Here’s the latest Amagami ending by class representative Ayatsuji! The song is about Ayatsuji’s anxieties over whether anyone will ever love her and how she has been hiding part of herself behind a lie. It’s really nice and conveys the sentiments that endear me to her very well. If only Juunichi would realize that he’s forcing her back into the role she created instead of accepting her as she really is. Anyway, usual stuff below.
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Here’s the second b-side Amagami character song that actually appeared in the anime. In English it translates to Stars and played during episode 20. Like Koi wa Aserazu, it reflects Rihoko’s passive yearning. I predict that Ayatsuji will also have both her songs in the anime. As such I figure I’ll also do the rest of the character songs for the series at some point. Until I get around to them have fun with this.
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After much delay here’s minamo which means the surface of the water. The song played in episode 15 during a critical scene. It shares much of the same imagery as Ai’s other song Koi wa Mizuiro except it has a much more story-like quality; it takes us from the encounter in the park to Ai’s secret place mirroring the progression of her arc.

As far as translation goes I’d like to make two notes. First, the song has a certain choppy quality created by the dropping of particles and the pauses between phrases. I tried to mimic that so whenever there was a space in the original I added punctuation marks in the corresponding parts of the translation. Second, in the lines starting with “I love you feeling baby” and “I love you need you baby” you should read the second parts down except verses 1 and 5. As an example in verse 4 the last two lines can be read together as “I close my eyes and check my feelings.”

Anyway that was kind of long. I hope you enjoy this!
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Here’s the latest ending theme song from Amagami. It tells the story of how Rihoko has over time come to fall in love with Junichi though is unable to express her feelings. Thematically it’s similar to Kaoru’s Kitto Ashita wa… and her arc in general although Rihoko has of course been holding in her feelings for a lot longer. I like how the repetition of deep in my ___ emphasizes her deep longing for love. It’s a pretty nice song overall though not necessarily a standout. Enjoy!

PS: I realize people have been requesting minamo so I promise I’ll have that out soon as well!
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