Yuna Ito - Trust You

Honestly, I found this song while lurking around the interwebz and it was completely random but it's such a beautiful song. Her voice is simply amazing. It's from Gundam 00. I haven't seen a single minute of Gundam.

LYRICS IN ROMAJI

Hana wa kaze ni yure odoru you ni
Ame wa daichi wo uruosu you ni
Kono sekai wa yorisoiai ikiteru no ni
Naze hito wa kizu tsuke au no
Naze wakare wa otozureru no

Kimi ga tooku ni ittemo mada
Itsumo kono kokoro no mannaka
Ano yasashii egao de umetsukusareta mama
Dakishimeta kimi no kakera ni
Itami kanjitemo mada tsunagaru kara
Shinjiteru yo mata aeru to
I'm waiting for your love

I love you
I trust you
Kimi no kodoku wo wakete hoshii
I love you
I trust you
Hikari demo yami demo
Futari dakara shinjiaeru no
Hanasanaide

Sekai no hate wo dare ga mita no
Tabi no owari wo dare ga tsugeru no
Ima wa kotae ga mienakute nagai yoru demo
Shinjita michi wo susunde hoshii
Sono saki ni hikari ga matsu kara

Kimi ga oshiete kureta uta wa
Ima mo kono kokoro no mannaka
Ano yasashii koe to tomo ni hibiite iru
Afureru kimochi no shizuku ga
Atatakaku hoho tsutau
Tsuyoku naru ne
Shinjiteru yo
Tsunagatteru to
I'm always by your side

I love you
I trust you
Kimi no tame ni nagasu namida ga
I love you
I trust you
Ai wo oshiete kureta
Donna ni kimi ga michi ni mayottemo
Soba ni iru yo

I love you
I trust you
Kimi no kodoku wo wakete hoshii
I love you
I trust you
Hikari demo yami demo
I love you
I trust you
Kanashimi demo yorokobi demo
I love you
I trust you
Kimi no subete wo mamoritai

Donna ni kimi ga michi ni mayottemo
Soba ni iru yo
Futari dakara shinjiaeru no
Hanasanaide

ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF LYRICS

Like flowers dancing in the breeze
Like rain wetting the earth
Everything in this world is nestled close together
So why do people hurt each other?
Why do we have to part?

Even if you go far away again
You'll always be in my heart
Still filled with your gentle smile
Embraced by the fragments of you
Even when I feel pain, we're still connected
So I believe we'll meet again
I'm waiting for your love

I love you
I trust you
I want you to share your loneliness with me
I love you
I trust you
Light or darkness
The two of us can trust each other
So don't let go

Who has seen the ends of the earth?
Who declares when a journey is over?
Even now in the long nights when you can't see the answer
I want you to just follow the path you believed in
Because there's light waiting up ahead

The song you taught me
Is still in my heart
That gentle voice echoes
With drops of overflowing emotion
Running warmly down my cheeks
I'll be strong
Because I believe
That we're connected
I'm always by your side

I love you
I trust you
The tears I shed for you
I love you
I trust you
Taught me love
Even if you've lost your way
I'll be right beside you

I love you
I trust you
I want you to share your loneliness with me
I love you
I trust you
Light or darkness
I love you
I trust you
Sorrow or joy
I love you
I trust you
I want to protect your everything

Even if you've lost your way
I'll be right beside you
The two of us can trust each other
So don't let go

The lyrics are really corny but it's a really nice song.

Fullmetal Alchemist Pocketwatch

I got this pocket watch off eBay a while ago. Of course I don't think it's a real one for the price I paid but that's beside the point. It serves it's purpose and I'll but a real one in due course.

Close-up of exterior.

Exterior with chain.

Interior. I don't really like the actually clock bit. It ticks and when it's really quiet in the middle of the night, you can hear it.

I'm not entirely sure what the date inside should be.

Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 9

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 11

Some people wouldn't believe me when I said the dates were different. There's the proof. So.. what should the date be?

Resuscitated Hope Piano Version

I found this pretty cool piano cover someone did for Resuscitated Hope.

If you click through to the youtube page, you'll find the sheet music in the description. I can't wait for the full version of the song to be released.

9nine -「SHINING☆STAR」

To be honest, I don't even like Star Driver that much but some of the songs, I really like.

Song: Shining Star

Artist: 9nine

Source: Star Driver OP #2

I'm not entirely sure if this is even the legit full version but I do know that it's being released on the 9th of March. Definitely going to keep my eye out for that. I like this better than the first OP.

Tomastu Haruka - Monochrome

I haven't really watched that much of Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto but I can't stop listening to this song from that anime. It's really cool. Anyway, here it is.

Song: MONOCHROME

Artist: Tomatsu Haruka

Source: Star Driver Insert Song

This version has the EPIC background music from the anime.

This version has some strange pop background. It sounds a little weird.

LYRICS:

In English:

The fluttering snow are pieces of stars, stretch your hands to the heavens,
you can feel all the wishes being made right?
Everything is all now in Monochrome.

The white breath I gently breathed out were the words I wanted to convey.
The warmer it was, I’m sure the more the sky brightened.

The encounter pushing my back is the initiation I wished for.
I stare intently at the darkness, my loneliness has come to an end.

My wings soaked in sadness take me to a pure white purity,
a tender courage for the future given to me.

My heart beats waits for the dawn of a new world,
taking the light with me on a journey, a new tomorrow begins for me.
The fluttering snow are pieces of stars, I stretch my hand to the heavens,
I believe in all the wishes being made.
Everything is all now in Monochrome.

A strong will starts to wane and reflecting myself,
I can advance without losing my way,
in my smiling eyes I have a radiant compass.

I melt my frozen memories and along with the love I’ve taken a hold of,
I feel what’s beyond the sky without ever looking back.

We each follow our own orbit, even if we don’t meet again,
we are connected by the galaxy the light has shown us.
The fluttering stars are like sand and are gently stroking my heart.
My dream’s afterimage quietly sleeps,
everything is still all in Monochrome.

My heart beats waits for the dawn of a new world,
taking the light with me on a journey, a new tomorrow begins for me.
The fluttering snow are pieces of stars, I stretch my hand to the heavens,
I believe in all the wishes being made.
Everything is all now in Monochrome.

In Romaji:

mau yuki ha hoshi no kakera tentai ni te wo nobashite
ikikau negai kanjiteiru ne
subete ha ima MONOKURO-MU no naka

sotto koboreta shiroi iki tsutaetakatta kotoba no katachi
kitto nukumori no bundake sora ha honnori akaruku natta

sono senaka wo osu deai sore ha nozonda INISHIE-SHON
jitto kurayami me wo korasu kodoku ha mou owatteita

kanashimi ni nureta tsubasa kasanariau junpaku he
watashiatta mirai he no yasashii yuuki

dare mo shiranai sekai no yoake wo matteiru kodou
hikari wo tsurete tabidatsu watashi ni hajimaru ashita
mau yuki ha hoshi no kakera tentai ni te wo nobashite
ikikau negai shinjiteiru yo
subete ha ima MONOKURO-MU no naka

tsuyoi ishi ga ugoiteiru michikake ni jibun wo utsushite
mou mayowazu ni ikeru to
hohoemu me ni kirameku rashin

kogoeta kioku wo tokasu te ni ireta ai to tomo ni
furimukazu ni kanjiauou sora no kanata

sorezore ga tadoru kidou tatoe mou aenakutemo
hikari ga miseru ginga no dokoka de tsunagatteiru ne
chiru hoshi ha suna no youni mata mune wo amaku naderu
shizuka ni nemuru yume no zanzou
subete ha mada MONOKURO-MU no naka

dare mo shiranai sekai no yoake wo matteiru kodou
hikari wo tsurete tabidatsu watashi ni hajimaru ashita
mau yuki ha hoshi no kakera tentai ni te wo nobashite
ikikau negai shinjiteiru yo
subete ha ima MONOKURO-MU no naka

Vampire Knight Manga

Yesterday I received yet another package from The Book Depository. This time, it was my Vampire Knight Box Set which contained volumes 1-10 and Vampire Knight volume 11. I'm still surprised this place makes a profit with their dirt-cheap prices and free shipping. It's also amazing that the books are in such good condition. I'm actually very excited to receive the 13 remaining books in my order.

Vampire Knight Box Set Volumes 1-10

RRP: $120 approx.

Cost: $57.82

That's what the books looked like inside.

Vampire Knight Volume 11 (Newest Release for the series)

RRP: $15-17 approx.

Cost: $8.15

The box set comes with an exlusive Day Class Planner. I'm not really into it but the more hardcore fans probably would be.

Since I have no other volume 1s to begin with in any other series, I'm going to start reading this first... unless my Cardcaptor Sakura or Shakugan no Shana.. or The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya arrives. I have to read a novel for English first though. The problem is every time I start English I start procrastinating a lot.

Ephemereal Addictions

It's late, I'm sleepy and I should really stop blogging all the time but I'm bored and my week has been shit and I really need a break. I'm pretty sure I'm very excited to received my Cardcaptor Sakura manga soon. I keep checking the tracking thing on the USPS site.

Right now, this is what it says:

Out of Foreign Customs, February 10, 2011, 4:27 pm, AUSTRALIA Into Foreign Customs, February 10, 2011, 4:06 pm, AUSTRALIA Arrived Abroad, February 10, 2011, 4:06 pm, AUSTRALIA International Dispatch, February 04, 2011, 11:30 am, ISC CHICAGO IL (USPS) Arrival Processed through Sort Facility, February 02, 2011, 1:45 am, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55413 Electronic Shipping Info Received, January 31, 2011

It's cleared customs. HOORAY! I seriously can't wait. It'll really brighten my week up. I really need to get my head back in the game.

Kuroshitsuji Volume 3

I had the most boring and slow day at school. We had Swimming Carnival and the best part was the cheering but other than that it was super boring. I went to Liverpool Westfield and ordered a biology textbook and bought two English study guides. How boring. I also got some liquid chalk from Spotlight for $1. What a bargain.

The main thing is when I got home I received my first book from The Book Depository. I was quite a surprise since I wasn't expecting it to come this soon. It arrived in perfect condition considering the fact it was shipped in a bubble wrap envelope and I had read many complaints about damaged books. It totally made my day.

I haven't actually read it yet but I have watched the anime and I really liked it. I'll start reading the manga when volume 1 comes in the mail. I'm expecting Cardcaptor Sakura, Shakugan no Shana and Vampire Knight as well. SO EXCITED.

PS. Can you see my awesome MK&A book underneath? :)

The Golden Fairy

Well, we're about halfway through the Winter 2010-2011 season of anime at the moment and I thought I'd just show you what this blog was inspired by. I've seen quite a few anime having only been watching for a few months and I have to say my favourite is Black Lagoon. I almost know this one inside and out. However, that is not what inspired this blog.

There's this one anime that is only five episodes in and goes by the name "Gosick". It's my favourite current anime. I'm really loving the mystery and everything but more on that later. Although seriously, there's so many losers that think they're so good because the "like totally knew that was going to happen." I mean, if the mystery was hard to solve, they'd be saying "Oh like how the heck were we supposed to figure that out?" Yes I know. People are weird.

Anyway, I really love epic songs. For example, ones with violins and stuff. I simply adore the ED of Gosick.

Song: Resuscitated Hope

Artist: Lisa Kommie

Lyrics in romaji

Lonely night, fighting back again, seems to be like it never ends
Give us hope, through the love abyss, moon, shine on me

Tsuyoku furiyamanu ame ni
Egao wasureta mama
Kurushimu surechigau sekai

Arasoi to itsuwari no naka de
Kokoro karasu no nara

Arekuruu nami ni ukabu hana no you ni
Make a way arashi o norikoete
Kare yuku daichi o fumishimeru you ni
Go ahead massugu ayumidaseru

Lyrics in English

Lonely night, fighting back again, seems to be like it never ends
Give us hope, through the love abyss, moon, shine on me

In the heavy rain that won’t stop falling
As I’ve forgotten how to smile
I suffer in a world where I pass you by

In the midst of conflict and pretense
If my heart is drained dry

Like the flower floating on the raging waves
Make a way, overcome the storm
So to tread firmly on the parched earth
Go ahead, I can start walking straight forward

Might post a download or make an AMV if I'm bothered when the full song comes out.

OP release: 2nd March
GOSICK OST: 30th March

Resuscitated Hope

Welcome. Since I feel like the biggest loser right now (no not like the TV show), I decided to start a new blog after many unsuccessful and unbearably boring ones. I'm kind of a little short for time at the moment but just a little run-down on what this blog is going to be about:

This blog will mainly be anime, manga and music focused. That's mainly because I just want to get my mind off things during this stressful year towards my goal of 99.95 and I just happen to love those things.

I'll probably write reviews and other things related to the three topics mentioned up there. Maybe you'll just have to stick around and see.

PS. Header will be up in the near future.