on my way

ore wa makenai
(translation: I won't be defeated.)

Wait a moment, I am busying collecting my emotions. They're all over the place and making me feel pretty overwhelmed at the moment. ...Okay, wait, wait. Okay. By the way, some things to say before I forget- I typed the lyrics without a capital in the front because I'm not sure whether Japanese has capital letters when it comes to romaji. Yup. Oh! Also, I've been told before that "ore" is a pronoun that is usually meant for males, in an arrogant sort of way. (In other words, it's weird for a female to use it, but hey, it's lyrics, so yeah.)

Now I can start.

Recently, my sister and I watched Dream Live 6th, which one of the Prince of Tennis musicals but not really related to the original story line- more like an extra performance to compile songs from the previous few musicals, etc, an additional show, so as to speak.

I'm pretty sure most people heard of the manga and/or the anime before but the musical is probably relatively more unknown. Yes, they do run around, sing, dance and swing rackets. They even hit invisible tennis balls. To someone watching it for the first time, it would probably be pretty bizarre but I first watched it when I was much younger, so the ludicrous effect was subdued in my young eyes.

...My paragraphs feels way too long in this post. Oh, well. At the moment, I'm currently watching clips of what I can find in youtube because I missed it quite a lot. One of my all time favorite song is always "On My Way" and I managed to find a video with the romaji, kanji (I think that's what it's called?), Chinese and English translations.

Quite obviously, the Chinese translation is better than the English ones. The lyrics are a bit lame but hey, it's a tennis musical! Haha. It'll be too weird if they have really in-depth lyrics that have nothing to do with them. I love the lyrics for some because it's so motivational and for some, it's sort of cocky, like there's a song called "I'm Always Winner". (HEY! I found the video with English subtitles and romaji...)

... I was about to make a post where I ramble about life but forget it. I'm just going to concentrate on Tenimyu (Prince of Tennis musical) for this one. You can get lost if you're not interested, which I'm pretty sure a lot of you aren't. Haha.

AHHHH. ALL THE EMOTIONS.

My sister and I followed Tenimyu last time, a long time ago. We started when I was quite young, maybe around primary three? We stopped a while back because they completed the whole series, although there were impending plans to restart all over again but with a much younger cast and all that. We dropped out after that because it's too tiring to follow anymore and the cast was getting so young and looked rather inexperienced.

Tenimyu used to be a pretty big part of my life. In fact, I remember in secondary two or three, I think, I kept listening to the soundtracks during the breaks in class or during recess. One of my teachers asked me what I was listening to but I only smiled. It was those times where I was still really into the musicals and listened to the music with an almost obsessive fashion.

Ah, those days.

OH MY GOSH, ALL THE EMOTIONS. Sorry, I just keep watching the videos and keep being hit by things like nostalgia, a slight twinge of sadness, joy, etc. It's like meeting friends you haven't seen for a long time- I keep smiling and laughing. Pretty soon, I'm sure the other occupants in the room with me are going to think I'm nuts! Haha!

Okay. Abandoning all plans of typing a coherent post and going to tumblr or whatever. I'm going to just keep listing videos and channels. Watching them too! :) So excited!

Another song I really like, Season. This one's the original version, I'm pretty sure. Anyway, this channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/aikawarazudare/featured has a lot of songs, but probably not subbed. It also has the full Dream Live 3rd, Imperial Match Hyotei, Absolute King Rikkai Second Service. From what I've seen, Dream Live 3rd and Absolute King Rikkai Second Service are English subbed! :) There's a lot of other videos like backstages and stuff but the ones I've checked have no subs.

Ugh. Dream Live 3rd's Season! This one has subs and just watching the video made me feel like sighing- I didn't! I smiled instead. Yes, I am a creepy person who smiles to her computer screen. Ah, life. Been saying "life" a lot but it's the one word that literally encompasses everything, so I'll stick with it for now. By the way, Season is one of the most popular or well received song in all the musicals and from seeing how warm and fuzzy the lyrics are, it's no surprise. I've said it before but one reason why I love Japanese music so much is because of the lyrics. I love the motivational crap and all. :)

Ahhh! Hahahahaha. Data wa Uso o Tsukanai! I love this performance of that song! Haha. Best one ever. Araki was on crack on something. It was awesome. Haha. Love the end as well. Wow. Shinken Shoubu to wa Sou Iu Koto, I love this song because of this performance! Anyway, I claim this song to be "The song where they all profess their endless and undying love for Tachibana". The person who wrote the top comment agreed with me as well! :)

This channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/RobinObsession/videos has some subbed videos, quite a lot of Dream Live 3rd ones and a bunch of other unsubbed songs.

Illusion, Dream Live 7th version. Ugh. I tried watching the other Niou's one but it just doesn't work for me. I think Masataka Nakagauchi (long, long, long name) is so awesome because he makes the dance look really good. It's so intense and just ugggghhhh. Haha. He definitely has the Niou in my head down pat. Not that I really know Niou but my impression of him, anyway.

Oh! Here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Madziaste/videos?sort=dd&view=u&page=1 has Burimyu, which is the name for the Bleach musicals. Yes, Bleach has musicals as well. My sister and I were more of a fan of Tenimyu but we watched like, one or two Burimyu. I didn't think it was that bad- not as bad as it could be. Apparently, there was a Naruto musical as well but they didn't film it down or something... Anyway, the musicals aren't subbed in English though, but if I ever want to watch the Bleach musical...

I'm just doing all these by chance, so if I managed to find something related, I'll record it down.

Okay, here: http://www.youtube.com/user/7YearsOfTenimyu/videos has random subbed videos, including Erabareshii Elite shudan. Haha. Akazawa who goes to the tanning salon. Ken! Haha. His voice is quite good. Ahhh. Now, I really miss the first few musicals...

This: http://www.youtube.com/user/arkadymnekozukii/videos has a lot of Rikkai stuff but not always English subbed. Some of them are... Spanish subbed, I think? ... I want to watch the original Rikkai song, gah.

Right when I said it. Haha. Hijou no Tennis, original version and Hijou no Tennis, subbed and from Dream Live 4th. I love it when they sing for each other, like Katta mon gachii ya and the Seigaku regulars song as well. Love! This channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/BiaNoYami#g/u has a lot of songs, mostly unsubbed I think, but from the latter stuff like Dream Live 6th and the Rikkai matches.

By the way, I think most of the subs are not accurate at all and at most, should be treated as a vague indication and a sort of guide instead of the absolute meaning and words.

This: http://www.youtube.com/user/scruffmutt1/videos?sort=dd&view=u&page=1 has random stuff and the whole of Dream Live 7th.

This: http://www.youtube.com/user/hope33/videos has a quite a few numbers from the first cast and some of them subbed.

Okay.

That's all.