Review Touken Ranbu Musical Mihotose no Komoriuta Part 2

Assalamu'alaikum.. Konnichiwa..!! 
Hello everyone, I'm back to post review of Mihotose no Komoriuta as I promised in previous post, I post review about the live performance and the songs in main performance, and the songs I review here are the live version, not recorded version. Well, like my previous post, I write the review just based on my own opinion, and I try to write the review objectively without including my fangirling side. Hahahaha.. And I can’t say that the song is good or not because it’s about our own taste, so I just say I like it or not. Hope you like it.
 

Musical
M1. Nuide Misemashou - Sengo Muramasa

This is the opening song in this musical, Sengo’s arrival theme song. I think the melody is rocky enough and mixed with disco style. Oota Motohiro sing it very well. And.. OMG, I can’t stop laugh watching him! XD. Actually I don’t really like this type of song but Oota Motohiro’s voice is matched well with this song.

M2. Shouri no Gaika - Ishikirimaru, Tonbokiri, Sengo Muramasa, Monoyoshi Sadamune

The ‘Shitsujin’ song. IMO, this song sounds like an anime style song and so rocky. I don’t really like the solo part of each actors, because I think this type of song doesn’t really match with their voice, especially Yokota Ryuugi, his voice can’t reach the high note well. IMO, Tsubasa’s voice is more suitable for ballad type, because his voice is too soft for rock song. But, their harmonization is good and sounds so powerful. 

M3. Touken Ranbu – Everyone

The main theme song of Toumyu. The vocal harmonization is better than previous musicals, but my favorite is still Team Sanjo ft. Kashuu version. Well, I prefer the Sanjou version because it’s the original song, and become the main theme song for Toumyu projects after the Trial Performance/Atsukashiyama Ibun.

M4. Ruriiro no Sora I - Monoyoshi Sadamune, M9. Ruriiro no Sora II – Ishikirimaru, M13. Ruriiro no Sora III - Everyone

Because these songs have the same title, so I review these at once. :3. I don’t like Monoyoshi version because of his voice, so weak. In Ishikirimaru version, I like it. Tsubasa’s voice sounds so fatherly in this song, really sounds like father sings the lullaby for his child. Ruriiro no Sora III is the ending song. The last one is my favorite part, the harmony is beautiful. When I listened to this song, I don’t know why, but I get the same feeling when I listened to Utakata no Komoriuta from Atsukashiyama Ibun. I like this song, this song is beautiful even though not as beautiful as Nagoritsuki from Atsukashiyama Ibun for me, hehehehe... XD.

M5. Kibou no Minamoto - Ishikirimaru, Tonbokiri, Monoyoshi Sadamune, M6. Kibou no Minamoto Reprise – Tonbokiri

Hmm.. I don’t know what to say about this song because it’s pretty short, but I think Tsubasa’s voice sounds better in this song, and his voice can reach the high note well. Spi sings this song well too.

M7. Atarayo no Kumo - Sengo Muramasa

When I listened to this song, well, sounds emotional. Oota Motohira sings this song well. His voice can reach the high note better than the others. And... Heh banci kaleng, lu ngapain pamer paha woi!! Paha lu masih kalah mulus ama paha Awataguchi! (-w-)/

M8. Kazaguruma I - Ishikirimaru, Sengo Muramasa, Tonbokiri, Ookurikara, M11. Kazaguruma II – Ishikirimaru

This is my favorite in this musical! XD. This song is beautiful and I like the harmony, sounds like Kalafina’s type of harmony, because I heard there are three different voice type/range. Hahahahaha... XD. I like ishikirimaru’s solo part too, as I say before, Tsubasa’s voice sounds so fatherly and his voice is better in low note. XD

M10. Tada, Katsu Tame Ni – Tonbokiri

Tonbokiri’s battle theme song. This song is cool and Spi has good singing voice too, but for me, Spi’s voice doesn’t match well with this song, his voice is too soft for this type of song.

M12. Chikara ga Areba… - Ishikirimaru

If I had strength... OMG.. the saddest song in this musical.. T__T. Tsubasa puts his emotion in this song very well. Good job Tsubasa! Makes me got emotional when I listened to this song.

Live

Well, same with the previous musicals, after performing the main performance, the sword boys transform into an idol group... well, may be we can call them Bladesteel Boys *parody of Backstreet Boys*, I found this term from one of tumblr user but I forget the name.. hehehehe... XD

S1. Can you guess what? – Everyone

Yeah, the opening song of Blade Steel Boys’s live concert.. Hahahahaha.. XD. Because the sword boys had transform into an idol group, let’s dance together! XD. IMO, this song is in disco style but has rock tune. Yeah, I like this song, makes me wanna dance. Their harmony is good and powerful.

S2. Jackal – Everyone

Another disco style song. I like this song too, but honestly, for me this song sounds like K-pop style. I like Oota Motohiro’s solo part, well, his voice is the best in this song. And... the coreography, actually Sengo Muramasa’s part, is little bit... errr... I don’t really like it.. berasa liat banci kaleng beneran.. .__.

S3. Nameless Fighter - Nikkari Aoe, Ookurikara

Still disco style song.. :3 I like this song, but for me Araki Hirofumi’s voice and Zaiki Takuma’s voice doesn’t match well, their harmony is little bit messy. And the chorus I think it’s better if it was powerful because, for me, the chorus part is so weak. But for me, Araki Hirofumi’s vocal is better here than when he sang in Kuroshitsuji Musical (Araki was Lau’s actor in Kuroshitsuji Musical).

S4. Don’t worry, don’t worry - Ishikirimaru, Monoyoshi Sadamune

This is the cheerful song and sounds like a children song. I don’t know why, but I think this song has the same atmosphere with Takaramono and EOEOA song from Toumyu Trial/Atsukashiyama Ibun. I like this song but I don’t like Yokota Ryogi’s vocal, and Tsubasa’s voice doesn’t match well with this song.

S5. Real Love – Tonbokiri

Hmmm... first time I listened to this song, I feel nostalgic. For me, this style of song is like 90’s boyband style such as Westlife, Backstreet Boys, N’Sync, etc *ketahuan dah tuir*. And Spi’s voice really matches with this song very well, hahahahaha.. yeah, his voice reminds me to those boyband.. XD. Well, no wonder because he’s not pure Japanese, even his real name is like a duke I think, William Worthington Spearman IV,.. hahahahaha.. XD

S6. Yuuyami - Everyone

The most calm song in this live performance. The sword boys appear from the middle of the audiences. In this song, I can heard that they a bit tired because their vocal weakened and the harmony is quite messy, but they had to keep perform till the end. I don’t really like this song, and I fall asleep easily when I listened to this song.. haha.. XD

S7. Kanki no Hana - Everyone

The Otokomichi song! Hahahaha.. XD. Well, like the previous musicals, there is taiko performance before the otokomichi part. And, of course the sword boys take their clothes off.. hahahahahaha.. pamer roti sobek euy.. XD, and OMG, Araki’s back is so flawless! XD. But, for me, Kitazono Ryo/Kogitsunemaru is still the hottest and the sexiest.. hahahaha.. XD.

Well, I like this song too, but Otokomichi is still my favorite. This song is not as powerful as Otokomichi, and in the middle intro, it sounds weird because the music is like Middle East music style, and the coreography is like they do purifying ritual *mungkin habis belajar ruqyah sama papa Ishi*. For the coreography, for me, Otokomichi Atsukashiyama version is the best and the manliest. XD

Yeah, that’s all my thought about the songs in this musical. Overall, it’s better than previous musicals. Well, for the outfit, my favorite is Nikkari’s and Ishikrimaru’s outfit. When I look at Monoyoshi’s outfit, well, I think I look Finnian wearing Ciel’s clothes.. haha.. Monoyoshi really looks like Finnian for me + his cheerful personality too.. XD.

Yeah, that’s all I can say for this musical. Sorry for my bad English. Critic and suggestion are welcome. See you next post. ^_^.

Review Touken Ranbu Musical Mihotose no Komoriuta Part 1

Assalamu'alaikum.. Hello everyone! Ah... It's been a long time since my last post here. Now, here I post review about Toumyu Mihotose no Komoriuta. This is the 3rd musical of Touken Ranbu. I write this review just based on my own opinion after watching the musical. If you want the musical, just go here and ask the owner nicely and follow the rules, because I don't own the link. ^_^.

The story of this musical takes place in February 1543 in Mikawa, near Okazaki Castle, where Nikkari Aoe and Okurikara were sent for expedition. During their expedition, the History Retrograde Army unexpectedly appear. The History Retrograde Army appear in order to kill baby Tokugawa Ieyasu, but they couldn’t make it and they can only kill the Lords of Matsudaira clan who take care of Tokugawa. Hirotada who bring the baby Taokugawa entrust the baby to Nikkari and Ookurikara who are in that place before his death. While in Citadel, there is a new arrival sword named Sengo Muramasa. Soon after his arrival, he was sent to Mikawa along with Ishikirimaru, Tonbokiri, and Monoyoshi Sadamune because of the History Retrograde Army’s appearance in order to help Nikkari and Ookurikara.

In Mikawa, the sword boys realize that the history has already changed bacause of Matsudaira family’s death. But the baby Tokugawa is still alive, so Ishikirimaru has an idea to restore the history. They will take place of Matsudaira family to take care of baby Tokugawa in order to restore the history, and of course they change their name according to the actual Matsudaira family members.

As time goes by, their mission comes near to the end. It becomes a big dilemma for everyone, except Muramasa, especially Ishikirimaru and Monoyoshi. When the history comes to the line of Nobuyasu’s seppuku, Ishikirimaru couldn’t make it. Because of that, the Kebishii appears to eliminate every strange presence in history, including The History Retrograde Army.  Skip skip, in the end -it doesn’t even matter- the sword boys was success complete their mission.

Casts:

• Ishikirimaru: Sakiyama Tsubasa (崎山つばさ) 

• Nikkari Aoe: Araki Hirofumi (荒木宏文) 

• Tonbokiri: Spi 

• Monoyoshi Sadamune: Yokota Ryuugi (横田龍儀) 

• Ookurikara: Zaiki Takuma (財木琢磨) 

• Sengo Muramasa: Oota Motohiro (太田基裕) 

• Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康): Washio Noboru (鷲尾 昇)
• Matsudaira Nobuyasu (松平信康): Ohno Mizuki (大野瑞生)
• Takechiyo: Ayuba Shuri (阿由葉朱凌) / Kojima Yukito (小島幸士) [Double Cast]
• Gohei (吾兵): Takane Masaki (高根正樹)

Fewh... After watching Toumyu from Trial Performance until this one, for me, Atsukashiyama Ibun is still my favorite, but the musical project comes to the better progress. The style of story telling is different from the previous musicals, in this musical, it looks like Ishikirimaru is telling his experience during mission along with his sword fellows, is the narrator in this musical. While the previous musicals, the story is directly to the actual story. The opening song is also different, it’s Nuide Misemashou, song about Sengo Muramasa’s arrival. The ‘Shitsujin’ song is only sung by Ishikirimaru, Muramasa, Tonbokiri, and Monoyoshi because in the actual story, Nikkari and Ookurikara was sent for mission first. Touken Ranbu song in this musical becomes the opening song for battle scene.  

For the actors, in my opinion, they play their character very well, better than the actors in Bakumatsu Tenrouden. Watching this musical, I can’t get Oota Motohiro as Sengo Muramasa off my mind. His character really pisses me off, but I can’t stop laugh every time he appears. Sengo Muramasa’s personality in this musical is really... eeewwwrrr... Yah, sebut aja dia banci kaleng yang hobi pamer paha mulus walaupun gak semulus paha para Awataguchi. *ditebas Sengo* Well, he played as Sengo Muramasa very well, makes me drift into his character, good job Oota Motohiro! XD 

Ishikirimaru’s character is little bit out of control in this musical, especially in battle scene with kebiishi. Ishikirimaru and Tonbokiri looks so fatherly, and Monoyoshi looks like a big brother. For me, Nikkari and Ookurikara are little bit fogetable character. But overall, the actors are really into their characters, the story is good, and the scene where Ishikirimaru had to kill Nobuyasu and Tokugawa died in Monoyoshi’s arms while Monoyoshi sings the lullaby is success to make me cry. And finally, Ookurikara smiled! Kyaaaa....!!!! XD

Owh, I like the humor in this musical! Well, for me Sengo Muramasa is the humor itself in this musical because I can’t stop laughing watching him. Hahahahaha.. but, my favorite is part when Muramasa teased Monoyoshi and tried so hard to get attention from Ookurikara. Monoyoshi is so straight here makes Tonbokiri try to make Monoyoshi not to be ‘contaminated’ by Muramasa.. hahahahaha. And I like to watch how Muramasa try to get Ookurikara’s attention, it’s so funny! Somehow I feel that Zaiki Takuma is trying not to laugh watching Muramasa’s act, while the other actors can at least just smile, but Zaiki Takuma must keep stay cold.

For the action and the battle scene, it’s better than perevious musicals even though there are some scene that the actors couldn’t make it very well, but I appreciate they try their best. Like Bakumatsu Tenrouden, in this musical, there is slow motion action too in battle scene. I like the slow motion in scene Battle of Okehazama, where Ishikirimaru looks so confused while looking around in the middle of the battle, feels like I’m watching movie.. hahahaha.. But unfortunately it’s too short... And for the Kebiishi, well, I salute to the suit actor. He can move so energetic in that look heavy costume.

For the singing part, hmmm.. I think it’s just little bit better than the previous musicals. In this musical, I think that Oota Motohiro and Zaiki Takuma have the best singing voice, and Yokota Ryuugi has the weakest singing voice. Well, for singing part, I will write it more in different post. I also write the review of the songs in this musical both of in the musical and live one by one. 

That’s all my review about the musical performance. Overall, this musical is better performance than previous musicals in every aspect. Sorry for my bad review and bad English. Critics and suggestion are welcome. See you next post. ^_^

Review Kalafina’s Single: Hyakka Ryouran

Assalamu’alaikum... Konnichiwa..!! ^_^

Hello. I post Kalafina’s single review again! Hahahahaha.. Now I post the new released single, Hyakka Ryouran. This single was released on August 9th, 2017. This single consists of 6 tracks, 3 full songs, 2 instruments, and 1 song in TV size, and I just review the full songs and the music video. As long as I know, Kalafina releases new single as their song is used as the soundtrack of anime or another TV program. Well, like this one too which is used as the ending theme of anime Katsugeki Touken Ranbu. So, let’s check this out.

Hyakka Ryouran

This is the main song of this single that used as ending theme for Katsugeki Touken Ranbu. First time I listened to this song is when I watch the PV of Katsugeki used this song as background music. At first, I thought that this song is the second version of Parallel Heart song because the chorus sounds so similar, event the other fans called this song as Parallel Heart 2.0. After listened to the whole song, well, this song is pretty different with Parallel Heart eventhough the chorus is similar.

This song is so cool and beautiful. This song matches well with the anime. Sounds like the combination between ethnic, rock, and opera style. I love the sound of flute and drum in this song. The harmony is beautiful as usual, but unfortunately Wakana’s voice is rather weak, not as powerful as before. My favorite part in this song is the Kajiura-go, yeah, the Kajiuran part is sung by Remi. Hahahahahahaha...

The music video is cool too, Wakana is so beautiful here. She’s like a princess. \(>o<)/. The MV is in red and purple nuance, looks so magical. I like the costume style but I think that Hikaru’s costume would look better with skirt. I also think that the MV would look cooler if the actors from Tousute and Toumyu appear in it, or make another MV version with the Touken Danshi. :3

Kantankatan

The second track. This is my favorite track in this single. This song is so beautiful and calming. I love the strings in this song. In my opinion, this song sounds more ethnical than the Hyakka Ryouran. The harmony is better than Hayakka Ryouran, I think. Wakana’s vocal sounds better than in the previous one and matches so well with this song. I think that Wakana’s voice is very suitable ballad and mellow song. There is no Kajiura-go in this song. Overall, this song is the most beautiful in this single. Hahahahahaha... XD

Tonbo

The third track. At first I think this song is for Tonbokiri’s theme, but it’s not because of the word ‘Tonbo”, ahahahaha.. XD. This song has the same style with Haru wo Matsu from single Marchen. Kalafina just sing their own part, except Wakana’s part. Wakana has the least part and her part is harmonized by Keiko, but I think it’s the most beautiful part. This song is only accompanied by piano. This song is so calm and makes me sleepy when I listened to it. Very good as lullaby for those who have insomnia.... hahahahahaha.. XD *slap*  

Overall, in my opinion, this is the coolest single and my favorite too. Hahahaha.. because I like all songs in this single. Usually, there is one or two songs I don’t like in each Kalafina’s albums and singles, but in this single, I like the whole single. I don’t know why or how, but feels like there is something different in this single rather than the previous albums and singles. Well, good job Yuki Kajiura sensei and Kalafina. Ok, that’s all my review about Kalafina’s single Hyakka Ryouran.

See you next post! ^_^