Kotobuki’s world has pirates, mercenaries, thieves and all kinds of lowlives. “What about the cops?”, someone might ask. If you watched the anime, maybe you’d remember about Kamila, the pilot built like Jessica Rabbit who appeared in a few episodes. In TOG, there’s a whole playable Squadron of adorable vigilantes: the Canary Vigilante. Let’s hear their song…
Canary Vigilante: Kotori’s March
Lyrics: ZAQ
Composition: ZAQ
Arrangement: Kikuchi Tatsuya
Singers: Aco (CV: Ozawa Ari), Eru (CV: Waki Azumi), Helen (CV:Kuwahara Yuuki), Ritta (CV: Mineda Mayu), Mint (CV: Kondo Reina), Shino (CV: Yashima Sarara)
Sorry, no video… But I’m sure you can find the song on nyaa 😉 The title means “The March of the Little Birds”
明日の空のために
hm…眩しい日差し眠気を誘う
緩みそうな空気を張り詰めさせる
Ah…今日もどこかで誰かの
困った声が自分たちを呼んでるよ!
心からの愛しい笑顔が
溢れる世界を 守るため戦うんだよ
迷わず進め 高く飛べ
まだ若くて 小さな羽根だけど
笑われてもいい 恥ずかしさすら
乗り越えて 偉大な空へ
そう! 愛と正義で平和を守る
志は 人一倍!
カナリアの歌 この空に響くよ
hah…どうしたって悪は生まれる
全てが認めてくれるわけじゃないし
ねぇ それでも信じる心
忘れちゃいけません 想いは貫いて
そんじょそこらで事件の匂いを
嗅ぎつけたならば すぐに駆けつけてみせよう
同じ毎日なんてないけど
変わらない温もりのために
私たちができることは何?
問いかける 偉大な空に
ゆらゆら変わる風向き 振り回されて
怖さもあって だけど だから
高く 強く 疾く 行くよ
元気いっぱい夢いっぱい!カナリア自警団の突貫娘、リッタ!
いつでも一生懸命……!カナリア自警団の妹担当、ミント!
優しくあなたを包みます。カナリア自警団の癒し担当、エル。
寝てもさめても夢の中―。カナリア自警団の寝ぼすけ娘、ヘレン―。
冷たい視線で射抜いてあげる。カナリア自警団のクールビューティ、シノ!
あなたの心に手錠をかけます!カナリア自警団のカリスマ団長、アコ!
愛と正義で平和を守る!わたしたち、カナリア自警団っ!
迷わず進め 高く飛べ
まだ若くて 小さな羽根だけど
明日も空があると 信じてもらいたいから「大丈夫」と
そう!愛と正義で平和を守る 志は 人一倍!
カナリアの歌 この空に響くよ
For the sake of tomorrow’s sky
hm…The radiant sunlight makes me sleepy
the soft atmosphere becomes tense.
Ah…Today too, someone from somewhere
is calling us with a troubled voice!
We’ll fight to protect a world
filled with heartfelt and loving smiles
We advance without hesitation, flying high
even though we’re still young and our wings are small.
Laugh all you want, we’ll overcome embarrassment
and reach the great sky.
So! With love and justice we protect peace
Our spirit is stronger than anyone else’s!
Canary’s song echoes in this sky
hah…No matter what, evil will arise
we won’t always recognize it,
but hey, keep believing
don’t forget, keep your determination strong
If we catch a hint of a case,
we rush over it right away
(Helen, wake up!)
No two days are the same
but what can we do
to protect this unchanging warmth?
We ask this to the great sky
being swayed by the ever-changing winds
is scary, but that’s why
we’ll go higher, stronger, faster
Full of energy and full of dreams!
Canary Vigilante’s energetic girl, Ritta!
I always do my best….!
Canary Vigilante’s little sister, Mint!
I’ll gently wrap you in my arms
Canary Vigilante’s healer, Eru.
I’m in my dreams whether I’m awake or sleeping
Canary Vigilante’s sleepyhead, Helen
I’ll pierce you with my cold gaze
Canary Vigilante’s cool beauty, Shino!
I’ll handcuff your heart!
Canary Vigilante’s charismatic leader, Aco!
With love and justice we protect peace
We’re Canary Vigilante!
We advance without hesitation, flying high
Even though we’re still young and our wings are small
I want people to believe the sky will be here tomorrow too, so I say “don’t worry”,
So! With love and justice we protect peace, our spirit is stronger than anyone else’s!
Canary’s song echoes in this sky
A bit of context
While technically they’re flying policewomen, those six girls are more or less PR girls for their town’s vigilante corp and are always assigned lousy cases like missing cats. Eventually, they’d become heroes…
The leader of this squadron is Aco. Her father was an ace vigilante who got sucked into a hole in the sky, and she was made leader of the Canaria Vigilante for this reason. She’s actually a very serious girl with a strong sense of justice and an appreciation for strawberry panties. She’s also a bit oblivious to certain things… Her name comes from Apilco, a French company that makes porcelain.
Aco’s best friend is Eru. She’s a beautiful pianist that comes from a rich family and became a vigilante to live a more exciting life. All men become weak in front of her. Her name comes from the French company Hermès.
Ritta is the plane nerd of the group. She’s an energetic and optimistic girl that loves talking about aircraft a lot. A LOT. Her name comes from Noritake, a Japanese manufacturer of tableware.
Mint is a shy and reserved girl with the hobby of drawing doujinshi…Yuri doujinshi. She’s in love with her “onee-sama” Aco, who’s completely oblivious to her affection. Mint is also an expert in martial arts and knows how to kick ass. Her name comes from the British pottery company Mintons.
Helen is the sexy sleepyhead of the group. A former delinquent turned vigilante for the money, she sleeps even while piloting her plane. (Hence the “Helen wake up!” line). She’s named after the Hungarian porcelain manufacturing company Herend.
The last one is Shino, my favourite of the group: she’s an orphan who had to work very hard and, at the beginning, she held a grudge against Aco for becoming squadron leader without any special qualities. She ends up becoming a tsundere friend for Aco and also the source of many yuri misunderstandings. Her hobby? Wearing gothic lolita clothes. Her name comes from “Shinowazuri”, the Japanese word for Chinoiserie.