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Alright here we go 1. KISIDA KYODAN & THE AKEBOSI ROCKETS - Beautiful Diver Kishida is I think one of the first music groups I found, completely by accident. Still love them, really big fan of the tone they go for with the drums and guitars, and ofc ichigo's vocals are so damn good. I think they really shine in more laid back songs like this. Also A never before seen world of nightmares is a favorite of mine so this was an easy pick. ONSEN PROJECT has an acoustic version of this, also sung by ichigo (sneaks in a 4th entry) Anyways, 9/10 2. Boga - The Doll Maker of Bucuresti (EoSD Arrange) Oh shit Boga. Always loved the EoSD/DiPP style with the detuned instruments, I wish ZUN had done more of it. But this dude really nails that style so I guess it's as close as we'll get. Though there's really not much more to this one than what the original already brings, and it doesn't help that The Doll Maker of Bucuresti always gets overshadowed by Alice's actual theme for me I'm sorry. 7/10 3. TATAMI STUGIWO - Dance of the Poisoned Candy mmhm, interesting combo. I saw the name and the "christmas" in the title and expected it to be just Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, and then Medicine's theme kicks in and I'm like "oh shit here we go". It's neat, I don't know what else to say about it. Mixing in the melodies of Yuuka and Komachi's theme in there is interesting, reminded me I need to go re-read PoFV stuff at some point. Had to turn down the volume for that last part, I don't know if it's Youtube compression or if it's actually compressed to shit but, ow. 7/10

oh quite a strong start KISIDA KYODAN & THE AKEBOSI ROCKETS - Beautiful Diver Talk about the original music for a moment. A World of Nightmares Never Seen Before is quite underrated, i quite happy there's some attention to it. The melody is.. yeah quite generic in Touhou really, it's easily memorable but doesn't stand as much. The star of the track is that short bassline and it's the best throughout the franchise. Now about the arrangement. Love the band rock feeling, not super polished nor perfect digital sound, knowing them it is recorded together (i assume). The vocal reminds me of ONSEN PROJECT, I'm sorry i haven't put much attention to these 2 bands, but they are on the list. Contrary to the previous comment, i feel the mastering is perfectly fine. None of the instruments are fighting each other, though i do feel the vocal is quiet at some parts especially when she needed to scream, but mostly it's fine~. My favorite this round 9/10 would repeat a lot Boga - The Doll Maker of Bucuresti (EoSD Arrange) Ok i need to say that EoSD instruments choices aren't the best, the strings are very muddy, it lacks contrast. I would recommend if you want to make music from the same era, try DiPP, it's almost the same but with better piano and strings, perhaps the mastering as well? and even more it should've fit better for Alice. There's nothing wrong with the arrangement, i mean it's a carbon copy with different instruments. if you looking for faults in the context of this tournament it's the lack of re-arrangement. wait.... don't say they use the midi file from the game.... I'm... gonna assume it's not. sus yes there was a midi support for older games. 6/10 nice above average TATAMI STUGIWO - Dance of the Poisoned Candy Dance of Sugar Plum Fairy is one of my favorite classical music, can confidently say it's in the top 10. I also like Poison Body, it is a really special arrange, everything it arranges to always came out as malicious song even if you use cheerful tones, the more cheerful you want to make it the more uneasy it will be. And combined with Sugar Plum Fairy that depicted as serene and curiosity, it emphasized the malicious feeling, the fear of malicious child. (i may or may not have fear of porcelain dolls) At first i thought the track is just two songs played in succession, since the first minute is just pure Sugar Plum Fairy and then the minute after is Poison Body. But finally at the later half of the video they started to mix them together. And as i said before it does emphasize Poison Body potential, who could've guessed sugar made poison more potent. Slightly mixed feeling with the slow part with Flower Land, i feel something is missing during the transition i can't point out why. The addition of River Styx and Sixty Years is quite nice, doesn't leave that as much impact as Flower Land but nice addition. If you see it from story perspective it does makes quite a solid piece. As for quality, it peaks at some part, quite ear grating. Idk if that's compression issue or instrument choice or mastering issue. i'd rate this 8.5/10 would willingly choose to listen from start till the end but won't repeat indefinitely.

Alright, time to review these 3! 1. KISIDA KYODAN & THE AKEBOSI ROCKETS - Beautiful Diver A really funky arrangement! I like the rhythm it has. The vocals weren't my thing at first, but as the song went on, they grew on me. The only real complaint I have is that I wish that the guitars were a bit quiter, and that the piano was louder, but other than that, it was great! 8.5/10 2. Boga - The Doll Maker of Bucuresti (EoSD Arrange) BOOOOOOOGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love their arrangements so much! They're awesome! And this one is awesome as well! Doll Maker of Bucuresti is slowly starting to be my favorite Touhou song ever made, so the fact that this arrangement makes it sound like it's from my favorite Touhou game ever makes it even better. Only thing is, it does sound kinda empty to me, compared to EoSD's OST at least, could me just me tho. And I do kinda prefer the original to this. ^^; 9/10 3. TATAMI STUGIWO - Dance of the Poisoned Candy Oooh, holy hell, this one's cool as fuck. There's something so nostalgic about Christmas songs to me, and the fact that this song combines some of the most nostalgic sounding Touhou songs (Komachi's theme, Yuuka's theme) with nostalgic Christmassy songs really hits it home. xd I could imagine myself eating cookies and going out in snow while listening to this. 9.5/10

I apologize all for the delay, time really flew by me. But, I did in fact manage to select submissions of my own in the end which I really like ; ) Now, I have kept you waiting much too long. Let's get this show on the road.