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.
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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.

Congratulations on being 17 for the.. 15th time? xD

Beware to slow-connections: lotsa pics after the jump~

Hm.. Horie Yui.. she was one of the reasons I started to stalk/love seiyuu. Who could resist Multi’s voice back then? xD And it helped that she was almost in any anime I watched. But then, she was just about it: a good seiyuu with sugary cute voice/personality, a LOLfang, and a loli yuri relationship with Yukarin (remember the gossip they ran around naked during a holiday or something..).

Whoever started the rumor wasn’t really lying, then?

In terms of singing, I really like most of her anime songs, but never bothered to look for her other stuffs.. not even buying her 1st live DVD when I started to buy things (a.k.a got a dollar-paying job).

But this year somehow my Hocchan-meter increased by a mile. Her second live DVD and watching her live last month surely made a huge difference .. especially for my wallet (as in 4 CD and 2 DVD).

Why you all should buy her live DVDs too.

And one thing about Hocchan is.. it’s really hard to find out what year her pictures were taken. Seriously, does she even age at all?

2000? 2005? 2008?

As a special treat, here’s scans from hm3 DX 2007 and last month’s Pick-up Voice. Click for bigger res. Some pics are left big, but some are better scaled, I guess.. or maybe it’s time to upgrade the damn scanner. Sorry for the rough edges tho, too lazy to fix them ^^;

Honestly, how come the dog is less cute than the human?

God that was tiring, resizing and all. Anyway, happy birthday, Hocchan! Should I order few more copies of this as a birthday present? Umm..

…………yessir.

After Mizuki Nana’s Live Formula, it’s Horie Yui’s turn to take the crown. Excellent. I feel happy for owning chart-toppers.

I’ve read about Horie Yui’s previous concert that followed her adventure in an Alice in Wonderland-like world, but I never thought a story-based live can be so interesting and fun. I like it in the way she’s still showing off her seiyuu skills. And I have to say Hocchan is really good at looking cute. She IS 17.

Um, the only drawback I noticed was the fans’ calls. They were way too loud. Not as bad as Yukarin’s, but it still annoyed the hell outta me.

# Prologue

Somewhere in a crowded city, few girls were chatting about a legendary Christmas tree that can make one wish come true~

１．恋の天使舞い降りて (Koi no Tenshi Mai Orite)

Everyone’s favorite Yamanako song~

# MC

The legendary Christmas tree (yes, that thing is a tree) had lost its star! Did someone steal it?

２．マッシュルームマーチ (Mushroom March)
３．Time machine

# MC
After getting a hint about the star location, she encountered a group of reindeer, and helped them to make a Christmas cake.

４．ショートショートケーキ (Short Shortcake)

# MC
After the cake was done, she tried it a bit.. and got locked up in a jail for it. ^^; Feeling cold, she changed to warmer clothes.

What’s with the teasing? T_T

５．かみさまおねがい (Kamisama Onegai)

Nice ballad to express her sadness

# MC

LOL’ed a lot during this MC. Encountered a talking snowman who apparently held the key to open the jail. But he must be melted in order to take the key… How? Use t3h power of moe Er, sing two warm spring songs~

６．桜 (Sakura)
７．Days

The fanbois were REALLY loud during this song

# MC
She got the key and escaped. Ended up in a church and met a group of choir.

８．クリスマスメドレー (Christmas Medley)

９．HAPPY SNOW
10．Say Cheese！

The sweaty lolicons were happy to dance together

11．LOVE POWER（クリスマスVer.） (Christmas Ver.)

Reminds me of the pure and innocent all-girls school drama

# MC

This is the costume of the day, IMO~ <3

Hint: the star is with a guy in red clothes. Let’s look for him!

12．Merry Merrily

13．恋する天気図 (Koisuru Tenkizu)

# MC

She agreed to help the two bears by becoming a santa~

Hocchan clones needed a mask because they’re not as cute

14．Try again
15．ヒカリ (Hikari)

Wow, she can dance~

16．Angel 恋をした (Angel Koi o Shita)

Who wants a fat hairy Santa if we can have this?!

# MC

She accidentally woke a child up, and everything were snatched away by those little terrorists. Then, somehow she finally realized that the guy-in-red was Santa.

17．スクランブル (Scramble)

Guru guru mawaru~~~ <3

18．ラブリ♥エブリデイ (Lovely Everyday)
19．Lady go！

Was it Lady or Ready? ^^;

# MC

STAR GET! :3

20．笑顔の連鎖 (Egao no Rensa)

She should copyright this pose. Srsly.

# MC

Dear Tree, I wish…….

I think her wish was really sweet.. buy the DVD if you wanna know :p

# ENCORE

She sure talks a lot ^^; but I kinda like her personality much more now~ she’s funny, but still can’t beat Yukarin in terms of craziness, lol.

21．ずっと (Zutto)

Went around the hall

22．LoveDestiny

Again, fanboys went crazy for the legendary Sispri song

23．Happy happy*rice shower

Cheerleaders~

Making Of

Her selling point

Kawaii~

Kowai..?

I actually never really follow her music, despite buying few of her anime CDs.. but after watching this for the 3rd time, I ordered her albums that I missed. >_> I guess I’m stuck with instant noodles again this month..

Catalog No.: KIZB-39~41
Release Date: 2008.06.04
DVD Region: 2
Price: 6615yen for 2DVD+1CD set
Length: 84min (disc-1), 87min (disc-2), 4:37min (CD)
Buy: Amazon Jp | CDJapan | Play-Asia

Right, after Kurinoco distracted me from my assignment two days ago, Hocchan is going to make me fail my exam tomorrow. Uhm, my dark future aside, I gotta say.. FIRST PRESS ROCKS!! xD

This 24-page booklet exceeded my expectations. Each page is freaking thick like a cardboard and Hocchan is damn cute. She’s still 17 anyway. There are few first press left in CDJapan so grab it now if you haven’t. I love you, Star Child / King Records.

Too cute.

Took the pics while waiting for my stupid 3D to finish rendering.. back to leeching ron’s studio again because this DVD deserves it. Review will be up (maybe) tomorrow~ <3 Now it’s time to study.. maybe.

Catalog No.: KIZB-39~41
Release Date: 2008.06.04
DVD Region: 2
Price: 6615yen for 2DVD+1CD set
Length: 84min (disc-1), 87min (disc-2), 4:37min (CD)
Buy: Amazon Jp | CDJapan | Play-Asia