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Sayonara – Orange Range

You know how sometimes you listen to a song or see a music video, and think “Wow this is so good!” but then you don’t listen to it and/or watch the music video for a while? Then one day you suddenly remember how good it was the first time, and you go to watch it again and it’s STILL good? I love that sensation. And it happened today. Sayorana by Orange Range.

The song is definitely good, but the thing that really stood out to me the first time I heard it was the music video. It’s actually more of a 9-minute mini-drama than a music video, and the cool part is you don’t really need to understand Japanese to get the story. I’ve translated (hopefully pretty correctly) the dialogue parts, but not the song lyrics (that’d take too long and they’re not directly linked to the content of the video). It’s a pretty romantic story, so maybe it’s appropriate for a late Valentine’s Day post.

The guy is Renji. The girl is Reiko.

[1:25]
Renji (guy): October 25, 2006. I died.

[5:52]
Renji: I’m sorry…it was my fault.
[6:00]
Renji: One more time…I just thought, if I could talk to you one more time…
[6:10]
Renji: I was just fooling myself…God, I’m sorry.
[6:22]
Renji: Reiko…you shouldn’t be here.
[6:33]
Renji: Please…I’m begging you, please…open your eyes. Open your eyes.

[8:53]
Renji: Goodbye.

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