Best Japanese Song

Well, the song that I would like to introduce to everyone was a song that my Japanese teacher showed to us during class. The song that I have chosen is called “Toire no kamisama” which means “Goddess In The Toilet” (I’m being pretty damn serious about using this song.) http://www.youtube.com...; (A music video of “Toire no kamisama”) Toire = Toilet Kamisama = Goddess (Kami = God) No = In between particle Over here, you can find the lyrics along with the English translation: http://lyricstranslate.com... Lol I’m just messing around with you. Here’s the one with the roomaji and the English translation for non-Japanese speaker/readers :p http://www.kiwi-musume.com... What makes this song “good”? (in relation to my R1 criteria) I will begin to outline my reasons. For some reason, from thrid grade onwardI lived with my grandmaShe lived right next door to my parentsBut I lived with my grandmaThis is the start of the song and also created the setting/atmosphere. The girl (in first person) in unable to live in the same house as her parents and is obliged to live with her grandmother. I helped her every dayAnd we played gomokuBut I just didn't like cleaning the toiletAnd Grandma said this to me Gomoku is he same thing as "Go" for those who are wondering. This is where the important part of the song emerges. The Goddess of the toilet starts here. There's a, there's a pretty goddessLiving in the toiletSo if you clean the toilet every day, you can becomeA pretty lady, just like the goddessThe goddess that lives in the toilet states that if you clean up the toilet on a daily basis, you can become a pretty lady, just like the goddess.From that day on, I cleaned the toilet Until it shoneI wanted to be a pretty lady so muchSo I cleaned it every day So the girl starts cleaning up the toilet as she is dedicated to become a pretty lady as the legend states she would be if she followed that idea. When we went shoppingWe ate Nanban duck soup togetherI cried and yelled at GrandmaWhen she forgot to record ShinkigekiAnother important section of the song has arrived. During her meal with Grandma, she "cried and yelled at Grandma, when she forgot to record Shinkigeki" (A comedy show in Japan). This displays the typical situation when a child becomes close to an ungrateful brat and does not realise how previleged they already are. Having Grandma do whatever she wants became an expectation rather than a request to say. There's a, there's a pretty goddessLiving in the toiletSo if you can clean the toilet every day, you can becomeA pretty lady, just like the goddessOnce again, it refers back to the cleaning of the toilet. If you are dedicated to becoming a pretty lady, you must clean the toilet on a daily basis. When I was a little older I fought with GrandmaI didn't get on well with my family anymoreAnd didn't want to be at home anymoreThis is putting on more emphasis of not being a good child. A child does not get everything that they want and would go so far as not wanting to be at home anymore. On days off, I'd go out with my boyfriendAnd not come homeThe things between us started to disappearNo more gomoku, no more duck soup I am not so sure what setting this type of girl would fall under. However, I would guess her age would be somewhere between 16-22 considering she has a boyfriend (meer guess). Why do peope hurt each other And lose everything they held dear?I left home aloneLeaving behind Grandma, who had always been my closest ally Taking note that this song is presented in first person, and the use of the words "closest ally" in reference to her Grandma, we can gather that from here onwards, she begins to appreciate her Grandma more. Two years after I left TokyoGrandma was taken to hospitalI went to visit GrandmaShe'd become so thin and frail "Thin and Frail" are words that depict our emotions. She feels sad that her Grandma is in such bad shape. Before she was competely ungrateful with what Grandma and her parents had to ffer her in her life. It is over here where maturity has been developed and her feelings fo Grandma has changed. I said "Grandma, I'm home!"Purposely saying it in the same way I used toBefore we had the chance to talk much I was shooed out of her room and told "Time to go home now"Her emotions are revealed to Grandma. The next morning, GrandmaQuietly passed away in her sleepIt really, really seemed like she'd been waitingJust for me to comeEven though she raised meEven though she asked for nothing in return Even though I hadn't been a good grandchild She waited for me The next stage of her understanding has developed here. From here, we can gather that she finally understands what love means and how her Grandma has shown it to her. As the last four lines of thse stanza reads: "Even though she raised me, Even though she asked for nothing in return, Even though I hadn't been a good grandchild, She waited for me". It is also clera, form the song itself, that these four lines have most impact as the volume increases and there is a lot more emphasis on those lines. In the toilet, there's a pretty Goddess who lives there I wonder if those words grandma said to meHave turned the present me into a pretty lady Going back to the legend that if you are a girl from Japan and clean the toilet, you will become pretty, just like the goddess that lives down there. She reflects back onto the words from Grandma and thinks whether or not it is true. She displays appreciation to what Grandma has to say. There's a, there's a pretty goddessLiving in the toiletSo if you clean the toilet every day, you can becomeA pretty lady, just like the goddessMore or less a repeat of the previous stanza. Becoming a good wifeWas my dreamToday, once again, I scrub and scrub the toiletUntil it shinesGrandmaGrandmaThank youGrandmaThank youSo muchThe final words of appreaciation before the end of the song. To sum up the idea and flow of the story, a typical child becomes ungrateful at not being allowed to have everything that they want. As the song progresses, so does the child in her life. She moves on through life, gaining maturity and a deeper understanding with what it means to have something important in her life (her grandma this time). The song itself is also rather moving as it progresses through the life of a child from being immature and the development of their maturity. At the end of the song, the girl is finally able to understand love, and what it truly means to lose someone important in her life. And, for these reasons, it makes the song "good" (under what has been outlined in R1) Looking forward to the song that Bossy has to offer!