Anime Update

Nostalgia (Edel)
The balance between a stone and a gem
An Edel or sting becomes the key
And the Shichiko-hoji lays at the center
Cursed in apathetic misery

The story of Cou, who led a coup
Against a history of cruel exploitation
Not a wielder, a partner to the gem
A defender against reclamation

The journey of friends to suit their own ends
The altruistic, the kind and the wise
Together they fight to secure the right
For equality for all in all's eyes

The arrogance of man and the rage of the raids
Let to war upon floating island high
A battle of warrior against mounted beast
A battle lighting up the sky

And the queen of the gems was crowned in blood
And the battle faltered, approaching a close
And the only recluse was the invocation
Of a legend that the old queen knows

So the chant of a pleasure and the chant of a raid
Come together, their contract rescind
A miracle of heart, live together, not apart
Together, let blow the red wind

Nostalgia (Usoda)
In the village where cicadas cry
The suspects ask you "why do you lie?"
And amidst a conspiracy, you're only one guy
One guy who strikes out, an eye for an eye

In the village where cicadas cry
The offense of a girl, a tsundere shy
The custom observed to which they couldn't comply
A death sent from the dead, who wouldn't lay where they lie

In the village where cicadas would cry
In a place where the village lay beneath crimson sky
The place where the prophet did try
To ask for salvation, but only to stupefy

In the village where cicadas cry
There existed a girl who her uncle would terrify
And as her savior was tossed from on high
His final wish to all, "Just die... Die... DIE!"

In the village where cicadas cry
There once was a girl in love with a guy
She killed all her friends after seeing her sister cry
Seeking future redemption from the moon in the sky

In the village where cicadas cry
The girl and the guy, locked in a tie
And the final, epic clash ends in a sigh
As the girl stops to wonder... why, why, why?

In the village where cicadas cry
Sat the girl who persisted, continued to try
The questions flow on, but the answers lay dry
And Furude Rika promises "I'll see you in Kai"

Nostalgia (Level 5)
What happens in the city that never gets boring
Is the development of what is and can be
The need to light the torch of Prometheus
The need to cast light for all to see

Yet this blaze must be banked, else it'll burn out of control
A power irresponsibly used
For the sake of revenge, for power and pride
The responsibility to all abused

And in the end, such a system of accomplishment
Leaves others cast out from the light
They will feel lesser, an inferior being
Unable to touch a power in sight

Hubris made and hubris given, the consequences still stand
As these fallen then fall to the floor
A victim of the power taken in hand
A sacrifice to what is in store

For the sake of the truth, for the sake of the kids
A teacher must break all the rules
To reach for her goal, to reclaim what he stole
To show her kids are not tools

Yet the limits of possibility are worth naught in her eyes
Level 5 is sure to transcend all
With that unrepressable emotion, that determination to succeed
Misaka can answer that call

But the story continues though the threat has abated
Level upper was only the start
The search for the kids who are cataclysmic together
Yet they wreak havok all around when apart

It began with a sound, that capacity down
A weapon used against espers out of pride
A feeling of the outcasts, a need for some power
Power external if not power inside

And then came poltergeist, the recurring destruction
Amidst that, a level breaker of though
And the return of the teacher, and her continual obstruction
Due to misplaced trust, the children were caught

Yet the truth lay revealed of the marble deception
The anti-skills deployed in a surprising defection
And a showdown occurred over the preconception
That all was for the sake of the city's inception

And again level 5, a height of power
Over the marble maid did it tower
An unceasing light for limits to shatter
An expression of self, mind over matter

Nostalgia (Buso Renkin)
The alchemy of weapon, the alchemy of beast
The way science can be split into two
The endless war between monster and man
The way hubris can begin anew

The search for the man who does not exist
The larva that sought to evolve
The papillon mask was the face of his task
And an impossible conundrum to solve

The rise of those who forsake humanity
Who though themselves the greatest of beings
And the warriors who fought for the sake of mankind
Who wielded knowledge and the burden it brings

The rebirth of a man consumed with hate
A man at the pinnacle of evolution
The victim of strife, the warrior of revenge
And the father of the ultimate solution

The warrior of hope, a victim of fate
The second in a chain of folly and pride
The target of fear, the target of hate
All over what lies inside

The climactic battle held 'tween two warriors, two worlds
The promise of unity till the end
The loss of hope and the sacrifice
An inconsolable would that won't mend

The despair of aftermath, the loss of purpose felt
Made by the absence of the hero of hope
The need to fulfill a promise unforgotten
To end another's suffering, to cope

Yet the rays of the sun lit the path to the future
A bright light for all to see
And the heroes, light and dark, fulfilled their fates
Makka na Chikai