English: I made subtitles for people sing covers of this lovely artist song's, I will also put the lyrics here. Please know, I don't speak fluent Japanese so I have a hard time translating, but most of it is pretty spot on! Japanese: 私はこの素敵なアーティストの曲のカバーを歌う人々のための字幕を作った、私はまた歌詞をここに入れます。私は流暢な日本語を話せませんので、翻訳するのは苦労しますが、そのほとんどがかなり上です！ Romaji Lyrics: ‘ … 309 e shūgō… ’ dokutā ga utareta n da anchi Toroi no keiyaku nante suikō sarecha inakatta 100 nen mae no shiti. poppu ga neon-gai no teima SONG sukkariNPC to watakushi-tachi dake ni natta NEON kan no yumeiro papa to mama ni kizuite hoshiku te shinpai nai yo ASTER watakushi genki na sebuntīn sa kono machi ni torawareta neon tsumari wa FANTASY otogi no hanashi NONFICTION na no ga tamani kizu sa maboroshi no FANTASY akitara o shimai yume no mi sugi ni go chūi o ( Aster Aster My Lover and Death PINK KISS in my heart) tsukurimono no waiyā FRAME Tokubetsuna purezentēshon eien no amai yume hito wa nanni mo mienakunatta shigoto o motte mama to deatte o ie o katte kokoro o katte masshiro na karada ni uetsukerareta dake fu antei na hitomi wa papa to mama no egao mo wasureru gensō datta ASTER zenbu dō yara magaimono da dare hitori iki o nomu neon hitori no FANASTY namida wa iranai SENSATION dake ga watakushi na no da yumeiro no FANASTY papa wa kizukenai kore de saigo no yoru ni naru kowareta FANASTY kowareta FANASTY sayonara FANASTY kodoku na yume mo NONFICTION da kara sabishiku naru yume mo ke mo onaji yō de nisemono ( Aster Aster My Lover and Death PINK KISS in my heart)
Super long theory about this song and some of Harumaki Gohans other songs: I think this song might be about trying to fit in with society by basically acting and becoming like everyone else. I think the character in the video (lets just call her Aster) might be struggling to fit into society, she feels like everyone is losing their individuality and that everyone is just becoming the same, hence the line "Now it's literally only the NPCs and us", she feels like noone thinks for themselves anymore and that people are becoming NPCs(Non-player characters) or robots without an identiy. Everyone is just following the mainstream trends and lifestyle (This could also be indicated by her saying "The city pop from a 100 years ago is the theme song of the streets of Neon", city pop has become another trend in music that lately everyone listens to. Also "Neon" might be a city where everyone is the same). I thing Aster is displaying a "neon" or "mainstream" self when she's outside, so she basically tries to act like she's no different from everyone else in order to fit in (1:32 when she's walking outside she is coloured neon) but when she's alone she is coloured white, she can be her true self (1:49, 2:19, 1:09). This would also explain the lines "With an artificial wire frame, I heald a special presentation" and "Be careful not to dream too much", she is basically giving up her dreams and is acting or presenting a false self because she doesnt want people to think that she's strange or weird ("There's no need to worry, I'm a healthy seventeen year old , a Neon captured by the city" she's trying to be like everyone else living in "Neon"). I feel like she's unhappy with this situation though and wishes for people to notice that this isn't her true self and that everyone is losing their individuality ("I wish Mama and Papa would notice" , "Papa won't notice, he can't" this might suggest that even her parents cant see through her facade, maybe because they're already like everyone else as well). She feels like everyone and everything is just fake, because everyone is basically becoming a robot ("Everyones breath was taken away by the neon" (robots dont breathe), "Seems like both dreams and our ordinary lives are the same, fakes") and decides to put and end to this ("With this, it'll be my last night"). Aster finally gives up on trying to be like everyone else, I think her shooting herself either means that she really killed herself so she doesn't end up like everyone else or that she kills off her "true"/"white" self in order to fit in with the mainstream. (The cup's filled with pink liquid might represent her doing things in order act like everyone else, she's basically drinking her dose of "mainstreamness", so the fallen cup at the end could also either mean that she doenst need to drink the "neon" anymore because she has finally become one of them or that she actually killed herself, I'm not sure about this part though.) (Also, I think there might be a theme for some of Harumaki Gohan songs, "Dreamless Dreams" and "Melty Land Nightmare" were about a girl escaping into dreams in order to escape reality, but she tried to stop doing so in the end, so this might be her struggling in reality after she stopped trying to escape into her dreams. "Seems like both dreams and our ordinary lives are the same, fakes" could also mean that she now realised that reality is no better than dreaming, she came to the conclusion that she can't continue living in her dreams because they're fake in "Dreamless Dreams", but now she noticed that real life is just as fake). Sorry for all this rambling this might all be completely wrong but that's just what I thought from watching the video and reading the lyrics, so I thought I might share this in case anyone is interested haha :D Also sorry for any spelling errors or grammar mistakes, english is not my native language and I'd be happy to hear about other theories!
A really good theory! But there is another theme too, I guess. there is Standing "chaldene" (also a song from Harumaki Gohan) at 0.50 . Edit: Also... there are only pink *and* blue neon lights. Mabye it means that Aster has to act like a Girl? like a "normal" mainstream girl.
Ultimate Dreamer I think it’s just the color choices not anything having to do with how she has to act. As red and blue do make purple, while pink is a lighter red. At the same time it doesn’t seem like a bad consideration tbh. But the blue probably represents some sort of sadness because there it times where how she looks is extremely upset and not so displeased, but most of it is usually pink and purple. The only is just outside and to fit with the palette. I’m not really sure anymore
This the first song I found that I relate to so much. Just like Aster ( I'm assuming the girl's name ) , I believed my life and everything around me is fictional, started distancing myself from my problems and emotions, thinking life is just a boring cycle of working hard, getting a job and meeting your spouse, even the people around me felt like NPCs in video game. In the song, I'm guessing "the neon city" is a metaphor for this kind mindset. Such lines can be found in the song "I'm a healthy seventeen-year-old, being trapped by the neon", and " These neon-coloured tubes, I wish papa and mama can see it". My interpretation is that Aster wants someone to notice her unique mindset, to be rid of her loneliness, but she feels so disconnected from the world that it's impossible. I also want to point out something interesting that I noticed, In the end scene, where Aster spreads her arms out, there's a neon sign with the word "Genius" written on it. My guess is that since Aster has lost hope in connecting with the world, she starts hiding behind the word "genius" to classify herself as a person that no one can truly understand, and to fully separate herself from the rest of the world. I find this interesting because I did the exact same thing. Finally I want to list down the lines I thought that contributes to my theory( besides the ones I've already talked about): 1. In other words, it's a fantasy, A fairy tale. A phantasmal fantasy, it's the end once you tire of it. Be careful not to dream too much. (Distancing herself from reality by saying it's all just some fantasy) 2. With an artificial wire frame, I held a special presentation. ( Aster thinks she is just a program projected on a screen, but since she thinks she's aware that she lives in a virtual world, she held a "special presentation". 3.Now in sweet dreams forever, people can't see a thing anymore. Having a job, meeting mama, buying a house, buying a heart. I've only been planted into a pure white body. ( Aster thinks all the people around is just stuck in this boring cycle of life and they are so sucked into it that they don't even realize it's a program-like cycle. ) 4.In these unstable eyes, I even forget papa and mama's smiles ( Feeling emotionally detached from her family ) 5.The aster was an illusion, seems like it was all a sham ( Being so cautious of not believing in reality that she doubts her own mindset ) 6.A lone fantasy needs no tears, I'm just a being with sensations after all (this is how I interpreted this line from the chinese translation of the lyrics. I feel like it fits better here since it's talking about distancing yourself from your emotions. 7. A dream-coloured fantasy, papa won't notice, he can't. ( Not being understood by anyone ) 8. Goodbye fantasy, this lonely dream as well. It's because this is non-fiction that I became lonely. Seems like both dreams and our ordinary lives are the same, fakes. So until you reach the underworld, be careful. ( Drowned in loneliness, Aster finally becomes bored of this mindset and start thinking it's fake too. Having lost hope in both the real and fictional world, Aster lastly tells us to "be careful" , to be careful not to fall into the same kind of mindset she had.) Honestly, the very first time I listened to this song, I felt like I could understand the lyrics perfectly. And even if I were to put these feelings into words, the lyrics just seems to match perfectly with what I would say. But even if that's not what the lyrics actually convey, I still want to thank Harumaki Gohan for making such an amazing song!
I agree with what neeonbunny is saying. I'll just add some of my own thoughts without being redundant. The name Aster is spelled out in katakana as "asutaa" (a romaji transliteration), which is a hard translation for "asterisk". We can derive meaning from this in two ways. In Latin asterisk means star, which plays into the themes of Harumaki Gohan's other songs. There are billions upon billions of stars in the universe, just as there are people in the world. A star is an individual that burns out eventually. Aster wants to shine white, just as a star would, because it's the truest display of her individuality. In a grammatical sense, asterisks are used to shine detail on material within a composition without derailing the train of thought within the paragraph. The predicament that Aster is in is relatable to that, as well. Individuality is merely a footnote or side thought that isn't a priority for society or trends within it. When she says that "aster was an illusion", she might be literally saying that individuality is an illusion. Considering how the song ends, Aster might be a symbolic representation for everyone's sense of individuality. Her "mama" and "papa" might be a singular person in reality, as humans are dual-brained creatures. We don't rely entirely on logic (male) or emotion (female) by themselves. It's kindof contradictory that trends arise from the individuality of one person, but that's another thought for another time haha. I get this really cyberpunky vibe from the video. I get this feeling from the use of the word "neon", the bright blue and pink colors (while Harumaki obviously loves it, they're also a hallmark of the cyberpunk aesthetic) and her negative attitude towards a society she's portraying as dystopian. There's also the ice cream having an eye in the sign, which I take to mean that corporations are watching and looking to control your desires... as it's most profitable that way. Neon is used to describe the products they're trying to sell you because they're bright, flashy and appealing. A drink is the best metaphor for this because people need some form of liquid to survive and people are brainwashed to believe they need it to survive. This world is one where you sacrifice your inner beauty for the appeal of the material, trendy world ruled by corporations. I think Harumaki is envisioning a world in the future if the current state of society is left unchecked. The 309 building is a definite reference to the Shibuya 109 building, which is a department store. This extra 200 added into it might be to give the reader the sense that time has moved or that it's a parallel reality. The 109 store , in essence, capitalizes on trends by selling fashionable products. Harumaki is definitely using the drink as a metaphor for trends. There's this subtext underneath it all that makes it out to be a poison. This is emphasized at 0:27 where he tells us the "doctor has been shot". The next couple lines mention an "anti-trojan agreement" and Asterisk "not being made to execute that". If the doctor hadn't been shot, he would have prevented the poison. The idea of an "anti-trojan" agreement is hypothetical. There wasn't one made. The drink, which is a product, is poisonous but is called safe by the majority (a trojan horse). It's polluting the minds of people and turning them into slaves to trends under the guise of something desirable and fulfilling. She calls it a "fairy tale" because the world that people are choosing to believe in is one where they avert their eyes from reality. Aster chooses to see reality and knows that the "nonfiction only has a fly in the ointment", meaning that the product is tainted. Edit: Written in katakana in the video description is "virtual children". I think harumaki gohan is trying to set up a distinction between "corruption" and "innocence" in this video. When we are children, we are in are most innocent stage. As we grow up we become indoctrinated by the material world. I'm certain harumaki gohan is an adult or at least very close to becoming one, which is why he uses the term "virtual". Aster doesn't exist in reality, but she represents a concept that exists in the virtual world of the psyche. In using this term, he might be referring to the characters present in all his songs. His songs have children characters undergoing some emotionally heavy, transitional phase. As an artist, it's a period of time he seems to draw the most inspiration from.
these are such good points!!! i also thought that he might've used 309 to reference the future, the shibuya building and miku (39)! maybe it's a triple meaning?
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はるまきごはんさんの「つぁ」が好きすぎる
1:04
まろん。
わかりすぎる
まろん。 わかります…！！メルティーランドの方の、もう10年前から待っていたわの場面の「つぇ」とか特に…😭💕
ねこプリン 千年前から待っつぇいたわって感じですかね？
死んだ魚の眼 そうです〜笑
@@ねこぷ-w7e
本物だ…(´；ω；｀)
た行の発音すごい良いですよね！
( ˙-˙ )ポイント
2:02
2:16
2:34
3:21
まこと ( ˙-˙ )←かわいい
かのん佳音 だよね(*´Д｀*)♡
( ·_· )
ありがと！！\( ･-･ )/
ダメだ2:34の増殖する( ˙-˙ )で吹くwww
2:34のこいつ好き
2:39で繁殖してますね♪
たしかに可愛いですよね
ですよね！！
奇遇、私もちょうど鼻血でたところ。
きっと、画面の前のみんな、鼻血だらけですよ。
私も、鼻血が･･････
はるまきごはんさんまた神曲を作ったか…
ピンクのアスターは「甘い夢」という花言葉だそうです。
この花言葉とこの曲の世界観が合っていて好きだなぁ。
A mi
そうなんですか！
素敵ですね
りんごアメ 素敵ですよね～
はるまきごはんさんの世界観ほんと綺麗(*´ー｀*)
自己解釈の参考にさせていただきますﾍﾟｺﾘ
青色のアスターの花言葉は、「貴方を信じているけど心配」らしいですね。この曲がメルティランドナイトメアと繋がっているのなら、メルティランドに出てくる青色の女の子はアスターの子のもう一人の人格なのでしょうか。…考え過ぎか
@@霜辻ほたる
メルティーランドナイトメア
メルティちゃんは青い子の胎児
えーっと胎児は逆さまらしいし
メルティちゃんが良く揺れたり
してたのは心臓の音を意味する
それとお腹の子ってお母さんと
全く同じ夢を見るんだそうです
最後の「御注意を」のときの女の子が自分の頭を撃つときの絵が好きすぎる…共感してくれる人いるかな？
分かりみが深い
わかります！力が抜けて倒れていく感じがめっちゃ好きです！！
@@ーてっし
だよね！わかりみが深い人がいてよかった･:*+.(( °ω° ))/.:+
@@千谷-s9t
ほんっとそれなです！
ライブの時アニメに合わせてはるまきごはんさんも同じ仕草するんですけど、めっちゃかっこいいです
はるまきごはんさんのつくるMVに毎回ある背景の爆発大好きです……
アスター はるまきごはん
(Aster, Aster, My Lover, and Death, "PINK KISS" in my heart)
「…309へ集合…」
ドクターが撃たれたんだ
アンチトロイの契約なんて遂行されちゃいなかった
100年前のシティ・ポップがネオン街のテーマソング
すっかりNPCと私たちだけになった
ネオン管の夢色 パパとママに気付いてほしくて
心配ないよアスター 私元気なセブンティーンさ
この街に囚われたネオン
つまりはファンタジー おとぎの話
ノンフィクションなのがたまにキズさ
まぼろしのファンタジー 飽きたらおしまい
夢の見過ぎに御注意を
(Aster, Aster, My Lover, and Death, "PINK KISS" in my heart)
作り物のワイヤーフレーム 特別なプレゼンテイション
永遠の甘い夢 人は何にも見えなくなった
仕事を持って ママと出会って お家を買って 心を買って
真っ白な身体に植え付けられただけ
不安定な瞳は パパとママの笑顔も忘れる
幻想だったアスター 全部どうやら紛(まが)い物だ
誰一人息を呑むネオン
ひとりのファンタジー 涙はいらない
センセーションだけが私なのだ
夢色のファンタジー パパは気付けない
これで最後の夜になる
壊れたファンタジー
壊れたファンタジー
さよならファンタジー 孤独な夢も
ノンフィクションだから寂しくなる
夢もケも同じようで偽物
黄泉の国まで御注意を
(Aster, Aster, My Lover, and Death, "PINK KISS" in my heart)
久しぶりに聴きに来たら3年前に自分が歌詞コメしててビビった、時の流れ
ドリンクくんかわええ...
ロコココロ 中身ドリンクじゃないかも知れませんよ〜(そこ)
毒らしいですね(可愛い見た目してるけど)
最後の頭にﾊﾞｰﾝがすごくすこ。
うざい犬 んかる
3:23
先生から面白かったねーーっ!って言われた瞬間に、わったしもう嬉しくて感動でぇ。パーーン!ってなりましたね頭が。創価学会に心信してホントよかった...
byテレビや舞台で大活躍の女優の久本雅美さん
待って、待って。一人で全部作った?? すげえ！！全部好き！！
music AND lyrics AND illustrations AND movie, all by one person?? that's so much talent and skill, wow!!
Wait rEALLY?! (:O
Really? Wow!
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!
EXACTLY MY REACTION
Damn
最初聞いた時はめっちゃ好きってわけじゃなかったんだけど、なんとなく2回3回と聞いていくうちに好きになってリピ止まらなくなった
一度聞いただけではわからない魅力の込められた唄、素敵ですよね!
わかります！ いつの間にか凄い回数リビったりしちゃって(Ａ;´･ω･)ｱｾｱｾ
スルメというやつだよ
相変わらずなエモさです…
はるまきごはんさんを象徴すると言っても過言ではない桃色と水色が、今回はネオンチックに輝いていて、歌と溶け合ってポップであたたかい雰囲気を感じさせてくれます。やさしい。
もんめ
その語彙力ちょうだい…
めっちゃわかる
もんめ 素敵なコメントですね(*´▽｀*)
匿名さん
地球をあげる
もんめ
ちきゅう。。。。ありがとう
なんかこのコメ欄…好きI˙꒳˙)
全体的なピンクい感じ良いわ〜
なんか隠れた路地にあるおしゃれな店っぽい感じがする(伝われ)
雷々◎雨乞いの宴/晴れ乞いの宴
それなああぁぁ三ﾌｵｵｵ(((卍(＾ω＾)卍)))ﾌｵｵｵ
めっちゃ分かるぅぅぅぅぅぅ
お酒が出てきそう………(？)
こたぬきなんです好きジャスタウェイ
だよね!!!!
三└(┐卍^o^)卍ﾄﾞｩﾙﾙﾙﾙﾙﾙﾙ
お酒が注ぎ込まれてくる!!!w
なんか分かるわ
入ったことはないけども←
Hruntingフルンティング
分かってよかったよ
わいも入ったことない←
隠れ家的なバーみたいなイメージですよね(*´∀｀)
ジュースがシュールな表情しながら攻めてくるのジワるw
2:34あたりから
・-・
かわいいw
･֊･
このジュースのぬいぐるみ割と欲しいwwかわいいw
アスター(Aster)はギリシア語・ラテン語で星を意味するそうです...
正確には蝦夷菊のシオン系の花の別名らしいです。花言葉は信じる心(Google調べ\_へ(´ω` ))
ピンクの蝦夷菊の花言葉が甘い夢
suzu * 歌詞で｢甘い夢｣ありますね...!!!
のあ*゚ そうですよね！
歌詞に出てくるアスターを甘い夢に置き換えても、しっくりくるなと思いました！
色んな解釈ができて面白いですよね。
どれもかっこよっ！
この人また神曲作っちゃったよ…
2:34からのリズムがめちゃくちゃ好き！
同じ人居た！！
あんまり言ってる人居なくて探してたww(3年前だけど)
MV自作！？！？ガチ天才で震えた。ここまでどっちもクオリティー高い人はマジでいない。すごすぎる…
見当たらなかったので自分用に
(Aster, Aster,
My Lover, and Death, "PINK KISS" in my heart)
「…309へ集合…」
ドクターが撃たれたんだ
アンチトロイの契約なんて遂行されちゃいなかった
100年前のシティ・ポップがネオン街のテーマソング
すっかりNPCと私たちだけになった
ネオン管の夢色
パパとママに気付いてほしくて
心配ないよアスター
私元気なセブンティーンさ
この街に囚われたネオン
つまりはファンタジー おとぎの話
ノンフィクションなのがたまにキズさ
まぼろしのファンタジー 飽きたらおしまい
夢の見過ぎに御注意を
(Aster, Aster,
My Lover, and Death, "PINK KISS" in my heart)
作り物のワイヤーフレーム
特別なプレゼンテイション
永遠の甘い夢
人は何にも見えなくなった
仕事を持ってママと出会ってお家を買って心を買って
真っ白な身体に植え付けられただけ
不安定な瞳は
パパとママの笑顔も忘れる
幻想だったアスター
全部どうやら紛い物だ
誰一人息を呑むネオン
ひとりのファンタジー 涙はいらない
センセーションだけが私なのだ
夢色のファンタジー パパは気付けない
これで最後の夜になる
壊れたファンタジー
壊れたファンタジー
さよならファンタジー 孤独な夢も
ノンフィクションだから寂しくなる
夢もケも同じようで偽物
黄泉の国まで御注意を
(Aster, Aster,
My Lover, and Death, "PINK KISS" in my heart)
みんな、頼むから日本語字幕つけてもう一回見ておくれ！
良い、かなり良い
お礼を言わせてもらおう
うわ最高すぎですありがとうございます
イントロの英語のところめちゃくちゃカッコよすぎる……ありがとう……
この曲も字幕が特殊な奴だったのか！すげぇ！
English: I made subtitles for people sing covers of this lovely artist song's, I will also put the lyrics here. Please know, I don't speak fluent Japanese so I have a hard time translating, but most of it is pretty spot on!
Japanese: 私はこの素敵なアーティストの曲のカバーを歌う人々のための字幕を作った、私はまた歌詞をここに入れます。私は流暢な日本語を話せませんので、翻訳するのは苦労しますが、そのほとんどがかなり上です！
Romaji Lyrics:
‘ … 309 e shūgō… ’
dokutā ga utareta n da
anchi Toroi no keiyaku nante suikō sarecha inakatta
100 nen mae no shiti. poppu ga neon-gai no teima SONG
sukkariNPC to watakushi-tachi dake ni natta
NEON kan no yumeiro
papa to mama ni kizuite hoshiku te
shinpai nai yo ASTER
watakushi genki na sebuntīn sa
kono machi ni torawareta neon
tsumari wa FANTASY otogi no hanashi
NONFICTION na no ga tamani kizu sa
maboroshi no FANTASY akitara o shimai
yume no mi sugi ni go chūi o
( Aster Aster
My Lover and Death PINK KISS in my heart)
tsukurimono no waiyā FRAME
Tokubetsuna purezentēshon
eien no amai yume
hito wa nanni mo mienakunatta
shigoto o motte mama to deatte o ie o katte kokoro o katte
masshiro na karada ni uetsukerareta dake
fu antei na hitomi wa
papa to mama no egao mo wasureru
gensō datta ASTER
zenbu dō yara magaimono da
dare hitori iki o nomu neon
hitori no FANASTY namida wa iranai
SENSATION dake ga watakushi na no da
yumeiro no FANASTY papa wa kizukenai
kore de saigo no yoru ni naru
kowareta FANASTY
kowareta FANASTY
sayonara FANASTY kodoku na yume mo
NONFICTION da kara sabishiku naru
yume mo ke mo onaji yō de nisemono
( Aster Aster
My Lover and Death PINK KISS in my heart)
I think you mean ‘Fantasy’
Super long theory about this song and some of Harumaki Gohans other songs:
I think this song might be about trying to fit in with society by basically acting and becoming like everyone else.
I think the character in the video (lets just call her Aster) might be struggling to fit into society, she feels like everyone is losing their individuality and that everyone is just becoming the same, hence the line "Now it's literally only the NPCs and us", she feels like noone thinks for themselves anymore and that people are becoming NPCs(Non-player characters) or robots without an identiy.
Everyone is just following the mainstream trends and lifestyle (This could also be indicated by her saying "The city pop from a 100 years ago is the theme song of the streets of Neon", city pop has become another trend in music that lately everyone listens to. Also "Neon" might be a city where everyone is the same).
I thing Aster is displaying a "neon" or "mainstream" self when she's outside, so she basically tries to act like she's no different from everyone else in order to fit in (1:32 when she's walking outside she is coloured neon) but when she's alone she is coloured white, she can be her true self (1:49, 2:19, 1:09). This would also explain the lines "With an artificial wire frame, I heald a special presentation" and "Be careful not to dream too much", she is basically giving up her dreams and is acting or presenting a false self because she doesnt want people to think that she's strange or weird ("There's no need to worry, I'm a healthy seventeen year old , a Neon captured by the city" she's trying to be like everyone else living in "Neon").
I feel like she's unhappy with this situation though and wishes for people to notice that this isn't her true self and that everyone is losing their individuality ("I wish Mama and Papa would notice" , "Papa won't notice, he can't" this might suggest that even her parents cant see through her facade, maybe because they're already like everyone else as well). She feels like everyone and everything is just fake, because everyone is basically becoming a robot ("Everyones breath was taken away by the neon" (robots dont breathe), "Seems like both dreams and our ordinary lives are the same, fakes") and decides to put and end to this ("With this, it'll be my last night").
Aster finally gives up on trying to be like everyone else, I think her shooting herself either means that she really killed herself so she doesn't end up like everyone else or that she kills off her "true"/"white" self in order to fit in with the mainstream.
(The cup's filled with pink liquid might represent her doing things in order act like everyone else, she's basically drinking her dose of "mainstreamness", so the fallen cup at the end could also either mean that she doenst need to drink the "neon" anymore because she has finally become one of them or that she actually killed herself, I'm not sure about this part though.)
(Also, I think there might be a theme for some of Harumaki Gohan songs, "Dreamless Dreams" and "Melty Land Nightmare" were about a girl escaping into dreams in order to escape reality, but she tried to stop doing so in the end, so this might be her struggling in reality after she stopped trying to escape into her dreams. "Seems like both dreams and our ordinary lives are the same, fakes" could also mean that she now realised that reality is no better than dreaming, she came to the conclusion that she can't continue living in her dreams because they're fake in "Dreamless Dreams", but now she noticed that real life is just as fake).
Sorry for all this rambling this might all be completely wrong but that's just what I thought from watching the video and reading the lyrics, so I thought I might share this in case anyone is interested haha :D Also sorry for any spelling errors or grammar mistakes, english is not my native language and I'd be happy to hear about other theories!
A really good theory! But there is another theme too, I guess. there is Standing "chaldene" (also a song from Harumaki Gohan) at 0.50 . Edit: Also... there are only pink *and* blue neon lights. Mabye it means that Aster has to act like a Girl? like a "normal" mainstream girl.
Ultimate Dreamer And there is Gingaroku too! (Galaxy log)
I cant think about a link between Aster and these two other songs though...
@Hei I could. Maybe. But sadly, I don´t know what these songs are about...
Ultimate Dreamer I think it’s just the color choices not anything having to do with how she has to act. As red and blue do make purple, while pink is a lighter red. At the same time it doesn’t seem like a bad consideration tbh. But the blue probably represents some sort of sadness because there it times where how she looks is extremely upset and not so displeased, but most of it is usually pink and purple. The only is just outside and to fit with the palette. I’m not really sure anymore
I agree with this theory. Excellent! I though almost the same,
アスターという仮想世界について
歌われている曲のようだ。
仄かにジュースの匂いがする...。
｢心配ないよアスター｣が｢心配ないよパスター｣に聞こえて一瞬あれ？ってなったわ
人工的な感じもするのに凄い幻想的？な感じでお洒落。
聞いてて落ち着く。やっぱりとっっっても良い曲！はるまきごはんさんありがとうございます！
この人印象に残るリフ作るのほんとうまいね
ちょろちょろサックス入れるのと、やっぱりピアノを忍ばせて入れるスタイル大好き
ネオンの雰囲気でタイトルが花なのめちゃくちゃ良い。
ピンクのアスターの花言葉『甘い夢』
永遠の甘い夢
毎回思うけど、全部一人でやってんのヤバい
オシャレすぎるううう
このネオン感めっちゃ好き！！
ここにもいた！Σ(￣□￣;)
高確率でいますよねwよく見かけます！
ねぇ知ってるぅ？
はるまきごはん さんの曲は最高なんだよぉ(豆しば感)
預言者かよ…
ねぇー知ってるー？って歌詞がぽかぽかの星で出たぞ…
Every second of his/her video, created by him/her .
What a g0d .
aryaford I agree with you completely, but to inform you he's a dood.
him(´・ω・｀)
js, but it reads more smoothly and is more inclusive if you simply use "they/them" when talking about someone of unknown/unspecified gender :)
or you know... just use the word 'them'
I'm sorry but
If you hear his self covers
He's a guy
1:28の所「welcome to the ASTER」て書いてあるんですけどメルティランドナイトメア
と関係あるんですかね…
セブンティーナも似た所あった
後地球をあげるもそうだね
メルティのコメ欄で、メルティに出てくるピンクの子は妊娠した女の子のお腹の子説があったんですけど、それが本当だとしたら真っ白な身体に植え付けられただけって歌詞はもしかして。。。。
@@ame_a
あっ‼️えっ⁉️そう言う⁉️
アスター
メルティランドナイトメア
セブンティーナ
( ˙-˙ )この顔好きすぎる！！！
激しく同意
はるまきごはんさんとこのミクさんの声すき
はるまきごはんさんのミクちゃんの歌い方めっちゃ好き…
5年前に聴いてめちゃめちゃハマってましたが、先日の新曲を聴いてまた聴きにきました！ 曲、歌詞、MV、全部クールでおしゃれで、とてもかっこいいです。ずっと聴いていたい。表現がすごく好き…
はるまきごはんさんの曲で一番好きかもしれないです。
the song is good but i love the video so much
Nicolle so the video is better than the song?
- Mirror they're both really great I just enjoyed the video more because I'm a visual person in general ^^
Solena
I'll wait for the english subs, great beat and animation.
THEY'RE HERE!!!!
gang gang
What Linux distro do you use
@@cheeseisgud7311 What do you think?
@@ArchFarm hm, you look like an ubuntu person
*メルティみたいな夜って感じが好き*
素晴らしくエモい かわいい 素敵
2:50
ここ好き
ラスサビ後がとてつもなく好きなんですけど 3:20
PV好きすぎる
この退廃的な感じがたまらない
はるまきさんの背景が光ってるかんじの色の塗り方とてもすき
メルティランドナイトメアが伸びてからの今回の新作
大手へ着々と進んでると思います
コバルトメモリーズからもう1年
早すぎる
はるごはさんの中でダントツ好きだわ
「デ､デ､デﾚﾚﾚ」のイントロ
「御注意を」で締めるサビ
ああああすきいいいい( ^o^)
久々おすすめに出てきて「懐かしっ！」って声に出たわ。
この曲ではるまきさん知ったんだよなぁ。
This the first song I found that I relate to so much.
Just like Aster ( I'm assuming the girl's name ) , I believed my life and everything around me is fictional, started distancing myself from my problems and emotions, thinking life is just a boring cycle of working hard, getting a job and meeting your spouse, even the people around me felt like NPCs in video game. In the song, I'm guessing "the neon city" is a metaphor for this kind mindset. Such lines can be found in the song "I'm a healthy seventeen-year-old, being trapped by the neon", and " These neon-coloured tubes, I wish papa and mama can see it". My interpretation is that Aster wants someone to notice her unique mindset, to be rid of her loneliness, but she feels so disconnected from the world that it's impossible. I also want to point out something interesting that I noticed, In the end scene, where Aster spreads her arms out,
there's a neon sign with the word "Genius" written on it. My guess is that since Aster has lost hope in connecting with the world, she starts hiding behind the word "genius" to classify herself as a person that no one can truly understand, and to fully separate herself from the rest of the world. I find this interesting because I did the exact same thing.
Finally I want to list down the lines I thought that contributes to my theory( besides the ones I've already talked about):
1. In other words, it's a fantasy, A fairy tale. A phantasmal fantasy, it's the end once you tire of it. Be careful not to dream too much. (Distancing herself from reality by saying it's all just some fantasy)
2. With an artificial wire frame, I held a special presentation. ( Aster thinks she is just a program projected on a screen, but since she thinks she's aware that she lives in a virtual world, she held a "special presentation".
3.Now in sweet dreams forever, people can't see a thing anymore. Having a job, meeting mama, buying a house, buying a heart. I've only been planted into a pure white body. ( Aster thinks all the people around is just stuck in this boring cycle of life and they are so sucked into it that they don't even realize it's a program-like cycle. )
4.In these unstable eyes, I even forget papa and mama's smiles ( Feeling emotionally detached from her family )
5.The aster was an illusion, seems like it was all a sham ( Being so cautious of not believing in reality that she doubts her own mindset )
6.A lone fantasy needs no tears, I'm just a being with sensations after all (this is how I interpreted this line from the chinese translation of the lyrics. I feel like it fits better here since it's talking about distancing yourself from your emotions.
7. A dream-coloured fantasy, papa won't notice, he can't. ( Not being understood by anyone )
8. Goodbye fantasy, this lonely dream as well. It's because this is non-fiction that I became lonely. Seems like both dreams and our ordinary lives are the same, fakes. So until you reach the underworld, be careful. ( Drowned in loneliness, Aster finally becomes bored of this mindset and start thinking it's fake too. Having lost hope in both the real and fictional world, Aster lastly tells us to "be careful" , to be careful not to fall into the same kind of mindset she had.)
Honestly, the very first time I listened to this song, I felt like I could understand the lyrics perfectly. And even if I were to put these feelings into words, the lyrics just seems to match perfectly with what I would say. But even if that's not what the lyrics actually convey, I still want to thank Harumaki Gohan for making such an amazing song!
歌詞が見当たらなかったので貼っておきます
(Aster, Aster,
My Lover, and Death, "PINK KISS" in my heart)
「…309へ集合…」
ドクターが撃たれたんだ
アンチトロイの契約なんて遂行されちゃいなかった
100年前のシティ・ポップがネオン街のテーマソング
すっかりNPCと私たちだけになった
ネオン管の夢色
パパとママに気付いてほしくて
心配ないよアスター
私元気なセブンティーンさ
この街に囚われたネオン
つまりはファンタジー おとぎの話
ノンフィクションなのがたまにキズさ
まぼろしのファンタジー 飽きたらおしまい
夢の見過ぎに御注意を
(Aster, Aster,
My Lover, and Death, "PINK KISS" in my heart)
作り物のワイヤーフレーム
特別なプレゼンテイション
永遠の甘い夢
人は何にも見えなくなった
仕事を持ってママと出会ってお家を買って心を買って
真っ白な身体に植え付けられただけ
不安定な瞳は
パパとママの笑顔も忘れる
幻想だったアスター
全部どうやら紛い物だ
誰一人息を呑むネオン
ひとりのファンタジー 涙はいらない
センセーションだけが私なのだ
夢色のファンタジー パパは気付けない
これで最後の夜になる
壊れたファンタジー
壊れたファンタジー
さよならファンタジー 孤独な夢も
ノンフィクションだから寂しくなる
夢もケも同じようで偽物
黄泉の国まで御注意を
(Aster, Aster,
My Lover, and Death, "PINK KISS" in my heart)
ずっと探してました！ありがとうございます
かっこいいなぁ
pvも綺麗で
全部自分で作ってるっていうのが本当にすごい
お気に入り
1:39 特別がとくべつんになってるの大好き
3:19 最後に撃つイラストの溶けてく感じすごい好き。それと同時にたまに出てくるツインテールの女の子に髪型が似てくのがまたいい。
1:19のなんとも言えない表情が好きすぎる💕
これはエモかわいいですな！！！！！
Happy anniversary to this song!🎶🎂🩷 / この曲の記念日おめでとう！🎶🎂🩷。
今さっき幻影APをやってたんだけど、手に入れたディスコの曲がリュックにあってしかも聴いた感じボカロだったから もしかして存在してる曲なのか って思ってググッたら20万人登録者数いる有名なボカロPでびっくりした。
この曲聴いたらワクワクするしMVから魅力がでてて凄さを感じた、他の曲も知れるのかなっていうゲームの楽しみもふえた!!
字幕だしたとき1文字ずつ出てくるのすげえエモ
3DSのニコニコで初め出会ったボカロ...!
4年以上空いたけれどふいに思い出した。
もう一度出会えて良かった...!!!!
エヌピースィーが好きすぎる
今日で元気なセブンティーンじゃなくなってしまった
強く生きろ
セブンティーナ聴こや
曲も映像もはるまきごはんが全部やってるってほんと凄い……
ゆらゆら動くツインテールがとても可愛い
はるまきごはんさんが出す曲は必ず神曲
サビの癖になるリズム最高
ホントに神曲
幻影から来ました……
ゲーム内で流れたワンフレーズが素敵だったので検索してたどり着きました…
2:17 ここの低音好きすぎる
はるまきごはんさんアイコン変えてる〜
はるまきごはんさんってなんか青ってイメージが強いから、こんなにピンク使ってるの新鮮♪
Pink and purple! ピンクと 浅紫
めっちゃ惹き込まれる…
love this song so much, the lyrics and mv actually remind me of ps1 lain a little
ぜひはるまきごはんさんのカバーを聞きたい
どんなところで声色使って意識してるか感じるの好きだから
holy frick i never realized that they did the art and animation too!! Amazing
離れられないぃいぃぃ
This song is so... _narcotic_
0:55 Love the "chaldene" and "galaxy record" reference, wonder who else noticed. I literally live those two songs like i love this one
はるまきごはんさんに出会って良かった
こんなにいい曲に触れられるんだから
イントロ好き
エモい〜イィ
さいっこうです！！！
前奏とか間奏の『ﾀｯﾀｯﾀﾗﾀﾗ.ﾀｯﾀｯﾀｯﾀｳ-ｳ』みたいな音楽が好きすぎる、、、
Harumaki Gohan I love you!! Your music is a big inspiration to me, thank you for your works
ネオンって無機質な中にもどこか奥ゆかしい色気があるんですよね。
すげぇ今更コメントするけど
ドリームレスドリームス
「夢の続きを知りたいのかい」
↓
アスター
「夢の見過ぎにご注意を」
で全私が"ｯﾊｧｰﾝはるまきごはんさんそういうトコ〜〜〜〜‼️‼️"ってなったんだけど共感してくれるやついるぅ⁉️⁉️
いねぇよなぁ‼️‼️(泣)
( 'ω')/ ﾊｲ!
字幕が歌と連動してるのすごい好き。
I agree with what neeonbunny is saying. I'll just add some of my own thoughts without being redundant.
The name Aster is spelled out in katakana as "asutaa" (a romaji transliteration), which is a hard translation for "asterisk". We can derive meaning from this in two ways. In Latin asterisk means star, which plays into the themes of Harumaki Gohan's other songs. There are billions upon billions of stars in the universe, just as there are people in the world. A star is an individual that burns out eventually. Aster wants to shine white, just as a star would, because it's the truest display of her individuality. In a grammatical sense, asterisks are used to shine detail on material within a composition without derailing the train of thought within the paragraph. The predicament that Aster is in is relatable to that, as well. Individuality is merely a footnote or side thought that isn't a priority for society or trends within it. When she says that "aster was an illusion", she might be literally saying that individuality is an illusion. Considering how the song ends, Aster might be a symbolic representation for everyone's sense of individuality. Her "mama" and "papa" might be a singular person in reality, as humans are dual-brained creatures. We don't rely entirely on logic (male) or emotion (female) by themselves. It's kindof contradictory that trends arise from the individuality of one person, but that's another thought for another time haha.
I get this really cyberpunky vibe from the video. I get this feeling from the use of the word "neon", the bright blue and pink colors (while Harumaki obviously loves it, they're also a hallmark of the cyberpunk aesthetic) and her negative attitude towards a society she's portraying as dystopian. There's also the ice cream having an eye in the sign, which I take to mean that corporations are watching and looking to control your desires... as it's most profitable that way. Neon is used to describe the products they're trying to sell you because they're bright, flashy and appealing. A drink is the best metaphor for this because people need some form of liquid to survive and people are brainwashed to believe they need it to survive. This world is one where you sacrifice your inner beauty for the appeal of the material, trendy world ruled by corporations. I think Harumaki is envisioning a world in the future if the current state of society is left unchecked.
The 309 building is a definite reference to the Shibuya 109 building, which is a department store. This extra 200 added into it might be to give the reader the sense that time has moved or that it's a parallel reality. The 109 store , in essence, capitalizes on trends by selling fashionable products. Harumaki is definitely using the drink as a metaphor for trends. There's this subtext underneath it all that makes it out to be a poison. This is emphasized at 0:27 where he tells us the "doctor has been shot". The next couple lines mention an "anti-trojan agreement" and Asterisk "not being made to execute that". If the doctor hadn't been shot, he would have prevented the poison. The idea of an "anti-trojan" agreement is hypothetical. There wasn't one made. The drink, which is a product, is poisonous but is called safe by the majority (a trojan horse). It's polluting the minds of people and turning them into slaves to trends under the guise of something desirable and fulfilling. She calls it a "fairy tale" because the world that people are choosing to believe in is one where they avert their eyes from reality. Aster chooses to see reality and knows that the "nonfiction only has a fly in the ointment", meaning that the product is tainted.
Edit: Written in katakana in the video description is "virtual children". I think harumaki gohan is trying to set up a distinction between "corruption" and "innocence" in this video. When we are children, we are in are most innocent stage. As we grow up we become indoctrinated by the material world. I'm certain harumaki gohan is an adult or at least very close to becoming one, which is why he uses the term "virtual". Aster doesn't exist in reality, but she represents a concept that exists in the virtual world of the psyche. In using this term, he might be referring to the characters present in all his songs. His songs have children characters undergoing some emotionally heavy, transitional phase. As an artist, it's a period of time he seems to draw the most inspiration from.
Paul Yu
Oh shit-
You just debunked this entire song-
How awesome
@@goblinslayer951 lol
these are such good points!!! i also thought that he might've used 309 to reference the future, the shibuya building and miku (39)! maybe it's a triple meaning?
字幕スゴすぎる！ありがとうございます
日本語の字幕凄すぎるから皆字幕を付けてみてくれ…
あ"ッ、ありがとうございます…
全然気づかなかった…エモさが増して最高です……
はるまきさんの曲って、いつも予想外の音にとらわれて、止まらなくなるんよな。ほかの人とはちがうものを感じて、いつもすごいなーと思っちゃう。
ダメだ、もう貴方の虜
2:33〜がめちゃんこすき
Wow it's already been more than a year since this came out... I remember waking up to this like it was yesterday
なんでこんなポップな歌詞と曲調で重たい内容でぶん殴ってくるんですか……！ありがとうございます好きです
What kind of music genre is this?
It's amazing
才能の塊すぎて
最初の女の子が揺れてるとこすごい好き
イントロほんと好き
0:57 ではるまきごはんさんが「あすたー」って言ってる！
エモエモのエモ
なんかめっちゃインスタ映えしそう…
そんなことより神曲に感謝m(__)m