User blog:CureHibiki/Hibiki Reviews: Aikatsu Friends Insert Single 3 ~Third Color: PURPLE~

It's been a while since I did a "Hibiki Reviews", mostly because no one seemed interested in the last review I had done sadly and didn't want to waste time talking about Honey Cat if no one cared. If you want to know what I thought of their single, here's a quick summary of my thoughts on them:

Okay -period-: Catchy, cute and fun. Never gets boring and successfully puts a smile on my face. Plus Ema's vocals are fantastic! Girls be ambitious: My most anticipated song from the beginning and I loved it at first, but with a few more listens it quickly became dull. Maika's vocals are so nice though~ You x I: Short yet really catchy. I know I complained about this being short but I can see why it is. It's already perfect the way it is! Dragging it out would have made it lose its flavor. Let's Find It: Recent song of Honey Cat and I still don't know if I like this. I listen to it, enjoy it but I'm still unsure. Mostly because the versus' are more talk-like than singing that it just confuses me XD

Anyway time to move onto the main point of this review...REFLECT MOON.



So I am behind on the anime, I actually think I stopped at the episode where they won that competition but I really enjoyed them. They have a nice sisterly bond but I do think the whole "fortune telling" gimmick is a bit overused but it's their thing and there isn't much I can do about it but deal with it. The album art as per usual is stunning. Who draws the art for these, I need to know. Not gonna lie, I actually wish they did Pretty Cure's CD art. I'm actually not quite sure what else to say as I am tired, got no sleep last night but need to keep myself awake somehow...so onto the review!!!

Guided
Guided is Sakuya's main song and boy do I think this song was miss-guided. A lot of people seem to be praising it and saying it's even better than the short version!!! Lemme explain so you can understand why I don't praise it as much!

So the opening is amazing and the vocals are really nice but a little dull. A nice dull though if that makes sense? The first half of the song is amazing and I enjoy it very much but then comes the transition to the second half which leaves me a little annoyed. It was building up to something great but then BAM we're back to the original melody that was used to get us ready for the first versus before. It doesn't feel like a smooth transition to me. I feel it would have made a better transition if they slowly made the instrumentation faster instead of having to cut the slow sweet melody short with that darn "onto the versus" melody. The violins that come in in the second versus though are beautiful and a nice touch. My friend disagrees and says the transition was perfectly fine though so maybe I'm just picky.

Now the instrumental bridge, this is where I wish they had kept this for the ending of the song and gave us an entirely new sound for the break before the final chorus. There's nothing wrong with it, just a personal preference as I adored how the short version ended out on that instrumentation. Not gonna lie, when I first heard the full version, I actually thought the song was ending already.

I think the song is nice, better than some of the Aine x Mio songs but I do think this is the weaker song in the single. I do see myself listening to this again though so it's not dreadful. I just would have done this a bit differently. I praise the song for catching me off guard though.

Coincidence, Inevitable.
Coincidence, Inevitable. is Kaguya's main song and I haven't seen this performed in the anime yet but I have heard that its animation is amazing so I look forward to watching it!!! Anyway, Kaguya's vocals are really nice and dare I say better than Sakuya's. This song is just cool and probably a good word to describe it actually!

This is something I didn't actually expect from Aikatsu. I know Aikatsu likes to explore different genres but I didn't see EDM or dupstep (whatever this is) being used so heavily as it here. I actually do not have a lot to say for this song other than that instrumentation bridge. It's not bad but I didn't really hear a nice melody. If anything, all I heard was a mess. An okay mess but it just takes me out of the song for a bit when I have to sit and there and wonder what the heck just happened. I'm interested in seeing what everyone else has to say because that section of the song left me so confused.

Bond ~Synchro Harmony~
Bond ~Synchro Harmony~ is Reflect Moon's first and hopefully not only duet. The vocals here are really good! Sakuya actually sounds better in this song than she does in her solo to be honest. The opening is actually really nice. I didn't expect an extended opening which I'll happily accept. One thing I love about this song is how the instrumental manages to capture the sound of the twins. You have the violins or a really fantasy esque sound that represents Sakuya and then the dupstep/EDM (whatever it is) sound to represent Kaguya which I thought was a really nice idea. Fun fact I was playing this out loud and my brother started doing this really weird dance to the instrumentation which was funny as heck. But yeah that is all I have to talk about the song. It's a good song but there's not much to talk about.

Overall Thoughts
This single was pretty good and captured the twins very well. I had my issues with Guided but it's not like it's a bad song or anything baka, just thought it could have been better. Coincidence. Inevitable. was one hell of a song that I would happily like to see Aikatsu do another song similar to it. Lastly Bond ~Synchro Harmony~ was really nice and did a great job capturing the twins. And now I'mma end this review on a question.

Should I keep doing these reviews? The last review I did got no comments which made me believe no one cared so please let me know!