Cake Song

2014-04-06T15:18:56Z

4Mkim: /* Lyrics */

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A nursery rhyme game played in [[The Rebellion Story]].

==Rule Interpretations==

The song is sung in a ''Sprechgesang'' sort of style - the words are spoken rhythmically rather than sung melodically, accompanied by background music. [[Mami Tomoe|Mami]] and [[Homura Akemi|Homura]] don't participate much in the song. In Homura's case it's possibly due to her shyness and/or having no idea what the hell is going on.

===Cumulative Description===
A game of memory and improv, players take turn singing the nursery rhyme. On their turn, a player has to come up with and sing:

# An object with all the qualities previously mentioned
# A new quality that the object shares
# The next player to pass the song to

The player loses when they fail to sing their lines in time. In-universe, Madoka picked "melon" - which is "round," "red," "something [[Bebe]] likes," "tumbles," and "sweet" - but couldn't come up with a new quality for "melon."

===Sequential Description===
Alternatively, the requirements could be the following:

# A food object that shares the previous quality.
# A quality that applies to the next player to pass the song to.

The "round" quality does not describe Sayaka because she comes first and Madoka does not have to supply a new quality because she is the last player. With these rules, the following character observations can be made:

* Sayaka is horrible at improv, since 'red' is a dirt-simple observation. Or, she could be giving Kyoko an easy turn.
* Kyoko is competitive against Mami, since her passed quality is somewhat tricky.
**Or Kyoko is describing other qualities of Mami that are round.
* Mami sees Homura as a clumsy child.
* Homura sees Madoka as sweet.

==Lyrics==
{| class="wikitable" style="line-height: 1.6em;"
! style="width: 10%;" | Singer
! style="width: 30%;" | Original
! style="width: 30%;" | Romanization
! style="width: 30%;" | English Translation
|-
!Madoka, Sayaka, Kyouko
|ケーキ、ケーキ、まぁるいケーキ 
まぁるいケーキはだぁれ？ 
|Kēki, kēki, ma~a rui kēki 
Ma~a rui kēki wada ~are? 
|Cake, Cake, a round cake 
Who is the round cake? 
|-
![[Charlotte|Bebe]]
|ケーキはさやか？ 
|Kēki wa Sayaka? 
|Is the cake Sayaka? 
|-
![[Sayaka]]
|ちーがーう 
私はラズベリー 
まぁるいケーキは赤い 
ケーキは杏子？ 
|Chi-ga-u 
Watashi wa razuberī 
Ma~a rui kēki wa akai 
Kēki wa Kyouko? 
|No - you're - wrong 
I'm the raspberry 
The round cake is red 
Is the cake Kyouko? 
|-
![[Kyouko]]
|ちーがーう 
あたしはリンゴ 
まぁるいケーキはベベが好き 
ケーキはマミ？ 
|Chi-ga-u 
Atashi wa ringo 
Ma~a rui kēki wa bebe ga suki 
Kēki wa Mami? 
|No - you're - wrong 
I'm the apple 
[[Bebe]] likes the round cake 
Is the cake Mami? 
|-
![[Mami]]
|ちーがーう 
私はチーズ 
まぁるいケーキは転がる 
ケーキは暁美さん？ 
|Chi-ga-u 
Watashi wa chīzu 
Ma~a rui kēki wa korogaru 
Kēki wa Akemi-san? 
|No - you're - wrong 
I'm the cheese 
The round cake goes tumbling around 
Is the cake Akemi-san? 
|-
![[Homura]]
|ちがっ……います 
私はかぼちゃ 
まぁるいケーキは甘いです 
ケーキはまどか？ 
|Chiga-…… imasu 
Watashi wa kabocha 
Ma~a rui kēki wa amai desu 
Kēki wa Madoka? 
|That's... wrong 
I'm the pumpkin 
The round cake is sweet. 
Is the cake Madoka? 
|-
![[Madoka]]
|ちーがーう 
わたしはメロン 
メロンが割れたら甘い夢 
|Chi-ga-u 
Watashi wa meron 
Meron ga waretara amai yume 
|No - you're - wrong 
I'm the melon 
Dividing melon brings sweet dreams 
|-
!Madoka, Sayaka, Kyouko
|
今夜のお夢は苦い夢 
お皿の上には猫の夢 
丸々太って召し上がれー！ 
|
Kon'ya no o yume wa nigai yume 
O sara no ue ni wa neko no yume 
Marumaru futotte meshiagare! 
|
And the dream tonight is a bitter one 
The one on top of the plate is the cat's dream 
It's round and thick so let's dig in! 
|-
|}

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==External Link==

*[http://vimeo.com/83909254 Cake Song]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-ui1DDErMA Cake Song (slowed down 800%)]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WJCFBgG9LM Puella Magi Madoka Magica Movie 3 Rebellion - Cake Song [English & Japanese Subs + Romaji]
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