Team N.

夢に色がない理由 (Yume ni iro ga nai riyuu) – The reason why dreams are colorless

Must be now / NMB48 Must be now / NMB48
from Must be now single.

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A wind blows at the back of my heart
Making my weakness shudder…
Unable to live the way I want to
Anxiety spreads out from that crevice

Through our meeting, I realized
Everyone is capable of change…
Romance is (romance is) an opportunity

Dreams are colorless
So that we can check and verify
That something (something) is different (different)
From reality…
So that we can change it later
Dreams don’t come in color
No matter (what happens)
We just have to fix it

To live the way we want to
It’s not so easy to do, but
It’s alright to make mistakes
Defiance is anticipation

Just seeing your smile
Somehow makes me feel happy
That is (that is) chance

We are unable to see tomorrow
Because it’s still a blank canvas
However (however) we like (we like)
We can draw it out
If the future is predetermined
Then there’s no need to strive
Feelings (now)
Let them clash

Dreams are colorless
So that we can check and verify
Something’s (something’s) different (different)
From reality…
So that we can change it later
Dreams don’t come in color
No matter (what happens)
We just have to fix it

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Kataomoi yori mo omoide wo… – NMB48

08 Thursday Oct 2015

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片想いよりも思い出を… (Kataomoi yori mo omoide wo…) – Memories rather than unrequited love…

Must be now / NMB48 Must be now / NMB48 Must be now / NMB48
Must be now / NMB48 Must be now / NMB48 Must be now / NMB48
from Must be now single.

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The Sun turned against me
And took you away
The slanted shadow of the school building
Pierces my heart

“Maybe it would have been better
Had I not confessed”
I thought dejectedly, but you looked over your shoulder
And said, “But, thank you”

Your grey uniform was too dazzling
Everything else was dark
But this first love shone bright

Rather than unrequited love
I chose to have memories
Your wonderful smile
Is the best reward
Facing you, looking at you
And telling you of my feelings
Even if my wish didn’t come true
I somehow feel so refreshed
That I want to scream

Even as I watch you from afar
There are things I don’t understand
So I pluck up my courage and get closer
Now I see the beautiful reality

Your concern and kindness made me glad
I was right to have
Fallen in love with you

Memories will last forever
Much longer than requited love
I’m not being a sore loser
Because that is the truth
There was pain, but
I learned the meaning of love
Meeting you and falling for you
Someday, when I become an adult
I still want that heartthrob

Rather than unrequited love
I chose to have memories
Your wonderful smile
Is the best reward
Facing you, looking at you
And telling you of my feelings
Even if my wish didn’t come true
I somehow feel so refreshed
That I want to scream

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Must be now – NMB48

08 Thursday Oct 2015

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Must be now / NMB48 Must be now / NMB48 Must be now / NMB48
Must be now / NMB48 Must be now / NMB48 Must be now / NMB48
from Must be now single.

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In the closed off
Darkness
What I’m searching for
Isn’t light
It’s screaming
My heart’s voice
Where are those emotions
Headed to?

What I touched
When I reached out
Was a rejected
Wall of compromise
As I close my eyes
I see it
That dream
Is an exit, right?

In order not to be hurt
I escaped into loneliness
With nothing left to protect
I start from 0

(Must be now) I need to go!
(Must be now) Right now…
(Must be now) To that place, Yeah!
(Must be now) I need to go!
(Must be now) Smash through!
(Must be now) Destroy the wall
(Need to go) I need to go!
(Need to go) Along this path
(Need to go) I believe in, Yeah!
(Just do it) I need to go!
(Just do it) Alone
(Just do it) Out of here, Must be now

If you crave for
Someone’s love
Waiting will just be
In vain
Once I know
The meaning of life
I can escape
From this despair

I can always choose
To give up
Not here, but somewhere, yes
I’ll change

(Must be now) I need to do!
(Must be now) Something…
(Must be now) Let’s begin! Yeah!
(Must be now) I need to do!
(Must be now) A tiny
(Must be now) Hole opens
(Need to go) I need to do!
(Need to go) Hope is
(Need to go) Right there, Yeah!
(Just do it) I need to do!
(Just do it) In order to
(Just do it) Grasp freedom, Must be now

(Must be now) I need to go!
(Must be now) Right now…
(Must be now) To that place, Yeah!
(Must be now) I need to go!
(Must be now) Smash through!
(Must be now) Destroy the wall
(Need to go) I need to go!
(Need to go) Along this path
(Need to go) I believe in, Yeah!
(Just do it) I need to go!
(Just do it) Alone
(Just do it) Out of here, Must be now

Must be now
Must be now
Must be now

I’ve seen the light, Must be now

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Aishiteru no ni, aisenai ~Otoko gokoro no uta~ – 8utterfly

04 Sunday Oct 2015

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愛してるのに、愛せない ～男心のうた～ (Aishiteru no ni, aisenai ~Otoko gokoro no uta~) – I love you, but I can’t love you ~Song of a man’s heart~


from DRAMA mini-album.

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I kissed you gently, so gently
If you cry like that, I can’t let go of your hand
My heart is at a loss, unable to find a voice
But we can no longer look at each other

So many things I want to say
And I said them, but
What I wanted to deliver
Was only one thing

Love, love, love, where has it gone?
If I say sorry
Can it come back?

Love, love, love, where has it gone?
I love you, but
I can’t love you anymore

Crying, you punched me lightly
On the chest, saying “how convenient for you”

I used to embrace you so many times
But now I need to let go

Why did we go wrong?
From the very start
Maybe I shouldn’t
Have ever met you?

Love, love, love, where has it gone?
If I say sorry
Can it come back?

Love, love, love, where has it gone?
I love you, but
I can’t love you anymore

I always relied on you
Always ran away
I didn’t plan to change
It’s all my fault
So this weak self can no longer love you

Love, love, love, where has it gone?
If I say sorry
Can it come back?

Love, love, love, where has it gone?
I love you, but
I can’t love you anymore

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Umare kawattemo ~Sono te wo sagashite~ – 8utterfly

04 Sunday Oct 2015

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生まれ変わっても ～その手を探して～ (Umare kawattemo ~Sono te wo sagashite~) – Even if I’m reborn ~I’ll search for your hand~


from DRAMA mini-album.

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Until your hand gently caresses
My blown-dried hair, I can’t go home

One history ends
I like that story
Because I’ll forget it soon
Tell it to me again and again

Even if I’m reborn, I’ll go to find you
No matter if time gets in my way
Surely, I’ll search
For your hand
Following my memories

The rain falling outside the window
Overlaps with your heartbeat

I hear the phone from faraway
A sign of goodbye
My heart calls out even now
It’s still hurting here

If I’m reborn and run away from you
Capture my hand someday
Even if this world is fiction
Find me

Even if I’m reborn, I’ll go to find you
No matter if time gets in my way
Even if I’m reborn, I’ll go to find you
No matter if time gets in my way

Surely, I’ll search
For your hand and grasp it
Following my memories…

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Tomodachi ijou, koibito miman – 8utterfly

04 Sunday Oct 2015

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友達以上、恋人未満。 (Tomodachi ijou, koibito miman.) – More than friends, not yet lovers.


from DRAMA mini-album.

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More than friends, not yet lovers.
Just what
Do you think of me?
Feelings of love
Seize only me
Your kindness every time
Makes me so happy it hurts

Hey, what’s up with you so late at night?
Suddenly coming to meet me
Bringing anticipation

Hey, why are you talking about that?
It makes me want to blurt out that I love you

Every time we share a laugh (I love you…)
Every time we almost touch (I love you…)

More than friends, not yet lovers.
Just what
Do you think of me?
Feelings of love
Seize only me
Your kindness every time
Makes me so happy it hurts

Hey, sometimes you stop contacting me
And I get worried about you

Hey, but you’ll come back to me
Don’t go away anymore
I want you here

All your weaknesses (I love you…)
Though I can’t rely on you (I love you…)

More than friends, not yet lovers.
Just what
Do you think of me?
Feelings of love
Seize only me
Your kindness every time
Makes me so happy…

When will I see you next?
Are you going home already?
Every time small memories accumulate
So painful, so painful
Until I can’t hear anything
If you can embrace me now…

More than friends, not yet lovers.
Just what
Do you think of me?
Feelings of love
Seize only me
Your kindness every time
Makes me so happy it hurts

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