I believe what you said (song)

For the album, please refer I believe what you said / Asaka

I believe what you said
Artist(s)	Asaka
Vocals	Asaka
Album	I believe what you said / Asaka Pontoon / Asaka
Lyrics	Chiyomaru Shikura
Composition	Chiyomaru Shikura
Arranger	Yuuki Shinichi
Release Date	Oct 14, 2020
Type	TV Anime OP
Duration	04:26
First Episode	Onidamashi-hen Part 2

I believe what you said is the opening song for Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou. It was performed by Asaka and written and composed by the famous anime producer/lyricist and composer Chiyomaru Shikura. Two titular singles featuring the full version were released on 14th October, 2020.

Production	Personnel
Guitar, Programming	Yuuki Shinichi
Recording & Mixing Studio	DAIKANYAMA MAGES. STUDIO
Recording & Mixing Engineer	Hayato Iguchi

Video Releases

• TV Opening 1
• TV Opening 2
• Creditless Opening 1
• Creditless Opening 2
• Promotional Video
• YouTube Music

Opening Animation

The opening begins by showing several objects in succession: Rena’s cleaver lying on some junk in the junkyard, Mion’s holstered gun lying on a table, Shion’s stun gun lying on a bench, and a teddy bear sitting on a desk. The second version of the opening replaces the bear with Rika’s gift box.

Shots of various characters are shown next: Keiichi standing somewhere in Hinamizawa holding his bat and staring at the sky, Rena holding her cleaver in the junkyard and looking towards the camera, Mion and Shion sitting back to back in their house with Shion holding her stun gun and Mion her firearm; both of them look downtrodden. The camera looks into a school window where Rika and Satoko are standing back to back at a distance. It changes to a closer shot where both of them are closer together and look down.

The singing starts, and black birds are shown flying into the air. A flower vase sits on a school desk, the window view suggesting that it is on the second or third floor. The Oyashiro-sama statue inside the ritual storehouse is shown, with both of its hands intact. Water flowing into a sink is shown. A teenage girl undoes the tie on her uniform, likely a teenage Satoko. Hanyuu is shown standing inside the ritual storehouse and staring out into the open door, where it is daylight outside. A panning shot of the branch school is shown. Shots of Rena’s cleaver surrounded by blood, the cross inside the Sonozaki torture chamber, and blood flowing down a river, are shown rapidly. A panning shot of the Sonozaki secret tunnel is shown. The camera pans through the storehouse again where a shadowed figure is kneeling. The camera zooms into the figure, shown to have horns, which looks at the camera before it smiles with a red slit. The second opening reveals the figure to be Eua.

A teenage Rika runs through a forest, stumbling at times. A splash of blood erupts into the air and changes view to Rika looking towards the camera as she runs. She reaches her hand out towards the storehouse doors opening into a white space, which some Fragments fly out of. A pair of hands reaching towards Rika is reflected in her eye. Many scenes are played in rapid succession: a light fixture on a building, the rotary phone in Rika and Satoko’s shack, a wrecked car at the junkyard, the water wheel in Hinamizawa, the torii gate at the Furude Shrine, a roadside rail in Okinomiya, a garden, a living room table covered with beer bottles and cans, a hospital bed with a cart full of supplies next to it, the child consultation center, a set of lockers at school, a doll wearing a kimono inside a case with another doll next to it wearing an ornate dress, what appears to be St. Lucia Academy, and a khakkara. A hand (likely Rika’s) picks up the fragment of the Onigari-no-ryuuou.The title is shown, with blood dripping off the red na character into a puddle below

Lyrics

• TV Version
• Album Version

Kanji	Romaji	Translation
静かに震わせる空気 意味深な沈黙 光の歪曲が満ちて 失ったロジック	Shizuka ni furuwaseru kuuki Imishin na chinmoku Hikari no waikyoku ga michite Ushinatta rojikku	An air that makes you tremble soundlessly A tell-tale silence Distortions of light run wild And all sense of logic is lost
I believe what you said 戻りたい場所 明確な景色 あの子が欲しいと あざ笑った	I believe what you said Modoritai basho Meikaku na keshiki Ano ko ga hoshii to Azawaratta	I believe what you said A place to return to A definite vista She said she wanted them all As she sneered
ずっとキミの喜びも ずっとキミの涙さえも 誰より身近な距離で 感じた記憶 たった一つその答え 探してた扉が今 ゆっくりと開かれた その先には 眩しい光に 包まれてゆく 全ての真実	Zutto kimi no yorokobi mo Zutto kimi no namida sae mo Dare yori midjikana kyori de Kanjita kioku Tatta hitotsu sono kotae Sagashiteta tobira ga ima Yukkuri to hirakareta Sono saki ni wa Mabushii hikari ni Tsutsumarete yuku Subete no shinjitsu	Your joy—all of it until now Even your tears—all of them until now Memories of enduring them, I bear Closer to you than anyone can ever be That one and only answer That door we had sought Is now slowly being opened Revealing what lies beyond As it is engulfed In a blinding light— The truth of everything

Kanji	Romaji	Translation
静かに震わせる空気 意味深な沈黙 光の歪曲が満ちて 失ったロジック	Shizuka ni furuwaseru kuuki Imishin na chinmoku Hikari no waikyoku ga michite Ushinatta rojikku	An air that makes you tremble soundlessly A tell-tale silence Distortions of light run wild And all sense of logic is lost
I believe what you said 戻りたい場所 明確な景色 あの子が欲しいと あざ笑った	I believe what you said Modoritai basho Meikaku na keshiki Ano ko ga hoshii to Azawaratta	I believe what you said A place to return to A definite vista She said she wanted them all As she sneered
ずっとキミの喜びも ずっとキミの涙さえも 誰より身近な距離で 感じた記憶 たった一つその答え 探してた扉が今 ゆっくりと開かれた その先には 眩しい光に 包まれてゆく 全ての真実	Zutto kimi no yorokobi mo Zutto kimi no namida sae mo Dare yori midjikana kyori de Kanjita kioku Tatta hitotsu sono kotae Sagashiteta tobira ga ima Yukkuri to hirakareta Sono saki ni wa Mabushii hikari ni Tsutsumarete yuku Subete no shinjitsu	Your joy—all of it until now Even your tears—all of them until now Memories of enduring them, I bear Closer to you than anyone can ever be That one and only answer That door we had sought Is now slowly being opened Revealing what lies beyond As it is engulfed In a blinding light— The truth of everything
小さなほころびはやがて 偽りへ誘う 幾重に繰り返す狂気 閉ざされたリフレイン	Chiisana hokorobi wa yagate Itsuwari e izanau Ikue ni kurikaesu kyouki Tozasareta rifurein	A meagre rift is more than enough To eventually invite falsehoods The recurring insanity piles up Almost like a trapped refrain
I believe what you said 目を覚ます頃 描かれた絵空 祭りは静かに 始まった	I believe what you said Me wo samasu koro Egakareta esora Matsuri wa shizuka ni Hajimatta	I believe what you said When they open their eyes To face the concocted mirage Silently, the festivities Will have begun
もっとキミを知りたくて もっとキミを追いかけてた 不自然な素振りもなく 交わした言葉 この広い空さえも 作られた張りぼてなら ゆっくりと消えてゆく この痛みも まるで麻酔のように 堕ちる意識が 全てを始める	Motto kimi wo shiritakute Motto kimi wo oikaketeta Fushizen na soburi mo naku Kawashita kotoba Kono hiroi sora sae mo Tsukurareta haribote nara Yukkuri to kiete yuku Kono itami mo Marude masui no you ni Ochiru ishiki ga Subete wo hajimeru	Wanting to get to know you—even more I had chased after you—even more Words I had exchanged with you, I recall Free of our fake dispositions If only this boundless sky too Were just a fabricated makeshift Even this slowly vanishing Anguish will soon go away As though it were anesthesia, A failing consciousness Will be the beginning of everything
ずっとキミの喜びも ずっとキミの涙さえも 誰より身近な距離で 感じた記憶 たった一つその答え 探してた扉が今 ゆっくりと開かれた その先には 眩しい光に 包まれてゆく 全ての真実	Zutto kimi no yorokobi mo Zutto kimi no namida sae mo Dare yori midjikana kyori de Kanjita kioku Tatta hitotsu sono kotae Sagashiteta tobira ga ima Yukkuri to hirakareta Sono saki ni wa Mabushii hikari ni Tsutsumarete yuku Subete no shinjitsu	Your joy—all of it until now Even your tears—all of them until now Memories of enduring them, I bear Closer to you than anyone can ever be That one and only answer That door we had sought Is now slowly being opened Revealing what lies beyond As it is engulfed In a blinding light— The truth of everything

External Links

• VGMdb
  • I believe what you said / Asaka (Anime Edition)
  • I believe what you said / Asaka (DVD Edition)

Translation: Meera Malhotra