Hanyuu character song! Spoilers galore! Don't read any more if you're not well into the answer arcs! You ought to, at the very least, know who Hanyuu is.
More lyrical dissonance. Here we have a happy, cheerful song with lyrics that basically amount to moping about being powerless to change anything. Na no desu.
Speaking of which, なのです (na no desu) is one of those things that just doesn't translate, particularly when someone overuses it to the point of meaninglessness, as Hanyuu does (and Rika when she's acting childish). I've seen claims that it translates cleanly to "it is so", and while that's not completely without merit, it's simply not true. I have a more detailed description elsewhere, but it basically amounts to indicating an explanatory mode of speech. Except, as mentioned before, when someone—like Hanyuu—overuses it to the point that it no longer really means anything at all. I've chosen to leave it as-is here for that reason.
You should already know all this but just to review... Hanyuu is a character invisible, intangible, and (usually) inaudible to everyone except Rika, and the only other one aware of the multiple cycles of June 1983. She gets flustered easily, tending to lapse into moaning au au when upset. She loves sweets and can't stand spicy food—problematic for her when Rika gets annoyed at her and decides to eat kimchi, a spicy Korean food, in retaliation, since Hanyuu is linked to her and shares her senses. Hanyuu also happens to be the true identity of the village's patron deity, who is widely held to have cursed the victims in a series of mysterious deaths and disappearances. However, she doesn't seem to have the ability to curse anyone, much less the inclination, and is understandably upset at being blamed. On the contrary, when people go psychotic from the "curse", she has a tendency to follow them around, apologizing profusely for not being able to help. Interestingly, many of them hear her or sense her presence on and off—this is likely the real reason for various claims of being followed or hearing footsteps, and also for the remarkable frequency with which long strings of "I'm sorry" keep coming up. Rena even specifically mentions someone standing by her bedside, apologizing over and over. Unfortunately, this does more to feed their paranoia than anything else.
I've broken up a few of the long lines out of necessity to fit the column widths. This song also has a lot of なのです thrown in that isn't officially in the lyrics, so I've noted those as well.
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Vocals: Lyrics & Composition: Arrangement: |
羽入(堀江由衣) 江幡育子 大山 曜 |
Hanyuu (Yui Horie) Ikuko Ebata Yo Oyama |
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| Japanese | Romanization | Translation |
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| Intro ~23 seconds, with lots of "au au". | ||
| ボクは羽入と申します ボクの姿は見えません ずっと昔からここにいます だけど梨花しか知りません |
BOKU wa Hanyuu to moushimasu BOKU no sugata wa miemasen Zutto mukashi kara koko ni imasu dakedo Rika shika shirimasen |
Hello, I'm Hanyuu,1 and you can't see me. I've been here all along, but no one except Rika knows it. |
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The two above lines each have a なのです (na no desu) tacked on, with no particular intonation. |
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| みんなの仲間に入って騒いで はしゃいでみたいな なのです 部活って なんだか楽しそう いいな いいな いいな！ |
Minna no nakama ni haitte sawaide hashaide mitai na na no desu Bukatsu tte nandaka tanoshisou ii na ii na ii na! |
I'd love to be part of the group, get excited, have fun, na no desu. That club seems like so much fun oh yes, oh yes, oh yes! |
| ボクは羽入と申します すぐにあうあうしちゃいます なぜか梨花とは縁が深くて 感覚リンクしてます |
BOKU wa Hanyuu to moushimasu sugu ni au au shichaimasu Naze ka Rika to wa enishi ga fukakute kankaku RINKU shite masu |
Hello, I'm Hanyuu,1 and I'm prone to going "au au." I'm deeply tied to Rika for some reason, and our senses are linked. |
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The two above lines each have a なのです (na no desu) tacked on, again with no particular intonation. |
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| 梨花ってときどきちょっぴりいじわる やさぐれています なのです 辛いものはイヤ食べないで あひゃあ！ からい！ 辛いのでひゅ～※☆×◆ ぢたばた |
Rika tte tokidoki choppiri ijiwarru yasagurete imasu na no desu Karai mono wa IYA tabenaide ahyaa! Karai! Karai no dehyu~※☆×◆ djitabata |
Rika's sometimes a bit of a meanie; she gets all sulky, na no desu. Not spicy food, don't eat it, ahyaa! Hot! Too hawwt~※☆×◆ *flailing around* |
| みんなの笑顔がキラキラする そんな未来に生きたいな 何にもできずに悲しくなる 見てることしかできなくて 非力なボク…でもココにいる なのです |
Minna no egao ga KIRAKIRA suru Sonna mirai ni ikitai na Nannimo dekizu ni kanashiku naru Mite ru koto shita dekinakute Hiriki na BOKU... demo KOKO ni iru na no desu |
Everyone's smiling faces shining, That's the kind of future I'd like to live in. It's upsetting not being able to do anything. I can't do anything but watch, I'm powerless... but here I am, na no desu. |
| Interlude ~15 seconds, with lots of "au au". | ||
| ボクは羽入と申します 好きなのは甘いものです シュークリームが好き好き大好き！ だけど自分じゃ買えません |
BOKU wa Hanyuu to moushimasu suki na no wa amai mono desu SHUU KURIIMU ga suki suki daisuki! dakedo jibun ja kaemasen |
Hello, I'm Hanyuu,1 and I have a fondness for sweets. I love, love, LOVE cream puffs! but I can't buy them on my own. |
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The two above lines each have a なのです (na no desu) tacked on, the first sounding excited and the second mournful. |
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| エンジェルモートのデザートぜ～んぶ 頼んでみたいな なのです シューパフェ とってもおいしそう いいな いいな いいな！ |
ENJERU MOUTO no DEZAATO ze~nbu tanonde mitai na na no desu SHUU PAFE tottemo oishisou ii na ii na ii na! |
I want to try ordering EVERY dessert in Angel Mort, na no desu. The cream puff parfait looks so delicious oh yes, oh yes, oh yes! |
| ボクは羽入と申します 実はタカノがキライです タタリとかキョーフとか違うのです！ 勘違いも甚だしい |
BOKU wa Hanyuu to moushimasu jitsu wa TAKANO ga KIRAI desu TATARI to ka KYOUFU to ka chigau no desu! kanchigai mo hanahadashii |
Hello, I'm Hanyuu,1 and to be honest, I HATE Takano. It's not a curse or terror or anything! It's all a big fat misunderstanding. |
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The two above lines each have a なのです (na no desu) tacked on, the first sounding outraged and the second offended. |
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| 困ったときにはあうあうしながら みんなのまわりを パタパタ 何にもできない ごめんなさい ごめんなさい ごめんなさい… パタパタ… |
Komatta toki ni wa au au shinagara minna no mawari wo PATAPATA Nannimo dekinai gomennasai gomennasai Gomennasai... PATAPATA... |
When I'm upset I go "au au" and pitter-patter around everyone. I can't do anything, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.... pitter-patter. |
| 昭和58年6月2 その先の世界 見たいな 絶望以外の明るい未来 信じることはできるはず 非力なボク…でもココにいる なのです |
Shouwa gojuu hachi nen roku gatsu2 Sono saki no sekai mitai na Zetsubou igai no akarui mirai Shinjiru koto wa dekiru hazu Hiriki na BOKU... demo KOKO ni iru na no desu |
June 19832 I wish I could see the world beyond it. A bright future other than despair, I ought to be able to believe in it. I'm powerless... but here I am, na no desu. |
| Interlude ~7 seconds, with lots of "la la la" that continues during the next two lines. | ||
| もうすぐ 時間が もうすぐ やってきますのです 忘れません ボクが見ていたこと ぜんぶ |
Mou sugu jikan ga Mou sugu yatte kimasu no desu Wasuremasen BOKU ga mite ita koto zenbu |
Very soon, that time, Very soon, is coming. I won't forget What I've seen, any of it. |
| みんなの笑顔がキラキラする そんな未来に生きたいな 何にもできずにせつなくなる ボクはなぜ ココにいるの…？ 非力なボク…でもココにいる |
Minna no egao ga KIRAKIRA suru Sonna mirai ni ikitai na Nannimo dekizu ni setsunaku naru BOKU wa naze KOKO ni iru no...? Hiriki na BOKU... demo KOKO ni iru |
Everyone's smiling faces shining, That's the kind of future I'd like to live in. It's painful not being able to do anything. Why am I here...? I'm powerless... but here I am. |
There's a frustrated "auu~" thrown in here for good measure. |
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| 昭和58年6月2 その先の世界 見たいな 絶望以外の明るい未来 信じることはできるはず 非力なボク…でもココにいる なのです |
Shouwa gojuu hachi nen roku gatsu2 Sono saki no sekai mitai na Zetsubou igai no akarui mirai Shinjiru koto wa dekiru hazu Hiriki na BOKU... demo KOKO ni iru na no desu |
June 19832 I wish I could see the world beyond it. A bright future other than despair, I ought to be able to believe in it. I'm powerless... but here I am, na no desu. |
| Closing ~35 seconds, with lots of "au au". | ||
1 Literally, it's a formal "I am called Hanyuu," but と申します (to moushimasu) is almost exclusively used when introducing yourself.
2 Showa 58, using the Japanese era to specify the year, is AD 1983 in the western Anno Domini system. Japan typically uses Western years in everyday life, but often retains the Japanese era year system for official paperwork, for instance. The series repeatedly refers to the year as Showa 58, perhaps to be suggestive of an official report on the massive disaster that happens every loop.