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Disco, Family, fandub, Hadakanbo, Jpop, Melodic Radiance, news update, Oricon Charts, Sick, singing, vocaloid, Yamapi, Yamashita Tomohisa
To Minnie’s Readers,
Hi everyone. Minnie is currently sick. I’m not going to go into details as to why I’m sick or what I’m sick of. However, I do want to inform you guys that everything (singing/animating/writing/blogging/etc) will be put on hold until I recover from my illness. Chances are if I take good enough care of myself, I should be better by tomorrow or Saturday. I also want to go back to class all better, too. In any case, please drop me an e-mail or even better, a comment here! I really want to hear from you guys~ I love you all dearly~
As for other news, as you can see from the image, Minnie is a member of Melodic Radiance as Luka~! Melodic Radiance is basically a closed Vocaloid family singing group founded a few days ago by Minnie and Michi. There are thirteen members in all and we hope to work together to bring you lots of awesome voccaloid dubs~ ❤ We can be found here so please sub to us if possible:
MELODIC RADIANCE
The members of MR are:
Ada as Miku:
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Minnie as Luka:
http://www.youtube.com/user…
Michi as Rin:
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Ehmz as Len:
http://www.youtube.com/user…
Joakkar as Kaito:
http://www.youtube.com/user…
Moonlight Misa as Meiko:
http://www.youtube.com/user…
Vinar as Gakupo:
http://www.youtube.com/user…
Coda as Gumi:
http://www.youtube.com/user…
Garrick as Kiyoteru:
http://www.youtube.com/user…
Coco as Yuki:
http://www.youtube.com/user…
Hikki as Miki:
http://www.youtube.com/user…
Rixie as Lily:
http://www.youtube.com/user…
Miken as Iroha:
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What else? Oh yeah! Thanks to my dear friend Faefae, I am informed of Yamapi’s latest single Hadakanbo that hit #1 on the charts this week. It’s been a while since I heard a single from him so I was dying to see what this one was all about. I wasn’t too big on his last one… the One in a Million single. It’s too American and autotune for my tastes. This one however, is the complete opposite. It’s very old-school, disco style that reminds me highly of Hiromi Go! Not his best by far, but this song is definitely risk and I think it paid off for the most part. Beware of Yamapi’s hotness in this video though 😛
What is my opinion of this song? Definitely catchy and easy to listen to. I’m not sure if Yamapi’s voice fits the Disco/Hiromi Go style though. Sure, he can hit those notes well, but there’s just something odd hearing his voice used for this type of music genre. There’s a certain essence in Hiromi Go’s voice that worked well with this genre that Yamapi doesn’t have. Yamapi’s voice is too… pop-ish?
Despite that, I do like this attempt a lot and I can see why his fangirls would push him through to the top spot of the charts this week. Overall, Yamapi is trying out new things with his voice and that makes me happy somewhat. There is one thing I like to point out though- I really like the translated lyrics. The point of the song is basically about how fake people in general are and how they need to throw out the lies and facade and just be their naked selves~ Sure, there was no Yamapi undressing (BOO), but meh, I like the message and if this song gets stuck in my head enough, I’ll try fandubbing it. After all, it is Yamapi.
Oh, one last thing, his hairstyle works!! His last three attempts at changing his hairstyle did not work for me, but man, this hair is total <3333 I can’t stop staring at him XD I LOVE YOU FOREVER YAMAPI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3333333333333333333333
Rating for Yamapi: 10/10
Rating for the Song: 7.3/10
-Minnie