codomomental bulletin #48
KAQRIYOTERROR now has over 18 members?1
Members of Seireki13ya and TOKYO TEFUTEFU, as well as Kisaragi Megumi and Mei Yui Mei, announced on Twitter that they will perform at the group’s upcoming solo concert, where each member will be one of more than 18 “animals.”
Seireki13ya recently held a serious talk livestream where the girls talked about what “Seireki” means to them and expressed their mood in anticipation of the group’s first solo tour. And this, as you might have guessed, means the beginning of a new series of translations. And I would like to begin it with the monologue of Nene Komochi – the leader of the group. In this video, she talks about how she felt when the group was going through its hardest times and almost disbanded, what she wants to say to the fans about it, what she thinks about the newcomers and the new look of the group, and what she wants fans to pay attention to at the “Seireki” shows:
The group also finally revealed a new official profile image, which was designed by Fukumoto Emi, a designer who has been working with the group for a long time:
Emi-san~ෆ
I fell in love with Seireki13ya especially because the music video for “Vanilla Drops” that you were responsible for was incredibly cute, so I was very happy when you made a new profile picture and merchandise for us🍵 𓈒𓏸
Thank you so muchෆ.*･ﾟ2
From Yowa Minai’s Twitter.
TOKYO TEFUTEFU have released the artwork for their upcoming album Butterfly Dogma:
The track listing has also been revealed:3
- rinbu
- houyou
- Rosario to Koi
- Outlog
- Clown Amaryllis
- Negative Buster
- Butterfly-Hi
- Miniature Garden
- Tenohira no Tomoshibi
- LYCORisALIVE
Thus, there will be 8 new songs on the album.
Online release events have been announced,4 one of which took place this week:
September 14 at 20:00 (JST) – DAY 0
September 27 at 20:00 (JST) – DAY 1
October 1 at 16:00 (JST) – DAY 2
October 6 at 20:00 (JST) – DAY 3
The group also held a two-hour preview of their new song “Butterfly-Hi.”5 It is a self-introduction song: it expresses not only the concept of the group, but also the personalities of the members themselves (it even includes a reference to their official emblems). You can read my translation of the song below:
(Chimura) “Flying, I fall.” At wild speed. Is this a dream?!
Wings that cross reality.(Kagari) Flowers blaze, life is short.
May I never forget who I am.
This is a sea, overflowing with absurdity,
Yet at the same time, I realized I was swimming.
(Ouhi) To suffer, wailing over the void—
Those times are passing.
(Nonno) How can one stay sane?
Do you see? Neither inside nor outside—there are no boundaries.(Lust) Perfect and proper, without stepping outside the lines…
Never say those words again, for real.
Shatter this era!(Chimura) I don’t need a predetermined fate.
(All together) Middle Finger Revolution!
(Nonno) Rather, Tokyo [“Oriental Madness”] is a farce. Blindness? Freedom.
(Ouhi) An infantryman who broke free from slavery.
(Kagari) I have no time to regret anything.
Every single one of us—survivors.
(Lust) The invincible butterflies will overcome the great barrier.
(Ouhi) This is nonfiction. We will fall [fly] from the stage!(Ouhi) A paradox. Life is short.
Both you and I are bound by the cross of love.
This is a land, overflowing with absurdity,
Yet at the same time, I realize I’m writhing in pain.
(Chimura) And if the ballad is destined for collapse,
(Lust) How can one stay sane?
Do you see? Boundaries are blending together.(Kagari) Not someone else, but I, myself.
(Nonno) Will decisively push this story forward.
(Chimura) I tear up and throw away the outline map.(Ouhi) Salute!
I reveal my third eye!
(Nonno) I’m a psycho-rice eater!
(Lust & Chimura) We are fallen children with the illness of today’s cute-face era.
(All together) The rebellion of wild fantasies!
(Kagari) I’m actually a mischief-maker!
(All together) Tokyo butterflies!
(Ouhi & Kagari) I want to reach Higan* with you,
(Nonno & Lust & Chimura) To laugh, cry, and love!
(Ouhi) Rose, (Nonno) Wing, (Lust) Heart, (Chimura) Cross, (Kagari) Dragon Ouroboros —
(All together) We’re TOKYO TEFUTEFU!(All together) I don’t need a predetermined fate.
Middle Finger Evolution!
(Chimura) Anyway, good luck rampaging in Tokyo!
(Kagari) An infantryman who will break free from slavery.
(Lust) Humanity, always itching to regret something.
(Nonno) Every single one of them is on the hook.
(Ouhi) Tonight, the butterflies will overcome the great barrier.
(All together) This is nonfiction. The stage is where we are alive!(*) “Higan” is a Buddhist term which literally means “that shore” and refers to the nirvana attained after crossing the river of human suffering Sanzu (you can read more about it here).
“Tefutefu” as they are, unadorned.
To the fullest🥀6
From Yuzuriha Ouhi’s Twitter.
It’s a fun, upbeat and boisterous song, but I sing it with a lot of passion♡♡
We will decisively push this story forward❕👊🏻🤍7
From Tokanai Nonno’s Twitter.
This is an energetic and fun song that was only possible because the five of us have been moving forward together all this time. It has things in it that we’ve never been able to show before – our unexpected traits, individual lines for each member, and so on – you could say it’s our self-introduction! 🐩🎶8
From Kagari Kohaku Sekai’s Twitter.
This song was born out of the idea that it’s incredibly fun to participate in calls at a concert, and since that’s the case, why shouldn’t they be in the song from the beginning?9
From syva’s Twitter.
Tokanai Nonno shared a playlist of her favorite songs on Twitter.10 I’ve created a playlist on Spotify so you can check them out directly:
- https://twitter.com/kaqriyoterror/status/1702307191754215457
- https://twitter.com/sr13y_minai/status/1703247161549562352
- https://tokyotftf.com/discography/
- https://tokyotftf.com/topics/3rdali/
- https://twitter.com/tokyotftf/status/1701929038619804077
- https://twitter.com/tftf_ouhi/status/1701936782915567730
- https://twitter.com/tftf_nonno/status/1701951398601265379
- https://twitter.com/tftf_k_sekai/status/1701956362383638803
- https://twitter.com/syvaGPT/status/1701940423667921279
- https://twitter.com/tftf_nonno/status/1703009424821146001