【English Lyric Video】Creepy Nuts - Otonoke

「オトノケ - Otonoke」
DAN DA DAN OP

■Music Credit
Lyrics：R-Shitei
Music & Arrangement：DJ Matsunaga
Guitar Arrangement / Guitar : Kazuki Isogai
Vocal Recording Engineer： Shinsaku Takane
Mixing Engineer：Masahito Komori
Mastering Engineer : Tsubasa Yamazaki

Art Direction & Design : Ryotaro Kawashima

#ダンダダン #DANDADAN #オトノケ #Otonoke

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[sinisterpanda]

The way *Creepy Nuts* can make cool, funky & catchy songs for various anime series that can also be enjoyed by the general public needs to be studied.

[savannahrose]

The fact they made an ENGLISH LYRIC VIDEO OF THIS STUNS ME AND MAKES ME EXTREMELY HAPPY

[OVER-zx]

🚨【Japanese Explanation】🚨

The lyrics of the opening song for Dandadan (‘Otonoke’ by Creepy Nuts) are filled with elements of Japanese occult culture that are the theme of this anime.
(e.g., UFO, Ghost, Folklore, Yōkai[≒monster], Urban legend/myth)

Here are a few of them.

1️⃣ kuwabara kuwabara kuwabara
*spoken to ward off misfortune in Japan
; knock on wood (US) / touch wood (UK)
【Original usage : kuwabarakuwabara (JP)】
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2️⃣ with ghosts like Sada-chan and Kaya-chan
*Sada-chan(Sadako) and Kaya-chan(Kayako) is a ghost from a Japanese horror movie. (“The Ring” and “Ju-On”)
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3️⃣ I’m inside, I’m inside, I’m inside,
*It is the words of Yōkai(≒ monster) called “Yamanoke”, which appears in a scary story posted on a 2007 2chan thread.
In this story, Yamanoke possessed the girl and muttered eerily, “I am inside, inside, inside, inside, inside”.
And "Yamanoke, meaning 'Mountain Yōkai[≒monster]' inspired the song title 'Otonoke (Sound Yōkai[≒monster]).'
'Otonoke' plays on 'Yamanoke, ' replacing 'Yama' (mountain) with 'Oto' (sound) to create a new concept from the original legend."

4️⃣ 4 japanese foot 4 japanese sun 4 bu tall
It isn’t “4 bu tall”, but “(4 japanese foot 4 japanese sun 4 bu) tall”.
This “4 japanese foot 4 japanese sun 4 bu” represents the length of the height.
(Example) He is 162 cm tall.

More specifically, 尺(shaku / foot) 寸(sun) 分(bu) are units of the old Japanese system of measures.

尺(a shaku / foot＝0.3048 m)
寸(a sun＝3.03 cm)
分(a bu = 0.303 cm)

Therefore, 四尺四寸四分 四(4;yon)分(bu)】is 4×0.3048m(shaku) + 4×3.03cm(sun)+ 4×0.303cm(bu).

Also, is a term that plays on the name of 八尺様(Hasshaku-sama), a character from Japanese urban legends.
Hasshaku-sama is a female Yōkai[≒monster], known for her towering height of approximately 2.4 meters (eight shaku).

[Loctorak]

I love how flow and cadence in rap is something that just transcends language. I don't understand what he is saying, but I can hear the rhyme scheme and flow all the same. 🔥

[honinakecheta]

I love how this songs lyrics are through the perspective of a spirit possessing someone lol

[tonnoya-nv]

なんでこんなにも中毒性やばいのだろう
Creepy Nuts、お前らが一番の妖怪だよ

[asdf]

The lyrics actually make sense if one reads the entire manga... this is so apt and well made...

[rejiinamio]

Just realized from the lyrics there's a bunch of references to other JUMP titles, one JP commenter pointed it out, too. And to Shyamalan, the director of the Sixth Sense

[シデン-ik]

coming at youをカミナッチャって言うの好きだしそこからbang around(バンガラン)まで繋がるのがめっちゃカッコいい

[最高マジで良い]

封印されていた悪霊の当事者気分になれる歌詞

何度だって生きるのとこだけ韻が変わるのも素晴らしい

[Avelurker]

That guitar really reminded me of the music from Call of the Night. I love how it sounds so nostalgic, like you're looking back at happy memories.