The Goddess' Playlist: 365 Araw ng Eroplanong Papel by MNL48

To continue my blog's fifth year, I will bring back The Goddess' Playlist, this time it's from MNL48, the Filipino sister group of the Japanese idol group AKB48, and the song will be "365 Araw ng Eroplanong Papel."

Originally as a coupling song for AKB48's 42nd single, Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby, the MNL48 version was first revealed during the March 2019 seitansai (birthday concert), followed by a 30-second teaser released on the group's official YouTube channel on April 4, 2019 and finally the official music video, produced by Plan C and directed by Carlo Francisco Manatad, was released on the following day, April 5, 2019.

The song was considered the most emotional and tearjerking of all five singles MNL had, being the last MV to feature all the first generation members, as well as the last single for Sayaka Awane, who announced her graduation in MNL48 Interactive Live due to her family moving permanently in Japan, and Quincy Santillan, who got suddenly left the group due to unfortunate circumstances. Currently, the MV is nominated for MYX Music Awards 2020 as the mellow music video of the year.

The song was centered by Sheki Arzaga, who also centered the first two singles "Aitakatta Gustong Makita" and "Pag-Ibig Fortune Cookie," and notable members who had been in the senbatsu such as Abby Trinidad, Sela Guia, Jem Caldejon, Brei Binuya, Coleen Trinidad, Awane, Kaede Ishiyama, Mari Iyog, Belle Delos Reyes and the also now-graduated Faith Santiago. 365 ANEP also marked the debut of Dana Brual and Dian Mercado as part of the main single senbatsu.

I really don't know how to put words on this, but the song and the MV gave me both goosebumps on my body and tears pouring in my eyes. Nevertheless, it has a beautiful translation, aesthetics and the inner nostalgic thoughts on how the group started. Very recommended for graduations, commemorated anniversaries and even in everyday life because it's a mellow-inspirational song, something we should be motivated and uplifted especially now we're facing an invisible enemy (and the other enemies in our surroundings).

For starters here's the lyrics:

Tumingin sa langit ng umaga Sa araw kung tawagin ay ngayon Umaasang malalagpasan nang may ngiti Tahimik na hinihiling Kung minsan pumapatak ang ulan Ngunit luha ay umaapaw Mga araw na 'di umaayon sa 'ting plano

Bukas, pagsisipagan ko

Pangarap na 'king inaasam May isa pang ako na malaya Nagagawa lahat aking ninanais Ito ang aking hangarin Buhay ay eroplanong papel Dala ang pangarap, ito'y lumilipad Kasabay ng pag-ihip ng hangin Patuloy sa pagsulong

Sa halip, 'di alintana ang layo
Kung sa'n 'to naglakbay At kung saan man mapadpad Ito ang mas higit na mahalaga Tibok ng puso ang gabay, 365 araw Pagkataong makita ang bituin O gabing halos walang makita Kahit nawawalan man ng pag-asa Nakahanap ng sandigan Sa iyong pinagdadaanan Umasa kang hindi ka nag-iisa 'Di mo lang napansin ang kabutihan Ng mga tao sa paligid Buhay ay eroplanong papel Dala ang pag-ibig, ito'y lumilipad Magtiwala sa sarili at ika'y humayo Lahat, titingala sa'yo 'Di man bihasa sa mga darating Bigla kong namalayan, ako'y namayagpag na Mabigyan ng lakas ng loob at pag-asa Tayo'y magsama't magsaya, 365 araw Buhay ay eroplanong papel Dala ang pangarap, ito'y lumilipad Kasabay ng pag-ihip ng hangin Patuloy sa pagsulong Sa halip, 'di alintana ang layo Kung sa'n 'to naglakbay At kung saan man mapadpad Ito ang mas higit na mahalaga Tibok ng puso ang gabay, 365 araw Sige, lumipad ka Subukang lumipad Sige, lumipad ka Subukang lumipad Sige, lumipad ka Subukang lumipad

That's for another edition of The Goddess' Playlist! Comment here or on my FB page or my Twitter @goddessyk13. And please don't forget to vote 365 ANEP on the MYX official website.

The Duchess' Royal Playlist: Message by Rei Yasuda (Ace Attorney Anime ED1)

Regular  Edition CD cover of Rei Yasuda's eighth studio single Message. The titular track is used as the first ending song of the Ace Attorney anime, known as Gyakuten Saiban ~Sono "Shinjitsu" Igi Ari!~ in Japan.

NOTE: This post is made to mark the first anniversary of this blog.

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"OBJECTION!"

That's the first thing come into my mind when a rookie defense attorney named Phoenix Wright (Ryuichi Naruhodo) pointed his middle finger that strikes like a typhoon at a respondent's legal counsel inside a Japanese courtroom with an American-styled twist. He is accompanied with a cutie gal in spiritual outfit named Maya Fey (Mayoi Ayasato), the sister of the late Mia Fey (Chihiro Ayasato), and yet the two are worked together to solve any incident before the Judge. That gesture is also used by Feenie's childhood friend and rival Miles Edgeworth (Reiji Mitsurugi) and among others in one of the popular game series of all time, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, known in Japan as Gyakuten Saiban.

The anime version has just come out almost two months ago and expected to end by this September.

Who's Rei Yasuda?

Rei Yasuda, real named Rachel Rhodes, is a singer and model of Japanese and Caucasian descent. Born on April 15, 1993 (gosh dang it, she's just turned 23 this year!) in North Carolina, US but move to Japan when Rhodes was just 3 years old. At 10, she was inspired to become a singer after hearing her mom listening to a song of Utada Hikaru. She is fluent in both Japanese and English. Rhodes then became of the Genki Rockets as a model and vocalist, under the name of Fumi, until she went to a solo career in 2013 with "Best of My Love," the ending song for the anime Space Battleship Yamato 2199. She is currently signed under Sony Music Japan (of which Marvelous, Inc. and SME Records being the child sub-recording companies) and served as an exclusive model for the Nylon Japan magazine.

And who the hell could've been remembered the Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei second ending song that is "Mirror"? Actually, the anime itself marked my introduction to Rhodes *ahem, ahem* Yasuda, I mean (or whatever I can call her those) to the otaku playlist world in 2014.

Message

Fast forward to two years later, the Rei Yasuda that I know is actually include for the Ace Attorney anime, wow! :O

Anyhow, her eighth studio single "Message" is used as the AA anime's first ending song and released on May 18, 2016, while the TV sized one is first release on April 13 of the same year, as Rhodes' fourth digital single. It has two editions: the regular CD and digital singles (which includes the TV size version of the song), and the limited editions.

And speaking of which, I have to take this special Royal Playlist post for the blog's first year of existence and in lieu with the cliffhanger yet miracle win of Madam Maria Leonor "Leni" G. Robredo as the 14th Vice President of the Philippines, the very first hailed from the Bicol region and the fourth lawyer VP of its Fifth Republic. This also sums her own triumph against a Marcos which took 30 years after the historic People Power Revolution. To be honest, Rhodes' "Message" is very suitable for VP Leni to lead the beloved Pearl of the Orient - with or without a cabinet post - in her own might.

Back to AA, if you see the TV sized ED featuring Maya Fey, then you might just get related to the song as we're about to sing to the tune of Rei Yasuda's "Message."

LYRICS

Japanese Romaji

Nayami nagara tsukutta "message" 

Shin'ya ni totsuzen anata ate ni okutta 

Tokidoki demo ii watashi ga itsumo 

Soba ni iru koto omoidashite, to

Tarikirenakute mo koukai bakari demo
Tameiki tsuki nagara demo susumou to suru
Anata ga moshimo mirai shinjiru 

Kokoro nakushikakete mo wasurenaide

Namida no ato ni wa egao ga yatte kuru yo 

Mayoi tachitomatta hazu no hibi sae mo 

Dakishimetai kurai ni itoshiku kanjirareru 

Ashita ga kitto matteru akiramenaide 

Ichibyou, ichibyou yume e to chikazuku 

Hikari o issho ni mitsumeteru 

Futari de totta shashin no watashi wa 

Yorisotte bakari de sukoshi tayorinai kedo 

Issho ni chikatta yume no tame ni 

Nanika ushinau kakugo ga aru no

Munashisa ni nita saka no tochuu demo

Furueru yoru o warai tobashite kureru 

Anata ga moshimo egaki tsuzuketa 

Kibou ga kudakesou demo obienaide

Namida wa kawaku yo watashi ga iru kara 

Keshisairitai kako mo issho ni tsurete yukou 

Zenbu ni imi ga atte ima ga, subete ga aru 

Sono kiseki ga zutto togirenai you ni 

Ichibyou, ichibyou yume e to chikazuku 

Omoi o ryoute de dakishimeyou

Nigirishimeta te hanasezu ni ita 

Suberi ochite yuku kioku no fuchi 

Tadotte... 

Mou ichido aruitekou
Oooh... Whoa...

Namida no kazu dake yasashiku narerunda yo 

Mayoi tachitomatta hazu no hibi sae mo 

Tashika na ashiato irotoridori no smiles 

Ashita ga kitto matteru akiramenaide 

Ichibyou, ichibyou yume e to chikazuku 

Hikari o issho ni mitsumeteru 

Hikari o issho ni mitsumeteru

TV sized version

Official music video and full audio

The Duchess' Royal Playlist: Kizuna ni Nosete by eyelis

The ED Single cover

FOREWORD: The following post was made to welcome the second season of the Akagami no Shirayuki-hime anime.

Welcome to The Duchess' Royal Playlist for the year 2016!

This time I will tackle about one of the best anime songs of 2015 and it's from Sorata Akizuki's Akagami no Shirayuki-hime entitled "Kizuna ni Nosete (Placed in Bonds)" by eyelis*, the same group behind the opening song of Hayate no Gotoku! Can't Take My Eyes Off You, the ending songs of The World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc OVA, and the first and fourth ending songs of the Zettai Karen Children anime spinoff that is The Unlimited - Kyousuke Hyoubu.

The first-ever single in more than two years and the overall fourth single for the unit, was released on Quezon City Day and Manuel L. Quezon's birth anniversary day, August 19, 2015, under Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Japan (aka the group's new recording label since the past year following their swap from Geneon Universal Entertainment) and as I mentioned earlier, "Kizuna ni Nosete" was used as the ending song for the Akagami no Shirayuki-hime anime first season. It was followed by a fifth overall one, "Page ~Kimi ni Tsuzuru Monogatari~," the latter becomes the ending song of the Akagami anime sequel, is set to release this February 3 in two different editions under the same record label.

Let us retouch the first fateful meeting between our friendly red-haired royal pharmacist-slash-future princess of the Clarines Kingdom Shirayuki (it's just around the corner lol) and our kind-hearted, quite clumsy yet brave white-haired prince Zen Wistalia with eyelis' "Kizuna ni Nosete."

KIZUNA NI NOSETE (絆にのせて, Kizuna ni Nosete, lit. Placed in Bonds)

Written by: Satomi Kawasaki

Composed and arranged by: Takeshi Masuda

Performed by: eyelis

Romaji

Hibiite kono sekai ni onaji omoi no kodou
Futari wa egaite yukeru

Atataka na hizashi egao sakasetara
Ashioto nasane nagara susumou
Yasashisa ni furete hirogaru mirai wa
Ano toki nozonde kimeta michi

Mamoritai hito ga iru to tsuyoku chikaeru nara
Hanareteite mo chikara ni kawatteku

Shinjite mune ni idaku hitamuki na jounetsu wa
Kagayaku shirube ni naru yo
Hibiite kono sekai ni onaji omoi no kodou
Futari wa egaite yukeru

Ikutsu mo no mayoi dousureba ii no?
Kaze fuku basho de kurikaeshite

Tachidomaru toki mo aseru kimochi sae
Subete o tsutsunde kureta kara

Kikoeru yo namae o yobu tashika na sono goe ga
Kakegae no nai yuuki o kureta ne

Negai wa donna toki mo kienai akari ni naru
Tomezu ni omoi tsudzukete
Jibun no hane o hiroge tobitatsu tori no yukue
Sora e to maiagaru you ni

Shinjite mune ni idaku hitamuki na jounetsu wa
Kagayaku shirube ni naru yo
Hibiite kono sekai ni onaji omoi no kodou
Futari wa egaite yukeru

Tsunaida kizuna ni nosete

English Translation

Resound louder
The beats of our united feelings,
Two of us would go
to paint all around this world

Warm sunshine has made
your smile bloomed
While syncing the sound of our footsteps,
Let's move forward
This vast future
touched by your kindness,
is the decided same path
I was longing that time

If you desperately pledge
to protect your beloved one
Even though have been apart,
distance would also be your own strength

Believe on,
to those earnest passions
that you hold in heart
and they'd be your shining guidance
Resound louder
The beats of our united feelings,
Two of us would go
to paint all around this world

Many times I ever hesitate
What should I do?
Keep repeating the same,
in this place where wind blows

Whenever I stopped in my way,
even these impatient feelings
You've warped all of them for me

I could hear
You were calling my name
That certain voice of yours
It's truly giving me
an irreplaceable courage

Forever, hopes would always be
a light that never goes out
Never hold back,
Keep on feelings
Spread out your own wings
Reach the destination
where birds fly away
as if soar up to the sky

Believe on,
to those earnest passions
that you hold in heart
and they'd be your shining guidance
Resound louder
The beats of our united feelings,
Two of us would go
to paint all around this world

Entrust to our connected bonds

TV Size Version

Full Audio Version (with lyrics)

* - composed of Satomi Kawasaki on vocals and keyboards, Takeshi Masuda on guitars and Wataru Maeguchi on strings. The group first started in 2012 under the label Smile Company and signed into Geneon Universal Entertainment from the same year, then moved to Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Japan in 2015.