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Originally Posted by Kikaru
I just have to say I hate how her hair looked. Not the Crusty scary version, but when she's in the rain. The hair makes her look old.
The song's not bad. Best song since...Tears? Better than Renai Shashin, although I'm a tad disappointed with the arrangements, I think this song has great potential to be a good power ballad, and the too simple arrangement kind of downplays the power, along with her sometimes too soft voice.
Overall, decent song, better than most of the singles she released between 2006 and now, but compared to some of her album works like Sensu, Shabon Dama, Friends, and Haneari Tamago? It lacks something that makes me say "wow, I really love this song".
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I actually really like the feel of the song. It sounds like something I would listen to when I'm depressed and looking at the rain falling outside. I think I just found my new thinking song XD
As for the simple arrangement, I think you should listen to the careful orchestration in the background and how the drums (a sound that's a little different for Ai) coordinates with the piano in the background. And as for her voice being soft, I don't think so. I consider "soft" as when I can barely hear the voice over the background music, and Ai's voice is perfectly distinguishable in this song. Especially during the part where she sings, "Kokoro wa, hontou wa, tsuyoi." The crescendo there is really quite fine.
Not every ballad that Ai comes out with needs to be a "power ballad". Maybe if this were an A-side for a single, that kind of thing would be expected. But seeing as this is an album track, I think it's fine to have this kind of soft melody. From just listening to the lyrics, I think that a REALLY STRONG feel would kind of....wreck the emotion overflowing.