Reflecting Nine

Sorry, about the few weeks without a translation. I'm currently in the midst of a bunch of life things happening at once.

This song is a translation requested from a friend.

"Master of Puppets" by Miku Hatsune and Luka Megurine
Lyrics, Composition, & Arrangement: Death Ohagi (デスおはぎ)
Song: Miku Hatsune and Luka Megurine
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( Master of Puppets )

My friend Amy requested a few LIQ translations. The original title for this song is French for "Reason for Existence." It's about a man playing a dating sim... with a dark side?

Lyrics, Composition, & Arrangement: LIQ
Song: Miku Hatsune (Append: Dark, Solid)
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( Яaison D'etre )

This is another requested song from Jeni.

I'm not entirely confident in this translation. All throughout translating it, I had trouble and difficulties in understand what the song was supposed to be about. With some help from Taco, we guessed the two Miku's in the PV represent two sides of her ("you"/Erika?), the man shown in the background being the protagonist of the song, and the song being about love and betrayal.

It still confuses me.

Lyrics, Composition, and Arrangement: Myumu P (ミュムP)
Song: Miku Hatsune
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( ERiKA )

I was drawn to this song by the melody and the fact that I understood a good portion on listening alone, without needing to look words up.

When trying to translate the title to a good English title, I ended up pulling up news reports which used the phrase about the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami off the coast of Sendai in March 2011. The song was released before the disaster and doesn't relate to it, but it helped me understand the tone behind the title.

Lyrics: 夕澄
Composition & Arrangemnt: Pekoro (ペコロ)
Song: Gumi
Chorus: Miku Hatsune
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm10882570
http://piapro.jp/content/vfrpl84ehrs045qe
http://youtu.be/f3Fi-ZBdmfs
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( 全力失踪。[Complete Disappearance] )