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Hey I don't know if you're still active but thank you for all your work and I hope you're in a better spot now than in your last post. <3 I saw your sidebar said "don't repost lyrics as text anywhere else" and wanted to let you know that there's a lot of your translations on jpopasia. There's also one on The Matsuurian (Yoake no Mew) and at least one on the helloprolyrics wiki (Watarasebashi but there are also more credited to someone else nearly identical to yours). Sorry if this is nosy of me!

I check my tumblr inboxes extremely sporadically so I wouldn't really say active, but thanks for your message! I'm actually doing a lot better now, partly because occasionally catching up to activities of former idols post-graduation is tons less stressful than following active idols, partly because translating stopped feeling like an obligation, lol.

Thank you for looking out for me! I'm aware uploading translations online is sort of accepting that they're up for grabs no matter how hard you try expressing your preferences as a translator, and I can't state enough how appreciative I am that a fellow fan would keep those preferences in mind and respect them enough to let me know when they're not being followed.

I've never used jpopasia, but a quick google search shows the person that posted the majority of my translations is a mod, and the whole site comes off as the music equivalent of those gross manga aggregator sites, so I'm guessing reaching out to them isn't going to solve anything. >>;

The only thing I regret is most of those look like really early translations, so they're very much riddled with errors.

The Matsuurian never asked permission to post lyrics either, but Yoake no Mew is actually one of the translations I lost when I accidentally deleted it, so I guess it works out, albeit iffily? As for the H!P lyrics wiki, thanks for pointing out that particular page! Watarasebashi was definitely posted without my permission (hence the awkward formatting omg), but the other nearly identical posts you've seen were uploaded personally by me because my compulsion to try and express the greatness of H!P lyrics via translating them is stronger than my will at this point, even when my Japanese is relatively rusty.

At any rate, I'm still against my tumblr-exclusive lyrics being posted anywhere else OUTSIDE OF subbed videos (please just link them instead), but if I chose to edit them and post them on the H!P lyrics wiki they're under CC-BY-SA so anyone is free to do whatever they like with them with my full blessing, provided they credit properly.

(I'm aware that's inconsistent and somewhat confusing, sorry.)

Incidentally, assuming you're an H!P fan, feel free to track my work there using this link. :)

#not a translation #update? does this count as an update?#thank you for still coming to this blog anon!#I've abandoned it for the most part but I really do love the songs posted here #so it makes me happy other fans come visit it for those songs too

Something Something Something, Red Freesias.

OR: The slightly embarassing-ish result (that's sort of a conclusion?) that I reached after I spent several days thinking in my own way about how things would change if I let it slip that I'm tired of running a blog, while on a road lined with red freesias.

I hate giving up. Like, I'm really bad at sticking to goals, but I hate actually giving them up.

Redfreesias is something I started on a whim because I (in retrospect, rather arrogantly) thought I could share translations that properly showcased the charms of songs I loved. Quickly, it became a blog that translated songs other idol fans loved, because I've always known firsthand how frustrating it is not to know what a song you love is saying. After a couple of years (in which I graduated from high school and college and had increasingly less free time), I planned on stopping, but that would be giving up, so instead it became a blog where I just...self-indulgently posted things I liked at a carefree pace.

Or rather, I tried my best to think of it as a blog like that, but I really can't.

I do my best not to harbor unrealistically high self-regard of my personal relevance as a translator. I've translated a considerable number of songs, but the quality thereof varies considerably, and the truth of the matter is that most of those songs have considerably more-accessible and much more-palpable translations available elsewhere. Conversely, this is something that in the past has brought me endless peace of mind, because 1) if nobody expects anything, you can't disappoint them, 2) they're not likely to demand things and 3) they can't get angry at you.

Without going too into my personal background, all three of those things are incredibly stressful to me, and having people (usually on anon) express feelings to that extent is probably why I've done my best to make my blog a unilateral existence with as little interaction as possible.

Still, as odd as it sounds, I need to admit that I somehow, illogically, expected something.

To be honest, I'm not sure what it was. Praise? Compliments? Maybe something as simple as someone to gush about songs with.

I wanted the blog to be me shouting into the void, but I wanted the void to shout back (but only ever positively).

Typing that out, even I'm aware of how impossibly, obnoxiously contradictory that sounds.

And so I quietly began to dislike my own blog. At a time when so many of my fellow Americans are either unemployed or forced to work in the frontlines of a pandemic, I'm very fortunate to be able to work from home. But logging on and dealing with tech issues I dislike for work and then doing it again "for fun" is decidedly not fun, and so I quietly began to dislike my blog even more.

When something you (and only you) decide of your own initiative to do isn't fun anymore, the rational thing is to stop. But I hate giving up, and so the thought of just...ending the blog, with a whimper rather than a bang, seemed detestable.

But that's just stubbornness, right? SKE and 48 legend Matsui Jurina promised years ago not to graduate until after summer of 2021, but she announced an October graduation for this year. As a devoted fan, all I could think of was good. I'm glad for her. Overcompetitive, ever-going, eternal-sun Matsui Jurina chose to stop. She prefaced her graduation statement with "I want to muster up courage and take a step forward"–because even when the end looks like a whimper, even when it might look like going back on your word, sometimes it's brave to stop. Sometimes it’s best to put your own likes and dislikes, volatile and everchanging as they may be, first. There's a line that I've come to really like in Momusu's quintessential graduation song Never Forget You that more or less goes "Was it just by chance that we met? Then our goodbye is also just chance."

Redfreesias is something I started as a whim, so isn't it alright to end it on a whim?

Anyway, all of this is to say that I still really like idols, but maintaining this tumblr isn't fun for me anymore, so I'll stop. To anyone who read through this navel-gazing atrocity of a post, thank you. For previously accidentally translations that I never got to uploading, please check the Wayback machine.

#not a translation #in which Matsui Jurina remains an absolute taiyou for me forever #and Tsunku lyrics once again impart unexpected advice #it's a little ridiculous to end this blog right before C-ute month #I had a text file with the whole singles discography ready to format and post!#and a bunch of Christmas reposts but #the time is now!#if I ever translate again I'll just post it on other sites and wash my hands of the maintenance/tech/formatting side of it #BUT PLEASE DON'T SUBMIT OR REPOST ANYWHERE ELSE FOR ME #in which my neuroses inevitably bleed into yet another fandom I lurk in despite my best attempts to hide it #...but that's okay because there's really no logical reason for which I *should* hide it?#in which my mental health stigma is entirely self-imposed #anyway stan aidorus #featured

Juushichi no Natsu (“Seventeenth Summer”)

“We’ve turned into the kind of couple that everyone kindly pretends not to notice–my seventeenth summer.”

OR: an embarrassing 17-year-old couple at the beach.

MARIINA no Natsu (“Marina Summer”)

“In my heart, a marina breeze, the distant mirage of that summer.”

OR: A girl goes to the beach year-round to relive a summer crush.

Dream Dream Dream

“At a white church in a tiny forest, the bells celebrating our wedding will go happy dingdong ding! Gentle as you are, you’ll surely say something like ‘Don’t cry, my cute baby.’”

OR: A 14-year-old dreams up a wedding.

#Dream Dream Dream #Iwai Sayuri #single: Dream Dream Dream #lyrics #translation #Lyricist: TAKU #Composer: TAKU #Arrangement: Makaino Kouji #aidoru songs referencing weddings #80s aidoru #aidoru soloist #old school aidoru #release date: 01/12/1983 #I'm going to say Iwaipiano is the oldest 'idol+piano' combo I've personally ever seen #anyway I am always here for more idols on instruments #I love 50s-esque pop so much and so I really want to love this song #but my brain switches to Shochuu Omimai Moushiagemasu every time the first stanza kicks in #the 'mabuta ni kuchizuke uketeru mitai na~' part of it

Natsuiro no Nancy (“Nancy in Summer Colors”)

“Me, closing my eyes by the poolside—that’s the sort of image stuck on your mind. I want to try and graduate from being the girl that just trails after you.”

OR: A teenager over the summer.

Dareka no Mimi (“A Certain Someone’s Ears”)

“If you can’t say it to someone’s face, go post it in advance on the internet! Whether it’s true or a lie, someone will spread the story around yet again today as well: the king has donkey ears!”

OR: Rumors often spread not because they’re true, but because people are spiteful.

#Dareka no Mimi #SKE48 Team KII #SKE48 #b-side #single: Ikinari Punch Line #lyrics #translation #Lyricist: Akimoto Yasushi #Composer: BASEMINT #Arrangement: BASEMINT #10s aidoru #aidoru songs referencing social media #aidoru songs referencing bullying #release date: 07/04/2018 #SKE coming out with this song right before Jurina's post-Sousenkyou hiatus was bittersweetly ironic #'getting bullied is a virus so shun the target and stay away so you yourself are safe' is probably the most biting line in this #actually no #'I don't care about 'justice' and it doesn't bother me if they use that as an excuse for their actions so they look better' is #online shaming usually ends up as bullying no matter how we call it #boycotting and protesting and writing to people is obv different #as is factual reporting and bringing to light documented atrocities #but the part of social media that is just inflicting insults and physical threats on those we deem unworthy is just plain bullying #and it's worrying very few people are willing to vet things that agree with their biases anymore #anyway let's all take a second to think before we post things

Yokaze no Shiwaza (“The Night Wind’s Doing”)

“I want to see you so much that it makes me want to cry. I want to fly through the sky straight to you this instant. Why did I fall in love with you this much? I didn’t plan on it being serious, it’s all the night wind’s doing.”

OR: A girl waits and waits for the chance to meet up with her boyfriend and wonders when she got in too deep.

#Yokaze no Shiwaza #AKB48 Team B #stage song #stage: B5 'Theater no Megami'#lyrics #translation #Lyricist: Akimoto Yasushi #Composer: Shimazaki Takamitsu #Arrangement: Masuda Takeshi #10s aidoru #aidoru songs referencing the moon #aidoru songs referencing stars #aidoru songs referencing parks #first stage performance: 05/21/2010 #I know this is/was Yukirin's signature song #but Kuranoo's cover of it is the cutest most earnest thing ever #her rhythmic sense or lack of is so relatable

Tenshi no Shippo (“Angel’s Tail”)

“The sun that I long for is all too bright so I pretend I don’t like him all that much and end up giving him the cold shoulder. I just gaze at him from afar–it’s just a one-sided love on my end.”

OR: An awkward tsundere in love.

#Tenshi no Shippo #AKB48 Team B #stage song #stage: B3 'Pajama Drive'#lyrics #translation #Lyricist: Akimoto Yasushi #Composer: Ueda Koji #Arrangement: Kashiwara Nobuhiko #00s aidoru #aidoru songs referencing angels #aidoru songs referencing the sun #first stage performance: 03/01/2008 #my favorite performance of this will forever be Nishishi's #after understudying as a kenshuusei for this exact stage she got transferred to Team S and only got to do cool songs due to her ikemen chara #she finally got to perform this song like 4 years later on her birthday #YOU LIVE YOUR DREAM NISHISHI #my second favorite will forever be Lovetan's bc this cutesy tsundere song was made for her #Mio wearing the classic Lovetan buns when she performed this with Aika in HKT was honestly the best #Jurina's cover is a very close third because she has so much fun during cutesy songs #see: her still legendary solo cam of Nekkoya

Kibou ni Tsuite (“About Hope”)

“Even if you reach out your hand, you can’t reach it yet. Our dreams are farther, farther away than that. Even the stars in the night sky are things that shine billions of light years away, beyond the dark.”

OR: Hope is the strength that keeps dreams going when human weakness feels like it’s about to win out.

#Kibou ni Tsuite #NO NAME #single: Kibou ni Tsuite #lyrics #translation #Lyricist: Akimoto Yasushi #Composer: Kawaura Masahiro #Arrangement: Nonaka 'Masa' Yuichi #10s aidoru #aidoru songs with anime tie ins #anime aidoru #fictional aidoru #motivating aidoru songs #aidoru songs referencing stars #aidoru songs referencing the sun #aidoru songs referencing sailing #release date: 08/01/2012 #I was browsing youtube to find a video to link and there was a really interesting Team 8 acoustic version #and then I made the mistake of scrolling down to the comments #there was one that said something like 'how sad the best generation left and now all that's left are these scraps'#like #do they even realize 90% of NO NAME were 'scraps'#also wasn't that the exact opposite point of the 0048 series #AKB never had a best generation and you can @ me on that #why is it okay to demean idols that aren't your personal oshi?#like yeah obv most idols don't read non-Japanese comments but that doesn't make dehumanizing them okay #the industry dehumanizes them plenty for us to add to that mix #anyway guess who's now officially a Team 8 fan

Seishun Gekijou (“Youth Theater”)

“We’ll grow old in time, but our spirits will never die. We’ll never be parted, so hold your head high and let them stare if they will. Glory to the future!”

OR: The certainty that youth possesses, throughout time.

Chou HAPPY SONG (“Super HAPPY SONG”)

“Hey, let’s take each other by the hand, (I’m just a tiny bit selfish, but) let’s walk this road together (nurturing our love).”

OR: Because Happiness meets Shiawase no Tochuu.

#Chou HAPPY SONG #Berryz Koubou #ocute #Berrikyuu #single: Chou HAPPY SONG #Berryz Koubou x oCute #lyrics #translation #Lyricist: Tsunku #Composer: Tsunku #Arrangement: Ookubo Kaoru #10s aidoru #aidoru songs that are part of a series #release date: 06/20/2012 #quintessential Hello! Project songs

Shiawase no Tochuu (“In the Middle of Happiness”)

“This is happiness enough. We’ve got such big dreams, and the blissful look on your face when you eat any kind of food puts a smile on my face too.”

OR: Even when they hit the occasional rough patch, the singer is happy with the guy she loves.

#Shiawase no Tochuu #ocute #album song #album: 'Dai Nana Shou Utsukushikutte Gomen ne'#lyrics #translation #Lyricist: Tsunku #Composer: Tsunku #Arrangement: Ookubo Kaoru #10s aidoru #aidoru songs that are part of a series #aidoru songs about happiness #release date: 02/08/2012

Because happiness

“Because happiness, more happiness. The two of us are ah, endless.”

OR: The little ups and downs of a relationship that’s ultimately happy.

BRING IT ON!!!

“If I don’t leave behind evidence of this moment in time, of the fact that I was here, I’d be better off dead!”

OR: Rather than follow the path someone else has set out for you, take risks and go your own way.

#BRING IT ON!!!#PiiiiiiiN #album song #album: Ai Aru♡Seishun ROCK☆YOU #lyrics #translation #Lyricist: Miyazaki Mayu #Composer: Suzuki Hiroaki #10s aidoru #aidoru rock #aidoru punk #aidoru songs against conformity #release date: 07/04/2015

DEEP MIND

“Our emotions are misled by something that can't be seen. We lose our way, get scared, and cry at times as well. But we have a mission, to live in this world–we definitely do.”

OR: Humans have a pretty great track record of surviving predicaments.

#DEEP MIND #Buono!#single: Hatsukoi Cider / DEEP MIND #lyrics #translation #Lyricist: Onoriku #Composer: AKIRASTAR #Arrangement: AKIRASTAR #10s aidoru #aidoru rock #motivating aidoru songs #release date: 01/18/2012 #that one time Buono! got us all jinxed via chain text #but then they apologized so I guess that made it all better #brief spoiler for GOMEN NASAI enclosed

Nen ni wa Nen (“Be Double Sure”)

“Life is definitely like a TV show, you don’t know what twist will come next. If you’re well-prepared at the crucial moment, then you’ll have nothing to worry about.”

OR: Predict that life is going to be unpredictable and plan accordingly.

#Nen ni wa Nen #Kobushi Factory #single: Nen ni wa Nen / Survivor #lyrics #translation #Lyricist: ABESHO #Composer: ABESHO #Arrangement: Suzuki Shunsuke #10s aidoru #aidoru rock #aidoru train songs #release date: 03/26/2015

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