Damn, when they make me do reviews they make me do them all month!! *giggles* Well almost, I totally could've done one every week though.

Yes, we are back and just in time before the end of the month! This is not scary at all I promise you because unsurprisingly, we are back 4 years after we have left her in the ditch. *laughs* Well, I didn't I promise you, but it did take this long for me to review another one of her singles again. Thanks Anime, I may not have watched you but you did give me a fabulous ending theme song I can't even. *wink*

Happy solo artist 4th anniversary and of course, happy birthday Kitou Akari from 2 weeks ago!! Never too late alright she is already 29-

(You see, if you want her to look back at you, you have to pay for the more expensive Limited Edition. Idolism in a nutshell, by the way. I'm just grateful for the close-ups.)

Origin: I think many of us do not know of her from her songs, but might have known of her through Anime. Being a voice actress from the days I knew of her voicing in romance stories I liked, to singing super cool songs to please, Kitou Akari has all the talent. And I think this is a long time coming just because, when we finally have an excuse to let her sing love songs through and through, she is once again singing for Anime since she started in 2019, but now putting her adorable image on the line. This time around, this is undoubtedly the love song single and do not let the title deceive you, and we shall talk about what makes this work special.

(1) Magie x Magie [Trans.: Unblinkingly]

From the first chorus:

I think my first impression of this song wasn't from the music video which is basically fanservice, so I can talk about what's good about it. It's a love song, for starters, and it's a catchy tune thanks to Arte Refact (this single is composed and produced by them too), and most important of all, thanks to the lyricist for coming up with lyrics to make us love Kitou Akari all over again. With the word "like" sprinkled all over the place it really feels like overkill, but with meaning, this suddenly becomes more than a song of flirting, as reflected by the Anime it is credited on where the main girl has a crush on the main guy who she has known for a long time. The bridge might be a little long, little imperfections here and there, but overall, she sung it cutely and I have been liking this song as much as it liked itself, I think it has delivered the message. The music video is basically the artist in person showing all her love on camera, and I cannot thank that enough.

Rating: Lovingly Above Average

(2) Afterglow

From the first verse:

As usual, the B-side is what makes of this single a whole, and I think this is easily one of the most complete feels I can give on a love song: the feels of sunset, the feelings of love growing uncertainly, and everything else in between. Clearly this song's lyrics talk about a maiden falling in love over time, and afraid to show her feelings. This cannot get better than that, I know this is rather typical to tackle on such a theme for a song, but the lyrics just makes it all the more complementary than it should have. The melody overall is sweet to listen to, it has a short bridge part which turns everything around even in terms of the lyrics which might have been excessive in those extra notes in the melody, but I just adore the general chill feels, so that's good enough for me.

Rating: Sweetly Average

Conclusion: If you are a fan of Kitou Akari, you will love this single as much as I do. If you aren't, I feel like this also captured the Anime's mood real well, the songs are decent to catch anyone's first impression of her which is definitely a good start, and I wished they did something like this sooner. This is that typical one-two punch of love songs in a single that will make me purchase this without hesitation: It's the underlying fuel that keeps the music sung by idols going.

- Aozaki Shouhei, on the Klassic Note

(Okay if you really want me to nit pick on this beautiful single of love, I gotta say, unpopular opinion lest I get cancelled, is that Akarin doesn't sound that great to sing love songs. I know, but that's also why I think music label PONY CANYON put back on giving her love songs to sing but sing cool stuff which is much more her forte in my opinion.)

THE PACKAGE

I think we have seen the packaging on CD releases like these, so it should come as no surprise that its rather barebones even if I know this is an idolism package. *giggles* Still, the booklet has more to offer which I will not show just because, but you can take more beautiful-looking Akarin at your own dosage because as much as her fluffy pink outfit is the theme of her single this time around, I still liked normal-looking her with the long hair and even glasses, as you would see in the special gift bromide photo that comes with it.

Speaking of which, the special gift this time around I chose PONY CANYON's own store Canime just because in case you do not know I have a glasses fetish hehe, still is somewhat better than the others mainly because of the close-ups which is my other fetish lol, and since I just mentioned how I didn't like the themed outfit then I would say only Gamers came close to what I wanted out of this. So yeah, no hesitation on this one, those glasses got me good there. *giggles*

I'm doing this first a day before because next up!! Since I didn't buy just this just to pay a truck load of international shipping for no reason, this was bundled with a package which I will be talking about to end the month! Let's just hope the real horror is just the amount of money I had to pay and these high quality images I'm serving up with my new phone because damn, did I pad my order too much as usual. *giggles* I know right, who am I lying, this is pretty much what's up every month. *silence* See you then haha *dabs*

P.S. I feel like this is a trend but are singles of solo female artists in Klassic Note Review all just because they contain love songs? *laughs* Okay that's not true Asakura Momo's single from last year isn't it even though I gave two years worth of love songs from her lmao *dabs*

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