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Dolls in Pseudo Paradise (蓬莱人形 romanized Hourai Ningyou) - Doll of Hourai

Running Length
56:49
Catalog No.
ZCDS-0001

Tracks

Dark and hard music performed by Shanghai Alice Illusionary Band

  • 01. 蓬莱伝説 (03:43)
    • Legend of Hourai
  • 02. 二色蓮花蝶 ~ Red and White (03:51)
    • Dichromatic Lotus Butterfly ~ Red and White
    • original title: 二色蓮花蝶 ~ Ancients
    • source: 秋霜玉
  • 03. 桜花之恋塚 ~ Japanese Flower (04:24)
    • Lovely Mound of Cherry Blossoms ~ Japanese Flower
    • original title: 桜花之恋塚 ~ Flower of Japan
    • source: 稀翁玉
  • 06. エニグマティクドール (04:39)
    • Enigmatic Doll
    • original title: エニグマティクドール ~ God Knows
    • source: 稀翁玉
  • 07. サーカスレヴァリエ (04:29)
    • Circus Reverie
    • original title: 機械サーカス ~ Reverie
    • source: 秋霜玉
  • 08. 人形の森 (04:03)
    • Forest of Dolls
  • 09. Witch of Love Potion (04:25)
    • source: Toru Teru Magic
  • 13. 空飛ぶ巫女の不思議な毎日 (04:35)
    • The Strange Everyday Life of the Flying Shrine Maiden

Popular Version

Composer's Greeting

おおよそ始めまして、ZUNです。このCDは、C62にて
発表したもののプレス版となっております。
曲自体は、かなり昔に創った曲ばっかなので今聞くと恥ずか
しいです。 殆どが、自作のシューティングゲームで使用した
曲のアレンジとなっています。
一昔前の「アーケード世代のゲームミュージックらしさ」を
感じて頂ければ幸いです。

Nice to meet(?) you, I'm ZUN. This CD is the
release version of what I announced at Comiket 62.
The songs themselves are songs I wrote a long time ago, so listening to them
now is embarrassing. Most of them are arrangements of songs I wrote
to use in my own shooting games.
I hope you can feel the essence of the arcade game music era from
long, long ago when you listen to them.

また、日本を捨てて海外に飛びだそうとしている方にも、
是非聴いていただきたいです。

In addition, even if you are throwing aside Japan to go overseas,
I truly hope you'll listen to these songs.

Story

それは人間と妖怪の新しい関係だった

This was the new relationship between humans and youkai


1. Legend of Hourai

不死の薬は、あの始皇帝の使いですら見つける
ことが出来なかったというのに...
かぐやは何を考えているのか?
 ...蓬莱の玉の枝などみつかるものか。

They say that even the attendants to the Emperor
Qin Shi Huang couldn't find the elixir of life, yet ...
What is Kaguya thinking?

... does she really think we can find things like the Jeweled Branch of Hourai?
2. Dichromatic Lotus Butterfly ~ Red and White

また、変な人が紛れこんで来た見たいね。
神社まで来る前に何とかしないと...
あら、あの娘... 人間でも妖怪でもないみたい

It looks like some strange person has come around again.
I'd better do something before she gets to the shrine ...
Huh, that girl ... doesn't look like a human or a youkai.

3. Lovely Mound of Cherry Blossoms ~ Japanese Flower

あの桜の木の下には、今も*が眠っているのだろうか。
あんなに紅くなった花びらが、年々、薄くなっていく。
もう、土の中には何も残っていないのかも知れない。

I wonder if * is still sleeping under that cherry tree.
The flower petals were once so crimson, but they get paler year by year.
I wonder if there's anything left beneath the soil.

4. Shanghai Alice of Meiji 17

阿片の煙が雲と棚引き、街のあらゆる場所に流れ込ん
でいた。 私は租界にいる。 ワルツを踊る極彩色の衣装
の人々。 ここにはその魔法は届かないわ。

Opium smoke lingers over the town in a cloud, packing its way
into every nook and cranny. I'm in the foreign concession. The people dance a waltz
in clothes of the most brilliant colours. Your magic won't reach me here.

5. Strange Oriental Discourse

「妖怪?いまどき非常識な。」
しかし、僕は知っている。妖怪達は、人間にそう
思わせとけば平和に暮らせるという事を。
妖怪は人間よりずっと平和で現実的だという事を。

"Youkai? You've got to be kidding."
But, I know. That the youkai would live
in peace if the humans would let them.
That youkai are more peaceful and realistic than humans.

6. Enigmatic Doll

ああ、あの人形、どうにかして早く捨てたいのに。
だって、あの蒼い目。時折黒い鴉がくわえて持って
っちゃうのよ? あの目は本物の目よ。
いつも、私が新しい目を入れるんだから。

Oh, and I wanted to get rid of this doll, too.
But, those blue eyes. Sometimes a black crow carries them
away and eats them. Those are real eyes.
After all, I keep putting in new eyes.

7. Circus Reverie

さて、お次は鳥人間の登場だよ。
この鳥人間、なんと人間と、遥か南の国にしかいない
世にも珍しい、ゴクラクチョウとの間に生まれた子供だよ。
親はとっくに死んじまって、可哀そうな孤児だったのを、
うちの劇団で助けてあげたって訳だ。 えらいだろう?

Alright, next on stage is a bird man.
This bird man was somehow born from the union of a human
and a rare bird of paradise that only lives far to the south.
His parents had died a long time ago, so we took pity on the
poor orphan and brought him into our troupe. Isn't that great?

8. Forest of Dolls

雨が止まない。
私がこの家に迷い込んでから、一度も太陽を見ていない。
もう何日経つんだろう。
人形はしきりに話し掛けてくれる。

僕は、人形の首をはねた。 雨が止んだかの様にみえた。

It won't stop raining.
I haven't seen the sun once since I wandered into this house.
I wonder how many days it's been.
The doll wouldn't stop talking to me.
I cut off the doll's head. It looks like the rain has stopped.

9. Witch of Love Potion

まさかね。 もちろん僕も馬鹿じゃない。
友達に言ったって笑われるだけさ。
あそこの店に惚れ薬が売ってたなんて。
だから、僕は誰にも言わず豚の貯金箱を壊したのさ。

No way. I'm not stupid, you know.
My friends would just laugh at me if I told them.
They wouldn't believe they sell a love potion at that store.
So, I broke open my piggy bank without telling anyone.

10. Reincarnation

そもそも、道の無い森の中に洋館が建ってるだけでも
不思議なのだ。あそこに住んでいた彼女は滅多に街に
出てこない。 でも、最近、彼女の娘らしき人を見た。
何で娘って分かったかって?
そりゃ、あれだけ幼少時代の彼女に似ていれば。。。

It's strange that there's a Western-style mansion in the middle of a
deserted forest to begin with. The girl who lived there hardly ever
came into town. But, lately, I've seen a girl who looks like her daughter.
How do I know she had a daughter?
Well, since the girl looks like she did when she was young ...

11. U.N. Owen was Her?

君は想像力をかけている。 罠に落とそうと思えばわけはない。
U.N.オーエンほど想像力豊かな犯人なら、 君の頚に縄を
まく事ぐらい朝食前だろう。

You lack imagination. You can't let yourself get fooled like that.
A criminal with as much imagination as U.N. Owen would probably have
a rope around your neck before breakfast.

12. Eternal Shrine Maiden

今日も何事も無い一日だった。
明日も何事も無い事が約束されている。
ここには誰も来ない。 人間も神も。
妖怪?ああ、毎日来るわ。

Nothing happened at all today.
I was promised nothing at all would happen tomorrow.
Nobody comes here. Not humans, not even gods.
Youkai? Yes, they come everyday.

13. The Strange Everyday Life of the Flying Shrine Maiden

最近、魔法だとか妖怪だとか今時無学なこという輩が
増えてきたな。 嘆かわしい。

Lately, a lot more people have come by saying ignorant things
about magic and youkai. Such a sad state of affairs.

C62 Version

Comparison of DiPP C62 and Popular Versions.jpg

Story

僕ら正直村はもともと八人だけだったのだ。
全員で東の山に引っ越すことになって二年が経とうとして
いたんだ。正直退屈な毎日だった。
ある日、一人が桃の木の脇に小さな穴を発見した。
そう、それから僕らはこの楽園に迷い込んだのだ。
そして僕はさっそく、人間をやめた。

Our village of honest men originally consisted of only eight people.
We all picked up and moved to a mountain in the east. Two years of,
well, utterly boring daily life passed us by.
One day, one of us found a little hole in a peach tree.
Yes, that was the day we were lost in this paradise.
And right away, I stopped being human.

1. Legend of Hourai

最も好奇心の高い僕は、先を急ぎ森の奥を目指した。
奥で謎のピエロに呼び止められ、なにやら嬉しそうに蓬莱
の玉の枝を手渡されたんだ。受け取ろうとしたら一瞬で首
と体が離れたようだ。僕は動くことも出来なくなっ
て、二度と仲間に会うことが出来なかった。

残りの正直者は七人になった。

As the most curious one of our group, I hurried straight away into the depths of the forest.
There, I was stopped by a mysterious clown, which seemed to be more than
happy to hand over the Branch of Hourai. The moment I took hold of it, my
body and head separated from each other. I found myself unable to move,
so I was never able to see my friends again.
After that, there were seven honest men left.

2. Dichromatic Lotus Butterfly ~ Red and White

朝は、池の上に紅と白の二色の巫女が踊っているのが見えた。
最も早起きな僕は、その無慈悲で過激な舞に長い間魅了さ
れていたんだ。やがて雨が降り始め、僕は我にかえった時、
もう巫女の姿は無かった。

In the morning, I could see a shrine maiden in red and white dancing far above the ground.
As the fastest among our group, I was long entranced by that most vigorous of dances.
Eventually, it began to rain, and by the time I came to my senses,
The shrine maiden had disappeared.

3. Lovely Mound of Cherry Blossoms ~ Japanese Flower

雨は止むことを知らなかった。巫女はしっとりと全身を濡
らしたまま、雨に溶け込む様に消えていく。巫女に見とれ
ているうちに雨は恐ろしい嵐になり、最も美しいボクはピ
エロに捕らわれたのだ。そのままピエロは嵐の中に消え、
もう僕らの所へ帰る事は出来なかった。
残りの正直者は六人になった。

I didn't notice when it stopped raining. The shrine maiden had been soaked completely
through, and it was as if she'd melted away into the rain. As I had been watching her,
the rain had become a veritable storm, and I, the most beautiful one, was taken
captive by the clowns. Just then, the clowns disappeared into the storm,
and I was unable to return to where the others were.
After that, there were six honest men left.

4. Shanghai Alice of Meiji 17

夜、六人は異国風のパーティを開催した。最も幼い僕はま
だお酒も阿片も飲めなかったのでひどく退屈だったんだ。
僕は一人でこっそりその場から抜け出したんだけど、暗闇
で不吉なピエロに捕まってしまったんだ。僕は、あっさり
首を切られた。もう退屈することも二度と出来なかった。
残りの正直者は五人になった。

That night, the six men held a foreign-style party. I, the youngest, had
never had sake or opium, so I found it all to be terribly boring.
I secretly snuck away from where the party was, but in the darkness
I was caught by a sinister clown. I was immediately beheaded.
I would never again be capable of even boredom.
After that, there were five honest men left.

5. Strange Oriental Discourse

僕は息が切れるまで走った。最も臆病な僕は、この楽園が
怖くなったのさ。この位予想していたことだけど、いくら
走っても帰り道を見つけることは出来なかったのだ。もう
僕の想い人も消えてしまっている、生きていても仕方が無
い、僕は失意の後に太い枝に縄を縛りつけ首を掛けた。
...僕はなぜか意識がある。縄が脆かったのか?...
最も臆病な僕は生まれ変わった。もう失うものは何も無い、
僕はもう一度だけ人間の真似をしてみることにしよう。

I ran until I couldn't breathe anymore. Being the coward of the group,
I was so afraid of this paradise. This was only to be expected, but no
matter how far I ran, I couldn't find a way back to our home.
All the people I cared about had disappeared, and I thought I had no more
reason to live, so in my despondence I threw a rope over a branch and hanged myself.
... yet somehow, I'm still conscious. Was the rope too weak? ...
I, the coward of the group, have been reborn. I have nothing to lose,
so why don't I try pretending to be human just once more?

6. Enigmatic Doll

目が覚めたら僕ら五人は暗闇に居たんだ。一人の言うこと
には、僕らは謎のピエロにさらわれたらしい。四人は幼稚
な脱出計画を立てている。最も聡明な僕は、止めとけばい
いのにと見ていたがとうとう口に出さなかったのだ。
四人の予定通り計画は実行され、一人の予想に反し成功に
終わったんだ。そして僕は永遠に逃亡出来なかった。
永い暗闇の中で暇を潰していると、すぐに後ろに気配を感じ
たが、身を任せた。熱いものが背中を伝った。

When we awoke, the five of us found ourselves in darkness. If there was one
thing I could say, it was that we seemed to have been captured by mysterious clowns.
The other four were coming up with childish escape plans. As the wisest of the group,
I knew they should stop, but I found myself unable to say anything.
The four carried out their plans as expected, but contrary to my expectations
they were successful. After that, I was never able to escape.
I killed a lot of time alone in an endless darkness; at one point, I sensed a
presence behind me, but I had given up. Something hot prodded into my back.

7. Circus Reverie

僕らは見事脱出に成功したんだ。僕らは何て賢いんだろう
と感心し、楽園に見つけた住みかに帰ろうとした。
誰もお互いを疑う事なんて考えたことは無かったのさ。
みんな正直者だったんだ。みんな仲良しだったんだ...

Our escape was a great success. We thought we were amazingly clever,
and decided to head back to our new abode in this paradise.
It never occurred to us to distrust any of the others in our group.
We were all honest men. We all got along so well ...

8. Forest of Dolls

楽園は、僕らが住むにはちょうど良い建物を用意してくれた。
森の奥にある古びた洋館は、いつでも僕らを受け入れてく
れる。でもいつもなら大量に用意する食事も、いつもの
半分で済んだ。
正直者の僕らはいつのまにか半分になっていたのだ。

This paradise had erected a perfect building to act as our home.
An old-looking, western style building deep within the forest always
happily served us. But there's always a lot of food waiting for us, and
we can only ever go through half of it.
Our group of honest men had fallen to half strength at some point.

9. Witch of Love Potion

午後は、いつもお茶の時間と決めていた。いつもならただ
苦いだけの珈琲が、今日は僅かに甘く感じたんだ。
それが惚れ薬-Love Potion-入りだったとは...
最も大人びた僕は、美しきピエロに恋し幸福のままに眠り
に落ちた。
残りの正直者は三人になった。

Every afternoon, we'd have tea time. And every time I'd
have bitter coffee, but today it seems to be sweeter.
Maybe that's because of the love potion ...
I, the most beautiful of our group, fell in love with a beautiful
Pierrot, and fell asleep in a state of bliss.
After that, there were three honest men left.

10. Reincarnation

僕は明らかに毒で殺された仲間を見てしまったんだ。あれ
は自殺のはずがない。珈琲は僕が適当に選んで皆の部屋に
配ったんだからな。他の二人には彼の死を伝えなかった。
最も警戒心の強い僕は、自分で用意した食事以外は口に入
れなかった。他の二人が寝静まるまで必死に起きていた。
僕らは別々に部屋に入って鍵をかけた。そう僕は二人のう
ちある一人を疑っていたんだ。
どこからか、すぐ近くで木に釘を打つような音が響いて
いたんだ。一体どっちの仕業だろう? 暗闇の中恐怖に顔
が歪む。音に合わせ僕の手足が痛む。まるで五寸もある釘
で打たれたかのようだったんだ。霊媒師にでも相談しよう
とも考えたが、ある事に気付いてしまったんだ。
そうだった、僕が木に打ち付けられていて動けないんだ
った。どっちが僕を木に打ち付けているのだろうか?
そして最後の釘が眉間に当てられた。
そこには予想通りの顔が見えた。
声を出す間も無く、光は完全に途絶えた。

I very clearly saw my friend, who was poisoned. There's no way it was
suicide. After all, I picked out the right coffee and brought it to
everyone's rooms. I didn't tell the other two about his death.
He never ate or drank anything I, the most wary of our group, didn't
prepare myself. I desperately tried to stay awake until they were both asleep.
I entered each of their rooms and locked the doors. Yes, I suspected
a particular one of the two.
The sound of a spike being pounded into a tree rang out from somewhere
close by. Just which of them is doing it? My face contorted in terror in
the darkness. My hands and feet throbbed in pain in time to the sound. It
was just like they were being nailed to something. I thought I should talk
to a medium, but then I realized something.
That's right, I realized I was being nailed to a tree, and I couldn't move.
Just which of the two was doing this to me?
Then, the final nail went through my forehead.
At that moment, I saw the face I expected to see.
All light completely vanished, with no time for me to cry out.

- interlude

君は余りにも腑抜けだったのだ。
正直者が馬鹿を見るということが分からないのか?
こんな隠居暮らしで昔のあの鋭い感覚・・・・・・が麻痺したのか?
もう一度街の賑わい、富と快楽が恋しくないのか?
僕は、昔みたいに皆で盗賊団になって、もう一度人生やり
直したいだけだったのに。
一仕事終えた僕は、朝食の準備をし夜があけるのを待った。

You were such an incredible fool.
Don't you understand how stupid the honest men felt?
Don't you think that sharp feeling from long ago has dulled with such a peaceful lifestyle?
Don't you love the bustle of the city, and fortune and prosperity again?
All I wanted was for us all to go back to being a group of thieves and
live an exuberant life, like the old days.
Upon finishing my job, I started preparing breakfast and waited for the dawn.

11. U.N. Owen was Her?

最も早起きな僕の意識は、すでに虫の息だったんだ。今朝
のハムエッグに何か盛られてたんだろうな。なんて僕は頭
が悪いのだろう、二人になるまで全てが分からなかったな
んて。全部あいつの仕業だったんだ、気違いになった時点
で殺しておくべきだったんだ。
 いずれにしても、もう遅すぎたな...
いつかの巫女が見えた気がした。僕の幻覚なのか?
それにしても髪の色はあんなブロンドだっただろうか。
僕の命と引き換えに、もうしばらく幻覚を見せて欲しいと
言う願いは、前者だけ叶ったようだ。

I, the earliest riser of the group, was already on death's door.
There was something in this morning's ham and eggs. I must be pretty
dense for the group to have gotten down to just the two of us without
catching on. It must have all been that person's doing, who killed all
the others in fits of madness.
 Well, anyway, it's already too late ...
Seems like I saw a shrine maiden at some point. Was I just imagining it,
Or was her hair really that blonde?
In exchange for my life, it seems that soon only my wish to see that
vision again will be granted.

12. Eternal Shrine Maiden

あれから生まれ変わった僕は、昨日は夕食後、強烈な睡魔
に襲われたんだ。頭が割れる様に痛い。昨夜のことが何に
も思い出せない、永い夢を見ていたような気がする。目の
前の現実さえ見なければもっと良かったのに...
何てことだ、一人は珈琲に毒、一人は木に打ち付けられ
ていて、そしてもう一人は首をはねられて・・・・・・・いたなんて
僕は椅子と縄を用意し最後に呟いた。
最後に死んだとしたら、珈琲で死んだ奴しかありえない。
つまり、そういうことなのか?
そういうことなのだろう。
僕の夕食にも何か盛られていたようだな。
そんなことはもうどうでもいい、僕は一人だけなんだ。
もうこんな嘘つきだらけの世に未練など、無い。
今度は丈夫な縄を天井に縛り、僕は高い椅子を蹴った。
今度こそ、二度と体が地面に着くことは無かった。

After that, I, who have been reborn, was assailed by intense drowsiness
yesterday evening. My head felt like it was being split open. I can't remember
anything about yesterday evening, but it feels like I had a long dream. It
would have been even better if I didn't have to face the reality before me ...
What does it all mean? One was poisoned with coffee, one was nailed to a tree,
another went and hanged himself ... I can't believe it.
I got the chair and rope ready, and finally mumbled to myself.
If I died last, then only the coffee poison death could ever have worked.
In other words ... is that how it is?
That must be it.
There must have been something in my dinner.
Oh, whatever, I'm the last one left, I'm all alone.
I don't have any attachments left to such a world full of liars.
This time I tied a good, strong rope to the ceiling and kicked away the chair.
This time, my body didn't fall all the way down to the ground.

そして正直者は全員消えた。

And then, there were no honest men left.

13. The Strange Everyday Life of the Flying Shrine Maiden

楽園の巫女は、いつもと変わらない平和な夏を送っていた。
ある夏の日、巫女の日記にはこう書かれていた。

The shrine maiden of paradise spent a peaceful summer just like every other.
One summer day, this was written in the shrine maiden's diary.

八月○日
今日遭った出来事といえば、森の廃洋館のある方から歩
いてくる美しいブロンドの少女に遭ったこと位ね。その
少女をどこかで見たような気がしらけど、私はそんな瑣
末な事に頭を使おうとはしないの。その娘はいたずらに
舌を出しながらぺこりと頭を下げて、大笑いしながら楽
園の出口の方に向かっていったわ。変な娘ね。
そういえば、あの娘は正直者八人組の唯一の女の子だっ
たわね、そんなことはどうでもいいけど。
あーあ、今日もまた退屈な一日だったわ...

August X
Today's incident started when I met a beautiful blonde girl
walking from the old western-style building deep in the forest.
I feel like I've seen her somewhere before, but I just can't
remember every little detail like that. The girl was just idly
sticking out her tongue and bowing her head and wandering towards
the exit to paradise while laughing loudly. Such an odd girl.
Come to think of it, that girl was the only woman in the eight
honest men, not that it really matters.
Oh, today was just another boring day ...

この楽園「幻想郷」から人間の数が八人ほど減り、七人の
遺体は無事妖怪たちに持っていかれた。幻想郷は正直者を
永遠に失った。ただの数値の変化だ。
そんなことは、大したニュースでも無い。

There are eight less people in this paradise, "Gensokyo", and seven
corpses were kept safe from youkai. Gensokyo has lost these honest
men forever. It's just a change in the population count.
Even this isn't a big piece of news.

Composer's Greeting

きっと始めましてZUNです。長い間創曲活動をしてきましたが、
うっかり音楽CDを出すことになりました。内容はというと、実
に時代に逆行しています、レトロラブなのです。特にいまの小洒
落たダンス系ゲームミュージックではなく、一昔前のストレート
なゲームミュージックが好きな方に最適です(狭)あと、全体的
に少女チックになっていますので、そういう趣味の方にも聴いて
もらいたいです。

Nice to (surely) meet you, I'm ZUN. After a long hiatus I've started doing music again,
and somehow I've gotten around to releasing a music CD. Honestly, the contents aren't
at all forward-looking; it's all retro love. In particular, it's more for people who like
the straight game music from a time so long ago, rather than those who are fond of the
dance-style game music that seems to be popular nowadays. () And, it seems to me to be
quite maiden-esque, so I hope you'll listen if that's your fancy.

これからも、東洋風と西洋風に、アンティークなオリジナル曲を
作曲していきたいと思っています。

From now on, I want to keep creating antique original songs in both the Eastern and Western styles.

ちなみに、このCDを聴くとなぜか安心できないものがあります。
それは、道を外れるとモノは安定しないからでしょう。
蓬莱人形は「癒さない系」CDなのかもしれません。首吊るし。

Incidentally, there seem to be people who can't feel at ease when they listen to this CD.
This is probably because when things go wrong you can't feel at ease.
Maybe Hourai Ningyou is an "unhealing-type" CD. You might hang yourself.

 2002.8.11 ZUN(正直村の隠し子、最も高所恐怖症な僕

 2002.8.11 ZUN (Illegitimate child of the honest men's village, the most acrophobic of the group)


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