Ranma 1/2 — Just Add Water
SONGS
[Ranma 1/2] Uta Koyomi image song (1990)
Yasashii, Ii Musume ni Narenai (I Can't Become a Sweet, Nice Girl)
Singer: Tendou Akane * Hidaka Noriko
Lyricist: Ranma-teki Kagekidan Bungeibu
Composer/Arranger: Kawai Kenji
Translator: Robert J. Carragher (Revised May 13, 1994)
Romanized Japanese English Translation
[Ha!  Tsuyoi yo!  He!  Ta!  Ranma no baka!]

Honto ni antatte
Mattaku antatte
Tonikaku antatte
Baka ne, baka baka
Baka baka baka baka baka baka baka
Baka baka baka baka baka ba [ka baka baka]

Doo yuu tsumori na no
Dattara nan na no
Eei!   Uttoushii
Baka ne, baka baka
Baka baka baka baka baka baka baka baka...
Baka baka baka baka ba [ka baka ba]

San gatsu mikka wa hinamatsuri
Go gatsu itsuka wa kodomo no hi
Otoko ka onna ka hakkiri shinasai
Suki ka kirai ka hakkiri shinasai
Anta ippen shinde koi!

Ue kara yonde mo
Baka baka baka baka baka baka baka baka baka ba [ka ba]
Shita kara yonde mo
Baka baka baka baka baka baka baka baka baka ba [ka ba]

[???  Ha!  Tsuyoi yo!]

Urusai no yo antatte
Narenareshii antatte
Nani yo!   hajishirazu
Baka ne, baka baka baka baka baka baka
Baka baka baka baka baka baka baka baka ba

San gatsu mikka wa hinamatsuri
Akari o tsukemasho bonbori ni *
Otoko ka onna ka hakkiri shinasai
Suki ka kirai ka hakkiri shinasai
Anna hentai okotowari

Migi kara yonde mo
Baka baka baka baka baka baka baka baka baka ba [ka ba]
Hidari kara yonde mo
Baka baka baka baka baka baka baka baka baka ba [ka ba]

Yasashii, ii ko ni konya mo narenai kedo...

Datte...

San gatsu mikka wa hinamatsuri
Hatchi gatsu yooka wa FUJI TEREBI **
Otoko ka onna ka hakkiri shinasai
Suki ka kirai ka hakkiri shinasai
Warukatta wa ne bukiyou de!

Yoko kara yonde mo
Baka baka baka baka baka baka baka baka baka ba [ka ba]
Tate kara yonde mo
Baka baka baka baka baka baka baka baka baka ba [ka ba]

Akane: "SANKYUU BEBII!!!"
Kasumi: "Akane, soko made iwanakute mo..."

[Ha!  Strong!  He!  Strike!  Idiot Ranma!]

Honestly, you!
Really, you!
Anyway, you're an idiot, aren't you?
Idiot, idiot
Dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy
Dummy dummy dummy dummy dum [my dummy dummy]

What were you planning to do?
Huh?  You're a bothersome idiot
Aren't you?
Idiot, idiot
Dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy
Dummy dummy dummy dummy dum [my dummy dum]

March 3rd is Girl's (lit: Doll's) Day;
May 5th is Boy's (lit: Children's) Day.
Tell me clearly whether you're a boy or girl.
Tell me clearly whether you like me or not.
Drop dead!

Even from above, you're a dummy dummy dummy
Dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dum [my dum]
Even from below, you're a dummy dummy dummy
Dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy [my dum]

[???  Ha!  Strong!]

Shut up you!
You're being too friendly!
What?  You're a shameless idiot, aren't you?
Idiot, idiot dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy
Dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dum

March 3rd is Girl's Day; *
Tell me clearly whether you're a boy or girl.
Tell me clearly whether you like me or not.
I'll reject a (sex-changing)
Pervert like him.

Even from the right, you're a dummy dummy
Dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dum [my dum]
Even from the left, you're a dummy dummy
Dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dum [my dum]

I can't become, even tonight, a nice, sweet girl, but ...

Because....

March 3rd is Girl's Day;
August eighth is Fuji TV (Day). **
Tell me clearly whether you're a boy or girl.
Tell me clearly whether you like me or not.
Well, excuse me for being clumsy!

Even side to side, you're a dummy dummy
Dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dum [my dum]
Even top to bottom, you're a dummy dummy dummy
Dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dummy dum [my dum]

Akane: "Thank you, baby!"
Kasumi: "Akane, you didn't need to say that."

*  This is the first part of a song sung on Hinamatsuri by girls as they ornament a stand on which they place lots of dolls.  Also there are bonbori, a kind of standing lantern placed at the top of the stands.  The song goes something like:

Akari o tsukemasho bonbori ni,
ohana o agemasho momo no hana.
Go nin bayashi no fue taiko.
Kyou ha tanoshii hinamatsuri.
 

** August 8 is "Fuji TV Day" since Fuji TV is channel 8 in Tokyo and its suburbs.

Ranma Songs
Ranma 1/2 — Just Add Water