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red-dyed-sarumane · 6 hours ago

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i asked about kugutsu ashura & showed him the lyrics and he started reading them in chinese & i was like. oh no its a japanese song & hes like WHAT. & read it again & went "im sorry these words like this dont make any sense to me. i think this person is just playing with words to make a cool... like a rap or something" so i mentioned its a series about the world ending & hes like "no it really just seems like playing with sounds"

#in conclusion if i can manage to understand AND translate this song im the smartest person ever #me for 4 years: idk i dont think i need to explain what aru sekai series songs mean isnt that straightforward #native speakers whos job it is to teach japanese: i think half of these words mean something if i think really hard. maybe #literally 'i know what these words mean but not together like that'#im like wow okay so im not stupid magu's wording is really Just Like That #its not JUST sounds btw im well aware of that #a large part of it IS playing with sounds but as a series song unfortunately those sounds have meanings & implications #AND ILL FIGURE IT OUT TOO but god do i have to think about it so hard #so like i said last night that eng cover is amazingly impressive #i have one other teacher i havent asked about series things yet but shes helping me do paperwork #so its not a good time to be like hey ur smart do these lyrics mean anything to u #shes really direct too so itd be so funny if she also didnt get them #do u know how good it feels when u dont understand paperwork & show it to someone & they go. out loud.#'は？どう言う意味？複雑すぎて親切じゃないよ'#like oh okay im not stupid this is actually just awful for everyone #uh but i do feel really smart about deciphering aru sekai series now.#remains to be seen how correct i am theres a lot of story left to cover & things could change or be revealed #but this is apparently not an easy thing to understand. who would have known.#<- person who got a headache from the very first song & is STILL finding new things FIVE YEARS LATER

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