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Saturday, January 14, 2006

BLEACH AD no. 1
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moshi atashi ga houkiboshi ni nareta naraba
sora kakenuke tonde iku kitto
kanarazu todoku kono isshun no hikari de
anata no ima terashi sora o megurou
atashi ga houkiboshi ni nareta naraba
kitto soba ni ite ageru, donna toki mo

If maybe, just maybe,
I had the chance to become a comet
I would surely rush to fall from the sky
Beyond a doubt,
I would reach you on this moment's light
Let's wrap your "now" around the shining sky
If I'd gotten the chance to be a comet
Definitely, I'd be by your side for all time


this is a beautiful song and i like it alot alot.
it's called Houkiboshi Comet, from BLEACH's soundtrack.


WHY you must listen to this song if you watch BLEACH (but for some reasons dont follow the credits)[or you dont watch the credits because you DONT watch BLEACH]:

This third ending song acompanying the visuals behind the credits gives an introduction, or in fact a summary of every Captain and Lieutenant of Soul Society -SS-, MTV style.
why this is important look at footnotes below :p


Every single episode from 26 onwards till 13 episodes later(number of squads in SS, very much like army squads) shows very interesting but vital tidbits about the Captains or the Lieutenants that you never knew about.

eg. that the previous 12th taicho was Kisuke Urahara! [somewhere in the anime it was mentioned but you wouldnt have noticed cos it was a brief implication)


The song is very meaningful, very appropriately capturing the essence of the friendship between the characters- Ichigo/Rukia, Renji/Rukia's, Ichigo/Ichigo's gang of friends and the various squad leaders. Although at first i was thinking what has comets got to do with anything.


There is interesting animation and effects done to produce the MTVS. esp the ending part where the Captains and Lieutenants POSE for that shot. kakkoii ne, very cool! And! you get to watch it 13 times! and hear the song 13 times only!


Also, you get to memorise which Captain and which Lieutenants are together and in which squad! the big big chinese kana words will tell you, that is if you can count to 13 in chinese.


The electric guit playing is NICE!! nicest when the song starts to end. i liked the music first before knowing the meaning of the lyrics.


Finally!! if you like Stefanie Sun, you'll definitely like the voice of the singer!


footnote.

~CHARACTERISATION:
The paring up of the squad leaders is ingenious and very anthetical. Most characters are stereotypically polarised against each other. They are so different but yet they feel like they're meant to work with each other. i almost didnt realised all these till i started thinking about them.

young boy with busty mature woman (10)
idol and worshipper (5)
mad scientist and his sentient creation (12)
diabolical killer and naive child (11)
manipulator and the manipulated (3)
drunk womaniser and prudish lady (8)
coldhearted noble vs hotblooded lowlife (6)
brawn and the petite (2)

but actually these cannot be placed in such fixed categories because it might not be all that the artist could have intended. characterisation is usually very complexed.. the manga is still on the go.. so definitely more shall be revealed..

posted by: emily @ 3:44 pm

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