Thursday 11 April 2024

The Klassic Note Review 2024.04

I promised I will be back with another CD review after last month we are just on delay for a month just like how Japanese magazines are with their edition naming, but this is we are on a roll right now with these music reviews!! Ah hey, what can I say, I have not been generous but then again the good releases have been increasing, so screw you guys RyokuShaka and Creepy Nuts for not making it into the shelf (lol), and let's talk about some veteran who really deserves some mentioning about like, years since the last time I did this for her! It's such a wild turn, I'm pretty sure I was still rejecting her songs a month ago haha




音楽 The Klassic Note Review
miwa - Soredemo Tada [Single]
Limited Edition Regular Edition
(Eh, no images of her on the cover but rather adequate as you will listen from the music this time around, I suppose)

Origin: You and I should not be unfamiliar with miwa, the singer-songwriter who made waves a decade ago, as a rising new star. So many years later and I dare myself to say this, that she is still most impressive among all the other active artists I know who have had such a long run, did not even keep up with the times and/or I just lost touch with them. Not for her though, she has been great even these past few years. The new single came in as a mention for a drama theme song, an emotional tune, but it quickly made waves due to both the popularity of the credit and the artist herself, which I must say did catch my attention even more as I gave this the formal review. Maybe we talk about what is in this that got me.


(1) Soredemo Tada [Still, Just(...)]
From last chorus:
Still, just being so loved
Just being so loved
Even for a second longer (I) want to laugh together
Still, just (wanting) to convey
Just (wanting) to convey
Those feelings are no long enough to express
Ah (those) thoughts are overflowing
The title clearly references an incomplete sentence, but you won't have too far to look if you listen. If I am not wrong, the drama references a lot about love, in passion and in cooking, and I don't think the lyrics were that far off. Jointly presented by a music composer and miwa-san herself, this song is an emotional tune to make sure the drama is a tearjerker. The melody is rather simple and I would argue a very short chorus till date until you get to the end where the focus would be on, and I really appreciate a simple melody, is what this is all about. Emotional is still an underestimate of what this aims to portray, as the lyrics talk about being together, the unexplainable feelings that just can't be expressed... that just is love, isn't it?
Rating: Lovingly Average

(2) Mahalo [Thank You]
From first chorus (from Hawaiian, where applicable):
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You
Blooming smiles (all over), (biding) goodbye
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You
Everybody let's all flee together
Accompanying an emotional song comes in a light-hearted and happy song, no surprises there. What is surprising is how this all came around, as I did not prefer the Hawaiian-themed melody and music production here. Nonetheless, I did give it a second chance, and I think light-hearted is the easiest description I can give for what is the carefree miwa-san and her mind when she wrote this song. There isn't much to look at in the lyrics apart from her describing the weather and things to do there in the tropical island far away, and it really feels more tribal and celebratory of a song than just a happy song, in my opinion. Maybe adding in her cute singing did help in making this a joy to listen.
Rating: Joyfully Average


Conclusion: This is a very average, off the mill single. And I think that is a good thing. For starters, the melodies are simple even to the point of plain, yet powerful in itself. Going through this again formally, I have never doubted on how great an overall package this sounds, and I think that is what's important these days. Cut the flair, and bring in the emotions like we wanted, even in the change of era and time. With this, I present to you possibly one of the most emotive singles for the year.


- Aozaki Shouhei, on the Klassic Note


THE PACKAGE
Well, there really isn't much going on with this release, package wise. I assume with miwa's own handwriting (and drawings?) she should have done us a wonder by showing how childish she is (lmao), but of course, I did choose the special gift that came with it. Instead of going for the free (local) shipping option through Amazon Japan which will give us another one of these coveted covers (haha), I ended up going for minimal local shipping through TOWER RECORDS which, like CDJapan which I did think of doing international shipping only to realize it'll burn through my money like water, will feature a postcard with a live photo of miwa-san. *silence* Well, as you can see, I might have missed it, and yeah, this online store here won't inform us if they ran out of stock for those. Welp, I can't get anything, I guess. Not even the handwritten lyrics by miwa-san in the booklet, by the way; The title text you see on the cover and in the booklet are entirely different, as the character "so" was written differently. Haha why though
I don't want to mark out this embarrassment lol, but notice the first character on the large title, and first track. Both are accurate, latter is a more commonly written format.
The former text is credited to miwa-san, by the way.

HELL YEAH LET'S GO FREE STUFF IF YOU APPLY BY END OF MARCH-
(lol)




This shall be it for today! Depending on where I proceed tomorrow morning as a reminder it's a Friday and I'm still on work leave and I'm going to see the doctor again lmao, we will continue with the actual birthday gift for the year, for me. *giggles* Oh no of course it's not Ogura Yui she is not young enough. *laughs* I will see you there if you like cute girls. Mahalo~

P.S.
I did buy a fancy CD player to showcase my music releases so might as well!!
Nice. *thumbs up*

The Welfare Package April 2024: Renewing Vows

No, not wedding vows. I'm still single, remember? Yes, even fictional me. *laughs*

If this is not the latest version of "all according to plan" I can't make this orchestration any better. *giggles* Okay maybe I missed the newsletter which just dropped by the forwarding service this morning but heck, that was already calculated. But otherwise, you would be pleased to hear that the monthly package has dropped by! And I could not be more hyped to talk about them, mainly because as annoying as this is, I just updated my... simping(?) to some fanclubs, renewing the "vows" I did for each year on my birthday month and maaaaybe it was a bad idea to do it on the final day of Febriary February and let them charge me again once the month ticks over and/or make the subscription end a month earlier for the yearly plans.

*silence*

Well lesson learnt note to self renew the start of each month lol so let's get THOSE out of the way because we have a CD and PHOTOBOOK to talk about, dude!! This post doesn't even matter now, to be honest. *laughs*




Dead or Alive: Venus Vacation Venus Acrylic Stands (True Colors Luna, Shizuku, True Colors Fiona)
Kuroneko Union Membership Card + Bromides
Sumipe Federation Membership Card & Dog Tag
Inori Machi Diary No.25
miwa "Soredemo Tada"
"Kanno Mai no Mai Pace Mai World" Tabi Photobook ~MaiCatch~

But first, let's sort this out which is just such a mess right now because I got it all jumbled up I thought they missed out some items so this will be short- !@#%^*&UNBOXING!! Haha it never gets old

All paid for, government, you can't tax me how haha ah- *sob*

Not quite enough packaging, but I think the guys at the forwarding service figured none of these are exactly fragile lol

We will talk about you later, miwa-san.

Ah yes, this.
Just the one set of acrylic stands lmao how did I even get into this

Yeah, how DID I even get into this, me? Yes, this is the somewhat regular update of the character line-up (and dress-up) of Dead or Alive: Venus Vacation new character acrylic stands!! As I patiently wait for the new update which isn't as revealing as you might think (swimsuits, by the way) (haha) (Edit: Got 2 of them SSR *dabs*), I have pledged to collect these almost 2 years ago since they told me to buy all of them lol they didn't it was all me, this time around they used the same strategy of selling these during the announcement livestream, giving discounts if you buy within 24 hours, and I took the bait. Every single time since back then. *laughs* This set features two "true colour" outfit designs from not alien girl Luna and princess lover Ede-chan Fiona (lol), and our new 29th character in about half a year named Shizuku, which is like, just somehow cosplay with the wolf ears but not as she's human but more importantly  voiced by now newcomer award-winning voice actress (hehe) Yomiya Hina, which you might remember her from... well for me Anime "KiseKoi" as stacked younger sister I guess. *giggles* That's it, actually, as of writing still no new characters and Shizuku isn't out of the paywall yet so welp. *laughs* Hey, at least they can't sell more of these for now, eh?

Just checking in on the girls, in case you wondered.
Still the same ranks though so far, and... where's the newest girl Yukino??

Oh over here on the shelf haha unrelated Marin-chan over there
(And yes, those ladies we don't really care about-)

Ta-da!!
(Haha)

Just her standing over there, all alone.

*shame*
I like.
(Haha)

Okay next up, I guess we just go down the line!!
(That big book will have to wait, relax haha)

If you can't read the Japanese title of the fanclub, maybe the next line of text will give you an idea. *wink*

So yeah, let's talk about who I signed up for this year! I guess we won't talk about the scam that is Tomita Miyu's fanclub because everything from her is the most expensive so far even the PAID calendar I have to fork out even though they nicely avoided charging me yearly as of this month, but STILL had the balls to charge me more per month!?!? *pukes*

Alright this isn't about Miyu-chan I might just hide the above rant actually (lol), this is Horie Yui official fanclub subscription for the year!! Yes, that 40-year-old has a fanclub lmao, it has been running for quite a while, and I've always wondered what's in there. So yeah, I took the plunge and found out that... surprises surprises, it runs similar to Minase Inori's fanclub (which newsletter we will talk about soon...) just that there are a couple of differences in there, of course. Apart from charging me once again to buy the fanclub bromide photos which I included in this order because damn or else I will be talking about only freebies here in this whole post (and boy the local shipping is more than the item price but what else is new hehe they got me good at the worst time possible), we also get a membership card (ooo it's black... coloured haha *phew* almost got cancelled) (this is the Darkness card they have been talking about?) (lol that's an Anime "C" reference from 2011) and access to her private (oooh) Instagram account? Yeah, sure is interesting but heck, all this only happens once (fingers crossed) and it doesn't update regularly anyways so we shall see if I can like it for a year. *giggles*
Now that's a cool black card there, fits their monochrome cat theme-
What is with all the paper though??

Like, why are we printing out the membership contract?
Hocchan, do we have such contract liability that you have to do this?
(Haha my guess is that this has been the tradition and they didn't go paperless)

So not only do you get updates (as with all fanclubs) via email of (less important) event reminders and (more important) content updates...

... you also have access to the fanclub's Instagram account!
Okay THIS maybe they should put in writing, I was confused when I had to fill in my Instagram account in my profile

Eh, spoiler alert, there is not much in that account you can't see it anyways it's private, but heck I wanted more of her so sign up and request for her to be your friend if you want that too. *wink*

WHERE ARE THE BROMIDE PHOTOS I ACTUALLY BOUGHT THOUGH?? lol

Well it isn't here... sorry for the early unboxing but I had to confirm if they slipped it in

Or maybe it's here with the CD??

Oh yeah, found it!!
I assumed this was the only place I haven't searched after putting it aside from the start
*laughs*

Since these aren't much of a secret, and not like anyone is that into her anyways (lol), here they are.
Personal favourite is all of them as long as she's 17. *dabs*

Aw LAME I have to fill in my name on the membership card by myself??
BRUH.
(Haha)

Next up we have...!!

So yeah, this one I initially did not think I would want to do it but I couldn't come up with a better birthday present for ma bro in March and I still can't believe they left the birthday wallpaper in there (likely for me since mine is only a month earlier), this is Uesaka Sumire fanclub subscription for the year!! And that's why I hesitated to sign up for these because they are all yearly ones and I had to cancel some of the current ones to do this (sorry Kana-chan!! *tehe*), but yeah, I'll do this for ma bro, I did give him access with a password so enticing you can jerk off to it lmao (you still won't know what it is enough, stop cracking it lol), and this is not really for me to adore at more of her digital content including exclusive photos and videos since her social media accounts are evidence you don't have to, but apart from the running visitor counter which can win you something (just a mention lol) semi-regularly if I'm not wrong haha yeah, and more behind-the-scenes photos here and there... sure why not I'll prepare for the next time I have to buy her fanclub bromide photos. *giggles* ALL HAIL UESAKA SUMIRE lol is this how Sumipe Federation works? Haha similar to Russia-

I like how they have to mention this is a mail lol but yeah, informing us there are TWO items delivered in this first ever mail from the fanclub

They are the membership card on the left (why black... coloured-), and a dog tag on the right?
Hey, if you need a loyal fan I'll get my bro in *laughs*

Last but not least because I'm not done for the day yet lol, we have...

And to wrap this up (hey don't blame me if the fanclub doesn't have any physical items for me to talk about I'm okay with paperless subscriptions as they should be), we have another issue of Minase Inori fanclub newsletter! Hocchan and Sumipe will have these too so by then we shall see which one is better in content *wink*, but hey let's say Inorin is more active as a voice actress and singer at this point so it's no wonder they are doing this somewhat regularly compared to the former ones. *silence* This issue covers her birthday event live recording event of her weekly radio show last December, the new year stuff and the recent fanclub event (which did NOT land on my birthday thank goodness haha) so there's quite a lot to show, but I'll just talk about a few of them as usual. You don't get all the dibs if you don't sub, that's the law. *dabs*

I mean, Town Mayor Inori more like Managing Director Inori amirite-

Wow her handwriting is... took me a while to read all of this lol this is talking about the live recording of her radio show
(Oh and you just don't get to see the rest *dabs*)

And in case you wonder how that works, everything for the radio show is brought on to stage, including sound effects and sponsor audio lol they showed the KING RECORDS logo

She likes salt-only popcorn and Oolong Tea when watching movies, and for things she forget she was finding she now uses her smartphone to take notes
(If I get you popcorn and tea, Inorin, would you go to the movies with me? *dabs*)

And I now (do not) regret NOT purchasing the yearly fanclub calendar even after I've seen this lol
*chef's kiss*

"Food that is great to sleep on if supersized" lol alright:
Number 1 is cotton candy, followed by pudding
(Okay so she likes it white and sticky-)

Oh, this is just for me to put as the thumbnail, don't mind me haha

And next next up...




Okay so for the real next up...!! I can't believe I would be sacrificing my nap time for this haha yeah in case you didn't know why this is all according to keikaku (lol) I planned this package to appear on the work leave I took for the rest of the week, just because Wednesday was a public holiday. *dabs* Oh boy did I enjoy the songs I'm listening yesterday where they release new songs we will talk about it on Sunday again, because goddamn did I not plan to talk about how I am literally still suffering physically as what I did last month once again just because someone in the office could not stop coughing. You can guess what happened. *cringe* Okay okay let's talk about music, yes? I won't be singing to miwa's songs though, my throat is kind of giving way and I have a runny nose so... *sob* See you then. *sob*

Sunday 7 April 2024

The Entertainment News '24 Issue #14

Wow, how did I end up on the same state as I were two weeks ago, I don't even know. *silence* Oh I meant physically, mentally I'm already ruined once I reached 30 so if I'm not feeling well this is quite normal. *laughs*

Also normal and totally expected, is the new season of Anime!! Yeah let's not talk about how I'm coughing again I rather be coughing up reviews of new shows I am interested in to see if I want to watch any of them other than the sequels which will already fuel the next three months of my weekends. *giggles* We shall see, me, we shall see. Hey, at least we have some time to give these, huh? I will try this time around- It's the new year, we gotta try somehow. 

Anime will compensate for the lack of music this week and likely prep us for the months ahead because I have to give the theme songs haha, in this new season start of stuff I talk about every week! I need a better slogan or even a better post title, really. *giggles*




アニメ Majo to Yajuu
"Love. I want to teach you what love is." Helga-san is so hyped right now haha
Yeah, I also realized they skipped the part where they had to stab Ashaf, it just appeared on him- Magic, dude. What else is there to say? *dabs* In this final episode of a series I didn't expect to get so into and I'm still loving it (#MajoToYajuu12), but now that it has ended gloriously... I think I'm good. *giggles* Let's talk about the flashback first, it's the flashback after all, more vital to the explanation of the lore we have here so far. So story goes that (and boy is the story short because they are replaying scenes lol ah hey) we found out that Craig and his dad are both Executioners (but really, this young to be such evil?) and if you need to guess again, they are going for Falvell's powers, no surprises there. Unfortunately they also knew from Orwell (RIP but not really) that she can't use her speaking-magic powers to any extent, mainly because there is a curse put on her to prevent her from even speaking, thus making her powerless as seen by how the villagers try to arrest her without much resistance. The Executioners seem disinterested in dealing with a witch with a curse, so they had to kill her. I know right, what is being neighbours for half a year and drinking their tea? Should've spiked it. *laughs* And since we know that Gideau will help us out in dealing with these two because did you even see how they sent Craig's father into the burning building? Haha, clearly Ashaf had to tell her how to undo her curse albeit temporarily, and this is also not a surprise, it is to kiss a witch. Falvell in this case. I know right, where do I sign up haha ah. *laughs* Anyways, this kiss ended up having more effects than I would have noticed immediately, because apart from beast Gideau sending Craig's dad flying and Craig himself basically ruined just enough to say his dying words, don't forget Gideau also had a witch's body which means that (1) any damage done from the Executioners will hardly kill her off the bat and that wouldn't be true if not for us knowing that that is essentially Angela's body, and (2) kissing Falvell also undid her curse, which also means she can speak for once in her life now. The latter is rather important since this makes her so absolute in power, not only did she stop the villagers from apprehending her, she just uh, wiped Craig's dad out of existence. Like, not even "kill yourself" or anything, he just vanished. The only thing she didn't do right is to wipe out all our memories of that dude so we won't even know he existed. *giggles* Anyways, all is well, and that's how Ashaf introduced Gideau to the Order, in order *wink* to find out who did her curse. Well, we knew who it is, she has appeared to visit her several times out of her own will, but the ending teased a new arc of the story where the duo had to go hunt her down. Well, sort of. And this is where I can stop I guess the word "isekai" triggered me in more ways than over, I'm glad there isn't a sequel to the Anime. *laughs* All in all though, great series just this alone hehe, but heck, I think the magic has overstayed its welcome. I'm very in on the lore though, still keen on the terminologies and the stuff that has been set up to fight against each other, from the Order to the Church and Paladin Corps, to the Executioners, to the Demon Sword and even Beast Gideau... there's always something around the corner to play around and change tides whenever the author decides to, and that's actually a good thing. Better than coming up with a final move and then having to power up that final move- Yes that's every other action series, thanks for asking. *laughs* Still, for what is based on magic which means anything is possible, this is still a great series to watch. Storytelling definitely is its strongest factor, the audio mixes might be meh at times, but everything else, it's amazing with all the kiss scenes. *giggles* Will they make another one of these so we can see the downfall of Angela fingers crossed? We can but hope. Yeah hope for the death of all Executioners or something lol can't we just let Falvell say that and it's over?
[GIF FEVER TO END THE SEASON!! You're welcome haha how is it all featuring Craig though]
Me when I go to parties lol
(Also did you notice some of the frames are missing his face? LMAO it's magic)
Me when I see all the fanservice in romance shows this season
(Haha it's too good)
P.S. "I assume you know that our world has eight continents." Yeah doesn't Antarctica not count? Haha that's a geography joke
P.P.S. "The Fall has seventeen levels down" Oh so it's like Hell? Haha as in not the Chinese version of Hell, B18 is for the deceased "Each one connects to another different, independent isekai" WHAT THE HELL haha I was liking this series but now I'm not too sure... *laughs*


アニメ Bartender: Kami no Glass
"There are two types of professions that absolutely must not deceive the customer" I'm pretty sure that is less than 0 jobs, sir. *laughs*
I mean, what do I know of bartenders, right? I've never tasted a cocktail for myself, not even alcohol.  *silence* Does medicated wine count? *laughs* In this remake of a good old series that has gained my interest in fancy alcoholic drinks even though I've never drank any (#Bartender01), oh yeah we are going to start off how they also started: Dunking on new bartenders until we realized we can't hire the guy in Eden Hall. *giggles* Okay, and I think I know how to review this now just like how they reviewed all the bartenders for the hotel, so let me give you a super beginner's course to this series which they somehow gave the script to a kid and THEN let AI change whatever they want. *laughs* So, story. This is simple, it's an intro to what Eden Hall is. Problem is, it's not the same. Differences include (and I don't have to refer back to remember) that the bartender auditions are a lot simpler than we know of, first off. We don't have that ikemen pretending of a jerk or even Higuchi as a character in the story, trying to bring in more life than the whole season of the original, actually. And I think this already breaks the illusion of what this series was supposed to be about: The mellowness of the story of alcohol. It sure is funny though, because mind you, I have read the original story before, and this much flare if I recalled, was suppressed in order to bring in the main delicacy of what this series was famed to be: its tale of cocktails. Cock-tales, if you would say- Okay maybe not. *laughs* Moving on, this whole episode is basically just reminding you a lot of what the characters are in general, from happy-go-lucky Higuchi who only knows of social media as her friend and wouldn't even care about Sasahara Ryuu our main guy here would be such a cool bartender, to miwa-san here Miwa-san here for being some manager trying to do her best for work and seeing her being left behind while the rest of the hotel rakes in the business while this bar is still stuck for a suitable candidate, to even the chairman who has been the most lively I've seen him in years which you would recall, dunked on all the candidates because he knew, HE KNEW, he hated bartenders and who is the one and only stuck in a bar by the street with the heaviest door you can imagine, and even that had a meaning. In this though, I guess they have to put in modern context which might be the issue considering this series was based on a manga from the early 2000s where Steve Jobs did not exist lol *wink*, so they put Eden Hall in the basement of some cheap building lmao, did not show us that famous ice sculpture which will no doubt have its use lol *wink* not this one though because we now know he uses a fridge to store solid ice, and served Miwa-san instead of the chairman, the cocktail that will make me wake up after a hard day's work. *sigh* All in all... I wonder why they decided to remake this if they can't deliver the same "wow" factor they did all those years ago. I think they are definitely trying to deliver the same emotional stories as much as they can I still teared up when Sasahara mentioned the meaning behind "bartender", while trying to keep it up with the times and enhancing the storytelling to give it more depth and clarity. Though in retrospect, that also means some stories will be cut off as I have seen so far not all of the characters we know and love are in the opening theme animation, they are likely going to lengthen or even change the story just because, and put in a lot of unnecessary stuff and keep hinting the lore more heavily just to get the kids interested to watch and understand this. In relation to Eden Hall, attracting such customers is not necessary, because for people who clearly understand what they are getting walking into this series, they will sure be pleased at what they will get. And that's just not how Capitalism works. I miss the ending cocktail showcases already. We will find out soon in future episodes on how that will make sense, but damn am I hesitating to even watch this if it might ruin my own impression of the original with just a little less alcohol. Prove me wrong, Anime. Prove me wrong.
What we think this Anime is about
(LAME)
What this Anime actually is
(So cool)
P.S. "Would you please refrain from the unfunny jokes?" Haha this series in general I gotta say I remember when this was a serious show but *shrugs*
P.P.S. "The private bar with the irregular schedule finally reopened" Oh is this why this is a remake? We are actually just dealing with an older bartender I forgot his name now? (Edit: Sasahara Ryuu) *laughs* I see...
[I would still argue though, that even after I've re-watched the original episode 1 (hehe I sure did), I know this initial series had its own flaws since it's storytelling pace is also rather dull and slow-paced and had a lot of narration which might not be everyone's cup of tea, but damn, this new series ruining the impression is really like putting too much alcohol in that drink for the right customer. I know, they even served diluted Highball instead of a Water Mix, dude! Haha haiz give me a minute while I go wipe my tears again this original is just much more impactful ngl]

アニメ Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai
"If I keep spending  my days peacefully, enjoying the little things in life, that's enough for me even if I never fall in love." SAME oh dear Hotaru-chan I wish all girls were like you haha ah
Okay so we got an ikemen here and a girl who doesn't care about men. What else is new? *laughs* In this new series where I wonder if I should even be giving this because I seriously don't want to give the opening theme song lol (#HananoiKun01), okay put the ending theme song in also because is that a translated song from its original?? This is OBVIOUSLY targeted at the ladies. *laughs* Anyways, let's talk about what this is about before I reject the shit out of this just like how main girl initially did with our main guy Hananoi-kun here. So, intro is basically the guy being somewhat saved by Hotaru as she covers him with an umbrella from the snow after breaking up with his ex lol, then thought this little girl with the short hair here was his new lover LOL this is too real I can't even, immediately threw himself to her by confessing to her in front of her class, probably upsetting a lot of girls who think he's not as cool as he seems in the process, just like how many other ikemen would let you think, yes even in Anime. Also yeah, this girl Hotaru's world is going to be turned upside down haha yeah all the other girls are going to be like that magic-speaking witch Falvell in Anime "Majo to Yajuu" and demand that she disappear. *cringe* Haha okay not that bad, but I'm sure there will be threats. Ironically that isn't the focus of the series in case you did not notice, as Hotaru explains her reasons for not seeking a dedicated relationship with a soulmate, mainly because and this is too real, that she thinks she don't get this love thing and feeling as much as others do (SAME), and she has no business falling in love because she don't get it. *silence* SAME haha no really, I wish someone will tell me what's up. In her case though, she has Hananoi-kun who somehow knows more than her considering he has at least had one girlfriend before her. *laughs* Oh, and don't let me talk about how he would do anything for her just to earn a smile on her face, from getting the buns that she likes which she doesn't have (BOOM GOTTEM haha), to even trying to pick up the hairpin the classmate dropped and even if she didn't care as much as he did, he still tried to find it in the snow after school without telling the girl hopefully to give her a surprise and trying not to kill himself... Oh, you f**king f**king pants on fire. *giggles* Maybe that is too much, bro. Maybe that. Or maybe he's just like Haru from Anime "Kaibutsu-kun" where he actually looks great but knows close to nothing about love. I gotta say, that's quite the deja vu I have seen so far, and I think I understand now, if the lore is about Hotaru also teaching him what it means to have the friends and family you should care about. You know, relationship is a two-way thing anyways. Not that you have to cut your hair short or take away your ear piercings to lose your identity for, but still. All in all... I think the narration at the end of the episode is adequate summary for this series, where even if the couple's definition of love are different, at least they are stepping into different ground. And that's generally what love is... if you ever encounter one. *looks at self* It has been a while, about 15 years to be exact, maybe 16 years as old as Hotaru-chan now. *sigh* Also, in general, I feel like (and sorry for comparing to Anime "Kaibutsu-kun" I would argue that's the closest thing I've watched and that was a decade ago lol) the pace of this series will be slow, but more importantly, that the guy won't be as aggressive as to suggest the "lovesickness" part of the title I would have more expected to see (yet), for we can obviously notice that the guy has his own problems too. In case you wonder where this is going too, and unless the ending is really the guy going crazy for Hotaru-chan and not in the manner of digging in the snow to find her one hairpin... then maybe this will change my mind. But no, I don't think so, so I will put this aside. I'm honestly more keen on that one airing next week, yeah, "Sasayaku You ni Koi wo Utau" even if it's not a normal romance plot. Oh well, Kana-chan, you tried. *giggles*
[TL:DR; I'm sorry, Anime. But the fact that Hanazawa Kana is married and in her 30s voicing in this Anime? She's cuter. *dabs*]
Alright how does this look infinitely better than the buns downstairs where I live?
Because Hotaru-chan is actually cute, "come I clap for you" hehe
P.S. "Oh, sorry. It's hard enough for me to remember my own classmates" SAME haha but you know, some girls just happen to remember the most popular guys in school, just saying. "I guess I'm like a robot or something" Well Hotaru-chan you would still be more sociable than me
P.P.S. "As they say, a love too strong can become a hate even stronger." Oh wow I don't know about relationships, girl, so you gotta fill me in. *giggles* "You'll understand once you fall in love" OOF oh me are you even alright now haha "I have a boyfriend now" YOU F**KING NORMIE haha oh well it is what it is

アニメ One Room, Hiatari Futsuu, Tenshi Tsuki.
"Sometimes, I crave company that's not just my own thoughts" Oh you meant an idol- (Or you think "an angel" would've been funnier? I'm taking suggestions lmao)
FINALLY we don't have to deal with fake angel or the evil angel or whatever those are in Anime "KanaTen" because NOW, we have the real angel. *giggles* Sorry for dispelling all the rumours about angels this way and telling you that they are anything but, because if you watch the first episode of whatever this is (#TenshiTsuki01), you will reinstate your definition of angels once again. You're welcome. *giggles* So, looks like I did not get much from the trailer apart from this is just adorable and when I mean that I meant the angel lol, so let's talk about how this all came about. Ironically, as stated above, this story started with some angel dispatched to understand humans, as human as she might look, she landed on (lol are you a crow or pigeon or what) main guy Shintarou's balcony for a perch or a nap or whatever angels do on balconies at night lmao, and a reminder that the guy was tired from work to notice, ended up waking up to a balcony that doesn't look like what his is normally even on his days off. *giggles* Don't ask me how the milk from his cup magically ended up on the worst of places atop the angel and may I remind you this is not a porno lmao, but yeah, consider this an accident so we can get her in to the abode to take a shower and a change of clothes or something. Around this point though, if you haven't been worried about her identity just like how Shintarou does, as practical and wary as he has been to realize, understood that this might be some girl who accidentally got picked up on the streets and has been homeless since and has been trying to find somewhere to stay in exchange for one night stands- Oh, wrong Anime. *laughs* (Yup, that's an Anime "HigeHiro" reference without the beard so "Hiro" lmao) And I would still be wrong in saying that because unless Shintarou intends to let this beautiful ball of white get picked up by some old dude who invited her to a hotel to- I'm calling the cops on him haha but maybe not because it'll be hard to verify the angel's identity, so yeah, Shintarou decides to take her in. It's like they are forcing you into taking in this free angel at your one room apartment, huh. *laughs* Not too surprising at this point, but with a very judging eye of Shintarou somewhat enjoying this fever dream of a honeymoon with an angel who intends to deliver happiness in many ways than other apart from spreading her angel wings... maybe we need something more of a monetary reward at this point. *giggles* All in all, I wonder if I would enjoy an angel dropping my my room. *silence* That of course should be the least of your problems, because I SWEAR that people who have watched Anime "Tenshi-sama" will have SERIOUS deja vu seeing a girl taking care of a dude in this episode, whether they liked it or not. *laughs* Or even if the circumstances were different, but damn does this new girl Endou Touno Hikaru sound too much like Iwami Manaka when she voiced Shiina. *giggles* Other than that, we have quite a light-hearted series if you let (not Tokiyama) Towa-sama here carry your belongings using her angel wings and would you please just overlook the opening theme animation at the end haha what are those even, you would be relieved that this series might be more stereotypical than you think, see Anime "Senko-san" for reference where that guy has more money than this dude who might have to work more part-time just to keep them going. I know right, get her to work if she wants to bring happiness to humans. Yeah, like be an idol or something. *giggles* We shall see where this takes us hopefully not what I envisioned, and yes I will be watching this. Can't let this Anime go away and into some disgusting Anime fanboy who will insult this to Kingdom Come, are we? Haha it might be same same but different, and I'll take it. *wink*
[And just a reminder on airing times, I shall follow Japan national TV simulcast which airs the first episode this week, one week later than paid digital services would provide, just so you know. Not going to talk about Capitalism here I don't pay to watch my content-]
What we think meeting angels is all about
What meeting angels actually means IRL haha nice
P.S. "What is going on around here? What situation is this? At least she wasn't a corpse, I guess!" I'm pretty sure it's way worse if you found a corpse in your balcony, bro. *laughs* "A thief? A cosplayer? A runaway girl?" Bro, how about all of them haha ah hey "But I know she is a good girl. Probably." Haha you gotta doubt like me, brother. Also this is DEFINITELY not a hentai. *laughs* 
P.P.S. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Towa." TOWA-SAMA!!?? Hold up, wait a minute right there. *laughs* (I'm sure some fan will remind her in her livestreams soon enough) "Well, there's only one bed" Yeah you can't expect the angel to sleep on the floor- On the balcony again...? *giggles*  "If I buy two of each meal at the convenience store, I don't think my food allowance from my parents will be enough!" Yeah oh shit I forgot budget is an issue lol do angels even eat though?
[I think moving forward I shall follow Shintarou here and call this angel "Towa-chan" instead of "-sama" just because we don't welcome VTubers here lol MORE TOWA-CHAN INCOMING]
Dude, why are you getting excited about buns?
Don't you have two of them yourself-
See?
(Hehe nice)


From the 2 new romance series above, I guess we are treating formality as a live-changing action as usual, huh. *laughs* Why am I still alone though- They make encounters happen SO EASILY, dude!!


音楽 This Week on Klassic Note
Well, there isn't much kicking off April in Klassic Note, so let's talk about what I listened. I recalled to give Yamane Aya's debut EP and it wasn't bad, and I tell you why, because I did listen to Audioleaf last weekend and this is slightly better than that but not by much, as you will notice Yaya-san's very indie singing voice throughout the release, it was harder to give than I would've thought. *giggles* I did give a couple of songs though (out of boredom lol not really) I just think it's great to listen such songs once in a while just because it doesn't exist no more. Watch me give mainstream shit next week again lol

Okay serious news this week first for music, the April Fool's Day jokes can wait. *laughs* nano.RIPE changed music label companies but I don't think that's important if they don't come up with new releases. mol-74 and ClariS revealed their new release track lists but more importantly, ClariS new music video is rather suitable for the theme and damn if you didn't like the stares (specifically Clara-san *umph*) like I did you got something else coming. *giggles* ClariS also announced a new album releasing half a month after the new single for Anime so yeah, get your ears ready and watch me give nothing else on the list because their track record hasn't been great anyways lol. I have also heard the couple of Kitou Akari singing Pokemon Trading Card Game championship theme songs and boy, are they something else. *laughs* It's not that great it's not bad either so if you need motivation maybe the lyrics will get you, I don't know. *giggles* Ikimonogakari's new live video featured songs I was not keen about 16 years ago and a week ago so don't ask me if I caught up. I did catch up to Ikimonogakari's new music video though for their new song for Anime, and I guess that was something, this feels like it was created by AI and I can't even. *laughs* It's quite a lively song in quite a while so be sure to give them some support. Last but not least, Kitou Akari announced a new mini-album in her fanclub event this weekend so that's kinda rad, hopefully it's not unlike a concept like last time where they told her to sing an English song, but now that I think about it we may have to listen to the original songs for that Pokemon Trading Card championship I mentioned earlier. *silence* Oh well we shall see I guess.

So for next week, the plan for new releases are just Hanazawa Kana's new album and SID's new song for Anime "Kuroshitsuji" series, but we will backtrack and listen to Niitsu Yui's 2nd solo album since I feel like I should give her more chance and they did make the effort to publish this online so I feel like I gotta. *wink* Not going to put too much hopes other than SID though, so do be warned. Maybe Kana-chan will surprise me with songs other than the ones I've heard preview of, who knows. 




I really wonder why did I not take the weekend to see the doctor and instead chose to do it tomorrow (if planned) even if I don't want to take MC? I think my dad is right. *laughs* Please, no one cares for me, not even more than myself, that was just a passing comment. *silence* Anyways, the package is on its way I did not screw it up but considering my wallet is going to burn a hole once again *sigh* I guess I will take this easy on myself. *silence* I know right, just living through life is tough for me nowadays. *cough* See you next time then, and until then hopefully I don't have to talk about my sad life and instead talk about how cute MaiMai is in that photobook and make my bro regret his decision of buying Moeshi's photobook instead- Nah, that's not gonna work. *laughs* MUCH *ACK* HYPE!!!

P.S. We might be 7 days too late into April, but hey, I can still list the jokes I saw online specifically Twitter/X that happened in Japan because they don't use anything else. *giggles* Among the prominent ones are Anime "Tenshi-sama" getting a real life drama adaptation featuring Iwami Manaka herself acting as main girl Shiina (this is just for me to put an image again lol) and the main guy voice actor isn't recruited lmao no one cares about you dude they should just cast me instead *dabs*, mobile game "IDOLY PRIDE" having their fish mascot being the manager for the day so naturally they had to invent a dance for them which... you can find out yourself lol maybe we will get more of the others in future years if this isn't a dying series just yet, Amamiya Sora changed her name to Amamiya Ten to align with her fans calling her nickname and she is only 13 years old as she also changed her date of birth (you can do that?) to 10th October 2010, with all the tens. DOAXVV started selling Nagisa-themed soba noodle bowls with quite a terribly edited promotional video because if "wanko soba" isn't horny enough you will be glad to know I just paid for (but did not get) (it's gacha after all) her recent "true colours" update where she put some strap across her (flat) chest in which its length might be enough to go around my penis- Viola-chan announced a new Anime "Shinigami Bocchan" movie featuring gender-changing Walter and Daleth of all people and damn can we just have this instead of season 3 which is airing in next week, MusicRay'n 3rd gen member Hinata Moka announced she has a twin sister (which if you don't get the joke this is photoshopped lol) in which I'll pick the yellow one if you don't mind, and I'm still single. Oh, the last one is not a joke, sorry. *sob*