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Ringing evil phone

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Lyricist: Saori Kodama Composer: amazuti

Happy global Ensemble Stars streaming!

I didn't realize how badly I wanted an electro-swing shuffle. Since I can't get the song out of my head, here's a translation for everyone.

Edit 4/29/2024: I forgot a line from Hinata, so I've added it.

Translation under the cut.

Hokuto: Ringing evil phone Natsume: Hello

Hokuto: Your hesitant finger wavers over the private dial Hajime/Ritsu: The border line of reason, what a precarious border line Natsume: Soon your anticipation will outweigh your anxiety Hinata/Hajime/Ritsu: Step across the border line, connect the world lines

Ritsu: Through the receiver I hear you gasp as your breath's taken away Hajime/Ritsu: I can't help but smile Hinata:Just can't help it Natsume: Could you speak a little more clearly? I'll praise you for your confused courage Hinata: Who's calling please? Hokuto: Let's hear out this inquiry, shall we? Now, Hajime: Ringing evil phone

I have a wish that I can't reveal to anyone, Hinata: Ah, what a tempting looking soul Calling-Calling, make sure your request is as clear as possible Ritsu: You want us to make it reality, don't you? Our prices are always fair, without any deception Just say the word once you're prepared Natsume/Hokuto: And say yes with your voice to the contract

Hinata: Perhaps if you just prayed to god, this would have worked out without any issue Natsume/Hokuto/Hajime: A line that's as good as a prayer, a fated secret lie Ritsu: Succumbing to temptation is something you must take responsibility for, don't you know? Natsume/Hokuto/Hajime: This is the secret line you've chosen, welcome to the end of the line

Hokuto: The sound of your voice becoming so relaxed Natsume/Hokuto: Is rather dangerous, but so precious Hajime: So cute Hinata: You're just barely holding onto that facade of being a good person Seems like we'll have some fun in tricking you, huh? Hajime: Whose fault is it? Ritsu: Let's return to back to the topic at hand Now, Ritsu: Ringing evil phone

That wish hiding deep inside of your heart, Hajime: Ahh, what a lonely looking soul Calling-Calling, just leave it to me, whatever your heart desires Natsume: I'll grant them all for you With that, just give me your word as a binding contract Let me hear it directly from your lips

Ringing evil phone... Say yes with your voice to the contract, Say yes with your voice to the contract Ringing evil phone...

Natsume: Hey, all those excuses you're holding on to… Hokuto: Just gather them up and admit them Hinata: Hey, don't you realize that if you take this long… Ritsu: My heart Hajime/Hinata: and my body

Natsume & Hokuto & Ritsu: Just can't stand waiting for you?

Hinata: Ringing evil phone Hajime: I have a wish that I can't reveal to anyone, Ritsu: Ah, what a tempting looking soul (Now) Just leave it to me, whatever your heart desires I'll grant it for you Hinata: With that, just give me your word as contract Hokuto: Let's come to an agreement Natsume: Let me hear it directly from your lips Say yes with your voice to the contract

Natsume: Ringing evil phone

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Twilight Pentagram

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Lyricist: Yohei Matsui Composer:  Kyohei Yamamoto (Arte Refact) Arranger: Taishi Kawai (Arte Refact)

Translation under the cut.

I forgot I had the game size of this sitting in my drafts, so I decided to translate the full thing since they really just added one verse.

Natsume: I knew that you'd come here, Wataru: To where nothing is impossible Wataru/Natsume : Is this a dream or reality? Natsume: "Isn’t either just FINE?"

Shu: There's no such thing as unbreakable, Kanata: when you know it's all as transient as a bubble Shu/Kanata: Those are the Rules of the Game, after all Rei: So let us rejoice in this moment

Wataru/Kanata: Perhaps this is just a fleeting flirtation? Rei/Shu: This Moebius strip without a reverse Wataru/Kanata: is chaotically tangled up Natsume/Rei: and tied together by a twist of fate, Shu/Wataru: A Pentagram Rei: twinkles bewitchingly

These twilight reminiscences Kanata: float up to the sky I want to sing freely Wataru: just as I please To our merrymaking, Shu: We invite you to join in the Eccentrics’ Showtime

Kanata: In this moment between the ebb and flow of the hour's tides, Rei: Until dawn breaks, Kanata/Rei: let's make the most of this transient moment Rei: "You should come along, too."

Natsume: Let us cast a spell on the ash-covered Cinderella, (2) Shu: and dress her in a beautiful gown, Natsume/Shu: Don't worry about doing it as we rehearsed, Wataru: just dance comically!

Natsume/Kanata: If eternity truly existed, Shu/Wataru: it surely wouldn't last forever Natsume/Kanata: Rather, it's a moment to be cherished Shu/Rei: That starstruck expression Kanata/Wataru: In Your Smile Natsume: You've shown now has taught me that.

What’s Amazing Night For the Artist in Bloom Endless Twilight Magic!

Shu: These nostalgic Memorials Kanata: Overlap dazzlingly without rhyme or reason Wataru: What great joy we’ve found here, Rei: Our meeting was not a fleeting dream, Natsume: but something stronger

Wataru: If you take that twilight dream Rei: and resurrect it, Natsume: I’ll show you Kanata: its continuation And take those 5 stars, with something different from fate, Shu: And tie them together

Let's draw it out That Pentagram With nothing but miracles trapped within Shu/Natsume: Let's leave the past in the past Wataru/Kanata: and let the future be the future Rei: Let's make this moment Rei/Natsume: last for eternity A Showtime to bid farewell to you (1)

Whoo! Yeah, yeah

Twilight Pentagram

Translation notes:

泡沫 is like, “ephemeral” or a “bubble”, so I combined it because I liked the imagery for Kanata.

This entire song is full of imagery related to the oddballs and this stanza is full of it, but the note applies to the whole song, so I'll just translate Yohei Matsui's tweet about it: The title of Altered's song "Twilight Pentagram" is taken from Natsume's necklace, which is a pentagram. The lines about the ash-covered princess, Cinderella, in the 2nd verse are a reference to the "ashes returned to the sky" -> and the phoenix, a symbol of eternity and a god (Kanata), that is revived (Rei). The dress (Shu) is a symbol of the magic (Natsume) given/casted on Cinderella in her fairy tale (Wataru). I imagined a story that was supposed to end at midnight that then became eternal.

#!! era #ensemble stars #altered #twilight pentagram #rei sakuma #natsume sakasaki #wataru hibiki #kanata shinkai #shu itsuki #song #enst tl #enstars tl

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Blessed Library

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Lyricist: Yoshie Isogai Composer: Akiko Shikata

I wasn't planning on translating this, but I hate speedsubbers. This version may still have some inaccuracies, so my usual rules of no reprints still applies.

Translation below the cut.

God bless! Life is a novel!*

Shu: Throughout this world are words scattered Mika: like -fragments- of stars, And mankind gathers the scraps one-by-one to weave stories Shu: Across the fabric of ever-changing time,* Mika: this handwriting is -proof- of their life Shu: Joy, Mika: love, Sorrow, even fury… gather here into an unsightly, yet beautiful melody

Those celebrated lengthy -long novels-, and even nameless one-line poems are equal to the writings of the gods’

Ahh! Bookshelves arranged in a spiral lined with countless spines of books stand in this blessed library

Shu: Like a hand playing a musical scale, Mika: may the wind that unfurls these pages carry them to eternity

Mika: Goodness and wickedness are two sides of the same coin, is this a comedy? Shu: Or is this a tragedy? love and sin dissolve into the -ink- and etch a masterpiece, a -dream- filled with ideals*

Shu: What do you wish for? What do you aspire to? Mika: A phantom asks without reason (2)

Shu: This fleeting Mika: warmth, strength, and fragility are carried upon the pages of this peerless and noble sound*

Mika: Let our way of life Shu: captivate you

Are stories of worldly success the only ones illuminated by the light of boundless -Agape-, which shines down from the heavens?*

Nay! Those as of yet unfinished tales of -adventures-, with their frank honesty that become dear memories are also precious treasures

Now, play the song of beloved life and offer it up to this blessed library

Mika: We offer this up Shu: to the future

Translation notes:

*= I took slight creative liberties to make this flow better in English.

Words written in dashes were written with certain kanji in the original Japanese but read differently. I've tried to incorporate both into the translated lyrics. - 断片-かけら-: Written as a "scrap" (of paper) but sung as "fragment" in Japanese. - 筆跡-プルーフ: Written as "handwriting" but sung as "proof" (as in evidence) in English - 長篇-ロング・ノヴェル-: Literally like, "lengthy" but sung as "long novel" in English. - 洋墨-インク-: "Western ink" literally and just sung as "ink" in English. - 慈愛-アガペ-: "Fondness" but sung as "Agape", considered the highest form of unconditional love. - 冒険物語-アドベンチャー-: "Tales of adventure" sung as "Adventures" in English.

I'm not 100% sure about this line, but in Japanese this is literally like "Phantom of unsolicited questions". It sounds like, in the context of the song, the "invisible audience" of people's lives asking them what higher purpose they're aspiring to when people don't need to make their lives grand to prove their worth. Just my interpretation.

#ensemble stars #enstars #enst tl #song #shu itsuki #mika kagehira #valkyrie #!! era #translation #enstars translation #blessed library

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NA NA NA SUMMER NIGHT BeeAT

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Lyricist: Youhei Matsui & HIROKI - ORANGE RANGE Composer: NAOTO - ORANGE RANGE

I wasn't planning on TLing this until I noticed a lot of the translations out there were missing some of the fun imagery, so here it is.

Translation below cut.

(Na Na Na Na Na Na…Na Na Na Na Na Na…) Na Na Na Na Na Na…Crazy BeeAT！ Na Na Na Na Na Na…Summer Night！ I’ll pierce your heart with my stinger! (Please!)

Completely bare and stripped down (Whoo!) Our reason is completely naked (Hey!) There are no rules (None!) No limits, only one winner! (Ao!) Summer’s coming! (It’s here!) We’re invincible (Invincible!) You can’t stop us (Unstoppable!) I’ve discarded all reason (Reason!) Those annoying morals Are melting away

The sound of your solitary footsteps caught my attention With your back to the fireworks, You looked like a girl bearing a flower upon your back And I was drawn to you

Even if my cheeks are burned by the sun’s heat And break apart, (It’s fine, fine!) Like a summer bee drawn to the flame, I’ll drown in that honeyed scent (1) I’ll pierce your heart with my stinger! (Hi! Hit On! Hi! Hit On!)

A flame that won’t be extinguished easily (Fiery instincts!) (2) Even if we just met, my imagination is going “Hold on!” That enticing gaze of yours is hot (Seriously!) Something’s gonna start, right? This is bound to be... (Na Na Na Na Na Na…) A Summer Night!

Wasting my words on banter Just isn’t my style Let’s ignite this night’s Intoxicating atmosphere That will definitely be a Burning romance! Won’t you let me take a shot at that one-in-a-million chance with you? Like a summer bee drawn to the flame, playing with fire (3) could become fate I’m fired up, dancing at the festival, And drowning in that honeyed scent Until the fireworks end, I’ll pierce your heart with my stinger! (Kiss!)

Na Na Na Na Na Na…Crazy BeeAT！ Na Na Na Na Na Na…Summer Night！ A hot romance That leaves a burn! (Na Na Na Na Na Na…)

Translation notes:

This is derived from the Japanese idiom “The summer insect flies into the flame” and is used to refer to a reckless person that charges into danger without thinking.

"Flame" and "instincts" were nearly homophones in Japanese (Honoo and Honou). I thought that was fun so I'm leaving a note here.

“火遊び” means to "play with fire" but can also mean to flirt with or have an affair with someone.

#enstars #ensemble stars #rinne amagi #niki shiina #himeru #kohaku oukawa #song #!! era #enst tl

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演劇 / Play (Full ver.)

Producer: Nanou Vocals: Hatsune Miku

Commissioned song for the Project SEKAI event Farewell to My Masked Self. Translation below the cut.

Once upon a time, someone said Everyone has a role to play By fulfilling what others lack, We live by complementing one another And so what about my own emptiness? There must be someone to fill that Can you hear me? Oh certain someone…

Someone once said to someone "Your role is like this." "I tell you this because I love you." "Everyone else's life is like this, too." Your smiling face filled me with such joy, That I desperately played my role To the point of forgetting to breathe

In the garbage of a back alley Sits an abandoned Randoseru (1) Worrying about my surroundings even when I smile, When did this habit of mine begin? If I could just have one wish, I would wish for this Stupid play to reach its finale.

I've been living my life wrong all this time But even if I were freed of this collar, Just where can I run? All I wanted was my true and honest self, Is this the price I have to pay, god? It's just cruel, all too cruel Just let this come to an end… Hurry and end it.

The world is made of people's absurdities And people's determination Everyone is doing their best To play the difficult roles forced upon them So my own despair should bear fruit someday (2) I truly believed there must be some meaning to all this

A small wish, A pure and innocent dream for the future, As long as you pray, these things will come true Who taught me these things? If you're watching over me now, Then grant my current self a name Because I don't know myself anymore

I'm begging you, don't come any closer My trembling hands are joined together in prayer Despite all this, morning will still come All I wanted was a simple and honest future, Is that such a stupid wish, god? All of this is pointless, all of it It's exhausting Just to keep breathing.

I wished to be loved To be loved, I threw myself away Standing upon a stage with no audience, A voice resounded "I am here," it cried "Please notice me," it screamed No one heard it, except for me Because it was my voice.

I've been doing this wrong, I breathe I've finally realized it. There's no place for me to belong here But I still want my true and honest self I ran away and found a small light That could break this curse Now, my play shall end here because… I've opened my eyes.

Translation notes

Randoseru - A thick (synthetic) leather backpack typically used by elementary school students in Japan. I rendered it as "Randoseru" here instead of backpack because I think it's a very obvious reference to Mafuyu throwing away her dreams and innocence from her elementary school days.

In Japanese this was literally "someday my despair will make flowers bloom" but I don't think it had the same feeling in English, so I used an English idiom.

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Meikyuu Denshi Kairou

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Lyricist: Saori Kodama Composer: Yoshihiro Suda (Relic Lyric, inc.) Arranger: Yoshihiro Suda (Relic Lyric, inc.)

I wasn’t able to choose a translation for 迷宮電子回廊 , but the two titles I came up with were “Winding Electronic Corridors” and “Labyrinthine Electronic Cloisters“. As a sidenote, “Cloister” felt more appropriate considering the dilapidated church aesthetics of the song, but “corridors” flows a bit better to my ears.

Translation under the cut.

Spirits beckon you into these winding corridors

(An die Freude, Libera me)

Ahh, overwritten melodies sink into legend

(An die Freude , Libera me)

Now, let us reveal those corridors, suspended in electricity

(A song governs over questioning love and delivering punishment)

We mischievously pass judgment,

Whilst hiding behind the veil of anonymity

We become ghosts,

And dance in this underground trial

(A song that governs the corridors where we meet, inviting souls into love…)

A faceless choir surrounds the lonely soloist

Sing loudly for those who have nowhere to return to that truth lies here

The curtain is raised to rapture, agitators of those times,

Come forth, audience, to the new world where 0s and 1s bloom in abundance

A game crueler than a dream

Everyone in this game must be yearning,

Towards the myth of that perfect world

(Winding corridors, love is the perfect world)

Compassion reverberates through this faceless choir

The salvation of suffering and the cries of the helpless poured into this performance become light

To the children of those days, lost in the fragile waves,

Come forth now, to the new world of trapped 0s and 1s

Translation notes:

The German in the choral lyrics, “An die Freude, Libera me” are most likely references to the ode “Ode to Joy” and the Catholic responsory “Libera me”.  

#enstars #ensemble stars #mika kagehira #shu itsuki #song #!! era #enst tl #Youtube

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A Story That's Entirely My Own: Chapter 2

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Edited 12/31/2022 for formatting errors with the Oissu script.

Author: Chitose Umeda

Season: Winter

...Well, hearin' that is real encouragin'.

Season: Winter

Location: Shu's Apartment in Paris

Time: That evening, afternoon in Paris

Shu: So? Is Kagehira making good progress on the work for his “Feature Live”?

You’re going to check on him now, you say?

It’s already quite late over there, you won’t be allowed to enter the dormitory at this time, young lady.

He’s not doing his work at school at this hour, is he?

It’s not that, but he’s working in the prop room at ES at your suggestion…? Hm, the work environment affects the quality of the craftsmanship, so I appreciate you looking out for him.

I'm planning to see Kagehira's feature live, but my hands are so full with preparing for my next exhibition that I won't be able to leave Paris until right before the show. I don't want to interrupt him, especially since it'd just upset his concentration, but it is frustrating that all I can do is have information relayed through you, young lady.

I hope I'm not being overbearing just because he'll be standing on stage alone...

At any rate, be sure not to work too late into the night. And one more thing, I have a message I'd like you to relay to him, if that's alright?

Location: ES Building

Shu: [Though, if you think what I have to say is unnecessary, then you don't need to tell him. ]

[I'm counting on you, young lady.]

Mika: Nnah, who's there?!

I have this room to myself right now, I'm real sorry 'bout that. I'll leave as soon as I finish my own business–

...Hm? That voice…is that you, Anzu-chan?

Ahh, ya gave me a real fright. I was panickin' since I thought some stranger came in.

Anywho, take a look at this! It's that plushie I said I'd stand up on the stage with, he's finally taken shape~

I gotta thank ya for lettin' me use the props room. I can spread out the fabric as much as I need and it's quiet so I can focus.

Hm, yeah? You're wonderin' if I can see my hands okay?

I can see just fine. I got a lamp on, so I feel more relaxed and I work better in this dim light.

Y'know that I can't see too well when it's dark out, but I can only see my hands right now, so I feel like I'm even more focused than usual.

Mika: Just like this! (Sewing motion) I feel like I can keep on sewin' forever.

Ehehe, I'm happy that you're praisin' me for makin' such a cute plushie.

I'ma keep sewin' it carefully right til the end, so please look forward to it~

Hm? Ya wanna get a picture of me with this here plushie?

Oh, you're gonna use it for the "Feature Live" pamphlet, aren'tcha? That completely slipped my mind

... Hmm, the room's a bit cluttered, huh? And it's hard to get a picture when it's so dark...

Well, if you say it's okay, I'll just leave it in your hands then~ I trust that ya can get a good picture

...~ (Sewing the plushie more)

Ehehe, since ya keep saying the plushie is so cute, Anzu-chan, I'm sure it's happy too.

We're gonna give it our all the day of the Feature Live...

Nnah... Sorry fer gettin' quiet all of a sudden.

I don't really think about it while I'm workin', but sometimes I get anxious at the drop of a hat.

I keep thinking, how is my solo live show gonna turn out? What kinda atmosphere is it gonna have? Can I really pull it off?

...Even today, Naru-chan, Ritsu-kun, Ikkun, Yukkun, and even Oogami-kun were all cheerin' me on...

"We're all looking forward to it, so do your best!" Is what they were all sayin'...

But I wonder if I can really live up to everyone's expectations...

and if I can make Teach proud...

Mmm, I mean to say I wonder if I can create a stage where Teach'll recognize my efforts, even if it's just a little, with happiness or praise...

Mika:.... ... ...

Gettin' cold feet now and thinkin' weak stuff like that won’t get me anywhere.

Until the day of the live, and even on top of that stage, I'm gonna do the best that I can do...!

Hm? Anzu-chan, what's up? Is there somethin' you wanna say to me?

...I have an art that only I can create, so ya want me to be confident in myself and to hold myself with pride and to devote myself to my efforts?

We put our soul into the art and into the stage, and it is that heart which captures our audience and shakes them to their very core.

Ehehe, what's with ya all of a sudden? Ya kinda sounded like Teach, and listenin' to ya made me feel all embarrassed...

...Huh? Whaddya mean by "honestly"?

Eeeh?! That was a message straight from Teach?! H-hang on now, whaddya mean?!

Teach asked ya to pass on that message because he was worried that tellin' me himself would make me lose focus...?

Hahh, what the... Man...

It's true that I've been puttin' off callin' him because I'm afraid I'll get all anxious and jittery when I hear his voice but...

...Well, hearin' that is real encouragin'.

I think Teach believes that I can do this too, so he gave ya that message to pass on, Anzu-chan.

I'm gonna clear out a~ll the worries in my heart and only believe what Teach and my friends say!

Anzu-chan, you better look forward to it!

Mika: As an artist and as an idol, I'll create a stage that no one else can...!

#enstars #ensemble stars #mika kagehira #shu itsuki #scout story #!! era #enstars tl

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