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- 月の兎、月面探査車
- ――夢か現か、吉夢か、それとも悪夢なのか。
- A moon rabbit and a lunar exploration vehicle―
- Is it an illusion, reality, a good dream or a bad dream?
- 1.童祭 ～ Innocent Treasures - Kid's Festival ~ Innocent Treasures
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- Being awaken, with a memory of morning mist in an illusionary world.
- Reality, on a vanishing cloud.
- Daydream, a history of an ancient mystic world.
- Daylight, into a vanishing town.
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(Dawn is about to come. Dawn is about to come in an illusionary morning mist.
I had a good time with the kids in an illusionary world.
All of the kids looked really happy and smiled.)
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- Is it an illusion, or a castle in the air?
- Till daybreak, my heart is in another world.
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(...I cannot remember the last time I saw kids with this a big of a smile.
Mysterious songs that I've never listened to; Mysterious dances that I've never seen. Maybe a festival is being held today.
Someday, I want to live in such a country where I can see the kids smile.)
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- Being awaken, with a memory of an illusionary scarlet mansion in its strange color.
- Reality, on a cold-hearted stone.
- Daydream, a fairy tale of an ancient beautiful capital.
- Daylight, into a filthy town.
- 2.華胥の夢 - Dream of Arcadia (Paradisaical Daydream)
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- "...And you know, I had a dream like this yesterday."
- "...You're gonna tell me about your dream again?"
- "I called you so as to tell about the dream I had."
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- My name is Maribel Han. I belong to a club about occult powers in this deserted town.
- Unlike other clubs, ours doesn't do the proper acts as a necromancer.
- They call us unusual... I belong to the "club", though the number of members is only us two.
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- "Hey, the story of someone else's dream is nothing but annoyance."
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- It doesn't matter to me at all.
- By the way, I have a great power. It's because our clan has had a kind of inspiration since ancient times...
- I have the ability to see every boundary all over the world, in other words, a border.
- Our true scheme is to seek for the gaps of the boundaries and to dive into another world. It's what they :call "Spiriting Away", isn't it?
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- ...Of course, it's forbidden.
- Even so, recently I've had dreams of every kind of the world...
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- "May I ask you a favor? Please listen to my dreams and give me some advices, or I'll be confused which is the real me."
- 3.上海紅茶館 ～ Chinese Tea - Shanghai Teahouse ~ Chinese Tea
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- Inside the deep forest was a scarlet mansion.
- Around the mansion, there was a deep green forest and a white-glowing lake...
- What fascinating scenery...
- In spite of the color of deep scarlet, it looks so natural.
- This bold color looks somewhat childish but... I love it.
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- How about dropping in?
- Isn't it impolite to visit all of a sudden?
- What's wrong with you? Why are you a coward in your dreams?
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- ...Oh? A maid came out.
- I'll tell her that...
- I want to greet the owner of such a wonderful mansion.
- 4.ヴォヤージュ1969 - Voyage 1969 (1969, from Cape Canaveral)
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- All I could see was the same scenery everywhere I went.
- The sun has already set, and I could hardly see the ground...
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- I didn't know that the dark bamboo forest made me easily miss the path.
- Sometimes I heard a strange crying. Were they beasts, or...
- What should I do? I didn't know.
- Am I to wander in the bamboo forest and starve to death?
- Or get eaten by some youkai? I've got plenty of things that I haven't done yet.
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- I wandered about without any purpose.
- I thought I could eat some bamboo shoots, so I didn't consider it seriously.
- ...Even so, I was in my dream.
- But, I realized at that time. I have no idea how natural bamboo shoots are.
- I've only seen its composition. All I know about the bamboo shoot is its taste...
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- I looked up at the sky with no hope.
- There were a lot of glowing stars.
- I envied your eyes for the first time.
- Perhaps you could find where you were, and couldn't miss the path.
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- That was the time, when I heard a terrifying laughter just behind me!
- 5.科学世紀の少年少女 - Boys and Girls of Science Era (21st Century Boy and Girl)
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- "Here are some cookies I got at a scarlet mansion, and natural bamboo shoots in a bamboo forest."
- "Eh? You're talking about your dreams, aren't you, Mary?"
- The girl is Renko Usami, who is listening to the story the dream I had.
- She's another member of our club, whose members are only us two.
- She's so active that she proposes most of what we do.
- According to Renko, she can tell where she is and when it is by looking up the sky. How scary...
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- And, Renko calls me Mary. It's too hard for people in this country to pronounce my name.
- I'm afraid she's already forgotten my real name...
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- "It's about my dream. I've said it many times."
- "...In spite of it being the story of your dream, why do you have the stuff you got in your dreams?"
- "That's why I want your advice."
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- I'm not certain which is a reality or a dream.
- Dreams usually end when I'm chased by some youkai.
- If you say it's a bad dream, maybe it's right...
- Even so, I somehow got the things in my dreams.
- I'm afraid I'm talking now in my dream...
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- "I'll tell you, Mary. It's not already been any bamboo shoots. They've grown too much and become too stiff, so you can't eat them."
- Though, if I could change a bad dream to a good dream, it would be nicer than the reality...
- "Natural bamboo shoots hide below the earth and save themselves when they're tasty."
- 6.永夜の報い ～ Imperishable Night - Retribution for the Eternal Night ~ Imperishable Night
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- I ran for dear life, even in a dream.
- I cannot explain it clearly, but the laughter that I heard obviously sounded like something that wasn't human.
- I trusted my instincts saying "Run for it!"
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- Though, the bamboo forest sloped a little, which made me lose my sense of balance.
- I suppose I ran straight, but I cannot say whether it was true.
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- I ran for a long distance, but all I could see was the scene I've seen before.
- Does this forest lead eternally? Or am I running in the same place?
- ...That doesn't matter to me at all.
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- I think Renko's idea is out-of-date -- "When you think objectively, there is an obvious truth."
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- The truth exists only in subjectivity.
- If you can only see the scene that you've seen before... Here's the place.
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- That's why I'm running for my life.
- You know, dream cannot be the antonym of reality.
- Recently, it's been considered as the synonym.
- Even if you're in your dream, you must run for dear life from the mysterious being.
- That's the truth.
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- Anyway, my major is relativity psychology.
- Yours is ultra-general physics, Renko? How does your study of string advance?
- 7.夜が降りてくる ～ Evening Star - Night Falls ~ Evening Star
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- How mysterious...
- Old-fashioned people, including you, make a difference between dream and reality.
- But people in extreme old days didn't do that, I heard.
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- And these days, dream and reality are different, but the same.
- They're both the world of dreams and the world of reality, both myself in a dream and myself in reality.
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- I'm not sure which one is true; a butterfly in the night or human being in the daytime...
- Considering the sense in these days, they're both true.
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- I ran for a long distance, but I don't feel any fatigue.
- It's because I moved as if I flew over the sky? Did I become a butterfly?
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- But, the darkness of the night finally came to an end...
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- ...I stopped running.
- I found a scarlet light in the bamboo forest over there.
- It glowed abominably and was beyond the reality.
- Saying slowly to you...
- It was similar to the flame reaction of rubidium, I guess.
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- I couldn't recognize it as just a glowing bamboo forest.
- I glimpsed the glowing place, keeping a watch for my back.
- 8.人形裁判 ～ 人の形弄びし少女 - Doll Judgment ~ A Girl Who Plays with Human Shapes (Doll Master)
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- I can't believe the scene I saw just now!
- Nowadays, you can watch the extinct wild dogs and kappas through 3DCG...
- Even so, I've never seen such a big creature in front of me.
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- It was bigger than wild dogs; a mouse-like black being, whose eyes were red.
- ...No, was it a rabbit? Its eyes were red.
- Still, It had a strange shape.
- I mean... on its face were two eyes, like yours.
- Humans are mostly like this.
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- The size of its face was same as that of human.
- Or rather, was it a human's face? Yes, it was. It was a human's face, I believe.
- Do you know some big mouses that have a human's face?
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- ...At that time, the big mouse raised a horrible voice.
- It was this big mouse that chased me.
- Though, it no longer stared at me; but at the scarlet light.
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- The truth was... it wasn't the big mouse's eyes that lit scarlet all around.
- I couldn't believe that the horrible big mouse was afraid of the scarlet light.
- I turned my face on the light...
- 9.夢と現の境界 - Border between Dream and Reality (Wake Up Mysterious Girl)
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- "And, this is the scrap of paper I found after the big mouse and the girl left."
- "Hey, are you really talking about your dream?"
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- I never thought that the true figure that the mouse was facing was a girl.
- The girl was had a red gleam. You'll wonder why I can say so. It's simple; The girl glowed herself.
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- No, it's not the right expression. Saying "She shot fire from her body" may be better.
- The deep scarlet flame spread diagonally, like a bird spreading its wing...
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- It was much abominable than the big mouse with human's face.
- The mouse was terrified and ran away just seeing the girl raise her hands.
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- "Don't you get it yet? Dream and reality are the same thing. I've told you hundreds of times. To me, it's the dream I'm talking to you now..."
- "Calm down, Mary. I'll listen to the world of your dream. After all, what's the girl? What happened to the girl?"
- "I don't know. After that, the big mouse ran away... and so did the girl. I hid for a long time not to be found by them. Why did I still hide even she sent the mouse away for me? It's because..."
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- I gazed at the girl's eyes, which were in scarlet gleam like the mouse...
- "...You cannot call it human."
- 10.幻想機械 ～ Phantom Factory - Phantasm Machine ~ Phantom Factory
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- After all, Mary just talked about the world of dream and went home satisfactorily.
- I considered what she said while I looked at a few stuff Mary gave me.
- Mary said that dream and reality are the same thing, but it can't be.
- Even if that's what the recent theory of relativity psychology proves, it only applies in mentality.
- If some objects in a dream show up, we'll be confused. It's against the law of conservation of mass. :Besides, how's the entropy?
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- It's obvious that Mary went to the inside of the boundary unconsciously, and she thinks she's in a dream.
- Now, she may be very close to the inside of the boundary.
- It's because Mary changed the ability of seeing the boundary to that of manipulate it? No, it's impossible.
- Uh, it's the proper club activity, isn't it?
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- If I ignore the situation, she must be eaten by youkai in a dream or be spirited away.
- Her mentality is wandering about everywhere.
- She would be trapped in another world if she didn't think she's in a dream.
- She would recognize this world as a dream.
- She's in danger, though she herself doesn't notice the danger.
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- I can help her in two ways:
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- First, throw the stuff away and make her recognize she's in a dream or an illusion.
- By doing this, she wouldn't wander into the world of dream again. Dream and reality are different.
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- And another way is...
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- Waking her up from her dream by making her strongly recognize
- she's not in the world of dream, but actually exists in another world.
- Still... she wouldn't come back to this world again.
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- Which is better for you, Mary?
- Which is better for me, Renko?
- ...There's no need to explain.
- 11.幽玄の槭樹 ～ Eternal Dream - Mystic Maple ~ Eternal Dream
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- "Ha, you call me and always be late, Renko."
- "Mary, I'm just 3 minutes and 15 seconds late. Never mind."
- "What's 'Never mind'? Anyway, what's your business today?"
- "Needless to say. Club activities. They're all members here."
- "Only us two... Gosh, did you find an entrance-like place again?"
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- The answer is only one.
- The world of dream Mary said.
- It has beautiful nature and tiny mystery.
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- Deserted shrine in a deep mountain.
- Kids who have a great time.
- Deep forest, and a lake shining white.
- Scarlet mansion, and tea break under the sunshine through trees.
- Huge bamboo forest that makes you miss your path, and natural bamboo shoots.
- Lunatic full moon.
- Creature that has human's face but not be human.
- And, an abominable phoenix...
- ...I can't stand you enjoying them alone!
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- "Of course, I can find an entrance to another world. Look, I have plenty of clues."
- "Clues... these are the stuff I got in my world of dream, Renko."
- "You know, we go to look for your world of dream. By the way, why don't the kids in this country look like having fun? You know why, Mary?"
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- "?"
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- "They learned to think that dream and reality are the same thing, because of the scholars with such a thought, just like you.
- They incorporated the dream into one of the physiological phenomenon as the virtual image the brain makes.
- Reliable objectivity and ultimate truth are outside subjectivity.
- You say subjectivity is the truth? It contradicts. The theory is wrong.
- Evidently, you think it a dream without recognizing the subjectivity.
- Dream and reality are different, so you can make an effort to change dream to reality.
- That's why kids are able to smile.
- Let's wake up! There's the changeability of strange dream. Change the world of dream to that of reality!"
Afterwords[]
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- I guess it's "nice to meet you". I'm ZUN.
- I perform at a band, whose member are shrine masters only.
- Of course, it's not true. I secretly work in Hakurei Shrine as a shrine master.
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- This time, I decided to release this CD suddenly. Eh? Is this my third work?
- This CD makes you feel disgusting. Now, cross your finger and shout, "Gross out!"
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- Listen to me, please. As usual, I chose various music I composed before.
- Though, most of the tracks are basically made for shooter, which are so hard you'll feel fatigue.
- All tracks are not recommended to listen one by one... Please don't listen.
- That's why I gave them another story (meaning); Game play has its own story. Balance is everything.
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- The first track "Kid's Festival" was my own theme in stepping into a stage for talking.
- I've composed plenty of theme songs for each character, but it's too embarrassed to act while my own theme is playing.
- To tell the truth, this track has a lyric. Ah, a comment for the track is a lyric.
- Does a trip between dream and reality have any truth?
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- And, I'm so concerned about the destiny of "Sealing Club"...
- Remember, Mary and Renko featured in the text bands the mysterious "Sealing Club", and do many occult activities.
- Details are still in a mystery, but considering their talks, will the progress in science prevent from eating natural bamboo shoots?
- What a pity.
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- Even so, you may be able to eat a miso soup of crested ibis... Through composition.
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- I'm thrilled to imagine the future full of dreams!
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- It's too dangerous to have fun outside; You must imagine an Internet user's feelings in your home (Even if you're adult, it's difficult to do).
- There are no adults teaching morality, so when you scold children once in a while, they will extremely get mad.
- Cyberspace at the present time may be too strict for children to enable them to have a proper social life.
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- Still, even in this country whose children gets more and more poorer, you'll happen to see the children smile all over the cities... Through composition.
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- Team Shanghai Alice: ZUN (Bamboo shoot lover)
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