Hikari no Akuma

Demon of Light (光の悪魔) is a song by εpsilonΦ.

It was revealed for the first time, along with εpsilonΦ's reveal, during the [https://youtu.be/CArGFgIXf7M?t=1266 Argonavis from BanG Dream! AAside Special Valentines Stream] on February 15, 2020.

Its full version was shown for the first time during the ARGONAVIS 3rd LIVE "Sound Only Live" concert, on April 29, 2020; same day its composer was revealed.

The game version was announced on December 4, 2020 and released on January 14, 2021 along with AAside's release; where it was used as the song for the band quests "Exciting Rehearsal" and "An Exciting Game". It was also one of the bonus songs for the Live Royal Fes 1st Round Main Battle event (though the game only considered AAside as its event song at the event story page).

From January 6, 2022 to January 8 2022, in celebration of ARGONAVIS LIVE 2022, the Background Video used in that live was released on YouTube.

It was written, composed and arranged by TK (Ling tosite Sigure) -who also played the guitar and was also in charge of all the other instruments and programming-, the bass by Yoshida Ichiro Untouchable World and the drums by Tom DuPree.

It is one of the titular tracks for the omnibus album, Gin no Yuri/Banzai RIZING!!!/Hikari no Akuma, which was released on December 9, 2020. It is also included on their first album Friction, which was released on September 21, 2022; and on the first disc of the Argonavis AAside Memorial Album, which will be released on April 12, 2023.

Videos
MV= https://youtu.be/VzJXI8GiPIM AAside MV= https://youtu.be/ML8AE_zd4us Live Performance (LRF 2020)= https://youtu.be/ttaEvn5WtyM Full= https://youtu.be/BqZm9vel4sM https://youtu.be/aIh5ww1Yxtw

Lyrics
Romaji=

Mechakucha ni kizutsuke aou yo sutete Nani mo kamo wo tabesasete

Torauma wa arukai? Konpurekkusu wa naikai? Ashita no hachiji made ni  subete yugan deru

Mechakucha ni kuchidzuke aou yo hirotte Tramouma mo yurushi atte

omae no sei da mitasenai no

Kanji = すべてを飲み込める光の悪魔 目に見えるものなんか暴かれちゃうんだ 壊れていくんだ

お前が手にしてる幸せなんか いまに怪物になって食べられちゃうぞ 縛られていく　棘めいた快楽

今日の主役は誰だい？ 今日の餌食は誰だい？ おまっとおさん

めちゃくちゃに傷つけ合おうよ 掛け替えのないものをぜんぶ捨てて なにもかもを食べさせて ミクロ級の王者　世界は玩具

Play with me　馬鹿げた　お前の自由なんかバラバラにして Break with me　空を超えて　醜い泥だらけの悪魔になろうよ

壊せない過去と　変わらない未来を ブリキでなぞってロケットにでもして トラウマはあるかい？コンプレックスはないかい？ 明日の8時までに敗北と欠落を出しとき 世界中がゴミで溢れかえって 気づくがええわ　すべて歪んでる

今日の玩具は誰だい？ 京の奇跡は誰だい？ おまっとおさん

めちゃくちゃに口づけ合おうよ 掛け違えてしまったものを全部拾って traもumaも許しあって こんな僕は敗者？　欲しかったのはeyeだ

Play with me　馬鹿げた　世界の自由なんかバラバラにして Break with me　空を超えて　醜い僕だらけの

心を脱がして　記憶を溶かして 歪んだ孤独はお前のせいだ 世界は玩具　血だらけの王者 残酷じゃなきゃ満たせないの 今日の平安を English = The demon of light who consumes everything Exposes something which is on plain eyesight I’ll break everything down The happiness you hold so dear Will now turn into a monster and devour you Binding you in pleasure covered in thorns

Who’s today protagonist? Who’s today’s prey? Sorry for the wait!

Let’s hurt each other very much Every single irreplaceable thing, throw it away Let me devour every and anything For the microscale king, the world is his toy

Play with me, your stupid freedom Is destroyed into pieces Break with me, cross over the sky, let’s become ugly demons covered in dirt

The unbreakable past and the unchangeable future, Trace them in tin and make a rocket out of them Do you have traumas? Don’t you have a complex? Until tomorrow at 8 Where loss and defeat come out The whole world is covered in trash You’ll realize that everything is twisted

Who’s today’s toy? Who’s Kyoto’s miracle? Sorry for the wait!

Let’s kiss each other very much All that’s been misplaced, pick it up Forgiving both Tra and Uma Am I the loser? All I wanted was eye

Play with me, the stupid freedom of the world Is destroyed into pieces Break with me, cross over the sky, that ugly, covered in me

Heart, destroy it, and then melt away the memories This twisted loneliness it’s your fault If the king covered in blood who sees the world as his toy Wasn’t cruel, it can’t be kept, Today’s peace

Translation by @beautemaudite

Live Performances

 * October 10, 2020: Live Royal Fes 2020
 * January 2, 2022: ARGONAVIS LIVE 2022
 * January 8, 2023: from ARGONAVIS 2nd LIVE -Rezonance- (DAY2)

Trivia

 * It was part of Spotify Japan's Anime Now playlist.
 * The background video used during ARGONAVIS LIVE 2022 was made by Shuhei Maeta, who uploaded images of it (and Cynicaltic Fakestar's) to Twitter.