Suara - Musouka (Utawarerumono OP Theme)

September 28, 2006 | 4 Comments

Suara - Musouka (26.9MB, for PSP/Quicktime) | YouTube version

I haven't actually watched Utawarerumono beyond the first two episodes since I got turned off by the character design and setting. Having said that I think the opening theme is one of the best OST I've had the pleasure to hear this season. I find the full song to be very addictive and often have it on a loop for up to eigth or nine times in one go. The best thing about the song is the accoustic, which gives the song a little bit of Okinawan style to it. The only thing I don't like about the song is the electric guitar sound which appears near the end of the song. It just feels off and out of sync with the rest of the song. In general, however, the song is pretty nice to listen to even when it's taken out of the series' context. Unfortunately, the PV is quite plain and only shows the singer performing in a desert, mixed with some scenes from Utawarerumono. As a side note, if you're looking for the large version of the PV, PV Fans has it on Tokyo Toshokan.

Kanji/Kana version

子供の頃の夢は　色褪せない落書きで
思うまま書き滑らせて　描く未来へとつながる

積み渡る空　果てしないほど青く
無邪気な心に　充たされ魅かれてく

やがて自由に飛びわれる　翼(はね)を手に入れて
無垢な瞳は求めてく　空の向こうへ　行きたいな

止め処ない願いから　一つだけ叶うのなら
誰にも譲りたくはない　夢を掴みたいと思うよ
子供の頃の夢は　色あせない落書きで
いつまでも描き続けられた願う未来へとつながる

鐘が鳴る音　遠くから聞こえてくる
素直な心に　届いては響いてる

光りは　七色に変わって　を描くゆく
無垢な瞳は求めてく　虹の向こうへ　生きたいな

止め処なく願うほど　忘れないでいたいこと
支えてくれる人がいて　夢を見ることができるから
子供の頃の夢は　色あせない落書きで
思うまま書き滑らせて描く未来へとつながる

やがて自由に飛びわれる　翼(はね)を手に入れて
無垢な瞳は求めてく　空の向こうへ　行きたいな

止め処ない願いから　一つだけ叶うのなら
誰にも譲りたくはない　夢を掴みたいと思うよ

Romaji version

Kodomo no koro no yume wa iroasenai rakugaki de
Omou mama kaki suberasete egaku mirai e to tsunagaru

Sumiwataru sora hateshinai hodo aoku
Mujaki na kokoro ni mitasare hikareteku

Yagate jiyuu ni tobimawareru hane wo te ni irete
Muku na hitomi wa motometeku sora no mukou e ikitai na

Tomedonai negai kara hitotsu dake kanau no nara
Dare ni mo yuzuritaku wa nai yume wo tsukamitai to omou yo
Kodomo no koro no yume wa iroasenai rakugaki de
Itsu made mo kaki tsudzukerareta negau mirai e to tsunagaru

Kane ga naru oto tooku kara kikoete kuru
Sunao na kokoro ni todoite wa hibiiteru

Hikari wa nana iro ni kawatte koe wa naite yuku
Muku na hitomi wa motometeku niji no mukou e ikitai na

Tomedonaku negau hodo wasurenai de itai koto
Sasaete kureru hito ga ite yume wo miru koto ga dekiru kara
Kodomo no koro no yume wa iroasenai rakugaki de
Omou mama kaki suberasete egaku mirai e to tsunagaru

Yagate jiyuu ni tobimawareru hane wo te ni irete
Muku na hitomi wa motometeku sora no mukou e ikitai na

Tomedonai negai kara hitotsu dake kanau no nara
Dare ni mo yuzuritaku wa nai yume wo tsukamitai to omou yo

Posted by Garten

Comments

September 29, 2006 | shozo wrote:

I like Musouka very much too. And this opening song comes with nice motion pictures. An innocent looking girl is on a tiger looking animal and they are running through a green meadow.(she is not holding a rein and there is no saddle on the back of the animal either. Anything is possible in anime's world. Good!) I think this motion pictures go along with the words of the song. And this song is easy to memorize. When the song is on air, I sometimes find myself singing to the song from TV. But I learned one night being easy to memorize doesn't always mean easy to sing. I tried to sing Musouka to karaoke and embarrassed myself. Karaoke version seems to me much faster than the one I have heard so many times.
I like the story of this anime too. I watched all the episodes. After finishing first half of the episodes, this anime looked to me like Fate Stay Night. The protagonist added new girls to his harem. But since a futuristic science was involved in the story, the story got complicated. Last three episodes were especially hard for me to understand.

September 29, 2006 | Chrono wrote:

Well,I like this song,The OP of the anime also is very cool. i still waiting the DvD's for utawarerumono.Like Fate/Stay Night they cut many things(some important)But i still like it. Hope that the others H-Games-Animes of the end of 2006 have this quality too ^^!

October 1, 2006 | Furuba wrote:

I loved this song and the series too. It was enjoyable to watch ^^ a bit confusing at times like what shozo said but yes, but was good :P
Just watching the OP made me watch this anime because it looked really interesting, seeing Mutsumi round the end made me wonder who she was, i still got one more ep to watch =/ gona watch later, can't wait for the conclusion. Usually i'm lazy to watch the video of songs but maybe i'll watch this one later

October 2, 2006 | Taishi wrote:

Garten, If you think that song is good...you should check out Suara's second album, Yumeji. The last song in her album called 'Kimi ga Dame' is the ED song for the last ep of Utawarerumono. It's a great song...and it's probably one of the longest song I have ever heard in my life because it is literally 7 minutes long! :P Go check it out.