Egao 9

Takahashi Ai : Kappa [ xmikipinkux ]
Niigaki Risa : Ajisai [ homeschooledchick16 ]
Kamei Eri : Mandy [ tokidokihaato ]
Tanaka Reina : Palla [ nephiminechan ]
Michishige Sayumi : Buggy [ shockingbuggy ]
Kusumi Koharu : Aoi [ chocolateblakberri ]
Mitsui Aika : Giselle [ giselledesu ]
JunJun : Yume [ yumeangel29 ]
LinLin : Rae [ singingondemand ]
A Wild Chinese Tsunka♀ : Nagi [ telenagikinetic ]

Ame no Furanai Hoshi de wa Aisenai Darou? by Egao 9 (hosted by xmikipinkux) / I EFFIN' LOVE THIS SONG, and Chinese ver pwns Japanese ver so badly, for me at least. lol, I'm so lame. I was getting all emotional listening to this (;w;) I think this is a beautiful song, the melody really touches me, and to hear these amazing wonderful lovely ladies sing it made my day.

O M FREAKING G. Rae sounds fantastic, Yume is amazing, the group parts are gorgeous; fqbawfjkfbejkf fkjenwjkfnekfj efkjnejwks !! I can't even put into words how much I love this. When everyone sings together it's beyond beautiful.

Rae and Yume sound brilliant on the Chinese. All of the lyrics in this sound splendid, I love love love the sound of Mandarin words put to music. It's not as easy to sing as Japanese, but I think it sounds magnificent; especially on slower or semi-slower songs when you can really hear the words.

And even if what Kappa says about the harmony being pitchy is a tiny bit true, the pure EPICNESS of this blows minor things like that off into the black hole of it-doesn't-matter. I love Egao 9 to pieces for doing this song. I know it's just cause it's part of the Nine Smile concert, but I'm really happy that they sang it.

Takahashi Ai : Kappa [ xmikipinkux ]
Niigaki Risa : Ajisai [ homeschooledchick16 ]
Kamei Eri : Mandy [ tokidokihaato ]
Tanaka Reina : Palla [ nephiminechan ]
Michishige Sayumi : Buggy [ shockingbuggy ]
Kusumi Koharu : Aoi [ chocolateblakberri ]
Mitsui Aika : Giselle [ giselledesu ]
JunJun : Yume [ yumeangel29 ]
LinLin : Rae [ singingondemand ]

Genki+ by Egao 9 (hosted by xmikipinkux) / Kappa shared this with me over MSN the other night and I listened to it, but I'll admit I was a little busy at the moment, so I didn't give it the focus it deserves. This is superb!! (ILU KAPPA *clings to CClyrics*) What I love about the beginning of this song is that the first two lines are a trio (Kappa, Giselle, Yume), and on the next two Palla joins the them on the melody and Aoi comes in on the harmony.

The two lines after that are the same girls on their same parts, plus Buggy on the melody and Ajisai joins Aoi on the harmony. See a pattern? It's like a pyramid from the top; it starts out with a few singers and each time more get added! Mandy and Rae come in on the last lines, which is the whole cast all together; six on melody and three on harmony. I love it!!

To simplify things (those underlined have the harmony)

[Ka/Gis/Yu] Yasashii koe ga kikoeru
[Ka/Gis/Yu] Yasashii sono koe ga

[Ka/Pa/Yu/Gis/Aoi] Yasashii koe ga kikoeru
[Ka/Pa/Yu/Gis/Aoi] Yasashii sono koe ga

[Ka/Bu/Pa/Yu/Gis/Aoi/Aji] Yasashii koe ga kikoeru
[Ka/Bu/Pa/Yu/Gis/Aoi/Aji] Yasashii sono koe ga

[Ka/Bu/Ma/Pa/Yu/Gis/Rae/Aoi/Aji] Yasashii koe ga kikoeru
[Ka/Bu/Ma/Pa/Yu/Gis/Rae/Aoi/Aji] Yasashii sono koe ga

I think the most noticable addition is from the 0:23 lines to the 0:30 lines, mainly because it's simply more people singing (from three to five), and it goes from all melody to melody+harmony. Every line sounds epic, these girls are so awesome!! They're in the beginning and the end as well. Geesh, I talked so much about one part of the song, lol.

0:58 to 1:30 is busting with oodles of awesome two- and three-group parts!! Kappa, Giselle, Yume sound so good together! Rae (1:11), Mandy (1:18), and Aoi (1:19) each solo as well. The "Nee genki"s in this dub are fabulous!

The "Mainichi anata ni moraeru yuuki" line at 1:30 is freaking lovely, the "yuuki" is AMAZING, the high notes there blew my mind; so clear and beautiful. I also like the "anata" - I could hear Kappa's energy really well. 1:37, Palla and Aoi really shine in their duet; this is a great melody for their strong pretty voices.

Buggy and Ajisai at 1:44, the end of their line was a little off, but! The first five or six times I listened to this while doing misc things online, I didn't even notice the off "na shunkan." It's not glaringly bad, and really, it's like two seconds. 2 out of the approximately 125 total seconds of singing. These two pwn. & Rae and Mandy has the last line; fkjefjknwefew, they sound great together!

I love the blending and energy in this dub. The rest of the song is just as EPIC as the first half is, but it's super late at night and I've already spent forever on this entry, lame me. I really really adore Egao 9's latest dubs~