Yet another offering from Seikon no Qwaser. I promise there will be an end to them. Just not this week.faylan is one of those odd singers I fell across pretty much by accident. As I recall, she did an insert song for the Munto series when KyoAni revived it, and I was completely blown away by it. So, now I keep a bit of an eye out for her, and so I noticed when she did the opening for Seikon no Qwaser.
Sadly, this is not really representative of her better work. It's somewhat pedestrian, really; the music is only so-so, and while she has a great voice, she can't quite make up for everything.
It starts out promisingly enough, with a slow guitar riff, but then it slides straight into synthesizer hell, and struggles to win back from the abyss. There's little imagination or dynamism as it progresses through the first verse, just a sort of conversational, walking style. By the time we get to the chorus, faylan is trying to add some excitement, but the instrumentals are still only halfhearted. I suppose this might add a bit of a mysterious flavor, which might be useful at the beginning of the series, when things are still being teased and revealed.
The main problem with this song, I think, is its repetitiveness. There's very little meat to the song, and so it drones on and on. In its ninety second OP version, it's decent. AS a whole, though, it's just bland and uninteresting. faylan's low, smoky voice really isn't suited for this sort of instrumental, and it shows, alas.
I'll give it 2/5 stars, I think.
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