Comments on: White Album Character Song 2 / Ogata Rina – Review

By: Anime Piece of the Week: #5 - Pop Vocals | Anime Instrumentality Blog

Anime Piece of the Week: #5 - Pop Vocals | Anime Instrumentality Blog — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:40:52 +0000

[...] having to write up something of substance in praise of this track because from the time I wrote this entry until now, my opinions of the song have not changed. [...]

By: zzeroparticle

zzeroparticle — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:29:47 +0000

@Minnie
Yeah, Nana Mizuki’s ability to sing definitely outstrips Aya Hirano’s when compared side by side and she definitely makes Sound of Destiny far better through her vocal talents. Still, it’s only through Mizuki that the song is even good because the original version was pretty awful.

By: Minnie

Minnie — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:23:37 +0000

I’ve already listened to Sound of Destiny multiples times and find it pretty decent and fun. It’s not her best by any means but it’s nice. But then, I listen to Glass Flower here and I have to agree with you. Glass Flower beats Sound of Destiny. Maybe it’s because I prefer a lot of other genres over pop but meh. Now, I need to find a way to get a hold of that song. I love Nana Mizuki and I believe that her voice is incredible, enough to make Sound of Destiny sound pretty cool despite how generic it is.

Awesome review. Thanks for taking your time to write this! ^__^ I appreciate it~

By: zzeroparticle

zzeroparticle — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:10:43 +0000

@omo
I assume you’re talking about the 80s vibe that you get our of some of these songs and I thought that Aya Hirano/Yuki’s CD had more of that vibe since track 2 in particular was the sort of stuff I’ve heard out of Asian events (like weddings) when I attended them in the 80s. With this album, that’s harder to immediately recognize though I will admit to not being completely in touch with 80’s music, so I’ll trust your ear more than mine here.

@lelangir
*Doh* Why must you be so fickle

But I do agree that her performance on this album definitely has a more emphatic climax during those segments. Wonder if that might be because of the quality of the sound or whatnot during the episode or dialogue distractions while here, all of our attention is focused on Mizuki’s performance.

By: lelangir

lelangir — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:50:46 +0000

I retract my previous fanboying – this song is awesome, but obviously not her best (probably not my favorite anymore…I’m currently hooked on Replay Machine).

Also, I have this really strange feeling that the CD version is different than the anime version. I know that’s highly unlikely, but there’s this really subtle difference in the way she pronounces her vowels during kikitai kikenaino [fast forward a bit] iitai ienai yo. I could point out specific measure numbers but I’m too lazy – I think you get the points I’m talking about, they’re climactic.

By: omo

omo — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:58:16 +0000

I’m not sure if they are going for that 80s motif, but it’s a bit half-half. Appropriate I guess, since the anime is the same way.

Good stuff nonetheless.