AKUDAMA DRIVE Character song Mini album

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## Product information

### Company

THEChara
TOKYO LOGIC, Ltd.

### Artist(s)

Tomoyo Kurosawa, Yuichiro Umehara, Takahiro Sakurai, Shun Horie, Megumi Ogata, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Subaru Kimura

## Akudama Drive

### Character(s)

Ordinary Person, Courier, Cutthroat, Hacker, Doctor, Brawler, Hoodlum

The **AKUDAMA DRIVE Character song Mini album** (アクダマドライブ キャラクターソングミニアルバム *Akudama Doraibu kyarakutāsonguminiarubamu*) is a CD mini-album containing songs about the main characters of *Akudama Drive*, sung by their respective voice-actors.

Announced in November 2020, it came out on December 23rd, 2020, and cost 2 970¥.

## Origins

The AKUDAMA DRIVE Character song Mini album was sold as a result of a collaboration (TVアニメ『アクダマドライブ』THEキャラSHOP *TV Anime "Akudama Drive" × THEChara SHOP*) between *Akudama Drive* and Japanese store THEキャラ (THEChara). A pop-up store was available at their location in shopping center Ikebukuro Marui from December 23rd, 2020 to January 13th, 2021. A large array of items was available, including the mini-album.

## Lyrics

*The official lyrics of these songs have not been made available online. As such, the translations below were transcripted by ear.*

### 絶対絶命ノーエスケープ *Zettai Zetsumei* No Escape

Vocals: The Citizen (CV: Tomoyo Kurosawa)

Composer: Powerless

Arranger: Powerless

Lyricist: Karasuya-sabou

**Fanmade translation by Twitter user @ComunCoutinho**

Title: Cornered. No Escape.

Don't say to my face

that this isn't a dream, jerk.

My life begins to change.

Farewell, my days.

If life was a movie,

I'm sure I'd be just

a background character.

But I still want to be there.

I can't get off this ride.

Everything that can go wrong goes,

but I can't quit the game before I win.

Cornered. No escape.

But the match is not over yet.

One second is all it takes.

Grab the prize and never let go.

If I can't deceive anyone, then

I just have to deceive myself.

Look. Hope is still in my hands.

This is a scandal

without precedent.

My fate is set in motion.

I'm the protagonist?!

But why did it have to be

this action thriller story

getting crazier at every scene?

That makes no sense.

Why did it have to be me?!

I know I'm useless and unambitious,

but it's all in, do or die here.

Cornered. No escape.

Right? You all know.

The stage is all set.

Show much go on.

Let's open the curtains.

If you can believe anyone,

then believe just in me

when I say I'll have the last laugh.

Why am I here

suffering so much?

I close my eyes.

Nothing is going right.

The moment for the drama turnabout

lies beyond the biggest predicament.

The plot really is convenient like this.

But that's not happening if you quit,

so raise your head.

Cornered. No escape.

But the match is not over yet.

Not with the greatest trump card

still right here in my hand.

Cornered. No escape.

But the match is not over yet.

Because this life is mine.

Meaning I'm the protagonist.

I own the script, the props, and the stage,

so I'll give the story a happy ending.

Look. The future is not decided yet,

so let's go where the light is.
### Red light,Dead line

Vocals: The Courier (CV: Yuichiro Umehara) & The Killer (CV: Takahiro Sakurai)

Composer: Karasuya-sabou

Arranger: Karasuya-sabou

Lyricist: Karasuya-sabou

**Fanmade translation by Twitter user @ComunCoutinho**

Title: Red light, Dead line

Cutthroat: Ah, how pretty. You're mine. I won't let anyone take you away from me. Nothing can threaten your life. You're safe with me, my greatest angel.

Courier: All I have in my mind

is the fastest route.

No one can stop me.

Ignition, start.

I never fail

any job I take.

Accelerate, feel the wind.

The city we run through is a prison.

Oh, prison.

No one else can see it.

Pass under supplementary defenses,

reach the designated place.

Knock down this jail's walls.

(Red light) Shake free from

(Dead line) your fears.

Oh, oh, oh.

(Red light) Never stop.

(Dead line) Keep on moving.

Oh, oh, oh.

Once you dash to

where you belong,

you can't move back.

(Red light) Don't let your doubts

(Dead line) or regrets,

(Oh, oh, oh.) stop you from reaching the end.

Cutthroat: When I'm this close to you, I feel like I'm melting. You're special to me, my greatest angel. That's why I absolutely need to kill you.

Courier: That's the mission.

Show you're determined

to survive. Your place in

the world is something you

conquer with your own hands.

(Red light) Shake free from

(Dead line) your fears.

Oh, oh, oh.

(Red light) Never stop.

(Dead line) Keep on moving.

Oh, oh, oh.

Faster than anyone.

(Red light) Tear apart

(Dead line) your demise.

Oh, oh, oh.

(Red light) That is your

(Dead line) only route.

Oh, oh, oh.

Once you put your

life on the line,

you can't move back.

(Red light) Don't let doubts

(Dead line) or regrets

(Oh, oh, oh.) catch up to you.

### go run［lifegame.out］

Vocals: The Hacker (CV: Shun Horie)

Composer: YASUHIRO

Arranger: YASUHIRO

Lyricist: Karasuya-sabou

**Fanmade translation by Twitter user @ComunCoutinho**

Title: go run[lifegame.out]

These security holes are so predictable.

I still got nothing to chew on.

My job crumbles into

binary code.

Pointless day after pointless day,

the city cycles with nothing for me to do.

I look for a pulse that

can fill the void in my heart.

I want to know

what I don't.

I want to overcome

limits but there are

none still left for me.

Will I reach it

before my boredom

kill me?

I'll keep going,

even if there's no answer

to be found there.

Let's keep moving,

to the end of my path,

the final event.

Get running out of the

ocean of zeroes and ones.

Question impossibility.

This was a sudden singularity.

An accelerating script.

My first and last ticket

out of these boring days.

The protocol that overwrites my days

was hit with an unknown error.

I couldn't have foreseen this.

Entertain me.

I want to know.

What can I look forward to?

I want to overcome.

The train's last stop

is on my dreams.

Will I reach it

before my boredom

kills me?

I'll keep going,

even if there's no future

to be found there.

Let's keep moving,

to the end of my path,

the irreversible paradise.

Guessing the password

is a piece of cake. Get running.

Trust in my possibilities.

Goodbye, boring world.

Zeroes and ones flicker

and disappear.

I feel warmth,

beyond the end of my dream.

Will I reach it

before my inefficacy

kills me?

You'll keep going,

even if there's no answer

to be found there.

Let's keep moving,

to the end of my path,

the final event.

Get running out of the

ocean of zeroes and ones.

Question impossibility.

### 哀れに踊るは命の定め *Aware ni Odoru wa Inochi no Sadame*

Vocals: The Doctor (CV: Megumi Ogata)

Composer: Ayato Shinozaki, Ryosuke Tachibana

Arranger: Ayato Shinozaki, Ryosuke Tachibana

Lyricist: Karasuya-sabou

**Fanmade translation by Twitter user @ComunCoutinho**

Title: Life is fated to dance pathetically

My condolences, I'm not saving you.

I don't have any words to console you.

Lalala lalalala lala (x3)

If you're going to beg for your life, don't make me wait for it. (Hurry)

Devote yourself to me, show me how pathetic you are.

I'm the one who gets to decide

when life ends.

Dance, dance pathetically

on the palm of my hand.

Entertain me more,

until you can no longer breathe.

Live through the bitter and the sweet,

and die when I say "die".

Let me control everything about you.

What I want is not eternal life.

It's to have the deaths of all living thnigs in my hands.

Lalala lalalala lala (x7)

All as I want.

All as I desire.

Dance, dance pathetically

on the palm of my hand.

Entertain me more,

until you can no longer breathe.

Live through the bitter and the sweet,

and die when I say "die".

Let me control everything about you.

There's nothing that can't

go the way I want it to.

I laugh, and say goodbye.
### Strike it!!

Vocals: The Brawler (CV: Shunsuke Takeuchi) & The Punk (CV: Subaru Kimura)

Composer: DJ'TEKINA//SOMETHING a.k.a yuyoyuppe

Arranger: DJ'TEKINA//SOMETHING a.k.a yuyoyuppe

Lyricist: Karasuya-sabou

**Fanmade translation by Twitter user @ComunCoutinho**

Title: Strike it!!

Both: Strike it, break it.

We're the men among invincible men.

Strike it, break it.

Want your ass kicked, newbie?

Strike it, break it.

Bare knuckles. One, two, punch.

Bring it on, we're brothers,

brothers, brothers,

here we go!

Brawler: I'm 1000% sure you can't beat me,

but try to at least entertain me some, challenger.

I am the Brawler. Weak-fisted losers

could never catch my attention.

I ain't losing to any dudes with weapons.

A man who can't get strong is pathetic.

One punch tells all you need to know.

Learn your reason to live in the fight.

Ain't that right, brother?

Hoodlum: AH? Yeah, no doubt.

I know I could expect the best from you.

You're off the charts, downright dirty.

Though, if I gave my all, things wouldn't be fun.

So I'll let you have everything. Don't be modest.

(How can things go this well?

I'm a hoodlum who can't do anything decent.

A lame thug. A lowlife. An underling.

Just a guy taking cheap shots to survive.)

But I haven't given up yet.

I got a guy who believes in me.

Brawler: We still haven't

Hoodlum: We still haven't

Both: lost to anyone!

Strike it, break it.

We're the men among invincible men.

Strike it, break it.

Want your ass kicked, newbie?

Strike it, break it.

Bare knuckles. One, two, punch.

Bring it on, we're brothers,

brothers, brothers,

here we go!

Brawler: What, you chickened out? Can't even speak? If you're this scared of me, you'll pass out where you stand when you see what my brother can do. Show'em. Fists ready, brother.

Hoodlum: Huh? Ah, ok.

I'm the big bad of the brawl.

The greatest antihero of our era.

In one move, (BAM!)

the deeds done, (SLAM!)

Estimated sentence time:

5 hundred millions years.

I'm not making this up.

No, I'm not joking here.

I'm cornered?

Hat, that can't kill me.

I'm not s-s-s-scared.

If you think I am

consider yourself warned and

get the fuck outta here!

Get'em good, brother!

Brawler: Gotcha.

Can I have them?

Can I really?

Don't regret it.

But man, you really chose the

wrong guy to pick a fight with.

Brother doesn't even need you to make a move.

I'm enough to end you.

You're so incredibly strong and awesome.

How do you do it, my mysterious brother?

Your beard is damn tiny,

but your crimes are huge and artistic.

That's why I wanna be by his side.

I wanna see the world from the top.

Hoodlum: We will never

Brawler: We will never

Both: lose to anyone!

Strike it, break it.

We're the men among invincible men.

Strike it, break it.

Want your ass kicked, newbie?

Strike it, break it.

Bare knuckles. One, two, punch.

Bring it on, we're brothers,

brothers, brothers,

here we go!

## Purchase information

### Regular Edition

The Regular Edition of the AKUDAMA DRIVE Character song Mini album was originally sold by Japanese store THEキャラ (THEChara) for 2 970¥. Buyers would receive the mini-album along with a bonus card-styled CD cover. (View gallery)

### Special Edition

The Special Edition of the AKUDAMA DRIVE Character song Mini album was originally sold by Japanese store THEキャラ (THEChara) for 5 170¥. Buyers would receive the mini-album along with a bonus card-styled CD cover and 7 badges representing each of the seven Akudama featured on the mini-album's cover. (View gallery)

## Gallery

### Pictures

DiscPreview of the bonus card-styled CD cover distributed at random to buyers of the mini-albumPreview of the badges distributed to buyers of the mini-album's Special Edition
### Videos

『アクダマドライブ』キャラクターソングミニアルバム試聴動画／一般人(黒沢ともよ)、運び屋(梅原裕一郎)、喧嘩屋(武内駿輔)、ハッカー(堀江瞬)、医者(緒方恵美)、チンピラ(...NBCUniversal Anime/Music - AKUDAMA DRIVE Character song Mini album Previews
## External links

* AKUDAMA DRIVE Character song Mini Album on Miraheze

## References

1. ↑ THEChara blog post: *TVアニメ『アクダマドライブ』×THEキャラSHOPが池袋マルイにて期間限定オープン！* (日本語)
2. ↑ @ComunCoutinho on Twitter: *Citizen/Swindler Character Song lyrics*
3. ↑ @ComunCoutinho on Twitter: *Courier (ft. Cutthroat, but he doesn't sing) Character Song lyrics*
4. ↑ @ComunCoutinho on Twitter: *Hacker Character Song lyrics*
5. ↑ @ComunCoutinho on Twitter: *Doctor Character Song lyrics*
6. ↑ @ComunCoutinho on Twitter: *Brawler & Hooligan Character Song lyrics*
7. ↑ Regular Edition THEChara store link (日本語)
8. ↑ Special Edition THEChara store link (日本語)