MPR [B] ~ Bonbon's latest

Momoko Tsugunaga - Fae [nytefaerie]
Miyabi Natsuyaki - Potato [kakkoiko]
Airi Suzuki - Sayuri [Lilacsilk28]

Bravo☆Bravo by Grazie! (Bonbon Project) /D'aw the beginning is so fun! Sayuri is beyond cute and she does Airi's part so well. lol, at first I had no idea what she was saying, so I went back and then I got it. "Everyone; when you were shouting it was a little strange though. The feeling wasn't right. Like you weren't rocking out, you know." And then the crowd is twice as loud afterwards.

I adore this concert version! It's so fun! And when the beginning music for the song actually starts up you're already excited for the singing to come. Gah, I get tingles just listening to these three sing together!! I will admit that the version they chose heightened my interest immediately, because so many other people have dubbed with the PV. This is something different, and the atmosphere of the concert just adds an extra kick to the girls' awesome vocal performance.

I adore the verses in this dub, they rock! I guess one thing about the repetitiveness is that it makes this part easy to remember, lol. I couldn't help but softly mouth along while wiggling my toes and bopping my head slightly to the catchy beat. 1:49 is Sayuri's solo, and she sounds fantastic! Just watching Airi and hearing Sayu, she has a great energy that fits wonderfully!

Yay chorus!! The girls are terrific, the blending mega marvelous, and the overall sound just smashing. I really like the "so" at the start and the "ichibu shika" ending the first line. Also, in "tte hanasu kimi ga iru" (2:08ish) the higher notes on 'tte' and 'kimi' are fabulous!!

The "dokidoki" at about 2:20 is a little iffy, cause the girls get quieter as they hit the higher notes on the edge of their range, so they're a bit soft in volume and not super strong in delivery. All the same, they sound sweet and managed the notes well, without getting pitchy. The trio finishes with an awesome "BURABO"

2:29 starts off the next verse, which -as most of us who've heard this song before know- is very similar to the first time round. It's excellent sounding even so! I did hear one girl more on the first two lines (Potato maybe?) and then at 2:39 it's more like all three together. It's a bit different, but not bad. The transition sounds pretty cool. Potato at 2:49 rocks her solo!! She delivers so well and sounds sensational!

More great chorus ensues! This cast really is fantastic together. Fae is so cute, starting around 3:32. Her little speaking-part interaction with the crowd as they chant the "P A T I"s before her solo starts up, and it's as adorable as she is! One last chorus finishes off the dub, with it's terrific "BURABO" ~ fnewkfjn kjgnkgjrg, this is really really good!! RABURABU

BonBon's latest [by Izumi]

Hi, everyone! Its Izumi again! I'm going to start off with BonBon Project's recent cover of Koi no Jubaku by Berryz Koubou. Early Berryz makes me happy, so I look forward to this! While Koi no Jubaku is not my favorite Berryz song, it is a catchy song and I do like it! ^^



The people who participated in this dub are as follows;
(in order of solo hearance)

ohmiyamoto / Miya
animeobsessed40 / Moka-chan
Lilacsilk28 / Sayuri
AmeUsoTsuki / Youshu
Liz9419 / Liz
MomoPhiy / Phiy
hitsugayahinamori / Michi
kakkoiko / Potatoeto
NykkiPoo / Nykki
Reevchan / Ren
pianopixels / Mikuu
ChiiAyu / ChiiAyu
nytefaerie / Fae
CocoNStorm / Coco

First thing I thought was WOW. Such a long list! I know several of the people here or am familiar with their voices through IKP auditions and such. While there are no color-coded lyrics provided in the drop-down box, the singers names are very conveniently placed on the video, making things easier. Lots of thanks to whoever thought to do this! (AYA: Homg, I love this too!)

First off, I want to say congrats to the mixer of this dub. This is a lot of people to mix into one dub and you did a GREAT job with the timing and volumes of this mix! I loved the blending of the final line. You made the differences in the mics not as noticeable, which is really good! It must help that these girls all blend so well together! Everyone sounds good with everyone! A great piece to listen to!

The dub is started off by Miya at 0:41. The mic seems to make Miya sound muffled, but she has a cute voice. Miya's second solo at 2:29 is just as cute as her first one, and the energy went up quite a bit. I really liked her watashi. The next solo is by Moka-chan. She has another cute voice, but could do best with a TAD bit more energy. I liked the 'Ah' at the end of her solo.

Next up is Sayuri! I don't think Ive ever heard her non-Airi voice. I like her natural voice, but I think that her "mamoru no yo" was a little choppy for my taste. I loved her 'Ah' especially! I love her deeper voice, especially with her second solo at 2:22! Ending the first four solos is Youshu, who seems to be one of the lower voices of the cast. I really am fond of her voice in both of her solos. I especially liked her "Koi no Jubaku" at 2:55 :3

Starting the second round of solos is Liz, who is debuting in this single. Congrats on getting into BonBon Project, Liz! She seems to be the lowest voice in this cast, and I really like her mature voice! Many people I've heard dub J-POP have higher voices, and I like her original voice! It sticks out in my mind, but not when she sings with others! Next is Phiy! She's another of the lower/medium voices in the cast, and I think she sounded a little shaky, but I love her voice.

Next off is Michi, who seems like she's trying to sound a little like Momo, but I feel like it works here because there are other higher voices in the cast, and it isn't a forced Momo-voice, so it works. After her is Potatoeto, who was probably one of my favorites to listen to in this dub! She has lots of emotion, and she just has a really good voice that fits this song. I also LOVE her "Koi no Jubaku" at 3:31. After Potatoeto's first solo, the chorus starts, which is primarily blending. I noticed that the group parts went by the colors of the names on the video. (AYA: This is cool too!)

The Blue Team (Nykki, Miya, Chiiayu, and Phiy) start off the chorus at 1:28. Right after them is the Pink and Purple Team (Coco, Michi, Moka-chan, and Fae) at 1:31. Then the Green Team (Ren, Potatoeto, and Sayuri) at 1:35 and The Red, Yellow, and Orange team (Youshu, Mikku, and Liz) at 1:40. I love how these people blend together. It seems almost flawless. Nykki ends the first chorus with her "Koi no Jubaku" at 1:44. She seems a little nasally, was she sick? She still has a sweet voice that I really enjoy hearing. If she was sick, then I applaud her for still being strong in her solo.

Starting the second verse is Ren at 1:52. I really like her voice, especially her "shinaide yo" and her quiet 'ah' at the end. Following her is Mikku at 1:58. She's probably tied with Liz for the lowest voice in this cast. I REALLY loved her "no ni." Her solo at 2:25 seems a little choppy for my taste, but I love her strong, deep voice.

After her is ChiiAyu singing at 2:05. I also think she was trying to sound like Momo, but I really like her "wasureru wa." The high pitch is a little shocking for me since I've heard her real voice, but I still liked her performance here. Finally is Coco, who I loved here. I love her medium-pitched voice, and she sang her one solo at 2:19. I like the way she solo sounds with the music, especially with her "deta no." That was pretty much it for solos!

The second chorus starts off again with the same groups as before, but in different order (Red/Orange/Yellow, then Blue, then Pink, and finally Green). These groups blended really well together! I'm not sure if they were based on blending or on color, but either way they all sound fantastic together! At the bridge, again, same teams, but different order (Green, Red/Yellow/Orange, Blue, and Pink/Purple) before Potatoeto finishes off the last full chorus with her great "koi no jubaku." Finally, at the end, two of the teams (Red/Yellow/Orange and Blue) sing the final bits of chorus before everyone joins in for one final "koi no jubaku" to end the song.

I really do love this dub! I had a great time listening to it! I love how all of these girls voices blend together especially. I loved everyones solos and all of the group parts as well as the AMAZING group line at the very end. Very good job on this dub, BonBon Project! Ill be subbing and keeping an eye on you guys :3

Hitomi Yoshizawa - Aibonboniful / Mikuu [Cover]
Miki Fujimoto - animeobsessed40 / Moka-chan [Cover]
Ai Takahashi - meknowright / Rhythm
Risa Niigaki - StellaUta / Stella [Cover]
Eri Kamei - nytefaerie / Fae
Sayumi Michishige - kannychan21 / Kanny
Reina Tanaka - hitsugayahinamori / Michi
Koharu Kusumi - NykkiPoo / Nykki
Aika Mitsui - MomoPhiy / Phiy



Meh, this is one of those things where I don't care for the song very much, which tunes down my motivation for covering a song. Lameness, I know. I shall do a little something on it anyways, but sorry if it fails in any way.

[*] Everyone did really good on there solos. I heard so many lovely mature voices, and one or two cute ones. Fae did a great job on mixing all the pieces and parts together! All of the groups parts were wonderful~ All of the "Demo ne (demo ne) Demo ne (demo ne) LOVELY (LOVELY) LOVELY (LOVELY)" parts were pretty cool, and I know it went from girl to girl, so everyone contributed! And I actually really liked the "Egao Yes NUUDO"s. They rocked.

[*] Rhythm did good on the vocalizing in the beginning. And 0:53, I really like Stella as Risa. She has a great voice and always sounds good. I do agree with Phiy's comment on herself, that she was kind of pitchy, but I give her props for singing it out anyways. Michi really stood out to me, she has such a cute and clear voice and sings with good energy, I liked her at 1:05.

At 1:40 I really liked Moka-chan's little line. And Mikuu was good on her solo at 1:50. Oh, I really really liked Stella's "nemuru" at about 2:38; it was awesome. I think 2:59 was one of Nykki's best lines, I especially liked the "Yukkuri na" part. The "oh" at 3:03 by Kanny was cute.

[*] I feel super lame for not writing more, since this really is a great dub. I totally gave it five stars. A lot of the song is the chorus, which was fabulous! So yeah, don't overlook this dub just cause I can't think up enough good things to say.

BonbonProject

With almost twenty releases under their belt since their start in January of 2009, Bonbon is a fun and friendly group just doing their thing; dubbing. The project is headed by MomoPhiy and nytefaerie and currently has three main groups;

♥ Grazie! ♥ [covers Buono]
★ Chokoretto Girls ★ [covers Momus]
♫ Bonbon Workshop ♫ [covers Berryz]

There is also the group Jellybeans, whose members fill in as covers when needed, and also partake in groudubs and shuffle units.

MINI INTERVIEW TIME~
So, I messaged the project, asking them some basic questions, and this is some of what I got back. Thanks so much to Fae and Phiy for taking the time to reply!

AYA: When did your project first start? I see the date listed on the profile, but is it accurate?

FAE: "I'm pretty sure we started on that date. . .Certainly around that time. (But) if you mean when we got our groups, that was later. Mid July last year. . .we started auditions for our Buono group (Grazie) for an Airi Suzuki. . .At the same time we decided to open auditions for a couple more groups, Berryz and Morning Musume (Bonbon Workshop and Chokoretto Girls)."

AYA: Where did the idea come from?* Just a random thought? A friend's idea? A funny conversation? Did it take some consideration, or was it a; Let's DO IT, kind of thing?

FAE: "After discovering Buono we'd been learning the dances. . .and when Phiy discovered dubbing it seemed a fun idea to try. . .and well, we made it. We thought up our name in school. . .We were also going to call it something Cherry themed at first but the names were taken, and well, it turned out better in the end. I can't imagine not being Bonbon now."

AYA: What would you say is the goal of your project; Are you set on making progress as a group, or is your main goal to just have fun? Somewhere inbetween?

FAE: "I'd say the goal of our project is to have fun~ We try to make our dubs as good as they can be, but that's more for the feeling of having worked together to produce something we can be proud. . ."

AYA: Anything interesting you'd like to add?

FAE: "All of our groups have symbols (★ ♫ ♥), ♠ All of Bonbon. . .They're thanks to Phiy who does all the video uploading basically."

Moving on!

It took me forever to decide what dub to cover. I was set on shuffle unit Bonbon Lucky Dip's dub of Shiroi Tokyo, but I kept putting this entry off as I was waiting on the interview reply, and by the time I got to it, I was trying to find something else to cover. And so I chose Bonbon's latest release.

Momoko Tsugunaga - Fae / nytefaerie
Miyabi Natsuyaki - Phiy / MomoPhiy
Airi Suzuki - Sayuri / Lilacsilk28



[*] I love Fae's little Ciao! It's so cute! This song is insanely catchy and this dub is freaking, dare I say it for the 12th+ time? Yes. EPIC! I like the melody of the verses more than the chorus, and I like how this group sounds on them better as well. When they sing together on those first two lines (well all of the verses really, lol) all three of these gals just sound SO good!!

[*] Homg, if I thought Fae's was cute, Sayuri's Ciao! is like 3 times cuter, and totally reminds me of Airi. 0:45 and 1:03 are two of my favorite spots! I love the tune here, and it really shows off the girls' pretty/cute voices so well. I even really liked the little higher note in there; sounded good! I think Phiy and Fae also suit their parts well.

[*] I think I have remarked before on how I adore the clearness and complete beauty of Sayuri's voice. Her solos always make me super happy, cause they are always awesome! 1:11 for example; wonderful vocals. And she is followed by miss Fae! I love the second end of her solo, around 1:18, her Aisu especially!

[*] ! I have not yet said anything about Phiy, but it's cause I haven't reached her first solo until now, which is at 1:20. This is Phiy's last single with Grazie! ;w; The next time you hear Grazie, Ai (kakkoiko) will be singing as Airi. The lovely mature vocals and energy Phiy contributed to this group shall be missed.

[*] I'm pretty sure it's Sayuri that does the little 'Buono' at 1:32, and it's SO cuuute [LOL, Fae says that it's actually Phiy. I wasn't really sure ;w; All three sound so cute] Oh, some higher notes here in the chorus; most of them turned out good, maybe a little strain is noticable, but with veryone not having high-range voices, it was pulled off rather well.

[*] 2:55 was awesome!! I really liked this solo of Fae's! I must admit that she does sing quite a few notes out of tune usually (though her cuteness and energy totally make up for it), but not this time!! Every freaking note of this solo was super good!! I love it~

[*] Phiy at 2:59. I liked the first half of her solo more, since the ending note was a little off. Plus I really like her on the repeated 'o' sounds in OOBUN, which is supposed to be english-to-japanese for oven; how cute!

[*] And the group did a really good job at 3:58 on the little group-solo bit with quiter backing-music. I really like how Sayuri, Fae and Phiy sound together. Again, the high notes are a little stretched, but still accomplished. Overall; fabulous dub!! I must listen to some earlier releases by ♥ Grazie! ♥ ~