音時雨 ～Regentropfen～

When I stop writing, seems it always becomes a long while. :sqhmm: So I guess all my blog posts written in this situation will be like summary-of-recent-days. xD

First, of course I'll give it to my regular music topic. :P
Since C81 has gone, I can only introduce this album:
Angela Aki - SONGBOOK

Interesting jacket, isn't it? ^^
Anyways, here we got another cover album. I really don't listen to western pop music that much (you know!), but, I love her covers, like KOKIA.
Kinda weird view? Maybe. Yet, I later went to youtube and dug out all original versions. My conclusion, still like KOKIA's case, I prefer Angela Aki's cover! lol
I think, to me, I don't care if that's Jpop or whatever, what I really like is the way the artists sing. So here, Angela Aki (and KOKIA) turned those songs more Jpop-like, and thus I could have a chance to listen then love them. However, if I love them will be fully depended on who thethe singers are. :sqwah:

Currently I'm still waiting for Hanako Oku's new single "Cinderella". (damn why no one uploads that? =A=)
And on 25th, KOKIA will be releasing three new singles! GREAT!!! :sqlove:

Finally finished this series. What I could say? If give this anime a score, I will rate it 9/10.
That's such a great anime. It fits my taste. Its colour scheme is good, neither too brilliant nor too grayish; cast voices are nice, characters are vivid -- gosh, Yukari is just MOE!!!! (super fangirl mode) :sqpo: More importantly, the story is interesting. Music, though I'm not familiar with the famous composer (not a fan of Taku Iwasaki ^^;), I love the theme songs so much. Oh, god, Masumi is here too! <3 The only regretful thing is that Masumi didn't actually sing. xD
In all, I enjoyed Katanagatari so much. I COULD give it 10/10 if its end wasn't like that.
Spoiler, highlight as you wish.

I got a TA position in this term, and I was very happy to work with the course coordinator and administrator again since I've been working with them since last year. But the only issue, my lab section is at 8:30 in the morning. I had to re-adjust my inner clock... :sqohnoes: And now I think I've turned my clock back to normal. Not bad but I still like to stay later to enjoy the night silence. Well, I can't in this term anymore. xD

I think most people should have heard about SOPA and PIPA. I knew that from the blacked-out wikipedia. As I learned more about it, the main thinking in my mind was like, hey, it's 2012, and ahead of the nature, that's humans themselves going insane first? However, seems it got calmed down a little bit, but not done yet. When I saw the whitened wikipedia again, somehow, I feel like to play some warm KOKIA songs. At that moment, I really felt very good in my heart. "Thank you" is such an amazing phrase! -- I just want everything to be normal as it is now. I don't care about the gov decision, but I do care about the online freedom. >_<

Pretty much of my dumb complaint and fanatic passion toward what I dislike and I love in this post, I'll end here! :3

New Year, new music.
Let's go to the point directly, C81, I'm satisfied.

Istoria -Kalliope-

Akiko, you finally began to care about your unfinished promise of Istoria -Musa-... totally FOUR years! TAT
Anyhow, I love this album! This time, all tracks are more unified comparing to Musa. Instead of the collaboration of different composers, Akiko did all the work. I think this is the reason. But, that's a pity that Yoshitaka Hirota wasn't here this time. His arrangement of "Terpsichora" is EPIC!
Also, I don't really like the illustrations. I mean, I don't like their style of drawing the character, especially the face. -_-||
However, the music is superb, and that's enough to me. I have no favorite track, I love them all! XDD These tracks are this kind that you can loop for several times without being realized. You will not get bored by looping; the music is so colorful and gorgeous.

Killer Song

Now, this is my newest addiction!
I never thought there would be Key + yanaginagi! Though I wondered how come there was Key + Haruka Shimotsuki. xD But, nagi does fit it!
This mini-album (or single?) is like a prelude to their next project "Love Song 2". However, by reading their official page, I remembered Key + riya. 13 love songs, similar world setting, also, their URL is called 'lovesong2'!
So, will there be any relationship between these two albums? I hope there are some, but... probably not, who knows. :P
Anyway, I love the music movie of "Killer Song" so much! They're so nice to release a full length video with high quality!

Awesome. I especially love the part begins from 3:50.

時は流れひとつの伝説が / Time went by,
まことしやかに囁かれた / And since when, people were murmuring a tale.
難攻不落の城があるが不可解 / In a mystious impregnable castle,
その城の主は目が見えず / The lord could not see,
騎士はまともに歩けさえしないと / And his knight could not even walk,
そんな奇跡を起こす恋もある / Yet, that was such a miracle by their love.

This is just typical Key-style! ><
Maybe I should use my crappy translation power for the whole lyrics someday. :P

There were other good C81 works, including my favorite Haruka and Annabel, but they were not as exciting as Akiko and Key + nagi. I will just keep those on my EHD and stop writing here.

P.S. Still in Corpse Party mode during New Year. But that guy who made funny videos for "Blood Covered" didn't do live playing videos for "Book of Shadows", I had to look for other's playing videos. People hardly do live videos like him, and all I found were rather boring. -_- Now I only watch for the plot. I hope that guy can do live for BS soon!!!! XDD

@pixiv

This idea came out 2 days ago. -- I didn't get any celebrating images for this year, so why not do one?
It was Christmas period, so, of course, the theme was that! But who?
For getting a joyful aura, I thought that would be nice if I get some chibi-characters. Dolls would be pretty good, and the main character holds one. To cheer that up, maybe two dolls? The other one would be on her head!!
Then that was the arrangement, and for the characters, don't know, since it's a trio, why not simply use my ange-sis? :P

I didn't make any pre-color scheme. It came to the time to color, and I finally decided not using the classic Xmas red. Sweet pink! -- this image was hence directed to be surrounded by pink magic. xD
BTW, the title was got at the end. To put them together in to a real illustration is actually much harder than just draw and color it, so true! xD