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Late to music chat but:ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:Going off what I've heard from the phone games, I'm tempted to say that CG music comes off as a lot more gimmicky. Perhaps that's a bit disparaging? My point is that a a good number of them don't feel like music to me. It throws me off at times. There's one song that I've encountered during the Groove that barely appears to have a tune, and the singer is singing so softly that it feels more like reciting poetry than singing. My opinion on this style is that it's very hit or miss. The songs have a lot of personality but as you mentioned sometimes this comes at the expense of the quality of the song itself. In fact, I find a lot of these character songs pretty "meh" but there are gems in there like Nana's Marchen Debut or Miria's Romanic Now. More recently and with the anime, the CG project has grown to add more group songs which are a lot more enjoyable overall since they're a lot less gimmicky. Though to be honest I've kind of lost interest in following the CG music scene. quote:Which brings me to my second and last (for now) point - I personally feel like the iM@S (both OG and CG) are about the characters themselves. Which isn't to say that LL doesn't (I'm pretty sure Niko and Rin both have songs that play with their names), but for the most part LL keep the characters and their songs separate. It's also always the same 9 girls - LL has a smaller cast than iM@S, which I believe plays a factor. We had this talk while I was going through iM@S, but a lot of the girls really don't get much focus. Some of the girls are just forgotten after their solo episodes. They lack presence. So, to ensure that people remember these characters, who don't get much focus, their songs are packed with the characters' personalities. Too much personality, sometimes, in my opinion. This is made even more chaotic because iM@S deals with girls of all ages and personalities. So there are a lot of character songs, meaning it's a toss up between whether you'll end up enjoying any one song or not. Even songs that are arguably "character specific" in the anime such as Brand New Day or Little Match Girl actually fit a lot of the other characters. In games, part of the fun is finding which songs complement's an idol's voice and which idols work well with each other when singing the song together. Obliviously some songs don't work with some characters (ie: most upbeat songs and Chihaya) but that's fine since songs that try to work with everyone have their own problems. Also, I find playing to a character's strengths a good thing and the upbeat girls with the upbeat voices should be singing upbeat songs. Overall, I like the original im@s music a lot more than CG music but to be fair, I'm a lot more invested in the characters and voices of the original cast as well. That's not to say that CG doesn't have a couple of really good gems and this is the same for me and Love Live as well. I consider Susume Tomorrow one my favorite idol songs and I also enjoy a couple other songs such as both openings and Dancing Stars on me. However, for some reason the other songs I heard in the anime didn't really grab me and I've haven't really experienced much of the music outside of the anime but of the ones I've heard, I wasn't really impressed with them either. Zettace fucked around with this message at 12:05 on Mar 10, 2016 |
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I find that the short version of Visionary is superior to the long version but that's just me. Same for a lot of the in game songs actually. Honey Heartbeat's full length version left a lot of be desired.
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ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:Love Live doesn't have subunits singing the songs of other subunits but they do have like... 12 to 14 solos of group songs per girl?
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Mar 10, 2016 12:43
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Oh, it looks like Dancing Stars on Me and Sore wa Bokutachi no Kiseki don't have solo versions sadly (according to Japanese yahoo answers). Edit:Also, Susume Tomorrow not being sung by the other grades is a war crime. Zettace fucked around with this message at 12:59 on Mar 10, 2016 |
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Mar 10, 2016 12:53
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S2 episode one was a musical but dancing in traffic is episode one of S1.
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Mar 15, 2016 22:46
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Abe Nana is between the ages of 23-26. In SS she outright said she's not 27 "yet" but she's old enough to have worn bloomers and loose socks in school.
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Mar 16, 2016 22:28
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If anyone is interested, Niconico is currently streaming the Saitama 2014 Idolm@ster live stage event.
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Mar 19, 2016 11:49
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Look for a user broadcast that's mirroring the official stream. I think there's a couple right now.
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Mar 19, 2016 12:24
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The real reason is that most people have unsymmetrical faces so unsymmetrical hair styles work better in general as it doesn't draw attention to the unsymmetrical face.
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Mar 20, 2016 00:00
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I'm sorry but Kotori's voice has been known to melt brains. It's too late for your dog, I'm so sorry.
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Mar 20, 2016 00:59
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I only like Nico because she's poor.
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Zenostein posted:See, the first one at least had a kanji for me to toss into google. I got no idea what any of those stand for. Maybe the first one is "characters"? The second letter is an age reference: K=高校生 (High schooler) D=大学生（University student) etc
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Mar 20, 2016 05:57
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It's not my fault poor is moe.
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Shin Sato is the other "forever 17" archetype where the person ages but they don't physically age.
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Mar 20, 2016 06:01
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Yeah, she's anime Tamura Yukari.
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Mar 20, 2016 06:03
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Skwee posted:i think it has to do with their age/ school level. Abbreviations based on Romanized Japanese. The Y in JY is probably Youchienji or Kindergartner.
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Mar 20, 2016 06:06
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Nicopedia accepts my answer so we're both probably right. The JK spinoffs are all supposed to be comedic terms anyways.
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Mar 20, 2016 06:17
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This new event song is basically "Come near my man and I'll cut you bitch" the song.
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Mar 20, 2016 12:06
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Zenostein posted:If i just drop a line of ws, can I play too?
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Mar 21, 2016 10:01
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That Haru Yuki card is worth like 500 energy drinks in Mobam@s.
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Mar 25, 2016 10:06
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Zettace posted:That Haru Yuki card is worth like 500 energy drinks in Mobam@s.  All in all, a decent pull. I have enough for another pull but to be honest, I don't care for Sae.
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Mar 25, 2016 11:05
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That just made me notice that Elichika is a twig.
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Mar 26, 2016 11:33
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Asking someone to buy Love Live mech in person probably qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment.
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Mar 29, 2016 20:35
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Live Groove Events are so much effort compared to the other event types, goddamn.
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Mar 31, 2016 21:45
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I did two 10 pulls and only got 2SRs. My tears, they won't stop.
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Mar 31, 2016 22:07
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They for sure need to keep the drill though.
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Apr 14, 2016 22:06
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Gah, 3 SRs and 2 of them are dupes. Argh.
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May 1, 2016 11:18
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Polsy posted:Starlight Stage SSR signature collection (via http://imas-cg.net/2016/05/01/48499331.html) Ranko's is something she could never actually use unless it was a stamp or something.
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Yes_Cantaloupe posted:Everything about Kotori is great except for her voice, especially her speaking voice.
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May 11, 2016 18:17
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Skwee posted:new gacha thing in starlight stage.
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May 13, 2016 19:50
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I have a couple of SSRs but I don't care for any of them fml
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May 14, 2016 10:50
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Polsy posted:Can't believe it's only been 250 days, feels like at least a year
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May 16, 2016 04:52
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Polsy posted:Can't believe it's been 510 days already. Or more importantly, that they have unique 30-second voice clips for every 30 days and they're still going.
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Christmas Cake posted:Oh god, that reminds me of when I was moving and had to take a break for a couple of months halfway through Yukiho's route in iM@S2. Came back to some unfortunate messages.
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May 17, 2016 02:43
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Whoo, a ton of free gems.
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May 20, 2016 21:37
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I know Evangelion characters were named after Japanese WWII ships but that's the first I've heard it was a influence on 765 names. Edit: Apparently it's true. The director said in an interview that he was bad at making names so the first couple of the original cast have ship names on purpose. Zettace fucked around with this message at 21:47 on May 26, 2016 |
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May 26, 2016 21:40
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Futaba Anzu posted:7 6 5 BAN NA MU (Bandai-Namco)
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May 28, 2016 22:30
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What's Million Live's Production name anyways.
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May 28, 2016 22:34
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What a bad translation. It was an obvious Aikatsu reference.Zenostein posted:What the gently caress. Just goes to show you can't trust someone playing a psp in in what i certainly hope is a ship of some sort 
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Medley's are the worst event type and there are many, many reasons why.
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