Ah-uh.. I feel like hardcore hikki fans vs (hardcore?) xxx fans again.. Except this time it is not ayu, not kuu, but namie. :P

As for the HS debates... Well it's not always that you will love every single piece of music from your top idols. Grace could love... or like each song on HS, but when it grouped together he might find they're similar or whatsoever. This could be a turn off factor for him and he probly considered this as a crap. Nothing major. It's really about personal taste. And DDD could think that HS was extremely good because he found out that the songs there were different from each other, yet the flow so well.. So their opinions are really the opposite and I dun see there's a way to convert each other.

Oh well I think it's OK to express what you feel about particular album (or even a piece of music). After all it's freedom of speech. But just keep the heat down a bit would be better. I really feel like watching DDD vs. Grace for the whole page (when it's actually not, but you msgs stand out from the remainings LOL). And I dun really see Namie has anything to do with hikki. Like I said, I'm not Namie fan and I only like a couple of her songs. I do believe that she has her own magic (music wise) to attract people.

@Luv: Yeah... Where are all the HS lovers? I remember there are half UB and half HS here... but it seems like many HS lovers are gone :P.

^You deserve an internet =D

Personal preference, I can't stand Heart Station as a unit. I like the songs, I like the meaning behind it, but listening to it bores the hell out of me. Plus, I don't think the songs are anywhere near as good as her past songs. Meanwhile, I believe UB was perfection in an album. It's my opinion, and I'm going to share it, that's what "discussion" is, is it not?

Yes, HS is much calmer than her other albums. I can't listen to the whole thing at once, I have to skip around or rearrange the track listing otherwise I get bored. But I still love all the songs, especially FTB, HS, and POL. They really resonate with me!

I know!! They stacked all the singles! I like to mix it up...and I don't listen to Boku wa kuma that much :innocent

I think you need to take a deep breath and reconsider the situation here. GRACE stated an reasonable (probably not by you though) opinion without expressing troll-like qualities. He likes the other albums but detests this one, I don't see the problem here.

I'm going to jump on the same boat because I think Heart Station is my least favorite album in her discography. The songs on the album are too consistent and sound bland and boring because of how subtle they are. I don't hate it and I'll keep the mp3s on my Ipod, but I'm just going to state I don't enjoy it as much as her previous work.

I have to agree about that HEART STATION isn't one of hikki's best albums.
I already explained why I don't like this album as a whole much and I really listen just to the single songs (excluding HEART STATION/Stay Gold) because the albums tracks sound really safe and generic. Something to satisfy the public and not complicated or less mainstream friendly like Deep River was (for me) and ULTRA BLUE which makes it boring and not so moving.
Distance was also really public friendly but all of the songs had really different feeling from each other.

I guess it might be just the ethereal pop doing. hikki really loves that style but I hope she can do some future songs a bit differently like she succeeded on DR and ULTRA BLUE.

^Sadly, Hikki has abandoned us and went off with Kuma somewhere.....

she last blogged on august 1st.

^Ewwww. That pic is a hot mess. </3

^Hikki doesn't have time for a scanner, ok she is very busy playing teaparty with Kuma.

Strangely, that pic reminds me of Usagi from Sailor Moon. D:

@Triple D: Someone should lock that bear in a basement until Hikki finishes the album. Ugh, she's too distracted by him. >(

Artists must always make time for scanning! Scanning is the only way it looks pretty on the computer! As an artist, I know this, yep yep.

^...you do know that Hikki's a lazy ass right? =/ (well, at times anyways.)

LOL I don't know if hikki will be much inspired without him :laugh
She will probably cry that she wants her kuma back.

don't worry! I'm also a fan of hikki, I just don't visit this thread as much...
btw, HEART STATION is a great composition :D

That picture that Hikki draw and colored is SO Japanese. :laugh Rather good, though, in my opinion. Well...decent. XD I wonder if someone modeled for it.

Actually, it reminded me more of that red haired girl in Evangelion. And I don't even watch the show >.>

I remember something about Saint Seiya, I think o_o; She likes that although I could be woefully out of date on that.

But yes, the picture definitely looks like Asuka from Eva, imo.

Asuka! Yeah, I can see that too... but Asuka's always been very pretty IMO, and that girl is kinda creepy! :laugh

Hikki should draw herself for her next cover. It'd be awesome.