Tomatsu Haruka. motto☆hade ni ne!
1. motto☆派手にね! (motto☆hade ni ne!)
2. シアワセサガシ (Shiawase Sagashi)

I’d say it again: The ero-oyaji inside me I love the PV. And the songs, actually. It has catchy tunes that anisong retards like me will love in the first try. And for a split second she resembles Inoue Marina (only in glasses).. maybe the cheek and the :O mouth.. no?

Scans

Mizuki Nana. Rosario+Vampire Capu2 Character Song Vol. 1 Akashiya Moka
1. あなたにカプッchu! (Anata ni Kapuchu!)
2. DESIRE -情熱-

Apparently I’m not that biased towards Nana because I honestly don’t like this CD. :-/ Well, I knew I shouldn’t expect much seeing the first song’s title, but indeed it’s stupid. Akai Jounetsu on the previous CD was silly too, but better.
I was more intrigued with the second track. Like before, it’s a cover of an old song. I liked the idea of Nana singing a Nakamori Akina song, both has powerful vocal. But Nana’s ‘good cover’ matches the original song too well.. and since I hate the song (get up get up burning love #!$!@#) I can’t come to like her version too.

Scans

Okui Masami. Melted Snow
1. Melted Snow
2. Shape of myself

It’s a ballad! Makkun rarely produces slow songs, especially for singles (can’t remember the last time she did.. dare yori mo zutto? That was like when I was five), which is why I think people are missing a lot if they don’t get her albums. I really like Nemurenai Yoru ga Kureta Mono (眠れない夜がくれたもの) from crossroad, Sanctuary (サンクチュアリ) from angel’s voice, and Wasuregusa (ワスレグサ) almost made me cry when I first heard it on Masami Life. Have no idea on the game tie-in, but I really like the song.. Second track is her usual rock-ish, pretty good too.

Scans

Chihara Minori. Paradise Lost
1. Paradise Lost
2. 勇気の鼓動 (Yuuki no Kodou)

First time I heard Paradise Lost last month, I thought Voyager Train is better. I’m swallowing my own words now, orz. Paradise Lost is my song of this month! Being a fast-paced, Minorin-ish song, I better be off to work without coffee than not listening to it.. And Yuuki no Kodou, while being completely opposite to Paradise Lost, is damn good too, it might as well replace Yume no Ashioto ga Kikoeru as Ga-rei ED, lol.
Can’t wait for Parade album too.. CD release means many good things to come, this month Seigura already has her in the front cover (for the first time!) or better: Pick-up Voice 13!! XD expect scans 3 days after it gets out, lol, how I wish Japan-Australia shipping is overnight.

Scans

Oricon Ranks
-LMAO Tomatsu Haruka (#29) finally outranked Sakamoto Maaya (#31). So I guess j1m0ne was right on anime tie-in factor, lol.
-Kapuchu made it to top 30 as well in the first days (now sinking to wherever) thanks to the Nana factor, blind buyers ftw?
-Totally forgot to check Paradise Lost Oricon rank on the release day, but the weekly rank has come out. It sold 10754 copies in its first week and charting at #15. Pretty good actually, and GJ for beating CHEMISTRY (I hate them).
-Melted Snow is nowhere to be seen, lol. I wonder how many people (esp outside Japan) are still faithfully following Makkun’s career.. I believe she still has many fans in Japan, with her solo concert every year, and I saw some wearing her live shirts to Animelo.
-Argh, the boyband hype is killing me. I choked when I saw Arashi latest single has sold 351860. Just how many do their fangirls buy?? God.

Finality blue

Kuribayashi Minami
October 21, 2008
1500 yen
OVA My-HiME 0~S.ifr theme song collection
1. Finality blue
2. Heart All Green
3. ここにあったね (Koko ni Atta ne)

Usual Minami stuff, which means nice. Too bad no MILFnami pics this time.. the latest two singles didn’t disappoint me. Listening to these reminds me to finish up My-Otome, it’s been ‘on-hold’ for a long time, maybe when I have extra time later or stop looping shoujo sect.

VANiLLA SALT

Horie Yui
October 21, 2008
1890 yen (w/ DVD)
TV anime Toradora! ED
1. バニラソルト (VANiLLA SALT)
2. I my me

As usual, nice special case means sucky scan quality.
....
Front / Side / Back

Insides (awful scan quality).

VANiLLA SALT is well, an overly sweet song from your favorite oba-chan. Her songs have been a hit or miss to me.. and to be honest the first time I heard she screeched “AMAIIIIII~~” in Toradora!, I was like, WTF have I ordered. Then I remember getting a bonus PV so who cares about the music (which turned out to be the correct decision).

Second song is.. can’t really remember except I My I My I My I My I My I My I My I My I My repeat to infinity. *_* ..and I actually like this song because of that, lol.

PV

Now for the best part (that pays off the 1890yen), we got 3 Hocchan doing er, cute things ..or what normal people will call “bizarre hand movement”, whatever. Funny how the song actually sounds better if you listen to it while watching the PV.

Here’s the main dance loop (..which I’ve memorized by the 2-minute mark):

Also you can see Hocchan:

Talking to her hands.

Look younger.

Look older. (..notice the cheekbone!)

Uhm, better run off before her angry fans turn me to BBQ pork for my last comment. So here’s link to PV, someone just uploaded it an hour ago or so, while I still can’t figure out what’s wrong with my DVD converter orz.

..and don’t forget to call 1800-LOLI-OBACHAN.

Finally all my “presents” came.. the 4 CDs I ordered from HMV got stuck in customs (boo!) which explains the late arrival. Thank goodness the CDJapan’s one came on time.. like daylight saving started on my birthday wasn’t bad enough.

After hundreds of loops, I decided that Trickster is my favorite out of the three (despite my obvious fond of the other’s PV). Well, Nana’s lyrics and Agematsu’s tunes combination always work best for me.. like Heart-shaped chant or Dancing in the velvet moon or my #1 Nana song Eternal Blaze. And can’t beat that acapela in the end of the song.. it’s officially somewhere in my top Nana songs now, but I never made a real list anyway, LOL.

DISCOTHEQUE is well, really fun, and I can’t stop thinking how incredibly cute it will be in her live concerts..

Last track Trinity Cross is a great song too. All the strings reminded me of Orchestral Fantasia or Tears’ Night.. and somehow reminded me to watch RosaVam2. LOL why am I still watching those vampire pants. Must be Moka’s “capuchuu~” that appeals to strange fans like me. Hopefully it gets better this time.. oh and don’t forget to pre-order the character song (out 10/29).

Go to next post for pics, or click the jump if you want Trickster’s romaji lyrics. Wanted to do real translation but I’m, well, lazy.

Trickster
Lyrics: Mizuki Nana
Composition: Agematsu Noriyasu (Elements Garden)

Kimi ga “daisuki dayo” tte itsumo mujaki na koe de warau kara
Boku no wagamama na tokei wa hora, ugoki hajimeru
kowareta omocha narabe, jibun no risou no shiro tsukutte
daremo ga motomeru shiawase ni kokoro ubawareteita

“Daijoubu” to kagi wo kakete kakushiteta
Takusan no kotoba tachi saa, tokihanatte miyou

Kimi no tsumugu monogatari boku ni oshiete yo
Sore wa, dono hoshi yori mo utsukushiku hikaru
Tatoe ima ga kako ni nurikaerareta toshitemo
Ano hi kara tsuzuku yume no motto saki e
Mayowazu shirusu yo boku dake no SCENARIO

Kimi ga “heiki dakara” tte itsumo massugu ni mitsumeru kara
Boku wa shirazu ni ita hontou no kimochi ni kitsuketetanda

“Kawaranaimono nante, nani hitotsu nai kara” to
shinjiru toiu kotae ni mo akirameru kuse ga tsuiteta

Kawaita sora MAUVE no kiri ni tsutsumarete iku
Haruka tooku kimi no uta ga kikoetetanda
Kotae no nai PAGE darake datte ii kara
Hisoka boku no naka mebaeteta QUEST ni
Takaraka ni sakebu kowai mono wa nai! to

Fui ni osou kodoku wa ne
Level up e no signal dakara

Kimi no tsumugu monogatari boku ni oshiete yo
Sore wa, dono hoshi yori mo utsukushiku hikaru
Tatoe ima ga kako ni nurikaerareta toshitemo
Ano hi kara tsuzuku yume no motto saki e
Mayowazu shirusu yo boku dake no SCENARIO

Boku no tsumugu monogatari kimi ni tsutaetai
Sore wa, owarinaki hoshi no inochi no hajimari

Trickster

Catalog No.: KICM-1251
Release Date: 2008.10.01
Price: 6000 1200yen (incl. tax)
Length: 12:14 min

OK, I admit Trickster PV is kinda cool, but DISCOTHEQUE is on a different level. And since I’m the kind of pervert person who prefers Aoi Iro to, say, Secret Ambition.. obviously this chu-ru-chu-ru-ba discolady thing won hands down.

01:22 !!!

LOL @ fanservice (?)

*dies*

Spotlight!

The “100%” thing is a bit off tho ^^;

But forgivable.

Need. High. Res. Now.

Scans and rants after the jump.

Misato Aki. here I am

3rd album from Misato Aki.. like her previous two albums, I had a good time enjoying her somewhat, uhm, sexy voice (in an innocent/dreamy way).
Fave tracks: Shoujo Meiro de Tsukamaete (now I miss StoPani), Blood Queen, Sayonara no Mukougawa de. And I kinda like sad rain’s album ver more, with its piano inserts.

I knew I had a bad feeling when I first saw the cover, but..

..wondering why she agreed to wear a bundle of colorful rags as a skirt?

Sakakibara Yui. Joker

Yui-nyan’s 4th album (and actually, the first that I bought, but I never really listened to her). Album has pretty wide range, but nothing rly outstanding for me. JOKER has nice tunes, but I will slit my wrists if Nana ever does a similar PV like that.
Fave tracks: Believe (original), Ready Go!! (Fate/Tiger Colloseum), Till I can see you again (ChuXChu!)

..with this many fanservice in her booklet, who cares about the lyrics?

Guess the body part?

Guess the body part? Pt. 2

On to the buy-list…

October
Mizuki Nana. Trickster. No-brainer for me.
Kuribayashi Minami. My Otome 0.
Horie Yui. Tora Dora!. I don’t need titles if [w/ DVD, Limited Edition] is written there.

November
Okui Masami. Akasha. Birthday concert footage! I hope only either INSANITY or TOTAL ECLIPSE is included.. otherwise the single is a waste
Okui Masami. Melted Snow.
Chihara Minori. Untitled.

December
Momoi Halko. momo-I quality 2 self-cover AND anison-cover.
Why the heck she always releases 2 things together? Last time it was the super-expensive live DVDs, now the two albums. If she plans to starve the poor (like, me?), she succeeded. >_>
No tracklist yet, but at least the anison-cover is a must-buy. I might not need the self-cover of Under17 songs which all I already have (note-to-self: do not get tempted with poster/sticker).

Did anyone buy the CD?

I totally forgot about it, as I’ve stopped watching Shugo Chara! past episode 13. I could stand one whole season of cool-and-spicy-ness because Hoshina Utau’s first single was great (Blue Moon!) and because she looks like a shoujo version of Fate. *ahem* Nanotard speaking here.

I’ve listened to both version of BLACK DIAMOND. I prefer the major arrangement, it feels more.. dramatic compared to the indies one. Pretty good, it’s Nana’s voice after all, so definitely putting this to the shopping list. I still remember the pain when I delayed to order Meikyuu Butterfly and the limited edition ran out the next day. -_- I still see it in Yahoo! Auction for 5000+ yen. But I don’t think BLACK DIAMOND will be as successful as the predecessor.. :-/

Anyway, I’m going to Japan in a few days. Staying for Comiket (uhm, I might put my weeaboo cosplay pics.. or not), laughing/drooling on Yakai na Nakamatachi, and of course, enjoying the two best days of my life: Animelo. And so, this idiotic blog is on hiatus now.. ^_^

August 30. AKINO from bless4

So only AKINO is coming? I’m 100% sure she’ll perform that one popular song..
Songs:
- Sousei no Aquarion OP: Sousei no Aquarion, Go Tight!

August 31. Sound Horizon

I was a bit surprised they were invited. This makes Day-2 a NicoNico festival with one orchestra band.. ^^;
Songs:
- I can’t recall any anime song from them.. wiki said Gunslinger Girl image album and few game themes.
- my personal faves: Ark, Eru no Rakuen

Animelo Theme Song

It was out yesterday. Go and buy it too. My CD is so far away from me (this is why I hate going home), I can only see the shiny jewel case and whatever poster I got in September.. Anyway, the song and PV are already available in the interwebz.. couldn’t help not to download them. The song is pretty good.. not memorable like Outride or catchy like Generation-A, but I like it. Still a mystery for me why they didn’t use motsu (m.o.v.e) to do the rapping part..

Hit the jump for screenshots and lyrics.

PV was awesome as usual. Generation-A was better for displaying lyrics. Nana’s long hair is WIN. But seriously almost all of them look about 10-15 years younger than their real age. That means Momoi Halko looks 15 and Hirano Aya looks 10.

Okui Masami. Chihara Minori.

Misato Aki. Taniyama Kishow (GRANRODEO).

Kuribayashi Minami. Yonekura Chihiro.

Kitadani Hiroshi. Endoh Masaaki.

Momoi Halko. Hirano Aya.

Suara. Mizuki Nana.

May’n. Aa (savage genius).

Ishida Yoko. Ishikawa Chiaki.

Kageyama Hironobu. YOFFY (PSYCHIC LOVER).

Fukuyama Yoshiki. Takarano Arika (ALI PROJECT).

ELISA. Anisama Friends.

Below are the romaji lyrics I made, so most likely it has a LOT of errors somewhere there. Makkun wrote really admirable Engrish lyrics like usual.. Now I just need to memorize all this before August 30.

Yells ~It’s a beautiful life~

Lyrics: Okui Masami
Composition: Kageyama Hironobu
Arrangement: Suzuki DAICHI Hideyuki

Wow oh~ For your smile, Yell for my life (all)
Wow oh~ For my smile, Yell for your life (all)

Ikiteriya ne, (Okui)
Tama ni wa ne, (Chihara)
Furikaette tomatte mitari (Okui + Chihara)
Choushi ni notte (Okui)
Koronda tte takaramono ni naru (Okui + Chihara)
Kagayakeru Green day (Misato + Taniyama)
Kowaimono shirazu na mainichi wo (Misato)
Sugoseru no mo subarashiki jinsei (Misato + Taniyama)

Koeraresou mo nai HAADORU ga (Kuribayashi + Yonekura)
Iku te habande namida wo nomu toki datte aru kedo (Kuribayashi + Yonekura)
Ichiban boshi ☆ mitsuketa! (Kitadani)
Happy na kaze wa fuku (Endoh)
Egao de asa wo mukaeyou (Momoi)

Utsuriyuku toki no naka de (all)
Kawaranai mono ga aru ne (Hirano)
“Daisuki na dareka wo (Kuribayashi)
sotto mamoritai” sonna kimochi toka (Suara)
Sawagashii gojisei dakara (all)
Kawaranakucha ikenaimono (May’n)
Tachidomarazu ni arukou (Mizuki)
CHARENJI wo (all)
Tsuzukeru kimi de ite (Taniyama)

Wow oh~ For your smile, Yell for my life (all)
Wow oh~ For my smile, Yell for your life (all)

Otona ni ne, (Mizuki)
Nattara ne, (May’n)
Shiranakute ii koto bakari (Mizuki + May’n)
Nani ga ni odo (Mizuki)
Rasarete jibun wo miushinau (Mizuki + May’n)
Iroaseta IMEEJI (Aa + Endoh)
Kaseki ni natta yume wo dakishime (Aa)
Mou ichido seimei -inochi- fukikondemita (Endoh)

Imashika dekinai jibunshika (Ishida + Ishikawa)
Dekinai koto wo sagasu tabidachi no hi wa sugu soko ni (Ishida + Ishikawa)
Ichiban boshi ☆ miagete (Kageyama)
MIRAKURU wo negatta yo (YOFFY)
Mikansei wa mugen no kunshou -akashi- (Hirano)

Kagayakeru mirai -asu- e tsuzuku (all)
REERU nara tsukureba ii (Yonekura)
Tachidomari shinkokyuu (Ishida)
Shite CHAAJIshita Energy wa Full up (Misato)
Ikizurai gojisei dakara (all)
Nogashi tara mottainai Timing (Okui)
Tachidomarazu ni arukou (Momoi)
CHARENJI wo (all)
Tanoshimu kimi de ite (YOFFY)

Bragging (Endoh + Okui)
WANSEGU (Kageyama + Yonekura)
Nagareru NYUUSUtachi (Endoh + Okui + Kageyama + Yonekura)
Kidoairaku (Endoh + Okui)
Sechigarai (Kageyama + Yonekura)
Kie iku mono to (Kitadani + Misato)
Nokori yuku mono (Taniyama + Kuribayashi)
Subete wa itto kono chikyuu -hoshi- (Kitadani + Misato + Taniyama + Kuribayashi)

Bipolarization (Kitadani + Misato + Taniyama + Kuribayashi)
Get up! (Endoh + Okui + Kageyama + Yonekura)
Stand up! (Kitadani + Misato + Taniyama + Kuribayashi)
Datte nigerarenai (Endoh + Okui)
Zutto odori tsuzukeru PURANEDANSU (Endoh + Okui + Kageyama + Yonekura)
Kokoro ga itai (Kitadani + Misato)
Kimi ni aitai (Taniyama + Kuribayashi)
Ima sugu ni kimi ni aitainda (Endoh + Okui + Kageyama + Yonekura + Kitadani + Misato + Taniyama + Kuribayashi)

Jibun ga shiranai basho (Mizuki)
Susumu no wa minna kowai (Mizuki + Fukuyama)
RISUKU wo seou yuuki (Takarano)
Motsumono dake ga tsukamu CHANSU kitto.. (Takarano + Kageyama)

Get up! Stand up! You’re tight! (Endoh + Kitadani + Fukuyama)

Utsuriyuku toki no naka de (May’n）
Kawaranai mono ga aru ne (ELISA）
“Daisuki na dareka wo (Chihara)
sotto mamoritai” sonna kimochi toka (Ishikawa)
Sawagashii gojisei dakara (all)
Kawaranakucha ikenaimono (Momoi)
Tachidomarazu ni arukou (Suara)
CHARENJI wo (all)
Tsuzukeru kimi de ite (Kageyama)

Wow oh~ For your smile, Yell for my life (all)
Wow oh~ For my smile, Yell for your life (all)
Wow oh~ For your smile, Yell for our life (all)
Wow oh~ For my smile, Yell for our life (all)

Weeks late for a review, huh? But who cares anyway.

The live DVD was a pretty enjoyable ride, I’d rank this as good as Kuribayashi Minami’s, minus the good long Making Of.. wait, Minorin doesn’t even have one. >_> Anyway, she sang impressively, although most of her songs sound the same to me.

Few notes before tracklist and snapshots.

- Minorin got a custom jewel case with rounded edges (like Mizuki Nana’s Starcamp EP) but I hate hate hate thinpak. It’s OK for anime, saved me hell lotsa space, but not for my precious live DVD collection.
- Booklet is so-so, I already got most pics from hm3. Head over townberry for scans.

- She only changed costume once. At first this was a real downside for me, but like Kuribayashi Minami’s live, after I stopped being an oyaji got over it, it wasn’t that bad. Nice gowns.
- Two songs were performed twice, given she can only sing her Lantis songs.

- This is Minorin’s first big(ger)-scale personal live to mark the debut album, ignoring non-Lantis work (heroine). She didn’t look nervous, but she didn’t move a lot (except the trademark para para hands) until the second half of the concert.

01. Contact

02. 詩人の旅 (Shijin no Tabi)

03. MC
04. Peace of mind～人魚のささやき (Peace of Mind ~ Ningyo no Sasayaki)

05. ふたりのリフレクション (Futari no Reflection)

06. Cynthia

07. MC
08. Fragment～Shooting star of the origin～

09. sleeping terror

10. MC～メンバー紹介～ (MC ~Member Introduction~)

11. 純白サンクチュアリィ～Acoustic Ver.～ (Junpaku Sanctuary)
When I first read the tracklist, I had doubts. How the hell they gonna make a powerful techno-pop song into an acoustic piece? Anyhow it turned out nice.

12. MC
13. Dears～ゆるやかな奇跡～ (Dears ~Yuruyakana Kiseki~)

14. mezzo forte

15. interlude

16. 夏を忘れたら (Natsu wo Wasuretara)

17. MC
18. Last Arden

19. 君がくれたあの日 (Kimi ga Kureta Ano Hi)

20. too late? not late…

21. 純白サンクチュアリィ (Junpaku Sanctuary)

22. MC

23. truth gift

24. 詩人の旅 (Shijin no Tabi)

25. MC
26. Melty tale storage
Preview of her “upcoming” single Melty tale storage. Weird, I didn’t really like this song when I heard it months ago, but her performance here was convincing.

27. MC
I was quite amazed she didn’t cry when the audience were calling her name frantically.. compared to, say, Momoi, who would have filled up a bucket of tears already. ^^; I don’t know why but it seems she tried her best not to cry. But she finally cried after thanking her parents, who came to the concert! Wow.

Mom and Dad

28. Contact 13th

29. End Roll

Minna, daisuki~

30. Ending

Anyway. Da Capo fans must be really happy.

August 30 - CooRie

Songs:
- Da Capo ED: Mirai e no Melody, Sonzai (D.C.)
Akatsuki ni Saku Uta, Kioku Love Letter (D.C.S.S.)
Yasashisa wa Ame no you ni (D.C. II)
Bokutachi no Yuku e (D.C.II S.S.)
- Usotsuki (School Days ED)
- Cross*Heart (Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora OP)

August 30 - yozuca*

Songs:
- Da Capo OP: Sakura Saku Mirai Koi Yume (D.C.)
Sakurairo no Kisetsu (D.C.S.S.)
Sakura Kimi ni Emu (D.C.II)
Sakura Amaneku Sekai (D.C.II S.S.)
- going my way (Girls Bravo OP)
- Kirameku (Joshi Kosei OP)

August 31 - MOSAIC.WAV

Definitely yay. Their crazy denpa-moe style kinda reminds me of Under17, although less awesome, but their songs still get stuck in my mind..
Songs:
- Chousai Kenbo Sengen (Kyouran Kazoku Nikki OP)
- Katamichi Catchball (Potemayo OP)
- Kyun Kyun Panic (Mamotte! Lollipop ED)
- Sumomomo momomo OP: Saikyou x Keikaku, Setsujou! Hyakka Ryouran

Yells ~It’s a beautiful life~ preview

I browsed NND with my lame connection, and found a preview of Yells (kinda outdated, but oh well).. it didn’t win me in the first try, but after few repeats I kinda like it, maybe as good as Generation A.. but no chance to dethrone OUTRIDE as my favorite Animelo song. The first press is running out, secure a copy now!

I’m not going to write a lot (LOL) since there are those who already did much better reviews (and pretty much similar to my opinion), but well, just thought I’d post the poster and rant a bit before I start drooling over Minorin’s Live DVD. On to the track list..

01. TRUST (Kuribayashi Minami)
Couldn’t think of any better song that suits Minami more than TRUST. One of my favorite in this album.

02. Rinbu Revolution (Chihara Minori)
Call me trolling, but I’ve hated this song since I first heard it in Minorin’s radio last week. It’s so bland I couldn’t believe this is my favorite Makkun song. I guess it’s the weird arrangement or my expectation was too high, but I wouldn’t replace Shimokawa Mikuni’s cover in my Ipod for this.

03. Jounetsu (Misato Aki)
I feel alive again hearing this right after Minorin’s Rinbu Revolution. Loved the original, and while Misato took the song differently, I like her version too.

04. INTRODUCTION (Endoh Masaaki)
All hail the rocker, I want zero-G- from him!

05. Olive (Ishida Yoko)
I have to agree that this song sounds very weak. Maybe I should stop comparing, but it’s really a pity since I actually like Ishida’s sweet voice. She should have done something like, er, My Jolly Days?

06. Iiwake (Suara)
Hands down to the best track of this album. I was tempted to download the flac yesterday for this song, but my patience paid off the minute I heard Suara’s pure voice. m(_ _)m

07. Otomegokoro Mugen (Ohmi Tomoe)
It wasn’t bad, but nothing outstanding too.. a bit unlucky heh, positioned between heavenly Iiwake and awesome Koishimasho Nebarimasho.

08. Koishimasho Nebarimasho (Momoi Halko)
Momoi is always awesome in doing cover songs. Her version of Yuzurenai Negai is the best I’ve heard, and Hirano Aya should be ashamed if she ever listened to Momoi’s rendition of God Knows. Following her trend, this track was really good, I even forgot this was a Makkun song. #2 best track after Iiwake.

09. Wasuregusa (Kageyama Hironobu)
A sentimental song that easily became one of my favorite in Masami Life, and while I think Kageyama is a fine singer, I didn’t really like his version of Wasuregusa.. maybe because I’m a bit attached to this song (i.e. looping it too many times) so I can only accept Makkun’s voice.. oh well.

10. HAPPY PLACE (Yonekura Chihiro)
She sounds like Makkun the most from everyone in this album, in a good way, too. And oh, in the end I didn’t buy Ever After, it got too many of her own songs for a cover album.

…and that was quite a lot of ramblings. ^^; Anyway, I wish there were more tracks in this CD.. 3150yen for 10 songs is a bit pricey –heck it was worthy– but extra songs from Mizuki Nana, Hayashibara Megumi, or Shimokawa Mikuni won’t hurt.