Look - when we come together,
We become beautiful,
We become strong,
Capable of withstanding
Any gloom, any passage of time, any storm.
-'Ai wa energy' (Love is energy), Mitsuishi Kotono

When a heart touches a heart, friendship is born.
When you realized that a life lived for someone else
carries no regrets, you grew stronger.
-'Asu no egao no tame ni' (So we can smile tomorrow), Matsuzawa Yumi

The thing you give is the baton of courage...
-'Atarashii Taiyou' (New Sun), Fujita Toshiko

A yearning that can be fulfilled simply by wishing
Is a cheap illusion that satisfies the heart for just an instant
"You can definitely do it", that one word of yours
Changed my resignation and hesitation into power
-'Forever Friends', Hassy

Hope and despair keep my company...
-'Hesitation', Hayashibara Megumi

Just keep running on the rails for someone -
I know you can’t settle for being satisfied with where you are...
-'Kitto OK!' (Totally OK!), Toshihiko Seki

Everyone sees dreams and talks of
A place to return to...
I just want to continue walking...
-Let into top, Ishino Ryuuzou

If you are always
looking up at a dream
glittering in the distance,
you might just forget where you are now
-I'm your friend, Orikasa Ai

We are only half ourselves
when we are alone...
-I'm your friend, Orikasa Ai

We can't understand each other just from words so we get hurt and cry
Laughing with you, crying with you, I become myself again...
Before I became strong, I kept rejecting encouragement
You watched over me so I could move on...
I'm no longer alone, I can have more freedom
I can throw away things like pride and doubts
Having the pleasure of someone by my side
-'Hitori ja nai' (Not Alone), DEEN

People are foolish, aren't they? People are fickle, aren't they?
They don't pray unless they're hurt.
-'Ito chiisaki negai' (The smallest wish), Orikasa Ai

Heartwarming feelings and heart-wrenching feelings and heartening feelings
These are the feelings I always have when I look at you
-'Itoshisa to setsunasa to kokorodzuyosa to', Shinohara Ryouko

Life is a parade full of mistakes
But that is what I like
-'Jinsei wa machigai no onparedo' (Life is a parade of mistakes), Orikasa Ai

"Because you're here, there is a tomorrow that I want to protect"
Those words from you is what started us walking
"Because you're here, I won't give up even the smallest dream"
In the city that even made believing into an illusion
-'Kimi ga iru kara' (Because you're here), Nishiwaki Yui

I have found it I've found it
That's right, it branches from your kindness
That is where I'll put my heart
-'Kokoro no oki basshou' (Where I'll put my heart), Okamoto Maya & Ikura Kazue

For an instant a depressing moment shines
Surely just for us
-'Be for me, be for you', Horie Yui

I wonder where you could be now
That promise, I wonder if it's still in your heart
the seasons have changed, but
it doesn't change that time...
-'Yakusoku' (Promise), Horie Yui

Destiny isn't engraved in stone and
Life can't be based on appearances
If love is a language then you'd better start talking
-'One Way True Love', Nanaka Nakatomi

Don't make fun of it, don't destroy it, don't lose it!
That one thing everyone has that they won't give up.
Only love, only dreams, only you!
Those are the only things I won't let go, ever.
-'Through the Night', Arimachi Masahiko

The me that had no pain was a coward.
-'Owaranai monogatari' (Neverending story), Asada Youko & Hirata Hiroaki

First of all, I promise that I won't say "No way!"
If I don't believe and don't start, I can't hold on to a miracle
I'll search for something that I can do, I can say yes! I'll try my best
-'Say yes!', Himi Tomoki

The kindness that I received from you is still in my heart
And I'll give it to anyone.
That's the important thing that "Goodbye" brought to me.
-Sayonara dake ga shitteta (Only 'goodbye' knew), Asada Youko

I love you to the point it breaks me.
No kind of words are enough,
because I also have a love
that I can never give voice to.
-'Setsunakutemo zutto' (Though it's painful always), Hayashi Nobutoshi

We're near the sky...
That same sky is watching over many people.
Will today continue tomorrow?
If we wish for it, surely it will.
-'Be all right', Konishi Hiroko

That's right, maybe not using common sense isn't so bad after all.
-‘Butterfly’, Wada Kouji

Even if there is a puzzle one couldn't solve
Get three people and surely you can answer it
Even if there's luggage in one's heavy heart
With everyone it can be carried with ease
When you wish to cry we'll be your handkerchief
In happy times we'll sing out together
-'Shoujo yo, taishi wo dake!' (Girls, just be ambitious!), Kasahara Hiroko

When someday somebody calls out my name with a soft and gentle voice
I want to answer with the greatest smile and see what it's like
-'Someday Somebody', Hisakawa Aya

My spirit is inside a closet, damn it
The limit of my spirit has become meek
My power to say I love a person
Surely it will be revived
-'Stand up!', Suzuki Masami

As long as I have at least one person to love,
tomorrow will shine
much more than today.
-'Star', Satou Akemi

I'm always told that
Crying won't change anything
But no one cries with that purpose in mind
-'Time will tell', Utada Hikaru

Your insignificant gestures
And your ordinary words
Every time I think of them
I feel like I'm going to cry
-Watashitachi ni naritakute (I want it to be 'us'), Fujitani Miwako

A heart that feels hurt will continue to remember the fear.
-'Midnight Blue', Hayashibara Megumi

Everyone's in apathy,
my existence wants to scream!
Being hurt, being dirty,
unable to avoid it.
-'Exit Running', Hayashibara Megumi

Surely, somewhere lies "the answer,"
the answer to why I was born.
That is what all people wish for,
facing the dreary dream that they can't let go of...
I want to give a reason for life to my future self...
If someone is with me when the morning is finished,
it would erase the desolation in my heart.
-'Give a reason', Hayashibara Megumi

Strength is a very important thing,
but you need tears too.
With a parched, dried-up heart,
you can't do anything at all;
you can't feel a thing.
-'I'll be there', Hayashibara Megumi

Daily life is like an angry wave
A cycle of heaven and hell
-'Sakura saku' (Cherry blossom blooming), Hayashibara Megumi

Teach me that love means happiness
Or is it loneliness?
-'Oshiete happiness' (Teach me happiness), Hayashibara Megumi

In the future, I’ll never be smaller than I am now.
-'Shinka de guts!', (Evolve with guts!), Sakamoto Chika

Coolness is the other side of kindness.
True courage and will are secretly burning inside.
-'Shinka de guts!', (Evolve with guts!), Yamaguchi Mayumi

Not every day is sunny, so sometimes, even though a cold rain is falling, just open your umbrella.
There’s no map of how to live, that’s why we’re free.
You can go anywhere!
-‘Brave Heart’, Miyazaki Ayumi

I’ll say good-bye to that coward who lives deep in my heart,
and become a little stronger.
-'Keep On', Maeda Ai

Kick away cowardice and weakness!
The future you dreamed of, the future I dreamed of...
you’re not alone, don’t give up!
-'Kimi ga yume mita mirai, boku ga yume mita mirai', Takahashi Naozumi

Just because you're passionate about it, doesn't make it right.
-'Walk on the Edge', Kazama Yuuto

If it hurts you, then why do it?
I made fun of people like that...
there are many things you won't understand unless you get hurt.
-'Chigau boku ga iru' (There's another me), Kikuchi Masami

That's right, we're the dreamers of the future too!
-'Yuuki wo tsubasa ni shite' (Turning courage into wings), Fujita Toshiko

People are weak, aren't they?
They fight and hate each other.
But love, of all things,
should surpass everything.
-'Perfect World', Sakamoto Chika

You taught me many things that cannot be learned from books.
Like never giving up,
and facing things without fear,
and how beautiful people are.
You made me laugh.
I wanted to say "thank you," but I didn't get to say it.
I was not able to be of any use,
but I will not forget the days I was with you.
-'P.S. Ai tte eien desu ka' (P.S. Is love forever?), Kawakami Tomoko

Just embracing, embracing, and lifting someone in your arms
Is probably - definitely - not kindness.
The courage to stand up is always within you.
-'Perfect World', Sakamoto Chika

I want to run a sky marathon and dream in unison with you.
-'Catch you catch me', Gumi


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