Fushigi Chan

3rd ALBUM "SCHACH" is out now!
* English subtitles are available

"Alice Schach and the Magic Orchestra" is a musical group in Japan, consisting of two members, Nene Akagawa and Yuni Minami.
Our song features characters such as "Alice Schach" and we express various stories using our own language called "Alician".
One of the main features of the group is that it is self-produced, with the members themselves taking charge of a wide range of aspects such as songwriting, arrangement, performance, video, and design, while inviting illustrators, animators, and sound engineers for each song.

Credit :

Lyrics, Vocal : Nene Akagawa
Compose, Guitar, Arrange : Yuni Minami

Movie, Alician Design : Nene Akagawa

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Fushigi Chan (English Translation)

Worship him! The antinomic creator of all things
With breath like a insect and arms like bones, we'll be altar decorations

Glorify him! The idealist who preaches paradise with a forked tongue
This hell is perfect for us
The storyline is just as plotted out

How ridiculous

Hyenas in human skin, singing hymns, intoxicated by their own majesty
"Give me more, it’s not enough."

A pile of corpses in their dwelling, a bloody dinner party with yesterday's friends
"Give me more, it’s not enough."

Throwing the dice to the universe, throwing the dice to the universe
Again and again, until it rolls a 7

Throwing the dice to the universe, throwing the dice to the universe
Again and again, until it rolls a 7

Countless wounds open up and a number of flashbacks rise up
The cacophonies wriggle and disturb my reason

Somebody take my breath away
I don't want to be in this place anymore
My self-portrait is being painted over

Worship him! The antinomic creator of all things
With breath like a insect and arms like bones, we'll be altar decorations

Glorify him! The idealist who preaches paradise with a forked tongue
This hell is perfect for us
The storyline is just as plotted out

How ridiculous

[nyxcat]

I think that salatoga is more important than he seems. First, we can see that he was the last person to be “taken” by the orchestra, or used as a body part. We also know that he has memories of this experience and that something went badly. He becomes angry and distressed at a picture of yellow hands (his body part), and his bunny character outfit not only has no trace of yellow, but it also has gloves (again, showing aversion to hands, his hands especially). We also see him say “with breath like an insect and arms like bones we’ll be altar decorations”. I think this line is a metaphor for the seven people becoming body parts. I don’t know how the Skelton hands tie in, but alischka (the mouth) is tied to insect imagery, so breath like an insect can refer to him. He calls this ridiculous, so we know he doesn’t like it. The repeating lines “rolling a dice hoping it’ll land on a seven” might also be important. The standard dice only has six sides, so this basically means “trying to do something over and over even though it’s impossible”. This sounds like salatoga criticizing the plan of whatever the reason is to use all these body parts. This also makes me think that this isn’t the first time Alice has done this. And at the end, we know he has some kind of rivalry with Alice. She was there when his circus burned, she places a heart on his burned circus, and the scene at the end with them opposing each other says enough.

My theory? Alice is trying to form a working “vessel” out of the body parts of seven important people, for what reason I’m not sure but it may have smth to do with restoring the world. I think that salatoga survived one of these attempts and is trying to escape or stop Alice.

[MutationIvori]

I don't know the lore but If Salatoga represents the hand, I think Alice represents the heart organ because that's her hand and black fingernails placing a heart on the destroyed carnival. If that makes sense?

[canary]

So, I don't know if Salatoga was in an actual circus, but I think the circus here is metaphorical. Hence why the clown face entrance has Alice's colors and the other "circus performers" were the other organs. He seems frustrated with the endless rebirth with seemingly no end in sight, with the rolling the dice and trying to get a 7. I wonder if it's a craps reference - if so, it means the problem isn't trying to hit 7, it's that it takes 2 dice to reach it. Once you start rolling 2 dice, 7 becomes the most likely result. Rebirth seems to have something to do with what Alice is trying to do. Their dynamic is interesting.

[Ekraelum]

The last shot of Salatoga and Alice is the cherry on top. Give me goosebumps!

[ktkdj]

보니까 뉴게임 에서 나온 심장, 눈, 입, 귀, 손, 그리고 코(?)들이 여기서도 아주 잠깐 나오면서 전체적으론 광대로서 전부 나오고 중간에 신캐가 손이 자주 강조되며 7명의 사람 형체가 있는것이 뉴게임 에서는 7개의 불꽃으로 나온걸 보면 6명이 각각 신체부위를 담당하고 앨리스가 종합체 인듯.

[alriune]

I know this might not be right, but I haven't seen anyone else mention it ( I absolutely love this type of music, by the way! ) - but the lyric that goes like this is interesting;

" Throwing dice to the universe, throwing the dice to the universe / Again and again, until it rolls a 7"

6-sided die, like the one in the MV, *can't* roll a 7. Unless you have a die that rolls from 7-13, but that's really unlikely. In my mind, this lyric means "throwing the dice endlessly for something that won't happen", or "trying again and again for something that has no chance of happening".

Love this video, though! Really excellently made and the music's great!

[patchopaa]

I want to draw fanart, the MV is so so good 😭

[sicu]

지금까지는 간접적이고 몽환적인 느낌이 강했다면 이번노래는 조금 더 직접적이네요
그건그렇고 신캐가 나왔어..너무 매력적이야...

[fond.jst]

i want this animation etched into the wrinkles of my brain

[林鹿麓]

サラトガ（着ぐるみの兎くん）もしかしてNEW GAMEのアリスちゃんと反対の方向に進んでます……？
少し意味深に感じてしまうかも……

[otovga]

so glad i discovered alice schach omggg ive been binge streaming your music for three days now😭

[silverrebi]

waiting here for somebody to figure out the lore of this story....

[파란고양이-eq]

솔직히 새로운 스타일 내심 걱정했는데 이번 뮤비보고 그런생각 싹사라짐.. 이번꺼 진짜 레전드네

[hicom]

언젠가 이 세계관으로 만화나 소설같은거 나와도 엄청 재밌을듯...노래속의 숨겨진 스토리도 우리가 추리한게 맞는지 확인도 할겸

[mygahitwatah]

Okay at 1:26, apart from Heor, Slatoga (sitting on the floor) Alishka and Alice, who are the other people in the circle? Im guessing the one next yo Alishka might be Umi? It may not be though

[Unearthlysoap]

omg I am so HYPED this is one of my favorite songs on the album!!!

[victorflankenstein]

I love the you showed who was in the mask it was a boy who looks exactly like you alice schach

[azulizachan]

Wait wait wait-- is the hand at 2:03 the same hand that appears in New Game? Ohhh man there's some connections to be made here

[si-ko]

this is amazing 😍😍😍 will you ever release the off vocal versions of your songs because the instrumentals of fushigi-chan sound so good that i would like to hear them!

[Tiazara]

Your new album, music and style is amazing! I'm in love. 😭💗