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{{Song
|type=Movie 23 Main Theme
|language=ja
|title=ふしぎなふしぎな生きもの
|screen=no<!--hd-->
|screenshot=M23 EDJ.png
|transliterated=Fushigina Fushigina Ikimono
|translated=Strange and Wonderful Creatures
|artistname=トータス松本（ウルフルズ）
|artistname_ro={{wp|Tortoise Matsumoto}} ({{wp|ulfuls}})
|lyricistname=岡崎体育
|lyricistname_ro=[[Taiiku Okazaki]]
|composername=岡崎体育
|composername_ro=Taiiku Okazaki
|arrangername=野村陽一郎
|arrangername_ro=Yoichiro Nomura
|albumtype=album
|albumtitle=「劇場版ポケットモンスター　ココ」テーマソング集
|albumtitle_ro=[[Koko Theme Song Collection|Pokémon the Movie: Koko Theme Song Collection]]
|catalognumber=SECL-2580/1, SECL-2582
|recordcompany=SME Records
|colorscheme=Galar}}
'''Strange and Wonderful Creatures''' (Japanese: '''ふしぎなふしぎな生きもの''' ''Fushigina Fushigina Ikimono'') is the main Japanese theme song for [[M23]]. It was produced by [[Taiiku Okazaki]]. It was also used as an ending theme during the initial [[TV Tokyo]] airings of ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]'' from [[JN048]] to [[JN054]], using assorted clips from the {{pkmn|movie}} to promote its Japanese release.

==Lyrics==
===TV size===
{{Schemetable|Galar}}
! Japanese
! English
|-
| lang="ja" | <ab>{{tt|とてもとても愛しい|Totemo totemo itoshii}}
{{tt|とてもとても美しい|Totemo totemo utsukushii}}
{{tt|生まれてきてくれて|Umarete kite kurete}}
{{tt|本当に　ありがとう|Hontō ni arigatō}}
{{tt|本音言っていいなら|Honne itte ii nara}}
{{tt|ずっといてほしいけど|Zutto ite hoshii kedo}}
{{tt|どこにいてもいつでも|Doko ni ite mo itsudemo}}
{{tt|俺はキミの父ちゃんだ|Ore wa kimi no tōchan da}}

{{tt|ヒーローじゃないし|Hīrō janai shi}}
{{tt|スーパースターじゃないけど|Sūpāsutā janai kedo}}
{{tt|俺はキミの父ちゃんだ|Ore wa kimi no tōchan da}}</ab>
| <ab>It's very, very dear
It's very, very sweet
Thank you, really
For coming into my life
If we can be honest with each other
I want to always be with you, but
No matter where you are
I will always be your Dada

Though I'm not a hero
Or even a superstar
I will always be your Dada</ab>
|}
|}

===Full version===
{{Schemetable|Galar}}
! Japanese
! English
|-
| lang="ja" | <ab>{{tt|小さくて　泣き虫で　やかましくて|Chiisakute nakimushi de yakamashikute}}
{{tt|ふしぎなふしぎな生きもの|Fushigina fushigina ikimono}}
{{tt|不器用で　戸惑って　心配ばかり|Bukiyō de tomadotte shinpai bakari}}
{{tt|ふしぎなふしぎな気もち|Fushigina fushigina kimochi}}

{{tt|“親子”ってなんだ？　“育てる”ってなんだ？|&quot;Oyako&quot; tte nanda? &quot;Sodateru&quot; tte nanda?}}
{{tt|わからないことだらけだなぁ|Wakaranai koto darake da nā}}
{{tt|ただひとつ言えるのは|Tada hitotsu ieru no wa}}
{{tt|キミのために生きるようになった|Kimi no tame ni ikiru yō ni natta}}

{{tt|とてもとても嬉しい　とてもとても温かい|Totemo totemo ureshii totemo totemo atatakai}}
{{tt|生まれてきてくれて　本当にありがとう|Umarete kite kurete hontō ni arigatō}}
{{tt|本音言っていいなら　ずっといてほしいけど|Honne itte ii nara zutto ite hoshii kedo}}
{{tt|どこにいてもいつでも|Doko ni ite mo itsudemo}}
{{tt|俺はキミの父ちゃんだ|Ore wa kimi no tōchan da}}

{{tt|キミが描いてくれたヘンな絵|Kimi ga kaite kureta henna e}}
{{tt|ふしぎなふしぎな宝物|Fushigina fushigina takaramono}}
{{tt|どんなこと考えてるの|Donna koto kangaeteru no}}
{{tt|ふしぎなふしぎな命|Fushigina fushigina inochi}}

{{tt|頼りない足で　歩く姿|Tayorinai ashi de aruku sugata}}
{{tt|今ではもう立派にどこへでも飛んでゆけるさ|Ima de wa mō rippa ni doko e demo tonde yukeru sa}}

{{tt|とてもとても愛しい　とてもとても美しい|Totemo totemo itoshii totemo totemo utsukushii}}
{{tt|生まれてきてくれて　本当にありがとう|Umarete kite kurete hontō ni arigatō}}
{{tt|本音言っていいなら　ずっといてほしいけど|Honne itte ii nara zutto ite hoshii kedo}}
{{tt|どこにいてもいつでも|Doko ni ite mo itsudemo}}
{{tt|俺はキミの父ちゃんだ|Ore wa kimi no tōchan da}}
{{tt|ヒーローじゃないし　スーパースターじゃないけど|Hīrō janai shi sūpāsutā janai kedo}}
{{tt|俺はキミの父ちゃんだ|Ore wa kimi no tōchan da}}

{{tt|小さくて　泣き虫で　やかましくて|Chiisakute nakimushi de yakamashikute}}
{{tt|ふしぎなふしぎな生きもの|Fushigina fushigina ikimono}}
{{tt|不器用で　戸惑って　心配ばかり|Bukiyō de tomadotte shinpai bakari}}
{{tt|ふしぎなふしぎな生きもの|Fushigina fushigina ikimono}}</ab>
| <ab>You're a small, noisy, whimpering thing
What a strange and wonderful creature
You're clumsy, bewildering, and worrisome
Quite a strange and wonderful feeling

What does it mean to be "a parent and a child"? What does it mean to "raise a child"?
There are so many things that I don't understand
But the only thing I know is
I've come to live for you

I am very, very happy, I feel very, very warm inside
Thank you, really, for coming into my life
If we can be honest with each other, I want to always be with you, but
No matter where you are
I will always be your Dada

You drew me a funny picture
It's a strange and wonderful treasure
What could you be thinking?
You strange and wonderful being

The way you walk on those tiny helpless legs
Now, you've grown to become a fine boy, leaping off to who knows where

It's very, very dear, it's very, very sweet
Thank you, really, for coming into my life
If we can be honest with each other
If we can be honest with each other, I want to always be with you, but
I will always be your Dada
Though I'm not a hero or even a superstar
I will always be your Dada

You're a small, noisy, whimpering thing
What a strange and wonderful creature
You're clumsy, bewildering, and worrisome
What a strange and wonderful creature</ab>
|}
|}

==Video==
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==Trivia==
* A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-bY6Mbhxio piano instrumental version] of the song was made available as part of a promotional project with [[Meet Up at the Pokémon House?]] on September 27, 2020.

==See also==
* [[The Rule Song]]
* {{so|Koko}}
* [[Show Window]]
* [[The Hum of the Forest]]
* [[I'm Home and Welcome Back]]
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[[ja:ふしぎなふしぎな生きもの]]
[[zh:不可思议的不可思议的生物]]