東京テディベア (Tokyo Teddy Bear)

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“"Life is nothing but a game of musical chairs."”
—Author's comment

"Tokyo Teddy Bear" is an original song by Neru and one of his most notable songs. It was uploaded to YouTube on December 16, 2017. The boy in the video is named Teddy.

The song is rather vague, and so several interpretations can be made. A possible meaning for the song is that he runs away from home and his family, thinking that he has a 'crazy filled mind'. He appears to hate his life and wants to change. In the song, he struggles with why he needs to change, seen in the lyrics; "Make a fool of yourself." Either these are his parents words to him, or these are his own thoughts. He appears to fear that changing can only make him a mere fool.

In other lyrics, he asks why he can't just be loved; possibly by his family; and expresses wishes to cut his face off with scissors. This appears to indicate he has a history of, or is contemplating, harming himself, whether by literally cutting himself or by inflicting mental pain.

The teddy bear could also represent him. The stuffed toy is nearly torn apart and is a mess of stitches and patches, much like he imagines himself to be on the inside. The teddy bear's physical state symbolizes his internal suffering. Seeing himself, like the bear, as being destined to be constantly torn apart and patched up again, he expresses a desire to be "patched" up and be fixed. At some parts, he hints of pulling the last string that keeps the teddy bear together, possibly symbolizing his death. The ending of the song; whether he returns home, finds help, runs away, commits suicide, etc.; is left to the viewer's imagination.

To celebrate Kagamine Append's first anniversary, Tokyo Teddy Bear's single was released by KARENT.

This song has entered the Hall of Legend and exceeded over 10 million YouTube views. Hence, this is one of Neru's most notable songs, and one of Rin's most notable songs.

Succeeding versions[]

Vocalocluster PV

Featuring	Kagamine Rin
Producers	Neru (music, lyrics), Orebanana-P (tuning), Sidu (illust, video)
Categories	PV

ACTORS Version

Featuring	Satoru Nijo (CV: Arthur Lounsbery)
Producers	Fujino Ameri (illust), Emumelo (video) EXIT TUNES
Categories	Human Cover; Original MV
Description	A cover featured in the ACTORS series. Featured on the album ACTORS -Songs Collection 2-, released by EXIT TUNES.

D4DJ Groovy Mix Version (Game size)

Featuring	RONDO: Aoyagi Tsubaki (CV: Kato Rihona), Yano Hiiro (CV: Momono Haruna)
Producers	LITCHI, eMPIRE SOUND SYSTeMS (arrangement) DONUTS, Bushiroad
Categories	Human Cover; Arrangement; In-game Content
Description	Featured in the game D4DJ Groovy Mix.

D4DJ Groovy Mix Version (Full)

Featuring	RONDO: Aoyagi Tsubaki (CV: Kato Rihona), Yano Hiiro (CV: Momono Haruna)
Producers	LITCHI, eMPIRE SOUND SYSTeMS (arrangement) DONUTS, Bushiroad
Categories	Human Cover; Arrangement; Album-exclusive Content
Description	Full version, featured in the album D4DJ Groovy Mix Cover Tracks Vol.2 from the game D4DJ Groovy Mix.

Bandori Version (Game size)

Featuring	Roselia: Minato Yukina (CV: Aiba Aina)
Producers	Shimoda Kotaro (arrangement), Bushiroad
Categories	Human Cover; Arrangement; In-game Content
Description	Featured in the game BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!.

Bandori Version (Full)

Featuring	Roselia: Minato Yukina (CV: Aiba Aina)
Producers	Shimoda Kotaro (arrangement), Bushiroad
Categories	Human Cover; Arrangement; Album-exclusive Content
Description	Full version, featured in the album BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Cover Collection Vol.9 from the game BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!

Project SEKAI Version [SEKAI] (Game size - 3DMV)

Featuring	Leo/need: Kagamine Rin, Hoshino Ichika (CV: Noguchi Ruriko), Tenma Saki (CV: Isobe Karin), Mochizuki Honami (CV: Ueda Reina), Hinomori Shiho (CV: Nakashima Yuki)
Producers	Jakko, Kisumi Reika, Marina, Tsukigami Hiyu, Hirakawa Moe (motion actor) SOLID CUBE (motion capture) SEGA, Colorful Palette, Crypton Future Media, Inc.
Categories	Piapro Studio Cover; Human Cover; Original MV; In-game Content
Description	Featured in the game Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat. Hatsune Miku.

Project SEKAI Version [Another Vocal (1)]

Featuring	Leo/need: Tenma Saki (CV: Isobe Karin)
Producers	SEGA, Colorful Palette, Crypton Future Media, Inc.
Categories	Human Cover; In-game Content
Description	Featured in the game Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat. Hatsune Miku.

Project SEKAI Version [Another Vocal (2)]

Featuring	Leo/need: Hinomori Shiho (CV: Nakashima Yuki)
Producers	SEGA, Colorful Palette, Crypton Future Media, Inc.
Categories	Human Cover; In-game Content
Description	Featured in the game Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat. Hatsune Miku.

Project SEKAI Version [SEKAI] (Full - 2DMV)

Featuring	Leo/need: Kagamine Rin, Hoshino Ichika (CV: Noguchi Ruriko), Tenma Saki (CV: Isobe Karin), Mochizuki Honami (CV: Ueda Reina), Hinomori Shiho (CV: Nakashima Yuki)
Producers	tomona (illust), MiRA (STUDIO KAIBA) (video), Mitsuhashi Reiji, Matsuoka Takanori, Tokubara Hidetaka (photography), SEGA, Colorful Palette, Crypton Future Media, Inc.
Categories	Piapro Studio Cover; Human Cover; Original MV; In-game Content
Description	Full version, featured in the game Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat. Hatsune Miku. The full-length 2DMV was uploaded on November 20, 2024.

Lyrics[]

Japanese (日本語歌詞)	Romaji (ローマ字)
父さん母さん　今までごめん	tousan kaasan ima made gomen
膝を震わせ　親指しゃぶる	hiza o furuwase oyayubi shaburu
兄さん姉さん　それじゃあまたね	niisan neesan sore jaa mata ne
冴えない靴の　踵潰した	saenai kutsu no kakato tsubushita

見え張ったサイズで　型紙を取る	mie hatta saizu de katagami o toru
何だっていいのさ　代わりになれば	nandatte ii no sa kawari ni nareba

愛されたいと　口を零した	aisaretai to kuchi o koboshita
もっと丈夫な　ハサミで	motto joubuna hasami de
顔を切り取るのさ	kao o kiritoru no sa

全智全能の言葉を　ほら聞かせてよ	zenchi zen'nou no kotoba o hora kikasete yo
脳みそ以外　もういらないと	noumiso igai mou iranai to
why not, I don't know
近未来創造　明日の傷創　ただ揺らしてよ	kin mirai souzou asu no shousou tada yurashite yo
縫い目の隙間を埋めておくれ	nuime no sukima o umete okure

皆さんさようなら　先生お元気で	minasan sayounara sensei ogenki de
高なった胸に涎が垂れる	takanatta mune ni yodare ga tareru

正直者は何を見る？　正直者は馬鹿を見る！	shoujikimon wa nani o miru? shoujikimon wa baka o miru!
正直者は何を見る？　正直者は馬鹿を見る！	shoujikimon wa nani o miru? shoujikimon wa baka o miru!

あー、これじゃまだ足りないよ	aa, kore ja mada tarinai yo
もっと大きな　ミシンで　心貫くのさ	motto ookina mishin de kokoro tsuranuku no sa

全智全能の言葉を　ほら聞かせてよ	zenchi zen'nou no kotoba o hora kikasete yo
脳みそ以外　もういらないと	noumiso igai mou iranai to
why not, I don't know
近未来創造　明日の傷創　ただ揺らしてよ	kin mirai souzou asu no shousou tada yurashite yo
縫い目の隙間を埋めておくれ	nuime no sukima o umete okure

もう何も無いよ　何も無いよ　引き剥がされて	mou nanimo nai yo nanimo nai yo hiki hagasarete
糸屑の　海へと　この細胞も	ito kuzu no umi e to kono saibou mo
そうボクいないよ　ボクいないよ　投げ捨てられて	sou boku inai yo boku inai yo nagesuterarete
帰る場所すら何処にも　無いんだよ	Kaeru basho sura doko ni mo nainda yo

存在証明。　あー、shut up　ウソだらけの体	sonzai shoumei. aa, shut up uso-darake no karada
完成したいよ　ズルしたいよ　今、解答を	kansei shitai yo zuru shitai yo ima, kaitou o
変われないの？　飼われたいの？	kawarenai no? kawaretai no?
何も無い？　こんなのボクじゃない！	nanimo nai? kon'nano boku janai!
縫い目は解けて引き千切れた	nuime wa hodokete hiki-chigireta

煮え立ったデイズで　命火を裁つ	nietatta deizu de inochi bi o tatsu
誰だっていいのさ　代わりになれば	dare datte ii no sa kawari ni nareba

Below is an unofficial English translation: via Project DIVA. Amendments may have been made to the original translation. —Featured in Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- f, the writer is uncredited.

Mom, Dad, I'm sorry for everything
My knees are shaking and I'm sucking my thumb
Brother, Sister, I'll see you later
I stomp down the heels of my unfashionable shoes

I'll make a ridiculously-sized pattern for it
Anything will do, as long as it serves as a replacement

The words "I want to be loved" tumbled from my mouth
I'll find some tougher scissors
To cut out the face

C'mon, let me hear some words of wisdom
Tell me I don't need anything but my brain;

Why not? I don't know

Near-future creation; tomorrow's wounds; just shake it
Please fill in the gaps in my seams

Goodbye, everyone; teacher, take care
Drool drips onto my pounding chest

What does honesty get you? Honesty doesn't pay!
What does honesty get you? Honesty doesn't pay!

Ahh, this isn't going to get the job done
I need a bigger sewing machine to pierce through the heart

C'mon, let me hear some words of wisdom
Tell me I don't need anything but my brain;

Why not? I don't know

Near-future creation; tomorrow's wounds; just shake it
Please fill in the gaps in my seams

There's nothing left, nothing left anymore: It's all torn off
Even my cells disappear into this sea of lint
That's right, I'm gone, gone, thrown away
I don't even have a home to go back to

Proof of my existence. Ahh, shut up. My body's made of lies
I want to complete it, I want to cheat, give me the answer
I can't change? Do I want to be kept like a pet?
Is it all gone? This isn't me!
The seams have split and torn apart

I cut out my life's spark in these boiling days
Anyone will do, as long as they serve as a replacement

Derivatives[]

Lucifer's Cover ft. Kagamine Rin

Featuring	Kagamine Rin V4X
Producers	Lucifer (tuning, VSQx), Jorro Treul (mixing)
Categories	VOCALOID Cover

Kai Kai's Cover ft. Fukase

Featuring	Fukase SOFT, NORMAL
Producers	Kai Kai (tuning), Nasuno (PV), Lucifer (VSQx)
Categories	VOCALOID Cover

Sarah Lynn's Cover ft. Mitsuko (Windows 100%)

Featuring	Mitsuko (Windows 100%)
Producers	Sarah Lynn (tuning), Kream (VSQx), mikitara (illust)
Categories	UTAU Cover

ragey's Cover ft. Shiine Ama

Featuring	Shiine Ama
Producers	ragey (tuning, mixing, edits), Kream (UST)
Categories	UTAU Cover

ZjKjKun's Cover ft. Kemonone Rou

Featuring	Kemonone Rou
Producers	ZjKjKun (tuning), Tenkitsune (mixing), Nviek5 (illust, mv)

6 Utaites's Cover

Featuring	Guriri, Yorukichi, Zanto, shell, Sarico, Iwamoto
Producers	poloist (mixing)
Categories	Human Cover; Chorus

Wotamin's Cover

Featuring	Wotamin
Producers	Konata-P (mixing), Rokka (encode)
Categories	Human Cover

Rib's Cover

Featuring	Rib
Producers	Rib (mixing, encode)
Categories	Human Cover

JubyPhonic's English Cover

Featuring	JubyPhonic
Producers	JubyPhonic (English lyrics adaption)
Categories	Human Cover; Alternative Language

Soraru's Arranged Cover

Featuring	Soraru
Producers	Soraru (mixing), Suzumu (arrangement), yasu (mastering)
Categories	Human Cover; Arrangement

Nishio Yuka's Cover

Featuring	Nishio Yuka
Producers	Bushiroad Movie, Naoki Tameda, Yuuji Asano, Yoshiki Tanaka, HiBiKi StYle
Categories	Human Cover

Yuki Ono's Cover

Featuring	Yuki Ono
Producers	kain (mix), 志島とひろ (illust), EBIS (movie)
Categories	Human Cover

Ryushen's Cover

Featuring	Ryushen
Producers	わたる (mix), Ryushen (movie)
Categories	Human Cover

Himekuma Ribon's Cover

Featuring	Himekuma Ribon
Producers	うらる (mix), 風瑛なづき (illust), 晴河さき (movie)
Categories	Human Cover

Suzumu's Arrangement

Featuring	Kagamine Len
Producers	Orebanana-P (tuning), △○□× (illust), Suzumu (arrangement)
Categories	VOCALOID Cover; Arrangement

Chatsu's PV

Featuring	Kagamine Rin
Producers	Chatsu (video)
Categories	Fanmade Hand-drawn PV

Other media appearances[]

Literatures[]

This song was featured in the following literatures:

Vocaloid Super Selection (sheet music)
Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- f & F memorial, along with the respective modules and concept arts.

Discography[]

This song was featured in the following albums:

This song was featured in the following compilation albums:

Vocalocluster
V Love 25～Aperios～
HATSUNE ROCK
初音ミク -Project DIVA- F Complete Collection
VOCALOID chouBEST -impacts-
Magical Mirai 2014 [Live]
Hatsune Miku Project DIVA MEGA39's 10th Anniversary Collection

Concerts[]

This song was featured in the following concerts:

MikuExpo China Tour (Shanghai only)
MikuExpo Malaysia
MikuExpo Taiwan and Hong Kong (Hong Kong only)
Kagamine Rin & Len Happy 14th Birthday Party 「Two You☆★」

Video games[]

This song was featured in the following video games:

jubeat Series[]

jubeat plus
jubeat (app)

jubeat Ave.

Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- Series[]

Reflec Beat Series[]

REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA
REFLEC BEAT plus

Other games[]

D4DJ Groovy Mix (arranged by eMSS and LITCHI, covered by RONDO)^[1]
GROOVE COASTER 4MAX DIAMOND GALAXY
CHRONO CIRCLE
Taiko no Tatsujin: Nijiiro Version
BeatStream
BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! (covered by Roselia)
Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat. Hatsune Miku (Virtual Singer version by Kagamine Rin; SEKAI version by Leo/need and Kagamine Rin)

Trivia[]

This song is responsible for the Mild Violence warning in Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA F, as in the song, a silhouette of Rin is impaled by a large sewing needle. It is also one of the reasons behind the game's T rating.

Tratinggamevideobykarinschannel — The reason why the game was T rated and has a warning

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ Official D4DJ Groovy Mix Twitter

External links[]

Official[]

Single Purchase — iTunes
Instrumental — piapro
Off-vocal — piapro

Unofficial[]

[1] Official D4DJ Groovy Mix Twitter

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