Tuesday 30 January 2024

Turn the World -Translation-

 


Trying to keep the momentum in translating lyrics so I am back again with Turn the World! I quite like the message in this one so it was easy to motivate myself to get to it in a pretty timely manner after finishing Link or Chains. I also love the idea behind the cover image that Nana explained during the FC Event - how the reflection beneath her is still looking back to the past while the actual her is heading towards the future.

Lots of poetic readings of kanji in this one, so there's quite a few translation notes at the end to unpack them all - bear with me!

QC shoutout to my friend Chinatsu once again. 

Sunday 21 January 2024

Link or Chains -Translation-


Since it's Nana's birthday today, I am here to celebrate with a new translation! Been wanting to do this one for a while, since Link or Chains really fills me with a lot of feels every time I listen to it. It kind of makes me feel melancholic yet cathartic and it's honestly given me so much comfort during the past year - truly another amazing banger from Shihori-san. Please check out this awesome performance of this song from S.C. NANA NET Fan Club Event VIII live stream where Nana is kicking major butt while full on pregnant. Really hoping I'll get to hear this live in a concert soon - I'm almost guaranteed to bawl like a baby if I do lol.

QC shoutout to my wonderful friend Chinatsu as always. <3

Tuesday 26 December 2023

FAN CLUB EVENT IX Summary Report


Surprise report here for FAN CLUB EVENT IX!!! To sort of ease the workload on me, I decided to combine both Day 1 & Day 2 into one report. I'm sorry I haven't really been able to dish out reports this year on LIVE HEROES and LIVE PARADE, it's been a pretty tough year for me in quite a few ways so I just lacked the energy to take on more. I'll try and figure out a new template that'll be more manageable for my reports, which means they won't be as comprehensive as they used to, but for now, please enjoy all the silliness of the past weekend! Happy Holidays to y'all!

Sunday 8 January 2023

DNA -Dance 'n' Amuse- -Translation-

 

I was really itching to do the translation for DNA -Dance 'n' Amuse- since it's without any doubt my favorite song from DELIGHTED REVIVER and is living constantly rent free in my mind. So thank you for making it come 2nd in my translation poll a while back and giving me a legit excuse to dig into it! 

It's pretty different from other Nana songs with even a bit of a Latin vibe to it, which definitely played a part in reeling me in so hard since I've always been a fan of Shakira as well and as her songs are typically very sensual I kind of got possessed into make the translation for DNA -Dance 'n' Amuse- as sexy as I possibly could.

Sunday 16 October 2022

NANA MIZUKI LIVE HOME 2022 Road 10 at Aichi


Kept you waiting, huh? And here it is, my last LIVE HOME report! Sorry that I returned to my usual tardy self for this last one, even though I managed to pump out all the ones before it in a pretty timely manner.... work has just been really hectic for the past month or so and I had no energy to spare. ^^;; Anyways, hope you've been enjoying the journey with me, because what a ride it's been! 

(For report on LIVE HOME 2022 Road 01 at Hyogo, go [here]!)

(For report on LIVE HOME 2022 Road 04 at Ibaraki, go [here]!)

(For report on LIVE HOME 2022 Road 05 at Saitama, go [here]!)

(For report on LIVE HOME 2022 Road 06 at Saitama, go [here]!)

(For report on LIVE HOME 2022 Road 09 at Aichi, go [here]!)

Saturday 17 September 2022

NANA MIZUKI LIVE HOME 2022 Road 09 at Aichi



Looks like I am back on my bullshit aka tardy with reports! Sorry about that! Been pretty busy with work the past few weeks so I had to put all of this in the backburner for a bit. But here I am with a report again and only one more to go after!

Sooooooo..... here's another concert I wasn't supposed to attend. ^^;; We were planning to just go to the final, but then the itch to go on the first Nagoya night as well grew and grew since we'd already be in town anyway... and yep, the rest is history. And with that I gained one more extra report to write lol. xD

Probably will be keeping this one kind of short since 99% of it is just a rinse and repeat of songs I've already written about in previous reports.

(For report on LIVE HOME 2022 Road 01 at Hyogo, go [here]!)

(For report on LIVE HOME 2022 Road 04 at Ibaraki, go [here]!)

(For report on LIVE HOME 2022 Road 05 at Saitama, go [here]!)

(For report on LIVE HOME 2022 Road 06 at Saitama, go [here]!)

(For report on LIVE HOME 2022 Road 10 at Aichi, go [here]!)

Wednesday 24 August 2022

ストラトスフィア(Stratosphere)-Translation-




Unexpectedly (to me anyway) Stratosphere scored the most points in my recent translation poll on Twitter so here it is! I have to say that before I got to translating I hadn't realized how terribly sad this song actually is. I mean, it also is imbued with hope, but yeah, also still very sad too.

I'm sure this will be felt deeply by everyone who has been hit hardest by Covid and lost people they care about; for me as well it makes my heart ache for all the time I have lost with the those dear to me due to essentially being stuck in Japan these past few years, such as with my parents who aren't getting any younger - I'd be lying if I said I wasn't terrified of facing the truth of how time has chipped away at them when I finally can visit again.

QC shoutout goes once again to Chinatsu. \o/