Firestorm Outbreak

Oh boy. I love Nana Takahashi lyrics. They’re always so fun. See “AVATAR CONTROL” for another example. It still sounds like she’s saying “I can recover, fly” to me instead of “Outbreak of the fight.” Anyway, “She’s in a temper!!” is a great song, and I think it was mixed well with the title and stage 1 theme in this one, which I also like a lot. The soundtrack of Story of Eastern Wonderland is great in general.

Notes: I’m not sure I’m happy translating “連鎖して Catch Fire” as “Catching fire through a chain reaction.” I imagine fire spreading from one place to the next, but I don’t think that would normally be called a chain reaction.

★ Title: FIRESTORM OUTBREAK
☆ Album: 魔 -ONI-
★ Album Artist: SOUND HOLIC
☆ Vocals and lyrics: Nana Takahashi (高橋菜々)
★ Arrangement: MasKaleido
☆ Original Title: Eastern Recorded Sealing of a Demon ~ Pure Land Mandala (東方封魔録 ~ 浄土曼荼羅)
・ Hakurei ~ Eastern Wind (博麗 ~ Eastern Wind)
・ She’s in a temper!!
★ Website: http://www.sound-holic.com/


連鎖して Catch Fire 引火した火は情熱に変わる
低く身を伏せて 煤だらけの頬に伝う汗拭う

rensa shite Catch Fire inka shita hi wa jounetsu ni kawaru
hikuku mi o fueste susu darake no hoho ni tsutau ase nuguu

Catching fire through a chain reaction, the flames turn into passion
Laying low, I wipe the sweat from my cheek covered in soot

走れ走れ大地を 後戻り出来ない
撃って撃ち返されるのは 引き金引く者の宿命さ

hashire hashire daichi o ato modori dekinai
utte uchi kaesareru no wa hikigane hiku mono no shukumei sa

Run, run, across the earth – There’s no going back
To shoot and to be shot at is the fate of those who pull the trigger

OUTBREAK OF THE FIGHT 今 灼熱の戦いが始まった
夢にまで見た秘宝を奪え
如何なる手を使っても手にしたい物がある
闇を操る戦場のカリスマ “EVIL EYE”

OUTBREAK OF THE FIGHT ima shakunetsu no tatakai ga hajimatta
yume ni made mita hihou o ubae
ika naru te o tsukattemo te ni shitai mono ga aru
yami o ayatsuru senjou no karisuma “EVIL EYE”

OUTBREAK OF THE FIGHT – The heated battle has now begun
Steal the treasure you’ve dreamt of
No matter what I have to do, there’s something that I want
The charisma of the battlefield that controls darkness – “EVIL EYE”

感情の Flash Point 時に邪魔して計算狂わす
どんな事態でも 黒焦げのマシンで更に突き進む

kanjou no Flash Point toki ni jama shite keisan kuruwasu
donna jitai demo kurokoge no mashin de sara ni tsuki susumu

Sometimes, the flash point of my emotions gets in the way and ruins my calculations
No matter what the situation is like, I’ll push on even further with my scorched machine

飛ばせ飛ばせ彼方へ 歯車は止まらない
殺って殺り返されるのは 応戦する者の運命さ

tobase tobase kanata e haguruma wa tomaranai
yatte yari kaesareru no wa ousen suru mono no unmei sa

Fire, fire, into the distance – These gears won’t stop
To kill or be killed is the destiny of those who go to war

OUTSTANDING IN THE FIELD 今 大胆に戦いを起こす時
邪なこの威力で掴め
草の根を分けてでも手にしたい物がある
怒りに満ちた追撃のレベンジ ”EXTRA LUV”

OUTSTANDING IN THE FIELD ima daitan ni tatakai o okosu toki
yokoshima na kono iryoku de tsukame
kusa no ne o wakete demo te ni shitai mono ga aru
ikari ni michita tsuigeki no rebenji “EXTRA LUV”

OUTSTANDING IN THE FIELD, now is the time to boldly start the battle
Take hold by my wicked authority
Even if I have to search every nook and cranny, there’s something that I want
Rage filled revenge for the pursuit – “EXTRA LUV”

OPEN THE BIG EYE

続け続け無限に 欲望は果てしなく
諦めない信念を 最後に勝てるのは執念さ

tsudzuke tsudzuke mugen ni yokubou wa hateshinaku
akiramenai shinnen o saigo ni kateru no wa shuunen sa

Onward, onward, to infinity – My desire has no end
I won’t give up on my conviction – what wins in the end is tenacity

OUTBREAK OF THE FIGHT 今 灼熱の戦いが始まった
夢にまで見た秘宝を求めて
如何なる手を使っても手にしたい物がある
闇を操る戦場のカリスマ “EVIL EYE”

OUTBREAK OF THE FIGHT ima shakunetsu no tatakai ga hajimatta
yume ni made mita hihou o motomete
ika naru te o tsukattemo te ni shitai mono ga aru
yami o ayatsuru senjou no karisuma “EVIL EYE”

OUTBREAK OF THE FIGHT – The heated battle has now begun
Seek of the treasure you’ve dreamt of
No matter what I have to do, there’s something that I want
The charisma of the battlefield that controls darkness – “EVIL EYE”

UNDER THE FIRE

roundabout

Duets, or, in this case, quadrets (?), are the best. I’m not sure why more artists don’t do them. These lyrics are also great, and I imagine they have deep personal meaning for Linjin and the other members of Zytokine as well.

★ Title: roundabout
☆ Album: THNQ -THE BEST of ZYTOKINE/CYTOKINE
★ Album Artist: ZYTOKINE
☆ Vocals: itori
・aki
・cold kiss (Nana Takahashi (高橋 菜々))
・Nachi Sakaue (坂上なち)
★ Arrangement and lyrics: Linjin (隣人)
☆ Original Title: The Strange Everyday Life of the Flying Shrine Maiden (空飛ぶ巫女の不思議な毎日)
★ Website: http://zytokine-web.com/


静かな道を 独り 歩き続けていた
行くあてもないまま 彷徨い続けていた

shizuka na michi o hitori aruki tsudzuketeita
yuku ate mo nai mama samayoi tsudzuketeita

All alone we continued to walk down the silent road
Without a destination we continued to wander

風の吹くままに どこまでも 行ける気がした
随分 遠回りを してきた 気がしていた

kaze no fuku mama ni doko made mo ikeru ki ga shita
zuibun toomawari o shite kita ki ga shiteita

As the wind blew, we felt like we could go anywhere
It felt like we really took the long way around

だけど この手には 大切なものが まだ 残っている

dakedo kono te ni wa taisetsu na mono ga mada nokotteiru

But there are still important things left in our hands

(一つ一つが輝いて)

(hitotsu hitotsu ga kagayaite)

(Each and every one shining)

失うばかりじゃ なかったんだねと 風が囁いて

ushinau bakari ja nakatta n da ne to kaze ga sasayaite

The wind whispers that it wasn’t all for nothing

(一つ一つが宝物)

(hitotsu hitotsu ga takaramono)

(Each and every one, a precious treasure)

迷い続ける旅路の果てに 僕らは何を見つけるのかな
凍えそうになることもあるけど 星は今日も輝いてる
明日は明日の 風が吹くから 怖くはないよ 笑っていこう
僕らの前に広がった 奇跡を 探しに行こう

mayoi tsudzukeru tabiji no hate ni bokura wa nani o mitsukeru no kana
kogoesou ni naru koto mo aru kedo hoshi wa kyou mo kagayaiteru
ashita wa ashita no kaze ga fuku kara kowaku wa nai yo waratte yukou
bokura no mae ni hirogatta kiseki o sagashi ni yukou

I wonder what we’ll find at the end of this journey that we continue to wander down
Sometimes it feels like we’ll be frozen, but the stars are shining again today
What comes tomorrow will come, there’s nothing to be scared of, so let’s smile
Let’s search for the miracles spread out before us

哀しい 思い出を 増やしたこともあった
孤独に震えて 誰かを傷つけていた

kanashii omoide o fuyashita koto mo atta
kodoku ni furuete dare ka o kizutsuketeita

There have been times when the sad memories just grow
Shaking in solitude, we’ve hurt others

振り返ることも しないで走り続けた
随分 遠回りを してきた 気がしていた

furi kaeru koto mo shinai de hashiri tsudzuketa
zuibun toomawari o shite kita ki ga shiteita

Without looking back we continued to run
It felt like we really took the long way around

だけど この手には 大切なものが まだ 残っている

dakedo kono te ni wa taisetsu na mono ga mada nokotteiru

But there are still important things left in our hands

(一つ一つが輝いて)

(hitotsu hitotsu ga kagayaite)

(Each and every one shining)

失うばかりじゃ なかったんだねと 風が囁いて

ushinau bakari ja nakatta n da ne to kaze ga sasayaite

The wind whispers that it wasn’t all for nothing

(一つ一つが宝物)

(hitotsu hitotsu ga takaramono)

(Each and every one, a precious treasure)

涙はいつか思い出になって 傷はいつか力に変わって
くじけそうになることもあるけど 道は今日も続いてゆく
明日は明日の 風が吹くから その手を上げて 歌っていこう
僕らが 刻み続けた 軌跡の その先へと

namida wa itsu ka omoide ni natte kizu wa itsu ka chikara ni kawatte
kujikesou ni naru koto mo aru kedo michi wa kyou mo tsudzuite iku
ashita wa ashita no kaze ga fuku sono te o agete utatte yukou
bokura ga kizami tsudzuketa kiseki no sono saki e to

The tears will someday become memories, the scars will someday become our power
There have been times we felt crushed, but the road continues on again today
What comes tomorrow will come, let’s raise our hands and sing
heading beyond the miracles we continued to record

聴こえている あの歌を抱えて
集めていく 新しい光

kikoeteiru ano uta o kakaete
atsumete yuku atarashii hikari

Holding that song close, I can hear it
Gathering the new light

僕らは旅人
哀しい旅人
僕らは旅人
手を繋いで

bokura wa tabibito
kanashii tabibito
bokura wa tabibito
te o tsunaide

We are travellers
Tragic travellers
We are travellers
Holding hands

迷い続ける旅路の果てに 僕らは何を見つけるのかな
凍えそうになることもあるけど 星は今日も輝いてる
明日は明日の 風が吹くから 怖くないよ 笑っていこう
僕らの前に広がった 奇跡を 探しに行こう

mayoi tsudzukeru tabiji no hate ni bokura wa nani o mitsukeru no kana
kogoesou ni naru koto mo aru kedo hoshi wa kyou mo kagayaiteru
ashita wa ashita no kaze ga fuku kara kowaku wa nai yo waratte yukou
bokura no mae ni hirogatta kiseki o sagashi ni yukou

I wonder what we’ll find at the end of this journey that we continue to wander down
Sometimes it feels like we’ll be frozen, but the stars are shining again today
What comes tomorrow will come, there’s nothing to be scared of, so let’s smile
Let’s search for the miracles spread out before us

Quod Erat Demonstrandum

Alice Maestra has been stuck in my head all day, so here we are.
Sound Holic is good. I want to say Blue E’s lyrics are my favourite from within this circle, but Nana Takahashi writes some good ones too.

★ Title: Quod Erat Demonstrandum
☆ Album: 幻 -MABORO-
★ Album Artist: SOUND HOLIC
☆ Vocals: Nana Takahashi (高橋菜々)
★ Lyrics: Blue E
☆ Arrangement: MasKaleido
★ Original Title: Alice Maestra (アリスマエステラ)
☆ Website: http://www.sound-holic.com/


悪戯に答えを求めるだけじゃ虚しい
確かなものなど何処にもないのだから

itazura ni kotae o motomeru dake ja munashii
tashika na mono nado doko ni mo nai no dakara

It’s useless to seek an answer in mischief
There’s nothing certain to be found anywhere after all

闇雲に願いを掛けるだけの愚かさ
傷付くことを怖れてる

yamikumo ni negai o kakeru dake no orokasa
kizudzuku koto o osoreteru

With enough foolishness to wish blindly
I’m afraid of getting hurt

別たれた世界繋ぐ扉を開き
存在を信じる力でI can be

wakatareta sekai tsunagu tobira o hiraki
sonzai o shinjiru chikara de I can be

Opening the door connecting separated worlds,
and with the power of believing in existence, I can be

Dream’s just beside the reality
夢現が奏でた詩
I’m standing with the sympathy
記憶は永遠の誓い
Dream’s just beside the reality
命が創る詞
Now keep on this philosophy
愛しい幻実を抱き締めて

Dream’s just beside the reality
mugen ga kanadeta uta
I’m standing with the sympathy
kioku wa towa no chikai
Dream’s just beside the reality
inochi ga tsukuru kotoba
Now keep on this philosophy
itoshii genjitsu o daki shimete

Dream’s just beside the reality
The poem played by dreams and reality
I’m standing with the sympathy
Memory is an oath of eternity
Dream’s just beside the reality
Words that life gives birth to
Now keep on this philosophy
and embrace this lovely false reality

頑なに構えた形の脆さを知る
揺らぎの波間で当たり前が砕ける

katakuna ni kamaeta katachi no morosa o shiru
yuragi no namima de atarimae ga kudakeru

I learn of how brittle a shape founded rigidly is
In the rifts of each tremor, the reasonable collapses

それぞれの答えが眩しく輝いては
正しく瞬間を照らし出す

sorezore no kotae ga mabushiku kagayaite wa
tadashiku ima o terashi dasu

Upon each answer shining brightly
they rightly illuminate the moment

運命が導くのは奇蹟の出会い
満ち足りた歓び抱きI’m just free

unmei ga michibiku no wa kiseki no deai
michi tarita yorokobi idaki I’m just free

What fate leads to are miraculous meetings
Being filled with joy, I’m just free

Dream’s just beside the reality
夢現が描いた宇宙
I’m standing with the sympathy
刹那が紡ぐ未来
Dream’s just beside the reality
心が羽ばたく天空
Now keep on this philosophy
哀しい幻実も受け入れて

Dream’s just beside the reality
mugen ga egaita sora
I’m standing with the sympathy
setsuna ga tsumugu mirai
Dream’s just beside the reality
kokoro ga habataku sora
Now keep on this philosophy
kanashii genjitsu mo uke irete

Dream’s just beside the reality
The universe painted by dreams and reality
I’m standing with the sympathy
The future the instant weaves
Dream’s just beside the reality
The sky my heart flies in
Now keep on this philosophy
and accept this sad false reality

放たれた光の輪があたりを染める
乗り越えた孤独の果てのQ.E.D.

hanatareta hikari no wa ga atari o someru
nori koeta kodoku no hate no Q.E.D.

Emitted rings of light tint the area
The Q.E.D. at the end of overcoming solitude

ああ 瞼の裏に浮かび消える花びら
そう 誰も壊せない 幻実の花びら

aa mabuta no ura ni ukabi kieru hanabira
sou dare mo kowasenai genjitsu no hanabira

Ah, flower petals that appear and disappear behind my eyelids
Yes, flower petals of a false reality that nobody can destroy

Dream’s just beside the reality
夢現が奏でた詩
I’m standing with the sympathy
記憶は永遠の誓い
Dream’s just beside the reality
命が創る詞
Now keep on this philosophy
愛しい幻実を抱き締めて

Dream’s just beside the reality
mugen ga kanadeta uta
I’m standing with the sympathy
kioku wa towa no chikai
Dream’s just beside the reality
inochi ga tsukuru kotoba
Now keep on this philosophy
itoshii genjitsu o daki shimete

Dream’s just beside the reality
The poem played by dreams and reality
I’m standing with the sympathy
Memory is an oath of eternity
Dream’s just beside the reality
Words that life gives birth to
Now keep on this philosophy
and embrace this lovely false reality

Blaze of Glory

Probably my favourite song of this album. I can’t find one complaint about the arrangement, lyrics, or singers. Duets are really cool and circles should do them more.

★ Title: BLAZE OF GLORY
☆ Album: 紺-KAN-
★ Album Artist: SOUND HOLIC
☆ Vocals: Nana Takahashi (高橋菜々)
・ YURiCa (ユリカ)
★ Lyrics: Blue E
☆ Arrangement: MasKaleido
★ Original Title: Unforgettable, the Nostalgic Greenery (忘れがたき、よすがの緑)
・ The Rabbit Has Landed (兎は舞い降りた)
☆ Website: http://www.sound-holic.com/


Wanna dream on the dream
Still it be the real (Yes, we can)
高く高く天空へと舞い上がれ

Wanna dream on the dream
Still it be the real (Yes, we can)
takaku takaku sora e to mai agare

Wanna dream on the dream
Still it be the real (Yes, we can)
Fly up and up high into the sky

翼広げ羽撃く Take off right away
誰も知らぬ世界へ翔けてゆけ (get high and high)
母なる地球 旅立ち 夢の果てへ
月の女神が照らす勇者たちの物語

tsubasa hiroge habataku Take off right away
dare mo shiranu sekai e kakete yuke (get high and high)
haha naru hoshi tabidachi yume no hate e
tsuki no megami ga terasu yuusha tachi no sutoorii

Spread your wings, flap them and take off right away
Fly off to a world nobody knows (get high and high)
Leaving Mother Earth and heading towards a dream world
it’s the story of the heroes that the moon’s goddess shines upon

ああ 遥か古の人は夜空を見上げ
神々の山嶺に 憧れを抱いた

aa haruka inishie no hito wa yozora o mi age
kamigami no itadaki ni akogare o idaita

Ah, long ago, in ancient times, the people looked at the night sky
and felt yearning for the peak of the gods

そう 流れ星にただ 願いを掛けるよりも
今こそ この手で to find the truth

sou nagareboshi ni tada negai o kakeru yori mo
ima koso kono te de to find the truth

Yes, rather than just wishing upon a shooting star
now’s the time to find the truth with your own hands

響き合う存在が 祈りを力に変える
魔法と科学を重ねて Dream on the dream!

hibiki au kizuna ga inori o chikara ni kaeru
mahou to kagaku o kasanete Dream on the dream!

Resonating bonds transform prayers into power
Overlapping magic and science, dream on the dream!

翼広げ羽撃く Take off right away
誰も知らぬ世界へ翔けてゆけ (get high and high)
母なる地球 旅立ち 夢の果てへ
月の女神が照らす勇者たちの物語

tsubasa hiroge habataku Take off right away
dare mo shiranu sekai e kakete yuke (get high and high)
haha naru hoshi tabidachi yume no hate e
tsuki no megami ga terasu yuusha tachi no sutoorii

Spread your wings, flap them and take off right away
Fly off to a world nobody knows (get high and high)
Leaving Mother Earth and heading towards a dream world
it’s the story of the heroes that the moon’s goddess shines upon

ああ 星屑の銀河 進む船の航路は
深淵の暗闇と 常に隣り合わせ

aa hoshikuzu no ginga susumu fune no kouro wa
shinen no kurayami to tsune ni tonari awase

Ah, in a galaxy of stardust, the course a ship sails
is always side by side to the darkness of the abyss

そう 孤独と言う名の妖魔が囁いて
絶望の渦へ fall in the dark

sou kodoku to iu na no ayakashi ga sasayaite
zetsubou no uzu e fall in the dark

Yes, the monster known as loneliness whispers
fall in the dark into a vortex of despair

積み上げた奇跡を 心の奥に刻んで
躊躇いを掻き消すだけ The future is mine!

tsumi ageta kiseki o kokoro no oku ni kizande
tamerai o kaki kesu dake The future is mine!

Engraving all the miracles that have accumulated deep into my heart
I’ll just eliminate any hesitation – The future is mine!

光弾け 目醒める Fly fast go ahead
固く強い誓いで 打ち砕け (get high and high)
忘れがたき よすがの緑の故郷
きっと必ず此処で また奏で合う旋律

hikari hajike mezameru Fly fast go ahead
kataku tsuyoi chikai de uchi kudake (get high and high)
wasuregataki yosuga no midori no hoshi
kitto kanarazu koko de mata kanade au melody

Bursting with light, wake up and fly fast go ahead
Crush it with your unbreakable promise (get high and high)
Our home planet of unforgettable, nostalgic greenery
Surely, without fail, we’ll play here again – this melody

苦しみや哀しみはいつも
未来へ繋がるメッセージ
新しい自分を目指して 戦いに挑みゆけ

kurushimi ya kanashimi wa itsu mo
ashita e tsunagaru messeeji
atarashii jibun o mezashite tatakai ni idomi yuke

Suffering and sorrow always
connect a message to tomorrow
Aim for a new you and take on the fight

翼広げ羽撃く Take off right away
誰も知らぬ世界へ翔けてゆけ (get high and high)
母なる地球 旅立ち 夢の果てへ
月の女神が照らす 栄光掴み取る
勇者たちの物語

tsubasa hiroge habataku Take off right away
dare mo shiranu sekai e kakete yuke (get high and high)
haha naru hoshi tabidachi yume no hate e
tsuki no megami ga terasu eikou tsukami toru
yuusha tachi no sutoorii

Spread your wings, flap them and take off right away
Fly off to a world nobody knows (get high and high)
Leaving Mother Earth and heading towards a dream world
it’s the story of the heroes that the moon’s goddess shines upon
about taking hold of glory