音時雨 ～Regentropfen～

Right, not Seven Days!
Ten days until I tell myself whether or not I'll get Krut Hymneth.

I have none of the 6 hymmnos concerts, so it's not a bad idea to get them altogether. But I was still a little bit hesitating. I'm that type who isn't willing to pay a large amount at one time, and would rather like to split buying what I want little by little (as long as it's doable). orz

The point is, I really know that 6CD = $35 each * 6 = 210, whereas the box costs 180 with not only the 6CDs. (and "KOKIA+Akiko" side isn't even found on that site! *dies*) Anyhow, I guess over 80% I will get it -- for getting this box, I spent no extra money since December at all~~

Alongside the price, another reason that made me hesitate was about shipment. I found no other place that offer cheap shipment, plus this item may quite large comparing to regular single CDs -- I don't really know the size since it doesn't only include the 6CDs -- the online shop would charge (much) more. Also, I found nowhere but amazon.co.jp has it, which was kind of disappointing (I do wonder how they would charge for shipment of this box).

Things are always changing. Right before I made my decision, I saw the box appearing on YesAsia site.

--- WHICH MEANS FREE SHIPPING!!!

I never ever expected to see they have this item, since this box was announced long ago back to last October. They are always very quick on updating new releases (I remember I saw Masumi's "Wonder Wonderful" fairly early). Thus basically, if they don't have an item on their site, that means they won't sell it at all. Think about Noriko's "vierge automatique", they still don't have it now...
Well, I don't know how they sell and what kind of stuff will be sold on their site, I'm just happy I wasn't that impatient to preorder this box in last October on amazon. :3

At last, what about "ten days"? Of course, you always need something to stimulate yourself when you make plans (especially when it's not easy). So this time, Krut Hymneth will be my Goddess of Victory. If I can finish writing up the first version, which is also the most time consuming version, I'll definitely buy myself that attractive box set even from amazon.co.jp!
--10 days left.

Seems this semester will be super crammed. What if I don't finish on time? Right now I'm not thinking in that direction. Just tell myself that I can do it! Believe the power of love! XDD

and the fantastic bonus on my way home:

From my phone, the sky turned like to be a clear purple, but it was supposed to be pinky orange! I do know sometimes my phone turns the scenes into another hue, and I don't like that very much, but this time, I really like the final purple, which reminds me binaria's "leightonite"~ =w=

A while (maybe years) ago, microsoft cancelled their windows live space (or whatever the name is) and immigrated to wordpress (another reason to hate wordpress!); today, I just got an email saying Messenger is gonna immigrate to skype.
What the hell are those microsoft people thinking about?
However, I don't care that much since I'm neither a wordpress user nor a messenger user at all.
And now I agree what someone I know said before: there is only one useful thing from microsoft that is called Windows.
(I already switched to open office.)

In the new semester, another bad thing was I couldn't get both of my TA sections on Thursday -- I was hoping for one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Because we are used to, and can only have our weekly lab meetings on Thursday, I feel not like working on that day at all. You know, no one likes meetings. Doing TA instead could be a good excuse for not being in the lab.
Anyway, since I didn't get the afternoon section, what I can do is having complaints. XD

It snowed out of everyone's expectation last night, and kept snowing till this noon.
The snow can really bury you!

↑ You do know the general size of the stairs outside of your house, don't you?
Good thing was it's not that cold. Only around -15 °C~ :3

Last, due to out of new music, and my late-December order still on its way, I didn't know what to listen so decided to watch a movie tonight.
Continued from what I've watched over the holiday, I touched Ju-on 2000 tonight (on full screen).
And the left side of my headphone died completely right after it!
-- I know I'm going nuts!

C83. Haruka would be my strongest expectation, Annabel×myu should be the same as usual, and where is Akiko and Noriko (I know she's not that active in M3 and Komike)? At least I didn't read anything from their sides.

霜月はるか／Shimotsuki Haruka
canoue～廻る羅針盤～ (Revolving Compass)

Those three people again! Hope it's not an erhu-involved album.
Seems they got a new unit, canoue. How enthusiastic they are! XD

落日の迷い子 (Lost Child at Sunset)

tieLeaf 10th anniversary vocal best album, Lip-Aura series, (the only new song) should be good. But, why another BEST album? Most songs are from "Tsukioi no Toshi"!! orz
I want new songs (ﾟдﾟ)！

Annabel
- トランスペアレンツガール (Transparent Girl)

Annabel+myu again, should be good. Extra story of "debris"... even I want to say that, I never touched "debris" story itself.

Annabel as a guest:
感傷ベクトル - ０と１

Barbarian On The Groove - 一角獣に宿る夢

I don't know most artists, so I'll hold my opinion.

島みやえい子／Shimamiya Eiko
5TEARS Vol.2

I'm only looking forward Lia+Eiko. Haven't tried "YELLOW" though.

Something else:

"Kurt hymneth",
vote result has been published: クローシェ、ルカ、and ジャクリ.
Alright, who are they? Especially the last one? (；・∀・)ﾊｯ?

ライヴDVDが出ると2/3がMCとコント。←
If I get a live DVD, 2/3 would be MC and side stories.
by Mitose
So is she gonna release such a live DVD or not? (though I bet not) (´∀｀∩)

There is an interview of Ito Masumi and the new album "Wonder Wonderful", but I'm still waiting for the arrival of my copy, can't read it right now. (´・ω・｀)

I had decided to spend this holiday with horror films, because of Kenji Kawai. So did I.
Here I list all films I've watched during the past week.

Yet, I still haven't started watching Ju-on series, .
I'm waiting for a better time for that series, I guess.

They all say Ju-on series is so scary that it may be a challenge to watch alone. That's why I watched the above at first -- to get a basic idea how J-horror films look like.
Now, since I've finished most Shimizu products and The Ring remake (I only watched remake version because I didn't find The Ring original version!), next one is only Ju-on series, both original and remake versions.

I doubt I can touch it at night though! Only looking at its posters makes my head feeling pressured. I'm not that gutty. A_A
Even though, I'd like to touch that series. like what Annabel said in an in-album (Midnight's Ghost-Story Radio) interview: I know I'm scared, but I still keep staring at the screen with my shaking hands holding a cushion or whatever, waiting for next scare.
and I'll regret soon when I have to stay in dark by myself.

Anyway, I'm writing because I want to make a brief summary for those I've finished watching.

The Ring (US remake)
I've read the entire story (JP version) spoiler in detail but the US film was still scary. However, why I always referred some cuts in this film to "Corpse Party"? Especially the pulling-out-a-thread-from-throat scene; and Samara is like Sachiko... well, that hairstyle isn't rare though.
I don't know why Mr. Morgan chose to electric-shock himself, and I'd like to know more about The Morgans' background.
Samara (the living one) is MOE.
Noah shouldn't die, I like him! (*´Д｀)
And I also got a hunch Rachel will give the copy to Noah's assistant...
Music is superb.

ラビット・ホラー／Rabbit Horror
A simple and not that scary story, but worth to think. I've spent hours on analysing the back-truth of the story, so no more stuff here.
Frankly, Kenji's music was the only trigger to watch this film at first.

戦慄迷宮／Shock Labyrinth
Bunny toy, 3D raindrops, spiral stairs... having some similarities with "Rabbit Horror", or I should say "RH" has similarities with this one because "SL" was released earlier. Honestly, this film isn't scary at all, even the dead people's faces or moving eyeballs may make people feeling unpleasant. The ending was clear too (especially they have Tomoki, a living witness, so the truth can only be either Ken killed his friends or Yuki's spirit did everything).
The raindrop and feather scattering scenes were very fantastic. Plus, girls in this films are all so cute! But I don't like Ken's appearance that much. :P

稀人／Marebito
Pretty scary. The ambience plus the sound effect. Some scenes are rather gore and made me sick, seriously. I don't want to eat any red food (especially tomato sauce!) for a while after watching that... -_-
Excluding those "unhealthy" cuts, this one is really good.
"People don't feel fear from seeing scary things; instead, because they fear, things they see become scary."

輪廻／Rinne -Reincarnation-
Story is good, music is good... well, it should be good since it's by Kenji Kawai (really, I didn't feel too much of music, probably because I didn't listen to its OST before watching the film?). A bit complicated but not too hard to follow. The way of revealing the truth was kinda surprising and interesting. Although there are a few things are unclear, lack of connection, overall, this could be the best Shimizu film so far.

THE ULTIMATE CONCLUSION:
My friend was right: have you ever watched any horror film that got no death/ghost/etc. involved?

Alright, maybe tomorrow or a few days later, I'll touch Ju-on. It would be fun to watch the whole series plus remake versions! And hope I don't dream about them! XD
Btw, why I think "Rabbit Horror" poster is scarier than "Ju-on"? @@

P.S. Thanks to "The Ring", now I officially became a fan of Hans Zimmer!

The god of horror music, Kenji Kawai, made me into horror film mode during this holiday!
A few days ago, I was attracted by his "Rabbit Horror" OST, and finally, this afternoon, I watched this movie. Then, my brain began to create delusions.

Before I know anything about the music (including reading the album title but except Kenji Kawai's name), I imagined this could be another horror film OST.

In a weird aspect, the two big black eyes stick by the top corners. Gray, black, white, plus blood red -- what a strong contrast! Things are making the album jacket even creppy. Ok, then, Rabbit Horror. See, the word "horror" is there, stating I was right. I smelt Kenji's horror aura again!!

Rabbit Horror jacket. I know I'm not supposed to leave such images around Xmas time so I deleted the image...

Kenji Kawai, God of Horror Music
The whole album does a good flow. Starts from "Kiriko's main theme [tr1]", the whole album lines up by the depressing and of a little bit of tension motif. The main theme is so impressive that it lingers in my mind for days! Following tracks are mostly in the same category. For the second time, I got scared by Kenji music, which was "Enticing Voice [tr7]" (the first time was his "ghost haunting" from "AVALON"). Among all tracks, "Amusement Part at Night [tr5]" and "Merry-go-Round [tr11]" could be the brightest track yet they still got quite a lot of eerie ambience integrated. At last, "Spiral Stairs [tr18]", percussion and high-tempo made it into my fav list, and you could feel it's like the final conclusion music without watching the movie.

With a rather "misty" feeling, unpleasant notes shimmer distantly, plus the creepy haunting human voice... the entire album is so charming, especially to horror music lovers. Kenji is just good at making scary music! I STRONGLY RECOMMEND this album!!

Story Delusion Deduction
There is no reason not to mention the movie itself since I've watched it. To be frank, I'm not a real movie person, so for most of times, I just search online for its plot, and maybe plus people's reviews, comments or spoilers. I did the same for this one at first. However, after being spoiled, I got a strong desire to watch it for real.

Got spoiled... maybe that's why I didn't miss too much this afternoon, for watching this movie, without subtitle. lol
Well, even saying i got spoiled, that was just the main plot but didn't include the end and any details. The end of it is really interesting. I've been thinking about it since I finished watching but still haven't got a good answer. So using the rest of this post, I plan to do my own analysis.

Contains spoiler, read as you want.
Let's start from the end of movie: Kiriko accepted Daigo's request, kill him and let everything end. She stabbed him, meanwhile, herself, then was pushed down from the top of a spiral stair in the discarded hospital near the amusement park. She regained her voice right before she died. The rabbit toy that Daigo dropped immediately after her falling brake into two from neck. Struggling in Kiriko's blood, the rabbit stood up, disappeared with its separate head. Outside, Kiriko's father sat in calm, seemed to be waiting for something (Kiriko's death?). Then he revealed the carpet covering himself and there was Daigo. Holding Daigo's hand, the father and the son left in golden sunset.

People also call this movie "Alice in Fearland". Kiriko was trapped by a rabbit (Kyouko, her new mother) into the world of her memory. Another theme was "The Little Mermaid". Kiriko lost her words, but in return, what she gained?

Rabbit, the real one, the stuffed toy, and the animal-costume were appearing all the way. Kiriko did caused Kyouko's death (the animal-costume). The real pregnant rabbit that was killed was a sign to Kiriko, her time is up. As for the stuffed toy, which should be Kiriko's birthday present from Kyouko, was... Kiriko's own existence?!

Only one side is true: Kiriko is real, or Daigo/Kouhei are real.
I voted for Daigo/Kouhei's side. Since that's how I believe surreal experience happens -- only at the fake side!

My primary guess: After the merry-go-round accident, Kyouko died but successfully gave birth to Daigo. Something happened to Kiriko, she died in the hospital too (suicide? perhaps jumping from the top of spiral stairs?). After that, the family had only the father and the little brother. However, the world in the movie wasn't the true reality. Kiriko regained life. Past things were altered: Only Kyouko died. Kyouko's child (Daigo) wasn't born. Instead, Kiriko lost her voice, and Daigo became her illusion. Yet no dead person could really revive. The "contract" has its limit. Kiriko had to decide, either return to the real self (death), or continue suffering from the messed-up-self-world and hurting others.
Kiriko chose death, like what the little mermaid did. Her beloved family returned to normal, she disappeared.
Good enough? this explanation. XD

But what kind of hint the last words after the ending song give? The hospital where Kiriko's spirit was confined was sold and was then used as an entertainment place.
Solely a connection?

Pretty much of delusion I've made fom the movie, and Kenji's scary music...
Damn, what am I doing at 2:30 AM... GET MY SIGHT AWAY FROM THE SCARY JACKET NOW!!! =__=

Wonder Wonderful. December's only expectation. It's really wonderful! I love it so much already.

Even so far, there is only the trail PV available, one can assume this album will be hyper sweet and gentle and happy and ... whatever in this category.
and you'll just feel blessed by this voice.

↓ Trial PV

Ito Masumi is a such wonderful magician~~<3

That PV was so adorable! The flow of animation and melody was perfect too!
The very impression from the video was "JinTai (jinrui wa suitai shimashita)" and fairytale picture books I used to read during my loli-period when I was little.
Since they were just trail versions, I'm looking forward to watch the full animations when it gets released on Dec. 26th! (already pre-ordered this one!)

↑ CD jacket. Adorable too~

and I enjoy talking (hmm, that's via twitter, so I'd say write-talking) with Masumi too! I'm happy that my Japanese does make sense to native speakers! XDD

I finished reading "Bungaku Shoujo" novel vol.2 on this Friday. God, this work is so great! Vol.1 was already interesting, and Vol.2 was even more interesting that I spent the whole Friday evening reading it. I was feeling being still in the story even on Saturday morning.

Now I understood why people all said if you read the original novel, you'll know how crappy the anime version is. Not talking about the art design and style, the plot in anime version is hugely shortened due to the limited duration. A lot of details thus were lost in the anime.

So to me, since I already loved the original novel, the only good things from the anime would be the cast voices and the music! <3 However, I don't think I can listen to the music while reading the story, the music was specifically written for the last volume!

Then, thanks to Bungaku Shoujo, I gotta read Osamu Dazai's "Ningen Shikkaku" and re-read "Wuthering Heights". Not sure about the first one, but I liked "Wuthering Heights" a few years ago when I first read it. This time, I'll be excited (I guess) to read again since it will be in its initial written language~ and I'll see (when I have time! XD).

But why I feel like "Bungaku Shoujo" is a sorta detective fiction?!

At last, a little piece of memo for myself: to catch up Tooko-sempai, I need to grow my hair for at least another 30 centimeters!!!
Can I do it?

Did I ever say that my most anti-fav music instrument is erhu?
If not, then you know it just now.
The thing is, I just did a wipe-out re-organization of my music collection. Rule was simple, no fondness, no stay.
Thus I deleted this one eventually:

霜月はるか - 蝶ノ在リ処

Because I'm really suffering so much from the abuse of erhu in this album!! NO WAY, I WANNA KEEP MYSELF SANE!! Σ(ﾟДﾟ；
Even though I like Haruka, even though I like Haruka, even though I like Haruka, even though.....

Yet I do admit the booklet is pretty, so I kept only the art works. Illustrations don't hurt! lol

Alright, here that's about Haruka again (I DID say I like her!).

In previous post, I said I haven't got time to try her new releases:

Then I tried them on Friday, and my conclusion is, they are really, really great!

I didn't like her past best collections at all. Most songs are average and they couldn't flow smoothly. This time, however, from the very first track to the last track, unlike other best collections, I could feel that's an uniformity. Also, the style are rather like most of her doujin works, which satisfied me very much!

About the M3-30, "Imitation", from the introduction, it's a doujin album for a (horror?) game. Well, whatever that game is, the aura of this album is incredibly fantastic! Like what you see in an old film: that's a patch of dark and depressing mixture of colors in a sepia-tone. One of my favorite type!

I named my temporary music holders using "Hifumi-Norito"!! At least, it's much better than using "untitle" as default. And it's also easier to locate a certain one~ Actually I don't really need 10, but I just want to keep on reading the whole set them. It's cute! (´・ω・｀)

↓ And that's how they look like:

Since I'm playing these two album, I also did some markups of this window. Hope you get what I'm doing! :P
Also, you probably will notice that I deleted one track, and I forget its title, from "MIYA Side" due to the destructive power of ruining your hearing. (Another example showing how I delete music.)

Microblogging is rubbish, no matter what! Though I enjoy talking with Masumi or Annabel! XD
← So I launched my nano-diary on my sidebar. I call it "nano", so I'm safe! LOL