Stephanie – Friends

By my usual post-title-naming convention, this entry should have been “Gundam 00 – Friends”, but I decided that G00 isn’t worthy of this song. Also, I think I have more than enough entries on that as it is.

Stephanie - Friends

So anyway, I translated the full lyrics of Stephanie’s latest song Friends, which also happens to be the ending theme to a certain super robot anime that shall remain unnamed. I like this song.

Friends
Stephanie

onaji egao shiteta
sonna bokura mo ikunen wo kasanesugite
surechigau keshiki wo
ukeirerarezu ni mogaiteru

muda na puraido sutesari
kono sekai ni yasashisa wo

I Gotta Say
yuuki wo misetsukete mo tsuyogatte mo
hitori dewa ikirarenai
ano hi no yakusoku nara
kokoro no fukaku ni nokotteiru yo ima demo

wakarete mata deai
arata na michi ni hikari mitsuke arukidasu
umarete kara zutto
kurikaesu koto de tsunagatteku

itsunoma ni kimi to boku mo
sorezore mirai wo te ni shite

I Gotta Say
tooku hanareteite mo aenakute mo
tsuyoi kizuna wa aru kara
“yume ga kanaimasu youni”
kokoro no soko kara inotteiru yo
We’re friends forever
mata au koto wo chikai
yubikiri shite
bokura wa arukidashita ne
mienai ikisaki eto
mayoinagara demo
susundeiru yo
itsudemo

kawariyuku kisetsu to
toki no naka
natsukashii melodies
otona ni natte mo
iroase wa shinai yo
bokutachi no precious memories

I Gotta Say
yuuki wo misetsukete mo tsuyogatte mo
hitori dewa ikirarenai
ano hi no yakusoku nara
kokoro no fukaku ni nokotteiru yo

As life goes on…
wasurecha ikenai kara Yeah
Don’t let it go…
kono hiroi daichi to nakama-tachi no koto

Translation | Kanji | Printable

You can get the CD from Amazon JP.

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32 Responses to Stephanie – Friends

  1. Azu says:

    It’s up already somewhere :p

  2. Lss says:

    hei thats the girl with the impressive vocal range.

  3. DarkMirage says:

    So Azu, you’re an admin at Animelyrics now? >_>

  4. nutcase23 says:

    “video no longer available”

    lol…

  5. U$ucK says:

    Hey Fuck you asshole. Gundam actually became good ever since SEED OK?!

  6. LianYL says:

    Stephanie no wants you put her on ze internets.

  7. Convulsed says:

    Hey!
    “U$uck”, no vulgarities here…
    And don’t go around insulting my friend…
    He doesn’t deserve the abuse you are hurling at him…

  8. DarkMirage says:

    U$ucK: What are you talking about? G00 is basically Gundam Wing in HD.

  9. pandaren says:

    stephanie has a plastic face >_>. maybe its just me

  10. Everlasting says:

    If only she was slightly prettier…looks like there’s a hint of gaijin in her bloodline. That might explain the nice transition from English and back. Her voice is beautiful by the way.

  11. Hexlord says:

    DarkMirage -> I didn’t really catch much of GW so I guess to myself and a whole new generation of anime watchers, G00 is god-like.

  12. =.= says:

    Stephanie really likes to show off her legs

  13. =.= says:

    Oh yea, after what happened with GSD, I put my expectations pretty low for 00. As long I get my weekly dose of some cool gundam action(without any refuse scenes) with a bearable plot then I’m set XD.

  14. Fumika says:

    Why all the Gundam 00 hate, I find the series is more enlightening and more interesting than any other modern gundam series to date. I liked how the Gundams weren’t super suits which were the equivalent of one man armies, but let’s see how they handle the three new throne suits before we jump to conclusions that they ruined the show.

    The song is a great one and it blew my mind the first time I heard it. I also love the new OP.

  15. DarkSter says:

    lol…
    you finally posted it.
    as you said G00 doesn’t worth this song..
    it’s pretty good song, but the ED2 theme ruined the song for me because of all that gayness in it *yuck*
    anyway still a good song and you should tl Kissdum -engage planet- ED by stephanie :D

  16. Jampala says:

    From the official website (http://www.steph.jp/), her heritage is Armenian-American (Father) and her mother is Japanese.

  17. info600 says:

    I’m sorry, but unless you take a look on the translation DM finished, you just misinterpreted the theme itself. The theme fits (barely), but I think Stephanie’s trying to get the song to fit the theme instead the other way around, similar to what L’Arc en Ciel did on Daybreak’s Bell, shaping the song around the theme.

    …Though I have to admit, the fit’s very loose.

  18. catt says:

    quote: isoase wa shinai yo

    I think it should be “iroase wa shinai yo”?!! Maybe you should check again the original lyric because maybe I guess the wrong kanji.

  19. Asch says:

    I Love this song, the PV is nothing special though.

  20. DarkSter says:

    info600: hmmm…. i don’t really see that, the theme gives me creeps >_>

    DM: (just noticed that, after watching the series so far) G00 is really GW in HD but in different design XD

    but it’s not a disappoint to expect more =O

    laters~

  21. info600 says:

    @ ^^^…
    well, I want to give you an essay on it, but since I got a 2 hour long test tmw, all I can say is that her lyrics shows that the misters are not going to survive working alone.
    (wow, almost got a line word-by-word onto my explanation. lol)

  22. Wija-chan says:

    I love this song soo much. ^_^

    Hmm…don’t say that..I think it’s fine for G00. =’o
    It soothes it in someway.
    Haven’t watch the latest episodes as of late…

    but anyways…thanks for translating the song. ^,^

  23. Peter Road says:

    I have know problems with any gundam songs and it is true that G00 is a kindof copy of GW and dont get why not (if anyone is saying so) I believe that GW was the best series ever: not that much romance but some and lots of mobile suit being pwned (I just like how Heero and the other guys were shot at and nothing happened note: the gundams lost because the colonies were in danger and they stiill manage to come back and save the people who “beat” from that white hair mask guy note: I thought mask guy was awesome)shoot gottat go…

  24. Peter Road says:

    one last post: the songs were definitley loose but the visuals were Okay need more songs that are well… gotatta go

  25. pewpew says:

    what are u guys talkin gundam 00 is by far one of the best gundams and not a copy of GW..and i agree that ever since GSeed, Gundam Series really got beter!!

    LOve This Song!

  26. Martin says:

    Gundam wing was full of bad directing, it was REALLY random and left me going WTF – not the good type of WTF. Gundam Seed was probably a lucky shot for fukuda who sorta learnt off tomino, however Seed Destiny QUICKLY went downhill after the first 10 eps.

    Gundam 00 is different, its somewhat untraditional, and original in some aspects. Yes yes you can say its similar to Gundam Wing but look at other non-gundam anime and you will see how similar it is to them….At least gundam 00 has a more believable way of explaining to us WHY the gundams are invincible….well until CB leaked the technology.

    Yes i have to agree, the ending was really fangirl oriented…It sorta is painful to watch the ending-im a guy (and gundam seed/destiny was fanboy oriented). This song is awesome though!

    The theme however, does indeed fit the ending, the fact that the CB’s meisters are “friends”, (ep 21 will show u what i mean…)

  27. -XIII- says:

    those who said Seed is good.. Gundam Shit & Gundam Shit Destiny is crap
    watch U.C series instead

  28. Memen says:

    what are the chords of the song? i want to play it with my guitar!! ^_^

  29. Cloud says:

    This song is so powerfull i love it =) I cant belive that i dont found that earlier >.< (sorry for my bad englisch^^)

  30. rain says:

    dont u like gundam 00??

  31. lock47 says:

    Why hate Gundam 00? For me it’s one of the best anime in the whole Gundam franchise. It has some similarities with GW…like the interventions of 5 gundams thought the G00 only had 4. The plot is original.

  32. ??? says:

    This thread is kinda old anyways, i love this song because it fits Gundam 00 because of Lockon Stratos’ death.

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