Source: Otsuka Sae’s blog post on 7th☆LIVE (https://ameblo.jp/otsuka-sae/entry-12442321686.html)

TOKYO MX presents 「BanG Dream! 7th☆LIVE」

DAY3:Poppin’ Party「Jumpin’ Music♪」

in Nippon Budokan!!

Thank you so much!

Because all you BanG Dreamers

Have been continuously and warmly giving us your fullest support

We were able to return to Budokan in such a short time! *\(^o^)/*

This wouldn’t have been possible without the fans

So I am really really,

Grateful…grateful? But somehow this word seems too inadequate!!

That I have been led here by everyone,

Is something that I will definitely, definitely, never want to forget.

🐰🐰🐰

The volume of Bandori content,

Starting from one and a half years ago, on August 21, 2017

Became greater than it has ever been.

These 3 days

While intruding upon Budokan

I was wholeheartedly

“Linking characters with actual Lives” [1]

The performances of

All the bands

Were exceedingly wonderful.

They were truly wonderful Entertainment Shows.

To be presented with the final day.

A 2nd time at Budokan for PoPiPa.

Budokan, a test of true worth.

With this we steeled our resolve for that stage.

🐰🐰🐰

A band that is Poppin’ Party

Such a “Seiyuus playing in a band” project

Was unheard-of back then.

I had no experience of being a seiyuu.

In my life, I’d never imagined the day would come for myself to land a role…

Nonetheless

The feeling of pursuing my dreams as well as the enormity of it began to feel real to me,

And so I’m advancing side-by-side with this feeling of upholding the responsibility and doing my best.

There were also times when I felt extremely inferior.

Originally I sang in the streets,

And wrote my own songs,

So I worried about the selection of this important musical role

Since crucially I had no experience on the electric guitar.

We had a little talk about this during the intermission too.

Even now, I’m still an unfinished article [2]

This inferiority complex is still within me

When, will I cease to be here, I don’t know,

I get frightened by this constantly.

This is why I’m throwing myself into everything and giving my all,

Because by doing that, when I look back, I’d be able to see that I’d done something good.

When Bandori got bigger, we had professional musicians joining

Only my “unfinished article” self is left thinking

What am I able to accomplish?

In preparing for this Live, I pondered over a lot.

The character’s life and my own life

Intersecting

Like from the arrangement of B.O.F’s AG [3]

There are various things that only I could have done

To be able to participate in Bandori

I’m very happy.

This, is solely owing to the tremendous love and support

To everyone concerned, I’m grateful.

I’m undeserving of your overwhelming warmth.

“Striving for the best of both worlds” Media mix [4]

Since this reality is probably within reach

So,

We might become the pioneers…

No that is perhaps too presumptuous!!

I want

To dream

To feel kirakira dokidoki

To be the originator of 🐰Hanazono Land🐰?

So from tomorrow, I will once more charge into everything with full effort.

But

Just for today, I shall soak in the lingering reverberations…(๑’ᵕ’๑)

🐰🐰🐰

As a member of PoPiPa

As a member of the Bandori cast

And also as one BanG Dreamer

Constantly examining the true worth

Believing in the endlessness of possibilities

Most importantly, May!

A VS Live with SILENT SIREN

MetLife Dome

I want to run towards it!!!

Gi, Gigaaantic!!!

Throughout the 3 days

To everyone who were together with me

With immense gratefulness! included.

Thank you so much!!!

Poppin’ Party Lead Guitarist

Hanazone Tae’s performer, Otsuka Sae🐰

Extra information:

[1] This is a phrase that has been used to promote the franchise since the start.

[2] She used ‘半端者’, which could have a much more negative connotation of ‘halfwit’.

[3] AG stands for Acoustic Guitar. She is refering to the acoustic version of B.O.F she performed with Aimi during the Live.

[4] More of the franchise’s stock slogans. The project aims to treat both the seiyuu and the band aspects equally seriously. Media mix is a Japanese term for a strategy to distribute content across multiple platforms.

Notes on translation:

– General formatting, such as punctuation, paragraphing, and line breaks, has been preserved as much as possible.

– Translation is line-by-line, except in cases where the result would have been awkward in English.

– I have opted to capitalise the first letters of each line to try and reproduce the poetic presentation of the original.

– I am still only beginning to learn the language, so please do inform me of any errors.

Special thanks to:

– Blub and Nasu at the Bandori Discord’s #translations channel!