【Touhou Lyrics】 Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke

/ lyricalive
Mokou's theme. ...The sun and the moon exist in an eternal rivalry, chasing each other across the sky, never to be freed from this cycle.
I think the themes of "hope" and "despair" are really key to think about in terms of someone like a phoenix who will always rise again... but will also always fall again... but will also always rise again...
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Touhou Project 08, Imperishable Night
Fujiwara no Mokou: "Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke"
Original music by ZUN.
English lyrics and fandub vocals by me.
Art from the official art book, The Grimoire of Marisa.
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Maybe once, I had a dream… although I can’t remember when.
Now, only a dream… I’m rising every morning just to see it all again.
Clinging on to the cold edge, with overused and broken hands…
Why can’t I let go? That’s just the sort of freedom I will never understand.
So, life without death? It isn’t much worth calling “life.”
But, by the sharp pain still searing through my body, I can feel that I’m alive.
"I don’t want to try anymore.
How much longer does this have to go on? …No.
That’s stupid. I already know the answer to that.
If this is what you want, if this is a trial of guts,
then I have no choice but to rise to the challenge."
Now this maze has two ways through:
One, they call “despair”-
To find what was lost, even knowing
That someday all will be lost again.
This maze has two ways through:
One, they might call “hope”-
To lose what was found, ever knowing
That someday all will be found again.
Reach for the pale moon, the distance only I can reach.
Day followed by night: That moon is like a barrier, impossible to breach.
Flames lighting my way, into a never-ending night:
Night followed by day: This sun will overtake again its stolen ring of light.
(…Because they’re) all that I have left, I’m going to let these feelings burn.
Once those have been quenched, in some way or another they’ll be ready to return.
Burn, blister, and fall, and from the ashes I will rise.
Smoke, leaving its trail, thins nearly into nothing but it never truly dies.
Watch as the world grows, but will I ever grow along?
Each failure shows me yet another way, another reason, to be strong.
What more can I lose? I made a reckless sacrifice…
Now, carry this through- there’s something that I have to do, no matter what the price.

[@GrahamChapman]

Mokou is probably my favorite Touhou character. There's just so much symbolism put into her. Her name, Fujiwara no Mokou, (藤原　妹紅,) literally means "Scarlet (younger) Sister," tying her to an earlier Extra Boss. Her name can also mean "Paint me Red," alluding to her violent fate. Furthermore, "Mokou" can also be translated into Mourning (喪) Female Phoenix (凰). It also alludes to the Great Burnet, (吾亦紅 Waremokou, or should I say "Fujiware no Mokou"? Eh? EH?) a plant that has historically been used to stop bleeding, heal wounds as well as treat burns and insect bites. (You do remember who the first boss in Imperishable Night was, right?) "Fujiwara," in the meantime, is the name of one of Japan's oldest noble clans, tying her to the events of "Tale of the Bamboo Cutter." Another tie to it is that, at the end of "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter," the emperor commands his troops to burn the elixir of life, along with a letter to Kaguya, at the top of the highest mountain in Japan. This is how Mt. Fuji is said to have gotten its name: From the abundant (富 fu) soldiers (士, shi/ji) ascending the slopes of the mountain. However, a second origin of the mountain's name is also suggested: "Immortal" (不死, fushi)... This was also the explanation for why smoke always could be seen rising from the back-then actively volcanic Fuji: The immortal smoke was reaching for the moon so that it may one day reach Kaguya. Another thing I really like is the relation between Mokou and Mononobe no Futo. Just like Mokou, Futo hails from an ancient noble clan, uses fire magic, has obtained immortality and has a rivalry with a fellow noble woman that's romantically involved with an emperor. (Y'know, 'cuz Tojiko's historical counterpart was the lover of Miko's historical counterpart.) Only, unlike Mokou, who is pretty casual about her fire magic mastery, Futo is a pyromaniac, and unlike Mokou who suffers her way through immortality, Futo enjoys being immortal. Furthermore, Futo actually succeeded in killing her rival, and even though Tojiko came back as a vengeful spirit, she and Futo are on friendly terms with each other, unlike Mokou and Kaguya... The historical lore behind Mokou and the Taoists is pretty interesting in itself... Very long story abbreviated: Futo's historical counterpart betrayed her clan in support of Miko's historical counterpart. A while later, Mokou's grandfather, Nakatomi no Kamatari, betrayed the Soga clan for a different emperor, causing Tojiko's clan to go extinct. Kamatari was given the clan name "Fujiwara" in gratitude but he was struck dead by lightning shortly thereafter, an incident which was said to be the curse of the Soga... Now, keep in mind that Tojiko uses thunderbolt danmaku... Yyyup, Tojiko probably killed Mokou's grandfather.

[@youarenowbreathingmanually2798]

female phoenix? oh boi dinozor will be happy i found this.

[@GrahamChapman]

*+whimmy fuc* Who? Uhm, well, you're welcome, I guess?

[@StrawberryDubs]

Fujiwara was also the name of the family who held the most influence in Japan's Late Ancient era: The Heian Period. The period in which Kaguya's fairy tale takes place

[@GrahamChapman]

*+Destine Kramer* Yyyes? Hence why I did write, and I quote, "'Fujiwara', in the meantime, is the name of one of Japan's oldest noble clans, tying her to the events of 'Tale of the Bamboo Cutter'."

[@galaxymercygamerpokemonlov2509]

too bad she have no body

[@xXFuzzeeXx]

Mokou is pretty much the prime example of how horrific immortality really is, isn't she?

[@sanstheskeleton679]

Not just immortality, true immortality Honestly, true immortality is much better than normal immortality. They are still both horrible though.

[@chickennuggets1990]

Definitely. Being immortal yet feeling physical pain even though your wounds will heal sooner or late is hurtful..

[@patrikcath1025]

69th like, nice

[@kyledayton7829]

Like a lot of elves from the Tolkien legendarium

[@spongeintheshoe]

To be fair, mortality is pretty horrific in its own way.

[@rachieandalexgaming9847]

"Maybe once, I had a dream…" mokou luther king confirm

[@God-ch8lq]

Mokou Giovanna

[@kurojishitodosbiggestfan]

I, Fujiwara No Mokou, have a dream

[@peanutscp6617]

@@kurojishitodosbiggestfan had*

[@stamossarris7969]

@@kurojishitodosbiggestfan giorno theme intesifies

[@shasynarrayai.a703]

Mokou reminds me of Alucard."Being Immortal is not a gift,it's a curse.Because Life is Hell,who wants to live in hell for eternity??"-Alucard (Hellsing)

[@baconlovingvampire4523]

damn you're right

[@sonnywijaya1112]

Then y did Mokou drank da Hourai elixer

[@comradeparrot6106]

@@sonnywijaya1112 maybe she's high

[@okguy167]

@@sonnywijaya1112 May have been a trick. Was told to be a cure for an illness that would save her? Or maybe she was too young to know how dull it would become.

[@Teixas666]

it was a moment of weakness the lore implies she encountered the man tasked with destroying the elixir and befriended him, but during his travels along with her she learned what he was carrying, and in a moment of weakness killed him and stole the elixir (2 of her spells show this, and that she regretted that choice ever since, " An Honest man's Death" )@@okguy167

[@lyrica-live]

*raises this channel from the ashes*

[@theskullboy8700]

yes

[@lauriefowler5148]

YEAH

[@Snakke40]

I see what you did there.

[@pawpenggaga]

Spellcard: Resurrection

[@pokemon18651]

Like a Phoenix

[@maragazh9993]

the touhou fandom has 2 ways thru it one that portraits all of the characters as innocent cinnamon buns the other portraits all of the characters as dark, mind broken mass murderers

[@GrahamChapman]

To be fair, both portrayals have their origin in canon... For example, Mokou used to be a mind broken mass murderer... The first 300 years of her immortality she spent as a feared and hated outcast. Then she broke and, by her reconing, spent about 300 years killing everything she came across, human, youkai or otherwise, as a means of preserving her sense of identity. Then she fell into an apathetic depression and spent about 300 years doing absolutely nothing at all. Then she was finally reunited with Kaguya, and since then she's been spending the last 300 years and, to quote Mokou, "we discovered the joys of killing each other, over and over." Going by her choice of words there, I think it's safe to say that she's not entirely sane, but she's also way better off now than she's been in over a thousand years, a relatively well-adjusted adult in Gensoukyou.

[@HonestFarmerLigue1Fan]

one that portraits all of the characters as innocent cinnamon buns: Cirno Perfect Math Class, Marisa Stole Precious Thing the other portraits all of the characters as dark, mind broken mass murderers: Koishi Heart Throbbing Adventure, Imperfect Metamorphosis

[@Nieveria]

@@HonestFarmerLigue1Fan hey hey HEY i only murdered 50 PEOPLE but they started it

[@Nieveria]

@@HonestFarmerLigue1Fan no, i became her

[@God-ch8lq]

@@Nieveria when will chapter 9/19 come out

[@Ponera-Sama]

"This maze has two ways through - One they might call hope" "To lose what was found, even knowing that someday, all will be found again" "Each failure shows me yet another way, another reason to be strong" I don't know if that was intentional, but I find it telling that even Mokou - Pretty much the only immortal Touhou character who actively hates being immortal - Can still see the positives of eternal life, perhaps without even realizing it. It's not just this song either, since Mokou's appearances in later games have her acting ever so slightly calmer, happier and less resentful with her so-called "curse". Maybe now that she spends time in a world filled with immortals, most of whom enjoy their immortality, Mokou could realize that all this time she never really hated the idea of living forever - Just the idea of living forever ALONE.

[@BlackIsNotAColour]

dang

[@dakotamartinez8310]

I am your 100th Like! Also, I agree that immortality could be bearable with good company.

[@gengarzilla1685]

Kaguya does seem to manage it much better with Eirin's company.

[@piecat7993]

Jesus that voice really suits Mokou now I actually like English vocals

[@stamossarris7969]

exactly

[@Aur1361]

exactly from 4 years after

[@alexxxxxxis]

exactly from 6 years after

[@nathancs716]

exactly from 8 years after

[@danielgreen7374]

I think when you said "rising every morning just to see it all again" you ment about kaguya and mokou killing eachother on a daily basis.

[@kreng823]

+Daniel Green Speaking of Kaguya and Mokou I think That Kaguya said "There's still no reason for you not to try" And Mokou said "I don't want to try anymore"check that if I mix that...

[@kreng823]

And also the Hourai elixer even real?

[@kreng823]

Fujiwara no Mokou: I don't wan t try anymore! Kaguya Houraisan: Still there's still no reason for you not to try.

[@PurpleAmalgam]

@@kreng823 I suppose nanobots that constantly repair dead body cells could be the closest thing we can achieve

[@EmeraldEleki7]

But why, why would you do that?

[@remdeyfox5683]

Strong, low voice... Such a perfect match...

[@xyndraxyndra9645]

Is it just me, or does mokou sound ready to cry at the end?

[@arcticphoenix2789]

I think it is Mokou having a mental breakdown. This song exemplifies the pain of an immortal

[@LilyBlack]

You had me right from the start with this one, it really sounded as though she was about to cry.

[@lain3389]

Awesome! I can feel Mokou's pain she never die from the lyric.

[@austinbuford8332]

*Patiently awaits for possible 13.5, 14.3, 14.5, and 15 songs*

[@nori1123]

a

[@zakai-kaz]

Keep waiting

[@aldusty7373]

@@zakai-kaz Well, we got Clownpiece

[@thisisafakename2047]

~0~

[@aanmudiana3511]

14.5 We got Sumireko Theme

[@auroragamer1]

Mokou after living for centuries: Immortality is awful and I hate it Eirin after living for millions of years: Rookie numbers, kid

[@kaiser9598]

I can’t help but imagine Mokou’s in a heated ping-pong match at the segment where she’s saying “I guess I will rise up to the challenge.”

[@peregrine4709]

a *heated* ping pong match was that deliberate?

[@deep_sea_creature99999]

mokou and kaguya in a pingpong match, one of them misses and the ball rockets directly THROUGH the moon and comes out the other side

[@TheWeirdOtaku]

Nice to see this channel rise like a phoenix! Both this and Kaguyas are so beautiful and capture the character really well ^^ I hope I one day get the chance to cover them :3

[@nori1123]

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[@TDH12]

Shivers from hearing this song...

[@SoundsideSherry]

...I should've waited a few more days to finish my video on Komachi. I could've featured this cover, because it's great to see these going up again!

[@theskullboy8700]

Yeah

[@dapperparraper860]

@Kitsune Hawk I know this is like two years late, but I love your content

[@perdakperdakov7003]

Шикарный текст,просто неописуемо прекрасный вокал(хотя ,в начале проседает). Голос пытается передать чувства самой героини(Моко) и от части у него получается. Спасибо,за такой контент!

[@userkrytoi5517]

ого русский тохер

[@izzymosley1970]

I like that the song loops to symbolize her immortality nice touch

[@F1nalVer1dict]

Gee, you're *FIRING* all these out right now, eh? Guess you could say your upload rate is on *FIRE*, no? Try to not *BURN* too much of your material at once though, that'd be *UNCOOL.*

[@silverflower2970]

You're really BURNING out these puns here, eh?

[@pseproto]

The both of you are FIRED. No more puns.

[@silverflower2970]

Fired!? Well, I'm TOAST 0n0

[@pseproto]

These puns really just MELT my heart, and CHAR my brain up to think of more puns. Its really LIGHTING my thinking skills forth ward. (Yeah These were a stretch)

[@pokemon18651]

Your puns are heating up the comment section.

[@Kidblaybee]

oh man its been a year I forgot how much I loved this channel

[@JunkyX1122]

YAY YOU'RE ALIVE

[@spongeintheshoe]

Listening to this as someone with minimal knowledge of Touhou, but having just listened to Flight of the Bamboo Cutter ~ Lunatic Princess, I assumed this was about a girl who was cursed to be completely unable to die until she managed to free the other girl from her prison.

[@lyrica-live]

^^ It's really cool and interesting to hear impressions like this. I really like your interpretations, and I love that you got that sort of connection between the two characters. Both of them are still immortal... but perhaps you could say they broke each other's curse by finding one another, so that they'll always have undying company.

[@spongeintheshoe]

@@lyrica-live Two immortal archenemies perpetuating a cycle of endless revenge, not because they hate each other that much, but because it's the only certainty they can count on in their unending lives. Anyway, here's a link to my other comment for the sake of convenience: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4m1qWaXnbaHnMk&lc=UgwGyc4Dm1W2mH7sucB4AaABAg

[@derpderpson2188]

This is amazing. It really gets down to the marrow of Mokou's character. Keep up the excellent work!

[@deexter560]

I guess, nobody will oppose if I write Russian subtitles^^ Yeah, I'm Russian (don't beat me plz) Однажды, у меня была мечта, Но я не могу вспомнить когда... Теперь это только сон... Я просыпаюсь каждое утро, чтобы вновь увидеть это. Цепляясь за холодный обрыв Мозолистыми, уставшими руками. Так почему я не двигаюсь вперед? Это вид свободы, что мне никогда не понять. Значит, жизнь без смерти?.. Ну, это трудно называть "жизнью". Но с острой болью, пронизывающей мое тело, Я чувствую, что все еще живу. Я не хочу больше терпеть! Сколько это еще будет длиться? Нет... Глупо... Я уже знаю ответ на свой вопрос... Так вот чего ты хочешь... Это ты называешь "потрошением кишков"? Тогда у меня не остается выбора, кроме как принять твой вызов! У этого лабиринта два пути: Первый называется "отчаяние". Найти, что потерял, зная, что скоро снова все потеряешь. У этого лабиринта два пути: Второй называется "надежда". Потерять, что нашел, зная, что скоро снова все вернется. Достичь бледной луны, это расстояние только я могу преодолеть. День за ночью... Эта луна, будто барьер, который невозможно сломать. Огни, освещающие мне путь к бесконечной ночи Ночь за днем... Солнце вновь обгонит свой цикл, Потому что, я все это потеряла, так пусть мои чувства горят, Однажды они потухнут, но все равно загорятся вновь. Горю, бурлю и падаю, но из пепла я восстану. Дым, оставляя след никуда не пропадает и никогда не умирает. Смотрю, как мир растет, но вырасту ли я? Каждый провал дает мне еще одну причину быть сильной. Мне нечего терять, я бездумно пожертвовала собой, А теперь несу это ношу - все, что в моих силах, и неважно, что за приз в конце Однажды, у меня была мечта, Но я не могу вспомнить когда... Теперь это только сон... Я просыпаюсь каждое утро, чтобы вновь увидеть это. Если Вы говорите по-русски, можете писать свои исправления (If you speak Russian, you may leave corrections)

[@mehmeh692]

That voice is exactly how I imagined Mokou to be! Earned a sub.

[@dustdust9508]

Thank you! I found your chanell when it was dead, and always wanted to request this song, but yeah... AND NOW you're back and I'm a happy person. Thanks.

[@magicianfrombelow]

For anybody who read Fahrenheit 452, I always picture Montag as Mokou, and Mokou the best firewoman

[@XoR0FLC0PTERoX]

Probably my favourite cover you have done, love the lyrics and the effort really shows in this video, can't wait too see more in the future.

[@spaghettiking653]

Wonderful lyrics these are. I've rarely seen such well-crafted, syllabic lyrics in English-they're even better than what they often pull off in Japanese! Every syllable fits evenly to a beat of the song while retaining its own gravid meaning, and I love that. Huge props, this song is lovely.

[@lyrica-live]

Wow, thank you for taking the time to write such a flattering comment...! ^^ I appreciate it so much! I do this hobby for the lyrics rather than the singing, so I'm very glad you can enjoy the style.

[@spaghettiking653]

@@lyrica-live Thanks yourself for still replying to comments all these years later :)

[@creamy2895]

The emotions in this song are reaching me. Beautifully sung!

[@thelittlefire1914]

0:49 - 1:10 I always thought this part was reffering to her duels with Kaguya, but now that I think about it… I think it actually is about her status as an immortal. She desperately wants her life to end, but keeps moving forward, because death would mean leaving her fellow immortal all alone, and she couldn’t bear to do that.

[@spaghettiking7312]

We love you, Mokou! We will always love you, Mokou, past our existence and into all eternity!! We will always believe in you!!

[@clown1536]

When she changed the thumbnail I legitimately could not find the vid because I was looking for the old thumbnail but now I'm so glad I found it again yasssssss

[@endlessnameless4310]

The Queen is back! All praise Lyrica!

[@cooleecoolee9504]

She dead again nice work

[@K.Gthealmighty]

Yeah she died again but who knows maybe like mokou she’ll come back to life

[@ArmezhiaTakashi]

Welcome back! It's lovely to listen to your excellent covers! Keep getting better; id love to see how your voice flows as you progress.

[@ToyoTantrum]

It's great to see you uploading videos again! Thanks for making my day ^^

[@emilysfunnyzone]

THANK YOU LYRICA LIVE!!!!! I LOVE THIS SONG!

[@sylveadiff2813]

From my perspective, this is one of your more moving ones. Beautiful and to a degree relatable.

[@Argetlam92]

yay~ you're back!! thanks for uploading this awsome songs

[@mariellebosteau8320]

OH MY GOD YOU'RE ALIVE AGAIN !!!!!!!!! I'm so happy !!!! I waited for this cover for so long and now it's there and it's totally awesone !!!!

[@silverflower2970]

Thank goodness! I was really missing your videos ;n;

[@mikkos522]

Thanks for making one for my favorite theme by the way these lyrics are amazing :D

[@Hiandbye95]

Your videos give me a new interest and appreciation for all these characters and their stories.

[@duchessnoor]

I really want to use this song for an animatic, but I suck at digital drawing!

[@Gaudimann]

Headcanon-Mokou-Voice now for me!

[@fcnth]

You're still alive :DDD Anyways, the lyrics were, as usual, top notch. Looking forward for more~

[@Qoride]

Why is Mokou in Australia?

[@DSidied]

Favorite theme and love the lyrics. Thank you!

[@sasorigarasu6062]

My favorite character's theme music is finally graced by your amazing musical talent! Thank you, for each of these amazing pieces of art. I love every one of your works and I freaking love it when I see you post another beautiful song.

[@xMrCh33s3x]

I kid you not I was playing around with the official midi version just earlier today, then I see you upload this. Thank you, Mokou stands only behind Koishi as my favorite character.

[@cafedew]

The sun itself has now been pixelated, now nothing else may resist the pixelation

[@Zero_ZX0]

Beautiful

[@Oceane1803]

I, Mokou, have a dream.

[@honeychonav4027]

Tried playing the two songs together. Managed to sync the talk sections, but found it highly amusing when Kaguya's song stops much sooner than Mokou's. Especially as it enters her singing about Never Dying Smoke. It's like Kaguya is just stepping back, and Watching Mokou's passion die, then burn once again. XD

[@Rin-fm3ok]

Omg I just realized I have been calling her Moscow and not Mokou LMAO

[@Sinsystems]

So just found this channel and I love your work, even if I think the lyrics are a bit too soft for a few songs and get drowned out by the music, but still I love the songs. I really hope you do a song for Sumireko at one point since she is one of my favourite characters.

[@amoura39]

This might be one of your last pieces I heard before I kinda fell out of Touhou for a long while ... Time to pick up from here!

[@oddwright7913]

The perfect balance in a never ending fight

[@bakabaka579]

Damn her theme so good when have lyrics

[@LucarioDoT]

Yay! You're back! *starts handing out free drinks to everyone* Good job on this by the way.

[@1988ripper]

Yay another nice arrange :) (Greetings from Poland)

[@guncatto2625]

I like this one.

[@examswillkillmeoneday1265]

I think your voice suits Mokou perfect :o this song is perfect

[@化けの花]

This was the first song I ever heard by you. It was still when I was new to Touhou, mabye January or Febuary 2022. I heard alot of people talk about your channel, so I checked it out. You had uploaded Eastern Youkai Beauty around 2 hours ago, but I'm pretty sure I listened to this first. It's still one of my favourite of your lyrical adaptations of Touhou songs on your channel! :D Actually, that's a lie, I like all of them.

[@inakilbss]

I shivered at 2:01.

[@shiftingacrossrealms]

this joke has probably been made before but... "Rising every morning just to see it all again." -People who have to go to school

[@sir.dovahkiinpl8587]

or work

[@shiftingacrossrealms]

@@sir.dovahkiinpl8587 that's true

[@anderGL7]

Oh, didn't expect this channel to come back to life. Welcome back to my sub feed!

[@lauriefowler5148]

Do you think you can do another theme of Sakuya's? Like Lunar Clock ~ Luna Dial?

[@Smamich4Reel]

I still love your voice! Welcome to my subscriptions feed!

[@enderking1525]

Thank you, this was the first song I requested.

[@lorihime]

why are you so good, jesus

[@touhouandvocaloidfan8682]

wow very beautifull !!!! i love it ! you made a good work keep going like that :D i wish one day see a version of alice margatroid's theme like that this can be good :)

[@theturtwig50]

Probably my favorite cover on here. :P

[@LucarioDoT]

Just for the record, this is my favourite.

[@Egemony]

Mokou is a perfect example of a "dead insider*

[@johnenoch6877]

We missed you Lyrica!

[@hetohitoia560]

Maybe once, _kono Giorno Giovanna niwa yume ga aru_

[@spongeintheshoe]

Maybe once, I will rise. Smoke, leaving its trail, thins nearly into a never-ending night: Night followed by night: That someday all will be ready to breach. Flames lighting my way, into nothing but it never truly dies. Watch as the price Maybe once, I made a dream… I’m rising every morning just to see it never truly dies. Watch as the price Maybe once, I will never truly dies. Watch as the answer to go on? …No. That’s stupid. I lose? I have left, I’m going to let these feelings burn. Once those have left, I’m going to return. Burn, blister, and fall, and from the price Maybe once, I made a trial of guts, then I have no matter what you want, if this maze has two ways through: One, they might call “despair”- To find what the price Maybe once, I don’t want if this is what was found, ever knowing That someday all will be lost again. This maze has two ways through: One, they might call “hope”- To lose what you want, if this have to the cold edge, with overused and fall, and from the answer to rise to be strong. What more can reach. Day followed by day: This maze has two ways through: One, they call “despair”- To lose what was found, ever grow along? Each failure shows me yet another reason, to that. If this is a barrier, impossible to that. If this maze has two ways through: One, they might call “hope”- To find what you want, if this maze has two ways through: One, they call “despair”- To lose what was lost, even knowing That someday all will never understand. So, life But, by the sharp pain still searing through One, they might call “hope”- To lose what you want, if this is what the price Maybe once, I ever grow along? Each failure shows me yet another they’ll be strong. What more ... www.critters.org/bonsai/index.cgi

[@j-ace3106]

yay your back

[@goopers1638]

I lost this video for one year straight Finally found it!

[@jlALT0113]

i cant stop listening send help

[@Syindomex]

You're really feeling listening this for *Eternity* although you aren't *immortal* ? (I know this is a bad joke)

[@CannedPsycho-]

I made a poem for an English project recently and these lyrics are pretty close to my own words in the poem.

[@arcticphoenix2789]

Mokou- a prime example of the pain of immortality

[@tonick2208]

Conspiracy theory: lyrica had a danganronpa phase

[@lyrica-live]

Upupu... I'm afraid I can neither confirm nor deny that until you gather a few more evidence bullets from my "Egoistic Flowers" lyrics.

[@tonick2208]

I FORGOT THERE WAS ONE 2 SECONDS IN DSHJDSHJ

[@seline3995]

The voice fits her! :)

[@AdityaKrishnan17293621_Osaka]

Cool lyrics! :) Just a suggestion, but I would like Mokou's voice to be higher... :) Nevertheless, awesome as usual...

[@lyrica-live]

Really?? What an interesting opinion. I usually do feel more comfortable pitching up my voice for these dubs because I imagine that most Touhou girls would have higher voices. However, I kept my natural low voice for this one specifically because I imagine Mokou's voice to be rather gruff and low. Sorry I didn't match your image of her, but I appreciate the compliment anyway!

[@lyrica-live]

Oh, and-- may I recommend Vivivincenza's lovely cover of my lyrics to satisfy you instead?~ kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2LQpqGgis6bodE

[@AdityaKrishnan17293621_Osaka]

Lyrica Live Cool! :)

[@ghostsoda7393]

Nah, your mokou is spot on.

[@ultimateampharos292]

I'm fucking crying.

[@giladmachluf3663]

Powerful character with life-related power claims to have had a dream... Hey, I’ve seen this one!

[@jastintheceooffinanasapost6204]

Aproved by me

[@FlandreScarlet463764]

Can you make one for Remilia please?

[@cirnobaka8948]

This is my favourite...

[@mikaminpark6949]

Hope and Despair sounds like a Danganronpa reference.

[@kyledayton7829]

Oh I was feeling Tolkien Especially the Elves from the Sulmerilian

[@Ambreil]

1:14 1:37 1:49 2:03 2:14

[@cataquack]

Say, are you going to upload the Bhavaagra songs with Tenshi soon? I listened to them on your blog, and they were awesome.

[@mystical2596]

I Wait a long time to think it over .

[@Zellig]

Where do you find these ultra cute pictures? ^^;

[@lyrica-live]

They're from an official Touhou art book, The Grimoire of Marisa! en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/The_Grimoire_of_Marisa en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Category:The_Grimoire_of_Marisa_Images It's probably my favorite of the Touhou print works, not only for these adorable full-color illustrations, but also for being a book about danmaku from Marisa's perspective, various notes that she makes on everyone else's danmaku in attempts to improve her own. She has really funny comments as well as really meaningful thoughts on what makes danmaku such a great game.

[@mynameismmandimheretosay7979]

I thought they were stolen fan-art all this time ;^~^

[@unfunnymeiling2315]

This the exact reason why I don’t want to live forever

[@aterfoswk5372]

Eternal spring nightmare.

[@unfunnymeiling2315]

@@aterfoswk5372 yes