Kalafina 21st single "Hyakka Ryouran" (Katsugeki Touken Ranbu ED)

2. KANTANKATAN
3. Tonbo

Edit: why is Tonbo's inst only available with vinyl smh
 
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lolwatadummas

Tombo = "dragonfly"

kantan= simple; katan=support, so maybe "simple support"? Reminds me of TETOTOMETOME

Cool titles. First single of theirs where every track is in Japanese. And each track is 100% in the three forms of the Japanese alphabet: kanji, katakana, and hiragana. Cute. I guess this ties into the whole "Japanese" theme that was mentioned.
 
Atlas Star said:
lolwatadummas.
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I ll pretend i didnt read that.

Atlas Star said:
Cool titles. First single of theirs where every track is in Japanese. And each track is 100% in the three forms of the Japanese alphabet: kanji, katakana, and hiragana. Cute.
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all except the "instrumental" word :XD:

Atlas Star said:
I guess this ties into the whole "Japanese" theme that was mentioned.
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I wonder if its just the titles or its the songs themselves as well ? Lets hope.
 
I like the poses and the way the dresses look. I do like the red color over the whole cover, which does make it feel more "japanese" although that makes me want to know what color the dresses are lol
 
There's a part of me that wants to dislike the red filter because it can be a bit hard on the eyes, but it doesn't really look too bad (imo it looks better than the ItW/Märchen coverarts). I kind of get the vibe of "A Hundred Flames Blooming Profusely" xD The BD cover is my favorite. :dote: Also, WAKANA'S HAIR! Now I'm curious as to what color the dresses actually are.

A bit bummed that the to get all the instrumentals you need to get the vinyl, though. I have no way of playing vinyls.
 
I LOVE that coverart. This one's probably my favorite.
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The simplicity, the Japanese dresses - I love everything about it. And for once the font isn't ugly probably because it's Japanese font.
 
george1234 said:
^ Problem is that we have stopped waiting for a surprise after many of the A-sides turned out to have the expected song structure, and only Marchen, in pretty much all A-side songs since To the beginning, had a drastic change to its melody in the post 1:30 duration.
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That's fair and to the point. I just got sick of reading all of the OCD picking apart of the song based on dreadful extrapolation, as goes the 'ritualization of Kalafina's neverending death spiral.' ®
 
I'll just echo what several of you already said: AN INSTRUMENTAL EXCLUSIVE TO VINYL? The most disappointing thing to me since the Hyakka Ryouran sample.

george1234 said:
does giving us instrumental for all 3 track mean other 2 will be used as an insert in the anime ? Or its just change of policy ?
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Natsu no Asa had an instrumental. At this point they are completely random with their instrumental inclusions. :P
 
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Maybe off topic but...
"The beauty of a subtle Japanese style hidden within the sound is being fused together with our own distinctive music style and it turned into a song that is showcasing a completely new aspect of Kalafina." is what Wakana said, but what does "Japanese style" mean to you guys?
 
Believe in Heavenly Blue said:
Maybe off topic but...
"The beauty of a subtle Japanese style hidden within the sound is being fused together with our own distinctive music style and it turned into a song that is showcasing a completely new aspect of Kalafina." is what Wakana said, but what does "Japanese style" mean to you guys?
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Hoshi no Utai, Natsu no Ringo, storia, Sorairo no Isu, serenato, sandpiper, and Yume no Daichi all have Japanese sounds to them, to me at least. Their most Japanese-style song is most definitely sandpiper though.

I tend to associate "Japanese-style" with Japanese folk sounds. When you say "Japanese-style", the image of kimono, samurai, tatami mats, bamboo trees and Japanese-style houses instantly come to mind, so those sounds are what I associate it with the most.

If Hyakka Ryouran is anything like Hoshi no Utai (since the person who listened to it said it was a war-like song) I think I'll end up liking it. Still have to wait and see though.
 
Here's the covers with less cancerous compression (although smaller they just look better). I presume they'll put up bigger pics on lineblog soon.
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Edit: hi-rez up on Harmony

Edit: There's a bigger version for the analog cover on Amazon and as expected the compression is terrible (looks worse than these small ones to me).
 
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Huh, so those are the covers. I kinda get what they're going for, but I don't really care for it. They remind me a bit of the Progressive covers actually, except with an overbearing red filter instead of Progressive's abysmal lighting.

Also I can't help but think they're trying to cash in on Persona 5's popularity with that colour scheme :ayashii:.
 
I quite like the covers. I love how the covers are saturated with red and there are drawings on the bottom, it looks like the fire is going to swallow them up. I also love how only the kanji for 'fire' 火 is in white - I think it's clever.
 
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