Bonds

***Bonds*** (絆 / *Kizuna*) is a song by Division All Stars. It was used as an ending theme of *Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima* and released on December 12, 2020 on digital platforms. The song was later included into the *Straight Outta Rhyme Anima* album.

The song was split into four versions and used as endings in the anime:

* *IKEBUKURO ver.* by Buster Bros!!! was used in episodes 1, 2 and 3.
* *YOKOHAMA ver.* by MAD TRIGGER CREW was used in episodes 4, 5 and 6.
* *SHIBUYA ver.* by Fling Posse was used in episodes 7, 8 and 9.
* *SHINJUKU ver.* by Matenro was used in episodes 10, 11 and 12.

## Track Info

* **Lyrics**:
	+ *IKEBUKURO ver.*: YOSHI, POCYOMKIN (Gaki Ranger), tofubeats
	+ *YOKOHAMA ver.*: Cypress Ueno & Robert Yoshino, tofubeats
	+ *SHIBUYA ver.*: Yanosuke (AFRO PARKER), tofubeats
	+ *SHINJUKU ver.*: Mr. Q, Yamada Man (Rappagariya), tofubeats
* **Composition/Arrangement**: tofubeats
* **Length**: 5:57
* **Tempo**: 95 BPM

* **Length**: 1:32 (Part A) / 1:32 (Part B) / 1:32 (Part C) / 1:32 (Part D)
* **Attribute**: NO ATTRIBUTE
* **Note Count**:
	+ **Part A**: 124 (EASY) / 225 (NORMAL) / 369 (HARD) / 438 (EXPERT)
	+ **Part B**: 144 (EASY) / 284 (NORMAL) / 414 (HARD) / 536 (EXPERT)
	+ **Part C**: 94 (EASY) / 195 (NORMAL) / 348 (HARD) / 457 (EXPERT)
	+ **Part D**: 147 (EASY) / 221 (NORMAL) / 340 (HARD) / 470 (EXPERT)

## Lyrics

* English
* Romaji
* Kanji

---(Buster Bros!!!)---

All the city guys, c’mon, put your hands up

We are the best of friends (Best of friends!)

All the city guys, c’mon, put your hands up

This is our bond!

Put your hands up

(All right!)

Put your hands up

---(Ichiro Yamada)---

There are so many wounds of the past that can’t just be unravelled

We can’t give up here, we gotta win this battle

I wonder to myself, what really is “true” power

Maybe it’s the sense of unity we’ve built up over hours

---(Jiro Yamada)---

Quiet complaints won’t bring me to the end

Dawn won’t come without accepting everything the world sends

Staking it all on my pride, not letting myself stray

We’re gonna win no matter what, fight my way

---(Saburo Yamada)---

I want to keep smiling, no matter what happens

I’ll devote myself to it, with all of my passion

My true feelings are what I want to know

With this indispensable bond, now, let’s go

(All right!)

---(Ichiro Yamada)---

C’mon, there’s a lot of ground to cover, you two

---(Jiro Yamada)---

We know what’s true

---(Saburo Yamada)---

Without review

---(Buster Bros!!!)---

We’ve got value

---(Ichiro Yamada)---

Still, we’ve got a long ways to go

---(Jiro Yamada)---

But don’t you know?

---(Saburo Yamada)---

Look, the sky is dyed red with

---(Buster Bros!!!)---

Buster Bros!!!

There’s definitely nothing that we can’t handle

So long as we’re with all our friends

There’s no division that’s more important

My love for it here doesn’t end

It’s okay to have bad days once in a while

It’s something we can amend

We’ll overcome whatever comes our way

And then we’re gonna shine

‘Bukuro guys, c’mon, put your hands up

This is our bond (Our bond!)

---(MAD TRIGGER CREW)---

MAD TRIGGER CREW

---(Samatoki Aohitsugi)---

I’ve seen it all before, the ins and outs of every fray

Your bonds will always keep you safe, even if you throw yourself away

Keep a tight hold on what’s real, in the city of Yokohama

Writing “serious” one way, and reading it as “maji”

---(Jyuto Iruma)---

The trash and the scum crawling out of the gutter

Are different to us three, interweaved together

You think money could afford you a bond such as this?

Understand? In simple terms, it’s magic

---(Rio Mason Busujima)---

Hand in hand we form this triangle

Our secret code is 045

Even in the dark, with my comrades I’ll fight

My family will survive here in our hood

---(Samatoki Aohitsugi)---

So long as we’re a team, I’d go anywhere with you

---(Jyuto Iruma)---

We’ll show people a life only us three could live through

---(Rio Mason Busujima)---

Aiming for a future that no one else can view

---(MAD TRIGGER CREW)---

We are Yokohama, MAD TRIGGER CREW!

There’s definitely nothing that we can’t handle

So long as we’re with all our friends

There’s no division that’s more important

My love for it here doesn’t end

It’s okay to have bad days once in a while

It’s something we can amend

We’ll overcome whatever comes our way

And then we’re gonna shine

Yokohama guys, c’mon, put your hands up

This is our bond (Our bond!)

---(Ramuda Amemura)---

You’re kinda tired, right? Here, have some candy

I want to stay cheerful, but the wind is chilling me

Various threads sewn together, a repainted vision

Even if the fabric ties itself in knots, it’ll keep me warm

---(Gentaro Yumeno)---

There’s nothing sadder than a story that goes unheard

In this mournful city, words and sound have become blurred

There’s value in taking time to think things through

No more tripping over my own feet, I have friends waiting just nearby

---(Dice Arisugawa)---

Taking steps one by one towards tomorrow’s dawn

I’m sure the heat that’s on my back isn’t just the sunset

There’s no way you’ll get lost in the evening twilight

I’ll lend you my shoulder - you can lend me money sometime

---(Ramuda Amemura)---

Make a wish on Emptiness

---(Gentaro Yumeno)---

Surpass the imaginary

---(Dice Arisugawa)---

Let’s put up a bluff (Oh yeah)

---(Fling Posse)---

This flower wreath will bear fruit

We are Fling Posse

There’s definitely nothing that we can’t handle

So long as we’re with all our friends

There’s no division that’s more important

My love for it here doesn’t end

It’s okay to have bad days once in a while

It’s something we can amend

We’ll overcome whatever comes our way

And then we’re gonna shine

Shibuya guys, c’mon, put your hands up

This is our bond (Our bond!)

---(Matenro)---

Shinjuku, Matenro…

---(Jakurai Jinguji)---

Roaming the streets, dangerous and uncontrolled

Holding a vast amount of information

A light that pierces even through the dark

Always on guard is I, Jakurai (That’s right!)

We three are the the last guys who will remain

---(Hifumi Izanami)---

That’s right, yeah? You’ve been waiting for me? (Hi-fu-mi!)

We are super first class (Yeah!)

Our bond is growing just like a heartbeat

Breathing new life into this world

---(Doppo Kannonzaka)---

The words that I hold within me sound naïve

Something is wrong; it’s this impossible system

Even with things at their worst, I have Doctor and Hifumi

By their side I can be Doppo, unchained and free

---(Jakurai Jinguji)---

From people, cities, buildings, light seems to glow

---(Hifumi Izanami)---

With however many kilo left until we get home

---(Doppo Kannonzaka)---

I believe in my friends! There’s no crisis we can’t get through!

---(Jakurai Jinguji)---

I like it

---(Hifumi Izanami)---

It’s simple!

---(Doppo Kannonzaka)---

Shinjuku

---(Matenro)---

Matenro!

There’s definitely nothing that we can’t handle

So long as we’re with all our friends

There’s no division that’s more important

My love for it here doesn’t end

It’s okay to have bad days once in a while

It’s something we can amend

We’ll overcome whatever comes our way

And then we’re gonna shine

Shinjuku guys, c’mon, put your hands up

This is our bond (Our bond!)

---(All)---

Put your hands up!

There’s definitely nothing that we can’t handle

So long as we’re with all our friends

There’s no division that’s more important

My love for it here doesn’t end

It’s okay to have bad days once in a while

It’s something we can amend

We’ll overcome whatever comes our way

And then we’re gonna shine

All the city guys, c’mon, put your hands up

We are the best of friends (Best of friends!)

All the city guys, c’mon, put your hands up

This is our bond!

All the city guys, c’mon, put your hands up

We are the best of friends (Best of friends!)

All the city guys, c’mon, put your hands up

This is our bond!

All the city guys, c’mon, put your hands up

We are the best of friends

All the city guys, c’mon, put your hands up

This is our bond!

Kono machi no yatsura wa put ya hands up

Korega saikō no nakama

Kono machi no yatsura wa put ya hands up

Oretachi no kizuna

Kizu no kazu dake aru-sa nuguenai kako

Katsu made wa mazu yuzurenai battle

Hontō no tsuyo-sa tte ittai nandarou?

Kizukiagete kita itaikan kamo

Saigomade hakanai yowane zenbu

Uketomenakya konai yoake

Puraido kake jibun o tsukaikonase

Oretachi de tsukamu ze faitomanē

Zutto warattetai na itsu made mo

Kono mi sasageru yo ikurademo

Hontō no kimochi ni kidzuka re-sō

Taisetsuna nda kono kizuna de ikou (All right)

Sa~a saki wa nagai zo kyōdai-tachi

Kōkai nashi mondainashi no sonzai kachi

Mada haruka tōku-sa wakarudarou?

Hora akaku somaru sora to Buster Bros! ! !

Nakama to isshonara don'na koto mo daijōbudarou

Doko no division yori mo saikō no ji aishiteru koko o

Kuso mitaina koto ga atte mo ī sa

Zenbu koete kō to suru mienai chikara

Oretachi wa kagayaku

Bukuro no yatsura wa put ya hands up

Oretachi no kizuna

Imamade mite kita omoteura no subete o

Tatoe kono mi sutete mo mamorinuku kizuna o

Honmono dake ga tsudou Yokohama no machi

Honki to kaite yomikata wa maji

Waite detekuru gomi ya kuzu

To wa chigau 3-nin ga orinasu

Kiseki-tekina yūgō-kin de kaeru ka kono kachi?

Wakarudaro? Hitokoto de majikku-

Te o toriatta kono toraianguru

Himitsu no angō sō 045

Dōshi to tomoni kurayami de faito

My famirī to ikinuku ze OUR HOOD

Omaera to ireba doko made mo ikeru

Kono 3-nin dake no ikikata shimesu

Iruna Yatsu-ra to onaji mirai o mi teru

We are Yokohama! MAD TRIGGER CREW

Nakama to isshonara don'na koto mo daijōbudarou

Doko no division yori mo saikō no ji aishiteru koko o

Kuso mitaina koto ga atte mo ī sa

Zenbu koete kō to suru mienai chikara

Oretachi wa kagayaku

Yokohama no yatsura wa put ya hands up

Oretachi no kizuna

Chotto tsukaretadesho? Ame ageru yo

Motto ukaretaikedo kaze ga hieru yo

Nuiawaseta chigau ito

Nurikaeru vision

Tokorodokoro yoreta autā mo

Kireba attamaru-sa

Todokanai monogatari hodo kanashī mono wanai

Kotodama ni oto ga saki doko ka naki-sōna machi

Tōmawari sono naka ni touta kachi

Mō saka ni korobanai

Tomo wa machi `tōkaraji'

Chiheisen no mukō reimei o mezasu ippo

Senaka no netsu no wake wa yūhi igai ni mo kitto

Tasogare ni omae dake madowa seru basho wa mu e

Kata kurai kasu ze tamani kin demo kashite kure

Tomite boshi ni inotte kyokō o tobikoete

Kyosei hatte ikou ze (oh yeah)

Miwomusubu wa chō ge

We’re Fling Posse

Nakama to isshonara don'na koto mo daijōbudarou

Doko no division yori mo saikō no ji aishiteru koko o

Kuso mitaina koto ga atte mo ī sa

Zenbu koete kō to suru mienai chikara

Oretachi wa kagayaku

Shibuya no yatsura wa put ya hands up

Oretachi no kizuna

Sasurai no naka ni abunai nobanashi

Bakudaina ryō no jōhō to kurayami no naka hikaru raito

Yudan wa mazu nai Jakurai (that’s’ s right!)

Kono san-nin ga saigo ni nokoru THE LAST GUY

Naーsōdaro? Mattetaro? (Hiーfuーmiー)

We Are Super ikkyū-hin (yeah)

Kizuna notazuna kodō takamara su

Mina de akeru kazaana

Naību ni hibiku kotoba wa naibu ni.

Nanika ga hizumi muzukashī shikumi,

Oshi tsubusa re-sōde mo Sensei ni Hifumi

Irukara ore Doppo mo jiyū ni free

Hito to machi to biru no Akari shinkirō

Ie made no kiro ato nan-kiro

Tomo shinjiyou! Norikoeru pinchi mo!

Sukina nda shinpuru ni Shinjuku Matenrou

Nakama to isshonara don'na koto mo daijōbudarou

Doko no division yori mo saikō no ji aishiteru koko o

Kuso mitaina koto ga atte mo ī sa

Zenbu koete kō to suru mienai chikara

Oretachi wa kagayaku

Shinjuku no yatsura wa put ya hands up

Oretachi no kizuna

Nakama to isshonara don'na koto mo daijōbudarou

Doko no division yori mo saikō no ji aishiteru koko o

Kuso mitaina koto ga atte mo ī sa

Zenbu koete kō to suru mienai chikara

Oretachi wa kagayaku

Kono machi no yatsura wa put ya hands up

Korega saikō no nakama

Kono machi no yatsura wa put ya hands up

Oretachi no kizuna

この街の奴らはput ya hands up

これが最高の仲間

この街の奴らはput ya hands up

俺たちの絆

傷の数だけあるさ拭えない過去

勝つまではまず譲れないBattle

本当の強さって一体なんだろう？

築き上げてきた一体感かも

最後まで吐かない弱音　全部

受け止めなきゃ来ない夜明け

プライド賭け自分を使いこなせ

俺たちで掴むぜファイトマネー

ずっと笑ってたいないつまでも

この身捧げるよいくらでも

本当の気持ちに気付かれそう

大切なんだこの絆で行こう(All right)

さぁ先は長いぞ兄弟達

後悔なし　問題なしの　存在価値

まだ遥か遠くさ　わかるだろう？

ほら赤く染まる空と Buster Bros！！！

仲間と一緒ならどんなことも大丈夫だろう

どこのdivisionよりも最高の地　愛してるここを

クソみたいなことがあってもいいさ

全部超えてこうとする見えない力

俺たちは輝く

ブクロの奴らはput ya hands up

俺たちの絆

今まで見て来た表裏の全てを

例えこの身捨てても守り抜く絆を

ホンモノだけが集うヨコハマの街

本気と書いて読み方はマジ

湧いて出てくるゴミやクズ

とは違う3人が織り成す

奇跡的な融合　金で買えるかこの価値？

わかるだろ？　一言でマジック

手を取り合ったこのトライアングル

秘密の暗号　そう045

同士と共に暗闇でファイト

Myファミリーと生き抜くぜ OUR HOOD

お前らと居ればどこまでも行ける

この3人だけの生き方示す

イルなヤツらと同じ未来を見てる

We are ヨコハマ！ MAD TRIGGER CREW

仲間と一緒ならどんなことも大丈夫だろう

どこの division よりも最高の地　愛してるここを

クソみたいなことがあってもいいさ

全部超えてこうとする見えない力

俺たちは輝く

ヨコハマの奴らはput ya hands up

俺たちの絆

ちょっと疲れたでしょ？　飴あげるよ

もっと浮かれたいけど　風が冷えるよ

縫い合わせた違う糸

塗り替えるvision

ところどころ縒れたアウターも

着ればあったまるさ

届かない物語ほど哀しいものはない

言霊に音が咲きどこか泣きそうな街

遠回り　その中に問うた価値

もう坂に転ばない

友は待ち「遠からじ」

地平線の向こう黎明を目指す一歩

背中の熱の訳は夕陽以外にもきっと

黄昏にお前だけ惑わせる場所は無え

肩くらい貸すぜ　たまに金でも貸してくれ

虚宿に祈って　虚構を飛び越えて

虚勢張って行こうぜ(oh yeah)

実を結ぶ輪丁花

We’re Fling Posse

仲間と一緒ならどんなことも大丈夫だろう

どこの division よりも最高の地　愛してるここを

クソみたいなことがあってもいいさ

全部超えてこうとする見えない力

俺たちは輝く

シブヤの奴らはput ya hands up

俺たちの絆

さすらいの中に危ない野放し

莫大な量の情報と暗闇の中光るライト

油断はまず無い　寂雷(that’s right！)

この三人が最後に残るTHE LAST GUY

なーそうだろ？　待ってたろ？(ひーふーみー)

We Are Super　一級品(yeah)

キズナのたずな鼓動　高まらす

皆で開ける　風穴

ナイーブに響く言葉は内部に。

何かが歪み　難しい仕組み、

押し潰されそうでも先生に一二三

いるから俺独歩も自由にfree

人と街とビルのあかり蜃気楼

家までの帰路あと何キロ

友　信じよう！　乗り越えるピンチも！

好きなんだ　シンプルに　シンジュク　麻天狼

仲間と一緒ならどんなことも大丈夫だろう

どこの division よりも最高の地　愛してるここを

クソみたいなことがあってもいいさ

全部超えてこうとする見えない力

俺たちは輝く

シンジュクの奴らはput ya hands up

俺たちの絆

仲間と一緒ならどんなことも大丈夫だろう

どこの division よりも最高の地　愛してるここを

クソみたいなことがあってもいいさ

全部超えてこうとする見えない力

俺たちは輝く

この街の奴らはput ya hands up

これが最高の仲間

この街の奴らはput ya hands up

俺たちの絆

## References

1. ↑ "Honki" (本気) and "maji" (マジ) are two different ways to say "serious", while the katakana version is more slangish and aggressive.
2. ↑ 045 is an area code of Yokohama.
3. ↑ Emptiness is a specific kind of Chinese constellation.
4. ↑ A reference the daphne flower, which in hanakotoba means “glory/immortality/eternity”.