Oya-gacha

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Oya-gacha

It means lifeʼs twists and turns greatly depend on the parents you are fated to be born from; after all, children cannot choose their parents. It comes from the concepts of the game called “gacha,” meaning that expectations don't match up with desires, or that everything is random. In the background, there are issues influenced by the economic disparities of Japan.

どもは
kodomo ha
(afterall) children
おや
oya wo
their parents
えらべない、
erabe nai,
cannot choose
まれる境遇きょうぐう
umareru kyouguu
the parents you are fated to be born from
de ha
on
人生じんせい
jinnsei
life’s twists and turns
左右さゆうされる
sayuu sareru
greatly depend
という意味いみです。
to iu imi desu.
it means
てくるアイテムあいてむ
dete kuru aitemu ha
expectations
運次第うんしだい
unn’shidai
don’t match up with desires or (that) everything is random
という
to iu
meaning that
ソーシャルそーしゃるゲームげーむカプセルかぷせるトイとい
so-sharu’ge-mu ya kapuseru’toi no
(the concepts of) the game
ガチャがちゃ
“gacha”
(called) Gacha
ni
from
なぞらえています。
nazoraete i masu.
it comes
その
sono
the
背景はいけい
haikei
background
には、
niha,
in
日本にほん
nihonn
Japan
no
of
経済けいざい格差かくさなどの
keizai’kakusa nado no
(influenced by) the economic disparities
問題もんだい
monndai
issues
あります。
ga ari masu.
there are

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