The Tatami Galaxy (四畳半神話大系)

Every day, I've been secretly doing good deeds

Then I was a brand-spanking-new freshman university student,

What's wrong?

People hide their faces behind big fat clouds

Come on out!

tengoku iku tame mainichi kosotto

COSPLAY

hitobito wa atsui kumo de kao wo kakushite

You gotta go! Don't let this opportunity slip by!

tengoku iku tame mainichi kosotto

They can't find a vent for their sadness,

Judo Club

To think I'd be in such a situation!

and it grinds inside them every day

Will you take up Sumo?

so that I will eventually go to heaven

Dance Dance Dance

My life, led lacking all splendor, is heading toward climax, surrounded by three women!

naishou de ii koto shiteta kedo

ikiba no nai omoi wo zutto motte toide iru

COSPLAY

naishou de ii koto shiteta kedo

But!

In this ordinary town, they will be buried, and yet they remain

Unless I aim to become some renaissance man of the sexual arts, I must decide on one of them!

But right now, my tears are falling

nanimo nai machi ni umorete mo, sore demo, ima demo

Judo Club

And obviously that's the one with a real body, right?

Mannequins displayed in a string of windows,

namida hitohira

Dance Dance Dance

tsuranaru windou ni

namida hitohira

Come on out!

Dance Dance Dance

Hanuki-san is a woman with no faults on an emotional or visual level,

and my head is spinning

Singing for everyone!

it's a nightmare

atama kurakura

Singing for everyone!

but tonight, she was just too...

narabi tatsu ningyou no warui yume

atama kurakura

COSPLAY

Quit it with the pretentious monologues already!

it's a nightmare

Judo Club

Let your feelings guide your body!

That girl is a veteran love thief,

narabi tatsu ningyou no warui yume

anoko hasuppa koidorobou

Carry me away...

it's a nightmare

Will you take up Sumo?

Dance Dance Dance

Kaori-san is a silent, lovely maiden.

anoko hasuppa koidorobou

narabi tatsu ningyou no warui yume

it's a nightmare

However, our fates are destined to be apart!

while I'm just a nice and likable girl

COSPLAY

narabi tatsu ningyou no warui yume

I know! I know already, sheesh!

watashi kenage ii hito

Judo Club

If we are not able to meet, then I cannot continue this relationship any longer.

watashi kenage ii hito

Or, hiding in the back with their sadness,

Dance Dance Dance

Keiko-san is classy and ladylike, but I can't see her just like that!

Dance Dance Dance

My love is unfulfilled

soretomo souko ni kakurete fusaide itatte

kanawanakatta koigokoro

Sure, that's true, but in this situation, there's only one choice, right?

Singing for everyone!

Or, hiding in the back with their sadness,

Therefore...

kanawanakatta koigokoro

Singing for everyone!

soretomo souko ni kakurete fusaide itatte

COSPLAY

Therefore!

where no one can find them in piles of dust

Why is it so, God?

Judo Club

kamisama dou shite

hokori dake kabutte mitsukaranai

Will you take up Sumo?

kamisama dou shite

where no one can find them in piles of dust

Dance Dance Dance

hokori dake kabutte mitsukaranai

I've got to forgive that love thief

where no one can find them in piles of dust

COSPLAY

yurusanakucha koidorobou

yurusanakucha koidorobou

Judo Club

hokori dake kabutte mitsukaranai

because she is probably a nice girl

Dance Dance Dance

where no one can find them in piles of dust

anoko tabun ii hito

Dance Dance Dance

hokori dake kabutte mitsukaranai

where no one can find them in piles of dust

anoko tabun ii hito

Singing for everyone!

hokori dake kabutte mitsukaranai

I've got to forget about all of this

Singing for everyone!

wasurenakucha konna koto

COSPLAY

where no one can find them in piles of dust

wasurenakucha konna koto

hokori dake kabutte mitsukaranai

Judo Club

Will you take up Sumo?

because I'm the heaven

where no one can find them in piles of dust

Dance Dance Dance

hokori dake kabutte mitsukaranai

watashi wa tengoku

where no one can find them in piles of dust

COSPLAY

watashi wa tengoku

hokori dake kabutte mitsukaranai

Judo Club

I've got to forgive

And they can't feel the touch of someone's hand

Dance Dance Dance

yurusanakucha

dare no te ni datte furerarenai

Dance Dance Dance

yurusanakucha

yurusanakucha

And they can't feel the touch of someone's hand

Singing for everyone!

dare no te ni datte furerarenai

Singing for everyone!

COSPLAY

And they can't feel the touch of someone's hand

dare no te ni datte furerarenai

Judo Club

And they can't feel the touch of someone's hand

Will you take up Sumo?

dare no te ni datte furerarenai

Dance Dance Dance

COSPLAY

And they can't feel the touch of someone's hand

Judo Club

dare no te ni datte furerarenai

Dance Dance Dance

And they can't feel the touch of someone's hand

dare no te ni datte furerarenai

Dance Dance Dance

And they can't feel the touch of someone's hand

Singing for everyone!

Singing for everyone!

dare no te ni datte furerarenai

Our time is now. Even if nothing else changes,

COSPLAY

boku tachi no genzai wo kurikaesu koto darake demo,

Judo Club

we will come across each other someday

Will you take up Sumo?

sou itsuka kimi to deaou

Dance Dance Dance

we will come across each other someday

COSPLAY

Judo Club

sou itsuka kimi to deaou

Dance Dance Dance

Think about that day, and let's go on one day at a time

Dance Dance Dance

sonna hi wo omotte, hibi wo yukou

Think about that day, and let's go on one day at a time

Singing for everyone!

Singing for everyone!

sonna hi wo omotte, hibi wo yukou

COSPLAY

Think about that day, and let's go on one day at a time

Judo Club

sonna hi wo omotte, hibi wo yukou

Will you take up Sumo?

One day at a time

Dance Dance Dance

yukou

COSPLAY

Judo Club

Dance Dance Dance

Dance Dance Dance

Singing for everyone!

Singing for everyone!

and countless doors to that rose-colored campus life lay open before me.

COSPLAY