Whoever suggested this song, I love you. Always a treat to see people listen to Akiko Shikata.

"Is that normal to feel like that is something you would hear in like a church?" Probably? The games are centered around the concept of using songs as magic/computer code and the songs are referred to as Hymns in universe (and a lot are sung in a Con-Language called Hymnnos). So in a lot of cases they are effectively praying for a miracle as they tell the tower how to restructure reality via the emotions expressed in song. It is a really interesting universe. Something that could be fun would be to look at the versions of EXEC_PAJA as it has two different versions, which by the text of the game I believe should be expressing the exact same emotions, but are VERY different songs. So I'd be curious as to whether you think they communicate the same emotion to you despite their very different expression. Alternatively, I am always a fan of EXEC_LINCA.

ARPHAGE is a very complex song. It's simultaneously hopeful and despairing. It's a reversal of natural order. It's an attempt to exchange one's life to save the world. It's a song so powerful that halfway through, the song and the singer switch places as it takes control. This is especially so near the end, when the Ar Ciela lines are practically being screamed.

Thanks for doing Ar Tonelico. This is my number one favorite JRPG. Well, the Ar Tonelico Series. Their Hymns are AMAZING!

Yes, the church vibes are very much present in the soundtrack of Ar Tonelico, another examples are Exec Chronicle Key, Suspend, Exec Harmonius and Harmonius Fusion, Sublimation Omness chs Ciel sos Infel... Maybe it's not a coincidence, since some contain religious elements

Arphage is one of my favs, one of the songs that made me fall in love with the game, though Exec Chronicle Key was made me fall in love with the series. I hope you react it one day.

"Ascendsion to deity-hood" is very much hitting the nail on its head, lol. Spoiler for the story, but this song is sung by an amnesiac character who wished to use this song to save the world from an impending doom and for some reason she is the only one who can sing it. After some conflicts and shenanigans, she got to sing this song for real, and half way through the song, it unlocked her dormant memory and now she remember that she was not a mere human girl, but one of the goddess who wished to see humanity saved, descended upon this world to do so, bringing with her a salvation in the form of the song Arphage, sacrificing herself in return. The switch in emotion is something pretty evident throughout the song and I'm happy you caught on to some of that. I love the usage of vocal in this. Each part and lines have quite a distinct feel to its vocal usage, from a very light head tone usage to a somewhat more resonance placement to something chesty and very primal in its nature.

I’m so glad to see this finally picked!! I FLEW here when I received the notification. I love your breakdown and analysis of this! Fun fact, Akiko Shikata doubles her voice up to 200 times to achieve that choir effect. Also! You also guessed the story correctly. One of the girls definitely transforms into something.

You're completely right about the comment 'ascending from person to deityhood,' the singer herself is actually one of the Wills of the World, specifically the one responsible for creating life. In an effort to save the dying world of Ar Ciel, she descends into a mortal form that was provided for her, and forgets what she really is. As she sings this song, it comes back to her, and in the middle of it she remembers her purpose and who she really is.

Woooooo! Ar Tonelico?! Lol love that you’re still willing to dip your toes into this chaotic pool. You’re the best 😁👍 Edit: spot-on as always. “Youth innocence, idealism… enthusiamsm…” YEP! That’s this singer to a T! Edit edit: lol no way! You actually picked out that, in the middle of the song, the songstress is reminded of her sacred mission and is only more emboldened to see it through…? No way. Nuh uh. How. Lol

Ahhh!!!! This is my favorite song in this game!!! I'm sooo glad you did this one! Thank you sooo much and I do hope you come to love the emotional depth the hymnos from all the games really gives. I think that's the beauty behind these songs is that you don't need to understand the lyrics to understand the emotions they are envoking and conveying. I cannot wait to hear and see you react to more Ar Tonelico songs! I'll have to look through my saved songs to suggest if you do not mind 😊

that's because the LANGUAGE ITSELF is about translating emotion to magic, beyond the fact that is literally sung computer commands. also: hymmnos the base (made up, but fully functional) language here : it sounds somewhat churchy when the nature of the language is choral (reyvateil and tower responding), the difference is while you pray for an angel to save you in the church of Christ, nothing happens. But when a Reyvateil prays to the tower ar tonelico for a guardian,. their song creates a literal guardian from the emotions of the song proccessed through the tower of ar tonelico. There's also the dichotomy between the japanese and the hymmnos in the songs, the japanese is trying to explain to US what what and why, but the hymmnos itself is a programming language for turning thoughts, hopes, and emotions into executable magic code." I need to go find the language primer site made for the at II fan repair.

the best part of Ar Tonelico songs are that they are beautiful even without context. And the only realistic way players can understand the songs is to engage emotionally with the songs, instead of the lyrics

I really miss ar tonelico series. Hope they port amd localize all of 3 main ar tonelico games and ar norsuge

Honestly glad that you did this and I wish to see more ambitious games do these kind of tracks. Vocal tracks in games are always a treat, especially from the Ar Tonelico and Ar Nosurge games. A fun thing to note with regards to these songs: almost all of the vocal tracks in these games are either prayers or folk songs. There are also a lot of supplementary tracks not part of the games but their own albums sung in this conlang that also carry that.

One of my favorite Ar Tonelico songs and I'm really glad you finally listened to it

Lets goooooo Ar Tonelico again

I'm glad that you say that you want to get it and that you are more than happy to keep listening to it. You're right, it's really not talked about now and that's really always been the case. It's a crime that the series, for all its faults, never made the splash that it deserved to make. I am glad to see someone who is committed to promoting video game music as "real" music give Ar Tonelico your time and promotion.

So glad to see you listen to this! This was my first and still my favorite song from Ar Tonelico, I love all the emotions it contains and how deeply it make me feel as well - on top of being an absolute banger. Always looking forward to more Ar Tonelico videos, thanks for continuing to give it a shot despite its uniqueness lol

Just because you reacted to this master piece... I'm subscribed from now on! ❤❤❤

It really does feel like church hymns, in fact, the whole language is called Hymmnos. The world was created in a fashion similar to Tolkein's Lord of the Rings, in that it was brought about through music, though in Ar Tonelico's case, it was more like the Big Bang, and not by a creator deity and his angels. "(Singing Hill)~Harmonics TILIA~" sings an epic about the beginning of the universe and a very summarized history of the world of Ar Ciel and its use/misuse of Hymmnos.

This song is audible goosebumps. AT3 was the first I played and it made me want (and in the end, do) play all the other ones, minus ciel nosurge because I'm just a filthy westerner who can't read moonrunes

So happy you are talking about the Ar Tonelico music! It's probably some of my favorite music EVER and it's really nice to see you talking about it!

Aaa I know this singer from Umineko series!

Oh boy oh boy yes... Love the Ar Tonelico music hope to see more from you on this matter ❤

Another great analysis of an AT song. Always glad to see you do more from this series. It's definitely interesting to see your perspective on these and I do enjoy how your perspective recontextualizes some thoughts I have about these as someone that already has all the context but never thought about in a way beyond when I first discovered its context and like I've mentioned offhand previously when I first heard these without context (I heard the music first before the games), I never thought critically about how it translated, I just knew the sounds and design appealed to me and didn't dig further into the meaning but rather waited til the actual experience to then develop my thoughts on the series' music and what it meant to me after the fact. Anyhow looking forward to your further adventures into the world of AT's music, especially if you ever get the content that wasn't included in the official games but added to the worldbuilding such as tracks from the special album releases like Ar=Ciel Ar=Dor or the Hymmnos musicals, or even the un/semi-official fan works like Hymmnos Chronicle and Paradigm Shift from Stellatram which contain some of my most favourite tracks for the series than most of what's in the main games (though a lot of the main game music is still absolutely amazing.) All that aside, on the topic of your reaction, I sorta figured with your pre-demo talk about your thoughts with the series and impression about the tracks being experimental and you having a bit of an innate resistance to them. Much of AT's music is very much so experimental and that can be uh... a bit of an acquired taste to say the least. That being said, it would be cool to see you look at some of the less popular and more contemporary tracks in the series because the games do have those that way you get a bit more of a broader view than just the super popular stuff. I would personally recommend stuff like Kazeshirube/The Wind Vane, Toki no Suna/Sands of Time, Hikari no Naka ni/Into the Light, Reisha's Lullaby, Eternally Bonded, and The Queen of the Underworld as such examples that way you're mixing things up and not repeating too much of the same style of music.

Thanks for doing an Ar Tonelico song. The opening to omness chs ciel sos infel from AT2 is something that will never leave me.

If you are looking for something really unique, try *Chouwa oto ~ with reflection from KOKIA.* The particularity of this song is that she kinda uses her voice to create rhythm. This is a very beautiful song, and it doesn't sound like anything I know.

I'm so glad there are reactions to these songs!

You have 3 different languages being used in this song. Japanese, Ar-Ciela (the language of the planet) and Hymmnos. The Ar-Ciela part is corrupted, because the singer at the point of singing the song in game doesnt understand it. Honestly, the languages in the games are fascinating and you almost have to study them in order to properly understand what is going on sometimes.

By the same composer : *Akiko Shikata - Inori ~Monram~* *Akiko Shikata - Harmonia～見果てぬ地へ～* The work on vocals with these two is original and amazing, imo.

Ar Tonalica has a special place in my heart cause they thought about the importance of emotion and storytelling in songs. The songs you reacted to are some of the more out there when it comes to analisis and I appreciate your honesty saying that you felt resistant towards it but still listened and understood the songs. I genuinely wish the series could come back again even as a simple hd re-release. It's hard to recomend songs but Chronicle Key and Cosmosflips are some good ones, then again yhe series has amazing songs.

I always find it impressive how you can get very close to the context and meaning behind a song, despite not having ever heard it or played the game before. It's a testament to how keen your ears are and how much you know about music. You're absolutely correct that the song goes through a lot of emotions, and that's also true in the game's story. This particular song is both a spell and a computer program. It makes the singer feel a surge of specific emotions, they sing motivated by those emotions, and cause a magical effect. But in the story, the character who's singing is feeling such strong emotions that she overpowers the programmed feelings up until the halfway point, where they synchronize. Hence, the song starts solemn and halfway through the violin drops and it becomes jubilant. And you're also correct about feeling of transformation and apotheosis in there. The purpose of the song involves transforming the singer into a different form that can interact with a god.

While I am along time fan of artone/surge concerto, I think its fair to be intimidated by it. The songs I can remember you reacting to were kind of out there and I wish you were able to start with some of the more simple ones and I think some of it is the conlang. It has this feeling of oddness which, especially true with one of the languages used in this specific song where each LETTER is tied to a specific word or emotion. It definitely feels different from Nier's conlang which is meant to simulate how the human language would evolve in thousands of years (that's what I heard anyway). So I do hope you can continue with the series' music, but I can also understand why you would feel hesitant! All the best Marco!

I would love to see you react to EXEC_COSMOFLIPS. My absolute favorite song from this series. EDIT: Though, as the very first song a player hears in the series, Singing Hill - Harmonics EOLIA - would also be great.

The music alone is enough to convey the emotion, imagine experiencing it while playing the game, witnessing the context itself.

Finally got around to Exec_Flip_Arphage I see. 👍 You mentioned 'experimental', and for me, part of the appeal of the series' hymmnos, especially the first two games, is that it sounds so experimental, yet works. I personally found most of the third game's hymmnos to not be quite as experimental as the first two, though Arphage is one of the few that I feel is more in line with the previous games. Anyways, I appreciate that you reacted to this, and have been very respectful to the music thus far. I am also, however, just as appreciative for you saying you were, I believe, resistant towards its music and struggling to wrap your head around it, especially the more bombastic and out there pieces from what I have seen. Don't mind your insight, positive and negative.

Yes more Ar tonelico!

This sounds a lot like early 2000's anime like .Hack//Sign and hit me with a wave of nostalgia. I love the etherial almost tribal chanting that is soft and then surges with the strings.

Oh fuck oh yes more Ar tonelico/EXA_PICO content yes yes YES

by far one of my favorite themes from the ost of ar tonelico 3 there is a few others that are very lovely and funny and some very sad thanks for reacting to this one this song is played during a huge moment in the game that literally changes which ending you get depending on previous actions you took before this and at this moment

This screams Katayoku No Tori! The first time I watched Umineko no naku koro ni, I was blown away by the opening. This gave me so much nostalgia

Was wondering when ar tonelico 3 was gonna show up on this channel again

This is one of my favourite songs in general. That classical inspired layered singing in a song with a narrative that escalates and then explodes into an energetic beat midway through, all the while using very old traditional singing styles in this otherwise very modern fusion of old, traditional and new. It's nothing alike to anything. That slow and quiet that eventually builds up and explodes into an upbeat song alone is enough to make me like it, but then it adds these classical aspects, traditional japanese vocal styles layered with accompanying vocals and even counter melodies. And then it still keeps going before finally returning back to the main theme to close the song. It's a journey. And then this very same soundtrack has XaaaCi which is basically japanese folk mixed with industrial rock. Akiko Shikata is probably the best video game composer if you were to ask me. The composition of these songs, the complexity yet still the clear vision where everything creates a proper whole together is astonishing. It might not have Hamauzu's ridiculously extended chords and occasional atonal influence, but it has far more clarity that creates a much more satisfying whole.

I love the Ar Tonelico and Ar Nosurge games and songs from them. Beautiful music with battles where the ladies wear less to become more powerfull. Best parts of Japanese Games.

ar tonelico is a beautiful series , and hymmnos is beautiful language . seriously gave me chill . Ar Tonelico deserved more exposure . never disappointed with the song straight from Ar tonelico Elemia , Metafalica , Qoga , and Ar Nosurge . well and it is really about deityhoods .

This music is so good and weird. Got me interested in the game. I love hearing your reaction to it.

I hope that someday Marco picks up The Heart Speaks, that is probably the most unique song in the whole game universe. It's the only song in the universe that has a male singer and it's not a an attempt to generate a powerful effect instead it's just Croix declaration of love to Jacqli (AKA Mir from the first game).

Feel sad for that this video were missed out among others, Ar Tonelico entirely different music experience that anyone can hear

When you mentioned "releasing of sin", my mind was instantly taken to Final Fantasy X! Hymm Of The Fayth was enchanting, haunting even....

Practically ran to the comment section SCREAMING, Ar Tonelico is one of my favorite games just based on music alone. Such a treat to see you cover it (despite the games being a little...yaknow. LOL)

Exec Method Metafalica is a nice one where it's a duet, it's a credits song tho so it's pretty long but the intro of it is just shocking.... but fun fact it's two music combined to one.

My original comment was deleted when KZfaq unjustly took down my channel 😭 just wanted to reiterate, your reactions to this is awesome and your guesses were spot on. I’ve been suggesting Tonelico for a while and I’m glad to see you react to it :3

I remember hearing this song like over 10 years ago and still think about sometimes but I couldn't find it bc I didn't remember the song name or didn't know where it was from, but now I know! I have to look up Ar Tonelico now

You noticed the emotional shift?? Wow I only noticed after reading the wiki and after that I tried to locate where it was. What's unique with Akiko Shikata's voice is that you can tell when she used the reyvateil Saki's voice and when she used the vaccine Saki's voice. Her range is ethereal.

Love how you ascended hearing Ar Tonelico music.

@MarcoMeatball gonna playthrough the game immediately

I love this music, i love this game. If you have never played it i highly recommend it. every song is amazing. The mechanics of the game rely on "Song Magic" which is sung by Reyvitails to create things like attack magic, defense magic and even creation magic which is strong enough to create new worlds. Im just now discovering these videos so i get lucky enough to binge watch all your artonelico reactions. Thank you so much for doing these! wish more people knew about this hidden gem of a game.

it's normal in the word of the games that you feel like a church, hymmnos ( both the language and the "strongest song magic" are literaly informatic comand lines to the 3 tower ( the one they are in in the game) to create something out of the reality warping power of the towers so yes hymmnos ( song) are like "prayers" the the "god" that is the tower and hymmnos ( language) is like a holly language! when akiko shitata started working on the musics of the games she had free passage to put her musical expertise in the games and was the singing voice of one reivateil in each games! I LOVE akiko shikata she is my favorite female singer and in this song there is her voice!

Hi, I'm living in Japan. I knew you from the reaction video of OP of Attack on Titan. Thank you for reacting to this song. I have been a fan of this singer (Akiko Shikata) for 15 years. I hope you enjoy other of her songs overdubbed over 100 times in a song.

I'm not entirely sure about church, but Ive heard the style is pretty similar in some songs to Bulgarian Choir singing in terms of overlapping parts and some dissonance between them. Not sure how true that is, but I can see it when listening to either. Also part of it is that the idea behind the songs is singing thoughts and emotions to create magic. Many are similar to prayers for magic or change sung to either the towers / gods or the Earth's will.

Is this Akiko Shikata I am hearing? Yup, she is extremely unique. Highly recommend her songs ;)

Shikata does a lot of songs in Italian in her non-game/anime work, so i wouldn't be surprised if some Operas are inspiration for her work. :) (for your own time, one of the songs i love the most from her own work is Luna Piena!) love to see non-fans getting wowed by the songs from one of my fave series, definitely want whoever is requesting these to know i appreciate them!

Muchas gracias por compartir

Plz do more ar tonelico songs!!!!! i love how this game is finally getting some acknowledgment after all this time i love this series. everything from the stories, the music, the characters this game is 10/10 for me 😊😊 so happy right now

even tought i love this my two favorite in ar tonelico ar chronicle key and replekia

Every now and then I love going through your channel because your insight on the music makes me see many things I missed, specially the feelings given through the music which I am unable to identify when listening but they do make sense when pointed out. If you want more of this extremely experimental style I would recommend you to check Class::EXSPHERE_NOSURGE; from Ar Nosurge, which is set in the same universe as the Ar Tonelico games and it's composed as well by Akiko Shikata. It's a song that is extremely linked to the context to the point that I could understand the emotions in it thanks to the context and I would love to see your take of what the context is from the music itself.

Exa Pico music is always a ride, I think Ar Tonelico is probably more inline with your knowledge base but I'd be interested in seeing you listen to some of the music from the prequels ciel no surge and ar no surge too. Every one of the exa pico games has it's own vibe and I think each game's music reflect that.

I 100% agree that the music in the series is unique, both for better and for worse, and I'm so glad to see people listening to it and talking about it because I feel like it was a series that kind of flew under most people's radar.

That's mayby selfish but coould You react to all 3 songs from Ratatan Game? It's just a kickstarter now but there are 3 themes. -Bad Day On Yeehawler Mountain Theme -Pirates Of The Paraddean Theme (my favorite tbh) -Fortrun's Theme When You serch Ratatan You'll find it

one of my favorite ar tonelico songs yeSSSSS

Yay more ar tonelico

Exactly. This song’s kind is Humnos.

each of these songs have an actual story to tell.

"Is that normal to feel like that is something you would hear in like a church?" As someone who used to go to church with family, yes, my mom who being even more religious than me and typically have no interest in games, as i let her listen to this and she says "it sounds like hymn" and like it for the religious quality. I think this song is one of the 3 best songs (other 2 being Method Metafalica and Exec Crhonicle Key) to introduce anyone to Ar Tonelico music, especially Christian lol.

Oh man I love seeing other people vibing to hymmnos. I've been in love for like 14 years at this point

Ar tonelico has some real bangers. Hope we will get reaction to exec chronicle key, exec harmonious and exec paja

I love the fact you're covering songs with an artificial, constructed language. Moreso since it's from a relatively obscure video game where music sung drives the world. If I could make a few suggestions for other Ar Tonelico tunes: EXEC COSMOFLIPS - A prayer-like song that is repetitive, but with hints of desperation and a desire to make her fate have meaning. METHOD_HYMME_GRANZERO=SPEAR - A song sung by a Reyvatail (the songstresses of the series) that converted her feelings for her brother and the life they've lived together into a rather strong song magic. It's a bit unique with the aggressiveness of the track and the "dialect" of the region she lived in in the Con-Lang parts. METHOD_HYMMELI - Another song by the same Reyvatail of GRANZERO=SPEAR with another aggressive beat, referring back to elements of GRANZERO. Its purpose is conveying her feelings to other unique Reyvatails of her type, asking them to lend her their strength, and then channel that energy into the core needed to restart the planet. EXEC_with.METHOD_METAFALICA - It's actually the combined form of 2 separate songs (EXEC_METAFALICA and METHOD_METAFALICA), utilized in order to repair the land the two singers live on.

i would really like to see one of your videos on the music of mordekaiser from league of legend i think it could be really interesting

I like to watch the videos, because I see music with different eyes, since I do. ( or hear it with different ears?) This reminds me of some songs from "Heilung", which are basically modern interpreted nordic chants. Maybe you'll try one or two, "Traust" is a good one. And it also reminded me of the Christmas concerts the church here does, they also use modern instruments, whats pretty impressive.

I have a suggestion for you. *Yuki Kajiura* made an ost for an anime called Madlax. There's one song for both main characters : *"Margaret"* and *"Madlax".* But the interesting part is that there is a song called *"We are one"* which blends the two songs into one. And I can't tell much more without spoiling but let's say it's relevant to the story. You should at least give it a try. Other than that, Yuki Kajiura is a musical genius who worked on countless OSTs : Noir, Mai Hime, Mai Otome, Madlax, El Cazador, Tsubasa, Sword Art Online, Demon Slayer, .hack//sign, Fate, Madoka, Kara no Kyoukai and so many more... I could recommend you dozens of songs she made which are all masterpieces.

This is one of my favorites from the third game and honestly; Ar Tonelico songs have always been complex to me. They're supposed to be sung by robotic girls who are also attuned by nature. Kinda like if Vocaloids came to life. Akiko Shikata is a magnificent singer

Great video, love seeing people exprience the music of Ar Tonelico. hould you ever revisit this series music, would love to have you listen to "Method_Replekia/.", as it's a song both sung, composed, and arranged by Akiko Shikata herself.

You really should take some time to react to : XaaaCi. (Ar tonelico 3)

You weren't far off with the subject of Sin Exec Cosmoflips is a personal favorite of mine from what I remember it's a plea for forgiveness 🤔

Coming back to this with another song recommendation, I'd love to know your analysis of Exec_Metafalica! The song has a lot of overlaid vocals. I'd also love to watch you analyze exec_viibaci_mjiira/. which is *very* chaotic!

My favorite song from Qoga. I’d love to see your reaction to HARMONIUS if you decide to ever give a listen. These games are a real treat to the ears.

he really should react to more kokia songs, she is an actual god

The very first time I put Ar Tonelico (1) into my playstation and turned it on, I just about lost my mind. The first thing I heard was that music and there was nothing the game could do to me anymore afterwards that would make me regret buying it.

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Idk if you intend to experiament with other tracks from ar toneleco series, but every song is created with the aspect of a story.

Id love to see this guy Annalise Method metafalica from ar tonelico 2

I've never played these three games and only own the third, but I've been dying to play them just for the soundtracks alone. If you like these, you'll love Xenogears if you haven't gotten to it. Xenogears has the greatest soundtrack to any game I've ever listened to, and is what got me into Bulgarian folk music and why I own a kalimba.

Fun note - Kokia, who sings the songs for one of the female characters in this particular iteration of the series, studied opera throught high school and college! And her voice is AMAZING! She does songs for anime I believe, too! Now, I'm not an overally emotional person but she is the only person in my life who has consistently made me cry when listening to music (specifically "Hontou no Oto"). I advise you to give her songs a listen sometime!

hey marco! you should defo listen to bleach's Thousand year blood war (TYBW) themes, like ichigo vs sternritter orsternritter battle theme also, nothing can be explained from orginal bleach ost is fantastic

Marco I have to recommend Made in Abyss music! It's my favorite all time anime and music! The director is an Australian living in Japan if that's interesting. Also do you know studio Ghibli music? They're basically the godfather of japanese entertainment music(in my eyes 0-0)

If you react like this to ARPHAGE, I cannot wait to see how would you react to XaaaCi.

Never got a chance to play Ar Tonelico 3 but man did i love these games, music in them were amazing

Something fun about ar tonelico songs is that they often have 'lyrics' that are the feelings within the song, rather than what is sung. in the case of flip arphage these lyrics are The ritual of souls is about to begin The most historic day in the world will come about Because the one girl born to save this world Will ascend to godhood today Connecting her heart with God, she'll become the new Creator Creation from a new order heralds the beginning of a time of supreme bliss Pain ends today Tomorrow, it shall turn into a world filled with hope Because the girl will grant the same amount of "happiness inhabiting this world" to everyone Spin and sing, to fuse the world into one The girl's feelings shall melt and become a lamp for all hearts Her soul shall become light and a star that brightens tomorrow And then the girl shall become the world Darkness and light shall melt into one, and become morning and night All wisdom shall flow into the girl And become the monolith to further the evolution of this world Humans, let your bodies be filled with joy tonight! Because, for every soul that you release Its energy shall turn into the energy for evolution And guide this world to a world filled with utmost happiness Seeing that, the girl shall be happy as well Because she can feel the accomplishment of her duty She can become nothingness while embracing feelings of bliss A soul that will watch over everyone's happiness forever Many blessings to the girl!

You need to hear abot more Akiko shikata not only she is good making music for Ar tonelico her entre discography is a masterpiece of good songs, she really love what shes doing , she is very pasionatte , just hear some disk of her is like a god singing. Please hear "Pantalea"