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Pomegranate (ザクロ) is a song by Fantôme Iris.

It was announced on April 26, 2020 during the Fantôme Iris "Banquet With My Underlings" stream along with Gin no Yuri and Kyouki no Melody as a collaboration with SID, and then it was revealed for the first time during the Destiny Rock festival SSOL on June 27 of the same year, meanwhile another full version was shown during the histoire des vampires SSOL in September 4.

The game version was announced in December 4, 2020 and released in January 14th, 2021 along with AAside's release and the Jun Suzaki focused song quest "Virtual Reality". Where it was described as "A song Jun finished after being stressed thanks to practice. It has the peculiarity of having the most stimulating lyrics amongst all of their songs."

According to Arthur on an interview the song is told from ZACK's perspective until the line "A new world will always be waiting for you, with an open door", where it changes to FELIX encouraging ZACK.

It is written by Mao, composed by Shinji, and arranged by SID and Sugihara Ryo (Idio't-FACTORY) -who was also in charge of all other instruments and programming-; the guitars were played by Cazqui, the bass by Mashiro Shirakami and the drums by RYOTA.

It is one of the title tracks for their first single, alongside Kyouki no Melody, which was released on July 14, 2021. It is also part of their first album miroir, which was released on September 7, 2022; on the third disc of the Argonavis AAside Memorial Album, which will be released on April 12, 2023.

Video
Full (Single)= https://youtu.be/i8SX5nGvesI Full (miroir)= https://youtu.be/tmTp2Bo6LTg

Lyrics
Romaji= Baacharu dake ja mitasarenai yoku ga Ataman naka oyogu Guchagucha ni tsubushi zakuro mitai ni sa Kirei ni yogoshichaou

Yami, yande, yamanai Ame, furiyamanai Kono heya dake ga sherutaa

Sonna hibi ni wa wakare wo tsugete Okubyou na kimi wa kirisaite Atarashii sekai wa itsudatte tobira wo akete matteru

Nando demo iou nou nashi no iesu man Omae ni wa ”NO” mo nai Iware ppanashi da to sore mo uttoushii kara Nigiritsubusou ka na

Akai, hakanai, kimi Aakaibu, nokosenai yo Tatta ima dake ga shinjitsu

Ure koro wo matsu dake de kusaru? Keriageta nara saa ikou!

Sonna hibi ni wa wakare wo tsugete Okubyou na kimi wa kirisaite Atarashii sekai wa itsudatte tobira wo akete matteru

Source: lyrical-nonsense Kanji = バーチャルだけじゃ満たされない欲が 頭ん中　泳ぐ グチャグチャに潰し　ザクロみたいにさ 綺麗に汚しちゃおう

闇、病んで、止まない 雨、降り止まない この部屋だけが　シェルター

そんな日々には　別れを告げて 臆病な君は　切り裂いて 新しい世界はいつだって　扉をあけて待ってる

何度でも言おう　能無しのイエスマン お前には「NO」も無い 言われっ放しだと　それも鬱陶しいから 握りつぶそうかな

赤い、儚い、君 アーカイブ、残せないよ たった今だけが　真実

熟れ頃を　待つだけで腐る？ 蹴り上げたなら　さあ行こう！

そんな日々には　別れを告げて 臆病な君は　切り裂いて 新しい世界はいつだって　扉をあけて待ってる English = A virtual world isn't enough to satisfy these desires My mind is all jumbled So I'll messily smash it, like if it was a pomegranate To get beautifuly stained

Darkness won't stop making me suffer And it won't stop raining This room is my only shelter

Bid farewell to days like these Just rip your coward self to shreds A new world will always be waiting for you, with an open door

You're told many times that you're a incompetent yes-man 'NO' doesn't exist for you If it annoys you because you can't say anything back, maybe you should just crush it?

The fleeting and red you can't use savefiles This moment is the only reality you got

Will you rot here waiting until it's ripe? If you already sent it flying, come on, let's go!

Bid farewell to days like these Just rip your coward self to shreds A new world will always be waiting for you, with an open door

Translation by gaocchi~

Live Performances

 * October 10, 2020: Live Royal Fes 2020
 * May 5, 2021: Fantôme Iris 1st LIVE -C'est la vie!-
 * September 26, 2021: Fantôme Iris Concept LIVE ― Gekkoukyouen ―
 * May 15, 2022: Fantôme Iris 1st LIVE -C'est la vie!-

Trivia

 * It was added to D4DJ Groovy Mix on February 1st, 2022 on it's japanese and english servers as the first part of a collaboration (only fully available on its JP server).