#穢れなき瑠璃色のローゼンクロイツ

[supergenial]

[Translation and Lyrics] Fine by Ariabl’eyeS

In which Lucienne pleads to god at the end of her life. You do know hundreds died because of you, right? No way you’re getting into heaven or else the system is broken, either way A for effort I guess, not like there’s much else to do once you’ve died already. Also updated that tiermaker to include the ballad arrange album and also the collab album with enjikana. Anyway, lyrics down below and see you all next time.

fine

Lyrics ＆ Compose : リゼ 

Vocal : Luna

osanai koro kara futari de utatta ne furubita kyoukai natsukashiki kioku hajimete utatta senritsu wa ima demo omoide no naka de wa saisei sarete imasu

we always sang when we were little, how distant that memory, how nostalgic it is the melody of that first song is still stuck in my head, always coming back to me

nee kamisama、watashi wa nani mo dekinakatta kedo anata no moto he ikeru no deshou ka? aisuru hito mo kuni mo ushinatta watashi wo sukutte kuremasu ka?

hey God, I can't do much but can I go and be with you? I've lost my beloved one and also my country, but can you offer me salvation?

miageta hoshizora wa mabayuku sukitooru hohoemi no naka he tokete yuku shoujo mabuta no oku de wa kasanaru shikisai mo utsushi dasareru niji matataku sekai wa kitto

Looking up at the starry sky, I remember the smile on that girl who faded away In my closed pupils I can see all the colors of the rainbow, surely a colorful world awaits me

nee kamisama, utsukushii kono chi no irodori mo anata wa subete aiseru deshou ka minikui watashi mo ai wo ushinatta watashi mo aishite kuremasu ka

hey God, do you also love this beautiful and colorful land and do you also my ugly self that's lost it's love

nee kamisama, watashi wa nani mo dekinakatta kedo anata no moto he yukeru no deshou ka aisuru hito mo kuni mo ushinatta watashi wo sukutte kuremasu ka

hey God, I can't do much but can I go and be with you? I've lost my beloved one and also my country, but can you offer me salvation?

nee kamisama ,utsukushii kono chi no irodori mo anata wa subete aiseru deshou ka minikui watashi mo ai wo ushinatta watashi mo aishite kuremasu ka

hey God, do you also love this beautiful and colorful land and do you also love my ugly self that's lost it's love

Nothing to add except look at these cool Lucienne and Julienne cosplayers from the concert, how nice!

[supergenial]

[Review] 穢れなき瑠璃色のローゼンクロイツ

Hey there. Tomorrow I’ll be back with another translation... NOT for this album. I wanted it to be this one because it’s the latest one from 2018 so I waited a while for someone to upload the lyrics or at least the album scans so that I don’t have to translate entirely by ear, but it seems no one will bother doing so which is quite unfortunate. I translated another one of their albums and will upload that instead. Meanwhile let’s take a look at this bad boi.

*Slaps Lucienne’s head* This bad girl can fit so much suffering in her

In 2013, Ariabl’eyes released this,  瑠璃色のローゼンクロイツ (Azure Rozenkreuz), their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is 穢れなき薔薇十字 (Untainted Rose Cross), a song so catchy most people probably won’t listen to the lyrics, but they should because it’s not only about a (possible?) fascist bourgeois publicly being burned at the stake but also about her love for her sister and her nation. It’s so good someone else other than me actually translated it years ago. Despite perhaps being Lyse’s favorite album (has it as their twitter header for a long time) and probably their most popular album (if we use google as a measuring tool), Lyse seems to have decided it was not enough. They want more, bigger, and so we got this 2018 album,  穢れなき瑠璃色のローゼンクロイツ (Untainted Azure Rozenkreuz).

Someone uploaded it entirely to youtube, how nice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to9y-1mWVRY&list=PLIRV6qsS9AlJANP1qurJCE5ChwFw65SRF

The story of the album is that of two sisters. One’s a military leader and sort of a public figure, and the other one is a peasant. There’s an awful lot of nationalism and sisterly love that borders on the incestual (Julienne says even if she’s forced to marry a man she’ll always think only of her sister). Anyway, that never comes to happen because they sort of get killed and their homeland is invaded. Politically it’s kind of a mess isn’t it, despite the slight lesbianism it comes off as sort of conservative, with outsiders being bad guys, and proclaiming how much you love your country even as you’re getting killed. Anyway, the story is obscured by the music, this extended album has 5 solid pieces that wow me (瑠璃色ソワレ, 瑠璃色の姫君, 黒き陰謀, 荊冠の旋律 and of course 穢れなき薔薇十字) three of them being from the original album, and even among the slower songs there’s Symmetric Rose which is pretty awesome.

In videogame terms, this album is an extended remake, though it could’ve just been DLC. While the original has 6 tracks (which are preserved with only slight modifications) this one spans 10 tracks to expand upon the Rozenkreuz universe. Personally, I like all the new tracks, yet I still feel like they don’t really bring anything onto the table. You’ve made the album longer, and added 黒き陰謀 (Black Conspiracy) a song that expands upon the enemy force that destroys our heroines lives, but was an extended version of the album truly necessary? No, not really. Is it bad though?... No, not really. It’s a good album. Personally I would’ve pulled a Nein and given it a happy ending but that’d be a bit too much I guess. But really, if you’re going to release the story all over again, an alternate ending doesn’t sound that crazy in my opinion.

edit from the future: they actually did change the ending in a sequel album, though it’s still not a happy ending lol

The real question then is, is this the definitive edition? I’m sorry to say this but the answer is a solid no. I say this because of the changes made to the song 穢れなき薔薇十字 (Untainted Rose Cross). While the other tracks from the original are preserved identically (or at least with little to no differences) this one adds a ton of ominous chanting to the background, it’s not awful but I personally feel that the original is much better. This is one of their most popular tracks so it’s really weird that they decided to modify it so much, almost makes you believe they wanted people to still buy the original album. Now that’s a Black Conspiracy for you. You might also decide to look at this as a cashgrab to capitalize on one of their most popular releases, but hey at least they added a few cool new songs. Ultimately this is a Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon type of situation, where the remake is bigger than the original, sure, but it’s still not the definitive edition because the original is better in at least one way (I of course mean Lusamine being absolutely and justifiably insane and evil in SuMo but just a bit insane in USUM, she’s even kind of a good person in that one).

While the original is a solid 7 for me, I think I’ll have to give this one a 6, maybe a light 7 on a good day. Ironic given the word Untainted in its name, might as well call it Slightly Tainted Rozenkreuz, hah.

What’d you think of the album did you love it did you hate it you’re the best you’re the best what should I review next hit the like if you like and please subscribe and please don’t cry, Supergenial,  穢れなき瑠璃色のローゼンクロイツ, forever.