there is only one thing on the Earth that can calm me down - reading opinions similar to mine. and this time I was lucky to have one person saying this
and I could not agree more. Paris and New York were already far from what I would wish to see in SW, but this is simply frustrating. reverse harem, a bunch of popular male seiyuus, cute girlish manga by some unknown mangaka. no Fujishima-sensei style. no mecha. no sense of working together. no charm of Showa era. even though the song by Tanaka-sensei is good, it no longer has that special atmosphere one can feel in the original SW
'mirai no kyoudaitachi e'is a special song to me. I even included a quotation from the second verse into my speech when I participated in the Japanese language speech contest. I love this song so much that I cannot help crying when I listen to it. so much power and tenderness in the lyrics and the melody is a rare thing to find in modern music. that is why I love 'Sakura Taisen', too. maybe understanding the meaning of the words sung will let this song help someone like it helped me when I was in a terrible condition
Japanese
(さくら、織姫、アイリス、マリア)
約束しよう私達は
必ず君に出会うだろう
(マリア)
どんなに道に迷っても
希望の光はある
この空がどこまでも続いているかぎり
私達は君を探し出す
（全員）
さあ兄弟達よ
旅に出よう
（さくら、織姫、アイリス、紅蘭）
必ずや未来に
（マリア、カンナ、レニ）
未だ見ぬ兄弟がいる
（さくら、織姫、アイリス、紅蘭）
私達を
（マリア、カンナ、レニ）
私達を
（全員）
待つ兄弟がいる
約束しよう私達は
必ず君に出会うだろう
だから兄弟よ、目を閉じて
想え 私達を
誰もが道に迷うけど
絶望しては駄目だ
誰でもが輝ける 夢を持っているよ
勇気を出せ、君の道を行け
さあ兄弟達よ
いつか会おう
(さくら)
熱い心を無くさないで
優しい気持ち無くさないで
(全員)
約束しよう私達は
必ず君に出会うだろう
だから兄弟よ、目を閉じて
想え 私達を
約束しよう私達は
必ず君に出会うだろう
だから兄弟よ、目を閉じて
想え 私達を
志を高く掲げよ
Translation
(Sakura, Orihime, Iris, Maria)
Let us make a promise –
We will meet with you for sure
(Maria)
Even if you lose your way,
There is the light of hope
As long as this sky is reaching faraway
We will search for you
(All)
Our brothers and sisters,
Let us embark on our journey
(Sakura, Orihime, Iris, Kouran)
Certainly in the future
(Maria, Kanna, Reni)
There are brothers and sister whom we do not know yet
(Sakura, Orihime, Iris, Kouran)
For us
(Maria, Kanna, Reni)
For us
(All)
Those brothers and sisters are waiting
Let us make a promise –
We will meet with you for sure
So, our brothers and sisters, close your eyes
And think of us
Everybody can lose his way
But he should not fall into despair
Everybody can shine, everybody holds a dream
Gather your courage and walk your way
Our brothers and sisters
Let us meet sometime
(Sakura)
Do not lose your passionate heart
Do not lose your kindness
(All)
Let us make a promise –
We will meet with you for sure
So, our brothers and sisters, close your eyes
And think of us
Let us make a promise –
We will meet with you for sure
So, our brothers and sisters, close your eyes
And think of us
when a child I used to say I have no favourite colour, I didn't like to choose my favourite movies or books, and choose something I prefer in general. I still believe that every thing on Earth has its good and bad points, advantages and shortcomings.
I believe the same now, but surely I can name a few types that are of greater interest for me 'lady' type
why I call this type 'lady' is that 'twas called like this on a website themed 'learning Japanese via anime and manga'. there were some 8 or 10 types of characters who 'uttered' phrases in particular 'situations'. for example, greeting a person would be polite 'hello' for a girl, 'welcome back, master' for a butler, some exclamation for a delinquent or an archaic expression for a samurai. 'lady' was an elegant girl looking like a real lady from a rich family, who used polite expressions with not-so-polite grammar forms indicating her sense of supremacy. whom I remembered as soon as I got to know this type was Kanzaki Sumire from 'Sakura Wars'. I wonder if Tomizawa-sama is especially good at voicing 'lady' type? though Hino Rei isn't the lady as she was depicted on the website, and didn't speak like one, I believe she was of this type, too 'lady' type, another one
I would think that 'tis my subjective opinion if not for the fact that my friend agreed with me. apart from 'ladies' who are truly ladies, and 'ladies' who behave with the same arrogance, there are also young girls who can be extremely polite and seem to be very kind, but have something in them that makes me think they have 'second nature'. sometimes I would use words like 'varmint', 'guileful' and 'canny' to describe them - better to say, mixture of these, but creating a positive meaning as the result. such is Alicia from 'Aria', for example. close to her is Todoroki from 'Working' who is far from being cunning, but behaves similarly. if this can tell you anything, I would name interjections like 'ara-ara' of Alicia's and other exclamations as their signature to be continued
well, me understands one can write shoujo-ai fanfics taking their 'inspiration' from the Sakura Wars. though it seems disgusting to me, me can suppose the personalities could seem suitable for some preoccupied with s... oh, me wanted to say, 'with shoujo-ai' fic-writers.
still me would be happy to hear the explanations of how they managed to create shoujo-ai in 'Aria', 'Kiki' and 'Last Exile'. just someone, explain me please
