you -Sotsugyou-

For the album, please refer Thanks / you -Sotsugyou-
For the song series, please refer you (song series)

you -Sotsugyou- (you -卒業-, lit. you -Graduation-) is an insert song and the ending theme for the final episode of the Higurashi: When They Cry - SOTSU anime.

Another edition to the "you" series, it was performed by Eiko Shimamiya, who had previously performed many big hit opening and ending themes for the Higurashi When They Cry series anime and live action movie adaptations. The song was written by the creator of the series Ryukishi07 himself, and furthermore, it was composed by dai and arranged by xaki; both of whom have a long-term involvement in the series' music production.

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YouTube Music

Lyrics[]

Kanji	Romaji	Translation
果てしなく続く幾千の物語大好きな君のため歌うよ	Hateshinaku tsudzuku Ikusen no monogatari Daisuki na Kimi no tame utau yo	So many thousands of tales Which continue incessantly; I sing of them for you, My beloved one
いつだっていつだって一緒に過ごしたやわらかな陽だまりのような日々こぼれた切なさのカケラを抱きしめ満開の桜に背中押され	Itsudatte itsudatte Issho ni sugoshita Yawaraka na Hidamari no you na hibi Koboreta setsunasa no Kakera wo dakishime Mankai no sakura ni Senaka osare	Without fail, without fail, We were always together Amidst those tender days Like the warmth of the sun As we embraced those sorrowful fragments Which overflowed from our hands, The mature cherry blossoms Encourage us with a push from behind
訳もなく笑いころげはしゃいで帰った田圃道変わらないこの見晴らしも少しだけ、見納めだね今日は　君の卒業の日だよ「また何かのなく頃に」	Wake mo naku Waraikoroge Hashaide kaetta Tanbomichi Kawaranai kono Miharashi mo Sukoshi dake Miosame da ne Kyou wa kimi no Sotsugyou no hi da yo Mata nanika no naku koro ni^[1]	We rolled around in laughter For no reason at all Frolicking on our way back home Along the paddy fields Even to this everlasting Scenery from above; It's time to bid farewell, Even if just for now Today is the day For your graduation, so— See you again, when something else cries
はなむけの言葉を束ねて　送るよ僕らだけの頑張り物語君と一緒にめくったこのカレンダー明日からは一人でめくるよ	Hanamuke no kotoba wo Tabanete okuru yo Bokura dake no Ganbari monogatari^[2] Kimi to issho ni Mekutta kono karendā Ashita kara wa Hitori de mekuru yo	I'll bundle all of my parting words And send them your way; As a story of how we persevered— For us and only us This calendar which I had flipped Together with you; When tomorrow comes, I'll turn it over on my own
君がこの世界に生まれたそのとき僕も同じ世界で目覚めた偶然が必然に変わっていくようにふたつの心が重なりあった	Kimi ga kono sekai ni Umareta sono toki Boku mo onaji sekai de Mezameta Guuzen ga hitsuzen ni Kawatte iku you ni Futatsu no kokoro ga Kasanariatta	At that very moment in which You were born into this world, I awakened as well Within that very world It almost felt like coincidence Had melted into an inevitability, As both of our hearts overlapped Like they were one
ふたりで歌うこの歌もポケットに仕舞い込んで明日が限りあること知らないふりしてじゃれ合った晴れの姿焼き付けて　はらり「また何かのなく頃に」	Futari de utau Kono uta mo Poketto ni Shimaikonde Ashita ga Kagiri aru koto Shiranai furi shite Jareatta Hare no sugata Yakitsukete harari Mata nani ka no naku koro ni	Even this song A song that's for two Into our pockets it goes, Neatly tucked away Pretending to not know That the future has an end, We fooled around together As much as we could That glorious form of you at your best— Searing it into my mind, ever so gently See you again, when something else cries
祭囃子遠く近くに響くみんなの心を灯していく二度と戻れない景色が遠ざかる小さな胸の痛みを宿して	Matsuribayashi tooku Chikaku ni hibiku Minna no kokoro wo Tomoshite iku Nido to modorenai Keshiki ga toozakaru Chiisana mune no Itami wo yadoshite	Music from the festival echoes Both faraway and nearby, Lighting a flame in every soul As it goes by The scenery we can never return to Moves away from us, Carrying with it, the tiny ache From within our hearts
ひぐらしが郷（さと）に響きあって染まる山端（やまはな）と星月夜（ほしづきよ）凍てつく風花を乗り越えて桜は咲き誇る	Higurashi ga sato ni Hibikiatte Somaru yamahana to Hoshidzukiyo Itetsuku kazahana wo Norikoete Sakura wa sakihokoru	Within our hometown, The cries of the higurashi chorus Dyeing the mountainsides And nights of moon and stars And at long last, they overcome Even the storms blossoming with snow; As cherry trees stand proud in full bloom
はなむけの言葉を束ねて　送るよ僕らだけの頑張り物語君の詩幾千の昨日と明日は花となってボクへ降り注ぐでしょう	Hanamuke no kotoba wo Tabanete okuru yo Bokura dake no Ganbari monogatari Kimi no uta ikusen no Kinou to ashita wa Hana to natte boku e Furisosogu deshou	I'll bundle all of my parting words And send them your way; As a story of how we persevered— For us and only us Your poems which speak Of todays and tomorrows in thousands, Are sure to turn into flowers As they shower upon me

Notes[]

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Mata nanika no naku koro ni (また何かのなく頃に, lit. See you again, when something else cries) are Rika Furude and Satoko Houjou's final words to each other as they part ways at the end of the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sotsu anime.
- This line is also verbatim from Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru, where in Twilight of the Golden Witch, Bernkastel and Lambdadelta go their separate ways after the story ends.
↑ Ganbari Monogatari (頑張り物語, lit. Story of Perseverance) is a reference to the sardonic phrase used by Rena Ryuugu in Tsumihoroboshi to describe the trials and tribulations she faced to protect her family which ended with her murdering Rina Mamiya and Teppei Houjou to save her father from their badger game. She once again uses the phrase in Oniakashi after facing a similar scenario.
Ryukishi07 has used this term in a positive light instead, as a homage to Rena and the Higurashi series as a whole.

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Translation: Meera Malhotra

[1] Mata nanika no naku koro ni (また何かのなく頃に, lit. See you again, when something else cries) are Rika Furude and Satoko Houjou's final words to each other as they part ways at the end of the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Sotsu anime.
This line is also verbatim from Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru, where in Twilight of the Golden Witch, Bernkastel and Lambdadelta go their separate ways after the story ends.

[2] This line is also verbatim from Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru, where in Twilight of the Golden Witch, Bernkastel and Lambdadelta go their separate ways after the story ends.

[2] Ganbari Monogatari (頑張り物語, lit. Story of Perseverance) is a reference to the sardonic phrase used by Rena Ryuugu in Tsumihoroboshi to describe the trials and tribulations she faced to protect her family which ended with her murdering Rina Mamiya and Teppei Houjou to save her father from their badger game. She once again uses the phrase in Oniakashi after facing a similar scenario.
Ryukishi07 has used this term in a positive light instead, as a homage to Rena and the Higurashi series as a whole.

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