As area volunteers, Hibiki and the others participate in a Christmas gathering for the sake of local children. Their program is an original play.



Hibiki: Oo-h, what am I gonna have~? A pork cutlet bowl sounds good enough, that I might give up on the ginger pork……

Miku: I’ve made my decision.

Hibiki: Oh, what’re you having?

Miku: I’m going to go with the seasonal pasta set.

Hibiki: Aa-, that sounds tasty too……

Miku: Hibiki, isn’t rice your number-one craving?

Hibiki: Yeah, rice is super important, but…… look, if someone were to ask me, it seems like this over here looks pretty tasty……

Hibiki: Ah-! Why do we only have lunch once!? It’d be great if we had more meals in the day!

Kirika: I totally agree with that, too! I think it’d be great if we could have meals in a shorter timespan!

Shirabe: But that’d be a big problem…… for those working in the kitchen.

Miku: Ah, it’s Shirabe and Kirika.

Hibiki: Oh, Kirika-chan! That’s totally it! I really wanna eat lots more!

Kirika: Yeah, yeah! We oughta have six meals a day, and even three between-meal snacks!

Chris: ……what stupid conversation is going on with you all?

Hibiki: Chris-chan! And with that, everybody’s present-

Chris: With that, what’s with this special summoning on our day off for a discussion? Does it have to do with us being members of S.O.N.G.?

Hibiki: U-mm, that’s not it. Just a little something from school.

Chris: Well, alright. I haven’t had lunch yet either. You mind if I eat while we chat?



Hibiki: So then, what I wanted to talk about was putting on a play with everybody!

Kirika: A play……?

Shirabe: I don’t understand the meaning of this conversation……

Chris: Ih’ na’ tupi ta’.

Miku: Jeez…… isn’t it bad manners to talk with your mouth full?

Chris: Mph, ah~. It’s not stupid talk. Why do you want to put on a play all of a sudden?

Hibiki: Thing is, if you’re talking about a spectacle, you’ve gotta go with a play!

Miku: Jeez, that alone won’t get the idea across. Hey, so, Christmas is coming up soon, isn’t it?

Kirika: Just a few nights of sleep away!

Shirabe: I think that’s the new year……

Chris: Christmas is a Christian celebration, yeah? That doesn’t really concern us, though, right?

Miku: In Japan, Christmas doesn’t have that relevance; it’s for enjoyment.

Miku: And with that. Since we’re part of Lydian’s volunteers in the area, we were talking about the Christmas party.

Miku: We’re gathering the neighborhood kids who aren’t in elementary school yet, and volunteering to show them an enjoyable program……

Chris: ……so that’s it. Maybe if there’s, like, not enough people and you see trouble popping up, we can help others out by making it our business?

Hibiki: Just as expected, Chris-chan. You really understand me!

Chris: It’s not like I want to…… I’ll give that a pass.

Hibiki: Aww~, let’s try it together~

Kirika: Yeah, that’s it! When you make your debut on stage, you’ll get a standing operation from everyone!

Shirabe: It’s “ovation”, not “operation”, Kiri-chan.

Miku: Shirabe, Kirika, would you join in with us?

Kirika: Let this great actress-to-be take care of it!

Shirabe: If Kiri-chan does it……

Hibiki: Thanks! I’ve really gotta hold on to these kind juniors~. Chris-chan, how about you? Hey, hey, let’s you and me try it out~

Chris: I, I’m telling you, I’ll probably give it a pass!



Miku: Hibiki, you worked hard today.

Hibiki: Thanks, Miku.

Miku: Oh, and could we talk a little more about the play? With Shirabe and Kirika, too.

Kirika: Of course!

Shirabe: Sure.

Genjurou: Play……? Hey, what are you up to?

Hibiki: Yep! For our volunteer activities at school, we’re putting on an original play.

Genjurou: I see. Volunteer activities, huh? Those are good intentions.

Tomosato: If you need to gather costumes or tools, I know of a great shop, if I can jump in on this discussion.

Miku: Really? Thanks a lot!

Fujitaka: Hey, do you maybe need some rare costumes?

Tomosato: ……there’s no weird costumes here.

Genjurou: You’re missing the heart of it, Fujitaka.

Fujitaka: Y, you’ve got me all wrong. That’s not what I intended to ask……

Genjurou: ……hm, and will Chris-kun be participating?

Chris: It’ll probably be a bother, so I’m giving it a miss.

Hibiki: Don’t say that! We should still try it out together~

Kirika: I wanna stand up on stage with Chris-senpai……

Shirabe: Mhm, I want to try it out with everyone……

Chris: Oof……

Miku: How about it……? If you’re reluctant to go up on stage, it’d be alright if you were a stagehand……

Chris: I, ah…… I hate going on stage, but……

Genjurou: -that’s it! If that’s the case, then you’ll have free time! How about joining me on the mountain for some special training?

Chris: Haa!? H, how’d things end up like this?

Genjurou: While everyone’s putting all their time into the play, you’re bound to be the only one free. If so, I think it’d be good if you participated in some secret special training!

Chris: I’m fine, thanks!

Hibiki: Secret special training…… *gulp*

Miku: You’re probably thinking about going, aren’t you?

Hibiki: If I don’t go… that’s fine too.

Genjurou: How about it, Chris-kun? But if you were to participate in the play, it’d be disappointing to see you give up on the training-

Chris: Quit asking me about that! Oi, I’ll go ahead and volunteer for the play too!

Hibiki: You’ll do it? Awesome!

Chris: Well, I’ll take it instead of that special training!



Theater Club President: I’m very thankful, Tachibana-san. You were able to gather this many people……

Hibiki: It’s fine, it’s fine. More importantly, let’s make this play a success with everyone!

Theater Club President: Mhm…… your lines are over here and on this cheat sheet as well, so just have fun playing the part without getting too tense.

Chris: If I do it, I’m putting my all into it! Hey, you’re just acting scared, right?

Theater Club President: Ah, the curtain’s going up. Please, begin with the narration.

Miku: Okay, I’m heading out.

Hibiki: Miku, do your best!



Far, far above the clouds.

There lived the gods, and two angel sisters.

The older sister was a hasty kind of person.

The younger sister was shy.

And yet, these two sisters helped each other out,

Spending each day for the sake of the gods-



Miku: Whew. Was that okay?

Kirika: Right on the money!

Theater Club President: Thank you, Kohinata-san.

Chris: ……alright, now it’s their turn.

Kirika: Finally, Shirabe’s making her stage debut!

Hibiki: I’m, um, the older angel sister-. I’m a hasty person, but I’m always helping out my little sister-

Shirabe: ……I am her younger sister. As long as I’m with my older sister, I’m able to go out.

Chris: There’s not an ounce of feeling in that reading. But, maybe it matches.

Miku: Yeah, those two seriously look like angels…… so cute……

Kirika: Yeah! The way they can’t look anyone in the eye is pretty cute!

Chris: Ah, I was thinking the same thing, but, hey, it’s a big success!

Hibiki: Say, let’s go pick flowers at the lake for the gods today.

Shirabe: Okay, big sis……

Still Christmas in my time zone, so this still counts! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you; here’s the 5* Memoria from the recent XDU event. I didn’t see a TL up so I decided to speed-solo this so that it’d still be at least somewhat relevant on release time. No quality/TL check this time, so every little mistake is on me more than usual. If you have access to the original source, as always, feel free to point out any errors to me with corrections, and I’ll gladly update and credit!



TL Notes

Hibiki’s mention of ginger pork is literally 生姜焼き - fried/grilled pork with ginger. I left the cooking method out to stay generic.

Chris’s garbled speech line is about as weird in the original Japanese: 「ふぁかいっふぇんじゃふぇーよ」/「バカいってんじゃねーよ」, so I tried to approximate that with at least a mild degree of decency.

Yes, Kirika literally says “STANDING OPERATION”. 「 スタンディングオペレーション 」

The bit where I’ve put Chris saying “You’re just acting scared, right?” - I think that’s addressed to Hibiki, based on the others’ assessment of the duo’s performance.

If you want more Symphogear XD Unlimited memoria translations, check out the #sxdu-translations tag! I’m not the only one who’s been posting these, so don’t miss out on some fun stories!

