Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Character Songs Vol 4-5

Apparently these came out at the beginning of the month and I didn’t even realise. D: But at least I got around to getting them now. I really loved the first three so I had some high hopes for these and boy was i not dissapointed. I still think Hirano Aya had the best single though in terms of song and also voice talent but that in no way means that these two weren’t spectacular.

The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi Character Song Vol.4 - Tsuruya-san

Artist: Matsuoka Yuki
Release Date: December 6, 2006

1. Seishunii Janai Katsu
2. Megassa Koukishin
3. Hare Hare Yukai ~ Ver. Tsuruya-san
4. Seishunii Janai Katsu (off vocal)
5. Megassa Koukishin (off vocal)

I love Matsuoka Yuki as a VA. She did a fantastic job as Tsuruya, as well as her other notable roles as Orihime in Bleach and Evangeline in the Negima series and i hear she’s up to play Setsuna in Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora coming out next year as well. Seishunii Janai Katsu was a good upbeat song and Megassa Koukishin was a nice slow song to balance it. I absolutely loved her rendition of Hare Hare Yukai. It seems they have decided against including another off vocals of Hare Hare Yukai as realy they are all just the same without the vocals.

The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi Character Song Vol.5 - Asakura Ryouko

Artist: Kuwatani Natsuko
Street Release Date: December 6, 2006

1. Koyubi de Gyutsu!
2. COOL EDITION
3. Hare Hare Yukai ~ Ver. Asakura Ryouko
4. Koyubi de Gyutsu! (off vocal)
5. COOL EDITION (off vocal)

Another great VA, who has had roles such as Kanako from Love Hina Again and Yue in Negima. Koyubi de Gyutsu! was alright and I really loved COOL EDITION which sort of reminded me of a song from Nagato Yuki’s CD (which is probably why i loved it XD). Again, this included another good rendition of the ED theme that like all the rest, the difference wouldn’t be so obvious if you can’t pick out the difference between the singing voices well.

Strangely, I’ve been missing out on a lot of music lately, will have to fix that as soon as i have another listen to these CDs again