Minami: **inhales** Me: oh Boi here come the feels

Minami: 'To virtualize a lie' Every hair on my body: Up we go

Those last 30 seconds gave me absolute chills. Probably the best ending to a Minami song I have ever heard.

I think this song is a perfect example of how a good song transcends language barriers. You don't need to understand a shred of a Japanese to feel the emotion in it. Seriously great music!

The fact she puts so much emotion into her singing makes it feel so real.

Minami: Sorry for my poor English Also Minami: To virtualize a lie

"You have my word" After this words my heart broken and start crying. Can't even stop tears It's just most beautiful part of the song.

もう5年も前なのか...今でもゾワッと来るわ。前奏からして素晴らしすぎる

The rawness of her voice is what attracts me to her music.

Litterly every English musician: We cut out or breaths soo it doesn’t leave unnecessary pauses Minami: my breathing is my music

This song is so beautiful not just Minami's vocals which are also beautiful but the story that the song tells, and the animation. This song can only be called a masterpiece and nothing else, this song is 10/10 and you cant say otherwise

"You have my word" part.... Enough to understand whole song...

Me: Plays this song out loud in my home My neighbour's dog: *Starts Howling* Me: I see you're a dog of culture as well

I love the way she says"To virtualize a lie"

今まで聞いてきた曲と何かが違うんだよなぁ、心の底から出てくる人間の力がこもってる気がする

誰も気づいてないけど、ラストのmy worldの部分のロングトーン、hiF→hiG#→hiFという、フザけた高さです。分からない人向けに分かりやすく言うと、hiFはロマンスの神様の最高音と同じ高さ、hiG#は、広瀬香美の曲の中で1番高い曲よりも高く、ずとまよの地声最高音と同じ高さです。 美波はハイトーン歌手の中でもかなり高い部類になりますね。控えめに言って凄すぎる。

Japanese sad songs are so much different than English sad song Japanese songs give off a "crying for help" vibe English songs give off an "I am depressed, don't wanna live no-mo" vibe it's just my opinion tho

4年ぶりに聞いたが……いいな。。 美波は色褪せない。

何を犠牲にしたらこれ程の曲が作れるのかと思う程に魂がこもってる。

Her notes are higher than my grades

1:22 逃げたくなるに 「決まってんだろ。」 が狂おしいほどかっこよくてすき

I'm speechless. The lyrics remind me of Hanekawa from Monogatari and how she, like the girl in the clip, is trapped within her fake self, unable to surface. Like a spectator of her own life, watching her alternate, "ideal" self dictate her every action and word. 5min 20 of pure emotion. Absolute masterpiece, please make this an opening.

2022 and this is still one of my absolute favorite songs. The raw emotions in the vocals and the overall song just slaps so good, it rocks your entire world.

"YOU HAVE MY WORD" Her voice it really really give me chills

Minami: Forgive me for my poor english. *Actually has better grammar and written fluency than most of us*

歌詞、曲調、MV全てが超越してる名曲中の名曲 深い歌詞に力強い歌声に綺麗すぎるMVに全てが本当に大好きです

My 4 year old daughter doesn't speak a lick of Japanese but with tears in her eyes she asked me why the girl singing was so sad.

Survey: how good do you think minamis songs are Everyone: yes

Minami: 'Forgive me for my poor English' Also Minami: Speaks better English than I could ever try with Japanese

Translation of lyrics 0:34 You said to me, "Finally you can live comfortably" 0:40 Looking back on it now, I realize what you said was a sweet trap. 0:48 Today I am still shaped by people's ideals. 0:55 For example, I am formed by fiction, false words, false images, false minds. 1:02 Someone who looks like honest is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. 1:07 The liar will now pretend to be the victim and start crying. 1:17 Oh, I want to escape from this miserable world of 3D. *You think so too, don't you?* 1:25 To virtualize a lie 1:27 It doesn't matter if it's an unscientific current situation or a fictitious statement, 1:33 give me love, love me. 1:37 Truth-telling words can no longer heal me. 1:41 Just stay by my side for a little while longer. I don't have enough love. The proof of my life is 1:45 wounds, wounds. 1:47 Doppelganger in the mirror, please take my place. 2:12 There was no more ephemeral word than "forever ." 2:16 If it hurts my heart this much, I don't care if it's fiction. 2:19 Of course I want to close my eyes. *You think so too, don't you?* 2:26 La La La... 2:44 You laughed at me next to the tilted balance and said, "There is no place for you anymore." 2:51 I wanted to go back to reality, but I can't go back anymore. 2:54 I didn't even know the weight of a single word. 3:01 You said to me, "Be my sacrifice." and I said to you, "Be my sacrifice." 3:06 My utopia has disappeared somewhere. and My ideal mirror has disappeared somewhere. 3:12 You revealed your true personality and gave me a fake smile. 3:23 You suck in lies over and over again, and then come up with new lies, right? 3:31 I can't become you who is just a vessel. 3:35 All of place is created by my ideal. 　　　　　　　and My current situation is all because of my ideal mirror. 3:52 I wanted to break this situation, but I couldn't. 3:56 Because my utopia was only here. and Because my ideal mirror was only here. 4:00 I reached out my hand for no reason, 4:07 *into the mirror.* 4:10 To virtualize a lie 4:12 An unrealistic reality and a non-existent mirror image. Give me back the fading boundaries. Please give me back. 4:22 Please give me a chance to try again. 4:26 The real me is here! 4:28 _that's not me that's my fake._ 4:30 Don't love the fake me. Please don't forget the real me. 4:36 I swear. 4:41 “I won't lie to you again. You have my word” The A and B written on 3:01, 3:06, 3:35, 3:56 means that, it can be understood as both A and B in Japanese. I’m a Japanese high school student. So my English may be poor. Please forgive me.

4年程前に聴いたのを最後に、どう調べても見つけられなくなって、半分諦め、半分ヤケになっていました。今日偶然再会して今年一すっきりした心持ちです。

I’m so happy people all around the world agree she is amazing. I am from japan and I love her music. So plz everyone share it!

サビの「To virtualize a lie」からテンポがゆっくりになるのエモい

ほんまにどの歌も素晴らし過ぎる LIVEとか生で一回でも良いし聞いて見たい

Out of all her songs these lyrics hit the hardest 😭

まっったく聴いたことない音楽 予想できないメロディに予期してなかったテンポ感 まだこんなに面白いアーティストが埋まってたのか

この曲は凄すぎる。聴かせ方が上手い。 まさかサビで遅くなると思わないじゃん。どんどんけしかけてくるじゃん。 特に大サビは心がグッと持ってかれるわ…

I still listen to this This song is so underated Heart touching🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

All i can say is this song is criminally underrated it's such a masterpiece

0:45 Can we just stop a moment and appreciate that growl?

個人的にはカワキヲアメクやライラックぐらいもっと伸びていってもいいと思う神曲なんだけどなぁ。

This song never get old.

everything onwards from 3:50 is literally perfect. not saying that the rest of the song is bad. it's my favorite song rn. there's just so much detail in everything. and of course we have this 4:41

Minami is so underrated,her song is so good and it slaps a lot,but most of her fans are Japanese,she's not really well known globally.Thanks to Domestic no kanojo,she started to get quite a few attention globally,but she is still been overshadow by LiSA and a lot of singers because her song is only featured in one anime and not more,unlike others singers sang a lot of anime songs,I hope we get so see more of her songs getting featured in more anime.

日本人のコメント少ないけど それだけ世界の人々にも美波の声が 心に響いてるってことだよねきっと

The real meaning of "if I tried my very best, and be my ideal self, there will be nothing of me left"

I'd been listening to this song for years and I know that people tend to say "this song has saved me" a lot when it's not actually like that. But this one really did. The lyrics and powerful melody, your emotional voice, had shaken my soul up. Made me realise I'd been miserable because I tried to become that "perfect reflection". And I took the pledge "I won't lie to you again". It wasn't easy at first, of course. But now, years later, I've come very close to living as my true self, to becoming aware of what it is that I truly want, not what other people want me to be like. And I feel so much happier, the future seems bright. Thank you so much!

Depression: Hey sup- *Minami song plays* Depression: I've never met this person in my life

Friend: Can you even understand what they're saying? Me, an intellectual: No, but I can Feel.

すっげえ才能

聴くたびに鳥肌が立つ歌、歌声、こんなの初めての経験です。「魂が揺さぶられる」を初めて体感しました…

I don't speak Japanese, but your vocal performance and instrumental composition made sure I got all of the emotional impact of this song anyway. Thank you for creating it and sharing it with me.

Song: Has english subtitles. My braincells: "Is it time we learn more japanese today?"

As a person who can't cry this hit the feels

2:25 This "la la la la la" is the best thing I've listened to ever😊❤

- hears song- -learns japanese while on quarantine-

Thank you so much for Domestic na Kanojo for letting people/fans know this wonderful artist. . ドメスティックな彼女というアニメの漫画家はこんな歌手を伝えたこと僕がありがたい！

This song sounds like something I'd hear in 86.

5:14 "本物"の自分が首を自ら絞めているところで固まっている。 自分が苦しみ続けながらも、自分に嘘をつかずに生きることを選んだんじゃないかな

この曲聴いてまず思ったこと。 『肺活量すげえ』

This song is so deep. We kill ourselves to fit in with others, satisfy others, and this process starts to create a new me. My understanding of this song. The girl in the white one-piece is the original girl. In order to fit in with others, she started to act differently, which created the new her; the girl in the black one-piece. This led her to create two personalities: The real her(white one-piece) and the fake her(black one-piece). Slowly, she loses her understanding of herself. She doesn't know if she was the "real" her or not. The "fake" girl took over and became the "original". The "real" girl was then trapped inside the "fake" girl. She attempts to gain herself back by killing the other "her", as shown towards the end. However, the image changes to the "real" girl getting choked by someone(probably the "fake"). Then, it switches back and forth until the "real" and "fake" girls are shown choking themselves. The "real" girl thought that by "killing" the "fake" girl, she can become herself again. But in the end, she ended up killing herself. Though we try to act differently to superficially satisfy others and blend into a larger group, it is only killing our true emotions and hiding them away, deep inside ourselves. What an accurate representation of society. This was very sad yet it was so relatable and beautiful. I love Minami san. Edit: Thank you all for all the likes. I didn't know so many people would like my comment. I just wanted to add something. To everybody reading this, I love you. And I promise you, more people out there love you too. You may think not, but you matter. Please be who you are. Please be who you want to be. Because that's what makes us unique individuals. It is never, ever wrong to be different. People shouldn't tell you who you have to be. That is for you to decide. No matter where you're from, who you used to be, who you are right now, or who you want to be, I love you. From the bottom of my heart, I hope that all of you have a happy day tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and forever on. Even though I'm a complete stranger, and you don't know who I am, please know that I deeply care about you. I hope this comment was able to make you smile and give you hope. :)

この曲は、ライラックからデビューして、自動再生で聞いてた曲 最初は、ただただ聞き流してたけど、最後の"word"の歌声聞いてから虜になった 今や曲全体を楽しむために聴いてます

Thank you whoever took their time to make the subtitles

美波さんほど綺麗にがなる人マジでいないと思うわ がなり声なのに美しいって思ってしまう

1:45の喉を切り裂くようなブレスがほんとにカッコイイ………………

こんな曲作れるの凄すぎ。天才か

この歌は5分ちょいのドラマに感じる。 グッと心にくるよ。

1:25 "To virtualize a lie" love japanese accent

かわいい声なのに力強い歌い方をするので すごくかっこいい

ホロネスは最初に聴いたときは言葉の紡ぎ方に驚いたよ..本当に飽きないよね

なんでこんな名曲、日本では埋もれてしまっているんだろうか…

理想郷じゃなくて理想鏡なんやな 理想の自分を写す鏡は無かったんかな

美波の曲は「このフレーズが好き」とかじゃなくて、最初から最後まで物理で思いっきり殴られてる感じが好き

まじで神曲だからもっともっとホロネス有名になっていいと思う。特に日本

142 times already listened to this song 13 hours of heaven Minami you are the best in the world!!! Love and passion!!!

4:40 I try to sing along, have to catch my breath, drink a bottle of water, sing along again, almost pass out due to lack of oxygen, drink more water and by the time I come back she's STILL HOLDING THAT NOTE WHAT HOW

この曲を初めて聴いた時、かっこよすぎて鳥肌がとまらなかったのを覚えている

I wanna hear the live version so much all this years..now I just got back from her live tour in Kuala Lumpur, i swear that high note part at 4:46 is not an exaggeration. In fact, for me the live version is on another level. Minami really gave all her best, what an amazing experience. I got goosebump all over😱 お疲れ様でした美波、またマレーシアに戻ってきてね〜

歌えば歌うほどに聴けばきくほどにキャッチしたとき味が変わるの素敵すぎです。 リスペクト‼︎ ありがとう🌸

4:25 "the real one is right here, that ones wrong, wrong, its wrong, dont love the illusion of me, please dont forget me" wow what a sequence of statements i felt it all

5分20秒の中に2時間の映画くらいの内容が詰まってる。 三拍子のリズムは軽快な印象があるけど、美波はそれと真逆で重くのしかかるような曲調に仕上げていて、天才としか言えない。 はじめから最後まで全てがサビくらいの存在感があって、その中でもテンポが遅くなるサビの壮大さがもう私の語彙力では表せません。

Minami is just one of those rare musicians who produces songs that, if you start liking one of them, you'll eventually LOVE ALL of them.

This is the third song by Minami that I'm listening to (the first being "Crying for rain") and now I can say with certainty I am a fan. Minami you have an amazing voice and your lyrics are beautiful, you put so much emotion into your music that it becomes heart felt , you are one in a million, thank you for sharing you're music with us

She said "doppelgänger" my german heart can't take this 😭❤

美波さんの曲って終わったあとに鳥肌が立っていることに気付くよね……なんというか、深い思考に没頭した後の脱力感というか、そういった類のものを感じた……

美波さんて最高にロックだよな。。。 ずっとワンオクと美波さんしか聴いてない。(美波さんだけって言う嘘はつきたくない！w)最高すぎます本当。

Anyone else think the moments she does speak English is prob the best part of the music in terms of lyrics, it just sounds amazing.And her English is really nice too.

Wow what a powerful voice. Love the performance for the Domestic no Kanojo opening, and had to check you out. You are amazing.

You don't need to know the meaning of the lyrics to understand that she's hurt, she's mad and she also want to live..but it's so hard huh, being your true self, with out being judge. Guess we're all waiting for someone to see the true us. To see the real us and still accept. That is, if there's still someone out there.

After one year passing for me I still have to say "thank you from the bottom of my heart" minami for releasing this song. It literally gave me everything that I had to know about me and the people around me, PLEASE keep up with these amazing songs

this song is such a gem, the emotion behind it is ( I guess as usual for minami) incredibly powerful and I can feel like she means every word she says, absolutely beautiful

1:45 This woman has a string instrument in her throat

3:23からの音程とかメロディーがめっちゃめっちゃめちゃくそ好きなんだけどわかる人いるかな…？ その後の「作り上げた理想鏡〜〜〜〜〜」も好きいいいい あーもう全部好きいいいいいい

i swear she's one of the best singers of japan and she's underrated af

I've seen and heard cover after cover of this song but not one of them even approaches the sheer raw emotion and perfection of voice that Minami displays, genuinely captivated and bewildered.

How the hell did I get the chance to exist at the time of this song. The lyrics are so powerful and like damn this is like one of the best songs I've heard all year.

"When our image never goes hand in hand with reality, then how can we find our true selves, how can we find something genuine?" -Hikigaya Hachiman This song really reminded me of that phrase immediately

俺的に美波の曲といったらマジでコレ パーフェクト

I guess im the only vietnamese who still listen to this song. Truly masterpiece❤

1:24 「決まってんだろ」がなんか好き