Maaya Sakamoto - Saigo no Kajitsu
As you may know, I am a huge Maaya Sakamoto fanboy. So you can believe me when I say that her recent songs had been quite disappointing ever since she parted ways with her composer and mentor Yoko Kanno.
Which is why Saigo no Kajitsu (The Last Fruit) is such a pleasant surprise for me. Not since Shounen Alice (2003) has there been any Maaya releases that excited me quite as much as this new single, which also happens to be the ending theme for Tsubasa Chronicles OVA, Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations.
And the best part? The postman finally brought me my copy today!
Tracklist:
- Saigo no Kajitsu さいごの果実
- Mitsubachi to Kagakusha ミツバチと科学者
- Saigo no Kajitsu (w/o Maaya)
- Mitsubachi to Kagakusha (wo Maaya)
- Saigo no Kajitsu (short size)
I translated Saigo no Kajitsu for the karaoke of a fansub release and I had been waiting for the full version since. (Well, it wasn’t that long ago.) I am so happy. T_T
You can find the full transliteration and translation of the lyrics at the usual place.
Low-bitrate stream:
nee boku wa, boku wa shiritai~
Please buy the single from Amazon if you like it!
Now as per policy, the CD shall remained shrink-wrapped forever, to be buried with me in my grave. Therefore, I don’t have any more pictures for you. (Go look for the scans yourself!) Instead, here’s a picture of the current state of my Maaya CD collection.
As it currently stands, excluding the CDs that are not released under her name (i.e. Whoops!!, OSTs, Yoko Kanno), I am just missing a few of her older singles. Mainly because they are in the old 80-mm CD-Mini format and I don’t like that. Well I guess I’ll get to them eventually…
And for some reason, there’s a ten-year-old album from Megumi Hayashibara in there too. Heh.
November 24th, 2007 at 11:11 pm
wow thats a big collection of Maaya CDs! must have cost you a bomb!
November 25th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
By disappointing, you mean that elevator music she released shortly before (forgot the name, just remember the type of music it was)? Nikopachi was my favourite, what with Gravity and the Garden of Everything.
I’d like to listen to this, but I’ll wait for an album or something. Singles are a waste of plastic.
November 25th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
A few typos in your lyrics.
“As if it comes to live”- life
“僕が叫んでも 世界は何も言わすに背を向けた”-言わず
November 25th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
w00t! tnx for the fast romaji lyrics! :D
November 27th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
haha, I saw ryuko_hikaru’s comment - as a fellow member of the BeForU forum, I should agree with him but I seem to prefer Maaya’s voice more for some reason. I really loved her Kazemachi Jet, although a lot of my friends seemed to hate it. I just snagged Saigo no Kajitsu and have yet to listen to it.
December 7th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
how can you hate Maaya? huhu.
December 10th, 2007 at 9:55 am
hihih.. Go maaya! haha kazumi..
December 11th, 2007 at 3:41 am
wow.. you have the cd?? great. i love maaya sakamoto, i a fan too.
you have a great collection of maaya. and i need a great favor to ask for the scans for the cd please i download it the cd but i don´t find the scans send me pleaseee i’m desesperate please my e-mail is dark_kamui09@hotmail.com