[Lyrics] Amagami SS ED3 – Anata Shika Mienai [Nakata Sae]

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Here’s Sae’s ending song performed by her voice actress Konno Hiromi. The title translates to You’re the Only One I Can See. This song’s pretty much cuteness overload so I can only listen to a few times in any given stretch of time. This arc was pretty goofy as always so I’m curious as to how it will end tomorrow. Anyway usual stuff below as normal:
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Yuri on the Chalkboard Week 38

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3 Years of Melodies

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Today marks exactly 3 years since I started blogging. When I first created Lyrical Spark I had no idea that I would continue for so long or with so much enthusiasm. What was originally a tiny school project has blossomed into my precious treasure.

Anyway I wanted to take this time to briefly talk about my plans for this blog’s future. In the past year or so Lyrical Spark has sort of shifted its focus to lyrics. From its inception I had always planned to do lyrics so of course I’ll continue to translate songs that I love (it helps that they are my most popular posts after all). However I also want to work on older songs that have been neglected to be translated in addition to the current stuff. Part of this initiative will be what I am dubbing Project K-ALL! which basically is me translating all the K-ON songs eventually. I’ve finished the ones that have appeared in the show aside from NO, Thank You! so hopefully the B sides and character songs will start appearing soon.

I also want to start posting more art again and I don’t just mean Yuri on the Chalkboard either. Posting my drawings was one the things that motivated me early on so I want to start that up again as a regular feature. Maybe on a bimonthly basis perhaps? I guess I technically started today with my anniversary drawing featuring the main heroine from my original story. I hope they start appearing more often now.

I’ll do my occasional anime-related posts as well like usual. Seasonal watch lists will be done like normal but if time permits I’ll try to do more impressions posts like I did in the early days and over the past summer.

I believe that’s everything that I wanted to cover. I still have at least 2.5 years left in this little place on the internet so expect to see me into the near future. Cheers to another fun year with L☆S!

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[Lyrics] K-ON!! Insert song – Gohan wa Okazu [HO-KAGO TEA TIME]

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Gohan wa Okazu or Rice as a Side Dish was an insert song during episode 20 of K-ON second season. It was played as part of their cultural festival concert though Yui came up with the lyrics back in episode 17. It’s really quirky as one can imagine a rice song can be but that’s what makes it fun. I left most foods in the song in romaji form as translations for certain foods can be awkward. Please use other sources in case you don’t know what type of foods they are. Anyway translation below:
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[Lyrics] K-ON!! Insert song – U&I [HO-KAGO TEA TIME]

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U&I is from episode 17 of K-ON second season. Yui writes it to Ui when she realizes how important she is to her. The lyrics are simple and at times a little cheesy but it does a great job of conveying Yui’s honest feelings. It’s definitely one of my favorite songs from the series thus far. Translation and such below:
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Fall 2010 Anime Joint Preview: Attack of the Otaku Subculture

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Wayyyy too many series to watch >.< [mosu ]

Fall anime is usually the best during the year, and fall 2010 is just spetacular; definitely the best since the legendary fall 2008 season. In preparation for the University of Virginia anime club presentation and discussion, we (Aorii [Major Arcana] and Honya [Lyrical Spark]) have decided to join up for a preview post~ (if you have an anime club you should totally do this). Charts here and here. Continue reading

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Yuri on the Chalkboard Week 37

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[Lyrics] Amagami SS ED2 – Kitto Ashita wa… [Tanamachi Kaoru]

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It’s a little late but here’s Kaoru’s character song/ending performed by Satou Rina. It’s basically about how she acts like just friends with Junichi but wants her relationship to be more. Basically the same problem I have when I like my friends…as more than just friends. Anyway please enjoy.
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[Lyrics] Seitokai Yakuindomo ED – Aoi Haru [angela]

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When I watched the first episode of Seitokai Yakuindomo I knew I wanted to work on this song. However I can’t exactly say I had an easy time with this song so certain parts maybe translated somewhat more loosely than I normally would. I’ve chosen to keep some of the cheering parts as onomatopoeia since the actual meaning isn’t too important. In addition there’s some fun with vowels such as Ha, Hi, Hu, He and Ho in the first verse so I tried to keep those as noninvasive as possible. I also find it humorous that this is the first time I’ve translated something with “Google” and “Wiki” in in the lyrics and in verb form at that. Anyway the song is basically about an ordinary girl who has delusions of having an anime-style romance and school life. Hopefully I’ve done a good enough job to convey that at least as far as a delusional girl’s ramblings can go. Please be gentle~
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[Lyrics] K-ON!! OP2 – Utauyo!!MIRACLE [HO-KAGO TEA TIME]

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Time for another round of K-ON lyrics. This song is simply put very Yui-like which means I like it. It’s sometimes hard to make out what’s being sung just because of how fast Toyosaki Aki is singing but the lyrics themselves are relatively simple to understand. Anyway, all three sets of lyrics below as usual. NO, Thank You! coming up at some point whenever I feel like it. For now have fun attempting to sing this.
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