Misc Reviews by Fae

Hey! Fae here~ So I've been on semi-hiatus due to exams and not able to write my entries here, but I'm finally back! (Only 1 exam left!) I'm sorry some of these entries are so delayed!

First up, SoraProject's Kiss Kiss Kiss. I saw an entry earlier here talking about this same project where they weren't sure of the cast so I did a little searching through the channel and came up with this! I'm sorry if it's wrong. Please put the cast on your videos guys? It makes it a lot easier for us here on Blabodu to write if we know who's singing, and also it makes it easier for people listening to check out other dubs by members of the cast!



Tsugunaga Momoko: rozentorndoll
Natsuyaki Miyabi: Rasubelly
Suzuki Airi: FuonYuri

Kiss Kiss Kiss by Sora Project / The song starts off with Airi, sung by FuonYuri. Her voice is so uber pretty! She really delivers that solo well! She's followed by rozentorndoll. D'awww. She's so cute! The mixer added a critique into the drop down box for her to "Practice lyrics a little too." which I would also advise her to work on. Occasionally her pronunciation and timing is off, but that doesn't detract from the super cuteness!

The chorus is up next and it's great! The girls blend nicely. rozentorndoll can stand out from the other two sometimes but I think this is more related to volume difference than anything else. Sora should work a little on keeping the girls volumes the same, and also turning the volume of the group parts down a little.

At 0:46 we get to hear the first solo from Rasubelly! Her voice is really nice throughout! The mixer also gave a critique for her to watch her high notes in the song. There were a couple of places I could hear Belly struggle with these, but as this is a pretty high song I completely understand! With a little more work I'm sure she'll manage them!

I really liked that Sora added the 'Kiss Kiss Baby' parts in the bridge of the song at 2:52. Her voice is really pretty and it gave this dub a unique feel to it! The song finishes up with another high energy chorus! I really liked that there was a lot of energy coming from all of these girls! It made this really enjoyable to listen to. This group is definitely worth keeping an eye on! I can only suggest working a little more on timing and the other things I've already mentioned!




Shimizu Saki: diabolicbread
Tsugunaga Momoko: Love94Sonic
Tokunaga Chinami: Miriko96
Sudou Maasa: Konata
Natsuyaki Miyabi: Izumi
Kumai Yurina: Stella
Risako Sugaya: Iaukiro
Ishimura Maiha: ?

Piriri to Yukou groupdub (hosted by Iaukiro) / Another dub where the cast list isn't quite clear. I guessed that Maasa was Konata and Miyabi was Izumi, so I'm sorry if I got it wrong! Also, I have no idea who's singing Maiha's part... so I think I'll refer to people by who they're dubbing here!

I really love Piriri to Yukou though! It's definitely one of my favourite Berryz songs. Cute, energetic and solos for everyone; what more do you need?! This cast really did a great job too! I can't help wanted to dance along~ The solos are all pretty short though, so I won't be saying too much about individual voices. The first set of solos is amazing though! The Chinami and Maiha singers sound so adorable! I just want to dive on them and give them a hug! *squeals*

The Maasa and Captain sound super cool in their solos! Their voices are so amazing! I just wish I could hear more of them. Whoever sings as Momo really stood out to me as having tons of energy! I really loved how her line came across! The Risako, Yurina and Miyabi parts all sound great too! There were slight differences in mic quality between people in this, so it would have been nice if they could be fixed. The high pass filter is really helpful in fixing stuff here!

The blending in all the duets is really nice throughout this! As the majority of this song is duets between the same group of people, I'm glad that these groups all blend well! Occasionally there were little dips in energy in these duets, but overall they are all fantastic! The last group "Piriri to Yukou!" sounds great! Carry on spicing things up guys! (Lame pun alert! Haha.)




Rika Ishikawa: Yui [YuiChuru]
Erika Miyoshi: Mizu [AnimeXLover28Kat]
Yui Okada: Belly [Rasubelly]

Kacchoi ze! JAPAN by Shoko! (xKiraKiraProjectx) / This is the debut of a new group from KiraKiraProject! "This group will cover all kind of pop groups that has 3 members and consists out of me, the Leader, and our new pre-gen 2 members." Wow, these girls all blend so well!

The timing in the first group parts is perfect! There does seem to be something missing somehow though, a little extra 'pow!' is needed throughout the song from all the girls. I'm not sure if it's energy missing (although I know Belly normally has good energy, so probably not) ... it seems that everything is muffled? Whatever it is it'd be great if it could be fixed so that I could hear the full power of these girls' voices because they all sound fantastic!

Yui starts the dub off with the Rika solos. Her voice is so pretty and cute! She really delivered her lines well. She's followed by Mizu. Wow, her voice is so mature here. So coool! I love how it sounds. This is followed by more of the epic blending and another gorgeous Yui solo.

Belly sings next. Waahhh, her voice is so nice! I love the way she sings. I really like the 'Hey!' parts in this, for example at 0:56. So energetic! Yui and Mizu both seem to struggle a bit with the high notes in their solos at 1:20 and 2:24. Although Yui manages to pull it off with only a little strain, Mizu's pitching goes a bit off.

The choruses in this are really one of the highlights for me! Aya was saying earlier about how this often seems to be the case for her in dubs and I have to agree. It's lucky really, as the chorus is the part of the song that gets repeated. These girls blend so nicely during the group lines at the end of them and their solos are all fantastic during the choruses.

This song finishes up with one more of these epic choruses "YO! KOSO heiwa" before we hear a last repeat of the "KACCHOI ZE!" section. Yay, blending! Apart from the strange muffling thing this turned out really nicely! The girls all have really unique voices which is nice to hear and I'm sure this group will turn out fantastic. Congrats on debuting!

Kisetsu Project [Review by Faefae]

Cast, In Order of Hearance
Ami / Manda / Reika / Rixie
Angeru / Meche / Tomokyo

ROMANCE by Natsu Musume (KisetsuProject) / DUNDUNDUUUNNNN! Fae's back to cover a dub from Kisetsu Project! "This is the 1st track to Natsu Musume's 3rd single ROMANCE. This single is Tomokyo's Graduation Single. We will miss you Tomokyo~ Come back in the future."

This single contains an awesome cast! Although I'm not familiar with all of the voices in this group, half the cast being epic suggests that the other half will be brilliant too! Sadly there are no colour coded lyrics though, although the description does tell me the solos are in order. I always get confused without lyrics though, so I'm sorry if I get the names mixed up!

The song starts out with group parts and these girls sound great in them. I hear some gorgeous blending! The mixing, while mainly great, could use a little work here though. The volumes tended to jump between group parts and solos, which can be jolting to the listener. Working on that would help to make this dub even better!

The solo at 0:36 sounds great! (If I'm right this is Ami?) Such a soothing voice! I was sad that the line wasn't longer. She's followed by Manda who's voice is really mature! It sounds great! The next singer, Reika, sings one of my favourite lines in this. It's just spot on, it sounds amazing! She's followed by Rixie who sounds lovely! I really like her "aenaku." She goes slightly flat in the second half of her line, but nothing too bad, and her voice is really nice!

Angeru's line also sounds amazing! Once again it's too short for me to get a good listen to her voice, but what I could hear sounds great! She's followed by Meche who has amazing vibrato on that last note. Finally, we reach Tomokyo's solo. Her voice is just adorable! It'd be really nice if the mixer could add reverb to this so the voices would stick out less from the instrumental. After this, if I'm right the solos repeat in this order, and once more they all sound fantastic! I really liked the "amai amai" (at 2:08) and the "dakishimeteite ne" (2:42)!

Hanabi Charms

Yuuka -- Nina
Saki -- Belly
Ayaka -- Yuri
Kanon -- Risa
-Nina as temporary cover for Jelli-chan-

/ Review by Fae / Waahhh my first entry for Aya's blog! This is exciting~ I don't want to ramble and bore you all though, so without further ado, onto the dub! This is Ama no Jaku from ChARmSproject's group Sakura Dreams! Ama no Jaku is the second single from this group. (I wonder what they did first? ... apparently Otona ni Narutte Muzukashii, covered on here by our lovely Aya!) This song has been covered a lot, so I always find it interesting to hear new versions of it, although I have to admit I prefer the later smileage releases!

Major props to Nina for stepping in as a cover! I don't think I know any of the singers in this, so this is doubly exciting (Ah, I notice ChARmSproject have their logo in the corner of the video! I don't remember if Aya mentioned it before, but it's super cute! Noticeable enough without drawing too much attention from the video itself!)

This song launches straight into solos giving me a chance to listen to the voices individually~ And wow! These girls all sound so cute here! First up is Nina as Yuuka. (Ok, the amount of times I'm going to squee over how adorable these people are while I write this will be ridiculous). I don't know what it is, but the last word of her first solo really stands out to me! So much character, it really fit with Yuuka's expression! Her pitching is great as well! One thing I would love to hear more of from Nina, and in general from this cast is just a tad more energy! It seemed like they were holding back a bit to fit the song.

Next is Belly! Her voice is more mature than the rest of the cast and it sounds great! I really loved the feeling in all her lines. Her voice is very unique and pretty! Then we come to what has to be the cutest voice in this cast. Yuri sounds adorable! One thing that really stood out to me while watching this was how well the singers fit their member. Not that they were voice clones, just that it seemed so natural to hear their voices coming out of the faces! Finally we get to Risa's lines. Risa's voice has a really soft feeling to it which is great to hear! This can make her sound a bit quiet at times though, so don't be afraid to sing out!

I must say I really enjoyed the choruses in this song! I'm so glad the mixer went to the trouble of putting in all the echoes, and the girls blend really nicely. All the timing is spot on as well! Whoever mixed this did a brilliant job with that. Gah, I really enjoyed this dub. I'm definitely going to keep an eye on them from now on~

Kerri-chan [StarburstSunDrops]
Sootie [SootjeNL]
Peachii [Animeobsessed40]
Rii [AzNxRawRx]

Subete wa ai no chikara by Miracle Musume (Hanabi Projects) / Review by Ayu / [CClyrics] Blending is very good! It's the first dub I've heard of this song; I've been waiting to hear a good one, and this is very kawaii. Kerri's solo at 0:46 is beautiful. Her line at 1:11 is very sweet too. The girls could use a little more energy overall, since this is a song that requires it a lot. But I think everyone did a very good job besides that.

Good pitching overall and pronounciation is very nice too, I think what i like the most is the mixing and the chorus blending. Sootie at 2:46 is my very favorite part of the dub; great energy, phrasing and pitch - she kinda reminded me of Takahashi's voice. Lovely lovely.

~Aya here! Adding onto what Ayu's already said, I've had a listen myself and I agree with the majority of what she says *nodnod* But I wanted to toss out there that I adore the group parts! The solos are nice, but I think the chorus is my favorite. I really like all of the "Hey Hey Sugoi/Sugoku"s - great blending.

There are a lot of duets sung by different pairs throughout the song; the first set at 0:53 are each of the girls paired with Rii. And the second set is at 1:52, this time it's each of the girls singing with Peachii. I like all of them, especially Kerri and Peachii on there "Aa Maru de jinsei" at 1:56. As Ayuchan said, this could use more energy, but it's nice overall.