All We Have — Takayuki Tsubaki

Translation for Takayuki Tsubaki’s debut single “All We Have” (ありったけ), originally released December 6, 2018.

While the song is not officially a Kamen Rider Blade work, the song is performed and partially written by Takayuki Tsubaki (actor for Kazuma Kenzaki) and was heavily promoted in association with it, including its official music video being filmed at Kitchen Cafe Cranbon (the location used for Jacaranda Cafe) and its B-side being a Tsubaki cover of “ELEMENTS” (Blade‘s second ending song). With that in mind, the lyrics are generally considered to be contextualized with Blade and Kenzaki as a motif.

Continue reading “All We Have — Takayuki Tsubaki”

Kamen Rider Blade short story “Twilight”

A translation of the Kamen Rider Blade short story “Twilight” (たそがれ), written by Blade second-half lead writer Shou Aikawa and originally published in the Kamen Rider Blade Complete Collection (仮面ライダーブレイド超全集) on April 20, 2005.

You can buy the original book in physical and digital format here.

Continue reading “Kamen Rider Blade short story “Twilight””