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I think she's done a good job of making anime music sound mainstream Jpop. Some of her tracks are full out anime, but I think, especially with some of the ROCKBOUND NEIGHBOURS tracks, she's proven that she can do "Jpop". Compare where she is now to her early albums... they have some gems, and I love you Nana, but some of those songs have aged terribly.
I think she's getting the balance pretty much spot on at the moment, well for a Jpop fan, I've seen a lot of other people angry at how "mainstream" (not in a popular way... a non anime way?) Rokunei sounds.
I have to admit, the album was a grower, I didn't like it at first, but it's solid. It lacks "big" songs but it's very consistent, nice to listen to as a whole album, which I rarely do with Nana. I still don't like Darling Plastic, the Symphony one (too many Jpop chimes) or Happy Go Round though.
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