Magic-Kyun! Renaissance EP8 Insert: Kimi do iu Hikari - Ichijoji Teika (CV: Umeihara Yuichirou)

Anime: Magic-Kyun! Renaissance
アニメ: マジきゅんっ！ルネッサンス

Character: Ichijoji Teika
キャラクター: 一条寺帝歌

CV: Umehara Yuichirou
CV: 梅原裕一郎　

歌うは熱を帯びたまま
冷たく凍えて
虚空に響き渡る

底のない湖に
沈んでいくように
息の仕方を忘れてしまった
もがくほど苦しい

何故　抜け出せない？
進でもさらに迷うばかりで
深く暗い森に
俺は吸い込まれていく

果てることのない道を
あとどれくらい行けば
俺はキミという光に
会えるのだろう

今、どこに立って
なにを想って
明日を迎えればいい？


Romanji

Utau ha netsu wo obi tamama
tsume taku kogoe te
koku　ni hibiki wataru

sokono nai mizu umi ni shizunde iku you ni
iki no shikata wo wasurete shimata
mogaku hodo kurushii

naze nukedase nai
suzu demo sarani mayou bakari de
fukaku kurai mori ni
ora ha suikoma reteku

hateru kokoro nai michi wo
ato dorekurai yukeiba
ore ha kimi to yuumu hikari
ni aieru no darou

ima doko ni itate
nani mo omotte
asuwo mukaie rebaii

*Edited on 10 Dec 2016. Taken from the original CD Solo-kyun! Songs Vol. 1 - Teika Ichijoji (TV version)

Magic-Kyun! Renaissance EP2 Insert: My World, Your World - Suminomiya Aoi (CV: KENN)

Anime: Magic-Kyun! Renaissance
アニメ: マジきゅんっ！ルネッサンス

Character: Suminomiya Aoi
キャラクター: 墨ノ宮葵

CV: KENN

僕の見る世界は
輝き出した
きっかけは全てがキミの光で
咲き誇るその花　
今度は僕に
優しく護らせてほしい

暗く滲む言葉が消えてく
それはキミが連れてきた奇跡
脆く（もろく）儚い光の粒さえ
ひとつひとつ拾ってくれたね

閉じこもることに慣れていた
日陰（ひかげ）から陽の当たる場所まで
気付かないあいだに
僕を導いた

キミの見る世界は　
暖かくて
僕はそっと誓うよ、このきらめきを
雨に変えて　
時には風まなって
キミどいう花を咲かせよう

Romanji

boku no miru seikai ha
kagayaki dashita
kikake ha subete ga kimi no hikari de
saki hokoru sono hana
kodou ha boku ni
yasashiku mamorasete hoshii

kuraku nijimu kotoba ga kieteku
sore ha kimi ga tsuretekita kiseki
moroku hakanai hikaru mu tsurusae
hitotsu hitotsu hirottekuretane

tojikomoru koto ni nareteita
hikage kara hi no ataru bashou made
kizukanai aidani
boku wo michibiita

kimi no miru seikai ha
atatakakute
boku ha sooto chikawu yo, kono kirameki wo
ame ni kaete
toki ni ha kaze mate
kimi doyuu hana wo sakase you

*Edited on 10 Dec 2016. Taken from Solo-kyun! Songs Vol.2.

Anime Review: Brothers Conflict Ep. 3

By episode 3, I have a great feeling this anime is just going to be advancing in fast mode (Like when you play the game). Now, Chi-chan has been living in the Asahina Family for a month. And obviously, finally, the father married the wife.

Spoiler Warning!

But...

Before all that, let me talk about the first half of the episode, and of course episode 2. Reason I skipped episode 2 review is obviously, there isn't much to talk about other than the fact that we know:

1) Yuusuke's first love is our main female character (and he seems quite serious on her)
2) Subaru-san is twenty and is obviously not immune to woman
3) Chi-chan seems to be very good at desserts
4) Fuuto is an arrogant but cute brother? <- am="" br="" cute="" he="" how="" i="" is="" not="" sure="" though="" too="">
In Episode 3, our final two brothers appeared! Natsume-san!! (Oh I love him so much, it's killing me to just wait for Brilliant Blue to be out.) Hikaru-san as well. (She is so... Er... I mean... He... Erm... He... AH!!!) In all case, as we all know Natsume-san is working as a developer for games in Chi-chan's favourite game company. I love how she looks to sparkle when she is talking about the games. She is so cute!! Chi-chan also blushed when Hikaru hugged her. (Ukyou-san is like 'I have enough of your nonsense') In this episode, you will see:

1) The whole Asahina Family
2) Obviously, Fuuto tensing his sister
3) Yuusuke getting pissed with Fuuto (because he obviously is too pure to take the trick his younger brother is doing to him)
4) Triplet in place
5) Subaru being pure and innocent with his love
6) Natsume obviously notice Subaru's feeling (and Natsume has cats as pet)

But in all cases, at this rate, by next episode we will have Chi-chan finding out that she is adopted. And I have a feeling the anime might followed how the manga actually goes which I am really really not happy with it. TT____TT

Anime Review: Brothers Conflict

Anime Name: Brothers Conflict
Number of Episode: 12
Airing: 2 July 2013
Opening Song: BELOVED×SURVIVAL by Gero
Ending Song: 14 to 1 by ASAHINA Bros.+JULI
Anime summary: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=14865

Personal Review:


If you ask me... I honestly never expect myself to watch this anime. 'cause I know for sure that for any otome game to be converting to anime, it will surely get my nerve on the edge. One thing is: you know the guys will all end up likely the main female character. And two: The girl is most probably unsure or choose to not choose anyone. =___=


But in all cases, what caught my eyes on this anime is the seiyuu cast. Go in the sequence of the eldest to the youngest:


1) Masaomi voiced by Okitsu Kazuyuki, voiced in Ladies versus Butlers! as Hino Akiharu
2) Ukyou voiced by Hirakawa Daisuke, voiced in Hiiro no Kakera as Omi Suguru
3) Kaname voiced by Suwabe Junichi, voiced in Fate/Stay Night as Archer
4) Hikaru voiced by Okamoto Nobuhiko, voiced in Aoi no Exorcist as Okumura Rin
5) Tsubaki voiced by Suzumura Kenichi, voiced in Gintama as Okita Sougo
6) Azusa voiced by Toriumi Kousuke, voiced in Hakuouki as Saito Hajime
7) Natsume voiced by Maeno Tomoaki, voiced in Toshokan Sensou as Dojo Atsushi
8) Louis voiced by Takeuchi Ken, voiced in Black Cat as Kelvin
9) Subaru voiced by Ono Daisuke, voiced in Black Butler as Sebastian Michaelis
10) Iori voiced by Namikawa Daisuke, voiced in K the Animation as Isana Yashiro
11) Yusuke voiced by Hosoya Yoshimasa, voiced in No. 6 as Nezumi
12) Futo voiced by KENN, voiced in Katekyo Hitman Reborn! as Dino
13) Wataru voiced by Kaji Yuuki, voiced in Guilty Crown as Ouma Shuu


13 of them + 1 more which is Juli voiced by Kamiya Hiroshi who voiced in Princess Princess as Arisada Shuuya.


Phew... A list of some of the famous Seiyuu around. Now let me move on with some review on my side.

This anime origin from Otome game Brothers Conflict which comes in two parts, Passion Pink (released in 2012, 17 May) and Brilliant Blue (plan release in 2013, 12 September). 13 brothers for you to choose from. I have no idea how many route there is but yes, many possibility of the ending. In all cases, the game as is released two parts, of course, the characters you play is also split into two parts (unfortunately).


For Passion Pink: Masaomi, Kaname, Hikaru, Tsubaki, Subaru, Yusuke and Futo.

In Brilliant Blue: Ukyou, Azusa, Natsume, Louis, Iori, Wataru

I am so waiting for Brilliant Blue to come out. But then again, let me continue.

The story starts with having Ema (main female character), her father is getting married with another lady(which is obviously the mother of the 13 children). So now, she has 13 siblings all of a sudden and she is going to live with them from now on. How is she going to handle them? Will love grows? (Yes is an obvious answer here. And if you say not sure, you might want to check what is otome game)

In episode 1, we see Ema making her way to the mansion. In the case, as the story follows a little to the game, thus, this part I suppose is similar to those who have play the game. But in accelerated mode. (After all is only 12 episodes). This episode is basically a introduction to most of the brothers as well, focusing on the twin... I mean the two of the triplets which are Tsubaki and Azusa. Nothing much in episode 1 so I am wondering what will happen in episode 2...

The ending song is quite nice and is kinda matching for the story. The opening isn't as bad but... I still like the ending... And it got me into making me wanna play the game already. Offline time~

Short Anime Review: Angel Beats!

Anime Name: Angel Beats!
Number of Episode: 13
Opening Song: My Soul, My Beats! by Lia
Ending Song: Brave Song by LiSA

For the summary, please refer to Anime News Network.

When I started watching this anime, I thought it was just any other action, fantasy and girls with guns. But I was completely wrong.

This anime is more than that. Every episode reveals more and more about the world they live in, the characters' pasts and why they are gathered here. Even the 'enemy' has a past.

I watched the preview and interview with the author of the anime lately. He mentioned in it that at the later of the anime, it will be a heart-warming and sad story. It seems that it is very true. After watching episode 10, I can't help, but weep in tears. It is not really a sad end however. But really heart-warming.

The ending song of episode 10 is really nice and it fits so well with the story. Ichiban no Takaramono. This song is going to be recorded in the soundtrack, 'Keep the beats!' which is releasing in 30 June 2010(if I didn't remember wrongly).

This anime is really detail. I pretty much like the effects and the songs... They are so wonderfully sang~!

However, for those who don't really like anime that is depressing, I suggest you watch the first few episode which is really comedy. For those who loves Mushishi, I will suggest you give this anime a shot.

I will see you guys again~

Anime Review: Kaicho wa Maid-sama!

Title: Kaicho wa Maid-sama! (Kaichō wa Maid-sama!)
Episode: 13 (Most likely too)
Series starts: 01-04-2010 (April Fool day how nice...)
Opening Theme: My Secret by Saaya Mizuno
Ending Theme: Yokan by Heidi
Story summary:
Misaki Ayuzawa is the first female student council president at a once all boys school turned co-ed. She rules the school with strict discipline demeanor. But she has a secret, she works at a maid cafe due to her families circumstances. One day the popular A student and notorious heart breaker Takumi Usui finds out her secret and makes a deal with her to keep it hush from the school in exchange for spending some time with him. - obtain from Anime News Network

Review:
Adapted from Manga series. I had waited for quite a while till the release of the Anime. I knew it will become animated from about one year (even since I realized most of my Manga collection will become animated). Wee~! And expected from episode one, it's really entertaining. :D
Let's me introduce the main characters:

Name: Ayuzawa Misaki
Position: Seika High School Student Council President (and also the first)
Seiyuu: Fujimura Ayumi (Voice actress of Cecily Cambell from Seiken no Blacksmith)
Summary:
A hot-headed(?), very responsible, perfectionist(or should I say idealist?) and man-hater(Does this term actually exist??). And you know, even though she is a man-hater, she is now studying in a near 80% of the population of men school.

Name: Usui Takumi
Position: Seika High School normal(??) student
Seiyuu: Okamoto Nobuhiko (Voice actor for Luke Ainsworth in Seiken no Blacksmith)
Summary:
A highly intelligent, manipulative, dangerous(very) and perfectionist(most of the time). He seems to have a weird family background. And... JUST HOW MUCH THINGS DOES HE KNOW HOW TO DO?!
Sorry... And that's the rough introduction of the main casts. Can't say too much or it ruins the Anime AND Manga.
Episode one talk mainly about how everything started (obviously). And by the way, the opening to this Anime is really really nice. You should really listen to it.
They started by introducing our dear Seito Kaicho, Misaki lecturing the stupid trio about their uniform and forbid them to enter the school. Just in case you are wondering how they look like, here's the pic:

Ignore the guy sitting down. He is just an extra character that will appear later in the Anime(hopefully). Those three are the stupid trio.
In which after, we heard Misaki talking about the school being a pure boy school till a few years ago. Since it was a pure boy school before, the population of girls is really small and the guys aren't too used to having girls around (the freedom of running around without clothes >_<'), thus the school reputation isn't really good. As I mentioned before Misaki is the first Seito Kaicho, her mission (her own mission I mean)was to make sure that the school reputation increase, educating the guys and getting more girls to come into this school. Sounds tough huh? But interesting isn't it? Or did I mention that she is the only female in the entire council?? Here's the picture:

Anyway, I think the trio keep getting lecture by her though...Nothing much for now... We got back to Misaki's house and we get to see her mother and younger sister who reacts and looks the same. (Are they twins?!)If I am not wrong, Misaki's mother is a nurse. But she now taking up part-time jobs to earn extra cash. Their family is very poor due to their evaporated father. :P It is then her sister, Suzuna told her that her boss at the part-time job called to ask her to fill in today. And then we see Misaki trying to get out of her house as fast as possible to her job place, Maid Latte.




Over here, well, since it is still in the beginning, I suppose, there's much though. Misaki explaining why she took up this job (because of the good pay and most probably ease of job work). And then she sighed, saying that it will not be good if the school's guys see her in this uniform (by the way, she is in maid uniform ^0^). And then he appeared! Usui Takumi! In the back lane! Spotted her! Hahaha! I love how Okamoto-san actually spoke here. 'WOW... bikuri...kaicho da...' and then he walk away. Hahaha!! And we will see Misaki, back in the shop, becoming an unknown substance... =___=' Nice...


And you know, Takumi actually waited for her job to be over. Of course waiting in the back lane. And he did that because he wants to be sure it's kaicho?! Man... He IS weird. Anyway, Misaki dragged him along with her to a park where he started asking her question why she is doing this job etc while Misaki confessed to him about the truth. After which Misaki thought that he is going to spread the rumor around but for the next three days, nothing happened.




And now, we see Misaki's two friends, Sakura and Shizuko. By the way, the one with two ponytail is Sakura, the cute one. The other is the long-winded one. The two of them had favor to ask from our strong Misaki. That's to move the boxing club sandbag. And watch her do the trick. Talking about not strong... Even the boxing club freak out. Then Sakura and Shizuko thanks her and Shizuko gave a flower which Misaki happily accepted. Of course, our dear Takumi is looking all the time.^-^ I also have no idea why he 'pout', so don't ask me.












Then Sakura went into a 'fuwa fuwa' mode and explained that Takumi is the most popular guy in the school etc... (I don't feel like saying the standard statements.)Shizuko joined in also. And Misaki explained she never understand girls wherever it is this topic. And just as she thought he is so popular and he is just not interested in girls, he is not interested in her in maid form. How wrong of her!



He entered the shop from front. Wow! Nice move, Takumi! Our dear Kaicho got a little pissed off but put up to him which he laughed in reply. And to think, after Misaki served him his coffee, he stared at her move. Our tencho became all lovely dovey over this action. Asking if Takumi is Misaki's boyfriend or something which Misaki, obviously said NO!







Another day went by (just how many day went by?), Takumi asked another classmate who is Misaki's old schoolmate if she is like this since then. The classmate did explain to him about it, though also commenting it is rare that Takumi will talk about girls. (I think the classmate is shock, moreover, he is asking about Misaki.) He visited the shop again. And tencho commented to Misaki that Takumi must be really worry about her and that the way he looked at her is pure love. (I have no idea how to say this... No idea...)And, why the hell you blush when your eyes had contact with Takumi's, Misaki!!!???




Next day (AGAIN?!), Misaki doesn't believe a word from tencho and believes he is just enjoying himself. It was then she received news from Sakura and Shizuko that she is second in the stimulated exam. Guess who got first. Our dear Takumi! Haha. Now she is definitely not pleased at this. And the rest of her day didn't go too smooth. I like the scene when the council's accountant couldn't get the account to balance. I thought I saw a very very scary monster or demon...=__='' But oh well, to be honest, she isn't feeling quite alright at this point of time. Another little screenshot of them. ^-^ Before we turn to her working at Maid Latte.



She is feeling terrible right now and she still thinks about her job. (Too responsible...) Anyway, the trios came along this path too (Why I ask does everyone like the back lane so much?!) And they spotted dear Misaki. While one of them tried to touch her (I think they already touch her, grabbing her hand like that and asking her to say 'Master'.), our Takumi to the rescue! It does seems that all he has to do is to just appear and stared at them. This time round, Misaki became a little honest, apologized to him before fainting. (I know I am getting brief but it will be nicer to watch it instead of me explaining in words.)





Misaki rested for a day before heading to school. When she does return Takumi's scaf(he lend it to her on the day she fainted.), she explained that she is just not pleased that he is able to do everything she tried so hard to achieve so easily. (Oh, and Takumi did ask the trio not to spread the news of Misaki working at Maid Latte) But then, she still replied that she doesn't want to own him anything so she will do him a favor. And what did our Takumi ask from her?? A day as his personal maid! ^0^

See her in the next episode!
Oh, and the ending song is not too bad too. ^-^