Wow quite a few people hating ringo's voice lol. tbh though that is her signature, high pitch with the twist of "R". Even tho I dun listen to her whole discography, she has really good songs like Honnou, Gibusu, Ringo no Uta, Kabukichou no Joou, etc. I think she did a really good job on letters, as she managed to transform the song to "herself" rather than just covering it.
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I also think that final distance is very beautifully arranged and creates this sad mystical world. That is lost in AI's version obviously because it's not hikki anymore. It sounds like a standard r&b ballad or something. And those have to be really outstanding to impress me or just make me want to listen, so I'm not really a fan because nothing about it just clicks with me. It's well done I guess for her though and suits AI best. You can miss me with that though.
I like the Sakura Drops cover....I can vibe with it somehow. Same with Keep Tryin. So I'm excited for the rest.
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Yeah, I think AI's FD kinda lost the touch as well. I think her voice is beautiful, but maybe the background story of the song is lost in this cover. Without that the song becomes quite plain.
I just listened to the youtube version SAKURA drops, the opening music was a wow to me lol. The arrangement blends extremely well with Yosui Inoue's old style vocal. I dunno but I'm kinda stuck to old style sometimes, so his version, while may not on par with hikki (yeah I'm biased towards her), is very very good
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