Blog Post 4(x3) Golden

Since this might be the last blog post of the semester, I thought it would be fitting to share one of my favorite video game ending songs, "Never More" from Persona 4 (Golden). The song is from the perspective of the protagonist reminiscing about the friendships he's leaving behind. The fact that "never more" is the only phrase in the song that's not in Japanese emphasizes those lyrics and adds to the sense of finality but also hope because darkness and loneliness will "never more" trouble the protagonist thanks to the friends he made while solving mysteries in Inaba. The meaning of the song aside, I think it's interesting how the singer generally pronounces each syllable distinctly (with a few exceptions). Also, she pronounces を as "wo" instead of "o". It shows that sung Japanese can sound rather different from spoken Japanese. It does make sense, as I sometimes mishear the lyrics to English songs because of how things are pronounced differently from what I'm used to!