Toumei Answer

Toumei Answer (透明アンサー Tōmei Ansā) is an album exclusive song and appeared on the Mekakucity Actors and Mekakucity Days albums. It received a music video made by Wannyanpoo exclusively on Mekakucity Days.

Background

 * The song tells the story of how Shintaro became a NEET. Years before the start of the story, he was a student with straight A's when he met Ayano in school, who he did not want to get close to, but ended up doing so anyway, due to her persistence to stay by his side. Ayano never was a really good student, her tests often resulting in bad grades, thus considered herself stupid.


 * They eventually entered their first year in high school together. Although she always managed to cheer him up and seemed happy, one day Shintaro found Ayano crying, but did not know how to handle the situation and therefore retreats. The next day he found out she died, when people brought in flowers for her. It was revealed she committed suicide for an unknown reason. Shintaro went up to the roof of the school and found one of the paper cranes that she used to make. The paper crane was a test paper Shintaro got 100 on, as previously shown in the video, which he tore apart. Her death put him in so much shock that he wanted to escape reality and enclosed himself in a digital world, which he did by locking himself in his room and becoming a NEET, ultimately leading him to meet Ene.

Lyrics & Translation
目まぐるしくもない そんな毎日を 漂うように何度も席に座って
 * -|Kanji=

「さぁ、どうかな？君は. 」 また試す様に 数字の無い教科書が何かを言った

出来栄えならそれは まぁ、良いほうだろう. 三桁満点の再生紙を貰って

隣の席では 照れ笑いながら 桁の低い点数の君が席についた

窓の外、求めないのは 答がすぐ浮かんでしまうから

「それじゃほら、つまらないよ」と 君はいつも楽しそうだ

これ以上消えたい心に触れないで 今日も地球なんてどこにも見えないよ

鳴り出したアラームに 一人 「冷たい奴だな」と語りかけてる

今更不思議そうに答を合わせても 何でか全て解りきってしまうから 「このまま死んだって 誰かが代わりになるから」と 呟くことも馬鹿らしいよ

漂う様な日々は繰り返すけど 君が休むなんて違和感があって

まぁ、どうあれ明日返るテストも 代わり映えしない結果なんだろうな

目まぐるしくもないそんな毎日は 何処かがもう 狂ってしまったかもしれない

君の髪の色 君の笑顔を 誰かがもう覚えていないかもしれない

「窓の中空いた席は そこからどう映っていますか」と

君の事知ったように 何一つ解っていなくて

少しでもそれを解っていられたなら ずっと続いていてくれた様な日々は 鳴り出したアラームを止める度に無い物だと、 気付かされてる

教室で消えたい心を傷つけて 何度も隠し通して笑っていた

ここから飛び降りていなくなった君の笑顔を

僕は明日も忘れないよ Memagurushiku mo nai Son'na mainichi o Tadayou yō ni nando mo seki ni suwatte
 * -|Romaji=

"Sā, dō kana? Kimi wa." Mata tamesu yō ni Sūji no nai kyōkasho ga nanika o itta

Dekibaenara sore wa Mā, ii hōdarō. Sanketa manten no saiseishi o moratte

Tonari no seki de wa Terewarainagara Keta no hikui tensū no kimi ga seki ni tsuita

Mado no soto, motomenai no wa Kotae ga sugu ukande shimaukara

"Sore ja hora, tsumaranai yo" to Kimi wa itsumo tanoshi sōda

Kore ijō kietai kokoro ni furenaide Kyō mo chikyū nante doko ni mo mienai yo

Naridashita arāmu ni Hitori "Tsumetai yatsuda na" to katarikake teru

Imasara fushigi sō ni kotae o awasete mo Nande ka subete wakarikitte shimaukara "Kono mama shin datte dare ka ga kawari ni narukara" to Tsubuyaku koto mo bakarashīyo

Tadayō yōna hibi wa kurikaesukedo Kimi ga yasumu nante iwakan ga atte

Mā, dō are ashita kaeru tesuto mo Kawaribae shinai kekkanandarōna

Memagurushiku mo nai sonna mainichi wa Doko kaga mō Kurutteshimatta kamo shirenai

Kimi no kami no iro Kimi no egao o Dare ka ga mō oboeteinai kamo shirenai

"Mado no naka aita seki wa soko kara dō utsutteimasu ka" to

Kimi no koto shitta yō ni Nani hitotsu wakatte inakute

Sukoshi demo sore o wakatteiraretanara Zutto tsuzuiteitekureta yōna hibi wa Naridashita arāmu o tomeru tabi ni nai monodato, Kizukasare teru

Kyōshitsu de kietai kokoro o kizutsukete Nando mo kakushi tōshite waratteita

Koko kara tobioriteinaku natta kimi no egao o

Boku wa ashita mo wasurenaiyo (Unofficial Translation)
 * -|English Translation=

It’s not even bustling And in that kind of everyday I would sit in my seat many times over as if drifting

“So, how about you?” As if trying again The numberless textbook said something

If you mean my results, then Well, I guess they’re fine. Getting a three-digit perfect score on recycled paper

In the seat beside me With an embarrassed smile You took your seat with a low-digit score

Outside the window, I don’t seek anything out Because an answer soon rises up

“If that’s the case, then hey, that’s pretty boring” Saying that, you always seemed to be enjoying yourself

Don’t touch the heart that wants to disappear any more than this Even today, it can’t be seen anywhere on this earth

The alarm that rings out Tells me alone, “You’re a coldhearted guy, huh”

Even if I put together those mysterious answers after so long I’ll still be able to understand them completely somehow “At this rate, even if I die Someone else will just replace me” Just whispering that is foolish

Though these drifting days repeat I get this strange feeling that you’re absent

Well, whatever happens, the test that is returned tomorrow Will probably have a result that hasn’t changed for the better

In that kind of everyday that wasn’t even bustling Somewhere, something may have Already gone amiss

The color of your hair And your smile Someone may already be unable to remember it

“From the window, how is That empty seat reflected”

I thought I had known you, but I had understood not one thing about you

The days that would surely have continued Had I been able to understand even a little more Every time I stop the alarm that rings out, I realize That they’re gone

In the classroom, the heart that wanted to disappear was injured But kept on concealing it and laughed, many times over

You, who jumped off from here and vanished

I won’t forget your smile, not even tomorrow

Trivia

 * The MV shows the students putting a vase of flowers on Ayano's desk after her death. In Japan, if a student passes away, students place flowers on that student's desk.
 * Toumei Answer is a song where an official Niconico Broadcast is not available because the MV was originally meant to be exclusive to the Mekakucity Days album. A person who uploaded the video onto Niconico was posing as Jin and was revealed as a fake later on. To this day, the MV has been uploaded several times, though never by the original producers themselves.
 * It was voted as the #8 Kagerou Project song in the KagePro Song Popularity Ranking 2019.