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Rashisa (らしさ) by SUPER BEAVER | Barakamon

Updated: Sep 1, 2021


自分らしさってなんだ“人とは違う”で差をつけろ

Jibunrashisa tte nanda “hito to wa chigau” de sa o tsukero

Just what is “being yourself”? Differentiate yourself, By being “different from others”!


コンビニの雑誌コーナー表紙に太字で書いてあった自分らしさってなんだ

Konbini no zasshi coonaa hyoushi ni futoji de kaiteatta jibunrashisa tte nanda

Is what I saw written, In bold letters on a magazine rack pamphlet. Just what is “being yourself”?


こどもの頃は気にもせず気に入らなければ怒って好きなものを好きだと言って

Kodomo no koro wa ki ni mo sezu ki ni iranakereba okotte suki na mono o suki da to itte

I never worried about it when I was a kid, Getting mad when something bothered me… Saying I liked the things I was fond of…


僕らは変わっていく守りたいものが変わっていく

Bokura wa kawatteku mamoritai mono ga kawatteyuku

But we change… The things we want to protect, Change…



理解されない宝物から理解されるための建前へ

Rikai sarenai takaramono kara rikai sareru tame no tatemae e

From a treasure that needs no explanation, To social behavior we take just to be understood.


おとなになるほど後悔する生き物になる

Otona ni naru hodo koukai suru ikimono ni naru

The more adult we become, The more we turn into creatures of regret…



でもね それでもね見えるものがあるんだよ

Demo ne sore demo ne mieru mono ga arunda yo

But you know… even so… There’s surely something to be learned there.


だから 僕は僕らしくそして 君は君らしくって

Dakara boku wa bokurashiku soshite kimi wa kimi rashiku tte

So I’ll be myself, And you’ll be yourself.


始めから 探すようなものではないんだと思うんだ

Hajime kara sagasu you na mono dewa nainda to omounda

I really don’t think it’s something, We have to start over from the beginning to find.


僕は君じゃないし君も僕じゃないからすれ違う 手を繋ぐ

Boku wa kimi janai shi kimi mo boku janai kara surechigau te o tsunagu

I’m not you, And you’re not me, That’s why we disagree, or join hands;



そこには愛だって生まれる そういうもんさ

Soko ni wa ai datte umareru sou iu mon sa

Even love can sometimes grow there – That’s just how it works.


自分らしさってなんだろう変えられない

Jibunrashisa tte nandarou kaerarenai

I wonder what “being yourself” is? There are eternally…


大切があるから変わりゆく 生活が正しい

Taisetsu ga aru kara kawariyuku seikatsu ga tadashii

So a life full of change is the right way to go.


個性を出さなきゃいけないそういう流行の無個性で

Kosei o dasanakya ikenai sou iu hayari no mukosei de

You gotta, Find something that makes you original; It’s the saying you hear that’s so devoid of originality.



悟ったように 一歩引いた匿名希望の傍観者

Satotta you ni ippo hiita tokumei kibou no boukansha

Like a bystander who realizes something, And takes a step back to remain anonymous.


ちょっと待ってよ 星空は変わらずあの日と同じだよ

Chotto matte yo hoshizora wa kawarazu ano hi to onaji da yo

But wait just a second! This starry sky, Is no different than it was, On that day;


理解されずとも宝物は今でも宝物の はずでしょう

Rikai sarezu tomo takaramono wa ima demo takaramono no hazu deshou

I’m sure such a treasure, Even if never understood, Is still precious now.



変化が怖くて変わらぬ日々も嫌いで

Henka ga kowakute kawaranu hibi mo kirai de

Change is frightening to me, But I also hate these unchanging days…


変わりたくて変われなくて

Kawaritakute kawarenakute

Wanting to change, Not being able to…


こどもの頃を思ったりもして

Kodomo no koro o omottari o shite

Thinking here and there, About my childhood.


見失いそうで自分である意味とか

Miushinaisou de jibun de aru imi to ka

I feel like I’m losing sight of things, Like how to express myself;



コンビニで目にした太字を気にしてたんだろう

Konbini de me ni shita futoji o ki ni shitetandarou

I think I was worried about, The bold letters, I’d seen on that magazine rack…


でもね それでもね見えるものに気付いてよ

Demo ne sore demo ne mieru mono ni kidzuite yo

But you know… even so… We have to realize what there is to be learned there.


だから 僕は僕らしくそして 君は君らしくって始めから 探すような

Dakara boku wa bokurashiku soshite kimi wa kimi rashiku tte hajimekara sagasu you na

So I’ll be myself, And you’ll be yourself. I really don’t think it’s something…



ものではないんだと思うんだ

Mono dewa nainda to omounda

… we have to start over, From the beginning to find.


僕は君じゃないし君も僕じゃないから

Boku wa kimi janai shi kimi mo boku janai kara

I’m not you, And you’re not me,


すれ違う 手を繋ぐそこには愛だって生まれる

Surechigau te o tsunagu soko niwa ai datte umareru

That’s why we disagree, or join hands; Even love can sometimes grow there –


そういうもんさ自分らしさってなんだろう

Sou iu mon sa jibunrashisa tte nandarou

That’s just how it works. I wonder what “being yourself” is?



変えられない大切があるから

Kaerarenai taisetsu ga aru kara

There are eternally, Precious things out there,


変わりゆく 生活は正しい

Kawariyuku seikatsu wa tadashii

So a life full of change is the right way to go.


変わらない大切があるから

Kawaranai taisetsu ga aru kara

‘Cause there are precious things, That never change.

 

Rashisa info:


Rashisa / Wtakushi Goto (らしさ/わたくしごと) is the sixth single by SUPER BEAVER. It was released on September 24, 2014, and peaked at #25 on the Oricon single chart. Rashisa (らしさ, Likeness) is a song covered by Afterglow. It is the VS Live song for the event Whom Are the Chocolates for? It was originally sung by SUPER BEAVER and was used as the opening theme song for the anime Barakamon.

 

Japanese Title: らしさRashisa

Translated Title: Likeness

Original Artist: SUPER BEAVER

Lyricist: Yanagisawa Ryota

Composer: Yanagisawa Ryota

From Anime: ばらかもんBarakamon

Type: Opening #1

Released: September 24, 2014

Genre: Rock

Label: [NOiD]

Covered: Afterglow

Length: 01:53

Arranged: Tomaru Ryota

Label: Epic Records Japan

 

Source:

https://www.lyrical-nonsense.com/lyrics/super-beaver/rashisa/

https://bandori.fandom.com/wiki/Rashisa

https://jpop.fandom.com/wiki/Rashisa_/_Wtakushi_Goto

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https://barakamon.fandom.com/wiki/Barakamon_Wiki

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ばらかもんBarakamon


Genre: Comedy, slice of life


Manga

Written: Satsuki Yoshino

Published: Square Enix

English publisher: NA Yen Press

Magazine: Gangan Online

Original run: February 21, 2009 – December 12, 2018

Volumes: 18 (List of volumes)


Manga

Handa-kun

Written: Satsuki Yoshino

Published: Square Enix

English publisher: NA Yen Press

Magazine: Monthly Shonen Gangan

Demographic: Shōnen

Original run: October 12, 2013 – June 11, 2016

Volumes: 7 (List of volumes)


Anime television series

Directed: Masaki Tachibana

Written: Pierre Sugiura

Music: Kenji Kawai

Studio: Kinema Citrus

Licensed: NA Funimation, UK Anime Limited

Original network: NTV, NIB, Sun TV, HTV, STV, CTV, MMT, FBS, BS Nittele

Original run: July 6, 2014 – September 27, 2014

Episodes: 12 (List of episodes)


Anime television series

Handa-kun

Directed: Yoshitaka Koyama

Written: Michiko Yokote, Mariko Kunisawa, Miharu Hirami

Music: Ken Itō

Studio: Diomedéa

Licensed: AUS Hanabee, NA Funimation

Original network: TBS, MBS, CBC, BS-TBS, TBS Channel 1

English network: SEA Animax Asia

Original run: July 8, 2016 – September 23, 2016

Episodes: 12 (List of episodes)

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