Stephanie – Friends
By my usual post-title-naming convention, this entry should have been “Gundam 00 – Friends”, but I decided that G00 isn’t worthy of this song. Also, I think I have more than enough entries on that as it is.
So anyway, I translated the full lyrics of Stephanie’s latest song Friends, which also happens to be the ending theme to a certain super robot anime that shall remain unnamed. I like this song.
Friends
Stephanie
onaji egao shiteta
sonna bokura mo ikunen wo kasanesugite
surechigau keshiki wo
ukeirerarezu ni mogaiteru
muda na puraido sutesari
kono sekai ni yasashisa wo
I Gotta Say
yuuki wo misetsukete mo tsuyogatte mo
hitori dewa ikirarenai
ano hi no yakusoku nara
kokoro no fukaku ni nokotteiru yo ima demo
wakarete mata deai
arata na michi ni hikari mitsuke arukidasu
umarete kara zutto
kurikaesu koto de tsunagatteku
itsunoma ni kimi to boku mo
sorezore mirai wo te ni shite
I Gotta Say
tooku hanareteite mo aenakute mo
tsuyoi kizuna wa aru kara
“yume ga kanaimasu youni”
kokoro no soko kara inotteiru yo
We’re friends forever
mata au koto wo chikai
yubikiri shite
bokura wa arukidashita ne
mienai ikisaki eto
mayoinagara demo
susundeiru yo
itsudemo
kawariyuku kisetsu to
toki no naka
natsukashii melodies
otona ni natte mo
iroase wa shinai yo
bokutachi no precious memories
I Gotta Say
yuuki wo misetsukete mo tsuyogatte mo
hitori dewa ikirarenai
ano hi no yakusoku nara
kokoro no fukaku ni nokotteiru yo
As life goes on…
wasurecha ikenai kara Yeah
Don’t let it go…
kono hiroi daichi to nakama-tachi no koto
Translation | Kanji | Printable
You can get the CD from Amazon JP.
January 31st, 2008 at 8:50 pm
It’s up already somewhere :p
January 31st, 2008 at 8:52 pm
hei thats the girl with the impressive vocal range.
January 31st, 2008 at 9:59 pm
So Azu, you’re an admin at Animelyrics now? >_>
January 31st, 2008 at 10:09 pm
“video no longer available”
lol…
January 31st, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Hey Fuck you asshole. Gundam actually became good ever since SEED OK?!
February 1st, 2008 at 12:44 am
Stephanie no wants you put her on ze internets.
February 1st, 2008 at 1:15 am
Hey!
“U$uck”, no vulgarities here…
And don’t go around insulting my friend…
He doesn’t deserve the abuse you are hurling at him…
February 1st, 2008 at 7:01 am
U$ucK: What are you talking about? G00 is basically Gundam Wing in HD.
February 1st, 2008 at 7:37 am
stephanie has a plastic face >_>. maybe its just me
February 1st, 2008 at 9:13 am
If only she was slightly prettier…looks like there’s a hint of gaijin in her bloodline. That might explain the nice transition from English and back. Her voice is beautiful by the way.
February 1st, 2008 at 9:19 am
DarkMirage -> I didn’t really catch much of GW so I guess to myself and a whole new generation of anime watchers, G00 is god-like.
February 1st, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Stephanie really likes to show off her legs
February 1st, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Oh yea, after what happened with GSD, I put my expectations pretty low for 00. As long I get my weekly dose of some cool gundam action(without any refuse scenes) with a bearable plot then I’m set XD.
February 1st, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Why all the Gundam 00 hate, I find the series is more enlightening and more interesting than any other modern gundam series to date. I liked how the Gundams weren’t super suits which were the equivalent of one man armies, but let’s see how they handle the three new throne suits before we jump to conclusions that they ruined the show.
The song is a great one and it blew my mind the first time I heard it. I also love the new OP.
February 2nd, 2008 at 2:51 am
lol…
you finally posted it.
as you said G00 doesn’t worth this song..
it’s pretty good song, but the ED2 theme ruined the song for me because of all that gayness in it *yuck*
anyway still a good song and you should tl Kissdum -engage planet- ED by stephanie :D
February 2nd, 2008 at 6:08 am
From the official website (http://www.steph.jp/), her heritage is Armenian-American (Father) and her mother is Japanese.
February 2nd, 2008 at 3:43 pm
I’m sorry, but unless you take a look on the translation DM finished, you just misinterpreted the theme itself. The theme fits (barely), but I think Stephanie’s trying to get the song to fit the theme instead the other way around, similar to what L’Arc en Ciel did on Daybreak’s Bell, shaping the song around the theme.
…Though I have to admit, the fit’s very loose.
February 2nd, 2008 at 8:06 pm
quote: isoase wa shinai yo
I think it should be “iroase wa shinai yo”?!! Maybe you should check again the original lyric because maybe I guess the wrong kanji.
February 3rd, 2008 at 2:44 am
I Love this song, the PV is nothing special though.
February 4th, 2008 at 6:15 am
info600: hmmm…. i don’t really see that, the theme gives me creeps >_>
DM: (just noticed that, after watching the series so far) G00 is really GW in HD but in different design XD
but it’s not a disappoint to expect more =O
laters~
February 4th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
@ ^^^…
well, I want to give you an essay on it, but since I got a 2 hour long test tmw, all I can say is that her lyrics shows that the misters are not going to survive working alone.
(wow, almost got a line word-by-word onto my explanation. lol)
February 6th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I love this song soo much. ^_^
Hmm…don’t say that..I think it’s fine for G00. =’o
It soothes it in someway.
Haven’t watch the latest episodes as of late…
but anyways…thanks for translating the song. ^,^
February 7th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
I have know problems with any gundam songs and it is true that G00 is a kindof copy of GW and dont get why not (if anyone is saying so) I believe that GW was the best series ever: not that much romance but some and lots of mobile suit being pwned (I just like how Heero and the other guys were shot at and nothing happened note: the gundams lost because the colonies were in danger and they stiill manage to come back and save the people who “beat” from that white hair mask guy note: I thought mask guy was awesome)shoot gottat go…
February 7th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
one last post: the songs were definitley loose but the visuals were Okay need more songs that are well… gotatta go
February 11th, 2008 at 12:48 am
what are u guys talkin gundam 00 is by far one of the best gundams and not a copy of GW..and i agree that ever since GSeed, Gundam Series really got beter!!
LOve This Song!
February 28th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Gundam wing was full of bad directing, it was REALLY random and left me going WTF – not the good type of WTF. Gundam Seed was probably a lucky shot for fukuda who sorta learnt off tomino, however Seed Destiny QUICKLY went downhill after the first 10 eps.
Gundam 00 is different, its somewhat untraditional, and original in some aspects. Yes yes you can say its similar to Gundam Wing but look at other non-gundam anime and you will see how similar it is to them….At least gundam 00 has a more believable way of explaining to us WHY the gundams are invincible….well until CB leaked the technology.
Yes i have to agree, the ending was really fangirl oriented…It sorta is painful to watch the ending-im a guy (and gundam seed/destiny was fanboy oriented). This song is awesome though!
The theme however, does indeed fit the ending, the fact that the CB’s meisters are “friends”, (ep 21 will show u what i mean…)
February 29th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
those who said Seed is good.. Gundam Shit & Gundam Shit Destiny is crap
watch U.C series instead
March 24th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
what are the chords of the song? i want to play it with my guitar!! ^_^
February 21st, 2009 at 2:46 pm
This song is so powerfull i love it =) I cant belive that i dont found that earlier >.< (sorry for my bad englisch^^)
June 3rd, 2009 at 7:01 am
dont u like gundam 00??
August 2nd, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Why hate Gundam 00? For me it’s one of the best anime in the whole Gundam franchise. It has some similarities with GW…like the interventions of 5 gundams thought the G00 only had 4. The plot is original.