H!S

Another one of those projects that I'm kicking myself over not keeping on top of. I learned the other day that Jess had taken over management of HS while Chiyo busies herself with Kirameki. So I contacted her and got the latest news!

"We participated in Renna / HelloProjectAllstar 's dub medley. . .and I'm kinda proud with how that came out, I can't wait for it to be released. . .Oh! You might be interested to know I've set up a discography page on the forums that has downloads to most of what we've done."

I am SO interested!! Y'all can find that page here. Other than that, H!S has been releasing shuffle dubs to "to keep things rolling" while they continue to work on future singles. Hello Stage has releases 22 dubs so far- August and the first two weeks of September seem to have been quiet productive for them!

Half of the dubs have been by Shuffles, which I think is cool. It must be fun to mix things up and experiment with different casts. Also it lets the girls sing all kinds of songs, and hear themselves with (eventually) all of the other members. And last but not least before I go on, H!S has mentioned that they will soon be holding auditions!!



Ishikawa Rika: Reika [ candyraver009 ]
Miyoshi Erika: LilRae [ talentlessloser ]
Okada Yui: Jess [ lilmenchi ]

Hitorijime by H!S Shuffles / The moment I heard the song I was like 'oh I know this song' lol. It doesn't exactly float my boat, but I do like that Erika got scripted more lines for once. And speaking of her part, the singing starts up at 0:35 with Rae. Wow, her and Jess have very similar voices! In the first verse I really like all of LilRae's solos, but especially her "kokoro" at 0:52 & I love Reika's "tatta hitotsu" at 0:40.

Jess doesn't have much for lines in the beginning, but you hear her more on the pre-chorus! Her "kyou mo anata kanojo ni" solo at 0:55 is terrific! You can really hear her energy, and her vibrato slips in a few times. Reika is also marvelous on the pre-chorus, like at 0:57 and 1:09ish. And then it's chorus time at 1:17! My favorite part of the dub, hands down. I really like the girls altogether and they sound wonderful on the melody.

Goodness, I forgot for a moment that this was a concert version, meaning shorter song. I guess I was too distracted with listening. Jess' "anata no shisen" at 1:22 is really lovely & I adore LilRae's "hitorijime" at 1:31ish- it's so pretty! Then after some instrumental, it skips to the last two rounds of the chorus. I like all of it!! Especially- Ra (2:12 ), Re (2:22), and Je (2:31ish )!

I'll admit that at first the song turned me off a little, but this is really good! I love Jess' emotion, Rae's super lovely lower notes, and Reika is so cute+pretty. All of the girls did a great job and I think this release turned out really well. I've listened to a few of the others, and I've got to say this is one of my faves.