#oh i still need to listen to the solos. thru doing the little trip campaign i heard a Bit of it while going thru the talks and ascended

[mishkakagehishka]

Hello, sorry for bothering you, dear Korka, but I need to ask something and I've no idea who else to turn to; you see, I've always been a Valkyrie fan mainly for their sound and aesthetic, but I've always looked up the lyrics to their songs too. Upon listening to Shukufuku no Library on Wednesday, I was mesmerised by the lyrics, and already having done some research on Japanese I wanted to try translating it myself. But upon the line

記されし命の筆跡-プルーフ-

I got stumped, because I realised- I was also looking up how each word was pronounced to go along listening to the song- that the kanji which by looking up and reading the English lyrics translated to handwriting, this one (筆跡) I discovered that I can't hear Mika ever actually pronouncing it. The Romania version of the line goes something like this from what I've looked up (though this romaji has proved to be a bit of an inaccurate source but for this line this was what I was hearing too)

Shirusareshi inochi no puruufu

Which matches, upon my own research, like this:

記されし 命 の 筆跡 -プルーフ-

Shirusareshi (記されし) inochi (命) no (の) puruufu (-プルーフ-)

And I can't hear 筆跡 being pronounced anywhere.

I haven't looked into the whole song like this so I'm not sure if there are other parts like this. Do you happen to know why this happens? Like, is it normal? And the Japanese lyrics are the official ones, so I know I have the right source there at least. And, do you know why the small dash/hypen is there and previously too?

Thanks a lot for reading this, and I'd truly appreciate it if you know the answer or any hints towards where I can find one.

From a curious Valkyrie-P.

Oh hey ! Don't worry ab bothering me, i'm always happy to be of use :3

Honestly, I've seen that around multiple times and while I don't know exactly why it happens, I know more or less. It sometimes happens in manga, and other media, too (even in enstars stories, every once in a while Leo will mention inspiration and it'll be written as some kanji I have now forgotten and the pronounced "inspiration" in katakana in brackets), and I think it's something like "true meaning" of what is said. So, if Mika says "proof" the written lyrics expand on it by saying "the proof is handwritten" or otherwise evoke the imagery of some sort of calligraphy that serves as the proof mentioned. I think it's a neat practice !

That's my understanding of it, but I never really looked it up myself, I just kind of came to that conclusion? So if anyone has any additional info, I encourage sharing ^_^