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Dɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ sᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sʜᴀᴅᴏᴡ?  As wide as a mountain even.

Did you see that shadow?  Oɴᴇ ɴᴏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴅᴀʀᴇ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ɪɴ.

Did you see that shadow?  Its figure is quite deceiving.

Dᴏ ʏᴏᴜ sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ ɴᴏᴡ?  It’s here…  It’s here…  Iᴛ’s ʜᴇʀᴇ!

Beware!  The shadow is a –

Hᴇʏ!  Hᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴜʏs ʜᴇᴀʀᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴀʟᴇ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴀ ᴍᴏɴsᴛᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴇᴘɪᴄ sɪᴢᴇ?  (Oh, my gosh!)

Hᴇ’s ɢᴏᴛ ᴛᴡᴏ ʜᴀɴᴅs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʟɪғᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴜɴᴛᴀɪɴs ғᴏʀ sᴘᴏʀᴛ, ᴀ ʜᴇᴀᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʙʀɪɢʜᴛ ʀᴇᴅ ɢʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴇʏᴇs.  (Daidarabotchi?)

Tʜᴇʏ sᴀʏ… ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴀᴍᴘ ᴏғ ʜɪs ғᴏᴏᴛ ᴄᴀɴ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ʜᴏʟᴇ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ɢɪᴀɴᴛ ʟᴀᴋᴇ.  (That is so.)

Bᴜᴛ ɪғ ʜᴇ ᴛʀɪᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ sᴛᴇᴘ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴍɪɴᴇ, ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ'ʟʟ sᴜʀᴇ ʙᴇ ʜɪs ʟᴀsᴛ ᴍɪsᴛᴀᴋᴇ!  (Will it now?)

Yᴏᴜ ʙᴇᴛ!  Iғ I ᴄᴀɴ ᴡɪɴ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ʜᴇʀᴇ, ᴛʜᴇɴ ɪᴛ'ʟʟ ᴘʀᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ I'ᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪɢɢᴇsᴛ ᴅᴇᴀʟ.

Hᴇ'ʟʟ ʙᴇ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʟᴇғᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴀʟʟ:  ᴀ ᴘᴜɴᴄʜɪɴɢ-ʙᴀɢ, ʟᴏᴜsʏ, ʀᴀɢɢᴇᴅ ᴅᴏʟʟ!

Bᴇʏᴏɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴏɢɢʏ ʜᴏʀɪᴢᴏɴ, ᴀ sᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇʀ ɪs ʀɪsɪɴɢ:

Who finds it first is the luck of the draw.

Bᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ɪs ᴊᴜsᴛɪᴄᴇ!  Bᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ɪɴ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴊᴜsᴛ ɪs!

Obey the pull of the natural law.

Something’s causing a fuss now.  Tʜᴇ sᴛʀᴏɴɢᴇsᴛ ᴏғ ᴜs ɴᴏᴡ

Will beat the odds, as a hero should do.

Aɴᴅ I'ʟʟ ʙᴇ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏʟᴅ ʀᴏᴜᴛᴇ, ғᴏʀ ᴋɴᴏᴄᴋɪɴ’ ʜɪᴍ ᴄᴏʟᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ.

The legend starts brand new:  Hɪ-sᴏᴜ-ᴛᴇ-ɴ-sᴏ-ᴋᴜ!

Did you see that shadow?  Away in the distance, gleaming.

Dɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ sᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sʜᴀᴅᴏᴡ?  Uncannily human-seeming.

Did you see that shadow?  As ᴡɪʟᴅ ᴀs ᴀ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍɪɴɢ.

Dᴏ ʏᴏᴜ sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ ɴᴏᴡ?  Wᴀᴋᴇ ᴜᴘ.  Wake up.  Wake up?

Wᴀᴋᴇ ᴜᴘ!  Tʜᴇ sʜᴀᴅᴏᴡ ɪs ᴀ –

What?  If an intruder is all, they are no match for the scarlet keep.  (Are you sure?)

Because my wits are trained as sharp as my hits, why, I could even catch them in my sleep.  (Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴄᴀᴛᴄʜ ᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ!)

But wait… I sense an ominous aura from beyond our realm, I fear.  (Wʜᴀᴛᴄʜᴀ ᴍᴇᴀɴ?)

Bizarre, indeed.  The qi that flows in reverse betrays that something is fishy here.  (What a smell…)

Dark fate!  Has the Disaster come, and with his minions in disguise at heel?

What truth remains by the time he’s done?  My so-called friends… I can trust no one!

Bᴇʏᴏɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴏɢɢʏ ʜᴏʀɪᴢᴏɴ, ᴀ sᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇʀ ɪs ʀɪsɪɴɢ:

Tᴏ ᴛᴇsᴛ ᴜs ᴀʟʟ ɪɴ ᴀ ʙᴀᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴏғ ᴡɪʟʟ!

Nᴏ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ʜᴏᴡ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ sᴄᴏᴘᴇ ɪs, ᴛʜᴇ ᴜʟᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ɪs

The heart of a dragon is greater still.

With a spin and a shift, quick, ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀ ᴀ sᴡɪғᴛ ᴋɪᴄᴋ,

And bravely face this earth-shattering view.

So like the arc of a rainbow, we go where we must go.

The legend’s name rings through:  Hɪ-sᴏᴜ-ᴛᴇ-ɴ-sᴏ-ᴋᴜ!

Did you see that shadow?  Tʜᴇ sɪɢɴ ᴏғ ᴀ ᴡᴀʀ ᴜɴᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ!

Did you see that shadow?  The sign of our doom impending.

Dɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ sᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sʜᴀᴅᴏᴡ?  The sign of a god ascending?

Dᴏ ʏᴏᴜ sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ ɴᴏᴡ?  Oh, no…  Oʜ, ʏᴇs…  I see… 

Tʜᴀᴛ’s ɪᴛ!  Tʜᴇ sʜᴀᴅᴏᴡ ɪs ᴀ –

Ah…  Let’s take a breath of fresh air before the truth ravels out of hand.  (*sigh*)

The pieces all have been combining to one, and now I have the faith to understand.  (Wʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇʀ, ʟᴀᴅʏ!)

Our world… is an impossible world, and so my guess must befit the scene.  (Go on then.)

There is a long and honored history, once recorded straight from the TV screen!  (Wʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴛʜᴀᴛ?)

This form who wears the crown of light could be a super robot legend, for real!

Is its pilot pure?  Can we know?  The shape that looms may be friend or foe…

Bᴇʏᴏɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴏɢɢʏ ʜᴏʀɪᴢᴏɴ, ᴀ sᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇʀ ɪs ʀɪsɪɴɢ:

Transform our prayers into victory goals.

As ᴀ ʜᴇʀᴏ ᴏғ ᴊᴜsᴛɪᴄᴇ, ᴀ ʜᴇʀᴏ ᴡᴇ ᴛʀᴜsᴛ ɪs

To take the stand now, and take the controls.

Bʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ I'ᴍ ʜᴏʟᴅɪɴɢ, the secret’s unfolding,

Wʜᴇʀᴇ ғᴀɴᴛᴀsʏ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴄᴏʟʟɪᴅᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴇ.

It could be anyone’s story, ғᴏʀ ғᴀᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ғᴏʀ ɢʟᴏʀʏ…

Today, it’s mine with you:  Hɪ-sᴏᴜ-ᴛᴇ-ɴ-sᴏ-ᴋᴜ!