#black flap

Vocal: BLACK FLAP ↓ Amarai Raimu・Hizumi・Rami・Hakka Mitsuki・Yuel・Rindo Neiro Music: Kotobuki Kodoku ※ Lyrics, Arrangement credits omitted

happy new year, and happy release day for black flap's second original song!! i can't stress this enough but oh my GOD it is so damn cool...!! i really recommend checking out the song lyrics yourself (especially if you know japanese) because there are so many cool wordings that i just couldn't find the words to translate into.. as always, feel free to point out mistakes with the translation and especially the line distribution! i think my hearing has gotten a little better, but once again i'm only very familiar with micchan's voice 😅

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English Lyrics

At the fault of rusted good-and-evil LIKE A bug, throbbing so damn loud With the riff-raff’s lives, I’ve got no reason to interfere

I’m just faultfinding!

At such a loss that I’m short of breath, Gnawing off my tongue, yet God’s work ain’t happening This life flowing with sparkling eyes Gets muddled behind a happy face; just can’t grasp why, right?

OUT DOUBT Like a flashback, this experience OUT DOUBT With bloodshot eyes, now

I’m just faultfinding! All-devouring intellect Love and sadism are the future’s offspring Pestering, annoying, tick-me-off things While hacking out complaints and bearing burns, that’s how I live

So inhumane, right? Your future’s still undecided To the point you can’t say you’d forget it, I’ll burn a new memory into your mind with this finishing act

MR. LOUD DIFFUSER, how’re you holding up? Always going viral on lack of compassion, this world’s unstable Not enough, not enough, not enough Can’t you satisfy this frustration for me? You’re barking up the wrong tree.

Not even an ounce of mercy Even stirring controversy, no problem What’s left over after is an undeniable alibi Peace is not what’s being wished for, is it? It can’t be stopped, not now; and not so simply, either.

All-deciding intellect Talent put to use is prodigious mimicry Irritated, yet still at-ease things Derailed to cold-hearted extents, a life betting on that road

So inexhaustible, right? Even in the future, it won’t be forgiven after all Once that belittling attitude has finally changed, Spare me your final words at the curtain call

This critical view won’t go away Tomorrow brings insanity In this lamenting lifetime, A single coal of reason is lit

I’m just faultfinding! All-devouring intellect Love and sadism are the future’s offspring Pestering, annoying, tick-me-off things While hacking out complaints and bearing burns, that’s how I live

So inhumane, right? Your future’s still undecided To the point you can’t say you’d forget it, I’ll burn a new memory into your mind with this finishing act

OUT DOUBT Pointing out a finger as I sink into the swamp OUT DOUBT There’s no end, until I find the final fault

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Romaji Lyrics

sabita zen to aku no sei LIKE A bagu de urusai kodou uzoumuzou no ikizama ni chacha ireru sujiai wa nai

tada arasagashite

iki kasumu hodo maicchau shita kamikiru miwaza ga natte nee giratsuku manako nagareru inochi ga shiawase kao de nigoru gesenai mono ne

OUT DOUBT furasshubakku suru you na taiken wo OUT DOUBT chibashiru me de ima

tada arasagashite kuracchau chinou ai to shigyaku wa mirai no tane urusai uzai ki no warui mono ne kujou tarete yakedo oi nagara ikiru kyougai

hijindou ne omae no mirai wa kimatte nashi wasureta toka iwasenee hodo no atarashii kioku ni todomesasu butai wo

MR. LOUD DIFFUSER choushi wa dou da? fujou kimatte bazucchau sekai wa guragura tarinai tarinai tarinai sono yokkyuufuman wa omae ja mitasenai okadochigai

jihi nante moutou nai enjou sura moumantai ato ni nokoru makka na aribai heiwa nante nozonjainai ne tomaranai ima mou tada ja sumanai ze

kimatteku chinou joujita sai wa hibon na mane iratsuite mo okiraku na mono ne hijou na made hazureta michi wo tosu jinsei

mujinzou ne shosen no mirai de mo yurusanai namekitta taido ga kawatta koro shimai toki no iinokosu kotoba wo choudai

hihanteki na koukei wa kienaide asu ga kurutteiku kuyandeiru shougai ni umareta risei no hidane

tada arasagashite kuracchau chinou ai to shigyaku wa mirai no tane urusai uzai ki no warui mono ne kujou tarete yakedo oi nagara ikiru kyougai

hijindou ne omae no mirai wa kimatte nashi wasureta toka iwasenee hodo no atarashii kioku ni todomesasu butai wo

OUT DOUBT yubi tatete ochiru numa no naka OUT DOUBT owari nante nai arasagasu made

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Translator's Notes

"I’ll burn a new memory into your mind with this finishing act" ← Originally 「新しい記憶にトドメ刺す舞台を」 in Japanese. 「記憶にとどめ」 means "to keep in mind", while 「トドメを刺す」 means "to deliver a final blow", so I hope that explains the wording I chose here!

"It can’t be stopped, not now; and not so simply, either." ← By "not so simply," Micchan is implying that there'd be consequences for stopping. So cool...

The song's title is 粗探し (searching for faults) written in katakana. Because of this and a lack of official English title, I used romanization for the title! If we want to go for meaning, then I'd call this song Faultfinding in English.

Speaking of meaning, I considered using "nitpicking" instead of "faultfinding". Same meaning, I just ended up liking the alliteration for faultfinding and thought it fit well with the OUT DOUBT parts. Personal preference.

Vocal: BLACK FLAP ↓ Amarai Raimu・Hizumi・Rami・Hakka Mitsuki・Yuel・Rindo Neiro Music, Lyrics, Arrangement: Hosomi Ryotaro

happy 2nd anniversary to chrono reverse and happy release day to black flap's third original song! i'm very fond of this one because you can really hear the emotion they put into the lyrics, which have such beautiful and relatable meaning as well... i hope they can touch everyone's hearts for years to come 🥹 like usual, don't hold back on pointing out mistakes with the translation and line distribution! 🙇

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English Lyrics

Each time morning comes, just a little Yesterday fades away The pain only in the form of an outline, again Filled up the calendar

Having been unable to choose The path ahead, I can contemplate on it, but can’t turn back “What wasn’t expected back then isn’t much of a worry right now” If I could throw that away as such…

Pretending that my wounds have closed But still feeling pain when they’re touched, is that All at my fault?

And even then, now The depths of my heart are Screaming out like that Through the screen, there’s nothing but those usual excuses

And if that’s so, then now Without doing anything about The things I can’t do I don’t want to sit around just lamenting them, Ah

Breathed in, then out, this ORBIT

Each time the sun sets, today as well I go back down the path which I came The repeating everyday of inertia will Become whose sustenance?

A conventional success; Even that can be grandeur, and has no relevance to me as of now “With bare-minimum effort, to one’s own sense of accomplishment” And I’d been bound by that as such…

We are bound, By these repeating day-by-days This drawn-out ORBIT is Facing towards the light, right?

“It’s all up to me” was something That even without being told, I understood If this rock-bottom version of me could be accepted as is…

And even then, still, the depths of my heart are Screaming out like that Searching for that one and only answer

And even then, now The depths of my heart are Clearing up little by little Through the screen, there’s nothing but somebody’s excuses

And if that’s so, then now Without doing anything about The things I can’t do I don’t want to sit around just lamenting them, Ah

Kick, then leap, this ORBIT

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Romaji Lyrics

asa ga kuru tabi chotto kinou ga usurete rinkaku dake itami wa mata karendaa wo umeta

erabitorezu ni ita michi no saki no koto kangaetete mo modorenai ano toki no souteigai ima ja sonna mondai nai nante suteraretara

kizu wa fusagatta furi wo shite mada fureru to itai no wa boku no sei nano ka?

sore demo ima mune no oku ga konna ni mo sakenderu gamengoshi de wa itsumo no iiwake bakari

sore nara ima nani mo sezu ni dekinai koto nageku dake ja iya, Ah

sutte, haita, kidousen

hi ga shizumu tabi kyou mo  michi wo hikikaesu kurikaeshi no dasei mainichi wa dare no kate ni naru?

arikitari no seikou soresura mo gousei de ima no boku ni toccha kankei nai saiteigen no rouryoku de, sorenari no tasseikan nante shibarareteta

bokura wo shibaru kurikaeshi no hibi ga egaku kidousen wa hikari e mukau kai?

zenbu jibun shidai da nante iwarenakute mo wakattenda saitei na boku mo ari no mama de yuruseba

sore demo mada mune no oku ga konna ni mo sakenderu tatta hitotsu no kotae motomete

sore demo ima mune no oku ga sukoshizutsu hareteiku gamengoshi de wa dareka no iiwake bakari

sore nara ima nani mo sezu ni dekinai koto nageku dake ja iya, Ah

kette, tonde, kidousen

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Translator's Notes

The song's title is read as Kidousen, which is also how it's read in the lyrics. However, ORBIT in big bold letters is plastered everywhere in the MV, so I'm using that as the English title and for whenever it's sung in the translation. 軌道 (kidou) does mean "orbit", but 軌道線 refers to a railway line.

"Clearing up little by little" ← This line uses 「晴れていく」 which is most commonly used to refer to weather, such as rain stopping and clouds clearing up to reveal a sunny sky. I was afraid this wasn't apparent enough, so I wanted to clarify this line specifically!

"I don’t want to sit around just lamenting them, Ah" ← Originally 「嘆くだけじゃ嫌、Ah」 in Japanese, which translates to just "I don't want to just lament, Ah". However, since the previous lines talk about helplessness, I added "sit around" to emphasize that theme. Wanted to note this because I usually try to be as literal as possible with my translations, so adding something extra is pretty rare...

my favorite black flap duo..!! i'm so glad, i thought about the possibility of their interactions the second their designs got revealed 😭 maybe i am a little dumb for not realizing they'd probably get pushed as an official pair ww

i don't usually translate tweets because oh my god these guys post a Lot but these two... too precious... big love...

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Rami's Tweet

【STREAM ANNOUNCEMENT】 From 8PM (JST) today, I'm doing my first Black Flap pair stream!!!

RaMitsuki pair presenting, Chit-chat and Overcooked 🍳

Everyone come and play~🐈‍⬛

■ STREAM URL https://youtube.com/live/RVzVkV2WFlQ

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Mitsuki's Quote Retweet

8PM (JST) today!! Is the first ever RaMitsuki livestream!!!

With our hand-in-hand love, we're playing Overcoo~~~ked!🐈‍⬛🍫

I'll be leading Rami-chan!! You can leave it to me!!! ( ^> ̫ < )👍🏻

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Translator's Notes

"With our hand-in-hand love" was originally 「愛の共同作業」 in Japanese, translating more directly to "group work of love". I feel like there's a better way to localize this, but my approach was really all I could think of at the moment...

i translated black flap's profiles on the voising website! truth be told, i just used inspect element to replace the text since i didn't feel like typesetting 😭 hopefully you can learn more about / find your oshi through this information!!

all the information mentioned here is the same information listed on the black flap website's profiles, with the exception of height and blood type. however, the black flap website has Very pretty profile cards so i suggest you look at them for oshi eye candy when you're bored 👍

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Translator's Notes

The word for proof (which appears in Black Flap's motto) is 証明. The title of Black Flap's first song, 傷明, shares the same reading (しょうめい, shoumei). Very fun fact!

For Hizumi's profile, he's described as a 「”沼らせ”屋」 – a person who has a charm that'll get you addicted. I localized it to charmer for this reason, though I do think the original word suggests something more extreme than charm (enough to cause obsession?!).

For Micchan's profile, his catchphrase "Get hooked on Mitsuki!" is 「みつきにやみつきっ！」 in Japanese, which is much more clever than what I translated it to. I'll transcribe the romaji, since I don't know how else to explain it; "mitsuki ni yamitsuki!". Get it?

【1 Hour Limit】 A song that'll get you hooked with just one listen! 【Hakka Mitsuki / #BlackFlap】

i've never done one of these before so apologies if this post + future ones are suuuper scuffed HAHA i'd just like to put as much micchan info out in public as possible before there are 500 archive vods in my backlog... overseas fan = stay up until 3 am for oshi

i'll only do these for streams where there's a ton of info involved (which will pop up a lot by the looks of it, since we're very early-debut) otherwise i'll try to cram micchan facts i've gathered over multiple streams into one post 🙇

this post goes over the stream's setlist and some trivia (which he refers to as "micchan quiz" www) as well as some of my own notes for what i found interesting / especially wanted to share!

※ as of posting, incorrect answers for the trivia are omitted; when i have time to watch back the archive, i'll put them in + add micchan's elaborations if he says anything important ‼️

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Setlist

Yomosugara Kimi Omou — Nishizawasan-P

IRIS OUT — Kenshi Yonezu

Near — Natsushiro Takaaki

Kimino Shiranai Monogatari — Supercell

SHIORI — ClariS

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Trivia

Q1. Where does Micchan spend the most time? A. On a Mamachari If you don't want to search it up, "mama" for mother and "chari" meaning bike. Bicycles that mothers often use!

Q2. What is Micchan's nightly routine? A. Dancing crazily

Q3. What pronouns does Micchan truly use? A. "Apparently, ore" (おれ)

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Other Notes

A YouTube poll was held for viewers to choose song #2, between Kenshi Yonezu's IRIS OUT and natori's Propose. IRIS OUT won with 54% out of 567 votes. I voted for Propose... 🥹

Another YouTube poll was held, this time asking viewers if they preferred being indoors or outdoors. Upon indoors receiving 78% votes, Micchan asked viewers to "please go outside."

Song #5 was a surprise song, the "last blast" in Micchan's words! It wasn't written into the setlist on stream.

Vocal: BLACK FLAP ↓ Amarai Raimu・Hizumi・Rami・Hakka Mitsuki・Yuel・Rindo Neiro Music: Naoki Itai, Shuya Masayoshi Lyrics: Tayuto Nakasu Arrangement: Shuya Masayoshi, Naoki Itai

here's black flap's first original song!! i'm so proud of all of them, they did so well this is a crazy debut song... 🥹 i tried my best to keep the emotion that i felt while listening to it in the translation. as always, feel free to suggest any fixes / point out mistakes! especially with the line distribution, because i still can't tell apart their voices and i just took them from a comment... ww

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English Lyrics

It’s no such thing as a fruitless struggle To overtake that day, now that I’ve spread my wings

A sign of solitude oozed deep into my heart Rather than mine, today someone else’s dreams will be fulfilled too The more I try to meet expectations, the farther my own ideals stretch away I’m just comparing everything to the reality I can’t ever return to Because I don’t want to regret anything Unable to be dyed in any other color, these black wings take flight

No matter what type of fate, since I swear that I won’t run away; The scars across my heart, turn each and every one of them into wings One day, even those dark nights spent in tears will give way to the morning’s light In the dark, hiding away, what those answers are illuminated by Is the light leading to the future

In this world without an exit, before we spill and overflow into it; Can I reach it? The right answer—in the choices before my eyes

An easily-unraveled trap, and a half-hearted jesting moron ILL verse, when will it click, that even with these scars I’ll bloom someday The remaining roads are scarce, the question’s to wither, die, or fly

Even if these unrewarded efforts feel like a waste, so I stop in my tracks to cry Just about everything remains unaccomplished that way To the worst version of I, say goodbye I don’t want to make any more excuses to flee

Because all of my feelings are screaming out “I want to live” The anxiety and troubles, turn each and every one of them into strength Someday, even that harsh rain will stop and give way to clear skies I’ll spread my wings and realize that this is freedom

Abandoning any expectations means there’s nowhere I can get hurt Parting ways with the idea of my ideal self Have I grown used to pretending I just don’t see? But my true self isn’t that way, right? To save my past, I will fight What’s reflected behind those closed eyes is The continuation to our newly drawn-out dream

Hey, though my heart is screaming out that “I want to disappear” The scars across my heart, I’ll turn each and every one of them into wings No matter what type of fate, since I’m not afraid of what waits ahead; In the dark, hiding away, those answers illuminated by the future’s light Rip apart the night and greet the next morning to come, right now!

In this world without an exit, before we spill and overflow into it; Can I reach it? The right answer—in the choices before my eyes

Towards that light in the distance, I step forward again once more So that we don’t go astray, softly I’ll take your hand along with me

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Romaji Lyrics

waruagaki nanka janai ano hi wo koeyou to habataita ima wa

mune no oku nijinda kodoku no sain boku janai dareka ga kyou mo yume kanaeru kitai ni kotaeru hodo risou wa tooku hanarete modoreya shinai genjitsu to kurabete bakari dana koukai wa shitakunai kara nani iro ni datte somarazu ni kuroku habatake

donna unmei mo nigenai to boku wa chikau kara mune no kizu wa zenbu zenbu tsubasa ni kaete itsuka naiteita kurai yoru sae asa ga kurunda yami ga kakusu kotae terasu mirai e no hikari nanda

deguchi no nai sekai ni koboreochiteiku mae ni tadoritsukeru? seikai ni me no mae ni aru sentakushi

kantan ni hodokeru wana hanpa na odokeru baka ILL na baasu itsu wakaru kizu wa aru ga itsuka saku nokoru michi wa wazuka chiru ka shinu ka tobu ka da

mukuwarenai doryoku ga muda to kanjite tachidomatte naitatte nanimo kamo ga hatasenai mama da saitei na boku ni sayonara nigeru tame no iiwake wa shitaku wa nai

boku no kanjou ga ikitainda to sakebu kara fuan ya kattou zenbu zenbu chikara ni kaete itsuka furidashita hidoi ame mo yande hareru sa hane wo hiroge boku wa kizuku jiyuu datte koto

kitai shinakerya itamu basho mo nai darou risou no jibun wo tebanashite minai furi ni narete shimau? demo hontou no boku wa chigau daro kako wo sukuu tame ni tatakau tojita me no ura ni utsuru no wa atarashiku egaku yume no tsuzuki da

nee boku no shinzou ga kietainda to sakende mo mune no kizu wo zenbu zenbu tsubasa ni kaero donna unmei ga matteite mo kowakunai kara yami ga kakusu kotae terasu mirai e no hikari yoru wo saite tsugi no asa wo mukae ni ikunda ima

deguchi no nai sekai ni kobore ochiteiku mae ni tadoritsukeru? seikai ni me no mae ni aru sentakushi

tooku ni mieru hikari wo mezashite mata mou ippo hagurenai you ni sotto kimi no te wo hiite iku yo

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Translator's Notes

The song's title is composed of 傷 (wound) and 明 (light). If you're not familiar with Black Flap, their group's main theme is continuing forward and overcoming everything despite having troubled pasts.

Continuing on the above note, the song's reading could be a play on the word 照明 (illumination) with the same reading. However, it's also more likely that the song's reading alludes to 証明 (proof), another main theme featured in Black Flap's motto.