Idolmaster Cinderella Girls

[MetalPredat0r]

Now that Batch Six is over with, I'd like to bring in my speculation about Batch Seven......which isn't much of speculation since the choices are probably going to be the most obvious of, well, ANY batch! I predict that the next idols to get CDs are Fumika, Yuki, Momoka, Nina, and either Mirei or Nono. Yeah, all five choices are HIGHLY predictable, but I feel that given the multiple hints dropped, this seems like the safest bet. Unless Namco Bandai wants to shock the world again and Momoka and Nina get the shaft again.

[Daverost]

I keep hearing magical things about Syoko's interview. I need to get on that.

[Nargrakhan]

I keep hearing magical things about Syoko's interview.

It most certainly is. Answers the question of how crazy Syoko is...

...she's beyond definition of the word. When she goes off, she really goes off.

Her death metal mode kinda reminds me of Sawako Yamanaka from K-ON... and that's a good thing!

***EDIT***
I'm also enjoying the Nao drama skit. It's like the interviewer is pushing EVERY tsundere button she has.

[MetalPredat0r]

I finally heard all five songs from Batch Six as well as heard enough info that I need about the Drama CDs for me to evaluate on each of them. So, here we go.

Syoko: IM@S DEATH METAL, HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On a serious note, Syoko had a pretty good song overall. Its different from the rest of the Cinderella Master songs and I think it paid off in the long run. The only issue is that some of the melody felt a bit off, but nothing that actually hurt it. Syoko's character is actually so depressing for me now that they confirmed that her "GO TO HELL!" persona is all part of social isolation. Poor girl. This ranks her up with Chihaya to me as possibly the most tragic of the characters in this franchise. Makes me want to give the poor girl a hug.

Nao: Easily my favorite song of the five! Nao's singing voice sounds so wonderful and the beat to the song is incredible. I heard the overall composer has done other works, including for iM@S, and after this, I REALLY want to check it out! Nao, from what I hear, showed quite a bit of her soft spot in her Drama, which is always nice to see from somebody whose original Normal Card made her looks like sort of a bully. No offense, that's just the vibe I got.

Karen: Karen's song wasn't bad. It was just......generic. Don't get me wrong, its well-done, its just that I've heard this style of song before. Kinda makes me think of a trope called Award Bait Song (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AwardBaitSong) which makes it remind me of songs such as "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion from the end of Titanic or "I Am The Wind" from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. (though I'd MUCH rather hear Hakka than I Am The Wind) Karen's Drama didn't do much from what I heard, but it is good to see Karen's overall development from her intial days of always having short lessons due to her illness. Character Development is beautiful, isn't it?

Sae: Catchy. As. Hell! I am serious! I had her song, Hanakanzashi, stuck in my head ALL DAY Friday! It's so awesome and catchy! ESPECIALLY that chorus! Sae had some light shed to her character as she is now shown to be a nice deconstruction of the usual Yamato Nadeshiko character. Polite and lady-like while still being fun-loving and mischievous. Ya know, like a kid her age should be.

Yuko: I gotta say........ Yuko was probably my least favorite of the bunch. Possibly of the entire Cinderella Master collection. I mean, her song isn't bad, it just.....didn't do anything for me. It wasn't well-composed and sung like Nao's, it wasn't unique like Syoko's, it wasn't catchy like Sae's, and it wasn't Celine Dion/Whitney Houston-inspired like Karen's. So, what is it? I guess I can say it isn't another love song (from what I can gather so far), so that's something? :/. Also, her Drama did little to nothing for her character. She's still just a girl who thinks she's psychic. I kinda feel like Yuko was chosen to capitalize on the current popularity of the chunnibyou character archetype.....even though we already have Ranko for that, who is a FAR superior character. Nothing against Yuko at all, she just....didn't do it for me. :/.

[Roswell]

Just listened to the new batch myself and overall, a really solid batch. The only song I didn't like was Syoko's... Death metal im@s just doesn't work for me, I guess xD
I personally really like Karen's song, but I love im@s ballads <3

[Nargrakhan]

Just listened to the new batch myself and overall, a really solid batch. The only song I didn't like was Syoko's... Death metal im@s just doesn't work for me, I guess xD

Wanting to figure out why I couldn't find myself liking Syoko's song all that much, I listened to it several times (with and without the lyrics). I think the problem, for me at least, is that the music is actually like three or four different songs mashed together. There are also parts of it where Syoko intentionally has dissonance with the tune.

In concept this is absolutely perfect. #1: Endless hardcore metal songs do the same thing. #2: It fits the image of Syoko having a random happening personality disorder.

However the actual execution is more chaotic than I can honestly enjoy. The song has several awesome moments in it, but they quickly get washed over by the changing tune or Syoko's disharmonious singing. It's clearly not the VA -- the song was written to be sung that way. Satsumi Matsuda was an excellent choice... but I think the song writer should have gone with a more standard delivery of Japanese death metal.

I'm thinking Syoko will do much better when she inevitably get to perform a cover song.

[Maka]

Wanting to figure out why I couldn't find myself liking Syoko's song all that much, I listened to it several times (with and without the lyrics). I think the problem, for me at least, is that the music is actually like three or four different songs mashed together. There are also parts of it where Syoko intentionally has dissonance with the tune.

In concept this is absolutely perfect. #1: Endless hardcore metal songs do the same thing. #2: It fits the image of Syoko having a random happening personality disorder.

However the actual execution is more chaotic than I can honestly enjoy. The song has several awesome moments in it, but they quickly get washed over by the changing tune or Syoko's disharmonious singing. It's clearly not the VA -- the song was written to be sung that way. Satsumi Matsuda was an excellent choice... but I think the song writer should have gone with a more standard delivery of Japanese death metal.

I'm thinking Syoko will do much better when she inevitably get to perform a cover song.

THANK YOU. I've been trying to figure out why I don't like Syoko's song, and I think you articulated what's been bugging me about it for a while now.

[Eab1990]

I'm also enjoying the Nao drama skit. It's like the interviewer is pushing EVERY tsundere button she has.

Best parts are when Nao asks if it's fun to tease her, and the sound goes "ding-doBUZZBUZZBUZZBUZZ" or the ending where they replay Nao's ad-lib on loop. Nao's reactions to those are great.

[kantou]

  hello I do not see the trade idol iwhy?

[zaitcev]

How do I get the training badge for training rooms? Is it something that registered accounts only can get?

Edit: Picture -

[Maka]

^^ both of you are probably having issues because of verification. You need to be verified in order to get badges and trade idols.

[kantou]

  I have already made various trade weird

[zaitcev]

You need to be verified in order to get badges and trade idols.

Free trade is available to unverified accounts.

[Maka]

Oh, it is? I thought you needed free trade tickets though.

[zaitcev]

It's true, FT tickers are necessary. They come with some of paid gachas.