WARNING: EXCESSIVE FANGIRLING AHEAD!!
As if that's uncommon in my blog...

ANYONE HEARD THE LATEST KHR CHARACTER SONGS YET?!!!!
TODAY, WEDNESDAY 16 DECEMBER 2009 MARKS THE RELEASE OF MUKURO-SAMA'S AND CHROME'S SONGS~~~
I shall now proceed to upload the songs here and rant about their awesomeness <33

HOW TO DOWNLOAD: From my link, click the box that says パソコンへ転送
It's below the box below the part that lets you play the song.

記憶の果て "Kioku no hate" (Boundary of Memories)- Rokudo Mukuro

DOWNLOAD LINK: http://nicosound.anyap.info/sound/nm9100779

涙の温度 "Namida no Ondo" (Sound of Tears)- Chrome Dokuro

DOWNLOAD LINK: http://nicosound.anyap.info/sound/nm9101005

Now, allow me to do a song 'review' :D
I shall do my very best to refrain from fangirling over the cover, because Mukuro-sama just looks so HOTTTT BUT AWW WHY IS IT PRE-TYL MUKURO-SAMA BUT OH WELL HE'S STILL FREAKING SEXY and Chrome looks so cute and the whole set of character songs this time had very AWESOME COVERS WHICH IS JUST SO BEFITTING OF THEM AND OMG~~~ Oops I'm not supposed to fangirl... XD

Okay, Mukuro-sama's song...
Title: It sounds really nice and all, but since I can't find the lyrics at the moment, I don't really see how it's related to the song and all, but it probably is, cos all the other songs' titles were related to the songs.
Music: To be honest, it wasn't really what I was expecting, so I was like pretty O_O when I heard it. I was expecting it to be something like Kienai Negai, so yeah XD But it wasn't bad... Just not very Mukuro-sama-ish.
Singing: SEXY -gets slapped- I don't think anyone else besides Toshinobu Iida would have managed to pull a song like this off and still make it sound good <3 But the thing is... Like Hibari-san's song, it doesn't really sound in-character. It's more like the seiyuu is just singing in their character's voice, instead of sorta bringing out the feel of the character. O_O
Overall: Pretty good but... Not very Mukuro-sama-ish. It's awesome to me but you might not like it if you like songs that fit the characters.

Now for Chrome's song! :D
Title: Fits really well with the song. REALLY well.
Music: Super good, in my opinion. It compliments the singing damn well and doesn't sound like... extra at all. And the volume is just nice as well, instead of being so soft we can't hear it or being so loud we can't hear the singing. Kinda has the beats when it's necessary while also maintaining the melodic-ness of it all. <3
Singing: VERY in-character. I mean VERY. And it sounds super good. Officially loves Satomi Akesaka. Just what we expect from Chrome. <3
Overall: LOVE. Oh man I can seriously imagine Chrome singing this. As in, CHROME singing this, not Satomi singing it in Chrome's voice.

Out of the whole series of songs released...
Claire loves:
Hitotsu Dake - Tsuna
Horizon - Hibari-san
Hareta sora miageta - Ryohei
JUMP!!! - Kyoko & Haru
Kioku no hate - Mukuro-sama
Namida no Ondo - Chrome

Ryohei's one doesn't sound THAT bad, as compared to his other songs... It's pretty good in it's own way.
As for those not listed here...
Reborn... was never born to sing. Really.
Gokudera and Yamamoto: Simply put, they're NOT MEANT to sing solos. You put them together and they can sing WONDERS, but solos... Oh gosh.
8059 fangirls, I'M IGNORING YOU!
Lambo and Ipin: Their song isn't bad, honestly, but I just couldn't stand the high-pitched laughing which didn't seem to serve any purpose in the song...

Dino-san NEEDS to have a song. I'm pretty sure all the KHR fangirls out there agree with me.
I mean, he appeared WAAAAY BEFORE the Millefiore but they have a song even before him.
Kinda... unfair.

ANYWAYS I'VE FINISHED CRISIS CORE -cries in emo corner-
Before I start crying and sobbing about the ending AGAIN I shall just say...
Genesis, I'm sorry I ever called you a jerk and a bastard and blah.
The ending kinda showed he wasn't so much of one in the end, but I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT ZACK MEANT WHEN HE SAID GENESIS KNEW!!!
KNEW WHAT?!!! OMG AJDHJASAB
AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM IN THE END?!!! SBGBABGDNA
I THOUGHT HE'D DIE, BUT HIS DEGRADING SOMEHOW GOT CURED AND HE SOMEHOW LIVED BUT THEN TWO PEOPLE CAME ALONG AND TOOK HIM AWAY AND SAID SOMETHING LIKE HE'LL BECOME THEIR 'BROTHER' AND HUH?!!!!!!
AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE TWO PEOPLE ARE!!!
Okay but from what I read from somewhere by PURE ACCIDENT I SWEAR those 2 people were Nero and Weiss from Dirge of Cerberus -beeep!- them OMGOSH but WHAT THE HECK DO THEY MEAN BY 'BROTHER' ABSJKBHAQBN
My bro sorta agrees with the Dirge of Cerberus part as well, cos after I finished the game and ran to him screaming WTH HAPPENED TO GENESIS OMG WHAT HAAAAPPENEDDD he said that Genesis appeared in Dirge of Cerberus for a short while.
I was like SERIOUS OMG
Then he said: for like 4 seconds.
Claire's hopes/dreams/imagination: CRUSHED IN A MERE SECOND.
But now that I know THIS, THAT'S IT.
I NEED DIRGE OF CERBERUS. NAOS.
Or maybe not.
WHY OH WHY DID I HAVE TO LEARN ABOUT THIS BEFORE EOY DAMMIT.
NOW FOR THE ENDING OMG.
SERIOUSLY
SAD.
Let's just say that if how much I normally cry is CRYING, then this time I probably bawled my eyes out.
Umm okay not really BAWLING, but I definitely cried a LOT more than what I usually do.
Had to keep wiping my eyes. GOSH I'M SUCH A RUBE.
I make all sorts of weird comments when I read about people dying in the newspapers but cry like mad over a guy who has been, technically, dead since I was 2 years old.
No, if we follow the proper storyline, Zack's been dead since I was minus one. .___.
But, so sad!!!!
From what I learned by watching Advent Children after I finished (AND MY A.C. DISC GOT UTTERLY SCREWED UP HALFWAY OMG ABDJBSDHJBAHB NOOOOOO!!!!!! OF ALL TIMES?!!!)...
CLOUD COULD ACTUALLY HEAR AND SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TIME OF THEIR ESCAPE AND JOURNEY TO MIDGAR BUT HE COULDN'T REPLY ZACK AT ALL SADSADSAD!!!!!
Just imagine how sad that is.
The ending part, is like, omg.
Zack was like "Wait for me, I'll be back soon, okay?"
Then he walked off to go fight the anfjkue army troops, BUT HE DIDN'T SEE THAT CLOUD COULD FINALLY RESPOND TO HIM COS HIS BACK WAS TURNED.
THEN ZACK GOT FATALLY WOUNDED IN HIS FIGHT AND WAS JUST LYING THERE UNABLE TO MOVE AT ALL
AND CLOUD SOMEHOW MANAGED TO CRAWL OVER TO HIM. YES I SAID CRAWL.
ZACK WAS LIKE GLAD TO SEE YOU'RE FINALLY AWAKE COS HE DIDN'T KNOW CLOUD ACTUALLY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON THE WHOLE TIME, GOSHDAMN MAKO ADDICTION.
THEN THEY TALKED FOR A WHILE UNTIL ZACK GAVE CLOUD HIS BUSTER SWORD, WHICH HE GOT FROM ANGEAL, AND TOLD CLOUD TO INHERIT HIS DREAMS AND HONOR AND GO ON LIVING FOR THE BOTH OF THEM.
BUSTER SWORD. FROM ANGEAL. THIS LIKE, SERIOUSLY MEANS A LOT.
AFTER THAT ZACK DIED OMGOSH T___T
And Cloud screamed. I think the scream was what made me cry even harder.
Cloud was like "Goodnight, Zack" before he left and then Zack's body dissolved into the lifestream and at least I'm glad Cloud didn't see Zack turning into particles and all that or I'd really cry even worse.
Cue the credits.
And after the credits, a short scene of Cloud on the top of train to Midgar.
AND CLOUD CARRIED ON ZACK'S AND ANGEAL'S RITUAL OF PLACING THE BUSTER SWORD AGAINST HIS FOREHEAD.
THIS IS SUPER DAMN TOUCHING COS DUE TO THE AHJKBAHBZN MAKO, HE FORGOT ABOUT EVERYTHING IN CRISIS CORE AND HIS PERSONALITY GOT SCREWED UP (good thing he gained everything back later on) BUT HE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO REMEMBER THE RITUAL, EVEN IF IT'S ONLY SUBCONSCIOUSLY.
That means, his friendship with Zack was so strong that he couldn't completely forget it, at least that's how I interpret it.

And when I was watching Advent Children, seeing the horribly beat up Buster sword in Zack's death location as a sorta memorial,
Super touching.
And for some reason, my memory of Angeal saying "Use brings about wear, tear and rust. And that's a real waste." was like playing in my head.

Now I get fangirls' logic about the ZackCloud pairing, and to be honest, I don't disagree with them.
I mean, really. Zack did everything for Cloud during their escape, and REFUSED to abandon him many many times.
Even though that meant he'd probably be able to get back to Midgar faster.
But Fish I shall not convert just because of this! D<
Not even if it's Zack and Cloud, or Noctis and Shotgun guy! (And won't Squeenix hurry up and release his name?!)
Or just Final Fantasy in general!
I shall do my very best to resist!
JY CLAIRE YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU TRY.

But I shall admit this much, cos I'm an honest person.
Times I had major nosebleeds during the course of the whole storyline:
-When Angeal GRABBED ZACK BY THE WAIST and flew holding him that way to the Shinra building.
-When Zack (presumably) helped Cloud change out of his Mako-soaked clothes. Since Cloud couldn't respond and all remember? Just think of it as like when Spanner helped Tsuna change clothes. That would mean that he... -nosebleeds-

RIP Angeal Hewley, Lazard, Angeal-copy monster, and Zack Fair.
We shall never forget you.

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Oh man, the misadventures of anti-yaoi fangirl trying to hang on to that title.
The internet, and awesome, repeat, awesome art, is not helping.
Why are all the awesome artists like, yaoi fangirls.
I should try to be the first awesome artist who also happens to be a anti-yaoi fangirl.
Thing is, Final Fantasy especially of numbers VII and VersusXIII are doing their very bestest to make me snap.
Seriously. There's more and more wherever I look.
Seems like it's now becoming a RITUAL for me to do spittakes/cough like MAD and quickly change screen before I choke myself to death.
ESPECIALLY FOR SAID NUMBERS COS I ACTUALLY HAVE TO WORK ON CONVINCING MYSELF THAT THERE IS NOTHING GOING ON.
OH GOSH AND THE ONLY THING THAT WE KNOW ABOUT ONE OF THEM IN ONE OF THE NUMBERS IS THAT HE USES A SHOTGUN, AND HE'S NOCTIS BEST FRIEND.
Think logically: we don't even have enough grounds to -ahem!- them up yet!
It's okay Claire, the moment your brain tries to disregard any logical thinking for either numbers SINCE WHEN HAVE I EVER THOUGHT LOGICALLY TO BEGIN WITH. I'M THE DO FIRST DON'T EVEN BOTHER THINKING LATER TYPE...
USE YOUR SECRET WEAPON!
Meaning that you bash your head against the table for as many times as you have to.
...
At the rate I'm going, I'm gonna kill all my brain cells and require stitches for my head before camp on the weekend.
Okay then, I can slap myself super hard.
I did that once in school and scared everyone within a 5 metre radius of me.
Brain cells intact, head intact, cheek looking like permanant blusher is on.
Then again if I'm gonna keep blushing like super mad for the next 5 minutes every time I see something yaoi, then you wouldn't be able to tell the difference anyway so I suppose.

Someone, SLAP ME. QUICK.
OH MY HEAD WILL GO BOOOOOOOOM.
SLAPMESLAPMESLAPMESLAPME
OR I WILL DO A HEADDESK
QUICK SLAP ME AND LEAVE A NICE BRIGHT RED HANDPRINT ON MY FACE.

I must now proceed to think of many ways as I can to salvage my smoking brain.
Besides headdesking.
Cos if I leave blood on the table, my parents are gonna kill me, then revive me and kill me again.
Rinse and repeat, indeed.

... ARGH I HATE MY FREAKING INABILITY TO KEEP ANY OF MY OWN STUFF A SECRET!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Cue one of those times where I need to find a cliff and scream AAAARGGGHHH off it loud enough for the whole world and more to hear.
Although there're no cliffs in Singapore, nevermind.
I shall just go scream EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF into my pillow.

Times like this just totally make me hate fanartists.
But just saying that makes me feel totally bad.
I can't hate people who can draw so well.
I CAN, however, hate myself, so I shall do that.
Shame my personality doesn't actually allow me to hate anything for long ==

Shall be on 'camp' from 19 Dec-Morning 21 Dec.
I detest 'camps' and hate mixed departments.
Shitdamnhell.
Some kinda camp when all we do is sit in the school.
And like, seriously, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO.
MIXED DEPARTMENTS.
That means, we can't set up equipment, take photos/videos or mess about with Cinema 4D cos that'll mean 3 departments will not know what the heck is going on.
Joy, oh joy.
KHR 271 had BETTER come out before I go off for 'camp', or my seniors shall face the wrath of a KHR-deprived Claire.
Meaning super moody and grumpy and snappy.
Especially since Mukuro-sama and Fran are gonna be super cool in 271.
But I wonder what they'll do if I suddenly started fangirling and foaming at the mouth during whatever crappy activities we're going to do.
I hope they're not going to wake us up at 3 AM to walk to Jalan Something to EAT FREAKING ROTI PRATA THEN WALK BACK AGAIN BY GOSH
I WILL KILL THEM FOR DISRUPTING MY DREAMS
Damn you to hell, Media Club 'Leadership Camp'.
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
At least Jia Wen and Wen Zhi are coming as well (I hope).

ANYWAY YOU KNOW WHAT I FIGURE ABOUT THE FUNERAL WREATHS?!
Daisy: Lizard (shouldn't he be a flower...?)
Torikabuto: Moth (should be a bird or a beetle... Tori = bird, kabuto = beetle...)
Zakuro: Dinosaur wth!
Bluebell: Mermaid TOTALLY PREDICTABLE I TOLD YOU!
Kikyo: Seriously... I have NO idea what he is.
Then...
GHOST SHOULD BE A GHOST! 8DDDDDD
AND BYAKURAN SHOULD BE A MARSHMELLO! 8DDDDDDDDDDDDD
Oh my.