Oops, looks like I did let you guys a little on how I plan for my chapter. If you have read v1 that is. If you haven’t, too bad. Here’s v2.
Cya guys again on… the weekend? Meanwhile, work hard people!
Sunday Night Report: Entertainment News Weekly No.XX
(You know if I ever remember the number I’ll put it down. Not like I’ll go count from the first one I… unofficially started with.)
Welcome back, guys, if you have been waiting to see if I’m going back to the lair. I’m not, unfortunately, and probably won’t ever again after the next Sunday. Until then, you will get your on-time posts. When I mean “on-time”, I mean “before Sunday 2359 hours”. Haha.
ANIME
Don’t know why, no Samumenco leh. Guess they noticed how bad the show is going and is thinking of YET another cliffhanger? Haha…
Seitokai Yakuindomo*: Plenty of jokes to laugh and get as blur as Mitsuba about, but what I definitely can remember are the following:
”Twenties!” – Shichijou Aria (and)
”Pussy Cat!” – Yokoshima-sensei
(And they actually teach English in Japan…)
Nagi no Asukara: If you guys missed the previous posts, you should check back. (^_^) Anyways, playing an episode with the title “Sleeping Beauty”, the kid who has been asleep finally gets awoken (by cheesy topics involving her?). And now that she is awoken, (yesh I’m thinking this logically) what would happen to the town underwater? Don’t tell me she gets the reward without any consequences? Yesh, and if you guys heard a familiar god’s voice in the preview you may be on the same track as me…
[Note: Accuracy of proposition not guaranteed. Seek your nearest animation producer for details.]
And I swear Manaka’s way of awaking is a classic. At least within this wonderful show.
Golden Time: With Kouko getting more desperate every episode, I somehow cannot handle her stupidity coupled with her straightforwardness in love. Which I guess Banri handles well, and everyone else is not. Especially with the fact that he has an unexplainable past with Linda-senpai which EVERYONE wants to know. Even Oka-chan is interested already. But he cannot remember. Then how? Wait for next episode lor. And really, if anyone mistook the Eiffel Tower sculpture as some love object, you’re on the right track. (Audience: As you?) (No, of course. Really, no. Stop with the staring.)
No Seki-kun either. I guess this week’s on school vacation so they are not with their DESKS??
SHOWS
MythBusters: Wonderful episode about guns, and surprising how a bullet going through a bent barrel up to 180 degrees can still fly fast enough to penetrate you. Even if it is in the wrong direction, as Jamie states. The others somewhat make some sense too.
GAMES
Been touching on a couple of (PC, Windows) games recently, thought I should share it here too.
Car Mehanic Simulator 2014: Totally recommended for amateur drivers who don’t know their car, even if they do not want to know more. You will make a car mechanic his (or her) day but telling them the car’s fault, I swear.
Banished: Long time since I played a survival city-building (I guess more of a village instead) game for so long (the whole afternoon today) but I swear it’s a great game. Even though the people inside walk like zombies and take a heck of a long time to do things inefficiently, even if they are educated. The front was mentioned by my sis; thanks anyway.
[All links in bold (from this paragraph) are from Steam, but doesn’t mean no hard copies or… official websites. Yes.]
KLASSIC NOTE
And yes, talking about this. I skipped ahead on Monday to talk about Yanagi Nagi already, so please read it yourself if you have the time. Effort work, you know. Now that it’s on my shelf (I have a post on that too) and also her previous with the addition of the one song I missed from last year “mnemonic”, she has truly became a legend. Well I mean by the least expected person to let me order his/her single. Really. Last time it’s HAPPY BIRTHDAY, or YUKI. Almost want to talk about AZUMA HITOMI. (She’s good too.) (Audience: That’s three years ago already…)
Wow I guess that’s all. Pretty hectic for a week entirely at home. Oops. Yep. My final days going back to that !@#$%^&* is ending soon, so naturally I’m happy. But guess I’m not happy yet, and that’s not good news. Promise you guys APoL Chapter 9 v2 comes tomorrow after I do the review and Chapter 10 is in the works. Drop by often, okay? Like, once a week, okay?
[P.S.: Oh now I’m listening to this song that LX should really listen. It’s called “Dear my friend” by “Goose house”. Dear my friend♪]
Sunday Night Report:
(Normally without a title means… I didn’t put one? Think again.)
How kind of her. If I ever feel pain on my legs and need physiotherapy anytime soon, I’ll go to the nearest hospital immediately for treatment. Well, not that it’s open yet…
[P.S.: That is all I can disclose anyway. Stay tuned for the post you’re more interested in: Entertainment News Weekly]
Saturday Night Report: The (Supposed) Birthday Delivery
If you look at the two images and don’t know that I just got my package this morning, you... never mind. I don’t want to scold people. Transiting to be a civilised person already… (Audience: LOL)
Will be talking about SID’s new single and Yanagi Nagi’s single (which I mentioned over here already), but mainly on SID, and the special gift. Yep. The B3 poster (really, not joking) which I don’t know where to put in my room now. Yanagi Nagi or Manaka-chan? Hmm…
The Klassic Note Review
SID – hug [Single]
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| [Limited Edition/Type A feat. Mao] | [Limited Edition/Type B feat. Shinji] |
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| [Limited Edition/Type C feat. Aki] | [Limited Edition/Type D feat. Yuuya] |
 [Regular Edition] |
Origin:
I guess they also don’t need much introduction either. SID has been a great Rock band ever since I heard them in 2008, under credit of Anime “Kuroshitsuji” (you guys know they’re starting production on a 3rd season, right?) and have been impressing me with great songs since then. Whether it is from moody to lively songs they all have a touch, surprisingly done by vocals and lyricist Mao, backed up by awesome solo guitarist (he does the solos every time so well you forget about everyone else) Shinji, bassist and (surprisingly) composer of the group Aki and upbeat drummer Yuuya. They all come up with nice songs and have been mentioned in credit of several Anime include recent “Magi” and even “BLEACH” too.
Wow too long an introduction liao…
Verdict:
Since it’s only single-track let’s keep it simple. Read below.
(1) hug
If its a emotional song then normally one would listen to the lyrics. Since I guess anyone reading this either is a English well-versed Japanese or just anyone who doesn’t understand Japanese, I’ll not talk about lyrics. But suffice it to say the lyrics are rather intimate, befitting of the title of the song. Melody wise… when I first heard it from the PV, the impression wasn’t deep, but it wasn’t all the bad. Their style if part of the reason why I still listen to them anyway, and I decided to take it. And then I found out it’s a single-track single, and here it is on my shelf.
Conclusion: If you like their style, support them as always. Like, buy their single, like what I did. Haha. Really. Don’t act blur. Also, this single is a good prelude to their album (which I probably wouldn’t buy, don’t know why) which I WILL be listening to it too, once it’s out (I can’t tell you where) next month.
~ Kaineng, on the Klassic Note
Yesh, now about the poster. Initially was excited about getting this order due to its source which was again different from the previous ones. Normally it’s CDJapan (do I need to put all the links here?), and last November it’s Animate Online Shop with Mina-chan and Yocchan’s singles (they get the season’s beta testing first), and this time it’s Yanagi Nagi, from HMV Japan’s online store it seems. Maybe I should just explain what I think of HMV. At first I expected to see a post card along with the B3 poster but then was disappointed because the post card did not appear. Then I checked repeatedly to confirm that the post cards are only for her Limited Edition title. Exceptions did apply on her previous single, but not now. And all early pre-orders do get the poster, which is what I did.
(I’ll probably do up an all-out review of all the retailers once I tried them all. Or most of them. Which would probably be within the year.)
Honestly, it’s late birthday gift. But even more honestly, I enjoyed it. Listening to it just makes me… happy. I guess that’s the reward I have for getting them in the first place. I guess… that’s my spirit. The Klassic Note spirit. Cya guys tomorrow, hopefully I’ll remember to do up the Entertainment News. Or not there’s always Monday…
Wednesday Night Report: The Klassic Note Reviews
(I decided to put them together…)
Verdict:
Pretty impressive single I must say, but not enough to get me to place it only shelf. Let’s just say her composition has been a little uncreative these days as I hear familiar parts and melodies now and then. But her efforts to make it better is not dropping, as I give my first 5-star song of this year.
(1) Faith
And yesh, it’s this song that deserves the prestigious title. Why? In many forms. The PV impresses me with a cool side of miwa, and really whose idea is it to put her on the edge of a… I know it’s camera but isn’t it a little dangerous?Anyway, the song itself is catchy, and the lyrics mean more than what I need to translate, because half the chorus is actually in English! If this song needs just one phrase to motivate you to listen, even if it is this song only:
“the pain remains, but I know it makes me stronger” – From miwa “Faith”
The last part of the chorus translates to ‘Protecting and unchangeable my faith”
(Italics represent from Japanese)
Doesn’t this make you stronger already? Haha well for my case: Yes. That’s why it deserved the 5-stars.
Rating: 5 stars (Impressive)
(2) Kitto Kanau
Eh this… is the reason why it will not appear on my shelf. Heard it a few weeks ago along with its adorably cute KitKat-credit on the PV with her in her mini-world sure is interesting and nice to look at, but the song… cannot make it, I guess. And it’s a tad bit too long, too. For such a song.
Rating: NOT IN LIST
(3) It’s you!
From when I heard this since last year in a live footage video, it wasn’t much of an impression. Even when I first got hold of listening to this single, it still wasn’t right off the mark. But then I noticed that years ago when she started I also listened to this kind of song, so I ask myself “why not give in to this song as well” that kind of thing. And so I did. Besides, it’s a lively song, and very straightforward in meaning, if you get the lyrics…
Rating: 4 stars (Average)
Conclusion:
Another premium production from miwa along with the music company, and looking forward to more of her great songs, which should not take too long too happen, I guess.
-Kaineng, on the Klassic Note
KLASSIC NOTE REVIEW
Goose house – Goose house Phrase #08
Oto no Naru Hou e / Koi no Hira Hirari (I merely just followed the official website)
Origin:
Looking at the Anime Edition cover should make you guys have a good guess I knew this from Anime “Gin no Saji” airing its second season since it had a short hiatus last season. But no, I don’t watch the show, but just chanced upon another single that is released on my birthday week (refer to previous post please) which I would like to listen. Thought this would be a good pair to the Yanagi Nagi single but it seems…
Verdict:
Coming from a bunch of budding composers which started from the Sony project “Play You” have came together on their eighth production (as seen from its title), and it isn’t disappointing. Disappointing thing is that I don’t really favour their sing-along acoustic style all the time, and it seems to appear across their other songs for the past two years too.
(1) Oto no Naru Hou e
Well this is what got me going. And it started from the Anime Ending Song preview. That 90 seconds. Which sounded quite different from this full song. It’s quick-paced lyrics soon follow up after the first chorus (which I did not expect) and the bring-up-the-octave-in-the-last-chorus trick was expected due to me seeing the commercial beforehand, but still not very impressed that I can give 5 stars for it. The PV does not really aid in its expressivity, but nice in that it features what members sings the parts and the scenery fits the song, I guess… Overall a good song.
Rating: 4 stars (Average)
(2) Koi no Hira Hirari
Don’t ask me why, but I just can’t seem to catch anything in this song. I was just listening and asking myself ‘is there anything I can talk about in this song’ and I tell you guys honestly, no. This is one of those I gave chance and still cannot make it, that kind of song. I guess one – or two – songs from them is enough?
Rating: NOT IN LIST
Conclusion:
A single to listen, but if you’re into some impactful songs, don’t depend on it. This band of people (who are all composers) are impressive in their coordinative effort and multi-layer chorus, and if you’re into acoustics, this is for you. Or if you like any of the girls, I suppose… Or guys… Or the Anime characters…
-Kaineng, on the Klassic Note
[P.S.: Oh it seems that you guys do mind about the “4 star” ratings I give as “Average” but honestly saying, that goes for like 90% of my songs which I ALWAYS listen throughout the year. So it’s nothing much. Every song I listen is special. Those that aren’t are not even given a rating by me. Even “3 stars” sounds impressive if you think about it…]
KLASSIC NOTE REVIEW
miwa – Faith
Origin:
I guess she does not need further introduction, isn’t it? miwa has been determined as the “new generation YUI” by me as I see her grow from her first single, and here now she’s singing songs for various credits (which I shall not bore you guys about) with its awesome Rock hit song! Even if you don’t like shorties, at least give her single a listen. Really.miwa – Faith
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| [Limited Edition] | [Regular Edition] |
Verdict:
Pretty impressive single I must say, but not enough to get me to place it only shelf. Let’s just say her composition has been a little uncreative these days as I hear familiar parts and melodies now and then. But her efforts to make it better is not dropping, as I give my first 5-star song of this year.
(1) Faith
And yesh, it’s this song that deserves the prestigious title. Why? In many forms. The PV impresses me with a cool side of miwa, and really whose idea is it to put her on the edge of a… I know it’s camera but isn’t it a little dangerous?Anyway, the song itself is catchy, and the lyrics mean more than what I need to translate, because half the chorus is actually in English! If this song needs just one phrase to motivate you to listen, even if it is this song only:
“the pain remains, but I know it makes me stronger” – From miwa “Faith”
The last part of the chorus translates to ‘Protecting and unchangeable my faith”
(Italics represent from Japanese)
Doesn’t this make you stronger already? Haha well for my case: Yes. That’s why it deserved the 5-stars.
Rating: 5 stars (Impressive)
(2) Kitto Kanau
Eh this… is the reason why it will not appear on my shelf. Heard it a few weeks ago along with its adorably cute KitKat-credit on the PV with her in her mini-world sure is interesting and nice to look at, but the song… cannot make it, I guess. And it’s a tad bit too long, too. For such a song.
Rating: NOT IN LIST
(3) It’s you!
From when I heard this since last year in a live footage video, it wasn’t much of an impression. Even when I first got hold of listening to this single, it still wasn’t right off the mark. But then I noticed that years ago when she started I also listened to this kind of song, so I ask myself “why not give in to this song as well” that kind of thing. And so I did. Besides, it’s a lively song, and very straightforward in meaning, if you get the lyrics…
Rating: 4 stars (Average)
Conclusion:
Another premium production from miwa along with the music company, and looking forward to more of her great songs, which should not take too long too happen, I guess.
-Kaineng, on the Klassic Note
When you thought one isn’t enough!
Goose house – Goose house Phrase #08
Oto no Naru Hou e / Koi no Hira Hirari (I merely just followed the official website)
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| [Anime/Limited Edition] | [Regular Edition] |
Looking at the Anime Edition cover should make you guys have a good guess I knew this from Anime “Gin no Saji” airing its second season since it had a short hiatus last season. But no, I don’t watch the show, but just chanced upon another single that is released on my birthday week (refer to previous post please) which I would like to listen. Thought this would be a good pair to the Yanagi Nagi single but it seems…
Verdict:
Coming from a bunch of budding composers which started from the Sony project “Play You” have came together on their eighth production (as seen from its title), and it isn’t disappointing. Disappointing thing is that I don’t really favour their sing-along acoustic style all the time, and it seems to appear across their other songs for the past two years too.
(1) Oto no Naru Hou e
Well this is what got me going. And it started from the Anime Ending Song preview. That 90 seconds. Which sounded quite different from this full song. It’s quick-paced lyrics soon follow up after the first chorus (which I did not expect) and the bring-up-the-octave-in-the-last-chorus trick was expected due to me seeing the commercial beforehand, but still not very impressed that I can give 5 stars for it. The PV does not really aid in its expressivity, but nice in that it features what members sings the parts and the scenery fits the song, I guess… Overall a good song.
Rating: 4 stars (Average)
(2) Koi no Hira Hirari
Don’t ask me why, but I just can’t seem to catch anything in this song. I was just listening and asking myself ‘is there anything I can talk about in this song’ and I tell you guys honestly, no. This is one of those I gave chance and still cannot make it, that kind of song. I guess one – or two – songs from them is enough?
Rating: NOT IN LIST
Conclusion:
A single to listen, but if you’re into some impactful songs, don’t depend on it. This band of people (who are all composers) are impressive in their coordinative effort and multi-layer chorus, and if you’re into acoustics, this is for you. Or if you like any of the girls, I suppose… Or guys… Or the Anime characters…
-Kaineng, on the Klassic Note
[P.S.: Oh it seems that you guys do mind about the “4 star” ratings I give as “Average” but honestly saying, that goes for like 90% of my songs which I ALWAYS listen throughout the year. So it’s nothing much. Every song I listen is special. Those that aren’t are not even given a rating by me. Even “3 stars” sounds impressive if you think about it…]