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Two more to end the night:

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Shiron | Code: Crimson (Extended Length) (5:33)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF4XXQn97Mo
Nominator: @banshiryuu [11 songs remaining]
Character: Kureha (Sound Voltex)

Initial Score: 56.40
Final Score: 56.33

(FIrst Reaction: Not quite for me--this is perhaps the most heavy thumping beat in your first five nominations--but I don't really mind it? It's kinda nice to lose focus to; if I try to pay attention to what the song is doing at all, then the beat gets overwhelming in an unpleasant way quite quickly... but if I can manage to space out properly, then I kinda like it?

...Pretty sure that's the cruelest, most backhanded compliment I've given in any write up, but I do kinda like it!)

Not a song I'd ever seek out, but surprisingly nice if I can manage to get lost in a trance and lose focus. I really do kinda enjoy this, but as it gets harder and harder to cut songs, ones like this that I'm just less into start to fall by the wayside. There is a really nice break where the song drops its intensity and goes for some pretty piano music, but it's fairly short lived & the fact that the song could be doing something that I really like just makes me more disappointed how rarely it chooses to do so.

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Justin Bieber | Love Yourself (4:32)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyEuk8j8imI
Nominator: Raka_Putra [14 songs remaining]

Initial Score: 56.89
Final Score: 57.11

(First Reaction: Ohh, so the title is meant more as "go fuck yourself". This song is far more bitter and angry than I was expecting from the title. Song is... not bad; I do enjoy bitterness and break up songs, so a bitter break up is nice. I also understand that you have to censor things to actually get played on the radio, but... "You should go and love yourself" is just too tame for this to work as an especially angry or bitter song. I kinda like it, but I wish it had been allowed to go harder.)

The bitterness in the song is nice, but I dislike the bridge where he just "mm-mmm-mmm-mmm"s along with the instrumental and I'm never really all that into the song? It's very slow, there aren't that many lyrics, and his vocal performance is merely fine; I'll blame the song for being too subdued, but he never gets a chance to show any emotion or range. It's certainly not a bad song, and I like the idea of it, but I don't think this one'll make the cut.

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That puts us at 40 eliminations. If all goes according to plan,nominations will be closed in about 24 hours from now with the 50th drop. If you plan on using any left over bonus noms and need additional time, please let me know soon because they really do need to close eventually.