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[ihugmomo]

♡ happy birthday nene sugisaki ! ! ♡

[rikakobloomer]

Dear Mr. Socrates (2010)

[redfreesias03]

Dear Mr. Socrates

“Let’s give Socrates a wink and rush out to town! If you turn your back to philosophical skepticism, the world is what you want it to be.”

OR: A girl wants the super-cerebral guy she likes to stop thinking so hard and live a little.

PaPaPa… sugu ni    iki wo kiraseta kimi no atama wo nadete ageru yo

PaPaPa… I’ll pat your out-of-breath self on the head right away

angou magai no MEERU wo tobasu kakedashita mama oitekebori no    kimi e

I launch a psuedo-encrypted text At you after leaving you behind as you ran

gomen ne    wagamama de gomen ne    demo    yamerarenai kara

I’m sorry, I’m being selfish I’m sorry, but I just can’t help myself

DETANTO magai wa konomi ja nai no wahei koushou kikoenai furi    suru no

I’m not very fond of mock-détentes so I pretend not to hear your attempts at peace negotiations

gomen ne    komarasete gomen ne    demo    tomerarenai kara

I’m sorry,  I’m causing you trouble I’m sorry, but I just can’t stop

SOKURATESU ni UINKU shite machi e tabidasou fukachiron ni se wo muketara    sekai wa omou mama omoitsuki de sashidasu te ni     moshimo oitsuitara sugu ni    iki wo kiraseta kimi no atama wo nadete ageru yo

Let’s give Socrates a wink and rush out to town If you turn your back to philosophical skepticism, the world is what you want it to be If you can catch up to the hand that I impulsively stretch out Then I’ll pat your out-of-breath self on the head right away

gomen ne    migatte de gomen ne    demo    gohoubi ageru kara

I’m sorry, I’m being selfish I’m sorry, but I’ll give you a reward, so

SOKURATESU ni UINKU shite machi e tobidasou fukachiron ni se wo muketara    sekai wa omou mama ware omoFU yue NI ware ARI    yuigadokuson sugu ni    iki wo kiraseta kimi no atama wo nadete

Let’s give Socrates a wink and rush out to town If you turn your back to philosophical skepticism, the world is what you want it to be “Cogito ergo sum” is self-conceit¹ I’ll pat your out-of-breath self on the head immediately

SOKURATESU ni UINKU shite machi e tabidasou fukachiron ni se wo muketara    sekai wa omou mama omoitsuki de sashidasu te ni     moshimo oitsuitara sugu ni    iki wo kiraseta kimi no atama wo nadete ageru yo

Let’s give Socrates a wink and rush out to town If you turn your back to philosophical skepticism, the world is what you want it to be If you can catch up to the hand that I impulsively stretch out Then I’ll pat your out-of-breath self on the head right away

PaPaPa… massugu ni mayowazu    kimi to yukou

PaPaPa… I’ll go straight forward without hesitating, together with you

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¹ This is my favorite line in the song for wordplay that doesn’t really translate that smoothly into English. For starters, I translated the Descartes quote in Latin and not in as it’s commonly cited in English (“I think therefore I am”), mostly because the Japanese verb conjugation used here is similarly old-timey (most Japanese students remember the saying as ware omou yue ni ware ari—the omoFU ending used in this song is needlessly pretentious). Second, the word for self-conceit (yuigadokuson) starts off the same as solipsism (yuigaron), so the listener expects something like “Cogito ergo sum is self-referential knowledge” but instead gets the line “Cogito ergo sum is too much self-centeredness”, lolololol.

[ihugmomo]

happy 26th birthday nene sugisaki (杉﨑寧々)!!~

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[redfreesias03]

Please! Please! Please!

“At the bus stop, with my wristwatch, waiting to catch him; the sound of approaching sneakers, acting like I’m surprised. I hide my gaze by looking at the roadside trees—my real aim is his figure from behind. It’s the usual classroom experience.”

OR: A girl has just one tiny wish she’d like granted (that may or may not have to do with the boy she’s been secretly crushing on.)

mezamashi   KAATEN   MAMA no koe seifuku   TOOSUTO   shimaru DOA

The alarm clock, the curtains, Mom’s voice calling out My uniform, some toast, and I lock the door

machibuse   BASUtei   udedokei ashioto   SUNIIKAA   shiranpuri

At the bus stop, with my wristwatch, waiting to catch him The sound of approaching sneakers, acting surprised

gairoju   kakuse manazashi shoujun   ushirosugata itsumo no kyoushitsu

I hide my gaze by looking at the roadside trees My real aim is his figure from behind In the same classroom as always

Kami-sama ni nedaru   nozomi tada hitotsu kanaete kuretara   TESUTO mo ganbaru zuuzuushii ka na   demo   onegai

It’s just one tiny little wish I’m asking you for, God If you make it come true, I’ll even try hard on my tests It might be shameless of me to ask, but   I’m asking pretty please

shinrai okeru jouhou RUUTO saguru MEERU ADORESU

The information route is reliable I search around for his email address

TENKII aseranai you ni shoujun   ushirosugata

So that I don’t rush through the numeric keypad I set my sights on his figure from behind

itsumo no houkago (tokubetsu na houkago) dokidoki houkago

Just the usual after-school hours (a special after-school hour) a heart-pounding after-school time

Kami-sama ni nedaru   nozomi tada hitotsu kanaete kuretara   KEEKI mo PASU suru zuuzuushii ka na   demo

It’s just one tiny little wish I’m asking you for, God If you make it come true, I’ll even pass up on cake It might be shameless of me, but—

Kami-sama ni nedaru   nozomi tada hitotsu kanaete kuretara   TESUTO mo ganbaru zuuzuushii ka na   demo   onegai

It’s just one tiny little wish I’m asking you for, God If you make it come true, I’ll even try hard on my tests It might be shameless of me but even so, pretty please, anyway

zuuzuushii ka na   demo zuuzuushii ka na   demo zuuzuushii ka na   demo   onegai

It might be shameless of me but It might be shameless of me but It might be shameless of me but even so, pretty please, anyway

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Also, in case anyone’s curious: the text at the beginning says “Sakura Gakuin Night Security Guard: Thomas Apollon.” (Twinklestars is a subunit made up of Sakura Gakuin members, btw.)

The text at 4:43 reads, “Very few people know the truth about him.”