私の生きた証拠

Recall how your first experience at the hot springs was like?

Ok maybe this isn’t a terrific comparison, but I found a song that gives me roughly the same feeling!

If you’ve been paying attention to Japanese TV over the past half a year or so you’d know that there’s this absolutely fantastic anime called Sky Girls (and no I’m not crazy about this series purely because of the cute 15-year-old girls [besides, 15-year-olds are okay for seventeen-year-olds, strictly speaking, BUT THAT’S NOT THE ISSUE HERE]; anyway the 24-episode run has already ended - so catch it as the DVDs are released, or you could ask a certain very nice gentleman I know to help you out… ).

Now, with every anime series (okay, most) there’s a plethora of products released before, along and after it. A character mini-album released on December 12, the 19th year of Heisei features character songs by Ichijou Eika (一条瑛花) and Sonomiya Karen (園宮可憐), who were voiced by Itou Shizuka 伊藤静 and Gotou Saori 後藤沙緒里. Of the six songs in this album (there were another six in another character album feature Ayako-sama’s character songs [and one more but I can’t be bothered with German lolis]) the one that I found absolutely rocked was one by Itou Shizuka, titled 「虹を見に行こう」, meaning “Let’s go see the rainbow”.

Now, while I do like Itou Shizuka very much as a seiyuu (she’s right up there with Ayako-sama, Rie-sama, Noto-sama (Noto Mamiko 能登麻美子), Kuwashima Houko (桑島法子) and a few others. But as a singer her abilities have never been outstanding enough to catch my attention… until 「虹を見に行こう」, that is.

It’s rare to come across a song that excites me so, especially by someone whose voice I listen to pretty often (I watch quite a lot of Itou Shizuka productions, and played To Heart 2). But it might just be the start of yet another semi-fruitless and absolutely futile chase for all the songs ever sang by one person…

By the way, just a note (or personal comment, if you will): the pronunciation of the 行こう in 虹を見に行こう is い “i”, but I just thought ゆ “yu” would make the line better and smoother. Just my personal opinion, anyway.

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