Kalafina 18th single "One Light" for Arslan Senki [confirmed]

Hopefully this won't be a heavenly blue where I listen to it constantly and love and then end up hating it :/
 
Short ver. of One Light is better for me than Mirai, Misterioso (I hate this songs.... they are so... clumsy), Believe, fairytale (It's boring for me), it's a little similiar to progressive (Hikaru's vocal). And I don't like Wakana verses, but it refrain it's ok.
 
Yes, but I was talking about my personal taste, of course it's ballad but it's boring song for me (even if I like chorus in this song) like Believe. I love e.g. seventh heaven, kimi ga hikari ni kaete yuku, alleluia - they are ballads too and they aren't boring for me
 
It seems as if the repetitive "generic" anime theme songs have become the "thing" for Kalafina as of late... Dare I say that I have grown accustom to this pattern? Don't get me wrong: I still love the innovation from the b-sides from the singles (i.e. Koibito no mukashi.... Uhm I forgot the name of the rest of the song :XD:, "in every nothing", "lapis"). At the same time, the mainstream feel from the a-sides seem to get to me in a way as such: "Hm. It's my favourite artist group singing a song that I would not like if it weren't them singing it." I think grunty mentioned this concept already once in the past hahaha I guess I'm just reiterating this point... What the hell is my purpose here??

@nodame89 ahah yesss misterioso is a wreck to me!!!! And I find that a LOT of people are not fond of "fairytale"! I understand where you are coming from; I see where it can be boring. I actually don't like listening or watching the LIVE version of the song because the boringness gets to me when they perform it so plainly. It was the magic of the cello and the combination of the strings in the recorded version that I am truly fond of.... and it has to be the right moment, i.e. snowing and walking home on a slow pace :p
 
Fairytale is by far the weakest part of the first album (the rest is practically perfect) but it's still good.

Listening to One Light again, it's still not that bad for me. It's not even close to the irredeemable garbage that is Believe and I prefer it to Misterioso and Heavenly Blue as well. Sure, it has its problems, but I quite enjoy it. I'm going to refrain from really listening much more until the full version is out though.
 
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I just listened to it again (to give it a second chance) and I find the song to be even more irredeemable than before. Hikaru's part on the beginning is something I've listened from bunch other shounen anime songs (the "pulsating" ending and guitar melody). the transition between the verses and the pre-chorus is even more annoying than heavenly blue. The song went from aggressive to somewhat mellow/pleading desperately since Wakana's part, I don't like the somewhat "chasing" feeling in the chorus because the entirely different feeling between Hikaru's "aggressive" delivery and Wakana's "desperate" delivery. And the ending part annoys me to no end urgh heavenly blue much.
 
It does have the exact same intonation as the 'heavenly blue' part of HB though. That and the 'shonen-style' part right at the beginning are the bits I don't like, the rest I find enjoyable.
 
This morning I've found myself in bed humming the refrain. It's kind of generic but it's so fast that it becomes catchy. I like the fact there is no pause in the refrain at all, also in the passage beetween Hikaru and Wakana. But this passage bothers me a little, tbh. There is a clear difference of 'softness' in their voices that doesn't keep the energy up.
 
Okay, watched the ED some more times. Eventually, I may consider it as "not so bad". The main issue with me is at the moment you can see Arslan (?) riding the horse next to the mosque (?), that ugly kind of transition when everything suddenly and abruptly goes crescendo for no reason we've already had in the previous three songs. Otherwise, it may actually grow on me, maybe. Not a bad song, but certainly not the one Kalafina deserves, when you know their extraordinary vocal abilities. I would rank it at the same level than RYB :
HB < Believe and other electro songs like Progressive or 音楽 < {RYB = OL?} < almost everything else.
 
people may disagree but for me progressive is way better than these past 4 Kalafina singles (and bunch of other songs, tbh. I LOVE PROGRESSIVE) and putting Ongaku on the same level as believe is blasphemy. well maybe it's just your taste @Daiima but to me Kalafina's "electro" songs are the ones that make me fell in love with Kalafina to begin with.
 
Well that's probably because I basically don't like electro :XD: – I just can't get any musical subtility in this kind of sound.
 
I enjoy most of their musical styles, electro-rock included. Ongaku and Signal are fantastic for example, the latter being right near the top of my list of favourite songs. And I agree about Progressive being better than the last four singles, although that's not really a hard thing to do considering I don't like two of those at all. Even though I do like RYB and OL (so far), they are definitely weak in comparison to everything from KnGnN and earlier. Luckily the b-sides have kept within my expectations thus far, so I still have hope.
 
Progressive was the first A-side that I felt "meh" about lol. Although the verses/bridge are great, the refrain just didn't jive with me. Felt the same way about Magia. But no doubt would I listen to these two songs over their recent tie-ins.

I think I'd like One Light for what it is (a standard j-rock song for the masses) if Kajiura had given the prechorus a complete redo (so it doesn't sound like Believe/HB) and have Keiko take over Wakana's part in the refrain. It's definitely not too high for her.
 
I'm in love with ring your bell. I've been listening to it everyday since it's release and once I heard that Music Fair live, it reminded me of what made me fall in love with Kalafina on the first place. It had been a long time since I felt wowed by their performance.

Objectively, it's a good Kalafina song, not the best they've ever done, but I enjoy listening to it so much that it's become one of my favorites. That's the power of them singing it live. Misterioso was meh, but their Lisani Live made me like it quite a bit more.

So to those who don't enjoy listening to One Light so far, wait till the live version comes out. It may just be enough to change your minds.
 
I agree, the lives of RYB I've seen have made me enjoy it more than I probably would've done otherwise, although I still liked it in the first place. If seeing Hikari Furu in person can change my opinion on a song as much as that did then maybe seeing OL live in October will make me fall in love with it. Hell it could even happen with Believe
 
I did not like misterioso until I heard it in the movie: Rebellion, then it was awesome! (I liked Madoka, so I like all tie-ins with the series, except maybe Magia Magic Mix, but I do like Magia (the live was amazing!)) Also after seeing some songs live (like Signal) I did grow to like them more. fairytale was one of those songs for me, though not live in person. I saw it on the Red Moon Live DVD and fell in love with it. (Except for Hikaru's loud "sayonara" but she has improved on that in other lives) so it's become a favorite ballad of mine. Yes, I may seem like I love every Kala song, but this song even I am not sure of yet. The chorus seems kind of choppy, and doesn't have that "Kajiura" flow or sound that we hear before it. Like I said before maybe it's the drumming or something that makes it sound "generic," but I still like believe and ring your bell. Heavenly Blue I only like the chorus and bridge. (Other songs I don't care for: in every nothing, Signal, snow falling and Magia magic mix) I actually thought of ring your bell's tv size when one light ended. The kind of weird feeling you get when something isn't right. heh I hope that the full version has something wonderful, like more Keiko, though I actually kind of don't like her one line (please don't hit me!), or more violin. I do agree about the scenes too (have not watched the episode though, as I am only on episode 5 of the first season) of the ending sequence.
 
Imo progressive is a great song. although it has many keychanges (I'm not a big fans of song with many keychanges but in this song it works perfectly), to me the song feels "whole", as in it flows flawlessly from the beginning to the ending, the bridge doesn't come out of nowhere (and it doesn't have this keychange Kajiura keeps doing recently on the end of the second chorus that, again, annoys me so that the song could move into the bridge. take HB and ryb for example). the arrangement is nice, and the violin is sexy. I remember people saying this song is so generic, typical Jpop song but honestly? compared to these past 4 singles progressive is a gem. @grunty might disagree, but @ninetales will definitely agree with me (I miss her).

I wanted to agree with @MedChemist regarding switching the girls' part but since it's the song's melody that I have a problem with, I don't think simply switching the girl's part will solve the mess that is this song. There are many songs/songs' parts that actually on Keiko's register but Kajiura decided to let Wakana or Hikaru sang because Kalafina needed harmony. I'm stopping at this.
 
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