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YouTube Vocaloid song comment section translator https://www.youtube.com/@tofutofupurin

[tofupurinnn]

A Guide For Finding New Vocaloid Song Releases

crossposted on Bluesky

So I have been meaning to make an informative thread on how to find new Vocaloid song releases, here are some of the sites/playlists I have been checking...

1. Kiite (https://kiite.jp/) A joint project by Crypton and AIST, Kiite is an online Vocaloid music player with additional functions (radar/cafe/world/check). All data comes from Niconico Douga. It’s easy to follow your favorite producers and have notifications when they put out new releases. You can favorite songs freely and also make your own playlists. There is no English version of the site for now, however, the site should be easy to navigate.

2. vocaloid pickupボカピク

(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDM2S1xN2FBVhghVZVBX_8g)

I honestly cannot recommend this channel enough! They have been releasing new song release recommendations videos monthly since 2021. Every month there are two guest producers who recommend their favorite Vocaloid songs, and the other recommendations are from the vocapick team and listeners. There is a Google forms link open for song submission every month.

Vocapick also has a Kitte account (https://kiite.jp/user/vocapick39)

3. The official Hatsune Miku YouTube channel playlist

(https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-pKPpZ1Q5NYK6AN_5lybs6xc5LlD5Pwj)

The Crypton team makes their own pickup playlist! Updates every Friday at 6PM (JST), so there the songs change every week. The selection of songs is not limited to Piapro Characters but rather a survey of the Vocaloid scene as a whole.

4. Niconico Vocaloid daily ranking top ten/日刊トップテン！VOCALOID＆something

I recommend the Kiite playlist version, it’s a lot easier to check songs this way:

(https://kiite.jp/user/AIST_playlist_bot)

There are other places to find new releases as well! KARENT, Bandcamp, VocaDB... but I generally use Kiite and vocapick the most. So next time you see people complaining about AI slop and no good Vocaloid songs, well guess what, there's enough Vocaloid songs to last you a lifetime...

End of thread! Hope this helps out people somewhat! I used to do Vocaloid research for my MA, and you can read my thesis, which talks about Kiite, VocaDB, song evacuation and more here: matsuliquorstore.itch.io/connecting-c...

Have fun listening to Vocaloid!

[tofupurinnn]

センシティブ・なぅ/ Sensitive now

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Music: Itaby Translation: tofupurin

感動していた機能美 私が春ならあなたは靡く花に朝 片思いのよう

I am moved by this functional beauty If I am spring, then you are a bending flower to the morning Like a one-sided, unrequited love

今 パッと君が消えたところで この音声は流れ続ける ただ観測できないから証明しようがない そういう話をしよう

Now The place where you disappeared with a pop This sound continues to ring out Because we cannot observe it, and therefore we cannot prove it Let’s say things like this

今 気づいてしまったみたい 全部残せない遺せないから カラカラ歌う！ 歪んでしまって期待 早く消えて消えて消えて消えて消えて消えて… もう聞こえていないよね

Now It seems that you have noticed Nothing will withstand this, nothing will be left behind So sing! With a parched throat Expectation gone twisted Hurry up and disappear, disappear, disappear, disappear, disappear, disappear… Now it cannot be heard at all, right

私は機能を必要としているけれどその逆は成立しない 人→信号機。 文化→宗教→？ 神様なんていなし、私たちを必要とはしていない。 あ、すみません、これ以上は規制が◻︎◻︎◻︎◻︎◻︎◻︎◻︎

Although I am in need to functions, the opposite does not stand true Human → traffic signal Culture → religion → ? There is no god, and we are not needed. Ah, sorry, anything other than this is regulated ◻︎◻︎◻︎◻︎◻︎◻︎◻︎

「◻︎◻︎センシティブ・なぅ」

「◻︎◻︎Sensitive・Now」

ハイパーグラフィアじゃないが全部書き遺して遺体 いずれ忘れぬように！ 無に帰せぬように！

This is no hypergraphia, it is a dead body writing down and leaving behind everything To not forget this in some future day! To not return to nothingness!

点と線で組み上げてく AとBの中間子 カッコカッコ切り替わる未来 監視対象です

To compose together dots and lines A meson between A and B A bracketed, replaceable future An object of surveillance

4Kの視界と.wavの聴感、会話.txtの総量 解像度はいくらあげたところで意味や感情はついてこないのに 鈍色の梟が頭のやさしいところで考えた

Field of vision. 4K, auditory sensation. wav, the aggregate amount of conversational. Txt With the resolution going up, meanings and feelings fail to catch up The dark colored owl pondered with a soft spot in its head

このまま器用に育っていく細かな脚本の世界

The world of intricate scripts will deftly grow like this

快適な位相で語っていた その後悔も全部泡になる！ わからないけど、

Speaking from a comfortable topology Even all the regret has turned to nothing, to foam Even though I do not understand this,

田舎の夜切り替わる信号機 道端に転がる缶コーヒー 君の帰りを待つ改札機 （機能してる 意味はないまま）

A night in the countryside, the traffic signals switch up A coffee can tumbled over on the roadside A ticket gate awaiting your returned (A functioning being, without meaning)

誰もいないのに育つ瓦礫のよう僕ら

Although there is no one here, we grow like rubble

今 ただいたづらに 花の色も朽ち果てていく

Now Only, so very teasingly Even the colors of the flowers start fading away

[tofupurinnn]

エフィラが枯れる前に/Before the Ephyra Dissolves

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Music: うずら uzura Translation: tofupurin

「どうしてだろうね、意味もなく泣いて」 耐え切れずに吐いた血を掬って言うの 仕草をまねて、書き留めるように ぎこちなく梳いた髪 ここに居て

“Why is it though, I am crying without an apparent reason” I spoke, scooping up blood that flowed from my lips, unable to restrain the flow Copying movements, if only I could write and record it all down Hair brushed clumsily Stay here

わたし、泡になって 咲いた光を編むみたいに 息ができない、息ができないの わたし、溶けだして 長い夢を彷徨っている どこに行くの？

I have turned, into bubbles As if weaving together the strands of blossoming light I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe out I have melted, bit by bit I am lost in a long, long dream Where are you going?

どうしてだろうね、意味もなく泣いて 名前を呼ぶ声で目を覚ましたいの 何もないから全部抱きしめて 囁く耳に触れた ここに居て

Why is it though, I am crying without an apparent reason I want to wake up to a voice calling out my name I have nothing, so I will embrace it all Someone touched my murmuring ear Stay here

わたし、泡になって 水槽を漂うみたいに 息ができない、息ができないの ねえ、ひとりにしないで ねえ、ひとりにしないで 何も見えない、何も見えないの

I have turned, into bubbles As if floating in the water tank I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe out Hey, don’t leave me alone Hey, don’t leave me alone I can’t see anything, I cannot see anything

わたし、泡になって 咲いた光を編むみたいに 息ができない、息ができないの わたし、溶けだして どこからがあなただったか分からないの どうか覚えていて ここに居て

I have turned, into bubbles As if weaving together the strands of blossoming light I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe out I have melted, bit by bit I cannot tell apart the boundary of you Please, remember this And stay

[tofupurinnn]

よるあるく/Walking in the Night

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Music: maino Translation: tofupurin

よるあるく　レンズの無い目で世界は滲んで光落つ よるあるく　七色に光る首輪は小さな虹の足 よるあるく　こんなわたしをみたら皆笑ってくれるかな それとも　やさしいつららでわたしを刺しますか

Walking in the night With a lensless eye the world oozes and light falls Walking in the night The collar that shines in seven colors is the foot of a small rainbow Walking in the night If everyone saw me as I am right now, they would all laugh, no? Despite this Will you pierce me with a gentle icicle?

よるあるく　誰かいるの？振り返れどそこにあるのは影 よるあるく　水面は凪いで静かな電灯の嘘見せる よるあるく　こんなわたしをみたら皆笑ってくれるかな よるあるく　よるあるく 夜散歩

Walking in the night Is anyone there? I looked around, but there was only a shadow Walking in the night The surface of the water is calm, I show you the lie of the quiet electric light Walking in the night If everyone saw me as I am right now, they would all laugh, no? Walking in the night, Walking in the night A stroll in the night

[tofupurinnn]

[translation]あくる明日を探している/searching for the coming tomorrow

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Music:ふつか Translation: tofupurin

The world is still sleeping I wait For the clear blue before daybreak

The pedestrian bridge Coming to a halt In a world without inhabitants

Breathing Palpitation Body temperature I cannot feel Even this So what am I?

Ah- Please Please Come and find me

Please Please Don’t be scared

Please Please Remember

Please Please Please

I am searching for the coming tomorrow I am left all alone Just me I don’t know anything Not a thing, I look down And sink into loneliness I hold my breath, alone The morning (asa) I keep waiting, for someone I can’t See a thing Not seeing a thing But come to me And do not leave

I am here

I don’t know what I am My presence, my shape, could all be fake Even though I am of no value But despite it all I want to sing

La-la-la…

I am searching for the coming tomorrow I am left all alone Just me Don’t say a thing Without saying a thing, holding hands I want you to hold me tight I am searching for the coming tomorrow I am singing a song all by my own I don’t need anything I don’t need anything, so Hold onto my hand Just for you and me - The morning comes

Note: 朝がくる asa ga kuru; the morning comes/asa comes

[tofupurinnn]

[English Translation]みつめる(みずのなか)/Gazing (in the water)

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Music: fuyume Translation: tofupurin

tw: mentions of death, suicide

私達 友達でいたい 傾いていく 綺麗にはうまれないもの 踠く時には 忘れているけど みずのなか 探してみて気づく 今泣いても すくえないこと 最終回がいつか　　 再放送になって CMの途中で 涙を拭おうよ 私だけ知ってるんだ ラストシーンの意味を 呼吸が速くなっていく

I want us to be friends With a slow incline Things that are not born pretty Although I have already forgotten When I struggled. In the water Try to seek and find, now I am aware That even if I cried now There is nothing to be done, it cannot be helped The final episode Will one day get re-aired During the TV commercials Go wipe away your tears Only I knew The meaning of that last scene My breathing quickens

私達 友達でいたいのに、 暗闇で前が見えなくなって、 さよならも言えずに死んでいくんだ。 春が来たら歩き出せるように、 今話してよ。 三月某日水中にて散る あの子の命の重さについてを。 八階身を乗り出して空になる あの子の気持ちを。

I want us to be friends, but, I can’t see anything right in front of the darkness, Dying before I could voice goodbye. Hey, talk with me now, so that I will be able to walk forward when spring comes around. Let’s talk about the weight of the life of that kid Who scattered in the water on a March day. About the feelings of that kid Who bent their body out of an eighth-floor building, becoming one with the sky.

[tofupurinnn]

[English translation]フール！フール！フール！/ Fool!Fool!Fool!

YouTube

Music: yamada

Translation: tofupurin

なあ　聴かせてくれよ

お前が欲しがったすべて

地位や名誉には変わりないが

その過程にあった愛とか情熱を

Hey, let me hear it

All the things that you craved for

It may still be social status and honor, but

Let me hear about the love and passion that sparked along the way

揮発していく熱の中ずっと握りしめていた

西の魔女が死んだあと

残っていたのはただのボロ切れだった

I held on to it strongly, amid the evaporating heat

The wicked witch of the West is dead

And after, all that remained were only scraps of cloth

世界一の馬鹿を映したドキュメンタリーが

月と六ペンスを金貨に変えた

The documentary featuring the greatest fool in the world

Changed the moon and sixpence into gold coins

用意、アクション！

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

アイム・ア・フール！フール！フール！

ふっふー

No popularization

だってだせえっしょ

アイム・ア・フール！フール！フール！

R.I.P. for me

Ready, action!

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

I’m a fool! Fool! Fool!

Heheh

No popularization

Cuz’ it’s corny as heck

I’m a fool! Fool! Fool!

R.I.P for me

 「…カット！」

“...and cut!”

なあ　教えてくれよ

お前が欲しかったものを

悪魔に魂を売ってまで

鳴らしたレコードは君を救ったかい

Hey, just tell me, won’t you

All the things you wanted

Before you sell your soul to the devil

Will this sounding record save you?

戦争も反戦もロックもパンクも

全部全部まがい物だったら　

フィクション　ノンフィクション

ごちゃ混ぜにして

おれはおれだけの映画を撮る

Battles and anti-war and rock and punk

If these are all fake and sham

Fiction, non-fiction

Mush them up together

I’ll shoot the film with myself as the only actor

世界一の馬鹿が脚光を浴びた死後に

二番目のばかは一人で泣いていた

The greatest fool in the world dies, after their temporary time in the limelight

The second greatest fool wept, alone

用意、アクション

アイム・ア・フール、フール、フール

それも惰性っしょ？

アイム・ア・フール、フール、フール

（…だせえな）

Ready, action

I’m a fool, fool, fool

Ain’t that inertia?

I’m a fool, fool, fool

(It’s corny...)

…用意、アクション！

Satisfaction

アイム・ア・フール！フール！フール！

ふっふー

ディスコミュニケーション

それもいいっしょ

アイム・ア・フール！フール！フール！

Foo

...Ready, action!

Satisfaction

I’m a fool! Fool! Fool!

Heheh

Dis-communication

That’s still o-kay, no?

I’m a fool! Fool! Fool!

Foo

（すべての人生は映画だ）

（死ぬまでは続くジレンマだ）

（すべての人生は映画だ）

（死ぬまでは終わらないシネマだ）

(Everyone’s life is a feature film)

(Up to the point of death, a dilemma)

(Everyone’s life is a feature film)

(It won’t end until you die, it’s cinema)

なあ　聴かせてくれよ

お前が欲しがったすべて

何もかもが羨しかったから欲張った

おれはフール、フール、フール

Hey, let me hear it

All the things that you craved for

I got greedy and desired just about everything

I’m a fool, fool, fool

[tofupurinnn]

[English translation]さよならアポトーシス/Goodbye Apoptosis

YouTube

music: サツキ translation: tofupurin

鮮やかな記憶が、 褪せていくのを見ている。 同じ熱を経た筈の スクリーンから、見えた言葉。

I am now watching bright memories, Fade to gray. From the screen that is supposed To have sustained through the same heat, I saw words.

変わっていく。

As they are changing.

遣る瀬ない不干渉が 痛みと同時に発散を穿つ。 彼方まで発っていた後遺症。

This downhearted nonintervention Hurts as it pierces dispersion. The aftereffects extend far into the distance.

気付けば、 無関係なただの記号であり、 精神性は既に遠くなっている蜃気楼！

Once you start to notice, They are mere unrelated symbols, Mirages where the spiritual nature has long departed!

虚しさの業！

The karma of emptiness!

ぼくら、きっと同じ世界で 少しの時を、過ごしただけ。 やがて、いつか花が散れば そのまま、化石になっていく面影。

You and I are, most certainly, Only spending a fraction of a moment together in the same world. Eventually, the flowers will wither and fall Just like this, a trace of a reminder turns to fossil.

埋められない隙間が ひとひらの情に似ている。 損なわれた温度の 中枢から漏れた価値観。

The crevices that I cannot fill up Are similar to a single petal of emotion. The value system which leaks From the damaged temperature of a central nervous system.

腐っていく。

As they rot away.

各々、与えられた 違う世界に沿い、あっさりと下る。 なんだかんだ、上手くやっている。

Respectively, we follow The different worlds granted to us, lightly descending. One way or another, managing it skillfully with flair.

過去にどんな 大切な思いが有っても 実際はしかし 消えかかっていることと相違ない！

No matter how precious Past memories were In reality, they are no different From what is on the verge of disappearing!

そうであるなら。

If that is so.

これらの過程、宛らそれは プログラムされた細胞死！ 此の儘では、抗えない摂理に 只管、頭を垂れるだけ。

The process we are seeing here, is just like A programmed cell death! If it goes on like this, facing overwhelming providence All there is to do is to droop our heads in submission.

輝いていた。 綺麗な日だった。 貴方はずっと、 理由を、探している。 いらぬもの、 捨て切れず、 潰される。

It shone. It was a beautiful day. You were always, Searching for reasons. The things that were useless, You couldn't part with them, And were crushed.

何れまた、会えたとして もう、皆、別の声であり あの日々の空間、時間は、 溶けるように、止まっている。

If someday, we meet again Everyone will be speaking, in different voices The space, and time of those days Are frozen in place, as if to melt.

大事にしていた思い出は とっくに枯れた一夜花。 不可逆な草々 二度と戻れないと 分かれど、後の祭。

The memories I held so dearly Have long withered, a one-night flower The irreversible haste Although I understand There is no going back, it's far too late.

[tofupurinnn]

[English translation]明日、僕が消える前に/Tomorrow, before I disappear

YouTube

Music: Amala Translation: tofupurin

明日、僕が消える前に ひとつだけ、言葉を残せるなら 明日、僕が消える前に 心の跡地を書き出そっ か。

Tomorrow, before I disappear If I am able to leave behind, even a single word Tomorrow, before I disappear I’ll try writing out the remaining site of the heart

いつか、僕が消える前に ひとつだけ、言葉を残せるなら 感謝とか、憂いとか、そんなんじゃなくて、 一杯のコーヒーを飲んで、 短編小説の一部を綴ったような日常を作ろうか。

One day, before I disappear If I am able to leave behind, even a single word Not of gratitude, not of melancholy, it’s not of these things To drink a cup of coffee, I’ll create the everyday, just as writing down parts of a short story

何者でもない僕が、何者かに成りたくて そうやって、期待値で僕の首を絞めてしまうんだ。 何者かに成れた時、僕は満たされていますか？ 確かめ合って、裸足のまま、世界に沈んだ。

I have nothing to my name, yet I wish to be somebody And so, these expectations constrict around my throat When I do become somebody, will I then be fulfilled? To make sure of this, I sink, barefooted, into the world.

[tofupurinnn]

[English translation]大人にはなれない/I can’t grow into an adult

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Music: Aliey:S

Translation: tofupurin

救えない歌を歌って

塞ぎ込むようにキスをして

その後はどうしよっか

二人 桜でも見ようか

Singing a helpless song

To kiss, as if brooding

What shall we do after this?

Shall we go see the sakura blossoms, just the two of us

いつまで経っても

僕らは大人にはなれない

どうかそれでも

笑っていて欲しいんだ

No matter how much time passes

We cannot turn into adults

Despite this, please

I want you to keep laughing

いつのことだっけ？

投げた紙飛行機が飛び去ってったこと

指から放って

吸い込まれるように空へ消えてったんだ　

When was it again?

When the paper airplane flew away after a toss

A break of contact from the fingers

Disappeared into the sky as if sucked within

そんなこともあったね

入道雲に呑まれて消えた紙切れが

羨ましかった

僕らもあんな風に飛べたらいいのにね

So things like this happened

Paper scraps swallowed by cumulonimbus clouds

I was envious

If only we could have flown away just like the airplane

いつのことだっけ？

曇る窓に指で世界を描いたこと

なぞってく度に

澄んでいく青空がどうも綺麗だった

When was it again?

I drew the world with my fingers across the window, foggy with condensation

Each time I trace my fingers

The clear azure skies were breathtakingly beautiful

そんなこともあったね

言葉だけで紡いだ僕らのユートピア

嘘じゃなかったよね

空想ばかりが僕らの現実だった

So things like this happened

An utopia weaved by mere words, for the two of us

It wasn’t a lie at all

Only imagination itself was our reality

日々は揺らぐように

夜を揺蕩うように

「おやすみ」って言われるのは

やっぱり怖いままで

As if the days would sway

As if the nights would flicker

Being told “Good night”

Is still very scary

君が笑うように

僕が泣かないように

って願ったまま

If only you could laugh

If only I could stop crying

... As I pray for these things

救えない歌を歌って

塞ぎ込むようにキスをして

その後はどうしようか

二人　桜でも見ようか

Singing a helpless song

To kiss, as if brooding

What shall we do after this?

Shall we go see the sakura blossoms, just the two of us

いつまで経っても

僕らは大人にはなれない

どうかそれでも

笑っていて欲しいんだ

No matter how much time passes

We cannot turn into adults

Despite this, please

I want you to keep laughing

いつのことだっけ？

あなたが夜ひとりで消えてしまったこと

忘れられないって思ってたのに

随分懐かしくなっちゃった

When was it again?

When you disappeared by yourself in the night

I thought I would never forget

But the memory becomes tinged with nostalgia

そんなこともあったね

外が少しずつ桃色に染まっていく

「この狭い箱を出たら

あの桜を見に行こう！」

So things like this happened

The outside world is painted peach pink bit by bit

“Once I get out of this narrow box

I’ll go see that sakura in full bloom!”

時が過ぎるように

花が枯れるように

夢ならばどうしようって

今でもたまに思っちゃうんだ

As if time is passing by

As if flowers are withering

“What shall I do if it was all a dream”

Even now, I still think such thoughts

君が眠る頃に

僕は起きてたいと

思っていて

I want to wake up

When you fall asleep

I think of these things

笑えない冗談って

否定して欲しくて

叫んでみて

夢ならば二度と覚めないでくれと

心から願っていた

I want you to refute

These unfunny jests of mine

Try shouting it out

If this is all a dream, I don’t want to wake from this again

I wished for this from the bottom of my heart

いつかの終わりに

君が僕を忘れようとも

どうかそれでも

笑っていて欲しいんだ

Even if you forget about me

When the ending comes around

Despite this, please

I want you to keep laughing

微睡に沈んで

眠たいねって笑いあって

それならばどうしようか

続きは明日にしようか

Sinking into a nap

Laughing together, saying that we are sleepy

If so, what shall we do then

Should we continue this tomorrow

憧れて描いてきた

僕らの世界が

全部嘘でも

笑って

I longed for it, so I drew it down

Even if the world we are in

Is completely made up of lies

Laugh

嘘つきだねって笑って

さよならの日にはキスをして

そのあとはどうしよっか

二人　桜でも見ようか

“We are liars”, and laughing it off

Kissing on the day we part

What shall we do after this?

Shall we go see the sakura blossoms, just the two of us

いつまで経っても

僕は大人にはなれなかったよ　

どうかそれでも

笑っていてくれるかな

No matter how much time passes

We cannot turn into adults

Despite this, please

Can you laugh for me

子供のとき描いたみたいな

ユートピアは叶えられなかったね

あの時投げた紙飛行機も

結局帰ってはこなかったね

さよならの言葉を言う時になれば

きっと思い出すから

あの日々も

僕の名前も

約束も

I might have drawn this when I was a child

You cannot make an utopia come true

The paper plane I tossed that time

It didn’t return to me in the end

When the time comes for me to speak out words of parting

I will most certainly remember

Those days

Your name

The promise

だからそれまで

笑っていて欲しいんだ

Therefore until then

I want you to keep laughing

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[English translation] (h / y ?) + our -1

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Music: Itaby Translation: tofupurin

誰かが僕らの幸せ食い漁っている 今まで交わした季節が泡になっていく

Someone's making the rounds, feeding off our happiness All the seasons I’ve intersected with up to today have turned into foam, to nothingness

持て囃されて今になる やり尽くされてこの曲になる

Due to extravagant praise, I’ve come to be what I am Because I have done all that I can do, this song has come into form 　 都会の人々卑しさに咽かえっている　 重ねた皮膚の温度や時間が泡になっていく

The people of the city are choking on their own vulgarity The temperature of skin pressed together, and the passage of time, have turned into foam

時間のせいで お金のなさで この距離のせいで遠くなる 錆びたナイフで この錆びたナイフで 錆びたナイフで 誰を刺す

I blame it on time The lack of money The distance between us, we are growing apart With a rusted knife With this rusted knife With a rusted knife Who shall I stab

今、一人になった 部屋の匂いは久々 一年に月と同じだけ会って 突き放すやさしさ さあ、どこへ行こうか

Now, I am alone The scent of the room after a long while I meet you only as often as there are moons in a year The gentleness is pushed away Well, where will I be going

また騙されて嫌になる 君は悪くないのに 何も悪くないのに 僕らのせいで泡になっていく

Again, I am deceived, and that disgusts me You did nothing wrong I’ve done nothing wrong It’s the fault of the two of us, that everything ended in futility

きらきら揺れる街（さよなら触れる袖） 静かにこぼれ落ち 一人迎える朝（二人迎えた朝） あわになれ ⬛︎⬛︎になれ

The street sparkled as it swayed (goodbye, the sleeve I can touch) Quietly overflowing The morning I greet alone (The morning we greeted together) Turn into foam Turn into ⬛︎⬛︎

Translation notes: 泡になる, turn into foam/ nothingness/ futility

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[English translation]君を食べた日/The day I ate you

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*Trigger earning for mentions of death, eating disorders

Music: baku Translation: tofupurin

君は食べたよ 君を食べた 君はいないよ

You ate I ate you up You’re not there

君は食べたよ 君を食べた 君はいないよ

You ate I ate you up You’re not there

天国でも血の味がするんだね 世界から争いは消えたのに

Even in heaven there’s the taste of blood Even though strife was long eradicated from the face of the earth

君を思うと、死にたくなる 君が好きだから、死にたくなる

Whenever I think of you, I want to die Because I like you so much, I want to die

振り返る思い出を消すように 世界から優しさを呑み込んだ

As if to clear up reflections and memories Kindness is swallowed from the world

君を思うと、死にたくなる 君が馬鹿だから、死にたくなる

Whenever I think of you, I want to die Because you are such a fool, I want to die

本当は食べきれなかった 君の命の残り 食べきれなかった どうしても気持ち悪くて どうしても君が気持ち悪くて 食べて吐いて食べてを繰り返した

Actually I couldn’t finish it all The remains of your life I couldn’t eat them all up No matter what, I feel sick No matter what, you sicken me Eat and throw up and eat, repeatedly

君は吐いたよ 君を吐いた 誰もいないよ

You threw up I threw you up No one is here

君は吐いたよ 君を吐いた 誰もいないよ

You threw up I threw you up No one is here

天国でも正解が要るんだね 世界から嘘つきは消したのに

Even heaven requires a correct answer Even though liars were long eradicated from the face of the earth

君を思うと、死にたくなる 君がいないから、死にたくなる

Whenever I think of you, I want to die Because you are gone, I want to die

本当は食べきれなかった 君の生きてる残り 食べきれなかった どうしても気持ち悪くて どうしても君が気持ち悪くて 食べて吐いて食べてを繰り返した

Actually I couldn’t finish it all The remains of you, living I couldn’t eat them all up No matter what, I feel sick No matter what, you sicken me Eat and throw up and eat, repeatedly

[tofupurinnn]

[English translation]きれいな白鳥の子/The Beautiful Swan Child

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Music:うずら Translation: tofupurin

低解像でいたい 存在の停滞

I want to exist in low resolution Stagnation of existence

気が遠のいて羽が落ちるまで 水面を覗いた 確かめて、先天的な今日 不安で、不安で、不幸がっているの、

Starting to lose consciousness, before my feathers fall I looked over the surface of the water Make sure of it, this inherent today Insecure, insecure, stuck in the midst of unhappiness

どうにもならないよ それ、なんか綺麗ね 気味が悪いほど！ 排水で塞がった 後ろめたいからだ

It’s a futile situation That’s, kind of pretty somehow Pretty to the point of unease! The drain is clogged Due to guilt

見つめるように紛れるように 合わせ鏡の果てまで 連れ添うように怯えるように (わざとらしく)がお似合い？

As if to stare, as if to disappear To the ends of the infinity mirror As if to bond in marriage, as if terrified (Unnaturally) does it not fit you?

低解像でいたい 虫食いの前頭葉 反射する外套 存在の停滞 柄にもないこと目を逸らして

I want to exist in low resolution Moth-eaten frontal lobe Reflective coat Stagnation of existence Turning away from out of character behavior

透明な歪さを纏う 水面を揺らして 噎せ返った何回目かの夜 不安で、不安で、不安で、いてね

Wrapped in transparent distortions The surface of the water sways A sudden choke, how many nights has it been Insecure, insecure, insecure, stay that way

どうにもならないの？ 水泡の中、光が落ちてる 排水を漂った みにくい泳ぎ方で

Is it a futile situation? Inside bubbles, light is falling Floated away in the drains In a distasteful way of swimming

見つめるように壊れるように 合わせ鏡の果てまで 連れ添うように怯えるように 吐きそうな痺れだけ

As if to stare, as if to destroy To the ends of the infinity mirror As if to bond in marriage, as if terrified It’s only a numbness that makes one want to throw up

低解像でいたい 苦しいだけなんて おかしいと言って！ 存在の停滞 私じゃない全部で 満たされる前に

I want to exist in low resolution Say that it’s strange! To think that there’s only pain Stagnation of existence Everything in this world, excluding me Before they are filled up and satisfied

低解像で痛い 曖昧な存在 都合がいいことだけ話して、

Hurting in low resolution Ambiguous existence Say only convenient things、

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[English translation] 89

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Music: かしこ。 Translation: tofupurin

夜の空 青い点描 あなたは指でなぞっている 大きな星座 言い当てる声が 掠れて冷えた

The night sky, blue pointillism You trace your finger after them The sound of guessing out the name of large constellations Blurred and grew cold

夜の色 映したような その二つのガラス玉 少し潤んだ 光の環っか 流れて落ちた

As if reflecting the color of the night These two glass beads Grew slightly moist, a halo of light Flowed and fell

その心に棲む 憂いの正体を 私は知らない でも知りたくて あなたに内緒で 照準を合わせた

I do not know the true form Of that melancholy which resides in your heart But I want to know So, as a secret kept from you, I aligned with you

私たちは ちっぽけな 点と点でしかないから 独りでは 星座にはなれない なれないよね だからこうして You&I ふたりなら 雄大な宇宙で 繋ぎ合えば 名前のない星座くらいには なれるかな

We are tiny, insignificant, only a dot to a dot If alone, one cannot form a constellation. You can’t, right And that is why, just like this, You&I If it’s the two of us, if we can connect to each other in this grand universe Then maybe, just maybe, we can turn into a constellation without a name

夜の靄 白い溜息 あなたの目を遮るように 「変わらない日々は、 変われない自分のせいさ」と また息を吐いた

The fog of the night, a white sigh As if to obstruct your eyes “It’s my fault for these days that never change, Because I cannot change” You said these words and took another breath

その心を浸す 失望の深度を 私は知らない でもずっとあなたが 続けていること 続けていくこと

I do not know the depth of disappointment Which drenches that heart But all this time You kept going You kept on going

知っているよ

I know this to be true

私たちは それぞれに 持つ光は見えないから 独りでは 本当の自分に 気づけないかもね だからこうして You&I 近くで 向かい合い 今 鏡になって あなたが放つ光彩を 見せてあげるよ

We cannot see the light that each of us individually holds When alone, it’s possible that one cannot notice one’s true self And that is why, just like this, You&I Come closer, facing each other, becoming each other’s reflective mirror The brilliance that you emit, I will show you

その心に潜む 憂いの詳細を 私は知らない でも知りたくて あなたの隣で 呼吸を揃えた

I do not know the details Of that melancholy which is concealed in your heart But I want to know I matched up with your breathing, right next to you

私たちは ちっぽけな 点と点でしかないから 独りでは 星座にはなれない なれないよね

We are tiny, insignificant, only a dot to a dot If alone, one cannot form a constellation. You can’t, right

私たちは ちっぽけな 点と点でしかないから ふたりでも 星座にはなれない なれないかもね それでも こうして You&I 今と過去と未来 夢中で繋ぎ合って 名前のない星座に もしもなれたのなら

We are tiny, insignificant, only a dot to a dot If alone, one cannot form a constellation. Maybe you can’t Despite this, just like this, You&I The present and the past and the future, connecting to each other in dreams Then maybe, we can turn into a constellation without a name

いつもこうして You&I ふたりきり 雄大な宇宙で 繋ぎ合って 新しい星座に もしもなれたのなら

Always like this, You&I Just the two of us, connecting to each other in this grand universe If we can turn into a new constellation

新しい星座は あなたが名付けてよ

You can give the new constellation a name

Translation notes: A companion song to天文学, would try to draw more comparisons between the two songs but I’m crying too hard 89= The total number of constellations is 88, 88+1

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[English translation] I am Summer/わたしはサマー

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Music：内緒の秘密 Translation: tofupurin

暮らした月日は19年 数えれば指が足りない 僕ら大人になってしまった 情に棹差せば流されてしまう 兎角、この町は住みにくいので 今日にここを発つ 夏深み、 翡翠が鳴いてる

I have lived in this world for 19 years I don’t have enough fingers if I were to count all the years We have turned into adults Sticking a rod in the flow of emotions will wash the rod away Anyway, as it is hard for me to live in this town I will depart from here today The summer is deep, the kingfisher chirps

「翡翠は蝉じゃないよ」って 戯けて君が笑う きっと冗談だって分かってるだろうに 「夏暮れ様様ね」なんて上手くない 洒落ばかり挟んで また、二人笑う

“The kingfisher is no fish, you know” Saying these words, you laugh playfully You must have known it’s only a joke “I’m thankful for the summer sunset” rather unskillfully I fill the conversation with witticisms Once more, the two of us laughed

はるか遠い将来で 夜の匂いを思い出して 青く滲み出すような 嗚呼、今日を歌っている 「それじゃ、 この町が僕ら二人に許した時間だけ愛そうか」 今は呼吸もせぬままで

In the far future Remember the scent of the night As if the blueness will ooze Ah, I sing of today “Then, lets only love the time that the town allows for the two of us” Even now, there is no breathing

いつかラルラリラ 耽った小説の書生が 野良猫に化けて出た時に あなただと解るように 夏がラルラリラ 座った助手席に溶けて 国道と見境無くなっていく わたしはサマー

One day, lalulalila The student in the novel who I obsess over When they transform into a stray cat In order for me to understand that it is you Summer is, lalulalila Melting in the passenger seat Unable to tell apart the national route I am summer

生まれて此の方十数年 だれも愛したことないなんて 冗談だって思ってるんだろうね 本当なんだ、人が嫌いで だれかを好きでいたいと思えなくて 独りでいたいと思ってしまってる

In over a decade after I was born I have not loved anyone during this time You must think this is some kind of joke But I mean it, I hate people I never thought I would be romantically involved with anyone In the end, I just thought I wanted to be by myself

ただ、今は この街にいたいと思ってしまってる

But now, I want to stay on this street

いつかラルラリラ 耽った小説の商工が 毒蟲になって出たときに 指先で触れるより 深くラルラリラ 触った心臓に溶けて 愛情と見境無くなっていく

One day, lalulalila The merchant in the novel who I obsess over When they transform into a poisonous bug It’s deeper than what the fingertips Can touch and reach, lalulalila I melt into the heart I touch Unable to tell it apart from love

玄関先の信号機、空、細い小路の石階段、 上った先の小景、地獄坂、眼下に見える夏木立 「この町と、僕とあなたが暮らした 世界だけ愛そうか」 今は呼吸もせぬままで

The traffic signal in front of the gate, the sky, the narrow stone-paved road A delicate view after climbing the slope, a steep hellish climb, the summer trees before my eyes “I feel that I can only Love this town, and the world you and I live in” Even now, there is no breathing

いつかラルラリラ 臥せたこの夏の憧憬が 新しい町の匂いに似たときに ラルラ、ラルラリラ 口遊さんだ小節に乗せて 思い出せるように いつか いつかラルラリラ 耽った小説の書生が 野良猫に化けて出た時に あなただと解るように 夏がラルラリラ 座った助手席に溶けて 国道と見境無くなっていく わたしはただ、 ただ、ただ、 君とだけ生きていたかった この町にずっといたかったんだ ただ、ただ、ただ、ただ 青く染まっていく わたしはサマー

One day, lalulalila The longing of that summer which laid to rest The moment when it is similar to the scent of the new town Lalula, lalulalila On the bars of a song I hum As if I am about to remember One day One day, lalulalila The student in the novel who I obsess over When they transform into a stray cat In order for me to understand that it is you Summer is, lalulalila Melting in the passenger seat Unable to tell apart the national route I only, I only, only wanted To live with you, just us two I wanted to stay in this town forever and ever I am only, only, only, only Gradually dyed blue I am summer

暮らした月日は数十年 数えれば足も足りない 僕は、大人になってしまった 兎角、人生は生きにくいので 今日にここを発つ 夏深み、野良猫が鳴いてる

I have lived in this world for a decade and longer I don’t have enough toes if I were to count all the years We have turned, into adults Anyway, as it is hard for me to live in this life I will depart from here today The summer is deep, the stray cat yowls

Translation notes: The name of the kingfisher (翡翠、川蟬) is directly translated into river cicada (kawasemi), and so the line 「翡翠は蝉じゃないよ」って should be “the kawasemi is no cicada, you know”. But there’s a chance for localization and I took it ;) 地獄坂(jigokuzaka) is a location name, and there are many places in Japan that are actually called that name. It directly translates into “hellish slope”, so I incorporated the meaning into the translation.

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[English translation] inochi no denwa / telephone of life

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Music by baku Translation by tofupurin

今日も繋がらなかったいのちの電話 フリーwifiとぎれて動画も再生はフリーズ 生きることも死ぬことも誰も止めはしないね 深夜、徘徊、自販機だけが光っていた

Still today my call won’t go through, telephone of life The free wifi goes on and off, the video I’m playing freezes No one’s there to stop me, to live or to die Late night, wandering around, only the vending machine glows

今日も繋がらなかったいのちの電話 気づけば羊を数え切っていた 夜風に揺られてる 何の役にも立たない花が 誰にも気づかれないまま散っていた

Still today my call won’t go through, telephone of life Upon noticing, I’ve counted up all the sheep Swaying in the night winds The flower that is not of any use Scattered, without anyone’s notice

死んだら夏にワンピースを着て 水族館でクラゲを撮ろう 夜の海、朝まで歩いて 楽しいこと、割り切れないこと 洗いざらい、話し合ってみて やっぱり違う人間でした 気づいたのは真っ白な朝で 「もう死んでるし」言い聞かせたら ちょっとは楽になれたみたいで 気づかないうち傷が増えても 心もないしワンピースを着た わたしはきっと空蝉でした

When I die, I will be wearing a dress in the summer Taking pictures of jellyfish in the aquarium The ocean in the night, I’ll walk till morning Things that are fun, things that are incomprehensible The entirety, the bulk of it, try saying it out to me As expected we were different human beings I realized it on a pure-white morning “I’m already dead anyway” Try advising this It seems that it gets a bit easier Even if the wounds increase when I am not looking Wearing a dress, without a heart I was most certainly the cast-off shell of a cicada

死んだら夏にワンピースを着て

When I die, I will be wearing a dress in the summer

死んだら夏にワンピースを着て

When I die, I will be wearing a dress in the summer

今日も繋がらなかったいのちの電話 幽霊は涼しげな顔で立っていた 生きることも死ぬことも誰も手助けはしない 深夜、街灯、水際と目が合っていた

Still today my call won’t go through, telephone of life The ghost is standing there with a cold face No one’s there to help me, to live or to die Late night, streetlights, at the water’s edge eyes were met

Translation note: Life telephone/ lifeline/ suicide prevention hotline

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[English translation]あなたに嫌われるなら/If you hate me

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Producer: 日下有歌 Translation: tofupurin

あの子は嫌な子でしょう？ 全く役に立たない あなたはいつもそう言って だんだん耳を塞いで

He is an unpleasant child, isn’t he? He is of no use at all You say these things all the time And so I gradually covered my ears

私は嫌な子でしょう? ちっとも優しいくない 「いいえいいえ」頭を振った それでも 笑みは少しも 変わっていない 変わっていない

I’m an unpleasant child, ain’t I? I’m not gentle, not even a little bit “No, that’s not true” You shake your head But even so, that smile has not changed Not even a little, not even a little

どうしても君は輝いて その温かい手で 僕の頭を撫でないでくださいね おかしくなっちゃった 狂え

Why is it that you shine and glow Please don’t Pet my head with those warm hands of yours, will you My thoughts turn strange Insanity settles in

あなたに嫌われるなら 僕の事をずっと考えていてくれるでしょう? 他の人のことは忘れて お願い お願い お願い お願い あなたに殺されたら 君の記憶に残ることができるでしょう? 痛みなんて飛んで行けばいいね 僕のそばに居て ずっと

If I’m hated by you Then you’ll only think of me all the time, no? Forget everyone else Please please please please If I am killed by you I’ll be left in your memories, right? It would be lovely if the pain just flew away Stay by my side For always

私は嫌な子でしょう? ちっとも優しいくない くだらないことばかり言っている でも その感情 はアイと 何が違うです???

I’m an unpleasant child, ain’t I? I’m not gentle, not even a little bit I speak only bland and boring things But, what is the difference, between this feeling And “love”???

あなたが期待する僕は今ここ あなたが渇望する僕は今ここ あなたを愛してる僕は今ここ 抱きしめてよう いますぐ アナタヲ殺シタボクハ今ココ アナタヲ殺シタボクハ今ココ アナタヲ殺シタボクハ今ココ ねえ。

The me who you expect is right here at this place The me who you crave is right here at this place The me who loves you is right here at this place Come hug me, right this moment The me who killed you is right here at this place The me who killed you is right here at this place The me who killed you is right here at this place Hey.

あなたに嫌われるなら 僕の事をずっと考えていてくれるでしょう? 他の人のことは忘れて お願い お願い お願い お願い あなたに殺されたら 君の記憶に残ることができるでしょう？ 痛い痛いよ でも飛んでないね お願い お願い お願い お願い お願い お願い お願い お願い

If I’m hated by you Then you’ll only think of me all the time, no? Forget everyone else Please please please please If I am killed by you I’ll be left in your memories, right? It hurts, it hurts, but the pain won’t leave Please please please please Please please please please

あなたに嫌われるなら 心から 笑えるだろう 他の人のことを考えないで お願い お願い お願い お願い あなたに殺されたら 君の記憶に残ることができるでしょう？ 痛みなんて飛んで行けばいいね 僕のそばに居て ずっと オネガイ オ願イ オネがイ オネガい オねガイ オねがイ おネガイ ズ ッ ト 。

If I’m hated by you Won’t I just laugh from the bottom of my heart? Please don’t think of anyone else Please please please please If I am killed by you I’ll be left in your memories, right? It would be lovely if the pain just flew away Stay by my side For always PleAse pLeasE plEaSe PLeasE plEAse pLEase PlEAse For AL Ways .