リテラシー (Literacy)

==Background==
"Literacy" is a song featuring KAITO by wotaku. It is his first work to feature KAITO as a vocalist.
The song follows the story of an ordinary university student who, in terms of sensibility, has some deviations from that of normal human beings'. He thinks that he cannot reach a mutual understanding with other people through ordinary conversations with other people. Unable to accept his abnormalities and the fact that personal values vary from person to person, which result in his inablity to gain a mutual understanding, he seeks a way to feel empathy with the other party, and eventually comes to the conclusion that this could be achieved through inflicting "pain" (which is a common sense for every human being).
What started as trivial acts like slapping or pulling hair would evolve into punching, kicking, cutting his skin, and finally, the protagonist would pursue this deeper sense of pain through tearing his own abdomen. It is also not unilateral self-harm that he commits either, as the other party would be equally harmed as him. The protagonist believes that through sharing mutual pain with the other person, he would be able to truly understand them.
It should be noted that his relationship with the other party is different from that of a sexual love where one wants to take the other as their own, and instead, is a friendship where the protagonist wants to see and feel "the same scenery" as the other person. The other party is also expected to be a male student, though it is unknown whether this other person shares the same deviations and ideas as the protagonist.
Gradually, the two conclude that so long as a body and a mentality still exists, they would still be unable to reach a full consensus, and only "death" would grant them the mutual understanding they seek. The song ends with the two people possibly heading towards their demise.
The song has entered the Hall of Fame.
==Succeeding Version==
==Lyrics==
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|-|Japanese lyrics = 
Japanese (日本語歌詞) 	Romaji (ローマ字)
 	
罫線が歪み切っていた 	keisen ga yugamikitte ita
筆圧もままならない 	hitsuatsu mo mama naranai
言語とすら呼べないくらい 	gengo to sura yobenai kurai
杜撰で　不安定　なんで 	zusan de fuantei nande
 	
丁寧が腐りきっていた 	teinei ga kusarikitte ita
人格もまだ幼い 	jinkaku mo mada osanai
擁護をすりゃ　お偉いみたい 	yougo o surya oerai mitai
 	
どうか始めから 	douka hajime kara
こんな詰んだ世界を無にして 	konna tsunda sekai o mu ni shite
分かり合えるという意味の施行を証明して 	wakariaeru to iu imi no shikou o shoumei shite
 	
なぁ　もうさ 	naa mou sa
痛覚の脳信号でさ 	tsuukaku no noushingou de sa
絆を確かめてみよう 	kizuna o tashikamete miyou
 	
伝わらない感情を振って 	tsutawaranai kanjou o futte
内臓裂いて膿を取って 	naizou saite umi o totte
感覚も焼き去って 	kankaku mo yakisatte
友達 	tomodachi
 	
塞がらない外傷を縫って 	fusagaranai gaishou o nutte
散々やって膿を以て 	sanzan yatte umi o motte
透明な主を待っている 	toumei na shu o matte iru
そうやって種を保っている 	sou yatte shu o tamotte iru
 	
衝動に舵を切ったのは 	shoudou ni kaji o kitta no wa
理性的な言い訳だ 	riseiteki na iiwake da
全年齢対象の顔 	zennenrei taishou no kao
なんて　ないぜ　残念 	nante nai ze zannen
 	
敬虔な使徒になっていた 	keiken na shito ni natte ita
透明なままでいたい 	toumei na mama de itai
炎症には見えないくらい 	enshou ni wa mienai kurai
こんなに綺麗だ 	konna ni kirei da
 	
なんか従属は成功例でさ 	nanka juuzoku wa seikou rei de sa
合理的な愛の形なんじゃないかって 	gouriteki na ai no katachi nan ja nai ka tte
ねぇ　一緒に死んでみようか 	nee issho ni shinde miyou ka
祈りを確かめてみよう 	inori o tashikamete miyou
 	
伝わらない感情で吊って 	tsutawaranai kanjou de tsutte
代償なんて産み堕として 	daishou nante umi otoshite
暗幕を焼き去って 	anmaku o yakisatte
友達 	tomodachi
 	
身体の無い精神で言って 	karada no nai seishin de itte
本当の事を全部言って 	hontou no koto o zenbu itte
安寧へと巣立っていく 	annei e to sudatte iku
 	
同じ目で見た景色で 	onaji me de mita keshiki de
一つになって笑いたくて 	hitotsu ni natte waraitakute
 	
伝わりあって　分かりあって 	tsutawariatte wakariatte
崇高なる寂滅を以て 	suukou naru jakumetsu o motte
本当も嘘も無くなればいい 	hontou mo uso mo nakunareba ii
 	
別たれた外界を以て 	wakatareta gaikai o motte
散々な日々は業になって 	sanzan na hibi wa gou ni natte
聡明な主を謳っている 	soumei na shu o utatte iru
全てが終わっていく 	subete ga owatte iku
 	
焚べては終わっていく 	kubete wa owatte iku
|-|Official English lyrics = 
Completely skewed ruled lines
The pressure of the writing is barely controllable 
To an extent that you can no longer call it a language 
It is messy, unstable. Why is it so?
Courtesy was utterly rotten 
His personality is still immature 
To give defense, he seems like a big shot
I beg you 
Please prove the meaning of understanding one another 
Despite almsgiving of reducing the screwed world to nothing from the beginning
Hey why don’t we 
Check the bond between us 
Through electrical signal from the pain
Shaking off uncommunicable emotions 
Tearing apart the organs and getting rid of the pus 
And burning off the senses 
Friends
By suturing the unhealable injury 
For how many times and I get the pus 
I await the transparent master 
This is how I maintain the species
It is the rational excuse 
Which prompted me to steer the rudder on impetus 
A face for all ages 
There is no such thing, unfortunately
I have become a devout believer 
I wish to stay transparent 
As though I have no inflammation 
How beautiful is this?
Maybe subordination is an example of success 
Maybe it is the shape of reasonable love 
Hey, let us die together 
To confirm our prayer
Hanging through uncommunicable emotions 
Aborting compensations 
And scorching the blackout curtain 
Friends 
By telling all the truths 
In a bodyless spirit 
I fly off to peace 
I wanted to laugh as one 
At the scenery we viewed with the same eyes
Through communication and understanding one another 
And with magnificent nirvana 
I pray that there will be no truths nor lies
In a divided external world 
Horrid days will become karma
And claim as the sophisticated master 
All will soon come to an end
As we burn, all will soon come to an end
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==Derivatives==
==Other media appearances==
===Discography===
This song is featured in the single リテラシー (Literacy).
===Concerts===
This song was featured in the following concerts:
* HATSUNE MIKU EXPO 2023 VR
* MK15th project MEIKO & KAITO Online Concert
* MikuExpo North America 2024
* Miku Expo Europe 2024
* Miku Expo New Zealand & Australia 2024
==Trivia==
* The build-up (ochisabi / 落ちサビ) section of the song emphasizes the breath, because wotaku wanted it to resemble a piece of erotic audio.Twitter The breath effect in KAITO's version was imported from that of Azsagawa's.Twitter
* A version featuring Hatsune Miku was also hinted to potentially be featured in one of wotaku's albums in the future.Twitter
==Gallery==
<tabber>Games =
wotaku - Literacy (single).jpg|Cover of the digital single
Literacy - HoF.png|mikuma's illustration celebrating Literacy being inducted into the Hall of Fame on NiconicoTwitter
|-|Concerts =
KAITO dancing to Literacy during Miku Expo 2024 in Los Angeles.jpeg|KAITO performing Literacy love story in the Miku Expo 2024 in Los Angeles concert.
KAITO dancing to Literacy during Miku Expo 2024 in Chicago.jpeg|KAITO performing Literacy love story in the Miku Expo 2024 in Chicago concert.
KAITO dancing to Literacy during Miku Expo 2024 in Mexico City.jpeg|KAITO performing Literacy love story in the Miku Expo 2024 in Mexico City concert.
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==References==
==External links==
===Official===
===Unofficial===
Category:Original songs
Category:Japanese songs
Category:Songs featuring KAITO
Category:Songs featuring Human vocals and voices
Category:Concert songs