| Janet Hsu |
| I have a feeling that even Soseki himself wouldn't have minded these sorts of liberties being taken with his work. In fact, there's a pretty famous story about our favourite moustached cat novelist and his own translation philosophy! |
"Soseki Natsume - I Am Not Guilty" is the recurring theme of Soseki Natsume and his calico cat, Wagahai, appearing in both The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures and The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve. This theme represents Soseki's manners, personality and characteristics in the form of the instruments that are played. Usually, this theme plays when the topic is about Soseki himself, or about someone or something that is related to him.
The raucous nature and somewhat overwhelming amount of instruments used in the song, as well as its flexibility, are meant to represent Soseki's anxious and jumpy personality. The song has three different sections, each playing different main instruments and having a different melody. The first section is very reminiscent of a sea shanty, and is rather repetitive, perhaps alluding to Soseki's alliteration usage. The second section is more playful and almost flexible with its melody, reflecting on Soseki's naïve and comical reactions. The last section has arguably a more elegant tone to it, perhaps encompassing that Soseki is, for all effects and purposes, a man "of great standing" and later on of great prestige as a writer, not without his own antics and fervent beliefs accompanying him, with his theme representing his traits well.
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The track's name is a reference to Natsume's famous novel, I Am a Cat (吾輩は猫である, Wagahai wa Neko de Aru).