【Illustrator】零花@Clovia Studio

An artist who could be professional but isn’t yet. I initially found 零花 (reika) from Twitter and then later found her Pixiv, and I was really impressed. She is actually from Mainland China, but she resides in USA right now. her Japanese is incredibly good, though, and everyone is surprised when she says that she’s not Japanese.

She is probably most well-known for her work in various Vocaloid PVs and also for the picture above, which was supposed to be a human rendering of Chidejika, but the text on the swimsuit was removed due to copyright issues lol. It was widely spread on 2chan and whatnot during the er, craze. She also did the main picture of iroha(sasaki)’s (Vocaloid composer known for the famous song 炉心融解/Meltdown) website.

Reika’s style is distinct in that the way she draws eyes is pretty different but really nice (?). She has really varied colouring styles too, so that’s not as easy to spot. Nevertheless, whatever style she chooses to use comes out magnificently.

Website: http://cloviastudio.net/
Pixiv: http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=26247
Twitter: http://twitter.com/cloviastudio
Nicovideo Mylist: http://www.nicovideo.jp/mylist/6350578

【Lyrics】君の知らない物語 (Bakemonogatari ED)

Edited on July 18th. Corrected two lines of lyrics slightly. Will correct more once the single comes out with the official lyrics if needed.

Edited on August 13th. Corrected the (previously terrible) translation of the title.

This post consists of three parts:
1. Original lyrics
2. Transliteration
3. Translation

Click on the song title to hear the song on Youtube, or you can click here to hear it on niciovideo. My translation might be a little messy so if you have any corrections just leave and comment and I’ll change it. Thanks!

「君の知らない物語 」
作詞：ryo
作曲・編曲：ryo
ボーカル：nagi

あれが「デネブ」「アルタイル」「ベガ」
君は指差す　夏の大三角
覚えて　空を見る
やっと見つけた織姫様
だけどどこだろう彦星様
これじゃ　一人ぼっち
真っ暗な　世界から見上げた
夜空は　星が降るようで
いつからだろう
君のことを　追いかける私がいた
どうかお願い　驚かないで
聞いてよ　私の
この思いを

“Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari“
Lyrics: ryo
Compose, arrange: ryo
Vocals: nagi

are ga “DENEBU” “ARUTAIRU” “BEGA”
kimi wa yubisasu natsu no daisankaku
oboete sora wo miru
yatto mitsuketa orihime sama
dakedo doko darou hikoboshi sama
koreja hitoribocchi
makkurana sekai kara miageta
yozora wa hoshi ga furu you de
itsukara darou
kimi no koto wo oikakeru watashi ga ita
douka onegai odorokanaide
kiite yo watashi no
kono omoi wo

“The Story You Don’t Know”

There’s Deneb, Altair, and Vega
You’re pointing at the Summer Triangle
I remember looking at the sky
I finally found Vega,
But where was Altair?
That would mean that Vega is all alone
I looked up from the pitch black world
It was as if stars were falling from the night sky
When do you think I started chasing after you?
Please, please, don’t be surprised
Listen to these feelings of mine