#Nanou

[lovelydeliciouscollective]

Juan Brufal

[vsynthbday]

happy anniversary to "Theater" (演劇) by nanou (ナノウ)! this song came out 1 year ago today.

art by Kanmikan | youtube upload

[utaitemusic]

Melancholy of the Literary Boy english ver. 【Oktavia】文学少年の憂鬱 【英語で歌ってみた】

[vocaloidsongtournament]

August 2024 Vocaloid Song Tournament

Round 1, Set 5, Match 5: Poison Apple by DECO*27 vs. Glory 3usi9 by nanou (Hoehoe-P)

Please listen to both songs before casting your vote! And please reblog for a bigger sample size!

[urfavhasavpd]

The Protagonist of Hello/How Are You by Nanou has AvPD!

illustration by mzmt

[delaluna]

Engeki [nanou]

Please feel free to use these with due credit or to inform me of mistakes! The official lyrics are hyperlinked in the title.

Kanji, romaji, and notes under “Read More.”

Theater

Once upon a time, somebody told me That we all have a role to play We share what we’re lacking and, Making up for each other, live life in that way If that's the case, should my own blanks Not be filled in by somebody else? Can that "somebody" hear me?

Somebody told somebody else, (1) That this was their own role to play "I say these words out of love, For we all live life in that way” I was glad to see that joyful expression, So I desperately played my part, To the point of forgetting how to even breathe

My childhood backpack was carelessly thrown away In a back alley dumpster Since when did I get into the habit Of worrying about my surroundings even as I smiled? If I could have but a single wish Come true, what I would like Is for this absurd theater to be over

I've been living life the wrong way Now that my collar's been taken off, Where on Earth am I supposed to go? I simply wanted a certain sense of self God above, is this the price I am to pay? All of this, it’s all far too much

Well, never mind that, hurry up And put an end to it

演劇

或る時誰かが言いました みんな役割があるんだと 足りないものを分かち合って 補い合って生きていると それなら私の空白は 誰かが埋めてくれる筈で 聞こえますか　その誰かさん aru toki dareka ga iimashita minna yakuwari ga arunda to tarinai mono o wakachi atte okinai atte ikite iru to sore nara watashi no kuuhaku wa dareka ga umete kureru hazu de kikoemasuka sono dareka-san

誰かが誰かに言いました 君の役割はこうだって 「これは愛故の言葉だ」と 「皆そうやって生きてる」と 喜ぶ顔が嬉しくって 必死で役を演じました 呼吸さえも忘れるほど dareka ga dareka ni iimashita kimi no yakuwari wa kou datte “kore wa ai yue no kotoba da” to “minna sou yatte ikiteru" to yorokobu koe ga ureshikute hisshi de yaku o enjimashita kokyuu sae mo wasureru hodo

路地裏のごみ置き場 雑に捨てられたランドセル 笑う時すら周りを気にする癖は いつからだったっけ もしも願いがただひとつだけ 叶うならば終わらせたいんだ この　ふざけた演劇を rojiura no gomi okiba zatsu ni suterareta randoseru warau toki sura mawari o ki ni suru kuse wa itsu kara dattakke moshimo negai ni wa tada hitotsu dake kanau naraba owarasetainda kono fuzaketa engeki o

間違ったまま　生きてきたんだ 今更首輪を外されたって 一体何処へ行けばいいの ただ確かな　自分を欲した その代償がこれですか神様 ��部酷過ぎるよ全部 もうういいからさ　早く 終わらせてよ machigatta mama ikitekitanda ima sara kubiwa o hazusaretatte ittai doko e ikeba ii no tada tashika na jibun o hoshita sono daishou ga kore desu ka kamisama zenbu hidosugiru yo zenbu mou ii kara sa hayaku owarasete yo

Notes:

While the first line could technically be translated without a subject, that phrasing is what one would use to say somebody told them something. I thought it was interesting in conjunction with the line marked as (1), as the person this is being told to is still the same, and yet it has lost its self and just become a “somebody” now. 

[rosenlied]

Drawing a Vocaloid song everyday during November day 8: Depression of the Literary Boy

[ithisatanytime]

(hitsuji)

[fools-guide-to-proseka]

Hello/How Are You?

Hard

Gameplay

Feel

The use of spacing in this chart feels more intentional than usual. I think it’s because so much of the song is in a sort of galloping rhythm, but so much of the chart isn’t. And for good reason! When the chart is more loyal to the melody’s rhythm, it becomes an Expert chart. Just look at the Expert chart, not even it puts gallops everywhere they're found in the song! The decision to put a gallop somewhere is a big one for a low difficulty chart! So having all of them feel natural and easy in this chart is pretty impressive. 4/5

Medium

The small notes here at the end to reflect the song is a good choice that you don’t see often in hard charts. 4/5

Interest

Held my attention. 2/3

Overall Score: 10/13

Expert

Gameplay

Feel

The galloping feel is nice and natural here too, particularly here in the chorus. It’s well executed, which is big coming from me because this is my least favorite kind of chart to play. 4/5

Medium

I really like the flicks in the chorus, which are also seen in the above gif. The small notes at the end are carried into this chart as well. 4/5

Interest

Despite everything, I found myself zoning the fuck out frequently. 1/3

Overall Score: 9/13

Master

Gameplay

Feel

There’s a lot of fun little bits in this chart.

This pattern at the beginning is interesting to me, because it’s a very common pattern in essence, but it feels much different for some reason.

These staggered hold notes are a great way to spice up a chart and make it more fun. And the chorus, well, the chorus is just stellar.

The flicks, the short holds, the way the first half of the chorus telegraphs the second, making it easy to read even though it’s more complex, it’s wonderful. 5/5

Medium

Nothing much to note here. 3/5

Interest

I was worried at first because the chart starts out pretty damn boring. But it redeems itself in the second half, so I will forgive this. 2/3

Overall Score: 10/13

I'm pleasantly surprised by these charts! I'm not typically fond of earlier charts with this kind of rhythm (though the next review will do nothing to convince you of this) so for Hello/How Are You? to feel so nice was unexpected. Next up is Jishoumushoku!

[doyoulikethis-vocaloid-song]

Song 250 is: Hello/How are you? by Nanou

Nanou, also known as HoeHoeP, has had a lot of hits since he started making Vocaloid music in 2008, but none have been quite as big as Hello/How are you. Despite its soft and gentle sound, it's actually a rather gloomy song about loneliness; Not knowing what you want out of life nor how to get along with others. Most Nanou songs follow a similarly melancholic pattern in terms of themes, but few are this sweet sounding, perhaps that's what set Hello/How are you apart from the rest! At the very least, it won the hearts of 87.5% of all voters!

💚 Artists and titles will be revealed after the poll closes, so check back for results! Until then, please don't mention the song title in reblogs! (Guesses about everything else are fine and encouraged though; have fun!) 💚

[lovelydeliciouscollective]

Carolee Clark.

[vsynthbday]

happy anniversary to "Hello / How Are You" (ハロ／ハワユ) by nanou (ナノウ)! this song came out 14 years ago today.

art by mztm | youtube upload

[utaitemusic]

If my one and only wish Comes true, then I want to end This ridiculous, theatrical act of mine

[pippappop]

Vocaloid song of the day!

Day 58, July 25 2024

> Song: Hello/How Are You

> Artist: Nanou

> Virtual Singer(s): Hatsune Miku

Theme/Content Warnings (lyrics): N/A

Video Warnings: N/A

Link: https://youtu.be/-M4sAQYi6r4?si=GgAZ60WjxqKCbC9-

English lyrics: https://vocaloidlyrics.fandom.com/wiki/ハロ%EF%BC%8Fハワユ_(Hello/How_Are_You)

Pip's comments: i used to listen to this song often during my walk home in freshman/sophomore year

[luvrr-b0y]

演劇/Theater

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演劇/Theater - Nanou

“Everyone in the world has a part to play”

I heard a familiar voice once say

Anyone who makes an incompetent mess

We take the the blame for the whole fest

If we must abide by these cruel rules

There must be someone there acting as a fool

Can you hear my voice?

You’re the someone that I call

Somebody told someone that they know their part

“This is how you play this with your heart”

Saying that “These are just the words of my love”

Also “Everyone lives by these rules, dove”

Being so delighted of the faces they would make

That I played my role more better to make it fate

So desperately I forgot how to breathe

School bags thrown on the floor of such a mess

It looks like a dumpster alley, I confess

When has this habit begun to happen and by me of all people?

Do my surroundings check on my wary smile?

Or if I could have every wish come true a while 

It’s my desire to give up my role now

My whole life has been stuck playing a part of content hatred

I was always just so wrong I guess

For it’s been such a stupid mess

I’ve been leaded on by a collar on my neck 

What is the price of my sins, God?

Where do I need to go, tell me

It’s too much for me, you see

Please end this quick for me..

Some people act so irrational 

Along with someones patience as a virtue 

In the end, they all try find out how to play their roles

Their ugly roles others are expected to view

If it’s the way things will stay for long

My disappointment will soon bear fruit someday

When I believed that lie, it was stupid all along

Who taught me praying for this wish of mine

Was going to make it all just fine?

My innocent hopes and dreams for better futures would all come true, who told me just then?

If there’s a guardian angel watching over me

Please give me a name to call you, please?

Because I don’t know it anymore

I hoped for the morning to never ever come

Clasping my hands in a prayer, shaking —

But I see the shining sun in the sky 

I just need to know, is this a selfish desire? Please tell!

It’s a void so empty God

Nothing can be found in this place

But I’m tired of keeping up my breath

Or keeping up anything

In my search for someone to love me at all

An empty abyss, I let myself fall

On a stage with no one in the crowd, a voice suddenly spoke to me

It echoed “I’m here!” sobbing out so painfully 

Yelling “I want you to just notice me!”

The only one that could hear it and understand it though was just me 

Because that voice was mine yelling out loud

I have lived life not knowing my breathing was ever wrong 

And it finally came to my mind

Knowing this place was where I don’t belong

All I wanted was some self certainty

Lifting up the curse off my shoulders 

I’m free of the puppet strings I once had

Now the play I used to be in

Has reached its epilogue 

I’m awake at long last

 - END -

Written by L on 3/16/2024

[limelyrics]

Happy Hollow and the God Club/ハッピーホロウと神様倶楽部

Can’t feel a thing, no, not a thing, nothing’s happy

Cannot find joy and I cannot feel safe

Everyday’s going at a frightening pace

Everywhere I go is a frightening place

I heard about a kid kicked outta school today,

Said he was outed as a bully and he had to pay

See this world just isn’t made for me or anybody who associates with anybody

Ah,

What should I do? What can I do? 

Come and tell me why I feel like dying, ‘cause the feeling ain’t new

All throughout my brain, cobwebs are strewn

Everything I’ve thought of, I’ve already thought through

Happy hallow!

I’m praying to you, why don’t you get rid of the things that make me blue

Give me just a moment of peace for a while and I’ll always love you

Ah

The clock strikes midnight

Ah 

A dazzling fright

Ah

A group of misfits gathering together underneath the pale moonlight

Ah

Now everybody

Ah

Why don’t you follow me?

Divert yourself with God, become devotees!

The leader of our club is someone who can’t be seen

He’s a puppet, he’s a prophet, he’s what you want him to be

Twisted delusions, verbal abuses, we can fill him up with all those excuses

Strip away all of the pride you held before, when you come around here, nothing matters anymore

Carve a smile into that jack-o’-lantern, dance until you can’t anymore

Ah, once more, we’ll kneel before the god of the happy hollow that each one of us adores

Can’t feel a thing, no, not a thing, nothing’s in me

Everything is empty, so I bid you adieu

There’s nothing in particular I wanna do

Everything I’ve thought of, I’ve already thought through

Even if I go through life without a single sin

Even if I die always ignoring my whims

In the end, I’d end up in a coffin in a hole, slowly rotting from the outside in

What should I do? What can I do? 

Come and tell me why I feel like dying, ‘cause the feeling ain’t new

My life is blurring in and out of view

My heart is pounding heavy and it might push through

Happy hallow!

I’m praying to you, why don’t you get rid of the things that make me blue

Pierce me through the heart, and give me something that I can look forward to

Ah

Dingy coyotes

Ah

Cats, rats, and puppies

Ah

They sulk around and gather far away from the dimly lit town

Ah

Now everybody

Ah

Why don’t you follow me?

Let’s have a blast and go out on a big spree

The leader of our club is someone who can’t be seen

Not a soul has every seen him, he’s an eldritch entity

Anything obscene, anything sleazy, he’ll accept it all and just leave you be

Everybody here has the chance to be a star, everybody can do something so incredibly bizarre

Throw a white sheet over your body, cut some eyes, and dance to who we truly are

Ah, again, we say amen as another joins the score and prays to that we which we adore

Don’t wear yourself out by being so self conscious

After all we’re gonna end up skeletons and such

Wearing away at the things that keep you sane, living life by the book and just following the queue

Go ahead and live like that

No, don’t let me stop you

Ah,

Come on, take a peek and join all the freaks who drag along all their ugly souls

And even so, we walk on and live on, you know?

So anyone will do, come on, step right up!

Let it pierce through your soul if you’re feeling stuck

Oh, come light a lantern that can’t snuffed!

The nature of our club is a foolish little thing

So forever and forever we can fool around and sing

All your hopes and dreams, all of your grand schemes

You can chock us up to anything

Strip away all of the pride you held before, when you come around here, nothing matters anymore

Carve a smile into that jack-o’-lantern, dance until you can’t anymore

All alone, out on your own, kneel down to an empty god and call the loneliness your home

Indeed, you see, if you’re depressed or in need,

Why not come on over, knock on our door at the brink of dawn

Come on!