Junjou soda sui – AKB48

Performed by Watanabe Mayu.

純情ソーダ水 (Junjou sooda sui) – Pure soda water

from Koko ga Rhodes da, koko de tobe! album.

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Soda water
You’ve always been drinking it
They’re jumping inside the glass
The strong bubbles
Bubbling
Soda water
Another world in green
Why does it
Seem so much like an adult’s drink?

I was still young then
Not realizing what love is (what love is)
I just thought of and treated you like
My kind tutor

We embraced in joy when
I qualified for my first choice school
I felt it in my uniformed heart
Pureness

Soda water
Because it makes my throat tingle
I’ve never been able to drink it
The young me
Admired
Soda water
I tried it once I turned twenty
And now
I seem to remember…

You were great at teaching
But I failed in love (love)
That was the only thing you didn’t teach me
So I practised it alone countless times

I heard from my juniors
That you became an architect
Do you remember me?
From that day…

Soda water
You’ve always been drinking it
They’re jumping inside the glass
The strong bubbles
Bubbling
Soda water
Another world in green
Why does it
Seem so much like an adult’s drink?

Too late
Feelings of love
Welled up in my heart
Like many
Tiny bubbles
From that day’s pureness

Soda water
Because it makes my throat tingle
I’ve never been able to drink it
The young me
Admired
Soda water
I tried it once I turned twenty
And now
I seem to remember…

And I just felt sad

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Downtown hotel 100goushitsu – AKB48

ダウンタウンホテル100号室 (Dauntaun hoteru hyakugoushitsu) – Downtown hotel room 100

from Koko ga Rhodes da, koko de tobe! album.

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How much longer are you planning to stay?
Dawn will be here soon
Please get out of bed
Last night’s events were all an accident

I knew from the start
I don’t care what your name is
Throwing off the sheets
As I grab my underclothes

HA…
I don’t trust in things like love
HA…
Isn’t it better
To just go for it once we catch each other’s eyes?

Downtown hotel
Room 100
Downtown hotel
I’m waiting there
To enjoy ourselves
Without restraint
Like real lovers
Anyone can be my partner

You can go take a shower
But don’t use my toiletries
I don’t like to smell the same way
As a man I’ve slept with once

When we meet unexpectedly
At a Korean supermart somewhere
I am searching
For canned lentil soup

HA…
Not to remember men is my rule
HA…
Isn’t it better
To just beckon them over when I need them?

Downtown hotel
Room 100 is
Downtown hotel
The fated room
Because I want
To go to heaven
With the one I truly love
So until we meet, anyone will do

Yes, when you feel like it
Come, when will it be?
Well, don’t anticipate it

Downtown hotel
Room 100
Downtown hotel
I’m waiting there
To enjoy ourselves
Without restraint
Like real lovers
Anyone can be my partner

Downtown hotel
Room 100 is
Downtown hotel
The fated room
Because I want
To go to heaven
With the one I truly love
So until we meet, anyone will do

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Iro wo hagashite – Superfly

色を剥がして (Iro wo hagashite) – Ripping off the colors

from WHITE album.

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“Love me as I am”
These stylish words pulled our bodies close
I just wanted us to be together
Yet I still wished for change, unable to notice the irony

I had become a drop
Swirling within you, flowing like blood

Ripping off the colors, stripping them with love
I want to accept it all and live
Unable to cry in the night, the rain falls
On a you nobody knows but me

Throwing loneliness and all back and forth
Such formless things will never be destroyed

Becoming a drop to fill you up
I soar in awkwardly, wishing to drown in happiness

Melting the colors, overlapping our hearts
Forgiving us no matter what we may be
As the moon wanes, I’ll admire
And fill up your wounds till morning comes

Skin stuck together, we became one
I recall that memory from long ago
Let’s return tonight, there’s nothing more I want
Before our eyes adjust to the city’s lights

Ripping off the colors, stripping them with love
I want to accept it all and live
Unable to cry in the night, the rain falls
On a you nobody knows but me

Just let you swallow me down
Just let me swallow you down

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Beautiful – Superfly

from WHITE album.

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Shadows stretching far, the night’s wave dispelled
The fact that tears had flowed becomes unnoticeable

Rather than discarding my heart, I’d gladly be hurt
Cut by the cold wind, I run as if escaping

Someday, these drops will become jewels
And I’ll be reborn with a beautiful heart, yes, I believe

Become the only shining light in the world
I’ll be ok
Just trust myself
Even if I take the long road, I’ll go the way I want to protect
I’ll be ok
Just go at my own pace

Being envious of others is an inescapable emotion?
Forgiving others is a tough emotion?

Searching for nothing, I find countless things, but
I’ll love them all, this life known as me

Become the only shining light in the world
Even if I have
To welcome a tomorrow without light
Even if loneliness presses in after sorrow
I’ll breathe
I’ll breathe again today and survive

Good luck to the only me in this world
Good luck to tears, good luck to tomorrow

Become the only shining light in the world
It’s ok to cry
Just walk on
Tears on my cheeks are like shooting stars
Be myself
Just make myself come true

Always
Always

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Everlasting Love – Tamaki Nami

from Everlasting Love single.

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Passed over by the world and left behind
I wanted to be noticed as I remain trapped in loneliness…

Like the unchanging stars in the night sky
There is unchanging dazzle in this world

Everlasting love, I want to be connected to you
For hundreds of millions of light years, forever
Everlasting love, I want to reaffirm with you
The New world waiting at the end of the road

I cried and screamed, wishing to be saved
Then, you extended a hand, and the loneliness vanished

I’ll deliver my unyielding thoughts to the future
Feeling the miracle attracted to this world

Everlasting love, I embraced your back
Touching formless love as my tears overflow
Everlasting love, gazing at each other
Drawing out One Love with a kiss

The morning is calling
The light rays on the ground shine
Dazzling without end, faraway

Everlasting love, the warmth of your body
Is real passion, the source of magnetic attraction

Everlasting love, I want to be connected to you
For hundreds of millions of light years, forever
Everlasting love, I want to reaffirm with you
The New world waiting at the end of the road
Sharing with you One Love, New world

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Kurogane – Imai Asami

クロガネ (Kurogane) – Iron

from Asayake no star mine single.

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Life is beauty, admire it. To the endless sky
Change the crystal clear smile into a miracle

Unable to obtain proof that tomorrow exists, sorrow becomes our master

Even the tears flowing down your face, even your overflowing voice
I’ll embrace it all for the sake of life and justice

I’m just—
Iron, strong, pining, scattering the flashing night, dancing high
Life is beauty, admire it. To the endless sky
Change the crystal clear smile into a miracle

The dream illustrated on the palm of your hand is erased by the sound of the rain

Even your frozen breath, even the darkness melting the moon
To protect it all, I sublime love into courage

I’m just—
Iron, hot, blazing, scattering sparks, believing in the future
Life is beauty, admire it. Spread your arms
Life’s breath creates miracles

I’m just—
Iron, strong, pining, scattering the flashing night, dancing high
Life is beauty, admire it. To the endless sky
Change the crystal clear smile into a miracle

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Sunny Place – Imai Asami

from Asayake no star mine single + Words of GRACE album.

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I’m watching you from the closest place…

Spreading my hands like wings, I gather the powder blue sea breeze
Under this comfortable morning sun, I want to give you a big smile

I swam, searching for that dazzling place
Even if my heart clenches with memories

I’m watching from the closest place
Layering our sorrowful heartbeats together
Tears are blessings, disappearing like snow on a warm day

The light jumps along the water’s edge, dazzling my eyes and lulling me to sleep
You came to the window and stood by my right shoulder, as we touched the past and future

Lost promises lie on the other side of happiness
When your scars start to hurt

If only I can always stay by your side
I’ve been dreaming of this day of meeting
Ripples of tears ease and clench my heart, because I love you

If only I can smile tomorrow too
Promises, bonds, I won’t let go of any of it

I’m watching from the closest place
Layering our sorrowful heartbeats together
Tears are blessings, fluttering like snow on a warm day

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Asayake no star mine – Imai Asami

朝焼けのスターマイン (Asayake no sutaa main) – Sunrise’s star mine

Ending theme for anime Plastic Memories.

from Asayake no star mine single + Words of GRACE album.

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I’ve been searching for you, who have strayed away, my voice drowned out
Your hand in my grasp was trembling then

Our emotions embraced lost time and soared high

The kaleidoscope makes the sky glitter, your awkward smile adds to my overflowing affection
Before the light melts away, I pray in my heart
That I will never forget this moment for eternity

The clock’s hands progressed as I forced out a smile
Which you saw through as I held you close before dawn

Violent emotions burned each second, patching up the starry sky

Tracing the ring of light with a finger, you seem happy as you made merry, and the world shines
Even when the hour of magic ends, the bonds we promised
Will always live on in this heart

Looking back on the countless days with you, hey
They are so bright, like a star mine

The sunrise in rainbow colors, after the festival, I drown alone in lingering memories of you
I’ll walk on, embracing warmth, thank you for this miracle
And I’ll pray to meet up with you again someday

The kaleidoscope makes the sky glitter, your awkward smile added to my overflowing affection
Before the light melts away, I promised in my heart
That I will never forget this moment for eternity
The star mine blooming in the distance, coloring the sky

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Deai no tsuzuki – Watanabe Mayu

出逢いの続き (Deai no tsuzuki) – After a meeting

from Deai no tsuzuki single.

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What comes after a meeting
Is what we choose for our future
Overcoming our coincidental relation
A single love was born

You were like the passing crowds
At the same old pedestrian crossing in the city
Someone I cannot recall
Like a momentary friend

What comes after a meeting
Is being attracted to each other for a reason
Not yet realizing why
We exchange countless promises time and again
We were just acquaintances at first
But gradually, our hearts approve of each other
Because of this unconscious process
We’ve become each other’s treasure without knowing it

It wasn’t not about exciting feelings
But compatibility
Giving me relief when I see you before me
Even without you even trying to

What comes after a meeting
Is a most natural relationship
Because with you, I could show
Even all of my selfish character
Getting to know other acquaintances
Our relationship remained unchanged
Even when we can’t meet
My feelings alone continue at the bottom of my heart

There’s no need to reaffirm
How you feel about me
What makes me trust you are not your words
But that you can make me smile again tomorrow
Yes, love is natural elimination
Leaving only irreplaceable truth

What comes after a meeting
Is what we choose for our future
After lots of repeated separations
I’m searching
For that single person
To be tied to

What comes after a meeting
Is being attracted to each other for a reason
Not yet realizing why
We exchange countless promises time and again
We were just acquaintances at first
But gradually, our hearts approve of each other
Because of this unconscious process
We’ve become each other’s treasure without knowing it

Only you

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Bad end no tsuzuki wo – Haruka to Miyuki

バッドエンドの続きを (Baddo endo no tsuzuki wo) – After the bad ending

from Sekai album.

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If I had done something
The ending would be changed
But the story I’ve illustrated
Is always cruel

I remain at the ticket gate
Of the station you’d never alight at again
The date on the ticket in my hand
Still spells out that day

I was the one who waved away
The hand you extended to me

What I had been searching for
Doesn’t matter anymore
A bad ending suits me well.

If I could have the chance to proceed down
The path not chosen
The you in my memories would smile and say
“How convenient is that?”

If I could see you once again
What would I say to you?

I’ve always known the truth
That the last page is empty
Though I pretended not to.

Even now, I’ve always
Walked on, not knowing the ending
While envying the outcome of that “maybe”

Even so, someday
Regret will become the answer
Till then, I’ll survive, believing in what’s coming
After the bad ending

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