YuYuKo will EaT YoU

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あけましておめでとうございます。

Strangely (and intensely) meta—an ode to the coming and going of circles.

Yuuka take my hand!

Notes:

• “Are you ready?” here is analogous to the “ready or not, here I come” of hide-and-seek (but a response is actually sought).

• “utopia in others’ minds” when you let your imagination run free to find what you most long for, what else is the “Gensoukyou so Loved by the Gods”, but a collection of travelers’ utopias?

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絶景謳歌
　Zekkei Ouka
　Exaltation of a Magnificent View
神々が恋した幻想郷｜東方風神録
桜花之恋塚～Flower of Japan｜東方花映塚
Vocal, Arrange: 半丁中人
Circle: 空騒中継点

稀人招いた感情
此処にあるのは色とりどりの層
無惨でも尚
歪んでも尚
影落とすに足ると

marebito maneita kan’jou
koko ni aru no wa iro toridori no sou
muzan’ demo nao
yugan’demo nao
kageotosu ni taru to

’tis this calling that beckons visitors from afar:
Here you will find layers of every color!
Despite the cruel realities
and twisted natures found within,
this is a land worthy of your presence!

誘われては　迷い込んでは
行方不明か無縁の塚か
どっちにしてもコースアウトだ
知らない筈は無いよな
(定めて)

izanawarete wa mayoikon’de wa
yukue fumei ka muen’ no tsuka ka
docchi ni shitemo course out da
shiranai hazu wa nai yo na
(sadamete)

But whether so enticed, or simply lost,
vanishing without a trace or into an unmarked grave
is what fate holds for all; it never ends well…
I hardly need say more!
(fate’s decided)

無駄話を好む
(取り止めない内)
風上から出迎える烏の羽は何を彩る
(闇を澄ます黒)
咲き誇る正体は長い夢　集う種

mudabanashi wo konomu
(toritomenai uchi)
kazakami kara demukaeru karasu no hane wa nani wo irodoru
(yami wo sumasu kuro)
sakihokoru shoutai wa nagai yume tsudou tane

The crow who enjoys small talk,
(until all is settled)
who flies from upwind to meet the traveler: what do her feathers color?
(a black to further darken the dark)
This blossoming form is but the product of long dreams gathered as seeds

祝おう今日を
鐘が鳴る
右往左往も悔い無き道へ
もういいかい
世界中　恋焦がれた想像を消さないように探している

iwaou kyou wo
kane ga naru
uousaou mo kuinaki michi e
mou ii kai
sekaijuu koikogareta souzou wo kesanai you ni sagashiteiru

Let us celebrate today,
as the bell tolls
and turn from wandering this way and that to a path without regret
“Are you ready?”
All around the world, I search for utopia in others’ minds, taking care not to eradicate them

旅人拒んだ感傷
横に逸れるは華々しくもそう
霞んでいく
崩れ去っていく
誰にも気付かれぬまま

tabibito koban’da kan’shou
yoko ni soreru wa hanabanashiku mo sou
kasun’deiku
kuzuresatteiku
dare ni mo kidzukarenu mama

’tis sentimentality that drove the traveler away:
Yet striking off the beaten path, while enticing,
leads to loss of certainty
and loss of form, where
no one will notice when you disappear

いつからいたか　何処から来たか
問いただしても答えないだろうか
彼岸でも空の上でも一面微笑んでいる
(優しく)

itsu kara ita ka doko kara kita ka
toitadashitemo kotaenai darou ka
higan’ demo sora no ue demo ichimen’ hohoen’deiru
(yasashiku)

Wherever did you come from? Since when were you here?
It’s no matter if I ask, for none can answer
While from the other side and sky above all are smiling
(kindly)

憂さ晴らしを望む
(取り返すように)
風下には野に太陽が落ちたような輝く大輪を
(重なるは緑)
従える存在も等しく手を引く

usabarashi wo nozomu
(torikaesu you ni)
kazashimo ni wa no ni taiyou ga ochita you na kagayaku dairin’ wo
(kasanaru wa midori)
shitagaeru son’zai mo hitoshiku te wo hiku

To clear a foul mood,
(as if taking something back)
she who leads flowers as brilliant as the setting sun over the fields downwind
(overlapping greenery)
will likewise take any hand to lead astray

歌おう今日も
壁穿つ
嘘も真も預けて未知へ
もういいよ
狭い宙　独りきりになんてなれないから

utaou kyou mo
kabe ugatsu
uso mo makoto mo azukete michi e
mou ii yo
semai chuu hitorikiri ni nan’te narenai kara

Let us sing again today,
breaking through barriers
setting lies and truth aside to take to the future
“I am ready”
In such a confined space, you can never be alone

語り継がれて形紡がれる
始まりの景色は埋もれても続いていく
(定めて)

kataritsugarete katachi tsumugareru
hajimari no keshiki wa umoretemo tsudzuiteiku
(sadamete)

As more tales are told, this land’s form continues to be woven
Even if its primordial landscape is now buried, it still lives on
(fate’s decided)

無駄話も果てる
(取り落とす頃に)
風吹くまま遥か彼方舞い上がれ
流転する命
(駆け抜ける期待)
光あれ　境界を越える者　喝采を

mudabanashi mo hateru
(toriotosu koro ni)
kazefuku mama haruka kanata maiagare
ruten’ suru inochi
(kakenukeru kitai)
hikari are kyoukai wo koeru mono kassai wo

When even small talk is exhausted
(and more and more is forgotten)
Let the wind take you far away to dance in the sky
to take part in the transmigration of souls
(as expectations race ahead)
Let there be light for those crossing the boundary, let there be cheers

祝おう今日を
鐘が鳴る
いくか　かえるか悔い無き道へ
もういいかい
世界中　恋焦がれた想像を繋いでよ

iwaou kyou wo
kane ga naru
iku ka kaeru ka kuinaki michi e
mou ii kai
sekaijuu koikogareta souzou wo tsunaide yo

Let us celebrate today,
as the bell tolls
and turn from coming and going to a path without regret
“Are you ready?”
Let us connect utopia in others’ minds together

歌おう今日も
壁穿つ
酸いも甘いも酒の肴よ
もういいよ
狭い宙　独りきりになんてなれないから
強く声を

utaou kyou mo
kabe ugatsu
sui mo amai mo sake no sakana yo
mou ii yo
semai chuu hitorikiri ni nan’te narenai kara
tsuyoku koe wo

Let us sing again today,
breaking through barriers
both sour and sweet pair well with our drinks
“I am ready”
In such a confined space, you can never be alone
So let your voice be heard

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