KiraKiraProject - SEXY BOY

I debated a bit over whether I wanted to cover this next dub, but I finally decided to~ Ugh, be prepared for a monster of an entry. If you skip my wall of text, I totally understand, lol.

Yoshizawa Hitomi: Sootie [SootjeNL]
Takahashi Ai: Bel [MomoxMochi]
Konno Asami: Choko [xXxChokocchixXx]
Ogawa Makoto: Kurumi [chocolatekurumi]
Niigaki Risa: Mystery [xLittleMystery]
Fujimoto Miki: Serené [o0SweetSunshine0o]
Tanaka Reina: Belly [Rasubelly]

Kamei Eri: Mizu [Cover] [AnimeXLover28Kat]
Michishige Sayumi: Mystery [Cover] [xLittleMystery]
Kusumi Koharu: Mizu [Cover] [AnimeXLover28Kat]



SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte by Midday Musume (xKiraKiraProjectx) / Not wow-worthy, but it's their first dub as a group. I'm an optimistic person. I like to look for the goods things, or point out what I liked. Though I'm not against a little critiqing; I try to balance things out. I think everyone deserves a pat on the back and some compliments to go hand-in-hand with criticism and advice.

A lot of the time the music was louder than the girls, not overpowering; it just pulled for attention from enjoying these wonderful dubbers' voices. Whether it's the music that needs to be lowered in volume or if the girls need to sing louder, or a combo of both. It's just something noticable.

[*] Opening solo at 0:27 is Mystery. I dislike that this song has such short solos! The two seconds of her voice that you do hear is hard to form an opinion with. I played it over and over again. Her "hoshii" didn't sound super confindent, but I really liked how she sounded on the "nara" - there was either a trill or a short vibrato, hard to tell, but it was lovely.

There are a ton of duet/trio/little group parts in this. 0:29 is the first set; Kurumi, Serené and Belly. There is good blending, though someone wavered a little on the "te" in "subete" - not that it sounded awful, it was like a tiny trill, but almost veered onto an off note. It did sort of give that part a little extra character. The "ageru kedo" was lovely.

The next set is Bel, Choko and Mizu at 0:35. I couldn't really make out the beginning, which is supposed to be "ubaeru" but all I got was the "-eru mono" after a slightly jumbled start - it was just a little unclear. But the ending note of that line (on the "no") was hit very well. The three girls blended wonderfully on it.

The reason I'm going down to the very second and all the little parts and words is cause there are a bunch of short solos, and we all know H!P never divides them fairly. And I want everyone to get talked about. Even though it may seem silly/crazy to break it up so much.

[*] Mizu at 0:40 seemed a little unsure on her "zurui" - again, hard to form an opinion with like a second. I'll wait until I hear her again. Around 0:41 you hear the same first trio and they sound great, but at 0:43 it seems to drop down to one girl & I don't know who it is. With the low mature voice, it could be Mizu again, but idk.

I curse Tsunku for the 2 second solos. Momusu wise, it's cool. But dub wise, it sucks for getting a good listen. 0:46 is Sootie. I really liked her "nara." The following trio line was messy. I know mixers can only do so much, so I don't know if the girls were not on the same beat and therefore super hard to mix together? Also the ending "ne" was really off.

Serené has a really good voice, but she needs to sing with more confindence! The "mizushibuki" of her 0:52 solo was pretty good, but on the second half she seemed to shy-out/quiet-down on her "agenagara" - she could blow people away with her vocals if she only sang with more umph! Sing it loud and proud, y'all!

[*] 0:59 is Belly and she sounds good; she could maybe turn it up a notch in volume and energy, though she stays on beat well. She has a pretty voice. The "SEXY BOY" at 1:03 is listed on projecthello.com as being Sayumi/Reina, which would be Mystery & Belly. But I don't know if that's how it was done in the dub, because it sounds like more than two people. Or maybe it was them with backing vocals? idk, but it was nice.

Bel at 1:05 - she has pretty good energy, but she's pitchy. You can tell she tries to put in that character that Ai sings with, and she manages fairly well. Her "mirai" was good, but the end of her line was off key. The "fall in love" at 1:13 was a nice group part

At 1:18 the girls are spilt into two groups for the "IPPAI kitai" lines; (Sootie, Kurumi, Serené, Belly, Mizu) & (Bel, Choko, Mystery, Mizu, Mystery). I think the second "IPPAI" was delivered better that the first. I can't figure out how to describe why. I liked how the 'E' part sounded. But the end of the second group's "kitai" went a tiny bit off key. The blending on the first "IPPAI" was really good!!

[*] Okay, I'm going to cut back on details for the rest of the song. I'll cover solos from those I haven't yet & such. Choko is at 1:49 - she has a clear & cute voice, from the little that I hear. But she could maybe have used a pinch more energy. All of the little group parts throughout the rest of the dub were pretty good. And I think the "SEXY ue ue"s were adorable.

And at 2:01 we have Kurumi singing her short little "watakushi" line very well! Oh, I'd like to hear more from her. I like the sound of her voice a lot. I commented before on how I'd have to hear Mizu again, since her first line was so short. Well she's got the solo at 2:20, and she sounds lovely/cute but too quiet. 2:14 and 3:18 were Belly's best solos, I think.

The beginning and ending (as well as throughout the song) "chimata de uwasa no SEXY ue ue" parts were cute. They weren't always totally spot on, but overall I think they were well done. This dub could have used more energy, but leader(s) have acknowledged that there was a "lagging of energy" and I agree with their positive attitude; "if we all keep practicing we will get that better" ~

Energy and pitch! Practice makes progress! xKiraKiraProjectx is a new dubbing project (which I'll cover in further detail another time). This is their first group dub and Midday Musume's debut, but there are also two Solos up on their channel, if y'all wanna have a listen.