Searching For Father [Chichi wo Motomete]

This song really speaks to me. I first heard this when I was a kid, not knowing what it meant, but still it felt like it was something very dear to me. As I grew older, I began to search for what it meant and needless to say, it was something that really made the connection I had for this show even greater. It was a song about waiting till father was back, being strong till that day, looking forward to seeing him again after being apart for so long. Overcoming everything in your path, till the day you stand before your father as a man.

Growing up, my father wasn't home most of the time, but for the right reason. He worked overseas as a seaman, on a ship to a place I never knew or have been to. But me and my brothers knew that he was doing it for our sake and that we wouldn't be living the way we did had he not gone.We never resented him for it, we were proud of him. We always thought he was off to some big adventure in the vast oceans. We thought it was cool that our father did something different than an office job. But still, being away most of the time and only getting to spend a few months together takes its toll.

So, in a way, what Steve, Big Bert, and Little John felt was something me and my two older brothers felt as well. We see our friends with their dads, doing stuff that we only got to do amongst ourselves. Loads of "Father and Son" activities we couldn't go to. Lots of awards only my mom got to hang around our necks. But I'd thank my mom for raising us well too, but it also made us stronger knowing that as we grew up, we had to take care of things in our father's stead. Much like how the three brothers fought off aliens and grew both as brothers and individuals, I believe that we too grew together and despite how we feel about each other at times, the brotherhood will still hold fast. I'm proud to say that we've become men our parents would be proud of.

That's one of the reasons Voltes V will always be my favorite show because of the fact that my brothers and I can relate to the Armstrong brothers so well. I'm sure of that. And this song will forever hit me in the right places and have a special place for me.

English Translation

There will be a tomorrow
when even this little bird that turned from his parents
can someday return to their kind bosom, right?
Yet why can't I even meet father's shadow?
Am I going to cry?  No way, I'm a man.
I believe, I believe in that day,
the day I embrace my father in my arms.

Someday the flowers of the field and grass of the rainy season
shall meet someone.
Perhaps there will come a day I can say so.
Yet why doesn't happiness come?
Am I going to cry? No way, I'm a man.
I shall endure. I shall bear and wait for that day to come,
the day when I can hold father's hand and laugh with him.

Someday the winds shall sweep away
the clouds hung over the crescent moon
Perhaps there will be a brilliant night
Yet why doesn't father's star shine?
Am I going to cry?  No way, I'm a man.
I shall fight, I shall fight for that day,
for the day I take back father with my own hands.