A Mion and Shion character song! Potential spoilers! Avoid until after Meakashi-hen (chapter 5)!
Higurashi character songs have a tendency toward lyrical dissonance. We've got that in spades here, particularly during the interlude that isn't listed in the lyrics booklet, though there's plenty of that already in the rest of the song. The music is so cheerful and energetic, but the lyrics are going on about being broken and losing what matters and more and more sadness and trouble. A number of lines are fairly direct references to disturbing story events, so watch for those too. As noted above, this song is heavy on spoilers for Meakashi-hen.
The lyrics booklet doesn't specify, but ■ = Mion and □ = Shion. It's really not that difficult to tell when listening to it, even though it's the same person singing both parts. In the interest of saving space and because I just don't like the way it looks with them, I'm omitting the parentheses the booklet puts around the symbols.
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園崎魅音 (雪野五月) と 園崎詩音 (雪野五月) 江幡育子 礒江俊道 |
Mion Sonozaki (Satsuki Yukino) and Shion Sonozaki (Satsuki Yukino) Ikuko Ebata Toshimichi Isoe |
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| Intro ~5 seconds before the talking starts. | ||
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■ 誕生日おめでとう、詩音 □ お姉もおめでとう。ちょっと感慨深いなぁ。 ■ うん、そうだね。考えちゃうんだ。 もっと普通の姉妹だったらって □ ストップ。魅音頑張れ。私も詩音を頑張る。 |
■ Tanjoubi omedetou, Shion. □ O-nee mo omedetou. Chotto kangai bukai naa ■ Un, sou da ne. Kangaechau n da. Motto futsuu na shimai dattara tte □ SUTOPPU. Mion ganbare. Watashi mo Shion wo ganbaru. |
■ Happy birthday, Shion. □ To you too, big sis. This is pretty emotional... ■ Yeah, it is. Really makes you think. If we were more ordinary sisters... □ Stop. Carry on, Mion. I'll carry on as Shion too. |
The above is spoken and not in the lyric booklet. And...1 |
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■ 目を開けてごらん 秘密 知るときよ 理由 あるはずよ ここにいるわけ □ 目を閉じてごらん 嘘は 胸の奥 自由 あるはずよ ここじゃない 場所に |
■ Me wo akate goran himitsu shiru toki yo Riyuu aru hazu yo koko ni iru wake □ Me wo tojite goran uso wa mune no oku Jiyuu aru hazu yo koko ja nai basho ni |
■ Open your eyes, it's time to learn secrets. Surely there's a reason, that's why we're here. □ Close your eyes, hold the lies in your heart. Surely there's freedom, somewhere that isn't here. |
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■ ふたりは 鏡 □ コワレタ 鏡 ■ 表と裏と □ 背中合わせね ■ 不思議なさだめ □ 不吉なしるし ■□ なぜふたり 生まれてきたのかな… |
■ Futari wa kagami □ KOWARETA kagami ■ Omote to ura to □ Senaka awase ne ■ Fushigi na sadame □ Fukitsu na shirushi ■□ Naze futari umarete kita no ka na... |
■ The two of us are mirrors □ Broken mirrors ■ Two sides of the same coin □ Always in opposition ■ A mysterious rule □ An ominous sign ■□ Why were the two of us born...? |
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■□ どうして 大事なことから失うの？ ■ 哀しいことばかり増えていくようで ■□ こんなに好きでも届かない □ 悩みの数ばかり増えていくみたい ■ つのる想い □ クロスしてるね ■□ バースディ |
■□ Doushite daiji na koto kara ushinau no? ■ Kanashii koto bakari fuete iku you de ■□ Konna ni suki de mo todokanai □ Nayami no kazu bakari fuete iku mitai ■ Tsunoru omoi □ KUROSU shite ru ne ■□ BAASUDI |
■□ Why is it that you first lose what you care about? ■ It's as if only the sad things are increasing. ■□ Despite how much we care, our feelings don't reach. □ It's like only the number of troubles are increasing. ■ Our mounting feelings □ Are crisscrossing. ■□ Birthday |
| Interlude ~15 seconds | ||
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■ 微笑んでごらん 全部受け入れて 理由 求めても むなしくなるだけ □ ほころんだ絆 いつも迷いの森 自由 求めても 切なくなるだけ |
■ Hohoende goran zenbu ukeirete Riyuu motomete mo munashiku naru dake □ Hokoronda kizuna itsumo mayoi no mori Jiyuu motomete mo setsunaku naru dake |
■ Try and smile, accept everything. You can seek a reason, but you'll just come up empty. □ Unraveled bonds, always a bewildering forest. You can seek freedom, but you'll just end up hurting. |
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■ ふたりは 傀儡 □ コワレタ 傀儡 ■ 鬼に囚われ □ 意思を奪われ ■ 同じ血が ホラ □ 流れてる から ■□ そうふたり 籠の鳥なのね… |
■ Futari wa kugutsu □ KOWARETA kugutsu ■ Oni ni toraware □ Ishi wo ubaware ■ Onaji chi ga HORA □ Nagarete ru kara ■□ Sou futari kago no tori na no ne... |
■ The two of us are puppets □ Broken puppets ■ Taken captive by a demon □ Robbed of sanity ■ The same blood, you see, □ Flows in both of us. ■□ Yes, we're birds locked in a cage... |
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■□ なぜかな 大事なことから壊したい ■ 可笑しいくらい泣き叫んでごらんよ ■□ どんなに似てても違うから □ 傷つけ合うことで確かめ合うのね ■ つのる想い □ 破滅招くの ■□ ラスト・ディ |
■□ Naze ka na daiji na koto kara kowashitai ■ Okashii kurai ni nakisakende goran yo ■□ Donna ni nite te mo chigau kara □ Kizutsuke au koto de tashikame au no ne ■ Tsunoru omoi □ Hametsu maneku no ■□ RASUTO DI |
■□ How come you first want to destroy what you care about? ■ Scream to the point that it's ridiculous. ■□ No matter how much we look alike, we're not the same. □ We affirm each other by hurting each other. ■ Our mounting feelings □ Invite ruin. ■□ Last day |
| No pause before the screaming starts. | ||
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■ いやぁぁぁ! もう誰も殺さないでー!! 憎いのが私なら私を殺してよー!! □ ハッハッハッハ、中々いい声で泣けるじゃない。 あんたのわざとらしい空威張りには虫唾が 走ってたんだよねぇ! ■ お姉さま、お願いです、 私を殺しても構いませんから、どうか…どうか…!! □ アッハッハッハッハッハッハッハッハッハ…!! |
■ Iyaaaa! Mou dare mo korosanaidee!! Nikui no ga watashi nara watashi wo koroshite yoo!! □ Ha ha ha ha, nakanaka ii koe de nakeru ja nai. Anta no wazatorashii karaibari ni wa mushizu ga hashitte ta n da yo nee! ■ Onee-sama, onegai desu, watashi wo koroshite mo kamaimasen kara, dou ka... dou ka...!! □ A ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...!! |
■ Noooo! Don't kill anyone else!! If it's me you hate then kill me!! □ Ha ha ha ha, you've got a pretty nice crying voice. That forced bravado of yours made me sick, you know! ■ Elder sister, please, it's all right if you kill me, so please... please...!! □ A, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha...!! |
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The above is spoken and not in the lyric booklet. And...2 The next two lines are downbeat, with psychotic laughter floating in the background after the second. |
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■□ 大事なことから壊したい ■□ どんなに似てても違うから |
■□ Daiji na koto kara kowashitai ■□ Donna ni nite te mo chigau kara |
■□ You first want to destroy what you care about. ■□ No matter how much we look alike, we're not the same. |
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■□ 大事なことから失うの？ ■ 哀しいことばかり増えていくようで ■□ こんなに好きでも届かない □ 悩みの数ばかり増えていくみたい ■ つのる想い □ クロスしてるね ■□ バースディ |
■□ Daiji na koto kara ushinau no? ■ Kanashii koto bakari fuete iku you de ■□ Konna ni suki de mo todokanai □ Nayami no kazu bakari fuete iku mitai ■ Tsunoru omoi □ KUROSU shite ru ne ■□ BAASUDI |
■□ You first lose what you care about? ■ It's as if only the sad things are increasing. ■□ Despite how much we care, our feelings don't reach. □ It's like only the number of troubles are increasing. ■ Our mounting feelings □ Are crisscrossing. ■□ Birthday |
| ラスト・ディ | RASUTO DI | Last day |
| バースディ | BAASUDI | Birthday |
| □ あの時人形を渡してくれていたら、すべては狂い出さなかったかもしれない… | □ Ano toki ningyou wo watashite kurete itara, subete wa kurui dasanakatta ka mo shirenai... | □ If you had given her the doll then, maybe everything wouldn't have gone horribly wrong... |
The above is spoken and not in the lyric booklet. |
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1 ...it makes a whole lot more sense if you know that Mion and Shion switched places so many times as children that when the time came to give Mion the tattoo marking her as the Sonozaki heir, they got the wrong sister. As a result, the Mion we know, who lives in Hinamizawa and has a thing for Keiichi, is the one who was born Shion, and the Shion we know, who lives in Okinomiya and fell for Satoshi, is the one who was born Mion. No one else seems to know, though, and the two of them have stepped into each other's roles permanently (except when one of them pretends to be the other again). As if they weren't confusing enough already. However, for all practical purposes, the one whom everyone knows as Mion is Mion, the one whom everyone knows as Shion is Shion, and this is how the names are used. Besides, it's more appropriate that way, since, although it's uncertain whether Mion has much in the way of M tendencies, Shion has a definite S streak even when she doesn't go crazy. And if you don't know what that means, well... suffice it to say that she can be very unpleasant.
2 ...the sources I Googled up either left it unspecified whose lines are whose in the spoken parts, or had Mion and Shion backwards except in the first exchange. I can't say whether it was an attempt to avoid spoilers or a case of just not knowing any better, but despite what Wataganshi-hen (chapter 2) makes it look like, Meakashi-hen (chapter 5) reveals the truth that it's Shion who's the deranged torturer, Mion who's locked in a cell and tormented by having to witness it all, and Shion who makes the comment about the doll to Keiichi. So why does Mion call Shion お姉さま (o-nee-sama, "big sister" with a groveling sort of tone) when Mion is the older one, and Shion normally calls Mion お姉 (o-nee, "big sister" with a more friendly and casual tone)? Aside from the obvious reasons for groveling, of course. Though only the two of them know this and normally pretend otherwise, the truth is that Shion, as explained in note 1 above, was born Mion and is in fact the older sister. So you could argue that they didn't really have Mion and Shion backwards after all, except that then it would mean they're backwards on every other line, unless you want to argue that it's because they revert to their original roles and names after everything goes to hell, but that just makes everything even more unnecessarily confusing.