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ジャクリロボが欲しいです。 ぬいぐるみジャクリロボとか超合金ジャクリロボとかグッズ化してください。 （珍獣）

I want a Jakuri-Robot. Please make a stuffed Jakuri-Robo or a hyper-alloy Jakuri-Robo. (Rare Animal)

	したいのは山々だけど、良く考えたらジャクリロボって結構細々としたパーツが多くなるの。 それにあれを出すということは、中に乗る私も無くてはダメでしょ？ それだとかなり大きくなるし、値段もかなり高くなってしまう可能性があるわ。 それならばメイメイ、カナデ、ラキ、レキのメンテナンスロイド４人を調合金にした方がまだ売れると思うわよ。 前にも似たような話は出たと思うけどね。	I really want to do this, but when I really think about it in its wonderful detail, there's too many parts. If that were to come out, it would be bad without me riding inside you know? With that it would become quite large, there's a good chance the price would start to soar quite high because of that. In that case, I think hyper-alloy toys of the four maintenance droids Meimei, Kanade, Rhaki, Rheki might sell better. I think this has been brought up before.
	調合金はガンガンぶつけて戦わせるとペイントが簡単に剥げるので、少し寂しくなります。 頭や顔が剥げた時のことを考えると、激しい遊び方をされない普通のフィギュアになりたいです。	Play-fighting will easily remove the paint from the hyper-alloy toys, it'll become a bit lonely...
	フィギュアでもガンガンぶつけて色んなものと戦わせたり出来るわ。 「レレナと私以外はいらないの、ドーンッ！！」って一週間かけて作ったメタファリカの模型を、先輩のフィギュアで一撃で壊した時は爽快だったわ。	I'll let you know there's many ways to have a play-fight with figurines. "Aside from Lelina and I nothing else is needed *dong* !!" and in one hour, Milady's figure broke down the Metafalica model that I created in one week. It was an exhilarating experience, I tell you.
	私のフィギュアでそんな遊び方しないでよぉ……	My figure is not supposed to be played with like that... ...

Lady Shurelia and Jakuri's Technical Service Center

	みなさん、こんにちは！テクニカルサービスセンターだよ！ 前回はたくさんの投票ありがとう！大勢の人が「今の３人でやる方がいい」って答えてくれたこと、すごく嬉しかったです。 皆さんのご期待に添えるように、私もお姉ちゃんやジャクリちゃんともっと仲良しになるように頑張るからね。	Hi everyone! Time for the Technical Service Center! Thank you for sending all those votes last issue! I'm really glad, as the great majority of you chose "Better just with you three". So to comply with your expectations, Jakuri, Sis and me will do our best to become better friends.
	そんなに気張らなくても、もう十分仲良しじゃありませんか。後もう一息！フレリアが私のことを「お姉ちゃん」って呼ばなくなったら完璧です。 そうですね…代わりに「りーちゃん」って呼んでください！	But we don't need to go so far with it, as aren't we good enough friends already? And one more thing! I'd really like for Frelia to stop calling me "Sis" entirely. Yes... instead please me "Lii".
	あなた…なにもこんな所でそんな古いネタを持ってくること無いじゃない。もしかして、最近タスティエーラに「りーちゃん」って呼んでもらえないから、フラストレーションが溜まってるのかしら？	You... you shouldn't bring old jokes like these to this place. By any chance, it's that because you've got a lot of pent-up frustration because Tastiella hasn't called you "Lii" lately?
	そ、そんなことありません！！ ただ、その方が親近感が湧くでしょう？？	Of course not!! Still, doesn't that way of calling me demonstrate a lot of familiarity??
	解説すると、大昔、タスティエーラはシュレリアのことを「りーちゃん」って呼んでいたのよ。どうやらシュレリアはそれをかなり気に入ってる見たいね。	I'll explain it to our readers: a long time ago, Tastiella used to call Shurelia "Lii". It looks like Shurelia ended like that nickname quite a bit.
	お姉ちゃんがりーちゃんだと、私もりーちゃんになっちゃうよ…。	But if Sis ends up getting called Lii, I'd end up getting called that too...

レーヴァテイルが寝ているときに悪夢を見たとして、逃げ出したい、撃退したいと夢の中で強く思い、 もし無意識に寝言で謳っちゃったとしたら詩魔法って発動しちゃうのでしょうか？ (eryo)

If a Reyvateil had a nightmare as she sleeps and ended having strong feelings of wanting to escape from it or wanting to attack, would it be possible for her to unconsciously invoke Song Magic by singing in a way similar to sleep-talking? (eryo)

寝ながら詩魔法を発動するのはなかなか難しいですね。なぜなら、詩魔法を発動するのは歌う行為とは似て非なるものだからです。 詩魔法を歌うときは、精神のタスクが切り替わります（トランスする、と言っても過言ではありません）が、それは最初、顕在意識が行います。 すなわち夢の中でそれを行うのは、寝言で詩を歌うことよりも更に難しいことなんですよ。

Invoking Song Magic while being asleep is extremely difficult. The reason is because invoking Song Magic only looks superficially similar to the act of singing. When a Reyvateil sings Song Magic, the tasks of her mind switch to another mode (it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as a sort of trance), but the part that initially carries this out is her conscious mind. Therefore, doing this inside a dream to sing a Song in a way similar to sleep-talking would be very difficult.

もっと、沢山「月奏」の詳しい話やエピソードが聞きたいんです。　月奏が大好きなんです！　研究の為に、どうかもっと情報を教えて下さい！ （風歌）

I'd really want to know many, many more detailed stories and episodes about the "Moon Chanters". I love everything about them! This is for the sake of research, so please, tell me many more things about them! (Windsong)

昔メタ・ファルスには「月奏」がたくさんいたよ。私はその月奏の皆さんに育ててもらって今があるの。 月奏っていうのは、人間のレーヴァテイルみたいなものなんだけど、ヒュムノス語の前身を確立した人達でもあるの。今では「律史前月読（りっしぜんつくよみ）」と呼ばれている、ヒュムノスの古代語みたいなものかな。 その人達は、地面にたくさん埋まっている「唄石」に歌で語りかけ、その「唄石」から様々な力を授かっていたというよ。でも、唄石から力を授かるという具体的な理屈を解明したのは、結構最近の事だったりするの。波動科学の黎明期だね。 だからその前は、月奏達は自分が最も力を発揮できる「力場」を探していたんだ。それはもちろん唄石埋蔵量が多い場所でしかないんだけど、月奏にとっては自分の祈祷力が試されるとても重要な要因だったみたい。 そんな頑張って歌っていた月奏だけど、どんなに頑張ってもレーヴァテイルの１／１００の力も出せなかったんだって。その為、末期の頃には月奏がたくさん集まってみんなで合唱をする用になったりしたよ。 これは、一人で歌うよりもたくさんで歌った方がより強い力を発揮する事が判ったからなんだ。そう、レプレキアの理論と同じだね。そしてこれを盛んにやっていたのは、やっぱり昔のメタ・ファルスの人達だったんだ。 メタ・ファルスの月奏達は、最終的には他の地域の月奏では束になっても太刀打ちできないくらいの力を付けることになるよ。これは「メタファルス律」の確立に寄るところが大きいね。 でも、その頃既にソル・シエールではレーヴァテイルが実用段階に達していたんだ。だから、残念ながらメタ・ファルスの人達は「詩の力の使い手」として世界的に一目置かれる事はなかったんだ。 だいたいそんな感じかな。メタ・ファルスの人達がレーヴァテイルを神の子として崇める理由は、人間でもレーヴァテイルでも、詩の力で世界と語れる者を尊ぶ信仰を持っているからなんだよ。

A long time ago, there used to be many "Moon Chanters" in Metafalss, and I was raised by all of them into the person I am now. While the Moon Chanters might look like something similar to human Reyvateils, they are actually the people that established the predecessor to the Hymmnos language. Said language is called "Carmena Foreluna", and I think we could call it an ancient version of Hymmnos. These people used to sing to the many [Songstones] that existed in the surface of the land, and by doing so, they could receive many powers from them. However, once the power of the Songstones was able to be explained in a tangible form, it became the best thing that happened in these times: the dawn of Sound Science. Because of that, before these times came, the Moon Chanters used to search for places where they could manifest the powers to their maximum potential, called "Power Spots". Naturally, these were simply places that had many deposits of Songstones, but to the Moon Chanters, these seemed to be extremely important places for testing the power their prayers could invoke. And despite of all the efforts the Moon Chanters could make during their singing, the power their songs would invoke wouldn't go beyond a 1/100 the power that the Reyvateils can invoke. Because of that, during the times of their decay, to use their powers, they used to gather, and sing as a great chorus. And this was because they understood that by singing together they would be able to manifest stronger powers than when they sang alone. Yes, it's similar to the principles under which Replekia works, isn't it? And as you might have thought, by doing this it was that the Metafalss from many years ago became so prosperous. Furthermore, the Moon Chanters from Metafalss at one point became so powerful that even Moon Chanters groups from other regions couldn't compare to them. That was in great part thanks to the creation of the [Metafalss Note]. However, at these times, Sol Ciel already had reached the stage in which they were mass-producing the Reyvateils and giving them practical uses. Because of this, unfortunately the people of Metafalss were never recognized as the best ones that "Harnessed the Power of the Songs". Basically, that's the gist of it. The reason why the Reyvateils are revered as Children of God, is because, no matter if they are humans or Reyvateils, their beliefs state that anyone that can communicate with the world through the power of the songs must be respected.

以前の投稿で、歌詞やメロディを完全に真似しても想いまでは完全に真似できないから、同じ効果の詩魔法は歌えない、といった感じのがありましたよね？ そこで気になったのですが、オリカ、シュレリア、ジャクリの「アルトネリコ」、ミシャの「塔結線」のように同じ効果と思われる詩魔法の場合は、歌詞やメロディは同じにはならないのでしょうか？ （咲也）

In one of the previous issues, I think I was told that even if the lyrics and melody of a song are exactly the same to other, the feelings couldn't be completely imitated, so it wouldn't be possible to sing two similar songs with the same effect, but how right is this? I ask this because I noticed that Aurica's, Shurelia's and Jakuri's "Ar tonelico", and Misha's "Tower Connection" seem to be Song Magics that have the same effects, but are their melody or lyrics similar to each other? (Sakuya)

いわゆる、オリカさんとミシャで「パージャ」の歌が違う、というのも同じですよね。簡単な話をすると、例えば「ある日うさこが森でぴょこぴょこ跳ねていました。とっても陽気がいい日だったので、思わず「きゅっきゅっ！」とないてしまいました！」というお話を歌にしなさい、という課題を１０人の人が与えられたとしましょう。 その人達の、たった２人であっても同じ歌を作曲する人がいたら奇蹟にちかいですよね。それと同じです。「お願い！助けて！」や「全部コワレロー！」という想いで放つ詩魔法も、その想いを詩にしたとき、その詩は十人十色。同じ詩になることは殆どありません。

So to speak, the [Purger] songs that Misha and Aurica sang are completely different, yet still they are the same. To put it in a simple way, let's say that you tell a story such as "Once upon a time, there was a little bunny that went hopping happily in the forest. It was such a nice day that the bunny was always jumping while saying "kyuu kyuu!"" to ten people, and then you ask them to compose a song out from it. Among these ten people, if even two of them managed to compose identical songs, that would be pretty much like a miracle. In this case it's the same thing: Even if it's a Song Magic that can be released through feelings that range from "Please, save us!" to "Die! All of you!!", when these feelings are put into a song, each person has her or his own preferences. That doesn't mean that the Songs themselves will end being similar at all.

ルカとクローシェが六角板テストをやったらクラスは何ランクになるんですか？ （ハーモニ）

If Luca and Cloche had gotten administered the Hexagon Plate Test, in which Class they would be? (Harmony)

そうね、私の過去からの感で言うと、クローシェがＡ、ルカはＣかしら。まあ実際に試験をやった訳じゃないから、話半分で聞いておいてちょうだい。

Well, I remember getting told in the past that Cloche was A-Class, and Luca was C-Class. However, this doesn't mean that they actually have gone through that test, so take this explanation with a grain of salt.

なぜ，選択肢にさーしゃが主導するがないんでしょうか？気になって夜も眠れません．さーしゃなら語れるはずっ (もぐらさん)

Why there wasn't an option to give the lead in this corner to Sasha? I'm so worried about it I can't even sleep at night now. Sasha should talk. (Mole-san)

そうね、さーしゃなら私達とは全然違う視点でモリモリ語ってくれると思うわよ。今度機会があったら、一度さーしゃに全部任せてみようかしら。

You're right. I think Sasha would gladly talk a lot because she has a completely different viewpoint from us. If there's ever a chance, we'd try givin this corner to her for an issue.

ダイブシステムについてご教示ください。 以前、『同じレーヴァテイルにダイブする場合でも、ダイバーが異なればダイブできるコスモスフィアレベルや内容も異なる』というお話がありましたが…。 何らかの方法でダイバーの定常Ｈ波のパターンを改ざんしてしまえば、他のダイバーに成りすまして高レベルのコスモスフィアにダイブすることも可能なのでしょうか？ 内容が内容だけに…ジャクリさん、回答をお願いいたします。 (サブレ)

Please tell me about the Dive Systems. In a previous issue, it was said that "if a Reyvateil has different Divers, the Cosmosphere levels and their contents will vary depending on each Diver despite all of them Diving into the same person"... So would it be possible to falsify the Static H-Wave patterns of the Divers, and use that to masquerade as other Diver to Dive into the higher level Cosmospheres? (Shortbread)

それは難しいわね。ダイブシステムは確かに機械で、チート的な事をすることは出来るわ。けど、ダイブ先は生身の生命。 もっと正直なお話をすると、改ざんするまでもなく、ダイブ屋は高レベルのコスモスフィアにチューニングしてダイブさせてしまうことも可能なの。 するとどうなるかと言うと、ダイバーは瞬間的に強烈なクリティカルダウンを喰らい、安全圏との差にも寄るけど、意識不明、もしくは精神崩壊を起こしてしまう事になるわ。そしてダイブ屋のこの行為は、ダイブ屋協会や公的な機関により禁止されている。 要するに、この手の事は寧ろ普通に出来てしまう事であり、それをダイブ屋が技術で護っている部分でもあるのよ。 もしこれを「そんな危険な！」と思うのなら、貴方の世界にいる医者の方がもっと危険よ。メスを持てば、ダイブ屋より簡単に人を殺すことが出来てしまうのだから。 それでも殺す事件が１件も無いのは、医者が誇りを持っていることとそういったモラルが成熟しているからであり、ダイブ屋もそれと同じなのよ。

That's pretty difficult. The Dive Systems are machines after all, so it's possible to cheat them. However, what lies at the other side of a Dive is a living person. Explaining this in a more honest way, it isn't necessary to falsify anything, as the Dive Shopkeepers can tune the Diver with a high Cosmosphere level in order to let them Dive into these levels. But if I had to say what would happen if they did that, the Diver would get devoured instantly by a powerful Critical Down, and while they could somewhat close up the gap with a safe zone, the most likely outcome would be that they'd end up either unconscious or even with a complete mental collapse. And Dive Shopkeepers are forbidden by the Dive Shop Association and the public institutions from doing this. To summarize, while they could normally do that if they wanted, the Diver Shopkeepers also have a part that use these technologies to protect others from this. And if you think "but that's dangerous!", I'd have to say that the physicians in your world are even more dangerous. After all, they could kill a person far more easily than a Dive Shopkeeper if they had a scalpel in their hands. However, as the physicians have a ripe moral because they are proud of not having such murders happen even once, the same goes for the Dive Shopkeepers.

	というわけで、次回はさーしゃに任せることにするわ。	Okay, next time we'll leave this corner in Sasha's hands.
	ええっ？前回の投票結果で３人に戻ったばっかりなのに、それじゃ皆さんに面目が立たないよ。	Huh? But we won't be able to save face if we do that, as everyone chose last issue that we should go back to being us three.
	１回だけよ。次からはまた３人でやるのよ。 まあ、私の勝手な好奇心でやることだから、あまり気にしないで。	It'll be only for the next issue. And well, I'm doing this because it's convenient to satiate my curiosity, so don't worry much about it.
	…大丈夫でしょうか？	...Will it be all right?
	少なくとも貴方よりは真面目に答えるんじゃない？	Wouldn't she answer the questions more seriously than you, at least?
	お姉ちゃんは最近真面目に答えてるよ！ だからあまり酷いこと言ったらだめだよ！	Sis has been answering questions seriously the last issues! So don't say these awful things to her!
	ひぇっ！？	Hyee!?
	…そ、そう…。まあいいわ。 これからもその調子で頑張って答えてちょうだい。	...O-okay... it's all right. But please make sure to continue working hard and answering the questions in that same way.
	みんななかよし！が一番だよ！	That everyone gets along great is the most important part of my work!

Editor's Postscript

以前呼びかけた「新しいトウコウスフィアのコーナー」について、色々な方からたくさんの御意見を頂きました。本当にありがとうございます！中には「これは行けるかも！」というのもいくつか有りましたので、準備して開始をするかもしれません。 今回は特別に、最後にトウコウを１つ掲載させていただきます（笑） 次回もトウコウスフィアをお楽しみに！ (土屋)

Ever since I called for making a "new Toukousphere corner", I've gotten opinions of many kinds and types. I'm truly thankful to you all for this! There are many things among them that "I might want to do!" later on, so we might start preparing something shortly. And this time, I was made to publish a special submission at the very end. *laughs* Please make sure to enjoy the Toukousphere from now on! (Tsuchiya)

今週のトウコウスフィアは？ How was this issue?

[ 面白かった！ ] Interesting! 　 　193(98%) [ 前回の方が面白かった ] The previous issue was more interesting 　 　1(1%) [ まあまあだな ] So-so 　 　2(1%) Fun's minivote system -TOU=Hyoon-. Made by A.T

こんにちは！じつはアルトネリコの世界ではなく、実際の製作現場についての質問があります。 アルトネリコファンブック（略）シャキーン！を読んでいて気になったことなんですが、途中にあるおまけ漫画のガストな日々の二つ目なんですが、あのトリオ・ザ・ポムに手足が生えた怪物は、本当の話なんですか？ あの漫画みたいに、かさかさとライナーたちに襲い掛かる予定だったんですか？ (ヤマト)

Hello! Actually, I don't want to ask about the Ar tonelico world this time, but about the actual place where it is made. I noticed this as I read the Ar tonelico Fanbook (abbrev.) Ba-dump Tish!: there were two bonus manga in it titled "Gust-type Days", but is the story about the monster that sprouted Trio De Poms as hands and feet true? Did you have plans for Lyner and his friends to get attacked by it like in the manga? (Yamato)

はい！実話です！ 見せてあげたいくらいです。あの４コマ漫画はかなり忠実に再現していますよ。更に怖いことに、走っていくと攻撃する寸前ですっと消えていくんです。これがまた怖いんです。消えてるのにダメージが来るんです。余りの怖さに他の社員全員で協力して、市場に出回るのを阻止したものです。

That's something I wanted to show off, as that story was reproduced faithfully in that four-panel manga. It was far more scary: it'd run to attack the characters and then vanish right before striking them. And to make it even more scary, the vanishing is what would actually cause the damage. Given it was so scary, all the staff members in the company joined forces and vetoed it from appearing in the retail version of the game.