0016 人形裁判 – The start of it all…

人形裁判　～ 人の形弄びし少女/Doll Judgment ~ The Girl who Played with People’s Shapes was the first Touhou song I ever came across. Although I did not hear the original, but Marisa Stole the Precious Thing by IOSYS, it is what led me into the wonderous world that is Touhou. Yes, unlike most Touhou fans out there, my first was not U.N.オーエンは彼女なのか？. To this day I hold Doll Judgement near and dear to my heart. Not only because it was what changed my life, but also because Alice is one of my favorite characters. She is the other half of my most favorite pair out of all the characters in the world, and no I am not exaggerating. Marisa and Alice make up my One True Pair (OTP for short). Getting back on topic, I wanted the first arrange of Doll Judgement to be one that brought out how I picture Alice to be. This piece exceeded my imagination of what I was looking for in a song. After seeing Alice -> Dere my thoughts of Alice changed quite a lot, though I loved her all along. To me Alice is a quiet girl who is lonely. Marisa is her closest friend besides her dolls, but Alice knows that sooner or later she will pass away. That of course makes Alice cautious of getting close to Marisa because she knows she will get hurt in the end. Eventually Alice and Marisa become very close, but what Alice had predicted happened. She lost her precious person and becomes lonely yet again. That is what I get from this song. I understand if you get something different from it, but I needed to share my thoughts on it since it means very much to me.

Doll Judgement was not the song that made me begin the Nuke-tan Collection. That one is still very far away…

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And so begins Part II.

First up today is what I consider a very heavy and powerful arrange. It’s something that I always look for, but rarely find. I have to admit that for a very long time I did not like Higan Retour ~ Riverside View, but more recently I fell in love with it. This song…geeze I really don’t know where to begin explaining it so I’ll just let it speak for me.

Next could only have been an arrange of Sikieiki’s theme Touhou Judgement of the Sixtieth Year ~ Fate of Sixty Years. Sadly I accidently got the wrong song so the combo wasn’t as good as I had hoped, but there’s always another time. This one would be the first techno to appear on my list although it doesn’t seem like a techno at first. All in all I think this song gives off an eerie feel at times for a techno song which fits pretty well for Fate of Sixty Years.

One of the Touhou classics, Necrofantasia. It was bound to show up sooner or later so I thought I would bring it in with a bang. This is an orchestrated piece that brings a different light to the song. It’s not quite as creepy as Necrofantasia can be, but it doesn’t stray from the Yukari vibe. I how it makes you feel like it’s over, but then Yukari decided otherwise and pulled more out. That sounds a bit odd, but c’mon this is Yukari we’re talking about…

I actually wanted to do an arrange of this song yesterday, but delayed it to today. Greenwich in the Sky was an instant favorite for me even though it’s not from the Touhou series. This arrange is perfect for the song, a nice swing jazz. Whenever I listen to this song I always picture Renko and Maribell wandering the streets at night searching for borders. My imagination aside this song is wonderful for a jazz song. I can’t say I’m a big fan of jazz, but this piece reminds me that there’s always a good song in any genre.

Last for today is a Native Faith arrange. Evening star aside, this is the most insane Touhou song. I mean 66 keys out of 88 on a piano was it? And at that speed? That’s just insane. And to have it done on a guitar makes it even more crazy. But of course nothing is impossible for Xi.

Yeah I cut things a little short today, but it’s all about the music anyway. I hope you enjoyed all the songs and look forward to the ones to come.