(Lyrics updated 9/2/19) Ota Yuuri centering a cool song right after her transfer to Team N? Yes, thank you. The original music video teaser for 焼け木杭 (yakebokkui / Embers), off of NMB48’s 20th single 床の間正座娘 (tokonoma seiza musume / Girl Sitting Seiza-style in the Alcove) immediately got my attention, and Read more
I think I discovered Little Glee Monster through Keyakizaka, though I can’t recall now if it was a suggestion from one of the member’s blogs, mobame, or they just happened to be featured on the same music show. In any case, I started listening through their discography, and it didn’t Read more
From Nogizaka46’s 6th single, 世界で一番孤独なLover (sekai de ichiban kodoku na lover / The World’s Loneliest Lover) is my second favorite Nogizaka song. Actually, at the end of last year I really did sit down and rank all the Nogi songs in my library. Without a doubt Another Ghost is #1, Read more
My second solo translation project, back in 2017, was Neru’s individual PV from Keyakizaka’s second single, Sekai ni wa Ai Shika Nai. Here she showcases her English skill to teach us some irregular verbs. Her singing and dancing is a bit questionable, but I still love this video; it really Read more
My first solo translation project, back in 2017, was Neru’s individual PV from Keyakizaka’s first single, Silent Majority. In her solo debut she sings… a Periodic Table of the Elements song. I chose this video since 1) no one else had subbed it yet, 2) the dialog was simple, and Read more