Toumei Answer

Transparent Answer (透明アンサー Toumei Ansā) is the eighth song of the series. It's an album exclusive song, which appeared on the Mekakucity Days album.

Background

 * The song tells the story 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

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(Unofficial Translation)

During these fleeting days, where nothing ever happens I sit in the same seat as always. "Well then, what do you think?" As if attempting again, The textbook without numbers said something.

If you're asking about my results Well, they're fine I guess. On this scrap paper was a 100% perfect score. While grinning shyly, You sat down on the chair next to me, You, the one with a low grade. Outside the window, there's nothing that I wish for Because I'll already know what will happen. "Hey, if that's how it is, then that's really boring." You always seemed so cheerful.

Don't touch The heart that wants to disappear anymore than this. Today too, it can't be found anywhere on this earth. The alarm starts ringing says to the alone me: "You're a cold-hearted fool." Even if I'm told a miracle answer It's no use because everything will somehow become obvious. "If I died right now, someone would replace me." Even just muttering that is so foolish.

Although these floating days keep repeating, Whenever you're absent, I get an uncomfortable feeling. Well, anyway, even if my test results are returned tomorrow, They probably won't get any better either.

Somewhere in these non-hectic days, Something might have already gone wrong. The color of your hair, Your smile, Some people might have already forgotten them. "The window next to the vacant seat, Will anything be reflected from it"? Even though I tried to know you, There wasn't even one thing I wasn't able to solve.

If I were able to get even a little bit closer to the answer, then these days could have continued forever. At the moment where I stop the ringing alarm I'm forced to notice that everything is gone.

In the classroom the heart that wants to disappear was hurt, You kept hiding it over and over again behind a smile. The smile of you, who flew through this window and died, I won't ever forget it. Not even tomorrow.

Trivia

 * The PV 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 a Niconico Broadcast is not available because the PV was originally meant to be exclusive to the album Mekakucity Days. A person who uploaded the video onto Niconico was posing as Jin and revealed as a fake later on. To this day, the PV has been uploaded several times, though never by the original producers themselves.