Kalafina 19th single "Blaze" ED for Arslan Senki Fuujin Ranbu

Ugh why the intro had to be the same as the refrain ?

from this I only like the guitar in the beginning for now.

if the TV size has the refrain melody 3 times you can imagine that the full size has it around 9...
 
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george1234 said:
if the TV size has the refrain melody 3 times you can imagine that the full size has it around 9...
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Thankfully, if that CD runtime was correct, it doesn't seem like the full version will be over 6 minutes like a certain stone cold.
 
I like it. Mostly because it's a Hikaru song (yay!), and even though the melody is itself generic, at least it isn't a recycled melody from past songs. Kinda FJY-esque.
 
I'm glad Kajiura could still surprise me because I don't think she could go even lower than One Light for Kalafina. I was proven wrong. this is onelight02 with recycled lyrics and shittier, albeit more cohesive, melody lines. Congratulations.
 
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The beginning sound really strange... The voices of Wakana and Keiko stop so suddenly. Wakana's verses don't fit to the refrain... Song isn't bad. The intrumental part is nice. But I'm a little sad and disappointed that it's SO genereric. I expected something more. Ok, it can be generic but moving, interesting too. And balze isn't interesting.
 
Well I do quite like it actually, it's alright.

However if I heard it without knowing it was Kalafina, I wouldn't be able to guess that it was. Maybe because I'm listening through my phone, but it sounds like an entirely different band. Are you sure this isn't a ruse and this song is actually Eir or something?
 
grunty said:
Thankfully, if that CD runtime was correct, it doesn't seem like the full version will be over 6 minutes like a certain stone cold.
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1:30 x 3 = 4:30 mins :)
unless she adds some long bridge but this song doesnt have chorus so i doubt it.

by 9 i meant not minutes but the number of times the refrain melody will appear on the song.
 
You're saying it like Kajiura's other refrains weren't mostly the same melody on repeat.
 
Anna ni Issho datta no ni and Tasogare no Umi started with the refrain melody too. ;p
 
Right but for some reason it bothers me more now, maybe becuase its not followed by some mindblowing instrument ;)
(3 songs in 12 years is still very rare)
 
Uh, so now it's not a negative but a rare occurence? ;P Anyways, those weren't all the songs that started with the refrain, just the first two that came to mind since I did that other post right now.

As for "not followed by some mindblowing instrument", well, that's a fair complaint but sadly not exclusive to this track.
 
Its rare yet its bothering for me because i dont like the refrain melody on blaze so if it repeats itself 8-9 times in the song its going to put it at the buttom of my personal kalafina song ranking

And i never liked songs that have a melody on uneeded repeat because it means that the composer couldnt come up with more melodies. This goes for Kajiura or any other artist ( greek ones do it all the time and it was one of the reasons i got to love japanese music)
 
Sounds very very generic. Hoping for a good b sides
Still don't hate it, but can't love it more than one light.
There are no wow factor in this TV size song. Unlike one light that still has an upbeat and nice refrain.

Well, I guess everything has its up and down and this is happened to kalafina this time
 
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That's it. Song is ok, but it shoudn't be sung by Kalafina. It's absolutely NOT Kalafina's style. I like much more OL. But I must to say that verses by Hikaru are really nice.
 
It seems to me that Kajiura is observating other anisongs and copy the structure from them.
Remembers something from Nana Mizuki, Eir Aoi, Lisa etc.
I liked because Hikaru is singing, but is definitively not Kalafina style.
 
Thanks @sprinterXkyrie for the link!

I agree with a lot of what some of you guys are saying, like how this song is very generic anisong (@juchanx3). I definitely feel that One Light was a better song in terms of composition compared to this. But I feel like what sets "blaze" apart from a lot of other generic anisongs is the richness in harmonization and the maturity of their tones.

I don't watch anime nor do I listen to anisongs apart from Kalafina's, but from my limited experience, I know that harmonizations in other anisongs are often overlooked and ignored and it just there to be there, and sometimes harmonizations aren't even present. I felt that KEIKO's lower harmony in this song is very prominent, along with WAKANA's upper harmony. In most anisongs, I notice that lower harmonies are not present and only the upper harmony is employed (again please correct me if I'm wrong).

Also, I enjoy HIKARU's bold and mature voice in this song compared to most chicks that use their whiney ass voice to sing these types of rockish songs.

Overall, sounds like a generic anisong that literally could have been performed by any other anisong artist. But I will not discredit Kalafina for adding their own sugar, spice, and everything nice to it.

My hopes are that the second set of verses go to KEIKO. See, this is what I hate about Kajiura. "Hibiwareta kokoro wo kirei ni tsunaidatte ima mademo sekaiwa kitto" - these set of lines from the first half of the verses COULD HAVE BEEN PERFORMED BY KEIKO. But because she needed there to be a lower harmony, KEIKO was stuck doing the lower harmony for them.

Not even going to hold my breath for a KEIKO bridge anymore. Haven't had one for "heavenly blue", "believe", "ring your bell", "one light"... Last we heard that was in "Kimi no gin no niwa" :(
 
I'd like everyone saying it's "NOT KALAFINA STYLE" to tell me why they think that.

Atlas Star said:
But I feel like what sets "blaze" apart from a lot of other generic anisongs is the richness in harmonization and the maturity of their tones. (...) See, this is what I hate about Kajiura. "Hibiwareta kokoro wo kirei ni tsunaidatte ima mademo sekaiwa kitto" - these set of lines from the first half of the verses COULD HAVE BEEN PERFORMED BY KEIKO. But because she needed there to be a lower harmony, KEIKO was stuck doing the lower harmony for them.
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So harmonization sets Kalafina apart from others but Keiko not having solo (cause she apparently has to harmonize) is reason to hate Kajiura's approach for Kalafina?
 
It's okay. Probably people(like me) would hear this as generic anisong cause the use of the e. guitar(doubt it's Korenaga) which is different somehow on Kalafina but common to anisongs. Will wait for the full version :)
 
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