Disgaea D2 OP (Track no. 2)
What a strange themed opening for a supposedly serious anime. Anyways, continuing from the streak she had with her last single, the track is uplifting and energetic as well, but not overly cute like Self Producer was.With that in mind, her voice has also outgrown the phase in which she used her nasal tone all the time, and is finally in its full strength here, following the colourful arrangement with bells, guitars and quirky strings, which are (unfortunately) not omnipresent like in most of her style. Well, I guess you have to make sacrifices if the point is to make a good anime OP.
Rating: 9
2. CRADLE OVER
Rating: 10
And, the following and final track of this single is a great custom her producers are beginning to use, and that is to leave the track that isn't tied to a media for Minori to compose and write herself. The only thing I perhaps mind about her skills in composition is that she's never done anything else besides a ballad, even though they aren't just a filler. Nevertheless, the song is very touching and gentle, mainly consisted of a piano, acoustic guitars and a few violin intersections. As to convince us fully, her voice is again not nasal at all, and it's actually quite a tearjerker. Yeah, I'd like to wake up to this every morning.
Rating: 9
... See? I wasn't biased at all. I gave 10/10 marks instead of 14/10 ( ̄▽ ̄人)
Hmmm, Minori Chihara... I've heard quite a bit about her... What would be a good song/single/album to start off with if I wanted to give her music a try? Would this one be appropriate to start off with, or would some of her previous releases be better?
ReplyDeleteAlthough this is an excellent release, she has even more epic stuff. Start off by listening to "Greed's accident" on youtube, as it kind of sums up her instrumental and vocal style into a good introduction for a new listener. D-Formation is undoubtedly her best album, and among her better singles are Paradise Lost, Terminated, Celestial Diva, Defection and Kimi ga Kureta Ano Hi.
DeleteShe's about exactly in the middle between Kalafina and Maon Kurosaki :)
I hope you enjoy listening to her ^.^
Wow, thank you! Sounds great! I'll definitely be listening those soon :)
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