i LOVE itsu datte for you, haha, idk why, at least it ranked higher than last place... TO BE YOURSELF in 8th is a crime tho :( i agree with how you feel abt Break the system, i'm not huge on that one either. i guess i just don't think ayumu's voice works that great with that kind of music? i appreciate them trying something different but it didn't really work for me personally the whole album overall is very solid, though. i'd say my top 3 in no specific order would be Ye Mingzhu, TO BE YOURSELF, and Itsu Datte for You. It's a tough choice though because i also love Eieisa, Diabolic mulier, and Concentrate! as well. Yada and Silent Blaze are growing on me a lot lately too.....
Man, everyone sleeping on Turn It Up and First Love Again...Turn It Up would definitely be my favorite Karin solo if Fire Bird didn't exist. I usually don't like ska much, but something about it just really connects with me. My only issue with it is that there's no sax anywhere even though Karin's character in the movie for the film festival plays the sax (non-SIFAS players, this is the context for the different genres for the solos this time around) and Karin's also shown playing the sax in SIFAS card art, so I feel like it would make sense. Concentrate! is incredible, I don't understand how it seems to be Shioriko's least well-received solo. I've liked the other two enough to record cover vocals and this one is still my favorite. I'm having a tough time ranking all the songs, but top 5 for me is: 1. Concentrate! 2. Eieisa (Shizuku hasn't had a subpar song yet and probably never will) 3. Turn It Up! 4. First Love Again 5. Itsu Datte for you! (Probably Emma's weakest solo for me, but all her songs are like warm hugs). Unfortunately I can't echo all the praise for Silent Blaze...it's not a bad song, but for me it's missing the feeling that it was made specifically for Kanata. I'm well aware of the context for the album + solos and I listen to Akarin's music outside of LL, but I still think the solos for the other girls all have elements that still fit them like a glove even if the songs aren't in the genres we normally associate with them. Like Setsuna's songs are all energetic and passionate, Rina's songs are all about connecting with people, Emma's songs all have a theme of uplifting or comforting others. But nothing about this song really ties in like that for Kanata, at least for me. I'm not saying she can't have fast/energetic songs, I'm just saying Silent Blaze sounds like it could have been sung by Setsuna, Shioriko, or Shizuku instead and nothing would really change. I think I like Ye Mingzhu more than Queendom, but Queendom had more unique production and fit Lanzhu's personality better. It really told you what she was about right from the get go. I'm not big on Break the System, but I think it's the production that's the problem, not Agupon's voice. Anyone who listened to Elder Flower knows she can absolutely destroy "harder" songs.
underrated in my opinion: turn it up, to be yourself, first love again, diabolic mulier i prefer rina's and ai's songs in this solo over all their other songs :)) personally i'm not really the biggest fan of silent blaze and break the system, and i absolutely despite yada, but other than that i think the entire album was amazing!
My rank its: 12.to be yourself 11.turn it up 10.yada 9.first love again 8.toy doll 7.ieisa 6.silent blaze 5.concentrate 4.break the system 3.diabolic mulier 2.ye mingzhu 1.itsu datte for you
Now cannot wait they all being perform live onstage in upcoming 4th live (except Toy doll & Ye mingzu done perform in r3birth live)..btw, i am really hoping they do a short MV of these song in opening anime style, as we know the songs itself should be the opening theme of their story project in All Stars..
This album already felt like a Shuffle fest by its own. But if a Shuffle Fest would be based on this, I would think it goes as: Lanzhu - Break the System Kasumin - Concentrate Karin - Diabolic Mulier Ai - Eieisa Kanata - First Love Again Ayumu - Itsudatte for you Setsuna - Silent Blaze Shizuku - To Be Yourself Emma - Toy Doll Mia - Turn it Up Rina - Yada! Shioriko - Ye Mingzhu I really hope this would be the Album they make Shuffle Fest for. My favorite from this album would be (1) Ye Mingzhu, (2) Eieisa, and (3) Silent Blaze
Here's my personal ranking: Silent Blaze First Love Again Eieisa Diabolic Mulier Ye Mingzhu Yada! Itsu Datte for you To be yourself Concentrate Turn it up Break the system Toy Doll
My ranking: 1. Ye Mingzhu 2. TO BE YOURSELF 3. Diabolic Mulier 4. Concentrate! 5. Yada! 6. Break the system 7. Silent Blaze 8. First love again 9. Itsu datte for you 10. Toy doll 11. Turn it up 12. Eieisa (I like her other solos more & imo i despise this song lol) To be honest, this is my favourite nijigaku album.
I liked this set of solos, but i did prefer the 3rd set to this one. I think they should go back to doing in-character solo songs after this batch. Especially so Setsuna doesn’t get stuck with stock sound effects again 💀
For me the overrated one is Silent Blaze tbh. The song is so boring, an energetic song but Butterfly does it better and with more emotion too. I get that this album are the girls do it for the clubs but i can never see this song speaks Kanata, at all. My top 3 are First love again, Concentrate and Ye Mingzhu. Sad seeing Rina and Shioriko's solo underrated but as you said Karin's place was so much more terrible, i also so think she should not be that low.
I like all 12 songs, and every single one has a spot on my playlist, but if we are only choosing top 5s, Turn it Up fails to stand out to me. Not a bad song, but it stood no chance against the likes of Toy Doll, Eieisa, Silent Blaze, and Ye Mingzu, all of which have extremely catchy melodies. Furthermore, a lot of the other mid-to-low tier songs have some niche appeal that sets them apart while Turn it Up feels a lot more generic. Seriously, any time I hear it on my playlist I'm like, "Oh yeah. That's a song that exists, I forgot about that one." In summary, not bad, just overshadowed.
my rank: 1-Silent Blaze: literally this song shows Akarin's potential, i loved it since the beginning 2-Eieisa: nothing to say about this song, the chours is perfect 3-Concentrate!: it's so sad that it only ranked 7°, it is a bop especially for how fast this song goes 4-Ye Mingzhu: kiss chef song, her rap after the first chours is inimitable 5-Break the System: this song could have been the second or even the first if only it weren't that some parts seem a little off (like the changing of tempo???idk). Ayumu fits this genre so much, i liked it 6-First Love Again: MOST UNDERRATED in this album only because its a ballad. Rina sounds soft, i think she gave her best, i like it, especially the lyrics 7-Diabolic Mulier: the gap between pre-chorus and chorus is strange, i liked the idea and finally they gave Ai something different to sing 8-TO BE YOURSELF: kasumi's voice is spectacular in this song, but after the second chorus the melody is too loud and the voice is obscured by it. Like Ai's, the gap between pre-chorus and chorus is not the best 9-Yada: LOVED the concept, but not as much as i love setsuna's other songs (except DIVE) 10-Itsu Datte for you: not my favorite, not a bad song but sounds way too much general 11-Toy Doll: in every rank i see this song like 3rd, 4th, 5th but i dont get it, some parts are annoying asf 12-Turn it Up: i've never ranked a karin's song so low, but literally i dont like the melody
i LOVE itsu datte for you, haha, idk why, at least it ranked higher than last place... TO BE YOURSELF in 8th is a crime tho :(
i agree with how you feel abt Break the system, i'm not huge on that one either. i guess i just don't think ayumu's voice works that great with that kind of music? i appreciate them trying something different but it didn't really work for me personally
the whole album overall is very solid, though. i'd say my top 3 in no specific order would be Ye Mingzhu, TO BE YOURSELF, and Itsu Datte for You. It's a tough choice though because i also love Eieisa, Diabolic mulier, and Concentrate! as well. Yada and Silent Blaze are growing on me a lot lately too.....
My fav is totally TO BE YOURSELF idk why it was so low. it sounds like an amine opening and its awesome!!
I love Rinas solo so I am sad how low her solo was. And omg Eieisa is such a bop!
Man, everyone sleeping on Turn It Up and First Love Again...Turn It Up would definitely be my favorite Karin solo if Fire Bird didn't exist. I usually don't like ska much, but something about it just really connects with me. My only issue with it is that there's no sax anywhere even though Karin's character in the movie for the film festival plays the sax (non-SIFAS players, this is the context for the different genres for the solos this time around) and Karin's also shown playing the sax in SIFAS card art, so I feel like it would make sense. Concentrate! is incredible, I don't understand how it seems to be Shioriko's least well-received solo. I've liked the other two enough to record cover vocals and this one is still my favorite.
I'm having a tough time ranking all the songs, but top 5 for me is:
1. Concentrate!
2. Eieisa (Shizuku hasn't had a subpar song yet and probably never will)
3. Turn It Up!
4. First Love Again
5. Itsu Datte for you! (Probably Emma's weakest solo for me, but all her songs are like warm hugs).
Unfortunately I can't echo all the praise for Silent Blaze...it's not a bad song, but for me it's missing the feeling that it was made specifically for Kanata. I'm well aware of the context for the album + solos and I listen to Akarin's music outside of LL, but I still think the solos for the other girls all have elements that still fit them like a glove even if the songs aren't in the genres we normally associate with them. Like Setsuna's songs are all energetic and passionate, Rina's songs are all about connecting with people, Emma's songs all have a theme of uplifting or comforting others. But nothing about this song really ties in like that for Kanata, at least for me. I'm not saying she can't have fast/energetic songs, I'm just saying Silent Blaze sounds like it could have been sung by Setsuna, Shioriko, or Shizuku instead and nothing would really change.
I think I like Ye Mingzhu more than Queendom, but Queendom had more unique production and fit Lanzhu's personality better. It really told you what she was about right from the get go.
I'm not big on Break the System, but I think it's the production that's the problem, not Agupon's voice. Anyone who listened to Elder Flower knows she can absolutely destroy "harder" songs.
Man... I agree with you. I really love Turn It Up by Karin 💙 wake up people! Damn...
underrated in my opinion: turn it up, to be yourself, first love again, diabolic mulier
i prefer rina's and ai's songs in this solo over all their other songs :))
personally i'm not really the biggest fan of silent blaze and break the system, and i absolutely despite yada, but other than that i think the entire album was amazing!
Wow this ranking differs way from what I voted, Yada! is so underrated
I'm a Setsuna fan, and I think the song is good but I just want more rock sounding songs from her. We've only gotten 2 I like having a variety though.
yess i love yada so much
Yes! Yada supremacy!
My rank its:
12.to be yourself
11.turn it up
10.yada
9.first love again
8.toy doll
7.ieisa
6.silent blaze
5.concentrate
4.break the system
3.diabolic mulier
2.ye mingzhu
1.itsu datte for you
Turn it up is underrated
no it isnt, Its overrated
Concentrate is a bop
Ayumu wouldn't like when she sees her song is in 4th place. She will break the ranking system.
Wait what??? Turn it up, Yada and Concentrate are really good. Unbelievable
Now cannot wait they all being perform live onstage in upcoming 4th live (except Toy doll & Ye mingzu done perform in r3birth live)..btw, i am really hoping they do a short MV of these song in opening anime style, as we know the songs itself should be the opening theme of their story project in All Stars..
Turn it up is too underrated, it is my 2nd favorite Karin’s solo after Vivid World.
I love vivid world. It has to be my favorite Karin solo with wish being my second favorite.
I just had love live playing on shuffle and then eiesa started playing and i actually liked it! But Ye Mingzu is so good
I'm a big fan of another shuffle fest!
This album already felt like a Shuffle fest by its own. But if a Shuffle Fest would be based on this, I would think it goes as:
Lanzhu - Break the System
Kasumin - Concentrate
Karin - Diabolic Mulier
Ai - Eieisa
Kanata - First Love Again
Ayumu - Itsudatte for you
Setsuna - Silent Blaze
Shizuku - To Be Yourself
Emma - Toy Doll
Mia - Turn it Up
Rina - Yada!
Shioriko - Ye Mingzhu
I really hope this would be the Album they make Shuffle Fest for.
My favorite from this album would be (1) Ye Mingzhu, (2) Eieisa, and (3) Silent Blaze
Here's my personal ranking:
Silent Blaze
First Love Again
Eieisa
Diabolic Mulier
Ye Mingzhu
Yada!
Itsu Datte for you
To be yourself
Concentrate
Turn it up
Break the system
Toy Doll
I agree with the top 5 but Itsu datte for you deserves to be in 6th place or at least higher than 10th place.
concentrate its one of my favorite songs ever
Itsu datte for you is so underrated it deserves higher imo
Yess eieisa,ye mingzhu, silent blaze, break the system and toy doll deserved the spot!! All of these are amazing
clapping in 3 of my favourite songs at near dead last
My ranking:
1. Ye Mingzhu
2. TO BE YOURSELF
3. Diabolic Mulier
4. Concentrate!
5. Yada!
6. Break the system
7. Silent Blaze
8. First love again
9. Itsu datte for you
10. Toy doll
11. Turn it up
12. Eieisa (I like her other solos more & imo i despise this song lol)
To be honest, this is my favourite nijigaku album.
WHY ARE KARINS, RINAS, AND EMMAS SO LOW???
I liked this set of solos, but i did prefer the 3rd set to this one. I think they should go back to doing in-character solo songs after this batch. Especially so Setsuna doesn’t get stuck with stock sound effects again 💀
For me the overrated one is Silent Blaze tbh. The song is so boring, an energetic song but Butterfly does it better and with more emotion too. I get that this album are the girls do it for the clubs but i can never see this song speaks Kanata, at all. My top 3 are First love again, Concentrate and Ye Mingzhu. Sad seeing Rina and Shioriko's solo underrated but as you said Karin's place was so much more terrible, i also so think she should not be that low.
Break the System is the overrated one in my opinion, I really love Silent Blaze
Yada! And itsudate for you are so underrated, this Fandom doesn't appreciate idol-like songs enough, totally agree with Ye Mingzhu and Eieisa tho
Wanted to participate but didn't know how, it was going to be just me in my country 😔
Glad eieisa wins anyways
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Concentrate deserves to be higher, above Diabolic muller and Toy Doll at least. That song is so freaking good.
I like all 12 songs, and every single one has a spot on my playlist, but if we are only choosing top 5s, Turn it Up fails to stand out to me. Not a bad song, but it stood no chance against the likes of Toy Doll, Eieisa, Silent Blaze, and Ye Mingzu, all of which have extremely catchy melodies. Furthermore, a lot of the other mid-to-low tier songs have some niche appeal that sets them apart while Turn it Up feels a lot more generic. Seriously, any time I hear it on my playlist I'm like, "Oh yeah. That's a song that exists, I forgot about that one." In summary, not bad, just overshadowed.
I agree on Turn it up.
my rank:
1-Silent Blaze: literally this song shows Akarin's potential, i loved it since the beginning
2-Eieisa: nothing to say about this song, the chours is perfect
3-Concentrate!: it's so sad that it only ranked 7°, it is a bop especially for how fast this song goes
4-Ye Mingzhu: kiss chef song, her rap after the first chours is inimitable
5-Break the System: this song could have been the second or even the first if only it weren't that some parts seem a little off (like the changing of tempo???idk). Ayumu fits this genre so much, i liked it
6-First Love Again: MOST UNDERRATED in this album only because its a ballad. Rina sounds soft, i think she gave her best, i like it, especially the lyrics
7-Diabolic Mulier: the gap between pre-chorus and chorus is strange, i liked the idea and finally they gave Ai something different to sing
8-TO BE YOURSELF: kasumi's voice is spectacular in this song, but after the second chorus the melody is too loud and the voice is obscured by it. Like Ai's, the gap between pre-chorus and chorus is not the best
9-Yada: LOVED the concept, but not as much as i love setsuna's other songs (except DIVE)
10-Itsu Datte for you: not my favorite, not a bad song but sounds way too much general
11-Toy Doll: in every rank i see this song like 3rd, 4th, 5th but i dont get it, some parts are annoying asf
12-Turn it Up: i've never ranked a karin's song so low, but literally i dont like the melody
Me: *surpried bc Ye Mingzhu and Toy Doll arent first and second*
L rating tbh