Akuma No Ko – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Ai Higuchi

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

The iron bullet proves justice

If I pierce through, I’ve come closer to being a hero

If you close your eyes and feel

A demon with the same shape and the same body temperature

Am I not good enough while they are?

There was just a wall there

Don’t lament the fate of being born

We are all free

Like a bird, if I had wings

I could go anywhere

But if there’s no place to return to

I surely can’t go anywhere

I just don’t want to live passively

The world is cruel, but I still love you

No matter what I sacrifice, I will protect you

Even if it’s a mistake, I won’t doubt

Being right means believing strongly in oneself

...

A scene where iron rain falls

It looked like a movie on the television

War is a foolish violence

It's a story of a country that doesn't concern me

Then why do I hate them?

An unspeakable reason for my dark feelings

I can't even explain it

How contradictory we are

...

These words, when translated

The true meaning won't get across

What I believe is only in the world I touch

I just don’t want to live passively

ただただ生きるのは嫌だ

The world is cruel, but I still love you

No matter what I sacrifice, I will protect you

The shadow of the one I chose, the corpse of what I threw away

I’ve realized that within me grows the child of a demon

Behind justice, amidst sacrifice, there’s the child of a demon in my heart

...

[Japanese]

鉄の弾が 正義の証明

貫けば 英雄に近づいた

その目を閉じて 触れてみれば

同じ形 同じ体温の悪魔

僕はダメで あいつはいいの？

そこに壁があっただけなのに

生まれてしまった 運命嘆くな

僕らはみんな 自由なんだから

鳥のように 羽があれば

どこへだって行けるけど

帰る場所が なければ

きっとどこへも行けない

ただただ生きるのは嫌だ

世界は残酷だ それでも君を愛すよ

なにを犠牲にしても それでも君を守るよ

間違いだとしても 疑ったりしない

正しさとは 自分のこと 強く信じることだ

鉄の雨が 降り散る情景

テレビの中 映画に見えたんだ

戦争なんて 愚かな凶暴

関係ない 知らない国の話

それならなんで あいつ憎んで

黒い気持ち 隠しきれない理由

説明だって できやしないんだ

僕らはなんて 矛盾ばっかなんだ

この言葉も 訳されれば

本当の意味は伝わらない

信じるのは その目を開いて

触れた世界だけ

ただただ生きるのは嫌だ

世界は残酷だ それでも君を愛すよ

なにを犠牲にしても それでも君を守るよ

選んだ人の影 捨てたものの屍

気づいたんだ 自分の中 育つのは悪魔の子

正義の裏 犠牲の中 心には悪魔の子

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
正義 /seːɡi/ B1	noun - justice
証明 /ɕoːmei/ B2	noun - proof
鉄 /te̞t͡sɯ/ A1	noun - iron
弾 /dan/ A2	noun - bullet
英雄 /eːjuː/ B1	noun - hero
悪魔 /akɯma/ B1	noun - devil
自由 /d͡ʑiːjuː/ B2	noun - freedom
世界 /sekaɪ/ A2	noun - world
愛す /ai.sɯ/ A1	verb - to love
守る /ma.mo.ɾɯ/ A2	verb - to protect
犠牲 /ɡi.seː/ B2	noun - sacrifice
生きる /i.ki.ɾɯ/ A2	verb - to live
戦争 /seɴ.soː/ A2	noun - war
憎む /ni.ku.mɯ/ B1	verb - to hate
矛盾 /mu.d͡ʑɯn/ B2	noun - contradiction
信じる /ɕin.d͡ʑi.ɾɯ/ A2	verb - to believe
自分 /d͡ʑi.bɯɴ/ A2	noun - oneself; self
運命 /ɯɴ.meː/ B1	noun - fate
選ぶ /e.ra.bɯ/ A2	verb - to choose
屍 /ɕi.ka.ba.ne/ B2	noun - corpse

Key Grammar Structures

• 鉄の弾が 正義の証明

  ➔ Subject marker 'が' marks the subject; 'N1 の N2' forms a genitive/attributive link between nouns.

  ➔ The word "が" marks the subject.

• 貫けば 英雄に近づいた

  ➔ Conditional form '〜けば' (from a godan verb) meaning 'if/when you ...'.

  ➔ The line uses the "-れば" conditional form from the verb to pierce.

• その目を閉じて 触れてみれば

  ➔ Te-form to connect verbs; "てみる" means 'to try doing' and is followed by a conditional '〜れば'.

  ➔ The line uses the te-form to connect actions and "てみる" to express trying something, with a future conditional.

• 同じ形 同じ体温の悪魔

  ➔ N1 の N2: noun-noun modification where N1 describes N2.

  ➔ The word "の" links two nouns to create a modifier relationship.

• そこに壁があっただけなのに

  ➔ "だけなのに" expresses 'only/just ... but' with a contrastive feel (despite).

  ➔ The phrase "だけなのに" marks a contrastive concession: only X, but somehow Y.

• 生まれてしまった 運命嘆くな

  ➔ "てしまう" expresses completion with regret; "な" is a negative imperative here.

  ➔ The sequence uses the regretful nuance of "てしまう" and the blunt prohibition "な".

• 僕らはみんな 自由なんだから

  ➔ "なんだから" combines predicative だ with から to give a reason/explanation: 'because we are free'.

  ➔ The phrase uses the casual explanatory form "なんだから" to justify the statement.

• ただただ生きるのは嫌だ

  ➔ "のは" nominalizes the verb phrase, turning it into a topic; 'the act of living' is disliked.

  ➔ The particle "の" turns the verb phrase into a noun phrase, with "は" marking the topic.

• 世界は残酷だ それでも君を愛すよ

  ➔ Conjunction "それでも" expresses 'nevertheless' or 'despite that'.

  ➔ The sentence uses "それでも" to contrast the harsh world with the speaker's love.

• なにを犠牲にしても それでも君を守るよ

  ➔ "にしても" expresses even if; paired with "ても" for strong conditional meaning.

  ➔ The line uses the concessive "にしても" plus "ても" to emphasize persistence in protection regardless of cost.

• 気づいたんだ 自分の中 育つのは悪魔の子

  ➔ "のは" nominalizes the preceding clause; marks topic about what grows inside.

  ➔ The phrase uses the lotal "のは" to treat the earlier idea as the topic.

• 正義の裏 犠牲の中 心には悪魔の子

  ➔ "には" marks a location/topic focus; in expressions with nouns like '裏' and '中'.

  ➔ The particle "には" marks focus on location or topic within the phrase.