Jinzou Enemy

Jinzou Enemy (人造エネミー Jinzō Enemī) is the first song in the series and Jin's first work as a music producer.

Background

 * The song tells the story of the cyber girl Ene, who lives inside the computer of the NEET Shintaro. He refuses to do anything but stay in his room and use his computer, and Ene watches him go through his days with only minor changes in routine. He averts his eyes from the real world and hides, even though he cannot forget his own past. She reminds him that he should know that fleeing from reality is not the best solution, but that if he has to, he should live with her in a world created by humans and pay attention only to her. As her world starts to crumble, Ene screams that she does not understand, while Shintaro responds that he's tired of "a toy that can only talk".


 * As revealed in Losstime Memory, this song takes place in the Route XX timeline, when Shintaro fails to meet the Mekakushi Dan and kills both Ene and himself.

Lyrics & Translation
(Unofficial Translation)
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“When your dreams have disappeared, you can keep going through your daily routine, but what’s the point?” What an incredible thing to say Just like me, you love unreality; you say that with your fingers But your mouth says nothing at all

You feel “something” connecting you to people without faces or voices But I’m sure that’s not really love for one another Today is coming to an end, but as usual You just pretend and pretend to live, and then sleep

You say “I’m not interested,” and avert your eyes Even though you can’t close them Hey, considering that you can’t accept such a thing, Are you going to spend today, yet again, watching me through the screen with that disagreeable look on your face?

You must know that that’s not the best plan It must hurt so much to be drowning in a dark and withered life What’s truth and not lies? If you don’t know the difference Then why not live with me in a man-made world?

Is there any point to living in a place that rejects you? Just say “NO” to everything already and look only at me

Though some might say “Ah, how wonderful,” and clap their hands It’s all lies, and outside there’s so much garbage Hey, if you’ve been crushed under it all, Why are you still focusing on what’s out there and looking at me so coldly?

Even you must know that that’s not the best plan At the end of it there’s only a bottomless loneliness In this room where you repeated the routine of your sunless days My noise is echoing as it starts to break down

“I don’t get it at all!” I shouted, and you said to me, “I’m tired of this toy that does nothing but talk.”

Trivia

 * The video for this song is the only one not to have the lyrics on-screen.
 * At first, the character in the video was assumed to simply be Miku in a song-specific outfit. This lead to comments on the Niconico broadcast referring to her as 'Enemiku' (エネミク), short for 'Enemy Miku'.
 * This is one of Takane's four character songs. The others are Headphone Actor, Ene no Dennou Kikou, and Yuukei Yesterday.
 * On April 06, 2014 the song reached a million views on Niconico, becoming Jin's fifteenth song to do so.
 * As of May 2020, the song has surpassed 1,82 million views.
 * It was voted as the #22 Kagerou Project song in the KagePro Song Popularity Ranking 2019.