29/02/2012

Yandere Heaven Black: Seishin Gakuen Boys Dormitory

While we are already in Yandere-mode, why not do another yandere CD? And a BLCD as well, a rare find on this blog (^▽^;)


ヤンデレ天国BL~真誠学園男子寮編~


Company: Hobirecords
Based on: Original
Released: 2012.02.14
Official Site: http://www.hobirecords.com/yanderebl/


In the original Yandere Heaven series the listener became the object of affection of two rather dangerous characters. In this BL spin-off, all of the characters are voiced. And unlike the original series, things already start off pretty high on the yandere scale.

Himeno Yumeyoshi (CV: Akabane Kenji) was childhood friends with Hozumi Kei (CV: Majima Junji). Himeno noticed pretty fast that the one year younger Kei grew far to attached to him, so he enrolled in Seishin Gakuen, which has a dormitory. Himeno just wanted to help Kei to get more independent this way.

Kei however, simply followed Hime-kun (I like his nickname, I'll call him that from now on) to Seishin Gakuen, and as coincidence has it, becomes his room mate. Probably no coincidence there whatsoever, but that is never mentioned. From that moment on Kei once again sticks to Hime-kun all the time, demanding that Hime-kun always tells him where he goes.

Meanwhile, Hime-kun befriends the caretaker of the dorm, Nabari Masato (CV: Hirakawa Daisuke). Much to Kei his annoyance of course. And so the days where Kei becomes more and more aggressive in his advances and Nabari is simply being kind continue, until valentine arrives.

Nabari is waiting for Hime-kun after class, and takes him on a sort of date to give him chocolate. This causes Hime-kun to forget that he promised to go home with Kei, who is of course incredibly pissed. He retaliates by force feeding Hime-kun the chocolate mouth to mouth. And at that time Nabari enters the room, revealing that the chocolate was drugged. Fade out, and that is where the different endings start.

-note: this is also where the smut starts. But I'm not a BL expert so I won't be reviewing that-

There are 3 endings: one for Kei, one for Nabari, and a 3P. All of them are incredibly high on the yandere scale. Kei and Nabari their conviction that Hime-kun is trying to seduce them in some way, or at least wants to be violated by them is... highly disturbing at best.

What I noticed with this CD is that there is far more squick than in the original series. Which makes sense, considering that the the listener is the protagonist in the original series, so you can't make things to extreme. This time however, all of the stuff happens to someone else, and everything is definitely more explicit. (Although Yandere Heaven 5 did hint at some fairly disturbing things in the tokuten).

Kei his ending includes him making a deal with Nabari so that he can do to Hime-kun whatever he wants, in return Nabari is allowed to record everything with his hidden camera's. Nabari his ending has him treating Hime-kun in a very humiliating way, and in the 3P Hime-kun finally goes insane due to all of the twisted affection. Not to mention that it is a full out threesome.

I... I really don't know how to review BL. I'm sorry o(;△;)o
It was just... I wanted to listen to this because it has Hirarin being yandere. And he didn't disappoint. You have my word for that.

Conclusion:
Err, if you like BL and Yandere this is probably a must listen. If you like only the one or the other you might want to reconsider. Or not. One thing is certain though, don't expect any hint romance in this CD, only very twisted affection. Listening is at the risk of your own sanity~ It took me a pretty long time to calm down from this. Both because of the Karami, and the fact that the Yandere is rather intense.

28/02/2012

Diabolik Lovers Vol.3: Kanato

I said I would be faster with reviewing vol.3, and here it is. I have to admit, I mainly did this so fast because I thought the sooner we get this over with the better, but dear Lord was I wrong. This was in many ways amazing. I thought Ayato and Subaru were scary. I obviously hadn't met Kanato yet.


DIABOLIK LOVERSドS吸血CD Vol.3 逆巻カナト


Company: Rejet
Based on: Original
Released: 2012.02.22
Official site: http://rejetweb.jp/dialover/index.html


Diabolik Lovers is a series that leaves you at the mercy of sadistic vampires. The project features drama CD's, radio broadcasts on NicoNico Live, and a PSP game by Otomate. The drama CD's are the first to be released, and this is vol.3 featuring Kanato.

Kanato (CV: Kaji Yuuki) is one of the triplets, and even though Subaru is technically the youngest, Kanato looks and acts younger. He blames others for everything, and tends to cry when he doesn't get his way or becomes upset. After which he turns violent. He loves collecting dolls and has a teddy bear that he always drags around. And he talks to it.

The story begins with Kanato entering your room, demanding asking whether there is something you should be saying to him. It turns out he found you collapsed in front of the door, so he brought you up here, so now he wants you to thank him. But not after making it very clear that he hates 'stupid noisy humans' and making it clear that you should only talk when he allows you to.

As if that warning wasn't scary enough, he blames you for collapsing because you have been letting others drink your blood. And they aren't allowed to. You are Kanato his food. Yes his food. Where Ayato and Subaru at least said you were their woman/possession, Kanato makes a point of saying you are his food.

That isn't the scariest part though. Kanato his switching between insulting you, suddenly starting to cry, and then going batshit insane and shouting at you is scary as hell. No kidding. In the beginning I was cautious (because I know how scary the others were) but when he started insulting me to no end I grew kind of annoyed with him. But when he started to go insane all I could do was cower in a corner... The moment his Teddy broke I was seriously afraid of the consequences.

Have I mentioned you never get out of your room? Or to be more specific, I don't think you even get out of your bed. After his Teddy broke Kanato simply decides to eat you on the spot. I think I was mostly to scared to actually enjoy the dummy head mic part. Yeah he is that scary. He mentions near the beginning that he would like to kill you and then drink every last drop of blood from your corpse, that kind of scary. (at least Subaru wanted to keep you alive).

Normally I am a yandere fan, but Kanato really is one of the scariest ones around. That he wants you all to his self is a standard yandere thing, but the fact that he is convinced that you actually like it when he abuses you drinks your blood. That and his switching between crying and yelling at you make his one scary yandere.

One of the reasons why I wasn't looking forward to this CD is because Kanato looked like a shota. He sure doesn't sound like one though, so no need to worry about that. Fine he sounds younger than the rest, but much much much better than I expected.


Conclusion:
As of yet, Kanato was the most scary of them all. To the point of me being more scared than actually enjoying it. But Kaji Yuuki his voice acting is amazing here. The series is starting to make me question my mental health though.

27/02/2012

Mekakushi no Kuni 目隠しの国

目隠しの国


Company: Marine Entertainment
Based on: Manga
Released: 2001.07.25

Mekakushi no Kuni is based on the shoujo manga series of the same name. Ootsuka Kanade can see people their future when she touches them. If she sees something bad will happen to them she can't help but try to save these people, even when they often think she is a strange girl. At the beginning of the story she meets Naito Arou, who can see people their past when he touches them.

While Kanade (CV: Shiina Hekiru) wants to try and save people who's unfortunate future she has seen, Arou (CV: Seki Tomokazu) thinks she should leave them alone because they won't understand what she is trying to do anyway. However Kanade her positive attitude start to make Arou think otherwise.

And then the two of them meet Namiki Masahiro (CV: Ishida Akira) who can also see the future. However he doesn't seem to care about what happens to them. Through an adventure saving a girl from school Namiki eventually falls in love with Kanade and he softens up a bit.

The drama CD covers most of the first vol of the manga, though not all of it. A shortter comical story called 'Bistro Arou' is also included, in which Kanade comes to eat at Arou his place, and Namiki is acting as a waiter, but eventually all of them end up cooking together.

And finally there are 11 tracks with short messages from the characters for different situations (when you've had a fight with your lover, when you are trying your best at studying, in case you are forgetful , etc). The messages are really cute, except maybe for those by Namiki who says some comical things.

The story is really cute. Kanade her positive mindset and willingness to help people are sort of heartwarming. Despite the concept of Kanade/Arou/Namiki 'seeing' things being quite hard to put into just sounds, they've managed to do so pretty successfully with the use of bgm.

The way Kanade likens her ability to a blindfold is also pretty interesting. She sees everyone in the world as being blindfolded, we don't know where people come from or where they are going (hence the title "the Land of the Blindfolded). But when she bumps into people her own blindfold loosens a bit, and she can see a glimpse of where someone is going.


Conclusion:
Whether you know the manga or not, this is a very cute story. You can understand everything perfectly without knowing the manga, and if you feel like diving into the story a bit more you can always read the manga afterwards.

26/02/2012

Fushigi Koubou Shoukougun vol.11

 ふしぎ工房症候群 朗読CD EPISODE.11「闇」


Company: Cosmic Ray
Based on: Original
Released: 2006.05.26
Official Site: http://www.cosmicray.co.jp/fks/


ふしぎ工房症候群 (fushigi koubou shoukougun) translates into something like 'mysterious workshop syndrome'. The mysterious workshop in the title is what binds all of the stories in this series together. The shop can only be found by someone who is lost and really needs it, and is run by an old man, who sells 'happiness'

Each story is told by a (high profile) voice actor who both tells the story and acts out certain characters. The story is told from the perspective of the main character, and mostly centres on that person his thoughts. In each story the main character is going through a troubled period or trauma, and the mysterious workshop becomes a turning point in their lives.

The eleventh story is told by Morita Masakazu and is about a drug addict. Out protagonist was expelled from high school, and left the countryside for to city to search for a job there. However he soon discovered that there are but a few jobs for someone with no education and no guardian. Eventually, he is introduced to the host business.

The story begins with the protagonist having a nightmare, which is at that point left unexplained. He tells his story about how he went to the city, and how he was eventually scouted by a host club. This marked a complete change in his life. While he had nothing before he was suddenly introduced into a world of glamour and if he worked hard had money in abundance. After a while he reached the number one position in the club, and gained a few patrons that would take care of him outside of the club as well.

One of his patrons introduced him to drugs, and he became addicted. After which his life went downwards again, but he couldn't really care. One day he is requested at a table where a very quiet girl is sitting. It turns out that she came there especially to meet him after seeing him in the streets, but he isn't very interested and doesn't treat her too well. She comes back a few times, and he warns her that her money will run out if she continues but leaves it at that.

One day she invites him to go on a date with her, and he somehow agrees. Their date is completely normal, they meet somewhere, go to a movie and have dinner afterwards. Just when he starts to think that 'normal' isn't too bad, his body starts to show symptoms of withdrawal and he rushes of to inject some new drugs. Unfortunately the girl sees this, and he scolds her and tells her to leave him alone. Which she actually does.

In the time after that his withdrawal symptoms become worse, and one day while he is going insane he stumbles into the fushigi koubou. He actually wishes for drugs (and writes that one the order form!) and the old man gives him an address. He goes there to find... the girl who came to the host club before. believing that she is a dealer he demands drugs and wrecks the entire place before he collapses.

When he wakes up she is still there beside him, and he resolves to try and come clean. The girl takes care of him the entire time that he goes to withdrawal. One day while she is out he finds another form from the fushigi koubou; she has been there too and wished for him to be cured. Once he has come clean he asks her whether she want to return to the country side with him.

The ending for this story is quite uneventful, but the scenes leading up to that are all the more intense. His entire history is told in a moving way, and you can feel his apathy through the rise and fall at the host club, the date is told in a very sweet way, but when he snaps due to withdrawal, oh my.  That is some serious voice acting. I was almost cowering in a corner at his raging insanity.

You get the first glimpse at the end of their date, but this is still a relatively short scene. But when the withdrawal really begins there are almost 9minutes of rising insanity, and at least 5 minutes where he has really snapped. Those scenes are really some of the most intense I've heard in this series, and probably in any drama.

Despite the drama building up tension in a good way, the ending did feel slightly lacking. In most CDs in this series, the final tracks are the most emotional ones. All of the emotions from the story are turned into a new hope. But because the scenes before were so incredibly strong in this CD, the ending felt a bit lacking to me. That doesn't make it a bad CD though, it is just one tiny minus on an otherwise very strong drama.


Conclusion:
While it doesn't start out that way, this really is a very intense drama. However they do a good job of letting the tension fade away and into hope in the final two tracks. Though that does make the ending feel a bit lacking in some ways.

24/02/2012

Weekly News Post

Otome Drama
To start off with some non-drama CD but heavily related (and late) info: in just a few days time (on 2012.02.29 to be exact) おとめドラ (otomedora) will be released. This is a mook (magazine x book crossover) that is all about drama CD's.

It will have about 128 pages and costs 1500yen. As of yet I've been unable to locate an official site, but judging by the cover it talk about drama CD's, seiyuu, and several interviews with seiyuu/makers. Amazon has it, so if you feel like reading up on your drama CD news and backgrounds, here is your chance. (I don't have a credit card so I'm looking for another way to get it)


Mousou Esthe
The cover for Mousou Este has been posted on their blog, and it is wonderfully suggestive as always. The post once again reminds us that we will be given a chance to experience the salon Babylon, but that Kagami Subaru (CV: Suwabe Junichi) will also do a treatment. In the first (or second?) CD, Babylon is described as "a salon with an atmosphere like a cafe". I wonder what it will be like?


Therapia
Vol.2 and 3 for Therapia have been announced. Vol.2 will have characters for Fabric Softener and Dressing (lol what?) and vol.3 Smartphone and Mascara. I think I will have to listen to 1 to get an idea on how this is going to work....

21/02/2012

Yukishiro Gakuen no Yukai na Hitobito ~Toshiue Kareshi. Yanwari S no Ani Hen~

雪白学園のゆかいな人々 ~年上彼氏。 やんわりSの兄編~


Company: Mujina
Based on: Original
Released: 2012.01.25
Official Site: http://mujina.kkjinnai.co.jp/index.html


Yukishiro Gakuen no Yukai na Hitobito is a series of  drama CD's, loosely connected by taking place at the same school and some recurring characters. This time the focus is on the brothers Mukai Yukihisa (the younger one) and Mukai Tatsuhisa (the older one). Both are voiced by Tachibana Shinnosuke in this CD

Toshiue Kareshi shares it's setting with another CD: Toshishita Kareshi. While this one centres on the older brother, that one centres on the younger brother. You can think of the two CD's as parallel worlds, the setting is the same but things are slightly different.

The story begins with you (the listener) confessing your love to Tatsuhisa, who is your teacher, a month before you graduate high school.  Tatsuhisa says that he can only answer your question from his position as a teacher at this moment, so he promises to tell you his answer the day after your graduation - when you are no longer teacher and student.

From then we skip back in time, 4 years before now, when Tatsuhisa first became your tutor. Tatsuhisa describes how your relation develops through the years. You enter Yukishiro Gakuen because Tatsuhisa becomes a teacher there, and enter the astronomy club. You've had an interest in astronomy for a while, but the fact that Tatsuhisa is the consultant for the club probably helped a lot.

From there on you spend your days with Tatsuhisa, and Yukihisa who in turn followed you to Yukishiro Gakuen (he is one year younger) and joined the astronomy club as well. There are a few scenes from each year, leading back to the 'now' in the storyline. Which is where the plot twists are waiting.

I has listened to Toshishita kareshi first, and somehow expected the scenario from that CD to be reversed, but that is not the case. This is an entirely different story, but using the same characters. Interesting enough, that means that Yukihisa his brother complex doesn't show up either, that is something he kept entirely to himself, so you never get to see that side here.

Tatsuhisa his attitude toward you is certainly ambivalent. On the one hand he treats you with care, on the other hand he can also act like an absolute a$$. He never reproaches your advances, but doesn't try to stop you either. This together with the plot twists at the end really had me wondering how the CD would end. In case you are now wondering, it ends with an onsen trip. Be sure to look forward to it.

Azumi and Masao also make another appearance. Azumi his glasses obsession is back in full force, which made me happy. One day he really needs his own CD. Which will be all about glasses, of course.



Conclusion:
Once again this is more serious. Then again, I haven't listened to the later entries in the series yet, so I'm not sure whether it was already heading in a more serious direction (it started out as complete crack). As much as I usually like S characters, I didn't really like Tatsuhisa though. But the plot twists at the end made this story for me. I really didn't see it coming. And now, you are left to wonder what happens. So go and listen!

20/02/2012

Shinigamihime no Saikon

死神姫の再婚 Vol.1


Company: Frontierworks
Based on: Light novel
Released: 2009.11.26
Official Site: http://www.enterbrain.co.jp/bslog/bslogbunko/shinigamihime_cd/


Shinigamihime no Saikon is a drama CD based on the light novel series of the same name. The story is about the rather eccentric Alicia who is bought by the duke Kashuvan to be his wife. Alicia doesn't seem to mind however, as that is what saved her own family from bankruptcy.

*the names are once again my best guess. Why can't they think of names that are easier to decipher?

The story begins when Alicia (CV: Kobayashi Yuu)  arrives at Kashuvan (CV: Sugita Tomokazu) his castle. At that moment it is completely shrouded in mist, making her excited because she loves all kinds of ghost stories. She is completely aware that she was only 'bought' because of her family name, and doesn't seem to mind at all (She is actually happy about it). Thus suits Kashuvan, as she really is just a political tool to him.

As soon as Alicia arrives they are wed (or, well, they say their vows) but they are interrupted by Tiernald Reiden (CV: Fukuyama Jun) and his servant Yuuran (CV: Seki Toshihiko). Tiernald wants to stop Kashuvan from expanding his influence and calls him a tyrant, while Yuuran sort of tries to stop him. Being a servant of the church ("the prayer of the wings"), Yuuran tends to comment that things are not going according to the laws of the church.

Other characters that add to the rather colourful cast are Nora (CV: Koshimizu Ami), a maid who declared herself Kashuvan his lover. Treize (CV: Konishi Katsuyuki), who used to work as a butler at the castle but has quit when his sister died. And Ruark (CV: Kishio Daisuke), the assassin who killed Alicia her former husband and is now hired to kill Kashuvan.

Of course, nothing in this story goes they way you think it would. Alicia being an incredible airhead does help a lot, and of course Kashuvan isn't half as bad as people say he is. Yuuran secretly pulling a few strings here and there also helps.

With Alicia being free to go anywhere except for the rose garden, this story immediately reminded me of Bluebeard for some reason.. The story partly mirrors that, although luckily not entirely. And of course it adds a rather strange assassin and a semi-corrupt church to the mix. There is also a serious amount of double-and/or-triple backstabbing going on near the end (maybe a bit too much).

The free talk starts quite interesting, with Kobayashi Yuu introducing the theme ("strange hobbies") still in-character as Alicia, after that it switches to a normal cast talk.


Conclusion:
While there is actually a lot of drama going on, the humorous response the characters give makes this a fun story to listen to. While there are 14 novels (the last one was published just a few days ago on 2012.02.15) there is only one drama CD. Which is a bit of a pity but can't be helped.

19/02/2012

Fushigi Koubou Shoukougun vol.10

 ふしぎ工房症候群 朗読CD EPISODE.10「最後の願い」


Company: Cosmic Ray
Based on: Original
Released: 2006.05.26
Official Site: http://www.cosmicray.co.jp/fks/


ふしぎ工房症候群 (fushigi koubou shoukougun) translates into something like 'mysterious workshop syndrome'. The mysterious workshop in the title is what binds all of the stories in this series together. The shop can only be found by someone who is lost and really needs it, and is run by an old man, who sells 'happiness'

Each story is told by a (high profile) voice actor who both tells the story and acts out certain characters. The story is told from the perspective of the main character, and mostly centres on that person his thoughts. In each story the main character is going through a troubled period or trauma, and the mysterious workshop becomes a turning point in their lives.

The tenth story is told by Morikubo Shoutarou and is about someone who has always been regarded as a 'bad person' or someone you shouldn't associate with purely because of his looks. This pisses him off more than anything, but eventually he started working as a debt collector. That way his looks are actually an advantage, but more than that he feels like he is collecting debts from people that are even worse than he is, giving him some sense of superiority.

One night while he is waiting on a train a girl walks forward as if she is planning to jump in front of it. In a reflex he pulls her back, throwing her on the ground. Because she is blind and he is always judged on his looks he is immediately taken into custody, but the situation is cleared soon enough. She eventually thanks him for saving her life.

A few days later at work he is ordered to collect a debt. The man who borrowed the money has long bailed, but he left the address of his daughter so that is where he goes. When he reaches the old apartment where she lives it at first seems like no one is home, but the door is open so he goes in. And finds the girl from a few days before collapsed on the floor with a high fever.

Again in a sort of a reflex he starts to aid her. She doesn't want to go to the hospital because she has no money, so he takes care of her at home. When he leaves that evening he discovers that his company is not the only one that is trying to collect a debt, apparently her father borrowed money from all sorts of places. He takes her key with him and promises to check back the day after.

That evening he gets himself drunk and while trying to find his way home arrives at the Fushigi Koubou. The old man, like everyone else, refuses to help him at first because "you can see he is a bad person at first sight". This actually surprised me a bit, I would have expected him to be willing to serve anyone but apparently not. The protagonist gets angry at him and tries to him, but this is where we learn that the old man apparently has a black belt in several martial arts or something. At any rate he fights off our debt collector.

Scared by the old man and probably still hazy with alcohol, our protagonist wishes to "become a good person". When he goes to visit the girl the next day there are indeed other debt collectors at her door. He waits until they are gone to get her out of there and brings her to his place. He leaves her there for now, but when he returns she has made him dinner. That he discovers that she knew he was a debt collector all along, but that she decided that if she was going to be taken away anyway, she should go with him because he treated her so well. This is where he realizes that he loves her, and the sleep together that night.

The next day he puts her on a train to safety, and chooses to face the other debt collectors. He gets severely beaten up, and wakes up at the hospital with the girl at his side. She sensed something was wrong and returned to get the police. While he is treated as the victim for this case, he still has done a lot wrong, and has to go to jail for one year. But when he comes out she is waiting for him, with their newborn baby.

This was an interesting story. You can sort of guess how it ends from the beginning, but that doesn't make it any less interesting. I suppose this is a typical 'big guy small heart' kind of story, but it really is very cute to hear how he cares for the girl. It is less of an emotional story than many of the others, but still a very touching romance.

Two interesting things in this CD were the old man suddenly being an accomplished fighter, who'd expect that the old guy who always seems to know what everyone needs is also able to beat someone to pulp? And the fact that the protagonist makes a reference to Episode 5. He talks about a man "who suddenly had so much money that he scattered bills into the air when we came to collect" which is exactly what happens in Episode 5.



Conclusion:
Maybe it is predictable, but I enjoyed this story. It takes a step back from the far more emotional tone that many of the other stories have, but still delivers a touching story. It makes you a little less melancholic than most other stories as well.

18/02/2012

Kannou Mukashi Banashi Vol.4 - Grimm Fairytales

官能昔話4 グリム童話


Company: 5pb records
Based on: Grimm Fairytales
Released: 2009.11.26
Official Site: http://5pb.jp/kannou/index.html


Kannou Mukashi Banashi is a series that tells well know tales in a... slightly different way. Each volume contains several stories, all done by a different seiyuu. The series the dummy head microphone, which can make it sound as if someone is talking into your ear (when listening with headphones or earphones). And in this series they have made sure that the seiyuu talk very eroi.

As always the CD starts with an introduction by Inoue Kazuhiko, who explains how the CD works and instructs you to put on your head- or earphones in some very suggestive wording. The setting for this CD is a circus. I somehow find the music for that very creepy...

The first story is that of the Frog Prince and is told by Ishida Akira. The story is pretty well known so I don't think it needs much of an introduction. Contrary to versions where the princess has to kiss the frog for him to turns into a prince again, the frog has to sleep in her bed 3 nights in this version. The croaky voice of the frog and the descriptions of his wet skin crawling up the princess her legs were enough to make me run away screaming. Luckily he does change into a proper prince in the end.

The second story is Hansel and Gretel told by Toriumi Kousuke. Although I should probably name it Hansel x Gretel for this version. Ignoring the fact that they are siblings, this is an incredibly eroi story. There are some sentences in the scene where they are eating from the candy house that made me blush like an idiot. I've lately gotten used to Toriumi-san as a mature sexy character, but this was a reminder that he can pull of a convincing shota as well.

The third story is Rapunzel and is told by Hatano Wataru. Of all the stories I liked this one best. Hatano is witch is scary, but is prince voice is pure moeeee. It is also a pretty straight forward story, the only one I remember actually saying something about undressing someone, haha.

The final story is Little Red Riding Hood, and is told by all seiyuu. This story is pretty much fateful to the original. The story isn't too special but Ishida is a very cute Red Riding Hood here, I kept being amazed by it. Especially just before he is eaten. So. Cute. (I was so amazed by his voice that I almost only paid attention to that).

I knew all of these stories and I think most of them are pretty good adaptions. The first one sort of freaked me out due to the frog his voice though *shudders*. Shota's are not my thing so despite the ero and everything in Hansel x Gretel I don't really like it. Rapunzel on the other hand, I adore!! Red Riding Hood was simply just fun to listen to. As well as voice technically interesting.


Conclusion:
To be quite honest, I think I like this vol least of all Kannou Mukashi Banashi CD's. But a lot of that has to do with personal taste. And even if I say I like this one least, it is still a very good CD. As always. And I think Ishida should play more girls. Yeah...

17/02/2012

Weekly News Post

Why hello there! We have a new theme since a few days. It might be tweaked a little further but for now I've settled on this. First one to guess where the lace on the right side of the top image comes from gets a virtual cookie




Sleepx2
The official site has updated and we now have some more info on Sleepx2. Judging by the description it will be a CD that actually intends to make you fall asleep. The CD will make use of hypnosis to make you fall asleep. It even as an official warning saying that you shouldn't listen to it while driving or on the train, and that it is not a CD full of sweet whisperings.

I already tend to fall asleep while listening to things (Kannou Jikan I, the Shuukan Soine CD's, and just this week  even managed to fall asleep to Diabolik lovers) so I'm guessing this will have me out in 5 minutes flat.


Two of Us
As the official site is more like a teaser site at the moment I don't know much about this project, but somewhere this summer Two of Us will be released. According to the official site it is a bittersweet and sad love story about a voice actor and a girl that cannot speak. The site also mentions that this will be "the first release in the series" so I'm guessing they are planning more releases?


Kindan Kyuuketsuki
Looks like Kindan Kyuuketsuki will have some sort of a plot (as opposed to a certain sadistic vampire series). The tracklist also helps me get a proper romanization for the duke his name: Maximilian von Weiseheldenburg (CV: Morikubo Shoutarou).

The CD will have 16 tracks + a free talk and theme song. The tracks have been divided into 4 chapters: Der Anfang der Geschichte (The beginning of the story), Die Einladung zu Weiseheldenburg (The invitation to Weiseheldenburg [Castle]), Wahres und falsches Bild des Herzogs (True and false image of the duke), Die Fange des Vampirs (The fang of the vampire).

As far as I can judge their german is pretty decent, I just hope they won't use it too much in the CD. I love the title for the freetalk btw: Leeres Geschwatz, which translates to something like "empty chatter", in other words, talking nonsense.

16/02/2012

Toraware no Mi no Ue

とらわれの身の上


Company: Koei
Based on: Manga
Released: 2001.11.22


Toraware no Mi no Ue is a manga by Matsuri Hino (Vampire Knight). The manga has been released in English under the name Captive Hearts. The story is about Kuroishi Megami, who lives a carefree life until he reunites with his gone-missing-in-china-and now-returned childhood friend Kogami Suzuka. Megumi discovers that his family has been is under a curse to serve the Kogami family for generations. So whether he wants to or not, he suddenly finds himself acting like the perfect servant to Suzuka,.

Megumi (CV: Narita Ken) is enjoying his little life of luxury when his father (CV: Tanaka Hideyuki) suddenly bursts into to room claiming that he has finally located the whereabouts of there long lost masters. Megumi is not pleased at all as this means that they will have to give up the wealth they inherited from the family. However when his father returns it turns out that the only one still alive is Kogami Suzuka (CV: Kawasumi Ayako) the daughter of the family.

When Megumi tries to talk to her he feels strange, and before he knows he suddenly acts as her servant. Megumi (nor Suzuka for that matter) has no idea what is going on, until his father explains about their curse. Long ago one of their ancestors was cursed, so now the Kuroishi family has to serve to Kogami family, they cannot deny any order given to them by the Kogami family. And because Megumi has never been around members of the Kogami family, his servant mode tends to run a little haywire.

As soon as Suzuka learns from the curse, she feels sorry for Megumi and returns to China. Megumi however, resolves to bring her back. Not just because of the curse, but because he truly likes her. What follows are a lot of scenes where Megumi his servant mode runs haywire (with often hilarious results) and Suzuka wondering whether Megumi really likes her or everything is just the curse at work.

The drama CD actually ends a good point; the moment where Megumi tells Suzuka his love is not just because of the curse but real, and asks her to be his girlfriend. This is somewhere near the end of the first vol in the manga. Unfortunately the manga continues on the "obstacle to their love appears, they need to overcome it, next obstacle appears" route for a few more volumes, which is where I lost interest. But the drama CD ends at a nice spot.

Megumi his butler mode is hilarious, especially because it comes with it's own bgm, Suzuka is pretty normal, but Megumi his father is brilliant. Whether it is due to the curse or not, he puts all his energy into serving to Kogami family, often getting over emotional over little things.

The CD follows the script of the manga pretty accurately, only differing in some scenes which are hard to enact without any pictures. Unfortunately this also means that it is slightly chaotic, just like the original. I really recommend listening to this either when you already know the manga, or while reading it, because some scenes are kind of vague if you don't have to accompanying visuals.


Conclusion:
I actually like this better then the manga, simply because it end at a good point instead of dragging on forever. Narita Ken was an unexpected choice for Megumi (somehow I expected a different voice) but it works perfectly. If you're not into overly cute shoujo plots, I'd leave this alone though. It is amusing but nothing special.

15/02/2012

Diabolik Lovers Vol.2: Subaru

Well, this took me ages to review. Somehow I have developed a talent for falling asleep in the face of danger. Waking up some time later, realizing that my blood was being sucked but wondering what the hell is going on.

DIABOLIK LOVERS ドS吸血CD Vol.2 逆巻スバル


Company: Rejet
Based on: Original
Released: 2012.01.25
Official site: http://rejetweb.jp/dialover/index.html


Diabolik Lovers is a series that leaves you at the mercy of sadistic vampires. The project features drama CD's, radio broadcasts on NicoNico Live, and a PSP game by Otomate. The drama CD's are the first to be released, and this is vol.2 featuring Subaru.

Besides being a sadist, Subaru also has a serious anger management problem. If you annoy him even in the slightest he starts breaking and throwing stuff. His standard way of entering a room also seems to be to break down the door instead of opening it. Subaru is the youngest of the vampire siblings and a lone wolf. Although I get the impression that all of them are a bit anti-social.

The CD starts with Subaru saying that he was looking for you. He is pissed of at you for being in the church while you know he hates the place. He wants you to come with him, and when you refuse he starts destroying the place. You agree to leaving, but now he doesn't want to go. Instead he gives you a silver knife, saying that you should use it to cute yourself so that he can drink the blood that comes out.

Apparently the knife is also the only thing that can kill him. After he keeps provoking you, you indeed try to stab him with it, but you don't even get close. Of course he only gets annoyed with you, and drags you off. On the way back he jokes about biting your heart (eep!!), but he says it is just a joke. While you walk back to the house he contemplates on where to take you, and eventually decides on his own room.

You are thrown on the bed and he starts cutting your clothes off with the knife. Whether on purpose or actually by accident, he gives you a little cut and starts drinking blood from it, after which he moves to your neck. However he is distracted by something and you run off... into the bathroom.

Subaru simply follows you though. When you spray him with the shower in order to 'cool him off' he only gets even more pissed. And when he tries to grab you, you both end up in the bath. This is where things get weird, you suddenly offer your blood to him. Out of your own free will. This does have the advantage that Subaru finally becomes a bit less violent though. And that things become more eroi with the minute.

When you start to get cold he takes you back to his room. This is where the dummy head mic comes into play. Basically Subaru throws you on the bed and sucks endless amounts of blood from you. And the wording becomes even more eroi. You resist but that only makes him more aroused (you know how it is with guys, they think "no" means "yes please").

So...well... yeah.... what am I going to say about this. Possibly, that it was even sexier than the first CD? And thanks to Subaru his violent tendencies also scarier in the beginning. However when he finally calms down in the bath scene and his charisma side surfaces it becomes less scary and the ero is doubled. I found myself almost liking him, until of course he gets a bit too sadistic again.

I have no idea whether you were treated better in the first or in the second CD. Ayato saw you as his established play thing and makes that perfectly clear, and while Subaru might treat you slightly better in the end, he also intends to drink so much of your blood that you'll barely survive. I guess it is pretty much a tie, you're out of luck in either scenario.

Oh, and: This CD is long. It's a full hour. Only the last 15minutes are done with the dummy mic, but that is still a pretty long scene. The only thing is, I think the bathroom scene would have benefited more from the dummy head mic. Now he is mostly sucking your legs, which sort of misses the point for the dummy head. But if they had used the dummy in the bath scene, I think I would have died.


Conclusion:
This time we get a full hour of sadistic bloodsucking foreplay. I'd normally say something about dying because of blood loss due to nose-bleeding, but in this case the pun is just too obvious. Next up is Kanato, who I am not really looking forward to, but after that... OH YES. Congratulations Rejet, it took you only 2 CD's to turn me into a do-M.

Oh, and for those who are interested, there is a wonderful translation over here.

14/02/2012

Kare Pet 3 Chara Talk CD Ore-sama, Cool, Yanki

かれぺっと 3キャラトークCD 「俺様・クール・ヤンキー」


Company: Water Orion
Based on: Mobile game
Released: 2011.09.15


This CD is based on the mobile game 'Kare Pet'. It is a game in which you 'raise' a boyfriend, and depending on the choices you make his character changes. You don't really need the game to understand this talk CD though. I listened the one with Hirakawa-san ages ago, so when I discovered that there was another one I just had to go and listen.

This time the three character types are an ore-sama, a cool type, and a yanki, all voiced by Toriumi Kousuke. The three of them meet in a beer hall (I assume something like a beer garden) to discuss where they are going to take you for the summer. The Yanki doesn't want to tell because he thinks the others will copy him, so in the end that whoever gets you to tell where you want to go wins.

The three tracks after that are short tracks with each of the three characters. The ore-sama type is the only one to actually ask you where you want to go, the other two are just nice scenes with the different guys. Like in the first CD the final track is a track where they become chibi versions, this time so that all of them can get under the parasol with you.

Just like last time the freetalk is the longest track. In the talk Toriumi says he had some trouble getting the difference between the ore-sama and yanki. (Something I have to agree on, I had a hard time keeping them apart).


Conclusion:
Just like the first CD, you can understand this perfectly without knowing the game, but knowing it is probably more fun. This is nice to listen to if you like the seiyuu, otherwise you don't really miss anything if you don't listen to this.

13/02/2012

DAISUKE! ~Senritsu no Brithday! Revenge ni kita Aitsu~

 DAISUKE!~戦慄のバースデー! リベンジに来たアイツ~


Company: Geneon
Based on: Original
Released: 2010.04.21
Official site: http://www.geneonuniversal.jp/rondorobe/music/daisuke


DAISUKE! is a CD in which all characters and their seiyuu have 'Daisuke' as their first name. The setting is the bar 'Dice' (Japanese: daisu) which is ran by Akagi Daisuke and somehow seems to be a gathering point for people with Daisuke in their name.

All of the characters were introduced in the first CD so they don't bother to do it again this time. But to make some short introductions: Akagi Daisuke (CV: Ono Daisuke) is the owner of the bar Dice, Wakaba Daisuke (CV: Namikawa Daisuke) and Touma Daisuke (CV: Sakaguchi Daisuke) work there as parttimers. Yamabuki Daisuke (CV: Kishio Daisuke) is a failure salaryman, and Kurokawa Daisuke (CV: Hirakawa Daisuke) is a super rich celeb IT manager. To avoid confusion and stop the abuse of the name Daisuke, I'll just refer to them by their last name from now on.

Kurokawa feels somehow defeated by Akagi and thus he comes for revenge! The moment he enters the bar however, he is showered with champagne and birthday wishes. Turns out the rest of the cast was planning to celebrate Touma his birthday and they mistook Kurokawa for him.

The rest of the CD is once again divided between imagination scenes, and what is actually going on at the bar. Each Daisuke imagines how his white day gift would be, with the exception of Yamabuki who imagines you as a married couple with kids for some reason:

Touma takes you on a date to the park
Wakaba performs a tea ceremony for you
Yamabuki takes you out for dinner
Akagi takes you skydiving
Kurokawa gives you an entire resort Island

Of course, all of the 'virtual dates' as they are called are full of lovey dovey romance lines, and the Akagi and Kurokawa ones are hinting a much more.

Meanwhile in the bar, everyone starts to get drunk, leading to more and more chaos and hilarity. Until there is a blackout and Akagi is knocked unconscious by an intruder. It turns out that a certain company has it's eye one the building, and is pressuring him to sell the bar. Just as he tries to say that he probably should sell it and start a new bar somewhere else, Kurokawa stops him.

Turns out Kurokawa was planning on taking revenge by opening a bar close by, so he can't have Akagi leave. The two of them have a drinking contest to decide what will happen to the bar, and both of them drink far too much shots of tequila (with full commentary by Yamabuki). Kurokawa loses, and orders his own company to but the company that was after Akagi his building with a simple phone call.

Like the first CD this is a hectic, chaotic and hilarious CD full of Daisuke in every way possible. I still find the way Yamabuki talks and the way Touma acts annoying, but I have gotten more used to Hirakawa using a deeper voice for his role as Kurokawa Daisuke. I still think it sounds a bit unnatural, but I'm somehow getting used to it, maybe even started to like it a bit.

Again the cast talk is chaotic, and this time there are far too many in-jokes that I don't get. It still is funny to hear them bicker though. There is a tokuten CD (I don't know what it came with) in which they are playing some sort of game. Unfortunately I'm not sure what they are playing, making it a bit difficult to understand


Conclusion:
Chaos, Hilarity, and a Daisuke overload all over again. Honestly, there are much better drama CD's out there, but the pure overkill of hearing all of these seiyuu together is amazing.

12/02/2012

Weekly News Post

I come back from a busy week to find that my cue didn't function properly because I messed up some dates. Oops. There si no excuse for missing the news post though, so here it is:



Oujisama (warai)
The full cast for the next Oujisama CD is now known: Besides the Prince of the Swan lake (CV: Yusa Kouji), Rapunzel (CV: Ishida Akira), The Emperor (CV: Okiayu Ryoutarou) and Sleeping Beauty (CV: Onosaka Masaya) will me making an appearance. Of course Takemoto Eiji will once again be there as servant as well.

For those of you who have ordered the Oujisama (warai) Gakuen CD, frontierworks is holding an enquete. You need a password found on the product to be able to answer it though. It sounds like they are considering making another  Oujisama Gakuen CD if the reviews are positive, so I'm encouraging everyone to answer it!


Meganebu!
The first CD has just gone on sale in stores, and a vol.2 has just been announced. No details yet, except a message on the official site that the production has been confirmed.


Shimekiri CD
The character designs and info are up on the official site, and I have to say I like them. A LOT. But with Kazuki Yone doing the designs that shouldn't be surprising. Oshikiri Mamoru (CV: Okiayu Ryoutarou) is described as a calm and collected, honorary student, and regal type. Also, a tsundere. He is surprisingly soft-hearted, and not very good with unexpected situations, which is where his dere side shows.

Shimeno Susumu (CV: Konishi Katsuyuki) is described as big-hearted and cheerful, contrary to Mamoru he is exceptionally good with unexpected situations. However he does have a habit of being blunt when he gets mad, making him a tsundere (yup, the reverse of what we normally see).


Sleepx2
Cinera their new project is called "Sleepx2" but other than the title there is no new info on it, I hope they will update their official site soon. Their own site lists is as "Sleepx2 series", which probably means that if it is popular enough they'll make more CDs. For now the rest of the data stays the same, it will be released on 2012.05.25 and will be voiced by Fukuyama Jun.


Akazukin to Mayoi no Mori
Is getting a new drama CD. The CD is titled "Something Else" and will be released on 2012.04.27. A teaser site is open, but there isn't much to see yet.

11/02/2012

Fushigi Koubou Shoukougun vol.9

 ふしぎ工房症候群 朗読CD EPISODE.09「卒業」


Company: Cosmic Ray
Based on: Original
Released: 2006.02.17
Official Site: http://www.cosmicray.co.jp/fks/


ふlしぎ工房症候群 (fushigi koubou shoukougun) translates into something like 'mysterious workshop syndrome'. The mysterious workshop in the title is what binds all of the stories in this series together. The shop can only be found by someone who is lost and really needs it, and is run by an old man, who sells 'happiness'

Each story is told by a (high profile) voice actor who both tells the story and acts out certain characters. The story is told from the perspective of the main character, and mostly centers on that person his thoughts. In each story the main character is going through a troubled period or trauma, and the mysterious workshop becomes a turning point in their lives.

The ninth story is told by Midorikawa Hikaru, and is about a student that has failed. The protagonist grew up in a small village and moved to the city to go to university, however he had trouble keeping up there. In the end he gives up, but lies to his family and friends that he is still studying. He has one very good friend in particular, and their story is what this CD is all about.

Most of the CD is the protagonist telling about his past and their friendship. It started in grade school, when a boy transferred into his class. It was clear that he couldn't move his right arm and leg freely, so everyone avoided the boy at first, but the protagonist made friends with him and so everyone followed.

At the time, this was simply his childish way of making himself seem more popular, but over time and thanks to a few incidents their friendship grows stronger and they really become best friends. And all this time the protagonist feels as if he "can't win" from his friend, he looks up to someone who is always kind and honest.

When the protagonist moves to the city he discovers that he is no longer the most popular kid. There are people that are better at soccer, better at studying, better at everything. He despairs and resigns from the university, doing a few part-time jobs instead. When one day his mother phones that his friend is in critical condition. He rushes home but is too late.

After the death of his friend he becomes even more apathetic to the world, until one day he realizes that he made a promise to go to the park where they used to play as kids. On his way there he finds the Fushigi Koubou, and discovers that his friend has also been there, and that his friend requested for him to become happy...

The title of this story is "graduation", but not in the sense of and actual graduation. It is more intended as a 'graduation' of a certain period of your life, closing one chapter and moving on to the next. In this case, gathering your courage to make a new beginning. 

This is a wonderful story about a friendship between two people. You can see (hear) their friendship grow throughout the story. The scene where the protagonist breaks down because they grew apart for a short while is one of the most moving I've heard. But more than anything the last scene, where the protagonist resolves that he has to try to do his best again, where you hear the children sing in the background was incredibly moving. Somehow his renewed resolve and the children's singing really gave me the feeling of a new start, as if anything could be possible from there on.



Conclusion:
Friendship is a beautiful thing, and I think that this CD tells that message really well. It is all about how a friendship can help someone get through things. But some more difficult aspects are also touched upon. It is also the one to tell that no matter how many times you fall, it is worth it to get up and try again.

Listening to this series always makes me so melancholic (in a good way xD)

04/02/2012

Nego Danshi Vol.1 & 2


ね語男子 其の一   ね語男子 其の二


Company: Wavemaster Happies
Based on: Cats
Released: 2012.01.18


Nego Danshi is a series about cats. Or more accurately, it shows of scenes out of the life of a cat, from the perspective of that cat. Or put more simply: Nego Danshi has seiyuu acting like cats.

Each CD has 4 different tracks, 3 of them depicting 3 different cats and an extra. This time the characters are a 'lone wolf', a cute cat, and a cat in his last moments.

The first track has the memorable lines "I'm a lone wolf. Though I look like a cat". It is a track about a lone cat in the city. He starts out all cool, but then a group of high school girls and some kids with a toy get the better of him. In the beginning there is no ~nya or anything catlike, but just wait until they start to pet him.

The second track is about a cute cat that spends his days sleeping and is hungry when his master gets back. The entire scene where he chases a mouse is so incredibly cute (and funny). Somehow I really hope this is what a cat is thinking when it chases something.

The third track is a true tearjerker though. It is about a cat in his final moments, reliving a few memories, and finally crawling unto your lap too fall asleep forever. Even though the atmosphere was very light and funny before, this track nearly had me crying.

The extra sounds like the seiyuu finishing the recording, and then after they exit the building they meet a cat and... magically turn into one. Hilarity ensues.

All of the scenes are nicely written. I have no idea what cats normally think, and I doubt that this is what they think, but it is a lot of fun (and in case of track 3, touching) to listen to.

The interesting thing here is that, except for the extra, both CD's have the same scenario. Even though the track titles for track one and two are different, the story is the same. The difference between the two CD's is how the seiyuu have interpreted or acted out certain their roles.

This confused the hell out of me in the beginning. Somehow their voices were similar enough to make me doubt whether there was some sort of mistake (several people will now shoot me for not being able to hear the difference after the first second. Go ahead, you have all rights to do so). I like both versions, but the third track was more touching in the Shimono version.


Conclusion:
When saw this I was sceptical but decided to give it a try, but listening to this has me convinced: this is going to be one fun series and I hope it never ends. There is something incredibly funny about cats. Or maybe just about seiyuu saying ~nya all the time. But somehow I would have hoped that they would have different scenario's, instead of the same ones. I really hope the other ones have a different scenario though...

03/02/2012

Weekly News Post

Where is the time I had like 16 reviews ready to be posted, hahaha...*sigh*  Anyway, the news.


Oujisama (warai)
The seiyuu for the next prince has been announced: Yusa Kouji. This series is gathering more and more popular seiyuu.... Also, if you go to the official site you'll see that the top has been changed to an image celebrating the Setsubun (the last day of winter).


Meisaku Bungaku (warai)
The cast for the upcoming CD 'the Ant and the Grasshopper' has been announced. Hino Satoshi will voice the ant, while the grasshopper will be voiced by Fukuyama Jun, and finally Terashima Takuma will voice the stag beetle, though I have no idea where he comes into the story.

The official blog also states that the parody version will also return in this CD. So look forward to the story of the ant and the grasshopper being adapted into: a band version, an idol version, job hunting, and a marriage proposal.

02/02/2012

Moegaku ~Moe Koi Gakuen Seitokai Shikoubu~

モエガク!~萌恋学園生徒会執行部~

Company: Kuchikomi & Toukou Magazine
Based on: Parody work
Released: 2011.05


This CD was available through the Kuchikomi and Toukou Magazine. Despite the similar titles, it has absolutely nothing to do with the Moe Koi drama CD's from the same magazine. Well except for both being parodies, and Kamiya Hiroshi and Ono Daisuke appearing in both of them.

The setting is the Moe Koi School. Up until now it was an all girls school, but recently it opened up to guys as well. There are still only a few guys, and there is a visible gap between the boys and girls. Many of the girls don't know how to deal with the boys.

Our main characters are all members of the student council: the incredibly narcissistic Senzaiin Rihito (CV: Fukuyama Jun),  his personal butler and secretary Ichinomiya Banri (CV: Hosoya Yoshimasa), the vice president Momose Kakeru (CV: Ono Daisuke) and the accountant Togashi Yayoi (CV: Kamiya Hiroshi).

Rihito finds a love letter in the student council question box. The letter has no sender, nor an addressee, but Rihito is convince that it is intended for him. In order to draw out the sender, he organizes the "summer communication festival" (shortened to "natsucomi") under the pretence he wants to improve the communication between the boys and the girls in the school. Meanwhile, Kakeru also thinks the letter is intended for him, and Yayoi -due to a misunderstanding- thinks it is a letter from Kakeru to him.

For the festival, all the girls are given special bows and arrows (made by the ridiculously influential and rich company that is owned by Rihito his family) which they have to use to try and shoot the guys in the student council. If the guys are hit, they have to grant the wish (any wish) of the one who shot them. The arrows are made so that they don't hurt anyone, but none the less Kakeru delivers a spectacularly cliché death scene when he is first hit.

Of course the wishes are full of fanservice. From Kakeru having to say sweet lines -or scold someone-, to Yayoi wearing nekomimi and saying "~nya", or even Banri stripping naked, to all of them being involved in a weird fairytal play in which Rihito tries to kiss them, fanservice all over the place. And while the girls are trying to catch Yayoi and Kakeru, they in turn try to find Rihito and the love letter.

When all of the chaos from the festival is over, a girl comes to the student council room to say who the letter was intended for. Each character gets a sepparate "love message" track in which they are they one that receives the letter. Especially Banri (who normally acts as Rihito his perfect butler) his track is very cute.

Of course this is a parody work, so expect many references to popular series. Some of the most blatant ones are Maria-sama ga Miteru and One Piece (look a flying pirate ship!!) but there are many more works and clichés referenced. But more than anything it is a hilarious story that is guaranteed to make you laugh.

Despite Kamiya Hiroshi and Ono Daisuke both being in both this drama and the "Moe Koi" series, the story and the characters they play haveabsolutely nothing to do with each other.

Perhaps just as funny as the drama is the exceptionally long cast talk (it is 20min, for a normal cast talk that is long). Each of the seiyuu answer a few questions: "What if they were the only guy in an all girls school" "If they were a girl, which character would they want to confess to them", "What do you want someone to say when they confess to you", and finally "What type of girl do you want to confess to you". OnoD his answer for the last two questions was hilarious: "doesn't matter. I want someone to confess to me". And that while the others have proper (and long) answers xD

ps: the booklet has a really cute short comic about how the recording went. Especially the drawing of Kamiya losing a part of the script was so cute!!


Conclusion:
This is a hilariously over the top parody, and completely successful in doing what it should do: making you laugh. Cute moments, funny moments, sweet moments, hilarity, chaos, fanservice, it is all there. If you liked Moe Koi you should absolutely listen to this. Or in reverse, if you like this one you should listen to those as well!

01/02/2012

Key Releases

2012.02.01 Meganebu!
2012.02.08 Amemakura vol.3: Miki
2012.02.08 Kimi to Naishou no... Kyou kara Kareshi ~Yuuwaku no Valentine~
2012.02.10 Double Cross ~Twilight~
2012.02.14 Yandere Heaven Black
2012.02.15 Iza, Shutsujun! Koisen Drama CD
2012.02.15 O.To.Na Gentei o-togame CD Penalty I
2012.02.15 Renai Banchou 2 Midnight Lesson Drama CD
2012.02.22 Bokutachi Otoko no Ko ~Masaka no Scandal~
2012.02.22 Brothers Conflict ~Bokura no Nichijou~
2012.02.22 Diabolik Lovers vol.3: Kanato
2012.02.22 Ikemen OO-oku Vol.1
2012.02.22 Ikinari Douryou Series Therapia Vol.1
2012.02.22 Meiji Tokyo Renka Vol.1
2012.02.22 Nego Danshi Vol.3
2012.02.22 Nego Danshi Vol.4
2012.02.22 Rui no Masaiban
2012.02.22 Tap Trap Love
2012.02.23 Iris Zero Drama CD
2012.02.23 Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai: Matsuribayashi Hen part.2
2012.02.24 Barico Vol. 5 ~Goodbye Quartet~
2012.02.24 Issho ni Gohan a la Carte: Karasawa Rui
2012.02.24 Kiri no Sekai vol.3 Sosei no Oto
2012.02.25 Shoukoujo Sera Monogatari
2012.02.25 Houkago ha Mystery to Tomo ni
2012.02.29 Anata ga Ofuro de Noboseru CD Vol.1: Kusatsu
2012.02.29 O.To.Na Gentei o-togame CD Penalty II
2012.02.29 Love Love Tenshi Angelique ~Koisuru Etrance~
2012.02.29 Tiny x Machinegun File no.1: The Knock Down


What will you be listening to? Did I miss anything? Let me know! :D

For me, I can hardly ignore a series made by the makers of Kannou Mukashi Banashi and Mousou Esthe, so Tap Trap Love is on the list, even if the plot does sound like crack mixed with post WWII Germany. I love MomoGre their Men's Only series, so Shoukoujo Sera is on there as well, and of course there is no way that I will not listen to anything that written by Ninomiya Ai.