Video Girl Ai--Special Selection CD (from R2 DVD Complete Box)

Special Selection CD coverVictor (Japan)--2002.
Included with the special edition R2 DVD box set (VIZF-15). Out of print.
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TRACKS:
1. Ureshi Namida/Performed by Noriko Sakai
2. CD Drama--"Na-Gu-Sa-Me-Te-A-Ge-Ru" [Cheer Up] Part 1
3. CD Drama--"Na-Gu-Sa-Me-Te-A-Ge-Ru" [Cheer Up] Part 2
(Featuring Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Amano. According to the Babelfishing of the link below, one of the above (both?) is the track from the Na-Gu-Sa-Me-Te-A-Ge-Ru--Present from Amano Ai promo EP.)
4. Ano Hi Ni... [To That Day...]/Performed by Kimura Maki
5. AI LOVE YOU [Suki Da Yo]/Performed by TECHIE POO
6. Kimi no Nishi [Your Rainbow]/Performed by Sudou Mayumi
7. Ashita wa Ashita [Tomorrow Will Be Tomorrow]/Performed by Katsura Masakazu
8. Suki Nan Desu [He's the One Who I Love]/Performed by Kimura Maki

1 and 4-7 appear to be the same versions as on the soundtrack albums, so the details about those tracks will be repeated below.

JVC Music's official VGAi DVD Complete Box page (Japanese only).


Ureshi Namida celNoriko Sakai
1. Ureshi Namida [Happy Tears] (5:43)
Performed by Sakai Noriko
Lyricist/Composer/Chorus: Endou Kyouko
Arranger/All Instruments: Shimizu Nobuyuki
Synthesizer Manipulation: Tabata Hajime
Original Translation: Theresa Martin
Ai-chan Project Proofreading/Minor Amendments: 1998 2 14
Nichiyoubi wa hitori no hi
PIICHIPAI wo yaita ato
Sentakumono hosu you ni
Shinkokyuu de nesobetta

Furueru mune ni te wo ate
mi-ageru ao-sugiru sora
Ai suru hito no namae wo
chiisaku yonde mita
yasashiku yasashiku

CHORUS:
Ureshi namida ga HORORI
Tameiki to issho ni
konna watashi ga hito wo aiseru
koto ga ureshikute
Ureshi namida de kasumu
itsumo to chigau sora wo
kokoro wo nozoku you ni
itsumade demo miteta
hitori zutto miteta
hitori zutto miteta

Nichiyoubi wa fushigi na hi
Ichinichi wa yukkuri to
kurenagara mo ichiban ni
Daiji na koto oshieru no

Osanai jibun no koto
wofukaku mitsumete mitari
ai suru hito no mirai wo
kokoro ni egaitari
yasashiku yasashiku

Ureshi namida ga hikaru
itoshii kisetsu no naka
Yatto koko made kita ne to
ieru koi ga ureshikute
Ureshi namida wo sotto
mi-mamoru takai sora
woumare-kawatta you ni
Itsumade demo miteta
hitori zutto miteta

CHORUS

Sunday was a day alone
After I baked a peach pie,
like airing laundry
I lay sprawled breathing deeply

Putting my hand on my trembling heart
I looked up at the too-blue sky
I said the name of the one I love
in a small voice
tenderly, tenderly

CHORUS:
Happy teardrops with a sigh
I'm so happy someone like me
can love someone
In the sky different from usual
Blurred by happy tears
like looking into my heart
I was seeing forever
Alone I was seeing forever
Alone I was seeing forever


Sunday is a wondrous day
Even as the day slowly gets dark
it teaches us important things


I tried studying my youth deeply,
Drawing the future of the one I love
in my heart
gently, gently


Happy tears shine
in this lovely season
I'm so happy for our love
I can say at last we've come this far
I stared at the tall sky that secretly
watches over happy tears
for a long time, like I was born again
I was seeing forever
Alone I was seeing forever


[CHORUS]
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Group photo from EDYouta's VCR, on that day. 4. Ano Hi Ni... [To That Day...] (4:20)
Performed by Kimura Maki
Lyricist: Katsura Masakazu [creator of the Video Girl Ai manga]
Composer: Matsuura Yuuki
Arranger: Okada Tooru
Keyboards: Tsurugi Masaki
Guitar: Furukawa Nozomi
Chorus: Kimura Maki, Matsuura Yuki, Sakurai Yuko
Translation: Theresa Martin (February 24, 1993, revised November 22, 1994)
Tsumetai kaze ga mado o nagasu no samishiiyoru
Kogoeru mune atatametakute RIPUREI ano natsu o
Namiuchigiwa de odokeru anata tanoshisou yo
Hutari dake no omoide no BIDEO hitori de nagamete iru no

Sukoshi TEREnagara "suki da yo" to tsubuyaiteru
usotsuki no anata no kao namida-iro de nijindeku

Anata setsunai yo gomen ne konna ni
ima mo omoi wo nokoshiteru
Hutari no subete wa kono hikari no naka naraba
mada maki-modoseru no ano hi ni?

[GUITAR SOLO]

Ryoute ippai no omoide o shinjite ita
Kurikaeshite kazoeru kedo
koyubi kara susumenai no

Anata soba ni ite soshite "uso da yo" to
itte kokoro wo daki-shimete
hutari no subete ga kiete shimau nara
Ima sugu ni maki-modoshitai ano hi ni

Anata setsunai yo gomen ne konna ni
ima mo omoi wo nokoshiteru
Hutari no subete ga kiete shimau nara
ima sugu ni maki-modoshitai ano hi ni
On a lonely night when the cold wind blows in the window
I want to warm my frozen heart by replaying that summer
Fooling around on the beach, you seem to be having fun
A video of memories of just the two of us, I watch alone

While feeling a little shy and murmuring "I love you"
your lying face is blurred with the color of tears

I'm miserable over you! Sorry, but this way,
even now, I'm leaving behind my feelings
If everything about us is in this light
can I still rewind to that day?

[GUITAR SOLO]

Both hands full of memories I had believed
I count them again and again, and yet
I get no further than my little finger

Please be by my side, say "It's not true!"
and embrace my heart
If everything about us has disappeared
Right now, I want to rewind to that day

I'm miserable over you! Sorry, but this way,
even now, I'm leaving behind my feelings
If everything about us has disappeared
Right now, I want to rewind to that day


5. AI LOVE YOU [Suki Da Yo] (3:23)
Performed by TECHI POO
Lyricist: Matsuo Yukio
Composer: Matsuura Yuuki
Arranger: Okada Tooru
Keyboards: Tsurugi Masaki
Guitar: Furukawa Nozomi
Chorus: TECHI POO
Translation: Mariko Tsujimura [JNA CD translation]
Ai watches Youta and MoemiAi comforting Youta
SPAAKU shiteru kimochi ni sakaraenakute
Hitomi ga saki ni kimi o sagasu

Jibun no koto wa wakaranai kuse ni kimi no
koto nara wakari-sugiru no wa naze

Namida wo koraete ita yo ne
Yasashikute kanashikute daki-shimetakute

Yume bakari miteta kinou yori ashita
Omoi wa kanaerareru yo
Ii-kaketa koe wa kasurete ite mo
Hontou ni suki da yo

Kimi no koto shika kangaerarenai nante
Ii koto soretomo ikenai koto
Egao de mitsume-aeta yo ne
Ureshikute setsunakute aishikanakute

Hagemashite ageru sora o mite iyou
Kimochi ni niji ga kakaru yo
Wake-aeru hon no sukoshi no yuuki
Saisho kara suki da yo

Onaji yume miteru kinou yori ashita
Omoi wa kanaerareru yo
Shinkokyuu soshite sotto sasayaku
Hontou ni suki da yo
I can't go against my feelings that spark
My eyes are looking for you

I don't know much about myself, but
I know so much about you... Why?

You tried not to shed any tears
So tender, sad. I want to hold you

I keep dreaming, yesterday and tomorrow
Maybe it will come true
Though my voice becomes hoarse
I really love you

I can only think about you
Is that a good or bad thing?
We look at each other with smiles
Gladly, ardently, with only love

I will cheer you up, let's stare at the sky
We will have rainbows in our hearts
We can understand each other with a little courage
I loved you from the very first moment

I see the same dream yesterday and tomorrow
Maybe it will come true
Deep breath and I will whisper
I really love you


6. Kimi no Nishi [Your Rainbow] (4:00)
Performed by Sudou Mayumi
Lyricist: Izumizu Toshiro
Composer/Arranger: Okada Tooru
Guitar: Furukawa Nozomi
Chorus: Sudou Mayami
Ai-chan Project Translation V. 1.0: 1999 1 18
Youta carrying AiAi, cool snow, warm Youta
[Note that the "repeat" section consists of the last line of the 4th verse, the whole 5th verse, and the first line of the 6th verse.]
Konna yume nara mita koto ga aru hazu
Hitonami oyogu kimi warateita
Togireta yume tsuzuki darou

Mahou no hitomi no shojo
Ima nani yori kirei
Kagayaite Kagayaite
Boku no tame ni...Shinin'

Kakou mo mirai mo subete nurikaete
Kimi wo miteitai

Ainakanaru hi itsuka kuru you na
Sonna yokan sae mo sukoshi dakedo ne
[Repeat section start]
Boku wa fuyuhin dakedo nishi ga mieru

Imamade kanashii koto
Mou wasureru you ni
Mabushii yo Mabushii yo
kimi no marari...Shinin'

Kako mo mirai mo subete nurikaete
[Repeat section end]
Kimi wo miteitai

[SYNTH BASS SOLO]

[REPEAT SECTION]


Kimi no nishi misete
I think I've had this dream before
You were swimming in a tide of humanity, laughing as you did
And I know that interrupted dream still continues

Oh, girl with magic eyes,
fairer now than anything else
Shining Shining
Just for me...Shinin'

Repainting the past and the future
I want to look at you

The day will come when we will part
I feel this, but I know this, too
[Repeat section start]
I may be a mistake, but I can now see a rainbow

All the sadness that I had
has now been forgotten
So bright So bright
All around you...Shinin'

Repainting the past and the future
[Repeat section end]
I want to look at you


[SYNTH BASS SOLO]

[REPEAT SECTION]

Show me your rainbow

Ai-chan shoppingMoemi and Youta shoppingKatsura MasakazuKatsura draws Ai
7. Ashita wa Ashita [Tomorrow Will Be Tomorrow] (3:53)
Performed by Katsura Masakazu
Lyricist: Toshi Taguchi
Composer: Tohru Okada
Guitar: Furukawa Nozomi
Chorus: Sakurai Yuko
Translation: Hiroshi Sonoda
Ai-chan Project Proofreading/Minor Amendments: 1998 2 14
Koi wo suru tabini kizutsuite kitayone
Afure ru omoiwa nazekalamawawari
Yume wo ou tabini ochikonde ita yone
Sugita kinou wa kuyashi i koto da ra ke sa
Dakedo kyou futari koushite aeta
Waruikoto bakarijanai kitto...

CHORUS:
Ashita wa ashita no kazega fukusa BEBI
Nakanaide bokuto koi wo shiyou
Yume wo oikakeyou

[GUITAR SOLO]

Hanbun jidaiwo akiramete itayo ne
Ikiteru wakega tokidoki wakaranakute
Dakedo kyou yatto kigatsu itanda
Konanimo chikaku mierukotae

CHORUS:
Ashita wa ashita no kazega fukusa BEBI
Hohoende goran kimirashiku
Ashita wa ashita no kazega fukusa BEBI
Nakanaide bokuto koi wo shiyou
Yume wo oikakeyou

Koi wo suru tabini kizutsuita RONRI GAR'SU
Afureru omoiwo sa todokeyou
Yume wo outabini ochikonda RONRI BOISU
Sugita kinouni sa sayonara wo shiyoyo
[REPEAT]

We were hurt whenever we fell in love, weren't we?
Our overflowing thoughts raced around our minds
Whenever we chased our dreams
"yesterday" is filled with agony
But today, since we met
maybe it isn't bad after all, I hope...

CHORUS:
Another wind will blow tomorrow, baby
So stop crying and let's play the game of love
Let's chase our dreams

[GUITAR SOLO]

We gave up hope for tomorrow, didn't we?
Sometimes we wondered what we live for
But today I finally figured it out
The answer is so obvious

CHORUS:
Another wind will blow tomorrow, baby
Show me your smile like you always did
Another wind will blow tomorrow, baby
So stop crying and let's play the game of love
Let's chase our dreams

Lonely girls who were hurt whenever you fell in love
Send out the feelings that you brim over with
Lonely boys who got depressed whenever you chased your dreams
Let's wave our hands goodbye to yesterday
[REPEAT]


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8. Suki Nan Desu [He's the One Who I Love] (3:30)
["I Love You" on the JNA CD]
Performed by Kimura Maki
Lyricist/Composer/Chorus: Kimura Maki
Arrangers: Okada Tooru, Tanaya Yuuichi
Guitar: Furukawa Nozumi
Translation: Theresa Martin (May 6, 1994)
Datte......
suki nan desu ano hito no koto
Hoka ni nan no wake mo nai
Suki nan desu ano hito no koto
Itsumo soba ni itai no

Doushite? to kikanaide
Watashi ni mo wakaranai
Nando mo settoku shita wa
jibun no kokoro
Keredo mo dame mitai ne
Ushiro o muite mo
kokoro no hari wa ano hito sashite ugokanai

Itamu kizu wo daki-shimete
hibiku koe wo huri-sutete
Hashitte yuku sono ude no naka ga
zutto BARA-iro to omou wake ja nai

Demo......demo
suki nan desu
nakitai kurai ni
Shiawase yori taisetsu na no
Suki nan desu ano hito no koto
watashi......
suki nan desu...
...
Because......
he's the one who I love
There is no other reason
He's the one who I love
I want to be with him forever

Don't ask "why?"
I don't even know myself
How many times have I persuaded
my own heart?
However, it seems hopeless
Even turning my back,
my heart's
[compass] needle doesn't sway from him

Holding on to an aching wound
I'll give up his resonant voice
I come running to your arms but
it's not that I think everything will be rose-colored

But......but
he's the one who I love
so much I want to cry
He's more important than my happiness
He's the one who I love
I......
love him...
...


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