Happy March Igu Day! And Happy Birthday to Omi, as it’s already the 20th in Japan! Well, it’ll probably be the 20th here as well by the time I finish proofreading this and post it. (^o^;) Talk about cutting it close… Anyway, when I finished the songs on Twin Gate, I was excited to start … Continue reading
Happy Igu Day! Today we come to “Blaze,” which is one of Omi’s songs. I realized reading over some of Omi’s other songs that I’ve been inconsistent in how I handle cases of the written lyrics not matching the sung lyrics. Lately I write what’s sung and add a footnote explaining what’s written. For this … Continue reading
I started rewatching Gundam Wing yesterday. I absolutely loved it when I first saw it on Cartoon Network twenty years ago. I had forgotten how absurd any lines mentioning Zechs Merquise by name sounded. Like “Zechs is in the atmosphere!” I was like, isn’t that a T-Pain lyric? LMAO But, this show was my introduction … Continue reading
Happy August Igu Day! Finally, we come to the last song on VIRGIN, “SORA.” Sound-wise, this song is very fitting to close out an album; it sounds like an ending theme. That, along with the soaring melody, remind me of “Calling” by Kyosuke Himuro, which was used as the ending theme to the original Advent … Continue reading
I interrupt the regularly scheduled programming to make it known that currently I am absolutely dying because of the words “free shipping” beneath the price tag on these headphones: Anyway, I don’t think it’s necessary to do a full translation of miko’s blog post about this song, so I’ll just summarize the two main things … Continue reading
I happened to notice that this is my 100th post. ^o^ It’s been a while since I said this, but I mostly don’t post the lyrics in Japanese text anymore because technically you’re supposed to have permission to do that; the sites I link to do. I request that people not copy-paste my translations into … Continue reading
Happy July Igu Day! It’s July 20th in Japan, so the new mini album The Only Garden should be out now. I’m seeing a single called “Existence” available on the US iTunes store that has the same cover art. Wonder if we’ll get the mini album tomorrow. Anyway, back to the matter at hand. Unlike … Continue reading
Things in the US have both changed and remained the same since the last time I posted something. They’ve changed because of the protests going on. But the protests are happening largely because things have stayed the same: we continue to see unarmed Black people murdered in this country at the hands of armed law … Continue reading
