So it's the end of an era--the Mizuki era. MIZU-KI/ミズ期 (if you speak Japanese, you probably get the word play here--with the キ in 聖 being replaced by 期, as it's been her era). Her graduation single is pretty awesome, with her getting her own solo (Neverending Shine) written by Tsunku, which is all any of us could hope for. Unfortunately, I'm not big on ballads, so maybe I can't really appreciate it the way everyone else can--not that I can't appreciate it all, though. That would be unfair to say, especially as there are, quite specifically, some Tsunku-penned ballads that I actually really, really like, such as The Vision and Tsumetai Kaze to Kataomoi, to name a few (also both from graduation singles).
Anyway, regardless of my music tastes, I feel like there's something missing about Neverending Shine. I'm not good at describing music--or perhaps more accurately, I sound like a fool describing music--because I don't know any of the proper terms to use. So I do my best. (But also, who cares, as this blog is something I write for myself for fun, and not for a specific audience as work or any kind of professional capacity, so...HA!). But yeah. What I can say about Neverending Shine is that the chorus is just so unsatisfying. I feel like there's going to be this interesting kind of half-note up, but instead it just goes kind of flat. I feel like I'm getting blue-balled here, which is particularly frustrating considering it's a graduation ballad for FUKUCHAN, of all people. The one & only Mizupon! But everyone else seems to like it, so that's good, at least. I just wish it were more interesting. More musically,,,,complex, I guess. It just feels too ordinary in general, let alone as a graduation song for someone like Mizuki Fukumura.
But the rest of the single? It's awesome! Wake Up Call and Suggoi FEVER!. I love them both.
Did you know that Suggoi FEVER!'s orignal title was Fever Anytime Joutou? (Yeah, the same lyric they repeatedly say throughout the chorus.) Apparently Tsunku forgot he had already submitted the song under that name, and titled it Suggoi FEVER!. Ha!
Anyway, I'll talk about that song (and Wake Up Call) another time.
Can't wait to watch Mizuki's graduation, though I'll have to wait a day or so afterward, as I'll be out of town.
And before that...the double Tsubaki grad for Riko & Yumeno! It's gonna be crazy!
The kanji of the day is:
期
