Misc~

Bah, I forgot that I had plans tonight after work. So I didn't get home and relaxed and changed until after 8pm, and then I was really sleepy, which made blogging difficult. But! I can say that there are currently about eight or so dubs getting reviewed by my lovely little helpers. I don't know exactly when they'll be up though, since we all know that life has a way of, well, getting in the way, lol.

And I'm slowly making progress, checking things off my list as I go. Hopefully, since I have no plans tomorrow, I'll get more done after I get out of work. Thank you to all the people who have taken the time to PM me their requests! I like to discover new groups and I'm always up for listening. I'm a bit backed up, but I will get to everything!!

OH, as you can tell, BTW nothing happened this weekend. I just couldn't fit it in. So I'm going to keep plugging along at my lists and shared vids and requests, and if I get a chance, I'll do a backtrack on solos sometime this week, but no promises. If nothing else, there is always this next weekend! Annnnd, I need to go to bed now, so here's a bit more until tomorrow~




Solo (In order of hearance):
Menami [MS EGGs] (as Minegishi Minami)
Purply [MS EGGs] (as Kojima Haruna)
Valentine [MS Gen.5] (as Takahashi Minami)

Relax! by RUBY (Milky Star) / Takamina! Miichan! It's been a while since I listened to anything AKB. I like other songs by no3b more, but it's cool to see something non-H!P in the mix. No lyrics! But I know that there is a place like projecthello (but, er, different) for AKB as well; Studio48, found at Stage48.net ~ so here are color coded lyrics from there so y'all can follow along if you like.

Purply starts the dub off marvelously with her solo of the first chorus line! &Holyfrick, I love the Va/Me duet right after her They don't so much blend, they just sound good together. Both with different voices that can be picked out of the duet, but go well with one another, ear pleasingly so. Plus they sound really good on the line there, "kimi wa mou ganbatteru kara" ~ the 'mou' is freaking cute!!

The following "Relax! Relax! kokoro ni...." etc occurs a several times throughout the dub, with different girls singing the 'kokoro ni' and other such parts. All of them are fabulous!! I don't know if it's just me, but the instrumental seems a little loud (goodness knows, I've had headphone problems lately, so it really could be just me). The solos are all great, but the highlight for me in this is the duets! The girls did a splendid job on them! All the blending in this is awesome.

I kind of agree with some of what's said in the comments; this song isn't as easy as it may seem, so props to this trio for tackling it. There are a few off notes here and there, but Kappa took the words out of my mouth....hands? ~ "It's not perfect, but still a lovely cover!"




Saki Shimizu: Mystery [xLittleMystery]
Momoko Tsugunaga: Akari [Byakna] [graduated]
Chinami Tokunaga: Kurumi [chocolatekurumi] [Cover]
Maasa Sudou: Yui [YuiChuru] *Cover*
Miyabi Natsuyaki: Choko [xXxChokocchixXx] [graduated]
Yurina Kumai : Serené [o0SweetSunshine0o]
Risako Sugaya : Belly [Rasubelly]

Seishun Bus Guide by Crispy Crossies (xKiraKiraProjectx) /I forgot how this song went until the dub started up. I've never really listened to it much, I guess. You can tell right from the start that some people have more energy than others; the first group sounds much stronger than the second. Belly sounds fantastic on her 0:18 solo! And Akari's 0:25 solo is really quiet; cute but hard to hear. All of her solos are like this. I love love Kurumi's 0:47 solo!! So pretty and well delivered.

I like the 1:16 group "hitorijime shitainda" though someone sounds a tiny bit off. Choko (1:24) has got some funky timing going on. She seems to sing a little too fast sometimes, or stumbles over the lyrics. There is no flow and she sometimes hits off notes. It's not much to go by, but I rather like Yui's "kore ga jerashii" at 1:52. Oh, and her 2:14 solo = rabu. Following at 2:17 is Mystery; she's only got two solos in this, not much to go by. I know that I like her from having listened to other dubs she's in, and I think I prefer her on other songs than this.

Belly did a great job on her Rii parts, like at 2:10 & 2:43. Serené (2:50) is kind of on the quite side as well, she could use more volume and umph! Overall, there are some small things that could be better, but the Kira girls did a marvelous job~




Como la flor by ChiiAyu (DoubleCProject) /This is gorgeous!! I completely love and adore Karen's voice, and will listen to her sing anything in any language, anytime!! I really like what she did with the video, it's very creative. This dub is the third track on her 'Non-japanese Covers; First Collection' ~ I don't have much to say, especially since I'm unfamiliar with the song language, lol. But I love every line in this dub, and every word from Karen's mouth; she has such a strong, rich voice. Look forward to the next track; 30 minutes-T.A.T.U