On the blu-ray, LIsa-X highly praises Wakazaemon and totally disses her brother who played bass for them on their India tour lol

Thank you for that, and I do firstly totally see your first paragraph as a very interesting interpretation of the song. It certainly makes a lot of sense. The jarring end could be a tonally interesting technique. I want to focus a little on your second paragraph though, I wonder if I have worded myself poorly in the past. Actually I would be the first to say writing conventions should not be a straight jacket, and regularly applaud songs for going against the often set mould. I love any song that can do something different. The question is, what does the song set itself up for? So, does a bridge have to build to the final chorus? No, certainly not. However, if you choose a traditional arrangement and put your bridge after 2 choruses and directly before the crescendo, you have somewhat put on the straight jacket yourself, and have to be very clever if you want to find a new way to wear it ;) . I openly applaud any song that does differently as this one does, and the reason I found the length and ending an issue here was not because of the time on the clock, or the positioning of a bridge, but that the song itself set expectations I personally felt it didn't follow up. It was a series of moments that, to me, all felt like they were building to something, and it was the fact it did that so beautifully, that made the ending feel out of place. It was their success in one department that made the lack of an ending jarring. But where it was good to your ear, to mine I felt robbed of more ;) . I do however appreciate the comment very much, and thank you as always :)

@@BakaBreakdown Yep, that's all good. (The bridge bit wasn't about this song btw, it was some others, e.g. by Hagane.) And of course breaking conventions isn't intrinsically a good or bad thing - it's about whether it works in the particular instance. In fairness, on first listen I loved everything about this song except the parts with vocals, and it took me a couple of further listens to grow to love those parts too. So my first reaction to a song I now adore would probably have been more critical than yours. That's why I'm not a reactor - one of the reasons anyway!

Oh how I agree ;) . I brought back the reactions from popular request, but I have to admit that I find them difficult. I prefer to do the in depth reviews on the main channel, but people seem to connect to first reactions a lot, so I do work on them. I agree though, that feeling of whether an unusual technique works in a song, it is both subjective, but can make more sense with multiple listens, once that idiosyncrasy loses its surprise factor and just becomes something you accept as an intentional part of the song. In this case, I must admit my opinion hasn't really changed, but I do get where others are approaching this from :) true indeed

Thank you, sorry, I just notice I replied to your latter comment first ;) . I think I mostly covered my thoughts there, but thanks for the additional comment as always good to get to understand your full thoughts :) . I do agree, different it refreshing, even if I maybe disagree on certain aspects, I certainly agree on that :)

@@BakaBreakdown “I just notice I replied to your latter comment first” I’m pretty sure this is my only comment on this video. So I’m confused. With this post, I have 2 comments now.

Oh yes haha! Sorry, the display I have in KZfaq Studio had me looking at two of your comments from different videos alongside each other! Ill address your comment here a little more directly therefore. I think the idea of having a song that establishes an early impact and then unravels it is a very interesting one. I am not sure if this song did that so much as it seemed to revisit concepts and then stop, but I do think that it keeps you on edge. Regarding the technical aspect of (I assume) musicianship, it is absolutely their initial core strength. I am not sure I want this to be what they focus on for the sake of it, but I hope we continue to see it used. I actually really appreciated that this song had some moments of very simple musicianship, those gaps gave more weight to the more intricate moments. Certainly interested to see where they go next though :) ! Thanks and sorry for the confusion!

@@BakaBreakdown Ahh, okay. I wonder if that other comment was my Fami one? I think the slow moments were partly there to enhance the impact of what comes before and after them (making the epic parts hit harder)-even before the song fully kicks off-while the slower moments add a refreshing change of pace as well. Edit: I just noticed that you were getting at that with “gaps gave more weight”. “absolutely their initial core strength. I am not sure I want this to be what they focus on” The more technical aspects play to their strengths, which helps to distinguish them from many other bands, then if they manage to add those aspects without cost to the other parts of the music (with good songwriting), they can better market themselves to people interested in those aspects (usually such an opening exists for all-female Japanese bands), while still overall coming out on top.

Totally agree, and I do actually think this song is starting from that correct mindset (in my view at least), that they are using their strengths to colour a song that seems to have a genuine idea at it's heart. The problem for me, is that where they are faultless musicians, their song structure in this song at least, left me feeling like they had some good ideas for sections, and a novel idea for a surprise ending, but it was a combination of great ingredients that left me feeling that the meal wasn't ready to serve yet ;) However, as a long term prospect, I should actually say that I do agree, there is a lot of promise just in the simple fact that they did something interesting here and actually gave priority to making a song. If that keeps progressing than I agree, they will have a stand out quality and an incredible lineup :)

Thought you were talking about me until I got to the last line lol 😂

I think that is certainly a fair interpretation, I would counter by saying though that my expectation is set by the build up and progression of the music itself. The music sets a mood, a tone. In the same way that a single phrase or melody can be resolved or not, an arrangement can set certain expectations. For me, it was the song's very beauty in how it set those expectations that made the lack of a payoff feel odd. This is my interpretation at least, although I respect the view :) . Thanks!

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