Better Late than Never - Blaugust and video games

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This has started as somewhat of a song translation blog for me although it has been quite awhile since I've completed any of these translations. My Japanese is still improving and the more I know, the less satisfied I am with the quality of some of my older TLs. "All good writing is rewriting" is an adage that I've retained from academia. The problem with all writing as well is that you bloody well have to start. I'm sitting on like, 20 different songs all ready to be translated, adapted and analysed.

The future of this blog and (late) start of Blaugust right now is to fill it up with some of the passions of my life, currently being various fighting games (UNIST/SamSho/Guilty Gear), Rainbow 6 Siege and Final Fantasy XIV.

I want to look at Final Fantasy XIV: its legacy, appeal, flaws, role classes and individual classes.

My first piece will be on its appeal, what attracted me to it, what might attract you to it, what the game has to offer, and what to look forward to in game.

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AristoWan, signing off for today.

ACID MAN - FREE STAR

The second song is ACID MAN - FREE STAR from their 2008 album "Life."

Official youtube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGZBzcClsFQ
Cute music video: FLAN STAR

ACID MAN - FREE STAR
Lead guitar/vocalist: Ohki Nobuo

Japanese	Romaji	English
月光のない　きれいな夜 小さな光を売る声 儚くて　美しくて 狂いそうに　きれいな夜	gekkou nonai kireina yoru chiisa na hikari wo uru koe bou kute utsukushi kute kurui souni kireina yoru	On a lovely moonless night, A voice which sells a small light Fleeting and beautiful A lovely night resembling chaos
太陽無くした千年前 まだ目が見えなかった頃 騙されて　可笑しくて 振り返れば手遅れで	taiyou naku shita sennen mae mada me ga mie nakatta goro damasa rete okashi kute furikaere ba teokure de	The sun was gone a thousand years A time where eyes had not seen Being tricked and ridiculed It's too late to look back
あの星に向かう　船に乗り あの光を探しに君は行く	ano hoshi ni muka u fune ni nori ano hikari wo sagashi ni kimi wa yuku	That star goes onward and boards a ship That light's search will go to you
Free star　だんだん遠ざかる Free star　世界を止めて いつか見た流星を　追いかけてゆくように	Free star dandan tooza karu Free star sekai wo tome te itsuka mita ryuusei wo oi kaketeyukuyouni	Free star that fades gradually Free star stopping on this world Always seen a falling star chasing a wish
Free star　たった一秒で Free star　世界は変わる 僅かに残された光を集めに行こう	Free star tatta ichibyou de Free star sekai wa kawa ru wazuka ni nokosa reta hikari wo atsume ni iko u	Free star in just one second Free star the world had changed The remaining light gathering as it goes
少年はいつも集めていた 残り僅かな光を 一欠片　独りきり 笑い合えた目々を思い	shounen wa itsumo atsume teita nokori wazuka na hikari wo ichi ketsu hen hitori kiri warai ae ta me wo omoi	The boy was always gathering the remaining light A small fragment all to himself and imagines it has smiling eyes
月が点火した最後の夜 戦争なんて忘れそうな ただきれいで　美しくて	gatsu ga tenka shita saigo no yoru sensou nante wasure souna tadakireide utsukushi kute	The moon was alight the last night War was somehow forgotten by its ordinary pure beauty
あの未来を染めに君は行く	ano mirai wo some ni kimi wa yuku	That future is going to you
Free star　何億と響く Free star　世界に寄せて Free star　最期の夜は 聴かせて欲しい歌がある	Free star nan'oku to hibiku Free star sekai ni yose te Free star saigo no yoru ha kika sete hoshii uta gaaru	Free star some hundred million resonate Free star coming close to the world Free star the last night hearing the song of the star
あの星に向かう　船に乗り あの光を探しに君は行く	ano hoshi ni muka u fune ni nori ano hikari wo sagashi ni kimi wa yuku	That star goes onward and boards a ship That light's search will go to you
Free star　だんだん遠ざかる Free star　世界を止めて いつか見た流星を　追いかけてゆくように	Free star　だんだん遠ざかる Free star　世界を止めて いつか見た流星を　追いかけてゆくように	Free star that fades gradually Free star stopping on this world Always seen a falling star chasing a wish
Free star　たった一秒で Free star　世界は変わる 僅かに残された光	Free star　たった一秒で Free star　世界は変わる 僅かに残された光	Free star in just one second Free star the world had changed The remaining light gathering as it goes

Again a bit of help from Steel (@ saekanotranslations.wordpress.com) and a bit from Sam over a term I thought was an idiom but was just really damn weird.

About the artist: Acidman is a four member Shibuya based Alt rock group (notice a theme here?)
based in Shibuya. They incorporate an awful lot of styles and 
idiosyncracies that "alt rock" as a term does not do it justice

Circles within circles: I found this one band and song from an adorable music video
I have linked above. Watch it as well for random Japanese comedy at the end.

To further iterate, circles within circles is my belief that if I keep following some artists I like, 
I might find even more artists I like. This hasn't failed me yet.

Yamazaki Masayoshi - Benjamin

album: HOME
singer/artist: Yamazaki Masayoshi
song writer: Yamazaki Masayoshi

Japanese	Romaji	English
いつも僕はそうだった 君の素直さに憧れた 色づく季節に 心 動かされ 泣いている 惜しみなく	Itsumo boku wa soudatta Kimi no sunao sa ni akogareta Irozuku kisetsu ni kokoro ugoukasare Naiteiru, oshiminaku	I always followed admiring your honesty Your heart changing with the season's colours crying freely and openly
時が経つにつれて増えてゆく 世迷い言ばかり 何が歯止めをかけているの? 解き放て…	Toki ga tatsu ni tsurete fueteyuku Yomai goto bakari Nani ga hadome wo kaketeiru no? Toki funa te...	As time passes, our sorrows only increase What can stop them growing? Only release
頭じゃわからないから 胃腸に負担がくる 毎度のこと 正直になるだけじゃ 愛せない それだけは わかっている	Atama ja wakaranai kara Ichou ni futan ga kuru maido no koto Shoujiki ni narudake ja aisenai Sore dake wa wakatte iru	My stomach is weighed down with confusion each time. Mere honesty cannot become love I know at least this much.
弱さを認める それだけが 何故に今 難しいのか 僕は本気で笑ってますか?	Yowasa wo mitomeru sore dake ga Naze ni ima muzukashii no ka Boku wa honki de warattemasu ka?	Only recognising this weakness and how difficult it is now am I able to truly smile?
幼い頃 夢つめこんだ 閉まりそうな扉 開いて…	Osanai koro yumetsume konda Shimari souna tobira hiraite...	As a child filled with dreams, seemingly closed doors can open.
時が経つにつれて増えていく 世迷い言ばかり 何が歯止めをかけているの?	Toki ga tatsu ni tsurete fueteyuku Yomai goto bakari Nani ga hadome wo kaketeiru no?	As time passes, our sorrows only increase. What can stop them growing?
猫が風のないベランダから 過ぎて行く 冬を見てる 僕は焦げたトーストかじって 君のいる 春を待つ	Neko ga kaze no nai VERANDA kara Sugite yuku fuyu wo miteru Boku wa kogeta TOASTER kajitte Kimi no iru haru wo matsu	From a veranda without wind the cat watches winter pass by. I chew on burnt toast while you stand waiting for spring.
J木漏れ日もらったベンジャミン ゆっくりと 育て 伝えたいよ 精一杯 心から... 心から… 心から……	Komorebi moratta BENJAMIN Yukkuri to sodatte Tsutaetaiyo seippai Kokoro kara...kokoro kara...kokoro kara..	Benjamin was raised with care, with sunlight filtered through trees. Walking along as best he can from the bottom of his heart (x3)

And if anyone in the future wants to host/post this translation, I don't care, its not my property.
Any corrections/feedback is greatly appreciated as I'm aware that this is a sort of word for word translation and that I cannot do it any poetic justice.

Thanks to Steel for helping translate some of these parts. Check out his actual fan translation work at https://saekanothetranslation.wordpress.com/

Also thanks to Radiea for some quality check and making it not sound as insane.

It's also a good way to get people to listen to songs I like I guess.

One criteria I'd like to you to keep in mind is that the songs I want to translate shouldn't have any existing English translation that can easily be found.

First song is by Yamazaki Masayoshi - Benjamin from his debut album HOME
Link here since it is almost impossible to find this song anywhere.
 ( 山崎まさよし - HOME - ベンジャミン).

A little about the artist: A blues/alt rock artist who you may know from his breakout song "One more time, one more chance," the ending song for the movie "5 Centimetres per second." 
Good movie, go watch it. 

Circles within circles: This track is on the same album of "Home" which I found looking for "One more time, one more chance" and the opening song of Romancing Saga on the PS2 called "Minuet."