[Lyric Video] KikuoHana ~ Nobore! Susume! Takai Tou | のぼれ！すすめ！高い塔 | English Sub

This time I upload a "new concept" of the videos I've planned to make.
Now I make a video of an addictive song by Kikuo, that talks by climb a tower. The lyrics are a bit creepy, but the song is so awesome and addictive.
This song remembers me a travel I did to an amusement park on May 25th. That's why I made this video. And for make an English lyrics video of this, because there's no video with English lyrics.
Oh, and Yuna009Style did Spanish lyrics, from where I based the English lyrics.
Just enjoy this video so nicely!
Japanese name: のぼれ！すすめ！高い塔
Romanized name: Nobore! Susume! Takai Tou
Music: Kikuo
Image: Nishijima Daisuke
Singer: Hanatan (original by Hatsune Miku)
Original video: • きくおはな - のぼれ！すすめ！高い塔 【き...
Length: 5:17.316
17525 - 17601

[@MitchellMIDI]

Today, June 2, 2020 this video turns 3 years!! I'm so grateful with all of you who have watched this video almost 100k times in all this time. *Let's reach 100k views for celebrate this!!* 🥳 _At the time I'm writing this we're at 546 views to reach 100k._

[@hutaosupreme478]

eeeeeeeeeeee

[@z_xd_lol]

4 now

[@MitchellMIDI]

@@z_xd_lol Yee, yesterday June 2, 2021. 😉

[@fauhans1393]

@@MitchellMIDI almost 200k pogU

[@inextlogics3822]

200k reached :)

[@flitterbee]

Hanatan's vocal range continues to impress me, I legitimately thought there were two different people singing this. She's incredible.

[@flitterbee]

@@MyshKatze No? Hanatan's a real person, she does covers of Vocaloid songs.

[@omarha7578]

youre telling me the voice at the beginning is the same one as in the chorus??

[@evo683]

@@omarha7578 I am deeply distraught right now.

[@SamBeanie]

hold the fucking phone

[@Alixrain2334]

I don’t know how people couldn’t tell that it’s the same person..

[@slimemold7378]

i fucking love when hanatan does That Thing with her voice where its super cutesy for a minute and then all of a sudden its so powerful it rips me a new asshole..... GOOD stuff

[@drc77777]

I thought this was a happy song ;-;

[@dianamungaray]

This is a Kikuo song 😂 it's hard to expect something cute and innocent from them. I mean, they're the ones who created "Walt's of death", "I'm sorry, I'm sorry" and a bunch of other creepy yet cute vocaloid songs

[@Bergwacht]

This always i thougt of Japanese songs, and in the end it is actually most something sad ^ ^

[@aruawan9263]

;-;

[@ericvulgate]

it is if you believe in hope

[@rhytmix9982]

Don't worry. I think most people came here with the expectations of a good song and they include me as well ahah.

[@Chaulilou]

Wow, didnt think this song would be so deep. Like i first thought it was just about human’s greed to the point where it got to slavery and thousands of deaths, but it actually just describes humanity as a whole. This goes in a lot of sense wether its about wars, or even just famine in countries that we just make worse by trying to help them this song literally describes all of our past, current, and future actions.

[@shapshooter7769]

Tower of Babel is a harsh mistress...

[@evo683]

Yeah, the classic Tower of Babylon narrative. As we crumble from our immoral pursuit of vain pleasure and greed, our predecessors see signs of that failure and see it as a call to repeat that mistake.

[@bandidocavalier]

is just capitalism lol

[@nathanashcarters3742]

this is not only the tower of babel, it is even better when they add the metaphor of human bodies and rain. and not satisfied with that they add the Plus at the end with the archeologist who finds the fragments of the rain and comes to the conclusion that she must build another tower to reach it, where the cycle repeats "Those who forget their history are condemned to repeat Item"

[@totallyradicalmucky]

Tfw when you tryna build a tower to heaven but that dam bird keep crashing into it

[@Cheapo15]

I love hanatan's voice so much

[@MitchellMIDI]

Yep, her voice is so beautiful and perfect, in my opinion better than Miku in Kikuo songs :3

[@leftcoastfunk]

me too!!!

[@its_imactuallylayzefan]

​@MitchellMIDI very true, tbh I ur opinion is slay, miku sounds kinda weird bc she is a robot fr but HANATAN? HOLY SHIT And I can sound like them lol 😢 QI XUAN MIKU HANATAN, I CAN SOUND LIKE THEM ALL

[@kennethravanilla1422]

Basically the people in the drawing has drugs up on their clouds

[@MitchellMIDI]

lol. Your comment is the first of 2018 of all my channel... :D ;D

[@kennethravanilla1422]

Wow that was a surprise!

[@rainbowdful]

Ok so like what if there is a kikuohana concert and they have a live orchestra and kikuo conducting and hanatan singing but the audience still has thier glowsticks and jamming out

[@hwa1]

*YES*

[@yellowjellow5744]

hmm, i find the difference between this translation and the translation provided on the official Kikuo channel to be quite interesting. As someone who can't understand japanese, it's helpful for me see multiple translations of the song so i can understand what lines have debatable meanings. anyways here are some things i noticed: 1: something interesting is the perspective change. here, the pov is from one of the climbers. however, in the official translation, it is sung from an onlooker (presumably looking into the past). 2: in the official translation, the people are described as "stacked on top of eachother" opposed to the idea this presents (being that people were forced into manual labor. 3: the description of the rain here more resembles a drug than what it was described as in the off. translation. in the og it was described as something that was purely a luxury, however here it seems like the person were following has developed an unhealthy dependence (reminiscent of an addiction) 4: a few things narratively were mentioned here that were maybe cut out of the official translation. for example, the concept of a bird knocking down the tower and the fact that people lived on the tower. i think these are actually better than the og translation. the people on different levels of the tower represent that the higher you are the more at risk you are 5: finally, it's mentioned in the og translation that children also fell from the tower as well. i think this is something that was a shame wasnt added in, because it implies that life and death was part of the tower. also the og translation said "humanity fell from the tower" which also implied that humanity moved on from the surface. anyways i just thought that was neat

[@mbanana23456]

Reminds me of a stream of ants I once watched attempting to climb the underside of a piece of wood only to fall down and get back in line.

[@vivixio2737]

me: man this is a great song I wonder what the lyrics are the lyrics: the first second and third levels are all filled with happiness! me: okay okay I'm feeling it I'm feeling it the lyrics: human got built into the tower me: okay... it's just one guy it can't be so bad the lyrics: several hundred humans have become part of the tower and we are addicted to the funny rain me: ...I dont need to know any more lyrics.

[@agony218]

idk why you are all over analysing this, its just some stick figures who found some tasty rain

[@syndex8266]

very tasty rain form human blood

[@tabandoned3357]

@@syndex8266 yum

[@sayuyuyuyu]

Man this song on osu banged hard

[@batorkit5045]

Aru hi ooki na tou ga tatsu Kumo no ue made tsuzuiteru Nagai gyouretsu tsukutte iru yo Minna egao de tsuzuiteru Nobore!　Susume!　Takai tou he Hitotsu noboreba yuuenchi Futatsu noboreba kanrakuga Mitsu noboreba chijou no rakuen Oriru okyakusan ha orimasen Nobore!　Susume!　Takai tou he Kumo no ue made noborimasu Jigoku no kensetsu genba desu Oni no shibaki ni taoreta otoko wo Umete katamete kensetsu chu Nobore!　Tate yo!　Takai Tou Samishii yo kurushi yo Kanashii chishio ga afure dasu Esa ni tsurareta Nidoto modorezu Shita kara issai miemasen Aru hi fushigi na ame ga furu Mitakoto mo nai nanairo desu Amai oaji wo hitokuchi nomeba Koufuku kairaku afuremasu Nobore!　Susume!　Takai tou he Takai basho hodo ame ga furu Takai basho hodo takusan nomeru Wasurerarenai ano aji wo Itteki dake demo mata hoshii Shiawase na ame ga hoshii kara Hito wo shibaite tatesasemasu Hayaku tate yo takaku tate yo to Kidukeba ningen umeru gawa Nobore!　Susume!　Takai tou he Tate yo!　Susume!　Takai Tou wo Shiawase Shiawase yo Tanoshii kimochi ga afure dasu Takaku tatereba hitori jime Shita ni ha nidoto orimasen Shiawase Shiawase yo Ureshii kimochi ga tomaranai Ame yo ame yo motto fure Hayaku tate yo watashi no tame Tate yo!　Susume!　Takai tou wo Tate yo!　Susume!　Takai tou wo Takaku tatesugi hosoi tou Ketsuniku de dekita moroi tou Kuzuremasu kuzuremasu Ooki na tori ga butsukatta Takai tokoro de kurasu hodo Konagona ni natte shimaimasu Inochi karagara nigedasu yo Onna kodomo to Boro Boro otokotachi Nanni mo nakun arimashita Tsugi hi ga tachi mashita Iseki wo assari mashita Kininaru mono arimashita Sore ha shiawase no ame no kaseki Kashikoi atama de shirabemasu Douyara kumo no ue ni Koufuku kairaku afureteiru you desu Tateyo!　Susume!　Takai tou wo Tateyo!　Susume!　Takai tou wo Nobore!　Susume!　Takai tou he Nobore!　Susume!　Takai tou he

[@ziyu1092]

.

[@ysab3llq._]

KIKOUHANA IS THE BEST COLLAB TO EVER EXIST IN HISTORY.

[@moiyii9979]

My interpretation of this song: They made a tower and it fell. Boom that’s the song.

[@mindblow7617]

that's like saying "life is what comes before death", that's not an interpretation

[@Judgeangels]

@@mindblow7617 its a joke

[@mindblow7617]

@@Judgeangels a bad one

[@dayazell8955]

So deep

[@naziaditta1017]

Bruh

[@ailucid]

1:44 why do they have umbrellas if they like the rain thing Nice song tho

[@ailucid]

Ok that sounded kinda cringe and so is this reply but I guess better than just leaving the original comment

[@seratarsybagusibrahim5018]

No, no, you've got a point These people liked the rain, yet they used umbrella, I didn't realize this before

[@bt8559]

9.8 k views. I alone have visited this song thousands of times

[@MitchellMIDI]

You can help me to get 10k views in this video sharing it... or watching and watching it :D

[@bt8559]

Mitchell MIDI already done the latter but I'll continue

[@MitchellMIDI]

Oh surprise xd. As January 12, 2020 this video has almost reached 75k views!

[@Aino-Chan]

@@MitchellMIDI because its a good song xD

[@secretperson8321]

Well i cant stop listening this

[@lottchen7976]

damn sounds like something junji ito would like

[@berrichen]

It has nothing to do with junji ito...

[@seratarsybagusibrahim5018]

It looks like a chibi version of what Junji Ito would draw too

[@lottchen7976]

@@berrichen damn shawty you can't be serious

[@berrichen]

@@lottchen7976 i am serious

[@mancanwechilliwantsomefrie2566]

@@berrichen Yes it has nothing to do with Junji ito. On that you're absolutely right, but you misunderstood what op what saying. What op meant was that the songs message, which is basically about how humanity functions in a self destructive way, is something Junji Ito would like cause Junji ito makes manga with similar themes and messages. G'day :)

[@sadthing3292]

I WAITED FOREVER FOR THIS

[@MitchellMIDI]

Hehe, I think a lot of people too xD. When I uploaded this, it converted in the first video of English Lyrics of this song :3

[@yurisan9048]

Im pretty sure when they talk about the tower crumbling and everyone falling that Children are also included in that verse... Yet you only translated as men and women... Its a small change, But it also drastically changes the heaviness of that verse. If you think Im wrong about the children part let me know please. But many other translations include that part but yours does not. Perhaps for a personal reason?

[@chocolatemilkcannon]

they definitely say kodomo which means child/children

[@gotries1316]

aru hi ooki na tou ga tatsu kumo no ue made tsuzuiteru nagai gyouretsu tsukutte iru yo minna egao de tsuzuiteru nobore! susume! takai tou he hitotsu noboreba yuuenchi futatsu noboreba kanrakuga mitsu noboreba chijou no rakuen oriru okyakusan ha orimasen nobore! susume! takai tou he kumo no ue made noborimasu jigoku no kensetsu genba desu oni no shibaki ni taoreta otoko wo umete katamete kensetsu chu nobore! tate yo! takai tou samishii yo kurushi yo kanashii chishio ga afure dasu esa ni tsurareta nidoto modorezu shita kara issai miemasen aru hi fushigi na ame ga furu mitakoto mo nai nanairo desu amai oaji wo hitokuchi nomeba koufuku kairaku afuremasu nobore! susume! takai tou he takai basho hodo ame ga furu takai basho hodo takusan nomeru wasurerarenai ano aji wo itteki dake demo mata hoshii shiawase na ame ga hoshii kara hito wo shibaite tatesasemasu hayaku tate yo takaku tate yo to kidukeba ningen umeru gawa nobore! susume! takai tou he tate yo! susume! takai tou wo shiawase shiawase yo tanoshii kimochi ga afure dasu takaku tatereba hitori jime shita ni ha nidoto orimasen shiawase shiawase yo ureshii kimochi ga tomaranai ame yo ame yo motto fure hayaku tate yo watashi no tame tate yo! susume! takai tou wo tate yo! susume! takai tou wo takaku tatesugi hosoi tou ketsuniku de dekita moroi tou kuzuremasu kuzuremasu ooki na tori ga butsukatta takai tokoro de kurasu hodo konagona ni natte shimaimasu inochi karagara nigedasu yo onna kodomo to boro boro otokotachi nanni mo nakun arimashita tsugi hi ga tachi mashita iseki wo assari mashita kininaru mono arimashita sore ha shiawase no ame no kaseki kashikoi atama de shirabemasu douyara kumo no ue ni koufuku kairaku afureteiru you desu tateyo! susume! takai tou wo tateyo! susume! takai tou wo nobore! susume! takai tou he nobore! susume! takai tou he

[@mezamashii1935]

Random osu! player passing through.

[@Doomsdayfanboy]

:D osu

[@MitchellMIDI]

lol, yeah. I can't pass the most "easy" map on CtB.

[@razetime]

1.5x for Cookiezi HDDT bois :)

[@MitchellMIDI]

Hahaha xD lol :v

[@r_u_]

Razetime it only sounds natural to me in 1.25x/1.5x.

[@rjampana7823]

My favorite map

[@lunarleaf]

osu aside, this song is actually so good (and dark...) ❤

[@igor-ld8qm]

Thats an amazing artwork

[@jacobyjecoby1104]

This song is legendary

[@kagurabakawarriorkirishiki853]

This song made me think so much and I spent whole week thinking of what it means. On one side it means war but on the other side it means about the greed of other people. So if you put those things toghether it just means that the rich people payed the poor people to fight eachother. The tower on one side means that rich people love to feel the pleasure of doing everything with money and on the other side it means that people kill eachother, the more people you killed the more you have went up the people that have been killed go to hell because they have killed as well (it's kinda confusing). Also at the beginning there was a flag on the picture I asked both my friends and parents of what it reminds them and most of them told me war, at the beginning of the picture there were also people who drank wine and tea (or coffee) which both of them are considered as only rich people can afford that (in the past usually rich people drank that and it's still considered rich), in the song the singer sings im happy, I would say that the rich people are happy for having so much money and they crave for the heaven but it can also mean that the people who fight are happy to kill (id stick with the first option tho). And than the rain usually means sadness and death which gives me a third impression by saying that it makes her happy in other words it means that the poor people fight for the rich people and they hide their emotions that they'll be happy to die for the rich people and that's also what I think is the meaning behind this song. It's a pretty song and I liked the fact that it made me think so much. Sry for the long comment lol

[@THESOIL0126]

Why does this song reminds me of the "Tower of Babel", but darker. Anyways, this is a bop. 😩

[@shitheed6018]

this goes so hard omg

[@plamenminchev6563]

Kikuo always delivers.

[@jacobyjecoby1104]

Masterpiece

[@Nickelist]

The first half of the music sounds like the introduction of a jumpy enthusiastic Villain

[@yugurimaru383]

Great

[@nabedesu7708]

Im back to listening to this again

[@ichigo-san546]

Cool song! 👍😎

[@mikari0YT]

Spoopy

[@sikairSBR]

excellent song and fun to sang

[@heavyoak]

well I wasn't expecting that to be what this song was about...

[@joelg1290]

nice

[@544regdfdwdqfe8]

is this how the pyramids were truly built?

[@Erishtar]

sick

[@snociloL]

Thank you osu! for bringing me here

[@cyriljosh4243]

Playback Speed at 1.5 for DT :)

[@vidaronosu4394]

this is honestly the only song from kikuo that has a kinda happy tune to me

[@Frosty-zd4rl]

I mean it sounds happy but the lyrics sure aren't

[@isellgimbap]

My mind is gonna explode if 0:22 and 1:02 is the same singer.

[@MitchellMIDI]

Yep, is the same singer...

[@isellgimbap]

@@MitchellMIDI how the... the range in her voice made me think there were two omg

[@MaikuTachibana]

Thank you so much for translating this :D I never knew this song was about (what I think) Capitalism :O

[@MitchellMIDI]

Hehe, you're welcome. If you read the description, you're going to see why I uploaded this :3

[@RFi731]

or humanity.

[@SHUDDERTHELAD]

The song is actually about the Tower of Bable

[@bandidocavalier]

@@RFi731 non capitalist societies were colonized or destroyed by capitalist explotation so like its still capitalism lol

[@iBorealYam]

Tome su like buen hombre :v 👌😃👍

[@wthefool8332]

i love taking songs at first glance so i say that this song is about build tower that fall and make people go kaboom

[@arhirii]

The part where hanatan goes "i am so happy"x2 and so on reminds me of a certain slavic song from my childhood but its really irritating because i just cant remember which one

[@Bergwacht]

thanks... iam sure i heard andplayed this 50 times in osu taiko. that describes me :(

[@SketchSci]

i think after looking at the lyrics this seems like a song about the problem of parts of humanity that got pulled into dangerous use of drugs and addiction….. and possibly companies and higher people taking advantage of it and profiting off it it

[@vinellia2255]

damn i love this part 4:01

[@matheuspereirabraz5530]

this song in 1.5x sounds better for me

[@thienthaoo4083]

😍😍😍

[@clinteastwood1629]

Wait a minute I recognize that painting

[@muzzycosmos9400]

Really?

[@evo683]

From where?

[@craimaxblack]

I don't know if we are thinking in the same thing, but to me, it remind me to the tower of Babel, that high tower that god destroy because of the arrogance of man trying to build a tower so high that could reach the heaven

[@ai-chan926]

lol,when i didn't know the lyrics I thought this was a song about a tower because of this part: 0:27

[@awakehopps]

So this is how tower of god was build

[@DarkGate69]

Is like the life, someday all ends

[@fandomencounter1672]

I heard a cover with Len kagamine, but it’s gone now, if anyone could help or knows where it is plz inform me. Also I love how Kikou can make these songs

[@cc_sleepless]

Yeah! I also loved that version, if someone knows plz tell us!!

[@ratrust2061]

Alv esto está de poca madre xdxd

[@hexo9369]

Si noé tu passes par ici , et que c'est toi qui a dislike ntr ^^ . Sinon juste sublime l'animation :P.

[@ricku7765]

When I saw the music vid plus the English translate the first thing came to my mind is the: Tower of Babel am I correct? :/

[@flyingburntmarshmallow4578]

does anyone know what happened to the Len version of this song? I used to listen to it, but I cant seem to find it anymore :/

[@ericvulgate]

i want this art on a t shirt

[@k_krabco9562]

uhhhhhhhhhh hello!

[@colingas9504]

Ok so that's the lyrics, thought it would be... different

[@mixiesticks]

Getting some mad Made in Abyss vibes

[@matteograssi2097]

New layer of the Abyss confirmed?

[@ericvulgate]

'made a mess'

[@mrjokse]

Should be anime Kami no Tou ending or smth. But if we look at the lyrics it reminds me a little bit a movie "The platform"

[@michelangeloxiv2172]

1:41 slaps

[@moonbaby6872]

I thought this was about addiction

[@maskaraidminagetsuki6031]

_This song is about Humanity_

[@mad_codepenok6867]

2K liked 7 disliked nice

[@MitchellMIDI]

Yee, that's so surprising... 99.7% of all "votes" are likes...

[@evo683]

What do the numbers at the end of the description mean?

[@TaufikImamAikyuu-Chan]

This is why I never ever trust about cute song anymore >:v Edit: 3:35 = *A big bird crashed into the tower* ..... 9/11 ? Anyway, when 1:10 compared with 2:38, it was really different voice. It was done by only Hanatan or Hanatan was duet with different singer? Because the 1:10 voice is really cool and charismatic while 2:38 voice is really like "loli" one.

[@XxDarkEvil1998xX]

In an interview you can read that it was all the same person who was supposed to voice "different" people throughout the song

[@XxDarkEvil1998xX]

Clever and Witty Username google it. There is a hanatan interview about this song.

[@Aetherpon]

It's just different tone. Plus the things she said also contrasts from each other(sad/happy).

[@starchythepotato2877]

Same singer. Hanatan is just *that* good.

[@evo683]

Yeah, after MILI and all those Vocaloid producers, I have stopped trusting cutesy Japanese singles.

[@Nojus54]

2:38

[@leachosu3428]

Osu...

[@Qwer-gm1xy]

4:01

[@yummysmiles4053]

1:57

[@nehoaiiii]

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE PIANO AT 0:53 PLS

[@Jurime-Chan]

2:57

[@ceciliarodriguezrodriguez2415]

Esta canción me gusta mucho..eres excelente sobrino querido..👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@ceciliarodriguezrodriguez2415]

Todas las melodías están excelentes....

[@holyshard530]

It seems this song represents creativity, not only that the characters are drawings but the tower seems to represent the building of creativity itself. The rain represents ideas that come in mind, everytime one is drank from a drawing that symbolizes us appreciating that said idea. And when the people beg for the rain to rain harder, it represents how we want more ideas. When the tower falls apart it represents how we have lost interest and gave up on creativity. Also 1 step = amusement park (symbolizes the fun in creativity) 2 steps = Red light district (whats a red light district?) 3 steps = paradise ( I dunno.)

[@maskaraidminagetsuki6031]

A red light district is basically a place where you have fun in a sexual way.

[@maskaraidminagetsuki6031]

Plus I don't know how did you come with that conclusion. I guess there are still some people with pure minds xD

[@tongraymondtong6693]

“What’s a red light district” Lmao are you like ten?

[@neonfrog5968]

Cute psychotic little beans >u

[@sharksrulle8057]

gotta say, rain is a homophonic to candy in japan, maybe it was some sort of metaphor??

[@seratarsybagusibrahim5018]

And it's said that the rain tastes sweet as well I think this might mean something

[@dorayak8051]

1.5x for DT

[@aizen-427]

No se que dice pero tiene razón

[@sadthing3292]

Wait, is this about 9/11? I hear a mention of a "big bird" crashing into it.

[@MitchellMIDI]

Hahaha lmao, it'd be a good but creepy reference xD

[@sadthing3292]

Mitchell MIDI It does sound like it but wow thanks for replying so fast lol

[@lindskychen]

i think this is about japan's society, where everyone is just wanna climb higher and fell in the end

[@karasmic]

I think it’s a reference to the tower of babel, where we tried to reach godhood or something, and it was struck down by the hand of god, in a form of a bird

[@auridon]

@@karasmic They built the tower of babel to reach heaven, but not necessarily become gods themselves i believe. Its also the story on why people speak different languages.

[@katinabethelmie8707]

this is like going in the levels of danganronpa when they have hope then everything goes bad and all favorite characters die

[@user-nc2hb7cv7q]

1.5xspeed is good

[@MitchellMIDI]

Hehe, if you say it :3 🤔😋

[@poopatronfire722]

=Cookiezi

[@MyshKatze]

+HDDT remembers me of cookiezi-dono

[@ChihayaChiyuVODs]

WhiteCat brought me here :)

[@user-je4qv2dk5u]

You can just describe the meaning with one word: Slavery Also free time stamp 4:02

[@joaogeraldocazeloto3481]

1.25

[@bsanvil]

Osu! brought me here (:

[@user-sm8id5kz2c]

osu玩家 特别好听

[@hongtrnh7868]

x1.25 more cheerful😅

[@newleafoverit]

This is -literally- basically Griffith in Berserk

[@Kurisutina_04]

fuck , i was gonna comment the same exact thing but u beat me to it ;-;

[@newleafoverit]

@@Kurisutina_04 i guess im sorry ?

[@Kurisutina_04]

now lets wait for the new chapter together

[@seratarsybagusibrahim5018]

@@Kurisutina_04 your comment ages like milk

[@Kurisutina_04]

@@seratarsybagusibrahim5018 Man, you didn't have to remind me

[@hehe12748]

music sounds some kind of slav