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Tsurune -Tsunagari no Issha- Official Fanbook
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“Don’t you watch Seiya a lot?”
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"You kids need to learn that taking breaks is important, too."
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Tsurune: Tsunagari no Issha Special Event "Amatsuhoshi Festival" - Event Visuals
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bowcrazy · 7 months
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Tsurune Character Songs Album Translations - Masterlist
Up Stairs (Narumiya Minato, Takehaya Seiya)
Crossover (Nikaidou Eisuke, Fuwa Koushirou)
Ari no Mama de (Yamanouchi Ryouhei, Kisaragi Nanao)
Growing Up (Onogi Kaito, Kisaragi Nanao)
Gekkou (Takigawa Masaki)
Kyoumei (Narumiya Minato, Fujiwara Shuu)
Translations by: Mod Yumi
Edited by: Mod Optimus Prime
Stay tuned for an album review!
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Tsurune: Hajimari no Issha (The First Shot) Poetry Card Collection 1
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sssssoelly · 2 months
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Asking them to buy feminine hygiene product!
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Kazemai's ver.(?) [Fem!reader]
Advance apologies for repeated words (˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )
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Onogi Kaito
-In my opinion, without a doubt, would blush RED after the request came out of your mouth or reading the text you sent.
-He grew up with two older sisters, based on the anime I'm just guessing that the youngest sister undeniably must have had him run to the store to get her pads when she rans out of it.
-Kaito will throw a fit just for the show but since it's emergency, for his s/o nonetheless, he'll throw his ego and embarrassment to the side and run to the store.
-He doesn't strike me as a person who will stays there for longer than he could have, details on what to be bought sent, find it, buy it and run back to you.
'This darn thing, why is there so many!? Where the heck is this brand's section!?'
-Cursing himself and the situation while he's looking for it, grouchy face caught the other customers attention that they don't even try to get close to the aisle, opting to wait for him to get the hell out of the store first before doing so.
-Despite him acting like that, Kaito would also probably went to grab few things like snacks and ice creams on the way, based on what he remembers how his sisters behaved before.
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Yamanouchi Ryouhei
-Cute and bubbly Ryouhei absolutely will turns red all over, letting out cute surprised screech over the request. He has a sister who hasn't leave the house in some amount of time, it would be a normal errand to run for his sister -if his mother isn't available to do it.
-To him, a family member asking for the favour is fine and normal, but for his s/o to ask for such help is a big deal! It is a whole new world or experience all over!
-Though he will be getting undoubtedly shy and timid as if its his first time buying feminine products, he will get it done instantly. Entering the same aisle he been going to whenever he's out to get snacks and restock his sister's necessities, now it feels different. It is for different relation, different brand, different, different, different!
-If Ryouhei could not finds it, albeit his sudden timidness, he's not afraid to ask for the staff's helps.
"Excuse me! Where could I find this type of brand?"
"I'll be coming to you soon! Do you need anything else? How about this chocolate? My nee-san has always asked for this whenever her cycle starts"
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Takehaya Seiya
-Personally to me I don't think Seiya would give it that much of a thought.
-Until he reached the store, despite having been told the exact brands and types, Seiya will be calculating curiously on how each of them differs diving deep on the materials.
'What if the company just decided to stops producing this type of pads/tampons, I wonder if she has alternatives to this if that ever happens. I need to do some research.'
-Getting back to you to give the products, Seiya will be asking you questions related to his inquiries, what makes you choose the brand, do you not use another, etc
-Seiya might not be the one using it, but your comfort, both of you need to be prepared -is what he thinks. He's knowledged enough to know basic things and cares for this stuff, the cramps, the tendency for females negative emotions will often take place during the cycle, the changes in appetite, etc.
-He will personally searches for things that could comfort and put the pain at ease, not really depending on the thoughts of making you dependant to medications -teas, chocolates, hot packs.
"I've checked reviews online, about 70% of them agrees that brand X's product shares the same comfort as the brand that you're using, want to try that out later?"
"It appears in studies that chocolates could help with the cramps, make sure you eat these later okay?"
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Kisaragi Nanao
-Obviously, unquestionably won't bat an eye on your request. Nanao grew up with two younger sisters, the opposite of Kaito but surely enough he had faced same situation as Kacchan did without being forced  and will completely understand the heavyness, desperation and his sisters' feelings that leads him to sometimes volunteer to restock them.
"Oi~" His voice ringing inside of the house calling for his sisters. "Nii-chan will be going to get groceries, do you need to restock your stuffs?"
-Nanao won't feel an ounce of awkwardness or embarrassment going to the store straight to the feminine hygiene aisle and browse around, sometimes staying for too long in curiousity of those wings, non-wings, liners and stuff.
Looking at the endless rows of feminine products that his eyes started to hurts due to the bright packaging as he whispered to himself, "Does the wings and non-wings type makes that much of a difference when you wear it? Hmmmm, why is that one so small?"
-He also strikes me as the type of boyfriend who keeps pads on him, literally like in all the bags that he uses will have one of your favourite brand.
It was on your date after the training camp, the both of you went to the mall, having fun until you felt the dampness on your underwear that you excused yourself. Nanao was waiting outside the toilet for you when he got the LINE text from you.
"My cycle starts, I'm sorry but could you grab me some pads? I'm really sorry! >-<;;"
"Just pads are you sure? I could grab some new undergarments too 🐸"
"Just pads is fine!"
A second after Nanao grabs a female stranger that just came out of the toilet asking if he could get inside to assist you, which melt the older female's heart. She announced it in the toilet and the occupants doesn't seem to mind, the elders looking closely at him making sure he's not doing anything funny.
"(Y/N) which stall are you using?"
A meek voice came out one of the stall, Nanao went infront of it and opens his small sling bag getting a pad out handing it to you. "How is it? Do you need my jacket?"
-Nanao will, without a doubt, assure you that it is a small matter, one that you shouldn't feel burdened nor be embarrassed to ask him for his help.
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Narumiya Minato
-Will most probably be shy at first when you asks for his help but since it can't be helped -emergency request, the most important thing would be his s/o's comfort rather than his embarrassment right?
- Minato are the one who took care of things back at his home since his father most of the time were busy working, ever since his mother passed away, he took the reign to take care of things at home. He's the one who cleans the house and cooks the meals, it is only natural that he is also the one taking care of groceries.
- Hence him knowing the time for their local markets' sales schedule -date and time. For Minato who probably remembers the store like the back of his hand, in all likelihood has been avoiding the feminine care aisle all his life.
-Getting to the store he will know where to go right away without wasting any time, though upon reaching the aisle he is very likely to feel really awkward as his eyes wanders around to find said products that you asked for -brands, size, types and all.
-To presume that he might gets confused and everything, Minato won't wont let anything deters him from asking the staff or any female customer down the aisle.
'Sixteen pads for each small package for this brand, if I buy two of this... It's ten cent cheaper than the bigger package of 24...'
'What else would someone on their cycle would need other than this, hmmm...'
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I've been catching up on finishing one work in progress that has been collecting dust since October last year, it's currently 70% done I'd say.
I want to write more and post it! But it gets longer the more I type(?) it ૮₍ ˃ ⤙ ˂ ₎ა I'm still an amateur after all! Thank you for voting, commenting and adding this book to your reading list! ˚‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅ )‧º·˚
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They're so happy and gorgeous I'm going to cry 😭 I'm so happy toooo.
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seiya may not see because kaito broke his glasses but he's definitely not turning a blind eye to torturing him for it!
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Tsurune: Irodori no Issha Episode 13 - Summer Memories
Yeah I totally planned to release this during the summer...all according to plan
Also I’m still trying to figure out how to upload the audio dramas...should I upload it to google drive or mega? In a zip file? Give me suggestions below
Nanao, Seiya, Ryouhei, Kaito: Let’s work hard together!
Kaito: There’s so few people!
Seiya: Well, it is a self-study day after all
Nanao: The girls are all taking the day off as well
Seiya: Takigawa-san isn’t here because of shrine duties. And Tommy-sensei will come in the afternoon.
Ryouhei: Oh...how’s Minato?
Seiya: His fever went down, but we can’t say that he’s back to normal
Nanao: Is today the third day? We’ve been working hard this whole summer.
Kaito: Isn’t he impatient to draw a bow soon?
Seiya: He tried to come, but we forcibly sent him back to his room. He said he’s going to properly sleep, but...
Kaito: Then, should we begin practicing?
Seiya: No, we have a big job to do today before Tommy-sensei can come.
Kaito: W-What kind of big job
Seiya: Cleaning the boys’ changing room!
Nanao, Ryouhei, Kaito: Geh!
Nanao: Wow~ we really made a big mess, haven’t we
Ryouhei: We had tournaments, joint practices, training camps, Nationals, so we couldn’t really clean~
Seiya: Everyone cleans the kyudojo together, but the boys and girls are in charge of their own changing rooms.
Seiya: This is a perfect opportunity, so let’s clean this place up and welcome the new semester with a good feeling
Ryouhei: Wow, look at this. It’s all worn out~
Seiya: That’s Minato’s rubber bow.
Kaito: He used it that much?
Nanao: He’s really tenacious
Minato: He even endured Takigawa-san’s high-handedness. I think he accomplished it really well
Kaito: Masa-san was no match for a “bow fanatic”
Seiya: Mmm? Some kind of note? Yugake, custom made, outer border, leather cord...
Ryouhei: Oh, that! That’s mine...
Nanao: Were you going to replace your yugake?
Kaito: Didn’t you just buy one? 
Ryouhei: No, I...I just wanted to get stronger quickly so I won’t slow everyone down. I thought I’d improve if I changed my yugake.
Seiya: But, you didn’t buy it?
Ryouhei: Yeah. I know the only thing I can do is to work hard
Nanao: There are no shortcuts in learning. And in the same way, there’s no kindou in kyudo~*
Seiya: Now I found a DVD behind the shelves. Whose is this?
Ryouhei: ?
Ryouhei: “Beginner’s Guide to Yoga”?
Kaito: Whose DVD is this? Who is the one who secretly doing yoga?
Nanao: Now that I think about it, I saw Kacchan secretly putting a DVD in his bag once
Kaito: Ugh...
Kaito: Well, you see... I was looking up things about dantian breathing and found out that it’s similar to how you breathe in yoga, so I thought I’d watch it for some reference. What’s wrong with that?
Ryouhei: That’s so cool!
Seiya: So, was it helpful?
Kaito: They say that natural and correct breathing can create a regular, balanced mental state. Masa-san said the same thing before
Seiya: So, is this shamen uchiokoshi book yours too?
Kaito: No, that’s not mine
Nanao: I guess it’s mine?
Ryouhei: No way, Nanao, you also became obsessed with shamen?
Nanao: No, rather than admiring it, it’s more that I want to deepen my knowledge of kyudo.
Nanao: I want to know why there are other schools. Once I knew that, I might know more about shoumen uchiokoshi than I do now
Kaito: Hmm
Seiya: Book learning and actual practice. Both are important
Nanao: Yeah. I didn’t plan on focusing so much on kyudo in my high school life, though
Ryouhei: It kinda feels like all of us
Kaito: Are total “bow maniacs.”
Nanao: Yep
Minato: Sorry, I’m late...
Everyone: Minato!
Minato: I’m fine now. My fever dropped a while ago. So I’m okay!
Seiya: Kaito, Ryouhei. Hold Minato down
Kaito and Ryouhei: Got it
Minato: Fweh!?
Nanao: Okay, Minato. Turn right around and go back to your bed
Seiya: I'll lock the door and go, so you guys go ahead
Nanao: Roger that, president!
Minato: But I just came here!?
Kaito: You’re recovering! Don’t push yourself
Nanao: No one’s a bigger “bow maniac” than Minato
Minato: I haven’t drawn a bow for three days...
Ryouhei: You’re gonna be fine. The target won’t run away
Seiya: You can come right away after your fever is down
Kaito: You’re so obsessive...
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Seiya’s  facial expression is really gorgeous
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He completely ignores Kaito’s anger no matter what
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Tsurune: Tsunagari no Issha - episode 3
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Hi there! I wanted to ask, what were your impressions/thoughts of Tsurune season 2 episode 1 so far? And the colors symbolism in the opening song with the ribbons? Just curious about your thoughts, thanks and have a great day!! :D
BRUH. I LOVED IT??? FUCK YEAH, THAT WAS AMAZING.
I really wonder how all those annoying Anons who filled my inbox with garbage back in 2019 are feeling right now, because just in this one episode, KyoAni has fixed literally every defect that I had pointed out in S1. The amount of improvement is just surreal.
First of all, the storytelling this season. The freaking storytelling. You can tell the difference between works that a studio actually places their bets on and the ones they don’t by the amount of effort that the animation team puts into the flow of each episode. S1 was an ungodly mix of slow pace that suddenly went too fast at punctual moments without any warning, bad humor, boring tone, missing information, inconsistencies and shit that the animators pulled out of their asses to cover up plot holes. This one, though? Smooth as a feather. Full of well-thought details. Scenes and events connecting properly with one another. Flashbacks very nicely timed. It was entirely an anime-original episode, 90% non-canon content, yet there’s canon info at every single second. I love the little things, such as the way that we’re led to think that the MVP of the sports event is going to be Rika and the show makes use of every possible hint that it’s going to be her, until the very last second, where it turns out that it’s Ryouhei. Awesome screenplay right there. This episode was meticulously planned and it shows.
The changes in visual. The upgrade in the artstyle is the most easily noticeable thing about the animation of this season, but the quality is a million times better too. The characters also have a lot more facial expression now. I once talked about Morimoto Chinatsu’s incredible talent for character design and the way that she goes as far as giving not just different hair and eyes, but also different eyelashes, eyebrows, ears, noses, mouths, chins, jawlines and even fucking wrists to every single character that she drew for the novel. And seeing S1 doing the opposite and giving every character a base face was just... no. So now that there’s been a turnaround and the characters externally show what they’re feeling and thinking, following their journey is a whole new experience. That moment when the team stares at Minato after he answers Masaki’s question is pure character study right there. And it’s probably the most blatant example of this season’s improvement, given that we never had this in the previous one. I also love how the expressions are not just there, they’re on-point. On par with what the novel tells us about them. My biggest peeve with S1 was that I’d look at these kids and a voice at the back of my head would go “who the fuck are you people”. Those weren’t the characters I knew. They didn’t look like them and didn’t act like them. But now I recognize them. These are the kids I read about. They finally feel like themselves.
The symbolism of the series. By God, so many treats in this episode in that regard. The yesterday-today-tomorrow blossom splashed with watercolor in the team’s theme colors. The intimist approach of the shots. The way that Minato and Shuu’s positions oppose each other on-screen. The lighting, the colors, the smear filter… literally everything is more vivid and lively. One of the things I recall commenting about S1 is that it didn’t feel like a KyoAni anime because KyoAni’s works are very immersion-based. You can feel yourself being inside that world, together with the characters. But I couldn’t feel that from Tsurune’s first season at all. With this one, I was able to dive head-first into it. It was absolutely magical. I also love that the leaves that fly out of the targets whenever the characters hit now don’t look so obviously like CGI.
Personality traits. They’re fucking everywhere. Like I said, this was entirely an anime-original episode, yet there’s canon info at every single second. Even better: information that clearly contradicts S1 but that matches the novel. Seiya being a smartass little shit full of wit instead of a Minato-obsessed yandere. Kaito being a team-driven hardworker instead of an obnoxious asshole who wants nothing but victory. Ryouhei actually acting upon his lack of experience in archery to catch up to everyone. Nanao being charismatic and having screen-time of his own instead of being pushed to the background while all his personality and lines are used on Seiya. Minato expressing his thoughts and feelings instead of just being an emotionless doormat who never really does anything. We learned more about the characters in just these 20 minutes than the entirety of the first season. It feels like KyoAni has finally taken a step back to look at the material they had in their hands and truly took in what the novel was about and what each character had going on for them. Even the girls’ team was fleshed out in this one, which was honestly a great surprise. I think we’ve gotten from this episode all the little things we didn’t get from S1, such as the way Noa and Yuuna are fangirls of Rika. The way Nanao shines better as support than as main even though he’s so conspicuous. The fact that Kaito is good at soccer and Seiya loves soccer tactics. The way Ryouhei, who doesn’t know much about archery, is used as the eyes of the viewers, and how unpretentiously the lessons he is taught are presented to us as something that we should also keep in mind (for example, that the target is the archer and the archer is the target, and when you’re at the stage of the draw, you’re aiming at your very own self). And the way that Minato is something in this season. We finally see the inner machinations of his mind here aside from his struggles with target panic.
Lastly (and what I consider to be most important) is that the roles of each character and their relationships with one another seem to be in tune with the novel now. Well, okay, almost. Seiya is still being weird around Masaki, but I guess that’s because it’d be too sudden if Seiya started acting the way he acts in canon (y’know, like a normal fucking person). However, the difference is that the narrative is clearly pushing towards Masaki instead of Seiya now, as it should be. Kaito, Nanao and Ryouhei, who used to be just in the background most of the time in S1 are now set perfectly into their own functions and you can tell that they do exist for reasons other than just fill up the team positions. Nanao also seems to be his own person now instead of living through Kaito. Seiya is being shown looking after the whole club, as the competent club president that he is, instead of just Minato. Minato now has proper reactions to everything and doesn’t just completely ignore when Seiya is being a little shit. Masaki is now acting like a true mentor and already in the first episode we have him giving more advice to the boys than the entirety of the first season. But more than anything else, what caught my attention was Shuu. S1 did him really dirty by giving him scary jealous rival vibes and not expanding at all on his relationship with Minato. As I said before, they’re not your usual sports anime rival duo. They really respect and admire each other, are jealous of each other to some extent, but they’re friends first and foremost. They’re also opposites of one another in every way. We didn’t get any of this in S1, and now we’re getting literally all of it at once. What a fucking blessing.
Honestly, the only things I’m concerned about in this season are 1) Kaito and Seiya’s relationship. It’s probably too late to mend it now and make it the way it is in canon, and it also seems the animators are just not interested in doing that, which kinda hurts, but I guess we can’t have it all. And 2) Minato and Masaki’s relationship. I’m pretty sure that we’re not gonna get the same amount of content for them as there is in the novel, and in the off-chance that we do, it’s just not gonna have the same approach or the same quality. Minato and Masaki are mirrors of each other but the anime vehemently refuses to acknowledge this for some reason. They try to treat Masaki as a completely separate entity that has absolutely nothing in common with Minato despite all of the mystic, supernatural and fate-oriented themes that their connection is centered around and the fact that they’ve gone through very similar experiences and hardships in doing archery. But I’d rather believe that it’s a little too early to make a judgement and wait. Truth remains that the characters and their relationships in the anime will never be nearly as good as they are in the original work no matter how hard they try, so I’m just gonna take what I can get.
Anyway, these are my thoughts on this episode. It was one of the very rare instances where I completely approve of anime-original content in an adaptation.
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Tsurune - Amatsu Hoshi Matsuri Event
I attended the Tsurune seiyu event on Sept 3rd, both session noon and afternoon.
I'll try to write detailed reports here and I'll post some of the live reading drama on my privatter. Follow me on my twitter (angelic1408) and I'll add you to the list to view my privatter
I'll use seiyuu name instead of character name
Uemura Yuto (UY): Minato
Ichikawa Aoi (IA): Seiya
Ishikawa Kaito (IK): Kaito
Yano Shogo (YS): Nanao
Suzuki Ryota (SR): Ryouhei
Asanuma Shintaro (AS): Masaki
Ono Kensho (OK): Shu
FukuJun (FJ): Nikaido
Please note that EN is not my first language so it's hard for me to put my thought into words.
The event have 5 corner:
Opening
Talk Session (Noon theme: What scene do you want to see once again? Afternoon theme: What's scene that makes you respect your character)
Game Session (Noon: putting ring to a stick -anime S2 ep 13- Afternoon: Eating Takoyaki game)
Live reading drama Session (both session had different scenario)
Closing
For noon talk session, each seiyuu is asked which scene they want to watch again:
UY: Coffee can scene that Minato received from Fuwa during the joint-camp
IA: During vs Kirisaki, when Seiya keep missing the target and his back is being supported by smol Minato
SR and AS: Kazemai girls match
YS: Kazemai boys eating udon together. Yano-san thinks this scene is interesting because Kazemai supposed to train their sync, but even for eating udon, all 5 of them have different personality.
IK: Kazemai and Kirisaki match side by side
OK: All Sae-chan reaction. Kensho-san said Sae-chan is like a key person that glued the Fujiwara family. She kinda bring Shu and his parents together. Also the wish that Shu write in his Tanabata tanzaku is also revealed in this event.
FJ: Tsujimine practise scene
The game they play on noon session is throwing a ring into a stick (like in the anime S2 EP 13). It's last man standing type of game. The rule is they have to follow an instruction when throwing the ring.
As a practise, they can throw the ring normally --> only Yano-san actually managed to put the ring into the stick
For first round, the action is they have to throw the ring after they got cheered by the audience.
Only Yano-san managed to put the ring on the stick again. Kensho-san and Ichikawa-san missed the target, but they're being forgiven because at least the ring were in the board.
Yano-san, Kensho-san, and Ichikawa-san proceed to round 2. This time, the action is to get cheered by their name
Asanuma-san suggested to use the nickname when they were in High School. So for Ichikawa-san it's Ittchi, Yano-san is Yanoooon, and Kensho-san is Onocchi. Kensho-san and Yano-san proceed to Final
The action they have to do for the final is to throw the ring without seeing and both of them actually did not make it. So FukuJun picked up Kensho ring and put it manually on the stick, making OnoKensho is the winner for the game.
He get a mini kaiten sushi set as a present.
Here's the most awaited part of the session:
Reading Session - Noon Part 1
follow me on twitter and I'll add you on the list
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Tsurune Character Songs Album Review
We had a lot of thoughts about these songs while working with the lyrics, so we decided to do a mini album review! Please enjoy listening to each songs as we reflect on the lyrics and composition~
Up Stairs
Mod Yumi: A very gentle, comforting song, as expected from a Minato/Seiya duet. The composers did an excellent job capturing the feeling of nostalgia; this somehow feels like a song I've known and loved for years. The lyrics are perfect--I love the references to the bridge scene from s1 ep10. The line "I had a place where my heart could relax" is so precious <3 Overall, I don't think it's the strongest song on the album, but it's definitely one of my top faves!
Mod Optimus Prime: A heartfelt way to start off the album! It's very sweet and mellow, which of course really fits the fact that, y'know, the song is about Minato and Seiya's relationship! It's more or less just a straight callback to all of season one, but it's really touching how (both literally and figuratively) they come together at the end there.
Crossover
Mod Yumi: This song is so excessively dramatic and I kinda love it?? It does NOT sound like a song that ties into a soothing, chill slice of life archery anime and I am here for it. But I'm also weak for synth horns; give me a cheesy overexuberant fake brass section and I'm sold. Bonus points for all of the archery references and unnecessarily homoerotic lyrics. (And special shoutout to Mod Optimus Prime, our resident FukuJun stan, for helping me with the color codes because I was completely lost lmao)
Mod Optimus Prime: Probably the character duo song with the most...attitude to it? And sass, which of course, fits these two incredibly troublesome boys. To me, it's almost like the two are having a back-and-forth with each other while also brazenly admitting to each other just how tangled up they are—admittedly a reoccurring theme for the duet songs, but that doesn't make it any less cute, I think!
Ari no Mama de
Mod Yumi: Very cute and wholesome, doesn't really do it for me in terms of composition though. I do think this is the most well-acted song on the album. Having heard both of these seiyuu sing as other characters (notably Suzuki Ryouta as Bisco from Sabikui Bisco and Yano Shougo as Mafuyu from Given), I was blown away by how different they both managed to sound! Changing your voice to that extent while singing is not an easy thing to do. I was also tickled by the fact that they both noticeably sang less well than I know they're both capable of singing, because it suited the characters better to do so. Listening to this song, you wouldn't think either of these singers are particularly talented, but that fact is proof in and of itself that they ARE talented. Mad respect for the skill displayed here!
Mod Optimus Prime: Unsurprisingly, sunshine boy Ryouhei and the other local cheery boy have an easygoing and slow duet! I can't really say too much aside from the fact that the lyrics are both just really cute and earnest—you can see Ryouhei's influence here, haha.
Growing Up
Mod Yumi: Very cute, very catchy! I enjoy this song a lot. As a side note, I find it interesting that besides Minato, Nanao is the only character to be featured in two songs. One of the things I like about Nanao is that he's characterized mainly through his relationships with other characters. Sometimes when we see this happening it's more to do with lazy character writing (and lbr, it usually happens with female characters). But in this case, it actually builds our understanding of the character, rather than just casting him into the side character role of 'only here to develop the MCs'. To me it's always felt like he's the most put-together of the team, watching over everyone else and giving them a nudge in the right direction, while blending in so effortlessly they don't suspect a thing, like the social chameleon he is. Oops, this just turned into me gushing about Tsurune character writing lol. The song's nice idk what else to tell ya
Mod Optimus Prime: Also yet another honest song—a rare thing for Kacchan! It's obviously about Kaito and Nanao's close friendship and the further development during season two, so it's fitting we also get to see more of Nanao's (somewhat hidden) stubborn side here. Not to meme here, but really shows how their relationship fits the, "the more things change, the more things stay the same," aka them supporting ("protecting") each other through thick and thin.
Gekkou
Mod Yumi: I'm not the biggest fan of the composition of this song. I can't put my finger on why, but the main melody isn't working for me (and doesn't work great for Asashin's voice either tbh). That said, the backing track lives rent free in my head, I'm OBSESSED. And I love the dreamy feel of the lyrics! Whereas the others feel more like a dialogue between the singers, this one feels like a poem. The ethereal quality of the music and the lyrics draws me back to Masa-san's introduction, when he was a cryptid/ghost (lmao) appearing in the dead of night to guide Minato back to archery
Mod Optimus Prime: I've only heard Asanuma Shintarou (Masaki's VA) sing in a higher register, so this was both surprising and pleasant—it's quite soothing to hear! It's also fitting that the only Real Adult™️ with bounds of experience compared to these young'uns gets a really poetic and dramatic song with, of course, lots of moon references.
Kyoumei
Mod Yumi: THIS IS THE BEST ONE. This song is a legit bop omg. Leave it to luck life to give us a character song that exceeds typical character songs! I also love the meaning of the lyrics; it almost feels like a new angle on the Shuu/Minato relationship in a way? Of course we know their history and their affectionate rivalry, but we don't really see either of them putting into words how they feel about each other (especially Shuu-- I had to laugh at the line "we didn't need mundane words"; like no dude we could actually use a few more words from you, given your track record of communicating approximately 7% of your thoughts smh). This song puts into words how much they mean to each other and how, despite their complicated history and rivalry, they still care about each other.
Mod Optimus Prime: Luck Life actually composed this song, which really shows in the style (that catchy guitar, anyone?)! I adore the constant references to "sounds"—while a bit cheesy and on those nose, of course, it fits these two to a T and calls back to that season one finale. Again, not that any of the songs are really subtle, but "We might be apart, but I believe we'll someday return / So we didn't need mundane words" really just sums up their unique friendship/rivalry. Also, love how the two only sing together at the end: really fits with the song's whole message/theme about the two being separated, but eventually reuniting! How sweet.
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