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"The Shining Road" (光る道,Hikaru Michi?) is one of the ending theme songs for the Japanese version of Sonic X. It was used for the episodes "That's What Friends Are For" to "Defective Detectives" and again for the episodes "A Cosmic Call" to "So Long Sonic" - total 52 episodes. During the show's original run, it was used from 6 July 2003 to 28 December 2003. An instrumental version of the song is played in the ending credits of the French dub of Sonic X.
A shot of the city is shown late at night and the sun begins to rise. The scene changes to Sonic sitting on the edge of one of the buildings of the city watching the sun rise. Sonic is then seen walking through a mist in the park toward a tree. Looking closely, he can see Amy standing next to the tree giving a worried look. Sonic and Amy then stare at each other without saying a word.
Watashi-tachi no sekai wa mahō o kakerarete
Aisuru tokimeki sae namida ni fūjirareteru
Boy
Futari de jumon o sagashi ni ikou
Kinjirareta yume o kanaerareru kuni e
Dare ni mo naisho de ashita machiawase shiyou
Itsuka kotori o umeta yoake no mieru oka de
Tsumetai asamoya kimi to te o tsunaidara
Hikaru michi no fūin ga tokeru yo
Hateshinaku
Kirawaretakunai kara kokoro o kakushiteta
Warai kakete kureta ne honto ni ureshikatta
Boy
Watashi ni yūki o ataete hoshī
Kinō made no subete zero ni dekiru chikara
Dare ni mo naisho de sotto kuchizuke shiyou
Itsuka yomanaku natta furui ehon no yō ni
Asatsuyu ichimen kaze ga kiramekasetara
Hikaru michi wa massugu ni tsuzuku yo
(Dokomademo)
Callin' you
Kanashī yoru wa
Kimi no namae o tonaeru no
Callin' you
Sore wa sekai no kusari o hodoku jumon na no
Dare ni mo naisho de ashita machiawase shiyou
Itsuka min'na de tabidatsu mirai no mieru oka de
Tsumetai asamoya kimi to arukidashitara
Hikaru michi wa massugu ni tsuzuku yo
Dokomademo
Our world is enchanted
Even the nervousness of our love is sealed in our tears
Boy
Let's go together to find the spell
To a land where forbidden dreams can come true
Let's meet up tomorrow in secret
At the hill where we can see the dawn, where we once buried a little bird
In the cold morning mist, when I hold hands with you
We'll break the seal of the shining road
Forever
I didn't want you to hate me, so I hid my feelings
I was so glad when you smiled at me
Boy
I want you to give me courage
The power to reduce everything up until yesterday to zero
Let's kiss quietly in secret
Like in an old picture book that we don't read anymore
When the wind makes the morning dew sparkle all over
The shining road will stretch on
(To the ends of the earth)
Callin' you
On sad nights
I chant your name
Callin' you
It's a spell to untie the chains of the world
Let's meet up tomorrow in secret
At the hill where we can see all of us setting off together in the future
In the cold morning mist, when I start walking with you
The shining road will stretch on
To the ends of the earth
The Chaotix watching the ending, notice Cheese in Amy's place.
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In "Defective Detectives", when the Chaotix are watching recaps of the series "The Shining Road" ending plays. However instead of Amy waiting for Sonic, Cheese takes her place. Then in the actual ending of the episode Cheese is shown to have waited for Sonic, he is also standing on the ground instead of flying. Cheese is half Sonic's height.
During the episode mentioned above, while the Chaotix are watching the ending, the first frame of the night city is shown then it skips to the part with Cheese.
When this song plays during the ending and special endings, the song's tempo is sped up by a little in which it is slightly faster than the original tempo in order to match up with the scene the song is playing over.
At around 17:13 of the Japanese version of "Countdown to Chaos", when Sonic becomes Super Sonic and Chris is crying, a synthesized instrumental version of this song (using xylophone/music box) plays in the DVD and streaming releases of the episode. In the TV broadcast, "Kotoba ni Dekinai" plays instead.
In A Fearless Friend. This song is played in the anime's original dub due to emotional scene where Tails is forced to shoot and kill Cosmo for the sake of the Universe with Eggman's words he's gets on through it.