[LYRICS] Sora no Otoshimono ED Collection

Track List
1. 岬めぐり (Misaki Meguri)
2. 太陽がくれた季節 (Taiyou ga Kureta Kisetsu)
3. 戦士の休息 (Senshi no Kyuusoku)
4. ゆけ!ゆけ!川口浩!! (Yuke! Yuke! Kawaguchi Hiroshi!!)
5. 夏色のナンシー (Natsuiro no Nancy)
6. ふり向くな君は美しい (Furimuku na Kimi ha Utsukushii)
7. ワイルドセブン (Wild Seven)
8. 初恋 (Hatsukoi)
9. 僕等のダイアリー (Bokura no Diary)
10. チャンピオン (Champion)
11. 赤い花　白い花 (Akai Hana Shiroi Hana)
12. 春一番 (Haruichiban)
13. エンディング Ver.1.0~XIV ノンストップメドレー! (Ending Ver.1.0~XIV Nonstop Medley!) *

* bonus track, a 21-minute long medley of the TV-size versions of all the ending themes, including Soba ni Irareru Dakede. They aren’t interlaced nicely like in the Macross Frontier medleys, it’s just fade out fade in. So it’s kinda pointless.

All of these songs are covers of famous songs from the past. It skips from Ver.XII to Ver.XIV, so chances are that there isn’t going to be a new song next week, and that the ‘dangerous ep14′ really will be released as an OVA.

A character album is going to be released Feb. 3, 2010.

This post is pretty long, so I’m going to try out using page jumps. Click the name of the song you want the lyrics for, and you’ll hopefully jump directly there. It’ll probably only work when you’re viewing the full post though (not just the excerpt on the home page). This will be implemented for all future posts.
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岬めぐり (Misaki Meguri)
Mitsuki Sohara (CV Mina)

あなたがいつか 　話してくれた
anata ga itsuka 　hanashite kureta
岬を僕は 　たずねて来た
misaki wo boku ha 　tazunete kita
二人で行くと 　約束したが
futari de iku to 　yakusoku shita ga
今ではそれも 　かなわないこと
ima de ha sore mo 　kanawanai koto

岬めぐりの 　バスは走る
misaki meguri no 　basu ha hashiru
窓にひろがる 　青い海よ
mado ni hirogaru 　aoi umi yo
悲しみ深く 　胸に沈めたら
kanashimi fukaku 　mune ni shizumetara
この旅終えて 　街に帰ろう
kono tabi oete 　machi ni kaerou

幸せそうな 　人々たちと
shiawase sou na 　hitobito tachi to
岬を回る 　ひとりで僕は
misaki wo mawaru 　hitori de boku ha
くだける波の 　あのはげしさで
kudakeru nami no 　ano hageshisa de
あなたをもっと 　愛したかった
anata wo motto 　aishitakatta

岬めぐりの 　バスは走る
misaki meguri no 　basu ha hashiru
僕はどうして 　生きてゆこう
boku ha doushite 　ikite yukou
悲しみ深く 　胸に沈めたら
kanashimi fukaku 　mune ni shizumetara
この旅終えて 　街に帰ろう
kono tabi oete 　machi ni kaerou

岬めぐりの 　バスは走る
misaki meguri no 　basu ha hashiru
窓にひろがる 　青い海よ
mado ni hirogaru 　aoi umi yo
悲しみ深く 　胸に沈めたら
kanashimi fukaku 　mune ni shizumetara
この旅終えて 　街に帰ろう
kono tabi oete 　machi ni kaerou

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太陽がくれた季節 (Taiyou ga Kureta Kisetsu)
Ikaros (CV Hayami Saori), Mitsuki Sohara (CV Mina), Satsukitane Mikako (CV Takagaki Ayahi), Sakurai Tomoki (CV Hoshi Souichirou), Sugata Eishiro (CV Suzuki Tatsuhisa)

君は何を今 　見つめているの
kimi ha nani wo ima 　mitsumete iru no
若い悲しみに 　濡れた瞳で
wakai kanashimi ni 　nureta hitomi de
逃げてゆく白い鳩 　それとも愛
nigete yuku shiroi hato 　soretomo ai
君も今日からは 　僕らの仲間
kimi mo kyou kara ha 　bokura no nakama
飛び出そう 　青空の下へ
tobidasou 　aozora no shita he

君は何を今 　待ち続けるの
kimi ha nani wo ima 　machi tsudukeru no
街の片隅で 　ひざを抱えて
machi no katasumi de 　hiza wo kakaete
届かないあの手紙 　別れた夢
todokanai ano tegami 　wakareta yume
君も今日からは 　僕らの仲間
kimi mo kyou kara ha 　bokura no nakama
飛び込もう 　青春の海へ
tobikomou 　seishun no umi he

青春は太陽が 　くれた季節
seishun ha taiyou ga 　kureta kisetsu
君も今日からは 　僕らの仲間
kimi mo kyou kara ha 　bokura no nakama
燃やそうよ 　二度とない日々を
moyasou yo 　nidotonai hibi wo
燃やそうよ 　二度とない日々を
moyasou yo 　nidotonai hibi wo

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戦士の休息 (Senshi no Kyuusoku)
Sakurai Tomoki (CV Hoshi Souichirou)

ありがとう 　ぬくもりを
arigatou 　nukumori wo
ありがとう 　愛を
arigatou 　ai wo
かわりに 　おれの生命を
kawari ni 　ore no inochi wo
置いてゆけたなら
oite yuketa nara
男は誰もみな 　無口な兵士
otoko ha dare mo mina 　mukuchi na heishi
笑って死ねる人生
waratte shineru jinsei
それさえ 　あればいい
sore sae 　areba ii

ああ 　まぶたを開くな
aa 　mabuta wo hiraku na
ああ 　美しい女（ひと）よ
aa 　utsukushii hito yo
無理に向ける 　この背中を
muri ni mukeru 　kono senaka wo
見られたくはないから
miraretaku ha nai kara
生まれて初めて 　つらい
umarete hajimete 　tsurai
こんなにも 　別れが
konna ni mo 　wakare ga

ああ 　夢からさめるな
aa 　yume kara sameru na
ああ 　美しい女（ひと）よ
aa 　utsukushii hito yo
頬に落ちた 　熱い涙
hoo ni ochita 　atsui namida
知られたくはないから
shiraretaku ha nai kara
この世を去る時 　きっと
kono yo wo saru toki 　kitto
その名前 　呼ぶだろう
sono namae 　yobu darou

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ゆけ!ゆけ!川口浩!! (Yuke! Yuke! Kawaguchi Hiroshi!!)
Kamon Tatsuo

川口浩が洞くつに入る
kawaguchi hiroshi ga hora kutsu ni hairu
カメラマンと照明さんの後に入る
kameraman to shoumei-san no ato ni hairu
洞くつの中には 　白骨が転がる
hora kutsu no naka ni ha 　hakkotsu ga korogaru
何かで磨いた様な 　ピカピカの白骨が転がる
nanika de migaita youna 　pikapika no hakkotsu ga korogaru
すると突然頭の上から
suru to totsuzen atama no ue kara
恐いヘビがおそってくる
kowai hebi ga osotte kuru
何故か不思議な事に
nazeka fushigi na koto ni
しっぽから落ちてくる
shippo kara ochite kuru
ヘビの攻撃さけると 　動かないサソリがおそってくる
hebi no kougeki sakeru to 　ugokanai sasori ga osotte kuru
サソリの次は毒グモだ 　ヒロシは素手で払い落とす
sasori no tsugi ha doku gumo da 　hiroshi ha sude de harai otosu
ゆけゆけ川口浩 　ゆけゆけ川口浩 　ゆけゆけ川口浩
yuke yuke kawaguchi hiroshi 　yuke yuke kawaguchi hiroshi 　yuke yuke kawaguchi hiroshi
どんとゆけ!!
donto yuke!!

原住民が底なし沼にはまる
genjuumin ga sokonashi numa ni hamaru
溺れている原住民の顔は笑ってる
oboreteiru genjuumin no kao ha waratteru
川口浩は 　ピラニアにかまれる
kawaguchi hiroshi ha 　pirania ni kamareru
かまれた素手が 　突然画面に大アップになる
kamareta sude ga 　totsuzen gamen ni dai appu ni naru
さらに未開のジャングルを進む
sara ni mikai no janguru wo susumu
道には何故かタイヤの跡がある
michi ni ha nazeka taiya no ato ga aru
ジャングルの奥地に新人類発見!
janguru no okuchi ni shinjinrui hakken!
腕には時計の跡がある
ude ni ha tokei no ato ga aru
こんな大発見をしながら 　けっして学会には発表しない
konna daihakken wo shinagara 　kesshite gakkai ni ha happyou shinai
川口浩の奥ゆかしさに 　僕らは思わず涙ぐむ
kawaguchi hiroshi no oku yukashisa ni 　bokura ha omowazu namida gumu
ゆけゆけ川口浩 　ゆけゆけ川口浩 　ゆけゆけ川口浩
yuke yuke kawaguchi hiroshi 　yuke yuke kawaguchi hiroshi 　yuke yuke kawaguchi hiroshi
どんとゆけ!!
donto yuke!!

大発見をしてジャングルを後にする
daihakken wo shite janguru wo ato ni suru
来る時あれだけいたヘビや 　サソリ毒グモ 　いやしない
kuru toki are dake ita hebi ya 　sasori doku gumo 　iyashinai
底なし沼さえ消えている
sokonashi numasae kieteiru
ゆけゆけ川口浩 　ゆけゆけ川口浩 　ゆけゆけ川口浩
yuke yuke kawaguchi hiroshi 　yuke yuke kawaguchi hiroshi 　yuke yuke kawaguchi hiroshi
どんとゆけ!!
donto yuke!!

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夏色のナンシー (Natsuiro no Nancy)
Nymph (CV Nomizu Iori)

※ 恋かな 　Yes! 　恋じゃない 　Yes!
koi kana 　Yes! 　koi janai 　Yes!
愛かな 　Yes! 　愛じゃない
ai kana 　Yes! 　ai janai
風が吹くたび気分も揺れる 　そんな年頃ね
kaze ga fuku tabi kibun mo yureru 　sonna toshigoro ne

※※ You & me splashing along the beach
Summer time
Only two of us along the beach
Summer time

プールサイドで瞳を閉じる
pu—rusaido de hitomi wo tojiru
そんな私をあなた気にしてる
sonna watashi wo anata kinishiteru
あなたの後を 　ついてくだけの
anata no ato wo 　tsuiteku dake no
女の子からは卒業したみたい
onna no ko kara ha sotsugyou shitamitai
if you love me 夏色の恋人
if you love me natsuiro no koibito
if you love me 夏色のナンシー
if you love me natsuiro no nanshi—
去年とはくちびるが違ってる・・・
kyonen to ha kuchibiru ga chigatteru…

※refrain
※※refrain

青い空からまぶしいSunshine
aoi sora kara mabushii Sunshine
灼けた素肌に 　ジェラシーかもね
yaketa suhada ni 　jierashi— kamo ne
あなたは誰かに声かけてるけど
anata ha dareka ni koe kaketeru kedo
本当の愛 　気づく時が来るわ
hontou no ai 　kiduku toki ga kuru wa
if you love me 夏色の恋人
if you love me natsuiro no koibito
if you love me 夏色のナンシー
if you love me natsuiro no nanshi—
さっきから時間さえ止まってる・・・
sakki kara jikan sae tomatteru…

※refrain

- It originally said ‘reflain’ instead of ‘refrain’. I changed it for the sake of readability.

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ふり向くな君は美しい (Furimuku na Kimi ha Utsukushii)
Ikaros (CV Hayami Saori), Nymph (CV Nomizu Iori), Mitsuki Sohara (CV Mina), Satsukitane Mikako (CV Takagaki Ayahi), Sakurai Tomoki (CV Hoshi Souichirou), Sugata Eishirou (CV Suzuki Tatsuhisa)

うつ向くなよふり向くなよ 　君は美しい
utsumuku na yo furimuku na yo 　kimi ha utsukushii
戦いに敗れても 　君は美しい
tatakai ni yaburetemo 　kimi ha utsukushii
今ここに青春を刻んだと
ima koko ni seishun wo kizandato
グランドの土を手にとれば
gurando no tsuchi wo te ni toreba
誰も涙を笑わないだろう
dare mo namida wo warawanai darou
誰も拍手を惜しまないだろう
dare mo hakushu wo oshimanai darou
また逢おう 　いつの日か
mata aou 　itsu no hi ka
また逢おう 　いつの日か
mata aou 　itsu no hi ka
君のその顔を忘れない
kimi no sono kao wo wasurenai

うつ向くなよふり向くなよ 　君は美しい
utsumuku na yo furimuku na yo 　kimi ha utsukushii
くやしさにふるえても 　君は美しい
kuyashisa ni furuete mo 　kimi ha utsukushii
ただ一度 めぐり来る青春に
tada ichido meguri kuru seishun ni
火と燃えて生きて来たのなら
hi to moete ikite kita no nara
誰の心もうてるはずだろう
dare no kokoro mo uteru hazu darou
誰の涙も誘うはずだろう
dare no namida mo sasou hazu darou
また逢おう 　いつの日か
mata aou 　itsu no hi ka
また逢おう 　いつの日か
mata aou 　itsu no hi ka
君のその顔を忘れない
kimi no sono kao wo wasurenai

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ワイルドセブン (Wild Seven)
Sakurai Tomoki (CV Hoshi Souichirou), Sugata Eishirou (CV Suzuki Tatsuhisa)

お前がやれぬことならば
omae ga yarenu koto naraba
俺が 　この手でやってやる
ore ga 　kono te de yatteyaru
そうさ 　この世のどぶさらい
sou sa 　kono yo no dobusarai
悪にゃめっぽう強いやつ
akunya meppou tsuyoi yatsu
とばすマシーンのシルバーが
tobasu mashi—n no shiruba— ga
暗い闇夜をひきさいた
kurai yamiyo wo hikisaita
何か 　ありそうな 　あの七人
nanika 　ari souna 　ano shichinin
何か 　ありそうな 　ワイルドセブン
nanika 　ari souna 　wairudo sebun

もとはと云えば吹きだまり
moto ha to ieba fukidamari
荒れて吠えてた無法者（アウトロー）
arete hoeteta autoro—
今は 　この世のどぶさらい
ima ha 　kono yo no dobusarai
悪にむかえば燃えるやつ
aku ni mukaeba moeru yatsu
うなるマシーンが宙を舞い
unaru mashi—n ga chuu wo mai
風の流れをたちきった
kaze no nagare wo tachikitta
何か 　ありそうな 　あの七人
nanika 　ari souna 　ano shichinin
何か 　ありそうな 　ワイルドセブン
nanika 　ari souna 　wairudo sebun

もとはと云えば吹きだまり
moto ha to ieba fukidamari
荒れて吠えてた無法者（アウトロー）
arete hoeteta autoro—
何か 　ありそうな 　あの七人
nanika 　ari souna 　ano shichinin
何か 　ありそうな 　ワイルドセブン
nanika 　ari souna 　wairudo sebun

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初恋 (Hatsukoi)
Ikaros (CV Hayami Saori), Satsukitane Mikako (CV Takagaki Ayahi)

五月雨は緑色 　悲しくさせたよ一人の午後は
samidare ha midoriiro 　kanashikusaseta yo hitori no gogo ha
恋をしてさびしくて
koi wo shite sabishikute
届かぬ想いを暖めていた
todokanu omoi wo atatameteita
好きだよと言えずに 　初恋は
suki dayo to iezu ni 　hatsukoi ha
ふりこ細工の心
furiko saiku no kokoro
放課後の校庭を走る君がいた
houkago no koutei wo hashiru kimi ga ita
遠くで僕はいつでも君を探してた
tooku de boku ha itsudemo kimi wo sagashiteta
浅い夢だから 　胸をはなれない
asai yume dakara 　mune wo hanarenai

夕映えはあんず色 　帰り道一人口笛吹いて
yuubae ha anzuiro 　kaerimichi hitori kuchibue fuite
名前さえ呼べなくて
namae sae yobenakute
とらわれてた心見つめていたよ
tora wareteta kokoro mitsumeteitayo
好きだよと言えずに 　初恋は
suki dayo to iezu ni 　hatsukoi ha
ふりこ細工の心
furiko saiku no kokoro
風に舞った花びらが 　水面を乱すように
kaze ni matta hanabira ga 　miomo wo midasu youni
愛という字書いてみては
ai to iu jikaite mite ha
ふるえていた 　あの頃
furueteita 　ano goro
浅い夢だから 　胸をはなれない
asai yume dakara 　mune wo hanarenai

放課後の校庭を走る君がいた
houkago no koutei wo hashiru kimi ga ita
遠くで僕はいつでも君を探してた
tooku de boku ha itsudemo kimi wo sagashiteta
浅い夢だから 　胸をはなれない
asai yume dakara 　mune wo hanarenai

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僕等のダイアリー (Bokura no Diary)
Sugata Eishiro (CV Suzuki Tatsuhisa), Satsukitane Mikako (CV Takagaki Ayahi)

たかが恋などと 　言ってくれるなよ
taka ga koi nado to 　itte kureru nayo
僕には大問題だ 　ややこしくて
boku ni ha daimondai da 　yaya koshikute

女心にはまるでお手上げさ
onnagokoro ni ha marude ote agesa
大胆不敵な天使 　かなわないよ
daitanfuteki na tenshi 　kanawanaiyo

キスの味はレモン・パイ 　肌の香りラベンダー
kisu no aji ha remon pai 　hada no kaori rabenda—
その気にさせて肩すかし 　僕をじらすよ
sono ki ni sasete kata sukashi 　boku wo jirasuyo
あちらこちらカップルが 　翔んで翔んでうわの空
achira kochira kappuru ga 　tonde tonde uwa no sora
やたら僕を刺激する 　ドンマイドンマイ今に見てろよ
yatara boku wo shigeki suru 　donmai donmai ima ni miteroyo

恋はフクザツで 　やたらせつないよ
koi ha fukuzatsu de 　yatara setsunaiyo
日毎に大問題だ 　悩ましくて
higoto ni daimondai da 　nayamashikute

甘い言葉セクシーで 　のぼせすぎてグロッキー
amai kotoba sekushi— de 　nobosesugite gurokki—
その気にさせてラブ・パンチ 　僕にくらわす
sono ki ni sasete rabu panchi 　boku ni kurawasu
あちらこちらカップルが 　翔んで翔んでうわの空
achira kochira kappuru ga 　tonde tonde uwa no sora
やたら僕を刺激する 　ドンマイドンマイ今に見てろよ
yatara boku wo shigeki suru 　donmai donmai ima ni miteroyo

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チャンピオン (Champion)
Sakurai Tomoki (CV Hoshi Souichirou) & Tomoko (CV Fujita Saki)

つかみかけた熱い腕を
tsukami kaketa atsui ude wo
ふりほどいて君は出てゆく
furihodoite kimi ha dete yuku
わずかに震える白いガウンに
wazuka ni furueru shiroi gaun ni
君の年老いた悲しみを見た
kimi no toshioita kanashimi wo mita
リングに向かう長い廊下で
ringu ni mukau nagai rouka de
何故だか急に君は立ち止まり
nazedaka kyuu ni kimi ha tachidomari
ふりむきざまに俺に
furimukizama ni ore ni
こぶしを見せて寂しそうに笑った
kobushi wo misete sabishisou ni waratta
やがてリングと拍手の渦が
yagate ringu to hakushu no uzu ga
一人の男をのみこんで行った
hitori no otoko wo nomikondeitta
(You’re King of Kings)
立ち上がれ
tachiagare
もう一度その足で立ち上がれ
mou ichido sono ashi de tachiagare
命の炎を燃やせ
inochi no honoo wo moyase

君はついに立ち上がった
kimi ha tsui ni tachiagatta
血に染まった赤いマットに
chi ni somatta akai matto ni
わずかに開いた君の両目に光る
wazuka ni hiraita kimi no ryoume ni hikaru
涙が何かを語った
namida ga nanika wo katatta
獣のように挑戦者はおそいかかる
kemono no youni chousensha ha osoi kakaru
若い力で
wakai chikara de
やがて君は静かに倒れて落ちた
yagate kimi ha shizuka ni taorete ochita
疲れて眠るように
tsukarete nemuru youni
わずかばかりの意識の中で
wazuka bakari no ishiki no naka de
君は何を考えたのか
kimi ha nani wo kangaeta no ka
(You’re King of Kings)
立たないで
tatanaide
もうそれで充分だ
mou sore de juubun da
おお神よ彼を救いたまえ
ookami yo kare wo sukuitamae

ロッカールームのベンチで君は
rokka—ru—mu no benchi de kimi ha
切れたくちびるでそっとつぶやいた
kireta kuchibiru de sotto tsubuyaita
(You’re King of Kings)
帰れるんだ
kaererunda
これでただの男に帰れるんだ
kore de tada no otoko ni kaererunda
これで帰れるんだ
kore de kaererunda
ラィ ラ ラィ ラ ラィ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
rai ra rai ra rai………………

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赤い花　白い花 (Akai Hana Shiroi Hana)
Ikaros (CV Hayami Saori)

赤い花つんで 　あの人にあげよ
akai hana tsunde 　ano hito ni ageyo
あの人の髪に 　この花さしてあげよ
ano hito no kami ni 　kono hana sashite ageyo
赤い花 　赤い花 　あの人の髪に
akai hana 　akai hana 　ano hito no kami ni
咲いてゆれるだろう 　お陽さまのように
saite yureru darou 　ohi-sama no youni

白い花つんで 　あの人にあげよ
shiroi hana tsunde 　ano hito ni ageyo
あの人の胸に 　この花さしてあげよ
ano hito no mune ni 　kono hana sashite ageyo
白い花 　白い花 　あの人の胸に
shiroi hana 　shiroi hana 　ano hito no mune ni
咲いてゆれるだろう 　お月さんのように
saite yureru darou 　otsuki-san no youni

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春一番 (Haruichiban)
Ikaros (CV Hayami Saori), Nymph (CV Nomizu Iori), Mitsuki Sohara (CV Mina)

雪が溶けて川になって 　流れてゆきます
yuki ga tokete kawa ni natte 　nagarete yukimasu
つくしの子がはずかしげに 　顔を出します
tsukushi no ko ga hazukashige ni 　kao wo dashimasu
もうすぐ春ですね
mou sugu haru desu ne
ちょっと気取ってみませんか
chotto kidotte mimasenka
風が吹いて暖かさを 　運んで来ました
kaze ga fuite atatakasa wo 　hakonde kimashita
どこかの子が隣りの子を 　迎えに来ました
dokoka no ko ga tonari no ko wo 　mukae ni kimashita
もうすぐ春ですね
mou sugu haru desu ne
彼を誘ってみませんか
kare wo sasotte mimasenka
泣いてばかりいたって 　幸せは来ないから
naite bakari itatte 　shiawase ha konai kara
重いコート脱いで 　出かけませんか
omoi ko—to nuide 　dekakemasenka
もうすぐ春ですね
mou sugu haru desu ne
恋をしてみませんか
koi wo shite mimasenka

日だまりには雀たちが 　楽しそうです
hidamari ni ha suzumetachi ga 　tanoshi sou desu
雪をはねて猫柳が 　顔を出します
yuki wo hanete neko yanagi ga 　kao wo dashimasu
もうすぐ春ですね
mou sugu haru desu ne
ちょっと気取ってみませんか
chotto kidotte mimasenka
おしゃれをして男の子が 　出かけてゆきます
oshare wo shite otoko no ko ga 　dekakete yukimasu
水をけってカエルの子が 　泳いでゆきます
mizu wo kette kaeru no ko ga 　oyoide yukimasu
もうすぐ春ですね
mou sugu haru desu ne
彼を誘ってみませんか
kare wo sasotte mimasenka
別れ話したのは 　去年のことでしたね
wakare banashi shita no ha 　kyonen no koto deshita ne
ひとつ大人になって 　忘れませんか
hitotsu otona ni natte 　wasuremasenka
もうすぐ春ですね
mou sugu haru desu ne
恋をしてみませんか
koi wo shite mimasenka

雪が溶けて川になって 　流れてゆきます
yuki ga tokete kawa ni natte 　nagarete yukimasu
つくしの子がはずかしげに 　顔を出します
tsukushi no ko ga hazukashige ni 　kao wo dashimasu
もうすぐ春ですね
mou sugu haru desu ne
ちょっと気取ってみませんか
chotto kidotte mimasenka
別れ話したのは 　去年のことでしたね
wakare banashi shita no ha 　kyonen no koto deshita ne
ひとつ大人になって 　忘れませんか
hitotsu otona ni natte 　wasuremasenka
もうすぐ春ですね
mou sugu haru desu ne
恋をしてみませんか
koi wo shite mimasenka
もうすぐ春ですね
mou sugu haru desu ne
恋をしてみませんか
koi wo shite mimasenka

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Mahoromatic: Tadaima Okaeri - Impressions

After about a six-year break betwteen the end of Something More Beautiful, Gainax has, for some reason, released another Mahoromatic OVA, titled Mahoromatic: Tadaima Okaeri. The episodes aired in the middle part of October, which were during my midterm weeks and thus explaining how/why I’ve not heard of it and had to wait until now to watch it.

This post contain spoilers as well as being slightly NSFW, you’ve been warned.

I’m not sure how many people have watched the entire series. I’ve stopped near the end of season 1 because, well, the story in itself is rather tragic. From the title, I thought it’d be something that’s not reflecting on the theme (aside from the irony revolving H-contents), and I really had high hopes for it. Anyway, here’s the opening (I’m not going to put up the ED because I don’t particularly fancy the Triomatic’s singing)

The story takes part sometime in the early middle part of Season 2, seeing as season 2 introduced Minawa. The OVA is more like an insertion of a two episode long story, and it does seem to have an explosive start, well…See for yourself…

The morning wake-up call

Just wondering, who here eats their eggs with ketchup? I've seen a lot of people do this but I don't really like the taste

Ultimately the story revolves around the Triomatic starting a meido cafe to celebrate their town’s 120 anniversary. However, in the midde of preparation, an unexpected on Minawa occured and was thwarted by Mahoro. That pretty much sums it all up (it’s only two episodes long after all).

While I’m not really so much of a prick for graphics, you can pretty much tell that the animations are a lot smoother and cleaner than the original series (even though I liked the original as well).

Oh, Mahoro gets a new outfit (it’s the best screenshot I can get, click here for a better picture). Personally, I think it’s AWESOME (FIGURE PLX)

I think it’s a reference to something (probably just me because aside from the style they really don’t look much alike, I’ll let you be the judge).

Tachikoma rejects are probably very cheap on the market for every villain these days to use

[caption id="attachment_4348" align="aligncenter" width="468" caption="Resemblence to Eva is probably due to the fact that Gainax also made Evangelion"][/caption]

The fight itself isn’t the focus of the series, unfortunately I would have known about that the  first time had I finished the series. Yeah, you could probably already tell that the fight is kind of cheesy (somewhat justified by the point that Mahoro is overpowered). It might have been thrown in for the sake of, well, an element of the series (since Mahoro is a decommissioned combat android after all). The other reason might have been for a rather weak plot point in season 2, although unfortunately I haven’t seen it.

As with the original series, there’s a lot of fan service elements. I’m not really THAT picky about these kind of stuff (esp since it’s been so long since I’ve heard Ayako-sama’s sweet voice :3), but…it’s not the kind of stuff you’d want to show to the public >_<

Although, the ensuring carnage is often hilarious

Overall, it’s a light mooded OVA. It has been a while since the series ended off, so all in all this OVA includes a bit of everything. The ever present-yet-impossible-to-reach romance theme included.

This is what I get for having a weak mind *minor nosebleed*

I would have actually enjoyed the whole thing if it weren’t for the damned ending…

We already know that the entire story in itself is a tragedy, and of all things I was hoping it wouldn’t be repeating those elements from the original series. Unfortunately, as if reinforcing that it isn’t something just thrown together for the sake of …They just had to add in the inevitable “sudden death counter” thing. It’s the whole reason why I dropped the series in the first place (though I will commit myself to finishing it sometime in 2010).

All in all, I really did enjoy the whole thing. It’s a good laugh (yes Mahoro did say “Ecchi na no wa ikenai to omoimasu” in the OVA), and a bit of health care to boot. It’s different from watching the series because, even though the counter is ticking, the inevitable ending won’t actually come in the end of this OVA (I actually did skip ~30 episodes right to the ending, so I know what it’s about). Folks who are more sensitive to these fan service elements may say otherwise (and yes, those people exist), but otherwise, it’s a pretty good way to spend ~40 mins (provided nothing of dire importance is being neglected).

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lineless drawing!

What  nightmare!  I have spent the past two weeks trying to figure out photoshop (well…I’m using Gimp because I’m poor) but I finally figured it out using a book my parents gave me for christmas and a tutorial on Photoshop I found online.

Alright so anyone else who has been racking their poor brains trying to find a way to efficiently and tidily colour in a drawing in photoshop, the key is in ‘Channels’.  Turns out, all colour images are in a color environment but they have RGB channels.  The red channel is stronger or weaker by having a black and white channel, the more white there is, the more red there is.  Same for green and blue.  So essentially a simple white dot on a black background can be created by drawing a white dot on the red, green and blue channels.  If you wanted just a purple-y dot, you’d have a white dot on just the red and blue channels.

Clever!  Why the heck is this not explained when you install the program?!  Seems pretty essential.

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Ok so where does colouring in come to this?  Well, turns out, you colour inside the lines by using the selection tool.  but instead of doing this arduously and slowly, you make the selection, choose ’selection to channel’ and create and new invisible channel where your line-art is white lines on a black background.  This way, you can re-select your line art later on, delete it, and replace said lines with lovely shades of colour which make your drawings semi-lineless.

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Here’s my first attempt at drawing taking advantage of channels and layers and stuff.

It’s only a work in progress, but you can see where it helps to be able to cleanly select your line-art for re-colouring.  I’ll upload the finished pic when its done!

-Christopher

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[4+] People die when they are killed

Let’s go back for this study time

Today I will work with just a phrase: People die when they are killed

I will try to get different phrases and get a conclusion of them

I have to admit that at the first I joked a lot about this phrase. It is stupid. No it was stupid. If you think a little it ends being a great phrase.

Because I couldn’t  remember on what part do I got that phrase I tried to search  about it on goggle and I found that it is a Fate/Stay Night phrase. mm Ryukishi does like Type Moon games. just look at the special thanks on higurashi anime. So it is not strange to appear too in umineko

Let’s start:

Killers live when they kill

This phrase is not mine, just this one ok? I found it here searching for the phrase. here it says Flip the Chessboard but Ii seems more like a antonym trick for me. Who knows.

I have been talking with an umineko fan and his teory of episode 3 is this.  this phrase is the reason because Eva is alive at the end of the game board on episode 3.  the killer may be the one who killed hideyoshi and George.

This theory is quite good. It is interesting because it proclaims there is more than 1 killer in umineko episodes.

However there is something that I do not like from this. this is too similar to higurashi . Using the same tricks in both games would be too odd from the creator.  yeah It can be true but I dislike to think in this way a bit.

I do not worry It would be silly to use just 1 way of thinking in umineko. I have my own way to explain this. I will told you about it someday.

Not all people who seems to be killed is dead

This is a chessboard one. Who would like  this sentence to be true? simply, one who have been “killed”  in other words a false death. If you told today’s phrase in red the first thing to think that it confirms the death of people who were killed. whoever I do not talk anything about one who just pretending to be death. Yes the phrase might seems to forbid a false death but if you just look at it more carefully it does not forbid it.

If we follow this path we have to consider all “killed” people in umineko as possible not killed person, a fake death ones.  Like in Schrödinger experiment, all this people is alive and death and the same time as long as they are not declared death or alive by the red truth.

Don’t worry if you do not understands very well the last paragraph about the deaths I will give a longer explanation on another post soon.

It is late here and I’m sleepy. See you soon and merry Christmas

I love this guy work is too adorable

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A Little Bit of Evangelion News

In a recent magazine interview with the co-director of the new Rebuild of Evangelion film series Kazuya Tsurumaki, it was revealed that he and the studio are currently in the process of working on a ‘retake’ of the film with revised animation in particular scenes and also, possibly, brand new scenes that were not present in the theatrical release of the film back in June. The release date of the new cut of Evangelion 2.0 is going to be next spring, according to the latest information.

Back stateside, Funimation has just announced that they will announce the DVD and Blu-Ray versions of Evangelion 1.11 (the most current edition of the first film) on March 9th of next year. The new edition of the film features new scenes and corrected lighting in many scenes that were too dark in the previous releases as well as the overall quality of the film being adjusted to reflect the standards of the hi-definition picture on the Blu-Ray disc.

Even Rei is shocked to see the vast improvement in quality of the new Blu-Ray edition of the first movie as opposed to the original DVD release of the first cut of the film.

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Annual Survey of "The Character I Want to Be My Groom"

Recochoku conducted the survey on the Internet from May 28 to June 1 on an unspecified number of its users.Here are the top 10 results for the annual survey of “The Character I Want to Be My Groom” [according to rank]:

Number 1: Kyouya Hibari from Katekyo Hitman Reborn!

Number 2: Gintoki Sakata from Gintama

Number 3: Hitsugaya Toshiro  from Bleach

Number 4: Mukuro Rokudo from Katekyo Hitman Reborn!

Number 5: Sougo Okita from Gintama

Number 6: Date Masamune from Sengoku Basara

Number 7: Tsunayoshi Sawada from Katekyo Hitman Reborn!

Number 8: Kurosaki Ichigo from Bleach

Number 9: Sebastian Michaelis from Kuroshitsuji

Number 10: Toushirou Hijikata from Gintama

Via: Anime news network.

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As If It Needed Even Younger Protagonists

     While I was in Japan for three and a half months (I’m back now, by the way), I finished the entirety of the Gundam saga.  Minus a couple of episodes of Gundam Evolve, Gundam Seed Astray, and the upcoming Gundam Unicorn, I’ve seen every major Gundam work of manga, movie, or anime.  And honestly, Gundam Evolve and Gundam Seed Astray aren’t that major.  At any rate, that includes Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, the final story in the Universal Century.  Taking place over twenty years after Crossbone Gundam, Victory Gundam features Earth being attacked by yet another evil space empire: the Zanscare Empire.  Young Uso Evin and his friend/potential-but-never-explored love interest Shakti Kareen get caught up in the fighting between the Zanscare and an A.E.U.G. look-alike resistance force called the League Militaire.  Uso, only thirteen, ends up getting to pilot the League’s brand new, mass-produced Victory Gundam and ends up facing against such opponents as Cronicle Asher, Shakti’s uncle and brother to the Zanscare Queen (guess who Shakti really is), Fuala Griffon, a completely mentally unstable Newtype, and Katejina Loos, his former friend and greatest enemy.

     Once again, we get a lackluster Gundam series.  So, what’s bad about this one?  Most of what was bad about Zeta Gundam, though not as much.  For one, the characters are wholly uninteresting.  Shakti is a mishmash of various previous Gundam female protagonists (Sayla Mass, Fa Yuiry), the vast majority of the League Militaire is vapid and uninteresting (see Shrike Team), save perhaps Odelo Henrik and Marbet Fingerhat, and the villains’ motivations entirely unclear.  We never really figure out what Fonse Kagatie, the real mastermind behind the Zanscare, is trying to do, as it’s not clear if he actually believes in the Zanscare Queen, Maria Pia Armonia, and is just nuts, or if he was manipulating everything all along for his own benefit.  You get some indication that it’s the latter, but it’s not entirely clear.  Why does Katejina Loos go so evil?  Not sure.  The reasons stated in the show are that 1.) she believes in the ideals of Zanscare and 2.) she wants Cronicle and Uso to fight for her love.  Pedophile much?  Eww…  And how does she even know Uso?  I’m still wondering about that.

     Then, there’s the absolutely abysmal portrayal of women.  Aside from Marbet Fingerhat, who is an actually decent pilot and interesting character, and Fuala Griffon, basically everyone woman is defined by her womanness and/or her love relationships.  Even worse is the Shrike Team, which is introduced simply to have expendable people to slaughter in order to advance more important characters’ plotlines and make the show seem realistic.  Definitely a case of Women in Refrigerators, if you know what that is.  Katejina is also pretty terrible, as mentioned above.  She even makes a bunch of female pilots dress in bikinis and fly around in a space station with bazookas just to throw Uso off.  That… is just messed up on so many levels, as well as being completely pointless.

     And believe me, there’s more ridiculous stuff.  Like the mobile suit designs.  Most of Zanscare’s mobile suits either fly around by beam rotors strapped to their wrists (can also turn into helicopters) or fly around inside giant car tires.  I’m sure a rotor couldn’t support the entire weight of a mobile suit if strapped to a wrist, and I’m pretty sure that car tires don’t belong on giant spaceships and can’t make you float on water.  But according to Victory Gundam, they can!  Then there’s the idiocy of the Victory Gundam and Victory 2 Gundam themselves, which are made up of multiple core fighters that generally only dock in mid-fight.  Yes, because as we all know, it’s so much more efficient to have suits made up of multiple parts that have to dock and can easily be shot down.  Which they totally make ridiculous with the fact that the Gundams are mass-produced, so the parts get shot down all the time.  Sure, the animation’s good for the time, and the voice acting is good.  The music is even pretty dang good compared to other Gundam series, minus the fact that the opening and closing theme songs are way too happy for this show.  But the plot is absolutely abysmal, second only to that of Zeta Gundam in terms of crapiness in a Gundam show.  Really, there is very little good about this show.  It’s another example of one of Tomino Yoshiyuki’s extremely depressed periods, in which tons of people die, and there’s really very little happiness in the end.  There isn’t even a great ambigious ending.  It just… ends.  But hey, someone out there will like it anyway.

Story: 2.8      Animation: 8.5      Soundtrack: 7.8      Voice Acting: 9.0      Overall: 4.3

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A New Kind of Cartoon

 Anime is animation from Japan that is now part of America’s cartoon network and is entertaining and engaging.  One of my favorite anime shows is Inuyasha, because of the main character Inuyasha who loves two women Kagoma and Kikio and has to spend his time protecting them by destroying demons. The main reason why I love anime is because it’s so creepy and bizarre, although it can also have pure humor, action, and romance.  My personal favorite is with all the characteristics  together because I get to see a bit of everything. Anime shows are consuming because the ones that are serious get into real meaningful topics and talk about life in a deep way. The action in anime is thrilling because you never know when one of your favorite characters might die.  I always want to know what is going to happen to my favorite characters, so I do not take my eyes off the TV.

–Irania (11th Wave)

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intizar Gülüm

intizar Gülüm

Günes Dogmadi Bugün Yattigin Yere
Toprak Örttü Üstünü Üsüme Gülüm
Nefesim Nefesinle Sözlendi çoktan
Hergün Yanindayim, Özleme Gülüm

Anladim Dönmezsin Geri Bu Defa
Isyan Mi Edeyim, Söyle Allah’a
Kalbimi Ebedi Kapattım Aşka
Yalnizca Seninim, Seninim Gülüm

Tenime Harami Degdirmem Inan
Basini Ellere Egdirmem Gülüm
Gittigin Yerlerde Sen Rahat Uyu
Yalnızca Seninim, Seninim Gülüm…

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A, Er, It's the 90s: Casshern OVA aka Casshan Robot Hunter

Immortality has been a dream of man for as long as he has walked the Earth. For some, immortality means having an indestructible, ageless body. For others, it means living through the memories of others, or having their exploits retold in song and splendor. In the case of a robot with a penchant for chopping other robots in half named Casshern, all three apply, though he might not always like the result, especially when it’s in the form of a 1990s OVA.

In the 90s, the animation studio Tatsunoko Pro reviving some of its most popular franchises from its early years. Without a doubt the most well-known remake among English-speaking fans was Tekkaman Blade, a TV series based loosely on the classic series Tekkaman the Space Knight, as it managed to find its way into syndication under the name Teknoman. The second most famous remake however was an OVA based on another classic,  Neo-Human Casshern, about a man who is transformed permanently into an android in order to stop a massive robot revolt from conquering the world. Called simply Casshern, this update would be released in English as Casshan: Robot Hunter, and would air on the Sci-Fi Network’s anime block, alongside movies and other anime such as Akira and Project A-Ko.

There are two things I want to make clear at this point. First, while I gave that nice history lesson there, I did not grow up with Cable and thus was not a part of that segment of anime fans who grew up on the Sci-Fi Network’s anime showings. Second, at the time the OVA came out there was no official romanized spelling for “Kyashaan,” and so they decided to go with “Casshan” and add a small descriptor to the title. Nowadays however, we know the franchise is collectively known as “Casshern,” and in conforming with this standardization and for consistency’s sake, I am going to refer to the OVA in this review as Casshern OVA or Robot Hunter.

What is immediately apparent about Casshern OVA is that it is all flash and little to no substance. The story is there, and just like its source material it’s about a human robot fighting against the odds and punching holes in bigger, burlier robots, but it lacks sufficient amounts of connective tissue between scenes and between individual episodes which results in a bare sense of story coherency at best. Its purpose and goal is to look nice and pretty, and it succeeds in that regard, but only if you like the character designs, animation styles, pacing, and direction that embodies 90s anime aesthetics to the fullest extent. Even the fanservice is distinctly 90s-style! Not only can you can instantly tell when it was made, but the extent to which Casshern OVA is a product of its time is made all the more evident when you compare it to the ultra-stylized 2009 remake, Casshern SINS.

To those fans who grew up with 90s anime, it may just be “the way anime looks,” but for younger fans the look of Robot Hunter can be very, very different from today’s action series such as Black Lagoon. To sum up the 90s “serious action” aesthetic, it’s comprised of this exaggerated realism which permeates everything, but especially the male characters and their angular musculature, as well as the female characters and their sculpted curves. It’s the direct descendant of the 80s OVA aesthetic, which sought to give a sense of three-dimensionality to character designs.

I can only picture the staff responsible for Casshern OVA getting all excited and going, “The old Casshern is a classic, but it’s kind of dated now. That’s why we gotta make it right! We gotta make this thing timeless!” Despite (or perhaps because of) their best efforts, Casshern OVA ends up being more dated than even its 70s predecessor and its child-like sense of drama and wonder.

At the very least, it has the awesome Casshern Introduction Speech.

Throwing away his only life,
Reborn in an invincible body,
Here to obliterate the Demons of Iron,
If Casshern won’t do it, who will?

Bonus Assignment: Compare and contrast all three Casshern Openings and tell me what you think of each one.

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Yokai

Firstly, an unrelated note here. I know I have neglected this blog for a long time, and I really do regret it. I will try harder from now on. Oh, and my main blog is here, so you might want to take a look.

My last post in my main blog was about iGoogle (Google’s customizable page). I use the tea house theme for my own iGoogle, which I think is wonderful because it changes all the time. I love foxes and the illustration of this particular fox is amazingly cute. Plus it changes during the day. You can see the different illustrations of the upper bar during the different times of the day in the post on my main blog.  You might have noticed the spirits there at 03:14 who eat the oranges which are offerings, they are some kind of a Yōkai which are a class of preternatural creatures in Japanese folklore ranging from the evil oni (ogre) to the mischievous kitsune (fox) or snow woman Yuki-onna.

Here are some Yōkai images that were illustrated during the Edo period. They are ukiyo-e prints, which are Japanese woodblock prints or paintings.

Below is a Kappa, which is a type of water sprite found in Japanese folklore.

Below, there are images of Tengu (天狗?, “heavenly dogs”) which are a class of supernatural creatures found in Japanese folklore, art, theater, and literature. They are one of the best known yōkai (monster-spirits) and are sometimes worshipped as Shinto kami (revered spirits or gods). Although they take their name from a dog-like Chinese demon (Tiangou), the tengu were originally thought to take the forms of birds of prey, and they are traditionally depicted with both human and avian characteristics. They appear in the children’s story Banner in the sky when the main character trips over one and falls off the face of the mountain. The earliest tengu were pictured with beaks, but this feature has often been humanized as an unnaturally long nose, which today is practically the tengu’s defining characteristic in the popular imagination.

Buddhism long held that the tengu were disruptive demons and harbingers of war. Their image gradually softened, however, into one of protective, if still dangerous, spirits of the mountains and forests. Tengu are associated with the ascetic practice known as Shugendō, and they are usually depicted in the distinctive garb of its followers, the yamabushi.

To add some more differentiation to Yokai, there are also my favorite types, the Kitsune and the Yuki-onna:

Kitsune, 狐, きつね is the Japanese word for fox. Foxes are a common subject of Japanese folklore; kitsune usually refers to them in this context. Stories depict them as intelligent beings and as possessing magical abilities that increase with their age and wisdom. Foremost among these is the ability to assume human form. While some folktales speak of kitsune employing this ability to trick others—as foxes in folklore often do—other stories portray them as faithful guardians, friends, lovers, and wives.

Foxes and human beings lived in close proximity in ancient Japan; this companionship gave rise to legends about the creatures. Kitsune have become closely associated with Inari, a Shinto kami or spirit, and serve as his messengers. This role has reinforced the fox’s supernatural significance. The more tails a kitsune has—they may have as many as nine—the older, wiser, and more powerful it is. Because of their potential power and influence, some people make offerings to them as to a deity.

Yuki Onna (雪女, snow woman) is a spirit or yōkai in Japanese folklore. She is a popular figure in Japanese animation, manga, and literature.

Yuki-onna appears on snowy nights as a tall, beautiful woman with long hair. Her inhumanly pale or even transparent skin makes her blend into the snowy landscape (as famously described in Lafcadio Hearn’s Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things). She sometimes wears a white kimono,but other legends describe her as nude, with only her face and hair standing out against the snow.Despite her inhuman beauty, her eyes can strike terror into mortals. She floats across the snow, leaving no footprints (in fact, some tales say she has no feet, a feature of many Japanese ghosts), and she can transform into a cloud of mist or snow if threatened.

Some legends say the Yuki-onna, being associated with winter and snowstorms, is the spirit of someone who perished in the snow. She is at the same time beautiful and serene, yet ruthless in killing unsuspecting mortals. Until the 18th century, she was almost uniformly portrayed as evil. Today, however, stories often color her as more human, emphasizing her ghost-like nature and ephemeral beauty.

In many stories, Yuki-onna appears to travelers trapped in snowstorms, and uses her icy breath to leave them as frost-coated corpses. Other legends say she leads them astray so they simply die of exposure. Other times, she manifests holding a child. When a well-intentioned soul takes the “child” from her, they are frozen in place.Parents searching for lost children are particularly susceptible to this tactic. Other legends make Yuki-onna much more aggressive. In these stories, she often invades homes, blowing in the door with a gust of wind to kill residents in their sleep (Some legends require her to be invited inside first.)

What Yuki-onna is after varies from tale to tale. Sometimes she is simply satisfied to see a victim die. Other times, she is more vampiric, draining her victims’ blood or “life force.” She occasionally takes on a succubus-like manner, preying on weak-willed men to drain or freeze them through sex or a kiss.

Like the snow and winter weather she represents, Yuki-onna has a softer side. She sometimes lets would-be victims go for various reasons. In one popular Yuki-onna legend, for example, she sets a young boy free because of his beauty and age. She makes him promise never to speak of her, but later in life, he tells the story to his wife who reveals herself to be the snow woman. She reviles him for breaking his promise, but spares him again, this time out of concern for their children (but if he dares mistreat their children, she will return with no mercy. Luckily for him, he is a loving father).In a similar legend, Yuki-onna melts away once her husband discovers her true nature.

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