The Goddess' Playlist Pride Special! Macaronage of Love and Excitement

Welcome to another edition of The Goddess' Playlist and this time we are celebrating Pride Month as I featured another song from the Pretty Cure Series, "Macaronage of Love and Excitement."

Performed by Saki Fujita and Nanako Mori aka Cures Macaron and Chocolat's seiyuus, and written and composed by the music group Nostalgic Orchestra, the song was released on July 26, 2017 as part of KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode Vocal Album: Cure La Mode☆A La Carte and again of KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode Vocal Best Album: Suite☆Etude☆A La Mode which released on January 17, 2018 under the label Marvelous!, distributed by Sony Music Marketing.

Some fans noticed the song as the gayest among the Cure songs as well as how it compared to Love Live!'s "Glass Garden/Garasu no Hanazono" and had quite similarities to Sailor Moon Crystal's "Eternal Eternity" (plus Sailor Uranus and Pikario/Rio Kuroki shared the same seiyuu that is Junko Minagawa).

Anyway I just can't contain any longer and my shipping goggles and gaydar went overload whenever I hear that song like several times and honestly speaking, ChocoMaca are among my favorite ships in the Cure series because they're so sweet (no pun intended) and their relationship is just very irresistible in both the anime (espcially episodes 25 and 29 oh my freaking gosh aaaaahh) and the manga, wherein the latter has some oozing gay content. Ahhh man, I really love this ship so much!!!

Okay fangirl squealing aside, check out the lyrics below if you want to sing along:

Japanese

中途半端な優しさなら　これ以上ごめんだわ

放っておいてよ　ほっとけないよ

甘いだけじゃ罪ね　ショコラ

強がらないで　わがままの裏　隠してるのは

今にも壊れそうな　やわらかなHEART

まっすぐに　こっち向いて

見つめないで　見せてよ

ゆれる瞳の奥まで

ちぐはぐな心ざらつかせて

混ざりあわないマカロナージュ

タイセツを傷つけて失ってしまうくらいなら

守りたい理由はただひとつ

君が大好きだから

受け止めるよ気まぐれも

手間暇かけて愛情こめて

クールなとこも繊細なのも本当の君だから

見過ごせないよ　関係ないでしょ

フタツでヒトツさ　マカロン

完璧じゃない誰も知らない臆病な私

弱さを包み込む惜しみないLOVE

逃げないで　どうしてなの？

離さないよ　戸惑いを

焦れる瞳に映して

ウラハラな心重ねあわせ

確かめあいたいマリアージュ

態度より　声にして

熱いこの想いを伝えなきゃ

守りたいぬくもり優しさを

知ってしまったなら

味わいましょ　ときめきを

心ゆくまで　もっと溶けるまで

お人好し　でも嫌いじゃないわ

意地っ張り　仮面を外して

まなざし　まるで王子様

ショータイムさ　お嬢様

まっすぐに　こっち向いて

見つめないで　見せてよ

濡れた瞳の奥まで

抱きしめて

ちぐはぐな心ざらつかせて

混ざりあわないマカロナージュ

タイセツを傷つけて

失ってしまうくらいなら

守りたい理由はただひとつ

君が大好きだから

受け止めるよ気まぐれも

手間暇かけて愛情こめて

Romaji

Chūtohanpana yasashisa nara kore ijō gomen da wa

Hōtte oite yo hottokenai yo

Amai dake ja tsumi ne Shokora

Tsuyogaranaide wagamama no ura kakushiteru no wa

Ima ni mo kowaresōna yawarakana HEART

Massugu ni kotchi muite

Mitsumenaide misete yo

Yureru hitomi no oku made

Chiguhaguna kokoro zaratsukasete

Mazari awanai makaronāju

Taisetsu wo kizutsukete ushinatte shimau kurai nara

Mamoritai riyū wa tada hitotsu

Kimi ga daisuki dakara

Uketomeru yo kimagure mo

Temahima kakete aijō komete

Kūruna toko mo sensai nano mo hontō no kimi dakara

Misugosenai yo kankeinai desho

Futatsu de hitotsu sa Makaron

Kanpeki janai daremo shiranai okubyōna watashi

Yowasa wo tsutsumikomu oshiminai LOVE

Nigenaide dōshite nano?

Hanasanai yo tomadoi wo

Jireru hitomi ni utsushite

Uraharana kokoro kasane awase

Tashikame aitai mariāju

Taido yori koe ni shite

Atsui kono omoi wo tsutaenakya

Mamoritai nukumori yasashisa wo

Shitte shimatta nara

Ajiwaimasho tokimeki wo

Kokoro yuku made motto tokeru made

Ohitoyoshi demo kirai janai wa

Ijippari kamen wo hazushite

Manazashi maru de ōjisama

Shōtaimu sa ojōsama

Massugu ni kotchi muite

Mitsumenaide misete yo

Nureta hitomi no oku made

Dakishimete

Chiguhaguna kokoro zaratsukasete

Mazari awanai makaronāju

Taisetsu wo kizutsukete

Ushinatte shimau kurai nara

Mamoritai riyū wa tada hitotsu

Kimi ga daisuki dakara

Uketomeru yo kimagure mo

Temahima kakete aijō komete

English

If it's halfhearted kindness, I've had enough

Leave me be; I can't leave you alone

Being nothing but sweet is a sin, Chocolat

Don't put up a front, hidden beneath the selfishness

Is a soft heart, even now about to break

Don't look at me; face me

So straightforwardly like that; show me

Into the depths of those trembling eyes

Mismatched hearts in a frenzy,

A macaronage that won't blend

If I were to lose or hurt, what's so important to me is

My only reason for wanting to protect you

Because I love you

I'll accept everything, even the memories

I'll go through all the trouble for you, with all my affections

Your coolness and your delicate side are all the real you

I won't lose sight of you; that's all beside the point

They're one and the same, Macaron

I'm not perfect, the cowardly me that no one knows

Has no problem hiding all her weaknesses for love

Don't run; why

I won't let go of you; I'm at a loss

Reflecting those impatient eyes

Hearts at odds overlap

A marriage wanting certainty

Rather than gestures, put it into words

I have to convey these burning feelings

This warmth and kindness I want to protect

If we're aware of it

Let's savor our racing hearts

As much as we want, until we melt even more

You're pushy, but I don't mind it

I'll take off that stubborn mask

Oh my, aren't you just like a prince

It's showtime, Madam

Don't look at me; face me

So straightforwardly like that; show me

Into the depths of those tearful eyes

Hold me tight

Mismatched hearts in a frenzy,

A macaronage that won't blend

If I were to lose or hurt

What's so important to me is

My only reason for wanting to protect you

Because I love you

I'll accept everything, even the memories

I'll go through all the trouble for you, with all my affections

Thanks for reading another edition of The Goddess' Playlist! I hope you enjoy celebrating Pride Fest even at the comfort of your homes and Happy Pride to our mates in the LGBTQ+ community! Till the next featured contents, guys!

Lyrics reference: https://prettycure.fandom.com/wiki/Macaronage_of_Love_and_Excitement

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.

The Duchess' Royal Playlist: Joyful! Pretty Cure Christmas

For the second Xmas special of The Duchess' Royal Playlist, I have an anime Xmas song this time from Go! Princess Pretty Cure entitled "Joyful! Pretty Cure Christmas" by the Princess Pretty Cures.

The song was part of the Go! Princess Pretty Cure Vocal Album 2: ~For My Dream~, which was released just last November 11 under Marvelous, Inc. and of course, used as an insert song for the current Pretty Cure season's episode 45 which aired last Sunday in Japan.

And... Have ya sick of usual Christmas songs heard in the streets all over again? Well, here's the newest caroling to hit our shores!

Joyful! Pretty Cure Christmas (Joyful！プリキュアクリスマス Joyful! Purikyua Kurisumasu)

Written by: Rei Ishizuka 

Composed by: Mike Sugiyama 

Performed by: Princess Pretty Cures starring Yu Shimamura, Masumi Asano, Hibiku Yamamura and Miyuki Sawashiro

Romaji

Kurisumasu (Hey!) Kurisumasu (Hey!) 

Merī merī kurisumasu 
Mominoki ni egao kazari tsukete 
Kyandoru ni yume wo tomoshita nara 
Chikyū no hate kara Santa mo tonakai mo 
Yattekite odoridasu yo 
[Haruka/Minami] Dokidoki yūki kane wo narashi
[Kirara/Towa] Sekaijū ni happī hibikasete (Hey!)

Joifuru☆karafuru kurisumasu! 
Suteki ni tanoshiku genki yoku! 
Joifuru☆karafuru kurisumasu! 
Seinaru kono hi 
Kokoro tsunagi rabu&pīsu 

Kēki ni konazatō mabusu yō ni 
Kono machi ni yuki ga furidasu koro
Hanauta kyaroru ga atsumari dai gasshō 
Pātī wa moriagaru yo
[Kirara/Towa] Wakuwaku kibō no hoshi ga hikaru
[Haruka/Minami] Sekaijū no rakkī mamorimashou (Hey!) 

Joifuru☆karafuru kurisumasu! 
Shiawase min'na ni purezento! 
Joifuru☆karafuru kurisumasu! 
Seinaru kono hi 
Kiseki okose Purikyua 

Joifuru☆karafuru kurisumasu! 
Suteki ni tanoshiku genki yoku! 
Joifuru☆karafuru kurisumasu! 
Seinaru kono hi 
Kokoro tsunagi rabu&pīsu 

Seinaru kono hi 
Kiseki okose Purikyua

English

Christmas (Hey!) Christmas (Hey!)
Merry merry Christmas

Decorating the fir tree with a smile
Lighting the candles for our dreams
As Santa and his reindeer will come from the end of the Earth
So let's begin to dance
As our hearts pound we ring the bell with courage
It echoed happily all over the world (Hey!)

Joyful☆Colorful Christmas
It'll be amazing, fun and energizing!
Joyful☆Colorful Christmas
On this holy day
Our hearts connect with Love&Peace

Sprinkling powered sugar on the cake
As snow begins to fall around the town
The choir has gathered to sing their carols
As the party swells
The shining stars of hope get excited
So let's protect the whole world with luck (Hey!)

Joyful☆Colorful Christmas
Everyone is happy with their presents
Joyful☆Colorful Christmas
On this holy day
Awaken the miracle Pretty Cure

Joyful☆Colorful Christmas
It'll be amazing, fun and energizing!
Joyful☆Colorful Christmas
On this holy day
Our hearts connect with Love&Peace

On this holy day
Awaken the miracle Pretty Cure

The full version

BONUS: GPPC episode 45 version