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>>16299733
Nice hips, Renko!

And I can't say I have a favorite song or CD, it's all just too good. I'm really glad that we got two albums this year. It was quite the treat. I don't think DBOA was that great to listen to, but I do think it had a pretty emotional story.

>CD
Very hard to say. Can't really narrow it down.
>song
Legend of Hourai. While it's pretty different from ZUN's normal stuff, I love how it sounds, and also the nostalgia that I get from hearing it.
>cover art
Gotta agree, CoSD's art is really nice.
>story
A LOT of zun's feelings and passion go into these CDs, and it really shows in the stories. The dialogue in the CDs feels so much more meaningful than the dialogue in the games. The afterword from ZUN is always thought provoking and genuine. As for the story itself, DBOA wasn't zun's best CD, but it certainly had a great story. It honestly was tear-jerking at the end.

>>16299733
>CD
Magical Astronomy
>Song
Natural history of the childlike duo
>Cover Art
CoSD
>Story
Who the fuck cares about CD's stories?

>>16300262
Come on dude, you serious? The stories are like 50% of the experience. It gives you a better sense of the song by giving you something to visualize.

>CD
Magical Astronomy
>Song
Phantasm Machine ~ Phantom Factory
Kid's Festival ~ Innocent Treasures
>Cover
Retrospective 53 minutes
>Story
Dateless Bar Old Adam

I love every CD so narrowing down this sort of thing isn't easy.
I was very moved by Old Adam's story and it's nice to see that other anons enjoyed it similarly.

Silent Sinner in Blue is awesome.

>>16301172
I prefer the original version of Drunkard's Lemuria

Anyone listen to the new Forbidden Scrollery CD? Listening to Bibliophile with a Deciphering Eye right now, very interesting choice of instruments. I like it.

>>16300678
MA would have been perfect if it didn't suffer from repetitiveness so much. Some songs are perfect and not repetitive, but too many are for it to be my favorite.

And I'd like to see ZUN come back and do some more Seihou arranges like Phantasm Machine again. Some tracks on DLFR and DBOA reminded me of it a little, it'd be nice to see some more come back.

>>16299845
>Legend of Hourai
what version anon?

>>16301263
Is there a difference in the audio? I was only aware of a difference in the stories of the two versions of DiPP.

>>16299733
ZUN has made more plesant art than just that, they are everywhere: this gem, for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlK9WEcV3cQ


I like these ones too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpKHYITdqCg
https://my.mixtape.moe/sdcmjr.mp3

You see, his art is so vast, splendid and pleasant.

>>16301273
My bad, I forgot to specify. I meant art as in illustrations in that context. Sorry.

Doesn't Beyond Planck in an Instant just feels incredibly good to listen too? I like music tracks that feels like it moves up and down.

>>16300444
I'll read the stories just because you got trips.

>>16299733
>CD
Magical Astronomy
>song
Far Side of the Moon
>cover art
All pretty terrible
>story
Irrelevant

>>16299733
>What's your favorite CD?
I can't really pick a favourite, but the CD song I'm the most obsessed with at the moment is "The Childlike Duo's Naturalis Historia". It's so great and really makes me imagine about Mary and Renko going on adventures while having fun. I really love the "Magical Astronomy" album in general too.

>Favorite song?
Same as above. Other good mentions are "Greenwich in the Sky", "Welcome to the Moon Tour" and "Hiroshige No.36 ~ Neo Super-Express".

>Cover art?
Retrospective 53 minutes.

>What do you think about the direction of Maribel and Renko's story?
It's very interesting and blends well with the CD music.


Speaking of cover arts, they often get forgotten but the Akyuu CDs have pretty art too.

>>16300678
Dude I like the DBOA story also most of them we're inspired from Book of Genesis (Christian Bible), I got a goosebumps when I read that.

How do you guys eat the albums? I've read somewhere you have to "listen to the songs as you read them" but my problem is: it only takes seconds to read one, while the songs take up about 4-5 minutes each. How do you do it? how am I supposed to do that?

>>16302918
>eat the albums

>>16303020
I hope I don't need to give an explanation....

>>16302056
Make sure to do it while listening to the respective songs

>>16302918
Take the rest of the time to think about what the meaning of it was. It could be more complicated than you think, ZUN likes to play around with symbolism and metaphor and all that stuff.

Spoilers if you haven't read CoSD:
I would have never guessed that Children's Festival's dialogue wasn't actually an intro or anything, but instead lyrics. I didn't pick up on that until the afterword.

>>16302918
Read slowly, take pauses from line to line

>>16301834
It's actually the track I find myself listening to most from DLFR.
It's really grown on my over time.

>CD
Magical Astronomy
>Song(s)
-The Purest Sky and Sea
-Welcome to the Moon Tour
-The Wheelchair's Future in Space
-Satellite Café Terrace
-The Far Side of the Moon
-Legend of Hourai
can't decide between all of them

>Cover
Retrospective 53 Minutes

I love the story, it's interesting to read and fits really well with the music.

Anyone have any predictions for the story? I'm really hoping for more hints that Renko is Yumemi, but I'm not sure where it would go at this point. Renko and Maribel having hangovers isn't exactly that huge of a takeoff point for the next one.

>>16299733
>What's your favorite CD?
Neo-traditionalism of Japan
>Favorite song?
Eternal Shrine Maiden
Gathering the Mysterious from All Around Japan
>Cover art?
Trojan Green Asteroid
>What do you think about the direction of Maribel and Renko's story?
I don't feel like there's any, it's stories to go with the mood of the songs

>>16303289
Maribel is so pretty in that illustration.

It's not a Maribel and Renko CD song, but Magician's Melancholy is a song I am so INCREDIBLY glad that I bothered to listen to. Definitely one of my favorite songs that didn't originate from a game.

Would ZUN's non-game releases be considered esoterica?

>>16302061
>art is all pretty terrible
I personally like ZUN's illustration style, especially the stuff in between EoSD and TD, it just feels so endearing and genuine. I can see why you wouldn't like it, it's all about opinion.

>story is irrelevant
This is where I have to disagree. The story gives the premise of the music, which is a big part of each CD. ZUN has it there so people can feel the music in a way more than thinking that it's catchy. Sometimes it's just the two discussing life, sometimes they're on an adventure, and sometimes it gets really emotional. It's certainly worth the read. Please consider it next time you listen to one of his albums.

>>16299733
>Favorite CD?
Ghostly Field Trip.

>Favorite song?
Phantasm Machine ~ Phantom Factory.

>Cover art?
CoSD.

>Story?
I like the Maribel and Renko stories, but I wouldn't mind seeing something else similar to Dolls in Pseudo-paradise.

>>16303430
I have considered it and it's awful.

>>16303539
It's not awful, you say it's awful for your likings. Fact is: the song tell us a story, and that's what Maribel and Renko are.
Irrelevant? awful? what's really you point? pick one,if you are to give a serious/genuine response.

Like it or not, that's another thing.

>>16303196
>>16303198

...That sounds worse than reading a novel.
damm.
I can't, as far as I know myself: I can't.

>>16303678
If that doesn't work, just read it and sit there until the song ends. It's better than nothing.

>>16301834
It's fantastic. It may be the best track from a ZUN CD in some time. It really gives me vivid mental images of being in a dream that turns into a nightmare and back again, or stepping out of reality into the surreal.

>>16299733
>CD
Neo-traditionalism of Japan. Every single original track on it is fantastic.

>Songs (impossible to narrow it down to one)
The Barrier of Ame-no-Torifune Shrine
Wind of Agartha
Gathering the Mysterious from All Around Japan
Beyond Planck in an Instant
The Far Side of the Moon
Blue Sea of 53 Minutes

>Cover art
I can't say. Maybe Trojan Green Asteroid.

>Story
Maybe I'm just stupid and "don't get it", but I'm not a huge fan of the story in Old Adam. The story in Trojan Green Asteroid still remains my favorite. So far I really love Renko and Merry's storyline and am eager for more.

>>16299733
>What's your favorite CD?
A tie between DiPP, CoSD and NToJ

>Favorite song?
You serious?

>Cover art?
Either DiPP or MA

>What do you think about the direction of Maribel and Renko's story?
Kind of a convoluted story too be honest. Most of the time i don't really care about it.



As a side note what dioes everyone think about ZUN latest albums? In my opinion "Dr. Latency's Freak Report" was kinda weak. Some of the revisions of some songs have somewhat inferior instruments but having Eternal short-lived reign on a CD is pretty good

On the other hand "Dateless bar" is pretty good. I loved especially loved the song "Adveturer's tavern of the old world". I also liked Pandemonic planet even thought the bass is weaker than in the game version.

>>16304767
The story in DBOA isn't deep or anything, it just evokes emotion. It's a bar full of these lonely people who childishly claim to have encountered the supernatural. Some of them actually have, and some of them are lying, desperate to be accepted somewhere in their life. I think what makes it emotional is that once Maribel and Renko do the thing with the mirror, the bitter, almost hostile environment is immediately gone and replaced with childlike wonder and amazement. Some of them even cried.

While it doesn't really seem that emotional or anything initially, it was really powerful after reading ZUN's afterword about how he wanted everyone to be like children and that he desired to have that mentality until he dies, because he'd know he would have had a worthwhile life. It just hit kind of hard, I guess.

I didn't listen them all so I don't have a proper opinion but Eastern Strange Discourse is a absolutely beautiful piece of art.

>>16305248
Yeah. Legend of Hourai, Strange Oriental Discourse, and Eternal Shrine Maiden make DiPP one of the best.