Not gonna lie, this song actually makes me cry, especially the bit at 2:43 It just makes me think of an older and more romantic time of mysticism, faith, home, nature and family. It... makes me miss my hometown... After I moved to the city, I've started to think of my home as being like Gensokyo, somehow romantic and magical. I imagine myself looking out over the nearby lake and seeing fairies skip over the water, playing and happy. The churchyard, holy and special, like I could see a cat that would magically appear and disappear, like it's part of god's plan. The great hill nearby, an analogue of Youkai mountain, that there's something mystical and supernatural about it. I know this song is meant to emphasize the scientific and modern, but I just got so hung up on the "Classic tale resurges from this modern cynical fare" I miss my home so badly... Country roads, Kono michi, zuto, yukeba! Ano machi ni, suzuiteru, ki ga suru... country roads...
In real life, Merry and Renko didn't actually publish a book... but they did publish their own blogs if you'd like to follow their adventures.~ In-character aesthetic blogs run by me and Lori. starryeyedphysicist.tumblr.com/ merrymagician.tumblr.com/
I love to come back to this song a lot since its what introduced me to touhou so i have a good bit of nostalgia lol. Happens to turn out that maribel is my fave 2hu character too lol
Really good stuff! You really captured the "childlike duo" part in the first half of the song--Maribel and Renko's banter was hilarious! Also, the trade-off rap part starting at about 1:30 was really well done! And the references to the landmarks and incidents of Gensokyo gave a real feel of their writing--as if we, the listeners (who know about the lore) had somehow experienced it.
There are many more, many sort of scales to keep a score~ Wait, wrong song, wrong album, wrong characters xD Anyways, this is lovely, your voices compliment each other so great, and the DDC references towards the end are just 10/10. And I totally, agree, the smug edits are very important indeed!
Reading your comment at the exact time when I heard the "There are many more" part, I was expecting exactly the same verse to follow. Then had the same "wait, what?" moment x) It really is the same intonation though!
:D Thank you! It makes me so happy to hear that, to inspire someone to appreciate the Sealing Club... Basically, Maribel is a psychology student who can see borders between worlds and visit Gensokyo in her dreams. Renko is a physics student who can sense time and location by observing the sky. One believes that fantasy and reality are subjective and interchangeable, while the other believes that there is an objective reality, but they both believe in things like youkai, and so they search together for the paranormal. en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Official_Literature#Music_CDs Except "Dolls," which is unrelated, all their official stories can be read here!
I'm gonna talk about "Upside-down..." onward for a moment and point out what I noticed: "Floating castles turned about" is probably a reference to Kishinjou, the final location of DDC, where you fight Seija and Shinmyoumaru "Ancient Columns" are probably a reference to Kanako, who's primary weapon in 17.5 is Onbashira, but she used them in her very first appearance in MoF as well. Meanwhile, "As a Drum beat fills the air" is less of what I think, and more This kinda sounds like a reference to Raiko Horikawa, extra stage boss of DDC. "Ripples on a misty lake" Obvious reference to Misty lake. "Holy Mountains rising..." is a clear nod to Youkai Mountain, where like half the characters in touhou have appeared in.
I love the flow of this. It's so bouncy and catchy. I'm not sure if it was intentional but it seems like you included pieces from other songs you've covered. "There are many more... Many sorts of scales to keep a score" from Riverside. Mary detailing seeing a cat at a shrine that you sung about in "Schrodinger's bakeneko." A small nod to your ghostly ensemble cover when they talk about "Ghostwriting" (which to you would be a record of the time) plus I believe you quoted Winston Churchill with "Winners write history." it could be a massive stretch, or there could be more. I'm not sure but it's great and, I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Thank you! I like it when people point out things they noticed~ Yes, I couldn't resist subtly referencing Higan Retour after realizing the tune was so similar. The "ghostwriting" pun felt fitting to reuse, since their book probably involves a lot of ghost stories, and Renko is literally the one helping Merry write it down as she dictates. I just hope she's kidding about charging a fee. It's tough making lyrics for two songs from the same music CD without reusing ideas from its associated story. So I'm glad the Bakeneko shout-out felt satisfying rather than repetitive, because yeah, this one is her recounting the event she experienced in the previous song. And I only played with "winners write history" as a famous quote, wasn't aware if the source was relevant, but thanks for letting me know.
This is so bouncy and really nice to hear and sing along with And it comes so... naturally I can't even imagine hearing this theme anymore without the lyrics, this was so good
Hehe, thanks for noticing~ When I caught the similar melody, I knew I wanted to reference it -- and I was just a little disappointed that Komachi's song hadn't used a more iconic-sounding line on that part. But it worked out anyway.
This is quite possibly my favorite of your covers of all time. I only recently discovered it on your Tumblr and i was wondering why it hadnt been uploaded to the channel yet, but now i understand... The smug edits mustve taken a lot of time, but definitely worth the wait! :D Kudos to Lori-Hime.
I can't say I give a shit about anything Renko/Maribel-related like the rest of the Touhou fanbase REEEEEALLY seems to, but these duets of yours are definitely amazing enough to be very likeable. Your voices are just lovely to listen to in Touhou themes~
Hmmm...So because you set the topic as "Gaming" and the word "unturned" appears in the lyrics in the description, UA-cam realized that the game must be Unturned! Machine learning is so fascinating XD
No other reason than that I realized the melody was borrowed from it. Also, vague references to the main series Touhou games are the Sealing Club's specialty, with them being on the border of knowledge of Gensokyo. I'm glad people noticed!
Hey Lyrica, something I've been wondering for a while now is, where did you get so much philosophical and scientific knowledge and insight? I've been listening to your stuff for a decade now, and the wisdom in your songs often runs really deep. Did you major in some scientific/philosophical field? Or have you just always done your own research? Or, do you just read a lot? 😅Either way, I hope all is well and we're all warmly waiting for your return whenever you're ready for it! :)
Ahh, I'm so sorry... I try really hard to sound as smart as these students, and I'm glad it's working, but I actually know very little about physics. I wish I did, because I think it's a really, really fascinating field with ridiculous relevance to, like, everything. I always enjoy hearing about physics/astronomy news because of Renko but I hardly understand what I read. That "work" formula was something I just happened to remember from high school science, heheh. Still proud of it, though, so thank you. (And I guess being interested in it counts as being "into" it.)
Lyrica Live im a sophmore in high school and i hope to have a career in theoretical physics... my favorite song of yours that is physicsy is Schroedinger's baneko... I love Schroedinger's cat and how it is about quantum entanglement... All of the "new" physics is interesting to me... But when I first heard Schroedinger's baneko, I was fangirling over it so much because of the physics, the good beat of touhou, and the awesome singing in it. Good work! Hope to hear more excellent songs in the future!
Could someone explain to me line "strayed far from home on a quantum scale"? Far in a quantum scale could mean very near, but I can't see how it fits here...
I just realized she's talking about the cat in Schrodinger's Bakeneko
oh ya mean Chen?
no shite sherlock
@@patrickgrimm9539 CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!
Not gonna lie, this song actually makes me cry, especially the bit at 2:43
It just makes me think of an older and more romantic time of mysticism, faith, home, nature and family.
It... makes me miss my hometown...
After I moved to the city, I've started to think of my home as being like Gensokyo, somehow romantic and magical. I imagine myself looking out over the nearby lake and seeing fairies skip over the water, playing and happy. The churchyard, holy and special, like I could see a cat that would magically appear and disappear, like it's part of god's plan. The great hill nearby, an analogue of Youkai mountain, that there's something mystical and supernatural about it.
I know this song is meant to emphasize the scientific and modern, but I just got so hung up on the "Classic tale resurges from this modern cynical fare"
I miss my home so badly...
Country roads, Kono michi, zuto, yukeba!
Ano machi ni, suzuiteru, ki ga suru...
country roads...
It makes me cry too for similar reason.
I love this song because it's natural to me
Oh haha.
Same.
In real life, Merry and Renko didn't actually publish a book... but they did publish their own blogs if you'd like to follow their adventures.~ In-character aesthetic blogs run by me and Lori.
starryeyedphysicist.tumblr.com/
merrymagician.tumblr.com/
1:30
This is how Aya _edits_ her stories.
“There Are many more...” reference to your previous song Higan Retour ~ Riverside View
I love to come back to this song a lot since its what introduced me to touhou so i have a good bit of nostalgia lol. Happens to turn out that maribel is my fave 2hu character too lol
博物誌の海外版アレンジがあるとは！
蓮子とメリーのパートに分かれてるのが好き
Really good stuff! You really captured the "childlike duo" part in the first half of the song--Maribel and Renko's banter was hilarious! Also, the trade-off rap part starting at about 1:30 was really well done! And the references to the landmarks and incidents of Gensokyo gave a real feel of their writing--as if we, the listeners (who know about the lore) had somehow experienced it.
I just found this song, and the "Force times distance, get to work!" line coupled with Renko's smirk, is just adorable.
There are many more, many sort of scales to keep a score~
Wait, wrong song, wrong album, wrong characters xD
Anyways, this is lovely, your voices compliment each other so great, and the DDC references towards the end are just 10/10. And I totally, agree, the smug edits are very important indeed!
TheWeirdOtaku Tought it was only me XD
Reading your comment at the exact time when I heard the "There are many more" part, I was expecting exactly the same verse to follow. Then had the same "wait, what?" moment x)
It really is the same intonation though!
00:46Higan Retour reference i guess
now do easygoing egoist please
I found this song today and ive been listening to it non stop. I really need to learn the lore of these two characters.
:D Thank you! It makes me so happy to hear that, to inspire someone to appreciate the Sealing Club... Basically, Maribel is a psychology student who can see borders between worlds and visit Gensokyo in her dreams. Renko is a physics student who can sense time and location by observing the sky. One believes that fantasy and reality are subjective and interchangeable, while the other believes that there is an objective reality, but they both believe in things like youkai, and so they search together for the paranormal. en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Official_Literature#Music_CDs Except "Dolls," which is unrelated, all their official stories can be read here!
I'm gonna talk about "Upside-down..." onward for a moment and point out what I noticed:
"Floating castles turned about" is probably a reference to Kishinjou, the final location of DDC, where you fight Seija and Shinmyoumaru
"Ancient Columns" are probably a reference to Kanako, who's primary weapon in 17.5 is Onbashira, but she used them in her very first appearance in MoF as well.
Meanwhile, "As a Drum beat fills the air" is less of what I think, and more This kinda sounds like a reference to Raiko Horikawa, extra stage boss of DDC.
"Ripples on a misty lake" Obvious reference to Misty lake.
"Holy Mountains rising..." is a clear nod to Youkai Mountain, where like half the characters in touhou have appeared in.
Why don't you and Lori-hime have your own Broadway musical yet?
Happy New Year :)
Me: *sees lyrica's new upload*
Me: *smashes the mouse button*
YYa1 Opks
Mousy, NOoooo!
I love the flow of this. It's so bouncy and catchy. I'm not sure if it was intentional but it seems like you included pieces from other songs you've covered. "There are many more... Many sorts of scales to keep a score" from Riverside. Mary detailing seeing a cat at a shrine that you sung about in "Schrodinger's bakeneko." A small nod to your ghostly ensemble cover when they talk about "Ghostwriting" (which to you would be a record of the time) plus I believe you quoted Winston Churchill with "Winners write history." it could be a massive stretch, or there could be more. I'm not sure but it's great and, I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Thank you! I like it when people point out things they noticed~
Yes, I couldn't resist subtly referencing Higan Retour after realizing the tune was so similar.
The "ghostwriting" pun felt fitting to reuse, since their book probably involves a lot of ghost stories, and Renko is literally the one helping Merry write it down as she dictates. I just hope she's kidding about charging a fee.
It's tough making lyrics for two songs from the same music CD without reusing ideas from its associated story. So I'm glad the Bakeneko shout-out felt satisfying rather than repetitive, because yeah, this one is her recounting the event she experienced in the previous song.
And I only played with "winners write history" as a famous quote, wasn't aware if the source was relevant, but thanks for letting me know.
Lyrica Live I could totally imagine the fee being more adventurous
This is so bouncy and really nice to hear and sing along with
And it comes so... naturally
I can't even imagine hearing this theme anymore without the lyrics, this was so good
I have only ever heard this but was just re-listening to an old playlist and found this, it is a really nice flow.
I love so much the songs featuring Merry and Renko but by far this one and Hiroshige n°36 are my favorites.
Keep doing such a great job !
You're honestly so incredible with lyrics. It's a real pleasure.
Smug Renko is the best Renko!
In all seriousness, this is one amazing duet!
This is probably my favorite song you have done so far. It resonates so well, and I love the conversations during the song.
“There are many more” line sounds like your higan retour riverside view cover!
Hehe, thanks for noticing~ When I caught the similar melody, I knew I wanted to reference it -- and I was just a little disappointed that Komachi's song hadn't used a more iconic-sounding line on that part. But it worked out anyway.
@@lyrica-live you are truly a lyrical genius, Lyrica!
I've just noticed that "There are many more" in this song, and in "Higan retour" have exactly the same melody
Oh dang the only reason I checked my subscriptions was to see if you'd posted anything, and here was this!
Lovely work as always. It's a ton of fun!
I love the expressions in this, makes the portraits look more alive ^_^
a very close second favorite to Greenwich in the Sky x3
ahhhhhhh! Nothing makes my day like a fresh lyrica track!
This is my favorite track in the album.
OMG YEEESSS ANOTHER SEALING CLUB COVERRR HELL YEAHH! 😍 YET AGAIN ANOTHER GORGEOUS MASTERPIECE!
I hope you do Bibliophile with a Deciphering Eye next.
Oh my gosh yes
Renko has such a sexy voice~ xd
Back off, Aya. She's taken!
I imagined it
Blank Black YEEESSSS
Oh a snappy song.
I was hoping for this song!
Great lyrics as usual, I also like the more rap-like bits, awesome job.
Verygood!
最高！
2:44
Fantastic work guys. Also really love the German subs, thanks to whoever did that.
I've been waiting for this!!
Love the new thumbnail!
This is quite possibly my favorite of your covers of all time. I only recently discovered it on your Tumblr and i was wondering why it hadnt been uploaded to the channel yet, but now i understand... The smug edits mustve taken a lot of time, but definitely worth the wait! :D Kudos to Lori-Hime.
Damn, I feel this I have stories and in the way, I tell them like no one believes it yet I know it's true it's natural to me.
I think I found a new favorite
I can't say I give a shit about anything Renko/Maribel-related like the rest of the Touhou fanbase REEEEEALLY seems to, but these duets of yours are definitely amazing enough to be very likeable. Your voices are just lovely to listen to in Touhou themes~
Still great as always. I hope to hear many more songs in the future.
I was in physics class and then the force times distance get to work line clicked holy heck that’s really cool
Naturalis historia = best way to wake up.
Sorry schrodinger’s bakeneko. You’ve been replaced.
Wonderful!! I love your songs ❤️
It's good. I like it
Holy fuck the *S M U G N E S S*
Hmmm...So because you set the topic as "Gaming" and the word "unturned" appears in the lyrics in the description, UA-cam realized that the game must be Unturned! Machine learning is so fascinating XD
As usual, you two are amazing~
Love it.
Force X Distance = Get to work. Is such a good line
i actually learned Work-Force X Distance. Now my school is teaching it
There are many more...
That lyric sounds similar
Now why would you reference miss riverboat? I’m legit curious.
No other reason than that I realized the melody was borrowed from it. Also, vague references to the main series Touhou games are the Sealing Club's specialty, with them being on the border of knowledge of Gensokyo. I'm glad people noticed!
someone had a physics final exams before doing this
I'm pretty sure Zun really put himself in this music; anyway good work! 👍
Been keeping us waiting! Still amazing tho!
Well done!
If you were to make lyrics for Last Occultism, who would sing it, you or Lori?
@Owenboy360 well she just uploaded it to patreon: it's lori
Have you done Innocent Treasures? It'd be great
Yey
You are by far my favorite touhou composer
Epic
Hey Lyrica, something I've been wondering for a while now is, where did you get so much philosophical and scientific knowledge and insight? I've been listening to your stuff for a decade now, and the wisdom in your songs often runs really deep. Did you major in some scientific/philosophical field? Or have you just always done your own research? Or, do you just read a lot? 😅Either way, I hope all is well and we're all warmly waiting for your return whenever you're ready for it! :)
nya.
Romantic children pls, or the inevitably of a forbidden game pls
Romantic Children would be amazing... Too bad Lyrica isn't taking requests! ^^;
i hope they made it someday
Yesh! :D
You are definitely into physics... This song confirms it...
Which is good... I love physics
Ahh, I'm so sorry... I try really hard to sound as smart as these students, and I'm glad it's working, but I actually know very little about physics. I wish I did, because I think it's a really, really fascinating field with ridiculous relevance to, like, everything. I always enjoy hearing about physics/astronomy news because of Renko but I hardly understand what I read. That "work" formula was something I just happened to remember from high school science, heheh. Still proud of it, though, so thank you. (And I guess being interested in it counts as being "into" it.)
Lyrica Live im a sophmore in high school and i hope to have a career in theoretical physics... my favorite song of yours that is physicsy is Schroedinger's baneko... I love Schroedinger's cat and how it is about quantum entanglement... All of the "new" physics is interesting to me... But when I first heard Schroedinger's baneko, I was fangirling over it so much because of the physics, the good beat of touhou, and the awesome singing in it. Good work! Hope to hear more excellent songs in the future!
科学世紀の京大生だし英語の歌詞がしっくりくる。
Could someone explain to me line "strayed far from home on a quantum scale"? Far in a quantum scale could mean very near, but I can't see how it fits here...
"Haha physics go brrr"
idk lol.
Time shenanigans. The cat is in the future compared to where it should be, by a number of years too.
Sees upload
Pulls out gun
Shoots mouse
I smell an American.
Yukari's daughter
The electric guitar sounds like one the plant vs zombie soundtrack :v
Is it me or is Maribel like Yukari?
Can you do hartmann's youkai girl
Flandre Scarlet personally, I want pure furies
I want both 😅
just uploaded
Is it me or this sounds like Machiko’s touhou 9 theme 彼岸帰航？
they dont look childlike
The children of sealing club
Sumi is the granny of sealing club
-and now i don't have any idea what did i just said-
Pearl they are university students😂 so that's fair if they don't look like kids.
+Pearl
Im crying- :'D
I think the "childlike" refers to them believing in monsters and stuff like that.
:O
Almenos si hay Traducción al Español
*_-lol-_*
Lovely touhou ainme manga and games video toys stuffed