I'm driving myself insane, so I will finally just shoot my shot and make a post about this.
*Ahem*
Was anyone here in the English Youtaite community, circa 2013?
That year, popular English cover artist Ketsuban collabed with fellow artists JoyDreamer (formerly JoyDreamerJourney) and Mai, and released their English cover of Reboot (the song by JimmyThumb-P ft. Hatsune Miku, Megurine Luka, & Samune Zimi).
I was eleven years old, newly into Vocaloid and OBSESSED with it. This specific cover of Reboot was my introduction to the song, and though I enjoy JubyPhonic and SirHamnet's English versions, this first cover will always hold a special place in my heart.
However, for reasons not entirely clear, Ketsuban either deleted or privated this video only a few years later, and as far as I can tell, wiped all traces of it from streaming.
Around 2017, I messaged JoyDreamer, asking if she knew the reason for the video's removal, but she didn't.
I began scouring the Internet in search of any reupload or cover of their cover--even just a post with the lyrics--but alas, it has never borne fruit. At some point, I just figured I'd have to accept it's gone forever, despite the despair I felt as the lyrics gradually faded from my memory.
Then, this year, JoyDreamer unexpectedly went into retirement, and deleted everything on her channel. This got me thinking about the old Reboot cover once again. Although a lot of Joy's music can still be found relatively easily on various sites across the internet, the Reboot collab is still as elusive as ever to me.
So this brings me to my point. My desperate and heartfelt plea, one sentimental Vocaloid fan to another: If anyone, anyone at all, has access to an mp3 of this English cover, or somehow KNOWS where I can find it, please, I am begging you, please message me and help me achieve my dream of hearing it again.
from Y to Y lore goes much deeper than you thought. But that novel is lost media so we'll never know. Anyway it has 3 answer songs if you count Starduster lol?
all that ever passed through your eyes, or ears, or heart.
Weird enunciations bolded. Might upload bad cover to demonstrate.
So now I see our paths only crossed ‘cause of fate,
Every moment scripted perfectly just like a play
Though you think that it would divert my sadness a bit,
I find that I still haven’t the strength
I’ve run the calculations and found that every choice
Means a single or even double sacrifice
Courage fails me from all of my fear of regret
Until I can’t take a step
That song that I once wrote you, has sadly become
Nothing more than a love song too heavy-hearted to be sung
Let the cool wind carry it, and blow away
Back to the time I met you first, to that perfect summer day
So now I see that even our meeting was fate,
Every moment scripted perfectly just like a play
Wouldn’t it be convenient to believe?
And then would all this loneliness leave?
I’ve run the calculations and found that every choice
Contradicted itself somewhere once or twice
Any answer I could give would erase all the roads
Leading to that other place
That song that I once wrote you, has sadly become
Nothing more than a love song too heavy-hearted to be sung
Let the cool wind carry it, and blow away
Back to the time I met you first, to that perfect summer day
If I could get rid of past and future both,
Could I too, become able to fly up and freely float?
And if I could choose just one emotion to erase,
If I threw my love out, then would I feel more at ease?
All you heard, and saw then, and everything you felt,
All that ever passed through your eyes, or ears, or heart
If someday I knew them, then in another life,
Do you think that maybe I would be able to love you right?
original | jimmythumb-p
translation | electricraichu
version i listened to 1000 times while working on this | dazbee
still can't decide if "melancholy" sounds more or less weird than "heavy-hearted." your pick.
I DID A WHISKEY TRIO (Rei/Akai/ Hiro) ANIMATIC OF THE SONG REBOOT (JimmyThumb-P) Check it maybe, here it is!
youtube
Read the youtube description for spoiler/content warnings!
I did my best even if i'm super bad at editing, it's my 2nd animatic and the first one was 3 years ago, be kind!! It's all for fun, i'm really happy i finally did this silly project of mine <3
If someday I can find out everything that passed through your ears, eyes, and mind, would I be able to love you properly next time?
Calc. - Jimmythumb-P
HI I rediscovered old ship art of them using a Vocaloid song so I thought it would be fun to draw them again but based off of a different song. Maybe to sort of. Show improvement? I guess
You said you have a big list of vocaloid songs assigned to your friends, what's the full list?
// Curious much/lh (if you need explanation why, you can ask in the comments. 😇)
Klai as Matryoshka - Hachi
Beth as Drop pop candy - Giga, REOL
Yami as Luka Luka ⭐️ Night Fever - SAMFREE
Fifi as Envy ♥️ Baby - Kanaria
Tae as Happy Synthesizer - EASYPOP
Orange as Shake it! - emon(Tes.)
Clown as Childish War - Giga, REOL
Boris as Snooze - wotaku ft. Miku
Anwyll as Romeo and Cinderella - Doriko
Mandi as ECHO - Crusher
Joe as Tokyo Teddy Bear - Neru
Kory as Remote Control - Wonderful ⭐️Opportunity
Yuu as Dream Eating Monochrome Baku - Nem
Nakki as Happy Halloween - JUNKY
Nezumi as Reboot - JIMMYTHUMB-P
Other idea
Go google it - AAMIN-P reminds me of Kory and Mandi’s dynamic. Love Trial - 40mP kinda gives me Yami and Tae’s dynamic- Actually wait there wouldn’t be much different if we switch them—/jjj