This is extremely depressing. They're ruining her life. I felt so
sorry for her, I cried. It was just a little, but I did. Then I got
really mad. I feel so powerless. What can I do? Write a letter? To
whom? King Records? Like they'd care. To Nana-chan? I somehow
doubt it'd get there. I guess it's worth a try, but with my broken
Japanese, it probably wouldn't have the kind of impact I would like it
to have. It's not a very simple thing to describe, after all.
Certainly, it's not the first time I've encountered horrible lyric and
heard typical, and therefore crappy, JPOP. It didn't matter
for other cases because they were all pretending anyway and they all
knew they were just pretending. Nana-chan is different. She is a
real singer. You find me another seiyuu who can sing like her, LIVE,
unplugged. Even Sakamoto Maaya can't do it. Heck, show me your
average JPOP singer who can pull it off.
I need a drink. I think I'm out of sake. Time to go buy some.
Important update:
No, I didn't drink, but I did look more into this. Most of the songs
for this second album was written by Yabuki Toshirou. Now, this guy
is not your average song writer. He's done some good work for Okui
Masami for many years. Interestingly enough, Masami has been relying
less and less on other people to write songs for her. Most of the
songs on her later albums were written by herself. Before that,
however, she only wrote the lyrics herself. Here's an interesting
fact. Many songs in "Her-Day," "NEEI," and "Li-Book" are written by
Toshirou with lyrics written by Masami. These work wonders.
So, what am I getting at? Nana-chan seems to have been "noticed" by
Toshirou. Most people would think that this is a great thing. I'm
not so sure. The lyric part is not that big a deal at this point
since even though Toshirou can't seem to write anything meaningful,
I have no doubt Nana-chan will start writing her own lyrics soon and
make this particular issue moot. On the other hand, listening to
Transmigration again, I realized that maybe Toshirou is trying to
make Nana-chan into the next Okui Masami. By the way, Transmigration
is my favorite song in her previous album, "Supersonic Girl," and is
written by Toshirou with the lyrics written by Masami. Interesting,
no?
Now, let's take a breather.
Think about it. What's the issue? Do you think Nana-chan is good
enough to be like Masami? Or rather, do you think Nana-chan is ONLY
worth imitating Masami? Do you think it even makes any sense that two
should be linked in any way? I don't know how you feel about all
this, but I think Nana-chan is better than to be mixed in with any of
this. As Nonchan at Studio-Neko-Han-Ten wrote in his review of
"Supersonic Girl," I don't think her "color" is properly represented
in any of these albums whereas there is at least a hint of it in some
of her anime songs. I want to see more of her "color." I want to be
immersed in her "color!"
You probably don't believe I'm not drunk at this point, but I really
am not.
Score of 'C' will not be changed.