This song is, fittingly, straightforward. I didn't need to read miko's blog about it to understand anything about the song, though I did read it anyway and found it funny that she said the interlude sounded like something from an RPG, which made her envision a hero raising their sword. Personally, I get more Yugi-Oh …
When I hear the words "get back" by themselves, I think "get back [away from a dangerous person/situation in front of you]." So this song threw me a little at first. It probably doesn't help that the way they sing "get baaack" sounds to me like "Bat-maaan" as sung in the theme song from the …
This track appeared on Royal Straight Magic and later on NEO JAPANESE HEROINE under the translated title "You, Rain, and Secrets." At the time of said compilation album's release, miko described this song as "a quiet, fiery love ballad" in a blog post in English, and said it was about a man who doesn't know what he has until …
A belated Happy New Year, O Readers! I can't remember why I decided to do this song next and it's not particularly happy, but it was in my drafts so I'm going with it. This song appeared on the 2011 EP True and is the "prequel" to Omi's "Yoake no Hikari." Her blog post about …
This song first appeared on Royal Straight Magic and was also included on the Western release Neo Japanese Heroine. Given the time of year and the title, I was thinking it would be fitting for Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve. But I digress. On the occasion of that Western release, miko posted to her blog in English …
Thanksgiving heralds the (un?) official start of the Christmas season. It's a bright time that can also be depressing depending on what's going on in your life. So, I thought it fitting to reblog this song. Maybe I'm also thinking of Jason David Frank, AKA Tommy from Power Rangers. He was my first childhood TV …
When I first heard of Inktober, I thought the rules were that you had to draw straight in ink from the get-go, and that you didn't know what each day's prompt was going to be. I don't know why I thought this, but even years after finding out these weren't really the "rules," I still …
Happy September Igu Day! I've had this song in my drafts since July. (^_^;) I hadn't actually started working on it, I just transliterated the lyrics and copied links to the relevant blog posts. And then I went off to do other things. But, well, here we are now! As is written on Archangel Diamond's …
I originally posted these to Twitter, the first page going up in June and the second page in July. My inspiration was that I got a little tired of seeing everyone and their grandma's poodle redraw that one image of Young Sephiroth in the Flames this past summer when Square Enix had the special FFVII …
Today is GACKT's 49th Birthday, wooo! I've been too tired from work to be able to do anything new. But I could at least throw on his records and rock out while putting together a collage of my fanart of him! Happy 49th Birthday, GACKT! This isn't everything, though it is a lot of it. …
Warped Frost 