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2019/06/28 Tweet by Hikaru

Yuki Kajiura LIVE TOUR vol.#15 ～The Junctions of Fiction 2019～@市川文化会館

馳せ参じてきました(^^)！

久しぶりに拝見したので、新鮮さと懐郷感を感じる時間でした(*´꒳`*)

I went to the Yuki Kajiura Live!

It was refreshing and nostalgic cuz It's been a long time since I watched it

Kalafina - Keiko Live Outfits (2008 - 2018)

Card Captor Sakura Clear Card Chapter 32

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Harmony Newsletter ~ Hikaru left Spacecraft

People are very vague about the content of the newest magazine. Apparently what was sent out today is not really a newsletter/magazine but simply a piece of paper (not confirmed yet). And it seems like it contains info about Hikaru having left Spacecraft on October 20 (actually it is a handwritten letter by Hikaru). There has been no official announcement on the Harmony site, no mail and no blog post either…I guess we have to wait and see. They probably don’t wanna post anything before most people have received their copy.

I will keep you updated.

I have had some time to digest the news. Sorry, I had just woken up so I felt a bit overwhelmed by everything. But honestly, this doesn’t come as a huge surprise. I think this might be the reason why Hikaru talked so much about the perks and burdens of “freedom” in her latest Otaku Column. Either way, I hope she will do the same thing as Kaori and announce a bunch of solo lives for next year (because that has always been her dream and I wouldn’t wanna deny her that). While I am sure we will eventually get some sort of official announcement, I doubt we will get a proper reason for her departure so there’s really no use in speculation.

One more thing, I am seeing lots of people on twitter say stuff like, “oh no, now Hikaru has left Kalafina as well, this really is the end of Kalafina bla bla”. This is really not how anyone should see it. Kalafina is Wakana, Keiko and Hikaru. I think they made that pretty clear. It’s not like after Keiko left, Wakana and Hikaru suddenly became Kalafina. No, they just did their own stuff. Yes, of course, they still used their connection to Kalafina to promote their stuff (because why would they not?) and they still performed Kalafina pieces (because why would they not????) but they didn’t pretend to BE “the group Kalafina”. Kalafina will always be the three of them and nothing will ever change about that (which is also the reason why I refuse to call Keiko a “former member” of Kalafina). Whether they are part of an agency or not, whether they have solo projects lined up or not, whether they continue to sing or do other stuff, nothing will ever stop them from being Kalafina, their extensive body of works will not suddenly cease to exist and nothing hinders them to one day come together again. Right now I guess we should just let them follow their own dreams and support them as much as we can.

Marchesa

Resort 2019

Kalafina 「Kalafina All Time Best 2008-2018」

Release date: 2018/10/24

Limited Edition （VVCL-1332～1337）

・6 CDs

・ 36 remastered songs spanning Kalafina’s 10 year history starting from their debut single “oblivious”

・「Kalafina 10th Anniversary LIVE 2018 at Nippon Budokan」Live CD

・History Photo Book

・BOX

・10,800円

Regular Edition （VVCL-1338～1340）

・3 CDs

・ 36 remastered songs spanning Kalafina’s 10 year history starting from their debut single “oblivious”

・5,400円

Poster Tokuten

Those who purschase their CD in one of the following supporting shops will receive a special poster present (the design of the poster will be revealed at a later date)

No CDJapan, no Amazon Japan though T_T

Tracklist

oblivious

君が光に変えて行く (Kimi ga Hikari ni Kaete Iku)

傷跡 (Kizuato)

sprinter

ARIA

fairytale

seventh heaven

Lacrimosa

storia

progressive

光の旋律 (Hikari no Senritsu)

星の謡 (Hoshi no Utai)

I have a dream

輝く空の静寂には (Kagayaku Sora no Shijima ni Wa)

snow falling

symphonia

to the beginning

満天 (Manten)

moonfesta～ムーンフェスタ～ (Moonfesta)

ひかりふる (Hikari Furu)

未来 (Mirai)

Magia［quattro］

夢の大地 (Yume no Daichi)

アレルヤ (Alleluia)

dolce

君の銀の庭 (Kimi no Gin no Niwa)

misterioso

heavenly blue

believe

ring your bell

One Light

far on the water

blaze

into the world

メルヒェン (Märchen)

百火撩乱 (Hyakka Ryouran)

Interesting song choices. Almost exlusively tie-in songs (anime/TV show/game related). “progressive” is literally the only stand-alone piece. I wonder if they no longer have the rights to the other songs now that YK is gone…Because there are certain songs that have been universally considered to be among their best (”red moon” for example) and they are missing here.

Regarding the remastering of the songs: I am not an expert. Wikipedia tells me remastering can mean all kinds of things.  It basically means changing the quality of the sound of previously created recordings. Engineers use software tools such as a limiter, an equaliser, and a compressor. The compressor and limiters are ways of controlling the loudness of a track.

Seems like in some cases remastering can even mean to remove someone’s vocals. Apparently it has been done before for bands like Roselia or something. So now some people are worried they actually removed Keiko’s vocals for this release. For the time being I simply refuse to believe that. For me that would UTTERLY defeat the purpose of releasing a Kalafina Best of Album. And from a legal point of view I don’t think there are any issues with releasing the songs with Keiko in them. They released the 10th Anniversary Live and Film long after Keiko had departed from the agency. And they are still using her picture on all the official sites so I doubt they currently have many legal limitations regarding the usage of Keiko’s voice/image. Plus, as long as Keiko hasn’t won the rights to the registered trademark, Sony can milk Kalafina for all it’s worth (I don’t blame them tbh).  

Seeing all these baby animals and it being shark week I thought this would fit (Source: https://ift.tt/2LMMuzU)

For Wakana! <33

For #syaosaku week

Day 01 : Cherry Blossoms - Kind|Gentle 💫🌸🌙

SyaoSaku Week 2018

I ventured in depicting a slightly older CCS SyaoSaku, (like 1 or 2 years), when they’re fully comfortable around eachother. <3 (Bonus points for who recognizes Sakura’s dress)

Background music for this fanart: Christina Perri - A Thousand Years As usual, please don’t repost without permission/credits, reblogs are more than welcome!!

SYAOSAKU WEEK 2018 🐺🌸

“It’ll be nice if he can come here on his next break.”

Bonus:

~Syaosaku Week 2018