Edit: Correction to an artist made, and added comment
The first group of Round 3 has been completed, so here are the results. The songs which advanced to the Fourth Round are in bold. I’m also now entering artist/anime information into the next round match-ups on the bracket as they’re determined:
“Shissou” by Last Alliance - Ouran High School Host Club vs.
“Sakasama No Chou” by SNoW - Jigoku Shoujo
“Deep in Your Heart” by Koichi Domoto - Jyu Oh Sei vs.
“The Light Before We Land” by The Delgados - Gunslinger Girl
“Makka na Chikai” by Yoshiki Fukuyama - Busou Renkin vs.
“A Flower Without a Name” by The Indigo - Ai Yori Aoshi
“Being” by Kotoko - Shakugan no Shana vs.
“Pure Snow” by Yuko Sasaki - Legend of Himiko
“Hayate no Gotoku” by Kotoko - Hayate No Gotoku! vs.
“Motherland” by Crystal Kay - Fullmetal Alchemist
“Tsuki no Curse” by Reika Okina - Loveless vs.
“Waltz” by Kanako Itou - School Days
“Obsession” by See-Saw - .hack//Sign vs.
“Koi Suru Kokoro” by eufonius - Kashimashi
“Daichi no la-li-la” by Oranges & Lemons - Scrapped Princess vs.
“Starless Night” by Olivia - NANA
In the first two rounds that I did on my own, I weeded out all the “bad” and “bad-mediocre” songs. This round, we weed out a lot of mediocre songs (though there are still a lot of mediocre vs. mediocre match-ups) leaving mostly only “good” and “great” songs.
Probably the hardest match-up this week was “Being” vs. “Pure Snow” because I really like both of these songs, and it’s a shame that they had to face each other so early (I randomly made the bracket).
I wouldn’t say there were any “easy” choices this time, but some where easier than others. “Motherland” over “Hayate no Gotoku” was probably the least hard. I like Kotoko in general, but “Hayate” isn’t really my favorite of her songs, and it had the unfortunate assignment of facing off against one of my favorite themes from Fullmetal Alchemist (4 are in this round). Amazingly, Kotoko was the artist which had the most songs in this round with 5, and she quickly goes down 0-2.
Group B match-ups for next week are listed after the jump…
