The Klassic Note Spirit Part 6 – The Year 2012 and 5th Year Plans

Previously, we talked about how Klassic Note may have taken a dip mainly because of the absence of the biggest Anime I've given and the changes to giving other styles of music besides Pop and Rock. Nonetheless, the fifth year continues this trend, however it did not stop expanding and actually gave rise to more recognition of artists I didn't expect to do over the past few years: indie artists. Let's take a look at what makes the first 5th anniversary celebration this special.

The Klassic Note Spirit Part 6
"The Year 2012 and 5th Year Plans"

(*The below information is an adaptation of the original excerpt which was posted here five years ago)

THE DEFINITION OF 5-STARS
After so many years of music listening and appreciation, it's time to take notice and ask myself the very question: "What is in a good song?" Is it a song that must impress me on first listen? Is it a song that is so flawless I could not criticise any part of the song at all? Should I give more songs based on certain rules of how the song is structured or continue to give blindly based on my instinct? Questioning myself on these ended up with me setting parameters (not as much as they are guidelines yet) as to define what is in 'a good song'. Problematic? Maybe. But as of that time, it became a necessity. And it's because of that and the need to keep up with the number of songs I have given such a rating before, I decide to push up on the amount of songs with a 5-stars rating out of second impression such that they are double the initial amount on the year itself. Really, it's this conflict that made Klassic Note worth thinking about. It also had a huge impact on my decisions for giving songs on following years too, which we will come to notice may become an enforcement.


THE LEGEND OF THE SHELF
And after so many years of... you know, leeching off the Internet, it's time to give back. This anniversary year also brought about me "working for the first time in my life", and so with me having a decent salary like any other consumer staring at their interests, I start to spend. And guess what’s the first thing I spend on: CDs. Lots of them, and enough to cover my old desk. That is about... 100+ discs from circa 2007 to 2012. (I forgot the actual numbers at this point) I can still recall the first batch of CDs that came to my house: I was so happy I couldn't stop smiling all the time I was reviewing every single one of those... I think a dozen discs in my living room alone. Those were the times, people. Remember that blog post? I guess not, I don't remember much of it anyway. Still, if there was someone who is THIS crazy to buy a stack of CDs which are not locally sold and where shipping costed a significant portion of the order (~25% according to my statistics, and 5-10% if you buy CDs from your local music store) that'll be me.
(As you will notice in the future this number will go up considerable due to going from batch purchase which cuts down shipping costs per item to single item, online store-focused ordering)

My stack of CDs on what is before today's "shelf"  where they are lined up instead of stacked, October 18, 2012.
(The labels on top pasted on book holders represent each year in Klassic Note)

The very first box of CDs that arrived at my home on July 12, 2012 according to Facebook haha
(This batch were releases on first half of KN2012)

YUI’S HIATUS
This year was also an encouraging year for new releases from Collection Artists in Klassic Note from Chatmonchy to Aqua Timez to Ikimonogakari but not YUI. If you need some bad news for the year, this was one of the bigger ones. The singer-songwriter has decided to go on hiatus and will eventually be part of a new Rock band named "FLOWER FLOWER" and has in 2018 released their 2nd full album since their debut in 2014. At this point in Klassic Note though it seemed like all was lost, but we'll explore this in the future. At this point in 2012, questions loom before me. Is she going to come back? Or is she pursuing another kind of music which... I may not like? Saying that though, I’ve done much in the history of Klassic Note to support her and her music, which at this point, was collecting most of the physical copies of her music. And by the end of the year, after 49 songs, 3 albums and 15 singles, I can truthfully declare that no one is ever going to beat her in Klassic Note for the number of releases on my shelf. Never will I be able to give singles so easily off the bat (she was real easy to give in 2008 btw), and not to say three albums worth. Well, she was the only one for now anyway.

All the releases which is in Klassic Note which are YUI.
(Not all are here at least... 5 albums are missing including tributes)

The best albums for YUI, released 5th December 2012. It arrived 4 days later.
(Yes, with the limited edition photo book if you purchased them both)

IN SEARCH OF "VERY NEW" ALTERNATIVES
In view of such a change in artist activity, I couldn't help but actually spend more time on YouTube (how I met ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE) and audioleaf (how I came to know sunday morning bell, deepNow, and SECONDWALL) to find other (even if) indie artists who are super new in music composition which might suit my tastes. And in the age of the Internet where infrastructure is way better than what it was five years ago, I guess this was inevitable as it was a good alternative. Because they are kind of free compared to their paid counterparts, listening to songs now has become an addiction made me more desperate to search for more melodies easily over the Internet. And with mainstream artists declining in activity after this particular year ie. releasing albums like how it's done in Chinese and Western music releases traditionally, this is actually a path I carved out for myself in order to stay and listen to more Japanese songs.

TOP 20 REVAMP
"To who?" You may say. Dear readers, Klassic Note has come a long way. As such, the yearly rankings for Top 20 has to change after years of comfort giving the best of what the Collection Artists have to offer. And considering from the above that we're lacking in support for new artists through Anime franchises and the decrease in Collection Artist activity, the rankings have to gear towards giving other indie artists a chance. As such, the list has, for the first time since the first rankings back in 2008, had its top songs replaced by Chatmonchy and fumika instead of Aqua Timez or VELTPUNCH, if you noticed the trend over the years. The list this year also includes many new names, including those who may not even have a release for me to review. So as you can see (or hear), giving the new Top 20 ranking from this year on will not be that easy.




THE PLAN FOR 5TH YEAR
It’s because I listen to this many songs and loved them for so long that motivated me to want to commemorate and celebrate this spirit that comes within, and that is formally named Klassic Note. The plan was as follows:

• A 5th year anniversary site has been opened to list and make available, all top 20 songs for the past five years, including short summaries for each year and "achievements" reached for Klassic Note
• Three compilations have been created in celebration of The Klassic Note Spirit series in 2013, named "THE EMOTIONALIST" for emotional songs, "THE ENERGIST" for upbeat tunes, and a later decided "THE IMPRESSIVIST" for first impression 5-star rating songs
• A compilation for THE NANO-MUGEN COMPILATION is compiled for Klassic Note to celebrate the wonderful (especially Japanese) artists that have made an appearance and beyond in relation to Japanese Rock band ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION
• Collection Artists (as mentioned thus far) have taken a form in physical compilation with an initial release of eight CDs, recognizing artists with significant contributions to Klassic Note
• Yearly Compilations have also been compiled since its initiation in 2011 which include THE GOLD "Top 20" compilation, THE SILVER "Sidetrack" compilation and THE BRONZE "Highest Artist Contributions" compilation

All these were mostly completed by the end of 2013 with actual physical copies made to the extent I couldn't believe (this shall be shown in the following post of the series), and all this, for Klassic Note and everyone in it.

Some of the plant that did not work (as of December 2012) are:

• An overall song ranking from 2008 to 2012 which was deemed impossible considering how hard it is to give Top 20 already and subsequent years proving that is still a challenge, not to say an overall version of it
• Video adaptation of the audio song rankings which have been done to preview Top 20 songs for Klassic Note every year. This was not done until late 2013 where DVD compilations have been made for years 2010 and beyond
• Artist Case Study blog post series written by myself of my opinions of artists and their works and contributions to Klassic Note (mainly just too lazy and because there are too many)
• Secondary song compilations which have been planned since late 2011 and 2012 but have yet to execute due to lack of a theme and songs to compliment the idea of the theme(s). This was later fulfilled starting in 2013 with the first secondary yearly compilation "THE INDISPUTABLE ANISONG"
• More modifications and unification of an official website for Klassic Note. That was not solidified until the discovery of Strikingly and their wonderful web design in 2014.

At this point, it would seem obvious that this passion will not end. At least not with my enthusiasm and my thirst for more wonderful Japanese songs! This thirst, this passion, this enthusiasm that represents the Klassic Note spirit. It's all because, I was always searching for that melody.

Hey that could me my motto! Wait, let’s try this again:

"Always Searching, For That Melody" – Kaineng

Next up: The Klassic Note Spirit Part 7 – The Year 2013 and the Dawn of a New Era
(Is it a relief or is it a resurgence? The process in giving songs after much celebration)

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(**All linked references ago were active at time of publishing this post. They are meant for educational purposes and not are not taken directly from any intellectual property)

The Klassic Note Spirit Part 7 – The Year 2013 and the Dawn of a New Era

In the previous post, we talked about the (technically) 5th year point of Klassic Note, and the overall plan to celebrate the spirit that is to put it simply my passion for Japanese music appreciation. Moving on, we shall discuss how this led to a relaxation of song initiation in Klassic Note, and how that will transition to - after settling the anniversary stuff - actually dramatically changing the scene in Klassic Note for the next five years. Okay let's start.

The Klassic Note Spirit Part 7
"The Year 2013 and the Dawn of a New Era"

THE SEASON OF GIVING
2013 became "known" in Klassic Note (because I say so) as "the season of giving" probably because I decided to relax after the stringent rules that is the decision for 5-stars, the subsiding of artist activities, the rise of new artists and so on. So in the end, I gave pretty much everything I liked. This ranged from voice actress Hikasa Youko's solo artist debut which shortly ended in the following year with the collaboration mini-album being the most compelling, to sasakure.UK in giving his only collaboration album which did not feature Hatsune Miku (no really, go check him out you'll get what I mean) to Anime songs especially from the 2nd season of Anime "Oreimo" which of course you guys would know, has quite a history of ending theme songs from 2011, and indie artists including Kuso Iinkai who will end up contributing more than I would think in the following years. All in all, I may be cutting some slack, but in the end it did introduce many good songs among them which has since altered the Top 20 ranking in many ways than other.

SONG(S) OF THE DAY STANDARD
Long time ago in Klassic Note (well, around 2009), I noticed that the songs I listen matter in my everyday life. It is felt that pretty every day there can be a song to represent the day, and so in my diary entries ever since I can write a blog online (it was 2006 btw) I have been adding the song that was in my mind. However, it has been many years, the number of songs filling my mind have increased, and so shall the standard for tracking these songs. It's no Music Fest (a reference from a diary blog post I think from 2007 where I gave FIVE songs of the day), but instead of just giving one song per day in credit, I brought up the requirement to two. So, one for the start of the day, and one for the end. It eventually became the way for me to jot down the songs which woke me up in the morning and the song stuck in my brain before I go to sleep. Although this wasn't cemented until the following year, it became the current standard for giving songs some form of recognition in my everyday life at its ultimate honesty, instead of once every year.


INCREASED ONLINE PRESENCE WITH @KLASSICNOTE
And talking about song of the day, it's hard to ignore one of the biggest breakthroughs in Klassic Note administration and that is... creating an online presence! After much thought of bringing Klassic Note to a whole new level probably after seeing such success on that SoundCloud compilation of the Top 20 rankings for the year before, I created a start to what would be a whole new world for even myself: I opened a Klassic Note Twitter account. Yeah. This was quite a huge thing for me personally since (1) I have never used Twitter despite it being one of the earliest in social media and (2) I don't really like to share the songs I listen to the people around me considering I don't live in Japan nor USA and everyone here is at this point listening to K-Pop which makes Japanese songs feel irrelevant... you get the meaning. Anyways, this account - which was created intentionally on 31st December 2013 (yeah) - was initially used to track the new songs of the day with the help of the Internet since before that I literally had to do it in pen and paper, or SMS, or anything along those lines. So yeah, it was convenient, but as you would have noticed became much of use in the following years as I start to maybe interact with (especially) indie artists and artists I know over time.

Finally the Klassic Note Twitter page is open! VISIT the new 5th anniversary page @ http://t.co/RUSoX9bR3c

— Kaineng (@KlassicNote) December 31, 2013

(Wow my first Tweet was really lame but yeah it introduced the special website for 5th year)

2013 has been a good year. Happy 2014 everyone. Here's to a even better year ahead! pic.twitter.com/8REwK84ZDa

— Kaineng (@KlassicNote) December 31, 2013

(Okay this was slightly better as it featured my shelf)

Also, I took the liberty to use my personal YouTube account (I mean, you'll notice) to create a playlist of all the music videos I can get my hands on over the Internet as it continues to emerge as the most convenient way to listen to new songs since it's expansion into Klassic Note two years ago. The playlist is now still populated with the latest, maybe not the best, but this shows the openness of music companies and artists posting their songs online for the world to listen as the Westerners have done since the service's inception. Hey, what can I say? Later is better than never, as many companies still withhold their artsts' work (even if little) through geographical limitations, still making this compilation challenging as ever. As of 2017 more than 300 songs have graced this playlist, and I'm glad it's only going to grow from here on.

CHANGES TO SONG AWARDS
In the house of Klassic Note that is the song rankings, many changes were made to facilitate the changes in listening habits over the years. This was done to give more recognition (as mentioned in the previous year) to the little details of the Klassic Note songsphere (wow I like this terminology) which I might oversee as it wasn't significant enough over the past few years to give some talk about them. The most prominent of them was a "Female Solo to Male Solo Ratio" was inserted into the Vocal Styles Popularity Survey (I need to change this name, seriously) to emphasise the over-arcing differences between my bias as a human male for favoring female vocalists, regardless of whatever songs I give. This particularly will make a difference in following years giving some awareness (personally) for this gender bias in Klassic Note over the past five years.

The year's results also retired several ideas introduced to the Song Awards including the newly introduced B-side Survey due to its complexity in calculation (which will make its comeback in the following year) and reverting back to one Song of the Month list instead of putting it with two other compilations which have been partially integrated to yearly compilations.


THE PLAN FOR 5TH YEAR PART DEUX
As mentioned in the previous post of the series, 2013 was still focused on moving away from the 5th year celebration and pushing as many of the ideas for it as possible by the end of the year, all while listening to new songs and getting this year's list going. The 5th year compilations surprisingly starting with the article "THE" because I thought it was a wonderful idea to show exclusivity, got made into physical form unlike many other compilations which stayed as a digital playlist ie. just a notion, and I can prove it because it's still on my shelf and some of the images can be seen below.

The covers for the three anniversary compilations

For THE EMOTIONALIST, a short summary and lyric quote for what makes the song emotional

For THE ENEGIST, a full coloured tracklist design on the booklet

I will never reach the level of Japanese CDs to any extent, but this goes to show just how far I would go to make this happen, and this, I'm proud of the result. Also, for Collection Artist compilations too, I made physical copies of them. These are all for you guys, artists. Another thing that was pushed in the middle of the year was making video adaptations including full song previews in a disced video release also known as DVDs. (I mean, is it obsolete yet? lol) And that, though not as wonderful as the CDs above, signaled a whole new level of compilation production which I must say is as impressive as it was tiring as one of these (signalling a year's rankings) took like a week of continuous editing, I swear. You guys would have noticed these from the later publicly released on the official website (we're close to that part of the discussion) short version of this release, without the music videos since it's too much copyrighted material.

The (if you know of) DVD menu of the release in the 2013 compilation

The menu for the Top 10 songs, with full music videos

The animation that inspired what you see in the videos from the official website today

THE YEARLY SECONDARY COMPILATION
Also in continuation of the things I'm doing for the 5th Year Anniversay in Klassic Note, I went ahead to do a couple of things I did intend to do but not until the end of the year leaning on to the following year. Most notably for the idea of yearly secondary compilations other than the three (GOLD, SILVER and BRONZE if you could recall) compilations set back in 2011, I compiled a trend-type compilation featuring a set of (in this year's) Anime theme songs for the last three months of the year, featuring Anime I watched and many which I don't, which was a surprise. Titled "The Indisputable Anison", I thought of bringing out the wonders of Anime theme songs (not to be confused with the Anime genre in Klassic Note) as they set new grounds for making new, catchy, and easy-listening tunes.


THE PRE-ORDER FEVER OF GIFTS
In the face of spending my hard-earned money (not really) on CDs, thinning out the list of discs I need to purchase to fill up my shelf, it has finally plateaued in 2013 where I've reached the maintenance period meaning I have to only buy singles or albums on demand, and thus gave me the thought of doing two things which are revolutionary different to buying over the past year: caring for pre-order and its special gifts, essentially taking timing into the equation when reviewing releases. I must say the biggest disadvantage of appreciating releases this way definitely paved the way for giving songs much more haphazardly as the idea of a ceiling made it way more extreme to give singles because that girl is so cute on that limited edition "bromide" photo (Toyosaki Aki was the best example with single "CHEEKY" which received the lowest 3-star rating by the end of the year) or not giving releases because we were this close to giving it and not giving will save me money and energy to give a review of it in later years. This controversial consumer change made it actually expensive to maintain my shelf and surprisingly, give bias to releases which should appear on my shelf.

These two singles from Kotobuki Minako (left) and Hikasa Youko (right) will be known as the first attempts of pre-ordering singles (one day) before release date, and from one of the hardest-to-get online stores Animate.

Next up: The Klassic Note Spirit Part 8 – The Year 2014 and the Transformation Period
(This is where things really took a turn...)

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(**All linked references ago were active at time of publishing this post. They are meant for educational purposes and not are not taken directly from any intellectual property)

Stop asking for societal pity when many have died without them.

Not to sound like someone who has no feelings, but our recent generation may have been too much by taking to the Internet and appealing to the world to show how bad their situation is, even though the incident has spread far and wide. It's worse than if a homeless guy would ever use social media and all of us pity him, and suddenly too little of a reason becomes reason to voice out. It's a never ending cycle of reasoning and I want to die without pity, thank you.

The Entertainment News 2018 Edition Issue #44

Well I'm tired after sleeping for an afternoon so let's finish this quick, yes? (Audience: What?) Yeah, and if you can't sleep and want to read more of my spelling mistakes thank goodness I did not forget the two new posts for The Klassic Note Spirit this week. I really need to finish the last few ones up before my posting catches up with my effort to complete the series lol

アニメ BANANA FISH

"It hurts to not be told the truth" Hey, you're not wrong Eiji. How many people in this world will know?

Sounds like fair trade when you say "I'll kill your enemies and you'll kill mine", isn't it, Lee? *laughs* Okay, the new episode (#BANANAFISH17) did not feature Ash's confrontation with Lee - oh no, not yet - but brings us a new guy to do a nostalgia talk. But before that, things. Following last week's escape from the hellhole, Ash manages to reunite with Eiji and the gang, and that's good news, to say the least. The two have a good time (read the postscript for details lol), and continue to find out what the true identity of Banana Fish is. Meanwhile, that Lee (the one who will only be alive once all this is done) took himself to strike a deal with Golzine. So, a trade serial murder of sorts, I would say. Golzine helps to get rid of his family not including him because then what's the point (haha), and he offers everything he knows of the situation to him, including how to get Ash back. And that, if you needed more hints, is to actually freak the sh*t out of his primal instincts which he has been trained for. To complete the equation, Golzine got back his old friend Blanca, who also, if you need more hints, probably taught Ash the ways of killing. Hey, sounds familiar? You know, every genius killer needs a mentor, so I guess this man is it. He stalked the shit out of Ash, went from retired and rejected off Golzine's offer to accepting the challenge, killed the crap out of the man who Ash is trying to interrogate posing as a prostitute (it's a long story lol) from a building like, halfway across the cityscape... Guys, we have a new contender. Golzine may be old, but this Blanca guy is quite above the crazy level compared to Ash and the old man, and that probably has got him worried. Can't wait till their eyes meet and someone has to die lol I wonder who maybe Eiji? *laughs*

This series in a nutshell

This series in a nutshell

P.S. The worst thing this series has given us is (the insinuation of) gay sex. There, I said it. You guys know I'm straight, right? "Not gay"?? *laughs*
P.P.S. Applauding Ash's intelligence for figuring out so far what Banana Fish is made out of as he pointed out the chemicals likely to be in the drug, while Lee tells us the facts really makes Ash real close to finding out the truth. All but never knowing it, which is pretty impressive for someone his age. Also, Lee was smart to assassinate all people blocking Golzine's path by keeping his plan to "only kill where Ash approaches them" and that is as clean as it is smart how long did they think of this, the author? lol

アニメ Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru!

"What does it mean to be cute?" Oh Misha-chan you will never know you f**king brat-

Okay NOW I believe the maid will be of some use because if under threat we can send this ex-servicewoman to the rescue haha you poor girl. Wow it's only just halfway through this series and this episode (#UzaMaid05) is already introducing us to another irritating person haha. Well, Misha-chan is cute so naturally they have to talk about this, but yeah, the girls in class (who think they are cute) are getting jealous of the Russian chick lol. Specifically, Morikawa. I mean, it's nothing wrong, but hey, it's irritating to try to be cute and there's the one person who can do it effortlessly? (Sorry to all girls in the entertainment industry haha) I mean, she does not have that experience, and so Morikawa decides to challenge Misha. To what? To... getting an outfit on the streets within an hour which will make them cuter? I have a feeling I've seen this before lol. It just ended up being a storytelling of Tsubame to Morikawa about war haha. That, and Tsubame just got her first discipline lmao. Well, give the kid some money would you, parents? Then again, she may have spent too much just to stand out on the streets. She kind of did though but not compared to that pure blonde hair hehe (#NotLolicon). And then, there's the sports festival. Besides drinking too much iced coffee (lol why), the kids get to fight for... I don't know what, but hey, it's a school thing. That, and many things happened that ended up involving Tsubame as the replacement for Morikawa who was supposed to be the OP (overpowered) one in the class, now became too OP because this is elementary school and there's an adult on the field lol (Totally reminds me of that one kid with the butler reminding him to not stand out too). Finally, Tsubame and Misha got together for the three-legged race, and honestly? Misha seems to be enjoying it. Not as close as the mother because I don't think she is as ripped as the maid lol. Yet another wonderful episode to remember by just forgetting about the fact that this show is going to be voiced by a lot of cute girls (I'm only in for the maid here lol not for the pecs though) so it's nothing but high-pitched voices which I hate to be honest but this show has the laughs so I'm still liking it I swear JUST GET THE PECS OFF MY EYES lol

Haha they updated the mid-episode (better known as eyecatch) image
(Can we have this for the rest of the series? lol)

Personally? I'll love vote for Misha 10/10
(I swear it's a typo lol)

P.S. Lol the one old man asking schoolgirls on meowstagram (lmao) to show low angle YOU SICK FUCK haha thank goodness he got caught but not the maid though I'm sorry Misha-chan she's still legally on the border
P.P.S. Misha should be like "You want to be friends so we can be cute together?" and they probably will be picked up as an idol group? Hey, just suggesting if you need more Anime sequel ideas

Just thought this should be a GIF haha

[Update 2018.11.06: Kuraki Mai told me to "Do It" so here I am haha *yawn* it has been a long day]

アニメ Gaikotsu Shoten'in Honda-san

Just avoiding Honda-san's answer, I would say publishing comics on black & white also allow some form of imagination. Think of fiction books with only a couple of images, for example. Although I would argue it's a little too little I have to guess the colour of Rukia's Bankai?? Oh it's white lol

On this super real and erotic episode (#HondaSan05) of this bookstore staff series we have more queries that kill lol, famous people killing bookstores because they Tweet (yes as in Twitter), and a killer phone call which almost brought Honda-san to the nearest police station haha. Okay, one at a time, shall we? Firstly, which one is worse? Dealing with someone who literally wants to buy a book for everyone in his village (lol not a China iPhone news reference) (well I can't find the article liao maybe it's fake news?) or dealing with another passionate foreigner? Hey, didn't know you had to deal with this many foreigners as a Japanese, so I'm going with the latter. *laughs* I must say, these are truly better than any other complain king that is a local, but with their enthusiasm also comes with their questions like "why are things like this in Japan" that probably a professional who is not Honda-san should answer but hey, he's just a bookstore staff. You can't expect a perfect answer. (Nice one, by the way) Next, is apparently the best publicity the bookstore can have but is also itself a double-edged sword, which is from a manga author. You know, social media is all the hype now, but I didn't know that one retweet of a bookstore (especially by a famous author) online will draw so many people to go buy them. Well, considering they are signed too this will cause some inconvience for the staff, I'm sure. *silence* No, it's not worth it it's double the work for the same pay, man. I can work less harder haha. Lastly, Honda-san receives the deadliest phone call he can have: someone threatening him because of a bookstore experience by chancing upon the #EroGate as I would like to call it. It is true that many may have chanced upon something at the bookstore accidentally which is kind of overboard and you know, with puberty naturally you'll start to like that stuff which will ruin your life, and I guess you come back to reprimand the staff for accidentally showing you stuff? It happens, man. Blaming people and stuff. Thankfully, Honda-san handled it like a  pro (see I told you he's a pro *wink*) and make the customer feel like he's not cheated *looks at Asobi Asobase* just by looking at the pure cover and seeing what is inside. Hey, you tell me, Asoken. *laughs*

Things I want any girl to do to me lol

Things I want any girl to do to me lol

P.S. This skeleton guy's face has so many holes it's either snot or blood or whatever is in between but never that thing okay?? This show is not rated btw haha
P.P.S. God I just love the lightly-Japanese accented English in this show "naruhodo" lmao (I say that many times a day btw and no one knew what that means lol)

音楽 This Week on Klassic Note

Haiz damn bored when you know that Anime theme song releases this week and it doesn't. Well, Apple Music don't release Anime songs on time Anime music labels don't happen to stream their songs online too, so... *laughs* Let's then talk about what I listened to this week. TWEEDEES' new album is... nothing great. To be honest, it might be their most disappointing album yet. Second was probably their best here, first was shabby, and this one... I didn't even give the topic song. I may only give one song only which on first impression barely passes, mind you, so I don't know how bad I shall describe the release in general tbh. Numakura Manami's new single was probably better than the previous mentioned, but then again I only managed to give the topic song because it has her vibes and the music video saw her dancing for the first time in her solo music career haha. Anyways, not giving the B-sides, and I did watch the music video in full in case you thought the one on YouTube was in full, and... she's great. As a person. *giggles* Lastly, thank goodness to the parent company Lantis for releasing the one music video from TECHNOBOYS' new single (I'm not going to put the full name here) (And I'm not doing the Servant x Service shortline for names) for Anime "Gaikotsu Shoten'in Honda-san" which should have came out this week but... well, I haven't got to it yet. So the music video for the ending theme will be a good start. Let's see if I can even give the opening theme haha

On best album releases, Chatmonchy's best album for the final time will likely not make it to my shelf mainly because I still have to give it three songs before it passes and... I only gave chance to two. Too bad, my girls. Kalafina's best album suffered from the same fate too, but mainly due to the overplaying of similar style with a whole lot of uninspirational melodies. What happened to you, Kajiura-sensei, seriously. Anyways, probably will give one of them because I brainwashed myself on the album over the weekend so hopefully that will help as a last spurt to their end. Yeah, it's ending. Hikaru-san's leaving too already.

Next week? Hmm... there's wacci's new album which I found out just last week, and I have Apple Music Japan and they are in there, so... that's a good start. Other than that, maybe I'll check out older releases like how did I miss Anime "Gamers!" Character Song Album for some reason? I don't know man, it's tiring to follow-up to these stuff. Good thing Google is helping me out maybe


On Twitter that is worthy of Klassic Note mention (including about myself lol), Ikimonogakari is announcing some kind of comeback with a new song??? Okay maybe not, but also a fanclub only tour next year. Doesn't mean they are coming back though, no, not yet. Aimer's new single is produced by yours truly Kajiura Yuki-sensei for Anime Fate stay/night (okay now I do believe that she left not because of Anime), FLOWER FLOWER's music collection is now available in major streaming services worldwide (yes, worldwide) (I just get it two days earlier than you just because I'm "in Japan"), Tsuji Shion's best album has its tracklist confirmed and it has potential to be on my shelf.... not so much news on release date though. GLIM SPANKY's new album topic music video is out and it doesn't sound awesome enough lol, and finally, fumika is releasing a new original song after her cover album this month. Phew! That was quite a week.




Sorry if you saw the placeholder lol but as I said I was tired and I'm still tired so... Cya guys next week and until then... Until then... Argh I'll put the placeholder back? Yeah you can decide how to end this haha. "Until then"... (ending) Well since I wrote this on the midnight of a Tuesday (not joking here) then I might as well write something decent for ending since that placeholder... Okay never mind. Cya guys next issue, and hopefully by then, I'll cement some of the compilations that I'm due to announce soon. Real soon. Like, I-can't-tell-you-more-than-that-but-you-still-can-figure-out-by-backtracking soon. *laughs* Okay bye

The Klassic Note Spirit Part 4 – The Year 2010 and the Exclusion Principle

Previously, we talked about the year 2009 in Klassic Note and how everything exploded into a bunch of songs I get mostly from Anime, but also exposure to different song and melody styles than I could imagine. So much so that I would immerse myself from then to a never-ending list of Japanese songs. Which is the topic of discussion on this part, where this is the first year since the beginning where only Japanese songs exist. Why so? Read on to find out.

The Klassic Note Spirit Part 4
"The Year 2010 and the Exclusion Principle"

(*The below information is an adaptation of the original excerpt which was posted here in 2013)

JAPANESE SONGS INFLUX
This year is the year I don’t listen to anything else but Japanese songs! I swear, really. How does all of this happen considering when the song count had reached a record high? A good example from where this source for immersion is - as mentioned from the previous year - Anime songs, and plenty of them came from shows which have a ton of music productions. A good example of this is not Anime "Oreimo" (I'm sure you can search for the full title) which brought on a new way of putting in ending theme songs by adapting fan-created songs every week, and that is in a way novel and interesting to hear so many styles of presentation. Also of course, is "K-ON!" which at that time is definitely famous even within the country itself so much so that… you guys remember SCANDAL? They did a cover of the ending song too!

This is the ending theme song that got me (and many others) hooked...

And this is from rock band SCANDAL. Frizzy, isn’t it?

Also coming in are new artists (mostly Anime) like ClariS (a duo who are schoolgirls and got famous in niconico, Japan’s version of YouTube in singing cover songs and got picked by a music label), miwa (not anything special because she sings generic Pop as a singer-songwriter but her height is... 149cm?? lol) and SPYAIR, a wonderful band focusing on Rock songs. With me spending more time reviewing singles and albums, it is no wonder there is an increase in the number of CDs which could be on my shelf back then. (It is not until 2012 that I have a budget to do so) Adding to the numbers are also as mentioned previously, new voice actor solo music artists which debut from the formation of idol group Sphere, from Aki-chan (Toyosaki Aki), Tomacchan (Tomatsu Haruka) and most recently for the year is Mina-chan (Kotobuki Minako) who sang a wonderful love song "Startline" for an animation movie which is also interesting in itself named "Koisento". You can go check both of them out yourself I promise it's not disappointing at all

(I couldn't find the music video online so here's a 15s commercial preview of the song xD)

MAINSTREAM MISSING IN ACTION?
Many artists who have been active for the past few years have suddenly dropped in activity. Well, at least in releasing new songs. Examples include Aqua Timez who only released two singles compared to albums (once at the start of the year and close to the end of the year which are still great though) and Chatmonchy which only released a mini-album for the year. I'm not that worried about their progress, but it’s a sign...

MISSING NANO-MUGEN COMPILATION OF THE YEAR
Also missing from the year's list (which is why I can say this year is only Japanese songs) was the only compilation that got me interested in listening to English Rock music and other J-Rock groups: THE NANO-MUGEN COMPILATION. Because this year the committee behind it (not Ajikan I assume) decided to not release a compilation but only initiate the live performance, also known as the NANO-MUGEN CIRCUIT 2010. In later years they did make both happen, however not having a formal release to introduce those artists seemed rather dampening for Klassic Note to say the least.

DISBANDMENT NEWS, IN JAPANESE
As I took much time to listen and find out sources, singing along to the songs in translated lyrics and music videos, you tend to learn some of the language here and there. And yes, I do understand some Japanese. It wasn't a lot, and it probably won't be (there's a good reason for that, but that's a post for next time), but it's more than enough for me to understand Kanji (which looks a lot like Chinese), so phrases like  発売 (release)，中断 (hiatus) and 解散 (disbandment) become very sensitive while browsing the news page on the artists' websites. This is typical of the last one especially when the end of bands RYTHEM and HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR announced just as I was getting interested in them was not a good sign for Klassic Note already. This gives some level of reminder that while Klassic Note is constantly expanding into knowing more music and artists and getting a good following of them (also known as the Klassic Note Ultimate Collection later), I noticed not everyone can last in the music industry, whatever their reasons might be.

Like many artists, their reason for disbandment is based on their background.
RYTHEM were a bunch of high-schoolers back when they started, and after gaining knowledge of the music they write and produce they want a different perspective and thus they decided to go their own ways. As of 2018, Niitsu YUI (left) is on her 2nd alias using her full name as solo artist and Katou YUKAri (right) went on to the punk rock music industry as "yucat".

Nontheless, the number of songs increasing was still unstoppable despite the loss of some artists who I hope to see grow, but that really goes to show that I cannot live without searching for more Japanese songs to listen. And even then, I feel that this many songs per year was also an exaggeration.


Next up: The Klassic Note Spirit Part 5 – The Year 2011 and the Venture Outside Standards
(I missed classic Chinese Pop songs already??)

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(**All linked references ago were active at time of publishing this post. They are meant for educational purposes and not are not taken directly from any intellectual property)

The Klassic Note Spirit Part 5 – The Year 2011 and the Venture Outside Standards

Up till now, we have been talking a lot about Japanese music. Well because Klassic Note originated with the desire to search for more Japanese songs anyway. But hey, as someone who has listened to Chinese and English songs half his life, it's no wonder I'll miss them once in a while, and this year is the first exception to the growing interest in what was mainly Klassic Note since 2009. Let's see how far this has went.

The Klassic Note Spirit Part 5
"The Year 2011 and the Venture Outside Standards"

(*The below information is an adaptation of the original excerpt which was posted here in 2013)

RISE OF NEW MEDIA, AND NEW STYLES
Around this time, copyright laws (and probably new artist/label contracts) within the country (Japan) allowed the music companies to appear in more familiar Internet platforms, for example YouTube - the first and most widely used video streaming service in the world - instead of niconico, their local online video service. Because of this, (Anime) music companies from King Records (with plenty of solo voice actor music careers and mainstream artists) to Lantis (famous for Anime songs) and Pony Canyon (featuring overseas artists and also Anime songs which they later opened a channel for the latter group) have since been around the Internet to allow the previewing of more new songs and expanding my horizon on music listening. This would likely explain why the songs in my list is still expanding. Along with these are the addition of the Anime "K-ON!" with a movie adaptation and "Oreimo" with their ending theme songs. However, not all are into the ecosystem of the new media yet, so this is still a work in progress which we no doubt, will see more of in the future.

From Victor Entertainment comes a slew of new and old artists. This one is from LITTLE CREATURES which released an album just to celebrate their 20th anniversary. This is their really quirky music video.

2011 also signaled another change in giving melody over music style with the acceptance of electronic and dance-based music (leaning on the edge of techno which I will NEVER touch on) with artists like NEGOTO, LAMA and School Food Punishment, with the latter two from Anime and the last... disbanding within the year. Man, that was fast.



THE JOURNEY BACK IN TIME
This year also spawned the first of later, many journeys back in time to explore older tunes sung by... artists who have disbanded? Yes, and the easiest way to have this reach is through Anime, specifically jazz duo "Natural High" from the Anime "Bartender" which I watched purely from interest in, you know, cocktails and stuff. It was a short one considering their tracklist isn't that long, but there were some amazing tunes that will make their footprint in Klassic Note significant and long-lasting, to say the least.

The great jazz duo “Natural High” singing with a guy: What a fresh idea. Also...

They have awesome piano melodies in their releases. Yes, this single has been on my shelf already, haha.

As they already say, “picture says a thousand words”, not to even say in video. As you can see, the songs have not decreased, and so is my passion for listening to J-Pop.


IN A WORLD OF ANIME WITHOUT BLEACH
With the largest source of theme songs from Anime "BLEACH" potentially ending the following year on March 2012, the decrease in artist introductions became a major concern in Klassic Note. But as explained earlier, many of the avenues and watching more Anime will actually help in broadening my listening of what Japanese music has to offer, mainly from Anime. From "Fractale" featuring AZUMA HITOMI to  "[C] - CONTROL: THE MONEY OF SOUL AND POSSIBILITY", an Anime original featuring School Food Punishment and NICO Touches The Walls to "A Channel" featuring Kawano Marina (she sang theme songs for the main and the OVA) to Hyadain in "Nichijou" for his quirky pop duo songs created for the Anime in his typical style... all these serve to show the never-ending fountain of songs that make the Anime world a colorful spectrum but also, bring forth a new set of artists (as long as they are not affiliated fully to Anime) which I can tap on in future years.

AZUMA HITOMI also sang later in the year on her 2nd single "Kira Kira" which hit my rankings hard as the newcomer favourite.

WHATEVER IS NOT JAPANESE
Maybe it's because of the upset of Anime songs that I have to venture out into my past again, but hey, I don't mean to be racist here. We're talking about specifically the Chinese songs I've given in abundance before Klassic Note started and apparently it has staged a comeback. Maybe it's the saturation of artists as mentioned above, from the disbandment and lack of activity of some of the more active ones from the past year, which made this more of an alternative than of interest. And so, I took a journey back to listen to a couple of artists, from famous ones you might know (sodagreen, Rainie Yang) to probably regional (as in Southeast Asia) ones you probably will never know otherwise even if I mention them here. All in all, it was a nice journey and I gained a lot of insight about how much Chinese Pop has improved over the years, gearing away from singing emotional tunes and giving a perspective the Japanese have been doing in recent decades.

TOWARDS CREATING THE KLASSIC NOTE PACKAGE
Up until now I still referred whatever I did as an abbreviation of my name ie. KN Song Awards, but I’ve been creative and thinking hard and far about what I can make it be like, there was a realisation. So finally after two to three years since the beginnings of a Song Awards presentation, I came up with the title "Klassic Note" to describe the overall... passion project that was going on for the past few years, and I liked the name a lot. This will help to push on the effort to tabulate results and awards every year ever since as they get more complicated and heavy considering the never-expanding song list accompanied by my hunger for new melodies in J-Pop.

This revision fixed a lot of inconsistencies by setting standards for plenty of initial ideas done up till now including fixing Commendations (Awards where competition is not required because of a typical milestone, for example "Most Complicated Lyrics" lol) (yeah as if I know), presenting the Vocal Styles Popularity Survey (yeah the name is still) with a pie chart and making a list of selected entries to choose for Awards and Top 20 Rankings to make the thinking process a lot easier. Two new lists of songs were listed per month along with Song of the Month entries (one of them "POWER PLAY" would become an inspiration for the SILVER yearly compilation) and Awards were thought of and named since 2010 to give the awards more meaning above their original title.

This revision also introduced plenty of concepts which I have taken from everyday life to put into the project. This goes from using correlation (it's Math, baby) and searching online on how to realise them in the Song Awards which brought us the Song Appetite Survey to the Anime Songs Survey which showed proportion of songs from this genre with respect to the yearly list (I mean, this done in 2009 or 2010 would've been massive thanks to "K-ON!") to the single review-focused Singles B-side Survey, giving singles (music releases with a handful track count) some recognition of their efforts even if the topic song (typically known as the A-side) isn't as great as I think. All these will in turn expand and form the Song Award package to what it mostly is today. Of course, this is not over as we see in future years, more will be added in, changed and maybe retired in recognition of the ever-changing landscape in Klassic Note.



Next up: The Klassic Note Spirit Part 6 – The Year 2012 and 5th Year Plans
(And my wonderful idea of starting all of this from five years ago... it needs a commemoration.)

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(**All linked references ago were active at time of publishing this post. They are meant for educational purposes and not are not taken directly from any intellectual property)

The Entertainment News 2018 Edition Issue #43

Well I've been out doing a lot of things just now including having dinner with my family, getting that wooden automatic watch strap adjusted (hehe) because that big mall near my place doesn't even have a watch store for some freaking reason (for context there's two before it was renovated), and watching some livestream. So yeah, I have to wake up early tomorrow to travel halfway across the country so if you'll excuse me I'd like to finish this quick

Should've read the manga earlier today haha

アニメ BANANA FISH

"Why am I always being pulled down by old guys?" Oh Ash that's not what you wanted? *laughs*

I like how the whole escape involves Max's decisions screwing up with Ash's escape with the Professor lol sometimes in life man you just don't know. The new episode (#BANANAFISH16) completes Ash's escape under the supervision of Golzine and action of whoever that took the role of the old man for the Foundation. Hey, remember last episode when Golzine told him to escape? And that's why he's just watching now, probably also because he has "no power to do anything anyway". You know, legal stuff. But now, I guess everything's back to normal? Okay, what happened first. Firstly, what Ash did to escape. He was planning to escape alone, but he knew he needed evidence to tell the world once he leaves, so he brought the inventor of the drug with him so he could tell the full story. Secondly, Max and Ibe-san's involvement. Well it's mostly Max's fault, but suffice it to say their participation during the events that occur while Ash escaped were nothing but a hindrance. As a result, the Professor has been bonked on the head by a security guard, Ash has been brought up and down an elevator and he still has to save their asses after he successfully escaped with a hostage AND without their help. Thanks, old men. *laughs* All in all, they managed to disguise themselves and leave which was great mainly because Golzine let them do it, but also in consequence Ash found out that Eiji is missing. I mean, we know where he is (for now), so there's nothing to worry about maybe. So next, Ash is going after Eiji. Which will likely involve his engagement with the Lee brother (the only one left who is still sane and is in New York) which may get dirty if you want to compare it to the trash chute the three fell in or the time the guys have to watch a doctor and nurse make out. *laughs* Man, this show has everything to laugh to and I like it! *thumbs up*

Lol why is Eiji in this even though I'd argue he's technically in the same category too haha

Dear Max, if I can beat you up for everything this episode I'll do it for Ash haha

P.S. I mean, the fact that Golzine has created a genius which surpasses anything that the government has made technically makes him one of the most revolutionary people in history ever. Well, ignoring that Ash may be a genius as a kid before he was under Golzine, I guess.
P.P.S. I sure hope Mikakoshi watches this because she has not been mentioning this on Twitter (I suppose she is busy) or she just doesn't want to talk about it because I think it's a good... watch-bait? Yeah haha

アニメ Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru!

"No matter what evil tries to attack you tonight, I'll protect from you all!" Says the evil itself haha

You also want to stay at home, play games all day and laze around? What a coincidence because me too, Misha!! *laughs* #SlackLife haha anyways in the new episode (#UzaMaid04) of this fantastic series which is still bombing you with pecs, lolicon and small animals (I totally dig the last part for some reason) and to top it off, displaying how much of a life you can have over the weekend. Well, if you're Misha-chan, that is. The first part brings us into the life of Misha over the weekend, and with an assignment pending I'm even glad she can forget about schoolwork until only at the end of it all. Hey, #StudentProblems, am I right?? *laughs* Okay. Thanks to the father being busy over the weekend, the maid has to stand in because how can you just leave a kid alone at home? (Okay now I'm sounding like a lolicon) More importantly, it's also because she doesn't know what to write for the assignment, as it's an essay for your future. Hey, I know I'll have problems doing that as a kid and boy am I glad I'm smart enough to write some cr*p to make up for it back then and not write what I am now doing my first full-time job (lol), but still. Thanks to the maid, she figured out what to write. It may be too realistic for a second grader (who is about 8 years old), but hey, there are more realistic things she can do as a human haha. Which brings us to the other half of the episode, where Misha brings her closest (human) classmate/friend Washiwashi (lol) to her place because she keeps showing off her animal squad to her. (And that's how you know Misha has a close resemblance to Tsubame it's literally Tsubame if she led Misha's life but with small animals) To think that she's living the life of a satisfied person (refer to Asobi Asobase for the significance of being a ”riajuu”) based on the things she do now seemingly being of a popular person (inviting friends over, playing around with them etc.), you can only guess how good this afternoon after school has become. Of course Tsubame can't get her hands off the classmate, but just slightly, she behaves herself until she gets to tell the girl to wear one of her hand-made clothing. Well, what do you know. No Misha-chan dressup. I'm as sad as Mori Ougai right now tbh haha. Anyways, the girls had a good time, Tsubame stoned so hard she's rather die (please do so then haha), and... Misha's a lucky girl because she doesn't have to worry about money now. Well, sucks to be your father then haha

God I love these things you wished life imitates these cute animals hehe

What's with this aura close resemblance to every other action Anime lol

P.S. The hamsters and Kumagoro are the best haha especially the reactions you wished animals can sync with you this well lol (sorry but gotta say it twice in one week)
P.P.S. "You push when it's time to push, and pull back when it's time to pull back" It's just like Taichi haha you want more of this? (Audience: We didn't ask for-) "I'd rather shave all my hair then let you touch it!" Haha this is just so wrong anyways you want more- (Just as an endnote if I can put every other quote and comment on it here I'll do it but I'm not going to because I'm not a freak like Tsubame haha)

アニメ Gaikotsu Shoten'in Honda-san

"A welcoming attitude is built on smiles, which is based on muscles" Oh really? lol

If you need an episode to describe why there are literally a thousand faces in this series, look no further. The faces, I mean. Specifically, the smile. This new episode (#HondaSan04) of this short episode series makes us wonder why we aren't smiling enough. Heck, I would smile all day if I'm paid more than a bookstore staff haha. Okay, for the whole thing they feature Honda-san going to this training session for the staff, and apparently it's just a sacrifice done for all stores for the sake of customer service lol. I guess it is important to train the staff even for a bookstore franchise, and we technically can't just change faces in an instant lol that guy, so yeah, Honda-san had to go through Hell, literally. It's like boot camp but only for the face muscles haha. There are a couple of things to take away though besides the cr*p that is learning how to smile: Honda-san may have found someone to like (hehe) and he is actually taking this course easily. I mean, Okitsune-senpai probably got it worse maybe we don't know we won't get to see it please don't I don't want to see it too haha

This episode in a nutshell

This freaked me out, even for just a moment.

P.S. I want to love this series, so... please make the new theme songs good which are releasing soon please I'm betting on the ending theme based on experience of listening to Anison
[O-MA-KE!! God, this is why I watch this series haha]

My normal face and when I have to smile lol

漫画 Dagashi Kashi

Haha the new chapter (132) (again, take the word "new" with a huge grain of salt as I'm aware of the Japan serialisation, thanks) talks about mufflers. How boys seemingly want one from a girl. And Sayashi can't make one. *laughs* Hey, not that she dodged knitting class in school or refused to go to the store where his childhood friend resides and watch the girls to find him for sweets (lol), but just that she's not that type of woman. And yeah, so is Hotaru apparently. *laughs* I mean, apart from thinking that Hotaru-chan is only good at sweets (mostly on eating them probably) I can't think of anything else even in games that she is good at. So yeah, again proving Sayashi is a genius, and it'll probably take an old lady from the village to teach her to make a proper sized muffler probably for Kokonotsu becuase that tiny one for the brother must be a good April Fool's Day joke haha

Me when people ask me whether I know how to do my job lol

漫画 Nagasarete Airantou

The new chapter (163) concludes on the journey to search for the legendary eggplants, and if you need a recap they only can be harvested by ninjas because they are hard to catch, only catch them in the forest every decade, and the eggplants spread pollen which can have adverse personality effects on people in its immediate surroundings, as seen from Mikoto and Shinobu when they came back from the harvest. Everyone had a great feast of the eggplants and- Wait Shinobu was affected too? You bet! Haha actually Mikoto being poisoned technically will be a normal villager in the island which will be a good thing maybe until you remember this story is a harem fest so one less (or two if Mikoto stalks on that carpenter lol) of them would be easy on Ikuto to be honest haha

Things that will not happen in a decade to savour it while it lasts haha

音楽 This Week on Klassic Note

Wow this was quite a week in Klassic Note, probably the busiest. And because so I did not have enough time to finish them all. So let's talk about what I listened to this week. I confirmed on Kuraki Mai's new mini-album after like what, 3 weeks in review? Yeah, and also because I saw that music video with Mikakoshi in it haha happy birthday Kuraki-san. Anime "Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru!" theme songs are... you just need to know I only gave the opening theme because I'm kind and that is your stereotypical theme song so I just closed one ear giving it haha. Tsuji Shion's new album is actually rather good, but if this was what she was focusing on after her 2nd album in 2016 I would say it didn't change much. Her further emphasis on pop styles make me want to give less songs but it's not as bad as the melodies because most of them aren't that good and it took her livestream to burn that topic song into my brain and I just gave it because I have the mood and I listened to it too much on one day and that day is Wednesday when it came out haha. Lastly, Toyosaki Aki's cover album was... man, I can't give 70s Japanese songs, I guess. That, and it sounds so like her album because it's mixed to her style and while her singing on them were great those aren't spectacular melodies. I'll see if I can even give any of them because fumika probably did better in Klassic Note in terms of cover songs given lol (Aki-chan, this might be the first second release I'm going to reject I'm sorry)

Talking about cover songs, I've yet to listen to (we're still at releases this week btw) Yoshioka Kiyoe's cover album ever since her solo debut earlier this year (yes Ikimonogakari vocalist blah blah) so I'll give a listen to that next week. Also on the pending list is Kalafina's 10th anniversary best album, which I think is the final, but still not enough to get into my shelf mostly due to lack of new songs I've given over the past few years. That, you can blame Anime mostly on it. What are they going to do besides sing for Anime? I mean, write good songs because they are better without credit? Someone tell Kajiura-sensei that please

Next week brings us a couple of releases we should definitely take note of besides Anime "Gaikotsu Shoten'in Honda-san" theme song single which I better try to give one of them (opening theme probably, ending is better maybe), Numakura Manami's new single because she's cool and it's been some time I gave her a song, and TWEEDEES new album because why not? I'll be looking forward to that in particular but as from the preview tracks in Apple Music (three of them) I'm getting worried already. (Did I say that last week? If not then forget about this lol)

Lastly on news from Twitter because you're too lazy to go check out my liked Tweets, Tsuji Shion's LINE LIVE livestream was literally just for the music video maybe and her... her assets? *laughs* SpecialThanks seems to have lost another member making their band a two-member group now and that spells a lot of anything but bad news, TrySail's new single sounds... better than their previous single which I hated lol, miwa's new song has a "Title" (pun intended) (not joking that's the song title), I will give a listen to wacci's new album releasing next month I swear (thank goodness they are in Apple Music), FLOWER FLOWER is coming into major streaming platforms soon hopefully (some guy on Twitter said he can see some of the tracks on Spotify) (some, bro, isn't ALL haha), and that stupid girls group from Korea (haha) which I gave the one song this week (oh I forgot to mention them above?) TWICE is releasing a new album which is actually their first album in Japan released like two months ago PLUS that one song. Re-released. Full package. It even writes "Repackage" on the title. Totally intended to rip people's money off. Hey, thanks marketing; you know idolism best. #CapitalismAtItsFinest lol I'm not that dumb this one song is all you're getting (I DARE YOU to compare the tracklist in this with this) (Put side by side and tell me) (You can't put browser tabs side by side on desktop? You've not been using Vivaldi browser? #ad)




Okay I'm done. I need to wake up early tomorrow- Oh I said that already haha. Cya guys tomorrow for Honda-san, and next week... if I have Internet access over the next couple of days I'll try to do up the pop-ups. But with my luck I think I'll have to mobile tether just to even get work done because I don't know the client location's Wi-Fi password?? Oops I think I spoke too much haha bye