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虚ろの月の下で (Utsuro no Tsuki no Shita de) - Beneath the Hollow Moon Music: Revo Vocal: RIKKI Guitar: 田代耕一郎 ~English Lyrics~ The chasm that bore a hole into the earth and Underneath that hollow moon As if lead here by fate, They met by chance. Carrying the scars on their chests Left by the hollowing of their hearts, As if brushed by a kind wind, The two of them met by chance If the girl becomes a bird, Then the boy becomes the sky. The story that travels around the world began  right here... With the chasm that bore a hole into the earth, Under that hollow moon

ウナギと亀 (Usagi to Kame) - The Rabbit and the Turtle でんでろ３(Dendero san) Trans.: ~KurenaiKiba (https://www.deviantart.com/kurenaikiba) Rabbit: 'Mr. Turtle, Mr. Turtle! Let's have a swimming race to the bank on the other side of the lake-...." Turtle: "Oh, you seem like a very clever rabbit, indeed! Crunch munch crunch" *Clever here, 旨い (umai) can also mean delicious.... ~Original text ウナギ「亀さん、亀さん、僕と湖の向こう岸まで、泳ぎ比|

サファイア (Safaia) - Sapphire Lyrics: Sakurai Music: Imai Translation: ~KurenaiKiba (https://www.deviantart.com/kurenaikiba) ~English~ The scent of love and death is a romantic breeze (romantic more roma...) Maddness, or perhaps ignorance* makes the dream lunatic (lunatic more luna...) Shine. The sacred night is dampened. Rain. In a shower of droplets, I loose my mind. With your fingers, your eyes, your tongue, you're amorous. (erotic more ero) Your shining eyes are sapphires. A grotesque shadow. Shine. With a sacred kiss (Don't let me down. Take me to the end of the night.) Rain. I could simply die, (Don't let me down. Take me to the...) I'

一反もめん (Ittan-momen) - Tenth-hectare cloth Mizuki Shigeru (from Youkai Daihyakka) Translation: ~KurenaiKiba (https://www.deviantart.com/kurenaikiba) Ittan-momen is a youkai that looks like a cotton cloth of about a tenth-hectare in size, fluttering its light body through the air but, at night, it attacks people and will wrap itself around them many, many times. It is said to wander around in the Oosumikouyama area of Kagoshima Prefecture. Stories~ Like Yuki-onna, I'm currently translating some stories about this youkai so keep an eye on this post! >.^

火とり魔 (Hitorima) - Fire-stealing demon Mizuki Shigeru (from Youkai Daihyakka) Translation: ~KurenaiKiba (https://www.deviantart.com/kurenaikiba) Hitorima is a youkai that, long ago, in Kaga country (Ishikawa prefecture) was spotted in hot springs in the mountains. It is said that it eats flames. When this youkai draws close, the flame flickering in your lamp will grow smaller so you will know very soon that it's there. This is a youkai with a rather slender body. On Hitorima's Name 火とり魔 can be split into 3 parts; 火(hi), とり(tori)and 魔(ma) but the cause for confusion lies in the 火と

雪女 (Yuki Onna) - Snow Woman Mizuki Shigeru (from   Youkai Daihyakka - see note) Translation: ~KurenaiKiba (https://www.deviantart.com/kurenaikiba) On a night of heavy snow, wandering through the torrents as she pleases is the white kimono-clad figure of a beautiful lady youkai. Holding a stolen child, Yuki Onna's thin voice calls out to travelers as they pass, fooling them into thinking she's lamenting. “Please hold this child..... please hold it....”If the traveler takes the child, it's as cold as ice and feels like holding nothing more than a bundle of snow. It's said that soon, before they know it, the traveler will be buried in the snow and

満月の夜の公園で　- At The Park on a Moonlit Night. Hi-ro- (Hero・ひーろー) Originally uploaded to ssstory.net~ Translation: ~KurenaiKiba (https://www.deviantart.com/kurenaikiba)     Only slightly sitting down, she was truly beautiful. Having bought a pair of warm coffees from the vending machine, I returned to the bench where she was waiting for me. 'Here, your coffee,'For an instant, she just turned her head to me but didn't say anything. Though she rubbed her hands together with the slight cold, she didn't return the warm kindness that I had given to her. For some reason

悪い夢 - A Bad Dream tosiniyama Originally uploaded to ssstory.net~ Translation: ~KurenaiKiba (https://www.deviantart.com/kurenaikiba) The capital was engulfed in a giant atomic cloud. Were explosions becoming a social norm? The giant mushroom cloud was in the shape of a tornado. Some part of it reached it's limit and it's nucleus spewed a flash of light, like lightning. I was raised in Hiroshima. When I was a child, on the 6th of August every year a B29 would come flying and in Hiroshima we'd remember the atomic bomb. Until yesterday. In my dream, I shivered. The capital was engulfed in a giant atomic cloud. Were explosions becoming a social norm? The giant

黒猫とピアニストのタンゴ (Kuroneko to Pianistuto no Tango) - Tango of the Black Cat and the Pianist Kanon Wakeshima Translation: ~KurenaiKiba (https://www.deviantart.com/kurenaikiba) ~English Lyrics~ I love you, I love you This must be fate. A trick decided by God himself. It goes without saying that you understand, don't you? Even tedious small talk is all right. Ours is a platonic love. Look at the image! Jet black, huge eyes What timbre suits them best? My ears stand to listen. I glimpse a row of pearly teeth, Pianist with your arched back, fingers crawling on the keys. Fur, ruffling to the sounds, n