【MARETU】Even Though I Loved You - English Subtitles feat. Hatsune Miku

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[@LooDoesStuff]

maretu came back with the mentally ill tunes

[@ILOVEMARETUSOMUCH]

Nah frrrrrrr he came back with the sheet music

[@Losersaucemark]

When has he not?

[@TheGusst2Gamer]

​​@@LosersaucemarkTool is probably the only MARETU song with no dark undertone/tone

[@Losersaucemark]

@@TheGusst2Gamer The Japanese theories under the comment section: Are you sure about that? Jokes aside, despite it having one word, people still manage to make to make theories and how it’s about drugs and other type of things. Which shows how dedicated Maretu fans are 😭 although I agree with you, I don’t think Maretu made this song to have a meaning but to show he was still alive and well. Oh yeah I guess you can include his older songs too like let’s say all the p names and tetetrete

[@trainer-Blue763]

Fr

[@Starrrycandy]

WE MAKING IT OUT OF THERAPY WITH THIS ONE🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ChouchooTranslations]

I'm unsure why your comment made me laugh, but thank you.

[@monke3969]

And into an insane asylum 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Starrrycandy]

@@monke3969 HELL YEAH🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Sun_thebugcl0wn]

WE GETTING OUT OF A MENTAL HOSPITAL WITH THIS ONE RAAHHH 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@twiwatchesvocaloidstuff7159]

@@monke3969WE ACTING OUT THE MIND ELECTRIC WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@SalineT39]

I think it's interesting on how the song's lyrics hint at person singing to have eaten the person they loved and now being enfatuated with the fact that they now "share a body" and you can hear in the instrumental some sort of string instrument that reminds you of an organ, an instrument that looks like a piano that is played at churches, more specifically weddings which is fitting for this person who wants to share an eternal bond with their lover/victim lol it really just seems like this person was betrayed in some way and ended up killing their lover out of resentment but still loving them Anyway, props to Maretu, another really cool song, I like how this one takes a slower rhythm. Thanks for the subtitles!

[@ChouchooTranslations]

You have expressed that really nicely, I agree. I'm glad you enjoyed this translation, thank you too. ❤

[@psevdonimietohuina]

Lacey game be like:

[@Sincerely-Soren]

​@@psevdonimietohuinaHELP 💀

[@Sincerely-Soren]

​@@psevdonimietohuinaalso osc pfp 😱😱 that's crazy my schlawgadawgalagatron

[@peiithos]

oo i didnt think of it that way. i just kind of thought it was some kind of metaphor for the deed (because it is reffered as "becoming one" sometimes and sharing a body is similar enough to that)

[@Darkest_Gray]

Omg I just thought of something horrific, This song is supposedly about a person killing and eating their cheating lover I think? Each time a heart depletes a bit in the song, there is a gross crunch, gore, stabbing sound? Idk to me it sounded like a eating noise. Anyway so as I said, each time a heart depletes, you hear that noise but near the end when all the hearts are depleted, you still keep hearing that noise and they vibrate. That makes me theorize that person getting eaten is STILL ALIVE while being eaten and when the hearts are all depleted, it means that the victim died but we still keep hearing the noise so I also theorize that the person eating continues to munch on the dead body. Sorry this is just my interpretation of the song.(Sorry if my wording and grammar is bad)

[@DOLL2557Y]

oh my god 😭

[@behedingkids]

Damn

[@DrizzingSakuras]

I am going to vomit. What the fuck.

[@Izasuki]

I love this one

[@bristlefight07]

i thought it was only clapping 😭😭😭😭 but i hear it now

[@someoneelseee_]

It feels like Maretu songs are getting more and more insane 😭

[@notingu888]

fr someone check on maretu 😭

[@miizit641]

You know, I thought Pink had cannibalism themes at first but that got debunked… but here we have a song with HEAVY cannibalism implications (i.e. the fleshy sounds during the chorus and near the end, the symbol that not only resembles the rounds of a revolver but also a meat mincer, lyrics such as “let’s fuse our bodies and souls together”, “you’re already mine”, and “you’ll enter inside me”). I know Maretu’s well-known for his dark songs but this one feels especially dark since he used organ instruments and even softer vocals than usual, which is saying a lot… It’s on par with Coin Locker Baby in my opinion

[@organichotchoco]

wait the Pink-Cannibalism theory was debunked? why?

[@TheGusst2Gamer]

Pink cannibalism theme was only debunked related to being a real case. The song itself has cannibalism theming but does not reference any real case of cannibalism.

[@sanguinesatellite808]

well you got your cannibalism maretu song as of yesterday!

[@dandanthedandan7558]

Here after Binomi lol

[@miizit641]

@@sanguinesatellite808 jesus CHRIST, i just saw the lyrics and binomi is so much more explicit in the cannibalism motif.

[@ChouchooTranslations]

UPDATE: I've been reading theories in Japanese, I really liked one and decided to share it. At 1:23 and at 2:49, the text is こうしてやる、but there's a subtle difference between them. At 2:49, the second letter is more connected, making it kinda look like ころしてやる、which means "I'll kill you." Perhaps the actual intended meaning of that line is "I'll kill you, traitor!" It is the part when all the hearts turn empty, plus it's also the part when a quite gruesome noise is played. Something to think about =) UPDATE 2 on 12th September 2023: At 1:05 and at 2:10 I went with a more cannibalistic approach. If you search for "cooking toys" and then おままごと , you'll get the same results. I personally still stand by this approach. I've seen おままごと being translated as "game of house", so in case you'd like a more neutral approach, I'd translate those parts as "Let's end this dried up game of house before it ends" and "Let's end this rotten game of house before it ends" I never expected this to viewed so many times. It's almost at 100K views, like what?? Thank you, I truly appreciate it, and I hope this translation could shine some line upon the meaning of this song.

[@Aquatheories]

I think youre right because the sound of the hearts lowering sound a bit gruesome

[@sakuravikofficial]

That’s actually really cool if that’s the case! I didn’t notice that myself :0

[@ChouchooTranslations]

​@@AquatheoriesYeah, I agree. The way you pointed out the hearts dropping part, I realized that is the line when all hearts drop to zero. "I'll kill you, traitor", and then all hearts become empty, it feels very intentional. Thank you, I updated my pinned comment. Also, hi, I recognize you from Lily Alert. =)

[@ChouchooTranslations]

​@@sakuravikofficialI didn't notice it either until I got deep into the comments of the original video, it is very subtle. Plus, I think both of us were too busy trying to figure out what is being said there, haha. 😅

[@Aquatheories]

@@ChouchooTranslations hi i didn't do my research when i made my comments

[@marshimishi4303]

I know there's a lot of interpretations in this about a broken marriage and toxic relationships. Yet, all I could think of is the possibility of the one singing is a kitsune who became too possessive with their partner and eventually ate them as a twisted way of "love" in fears of their partner having eyes for someone else .

[@AmiAmne]

I'd also like to share that after the first chorus, 2 hearts were left. If this were to really be about a toxic relationship, I really like that detail with 2 hearts. 1 to the victim, 1 to the abuser.

[@Hi-yr1lw]

Average gachaverse storyline in 2018:

[@JazniaDraw]

OMG! i have a kitsune OC that literally bit a piece of her husband off as a wedding bow that symbolized becoming one with your partner 😭 (in her defense he agreed to it, he also cut and ate a piece of her flesh as well because the bow was not one sided, so both had to eat a piece of the other to seal it) The most ironic part for me is that they're in a open marriage lol (Ps, sorry for ranting about my OCs is just that this comment fitted them too well lol)

[@mayaguajardo8310]

The kitsune thing reminds of the song “Kitsune no yomeiri”. It seems plausible, but I think it applies to the cannibalism better because of the verse “my cooking toys are all rotten” and what the letters say in the flower formation in the second beat drop. It could be about a person who was obsessed so much with somebody they did a Stockholm syndrome and killed them when they did something wrong, but well, we’ll never know. Do check out the song though!

[@romanbundy921]

All I really thought was that someone just died, and one of their loved ones is now just showing their feelings- (That might've been a pretty dumb thought 💀)

[@eroguro4785]

2:22 morse code can be heard very faintly under the music that spells out "together forever"

[@Zinkydoo_]

did anyone else notice the little SIU reference at 1:05 ?? i cant be the only one who hears the little pattern at the start of SIU in that part

[@ellie1508]

No wonder that part sounded familiar

[@ChouchooTranslations]

OMG, I haven't noticed that! Thank you for pointing this out.

[@ch3rr1p1r4t3]

I KNEW I WASN'T GOING CRAZY

[@talkshowhostt]

I KNEW IT

[@aetherzcornerr]

OMG REALLLL

[@Darkest_Gray]

Why is song horrifyingly beautiful to me?

[@cirquedutournesol]

This song makes my heart ache but also I'm not entirely sure what it's about. That's always the case with vocaloid songs for me that aren't entirely direct. But it sounds like it could be about a breakup, and/or cannibalistic revenge, or it could be about falling in love with someone who then sexually assaulted you and killing them to stop the trauma. I'm just not sure but they all fit.

[@ChouchooTranslations]

In Japanese, ambiguity is super important in both their language and also their culture. I personally have even started seeing it as a form of art, and I think MARETU is a great example to show that. I'm glad the translation is clear and yet simultaneously also conveys that ambiguity. About the meaning of the song, I've collaborated with some producers who like writing vague lyrics. So far, all of them reassured me that the song is up to my interpretation, and they don't mind if I translate the song one way or another. I never contacted MARETU, but I think this is also true for him. Whichever way you see it, whichever conclusion you arrive to in the end, it will be true for you, and that's perfectly okay and enough. 😊

[@cirquedutournesol]

@@ChouchooTranslations I really like that perspective, honestly! I've been trying to write music myself but I get stuck on what a song should be about as a whole, but thinking about it in terms of leaving it up to interpretation is a neat idea. I think I might take it into consideration with writing and especially listening from now on! Also this song has been stuck in my head all day, it's just really nice :) Edit: I wanted to add that this transition is my favorite also, out of all the ones I've watched today!

[@ChouchooTranslations]

@@cirquedutournesol Oh my, that is quite the compliment, thank you so much! About writing vague lyrics, try it out, it may be your style. Japanese can take ambiguity to a whole new level, but you should be able to do it in English too. For example, if you have a story in your head and leave some of the main key events out, you'll surely get vague lyrics. 😁

[@cirquedutournesol]

​@@ChouchooTranslationsNo problem! I'll definitely see if it works out ^^

[@orchididol]

i agree, i listened to it the first time and thought it felt like a conclusion and much more somber than maretu's other songs

[@K1LLERWH4LE]

the cannibalistic implications make me want to think that it could be a metaphor for doing anything just to keep them with you, because i really relate to that and also the song in general (excluding the cannibalism and killing) . like, i feel like its a metaphor of them just trying to do anything because theyre afraid that their partner is gonna leave and like!!!!!!!! i completely get that!!!!!!!!!!! and it might not *be* what its actually about but i like to view it as that because it makes me feel happy that i can connect to the song a bit

[@ChouchooTranslations]

I have collaborated with multiple producers before who like writing vague lyrics. When I asked about the meaning of their lyrics, they didn't mind if I translated the song one way or another. MARETU also writes ambiguous lyrics, and even though I never contacted him, I assume this is also true for him. If you see the song a certain way, don't let anyone else tell you that the song is about something else. All that matters is that the song has a meaning for you, that it has reached you, and you saw something in it, like abstract art. 😊

[@LunnieTunes]

PEOPLE MENTIONED THAT THE GRUESOME SQUISHY SOUNDS ARE STABBING BUT WHAT IF IT WAS CHEWING-

[@yuttsuun]

WE'RE EATING OUR CHEATING LOVER WITH THIS ONE 🥶🗣️🔥🔥‼️❗🆙🆙🆙🆙💯💯

[@BreathingFeelsGood]

PREACH

[@akuou88]

MAKI PFP 🗣️🔥🔥

[@yuttsuun]

@@akuou88 YEAH

[@SHINY_OwO]

in my point of view, the girl killed her abusive boyfriend in Pink, found a new one in New Draling, and this now is she talking about how she loved the first one, but how she still hates him, in a toxic way, she doesn't want to forget him, she is obssesed with love,hate, and madness

[@user-rc1bk2bv4y]

bro I thought this song was new but no it was posted like 10 months ago bye😭

[@user-rc1bk2bv4y]

ngl tho still fire

[@hero2434.]

Real u know the song gods mercy (or smth like that) in pjsk? that song is like a decade old and no one rlly knows LOL

[@katelynhoshino098]

those pjsk ship edits tho 🥲🔥

[@mr.calcium8740]

my favorite vocaloid producer is back at it again baby here's my interpretation for this one (TW FOR SA, S/H, & MURDER) I feel like this is about someone who was r/ped and groomed, and they're singing about their abuser. The singer innocently loved them and believed whatever they told them, which is why they feel betrayed by their actions. Personally, I saw the "cooking toys/playing house" lines as the singer's innocence being stripped from them when they were SA'd. I was thinking the singer might be a child because of this. People see the "I'll engrave you inside of me" lines as cannibalism, but I see them more as self harm. I saw it as the singer harming themselves to cope with and/or remember their abuser's actions. I have to give credit to the translator of this video for this one for helping me notice the こうしてやる/ころしてやる lines in the pinned comment. I now also believe this song is about the singer killing their abuser, as revenge for everything they did to them. Another commentor pointed out how the symbol in the video looks a bit like a gun barrel, so that supports the murder theory. The organs in the song are ones you'd hear at both a wedding or a funeral, which I think is interesting. The wedding could be the singer wanting a pure kind of love from their abuser, and the funeral could be from the singer killing them.

[@dimawithhismeatgrinder]

or maybe the wedding music refers to the love between the victim and the abuser before they realized they were groomed? and as it goes on, it can gain a more sinister funeral feeling, but its the same tune, so its like theyre looking back on the relationship now with contempt instead of love

[@mr.calcium8740]

@@dimawithhismeatgrinder ooh yeah, that also makes sense

[@bloby_chan]

I think the song is about keeping a toxic relationship still running. The lyrics saying "i'll engrave you intro my body" Saying that she want to keep him. "I loved you" being that his Man doesn't want to be in this relationship anymore, also along with "traitor". "Lets get this done with before It ends" tells that she knows this relation ship Will end soon, but she wants to end It before. The little heart that are losing lives show how her man is geting hurt. "I believed you" saying she trusted him for a long time. "Even though I loved you forever." Saying that she loved him so much AND tried everything to keep him. So in summary its about a woman AND a Man in a toxic relationship AND the woman knowing that the relationship would end but wants to deny It by trying to keep him

[@vulpiixfoxx]

I just thought of something, you know those hearts in the corner and how they’re slowly turned black as the song goes on? Well I originally thought it could potentially symbolize life being loss as the singer slowly kills the listener, but now I’m thinking…what if the hearts symbolize the singer slowly losing their love for the listener over time? That would explain the “I loved/believed you” lyrics, as they singer *did* previously love the listener and thought they loved them back, but slowly but surely realizes the listener didn’t love them back. (Will edit later)

[@NATAM1A]

the music in the background reminds me of music that they play on weddings

[@ChouchooTranslations]

That is a very deliberate choice from MARETU. It emphasizes the theme of being "together forever". Also, I'm unsure how much of this is true, but I'll share a theory I found in the original Japanese comments. I'm not able to find anything about this on Google. But supposedly, on weddings, the church's bell is supposed to ring 3 times: once for the past, once for the present, and once for the future. In the song, it only rings once, emphasizing how the main character is stuck in the past.

[@NATAM1A]

@@ChouchooTranslationsthat’s such a cool detail!!

[@Wruegg0420]

@@NATAM1A for real! I love the thought and attention to detail that MARETU and Kikuo put into their songs

[@LooDoesStuff]

I think she’s stabbing them or something 0_0 You can hear the flesh noises while the hearts decrease and she says all that stuff I interpreted it as her saying this to them while stabbing them I think it’s one of maretu’s more straightforward ones

[@menthaso.o8405]

I think so too, and all the "cooking tools" and "being one" I think she ate them too lol

[@LooDoesStuff]

⁠@@menthaso.o8405I think cooking tools is a metaphor, but who knows And being “inside her” can either be literal if your cannibalism theory is correct or it can be an allusion to r@pe (good god, the more I think about it, the worse it gets) With the whole thing about carving them into her skin and having them “inside her”, the first thing I thought of was mikan from danganronpa lol

[@ChouchooTranslations]

@@menthaso.o8405 That's how I personally saw it too. On the surface, the song is quite sweet. That the "you" has soft fingers, gentle face, the slight wedding feeling with those church organs, the way you'll "always be mine", it can be sweet. So I was waiting for the song to catch on me, it's from MARETU, there must be a catch. Then I started getting those undertones, and then it hit me: "Did she eat that person?? Oh. Ohhh... Ouugghhhh......" I hope the translation reflects that feeling that I had. 😄

[@LooDoesStuff]

And “being one” is in my opinion just an allusion to s&x and etc

[@s.fflanger8747]

​Also the fact that one of the main instruments is an organ. Fuck maretu is clever.

[@KILLendka4000]

i love how the organs (or whatever it's in english) playing in the backround sound heartbroken, like- you would usually hear those in lets say a wedding, but here they're screaming with sadness and suffering like the person singing.

[@leyvadira]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TRANSLATION! Aaahh this song hurts so good. I'm obsessed since the first time I heard it. Can't get over the way it starts, with Miku's breathing sounding like she's holding back tears 00:00 The lyrics, the organ, the slow melody... It's all perfect.

[@10superpower]

I think the words in the circles clarify the meaning a bit: this person is in a one-sided romance. It's likely they loved someone who did not share those feelings, but perhaps never made it clear. Our narrator, may have received some form of platonic affection, like a hug or their loved one's time, and mistook it for romantic intention. So they see their love looking to other people with the same gaze (or one with more obvious intent) and feels betrayed. Not wanting to lose them, our narrator captures their intended, and eats them, while lamenting their feelings. The seven circles also remind me of the lights you would see a surgeon use, so it's possible we're in the eyes of the intended hearing the narrator's feelings as they butcher us.

[@moemoethecoolest]

kinda late for this but i think "cooking tools" is supposed to refer to roleplaying house/family. the japanese word for that game more directly translates to "playing cooking", maybe because of those play kitchen sets and such?

[@corasundae]

I didn't know the kanji was the one for "meal" until now. I've only seen it in katakana, so I assumed it was "mama" like "mom".

[@lelelelelelelelelele-xs3ed]

MARETU is such a great producer!! The song's lyrics' ambiguity is perfect for people who like songs for their meaning, as they can interpret it to their liking. The gory sounds are awesome, and the organ being one of the main instruments is such a clever approach to combine with them. There's so much going on behind this song. I love it! A masterpiece as always from this producer

[@DiamondTheFox]

I cannot be the only one who hears some form of Morse Code in the background. I cant make it out as i dont know it very well but its most prevalent for me at 2:23 to 2:45

[@egg5823]

it says "TOGETHER FOREVER."

[@wrightbry4219]

what does it sound like?? nevermind I hear it

[@superzstxrs]

it makes me uneasy for sm reason?

[@tachidesu]

karameta kodou sasageta mono Entwined heartbeats　The things we've offered 忘れないよ　あの記憶も wasurenai yo ano kioku mo I will never forget　any of those memories 体中に　刻みつけよう　もっと karadajuu ni kizamitsukeyou motto All over my body, let's carve them in　even more もっと　もっと motto motto Even more　Even more 逃がさないよ　あなたのこと nigasanai yo anata no koto I won't let go of it　By "it" I mean "you" とられたくないよ　私のもの toraretakunai yo watashi no mono I don't want it to be taken,　that which is mine ひとつになろう　身も心も　もっと hitotsu ni narou mi mo kokoro mo motto Let's become one,　both in body and in soul,　even more もっと　もっと motto motto Even more　Even more 終わってしまう前に　終わらせよう owatte shimau mae ni owaraseyou Before it comes to an end altogether,　let's make it end 乾ききった おままごと kawakikitta omamagoto This parched game of House 愛していた。愛していたのに。 aishite ita. aishite ita no ni. I had loved you. Even though I had loved you. こうしてやる、裏切り者は。 koushite yaru, uragirimono wa. You'll do it thusly, the traitor you are. 返してくれ　私の想いを。 kaeshite kure watashi no omoi o. Return　my feelings. 愛していた、愛していたのに、 aishite ita, aishite ita no ni, I had loved you, even though I had loved you, ずっと…。 zutto…. This whole time... 柔らかい指　優しい顔 yawarakai yubi yasashii kao Tender fingers,　a kind face とられないように　ここにしまおう torarenai you ni koko ni shimaou So that they won't be taken,　let's finish this right here あなたはもう　私のもの　ずっと anata wa mou watashi no mono zutto You've already been　mine　this whole time ずっと　ずっと zutto zutto This whole time　This whole time 終わってしまう前に終わらせよう owatte shimau mae ni owaraseyou Before it comes to an end altogether, let's make it end 腐りきったおままごと kusarikitta omamagoto This decomposed game of House 信じていた shinjite ita I had believed you 信じていたのに shinjite ita no ni Even though I had believed you (信じていた (shinjiteita (I had believed you 信じていたのに) shinjite ita no ni) Even though I had believed you) 愛していた aishite ita I had loved you 愛していたのに aishite ita no ni Even though I had loved you (愛していた (aishite ita (I had loved you 愛していたのに) aishite ita no ni) Even though I had loved you) 愛していた。愛していたのに。 aishite ita. aishite ita no ni. I had loved you. Even though I had loved you. こうしてやる、裏切り者は。 koushite yaru, uragirimono wa. You'll do it thusly, the traitor you are. 入ってきて、私の内側！ haitte kite, watashi no uchigawa! Come inside, my insides! 愛していた、愛していたのに、 aishite ita, aishite ita no ni, I had loved you, even though I had loved you, ずっと…。 zutto…. This whole time...

[@H4mon0144]

Maretu came back with everything, with this song, it is so addictive, so captivating

[@telestare]

this hits kinda hard at x1.75 speed

[@Gomennasai1206]

I personally think this song is related with Scrumize, Suji and Koukatsu. (Its just a personal assumption so no hate please♡) These songs are about a toxic relationship, and sexual abuse. Scrumize is in the victim's pov, Suji is the abuser's pov. In Suji there is a line saying 'so my heart burns with a need to take your innocence', which means the abuser has taken advantage of the victim by using her innocent mind. This is kinda connected with Aishiteitanoni. In Scrumize, in the first, the victim says 'don't look at me there', but in the end, she says 'don't make me touch you there', which means they switched roles at the very end. The girl felt betrayed by the abuser, she loved him but all he did was abuse her, making a toxic relationship. So she ended up killing and eating him up herself. Which was why she called him 'traitor'. In Aishiteitanoni, there's a line saying 'Give me back my emotions', which the victim says while eating him (according to the skin ripping sounds in the background..). 'I believed yo, even though I believed you, I loved ypu, even thpugh I loved you' The victim believed and loved the abuser with all her heart and followed him with so much trust but it was too late when she realized how he was really like. She was no longer the innocent and careless form of herself. And all because of the abuser. She ended up eating someone she loved dearly.

[@k10shi]

That image might be a meat grinder.

[@liabloodyrose4001]

This song has to be about a abusive relationship where the singer has had enough of seeing their partner go around and flirt with other people, causing the singer to go yandere and eat his/her/their partner. At 1:19, the hearts represent the singer going insane and at 1:42 the singer calls his/her/their partner a traitor for causing he/she/they to go insane. At 1:57 when the singer says that their face and fingers won't be taken away by anyone literally means that he/she/they won't get caught and they'll have be with him/her/their forever. At 2:00 the singer says that the partner/victim is already his/her/their's forever, the singer is becoming a Yandere. At 1:10 and 2:15 when the singer means cooking tools I think he/she/they mean that the singer is cooking his/her/their partner/victim and ate them. At 2:23 when the singer says that he/she/they believe the partner betrayed them and that the singer loved them. At 2:45 the last two hearts are disappearing and at 2:51 the singer finally lost control and killed his/her/their partner, at 2:57 when the singer finally ate his/her/their partner so they can finally be with him/her/them forever. And for the rest of the video is just organs, clapping, breathing, water and church bells. This can be taken in many different ways but this is just my interpertation

[@Brokerlikesbread]

Was it necessary to shove a whole pronouns into your paragraph 😭😭 /notneg Although nice interpretation tho

[@liabloodyrose4001]

@@Brokerlikesbread Yes

[@TheGusst2Gamer]

​@@liabloodyrose4001"They" and "their" are ambiguous and neutral. You don't need to repeat he/she/his/her

[@harmonypon7380]

I think this song is about doing the deed with someone that you loved and having a child with them. “Before my cooking tools have dried up” implies that the female singer wants to “cook something” before it’s too late to do so, which could very well mean menopause. I think it’s a hopeless song about knowing someone doesn’t love you but still being attracted to them like an animal aiming for procreation. At that point it becomes “I loved you, but now my body needs you.”

[@drink_your_water]

am very late, but it feels more like wedlock/babytrapping mby?

[@q_1cux]

2:23 Did you know that you can hear Morse code in the lyrics? ? Please try to decipher it.

[@egg5823]

"TOGETHER FOREVER" is what i got

[@biptari]

To be honest I didn't even consider cannibalism until I read the comments. My first impression theory was that the song was about someone in an unhappy/toxic relationship (note how possessive the lyrics are), perhaps marriage due to the church organ and ending bell, that believed the only way to save the relationship was to have sex before they were ready- "I don't want what's mine to be taken away, let's fuse our bodies" and "let's get this done with before it ends." i had interpreted the 'cooking toys' line as 'playing house', that was 'rotting'- a metaphor for their relationship. I wasn't exactly sure whether the act was consensual simply unenjoyable or was assault, though, I think it's a more coherent story with the first one. The intro is the singer telling her belief that sex would save the relationship, that she would keep her lover's "heartbeat" by "engraving you into my body". The singer in the chorus feels that their relationship falling apart isn't fair, calling the other a "traitor" for betraying her emotions "even though I loved you." I didn't interpret the "kill" as literal, merely that their relationship had reached the point of morphing into hatred, then followed by the "here's what you'll do, you'll come inside me" - "you'll always remain within me" seeming like they had hate-sex, failing to save the relationship but keeping the "memory" that the singer mentions at the start. If not meant to be literal the church organ/bells representing marriage ties to the theme of the singer wanting to make the relationship permanent. As for the hearts, I think it represents the relationship's descent, how it started out full of love, but the despite the sex (the lyrics which allude to it are tied to the chorus, which is when the hearts deplete) it was not enough. It's interesting that after the first chorus 2 hearts remain- those of the singer and the lover, I think. The squishiness does sound gory, but since I had first listened to it with my own theory and not the cannibalism in mind, I first thought the sounds were.... something much more unsavory, lol. Even after all the love is gone, the sounds are still happening, the point at which the love has morphed into hatred I mentioned above, especially since they deplete fully at the "you'll come inside of me" line which is the most sexually charged lyric. I didn't even realize the circles were likely meant to be a gun barrel- at first i thought it was supposed to be a flower, which has a lot of sexual innuendos tied to it, lol. However I do think it's a gun barrel now. It's funny that it could almost be viewed as being pointed at the viewer. I'm not sure if I stand by my original theory because I do see the cannibalism aspect, though I still think there is a sexual element here because of that last line. It's funny that lots of people also think that Pink is about cannibalism, too, though I don't agree with that interpretation as much as the theme of cannibalism here. Sorry for the novel of a comment, Maretu's songs are just so interesting to analyze.

[@ChouchooTranslations]

It's perfectly valid to see this song depicting a toxic relationship too. The lyrics are deliberately vague, such producers like to leave the interpretation up to the viewer. So if you see it more like that, it's perfectly valid. Like, who could legit tell you that "No, your interpretation is wrong"? :D Other translators have translated it from a broken marriage perspective, maybe that interpretation will resound more with you. Also, about the cooking toys, I went with a more literal translation there to enhance the canniballistic perspective. But if you see it more as a broken marriage, then "game of house" is valid. Though I'd read the lines together then: "Let's end this rotten game of house before it ends (naturally on its own.)" I personally went with the canniballistic view, as the more I listened to the song, the more of those undertones I got from it. On a surface, the song can seem quite sweet, don't you think so? "You'll always be mine" or "You'll always remain within me", but it's from MARETU, so I knew there was a catch somewhere. About the sexual undertones, I tried to reduce that. They're there, but for example, I translated it as "you'll enter, inside me!" rather than "you'll come, inside me!" I know that both are sexual, but I feel like the former is about 20% less sexual. 😅 About Pink, isn't that song about substance abuse / drugs? I didn't know it had a canniballistic interpretation.

[@biptari]

@@ChouchooTranslations True! I think the cannibalistic read is interesting, it's funny that I hadn't picked up on the undertones until I read the comments, lol. I like reading people's different interpretations of the lyrics! As for Pink, I remember when it first came out some people thought the pixellated meat pictures in the video were pictures of a real cannibal's victims (the name of the case escapes me) and therefore the song was about cannibalism. I didn't agree with the interpretation myself since it was proven through comparison that the MV's pictures didn't match with the cannibal pictures and I think that would a bit disrespectful to the victim regardless. I think the connections to cannibalism are much stronger in this song, and I agree with the drug abuse reading of Pink. If not taken literally, the weirdly cannibalistic tones could be symbolism for how the couple's love breaks apart and 'cannibalizes' itself... or maybe she did really eat the lover in the end ;) I think my mind immediately jumped to my first theory because of other Maretu songs like White Happy and Packet Hero, lol. It's fun how many different interpretations come up from the lyrics of these songs!

[@junkoh6384]

No because this was my exact idea about the song. They rushed into the marriage not knowing the person was a shitbag and they find out they're not what they figured to be

[@junkoh6384]

Also maybe the cooking toys could be the person had trouble getting pregnant cause of medical reasons or conceiving to make the husband stay and then the husband started cheating cause cooking toys being "dried up" could be eggs?

[@moji_mojyo]

thank you ❤❤❤ goodnesss they didn’t even let this song breathe before doing something with it..

[@Mau-P]

I feel like the song is about a girl whos possibly obsessed or something with the person they were talking to, or the person was a traitor and the girl became desperate. I have no clue but thats just a theory.

[@cauterized.]

ive been searching for this for my edit thanks for translate!

[@likera__]

these gory sound effects make me feel emptier uugh

[@sam_does_stuff]

Goddamn you are fast (Tysm for bringing me my daily dose of mentally I'll music,i will listen to this for a while ❤)

[@lyc_ant]

mentally I’ll ❤

[@littlecherryartist]

I'm definitelly getting yandere killed and ate the traitor loving vibe with this one

[@Beesiess]

i dont know why but THIS is the maretu song that disturbs me the most (2nd place is prob white happy, that jumpscare fucked me up)

[@junkoh6384]

I definitely think this song is a Rushed marriage thats on its lasts legs cause the husband ain't it and tied together only sexually but the singer cant get pregnant and have a family to make the husband stay cause of medical or menopause reasons so the person whos the husband either starts cheating or the singer ends up accepting the relationship and just keeps having sex to keep from divorce, it also comes off a way to show that the woman in the situation is trying to be the perfect wife for the husband. Loyal, loves only him, gives him sexual gratification and trying for children as seen as a womanly duty ESPECIALLY IN JAPAN.

[@junkoh6384]

The cooking tools being dried up (eggs dried up) or eggs rotten are things that can't hatch a baby or like things such as having a bun in the oven are comment terns for having babies

[@junkoh6384]

Playing house also has a mom, dad and a baby usually but theres no baby yet

[@user-yg4td6hu6c]

Did anyone even notice the SIU reference at 1:05?

[@gyattkasa]

Saw this with ruikasa and akitoya I won’t be the same

[@amvinhphuc7a381]

I LOVE IT!!!

[@ellie1508]

This song sounds like someone who has been disappointed is in mourning

[@ca_lcium]

I feel like the singer killed and ate her lover, perhaps after finding out they had an affair with someone else which is why she calls the person a traitor. Eating the lover's remains and ''becoming one'' together with them, so that nobody else can have them.

[@sannaplaysoff5687]

This song makes me ascend

[@elises4720]

I felt like rewatching this video/translation after Binomi came out and.... now I see Even Though I Loved You in a *completely* different light. Thank you so much for your amazing work! I study translation in uni and I genuinely appreciate that not only you put little notes/clarification in the description but you also interpret and make the lyrics sound less "raw" (translated word for word is what I mean). Keep up the good work !!! (Quick question, do you plan on translating MARETU's previous/older songs?)

[@ChouchooTranslations]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate you saying that!! ❤ I try my best with not only translating the lyrics, but also including what's not being said, that's where the interpretation comes in. It's not something that came naturally to me, it's thanks to all the producers I collaborated with and patiently explained to me why their lyrics mean what they mean. I also try to form cohesive sentences in my translations, consider the characters in a song, and answer questions such as "Why is this part here? Why is it important? What is it trying to convey?" These questions helped me interpret parts such as the もっと もっと もっと. At this point in writing my reply, I started writing out examples about where I interpreted what and why, but then it felt like I was boasting. Let me know if you'd like to me to write some examples / give you other songs that may be good to look at to study. Yes, I plan on translating some of MARETU's previous songs. I don't plan on translating those that were translated by Hazuki no Yume, her translations are perfect. Pink will definitely be the first one I'll translate, in my opinion, it is a widely misunderstood song. Then there's SIU and also Uminaoshi that I see a bit differently, I'd like to translate those as well.

[@thatsnazzylad]

my theory is simple - the singer was with someone who cheated, even tho they trusted and loved their partner deeply. so the singer broke and did something bad, either killing, or maybe eating their cheating lover. or maybe it's just a bittersweet break up. But the singer had gotten pregnant and didn't tell the cheater before the bad thing happened, so at least they'll have their child still

[@cal4906]

Would you be comfortable with someone writing an English cover of this song using your lyrics as a reference as long as they credit you?

[@ChouchooTranslations]

Yes, of course! You don't even need to give me credit, all I'd like is to spread the love for Vocaloid. And if someone uses my translation and creates an English cover from it, then my goal was accomplished. =) I don't mind anything beyond that.

[@ChoccyMilkk]

This gains a lot more of painful context once you learn about Maretu taking advantage of and being inappropriate with a fan. I wish he hadn't come back.

[@noname420]

wait really?

[@ChoccyMilkk]

@@noname420 yes. He cheated on his girlfriend with a mentally disabled minor. I wish I could send the link to the post, but KZbin won't let me.

[@ChoccyMilkk]

Basically, do not support maretu. I only clicked on this cause I was surprised to see him back, and because it's a reupload. He's an awful person.

[@noname420]

@@ChoccyMilkk oh ive heard of this before, i really wish yt allowed links

[@noname420]

@@ChoccyMilkk tbh i dont too, i just "separate the artist from their art". i really like his music just not what he did

[@BR0ken._P0TT3ry]

POV: Dio asking jojo for his body

[@_Meowsers_]

Maretu songs are free therapy

[@Hiimaidiotunoreversed]

1:17 i love this part

[@Mikumikumikuchanz45]

0:19 we will we will rock you

[@jaxson302]

YOUR MAKING OUR HP GO DOWN 1:17

[@BreathingFeelsGood]

CRYINF RN

[@sillyspider]

originally didn't like this song cause of how slow paced it is compared to the others but cannibalism is hot so ill let the slow beat of the song slide for now

[@Pukeprincess]

Cannibalism is WHAT NOW

[@noname420]

CANNIBALISM IS HOT???? WHAT 🧐🧐🧐🧐

[@minori.seaweed]

EXCUSE ME 😨

[@onesharpkey3114]

Sanest Maretu fan

[@sillyspider]

MY SINCEREST APOLOGIES FOR THIS COMMENT I DIDNT SLEEP FOR LIKE 24 HOURS PLEASE I AM NOT ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT IVE SAID IM A CHANGED WOMAN PLEASE PLEASE

[@PurrloinQueen]

I feel like this song talks about how the singer was sexually assaulted/abused by the listener and because of a warped mentality of being angry and feeling betrayed yet still obsessively loving their abuser they didn’t want to let go of the times their abuser was kind and caring and loving before having suddenly changed into a monster, so they killed them and cannibalized them (which is probably already a popular theory because of the flesh-y sounds in the chorus/other bits of the song as well as the shape of the image being the same as the bullet chamber for a revolver and also the holes for a meat mincer/meat grinder), the hearts could symbolize the listener being slowly killed or disgedted/eaten as the song progresses or could symbolize the love they once shared spoiling and disappearing

[@Moonier21]

HUUUUH DID SHE EAT HER EX-

[@memphissaurus1080]

I love yours songs

[@hunterishomophobic]

Turn to 360p for full experience

[@skyZzii]

once again he returns with the mental illness fuel and I’m here for it

[@Ameskaw]

Why am I crying

[@maam5104]

Guess what? You got a new sub!

[@MYFUCKINGASSBURNS]

The thumbnail is a vriska serket reference i swear

[@CaramelBrownie414]

1:12

[@samuelhlaing]

This hits harder than the God shocking me for being edgy

[@MicrossOne]

Holy s... MARETU. Why are you doing this to us?.... but, pls do more :D

[@xstacyyx]

Me telling my boyfriend how much I loved him and how much I trusted and believed him, but he almost did leaved me alone, but promised me to stay with me forever no matter what all I wanted were to be loved… loved.. loved… and to be understand but since this I felt I.. felt I lost everything again once and over and over again. I just wanted to be loved no he is leaving me and maybe do su*c*de I wanted to protect him. I keep him alive. But now it’s the end for me. Cmon. Cmon. Cmon. I just wanted to be loved.. he promised me to stay alone with me only with me but now you see it all ends sometimes but it hurts so much I can’t take it anymore for all this is really happening in my real life but all I want is to have someone where I can talk to someone who understands me. Well if someone from you guys could maybe talk with me it would make me happy

[@tangerine-approved]

this should be on spotify

[@ChouchooTranslations]

I don't have a Spotify, but from what I could hear, I think this is it: open.spotify.com/track/1NOyKnFWMfKiaNkn5QJDZj

[@tangerine-approved]

@@ChouchooTranslations THANK YOU!!

[@Evanoskky]

Someone has discovered laceys wardrove

[@sagejudith]

About 'My cooking toys have completely dried up' and the mirror line of it, why are they here I don't understand their connection with the song 😢

[@ChouchooTranslations]

I personally went with a more cannibalistic approach, as that is how I interpreted the song. If you search おままごと in Google, you'll get the same images if you search for "cooking toys". I found it scarier that way because the "Rotten cooking toys" implies that the perpetrator hasn't done this the first time, as there's rotten flesh in the cooking toys. I saw other translations which interpreted the song as a broken marriage, so they went with "Dried up game of House" or "Rotten game of House". It's a very valid view. The lyrics are deliberately vague. Such producers like to leave the interpretation up to the viewer. Perhaps you see this song more as a broken marriage as well, and those cooking toys don't resound with you. 😊

[@sagejudith]

@@ChouchooTranslations Hmm, well thank you so much for texting back I searched the japanese version in translates and it was saying 'dry house', I also watched other translations you mentioned about and they were also confusing. I liked the idea it's cannibalistic, that clarify meanings of 'engrave' and 'entering inside of me' And thx for the translation itself too 😊

[@ChouchooTranslations]

@@sagejudith It is a difficult and vague line. If we're going with the broken marriage view, I'd read the lines together: "Let's finish this dried up game of House before it ends (naturally on its own.)" About the cannibalistic approach, I started getting those undertones, so my translation tries to hint at that. I translated it as "engrave into my body" rather than "engrave on my body". Or "You'll enter, inside me!" instead of "You'll come, inside me!" in order to reduce the sexual tones. 😄

[@user-qe1jb1ql9g]

I wish to make an animatic with this song and I want to use your translation rather then the wiki i should credit you, right?

[@ChouchooTranslations]

If possible, yes please. Once it's done, I'd love to see it, I'd appreciate if you could let me know once it's done! =) (You can tag me on Twitter, tag me here in a comment, whichever is more comfortable for you)

[@user-qe1jb1ql9g]

@@ChouchooTranslations Thank you for answering so quickly! I'll credit you then. And if i remember I'll tag you wherever i post it!!

[@forgetmenaut2354]

autophagy and implosion-type dissociation can be made to work well from a distance, but there must be something seriously wrong with Maretu-senpai but that aside, he's living as best as his condition will allow, surely

[@ChouchooTranslations]

From what is publicly available, he is on the autism spectrum, has ADHD, and he was also treated for his depression. I personally don't think he has those two conditions you mentioned, because using that logic, he put his baby into a coin locker and left it to die there. Or had gang-r*** in Scrumize, or committed s******** in Mind Brand with his pregnant woman. So he'd be dead right now :D I think he is just fascinated with dark / gruesome things.

[@forgetmenaut2354]

@@ChouchooTranslations "i think he's just fascinated with dark and gruesome things" to have understood that, you must surely also know what acquiring such a tastes....requires, yes?

[@ChouchooTranslations]

@@forgetmenaut2354 Hmm, I don't think so. With that thought process, what about all the people who enjoy horror movies or even create them? What about all the people who enjoy playing video games? Do video games make people violent? I never talked to MARETU, I don't know what he is like. I also understand your point that a fully mentally healthy person doesn't create such songs. But I wouldn't go as far as to say that this song represents him.

[@forgetmenaut2354]

@@ChouchooTranslations merely a better alternative to something worse i think

[@junkoh6384]

​@@forgetmenaut2354 so I can see your take on goths cause.....

[@Ethan-fk7lu]

this song sounds like Confusion to me, not sure if its just me or what...

[@DudaMeras]

What's the image of the song represents?

[@egg5823]

either a meat mincer or revolver rounds

[@DudaMeras]

@@egg5823 Oh! That's true! Thank you :)

[@Leblenlens]

Sbeku e lara si sono lasciati e ci si sente un po così

[@KamarHasFear]

my interpretation of the song is that the singers ex was abusive towards them yet shes still obsessed with them. then they end up stabbing the ex repeatedly killing them

[@user-vu9mp3ne3j]

MIKU WHY ARE CAN'T

[@AsahinaMafuyu1]

lyrics i wont forget your captured heartbeat nor your dedication, nor your memory. ill engrave you into my body ill engrave you more. more and even more into my body. i wont, let you go. i dont want whats mine to be taken away by anyone. lets fuse our bodies, and souls together. Lets fuse them together more, more and even more. lets get this done with before it ends, my cooking toys have completely dried up. I loved you. Even though I loved you, Heres what you're going to do. you traitor. give back, my emotions. I loved you, Even though I loved you. forever... Ill put your soft fingers and gentle face away here. so that they, cant be taken by anyone. You're already mine. forever, and ever, and ever. Lets get this done with before it ends, my cooking toys are completely rotten. I believed you. Even though I believed you (I believed you, Even though I believed you) I loved you. Even though I loved you, (I loved you, Even though I loved you,) I loved you. Even though I loved you, Here's what you're going to do, you traitor. You'll enter. Inside me. I loved you, Even though I loved you, You'll always remain within me... (i changed some lyrics to fit into the song.)

[@Ka_7z]

Even though i loved you..

[@AllnighterCallisto]

WHAT

[@ata19321]

Agora tô esperando a legenda em português/BR '-'

[@ChouchooTranslations]

A tradução completa está disponível em meu blog, com link na descrição. Você pode colá-las em um tradutor. Sei que a qualidade não será tão boa quanto a de um tradutor, mas pode ser melhor do que nada. (Usei um tradutor para este comentário)

[@LooDoesStuff]

@@ChouchooTranslations meu deus, você é br :0

[@ChouchooTranslations]

@@LooDoesStuff Não, não estou. Estou apenas usando um tradutor para entendê-lo =)

[@sabrinayay]

EU TAMBÉM

[@ata19321]

@@ChouchooTranslations Ah ok

[@medictf2923]

this is a song

[@Winter_snowybunnie]

I think Optimus will sing this

[@Pukeprincess]

Optimus prime?

[@Winter_snowybunnie]

@@Pukeprincess yes

[@shiggleswookles]

personally i think this song is about someone who left their abusive partner but now wants them back even tho they know that they’re bad because they feel like their ex is the only person who makes them feel loved

[@iamking132]

Definitely ate their ex

[@mangobrainrot]

Okayyyyyy it’s giving Ethel cainnnnn

[@CounselorJerryH]

WHO STOLE MY LOGO

[@Wawananana]

taylor swift could never ‼️

[@tama_ng]

i interpret this as trust. uncondittonal luv

[@rushjobinc8063]

Are those the hearts from link's awakening

[@pomni_but_depressed]

I won't forget your captured heartbeat, nor your dedication to me, nor that memory. I'll engrave you into my body. I'll engrave you more more and even more into my body. I won't let you go. I don't want what's mine to be taken away by anyone. Let's fuse our bodies and souls together. Let's fuse them together more, more and even more. Let's get this down with before it ends, my cooking toys have completely dried up. I LOVED YOU. EVEN THOUGH I LOVED YOU. HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, TRAITOR. GIVE BACK MY EMOTIONS. I LOVED YOU, EVEN THOUGH I LOVED YOU, forever.... I'll put your soft fingers and gentle face away here so that they can't be taken by anyone. You're already mine. You'll be mine forever, and ever and ever. Let's get this down with before it ends, my cooking toys have completely rotten. I believed you. Even though I believed you. I believe you. Even though I believed you. I loved you. Even though I loved you. I loved you. Even though I loved you. I LOVED YOU. EVEN THOUGH I LOVED YOU. HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, TRAITOR. YOU'LL ENTER, INSIDE ME! I LOVED YOU, EVEN THOUGH I LOVED YOU, you'll always remain with me....

[@lesterboyd8871]

"promo sm"

[@itryen7632]

Time to get vored i guess