(Ms.) Tomo Kimura’s Translation/Tokyo Notes

Since Vampire Knight is the first horror manga I’m working on, I created my own “image soundtrack” and played it on endless repeat while trying to decide how to set the tone of the translation and creating the glossary. Most of the songs ended up being Ali Project songs.

From the album Aristocracy:

少女貴族 (The Vampire Coven)
Sacrifice (Kurosu Gakuen NIGHT CLASS)
MALICE (I want your blood…)
桂花葬 (The Night Campus)
プラタナスの葉末に風は眠る(The Neverending Darkness)

From the album Erotic & Heretic:

遊月恋歌 (Yuuki and Kaname)
Schism (Yuuki’s Theme)
夢魔の夜、あなたを迎える者がある (Zero’s Theme)

Kaname’s Theme is an I’ve song, verge. I thought the stark atmosphere of the song and the lyrics for the first chorus match someone who lives much much longer than humans do.

I had a negi ramen for lunch today, so I decided to take a photo. This has a pile of Kujo negi (Kansai-type green negi) on top. The soup is miso flavor.

A three-person electronica unit based in Tokyo. I’ve been doing translation and negotiation support for them since late May, as they’ve debuted from a Belgium label. Their first album, “Fragments”, which was originally released as a CD-R, will be re-issued as an audio CD this month. The new version contains an extra track and two remixes.

Their website now has an English version, courtesy of yours truly (^^) so please take a look and listen to the samples available.