[REQ] かってに改造してもいいぜ by Ōtsuki Kenji (Katte ni Kaizō OP)

[Rooter]

So, after a good few years trying here and there to find a translation of the complete song I've given up. I fell in love with this song after hearing the full cover by Ōtsuki, and my botched japanese just doesn't make justice to the lyrics.

I hate coming over and just asking for help without anything to offer in return, but alas, it's hard to contribute to an anime community when your japanese is below passable. Maybe I'll contribute with a wallpaper sometime! ANYWAY HERE IS THE KANJI

改造するなら 自爆装置は

オプション付けてくれ

君を 守ってやれないなら

生きてる 意味ない 俺なのだから

消された記憶にさえも 二人の思い出ない

そうワンサイド自爆の愛さ

あたら若い

命を引き換えしたとて構わない

君の ヒーローになる

君が悪党で さらってくれたなら

勝手に改造してもいいぜ ああ

変身するなら スーパーバイクは

ニトロエンジンで

君に 気づかれぬ時 風のように

すぐに過ぎ行くためさ

秘密のアジトにさえも 二人の思いでない

ああワンサイド自爆の愛さ

改めるぜ

もいちど生まれるくらいがちょうど

君の ヒーローになる

君が全てを 変えてみたいならば

勝手に改造してもいいぜ

この手も この目も 何より 心を

改造するなら 自爆装置は

絶対付けてくれ

君を守ってやれないなら

生きてる 意味ない 俺なのだから

スパイが探したところで 二人の思い出ない

ああ決定的自虐の愛さ

組織の記録にさえも 君との語らいない

ああワンサイド自爆の愛さ

あたら若い 命を引き換えしたとて構わない

君のヒーローになる

君が悪党で さらってくれたなら

勝手に改造してもいいぜ

改めるぜ

もいちど生まれて生きてやるぜ

そうさ ヒーローになり

君の願いを 叶えるために 君を

勝手に改造してもいいぜ

(勝手に改造してもいいぜ)

勝手に改造してもいいぜ

その手を その目を 何より 心を

その手を その目を 何より 心を

[Beylu]

I love Kenji Ohtsuki, so I'm on that right now.

EDIT: Kay, I finished. A few lines tripped me up a bit, but I did my best.


If I could remodel myself,
I'd attach a self destruct option

If I can't protect you,
Living is meaningless, since I'm me

Even in our deleted files, there's no memories of us together
Ah, it's one sided, self destructive love

Regrettably young
Even if we exchange our lives, it doesn't matter
I'll be your hero
If you are a villain and are washed away,
It's fine to remodel as you like

If I could transform, I'll be a super bike
With a nitro engine

To you, when you notice, I'll be like the wind
I'll instantly be past you

Even in our secret hideout, there's no memories of us together
Ah, it's one sided self destructive love

I'll revise
It'll be like being born right one more time
I'll be your hero
If you try to change everything
It's fine to remodel as you like

Remodel these hands, these eyes, and, more than anything, this heart

If I could remodel myself,
I'd definitely attach a self destruct system

If I can't protect you,
Living is meaningless, since I'm me

Even if spies searched, they couldn't find memories of us together
Ah, this final masochistic love

Even in the organization's records there's nothing to talk about with you
Ah, it's one sided, self destructive love

Regrettably young
Even if we exchange our lives, it doesn't matter
I'll be your hero
If you are a villain and are washed away,
It's fine to remodel as you like

I'll revise
I'll be born and live one more time
Yep, I'll become a hero
So I can grant you your every wish

It's fine to remodel as you like
(It's fine to remodel as you like)
It's fine to remodel as you like

Remodel those hands, those eyes, and, more than anything, that heart
Remodel those hands, those eyes, and, more than anything, that heart

[Rooter]

Thanks for the translation, It's super exciting to finally know what the lyrics mean, coming from another Kenji fan too.

Seeeeriously I can't thank you enough, its rad

[Beylu]

Yeah, no problem! Glad I found another cool Ohtsuki song, heh.

[GrammarNinja64]

I get my computer fixed and come back to find someone else already translated the song.

Now I feel a bit like an donkey for posting this, but oh well.

The only part I'm not sure about is whose secret hideout the hideout is, but other than that it's right.

Beylu I feel like you were paying a little too much attention to the lines rather than the structure across the lines, whose divisions tend to be at least partially arbitrary.


If you're gonna revamp me
go with the self-destruct device option,
since I'm a guy who finds no point in being alive
if he can't protect you.

Not even in the deleted part of memory
is there a record of us together.
Yeah, this is a one-sided, self-explosive love.

Say I traded my lamentably young life for it
I still wouldn't care.
I'm going to be your hero.
If you were a villain
and had been kind enough to abduct me
I would't mind if you revamped me however you want.
Ah.

If I were gonna transform
my superbike would have
a nitro engine,
in order to pass by you when you wouldn't notice,
quick like the wind.
Even in your secret hideout
there's no record of us together.
Ah, this is a one-sided, self-explosive love.

I'll put it better--
To be born again would be just right.
I'm going to be your hero.
If you wan't to try changing everything
I wouldn't mind if you revamped me however you want,

even my hands
even my eyes,
and above all
my heart.

If you're gonna revamp me
make sure you put in a self-destruct device,
since I'm a guy who finds no point in being alive
if he can't protect you.

Even if a spy searched for it,
there'll be no record of us together.
Ah, this is a decidedly masochistic love.
Not even in the Organization's records
is there a log of a talk I've had with you.
Ah, this is a one-sided, self-explosive love.

Say I traded my lamentably young life for it
I still wouldn't care.
I'm going to be your hero.
If you were a villain
and had been kind enough to abduct me
I would't mind if you revamped me however you want.

I'll put it better--
I'll get born again and live!
Yeah
I'll become a hero
and I won't mind revamping you how I want
in order to make your prayers come true.
I won't mind revamping you how I want.
I won't mind revamping you how I want,

Your hands,
your eyes,
and above all
your heart.

Your hands,
your eyes,
and above all
your heart.