ENGLISH Welcome to the Black Parade My Chemical Romance (Akane Sasu Sora) @AkaneSasuSora

Akane Sasu Sora "We'll carry on! We'll carry on..."

Me: what do you want for your birthday
Editor: can you cover black parade
Me: bet
*six months later*

Hey everyone! Thanks for listening. This project is meant to celebrate everything we've done up to now, while also looking forward to the future. It's been... a rough year, but we're still hanging in there! We've got a lot more where this came from, so stay tuned.

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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mixing: Shio-tan (http://bit.ly/2K3KnVl)
Editing: Ely (http://bit.ly/theelyfoundation)
Special Thanks: Shizuka-Nee (http://bit.ly/Shizuka-Nee)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

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LYRICS:

When I was a young boy, my father
took me into the city to see a marching band
He said, “Son, when you grow up would you be
the savior of the broken, the beaten, and the damned?”

He said, “Will you defeat them? Your demons
and all the non-believers, the plans that they have made?
Because one day, I’ll leave you a phantom
to lead you in the summer to join the black parade...”

When I was a young boy, my father
took me into the city to see a marching band
He said, “Son, when you grow up, would you be
the savior of the broken, the beaten, and the damned?”

Sometimes, I get the feeling she’s watching over me
and other times I feel like I should go
And through it all, the rise and fall, the bodies in the streets
and when you’re gone, we want you all to know

We’ll carry on, we’ll carry on, and through you’re
dead and gone, believe me, your memory will carry on
We’ll carry on, and in my heart I can’t contain it
The anthem won’t explain it

A world that sends you reeling from decimated dreams
Your misery and hate will kill us all
So paint it black and take it back, let’s shout it loud and clear
Defiant to the end, we hear the call

To carry on, we’ll carry on, and though you’re
dead and gone, believe me, your memory will carry on
We’ll carry on, and though you’re broken and defeated
your weary widow marches

On and on, we carry through the fears
Disappointed faces of your peers
Take a look at me, ‘cause I could not care at all

Do or die, you’ll never make me
because the world will never take my heart
Go and try, you’ll never break me
We want it all, we wanna’ play this part

I won’t explain or say I’m sorry
I’m unashamed, I’m gonna show my scars
Give a cheer for all the broken
Listen here, because it’s who we are

I’m just a man, I’m not a hero
Just a boy, who had to sing this song
I’m just a man, I’m not a hero
I don’t care!

We’ll carry on, we’ll carry on, and through you’re
dead and gone, believe me, your memory will carry on
We’ll carry on, and though you’re broken and defeated
your weary widow marches

Do or die, you’ll never make me
because the world will never take my heart
Go and try, you’ll never break me
We want it all, we wanna’ play this part

Do or die, you’ll never make me
because the world will never take my heart
Go and try, you’ll never break me
We want it all, we wanna’ play this part

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bit.ly/3qKNB3G

updated 3 years ago

ENGLISH Welcome to the Black Parade My Chemical Romance (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2021-01-22 | "We'll carry on! We'll carry on..."

Me: what do you want for your birthday
Editor: can you cover black parade
Me: bet
*six months later*

Hey everyone! Thanks for listening. This project is meant to celebrate everything we've done up to now, while also looking forward to the future. It's been... a rough year, but we're still hanging in there! We've got a lot more where this came from, so stay tuned.

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mixing: Shio-tan (http://bit.ly/2K3KnVl)
Editing: Ely (http://bit.ly/theelyfoundation)
Special Thanks: Shizuka-Nee (http://bit.ly/Shizuka-Nee)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

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LYRICS:

When I was a young boy, my father
took me into the city to see a marching band
He said, “Son, when you grow up would you be
the savior of the broken, the beaten, and the damned?”

He said, “Will you defeat them? Your demons
and all the non-believers, the plans that they have made?
Because one day, I’ll leave you a phantom
to lead you in the summer to join the black parade...”

When I was a young boy, my father
took me into the city to see a marching band
He said, “Son, when you grow up, would you be
the savior of the broken, the beaten, and the damned?”

Sometimes, I get the feeling she’s watching over me
and other times I feel like I should go
And through it all, the rise and fall, the bodies in the streets
and when you’re gone, we want you all to know

We’ll carry on, we’ll carry on, and through you’re
dead and gone, believe me, your memory will carry on
We’ll carry on, and in my heart I can’t contain it
The anthem won’t explain it

A world that sends you reeling from decimated dreams
Your misery and hate will kill us all
So paint it black and take it back, let’s shout it loud and clear
Defiant to the end, we hear the call

To carry on, we’ll carry on, and though you’re
dead and gone, believe me, your memory will carry on
We’ll carry on, and though you’re broken and defeated
your weary widow marches

On and on, we carry through the fears
Disappointed faces of your peers
Take a look at me, ‘cause I could not care at all

Do or die, you’ll never make me
because the world will never take my heart
Go and try, you’ll never break me
We want it all, we wanna’ play this part

I won’t explain or say I’m sorry
I’m unashamed, I’m gonna show my scars
Give a cheer for all the broken
Listen here, because it’s who we are

I’m just a man, I’m not a hero
Just a boy, who had to sing this song
I’m just a man, I’m not a hero
I don’t care!

We’ll carry on, we’ll carry on, and through you’re
dead and gone, believe me, your memory will carry on
We’ll carry on, and though you’re broken and defeated
your weary widow marches

Do or die, you’ll never make me
because the world will never take my heart
Go and try, you’ll never break me
We want it all, we wanna’ play this part

Do or die, you’ll never make me
because the world will never take my heart
Go and try, you’ll never break me
We want it all, we wanna’ play this part

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bit.ly/3qKNB3G

The Persona 5: Royal Pokérap [SPOILERS]

Akane Sasu Sora 2022-10-14 | "...to be a Persona Master is my destiny~!"

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Didn't see this one coming, did you? Don't worry. It's not even my last surprise. ✨

I've been wanting to make this video for almost six years now, and I've been working on it for almost half as long! I had recorded the "rap" and singing vocals back in 2020, when I first finished Persona 5: Royal. Now that it's coming to every console, I knew it was just the kick in the ass that I needed to get across the finish line.

This was a daunting project from the start. It was really special to me, so I knew that I wanted to handle absolutely everything myself. But... that also meant I was a huge perfectionist about it. Whenever I wasn't satisfied, I would trash my whole editing timeline and start again. That's sort of the philosophy that I take when writing, too... but, I don't think I'll be doing that again with a project like this.

I went from borrowing gameplay footage from online playthroughs (varied quality), to using the PS4 Pro's Gameplay Capture (blocked from recording certain scenes), to finally just biting the bullet and buying a capture card (expensive!). Then, it was a matter of grabbing every clip, which... took a lot longer than expected.

The Vanilla P5 ending was a whole new playthrough. Then, there was purposefully losing to Caroline, Justine, and Lavenza — plus unique battle victory animations. Oh, and capturing everyone's ShowTime trigger animations! Which I didn't even end up using. It was a real hassle too, since Futaba's navigator dialogue in the upper right would sometimes make the footage unusable.

...Yeah. It was a lot. But, watching the video now? I think it was all worth it. Almost every single transition-shot is a frame-by-frame reconstruction that I made in Photoshop. There are at least four of those within the first twenty seconds! How many do you think there are, in the full three-minutes!? Did you notice the letterboxing during this video's CG cutscenes is fully animated and continuous? Or that sometimes, characters move their mouth like they're singing along? Even just timing the Compendium entries on beat! All of this took a lot of work, and I'm really proud of how it turned out. There are also little Easter Eggs for "Life Will Change", a P5R fanfic that I'm writing: archiveofourown.org/works/24846847/chapters/60106123 — See if you can spot them!

As the years went by, I came up with a couple of new ideas to keep things fresh. I considered getting a custom-made "P5-style" jazz/funk/soul instrumental with the same BPM, or altering the text of certain Compendium entries (Mothman: Longtime friend and companion of Erica Lindbeck). I wasn't able to do that this time, but I'm really happy with what I made.

I would like to thank:

Jess for helping with Compendium capture
klawl for playing for me while I was at work sometimes (lmao)
Delavi for learning Matt Mercer's "Goemon" pronunciation (this took a while)
elymoji for doing one of the frame-by-frames (Ryuji and Mona on the bridge)
TheChildd for teaching me how to layer-mask
mymymarians for hyping me up
Voltage for putting up with my project spam
Dima Lancaster for loaning me the Pokérap instrumental he made for Pokémon GO
Celeste for drawing Akira with the sort of smile that makes you wanna' kick him in his perfect teeth
Leanna for mixing so many voices so amazingly well (she deserves the world)
The Roonco & MasterofHamsters for their constant support

...and, you! Thank you for watching. I appreciate you all.

Next up should be another Persona-adjacent project. Basically, another song that I made a P5R Music Video for — à la "Lost One's Weeping".

'Til then, take care!

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STAFF
Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Showtime!)
Mix/Mastering: Leanna (goo.gl/FWwUY7) @leannaasama
Instrumental: Dima Lancaster (bit.ly/2YwMFo7)

Video Editing: Akane Sasu Sora (Gotcha' now!)
Artwork: celexcity (bit.ly/3rZsviV)
Original Concept: PBNimo & asnpe (bit.ly/3eiVHQN)

CAST
Akira Kurusu: Akane Sasu Sora (Checkmate.)
Caroline & Justine: Tori (bit.ly/3rJshyh)

Morgana: YUniverse (bit.ly/3rP0k8g)
Ryuji Sakamoto: elymoji (bit.ly/3ekefQB)
Ann Takamaki: HafuPan (bit.ly/3EBKdm8)
Yusuke Kitagawa: Delavi
Makoto Niijima: Jess
Futaba Sakura: Kaerinasai (bit.ly/3EBKnde)
Haru Okumura: Irisu-yan (bit.ly/3MmN0Bt)
Sumi Yoshizawa: Julia Gu (bit.ly/3g0GWSO)
???: Akane Sasu Sora (We'll meet again someday. I'm sure of it.)
Goro Akechi: Delavi

This cover was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

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LYRICS: (bit.ly/3rO9lOI)

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when i was capturing footage, i labelled the haru/morgana showtime as "morgana fucking dies dot mp4" and every time i saw it in my project timeline i started laughing

A Velvet Room Ritual - ANNOUNCEMENT

Akane Sasu Sora 2022-10-14 | Akira wakes up to a late-night phone call...

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Akira Kurusu (Joker): Akane Sasu Sora (Showtime!)
Caroline & Justine: Tori (bit.ly/3rJshyh)

Thumbnail Artwork: celexcity (bit.ly/3rZsviV)

ENGLISH Moon River ( ∞ Climax Mix) Bayonetta 2 (BriCie & Akane)

Akane Sasu Sora 2022-08-29 | "There's such a lot of world to see..."

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Reuploaded due to a rendering error! The previous version of the upload had an audio desync that took a while to figure out and properly fix. Sorry about that!

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Vocals: BriCie (http://bit.ly/BriCie)
Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (FHS, Up-Tilt, WT, JC WT, Up-Air, SH Up-Air, ABK, DABK, Up-Air, GGs)
Mixing: ryuuki (http://bit.ly/2EFfx39)

Artwork: eteal (bit.ly/3vJx8So)
Video Editing: ely moji (http://bit.ly/Elysiangh)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

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LYRICS:

Moon River, wider than a mile
I'm crossing you in style, someday...
Oh dream-maker, you heartbreaker
wherever you're going, I'm going your way!

Two drifters, off to see the world
There's such a lot of world to see...
We're after the same rainbow's end,
waiting 'round the bend, my huckleberry friend,
Moon River and me...

ENGLISH Nuclear Metal Gear Solid V (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2022-08-05 | “What a mess we made, when it all went wrong...”

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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora
Mixing: BriCie (http://bit.ly/BriCie)
Video Editing: Ely Moji (http://bit.ly/Elysiangh)

This video was made possible by Patreon. (bit.ly/PatreAkane)

If you would like an MP3, WAV, or Acapella download, you can donate to my Ko-Fi with an attached email. (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

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Welcome back.

There’s... so much to say. I’ve done a lot of community work over the past few years, learning about Japanese American incarceration and Japanese literature written after the atomic bomb. It’s hard to find the words. But, I think the video speaks for itself. For now, I’m going to turn the rest of the description over to the video’s director, Ely.

ELY MOJI:
This video has been a long time coming. The vocal was recorded near the end of 2019, but we’ve had trouble finding a suitable visual to accompany it.

When I first showed Akane the pre-vis edit of the video, she was hesitant to include real-world footage of soldiers in the trenches, and nuclear blasts. The mere presence of military paraphenalia is enough to bring uncomfortable comments from people too eager to make snap judgements — whether they’re zealous supporters of the U.S. military, or rigid detractors of American imperialism overseas. Basically, we didn’t want to hear from people who wouldn’t interpret what they were watching, and made their decision the second a soldier popped on their screen.

I maintained that these were the only visuals that *could* suit the song — Nuclear would *need* to spotlight these topics. Anything else would take away from the gravity of the subject matter. I won’t go too much into detail about what Akane and I talked about, but in the end, she agreed with my pitch and allowed me to make this video.

For this upload, I drew inspiration from films like ‘Full Metal Jacket’ (1987) and ‘Threads’ (1984). The aim was to create an atmosphere of horror, where the monster was the nuke itself. You’ll notice the first shot of the chorus has an almost “jumpscare”-like quality, where the camera whips across the screen frantically to reveal the mushroom cloud.

Another frequent “jumpscare” in the video came from military instruction booklets. These diagrams pop-up quickly on the screen, and appear innocuous at first. It’s not until you relate them to the lyrics and think about their military purpose that their meaning sinks in. Incorporating both the immediate terror of an image, and lingering horror of its existence — that was my intention here. Creating this distinct, eerie look of decay was inspired by works like analog-horror series ‘Local 58’ and the website Subculture dot com. (NOTE: Don’t visit that address. It’s a horror website with malware. Just watch a YouTube video that talks about it.)

I was an army brat, raised in a military family, and this video was made to cope with my own fear of nuclear warfare. Regardless of your political views, I think it’s fair to say that the world feels... at least a little bit... crazy, right now.

▄ ▄▄▄ / ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄

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LYRICS (Closed Caption available during the chorus):

Standing on the edge of the crater
like the prophets once said
and the ashes are all cold now
No more bullets and the embers are dead

Whispers in the air
tell the tales of the brothers gone
Desolation, devastation
What a mess we made, when it all went wrong

Watching from the edge of the circus
for the games to begin
Gladiators draw their swords
form their ranks for armageddon

I’m Nuclear, I’m wild
I’m breaking up inside
A heart of broken glass, defiled
Deep inside the abandoned child

Standing on the edge of the underworld
looking at the abyss
And, I’m hoping for some miracle
to break out, to escape from all this

Whispers in the air
tell the tales of a life that’s gone
Desolation, devastation
What a mess we made, when it all wrong

I’m Nuclear, I’m wild
I’m breaking up inside
A heart of broken glass, defiled
Deep inside the abandoned child

I’m Nuclear, I’m wild
I’m breaking up inside
A heart of broken glass, defiled
Deep inside the abandoned child

Deep inside the abandoned child...

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...Kept you waiting, huh?

ENGLISH Excuse My Rudeness, But Could You Please RIP? Calliope Mori (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2021-06-04 | "Dead Beats, listen up! It's what'cha want— me, comin' in the night for ya'!"

I have a lot of things to say this time, but the words just aren't coming. Hope this reads well.

I'm not a rapper. You... might've noticed! I'm not too great at it yet, but listening to Calli for a couple of months have really made me wanna' try! I think I'll keep at it for a little while, see where we end up. Look forward to it!

For this video... Initially, we had a bit of a wider vision for it with multiple projector shots! But, uh... we sorta' got shut down by the cops. Don't ask. Basically, we just had to make do with what we had, and here's what we got! I still think it's really cool— plus, we've got a story to go with it, now. There... might be a video involving fire in the future, so we'll see where that goes. ^^"

Hololive's been a real help getting through these last few months... for a lot of us, I think. Kiara and Calli especially, have been super inspiring. I did actually audition during the first round of Second Generation, but... when second round happened, I chickened out. I see a lot of people I used to work with becoming V-Tubers, and I've sort of had the thought of trying that, in passing? But, the more I think about it— the more I realize how fuckin' difficult that lifestyle must be. The constant streaming and masking and the grind, y'know? "Welcome to the mountaintop" really put that into perspective. It almost felt insulting for someone like me to audition half-assed like that.

There's really no point to me putting this out there, I just... felt like I should share a realization I had with myself, I guess. It's fine to like where you are, and the grind isn't for everyone. Best of luck to those who like it, though! Second-gen is going to be awesome, I know it~!

As for me, I'll be right here. Same as always.

See you next time, everyone!

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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Calliope Mori (bit.ly/3c6SoYs)
Instrumental: scarps (youtu.be/Hqb3yGMpu-s)

Editing: Ely (http://bit.ly/theelyfoundation)
Video Artwork: 9stori (bit.ly/3wZzxGX / bit.ly/2R9g0UZ)
Video Artwork: D!A (twitter.com/KuroiPrism?s=20)
Thumbnail Artwork: TheRVStar (http://bit.ly/TheRVStar)

This cover was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

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LYRICS: (bit.ly/3pbSLWT)

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Hinotori next...? 👀

ENGLISH Welcome to the Bad Parade My Chemical Romance (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2021-04-01 | The new Phantom Thieves have a perfectly normal text conversation.

Happy April Fools' Day!

never before have i put this much effort into a joke video

Rerecording all the audio, assembling the video... Making a new icon for Shiho, and creating all the texts and interfaces from scratch... It was a lot of work! But it worked out— I'm super happy with what we made~!

Thanks to Shio-tan for coming back to mix this song, after the first Black Parade cover (youtu.be/vGzwlhFfsG8) and to DanDraco for making the new icon for Shiho! Everything turned out awesome.

As always, characters are based on this ShuSumi fic I wrote:
(archiveofourown.org/works/24846847)

Next video, we'll be taking a break from Persona with some HoloLive goodness! See you all soon~!

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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mixing: Shio-tan (http://bit.ly/2K3KnVl)
Original Audio Concept: Magik Mike (bit.ly/2PEm4Ug)
Shiho Icon Artwork: DanDraco (bit.ly/3fiQRRw / goo.gl/bdz3F7)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

Please note that the audio mix used in this video was skewed for comedic effect, and any downloads provided will have a more proper mix. Thanks for your understanding!

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LYRICS:

When I was a young boy,
my father was a young boy
to see a marching band...

He said, "Son when you grow up,
would you be my father?"
Damn.

He said, "Will you JOIN them?
Your demons and all the non-believers...
The JOIN THE BLACK PARADE!!!!"

WHEN I WAS MY FATHER
A YOUNG BOY TOOK ME INTO THE CITY
TO SEE A CITY

Sometimes I get the feelin'
she's watchin' over me!
And other times I feel like
she's watchin' over me!

And through it all, the rise and fall
she's watchin' over me!
And when you're gone we want you all to know...

We'll GET DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS!!!!
Come on!! We'll GET DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS!!!!
Come on!! And though you're
dead and gone, believe me!

Your memory will GET DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS!!!!
We'll carry on! (O-WA-A-A-A OW!!)
And in my heart, I can't contain it!
The anthem won't explain it! (OW-A-A-A-A!!!!)

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...So in my fic, Kasumi's broken phone will sometimes send the same text three times in a row? Having that joke pay off *here* is really, really funny to me.

ENGLISH Our Light Persona 5: Royal (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2021-03-20 | "In the light of tomorrow...!"

Please read me!

Hello again. Been a while, huh?

Since the Acapella, anyway. I apologize for the delay. As I mentioned in previous descriptions, I had to take over this project from the animator after her living situation changed. It was a pretty big undertaking, being so sudden... but I'm happy with how it turned out, given the circumstances. Sorry if you were looking forward to the animation— trust me, so was I! But these things happen sometimes, and there ain't much I can do about it. Sorry, again.

As far as the cover itself, though...

Today is March 20th— the final day in Persona 5. The day that Akira says his goodbyes... the day it all ends. Or the day it *begins again*, if you've been reading my fic!

Yep! I'm still at it. I've added another 30k words since the Acapella, with another thirty thousand on the way! New chapter should be up sometime this month or next, so it's right around the corner! (archiveofourown.org/works/24846847)

I... really love writing. Immersing myself in that world, spinning threads and plotlines, putting pen to paper... It's all been so much fun. I think I'll be spending a lot more of my life on it, weird as that sounds. I really like it, so I hope you like it too~!

The next cover will be another 'Life Will Change' tie-in, so give the fic a read if you get the chance! I'd really appreciate you all giving it a shot. Let me know what you think!

Thanks so much, everyone! I'll see you all soon.

'Til then~!

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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Our grand... finale!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Don't forget the pose~!)
Artwork: TheRVStar (http://bit.ly/TheRVStar)
Mixing: kyune (bit.ly/2JiQMv9)
Harmony Arrangement: (http://bit.ly/2N1GkeB)

This cover was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

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LYRICS (Please do not use without my permission):

In the night, in the light, a dream within a dream,
With my eyes to the sky, I feel you staring at me…
But if I awake, I know your warmth would fade to the dark...
So I close my eyes, and keep you in my mind and my heart...

Though we try, I know I may never see you again...
Though we try, if our time spent apart will only bring us pain
Then I’ll use it to guide me toward the stars and their shine,
and finally lay to rest all my regrets forevermore.

Saccharine, bittersweet, the kingdom of our dreams...
In that place, tender fate delivered you unto me…
With a gentle kiss, you closed the desperate lips that once said
lying to yourself was fine, and brought our tale to an end...

In the light of tomorrow, I remember it all
in time to know you’re gone. Even though it only brings me pain,
I will walk down my path paved with regrets, broken trust,
and stardust, to the world you left for us, now and always...

The pain that I felt, waking up to just myself
is stronger than words can say…
We are apart, but it’s important now because
I will live for you anyway...

Though we try, I know I may never see you again…
Though we try, if our time spent together only brings us pain
Then I’ll use it to guide me through the light of stars,
and finally reach your heart. For I know no matter where you are

that we all share the same sky!
May the tears that I cry
connect us for all time!

Bathing the World in Our Light.

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"I am myself! I'll never forget that again!"

ENGLISH Lost Ones Weeping Persona 5: Royal (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2021-02-26 | "Did we really choose it right, saying we're 'okay this way'...?"

Lil' somethin' for the ShuAkes this time. Because Akira has two hands.

Huge thanks to Mads for letting me use their MV for this one! It really brought everything together; the moment I saw it, I knew I wanted to sing along! I'm a huge fan of their style— please go check out their artwork! Their Ace Attorney pieces are my fave~

The lyrics on this one are JubyPhonic's! I'm not sure how many people remember, but she held a cover contest a few years ago and I placed in the Top 3! It meant so much to me, and I definitely wouldn't be here now without it! I haven't sang someone else's lyrics on this channel in a long time, but if they were anyone's I'm glad they were hers.

I tried to add some extra spice by using a Bandori instrumental! I really love the way the bass comes through on Afterglow's version, so that's the one I went with! It's really rare that a backing track itself can be motivate a cover like that, but I'm really happy with how it turned out!

Next up is more ShuSumi! Our Light comes out next month! Thanks so much for your patience.

'Til then!

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Checkmate.)
Lyrics: JubyPhonic (http://bit.ly/3qv7xrB)
Mix/Master: Leanna (goo.gl/FWwUY7) @leannaasama
Tune/Time: Jennacraa (bit.ly/3coL1t0) @jennacraa
Instrumental: PolariS (bit.ly/3arIbFy)
Animatic: @madsengland (bit.ly/3drJfLH)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

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LYRICS:

Feel it cutting into me, the doubting painful knife
Feel it deepening the rift, finally hit just right
Couldn't take the love I had, so weak and burning low
But it grew into a weapon only hurting me, this I know

...is non-fiction

So good with numbers, science, math I like
But I'm terrible at Japanese so I despise
This part of me that wants a simple "right or wrong"
And I feel that everything I choose will always be false

And today
This homework
About me
A blank sheet

Accomplished
Content with
This life I will now live

'Til I think why are we
Just sometimes no always
Saying how we're sad and
Saying how we're lonely?

Can you even read the blackboard written clear as can be?
Can you even read her mind? See that kid's lost fantasy?
Can you even find the one who dyed her red heart to black?
Hey, who was it?
Hey, who was it?

Can you even solve the question with your abacus yet?
Can you even stop the rope from hanging her by her neck?
Did we really choose it right saying we're okay this way?
Hey, just tell me how
It's not like I care now

Counting days like numbers, they all pass their prime
And again hypnotically swimming through time
Behind the power and guards I put up
I hide
Knowing they had long died

From problems
My resolve
Just can't solve
That homework

Accomplished
Content with
This life I will now live

'Til I think and he speaks
That demon inside us
Saying "let me just leave"
Saying "someone kill me!"

Can you even read the blackboard written clear as can be?
Can you even read his mind? See that kid's lost fantasy?
Can you even find the one who dyed his red heart to black?
Hey, who was it?
Hey, who was it?

Can you even solve the question with your abacus yet?
Can you even stop the rope from hanging him by his neck?
Did we really choose it right saying we're okay this way?

Hey just tell me how
Hey just tell me how!

Can you even say the formula of area now?
Can you even scream the dreams you swore would never go out?
Who was the one who let my hopes just curl up die?
Hey, who could it be?
You already know!

Just open up your eyes, why don't you grow up and see?
But what the hell is "growing up" and tell me when will I be?
Can a single person out there just explain it to me?
Hey, just tell me how
It's not like I care now!

- x - x - x -

rip "this isnt small potatoes"

ENGLISH Lives Will Change Persona 5: Royal (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2021-02-14 | Happy Valentine's Day!!

Fun new date idea! What could be more romantic than fighting alongside your partner— and holding hands while doing it? How lovely! Nothing could bring you closer~!

This cover is a companion song to my ShuSumi P5R fic, "Life Will Change"! It plays during the heist on Kamoshida in Chapter 12, "Break In To Break Out". As of today, that chapter isn't posted yet, but I really wanted to upload this version as soon as I could! I altered the lyrics to work around the narrative of my story, and I'm really happy with how it came out. I hope you are too!

You can read that fic here! (archiveofourown.org/works/24846847/chapters/60106123)

Also, a note about "Our Light" and the animation! After a while, I've decided to take over the project from the animator, so you should see the completed version sometime next month! Thank you so much for your patience— I'm excited to show you all!

And hey! This video is my first ever animation! I did it all by myself, graphic design, camera/movement, typography— everything! It was tough, but it was so much fun. I'm super proud of how it came out! I think it's a good sign for what's to come.

I'll try to post the new chapter sometime this month or next. Thanks for your support everyone! Another Persona 5 upload will come around next week!

'Til then!

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (It's ShowTime!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Gotcha' now!)
Mixing: YE0N (http://bit.ly/31duzaw)
Artwork [Akira and Sumi]: celexcity (bit.ly/3rZsviV)
Artwork [Spinner...?] taira-san (http://bit.ly/3rNZ4Qs)

Special Thanks to Deathmanstratos, MasterofHamsters, DanDraco, and theroonco for their support!

This cover was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

It's not the same!
This ain't your average Phantom challenging you!
We're on a mission, and our condition
is that we're born anew!

Sights beyond your eyes!
Plots not televised!
Come to take it back...
...what's mine!

Time for pleas've passed!
Now the die's been cast!
Might as well go back...
...in time!

So you know that we're out there!
Takin' fate into our hands!
Turnin' clocks in reverse, Can't
take our time or Life Won't Change!

And we're out here for good, yeah?
Lookin' out for tomorrow...
...and every day that follows!
We'll make sure our Lives Will Change!

It's such a shame...
You used your gifts to twist the rules to your gain!
But all your power's no match for ours!
We'll steal it all away!

We'll bring it back around!
Pain that you put out!
Make you understand... you're wrong!

So fight us every step!
Fight until the end!
Fight what you knew all along...!

Just remember we're out there!
Turned the world onto our side!
Revolutions and sunrise!
Are you sure that Life Won't Change?

'Cause we're out here for good, yeah?
Striking fear into foul hearts!
'Cause the truth is that we are...
...living proof that Life Will Change!

- x - x - x -

One of the nicest things about making things yourself, is the little references you can make toward future plans that no one will understand... yet. There's a lot of foreshadowing in this animation that I can't wait to show off!

ENGLISH I Wanna Go HØME KonoSuba x Asha Mashup (Akane Sasu Sora ft. HandBraJeans)

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-12-11 | "I might seem courageous, but once the sun goes down..."

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Mashup using:
Asha - LØVE ft. Loyal & Sigourney K
Akane Sasu Sora - I Wanna' Go Home (Cover) [KonoSuba Season 2 ED]

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Explosion!!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Naisu bakuretsu~!)
Original Mashup by HandBraJeans (bit.ly/3m8qJIT)
Original Cover-Acapella Mixing: Nonon / ✧乃音: (goo.gl/T2g8Dp)
Original Cover-Acapella Mastering: Lea Ansella: (goo.gl/nCaHjX)
Editing: Ely (http://bit.ly/theelyfoundation)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Download Link: (bit.ly/378IDHg)

- x - x - x -

It's been almost three years since the original cover, and I wanted to do something special! Huge thanks to HandBraJeans for collaborating with me on this, it was super fun to work together! Be sure to check out his mashups— I listen to 'em all the time~!

"HØME": (bit.ly/3oGqfv3)

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LYRICS:

Leaving in the morning, without a word to say
from my house into the world, in the light of day
I might seem courageous, but once the sun goes down
you'll find that I'm the biggest crybaby around...

Are you grilling fish? Somehow I can tell...
Is that for dinner? What a lovely smell...

Hear my tummy rumble... It's crying out for food
I should just apologize. I know I was rude...
Why am I so stubborn? Why do I cry and moan?
Aah, there's one thing I want right now:
I wanna go home!

(Kaerita-kaeritai~)

Fish being grilled, scents linger in the air
A homecooked meal! Ahh, I wanna be there!
Done with being stubborn, I run back down the road!
Aah, to the place where I belong!
I wanna go home!

(I wanna'...
I wanna' go home...
I wanna' go home!
I wanna' go...)

On the other side of the road, I see a child,
parents nowhere to be found, sobbing, running wild
I just keep on walking. Familiar, she seemed...
Crying, far away from home... oh wait thats me

And as my shadow fades into the dark
I hear a voice calling deep within my heart
If I say I'm sorry before they go to bed
Aah, when I get home, there might still
be some dinner left!

(Kazuma...
Kaerita-kaeritai!
...Wanna'~!
Explosion!!)

Fish being grilled, scents linger in the air
A homecooked meal! Ahh, I wanna be there!
Done with being stubborn, I run back down the road!
Aah, to the place where I belong!
I wanna go home!

- x - x - x -

ENGLISH Our Light (Acapella ver.) Persona 5: Royal (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-10-30 | "In the night, in the light, a dream within a dream..."

Please read me.

First of all, I want to say that the complete version of this cover with the instrumental is finished! I'm just waiting for the video to be sent to me by the Animator. In the meantime, I put together this simpler version myself~! I really wanted to make the Acapella public for this song, since I think the vocals shine through so well... and here we are. I can't wait for you to hear the completed version. The Animator's working really hard on it, but it's not quite ready yet! Still, I wanted to upload something today, to celebrate the anniversary of Persona 5: Royal's Japanese release.

...Speaking of.

I loved Persona 5: Royal.

If you haven't picked it up, I highly recommend it. The quality of life changes alone make it worth the second go, and all the new content on top of that just makes it so much better. I can't believe I almost skipped this one— I'm lucky that feeling of nostalgia (it's been 4 years since P5 vanilla! can you believe it?) made me want to go back and play it again. Royal was just a convenient excuse that just so happened to change my life.

It's really hard to express that, in a YouTube video description. I started writing a P5R fanfic (it's an Akira/Sumi pairing!) that's over 130,000 words now... If you've played the game, and you want more of that story like I did, I think you'll really like it. (archiveofourown.org/works/24846847/chapters/60106123)

It helped me put all my thoughts in order, I think. There's a lot going on right now, as I'm sure you've noticed. Writing this story has helped me keep my head afloat. It means a lot to me, and if you like my lyrics, I think you'll really like the way I write too... I hope. Please, give it a read if you can.

This song... I wrote it from Sumi's perspective. It's written for her sister, who passed. It's written for Akira, who has done so much for her. It's written for the people who mean the most to her, the people who helped her so much... People she may not see, ever again. But she'll keep walking. She'll keep them in her heart forever, and walk on into the light. This song... it's a song of thanks. Gratitude for those who stood by her, all along... and a promise to live by what they taught her. To live on.

That... is what I needed to hear, myself. This song, this story, they mean so much to me. I sang with all my heart. I hope it moved you too.

Thank you for reading, and thank you for listening.

Wherever you are...

...thank you, so much.

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Let's dance!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Show them, Cendrillon!)
Mixing: kyune (bit.ly/2JiQMv9)
Harmony Arrangement: Lili (http://bit.ly/2N1GkeB)
Artwork: TheRVStar (http://bit.ly/TheRVStar)

This cover was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

If you're going to ask for Our Light in your donation, only this Acapella version will be available, until the completed version of the song is uploaded with the finished Animation! Thank you for your understanding.

- x - x - x -

LYRICS (Please do not use without my permission):

In the night, in the light, a dream within a dream,
With my eyes to the sky, I feel you staring at me…
But if I awake, I know your warmth would fade to the dark...
So I close my eyes, and keep you in my mind and my heart...

Though we try, I know I may never see you again...
Though we try, if our time spent apart will only bring us pain
Then I’ll use it to guide me toward the stars and their shine,
and finally lay to rest all my regrets forevermore.

Saccharine, bittersweet, the kingdom of our dreams...
In that place, tender fate delivered you unto me…
With a gentle kiss, you closed the desperate lips that once said
lying to yourself was fine, and brought our tale to an end...

In the light of tomorrow, I remember it all
in time to know you’re gone. Even though it only brings me pain,
I will walk down my path paved with regrets, broken trust,
and stardust, to the world you left for us, now and always...

The pain that I felt, waking up to just myself
is stronger than words can say…
We are apart, but it’s important now because
I will live for you anyway...

Though we try, I know I may never see you again…
Though we try, if our time spent together only brings us pain
Then I’ll use it to guide me through the light of stars,
and finally reach your heart. For I know no matter where you are

that we all share the same sky!
May the tears that I cry
connect us for all time!

Bathing the World in Our Light.

- x - x - x -

"You taught me to keep my head up, didn't you?

Take care."

ENGLISH Brave Shine Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-08-28 | "My feelings will live on, 'til the end of time!"

Hey there. Hope you enjoyed the video.

I skipped over Brave Shine when Fate Month planning started because... well, everyone's done it. It's pretty set in people's minds by now— what that song is, and what it means to them. Stuff like that.

But you all really seemed to want it, so... here ya' go! These are my lyrics I wrote from five years ago, touched up by the me of today. I think it came out really well! I used some old harmony arrangements from back when I originally planned to sing this (thanks five-years-ago Dima for letting me use them!) and I think it really adds to that last chorus~

The animation is the best yet, once again from the awesome Yukari! Seriously, it's incredible. The gears and the swords and the puppeting and the environments and aaaaaaaa it all looks so amazing! I really don't have any words for it other than it took my words away. She worked super hard on it over many months, so please send her all your love!!

The artwork too! Thanks to Zero0Ex for the quick turnaround! I've followed his art for a long time, and I asked him to use his Female Shirou design for this video because I love it so much. Check out his Twitter and tell him how awesome Kurumi's design is! He's made a web novel too, called 'Encaged Flower' that you should definitely read!

Thanks so much to Leanna and Jennacraa for their work on this mix! We went through a bunch of different versions trying to find the right sound, and I'm really happy with how it turned out! I've uploaded one of the other versions as a Wing-tier Patron reward, if you're interested! It's a different Harmony arrangement and style that I think sounds pretty cool~

I hope the wait was worth it! This is just a taste of what's to come! I'm so excited to show you all~!

'Til then!

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora ('Can you keep up with me'? Fuck that!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (You're the one...)
Planning/Organization/Concept: Akane Sasu Sora (...who's gotta' keep up with me!!)
Mix/Master: Leanna (goo.gl/FWwUY7) @leannaasama
Tune/Time: Jennacraa (bit.ly/3coL1t0) @jennacraa
Instrumental: damus1cmahn (bit.ly/31pPeKl)
Harmony Arrangement: Dima Lancaster (bit.ly/2YwMFo7)
Artwork: Zero0Ex (bit.ly/2QnJZ7B)
Animation: Yukari (http://bit.ly/2JKx1i1)
Special Thanks: greeny tee (bit.ly/2YBdNSP)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

In a never-ending fantasy
where no wishes come true, dreams stay dreams,
and the hope in my left hand has left us...

In the other, I hold memories
of a world whose future was so bleak
as the empty sky, the heavens,
they cried out for someone...

To protect all that I live for, I’d do anything at all...
To never lose faith in myself, to make this wish my own!
I’ll embrace what comes to pass...
'til tomorrow comes, at last!

Brave Shine!
Won’t you take my hand and Stay with me toNight?
All these scars are from the day you saved my life!

So for you, I’ll raise my blade to the sky!
I hold these feelings in my hand...
and on their own, they’ll stand for all time!
Your Brave Shine!

As the stars begin to lose their light,
the sky dims, they’ve forgotten how to shine,
the shadows go on forever...

As the strings of fate entwine and twist,
children wander, so oblivious…
They trip and fall, they stumble
through nights that never end...

When you've lost all that you fought for— everything you think you know...
If you are barely holding on to bear it all alone!
Then you've done everything you can...
Fate moves by its own hand!

Break down!
As the falling stars come crashing to the ground!
Only one will come again, the breaking dawn!

And the promise that we shared on that night,
it held a story left untold!
A dream to keep us whole, throughout time!

To protect all that I live for, I’d do anything at all!
I will still accept my Fate... ‘Cause no matter what awaits...
I will make a brighter day!

Brave Shine!
I’ll reach out my hand in hopes you’ll Stay the Night!
All these marks upon my skin mean I’m alive!

So I’ll raise my head to face the sky and
just like the tears that will not fall...
My feelings will live on, ‘till the end of time!

My Brave Shine!

- x - x - x -

There is only one thing on his mind. Regret. He doesn't know how many times over he wished for another chance. Heroic Spirit EMIYA will curse this end for all eternity. But still—

"But still— I was not wrong.

My dream... was not a mistake."

There's nothing else to say. The boy will grow, and he will depart. All that remains are the blows they exchanged.

The path is long. Relying on the clash of swords that echo far away, the boy heads for the deserted wasteland.

END

Brave Shine (Animation Trailer)

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-08-25 | I'll see you all on Friday!

ENGLISH Lemon (Yuzu ver.) Kenshi Yonezu (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-07-31 | "The promise of tomorrow is the only light I have."

Please read me!

So you probably noticed, but this one's a bit different. I had to make a character for a Zelda RP campaign I was in, and I was sort of stuck. So my friend recommended I just take the things I'm inspired by and turn them into a person. I was really into 'Lemon' at the time, and so I made a character based on the sort of feeling that song evokes in me. Rather uncreatively, I named that character 'Yuzu'. I now love Yuzu with all my heart and will protect that precious bean until I die.

You can probably expect what happened next. I decided to write a version of Lemon, inspired by the character who was inspired by Lemon. So yeah, this was more of a labor of love than it was an attempt at an "accurate" translation. Just something I wanted to do for fun, because it inspired me. And, honestly? Super rewarding. You've really just gotta' hold onto ANYTHING that gives you dopamine, especially these days.

But um. Yeah. Please don't yell at me in the comments. Actually, you know what? I'm giving you all 100% permission to laugh at anyone who whines about this not being the Japanese version. Absolutely shame them. People who don't read the description have no rights. People who don't read the description are NOT protected under the Constitution. People who don't read the description do NOT pass Go, and do NOT collect $200.

...Anyway.

Hope you're all having a good day. Man, this year is wild, huh?

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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mixing: Shio-tan (http://bit.ly/2K3KnVl)
Artwork: klawl (bit.ly/3f6ChsJ)
Instrumental: Joshua Moore G. (http://bit.ly/39txkHM)
Zelda RP Campaign System: Reclaim the Wild (reclaimthewild.net)

Special Thanks: Sati Akura, Chi, Velvet, Ely

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

I spend every day imagining if this were all a dream...
I could wake up to a face that I love more than anything...
But instead, I walk through days and talk like nothing's on my mind...
Empty words ring through an empty heart— this waste I call a life!

There are kinds of things like joy you bring, that don't come back around,
so I learned, "Live for yourself," and now I live without a sound...
If each day is darker than the next, the hell is left to hide?
So I say, but never quite obey, content living a lie!

If it's possible for someone to lose their trust or their love for you,
I'm alright as I am, 'cause I have nothing to lose!

Even on the days I feel so lonely, even on the days I think, "If only..."
I don't wanna' find that I was right and I don't matter after all!
Lying like a lemon split in two that never had another half!
I can't go out in the rain if I might get wet, I just can't...

but the promise of tomorrow is the only light I have!

In a dream of mine, every time, I see a woman's back.
I'm not sure who she might be, or why I'm dreaming about that...
But I wipe my eyes from both the sides when sunrise hits my face
as I dry and put away another tearful pillowcase...

Tell me, what are you doing now? Where you are, can you see the clouds?
If you're out there at all, just speak! Say something to me!

If you feel like no one really knows you, if you feel a loneliness like I do,
if you wanna' disappear and see if anybody notices...
If you're feeling all the pain that I am, won't you please leave me behind?
I can bear it on my own, like I've been doing all my life!

And I'd do it all for you, for us, because you are my light!

Even just the very thought of somebody's care is not
insignificant to those like me— those who don't know what love means...
Just imagining you by my side: so pure, it feels like a lie...
But I can't let go of bygone dreams! Even ones I know will never be...

Even on the days I feel so lonely, even on the days I think, "If only..."
I don't wanna' find that I was right and I don't matter after all...
Lying like a lemon split in two that never had another half!
I can't go out in the rain if I might get wet, I just can't...

but the promise of tomorrow is the only light I have!
So I take my first and final step into the light at last...

- x - x - x -

Welcome to the end of the description. Wanna' hear me gush about my OC? You do?!

Yuzu bio: (bit.ly/30JE5mf)

Channel Update

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-07-27 | Just dropping off a quick update about the channel!

Relevant links here, and in the comments!

Patreon: http://bit.ly/PatreAkane
ko-fi: http://ko-fi.com/akanesasusora
Discord: discord.gg/UJkQqnk

Life Will Change: archiveofourown.org/works/24846847

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Some fun facts while I wait for this to upload.

Itte was planned and recorded around Summer of 2018, and partially filmed throughout 2019. It's the last song in the Catharsis Trilogy, for those of you that remember that term (Goodnight Tonight, Crying for Rain, Itte). Each song is dedicated to someone I used to know, as a weird, goodbye of sorts; one I may not have gotten at the time.

Underground was planned and recorded around Winter of 2019, and filmed around Spring of this year. This one is a real bummer because we JUST started filming as soon as COVID-19 started. So, of course, we haven't had the opportunity to film since then. I'm really looking forward to this one in particular, so look out for that one!

ENGLISH Tomorrow (Guild Unplugged ver.) KonoSuba (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-06-12 | "A new beginning comes around again!"

You bet it does.

I've always loved this song, especially this version. So, the minute I finished recording "I Wanna' Go Home" in 2017, I started doing lyrics for this one. It's been sitting on my plate for like, forever, if you couldn't tell. But I did it! And here we are~

These visuals are from the Volume 1 and 2 of the Season 2 Blu-Rays that came out in Japan. It's another of those situations: as soon as I saw 'em, back in like 2018, I knew I wanted to use 'em for this video.

Really gonna' miss KonoSuba. The LNs gave me lots of laughs over the years. I'm sad to see it go, but all good things... Eh, you know the rest.

To the next chapter we go~!

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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hello!)
Mixing: YE0N (http://bit.ly/31duzaw)
Special Thanks: Sour Cream

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

A new beginning comes around again!
The winds of change are blowing! We’re gonna’ reach the end!
We got no time to stand around here!

‘Cause even if we make it out just fine,
if we don’t really reach out and take what we want from life,
then what’s the point of living in fear?

So let’s go! I want to find another story in this endless sky!
Our steps have laid down the tracks of our chosen path
for us to take when we start again!

So, run like the wind!
A new story’s waiting to begin
When I jumped into the new day with you

Deep within your eyes
I can see our future shining bright!
So beautiful! It’s a new Tomorrow!
Already waiting for us! Come on, let’s go!

No matter how we try to fool ourselves,
This world we’ve got’s the one we’re stuck with, so what the hell.
I’ll look ahead, I won’t look away!

If taking someone’s else’s happiness
begins to sound like something worth doing, don’t listen!
It won’t make us happy, just out of place!

Holding courage in our chests,
with both our eyes looking toward progress
It will spark a fire in our hearts to reach through the dark
and light our way when we start again!

Colors in the clouds
Sunrise/Sunlight comes, erasing all our doubts
Leading to the day we’ve dreamed of ‘til now!

Let’s go, hand in hand! Jump in right away, our promised land!
So beautiful! It’s a new Tomorrow!
Already waiting for us, and us alone!

If we lose our way or lose something someday
and the endless sky starts turning grey…

Our story will, just like it always has
open up and build a brighter palette that never fades!
It’s waiting for us, so C’mon let’s go!

Running like the wind
with our story waiting to begin…
When I jumped into the new world with you!

Deep within your eyes, I could see our future shining bright!
So beautiful! It’s our new Tomorrow!
Already waiting for us, and us alone!

- x - x - x -

I don't really have much to talk about in the end of the description this time, so uh. I beat Persona 5 Royal recently. Really loved it. The new characters fucking rule. Loved Sumi a whole lot. Everything was awesome.

Anywho.

See ya' next time~

ENGLISH Secrets of the Goddess The World God Only Knows (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-05-26 | "At last, I see all Goddesses."

Happy birthday to me.

You might've heard already, but this is my favorite song in the world. I've been in love with it for almost 7 years now... I've always wanted to do it, but I never could. I didn't have the right equipment, or the lyrics didn't flow right, or I didn't know the right mixer, or I didn't like the way my voice sounded with it... There was always something.

And now, I'm finally in a place where I can sing this song with all my heart. And that makes me happier than I can put in words. It's not often that you can see actual, tangible improvement— especially improvement in yourself! So this was... really really amazing to finally do.

That's not to say this song wasn't a challenge! It's 13 minutes and 10 vocal tracks. Separated for overlap, that came out to 18 tracks and like, 100 minutes of vocals? And those are the final numbers— y'know, like the takes I ended up using. I averaged around 4-5 takes per line, so I actually recorded probably 500ish minutes of vocals for this song, over the course of 5 days. I actually had to record the mains twice— I recorded them and found out the project file had corrupted because I closed the program while it was still saving (it was muscle memory; im not used to it taking that long to save, since my projects are usually way smaller) so I had to redo them.

Mixing took a lot of work too, but my mixer was effin' awesome. She got it done waaaay faster than I thought it'd take, and she was super patient and willing to work with me, and it wouldn't have come out this amazing without her help! Thank you Leanna!

But I can't forget how awesome the harmony guide was! After she did so well with 'ring your bell', I asked Lili if she could make one for this song and she definitely delivered! You have no idea man— the night I got the guide back, I was listening to it on repeat for hours, just... loving every minute of it.

And the artwork! Thanks so much to funoko-san for letting me use it in this video! I found their piece back in 2013, I think, back when the show was still airing, and I absolutely loved it. I knew if I ever sang this song, that I'd want to use it as the video. And thanks to the help of my friend Green Moriyama-sensei, I was able to make that happen! I met Green a few years ago— funny story actually, we met by writing Nisekoi fics, and I found out that he was a big contributor to the KamiNomi wiki! If I remember right, he literally wrote the article on this song. And now, he helped me make this happen! I really can't say thank you enough, to everyone involved who helped make this dream of mine, a reality!

And KamiNomi... I could talk about my love for it all day. It was one of my first anime, and one I still love so much. Seriously, it holds up great. The animation is still some of my favorite, and the artstyle is just. fantastic. All the voice acting is top-notch, and I still listen to the show's soundtrack: OST, OPs, EDs, character songs, and all. To be able to show my love for it, after all these years, in such an amazing way is... I really can't explain how much that means to me.

Thank you all for listening all these years. And thank you for reading! I know a lot of people don't read video descriptions anymore, but it's always been nice to pour my love out for a show here, while the video uploads. This one took like, 3 hours, so I had plenty of time to uh. organize my thoughts...

Anywho.

Thanks everyone. I'll see you all soon.

'Til then!

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (I can see the ending!)
Altered Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (...I've always wanted to say that.)
Mix/Master: Leanna (goo.gl/FWwUY7)
Harmony Arrangement: Lili (http://bit.ly/2N1GkeB)
Artwork: ふのこ (bit.ly/2LW5D0x)
Special Thanks: Green Moriyama

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

bit.ly/2zhWcWL

- x - x - x -

Wanna... go have some tea?

Announcement - Full Circle

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-05-24 | They say a journey is one big circle.

You set out a fool, meeting all sorts of folks, learning all you can about life... then you grow a bit too much. You fail. You fall. You hit your lowest point. All the people you met aren't there anymore. All the lessons you've learned don't apply down here. It's just you. You and everything that makes you, you.

It bothers you for a while. "I worked so hard, did so much, and this is what happened? This is the end? Is this all there is to it? To life?"

Here, the path diverges. Do you fight your way out, back to the beginning, leaving all behind, and start again? Set out and learn a new set of lessons? Or do you hold on to everything you gained in your journey, and make a home for yourself in the lessons you've learned already?

I really couldn't tell you. No, really. This metaphor got more convoluted the more I talked, and by the end, even I was confused.

Anywho.

I started singing on YouTube a few years ago, and some of my first songs were from KamiNomi, a series I still really like. I look back on those covers fondly as some of the first lyrics I ever wrote— some I'm still kinda' proud of. They gave me the confidence to go on, writing them proved to me I could really do this. I don't think I'd be here without them.

This song, Secrets of the Goddess, has been one of my favorite songs for the past 7 years. I held off on covering it all this time because I was always afraid I could never do it justice. I didn't have the singing ability, or even just someone to mix something that big. But now I do. And now I have.

May 26th is my 21st birthday. I've never been the kind of person to make a big deal out of stuff like that, but I think the me of the future would appreciate it. Something to look back on as a marker, that this was they day I completed my "circle" back. Back to the beginning.

I know my "journey" isn't over. I've still got a lot of improving to do, and there's a lot to learn! But I'm happy at how far I've come, and I'm happy where I am now. So I want to celebrate that by doing something just for me. I hope you'll excuse my selfishness, just this once.

It's been an amazing 7 years, singing on YouTube. I don't know if I have another 7 in me. But as long as I'm here, I hope you'll still listen! I can't thank you all enough for everything up to now. Let's look toward the future together!

-Akane

ENGLISH As You Like It Eve (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-05-15 | "We're still in the first Phase!"

as like english you it cover

I'm finally getting around to more recent songs, but even then they're still almost like 3 years old.

This one's another Patron request! I really like Eve, so this was super cool to write for. Sing too. Eve songs require... a lot of energy. It's a nice change of pace.

Expect a lot more from Eve in the future!

Next up is a song near and dear to my heart~

- x - x - x -

This is another of the $20+ tier covers from Patreon. Pledge to this tier and you can request a TV-Size cover of your choice!

Commissioner: ScienceSlime

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mixing: Shio-tan (http://bit.ly/2K3KnVl)
Artist: TheRVStar (http://bit.ly/TheRVStar)
Logo: BriCie (http://bit.ly/BriCie)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

Can't we just end this today, please?
No more indifferent words, getting hurt,
or crying over our memories...

One, two! For the signal, I wait...
Holding your hand is my plan—
it's an act of courage, but we're still in the First Phase!

Because standing still is such a fuckin' waste!
If life's what you make of it, what is "fate"?
I know you can do it, so don't ever say— ever say it's too late!
It'll never be, so just don't be afraid!

So come and make a circle, spinning around!
Let's give another hand to others, spin 'til sundown!
I used to hate it, but I think I might like it now!
I still don't understand what my self-hate is about...

Or why it drags me down! The way my halves interact
as we keep spinning here, we're slowly closing the gap
with music playing in between, we try to start dancing
even though I still don't get any of this, I still Shake Shake Yay!

- x - x - x -

ENGLISH Hero Too My Hero Academia (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-05-01 | "Just wait and see!"

I didn't think I'd cover anything from the past few seasons. Then this song came along.

hopefully this arc convinced you all to finally join the kyoka jirou best girl club with me.

if not, we may need to have words.

I was gonna' do one of those things where I used frames from the original video, that I usually do when I like the video and don't like getting taken down for copyright. But I really like. When adaptations pull from the exact panel or illustration that was in the original? And that's what this image is. I really liked it at the time, I made it my phone background and all that.

Now I get to see it in full color. Thanks Bones.

The song itself is really sweet. It's sung by the lead singer of Against the Current, who are. really good. They did a cover of One OK ROCK's "The Beginning" a few years ago, that I really liked. They have a song called "Guessing" that I really vibed with back then, too.

Next up is another Patreon cover, and it's from Eve! A lot more from Eve coming in the future, by the way. I've had stuff done for a long time, and I'm just waiting on project partners to come through. ;^) We've got some really cool stuff on the way, so stay tuned!

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Altered Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mixing: KIMI (http://bit.ly/2KFh9e1)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

What am I to be? What is my calling?
I gave up giving up, I’m ready to go!
The future’s left unseen… It all depends on me!
I’ll never stop, I’ve got a dream to follow! Yeah!

Tried all my life… I’ve tried to find…
something to make me hold on and never let go!

Hero too, I am a hero too!
My heart is set, and I won’t back down!
Hero too! Strength doesn’t make legends true!
True heroes stand up for what they believe!
So wait and see! Just wait and see!

“What do they think of me?” “Who do they think I’ll be?”
I could not care less, I don’t wanna’ know!
Am I doing right? Am I satisfied?
I wanna’ live on like my life is my own!

Tried all this time! I’ve tried to find!
Something to make me hold on and never let go!

Hero too! I am a hero too!
My heart is set, and I won’t back down!
Hero too! Strength doesn’t make legends true!
True heroes stand up for what they believe!
So wait and see!

People will judge for no reason at all…
Don’t listen to them
even if they call your dream dumb...

They may look down on me and count me out…
But I know I’ve got this!
They may look down on me and count me out…
I’m a hero, I’ve got music!

Hero too, I am a hero too!
My heart is set, and I won’t back down!
Hero too, strength doesn’t make legends true!
True heroes stand up for what they believe!
Yeah, I’ll be!

Hero too, I am a hero too!
My heart is set, and I won’t back down!
Hero too, strength doesn’t make legends true!
True heroes stand up for what they believe!
So wait and see!

I have met so many heroes in my life!
They gave me courage I needed to survive!
They give me hope! They always do, every time!
Now it’s my turn to be the one to make you smile!

- x - x - x -

man i've been planning to cover this show's first ending for like. years now. i should. get on that. ^^"

ENGLISH Violet Snow Violet Evergarden (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-04-17 | "Oh dear heart, so sweet..."

I usually talk about trivial things here, like how much I loved a show, or how I found the song. But KyoAni... man.

It still hurts to think about.

KyoAni's one of the most progressive studios, and one that treats their employees really well. They try to make everything in house, focusing on keeping up with their own employees rather than severely underpaying freelancers like most of the industry does. And they put so much care into everything they make— every frame— and it shows.

It really isn't fair.

But when I see everyone come together like this, to support them? So many people coming forward and saying how much KyoAni's work meant to them? Raising like, 6 million dollars in 2 days to help them recover? That makes me really proud to be in this community.

To hear that KyoAni still plans to work on shows really, really warms my heart. That they're not going to stop, even through all this. I can't do much from my place here, but I hope they know we think they're some of the bravest people in the world, and that for them we have nothing but love and respect.

Thank you, Kyoto Animation!

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora
Altered Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora
Mixing: YE0N (http://bit.ly/31duzaw)
Instrumental: Billy Raven (bit.ly/3bbMvGW)
Special Thanks: Dima Lancaster

This video was funded by Patreon. (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

If you want a download, you can donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email. (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

I'd much rather you donate to KyoAni though. Every purchase on their digital store goes toward their support of the victims. (http://www.kyotoanimation.co.jp/en)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

Life is a journey, feelings of hopelessness...
Loneliness, she sleeps them all away!
Able, graceful and she always keeps her promises...

Every ending has a new beginning...
Unexpected things, will happen!
But there'll always be a silver lining...

Time heals all sorrows, gain love and no worries!
Cause nothing is more precious than love,
noble, faithful, she's pure as the driven snow...
Oh dear heart's so sweet!

It's her way of life!
No doubt about her sincerity...
A fragile beauty, the one and only...
She's not only gentle but she's brave!
With honest eyes, it's true...

Lost in the labyrinth
Not knowing what love means...
She's truly a treasure! Peace of mind...
No fears, no more tears...
Set the spirit free and stay alive!
Oh, dear heart, so please!

Time heals all sorrows, gain love and no worries!
Cause nothing is more precious than love,
noble, faithful, she's pure as the driven snow!
Oh, dear heart's so sweet!

(Ahh, now and forever!
Never forget her!
Don't ever change, just stay the same!
Oh dear heart, so sweet!)

- x - x - x -

I do want to say that Kate Higgins sings the official English version of this song, and that really made me fall in love with it. Love her voice. She was great as Saber, and as Lissa in Fire Emblem: Awakening~

ENGLISH Kiss Me Carole & Tuesday (Akane & Takara)

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-04-03 | "Always and forever! Meant to be together!

If I could change this world..."

aaaaa I finally got the chance to duet with my friend Takara! We've been wanting to do something for ages, and now we're here! She's a great singer and she's super cool— she actually just celebrated her 7 year anniversary on YouTube, so be sure to check out her work! :D

Next up is a song from last season! As always, so excited to share with you all.

'Til then!

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Takara (http://bit.ly/36com0x)
Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Altered Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mix/Master: Shio-tan (http://bit.ly/2K3KnVl)
Artwork: ackerchou (ackerchou.carrd.co)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

It's hard to be a normal girl, that's just not me!
I'm writing a journal where my feelings are hiding!
If I cross the bridge, what will I see? Will I be there, dreaming my dreams?
Miracles, beautiful, here we go! All the way!

Running from my life ends now! Used to keep
holding back my thoughts, but it'd be wrong if you're gone!
Found my way through the stars, tryna' reach through your heart!
Money still can't buy me love, but life won't leave if hope's still around!
Like a rainbow in the clouds, a gift from above!

Kiss Me before sunrise!
Or I'll be leaving you tonight!
My love found a place to stay and rest in your bed!
Always and forever, meant to be together,
if I could change this world today with you...

- x - x - x -

ENGLISH Hengen Jizai no Magical Star Kuroko no Basuke (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-03-13 | "This next one's for you!"

is it too late to say im a filthy junpei x riko shipper

On March 19th, 2015 I uploaded my first mixed cover, "The Other Self", Kuroko no Basuke's 3rd opening. Now, half a decade later, I'm finally on the next one.

It's really wild how long it's been, and how far we've come... Looking back, it doesn't feel like too long, but 5 years is a long time. I wonder if I have another 5 in me?

Ah, well. Whenever it is I finally hang it up, I'm sure we'll have made plenty more amazing memories. That's just how it goes.

'Til then!

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mix/Master: Leanna (goo.gl/FWwUY7) @leannaasama

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

I can’t keep going
through life just fumbling along!
You and I are the stars and
This is our Love Song!

Go on and don’t slow down!
Come on, there’s no time for doubt now
Don’t end up like those kinds of guys that we joke about!

I’m going crazy here
Just pacing the room, my worst fear:
Wondering if someone else has confessed to you...
(Go!)

Does she have a thing for me? (Whoa!)
Is this “something” more than it seems? (Go!)
Oh, she’s smiling— No time to stall (Whoa!)
Come on boys, let’s give it our all! (Yeah!)

I know that I’ve lost (I know I've struck out)
over thirty times (thirty times)
Just for you I’ll be your go-to guy!

Illusionary!
A shooting magical star
If I wish upon you, will it reach where you are?

I don’t wanna’ hesitate
wondering if you feel the same way!
So I’ll leave my doubts behind...
This, I promise you!

The rhythm of my heart
drums along to a song, beating hard!
I’ve come to terms with my personality

Midnight Radio
The DJ told me not to let go
“We all recall our first love so treasure it!”
(Go!)

Words of yours tend to be sweet! (Whoa!)
Chosen well to hide what you mean (Go!)
Brush me off without a second thought? (Whoa!)
Come on ladies, give me a shot! (Please?)

I’m still running as (I'm still running as)
quickly as I can (as I can)
So I might be moving a bit too fast (a bit too fast)

I don’t wanna touch it (but I just can't)
with these hands of mine (these clumsy hands)
Our pure youth
untouched, a lovely white!

It makes me smile
what you and I could be!
And it makes my mind run wild
when you agree

So come on, just give it up!
Quit the flirting and show me all your love!
I will sing a familiar tune...
This next one’s for you!

(Boy meets girl...
You're my only one, Magical Star!)

Those lies are kinder...
than our cruel reality
But that kindness might just be
another liar...

I can’t keep going
through life just fumbling along
‘Cause this is our love song!

Phantasmagoric
A shooting magical star!
If I wish upon you, will it
reach where we are?

I don’t wanna’ hesitate
And let you be the one that got away!
All my doubts and fears have gone...
I will sing our love song!

This, I swear to you!

- x - x - x -

no but like seriously riko is still top tier fight me

ENGLISH This Illusion Fate/Stay Night (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-02-28 | "Don't ever take your eyes off me!"

I love Fate.

That was probably clear by now, but I really do. Fate Month was a celebration of something that changed my life, and I'm so glad I could share this with you. If you felt something, even the slightest bit of love and passion I put in,
then all of this was worth it.

This Illusion was the song that started it all... It's the game's original opening, but it plays throughout. That slow piano, the sound of building determination as you walked toward countless battles... and then, in the cavern of endless sorrow, it plays once more. Turning determination into love, love into strength, strength into agency, agency into destiny, destiny into Fate, and Fate into Infinity.

Two weeks of magic went by in a blur. It passed so quickly that sometimes, you wonder if it ever really happened. You wonder if it was all a fantasy. A dream. An Illusion.

But that mark upon your hand. The form within your mind. The growth of your spirit. The touch you won't forget, and the love forever in your heart.

A memory may be all you have, but that's more than enough.

It was left to us. A parting gift, priceless and eternal. It's in our hands now. Divine strength, flawless and firm. We control our Fate.

Tomorrow is ours.

Heroes will always live on.

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Thank you.)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (For everything.)
Mixing: kimi (http://bit.ly/2KFh9e1)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

I saw a dream long ago...
a day of dark and shadows...
Nothing I say will reach them...

and yet despite all I know,
I see the me of tomorrow
try so desperately to please their wishes...

Remnants of hope and the prayers of stars—
bearing these fragments of light,
gently take hold of the sway of my heart...
Breathe and take the leap into the night!

So just because I rely on someone,
that doesn't mean that I have nothing to be proud of!
'Cause here, I'm truer to myself than I've ever been!
I'll never close my eyes again!

I see a smile I've known
from moments so long ago
grieve its very existence...

because despite all that I've grown,
I see the me of tomorrow
chasing after answers in the distance...

Body that freezes in moments of fear,
feelings that shattered apart—
forget it all! Leave your old self right here!
Breathe and set it free! Follow your heart!

So even though I rely on someone,
there's nothing more in this world I want, and it's because
right here, I'm finally free to be who I want to!
Don't ever take your eyes off me!

To live a life for someone else's!
This moment's ours, so let's be selfless and cast them aside—
our "selves"! The pain we felt won't define us! The heart does!
Stay true to who you really are!

- x - x - x -

Thank you. I really mean that.

Thank you so much.

ENGLISH Last Stardust Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-02-21 | "May every piece of our dream remember us!"

Unlimited Blade Works spoilers ahead!

Of all the songs in Fate Month, I worried about this one the most.

I'm not just talking technically. The song went through 3 different mixers, the recording had problems all across the board, the instrumental was difficult to work with, and the video is a bit of a mess. But that's not the part that made me worry.

It was... the hill. The climb. The challenge. I set out to do Last Stardust this past summer, and I wanted to do it right. Fate Month is a celebration of what Fate means to me, and I want to do it... justice. Y'know?

Acting across from yourself is. Very difficult. Even if it's a bit easier on me, since they're technically the same character, to create a voice different enough that they don't get confused, but not too far apart to be out of act-able range? It was. Tough. I think I did well enough though. It was really fun to do.

Shirou and Archer are... an interesting pair. Going through F/SN, then meeting Archer as he is in Chaldea is. very nice. It's such a small, obvious thing, but it really does mean something. That Archer changed. That those stories really mattered. And seeing it before your eyes. It's like sharing a joke only you two know. Again, it's so insignificant, and it's a matter of course, but... I don't know. I just. really like these characters. I really like Fate.

But you knew that already.

This Illusion is next week.

Finally, it's the Song of Tomorrow.

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (I have my answer.)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Don't worry about me, Tohsaka.)
Mixing: BriCie (http://bit.ly/BriCie)
Additional Mixing: Mochi (http://bit.ly/crunchimochi)
Additional Mixing: Shizuka-Nee (http://bit.ly/Shizuka-Nee)
Instrumental: Official Viewfit (http://bit.ly/2P8jCSS)

CAST
Archer: Akane Sasu Sora (From now on, I'll be doing my best too.)
Shirou: Akane Sasu Sora (Let's go home, Tohsaka.)
Saber: Shizuka-Nee (http://bit.ly/Shizuka-Nee)

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LYRICS:

There, at the edge of dreams like heaven,
in a rain that pours without ending,
with my shoulders soaked from the burden,
I walk onward to the dawn...

Only my broken hands, so bitter
never reach— they slip through my fingers
—as I try to fill up a river
with a life already gone...

The love I have... the light I had...
If they must be lost, I'd be fine with that,
if they could light my way
and show me who I am!

With every step I take,
every scar, and every defeat,
I know I'll never break!
I know my heart still beats!

So may the Last Stardust
take flight, rise up,
Dust to Dust, Ash to Ash, to skies above!

May every piece of our dream remember us!

As I continued moving forward
past the rain, the wind, and the water,
with my feet beginning to wander
through the world, so does my mind...

If all I do... or all I knew...
if what I believed in was never true,
I wouldn't mind if it would
mean I stood by you!

With every heart I see
holding on, unbroken but scratched
It lights a spark in me—
one I forgot I had!

So may this Last Stardust
take flight, rise up,
Dust to Dust, Earth to Earth, to worlds above!

May every piece of our dream go beyond!

Brave Shine...
Save my life...
Brave Shine...
Stay the Night...
My Brave Shine...

With every breath I take,
every scar, and every defeat,
I know I control my Fate!
I know my heart still beats!

So then, Farewell Judas.
Begone. Burn up.
Ash to Dust, back to what you ran from.

Seeing an Iron soul,
Blood like Fire, and a Heart of Glass,
it lights a spark in me—
one I forgot I had!

So may our Last Stardust
remember us!
Dust to Dust, Ash to Ash, to light above...

May every piece of our dream live on!

- x - x - x -

I finally understand.
It wasn’t my body that lost. It was my mind. My world.
But not anymore. I get it now.
You’re the one who picked the fight. You’re the one with something to prove.
Well, just because you’re correct, it doesn’t mean you’re right.
I don’t care if my dream isn’t my own. It’s not a mistake!
A world where everyone can smile? I’ll continue to protect it until the day I die!
And, just like you can never accept who you used to be…
I’ll do everything I can to defeat the me who you become.

ACAPELLA ring your bell (in the silence) Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-02-14 | "As if meeting for the first time..."

I fell in love with this song from the moment I heard it.

Ring Your Bell is a great song, but this version just brought everything to a new level. It's a piece that feels like it's grieving... and yet somehow it's still full of hope.

It's a song for you, the audience. You who played FSN, you who watched the Deen anime, hell, even if you watched Fate/Zero first. Shirou doesn't know who Illya is in this world, but we do. It's a song for us.

And that's why this song of mourning feels like... a song of morning. Knowing that the night is over, and the day is to come. We have to turn our sorrow into strength— if not for our sake, for her's.

A few notes about this cover, since you probably noticed: it's not in English. The original sounds like it's in Latin, but it's actually one of Kajiura's languages she made to use for songs, so... I couldn't translate it. But that's alright. I think it's perfect the way it is, anyhow.

This is also a fully acapella cover. No backing track, no instrumental. Just... a single voice. It's both the least, and the most I could do. I think it's quite fitting.

Next is the song of resolve.

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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Thank you.)
Mixing: kyune (bit.ly/2JiQMv9)
Harmony Arrangement: Lili (http://bit.ly/2N1GkeB)
Artist: TheRVStar (http://bit.ly/TheRVStar)
Animation: Yukari (http://bit.ly/2JKx1i1)
her voice: Shizuka-Nee (http://bit.ly/Shizuka-Nee)

This cover was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

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- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

Ilistia tima
vilio son itore
dilia fistia
sonte diore

Mifia dileta
astore maridiote
sonta ifia
veto adia santia

Marito i sonta mia
mifiriote
asti kasa
somaria
mistiote
tu...

- x - x - x -

"Today was fun, Shirou.

Thank you for remembering that small, easily overlooked promise.

Let's come here again, sometime."

ENGLISH Hana no Uta Fate/Stay Night: Heavens Feel (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-02-07 | "The fallen cherry blossom..."

(Heaven's Feel spoilers ahead. It's a 16 year old story but apparently you're all Jared, 19 and never learned how to read VNs.)

It really fills me with wonder that FSN was able to tell three different stories where I can't pick a favorite.

Fate/Saber is very narration heavy and really connects you to the characters, UBW is full of cool fights and idealism, and Heaven's Feel is where that all comes to a head. It's amazing that each is their own separate story, but still build off each other, play off each other. Scenes with Illya in UBW hurt more because we know the Illya of Fate/Saber. Fighting Saber in Heaven's Feel hits harder because all we've ever done is fight alongside her. But Heaven's Feel has the unique privilege of being the last in the series, and gets to illuminate past routes and the characters in them. By the end, you don't look at Sakura, Illya, or Kirei the same. Or maybe you do. I dunno'. But that's how it went for me.

I haven't gotten the chance to watch Lost Butterfly yet. I hear they mess up some Illya stuff. Damn shame. Shirou's bond with her is definitely one of my favorite parts of the route. It feels weirdly more personal than their connection in Fate/Saber.

I guess that's the price of an adaptation. Regardless, I hope people give the VN a read.

...I really hope we get Sparks Liner High.

Sakura is... really cool. I like her a lot. Just like my favorite route changes day to day, so does my favorite heroine. Sakura's... an acquired taste, I think, but I do like her a lot. She's a good character.

Hollow Ataraxia is peak Sakura though. No doubt. You know how I said last time that it's weird we memed the worms? Memeing the Shadow is... also interesting. Seriously, seeing that portrait still freaks me the fuck out.

But it's still nice to acknowledge, nonetheless. I guess that's how we cope.

I have a lot of Heaven's Feel thoughts. The Shadow. Dark Sakura. Losing Saber. Teaming up with Rider. The Gem Sword. Archer's Arm. Nine Lives Blade Works. Sparks Liner High. Mapo Tofu. Hassan tearing Assassin to shreds. Kirei obliterating Hassan and Zouken. Kirei beating the shit out of Shirou until he dies standing up. So many little things too. Archer reluctantly letting go of his wish to save the world one last time. The way the music, voices, and scenes start and stop as Shirou's perception of time continues to skew. Giving you the choice to 'Bring Illya Back', when it's the only option Shirou will choose. Illya returning Shirou to life with the same type of magic Zouken used to stay immortal? Only Shirou's soul and container are pure and his, so unlike Zouken he will never decay? The Gem Sword's access to infinite parallel worlds leading to the convergence of timelines in Hollow Ataraxia? A future where everyone can live happily, even when the loop ends? Yeah. Heaven's Feel is fuckin' awesome.

...I know I'm fangirling a lot but why do you think Fate Month exists lmao

A character that suffers, finally getting their happy ending. I think that's true of every Fate story, but it's really felt here.

I love Fate. I keep saying it, but I really do.

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (...)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (...Want some?)
Mixing: Mochi (http://bit.ly/crunchimochi)
Tuning: BriCie (http://bit.ly/BriCie)

Artwork: clxrez (http://bit.ly/2y0uGIQ)
Animation: Yukari (http://bit.ly/2JKx1i1)
Her Voice: BriCie (http://bit.ly/BriCie)
His Voice: Akane Sasu Sora (Hell no!)

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- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

Like a dream so enticing and fleeting,
our nostalgia and fond memories bring
smiles so imperfect that don't reach the surface...

Like a petal that's fallen and drifted,
I let go of my pain for a bit
and rest upon your shoulder, smiling there
until I fall somewhere...

When I think of days that will never return,
I'm filled with fondness and fear of the future...
Within this lonely heart of mine, I hid this broken life...

So with every season and year left forgotten,
I let myself slowly sink to the bottom
of the sea of time...

Fallen petals, cold and dead will all scatter into the night!
In every direction, my affection spreads like a blanket of white!
All I ever wanted to do was find something to protect you from,
like the sorrow that keeps piling up inside us...

Anyone who hurts you or your virtue, I can't forgive or forget!
Anyone who tries to tell you lies, well, you'll never see them again!

I just wish we could go back and see them— who we were then
Maybe we'd see every moment of atonement for the broken,
the fallen cherry blossom...

- x - x - x -

He approaches, swords his very being.

"Let's go home, Sakura."

He projects the final blade.

"Yes," she smiles a smile truer than he's seen, "Take me back, Senpai."

ENGLISH ASH Fate/Apocrypha (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-01-31 | "Can I change the world with only views and vows?

Guess we'll just have to find out!"

Apocrypha.

I really liked it. It definitely had its problems. I'd be crazy to say it didn't. But damn, I liked it. It's a very Fate story, I think. I'm a big fan of someone being so otherwise useless, being the absolute best under the right circumstances. And Apocrypha is all about putting the pieces in place to let that happen. Is it wish-fulfillment? Absolutely. There's no shame in that. But being just the right person, in just the right place, at just the right time? That serendipity? That's Fate. Not just literally— that is the Fate series to me. Someone, so earnestly trying to help others, with all that they are, and all they can be. And the world that rewards their sole desire to save with a miracle.

I don't want to be like a Fate protagonist, and frankly no one should. But they're stories worth telling— worth listening to. And I'll recommend it as much as I can. If it helped someone like me, I'm sure there are people it hasn't reached yet that it... definitely can. Fate and Kimi no Na wa both caught me at a point in my life where I really needed them most, and I think I'll always hold them dear for that.

...

Oh no I have to talk about watch order then.

Oh no

um

Play Realta Nua. The PS2 version with voice acting. The music is better there. Play the Fate route, then Unlimited Blade Works route, then the Heaven's Feel route. After that, play Hollow Ataraxia. Then you can play/read/watch any Fate you want. Just please don't start with Zero. No matter what anyone tells you. It's like eating dessert first. Except dessert is worms. But they become gummy worms if you play Fate/Stay Night first!

fucked up how worms became a meme considering what they are and do

...Anyway.

I hope you enjoyed ASH! I've always liked this song, but I started writing for it because it reminded me of an OC I made. Don't ask. But it was nice to bring this piece to life. It's funny: Kimi to no Ashita was the last thing I recorded the summer before I first left for college, and ASH was the last thing I recorded before leaving for college again last summer... You can hear in my voice that I'm pretty tired. I don't know if I ever said, but I recorded like twenty songs last summer, so I'd have music to release throughout the year. That music is almost entirely published now. Next up is my batch from last autumn, then winter after that. Then I'll record some stuff on spring break, and we'll be right back where we started.

It's a new beginning for the channel, I think. I sure hope so.

Our beginning starts right now.

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mixing: YE0N (http://bit.ly/31duzaw)
Artwork: Fuyukii99 (http://bit.ly/2UdfyEv)
Animation: Yukari (http://bit.ly/2JKx1i1)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

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- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

Like a raindrop caught in the wind
just a few of many, aimlessly we fell
as our feelings run determined
down the paths we chose ourselves!

A storm is on the way,
consuming anybody
caught in the rain...

When I brought together our dreams
the fragments all cut into me!
So I felt there was no reason
to believe in anything...

Is that true? What can I do?
Can I change the world with only views and vows?
Guess we’ll just have to find out!

In a world beyond redemption,
I curl up beside the only friend I have...
And with new determination
I keep walking down my path!

If I could just push through
this storm into tomorrow,
I’ll start anew!

Every scar and burn, I’ve moved passed!
I rose again, born from the Ash!
I discovered that believing is
the only thing I’m good at!

So I knew just what to do!
We can change this broken world inside and out!
Our beginning starts right now!

Knowing that at anytime...
that the end could come and I’d...
turn to ash and fall...

To put the world before myself
or to live for someone else...
doesn’t sound too bad at all!

When the shards of dreams I picked up
and held so close, abandoned us!
It felt like I lost a reason
to give anyone my trust!

And I thought, “How could you want
someone so naive to lead this world along?”
But you proved me wrong…!

‘Cause with every scar from your past
You rose again, born from the ash!
If I have no faith in myself,
I’ll just know you have my back!

So it’s fine! We’ll turn the tide!
Time to turn the entire world upside down!
Our moment starts right now!

- x - x - x -

"Amakusa Shirou...

...you, me, and all of humanity!

We're not going anywhere!"

Announcement - Fate Month

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-01-29 | "It was a thrust like lightning..."

Please read the description.

Hi everyone! Welcome to Fate Month! A few things.

1) Tenki no Ko/Weathering With You songs are coming. I announced 'em a long time ago, please stop asking. They're on the way. Like, every time someone asks about it, I stg I'll delay it another month. These things take time. They'll be done when they're done.

2) I've been planning Fate Month for over a year, and it took so much time and effort and coordination that we're probably not gonna' do another themed month again lmao

Tenki no Ko will be released when they're done, and maybe even out of order. Might even be some unrelated stuff in between. I'd rather not slow down releases to let them all come out in order, or even one after the other. Hope that's cool with y'all.

Anyway, disclaimers over.

Fate Month! Been wanting to do this for a long time. Always felt there was too little Fate on the channel for how much it means to me.

I wanted to put together a lineup that really stretched across the series, but it was really tough! There was a lot I liked, and a few that felt a bit obligatory or even superfluous. The final list ended up being:

ASH [Fate/Apocrypha OP 2]
Hana no Uta [Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel - Presage Flower ED]
ring your bell (in the silence) [Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works - Ep. 15 ED]
Last Stardust [Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works - Ep.20 Insert]
This Illusion [10th Moon Harmony ver./originally from Fate/Stay Night]

...which leans pretty hard toward FSN. And that's fair; that's what I liked the most, anyhow. Some runner-ups were:

Memoria [Fate/Zero ED 1]
Bright Burning Shout [Fate/Extra OP]
Tsumibito [Fate/Apocrypha OP 2 SINGLE]
holLow wORlD [Fate/Hollow Ataraxia - PSVita OP 2]
Tadoritsuku Basho [Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (Deen)]
Super Affection [Carnival Phantasm OP]
Arcadia [Fate/Stay Night: Realta Nua - PSVita OP 1]
Horizon [Fate/Stay Night: Realta Nua - PSVita OP 2]

I have... controversial Fate opinions. I like Apocrypha more than Zero. Hollow Ataraxia and Carnival Phantasm are my favorite. I prefer Deen/Stay Night's artstyle to ufotable's. Yeah, I'm. weird.

Anywho.

Hope you're excited for the coming month! ring your bell is probably my favorite. It's entirely acapella! It's gonna' be great.

See you soon~!

- x - x - x -

Organizer: Akane Sasu Sora (My very being is a sword.)
Script: Akane Sasu Sora (Iron is my body and glass is my heart.)
Mixing: Shizuka-Nee (http://bit.ly/Shizuka-Nee)

Cast:
Saber: Shizuka-Nee (http://bit.ly/Shizuka-Nee)
Shirou: Akane Sasu Sora (I have seen over a thousand battles.)
Rin: Takara (http://bit.ly/36com0x)
Archer: Akane Sasu Sora (Never knowing victory, nor knowing retreat,)
Sakura: BriCie (http://bit.ly/BriCie)
Illya: (http://bit.ly/Shizuka-Nee)
Avenger: Akane Sasu Sora (I stand alone on that hill, waiting for her arrival.)

- x - x - x -

I have no regrets. This is my path.

My whole life was Unlimited Blade Works.

ENGLISH Taisetsu no Tsukurikata Nisekoi (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2020-01-24 | "You make me want to change!"

Every time I make a Nisekoi cover it makes me really happy... and a little sad.

With each one I do, I know that's one more done. The list is almost complete. I've done almost every one of them now. And when I finish... that'll be it.

I don't think it's an exaggeration to say this channel wouldn't exist without this series. It really holds a special place in my heart, for that reason... and too many others to list.

What's left? Click, Step, Magical Styling, Crayon Cover, Marchen Ticktack, Matador Love, and Tooriame Drop. Oh. Hey that's not as few as I thought. Looks like there's a bit of road left after all.

That makes me happy.

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mixing: Shio-tan (http://bit.ly/2K3KnVl)

This cover was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

When I'm by your side I can feel my heart pound!
All around, my world seems to speed up!
My thoughts, my words... they can't keep up!

Just another bird captured in circumstance!
Is it all really just by chance?
I want to know! It pains me so...

I'm all over the place!
And I'm so afraid!
You make me want to change!

I want to be recognized by you! Well,
maybe someday a new heroine will!
God knows! Anything is possible
when you're dealing with this life of mine!

No matter what problems come to face us,
I know someday they will become precious
memories that I'll keep
in my heart, lock and key!

- x - x - x -

welcome to the end of the description
please read my indulgent nisekoi rewrite: http://bit.ly/2YFo4hZ

ENGLISH Plastic Love Mariya Takeuchi (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2019-12-31 | "I'm just playing games!

I know that's Plastic Love..."

Ah, the 80s. What a decade.

...

Um... the 2010s. Yeah. That's what I meant.

There's so much to say, and so little space. I'll try to keep it brief as I can.

I did lyrics for Plastic Love back in January for my good friend Takara (check out her amazing cover here: http://bit.ly/2sCGIsN) and just knew I had to sing them for myself. Such a great song. Really takes you back to a time and place you weren't even there for.

So with her blessing (and a cameo too) we set out to do a cover! It was originally just going to be clips from my vacation to Tokyo this past summer, but my editor came up with this cool idea with old Japanese TV to try and evoke the same feeling the song does. This is the result. I hope you all like it!

Plastic Love was the song to cap off the decade. Period. I don't know how to explain it, but it just... feels right, you know? Something about it is so melancholic, yet hopeful. I think that's where a lot of us are right now.

Let's make the next decade the best one yet.

'Til then!

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Dance to the Plastic beat...)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Another morning comes!)
Mixing: Sleeping Forest (http://bit.ly/35qwYAA)
Tuning: BriCie (http://bit.ly/BriCie)

Editing: Ely (http://bit.ly/theelyfoundation)
Thumbnail Artwork: TheRVStar (http://bit.ly/TheRVStar)
Additional Translations: Green Moriyama (http://bit.ly/37ls4VJ)
Additional Lighting: Jess
Special Thanks: Takara, Wontori, Sour Cream

Video Credits (in order of appearance):
Ely: (http://bit.ly/theelyfoundation) as Kitchen Gun Salesman
Takara: (http://bit.ly/36com0x) as Reaction Talent/Lipsync
Akane Sasu Sora: (I'm right here.) as Reaction Talent/Lipsync

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

You think you’re feeding a fire
with eager kisses and slow hands...
But honey, you’re just another
no-name player in the program...

I just plan the in-between:
everything from goodbye to hello...
Pretty soon, the end will come. It always does, so
Don’t hurry!

I still remember the moment
the clocks, they lost all their meaning...
A sunrise over the night’s end...
I’m up all day in the evening...

at another discotheque...
Dance away! It’s all the same to me...
Just a little lie I’ve led to forget,
I’m sorry!

Loving me isn’t like all the others!
You’ll see, I’m a different kind of lover!
Love’s a game, no matter how much it hurts...
If I’m having fun, you’ll feel it when we’re done!

These fancy dresses and shoes are my armor!
Shining brightly, they hold me together
and keep my heart from feeling lonely...

I don’t know why or if there’s a reason...
Every guy that I’ve met ever since then...
Asks me out, but they all look just like him...
And I feel it bend... My heart starts up again!

So even if glasses slip through my fingers...
Flowing slowly, they drip down and linger...
Never ask me why I’m crying...

I close my eyes on the highway,
while in the back of a taxi...
But I can still see the lights sway,
and hear you stumble to ask me...

Even if a silent voice
whispers this, “Her kiss is cold as ice!”
You’ll just have to be the light for the night...
Don’t worry!

I’m just playing games!
I know that’s plastic love...
Dance to the plastic beat!
Another morning comes...

I’m just playing games!
I know that’s plastic love...
Dance to the plastic beat!
Another morning comes...

I’m just playing games!
I know that’s plastic love...
Dance to the plastic beat!
Another morning comes...

I’m just playing games!
I know that’s plastic love...
Dance to the plastic beat!
Another morning comes...

- x - x - x -

Thank you everyone. I'll see you soon.

ENGLISH Daisy Kyoukai no Kanata (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2019-12-25 | "From now on, we walk this path together."

all i want for christmas is edeleth content
and a new troubles of the heart chapter

I really wanted to do something for Three Houses, and I'm super in love with Edge of Dawn... but I wanted to do something more. And here we are.

Thanks to @bearsketches on twitter for this idea and feeding my Edeleth addiction.

I have... a lot of thoughts on this game. Definitely a game of the year. There's a lot to talk about, a lot to go through, a lot of replay value. I won't get into details because I don't want to start arguments in the comments, but I'll just say Crimson Flower vibed with me the most out of the four routes.

Actually, if y'all wanna post recs for Edeleth fics in the comments, feel free to do that. I'd appreciate it.

i love them so much

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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mixing: ryuuki (http://bit.ly/2EFfx39)
Art: TheRVStar (http://bit.ly/TheRVStar)
Concept: @bearsketches (http://bit.ly/2rhYWiF)
Editing: Ely (http://bit.ly/Elysiangh)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

Heartbeats grow like an echo
through the silence of my life...
Was our meeting coincidence,
or just a matter of time?

I can see your reflection
in every tear I shed...
You're smiling, thriving
in a sea of my regret...

It's like a flower, slowly blooming to life...
Something you realized a long time ago...
Now, I know...

Every mistake that we make is a memory
that we'll keep in our hearts, in our minds
as we reach the Starting Line!

We'll let our hope bring a new tomorrow!
Put faith in the day our light has made—
another Starting Line!

I never say goodbye,
and I'll never have to!

- x - x - x -

When humanity stands strong and people reach out for each other,
there's no need for gods.

ENGLISH TrIGgER Nisekoi II (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2019-11-22 | "How do I control these new feelings of mine?"

I miss this series.

Working on the video made me want to go back and watch a bit, and yeah. It's just as good as I remember. Still very much my dumb sense of humor. Love hearing the actors absolutely bring it for something so simple.

Nostalgia's fun.

These lyrics debuted in the Nisekoi Medley two years ago, and now they're getting the spotlight! Um. I think I said that before. Anyway, I'm slowly working through my backlog of every Nisekoi song I ever wrote, all the way from 5 years ago. It's really nice to see it all again. I still have a few more to go, and then... that'll be it. No more Nisekoi to do.

It's funny. It ended a long time ago, but I'm getting emotional all over again.

If you feel the same way, give this a read. It may be that little push you need. (http://bit.ly/2YFo4hZ)

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mix/Master: Shio-tan (http://bit.ly/2K3KnVl)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

The danger of this case,
its level's on the high of highs!
But I will keep it safe,
this lone weak spot of mine! of mine!

If he pulled apart my heart's armor and looked inside,
what kind of girl would he find?
Would just be me or the "she" I've always tried to hide?
This side... this love of mine?

Take aim and fire burning,
my heart yearning, head spinning around and
for some reason, now it seems
that I can't control it!

If it keeps going like this,
I can't complete my mission!
But it's fine, 'cause it seems
that I have changed inside!

And somehow, you're holding the key...
So tell me!
How do I control these new feelings of mine?

- x - x - x -

ENGLISH Confession Rehearsal (Another Story) HoneyWorks (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2019-11-09 | "I'll tell you I love you every day!"

Sometimes you need a vibe check from love.

The lyrics for this song and the original Confession Rehearsal were written back to back. Actually, I performed these back to back too! I wanted to record with the same key and similar performance (femme and masc variations aside) so I figured this would be the best way to do that. I hope you enjoyed!

It's pretty surprising how different the couple's thoughts are. One who's been trying to muster her courage to confess for years. The other who's been so comfortable with their relationship that he never thought it might change. A confession just gave him the little push he needed.

At least, that's how I looked at it when I wrote this, like 4 years ago. Whether you're friends or more-than-friends, I hope you all cherish your relationships too.

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mix/Master: Leanna (goo.gl/FWwUY7) @leannaasama

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

I was surprised how out of the blue
your confession was, because I love you!
Thumping so hard, the beat of my heart
makes me wonder if you can hear it too!

“How was my Confession Rehearsal?”
"Oh, I see," though I don’t really know what that means
So there’s someone. A guy that you love?
It doesn’t really make a difference to me.

“So you really like this guy, don’t you?”
Sorry, I can see that it was misconstrued, but
I’ll make it right. Since we have time,
why don’t we stop at that ramen shop you like?

Tomorrow’s the day I will know the name
of the one who you say that you love
Throwaway gossip to me, but
I can’t stand not knowing!

Just for today, and maybe the next
I will hear you out, the love you’ll confess
Sure it’s annoying, no I’m not proud,
but I’ll never speak these feelings aloud!

“Practice harder!” It’s a part of
love to get jealous like this
But I’ll lie, swallow my pride and
I’ll put up with it...

Morning horoscope’s on your side
although I know you’re not the type to know your sign
but deep down, I’d hoped somehow you won’t
have good luck and I could have you one more day

Though I’ve tried, no you won’t be mine
And my heartbeat slows as I wave you goodbye!
I’ll be strong, “I’ll cheer you on,”
I lied ‘cause I know you’re my...

“Sorry for lying, here is the truth!
This Confession Rehearsal was for you!”
Shock on my face, I hear your voice break
as it comes to life, I feel my heart race!

That’s not fair! Don’t scare me like that…
I don’t wanna’ lose you!
With a sigh, a truthful smile
I say, “I like you too!”

Pounding so hard, the beat of my heart
I’ve made up my mind— I won’t run away!
I know it now, so I’ll make a vow
I’ll tell you “I love you” every day!

- x - x - x -

i feel like im forgetting something

ENGLISH omae wa mou deadman 死人 (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2019-10-31 | "You are already dead."

What?

So this was fun to do. The idea to cover this song came on the 13th of this month, and production wrapped on the 27th. So this cover's production cycle was two weeks! That's a new record, I think. I really like how it turned out, and hope y'all do too.

We used the same tracking tech we did as Crying for Rain's video with the new animation, so it definitely made the process much quicker. Thanks to Wonton for the awesome artwork, and Ely for filming and editing again! And big thanks to kimi for mixing short notice!

Editor's Note: "Donate to my ko-fi" -Ely
Artist's Note: "i can't cook eggs without my cat crying" -Wonton

They're uh... eccentric.

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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mixing: kimioops (http://bit.ly/2KFh9e1)
Art/Animation: Wonton
Filming/Editing: Ely (http://bit.ly/theelyfoundation)
Instrumental: Harry Hermit (http://bit.ly/2Joxs0v)
Original: "Tiny Little Adiantum" by Shibayan Records

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

So suddenly, I can feel like a tap-tapping up in my hair!
But who could it be? Who's calling out to me?
I wanna' open my eyes and see, but I'm too scared...

Somehow, the sunset seems so sad, it's all alone...
You cry, but please don't...
I'll come back again and visit you tomorrow!

So suddenly, I can feel like a tap-tapping up in my hair!
But who could it be? Who's calling out to me?
I wanna' open my eyes and see, but I'm too scared...

Somehow, the sunset seems so sad, it's all alone...
You cry, but please don't...
I'll come back again and visit you tomorrow!

Sometimes you say these ordinary fickle things
I wish you'd just stop that...
The only words I wanna' hear are your true feelings!

Over and over, you say I'm too young for this...
I already know! I wanna' change, so
I wish you'd just take my hand and walk me through it!

You hold the key to a new me, so change my life!
If I wanna' hug you from behind,
or something like that, would you look back and call me a child?

- x - x - x -

We used the same tech from Crying for Rain on this video.

So this just feels natural. streamable.com/guj4i

ENGLISH Whims of Fate Persona 5 (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2019-10-25 | "Who knows where the Whims of Fate may lead us?"

P5Royal Hype!

I fell in love with this song the moment I heard it. Definitely makes the Casino my favorite palace. I've been meaning to do something Persona related for a while, so this one felt like a natural fit! I'm trying to get a few from P3 songs in there too, so we'll see what happens. Who knows where the Whims of Fate may lead us?

...I said that already.

The video artwork is uh... I was asked to conceive the thirstiest design for a Velvet Room attendant I could, so... this is the result. Can you tell the dress is designed by someone with no self-restraint? It even had a belly button window shaped like a spade before the artist talked me out of it.

ARTIST'S NOTE: "I wasn't thinking about making that "ligma balls" meme but with akane shooting a beam at Rorschach while saying 'trans rights'" -Wonton

This song took first place in the Patreon Poll! Next up should be a fun little project we're excited to show!

'Til then!

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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (It's Showtime!)
Mixing: kimioops (http://bit.ly/2KFh9e1)
Video Art: Wonton
Thumbnail Art: megat0nraid (http://bit.ly/2MdfQH5)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

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- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

Champagne flutes and dealer suits that
keep your focus away from the cheating hands...
Tell me, does that sexy gown say what she's
got in store for her man?

So we roll the dice, see where it may fall...
Come on, why don't we spin the wheel?
See whom it may call to give in to temptation!
To win it, or maybe lose it all...
...Who knows where the Whims of Fate may lead us?

Chandeliers and decolletes that
keep your focus away from the cheating eyes...
Tell me, what's the bow tie on the card guy
tell you 'bout his design?

So we roll the dice, see where they may fall...
Come on, why don't we spin the wheel?
See whom it may call...

Give into another vice! See where it might lead...
Come on, let's just enjoy the spice of life and feel so free
to give in to temptation!

- x - x - x -

konnichi... WA!

ENGLISH Crying for Rain Domestic Kanojo (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2019-10-11 | "This time, I'll take it all the way to the end."

There are some things you just can't take back.

I started reading Domestic Girlfriend about three years ago, and it remains one of my favorite series. It's one of those manga you keep expecting to end, sooner or later, but it just... keeps going. For a series that explores themes of life itself, I think that works out nicely.

I think a lot of people may have watched the anime a few seasons back, so I don't think I have to explain the song's meaning too much. It mirrors that part of the series: trying to grow up too fast and realizing your mistake, stumbling back to reclaim your lost innocence.

Except you can't. No one can. And now you're stuck, as this unfulfilled husk, drowning in others' pity.

This is the 2nd cover in the Catharsis Trilogy! It's dedicated to someone I knew— someone in such a hurry to grow up. I'm definitely not one to talk about wasted youth, but...

Don't waste your life. Don't try and skip to the end. Life is going to have good times and bad times, ups and downs, and that's okay. We all want a happy ending, but you won't get one if you try to force it. Just enjoy the ride. It'll all work out.

I'm looking to release the last song of the Trilogy in December, so it'll be a little while. That song's actually been done for over a year now, but we've been holding off on releasing it. We worked really hard on it, and it means a lot to us, so we want it to be special.

Editor's Note: after effects can suck my dick

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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (...)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (...)
Mixing: Sleeping Forest (http://bit.ly/35qwYAA)
Tuning: BriCie (http://bit.ly/BriCie)
Filming/Editing: Ely (http://bit.ly/theelyfoundation)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

"Innocent, cruel, even so...
...You have to be beautiful..."

No destiny could bring us together.
If that's the way that things are meant to be,
then maybe we'd be better if we never see
each other, 'cause underneath it all,
I'm sick of almost everything.

Déjà vu. What do you keep going on about?
You've said and done so many selfish things.
Haven't you taken all that you can take by now?
But even though all that's true,
somehow I can't seem to hate you...

I know...
"I don't wanna' hear you say the same old shit again..."
This time I'll take it all the way to the end!

I don't care if there's a way you phrase it!
"Love me!", "Trust me!", I'll never take it!
If you wanna' fool around, fine with me!
Just don't kid yourself with who you'll never be!

How long will you keep trying?
How many more lying words
full of shit you don't even believe?

Either way it'll end, yeah, we already know.
Even if our words aren't our own, I'm tired
of getting my hopes up over nothing at all!
So take the hint! Just take it and don't let my rain fall!

I wish some people would just shut up.
I really don't care. Stop talking to me.
You have two words to convey what you mean.

A butterfly out in the world
never sends a text or a call.
It spreads its "wings" out...
Wouldn't you say that way's the greatest of all?

If you don't know what I mean, then just get lost!
If you're that indecisive then just fuck off!
If every word I said never meant a thing⁠—
all the care and thought, it only brought more crying
and pity! If that's true, then maybe
I'll just put my umbrella up after all!

'Cause all that I wanted was to be this way forever,
going on hoping it would get better...
But I was growing older and never
thought I couldn't turn back the clock!
So now, I pray the rain never stops...

Copy, paste, and delete...
And the pattern repeats...
Take it in... Let it out...
And that is why, becoming someone else's self...
It kills me inside!

I don't care if there's a way you say it!
"Love me!", "Trust me!", I fucking hate it!
If you wanna' fool around, fine by me!
Just don't kid yourself with who we'll never be!
How long will you keep trying?
How many more lying promises full of shit I never believed!?

Either way it'll end, yeah, I already know.
Even the words that aren't our own!
I'm tired of hurting each other and myself so much!
So I'll accept the "me" that I became and give it up!

Crying, so I keep my umbrella closed...
Let's get wet on the way home.

- x - x - x -

i dont think i could get any more overt with the "butterfly" if i tried lmao

ENGLISH Confession Rehearsal HoneyWorks (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2019-09-30 | "I've always wanted to say 'I love you!'"

Ah, love.

I've been sitting on this one for a while! I was working on this around the time 'The Other Self' went up. I got the idea for the "Hey!" ad-libs in the verse from that song, when Dima put those ad-libs in the chorus. Just to put it into perspective.

Come to think of it, A Solution for Jealousy is actually one of the first songs I've ever written. I should get around to doing that one of these days.

For now, I hope you enjoy. See you again soon!

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mix/Master: Leanna (goo.gl/FWwUY7) @leannaasama

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

“Sorry, I know it’s out of the blue,
but I’ve always wanted to say ‘I love you!’.”
Thumping so hard, the beat of my heart
makes me wonder if you can hear it too!

“How was my Confession Rehearsal?”
Bet you really thought I was into you! No way!
How’d you like it? Your heart jump a bit?”
Maybe not… “Alright, I’m sorry now, okay?”

“So you really like this guy don’t you?”
“Cut it out! Don’t say it so loud! It’s not true…
But if you don’t mind, if we have time
why don’t we stop at that ramen shop I like?”

Tomorrow’s the day I will go and
confess my love to the one I can’t say…
I’ll stay strong, so cheer me on
just like you promised me, ‘kay?

Just for today and maybe the next,
can you hear me out? I’m gonna’ confess!
Selfish, it’s true, but it’s nothing new
You grew up with me, so you know it too!

“Practice harder. It’s a part of
love to overthink like that.
I can tell, I know you well!
I see right through the act.”

Morning horoscope’s on my side!
You know I’m not the type to even know my sign, but
just for one day… I’m gonna’ make
myself into like, a really girly girl! (Hey!)

One last time, let me practice my
confession again! This is it! No more lies!
I’ll be strong… “I’ll cheer you on,”
you smiled, not knowing you’re my…

“Sorry for lying! Here is the truth!
This Confession Rehearsal was for you!”
Shock on your face, I feel my voice break
as I tell my love he makes my heart race!

“Every moment, can’t control this
feeling, what can I do?”
With a sigh, a cheerful smile,
you say, “I like you too!”

Pounding so hard, the voice of my heart
Can you hear what it is saying to you?
Thumping along, the beat of our song
makes me wonder if we both know the tune!

- x - x - x -

writing "yeet" into a video is a personal victory to me

ENGLISH Goodnight Tonight Noboru-P (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2019-09-13 | "Anything and anyone can be bought!"

To the girl who thinks money runs the world.

Have you ever met someone like that? Treat people like objects, friends like stepping stones, disposable. As if they can be replaced so easily.

That's just wild to me. And it's so ingrained into their nature that they physically can't do otherwise. Friends leave them left and right, and they don't know why... No matter how many times it's explained to them. All you can do is watch as they screw up and fall, over and over, refusing to change anything about themselves.

It'd be almost inspiring in a way, if it wasn't wholly disgusting.

This song is part of a series I'm doing called my "Catharsis Trilogy". Or maybe that's a dumb name. I dunno'. It's nothing really official; it's just a set of three songs I'm dedicating to people I've met and had to deal with.

The next one should be up next month!

Probably.

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mixing: mochi (http://bit.ly/crunchimochi)
Tuning: BriCie (http://bit.ly/BriCie)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

Now, let me teach you the ways of the world
Anything, everything can be bought.
Just scraps of paper exchanged, put away
and you’ll have anything you could want!

I see that girl everywhere, every time
she’s just smiling and laughing along
And when it comes down to me, well you see,
I could grin maybe once, and it’s gone.

But there’s really no need
for friends, I tend to manage just fine
But for some reason, even I…
I just might... feel lonely sometimes...

I know where to start. How much for your heart?
What do you mean? Don’t tell me I can’t buy that!
“Love” is what it’s called. How much for it all?
Not a lot. It’s cheap so give me your hand and...

Oh Goodnight
I can feel it deep in my veins
Oh Goodnight
But there’s nothing to feel the pain
Goodnight Tonight

I took a look at the hand I reached out
Not a touch, not a trace there to find
As all my feelings, died out, disappeared
And now, I’m the only one left behind

I sat and waited and stared at the screen
of a phone that has never lit up
And all the while the noise on TV
keeps repeating something on and on!

And when I shut my mouth, I
feel the silence ring in my head
But as it echoes through my chest
Well, I guess it hurt just a bit.

Shouting through the dark, “How much for your heart?”
Fill the hole right through my soul with affection!
Show me who you are! Take me in your arms!
Stir my blood and give me love right this instant!

Oh goodnight
Just another night all alone
Oh goodnight
I would never cry, you know
Goodnight Tonight

I don’t need anybody
Really, I’m just fine by myself...
But if I’m being honest, this
feels a bit...

Begging from the start, “How much for your heart?”
What do you mean? Don’t tell me I can’t buy that!
“Love” is what it’s called. How much for it all?
Not a lot. It’s cheap so give me your hand and...

Screaming through the dark, “How much for your heart?”
Bury all these holes in my soul with passion!
Everything you are, I’ll take it in my arms
fill my blood with all your love, your affection!

Oh goodnight!
Secrets I have no one to tell.
Oh goodnight!
I don’t cry. Get over yourself!
Goodnight Tonight!

“A person’s heart? It could never be bought.
Who you love, it just isn’t a choice.”
And all the while, the show on TV
keeps repeating some meaningless noise.

- x - x - x -

ENGLISH Be Somewhere Rockman.EXE Stream (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2019-08-30 | "No matter what, I believe in myself!"

Another Patreon cover! This one was super fun to write for; I love anime music from the early 2000s. There's just something about the tunes and lyrics that I like so much.

Next up should be another music video! I'm super excited to show you all!

See you then!

- x - x - x -

This is another of the $20+ tier covers from Patreon. Pledge to this tier and you can request a TV-Size cover of your choice!

Commissioner: Lego

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mixing: Shio-tan (http://bit.ly/2K3KnVl)
Artist: TheRVStar (http://bit.ly/TheRVStar)
Logo: BriCie (http://bit.ly/BriCie)
Additional Video Edits: Ely (http://bit.ly/Elysiangh)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

Answers must Be Somewhere!
I'll find them I swear,
I know me better than anyone else...
That's why no matter what,
I believe in myself!

Standing in the center, I look around
at a view obscured in wire curls
Any step I take will make a small sound
that'll ring through the entire world

With a single touch, the wire unfolds
as the sky begins to open up
Everything is spinning out of control,
but my eyes are on the rising sun!

And when I reach out my hand,
I feel like I can finally find what I've been looking for
It's on my fingertips! I'll open the door!

Another day tomorrow! Every day that follows,
I can't move on with yesterday in mind!
But I might reach the future sometime even sooner
if I close my eyes...

Answers must Be Somewhere!
I'll find them I swear,
I know me better than anyone else...
That's why no matter what,
I believe in myself!

- x - x - x -

ENGLISH Fly Me to the Moon Neon Genesis Evangelion (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2019-08-16 | "In other words...

...you're worthy of my grace."

netflix let them be gay you cowards

So this video kinda... came out of nowhere. My editor DMed me at like 4 in the morning with "hey you know what'd be funny". And then we made this. Go figure.

Crying for Rain is up next. Um. Sorry, I honestly have no idea what to put in this description.

Don't watch Evangelion on Netflix. Watch the original subs.

Ride a seahorse.

Have a nice day.

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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Mix: kimi (http://bit.ly/2KFh9e1)
Art: star_and_rain (http://bit.ly/2GUWbs7)
Animator: Ely (http://bit.ly/Elysiangh)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

- x - x - x -

LYRICS:

Fly me to the moon
and let me play among the stars...
Let me see what spring is like
on Jupiter and Mars...

In other words
hold my hand...
In other words
darling kiss me...

Fill my heart with song
and let me sing forevermore...
You are all I long for,
all I worship and adore...

In other words
please be true...
In other words
I love you...

- x - x - x -

congratulations

ENGLISH Aimai Hertz Nisekoi II (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2019-08-02 | "You're holding the key, so unlock me!"

...Why are you looking at me like that?

What? They can't all be home-runs.

We're back, with a quick little cover from Nisekoi Season 2! The lyrics for this song debuted in the Nisekoi Medley I did two years ago, and now they're getting the limelight! I've been wanting to do this one for a while, so it's nice to finally have the chance.

It's probably a bit weird to go from the broKen NIGHT video to this one, but I hope y'all understand. Projects like those are huge undertakings, and we can't do 'em every single time. So rather than mind-blowing content every say, 3 months, we're gonna' try and bring you content every few weeks, and "mind-blowing content" every, say 4 months. Those aren't actual numbers, but just to give you an idea.

We've been working super hard this summer to stock up on content over the next year or so. We're doing all sorts of new things, and broKen NIGHT is just the tip of the iceberg. Am I using that phrase right? Hope so. Anyway, yeah. Expect covers and music videos and shitposts. Maybe not in that order.

Have you heard of 'The Click of a Heart', by the way? You should read it. Apparently, if you like Nisekoi, you'll really like it. Give it a read! (http://bit.ly/2YFo4hZ)

- x - x - x -

Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mixing: Shio-tan (http://bit.ly/2K3KnVl)
Moral Support/Additional Edits: Elijah (http://bit.ly/Elysiangh)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

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LYRICS:

Like an airplane flying through the sky, just out of reach
I barely received your intent! The signal's weak, as faint as can be!
So what is this? It's a feeling I can't recreate!
A virus whose name I don't know, and source I can't locate!

Memory at full capacity!
Can't understand or process the
cause of effect of this disease...
Just what is it? It's "love"? "Lovesick"!?
Not found. Shutting down...

I'll walk on this path without an end!
Feelings I can't comprehend!
Suddenly your signal grows!
My heart beats! Overheats! Systems are offline!

"Love" I still don't understand!
But that doesn't mean I can't
keep living the life I've led!
Busy days leave our thoughts left unsaid...

...but everything I've ever sent!
They're coded messages
and you're holding the key,
so unlock me!

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This was written 5 years ago, when this song came out.

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ENGLISH broKen NIGHT Fate/Hollow Ataraxia (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2019-07-20 | "In longing for the tender warmth..."

Please, read this.

I've never had a song mean more to me than this one. I mean that. I wrote this song at one of the lowest points I'd ever been in my life, and the emotion woven into these lyrics is...

Every song I put out there has a piece of me in it. A little bit of my heart and soul. Every cover is deeply personal to me, and this one most of all. More than Nandemonaiya, more than the Nisekoi Medley, more than Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari, more than Sayoko.

This is my song.

It's not just another aimer song. It's not some Fate opening you've never heard. It's not about Avenger.

This is my story. My story you don't know. One I've brushed off as "Nothing". More than the sum of everything I've loved, it's about who that made me.

This is who I am.

Please, take a moment out of your day to read these lyrics on their own.

Please, read these words.

Please, hear my voice.

Please... don't end up like me.

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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (You're right here.)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (I'm still here.)
Mixing: BriCie (http://bit.ly/BriCie)
Art: clxrez (http://bit.ly/2y0uGIQ)
Animation: Yukari (http://bit.ly/2JKx1i1)

This cover was supported by Patreon. Thank you all for everything. (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

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LYRICS: (Please don't use without my permission.)

In longing for the tender warmth
of light and interwoven fingers
in a garden far away,
there's a silent voice that cries out in pain...
The lonely echo lingers.

And the dawn arrives, so brilliantly
casting light and shadows
at a time we're all asleep...

And a promise that could not be kept
is but a fleeting memory
that leaves us, questioning the end...

Buried beneath
the sins we hold so dear,
the lies we like to hear,
I slumber in the darkness

for my wings were stole away,
so in my dreams, I wished, I hoped and prayed
that one day, maybe I could find a little light...

In longing for the tender warmth
of love, or even for a future
in a time that never came,
there's a silent voice that cries out in vain...
The lonely echo withers.

And the moon is spiralling beautifully,
leaving trails of dim light,
but how long can it be seen?

And a present that could not be held
is just another memory
that my eyes follow, but know too well...

Sinking beneath
a rain that never falls,
a moon I never saw,
I slumber in the silence

while the birds who lost their wings,
they've forgotten worlds above and sing.
They'll never fly, so they describe dreams of the sky.

The light upon the surface of water
sinks and disappears into the darkness.
A day with no tomorrow, this broken Knight so hollow,
they look up to the sky from where they fell,
crying for help...

Buried beneath
the sins we hold so dear,
the lies we like to hear,
I slumber in the darkness

for my wings were stole away,
so in my dreams, I wished, I hoped and prayed
that one day, maybe I could find...

Drowning beneath
a rain that never falls,
a moon I never saw,
I'm fading in the silence...

But for those who lost their wings,
I'll open my heart again and sing
so one day, maybe they can find
a little light.

...

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Announcement - broKen NIGHT

Akane Sasu Sora 2019-07-18 | "In longing for the tender warmth..."

Please read this.

Every song I do is personal. Every lyric has a bit of me in there. My heart and soul. And this one has more of that than ever.

I hope you listen to my story.

ENGLISH Junjou Emotional In Another World With My Smartphone (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2019-05-29 | "I hope you feel the same way, emotionally!"

...So...

Smartphone is a really... dumb show. I like it though. It's nice to just sort of turn your brain off and have fun for a while.

This was the third and final(?) cover from the last Patreon poll! If you want to vote on upcoming songs, be sure to become a Patron! Every little bit helps, and I'm grateful for your support!

Next up is another Patreon cover, and then... something else.

'Til then!

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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mixing: kyune (bit.ly/2JiQMv9)
Instrumental: rockyfrog4 (http://bit.ly/2EBpNtn)

This cover was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

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Oh, can you hear the sound? Is it too loud?
This beating heart of mine...
Nobody can know how far I would go
to be as perfect as can be within your eyes...

I think it's dangerous! Your smile is just
too pure and innocent!
Can't hide it anymore!
Maybe you're awful at lying and cheating then...

So fluttery! My heartbeat!
Just a second, gotta' get myself ready...
What does it taste like, your lips on mine?
I guess we'll have to try it to see!

Kiss me!

If a God is really there, looking over the world,
I hope He hears the prayer of one little girl
to cast a single spell here, between you and me!
I hope you feel the same way, emotionally!

With a courage I don't have, a voice so strong
I'll take my feelings and write them into a love song!
Just stay the way that you are!
I'm telling you soon, cross my heart!

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why do low-budget series have the best music

ENGLISH Smile Bomb Yu Yu Hakusho (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2019-05-01 | "Thank you for waking me up!"

What a classic.

Yu Yu Hakusho was one of my first manga, and it still holds up 20 years later. There's something really interesting about a series starting as something, finding its strength, and finishing as something else. It led to Togashi making HunterXHunter (which I haven't gotten to yet, but I hear it's fantastic.)

Some quick announcements: I wanted to do something from the previous anime season, so I did the Go-toubun no Hanayome OP, Five-Sister Feeling but it got hit with copyright. :/ Doesn't look like it's going through.

So! I'll be doing Crying for Rain from Domestic Kanojo instead. Been following that series for almost three years now, so I'm pretty excited. Think I got a good grasp on the themes.

Next cover should be another poll winner, then something real special. Stay tuned.

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This is another one of the $20+ tier covers from Patreon. Pledge to this tier and you can request a TV-Size cover of your choice!

Commissioner: Sour Cream (bit.ly/2PILAnl)

Mixer: Shizuka-Nee (http://bit.ly/Shizuka-Nee)
Artist: RVFORNOTHING (http://bit.ly/2IWDqqu)
Logo: BriCie (http://bit.ly/BriCie)

Commission RV here! (http://bit.ly/2KGGJzg)

This cover was funded by Patreon! (bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

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LYRICS:

Running in a crowd, in a faceless town
I need to feel the touch of a friend...
In the countryside, I wander far and wide
The isolation gets me again...

I don't know where to go
when I feel like crying, oh my!
It's time to open myself to something new,
I wanna' stop and grow up a bit!

And suddenly, my power and confidence
start swelling up, magically erupt!
And it's all because of kindness that I feel
from people I don't even know!

And suddenly, my intuition and
my wisdom grow, and then I know
that most of all, I sense compassion's real
thanks to strangers wherever I go!

Thank you for waking me up!

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ENGLISH Eine Kleine Kenshi Yonezu (Akane & BriCie)

Akane Sasu Sora 2019-02-14 | "I walk on toward the fated farewell, determined from the start..."

Stories never end. They open into a new chapter.

Hi everyone. It feels like I have so much to say here, but I can't seem to put any of it into words.

I'll do my best.

I want to thank everyone for your overwhelming support for the your name. project last year. Sparkle hit the one million mark last week, and I never imagined that something I made could reach so many people. Thank you all so much.

A big thanks to BriCie for being such a wonderful project partner. She's so helpful and supportive during the process; I love working with her. Thanks to RV for going out of her comfort zone with this commission! Her artwork brings everything together. Thanks to Mochi for mixing so short notice! Production on this project started exactly a month ago, and there were some mix-ups but we made it work. Thanks to Elysian for editing, and putting up with Vegas crashing every two minutes! I wish I was kidding.

(Editor's Note: It really did. By the end of the project, I wanted to run at a wall headfirst and break my neck.)

And again, all of my love goes out to you. This kind of content wouldn't be possible without your support. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

More to come.

We're just getting started.

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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora & BriCie (http://bit.ly/BriCie)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hello!)
Mixing: Mochi (http://bit.ly/crunchimochi)
Artwork: RV (http://bit.ly/TheRVStar)
Editing: Elijah (http://bit.ly/Elysiangh)

This video was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive!

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LYRICS:

Although it was so nice to meet you
and I hoped that we could get along
I know that in the end, it’ll happen again
and suddenly, we’re moving on

So now, with these nostalgic
memories, a heavy heart
I walk on toward the fated farewell
determined from the start

If every life you save’s another lost
I’m just taking up the space and cost
If you were sitting by a lake, bored one day
I’d rather be the stone you toss!

At least there’d be no need to say
goodbye if that were true...
And you’d never know, the nameless stone
so unworthy of you

Although I know that I want every single thought
to reach your ears, to make a sound...
I know that I never could. That I understood,
so I lied and waved them off for now.

I am so much more pathetic, cowardly, and weak
more insecure than you seem to think,
So why? So why? So why?

If the sorrow held in my heart
would pierce through the scars and shatter me to pieces,
If I had you there by my side,
I’d smile with pride, and say that you were worth it!

As the picture blurs at the edge,
from tears that I’ve shed, only a single thought remains
Not even a flood of miracles could all convey
this feeling I held for the first time you called my name!

If every person has to lose their light,
or forget their purpose once or twice
I wonder if a different person could take
your place, so you can live your life

“But that could never happen,”
you’d always say to me then
And I’d laugh along, a smile so strong
as I lose your way again

I’ve prayed and promised but, nothing can be done
I still have those awful dreams
Nightmares where my luck runs out, time is up
and takes you far away from me

I am such a good-for-nothing pointless piece of waste,
less worth your time, more worthy of your hate
So I… So I… So I...

On the nights I scream in the dark
and know in my heart, “I’ll never make it through this…”
you would take me close, hold me still,
and say that we will, “I know that we can do it!”

Now whenever I close my eyes, I still see the light
that little spark of hope you saved
But what I can I do to thank you? I know what to say!
“Would it be alright with you if I called out your name?”

From the day I was born
the moment I was left here
I have screamed with all my might
“I want to disappear!”

So I spent the rest of my
existence searching for the light
For the one who’d give me hope!
For the you, I’d come to know!

When the sorrow held in my heart
would break through the scars, disappear and leave me breathless
and you ask me how and why
I’ll smile and cry, “You told me I could do it!”

As my shadow blurs at the edge
from fragments I left, only a single word remains
Not even a flood of miracles could all convey
This feeling I held for the first time we met that day!

“Oh! It's nice to meet you! Please, can you tell me Your Name?”

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I walk on toward another new day I love with all my heart!

ENGLISH Embarrassment-Hiding Adolescence HoneyWorks (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2018-12-02 | "You have no idea how hard it is to say all this out loud!"

A sweet little story about best friends for life. This is an old set of lyrics from two years ago, but I still love the way they flow. HoneyWorks songs have a nice rhythm to 'em that I absolutely adore.

Next up is another Time Flyer, then something real special. Look forward to it!

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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mixing: Mochi (http://bit.ly/2AFB7la)

This cover was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

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LYRICS:

You’re putting on makeup? Guess you’re at that age, but
Never thought I’d ever see you care about that girl stuff
“What if someone asked her out on a date?”
Just another “Wonderin’ Sunday”!

You still use my parka, wear it like pajamas
Even though it’s so damn old, I don’t know when I got one
I cannot bear the thought of you wearing things I outgrew

Yet I can’t help but grant your wish like I’m a shooting star
With a grin, you always win over my heart!
Living your innocent adolescence!
I don’t quite get it, but I hope it never ends

Your pouting face gets me every time
Fine, I give up! Now please just stop crying!!
So I’ll surrender! No, I’m not proud.
You have no idea how hard it is to say all this out loud

“Just leave us alone!” I acted so damn cold, my
hood pulled up, when we were young I always let my words fly!
I was the worst, not knowing that I hurt her...
All she wanted was to be together!

I remember when you broke my favorite toy too
hard to fix, when were six, no matter what we went through
though we fought, I could not stay mad at you ‘cause I knew

“It can’t be helped,” What the hell am I supposed to say?
Even now, I find that in my mind, I’m still the same!
Hiding embarrassing adolescence
You still don’t get it, but maybe it’s for the best...

Filled with our fighting, the years to come
we’ll still get mad over something dumb!
So I’ll surrender! Swallow my pride!
You have no idea how long I’ve been standing there by your side!

Acting like grown-ups, we’re mature adults
Acting like kids, we haven’t changed at all!

Your crying face gets me every time!
Though it appears every once in a while
Finally I’ll say what I’ve always meant
“You mean so much to me!” again and again!

So I’ll surrender! It’s a new day
and from now on I’m always here for you and here I’ll stay!

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ENGLISH Chocolate Insomnia Monogatari II (Akane Sasu Sora)

Akane Sasu Sora 2018-10-29 | "I don't know everything...

I know what I know, and that's that."

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Vocals: Akane Sasu Sora (Hi!)
Lyrics: Akane Sasu Sora (Hey!)
Mixing: kyune (bit.ly/2JiQMv9)
Additional Edits: EMojica__ (bit.ly/2yDdSbL)

This cover was funded by Patreon! (http://bit.ly/PatreAkane)

Want a Download? Donate $1 to my Ko-Fi with an attached email, and you'll get one! Or, become a $3+ Patron on Patreon for unlimited access to the mp3 archive! (http://bit.ly/kofikane)

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So I decided to make a video for a Monogatari cover, completely forgetting that the OPs are artsy as hell and there's not a lot of material to work with.

Ah well. That's not really what you're here for, is it?

I've had these lyrics done for what feels like forever. At least since Summer 2016. I really like this song and its message, and I'm glad Patreon gives me a chance to do it when I never got to before.

Speaking of, this was another one from the Patreon poll! First place was MY Mai☆ Tonight, and this song took second. Next up should be a personal favorite of mine, then the next $20 tier cover!

'Til then~!

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Forgive me...
I've always tried to be
less helpless, yet it's true...
I still rely on you...

And every time,
in the beginning, I
swear this is the end...
...over again...

Like chocolate that's far too sweet,
there is something hiding just beneath!
In the night, so pure and white, only lies can be!
In this world of fairy-tale, make-believe...

Then I found that all along,
I've been living, dreaming on!
Then I found that all I knew,
none of it was true, so!

Tales of sleeping princesses,
waiting for a prince's kiss
aren't stories! They're boring as
waiting to be saved!

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The last few lines of this song were my favorite to write~