One of the fun things about 魔法少女リリカルなのは (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha) is that once in each season, when the action is getting particularly intense, a Nana Mizuki song in the background adds to the intensity. Maybe it's just because she also voices the character, but it always seems to me that these songs especially apply to Fate, this one in particular. The short of it is that Fate never really thought for herself or lived her own life up to this point. However, repeated run-ins with Nanoha, who never ceases to be inexplicably nice to her, along with finding out that much of what she thought she knew was a lie, lead to Fate re-evaluating her own life and deciding that she's not satisfied with what she sees. "A quiet wish to reclaim myself..." "...face the weakness in my heart / So I can come into brilliant bloom."
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水樹奈々 矢吹俊郎 |
Nana Mizuki Toshirou Yabuki |
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| Intro ~36 seconds | |||
| 淀んだ空気 抜け出せるように 教えてくれたよね 込み上げてくる 静かな願い 自分を取り戻そう |
Yodonda kuuki nukedaseru you ni oshiete kureta yo ne Komiagete kuru shizuka na negai jibun wo torimodosou |
You taught me how to slip free of the stagnant air. A quiet wish to reclaim myself wells up in me. |
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| 仰いだ空の果て 君の眼差し 思いやりの雨に 打たれて消えてく let me down 止まらない |
Aoida sora no hate kimi no manaszashi Omoiyari no ame ni utarete kiete ku Let me down tomaranai |
Your gaze on the ends of the sky I looked up to Is struck by a rain of sympathy and vanishes. It's such a let-down, but I won't stop. |
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I'm dubious about whether "let me down" here is actually intended to mean what it does in English, but I've tried doing what I can with it. |
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| shake up はじめて 気付いて 委ねて take a shot 見渡したら君がいて ためらう事なく戦う意味は 鮮やかに咲き誇れるように 弱い心と 向き合うこと |
Shake up hajimete kidzuite yudanete take a shot Miwatashitara kimi ga ite Tamerau koto naku tatakau imi wa Azayaka ni sakihokoreru you ni Yowai kokoro to mukiau koto |
I shake things up, and for the first time realize, entrust myself, and take a shot. I look around, and there you are. The meaning to fighting without hesitation Lies in facing the weakness in my heart So I can come into brilliant bloom. |
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| Interlude ~14 seconds | |||
| どこへ向いても どこへ向かって 歩けばいいなんて 自分の道も 決められなくて たたずむ僕がいた |
Doko e muite mo doko e mukatte arukeba ii nante Jibun no michi mo kiramerarenakute tatazumu boku ga ita |
How can I just walk somewhere, heedless of where I'm headed? There I was, standing still, unable to decide my own way. |
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| 遥かなる未来に 希望絶やさず 雲に隠れていた 途切れない勇気 I have drive 呼び澄ませ |
Haruka naru mirai ni kibou tayasazu Kumo ni kakurete ita togirenai yuuki I have drive yobi sumase |
My unbroken courage was hidden in the clouds. I make clear both it and the drive I have, Not letting my hope die out at a distant future. |
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| take off 震えて 目覚めて 尋ねて pave the way 迷わないで君と行く どうして戸惑い続けてきたの？ 晴れやかに勝ち誇れるように 無数の願い 掴みとろう |
Take off furuete mezamete tazunete pave the way Mayowanaide kimi to yuku Doushite tomadoi tsudzukete kita no? Hareyaka ni kachihokoreru you ni Musuu no negai tsukamitorou |
I take off, shiver, awaken, seek, pave the way, And go with you without any doubts. Why had I kept on being so bewildered? I seize my countless wishes So I can triumph gloriously. |
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| Interlude ~32 seconds | |||
| 強く優しく 翼に風を... | Tsuyoku yasashiku tsubasa ni kaze wo... | Powerfully, gently, wind on my wings... | |
| shake up はじめて 気付いて 委ねて take a shot 見渡したら君がいて ためらう事なく戦う限り 失うものなどない |
Shake up hajimete kidzuite yudanete take a shot Miwatashitara kimi ga ite Tamerau koto naku tatakau kagiri Ushinau mono nado nai |
I shake things up, and for the first time realize, entrust myself, and take a shot. I look around, and there you are. As long as I fight without hesitation, I'm not going to lose anything. |
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| 震えて 目覚めて 尋ねて pave the way 迷わないで君と行く どうして戸惑い続けてきたの？ 晴れやかに勝ち誇れるように 無数の願い 掴みとろう |
Furuete mezamete tazunete pave the way Mayowanaide kimi to yuku Doushite tomadoi tsudzukete kita no? Hareyaka ni kachihokoreru you ni Musuu no negai tsukamitorou |
Shiver, awaken, seek, pave the way, And go with you without any doubts. Why had I kept on being so lost? I seize my countless wishes So I can triumph gloriously. |
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| Closing ~13 seconds | |||