HANABI vs. HANABI ~episode II~
 

Which do you prefer and why? :)

I think I like HANABI more, but I love both :heart
I don't really know why...

I prefer HANABI, but...

Shouldn't this thread be under the Ayu Polls forum? This is the Ayu Chat-Room forum, which contains all the chatting related to Ayumi Hamasaki, without polls...

^I wasn't sure, perhaps a mod could move it? :dead2

Ugh the toughest decision I could ever make.

HANABI has an amazing instrumentation (that music box...omg) and it's just so classic, but HANABI ~episode II~ is so emotional and strong...I'm just not going to vote. Both songs are too strong.

^me neither. I just can't decide.

I love the emotion in HANABI~episode II~ and Ayu sings it beautifully. It's my favorite ballad of hers.

HANABI obviously, it's my favorite Ayu song of all time. ~pt2~ doesn't even come close.

This just about sums it up for me as well.

This. I can't be forced to decide!!

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Haha, I thought it would be more interesting this way. :P




But I can't decide either...

i think i like episode 2 better...
I heard it first.

srsly :tired


...I think I might go with II....no no idk...

HANABI ~episode II~

This was so hard X_X I absolutely love the melody for HANABI, but episode II is just so much more emotional and I always get overwhelmed by it :luv2

Episode 2 definitely, her vocals are so beautiful and the chorus is EVEYRTHING!
HANABI never really captured me and still hasn't.

HANABI
I just prefer the music, nice and mellow.

HANABI ~episode II~
The only thing thatbruins the song is the "yeeeee, ooooooo" of the chorus

HANABI ~Ep. II~
Its sounds so magical!

II.
I get why people love the 1st but it doesn't work for me as well.
II just has one of the best pieces of music in her discography (IMHO), a beautiful PV and it just sounds way more powerful vocally. I do have to say, the lyrics are weaker than the first one's.

~episode II~ is full of...drama, in a gives-me-goodbumps kind of way. There's not much left in HANABI once I've heard ~episode II~ (I never liked HANABI in the first place; too deppressingly minimalistic).

Hanabi ~Episode II~

It's emotionally charged, and that's always gonna be a quality that wins me over.

HANABI ~episode II~
I like HANABI, but ~episode II~ is just... wow.

A heartbreaking song or one ruined by wailing from a men's chorus...

I think my choice is obvious.

~episode ll~ for sure
Ayu sounds great in the song, her angry-ish tone just does justice to everything:P
But the original.. it's one of her ballads that I'm not very fond of, sadly.

HANABI was musically and lyrically superior. Her voice is nicer by the time she recorded HANABI ep II, but I always listen to lives of HANABI anyway and it's consistently one of her best performances. I've tried to listen to HANABI ep II several times, but I always get distracted before I am halfway through the song. It doesn't grip me the same way.

HANABI ~episode II~ this song does wonders for me! HANABI, on the otherhand, is a little boring to me.

Hanabi just because

HANABI

SOOOOOOOOOO difficult because these are two of my favorite ayu tracks EVER! They are both so dark, sad, meaningful, and beautiful.

So since I couldn't decide, I voted for HANABI simply because it was released first.

Ever since you said this I've been paying more attention to the men in the chorus and that made me go for HANABI. HANABI ~episode II~ is more emotional than HANABI, but HANABI is much stronger lyrically.

ME TOO

HANABI is ayu's most unique-sounding and emotional ballad for me. Both songs are strong though.

HANABI is far superior. One of her best songs ever in her vast library.

HANABI ~Episode II~ is still good and provided a different style but I actually prefer the HAL's mix to the original Episode II.

HANABI ~episode II~

I had to listen to them both again, closely, to decide. I like ~episode II~ quite a bit more, actually. Hadn't listened to them side by side before.

Tough call, I love both! I think they are both classics! If I had to choose one though, it would be ~episode II~ by a very small margin.

I think ~episode II~ is soooo unique itself. Both songs are just ... incredible to me.

HANABI

This was kind of easy for me since I hate that yeah yeah wow woah in HANABI ~episode II~ so HANABI winns.

Hanabi II. One of the best songs in her discography.

HANABI sounds like a song of hopeless desperation in love, and willingness to make it work.
HANABI episode II sounds like a pensive introspection focused on that love and desperation, with an effort to let go and move on.

I love both songs but honestly, it's probably the fact HANABI ep. II had a PV that made me vote for it.

episode II is as good as HANABI, but I listen to HANABI more often

While they are both dark and sad songs, they are quite different, with one being such a slow ballad, and the other one has the "whoaa oh ohaaa" in the chorus and the parts of the song where it gets sort of upbeat. Both treasures.

I amazed at how close this poll is. Hanabi Ep. II has always been so forgettable to me. Even though I listened to it once more before I voted, I feel like I need to go back and understand the immense love for it.

HANABI~episode II~ To me it sounds like a more powerful song.

HANABI is one of my top songs. I love every single thing in that song, from the start to the end.
I never felt in love with H~II~ those yeeeey wowowowow were out of place in my opinion.

Can't believe it's this close, I thought HANABI would win by a landslide. It's such a classic, and honestly, HANABI II really was a letdown. I have grown to accept it, but it is very different from the first one and I never really liked the chanting "YAYAY-WHOA-OOOH-WHOOOAOOOOH"

Wow, I'm sorry, but I can't decide. I love both songs like crazy. :smitten

Both songs are classics and two of Ayu's best songs ever (in my opinion!).

I love both too!! It's really hard to choose!

I think I'll go with HANABI. As someone mentioned earlier, the music box...

HANABI!

It was one of my first ayu songs and i love it 'til today