Please do not repost these scans and claim them as your own </3. Otherwise, feel free to use as you wish XD
SCANS SCANNED ON MY TERRIBLE HP 1200 THINGEE. The scan of the back is with the CD jewel case still on since I had trouble taking it out ><;
Scan lines are courtesy of my 7+ year old printer </3. I’ll retry it on my new (fancier) printer when I get back to school. The printer just happens to be 3 hours away XD.
1. Vienna Teng — 601
Attributed with my ongoing obsession with this woman, the Japanese presentation I did about her (when I practiced along with her music over and over again), and Inland Territory coming out during this year.
2. 絢香 (ayaka) — 495
Attributed to my Sing to the Sky spam.
3. Kalafina — 389
Attributed to my general Kalafina spam.
4. BONNIE PINK — 348
Attributed to my 10+ album review spree on Lost Wing. And general spam after listening to the albums.
5. capsule — 344
Same as above, except I spammed capsule a little less than I did BONNIE PINK.
6. Aira Mitsuki — 300
I like Aira enough to spam her this much? XD
7. Rie fu — 276
I’ve always liked Rie fu, and Urban Romantic came out this year. Spammed a little less since I’m not quite as enthusiastic about this release as some of the past ones. Still a good album, though. Oh, and I probably spammed a lot of her old songs when UR first came out.
7. JYONGRI — 276
Love Love Forever, but it’s not something that I can repeat for a long, long time (although I spammed it quite a bit when it first came out.
9. Angela Aki — 269
Again, wasn’t too, too fond of ANSWER, but I apparently spammed her enough. Oh, and I really liked Tegami, and that got played on repeat A LOT.
10. 福原美穂 (Fukuhara Miho) — 231
I loved CHANGE. A lot. And I spammed it. Oh, and she had her album Rainbow out this year, too. I couldn’t find a link to her PV on youtube though =(.
x-posted again! (sorry for clogging your feeds!)
As with any incredibly talented group, there is always going to be a debate as to who is the “better” or the “best” one. While we’re all entitled to our own opinions, if you’re going to go out of your way to insult to prove your point, sit down and shut up. Nobody really cares. For the “Fated Light” post of my 3-way feature of FictionJunction and Kalafina, I’m going to rant about all you haters who basically have no valid point (inspired by random comments floating the net about the topic). If you’re going to defend a point, don’t do it like an idiotic fan with no basis for their arguments. There is no need to full out insult anybody to make your point. Simply state it. It’s art. It’s subject to opinion always.
Back to the FJ/Kalafina topic, it will focus on Wakana for the most part. Being part of both acts, along with her ability to sing well, she often gets noted as the one that “always” sings the melody. First of all, it’s not her fault that her voice happens to be the strongest in the mid-soprano range, which most of the melodies that Kajiura puts out centres around. Meaning, her voice part coincidentally fits the role, so why not give it to her? It’s called four part HARMONY people. Just because the other vocalists get stuck with the harmonies more often, it doesn’t make them less of a vocalist, the same way it doesn’t count to say that Wakana is overrated because she gets the melody. Keiko happens to take majority of the low alto voice parts because she’s just about the only one of the pack that CAN sing that low, especially with that much power. People like Hikaru and Yuriko end up with the higher soprano harmonies because like Keiko, they have that voice type.
This does NOT make any of them less of a singer. Why would it? We don’t all have the same strengths, and neither do they. Therefore no, it doesn’t mean one is more talented than the other just because of the voice part they sing in.
To clarify one more point, Keiko has more of a chance to showcase her full range because she does get the melody at times. It makes it obvious for us to hear her fantastic low to mid-range. As for Wakana, just because she sits at the second soprano range most of the time, doesn’t mean she does not have a range. Quite the opposite actually. She has a range about equivalent to Keiko’s but on the other end of the spectrum. She can enter the high soprano voice part rather beautifully and well-supported. Behold:
Yes, that IS Wakana you’re hearing.
Clearly, these girls are all capable. Some people ought to learn a bit more respect.
- Tsuki
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