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started hakuoki thanks to Gesu! kinda late to the party but
im aiming for hajime, but it's such a bummer you can't romance keisuke :c

Renée has made a piano song for Valentine's Day.
 
 

well I guess he was... レックレス

Hello~
Some time ago I translated all of Madeth gray'lls lyrics to German and reading through those translations again I thought that their stories are so cool I should do it once more, this time in English, and share them with everyone who might be interested. orz
This time I also want to include all the small poems and stories printed on booklets and CDs that aren't directly related to a song and arrange everything in a way to make the tragedy a little more coherent because all the songs are loosely connected.
 
I'll post every song individually and add a list with the links here to keep things tidy. ;D
The structure is a somewhat chronical order, but if there are multiple versions I'll mostly choose the newer ones, because Hisuis writing improved quite a lot over time. There will propably be 6 acts, even though I know a classical drama should only have 5...
 
 
Prologue
0.  楽園の黒霧 - Black fog in paradise

Act I : 狂死楽園 - Mad Death Paradise
1.  呪ワレシ華ノ生命… - A cursed blossoms life...
2.  missantroop
3.  黒装束の調べ - Melody dressed in black
4.  狂死曲 - Mad Death Rhapsody
5.  狂死楽園 - Mad Death Paradise
 
Act II : 狂気に満ちた殺人劇 - Murder play abound in madness
6.  白昼夢の惨劇 - Daydream Tragedy
7.  血染めの喜劇 - Bloodstained Comedy
8.  オペラ座の悲劇 - Disaster at the opera house
 
Act III : 十字架の結末・・・ - The end of the cross...
9.  十字架の結末・・・ - The end of the cross...
10.  パラサイト - Parasite
11.  廃人狂イ人形 - Mad cripple puppet
 
Act IV : 罪深き冥華と追憶の懺麗死儀式 - Graceful confession ritual of sinful dark flowers and reminiscence
12.  Le　MISERABLE
13.  MOTHER COMPLEX
 
Act V : 魔鏡に映る呪われた罪人達と生命の終焉 - Cursed sinners reflected in the devils mirror and the demise of existence
14.  生命の終焉 - The demise of existence
15.  Zwei   堕胎者ト盲目ナ中絶児･･69日目ノ阻害 - Zwei    An abortionist and a blind aborted child.. termination on the 69th day
16.  「マリア」ガ眠ル懺悔ノ「柩」 - 'Maria' sleeps in a 'coffin' of repentance
17.  黒死蝶ノ花束 - Bouquet of black death butterflies
18.  追憶 - Reminiscence
19. Lucifer
to be continued...
 
 
I'd very much appreciate any help finding mistakes. D; Neither English nor Japanese is my native language and the lyrics are so bizarre it's not always easy. Please note that in some songs the imagery and scenes described are very graphic.
 
Hisui mentioned in Interviews that he started to write grotesque and apocalyptic lyrics after surviving the great Kobe earthquake that killed 6434 people in his hometown, including his girlfriend.

im not fond of her first solo work but this kinda reminds me of blue era. ionna looks like some northern goddess, as always~

strange to feel sad about a venue i've never even seen but i am

strange to feel sad about a venue i've never even seen but i am

Hide x 2pac hologram concert at Tokyo dome

Popular Tokyo concert venue 赤坂BLITZ (Akasaka BLITZ) will cease activity as a livehouse and will be repurposed as a live viewing recording studio only. No date have been communicated yet
 
 

wish it were real..rip angel†††
 
BUCK-TICK disbands

Lyric: 澪 (Mio)
Music: 壱世 (Issei)
 
First, I’d like to summarize what I’ve posted on NAZARE thread about the background of the song. Although lyrics of JUDAS are written by Mio, the idea belongs to Issei. He told in an interview that the theme of the song is betrayal and people who have knowing him for a long time will understand what this is about.
 
Any help would be appreciated as always.
 
Kanji:
 
Romaji:
 
English:
 

ダウト (d=out) x イロクイ。(irokui.) DREAM TWOMAN LIVE will take place on April 30-May 1 at Shibuya WWWX!
 

Lyric: 澪 (Mio)
Music: 壱世 (Issei)
 
First, I’d like to summarize what I’ve posted on NAZARE thread about the background of the song. Although lyrics of JUDAS are written by Mio, the idea belongs to Issei. He told in an interview that the theme of the song is betrayal and people who have knowing him for a long time will understand what this is about.
 
Any help would be appreciated as always.
 
Kanji:
 
Romaji:
 
English:
 

KAMIJO does a Gakupo and actually becomes a vocaloid instead of just doing collabs with them like he did with Miku that one time. Also, he does a cover of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's PonPonPon. I could imagine that happening, for some reason. I like him, but he's a weird guy.

Lol, after reading the posts in this thread I just imagined like a montage of YOSHIKI headlines.
 
"Long-awaited X JAPAN album finally released - hits number 30 on the Billboard charts"
"Legendary rock band X JAPAN collaborates with Oprah, crafts a line of best-selling home decor items"
"Meet YOSHIKI, the head of X Decor, the brand taking it to IKEA"
"X Decor's YOSHIKI is now one of the world's richest living people"
"YOSHIKI transfers brain into mechanized body, so that he may live forever and 'escape the pain of his past'"
"Mecha Emperor YOSHIKI promises that his new album is finished and will be released 'once all the details have been worked out with management'"
"'While I can no longer physically die, making this album was so tough that it almost killed me' Emperor YOSHIKI confesses"
 
 

i drink vodka while watching vkei mvs with my friend for the second day in a row and i feel so blessed to have an irl friend who shares my interests

i was going to post that soft ballet cover! lov it ♡
 
also all early b-t releases have great covers too. my fav is
1. BUCK-TICK - SEXY STREAM LINER
 

 
2. GOATBED - Ying & Yang
Shuuji is one of the most stylish men of vkei actually.
 

 
3. Mejibray - Emotional【KARMA】
tRiPpY
 

 
4. sukekiyo - ADORATIO
 

 
5. kein - 自責と蠱毒
this is creepy af
 

 
6. メリー - アンダーワールド
just look at this creature!

 
 

i was going to post that soft ballet cover! lov it ♡
 
also all early b-t releases have great covers too. my fav is
1. BUCK-TICK - SEXY STREAM LINER
 

 
2. GOATBED - Ying & Yang
Shuuji is one of the most stylish men of vkei actually.
 

 
3. Mejibray - Emotional【KARMA】
tRiPpY
 

 
4. sukekiyo - ADORATIO
 

 
5. kein - 自責と蠱毒
this is creepy af
 

 
6. メリー - アンダーワールド
just look at this creature!

 
 

i was going to post that soft ballet cover! lov it ♡
 
also all early b-t releases have great covers too. my fav is
1. BUCK-TICK - SEXY STREAM LINER
 

 
2. GOATBED - Ying & Yang
Shuuji is one of the most stylish men of vkei actually.
 

 
3. Mejibray - Emotional【KARMA】
tRiPpY
 

 
4. sukekiyo - ADORATIO
 

 
5. kein - 自責と蠱毒
this is creepy af
 

 
6. メリー - アンダーワールド
just look at this creature!

 
 

For some reason I'm really attracted to stylish/stylized covers featuring only band members so here's a batch reflecting that.
 
BUCK-TICK - 悪の華

 
BOØWY - BEAT EMOTION

 
Laputa - 私が消える

 
Madeth gray'll - Lucifer ～魔境に映る呪われた罪人達と生命の終焉～

 
SOFT BALLET - DOCUMENT

 
Might come back here later and make another post with my fave pieces of artwork not featuring actual musicians, lol.

omg their band name, member names, album names and song titles are such a mess, i won't ever try to listen to them but i love them.

i drink vodka while watching vkei mvs with my friend for the second day in a row and i feel so blessed to have an irl friend who shares my interests

Royz, Dir en grey and Mejibray (I only like the song Emily by them), 

@platy it may seem so but the truth is that's not even hair, he just has a mop on his face