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Translating the song "One more time, one more chance" by Masayoshi Yamazaki
from the movie "5cm per Second" gave me two lines that seem unclear:

> くいちがう時はいつも 僕が先に折れたね  
>  わがままな性格が なおさら愛しくさせた

In the first line both combinations make somewhat sense:  
くいちがう -> cross ways or differ  
折れた -> turn or give in

In the second line it is not clear (for me) who is the exact subject. Is it
"me" or "you"? On the one hand speaking of his love as わがまま seems unlikely,
but on the other hand the second half is unlikely if he speaks for himself.

Simplified version of story: Boy loves girl, becoming adults both lose sight
of each other. Boy doesn't get over it and losing sight of what's imported and
gets depressed.

Interestingly, looking up existing translations different variants came up:

a)

> Whenever we disagreed, I would always give in first  
>  Your selfish nature made me love you even more

(source: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJmvvZk4C1A>)

b)

> When our path cross each other, I am always the first to turn  
>  Making me indulge more in my selfish way

(source: <http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/bfivecm/bfivecmonemoretime.htm>)

Can anyone clear this misunderstanding?
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Song translation with two possibilities - "One more time, one more chance" by Masayoshi Yamazaki
It is always intriguing looking at how Japanese-learners read Japanese.

**For either the first line or second line, there is only one possible
interpretation, not two.**

> くいちがう[時]{とき}はいつも [僕]{ぼく}が[先]{さき}に[折]{お}れたね

くいちがう here means "to differ in opinions" and 折れる means "to give in to the
other person".

折れる cannot mean "to turn" in the phrase 「先に折れる」 even if it wanted to.

> わがままな[性格]{せいかく}が なおさら[愛]{いとお}しくさせた

The speaker is calling the other person わがまま, not himself. More difficulties,
more love.

So, between the two versions of translation that you have found, the first one
wins by a landslide. There is no comparison. Frankly, the guy who did the
second does not know much Japanese, trust me. He has got every part wrong! But
that is often the quality of fan translation.
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