Rie Fu - Tsukiakari PV (Darker than Black ED Theme)

May 5, 2007 | 16 Comments

Rie Fu - Tsukiakari (45MB, for PSP/Quicktime) | YouTube version

Tsukiakari is the ED theme for Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha. The song is performed by Rie Fu, whom most people knew after her single, Life is Like a Boat. I've been looking forward to this PV but unfortunately the full song doesn't feel as powerful as the short version. I keep hoping that there will be a crescendo part of the song but it always ends on a plateu. The PV itself is nothing special but it's better than just showing the actress singing the song. It basically shows Rie Fu in various locales and in one instance, she can be seen jumping from a real world to a canvass. It makes me wonder if this has any significance to the actual Darker than Black plot.

Tsukiakari will be released on the 23rd of May this year.

Kanji/Kana version

青い　青い　空に　月の光をとます
甘く　淡く　重い　そんな物に捉われて

この月明かりの下　ひとり知れず
君の名前だけを呼んでいた
いつまでも未来をさがしてた
この光の中に...

いつも　いつも　そばで　信じてゆく力が
遠く　脆い　ものを　動かしてる気がしてた

この月明かりの下　ひとり知れず
君の名前だけを呼んでいた
静かな愛情を信じてた
この光の中に...

何も掴めないような夜には
君を想わないときはない
There has't been a day I don't think about it
迷う心が　君に届くように

この月明かりの下で　私の名前を呼んで
たしかに逢いにゆくよ　どこへでも
君のそばに

この月明かり　瞬きひとつせず
静かに私を見つめていた
君との未来をさがしてた
この光の中に...

Romaji version

Aoi, aoi, sora ni, tsuki no hikari wo tomasu
Amaku, awaku, omoi, sonna mono ni torawarete

Kono tsukiakari no shita hitori shirezu
Kimi no namae dake wo yondeita
Itsu made mo mirai wo sagashiteta
Kono hikari no naka ni...

Itsumo, itsumo, soba de, shinjite yuku chikara ga
Tooku, moroi mono wo ugokashiteru ki ga shiteta

Kono tsukiakari no shita hitori shirezu
Kimi no namae dake wo yondeita
Shizuka na aijou wo shinjiteta
Kono hikari no naka ni...

Nani mo tsukamenai you na yoru ni wa
Kimi wo omowanai toki wa nai
There has't been a day I don't think about it
Mayou kokoro ga kimi ni todoku you ni

Kono tsukiakari no shita de watashi no namae wo yonde
Tashika ni ai ni yuku yo doko e demo
Kimi no soba ni

Kono tsukiakari mabataki hitotsusezu
Shizuka ni watashi wo mitsumeteita
Kimi to no mirai wo sagashiteta
Kono hikari no naka ni...

Posted by Garten

Comments

May 5, 2007 | Esper wrote:

It's a nice song to accompany me to sleep.

May 5, 2007 | tg wrote:

Thank you for the song! ^_^

May 5, 2007 | Pepz wrote:

Still as pretty as ever ... what an woman! Thanks for the upload!

May 5, 2007 | ghostface wrote:

I'm glad that you're blogging music videos from time to time, Garten. This video is quite cool, it has a warm/dreamy feel to it. Rie Fu's voice is really nice, especially when she sings the verse.

May 6, 2007 | Defade wrote:

I agree with you, the short version sounds much more better. The full version leaves less of an impact and the whole song is too...static, imo.

I think the most powerful verse melody-wise in the whole song is the bridge, the chorus afterwards goes along so well.

May 6, 2007 | chinonozu wrote:

i think it fits better with the ED of darker than black and besides they should make a full version of that!

May 6, 2007 | wackedfoo wrote:

yeah, this isn't quite as good as the full versions of her other songs used for anime EDs(bleach, gundam seed destiny). it's a shame because i liked this ED the best out of all of them.

May 7, 2007 | SlimeSmile wrote:

hmm.....this song for some reason vaguely reminded me of the 1st ending theme to Blood+.....i don't remember the name but I think it was sung by chitose hajime......i dunno maybe some part of the melody. It seems to be within the same vein of style anyways

May 8, 2007 | zophiel wrote:

I have to agree that listening to the long version makes one want a crenshendo.

For me the reason is because it reminds me of 2cm which has the similar slow calm but then crenshendos to a sweet part.

May 10, 2007 | Cat wrote:

SlimeSmile:
It was 'kataritsugu koto'. Chitose Hajime is an excellent singer. You're right, the start to Tsukiakari and Kataritsugu Koto is very similar, so thats why it reminded you of Kataritsugu Koto. It reminded me too :)

IMHO Tsukiakari without the crescendo is better than having one. A diminuendo on the other hand, like in 'I wanna go to a place' would probably fit nicely though.

May 14, 2007 | like it!! wrote:

i like this song very much!!
but dun understand the lyrics(in japanese)
someone can translate for me....

May 15, 2007 | eahh wrote:

i was wondering why her english was amazing...she lived in america and britain

May 15, 2007 | Marcel wrote:

I have found a full version MP3 of the song ^^
http://www.anime-style.nl/downloads/download/613.html

May 15, 2007 | Farou wrote:

Hi I'm sorry but, I've got a question...somebody know the traduction of this song? thanks :)

May 16, 2007 | chinonozu wrote:

@Marcel

geeze... why the heck?? you gave us a frikkin dutch site which u have to sign up for... just put the link of the download here XD which is a sendspace download.....

http://www.sendspace.com/file/pp0qwv

January 6, 2008 | wizard535 wrote:

can you upload an english translation of this song, I like listening to it bu I don't understand it or if you don't mind please e-mail it to my e-mail address. thanks! ^_^