Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#22 ~precious pieces~ 4th July - 9th August 2026
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CloisteredFlame
HA! I live in her CLOSET!
EMIKO is now "familia".
Imagine a duet between the two of them. Two opposites in terms of performance style and temperament (Muichiro versus Rengoku).
I agree and agree. FictionJunction needs to her recognized and not just Kajiura but also the ladies.Hope YK has already made the ed song for Madoka with FJ. They need more recognition than Kalafina.
Also, still wish that she kinda makes a new duet unit with Emiko and Lino-Leia to catch new fans
Joelle gained at least a few fans through singing the L.O.R.D. theme, just like Yuuka did with her FJY career, and the Kalafina ladies with all the music written for them.
I am not wishing she changes her personality, but I wish Kajiura had a more deliberately present personal branding at least for her own shows (smiling towards the camera with that her lovely grin, sharper costuming, etc).
I always like Kajiura's songs that are directly composed or alternated as solo vocals with just her on the keyboard - for example with Eri, Aimer, Joelle, etc.
Maybe an album of these kinds of acoustic collaborations released as "FICTION Duets".
Each song will be a true showcase of singers she admires at their brightest vocally, only interacting with Kajiura on the keyboard. Acoustic songs tend to be a more precise expression of vocal skill and emotional color because of a slower pace and not needing to sing over a louder instrumental foundation of the full band.
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toshiroukajiura
I like Yuki
This only means one thing. There was nothing that stops Wakana from working with Kajiura despite Kajiura not being of SpaceCraft anymore.
When I saw Spacecraft proudly presenting Yuki Kajiura ft. Yuuka recently I was like “ Whoa
The audacity. “ oh well. I am just happy that Yuuka is back. Yuuka excels a lot in Fictionjunction music. I am happy that EMIKO is now full time YKL familia!
As much as I miss Keiko, I am really looking forward to the energy Emiko brings to the YKL. It gives me the same feeling when I first watch YKL #2. Sounds new and exciting that time.
I hope Kajiura will cover her own famous songs she recently made like Akeboshi, Shirogane, Shine in the Cruel Night, etc. with Aoi Teshima, HYDE, LiSa, Milet etc.
But to be honest, I am excited also for a lot Kalafina songs played and sung YUKI KAJIURA LIVE STYLE. Imagine how people will react once they start performing songs like Alleluia, Ongaku, Seventh Heaven, Red Moon and many more.
Kajiura deserves to her own Kalafina music
Lorde-Kowz
I have reached Yuki nirvana
Yuuka performed with Kajiura at some Flying Dog event not long after she left SC. I think the problem might've been specifically with the manager that wanted to take over Kalafina. And that manager might've also been Wakana's manager idk, too lazy to check hue.
ritarudandoo
TETOTETOMETOME
But to be honest, I am excited also for a lot Kalafina songs played and sung YUKI KAJIURA LIVE STYLE. Imagine how people will react once they start performing songs like Alleluia, Ongaku, Seventh Heaven, Red Moon and many more.
Kajiura deserves to her own Kalafina music
they've reacted to Alleluia alright and most of them aren't exactly welcoming
but most of the reactions I've seen was basically saying they couldn't accept Alleluia because they thought of it as Kajiura basically saying goodbye to working with Keiko (as if that's not the case for both parties already lol) and Kajiura being shady/a clapback towards Keiko/Kalafina because of the songs chosen by Kalafina in their 2025 anniversary concert, as well as that special summer stream on Keiko's channel. that being said as a proponent of Kalafina moving forward and separating from Kajiura my reaction was like, hmmm these people are overreacting. let Kajiura performs Kalafina and let Kalafina performs Kalafina. everyone should be happy that way.
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ritarudandoo
TETOTETOMETOME
Wakana hasn't shown and doesn't show any indication of wanting to work with Kajiura again. Hikaru is always an outlier because she only worked with Kajiura for Kalafina and her relationship with Kajiura always looked like the most professional one. Though there was a tweet from her that people read as if she was shading Kajiura but to me it didn't really read that way. Keiko made her choice and it was quite clear by now that she doesn't want to perform Kalafina songs not as Kalafina. not to overanalyze things but even in the pictures she took and posted for YKL20 rehearsals before the news about Kalafina 2025 reunion concert broke, she was already distancing herself from her fellow utahimes.I'm totally up for Yuki returning to compose new songs for Kalafina, but I'm afraid of creating expectations for nothing.
unless they pulled a special one time reunion for Madopurgis and tbh I don't want it either. but money is always a good reason and the money is gonna be a good so who knows. to be fair rather than Kajiura x Kalafina, I'd rather have Ozawa x Kalafina for Madopurgis. an end for Madoka, end for Kalafina x Kajiura, and a new beginning for Kalafina.
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george1234
Moderator
Yes Ozawa knows how to make Kajiura-like songs well and it wouldnt allienate the fans, some wouldnt even notice i think lol back when Ookami Kakushi came out some people even in this forum thought the Ozawa song for Yuuka was better than FJ's Toki no Mukou haha. She is a good choice for new producer.
CloisteredFlame
HA! I live in her CLOSET!
Whoa
"Oh, we want some of thar sweet money too..."I'm really waiting for the Aoi Teshima acoustic collab.
Internal office politics... I'm just hoping that it's becoming more apparent to the Defenders of Kalafina that Kajiura didn't sabotage the group for pettiness. Enough aspersions have been cast on her.
The ignorance. She shouldn't perform her own music anymore, until she gets a signed permission slip from who...?
But.. Why?
george1234
Moderator
https://x.com/Fion0806/status/2008469320901554395
#YKL22 Last year, I declared, "I'll push through YKL 10 more times!" This is the precious 1/10 of that. If it's only 10 more times, there will surely be songs I want to perform that won't fit in. That's why, returning once again to my original spirit, I want to deliver each song and every note properly and with care. So, I named this tour "precious pieces." I'd be delighted if I get to meet you!
https://x.com/Fion0806/status/2008467348232208710
#YKL22 [To Everyone at FJS] Well, my announcement is a bit late, but starting today, the FC priority reception for Yuki Kajiura Live vol22 in 2026, ~precious pieces~, has begun! For this tour, we'll be welcoming YUUKA-san as a guest for all performances, and in the guest slot, we'll be delivering this and that song from FJY on a day-by-day rotation! o(^^o)ﾜｸﾜｸ
> 2 new FJ Yuuka songs confirmed ? *_*
#YKL22 Last year, I declared, "I'll push through YKL 10 more times!" This is the precious 1/10 of that. If it's only 10 more times, there will surely be songs I want to perform that won't fit in. That's why, returning once again to my original spirit, I want to deliver each song and every note properly and with care. So, I named this tour "precious pieces." I'd be delighted if I get to meet you!
https://x.com/Fion0806/status/2008467348232208710
#YKL22 [To Everyone at FJS] Well, my announcement is a bit late, but starting today, the FC priority reception for Yuki Kajiura Live vol22 in 2026, ~precious pieces~, has begun! For this tour, we'll be welcoming YUUKA-san as a guest for all performances, and in the guest slot, we'll be delivering this and that song from FJY on a day-by-day rotation! o(^^o)ﾜｸﾜｸ
> 2 new FJ Yuuka songs confirmed ? *_*
Lorde-Kowz
I have reached Yuki nirvana
Uuuh I see no mention of new songs.
ritarudandoo
TETOTETOMETOME
i think george interpreted "this and that song" as two new songs lmao. the better translation would be "we'll be playing different FJ Yuuka songs on each day of the performances."
good announcement but it's her selling the tickets so Yuuka fans would attend more than one performance. nothing wrong with that, get your bags queen
good announcement but it's her selling the tickets so Yuuka fans would attend more than one performance. nothing wrong with that, get your bags queen
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george1234
Moderator
thats right haha
ritarudandoo
TETOTETOMETOME
if they're gonna ever perform destination unknown it's better be given to Emiko... unless Kajiura had a completely different arrangement in mind (when she allegedly wrote it) for Yuuka
toshiroukajiura
I like Yuki
I think it’s the Kalafina girls being shady to Kajiura to be honest. They even followed Kajiura’s chosen music for encore in the YKL 21 Special Setlist live with Hikaru during Asia Tour ( Into the World ). They chose Mune Yukue in the live stream after Kajiura performed it with Emiko. It’s just sketchy for me. I work in the music industry also. We have this sing as musicians where in order to avoid conflict, we purposely do not perform the music that might cause conflict towards a certain group or composer. And not to mention, COPYING KAJIURA ARRANGEMENT during the Kalafina anniversary live.
Anyways, Kalafina music WILL AND ALWAYS BE KAJIURA MUSIC. It’s very style screams Kajiura that’s why other bands sounds different despite playing Kalafina music. She doesn’t need permission to play her own songs. Lol.
ritarudandoo
TETOTETOMETOME
they chose Mune no Yukue because it's a song that's very dear to Keiko and one of the very few Kalafina songs (or probably the only one) Keiko's able to play the guitar for the whole song
it's not anyone's fault the song chosen for YKL19 as well as Kalafina Live 2025 are all amongst their most popular, well known songs. i'd admit it's still kinda shady, but storia, to the beginning, and into the world were all fan favorites as shown by the result of their 10th anniversary live poll in 2018. kimi no gin no niwa only missed the top spot by a little bit and Magia would've been there had they not counted Magia, Magia quattro, and Magia magic mix separately.
copying Kajiura's arrangement is so funny to me because literally there's no need to rearrange so many songs for a concert when they're performed by the original singers. people want to listen to the songs as they were written and arranged. they definitely paid the royalty to perform those songs anyway. ngl the band in Kalafina Anniversary Live 2025 wasn't bad as they literally were performing songs as they were arranged. the FBM fanatism doesn't even make sense to me considering Kalafina HAD a near completely different band at the beginning of their career. if anything i kinda liked the creative liberty Takebe did by removing the keyboard in Hanataba and because the guitarist wasn't Korenaga, the guitarist for Kalafina Anniversary Live 2025 did oblivious and Kyrie closer to Susumu Nishikawa (which version I do prefer).
it's not anyone's fault the song chosen for YKL19 as well as Kalafina Live 2025 are all amongst their most popular, well known songs. i'd admit it's still kinda shady, but storia, to the beginning, and into the world were all fan favorites as shown by the result of their 10th anniversary live poll in 2018. kimi no gin no niwa only missed the top spot by a little bit and Magia would've been there had they not counted Magia, Magia quattro, and Magia magic mix separately.
copying Kajiura's arrangement is so funny to me because literally there's no need to rearrange so many songs for a concert when they're performed by the original singers. people want to listen to the songs as they were written and arranged. they definitely paid the royalty to perform those songs anyway. ngl the band in Kalafina Anniversary Live 2025 wasn't bad as they literally were performing songs as they were arranged. the FBM fanatism doesn't even make sense to me considering Kalafina HAD a near completely different band at the beginning of their career. if anything i kinda liked the creative liberty Takebe did by removing the keyboard in Hanataba and because the guitarist wasn't Korenaga, the guitarist for Kalafina Anniversary Live 2025 did oblivious and Kyrie closer to Susumu Nishikawa (which version I do prefer).
CloisteredFlame
HA! I live in her CLOSET!
Indubitably!
I don't give much stock to these. I have personally decided everyone should perform whatever they have access to in any order they prefer. The listeners will seek out and watch, and compare and choose, as they feel. It's more music for us, that's the way I see it.
I guess toshiro was responding to your report of Kalafina fans accusing Kajiura of spite in song selection (was it on X you saw the comments?). She has every right to select any song she wants to perform, just as Kalafina do as well.
Everyone's just getting back at each other. My own issue from the start has only been the origin of this whole mess - how SC got the girls to promote their performance of Kajiura's music (written for them) without her.
I'm sorry but they didn't have to do anything to pay the royalties to Kajiura. No one is doing her any favours. It's all automated in the rights distribution. So I would that's not a point one way or another.
Kalafina never "had a band" in the sense that they didn't put one together themselves. They were assigned musicians who rehearsed and played pre-written with them at different times. Sometimes those who played in the studio recording differed (at least in part) from those on stage (who often used sheet music to play along after rehearsing). If we looked at it from the musicians' list, one could argue (though maybe not so successfully) that Kalafina were sometimes having a sort a cover performance of their studio songs.
FBM (through Kajiura's influence and musician selection over time) became the most complete, recurring, longstanding, and career-shaping band to Kalafina's career. They are a unit (they don't have revolving members) and so their presence can't be discounted.
That's another thing that bugs me. People just accept that it's OK to throw away the relationships of touring and writing and rehearsing with FBM because other musicians can play the songs (using music sheets and rehearsing).
The reason Kajiura calls them the FBM (and not just a random backing band) is that each of them are in a sense co-composers and she refers to them as "nakama" to her as a person. I call them "co-composers" because Kajiura didn't write the flute parts and the drum parts, and the bass parts, and the violin parts. Of course, not. All of the iconic riffs and sections in the songs came from their minds and Kajiura's as well, during composition and rehearsing.
I appreciate how she takes time to praise their skill and contribution, and share a few things of their current interests during her lives, because they are vital part of the tapestry of her music (including Kalafina's). She does the same for her singers too.
There's a sense of dismissal and waving-away of their contribution that grates at times. They may not be the individual best in Japan at their instruments (Akagi is high up in my view) but they've contributed greatly.