Splatlands Third Junior High School Anthem

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Splatlands Third Junior High School Anthem
Vocals Shiver (Anna Sato)
Frye (Laura Yokozawa)
Big Man
Featured in Ordertune – disc 3, track 32

Splatlands Third Junior High School Anthem is a song mentioned in Ordertune. An audio recording of Deep Cut's high school graduation ceremony performance of the song is also included in the album.

Lyrics

The song lyrics' meaning is included in Ordertune, formatted like a traditional Japanese poem. A transcript of the gibberish lyrics heard in the song recording has not been provided.

Splatlands Third Junior High School Anthem Lyrics
Japanese English
First Verse
母なる海から 風わたりて
Hahanaru umi kara kaze watarite
From Mother Ocean,[translation note 1] by the wind
バンカラ砂漠へと 生命いのちを運ぶ
Bankara sabaku e to inochi o hakobu
Life was carried to the Splatlands Desert
育て 繋いでゆけ 想いを絆を
Sodate tsunaideyuke omoi o kizuna o
Nurture and maintain your emotions and bonds
ああ 熱き我らの バンカラ第三中学校
Ā atsuki warera no Bankara daisanchūgakkou
Ah, our passionate Splatlands Third Junior High School
Second Verse
栄光の轍 師に学びて
Eikou no wadachi shi ni manabite
Learn the traditions from our teachers
新しき道拓く ともがらと
Atarashiki michi hiraku tomogara to
Pave the path to the new with our comrades
磨け ぶつけ合え 心を身体インク
Migake butsukeae kokoro o inku o
Hone and challenge your mind, your ink[translation note 2]
ああ 猛き我らの バンカラ第三中学校
Ā takeki warera no Bankara daisanchūgakkou
Ah, our ferocious Splatlands Third Junior High School
Third Verse
一日三食 昼寝もつけて
Ichinichisanshoku hirune mo tsukete
Three meals a day, also an afternoon nap
よしなしごと案じず 気の向くままに
Yoshinashigoto anjizu kinomukumamani
On a whim without worrying about it
転べ 立ち上がれ 己を信じて
Hirobe tachiagare onore o shinjite
If we fall down, get back up, believe in ourselves
ああ 大好きアイラブ我らの バンカラ第三中学校
Ā airabu warera no Bankara daisanchūgakkou
Ah, we love our Splatlands Third Junior High School

Notes:

  1. A play on the term Mother Earth.
  2. 身体 (shintai or karada, "body") actually refers to the body, health, or physical systems, although the furigana implies that they're referring to one's ink

Other versions

Splatlands Third Junior High School Anthem (Record of a Graduation Ceremony)

The recording begins with a school bell chime, seemingly echoing within a school auditorium hall. An unknown, older-sounding voice briefly speaks into a microphone, followed by a piano tune. The melody is accompanied by a choir of students' brisk singing of a school anthem. Shiver, Frye and Big Man's voices can be distinctly heard among the choir. Between verses an argument breaks out among students, leading to some degree of striking one another. This escalates to the point punching sound effects are heard, as if a fight has broken out, while the choir continues to sing. Progressively, the choir stops singing and the piano accompaniment becomes discordant then ceases. The following sound effects can be heard:

  • Miscellaneous crashes
  • Occasional remarks and shouts from the crowd
  • Progressively more students appear to yell at one another
  • Mechanical whirring
  • Screams
  • Frye's singing devolves into her yelling in a frustrated tone
  • Glass crashing
  • Shiver briefly speaks calmly into a microphone, after which a Blaster or Charger direct hit sound plays, then microphone feedback can be heard; the microphone seemingly is dropped
  • Shiver summons Master Mega
  • Frye plays an eel-summoning melody on her pungi and uses her Eel Downpour
  • A Triple Inkstrike in the distance
  • A masculine Inkling being splatted
  • The sound of an Ink Vac reaching full capacity, then shooting, followed by a large explosion
  • Shouts and remarks from Shiver and Frye; at one point, they both laugh maniacally
  • Explosions
  • Police or other emergency service vehicle sirens

The recording devolves into chaos, after which traffic and overhead aircraft audio similar to the ambient noise heard in Splatsville plays.

The order of certain sounds suggest Shiver and Frye were involved in the fight that ensued. Also worth noting is that Big Man has been described as having been a skilled pianist as early as during his time in school,[1] suggesting he may have been the pianist heard in the recording.

Etymology

School anthems, also known as school songs or school hymns, are songs particular to a school that are traditionally performed by the school's students during assemblies or special events.[2]

Trivia

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese バンカラ三中校歌(とある卒業式の記録) Splatlands Third Junior High School Anthem (Record of a Graduation Ceremony)

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