'k, some more now. i might have to start adding these to youtube on my own at this pace goddammit.
Milky Holmes 2 ED: Lovely Girls Anthem
2/2 split.
Lovely Girls Anthem - much like Papa Koto i expect these two songs to not be terrible but moderately enjoyable if not very enjoyable (oh god please no). unlike Papa Koto the OP isn't as catchy. ended up being nothing but fairly enjoyable background noise to me. not painful, not good. 5/10.
Merry-go-round - this is catchier. not sure if i'd say it's *better* though. ...actually re-listening to Lovely Girls Anthem, it's... not. it starts fine and then... stops being fine, drags on too long, and gets dull. 4/10.
Lovely Girls Anthem instrumental - normally i don't bother with these unless they're really good or something stands out worth mentioning. this is neither, it's about the same as the original. just N/A this.
Merry-go-round instrumental - this is the reason instrumental review happened here. while the vocal version is kinda lame, the instrumental is actually *good*. like, i have absolutely zero problem seeing this in Sonic and it'd be GOOD Sonic music. seriously, this is worth a listen to and is the single best track on the album. it gets better as the song progresses too! this needs to be in some VG somewhere. 7.5/10.
(yes, almost twice as good. that's embarrassing. i think i have to upload this one with a throwaway youtube account...)
Average: 5.5/10
Shakugan no Shana 3 OP 2: Serment
aw yeah, Mami Kawada doing Shana songs. S wasn't that good of an OP but they typically have been pretty great. she's one of my favorites from I've Sound and very, very underrated. she was part of Hearing Leaf (an I've Sound mini-group that nobody knows because they only did obscure songs) who sang what's probably my 3rd fave song period. she also did Chi ni Kaeru (a lesser known I've song), Masterpiece (2nd Index OP), No buts! (another Index OP) and a couple other things like Hayate's OP. basically Shana and Index have been her main go-tos. as for this single.... 2/2 split. 'k.
Serment - this is the OP (haven't gotten to it yet in the series though, ugh). and yes, it's great. it's less active than her Index stuff (which, while Masterpiece was phenomenal, it threw a kitchen sink somewhere in its mess for no reason at all) and is better paced with a larger focus on her voice. good because she's got a damn fine one. 9/10.
u/n - ....well then. instead of a lesser quality one this song has every reason to be used as an OP, Insert, or ED somewhere. this has every bit of the same quality that Serment had and is a better song with more energy no less. 10/10.
unsurprisingly, both instrumentals are awesome.
Average: 9.5/10
(was there a doubt i was getting this. these 4 songs are part of my daily listenings right now.)
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