Yobanashi Deceive

Yobanashi Deceive (夜咄ディセイブ Yobanashi Diseibu) is the ninth song of the series.

Background

 * Jin announced Yobanashi Deceive several months before its publication and finished it in January 2013. In an interview he stated that the song goes from blues, over funk, to rock. After being released on 17th February 2013, also the same day the project was started two years ago, it quickly hit 100,000 views in just one night.


 * Yobanashi Deceive is Kano's theme song, giving insight into his mentality after his experience with the Kagerou Daze and gaining a snake. The music video begins with visual, unsung lines where Kano affirms that lying is his forte and that to him telling the truth is much harder, especially with how unbelievable his truths are. As the lyrics proper begin, Kano offers to tell a "short tale" to an unknown person.


 * He describes how about ten years ago he met a "monster", the Snake of Deceiving Eyes, which told him to keep on lying. With Deceiving Eyes, he feels like he is able to fool just about anyone and that he became a monster himself. Seeing that his unknown companion is upset, he claims that his story is just another one of his lies.


 * Following that, Kano describes that, just like Kido and Seto, he had his wish granted. However, the weight of deceiving so much has been taking its toll on his mind, and Kano believes that he can't be "saved" from being more than just a liar. The song ends with him saying goodbye to the unknown person and promising to tell them an even stranger tale next time.

Mekakucity Records Booklet
“Ah, my most ugly heart. I hate, hate, hate it, so I can’t help but sneer all the time.”

Not wanting to be hated by everyone, he adjusts to each situation with a smile, taking on the opposite manner as to what he is feeling, calmly speaking without even a thought.

Whether or not it’s a constant habit, everyone does this kind of thing.

“Ah, I’m so dirty. I can’t tell anyone about my real feelings.”

This song is the story of a boy who has coated himself with lies. Using lies, fabrications, and deception, he continues to conceal his true heart.

However, if he himself no longer realizes them, who else could understand his true feelings? Truthfully, he might want someone to take notice.

Aloof and strutting through an alleyway, a suspicious melody.

“I think I have been deceived.” Please listen with this in mind.

Lyrics & Translation
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“Lying is my forte, you know?” “But I’m not so good at being honest…” “It’s kinda funny, actually…” “My truest tales sound the most false!”

A floating, bebop sensation, as the night diffuses my reflection Shining with the two-beat - I guess I can complain sometimes, huh? Hey, can I talk for a bit? It’s about some stupid, hurtful habits, But I can’t keep still anymore - it’s just a short tale; you up for one?

Well, I guess I’ll get talking. There’s something unique, unusual about me; I’ve disguised it as common, but it’s always troubled me One day - feels about ten years ago - a “monster” spoke to me, Gulped down my heart, and said “Keep on lying!”

Since then, I’ve been a true liar, Nothing and no one I couldn’t fool I guess I’ve been reduced to a “monster”… …Hey, sorry! Don’t cry, now! It’s all just a tall tale, okay?

Oh my, dirty! So disgraceful! I falsify it all; So I say - but doesn’t this truth seem a little uncanny? I’m deceiving, turn the other way as the lies pile on; Once again, I sneer at the tedium…

Bebop - could vanish any moment, a girl who seems to hate night; Two-beat - could cry in a second, a youth who hates lies Yes, much the same way, they had input their petty “ideals,” And their hearts were gulped, and afterward, they noticed…

We simply had our wishes granted, So there’s no way we can live alone in our world Is that a lie? No way, I’m serious, okay? My crumbling mind fills with “no”…

Oh my, dirty! Listen closely! Listen to my heart; To my ego, to these lies, and to my truths… Go and say it’s lonely, it won’t change me; I’m always a surpriser, making jaws drop…

Oh my, dirty! How I hate it! Come on, listen to me! You look surprised, but I can’t be saved, alright? Just say “Ain’t no problem”? Ah, you never change “Whoops, I screwed up…” As always, I’m drowning in my uncanny self…

“Ahh, maybe I went on a little too long…” “But hey, like I said, it’s just a tall tale.” “Well, that’s where I’ll stop for today…” “Next time you hear the signal…” “I’ll tell you an even stranger tale!”

Trivia

 * It was voted as the #3 Kagerou Project song in the KagePro Song Popularity Ranking 2019.
 * Kano uses Deceiving Eyes to appear as a female version of himself in the music video. This is the only time this version of him is seen in the series.
 * Ene appears as a cameo at the end of the music video as graffiti that Kano leaves behind. This could be linked to the fact that, in both Manga Route 2, Novel Route and Mekakucity Actors Route, Ene is Kano's confidant about his past and involvement with the Snake of Clearing Eyes.  There is no evidence that Ene is the unknown person with whom Kano talks to in this song, however.