About
Hi! I just thought it would be fun to do a music review blog of my favorite Japanese artists. I want this blog to be more personal than others so I’ll probably throw in some other things…
The reason I decided to start a blog was because of Brett over at Kurayami Monogatari, which is also an amazing Nami Tamaki song and for some reason, I agreed. What I do when I review is usually listen to the single or album around ten times then start typing away while listening to said album or single. I mostly just write what ever comes to mind and I like to get off on weird tangents… frequently. I hope all of you can put up with my crazy ideas and sporadic updating!
Random J-Pop Facts
Artist and Song That Introduced me to J-Pop: BoA – Every Heart -Minna no Kimochi- (yes, through InuYasha sadly…) and Dream – My will (again from InuYasha) + why
Artist Who I have been Listining to the Longest: Ayumi Hamasaki
Favorite Artist and Song: Ayumi Hamasaki – Duty and JEWEL
Song That Describes Me: talkin’ 2 myself – Ayumi Hamasaki
My Favorite Genres: Anything catchy, but as of now it has to be oriental sounding ballads (ie: Ayu’s theme of a-nation ’03 or alan’s Ashita e no Sanka) and rock music (ie: Ayu’s GUILTY album)
My Favorite Artists and 4 Favorite Songs:
- Ayumi Hamasaki – Duty, JEWEL, talkin’ 2 myself, and A Song for ×× “030213 Session #2”
- Hitomi Shimatani – Destiny -Taiyou no Hana-, Soushin, Perseus, and Sara Souju
- Koda Kumi – TABOO, Driving, Shake it Up, and Get It On
- alan – Tsuki ga Watashi, Ashita e no Sanka, Namida, and Gunjou no Tani
- Akina Nakamori – I Missed “The Shock”, FOGGY RELATION, BLOWING FROM THE SUN, and Ophelia
- Nana Mizuki – BRAVE PHOENIX, White Lie, keep your hands in the air, and refrain -classico-
- Utada Hikaru – Another Chance, DEEP RIVER, Flavor of Life (Ballad Version), and BLUE
- Namie Amuro – PRIVATE, Shut Up, I WILL, and HimAWArI
- BoA – BRAVE, Mega Step, No More Make Me Sick , and My Way, Your Way
- hitomi – CRA”G”Y☆MAMA, LOST emotion in DARKNESS, SAMURAI DRIVE, and Ren’ai Hikou
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Ashen Twilight 
I found you through his blog :3 Let’s exchange links? I review J-Pop too 😀 I also love Ayu, Kuu, alan, Ai, Aira, Namie, and Utada. Haven’t heard music from the other ones on your list yet though D:
Comment by bucebucethecaboose— July 25, 2009 #
ffff Forgot to give you my link xD
http://bucebucethecaboose.wordpress.com
Comment by bucebucethecaboose— July 25, 2009 #
Hello! I got your comment and it would be great to exchange links with you. I just added your site to my blogroll. ^^
Comment by Lex— July 27, 2009 #
Hey there!
I’ve added you to my blogroll 🙂
Wow, a lot of your artists are some of my favorite: everyone but 5 and 7, I love! Yay for alan!!!!
Comment by amaiyume— July 27, 2009 #
Hello! I’d love to exchange links! I totally agree with your 3, 4, and 6. Esp #3 xD
Looking forward to your reviews~
Comment by aikorin— July 27, 2009 #
OH NOES!! I changed it since your comment, but I know number 3 and 4 were Hitomi Shimatani and alan respectivly. They are so amazing and I don’t know why people think they are similar…
Comment by Ashen Twilight— September 22, 2009 #
hey nice to meet u 😀
i found ur comment in my spam, but its ok i rescued it already XD
i would love to exchange links with u and i’m looking forward to ur reviews!!!
-see ya later
Comment by hyperballad— July 28, 2009 #
wait wait wait why is my dearest hikki only no.10 on ur list O___O
oh well she will move up
eventually
muwahahaha
Comment by hyperballad— July 28, 2009 #
Hi! I just read your comment. I’d love to exchange links! ^^
Comment by Ethan— July 28, 2009 #
Hey! Of course we can exchange links. ^-^ Got you added already and good luck on your blog. :3
Comment by Jin— July 28, 2009 #
hi! I read your comment, and sure, we can exchange links! ^^.
Comment by josh012595— July 29, 2009 #
Hi love your blog and would be happy to exchange links. Sorry for the late reply! Keep up the great work~
Comment by Ironic Clown— August 1, 2009 #
I’m adding you. You are very funny and witty and have loads of potential. My biggest thing would be to run your reviews through spellcheck. Escpecially since it’s a music blog, spelling violin wrong is a big no-no. But you will be great. I enjoyed your TRICK review very much.
Good luck and keep up the hard work,
Patrick
Who’s Afraid of Music?
Comment by vinyabarion— August 2, 2009 #
lol Ya… that would be a good thing to check. My BAD!
Thanks for the support!
Comment by Ashen Twilight— August 2, 2009 #
Hi there! Your reviews are so funny and interesting. I really enjoy reading them. Want to exchange links?
Great job on your blog and good luck!
-askjeevas
P.S. By the way, your tagline is incorrect – I LOVE Ayumi Hamasaki :]
Comment by askjeevas— August 3, 2009 #
Ok! Added ya to my list! Please return to the favor!
Comment by Bozu— August 6, 2009 #
Hey~ Sorry I didn’t answer earlier; your comment ended up in our spam pile ^^;. Added your link in return~~.
Comment by Megumi— August 11, 2009 #
I’m soooo sorry for the really really really late reply! I totally forgot to tell you that I’ve added your link up! (a long time ago!)
You’re tagline is so cute! Go Ayu fans!
Comment by Eve— August 21, 2009 #
Just out of plain curiosity, what’s your blog named after?
(if it’s an Ayu song I’ve never heard of it XD)
Comment by aikorin— September 18, 2009 #
Oh actually it’s my Xbox 360 username. I was going to use Moon Shadow which was already taken as a blog name and Ashen Twilight I thought always sounded cool and mysterious. I also named it after Lady Ashe from Final Fantasy XII. Oh and it has no relation to the Twilight books. All of the girls in my class are obsessed with those books and I CAN’T STAND IT!!!.
So to sum things up, I just made it up. =)
Comment by Ashen Twilight— September 18, 2009 #
hee hee i love ur new About me page!!! how u describe urself with Ayu’s songs!
btw, I’m sorry I don’t know much JPOP girl groups..i rarely listen to those H!P projects..
KPop is the king of girl groups!!!!
Comment by hyperballad— September 22, 2009 #
Oh thanks! I have wanted to make it more personal for a while but I just didn’t know what to talk about. I also changed my favorite artist list a bit and Hikki is number 6!!! and depending what she releases next she could move up and replace Kuu since she has been sucking it up lately.
Ahhh really? I was looking at SCANDAL and they seem pretty interesting. I think maybe they do pop-rock or something which I like but idk.
I don’t really want to get into K-Pop though…
Comment by Ashen Twilight— September 22, 2009 #
just added you =)
Comment by Die— November 30, 2009 #
lol, I like the ‘yes, your album sucked that much’ header up above, that made my day ;] ^
Comment by wjohns— November 30, 2009 #
Hey! Thanks for adding me! ❤ I'll add you too!~
lovely header btw
Comment by monochromeblues— January 22, 2010 #
Thanks! Hopefully we can be good blog buddies! XD
Comment by Ashen Twilight— January 22, 2010 #
Hi hi!
I just wanted to let you know that I’ve added your site to my Blogroll n.n
Comment by ♥nodame♥— January 27, 2010 #
Very interesting posts you have! Been reading your reviews for awhile now =]
Btw, was just wondering do you have an email or something? I wanted to contact you about something but don’t know how…
Comment by tokyofied— February 1, 2010 #
Thanks for reading my very few reviews and random nonsense!
By the way, my e-mail is: ninjaayu22@aol.com
… such an Ayu fan….
Comment by Ashen Twilight— February 3, 2010 #
So… I realize I read your blog and we are not yet affiliated. This needs to change I think.
Added you to blog roll =]
~aoliwa of tsuki no ai
Comment by tsukinoai— February 27, 2010 #
I’m dumb… link: http://tsukinoai.wordpress.com/
Comment by tsukinoai— February 27, 2010 #