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Sumomomo Momomo episode 17
Episode 17. 
I'll leave the rest of the series after I'm done with university(end of April), exam period is starting.
P.S. The song is totally unrelated to su(mo)^6, but I really liked it. 
April 4, 2007 - 11:56 Nodame Cantabile
I think this is my favorite anime this season(it's currently on the 9th episode).
It resembles Honey and Clover in a lot of ways, like soft lighting(washed-out colors), background settings(college), the comedy style, and spinning objects in the ending sequence, maybe even the music. The character design is actually a little like Sumomomo Momomo, where you get a guy who's intelligent/attractive/serious, then you get a heroine who is madly in love with the guy, who's not too intelligent. The character art style is actually not of my taste, but the comedy is great, you gotta love how Nodame says "GABU!" everytime.
The story is about a piano student from a music school who wants to become a conductor, and with a little romance mixed in the process. The guy also suffers from aviatophobia, which happens to be his biggest obstacle in becoming a successful musician.
One thing to note is that, the voice actress(Ayako Kawasumi) of Noda Megumi, the heroine, is the voice actress of Atoli from .hack//G.U., who also did the voice of Saber from Fate/Stay Night. Can you believe that Saber and Atoli were done by the same voice actress? That's quite a shocker for me... 
The song is the ending theme. Not of typical Crystal Kay style, but I really enjoyed it.
.hack//G.U.
I'm on my spring break(we call it reading week here, just so that they can make us feel guilty about the whole thing). This is my first and last spring break... It's my first cuz our university had a tradition that math/engineering students don't get any spring breaks(and the tradition was broken last November), it's my last cuz I'm graduating this term...
And what's a better time to do some hack GUing. I just finished it yesterday... Without spoiling you anything, I'll just say it's god damn good. 
Maybe I should play it again sometime...
My only complaint is that it felt really short... it took me about 30 hours to finish the main plot of Vol 3. One of my greatest achievements is that I was able to make Azure Kite say something other than "......" 
The attached song is the ending theme of Volume 3. And here are the lyrics. It sure is a beautiful song(must've been tough to come up with three good ending theme songs for all three volumes)... The picture is the wallpaper I'm using on my Altimit OS desktop, thought it fits the song really well.
| 優しくキミは微笑んでいた 遠い記憶 かすかに香る 優しくキミは 微笑んでいた 見えない枷に 気付かないまま キミに甘えて 苦しめてたね 誰よりも愛して 誰よりも見つめた ずっと ずっと離れていても 変わらずキミを思ってるから キミの温もり 優しい両手 忘れないから キミがいない 事に慣れて たまに会えると 言葉が出なくて 黙っていても 通じ合うって キミに頼って ばかりいたね もう戻らない 振り返らないから 背中を押して 踏み出す勇気を下さい もっと もっと強くなるから 泣かないように 見守っていて キミの眼差し 優しい声 思い出に変えるから キミがくれた 大切なもの ずっと心に しまっておくから 季節は巡る キミがいなくても セピア色に染まってゆくよ 誰よりも信じて 誰よりも側に居た きっと きっと越えられるから 遠回りかもしれないけれど 未来はきっと 明るいから 信じて進むから もっと もっと強くなるから 泣かないように見守っていて キミの眼差し 優しい声 思い出に変えるから 遠い記憶 かすかに香る 優しくキミは微笑んでいた | Yasashiku Kimi wa Hohoende Ita tooi kioku kasuka ni kaoru yasashiku kimi wa hohoende ita mienai kase ni kizukanai mama kimi ni amaete kurushimeteta ne dare yori mo aishite dare yori mo mitsumeta zutto zutto hanarete itemo kawarazu kimi wo omotteru kara kimi no nukumori yasashii ryoute wasurenai kara kimi ga inai koto ni narete tama ni aeru to kotoba ga denakute damatte itemo tsuuji autte kimi ni tayotte bakari itane mou modoranai furi kaeranai kara senaka wo kashite fumi dasu yuuki wo kudasai motto motto tsuyoku naru kara nakanai you ni mimamotte ite kimi no manazashi yasashii koe omoide ni kaeru kara kimi ga kureta taisetsu na mono zutto kokoro ni shimatte okukara kisetsu wa meguru kimi ga inakute mo sepia iro ni somatte yuku yo dare yori mo shinjite dare yori mo soba ni ita kitto kitto koerareru kara toomawari kamo shirenai keredo mirai wa kitto akarui kara shinjite susumu kara motto motto tsuyoku naru kara nakanai youni mimamotte ite kimi no manazashi yasashii koe omoide ni kaeru kara tooi kioku kasuka ni kaoru yasashiku kimi wa hohoende ita |
Les Misérables: Shoujo Cosette
A new anime this season that is based on the 19th century novel, and it's currently on the 4th episode(yet to see a sub group to pick this one up).
The story takes place in early 19th century France. Cosette is the daughter of Fantine. Unable to secure a job as a single mother, Fantine decides to pay an inn keeper couple to look after Cosette, while she tries to find a job on her own. However, being cruel and corrupt, the couple treat Cosette in a manner Fantine can never imagine...
With a little girl been left behind by her mother, and found herself in an unimaginable situation, I found the anime to be very emotional. I've never read the novel, so I can't comment on how closely it sticks to the original story. But according to the sources I've looked at, the original novel had a "multitude of plots", and most likely, the anime will only focus on Cosette's childhood.
The art style is a lot like some of the western styled animes from the 80s(something I really enjoyed as a toddler), and it's airing in full HDTV glory.
The attached song is the ending theme.
MOSAIC.WAV - Setsujou! Hyakkaryouran
The second opening theme song of Sumomomo Momomo.
It sure came out in time(yesterday), but I sure wished it could come out a day earlier so I could avoid making all those errors on the karaoke(though I kinda expected it)...
Beautiful lyrics IMO.
| 切情！ 佰火繚乱 切情！ 男 女 佰火繚乱！ 添い遂げたいのです 時が過ぎれば 薄れてしまう 愛の形もあるけれど いつか見た この世の中で 誰も為しえぬ 夢の跡 なにものにも染まりはしない 純白の色は 決意の表れが映り そして 誘う 世に咲く 乙女の繚乱 愛する 命の絢爛 二人が持つ 絆はもう 敵にも誰にも 斬らせない 信じる 女子の意思 貴方に 伝えるまで 共にこの 乱世に立って 祈りの戦地へ 行きましょう 昼夜 乱れ飛ぶ愛情 今夜 免許皆伝！ 強い女子と 人は言うけど 心は強くはないのです 貴方だけ 思い続けた 年月ゆえの この誇り 指折り数えて積み重ねた ふたりの甘い日々 目も眩むようなまばゆい明日へ つながる 舞い散る 嵐の狂瀾 束の間 夫婦の団楽 たった一つ 信じるなら 闘う意思は 揺るがない 戦地へ 赴く男 寄り添い 戦う女 二つの信念 紡いだなら 必ずふたりで 生きましょう 日々 こまやかな愛情 年中 そっと献上！ 世に咲く 乙女の繚乱 愛する 命の絢爛 二人が持つ 絆はいまも 煌めく 舞い散る 嵐の狂瀾 束の間 夫婦の団欒 たった一つ 信じるならば さあ 轟く 男の戦乱 寄り添う 乙女は爛爛 心の色 語る瞳 言葉がなくても 伝わる 輝く ふたりの意思 来世につたえるため 共にこの 乱世に立って 希望の戦地へ 行きましょう 両者 手に手をとって いざ 佰火繚乱！ | Setsujou! Hyakkarouran setsujou! dan jou hyakkarouran! soitogetai no desu toki ga sugereba usureteshimau ai no katachi mo arukeredo itsu ka mita kono yo no nakade dare mo nashi enu yome no ato nanimono ni mo somari wa shinai junbaku no iro wa getsui no araware ga utsuri soshite izanau yo ni saku otome no ryouran aisuru inochi no kenran futari ga motsu kizuna wa mou teki ni mo dare ni mo kirasenai shinjiru onago no ishi anata ni tsutaeru made tomo ni kono ranse ni tatte inori no senchi e ikimashou chuuya midare tobu aijou konya menkyo kaiden tsuyoi onago to hito wa iukedo kokoro wa tsoyoku wa nai no desu anata dake omoi tsuzuketa toshitsuki yue no kono hokori yubiori kazoete tsumi kasaneta futari no amai hibi me mo kuramu youna mabayui asu e tsunagaru maichiru arashi no kyouran tsuka no ma meoto no danran tattahitotsu shinjirunara tatakau kimochi wa yuru ga nai senchi e omomuku hito yurisoi tatakau hito futatsu no omoi tsumuida nara kanarazu futaride ikimashou hibi komayakana aijou nenchuu sotto kenjou! yo ni saku otome no ryouran aisuru inochi no kenran futari ga motsu kizuna wa ima mo kirameku mai chiru arashi no kyouran tsuka no ma meoto no danran tattahitotsu shinjirunaraba saa todoroku otoko no senran yori sou otome wa ranran kokoro no iro kataru hitomi kotoba ga nakute mo tsutawaru kagayaku futari no ishi raise ni tsutaeru tame tomo ni kono ranse ni tatte nozomi no senchi e ikimashou ryousha te ni te wo totte iza hyakka ryouran! |
Honey Bee - No Rock No Life
The highly anticipated ED theme of Sumomomo Momomo.
P.S. I'm gonna have to delay this week's Sumomomo Momomo release a bit(on top of my usual delay), cuz I got a bunch of projects and assignments due this week. It's approaching the end of the term, you see.
| No Rock No Life 拳をにぎりしめて 私を守ってくれた ROCK PAPER SCISSORS GO ROCK PAPER SCISSORS GO 焦がれた想いをぶつけてもアナタはスルーする 言葉だけじゃ伝わらないの？ 髪型を変えてフリルとレースで攻めようかな 一撃必殺の奥義はいずこに？ 恋はゲームじゃないけど 勝負をかけて LET'S MAKE LOVE TONIGHT NO ROCK NO LIFE 抱き合って抱きしめられて 愛の炎が燃え上がるのさ 初めて迎える夜の月明かり 照らされて照らされて 見つめ合う瞬間どうすればいいの？ ぐー·ちょき·ぱーで真剣勝負ね 本気出します。 ROCK PAPER SCISSORS GO ROCK PAPER SCISSORS GO ROCK PAPER SCISSORS GO ROCK PAPER SCISSORS GO 身体も心も癒してあげたいと思うけど まだまだ修業が足りないの？ 今夜のメニューは スタミナレシピで攻めようかな 一撃必殺の奥義はいずこに？ 酸いも甘いも人生 分かちあえれば VERY VERY HAPPY TONIGHT NO ROCK NO LIFE 抱き合って抱きしめられて 愛の炎が燃え上がるのさ 初めて迎える夜の口づけを かみしめてかみしめて 息も出来ない位のスピードで L.O.V.E. 真剣勝負ね たらふく食べて。 抱き合って抱きしめられて 愛の炎が燃え上がるのさ 初めて迎える夜の月明かり 照らされて照らされて 見つめ合う瞬間どうすればいいの？ ぐー·ちょき·ぱーで真剣勝負ね 本気出します。 ROCK PAPER SCISSORS ROCK PAPER SCISSORS ROCK PAPER SCISSORS GO | No Rock No Life kobushi wo nigirishimete watashi wo mamotte kureta ROCK PAPER SCISSORS GO ROCK PAPER SCISSORS GO kogareta omoi wo butsuketemo anata wa suruu suru kotoba dake ja tsutawaranai no? kamigata wo kaete furiru to reesu de semeyou kana ichigeki hissatsu no ougi wa izuko ni? koi wa geemu ja nai kedo shoubu wo kakete LET'S MAKE LOVE TONIGHT NO ROCK NO LIFE dakiatte dakishimerarete ai no honoo ga moe agaru no sa hajimete mukaeru yoru no tsuki akari terasarete terasarete mitsume au toki dousureba ii no? guu choki paa de shinkenshoubu ne honki dashimasu. ROCK PAPER SCISSORS GO ROCK PAPER SCISSORS GO ROCK PAPER SCISSORS GO ROCK PAPER SCISSORS GO karada mo kokoro mo iyashite agetai to omou kedo mada mada shugyou ga tarinai no? konya no menyuu wa sutaminareshipi de semeyou kana ichigeki hissatsu no ougi wa izuko ni? sui mo amai no jinsei wakachi aereba VERY VERY HAPPY TONIGHT NO ROCK NO LIFE dakiatte dakishimerarete ai no honoo ga moe agaru no sa hajimete mukaeru yoru no kuchi zuke wo kami shimete kami shimete iki mo dekinai kurai no supiido de L.O.V.E. shinken shoubu ne tarafuku tabete. dakiatte dakishimerarete ai no honoo ga moe agaru no sa hajimete mukaeru yoru no tsuki akari terasarete terasarete mitsume au toki dousureba ii no? guu choki paa de shinkenshoubu ne honki dashimasu. ROCK PAPER SCISSORS ROCK PAPER SCISSORS ROCK PAPER SCISSORS GO |
riya - Chiisana Te no Hira
Chiisana Te no Hira(小さなてのひら), or "The Palm of a Small Hand", the ending theme song from CLANNAD. By request.
| 小さなてのひら 遠くで 遠くで 揺れてる稲穂の海 帆を上げ 帆を上げ 目指した思い出と 僕らは今日までの 悲しいこと全部覚えてるか、忘れたか 小さな手にも いつからか僕ら追い越してく強さ 熟れた葡萄の 下泣いてた日から歩いた 小さな手でも離れても 僕らはこの道ゆくんだ いつかくる日は 一番の思い出を仕舞って 季節は移り もう冷たい風が 包まれて眠れ あの春の歌の中で 小さな手にも いつからか僕ら追い越してく強さ 濡れた頬には どれだけの笑顔が映った 小さな手でも 離れても僕らはこの道ゆくんだ そして来る日は 僕らも思い出を仕舞った 小さな手でも いつの日か僕ら追い越してゆくんだ やがて来る日は 新しい季節を開いた | Chiisana Te no Hira tookude tookude yureteru inaho no umi ho wo age ho wo age mezashita omoi deto bokura wa kyou made no kanashii koto zenbu oboeteruka, wasuretaka chiisana te ni mo itsukara bokura oikoshiteku tsuyosa ureta butou no shita naiteta hi kara aruita chiisana te de mo hanaretemo bokura wa kono michi yukunda itsuka kuru hi wa ichiban no omoide wo shimatte kisetsu wa utsuri mou tsumetai kaze ga tsutsumarete nemure ano haru no uta no naka de chiisana te ni mo itsukara bokura oikoshiteku tsuyosa nereta hoho ni wa doredake no egao ga utsutta chiisana te de mo hanarete mo bokura wa kono michi yukunda soshite kuru hi wa bokura mo omoi de wo shimatta chiisana te de mo itsu no hi ka bokura oikoshitekunda yagate kuru hi wa atarashii kisetsu wo hiraita |
Ayano - Kaze no Tadoritsuku Basho
One important attribute that makes KEY games so appealing is their music. It's not exagerating to say that, without their music, KEY would have not nearly as much fame as they have now.
Even without playing the games, just by listening to some of their theme songs can make people feel warm and fuzzy inside. Examples include Tori no Uta(鳥の詩, or A Bird's Song) from AIR, and Chiisa na te no hira(小さなてのひら, or The Palm of a Small Hand) from CLANNAD.
Much of the credit goes to Maeda Jun(麻枝准), a composer and writer from KEY. She is the writer of Kanon, AIR, and CLANND. She's also the composer and writer responsible for most of their theme songs and background music. It's just amazing how powerful(emotionally) some of her works are.
And this is the ending of Kanon(the game and the 2006 anime), Kaze no Tadoritsuku Basho(風の辿り着く場所, or Where the Wind Arrives at).
| 風の辿り着く場所 足下に風 光が舞った 日常にだけ積もったぶんの奇跡が 見上げれば雲も遠くへの帰路 幼い日の自分よりも早く 雪解けを待っていた子供のように 走る 光る滴 飛び跳ねてる 明日の出会いさえ気づかずにいる 季節たちの中で輝いているよ 世界中にはどんな想いも叶う日がくる ずっと旅をしてゆく僕らに 小さな精たち舞い降りる 出会った場所も緑をなして ゆるやかにも流れる時に委ねて 遙かに仰ぐ町並みの路地 幼い日の自分がまだ駆ける あの遊歩道から聞こえてくる 木々の声や日々のざわめきに似た 奇跡の足音に気づいたら こんなにまた強くなれるふたりだね 世界中溢れる想いに風が向いてる ずっとこんなこと繰り返して さよならのない旅をする | Kaze no Tadoritsuku Basho ashi moto ni kaze hikari ga matta nichijou ni dake tsumotta bun no kiseki ga miagereba kumo mo tooku e no kiro osanai hi no jibun yori mo hayaku yukidoke wo matte ita kodomo no youni hashiru hikaru shizuku tobi haneteru asu no deai sae kizukazu ni iru kisetsutachi no naka de kagayaiteiru yo sekaichuu ni wa donna omoi mo kanau hi ga kuru zutto tabi wo shiteyuku bokura ni chiisana sei tachi mai oriru deatta bashou mo modori wo nashite yuruyaka ni mo nagareru toki ni yuanete haruka ni aogu machi nami no roji osanai hi no jibun ga mada kakeru ano yuuhodou kara kikoete kuru kigi no koe ya hibi no zawameki ni nita kizeki no ashi oto ni kizuitara konna ni mata tsuyoku nareru futari dane sekaichuu afureru omoi ni kaze ga fuiteru zutto konna koto kurikaishite sayorana no nai tabi wo suru |
Hirahara Ayaka - Reset
By request. From ookami the game(not okami, that's bad translation). I find the title quite interesting, it was written as "大神", which means "big god", then wolf(written as "狼") in Japanese is also pronounced as "ookami". And it just happens that the main character in the game is a wolf, and she is a god. Very cool.
The song is really nice, I really like it.
MOSAIC.WAV - Saikyou OX Keikaku
The full version of the opening of sumomomo momomo, I find the song really funny.
| 最強○×計画 子づくりしましょ お慕い申しております 一生尽くしてゆきます 殿方好みの女へ 磨きをかけてゆきます ゆきます 全身全霊の 気をここにたぎらせて ヤリがふろうと お命お守りします 今宵こそは ほとばしる正義と 今日も明日もとめどなく みなぎる力の遺伝子を掛け合わせて この地上で最強の子孫 御家の為に残しましょう たったひとつのこの操 す·も·も！ あなた様へ捧げます 辰は舞うように東へ 戌は愛されて西へ まみえぬ運命のとばりを 互いに越えてゆきます ゆきます 疾風迅雷の 奥義を薫りに変えて 連綿と連なる 命の営み しましょう 罪を正す強き御心に あなた様を感じます 二人の夜の愛の果て そう 愛の果て この地上で最強の子孫 私 この身に宿らせて 和平の証といたしましょう す·も·も！ 時はやがて 動き出す 十月十日 時が過ぎゆけば すもももももも しなやかに 二人の愛が実ります ああ 実ります この地上で最強の子孫 この世の為に残しましょう たったひとつのこの操 す·も·も！ あなた様へ捧げます すももも ももも（押忍！） | Saikyou OX Keikaku kozukuri shimasho oshitai moushite orimasu isshou tsukushite yukimasu donogata konomi no onna e migaki wo kakete yukimasu yukimasu zenshin zenrei no ki wo koko ni tagirasete yari ga furouto oinochi omamori shimasu koyoi koso wa hotobashiru seigi to kyou mo asu mo tomedonaku minagiru chikara no idenshi wo kakeawasete kono chijou de saikyou no shison goie no tame ni nokoshimashou tatta hitoshi no kono misao sumomo! anata sama e sasagemasu tatsu wa mau you ni higashi e inu wa aisarete nishi e mamienu sadame no tobari wo tagai ni koete yukimasu yukimasu shippu jinrai no ougi wo kaori ni kaete renmen to tsuranaru inochi no itonami shimashou tsumi to tadasu tsuyoki gokokoro ni anata sama wo kannjimasu futari no yoru no ai no hate sou ai no hate kono chijou de saikyou no shison watakushi kono mi ni yadorasete wahei no agashi to itashimashou sumomo! toki wa yagate ugokidasu totsuki touka toki ga sugi yukeba sumomomo momomo shinayakani futari no ai ga minorimasu aa minorimasu kono chijou de saikyou no shison kono yo no tame ni noko shimashou tatta hitotsu no kono misao sumomo! anata sama e sasagemasu sumomomo momomo (osu!) |
Vol2 is out!
ALI PROJECT - GOD DIVA
.hack//G.U. Vol 2 RST
.hack//Roots batch
.hack//Roots batch
OVA???
Sumomomo Momomo Batches
OVA???
Room
OVA???