I’m glad AdamKadmon is making more original songs. They’re good. Not really a fan of the noise that cuts in at the 5th stanza though. Overall, I don’t think this album was as strong as Train, lyrically or arrangement wise, but I’m still a fan of them.
Notes: またあなた裏切る恋夜 is vague on the subject and object of the verb, so I left it vague in my translation.
Lyrics stolen from a youtube comment. I originally stumbled into this after wishing the Lotus Land Story extra songs had a better arrangement in 幻 -MABORO-. This quickly grew on me, and the lyrics are pretty cool too. This is probably my favourite extra stage in all of Touhou.
Notes: 「歪むMadly執念」、 「渦巻く感情Crazy残虐で」、「常にRusty怨念」、「最凶の極みBadly荒ぶって」、and 「此処はSadly領域」 were all really hard lines to interpret, so I just translated them literally and hoped for the best (except that last quote, which I went super liberal on. I’m pretty sure it’s actually supposed mean “This is a sad territory”).
★ Title: Wondering Children
☆ Album: Dark Sleeper
★ Album Artist: SOUND HOLIC
☆ Vocals and lyrics: Nana Takahashi (高橋菜々)
・ 709sec.
★ Arrangement: 709sec.
☆ Original Title: The Inevitably Forbidden Game (禁じざるをえない遊戯)
・ Illusion of a Maid ~ Icemilk Magic (メイド幻想 ～ Icemilk Magic)
・ Cute Devil ~ Innocence (かわいい悪魔 ～ Innocence)
★ Website: http://www.sound-holic.com/
emono sagashi no haikai sore wa maru de yuugi
konjiki ni ukabu shisen jougesayuu ni ugoki
hasami uchi no shunkan o katazu o nomi nerau
tori tsuite wa tsure saru soukutsu ni wa nageki
yokoshima na shimai tachi da to hito wa uwasa shita
border line
koete wa ikenai jigen ni fumi iretara owari
youma to kashi
kurui chitta mugen no akai sasoribi yamou yamou ni
yugamu Madly shuunen
uzumaku kanjou Crazy zangyaku de
kyoumei shita futatsu no kodou ga hajike jigoku ezu
koku na Bloddy tamashii teikou dekinai
Deadly kizu o oi samayou
akuma no otoshigotachi wa kyou mo kazukazu no korekushon o narabe
tomo ni jiman shi atte wa onaji manmen no emi de warau
Wondering in search of prey is just like a game to them Their floating golden gazes moves up down, left right They hold their breaths aiming for the moment they can attack from both sides Once they take you, they’ll kidnap you to their den where only grief awaits “Those sisters are evil,” everyone spread the rumor border line Once you step into the dimension you should never cross into, it’s over You’ll lose your humanity The illusionary scarlet flame of the scorpion scatters in all directions Tenacity twists madly Whirling emotions, crazy and cruel The two’s heartbeats resonate and burst, painting a scene from hell There’s no way to resist their cruel bloody souls You’ll wander, bearing a deadly injury The two fallen devil children arrange their numerous collection again today Upon boasting together, with the same smile across their face, they laugh scornfully
daten no kako no subete o kakusu tame ga yue ni
zen o mi ni matou no ka kazari dake no tsubasa
shitataru kokoro no chishio nasake mo namida mo nai
hiki zuri komu yorokobi kontei ni wa mashou
shouki no sata ja dekinai to mina ga urotaeta
Never touch
furete wa ikenai jirai o funda naraba makki
akumu no you ni
harai noketa hazu no ochita ikaribi karami tsuki
tsune ni Rusty onnen
saikyou no kiwami Badly arabutte
ankoku to iu dokubou ni tozasareta yami sekai
koko wa Sadly ryouiki
tachi uchi dekinai Cloudy eien ni
sasurau
In order to hide everything about their fall from grace, do they try to look virtuous? Her wings are just for show When blood is dripping from your heart, they have no pity or tears for you They pull you in with joy, but deep inside, they’re devilish “It’s nothing a sane person could do,” the people dismayed Never touch Once you step on the landmine you should never touch, you’re finished It’ll be like a nightmare The fallen angry flames you should have kept away stick to you Forever rusty hatred Extreme of bad luck badly out of control Locked in a cell called “darkness,” it’s a world of shadow In this territory, sadly you have no chance, and will roam in a cloudy eternity
kurui chitta mugen no akai sasoribi yamou yamou ni
yugamu Madly shuunen
uzumaku kanjou Crazy zangyaku de
kyoumei shita futatsu no kodou ga hajike jigoku ezu
koku na Bloddy tamashii teikou dekinai
Deadly kizu o oi samayou
akuma no mayoigotachi wa itsu mo kawaita yokubou mune ni daite
futari yori soi atte wa kitto samishisa umeteta
akuma no otoshigotachi wa kyou mo kazukazu no korekushon o narabe
tomo ni jiman shi atte wa onaji manmen no emi de
musebi naita
The illusionary scarlet flame of the scorpion scatters in all directions Tenacity twists madly Whirling emotions crazy and cruel The two’s heartbeats resonate and burst, painting a scene from hell There’s no way to resist their cruel bloody souls You’ll wander, bearing a deadly injury The lost devil children always embrace the parched lust in their heart After they came close together, they surely buried their loneliness The two fallen devil children arrange their numerous collection again today Upon boasting together, with the same smile across their face, they choked back their tears
RD songs are good. I don’t post RD songs or listen to them as often as others, but they’re good. Of course, as a physics guy, one of my dreams is to see nuclear fusion reactors become a reality. Next semester, I’m taking subatomic physics, in fact, so that should be fun. Even better than nuclear fusion reactors would be the harvesting of energy by destroying matter completely (maybe using anti-matter), but that’s a bit too far off to think about. It would be a lot more dangerous too, but I’d like to think that by the time it becomes a possibility, human civilization will have advanced far enough to not misuse it or have accidents as well. Probably not though. Hopefully, at least, we’ll be on multiple planets so one destroyed won’t be a problem. Back to the song though, you can really see how megalomaniacal Utsuho becomes. Also, special thanks to Petalite Yuu for the transcription, though I made a few romaji changes. Now for the wall of notes. I usually don’t write so many but there’s quite a bit I want to expound on.
Notes: 熱かい is the former spelling of 扱い. Now, there’s two possibilities. One is taking the 熱 literally as “scorching,” and the other just keeping it as 扱い. I just stole the touhou wiki translation of it. They usually know what they’re doing. Usually. Speaking of usually, おとす is usually spelled 落とす, but in this case, it’s 堕とす. This is different in the fact that 堕 has a connotation of “degenerate” or “fall from grace.”
篝炎 is usually spelled 篝火, but using 炎 instead of 火 really emphasizes the scale of the fire. Googling 熱悩 only only gave me 無熱悩池 which is another name for 阿耨達池 which is an imaginary lake north of the Himalayas. The kobun dictionary wouldn’t give me anything either, so I figured either of those couldn’t be what RD meant, so I took it literally as “scorching, troublesome”similar to the line 熱かい悩む神の火. In the final few lines, you see のだ. のだ is a bit strange in that it’s often used for sort of making light commands. As far as I understand, from lightest to heaviest forms it’s 待つのだ→待って→待ってよ→待て→待った. You won’t be seeing that last one very often though, if ever.
★ Title: 核符「ミライノエネルギー」
☆ Album: 掲 -Kakage-
★ Album Artist: 凋叶棕
☆ Vocals: Meramipop (めらみぽっぷ)
★ Lyrics and arrangment: RD-Sounds
☆ Original Titles: Solar Sect of Mystic Wisdom ~ Nuclear Fusion (霊知の太陽信仰 ～ Nuclear Fusion)
★ Website: http://www.rd-sounds.com/
さあ今 地の底から
輝かん この力で
地にあって 天を焦がせ 高く
saa ima chi no soko kara
kagayakan kono chikara de
chi ni atte ten o kogase takaku
Come now, from the depths of the earth with this shining power belonging to earth, scorch the heavens, so high
この身に溢れ迸るのは 熱かい悩む神の火
人の手に余る その力 天を頂く陽炎
kono mi ni afure hotobashiru no wa atsukai nayamu kami no hi
hito no te ni amaru sono chikara ten o itadaku kagiroi
Brimming and surging in my body is the scorching, troublesome divine flame Such a power beyond the reach of man, a heat haze under the heavens
地にあってはるけく立ち上る 星をも堕とす神の火
一片の闇も消し飛ばす 天より抱く篝炎
chi ni atte harukeku tachi noboru hoshi o mo otosu kami no hi
ippen no yami mo keshi tobasu ten yori idaku kagaribi
Belonging to earth and rising high, the divine flame that even degenerates stars Obliterating even the slightest bit of dark, a bonfire embraced by the heavens
takamare! chikara no kagiri ni
soshite nani mono mo taerarenu hodo ni
utsukushiki, hajimari no koukei megakete
ima, tokashi tsukusu no wa, mirai no enerugii!
Rise high! To the limit of your power And to the point where nothing can withstand it Aiming for the sight of the beginning, the world’s origin, what now melts everything down is the energy of the future!
agame tatematsure kuroki hi no moto ni
kono hikari mote subete terasan
tsudoi tatematsure kuroki hi no moto ni
kono hikari mote subete moyashi tsukusan
Worship and revere me, under the dark sun This will be the flame to light up everything Gather and revere me, under the dark sun This will be the flame to burn down everything
この三足で司るのは 熱かい悩む神の火
地より湧き出づる この力 天さえ目指す紅き炎
kono sanzoku de tsukasadoru no wa atsukai nayamu kami no hi
chi yori waki idzuru kono chikara ten sae mezasu akaki hi
What my third leg governs is the scorching, troublesome divine flame This power welling up from the earth, crimson flames aiming as far as the heavens
suterarete nao kusuburu
chi no soko no sono hikari wa
yume o miru
sou de aru nara 『ima ichido』 atsuku, atsuku! teraseyo, teraseyo! !
I have a dream involving light from the depths of the earth smoking furthermore after being abandoned That can only mean one thing – ‘once more’ burn, burn! Make it shine, make it shine!!
hirogare! chikara no kagiri ni
soshite nani mono mo sakerarenu hodo ni
utsukushiki, haruka na hoshi no you ni kagayaku
tada, tokashi tsukusu no ga, ashita no enerugii!
Spread far and wide! To the limit of your power And to the point where nothing can avoid it Shining like the beautiful and far stars, what just melts everything down is the energy of tomorrow!
bunri bunkai saiyuugou soshite umare idzuru eien no kirameki
sono te o hanareta harukeki mirai kou shite waga mi ga sore o yadoshite
chi no soko ni mou hitotsu no hoshi ware koso ga 「sabuteranian san」
saa inori agame tatematsure yo! ware ga kakageru kono na no moto ni
Separation, fission, fusion again, and an eternal shine is born forth The distant future that left your hands, like this, now resides in my body There’s another star in the depths of the earth, and it is I, hell’s “subterranean sun” Come, pray, worship, revere me! Under the name I carry
kagayake! chikara no kagiri ni
soshite nani mono mo hizamazuku hodo ni
utsukushiki, owari no koukei megakete
saa, tokashi tsukusu no da, mugen no enerugii!
Shine! To the limit of your power And to the point where all must kneel Aiming for the sight of the end, the world’s finale, come, melt everything down, infinite energy!
A bit more tricky than Perfect Aim and Firestorm Outbreak, but still fun. If there’s one word to describe Nana Takahashi’s lyrics, it’s fun. You might notice I took a few more translation liberties than normal this time though. Also, I noticed 8STYLE left the circle, which sucks. I was a fan of his style.
★ Title: GHOST NIGHTMARE
☆ Album: 魔 -ONI-
★ Album Artist: SOUND HOLIC
☆ Vocals and lyrics: Nana Takahashi (高橋菜々)
★ Arrangement: SHU x GUCCI
☆ Original Title: Complete Darkness
★ Website: http://www.sound-holic.com/
ルーレット廻しながら襲う 狂気じみた遊戯に
魂が奪われてゆく 死の淵へと誘う魔力
ruuretto mawashinagara osou kyouki jimita yuugi ni
kokoro ga ubawarete yuku shi no fuchi e to izanau maryoku
I attack while spinning the roulette, and your soul is stolen away by this game tinged with madness – Magical power invites you to the brink of death
光が翳りに呑み込まれて諭せない
善悪の二元論 失った
hikari ga kageri ni nomi komarete satosenai
zenaku no nigenron ushinatta
Light is consumed by shadow, allowing no revelations, the duality of good and evil lost
< You never get away >
Around the dark, Avoid the light 闇に閉ざされて
完全なる負の世界だけ浮かび上がる
神も天使も全てが無力で 歪になるモノグラム
あらゆる祈りは虚しく砕け散った
それは悪夢の序曲
< You never get away >
Around the dark, Avoid the light, yami ni tozasarete
kanzen naru fu no sekai dake ukabi agaru
kami mo tenshi mo subete ga muryoku de ibitsu ni naru monoguramu
arayuru inori wa munashiku kudake chitta
sore wa akumu no pureryuudo
< You never get away > Around the dark, Avoid the light, locked in darkness A world of complete negativity rises up God and angels, everything is powerless as the monogram becomes twisted Each and every prayer shattered in vain That was the prelude of the nightmare
マントを翻して駆ける 災い起こす姿に
誰もが戦きながら 死の谷へと堕ちる運命
manto o hirugaeshite kakeru wazawai okosu sugata ni
dare mo ga ononokinagara shi no tani e to ochiru desutinii
At the sight of the figure causing calamity, cloak fluttering as she runs, everyone shakes in fear, while bearing a destiny to fall into the valley of death
恨みと邪心が纏わり憑き離れない
晦冥の創造神 苛んだ
urami to jashin ga matowari tsuki hanarenai
meikai no souzoushin sainanda
Hatred and wickedness cling on, possessing, without leaving, tormented by the creator of darkness and Hades
< You never run away >
Brand new dark, Block off light 眠りから覚めて
完全なる負の世界だけ築き上げる
夢や希望も全てが上辺で まるで綺麗なレトリック
あらゆる願いは虚しく掻き消されて
つづく悪夢の幻想
< You never run away >
Brand new dark, Block off light nemuri kara samete
kanzen naru fu no sekai dake kizuki ageru
yume ya kibou mo subete ga uwabe de maru de kirei na retorikku
arayuru negai wa munashiku kaki kesarete
tsudzuku akumu no iruujon
< You never run away > Brand new dark, Block off light, waking up from sleep, a world of complete negativity is built up Dreams and hope, everything on the outside is basically pretty rhetoric Each and every wish will be erased in vain The nightmare’s illusion continues
Uh… 何処までも < So Faraway >
Ah… 哀しみが < So Faraway >
Hah… 広がってゆく
Uh… doko made mo < So Faraway >
Ah… kanashimi ga < So Faraway >
Hah… hirogatte yuku
Uh… Forever onward < So Faraway > Ah… The sorrow < So Faraway > Hah… Spreads on out
正義と邪悪の区別さえも分からない
疼き出す支配欲 蝕んだ
seigi to jaaku no kubetsu sae mo wakaranai
uzuki dasu shihaiyoku mushibanda
A distinction can’t even be made from right and wrong, undermined by the throbbing desire to dominate
< You never get away >
Around the dark, Avoid the light 闇に閉ざされて
完全なる負の世界だけ浮かび上がる
神も天使も全てが無力で 歪になるモノグラム
あらゆる祈りは虚しく砕け散った
それは悪夢の序曲
< There is nowhere to escape >
< Here in the dark forever >
< You never get away >
Around the dark, Avoid the light, yami ni tozasarete
kanzen naru fu no sekai dake ukabi agaru
kami mo tenshi mo subete ga muryoku de ibitsu ni naru monoguramu
arayuru inori wa munashiku kudake chitta
sore wa akumu no pureryuudo
< There is nowhere to escape >
< Here in the dark forever >
< You never get away > Around the dark, Avoid the light, locked in darkness A world of complete negativity rises up God and angels, everything is powerless as the monogram becomes twisted Each and every prayer shattered in vain That was the prelude of the nightmare < There is nowhere to escape > < Here in the dark forever >
