Saisei -rebuild-

Saisei -rebuild- (再生-rebuild-) is the ending theme of Dangan Ronpa: Academy of Hope and High School Students of Despair. It is sung by Megumi Ogata who voiced Makoto Naegi in the above mentioned game and the animated series based on said game.

Romaji
aiiro no sora de     akaitsuki yurete     ieji miushinau tori no you ni

tooi roji ura de     kuruisou na koe de     nakama shinobi naku neko no you ni

hiza wo kakaete     utsurou hitomi de     garasu goshi ni nani wo miteru no

kandou janakute     zanzou janakute     surinuketetta ai no shinkirou

itsumade soko ni iru no     nigashita ai wa mou keshite     modoranai no ni

☆ kagirinai sora wo uketomete     somaranai naka wo misete

togirenai toki no hakanasa wo     subete dakitomete yuke

tenshi yo, iki wo suikonde     futatabi sora wo mezase

chigireta tsubasa nugisutete     omou mama ni

yuutousei janai     kaikinshou iranai     hito no yasashisa shittesae ireba

nigedashite mo ii    tachidomatte ii    soko kara mata aruki daseru sa

dokomademo ikite yuke     nagashita namida wa keshite     uragiranai sa

★ hateshinai sora wo kakenukete     kawaranai naka wo misete

tomaranai toki no setsunasa wo     kakaenori koete yuke

tenshi yo iki wo hakidashite    oshiminai ai wo furase

sadame no tsubasa tsukiru made     nozomu mama ni

English
The red moon sways in the grief-tinted sky, like a bird that’s lost sight of the way home.

A muddled voice echoes through the far-off alleyways, like a cat crying out in remembrance of its companions.

Hugging your knees with a vacant stare, what is it you see beyond that glass?

An impression? An afterimage? No, a mirage of past love that’s been burned into your sight.

How long are you going to stay? You can never get back that love that slipped away.

☆Capture the boundless sky, and show me its incorruptible core.

Take every fleeting moment and catch it in your arms.

Breathe in again, angel, and aim towards Heaven once more.

Cast off your tattered wings, just as you’d wanted.

You wouldn’t need honors or accolades if you could only know of people’s kindness.

You could run away, or you could stay still, as long as you escape that rut you’re standing in.

Go wherever you like and live as you please, but you’ll never betray those tears you’ve already cried.

★ Break through that timeless sky, and show me its unchanging core.

Grasp the endless pain of time and ride it through.

Breathe out again, angel, and shed the the love you held dear.

Until those wings of destiny burn up, just as you’d hoped.

Trivia

 * This song appears as the first track on Ogata's album "Rebuild".
 * The lyrics were written by Ogata herself under the pseudonym "em:óu".
 * The instrumentals for this song were composed and arranged by Satoshi Iwase.