| Hetalia: Axis Powers Character CD Vol. 3 - Japan 「ヘタリア Axis Powers」キャラクターCD Vol.3 日本 | |
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| Released: | May 27, 2009 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Length: | 31:21 |
| Tracks: | 5 |
| Label: | Frontier Works, Media Factory |
| Catalog Number: | MFCZ-3003 |
| In Print?: | No |
Hetalia: Axis Powers Character CD Vol. 3 - Japan (「ヘタリア Axis Powers」キャラクターCD Vol.3 日本, Hetaria Axis Powers Kyarakutaa CD Vol.3 Nihon) is a CD that contains two image songs for Japan and a mini drama with him as the main character. The songs are sung by Hiroki Takahashi. The album was released on May 27, 2009, and it is a part of the first series of character CDs.
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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| 1 | "Excuse Me, I Am Sorry" (恐れ入ります、すみません。) | Hiroki Takahashi | 3:47 |
| 2 | "Country From Where The Sun Rises, Zipangu" (日のいずる国ジパング) | Hiroki Takahashi | 5:03 |
| 3 | "Mini Drama: Ghost Culture of England and Japan" (ミニドラマ「イギリスと日本の妖怪文化」) | 13:44 | |
| 4 | "Excuse Me, I Am Sorry (My Apologies. I'm Currently Not at Home ver.)" (恐れ入ります、すみません。(申し訳ありません。ただ留守にしておりますver.)) — Instrumental Version | 3:47 | |
| 5 | "Country From Where The Sun Rises, Zipangu (My Apologies. I'm Currently Not at Home ver.)" (日のいずる国ジパング (申し訳ありません。ただ留守にしておりますver.)) — Instrumental Version | 5:00 |
Mini Drama: Ghost Culture of England and Japan[]
You can read the translation to this mini drama on Hetarchive.
Plot Summary[]
Japan comes back home after trying to borrow oil from Germany in the previous drama CD. He sees England standing at his door, who takes notice of Japan and asks him whether the mountain nearby is Mount Fuji. Japan says that it's just a normal mountain with a perch for a Tengu on top. England wonders whether the Tengu is bad, but Japan says that it's a deity, therefore it's not evil. England gets waved at by the Tengu and waves back, receiving a weird look from Japan. The two of them then enter Japan's house, and England hears someone laughing. Japan says that he lives alone.
England goes on to take a bath, wondering why Japan was acting so weird before. He sees that the bath is already taken by two kappa, who then try to leave, but England lets them stay. They introduce themselves, and England instantly asks them to teach him about Japanese culture. The three of them drink some sake, the kappa talk about Japan of the past, all of them complain about the world around changing too fast, and the kappa mention how people stopped believing in yōkai. England eventually leaves the bath, bringing along the kappa miraculous medicine, which he received from the kappa to which Japan screams out in surprise.
England and Japan are having dinner. The former praises Japan's culinary skills. He hears some commotion from the outside, thinking it might be the kappa leaving the bath, but it turned out to be America crashing his plane into Japan's house. Japan is mildly annoyed but tells America to move his plane somewhere else and join them for dinner. England is unpleasantly surprised to see America as much as the other is surprised to see him. America then joins the two for dinner and starts arguing with England about food.
After the dinner has concluded, everyone went to bed. England hears someone knocking on the door. It was one of the kappa from before. England offers him to have bath the next day, but the kappa says that he has to go deep into the mountains due to his time with humans coming to an end. England laments such a conclusion to their acquaintance but hopes that he'll meet with the kappa some other time again. The kappa tells him how he was once able to talk to Japan, but eventually the latter lost his faith in the yōkai. The kappa then gave England some cucumbers, telling him to give them to Japan. The kappa leaves, but England hears someone laughing, just like when he has just arrived at Japan's house. It was zashiki-warashi, who was running into the forest. England runs after it, and the entire commotion causes Japan and America to wake up. Japan is weirded out, while America says that England is probably seeing illusions again, but tells Japan not to leave children without proper care. Japan repeats once again that he lives alone.
Mini Drama Voice Cast[]
- Japan: Hiroki Takahashi
- England: Noriaki Sugiyama
- America: Katsuyuki Konishi
- Kappa 1: Motoyuki Kawahara
- Kappa 2: Kensuke Tamura
- Zashiki-warashi: Masayo Fujita
Trivia[]
- The mini drama included on the CD is based on the England and the Ghost Folklore of Japan strip from the original Hetalia: Axis Powers webcomic.