Track Listing
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Nakumonka
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Orion
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Nakumonka -instrumental-
1. Nakumonka
Nakumonka sadly ends the A-sides of the era in a very disappointing way. I mean did we really need another ballad from the trio…Does “Futari” and “YELL” fill that gap fine enough? Oh well, I actually don’t find anything about Nakumonka to make it stand out besides the songs melancholic feel (which once again, been proved with previous A-sides in the era. So much for ending nicely for the era huh?
2. Orion
I’m not sure why the J-pop world is hopping on to name their songs Orion after Mika started it. Not that I don’t mind right now but let’s just hope it doesn’t become a wildfire like “Ai no Uta” did. Now ikimono-gakari’s Orion does remind me of their previous B-side “Omoide no Sukima” in which the song has a bit of harmonica before turning itself into a ballad tune. At least that made it different to said song. Still, a another ballad song isn’t the direction I didn’t want this song to go and I’m once again bored and not liking the song.
ikimono-gakari finishes their era in a very boring manner. Nakumonka and Orion just doesn’t live up to their more memorable songs of the current and last era. It just seems their lacking something this era besides “Joyful” and “Hotaru no Hikari”. I wished they pick up and hopefully have great tracks lined up for the album next.
