Toryanse - Let Me Pass
Unknown number, which sends the song "You May Pass" via voicemail
“You May Pass” (通りゃんせ, Tōryanse) is the song that plays at street crossings in Japan. It appears in both the visual novel ChäoS;HEAd and the anime.
Plot[]
Several times, Takumi Nishijou received a mysterious call from an unknown number, but at the beginning of Chäos;HEAd he was too afraid to pick up. When he eventually checked his voicemail in Chapter 3, the song "You May Pass" played on his phone and then started skipping before it was replaced with a violent high-pitched noise. He answered an identical call on the day of the Second Melt.
Lyrics[]
While the song plays without lyrics in the game, it has lyrics. Takumi mentions remembering them from elementary school.
Tooryanse tooryanse
Koko wa doko no hosomichi ja
Tenjinsama no hosomichi ja
Chotto tooshite chotto tooshite
Goyou no nai mono tooshasenu
Kono ko no nanatsu no oiwai ni
Ofuda wo osame ni mairimasu
Iki wa yoi yoi kaeri wa一一
通りゃんせ 通りゃんせ
ここはどこの 細道じゃ
天神さまの 細道じゃ
ちょっと通して ちょっと通して
御用のないもの 通しゃせぬ
この子の七つの お祝いに
お札を納めに 参ります
行きはよいよい 帰りは一一
This translation seems to have been translated to fit the rhythm and melody of the song. Artistic liberties might thus have been taken.
You may pass, you may pass
Where shall this narrow path take us to?
It is the path to Tenjin Shrine
Please, oh please, will you let us pass
Those with no business will not be let through
To celebrate the seven years of this child's birth
We have come with an offering
Going may prove easy, but returning is-