【Touhou Lyrics】 Girls' Sealing Club

/ lyricalive
An adventurous duet for Renko Usami & Maribel Hearn. ...The role of Renko is reprised by my wonderful friend Lori -- my friend, my partner, the other half of my club. ♥ ( / lori-hime )
This time, the song focuses on discussing the goals of the Sealing Club, being occult nerds, with an emotional vibe reminiscent of an anime theme. Um... I also might have shamelessly started to ship RenMerry as a couple? Maybe you can tell. You can be sure we're not stopping with the Hifuu duets anytime soon: • 【Touhou Lyrics】 ZUN's ...
Story: The two are investigating a graveyard in the middle of the night. When the moment approaches, they may be able to reveal a gap in the boundary to the netherworld. Suddenly, even though it's autumn in this world, a panorama of perfect cherry blossoms spreads before them...
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ZUN's Music Collection Vol. 2, Night Trip to Rendaino ~ Ghostly Field Club
Maribel Hearn & Renko Usami: "Girls' Sealing Club"
Original music by ZUN.
English lyrics by me, fandub vocals by me & Lori.
Fanmade alphes-style portraits from gensoukyou.1000.tv/dl.html, art by Kaoru, released for free use.
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Out there past the stars... that world is ours, once lost to history. (Don’t you know?~)
It calls my name- this risky game, this greatest mystery.
So... in wake or sleep, I’m sworn to keep your secret bound to me. (Here we go!~)
Choose truth or dare: What might be there, beyond the boundary?
An adventure into the depths of the night, we embark by the sparkling skies…
See the ghosts that walk, apparitions that stalk, just as soon as the moon starts to rise.
Even in pitch darkness, there’s hardly a chance these illusions would lead us astray…
I can turn to you, knowing surely the stars in your eyes will be guiding the way.
Restless spirits, listen and hear it:
Something is coming, more close than we know.
Seize the next second, and then we’ll be free-
And the distance means nothing to me! (Whoa~)
Like a puzzle that’s been missing a link,
Make out the edges of the border:
Get these pieces back in order!
From the legends in the blackest of ink,
Now read the lines between the pages:
Free their secrets from the cage-
Although the rules will try to say that we’re wrong,
There’s no such thing as only dreaming-
Fact and fiction, double-teaming!
With a sense of something precious and strong,
There’s no more holding back this feeling-
Show me all that you’ve been sealing!!
In lucid thought, there’s something caught across the other side. (Can’t you see?~)
In broken parts, our maidens’ hearts are never satisfied.
Like some spell was cast, each moment seems to last an hour full. (Could this be?~)
On borrowed time, we’ve crossed the line toward something powerful.
So... when stakes are grave, let’s misbehave; jump in together, and- hand in hand,
Let’s turn the key; get set to see one glimpse of netherland.
Led along this path to the place that I love by the scent of the flower I hate…
With a compass pointing against common sense, we’ll be finding our way to the gate.
Fateful visions, merry magicians;
Something is starting, more soon than we know.
Seize the next second, and then we’ll be free-
To become what we’re destined to be! (Whoa~)
Autumn leaves are red, and winter is white…
They mingle pink and bloom in season.
All things happen for a reason!
As the moon above is shining its light,
New doors are open for our finding.
Leave this old world far behind-
When I’m with you, I have no fear of the night.
Let the unknown unfold before me.
Write our sequel to the story!
Chasing any dream that catches our sight.
My heart is racing, mind is reeling-
Show me all that you’ve been sealing…!!
Like a puzzle that’s been missing a link, ((2:29:39…))
Make out the edges of the border: ((2:29:42…))
Get these pieces back in order!
From the legends in the blackest of ink, ((2:29:45…))
Now read the lines between the pages: ((2:29:48…))
Free their secrets from the cage-
Although the rules will try to say that we’re wrong, ((2:29:51…))
There’s no such thing as only dreaming- ((2:29:54…))
Fact and fiction, double-teaming!
With a sense of something precious and strong, ((2:29:57…))
There’s no more holding back this feeling- ((…NOW!))
Show me all that you’ve been sealing!!

[@oddwright7913]

Something about the line "I can turn to you knowing surely the stars in your eyes will be guiding the way". I find it really romantic, in any sense

[@lyrica-live]

Yes! Thank you for saying it so perfectly!~ I've always thought that RenMerry's abilities and the way they intersect are very fascinating and "romantic." Indeed, this can be in any sense of the word. Romance refers to the feeling associated with anything exciting, mysterious, and idealistic -- as in the song title "UFO Romance in the Night Sky" -- an otherworldly fantasy. That line _was_ also intended to sound shippy, of course. Their adventures being so "romantic" in one way makes me want to blur the border of the other definition. I wrote these lyrics before reading this, but a similar line/concept is used in a doujin I really like: dynasty-scans.com/chapters/fantasy_melt#32

[@oddwright7913]

haha.. I tried being deep and you went deeper. In any sense I meant like relationship types.

[@bryanwoudstra8305]

they want a glimps of the Netherlands? just go to europe

[@moritamikamikara3879]

Flat as a witches tit

[@callie_calamari]

literally the best comment on youtube

[@nekorukaze7094]

The "Our maidens' hearts are never satisfied" was a pretty special touch for me, someone who always have to spend a continue in that last spellcard

[@seanguan5721]

let's try to name the references........ (gonna fail because relatively new to the fandom....) 0:33 Apparitions that stalk (Apparitions Stalk the Night, Rumia's theme) 0:39 Pitch darkness (Rumia/Mystia?) 0:55 Something is coming (Possible reference to Touhoumon:Another World ....If you try and interact with the Saigyouji Akashi with a last tag, the message will be "Something is coming..." and you battle a LastYuyuko) 0:59 seize the next second (Renko tells time by looking at stars. go figure. 1:04 Distance means nothing to me (Maribel sees and can kinda manipulate borders...?) 1:07 Make out the edges of a border (See above) 1:11 Blackest of Ink (Bloom nobly, Ink-Black Cherry blossom ~ Border of Life is Yuyuko's Troll theme) 1:16 Free the secrets from the cage (Cinderella cage ~ Kagome Kagome? Could be completely wrong...) 1:20 No such thing as only dreaming (Maribel sees things when she dreams.) 1:23 Fact and Fiction, double teaming (Imperishable Night pairs?) 2:07 One glimpse of Netherland (Netherworld. Y'Know, where Yuyuko and Youmu stay...?) 2:37 Merry Magicians (Maribel's theme is "Mary, the Magician") I tried......

[@lyrica-live]

Holy crap... Good job... You're right on them all, a-and in fact you found more meaning than I even intended. ;v; 0:55 I have actually never played Touhoumon... though I am aware that Renko & Maribel are the protagonists, so that is a wonderful coincidence, especially because it involves Yuyuko, the implied "ghost" behind the scenes of this "ghostly field." Thanks a lot for pointing that out! 1:23 BRILLIANT.... Human+youkai teams = fact+fiction...! I was honestly only thinking about how Renko represents objectivity/reality while Maribel represents subjectivity/fantasy, and they are a team. But the IN connection is an excellent point that I hereby approve. Incidentally, I always say I'd love to see the girls cross the border into the main series of Touhou and get a chance to star in a danmaku game, and an IN-like team would totally be the best way to do that. Extra references: 1:44 "Like some spell was cast, each moment seems to last an hour full..." Most of this is supposed to center around PCB, but as you pointed out there are plenty of IN nods too. The concept of a skewed perspective of time reflects the plot of the unending night. 1:58 "When stakes are grave..." They are in a graveyard. Probably, all the stakes that they see are graves. This isn't a reference, just a pun. Please appreciate it. 2:23 "Led along this path to the place that I love by the scent of the flower I hate..." The graveyard, as described in the GFC story, is full of lycoris / higanbana (the flower of death that blooms in abundance in PoFV). Merry complains that she's always hated these creepy flowers, yet she somehow has a feeling that the entrance to the supernatural hotspot is the place where these flowers grow the thickest. Renko (who has the ability to sense location as well as time, like a compass) immediately believes her. By following the opposite of what appeals to them to get where they want to go, they are using "a compass pointing against common sense." This is a phrase often used to describe Gensokyo, truly a world which requires the opposite of common sense to understand. Yukari has a spell card that translates to something like "The Other Side of Uncommon Sense," and Sanae has a quote that says "You can't let yourself be trapped by common sense in Gensokyo!" 2:49 "Autumn leaves are red, and winter is white... They mingle pink and bloom in season." GFC takes place in autumn, but the girls catch a glimpse of cherry blossoms through the Netherworld gap as if it is spring. PCB takes place in spring in the Netherworld, while the theft of cherry blossoms leaves the rest of Gensokyo looking like winter. Using a sort of unusual logic, or uncommon sense (which involves mixing and "blurring the boundary" of the relevant colors red & white), the girls come with an "explanation" for both of these out-of-season occurrences.

[@sakuya-izayoi2972]

'See the ghosts that walk' -Either the Netherworld being full of ghosts, or Yuyuko's ability that she had as a human to see dead spirits? 'There's hardly a chance these illusions will lead us astray' -Reisen Udongein Inaba...? 'I can turn to you, knowing surely that the stars in your eyes will lead the way' -Probably has something to do with Renko's ability to tell the time by looking at the stars and location by looking at the moon? I tried ^ ^;

[@sakuya-izayoi2972]

But maybe it also has to do with the fact that Yuyuko has legs to walk with, despite being a ghost? Eh...

[@Latency345]

1:04 is actually Komachi.

[@Latency345]

Sean Guan 2:49 Autumn Leaves Are Red And Winter is White. This could be referring to Reimu as she is the Red And White Shrine maiden. Or it’s about Touhou 16. And 2:59 as well could be referring to the world of the back doors.

[@lyrica-live]

Hey!~ From June 30 to July 4, my Renko and I will be together at *Anime Expo 2016* in Los Angeles-- dressed, indeed, as Renko and Merry. It would make me really happy if anyone who's heard us here could catch us and say hi. :D

[@Kidomaru222]

Oh my god, i'll definitely try to find you !

[@flamefox6236]

Well it is impossible for me to travel from Europe to U.S Send me photos xd

[@Zellig]

Wish I could go let me know if you ever visit Acen!

[@austinbuford8332]

Ah! I'll be at Anime Expo too, Lyrica! I'll definitely stop by!

[@ShadowOfOurHearts]

Ah, I wish I could go but I hope you have fun! I love your work!

[@gensoumusic2145]

stop being so cute ;-; it's starting to physically hurt me

[@xXFuzzeeXx]

You made it rather prevalent that you ship these two. ... I approve. :P

[@seanguan5721]

You don't have to approve, just search for Yuri of these two and BAM! over 20 million results

[@user-yz2es4ue5l]

最高すぎる…もっと有名になって欲しいくらい。

[@satothesmol3052]

At the moment, I am totally addicted to this song, so ... good timing, i guess.

[@giratina20000]

keep up the good work with these video, ur voices actually brighten my day when i listen to ur music

[@BloodIllidan]

I don't comment most of the time ... But I'm just leaving that one to tell you that I'm glad to see that you're back. Your tracks helped through my depression. Change nothing and continue to do what you.

[@ayrtonbakker]

I am so delighted your channel is alive once again. Your songs are great, a wonderfull addition to my touhou experience

[@Maid_of_Spiders]

These song are absolutely amazing ^w^ i still catch myself singing suikas theme very often. love your work

[@frostare]

Greenwich in the Sky is one of my favorite song of yours, I'm glad you did another duet! =)

[@Unforsin]

I'm always a sucker for good wordplay, and you two definitely have the voices to back it up.

[@rokiopper123]

You deserve much more than 4k subscripers Lyrica, this is fantastic :3

[@PhazonSpear]

Wonderful to see you back!

[@brettwinkel4850]

You're alive!! Thank you, I love your lyric videos!! You were gone for a while, I got worried I wouldn't hear anymore Touhou English Songs. Keep up the amazing work!!! ^~^

[@AgentSapphire]

You're back! OMG I'm so happy! I've had such a bad day. I know you've still been working on song on Tumblr and stuff but there's something really wonderful about the KZbin videos. This has improved my day so much. Thank you.

[@GrahamChapman]

I love the fact that I decided to check Lyrica's account with no actual hope of her having uploaded anything, only to find that she had uploaded _three_ songs since my last visit a couple of weeks ago. Me very happy~♥

[@XenoflareBahamut]

Yay another Sealing Club arrangement I love you

[@cafedew]

Love the attention to detail in this thumbnail

[@doremysheep7864]

Lori - > Renko Lyrica - > Maribel The Adventures of Lori and Lyrica

[@theunknowjellybean118]

Omg amazing! amazing! tears of blood!

[@prizmastarz742]

OMG YOU'RE BACK AAAAAA

[@pfarley64]

It's alive, this channel is alive

[@marechalluvimi5452]

You are back, yipeee

[@touhouandvocaloidfan8682]

i looove it

[@WatatsukiNoToyohime]

Congratulation 95K Viewers Girl's sealing club!🎉🎉❤

[@DopeioThePhoneBoi]

OH MY GOSH I MISSED YOU SO MUCH! ;O;

[@louizeandrei]

Yay, a new video ;)

[@PokemonHayley]

Show me all that you've been sealing B) Nah, but all jokes aside, i really like this song! The lyrics are so beautiful and poetic in a way. Great work~ c:

[@TheKoakuma]

Lyrica, can you make, to commemorate the 3rd thousand of subs, an medley of Final bosses or extra bosses?

[@amoura39]

I love this so much ... I enamour you, truly lol =w=

[@callie_calamari]

Hi, Lyrica. Unlike my previous comments I've written on your videos, I'm not here to comment on how good the song is. (well, I sort of am, haha) Rather, I wanted to talk about how you've improved my life. So it all started 9 months ago, when I was reading the comments on A Tiny, Tiny, Clever Commander. Someone was quoting you, and I decided to look up this "Lyrica Live". And, that might've been the best desicion I've ever made in my life. I noticed 2 hours ago, you had released a cover of Eastern Youkai Beauty. (which is actually why I'm able to track how long I've been watching your content!) I fell in love with the songs, and I was always curious to what these songs with the two girls with a hat were. I didn't know the characters, I was quite new to the fandom at the time. Wasn't really a fan of the songs, until I managized to memorize their names. "Merry" and "Renko". I decided to listen to one of one the Merry and Renko songs, specifically Schrodinger's Bakeneko. And so, my Renko obsession began. I've memorized the lyrics from that song, and now Renko is my favourite character in all of Touhou. If it wasn't for that person on the comments of A Tiny, Tiny Clever Commander, if it wasn't for you.... I would've never have found Renko, and probably would've left the Touhou fandom, only a month or so into it. Touhou has made me feel alot happier than I used to be, and your content has made me stay in the fandom. Thank you, Lyrica.

[@Mod3rn0ccult1st]

Nice! :D

[@sonofrose]

Eventually Children's festival a.k.a Zun's theme will have lyrics too right? I can hardly wait

[@Zellig]

How do I join the Ghostly Field Club?

[@oddwright7913]

They live in the human world, right?

[@Zellig]

I hope so!

[@Pixldragon]

I wanna join too

[@ShadowOfOurHearts]

well, you need to wait for the future. because theoretically it doesn't exist yet. we need to wait for the Grand Unified Theory to take place universally.

[@oddwright7913]

+ShadowOfOurHearts DAMN IT! How long will that take?

[@maytommorow1936]

Touhou: The Musical

[@kaitlynlascala5594]

Yes! This MUST happen!

[@enderking1525]

MAKE IT HAPPEN!

[@enderking1525]

I ship Maribel and Renko because of this

[@vivivincenza]

You're back from the dead!

[@the7thchromedisaster708]

Gotta say, I'm new... but instantly love you...

[@Sulphuros]

I'm surprised, with all of the setting hints and japanese superstition, you chose 3:00 instead of 4:00.

[@lyrica-live]

Ohh... hehe, now that you mention it, I'm surprised it wasn't 4 too. However, I didn't choose the time; the countdown is to 2:30 AM because that's how it is in the story, Ghostly Field Club. en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Ghostly_Field_Club/Story ...INTERESTINGLY, THOUGH, and unintentional... the gap opens exactly at the 4:00 minute point in the song...

[@CeruleanSeal]

Good to see you're getting back into the swing of uploading these wonderful renditions here again! I hate to pester you for this but once again I'd like to inform you that the Phantom Ensemble link in your WIP is broken and I'd advise fixing that if possible. Those lyrics were absolutely beautiful and I loved singing them in my own time, unfortunately I only remember a handful of lines off the top of my head. ^^'

[@LucarioDoT]

The WIP? As far as I know, she has already sung Phantom Ensemble.

[@CeruleanSeal]

LucarioDoT She's doing another one in relation to the story of Layla and it's beautiful.

[@LucarioDoT]

Seal Sixfour Ahhh....Okay then. Thanks for clarifying

[@lyrica-live]

First of all, thank you for the anti-request support, heheh. ;v; I don't want to spam "Sorry, no requests" every time but I sure do get it a lot!;; A-as for the Layla lyrics, I'm even sorrier, but I took out the link because I decided not to sing it...;; I have too many other songs to cover to do one twice. I kept the lyrics archived here: asa-turney.tumblr.com/private/141066602312/tumblr_o27by1wz9d1r7hwah And that link will stay accessible via clicking the image on the original Prismriver post. ;v; asa-turney.tumblr.com/post/58189400657

[@LucarioDoT]

*reads the lyrics* IwillnotcryIwillnotcryIwillnotcry *cries*

[@CannedPsycho-]

Do you think, Maribel and Renko do weed and all of these trips they have are just trips?

[@enderking1525]

CannedPsycho That would explain a lot...

[@shybean4life240]

Dont "Alice in Wonderland" Touhou

[@emjakos3548]

Is there any difference from Maribel's point of view?

[@Zellig]

Yer so dreamy

[@kaitlynlascala5594]

Hey, I've been watching your videos for a while now, and I love your work!All that aside, Would you be able to do Utsuho Reiuji's theme? Thanks!

[@SecretGodMatara]

Nice videos! Will you be able to cover some of LoLK's themes?

[@ghostkirby1255]

This was my introduction to touhou and I still don’t know what the club they made is or even what it is

[@mikoman6169]

Do you ever think you'll do Marisa's TH8 theme, Love-Colored Master Spark?

[@amitastarks7997]

Please do one of Alice's themes or septette for the dead princess, these are my favs you're so good at singing and writing lyrics! *-*

[@ShadowOfOurHearts]

+Lyrica Live So on your tumblr page where you have your lyrics and stuff some of them are just normal text without lyrics, does that mean that they are WIPs or just ones you plan on doing or... sorry if its troublesome I just wanted to know.

[@giuseppepepe4404]

Well....the lyrics us perfect,bit i'm the only one who ear pure land mandala in the song?

[@kreng823]

Sealing the World of History ~ Mysterious Planet

[@beniu77777]

Will Wonderful Heaven be released soon as well?

[@1000niggawatt]

>my wonderful friend Lori-- my friend, my partner, the other half of my club. ♥ all aboard this ship! hoist mainsail!

[@Junkyx-zp9jb]

I highly doubt you would do this, but could you one of these for a Len'en song?

[@kellytat2190]

Could you please do hartmann's youkai girl

[@ivatigerfox2548]

Great! Now all you have to do now is just sing out Kid's Festival ~ Innocent Treasures

[@ivatigerfox2548]

Sky Sword ah

[@ivatigerfox2548]

Sky Sword wait, ZUN has his own official lyrics for it

[@dovahchief5631]

Renko's outfit reminds me of Aya for some reason.

[@zevreth2185]

Please make lyrics for "Solar Sect Of The Mystic Wisdom"

[@IceWrenSolstice]

There are lyrics, but no recording yet

[@amaratuber]

the girl on the left looks a WHOLE FRICKIN TON like Yukari. THE girl on the right looks a WHOLE FRICKIN TON like Reimu. its Reimu and Yukari in disquise

[@kurtmorales7644]

Personally, I like the theory that Maribel is Yukari's daughter or an ancestor like Sanae is Suwako's ancestor

[@enderking1525]

+kurt morales me too

[@doremysheep7864]

Renko is related to Sumireko

[@FrenchieMcLesbian]

Can I join the girls sealing club?

[@izzymosley1970]

So what's the story of these two.

[@myeyesarespiders]

Please could you do Pure Furies? 😀

[@TheKoakuma]

Lyrica, can you make the lyrics for the one of final bosses of pc-98 era (Sariel, Konngara, Yumemi, Shinki) or of the ex-bosses (Rika, Gengetsu, Alice)?

[@TheKoakuma]

+Sky Sword because this i've surpressed Mima from this comment

[@kreng823]

Lyrica Live I hear some themes that has black and ink in them why do you even need them... I think you RAN out of Ideas of those times of singing...

[@lyrica-live]

I did not run out of ideas! The phrase "black as ink" is referenced in exactly two songs, the first being Yuyuko's. The full title of Yuyuko's theme is "Bloom Nobly, Ink-Black Cherry Blossoms." It is based on a legend in which a poet wrote a tribute to his recently-deceased friend, asking the flowers at his deathbed to bloom ink-black as a sign of mourning. The next day, they miraculously did. Yuyuko's own story has some similar themes. Now here, Renko and Maribel are getting a peek into the Netherworld, Yuyuko's realm, as cherry blossoms bloom out of season in a haunted cemetery. The use of these words is an intentional callback, and demonstrates the Sealing Club's familiarity with the legends they dream about.

[@enderking1525]

I think that was just a -failed- attempt at a pun

[@xQc_Enjoyer777]

Uh... based?