BLUE -Translation-

宇宙戦艦ヤマト2199 追憶の航海

I am finally back from my long lyric translation hiatus! 

My quality checker had a lot of wonderful things keeping him busy and I didn't want to publish something that might come across as not fully thought through, so it ended up being a while. I'll be working through some of my backlog now (yes, I haven't  forgotten any of the translation wishes I have received... I hope), starting with the request from Vincent Vincent way back when Nana sang BLUE in LIVE THEATER (yikes, it really has been a while I am so sorry orz).

Never Let Go -Translation-

Never Let Go at MJ

I was supposed to be right on the ball with this translation when SMASHING ANTHEMS came out, but life happened - first to my trusted quality checker @DarkSoul4242 and then to me. orz Now though, that I got all of my Nana report backlog out of the way, I could return to the beautiful world of complex lyrics.

「国立代々木競技場第一体育館座長公演“水樹奈々大いに唄う 四” 」

Zachou Kouen ikuzoooo!

Hurray, I am nowhere near as late with this as I was with my last LIVE ADVENTURE reports! \o/ Progress is happening! It was quite an adventure for me to actually get here, had a lot of ticket mayhem thanks to the strange'ish way that the second round of lottery worked. O.o Long story short, you weren't limited to just one win (as I think it is usually, though after this experience I am kind of paranoid).... aaand you can guess what happened. I won a shit load of tickets. Luckily I managed to gather a group of people to join me on this magical night, but the terror of the possibility of me having won on all my serials still haunts my dreams. I would have had to declare bankruptcy. orz Anyways! Onwards!

レイジーシンドローム (Lazy Syndrome) -Translation-

Got in the mood to translated some lyrics again with the arrival of the Angel Blossom single, as Lazy Syndrome seems to be what I am suffering of lately as well. Because of said syndrome, I haven't finished my entry on the second night of LIVE THEATER either, but fear not - it's almost done and should be out... err... soon? Hopefully. Sorry for my incompetence. orz

So yeah anyway, Lazy Syndrome seemed like it would be a pretty easy translation, but turns out there are some weird things here and there that made it... well, a bit weird. As usual, thanks to @DarkSoul4242 for helping me figure stuff out. Enjoy!

GUILTY -Translation-

So, I was planning to dish out translations pretty quick one after another but.... I've been too busy being at war with my thesis and doing this every day (multiple times):

Moouuu.... yada....

I finally decided to give my brain a small break to bring GUILTY to you all. I read from a Nana magazine interview recently that she asked SAYURI for "誘惑しまくり、フェロモ飛ばしまくりのお嬢様が出てくる歌詞を", which basically means "Lyrics where you could imagine a classy lady spreading tons of pheromones indiscriminately and seducing everyone in sight" and thus GUILTY was born.... but if you ask for my opinion, it sounds more like a dirty sex game to me. xDDD I am gonna cry very bitter tears if Nana doesn't sing this in LIVE FLIGHT. I need it.

Nana Handshake Event @ Nagoya

So I think now that I've had a week to cool down, I can finally write about meeting Nana without squirming too much in my chair. Maybe.

I still can't believe that I actually got to attend this, it already feels like a dream. I really can't thank all the people who helped me get there enough. Thank you so much, I wouldn't have had any chance without you. m(_ _)m I had a bit of a timing problem with this too, since it was kinda clashing with a trip I had to make to Finland last week. Because of that, there was no way I could attend the event in Tokyo, but I am glad I decided to try for Nagoya even though I had never been there before. So, it was a day of many firsts for me - first time on a night bus, first time in Nagoya and first time coming face-to-face with Nana.

FATE -Translation-

 Well, since I am still kinda in too shock about getting to meet Nana last weekend to write about it (I'll get a move on today or tomorrow orz), I'll release the translation of FATE in the meanwhile. I got the privilege to hear her sing it live last weekend too, so I was in the mood to do some translating right after. I think it is one of the most beautiful Nana love songs to date and every time I listen to it, it makes emotions bubble up from somewhere deep inside me. Thank you Nana for writing this song~

As usual, thank you @DarkSoul4242 for checking.

水樹奈々 YouTube Official Channel

Well, I am super busy these days but I thought I would take a moment to celebrate this new milestone in Nana's career - the other day her [official YouTube channel] was born! And not only that, it is also viewable everywhere in the world! So this new step goes beyond of her starting her conquest of social media as it also seems to be yet another step in conquering the world as well. She is inching forward little by little~

I am not sure if it was on purpose, but Appassionato was perhaps the best song to kick off the new Youtube channel with.

Thoughts on 「革命デュアリズム」 PV~

I know I should be writing about Animelo and not this, but I figured it would be nice to be on time with something for once. Knowing me, too, I wouldn't even bother writing about Kakumei Dualism unless I did it when it's still a hot topic. I'm gonna do a lot of picture spam just to keep things interesting, so don't mind me. Also, I kind of just wrote what popped into my mind on the spur of the moment so I might have neglected to mention everything I planned to or the text might be jumping from here to there.... so I do apologize if that is the case.

So we got to see the full PV for it yesterday, and here it is in case you missed it.
 

NANA MIZUKI LIVE CIRCUS 2013, Trick 6 at Seibu Dome!

Trick 6 at Seibu Dome hajimarimasu~!

Okay so... I am terribly sorry for taking so long with my report once again. I was very busy after the Seibu Dome weekend and then.... I just didn't feel like it. That's the shameful truth. Gomenne. orz But funnily enough, knowing I have another event to attend tomorrow (Animelo), made me get a move on.... since yeah... I really don't want so many event reports piling up.. cuz if they did... I would never get around to writing them. 【o´ﾟ□ﾟ`o】 Sooo.. for the first time I wrote a whole concert report in one night. I feel so accomplished. Though... I don't think this report is as detailed as it could be, since I was not in such a receptive state of mind during this concert for a few reasons (still a long entry though lol). My apologies. My report for the 2nd day should be better. (>_<) I hope~~ and I hope I will have time to write it next week!

(For report on LIVE CIRCUS 2013 Trick 1 in Ehime, go [here]!
And for report on LIVE CIRCUS 2013 Trick 7 at Seibu Dome, go [here]!)

ドラマティックラブ（Dramatic Love） -Translation-

FINALLY I am on time with something! Or even early, since the single is coming out tomorrow lol. After hearing Dramatic Love, I really got such a strong impulse to translate it right away (I literally got up this morning and started working on it even before eating breakfast xD) for a few reasons:

1. The style of the song takes me back to my younger days and I am a sucker for old songs.
2. It is an appropriate song for this week.
3. Because of 2. I am in a tekitou na mood~
4. And most importantly, the lyrics are really simple and easy. This took me.. like 10 minutes lol. Or 15 min if you count me typing the Japanese lyrics by hand too. xD

NANA MIZUKI LIVE CIRCUS 2013, Trick 1 at Ehime!

Trick 1 at Ehime hajimarimasu~!

Sorry for the wait~! I tried to be much faster than what I usually am, which I suppose I did succeed in. Though I wasn't as fast as I wanted to be..... somehow school always seems to slap me in the face with a pile of things I need to do right after I attend a Nana live. orz Anyways, here it is now! I have to warn you, this entry turned out to be perhaps even longer than what my live reports usually are. I blame it on there being so much to write about for MCs! I don't know why that was the case though, I suppose it is because of one of the following reasons a) Nana had a lot to say, b) I remembered more things than usual, c) my Japanese has gotten better so I understood a lot more (lol please be this one!) or d) all of the above. So yeah, bear with me and my long-winded Nana shipping! Aaand with that.. Let LIVE CIRCUS 2013 begin~! 

(For report on LIVE CIRCUS 2013 Trick 6 at Seibu Dome, go [here]!
And for report on LIVE CIRCUS 2013 Trick 7 at Seibu Dome, go [here]!)

First Impressions on Vitalization

Pretty and vitalizing lady~

Since I haven't done this for quite a while, I thought I'd ganbatte this time. It is probably obvious by now that the entry on Preserved Roses that I said I might make, is never going to happen. Thanks to a certain incident in Valvrap.... ehum..Valvrave, I have sort of ruined some lines from the song for myself (though more for my friend I think haha).. orz But anyways, Vitalization time!

On June 7th

..... I was born~!
(Many many years ago though)

So, yesterday was my birthday. I've had this idea of writing about it here for a while now, but now that the time is finally - I am not really sure what to write. I was expecting my birthday to be a lot better and special this year than it usually is, but I was still somehow overwhelmed by how amazing it turned out to be. So... I don't really know what to say.

But guess I'll try lol.

Tour of LIVE GRACE -Opus II- x UNION & Preserved Roses

Okay this comes a bit late too, but I really wanted to get both LyriPa V days out of the way before posting anything else. orz So anyways, I went to take pictures of LIVE GRACE -Opus II- x UNION and Preserved Roses promotion stuff in celebration of their respective releases! Enjoyy~~

Firstly, I will start with the LIVE GRACE -Opus II- x UNION material!

Lyrical Party V @ 3月24日

Well once again I was more late with this than I intended... gomen. orz I have so much backlog on what I should write in my blog that it's not even funny haha (<- yet still I laughed, I am full of contradictions like my friends say orz). Anyways, enjoy the second night of LyriPa V, should be a bit more detailed than my account of the first night. Maybe. You decide.

On the second night I was feeling a lot better compared to the first, I think seeing Nana and Yukarin and everyone else really did have a healing effect on me. \o/ My seat was on the opposite side of the stage tonight, and veeery close to it. So close actually that I wondered if the extensive decorations on the stage would block my view of Yukarin and Nana when they would be sitting in the booth. orz

Lyrical Party V @ 3月23日

Okay so... firstly my apologies for disappearing for quite a while. Lots of things have happened in the past couple of months - school has kept me busy, I had a very bad flu, I've been hovering at the border of exhaustion due to no time to sleep etc etc... so I wasn't able to write this before. Hontou ni gomenne. orz But here it is finally~ well the first night anyway.

Also, before I begin my report I have to apologize for something else too. On the day of the first Lyrical Party V I was feeling very shit - I was feeling horribly unwell in the morning to the point I even had to puke and couldn't really eat anything all day..... for a moment even contemplated on being smart and staying home to recover but in the end went to the event anyway. But, as a result... I was pretty messed up and weak all night so I don't remember as many details of what happened as I would have liked. Gomenne. orz I'll make up for it with my report of the second night when I was feeling a lot better!

Anyways... Let the party begin!

King Nana x Queen Yukarin

Well, since I have been lazy and still haven't started on my LyriPa V reports (gomen orz), I thought I'd put this here to keep you company in the meanwhile. Drew this for Nina-sama about a year ago, since I promised to make a Nana x Yukarin fanart for her. 

I promise I'll get started soon! *runs*

Crescent Child -Translation-

When I suddenly remembered that I said that I would translate Crescent Child, I should have also remembered how sad this song was.... since then I would have been (maybe?) more prepared for how depressing translating it was going to be.. orz *blows nose* ehum... anyway. Here it is! Thanks to @DarkSoul4242 for looking through it and helping me correct my silly mistakes lol. Enjoy~~

「両国国技館座長公演“水樹奈々大いに唄う 参”」

Zachou Kouen hajimarimasu~!

I was going to be really fast with this entry and actually got to a very good start during my long waiting hours between my flights on the 4th.. but after I got to Finland my me time has been very restricted. Gomen. orz In any case here it is now! Sorry if it's a bit lacking in detail, remembering everything like lines etc afterward was not very easy. (^-^;)

Also, before I start my report, I would like to thank the few great friends who offered to help with the Zachou Kouen lottery by giving me the code from their copies of ROCKBOUND NEIGHBORS and made it possible for me to attend the event! Thank you so much! You have no idea how much I appreciate it. I really didn't think I would win a ticket to be honest, so I really am grateful. Love you all~ <3