Cake Song
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. Homura doesn't participate much in the song, 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.
- Mami sees Homura as a clumsy child.
- Homura sees Madoka as sweet.
Lyrics
Singer | Original | Romanization | English Translation | ||||
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All (except Homura and Mami) | 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? | ||||
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 |
Chi-ga-u Watashi wa razuberī |
No - you're - wrong I'm the raspberry |
Kyouko | ちーがーう あたしはリンゴ |
Chi-ga-u Atashi wa ringo |
No - you're - wrong I'm the apple | ||||
Mami | ちーがーう 私はチーズ |
Chi-ga-u Watashi wa chīzu |
No - you're - wrong I'm the cheese | ||||
Homura | ちがっ……います 私はかぼちゃ |
Chiga-…… imasu Watashi wa kabocha |
That's... wrong I'm the pumpkin | ||||
Madoka | ちーがーう わたしはメロン |
Chi-ga-u Watashi wa meron |
No - you're - wrong I'm the melon | ||||
All (except Homura and Mami) |
今夜のお夢は苦い夢 |
Kon'ya no o yume wa nigai yume |
And the dream tonight is a bitter one |