Friday 20 December 2013

Captivated by Misora Hibari and Enka

So lately I have become very interested in Misora Hibari. I believe this is due to three factors - 1) I fulfilled my goal of conquering enka in karaoke before the end of the year and it's just so much fun to sing, 2) I really really love Omatsuri Mambo in Zachou Kouen, which happens to be one of her songs and 3) since she was Nana's biggest role model she was the natural choice for me if I wanted to explore the world of enka more.

Wednesday 18 December 2013

Finally Utada Hikaru In The Flesh 2010

lol almost exact same pose as Nana on my blog banner, just facing the other way xD
So after nearly four years of waiting, footage from Hikki's In The Flesh -tour back in 2010 has -finally- been released! I honestly had stopped believing this day would ever actually come, but life is full of surprises. Now that it is here, I have sort of mixed feelings. Or more like I don't know how to feel. Makes me wish this had been available a lot sooner, but better late than never.

Tuesday 26 November 2013

[Live Viewing] NANA MIZUKI LIVE CIRCUS 2013+, 2nd Night at 台湾

Live Viewing hajimarimasu~~!
Okay, I don't know what has happened to me....I am writing this already the day after it happened! Such a miracle! Maybe I am too scared that school will kill me sometime soon, and thus I should get this out of the way asap.. xD Anyways, before I begin my report of the live viewing I'll take a moment to mention a couple of happy news. Recently, my blog passed 50,000 views! So thank you to all of you who have been following my blog and taken the time to read my entries! I wouldn't have the motivation to write about all these things if it wasn't for you... perhaps lol. The other happy news is that.... Nana got invited to [Kouhaku Uta Gassen] again this year! Really happy for you Nana! You belong there every year! I will be sure to vote for your team again this year! ... Here's to hoping my sister won't mind spending New Year's Eve watching it, since she is visiting then. xD Anyways, onwards to the live viewing report!

Thursday 24 October 2013

Animelo Summer Live 2013 -FLAG NINE- The 3rd Day

So I ended up being a lot more late with this too than I planned... but that's nothing unusual. orz Finally though, pretty much exactly two months late here is my report on the 3rd day of Animelo 2013! I am also happy to announce that with this, I have taken care of all my backlog so I can start from a clean table whenever something pops up for me to report about now. x'D Sorry for taking so long once again!

Sunday 20 October 2013

Thoughts on 「革命デュアリズム」 PV~

I know I should be writing about Animelo and not this, but I figured it would be nice to be on time with something for once. Knowing me, too, I wouldn't even bother writing about Kakumei Dualism unless I did it when it's still a hot topic. I'm gonna do a lot of picture spam just to keep things interesting, so don't mind me. Also, I kind of just wrote what popped into my mind on the spur of the moment so I might have neglected to mention everything I planned to or the text might be jumping from here to there.... so I do apologize if that is the case.

So we got to see the full PV for it yesterday, and here it is in case you missed it.
 

Wednesday 2 October 2013

NANA MIZUKI LIVE CIRCUS 2013, Trick 7 at Seibu Dome!

Trick 7 at Seibu Dome, hajimarimasu~~!
So.... Ehum... I so did not write this the next week after writing my report on the first Seibu Dome night. I am so sorry. orz Busy times appeared from nowhere. Went to visit home, school started... etc etc. And perhaps there was a little bit of laziness and not being motivated mixed in between there too. But here it is finally! Only a couple of months late! I was still at least a bit faster with this than I was with my report on LIVE CASTLE -King's Night-! That counts for something... right... right?? Well I won't keep you waiting longer by babbling more here... so, douzo~~

(For report on LIVE CIRCUS 2013 Trick 1 in Ehime, go [here]!
And for report on LIVE CIRCUS 2013 Trick 6 at Seibu Dome, go [here]!)

Sunday 25 August 2013

NANA MIZUKI LIVE CIRCUS 2013, Trick 6 at Seibu Dome!

Trick 6 at Seibu Dome hajimarimasu~!
Okay so... I am terribly sorry for taking so long with my report once again. I was very busy after the Seibu Dome weekend and then.... I just didn't feel like it. That's the shameful truth. Gomenne. orz But funnily enough, knowing I have another event to attend tomorrow (Animelo), made me get a move on.... since yeah... I really don't want so many event reports piling up.. cuz if they did... I would never get around to writing them. 【o´゚□゚`o】 Sooo.. for the first time I wrote a whole concert report in one night. I feel so accomplished. Though... I don't think this report is as detailed as it could be, since I was not in such a receptive state of mind during this concert for a few reasons (still a long entry though lol). My apologies. My report for the 2nd day should be better. (>_<) I hope~~ and I hope I will have time to write it next week!

(For report on LIVE CIRCUS 2013 Trick 1 in Ehime, go [here]!
And for report on LIVE CIRCUS 2013 Trick 7 at Seibu Dome, go [here]!)

Saturday 17 August 2013

Nettiin -Translation-



A bit of a random post... but somehow I felt like translating this Finnish song by Jenni Vartiainen today after hearing her new song. :3 I am not a big fan of Finnish music (apart from Poets of the Fall or Tiktak or something like that), but I like some of Jenni Vartiainen's songs since they tackle an interesting and in a way important "controversial" topic, like this one and [Ihmisten Edessä]. I will get a move on with my Seibu Dome LIVE CIRCUS entries soon, bear with me!

Tuesday 30 July 2013

ドラマティックラブ(Dramatic Love) -Translation-


FINALLY I am on time with something! Or even early, since the single is coming out tomorrow lol. After hearing Dramatic Love, I really got such a strong impulse to translate it right away (I literally got up this morning and started working on it even before eating breakfast xD) for a few reasons:

  1. The style of the song takes me back to my younger days and I am a sucker for old songs.
  2. It is an appropriate song for this week.
  3. Because of 2. I am in a tekitou na mood~
  4. And most importantly, the lyrics are really simple and easy. This took me.. like 10 minutes lol. Or 15 min if you count me typing the Japanese lyrics by hand too. xD

Thursday 18 July 2013

NANA MIZUKI LIVE CIRCUS 2013, Trick 1 at Ehime!

Trick 1 at Ehime hajimarimasu~!
Sorry for the wait~! I tried to be much faster than what I usually am, which I suppose I did succeed in. Though I wasn't as fast as I wanted to be..... somehow school always seems to slap me in the face with a pile of things I need to do right after I attend a Nana live. orz Anyways, here it is now! I have to warn you, this entry turned out to be perhaps even longer than what my live reports usually are. I blame it on there being so much to write about for MCs! I don't know why that was the case though, I suppose it is because of one of the following reasons a) Nana had a lot to say, b) I remembered more things than usual, c) my Japanese has gotten better so I understood a lot more (lol please be this one!) or d) all of the above. So yeah, bear with me and my long-winded Nana shipping! Aaand with that.. Let LIVE CIRCUS 2013 begin~! 

(For report on LIVE CIRCUS 2013 Trick 6 at Seibu Dome, go [here]!
And for report on LIVE CIRCUS 2013 Trick 7 at Seibu Dome, go [here]!)

Monday 1 July 2013

First Impressions on Vitalization

Pretty and vitalizing lady~
Since I haven't done this for quite a while, I thought I'd ganbatte this time. It is probably obvious by now that the entry on Preserved Roses that I said I might make, is never going to happen. Thanks to a certain incident in Valvrap.... ehum..Valvrave, I have sort of ruined some lines from the song for myself (though more for my friend I think haha).. orz But anyways, Vitalization time!

Saturday 8 June 2013

On June 7th

..... I was born~!
(Many many years ago though)

So, yesterday was my birthday. I've had this idea of writing about it here for a while now, but now that the time is finally - I am not really sure what to write. I was expecting my birthday to be a lot better and special this year than it usually is, but I was still somehow overwhelmed by how amazing it turned out to be. So... I don't really know what to say.

But guess I'll try lol.

Sunday 26 May 2013

Tour of LIVE GRACE -Opus II- x UNION & Preserved Roses

Okay this comes a bit late too, but I really wanted to get both LyriPa V days out of the way before posting anything else. orz So anyways, I went to take pictures of LIVE GRACE -Opus II- x UNION and Preserved Roses promotion stuff in celebration of their respective releases! Enjoyy~~

Firstly, I will start with the LIVE GRACE -Opus II- x UNION material!

Saturday 25 May 2013

Lyrical Party V @ 3月24日

Well once again I was more late with this than I intended... gomen. orz I have so much backlog on what I should write in my blog that it's not even funny haha (<- yet still I laughed, I am full of contradictions like my friends say orz). Anyways, enjoy the second night of LyriPa V, should be a bit more detailed than my account of the first night. Maybe. You decide.

On the second night I was feeling a lot better compared to the first, I think seeing Nana and Yukarin and everyone else really did have a healing effect on me. \o/ My seat was on the opposite side of the stage tonight, and veeery close to it. So close actually that I wondered if the extensive decorations on the stage would block my view of Yukarin and Nana when they would be sitting in the booth. orz

Thursday 9 May 2013

Lyrical Party V @ 3月23日

Okay so... firstly my apologies for disappearing for quite a while. Lots of things have happened in the past couple of months - school has kept me busy, I had a very bad flu, I've been hovering at the border of exhaustion due to no time to sleep etc etc... so I wasn't able to write this before. Hontou ni gomenne. orz But here it is finally~ well the first night anyway.

Also, before I begin my report I have to apologize for something else too. On the day of the first Lyrical Party V I was feeling very shit - I was feeling horribly unwell in the morning to the point I even had to puke and couldn't really eat anything all day..... for a moment even contemplated on being smart and staying home to recover but in the end went to the event anyway. But, as a result... I was pretty messed up and weak all night so I don't remember as many details of what happened as I would have liked. Gomenne. orz I'll make up for it with my report of the second night when I was feeling a lot better!

Anyways... Let the party begin!

Sunday 7 April 2013

King Nana x Queen Yukarin

Well, since I have been lazy and still haven't started on my LyriPa V reports (gomen orz), I thought I'd put this here to keep you company in the meanwhile. Drew this for Nina-sama about a year ago, since I promised to make a Nana x Yukarin fanart for her. 


I promise I'll get started soon! *runs*

Wednesday 3 April 2013

Crescent Child -Translation-


When I suddenly remembered that I said that I would translate Crescent Child, I should have also remembered how sad this song was.... since then I would have been (maybe?) more prepared for how depressing translating it was going to be.. orz *blows nose* ehum... anyway. Here it is! Thanks to @DarkSoul4242 for looking through it and helping me correct my silly mistakes lol. Enjoy~~

Friday 15 March 2013

「両国国技館座長公演“水樹奈々大いに唄う 参”」

Zachou Kouen hajimarimasu~!
I was going to be really fast with this entry and actually got to a very good start during my long waiting hours between my flights on the 4th.. but after I got to Finland my me time has been very restricted. Gomen. orz In any case here it is now! Sorry if it's a bit lacking in detail, remembering everything like lines etc afterward was not very easy. (^-^;)


Also, before I start my report, I would like to thank the few great friends who offered to help with the Zachou Kouen lottery by giving me the code from their copies of ROCKBOUND NEIGHBORS and made it possible for me to attend the event! Thank you so much! You have no idea how much I appreciate it. I really didn't think I would win a ticket to be honest, so I really am grateful. Love you all~ <3

Tuesday 26 February 2013

NANA MIZUKI LIVE GRACE 2013 -Opus II-1月20日

Second night of Live Grace -Opus II- hajimarimasu~!
(Yes, same picture as on previous post but face it - Nana with violin is so wonderful~~)
FINALLY my report for the 2nd night of LIVE GRACE 2013 -Opus II- is here as well. Totally took much longer with it than I wanted to, but reliving this night took much more energy out of me than the previous one. :3 Gomen! But regardless, it is now here and hopefully worth the wait!

(For report on first night of LIVE GRACE 2013 -Opus II- go [here])

<<WARNING! Very long entry again and gets a bit emotional near the end. Hazukashii... (>_<;)>>

Friday 8 February 2013

NANA MIZUKI LIVE GRACE 2013 -Opus II- 1月19日

First night of Live Grace -Opus II- hajimarimasu ~!
Wohooo~ Here I am with my report for the first night of LIVE GRACE 2013 -Opus II- stylishly a few weeks late once again (though admittedly I think I am usually even more late so some progress has happened, no?). My end of semester came up right after the live so I have been slaving away with no free time until now. orz Gomen. But here it is finally, for 1st night anyway... Report for 2nd night should follow soon after!

(For report on second night of LIVE GRACE 2013 -Opus II- go [here])

<<WARNING! Very long entry, since I always try to relive my personal experience as accurately as possible. Bear with me! :3>>

Monday 7 January 2013

STAR ROAD -Translation-


Ever since my violin came here to me, I've been in a proper violin haze (even if I hadn't had time to really play here yet.. orz) and naturally that has led to me looping STAR ROAD very much in the past few days. Thus, energized by it's beautiful melody and words, I felt like translating it. So here you go! Big thanks to Izam and Danie for helping me with a couple of tricky bits. Really looking forward to hearing this in LIVE GRACE 2013 -OPUS II- (do sing this Nana-sama and Risouron too tanobu yo~~ m(_ _)m) and crying like a baby~

Sunday 6 January 2013

ROCKBOUND NEIGHBORS


So yesterday a few weeks ago (orz) was finally the day I have been waiting to come for a long while, 12/12/12! The release date of Nana's 9th album, ROCKBOUND NEIGHBORS!

So without further ado, here are my thoughts on all the songs. I tried to be less fangirly this time, let's see how it went. Think it ended up being more personal instead somehow. (^-^;)

Tuesday 1 January 2013

Happy New Year 2013!

Well, ROCKBOUND NEIGHBORS entry needs to wait a bit longer, since New Year is here before I knew it (or then I just took forever with my assignments orz)..

Anyway, the year 2012. 

A year of mixed feelings. 

I think I've already reflected back on it in various entries and wherever else, but I'll do a little bit more of it here.