Customer Reviews

Returner: Yami No Shuen 1

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I am a huge Gackt fan. I've not seen the TV drama Returner Yami no Shuen yet, but I love the song. I do not speak Japanese, but Gackt's music is wonderful, and evokes so much emotion. I have all of his albums as a solo artist, and I love them all. This song reminds me of a cross between 2 of His songs on his Crescent album. If you like Mind Forest and Birdcage, you'll love this song. The lives of Cube and Birdcage are wonderful as well. Gackt sounds awesome live! ^_^ Thank you wonderful Gackt-San, for sharing your talents with the world!

The title track is a Japanese flute-driven rock excursion (yes, that's what I said) similar in spirit to Gackt's previous effort "Mind Forest." It's powerful and thoroughly enjoyable. The real treat on this single, though is the suprisingly warm and intimate live version of "Cube" which, in itself is worth the price of the single.

It's classic Gackt. Returner~Yami no Shuen~ has a flute a lot like Mind Forest in the Crescent album, but that doesn't stop it from being the kind of beautiful and dramatic song we have come to expect from Gackt. The other songs here are also wonderful. Birdcage, one of my favorite songs from Crescent album, makes it way back into everyone's heart, painting a beautiful picture without even needing to know the lyrics. His voice is just as amazing as ever, and there's no way anyone who buys this could possibly be dissapointed.

This is a great single and the music video that comes with it is spectacular! Gackt never disapoints!

I don't like the recycled flute from mind forest, however I think the rest of this disc is awesome. It was from the dvd that came with this single that I found out I can play Japanese dvds on my dvd player at home, which made me even happier.

I based 5 stars on the skill put into all of the songs, the recycled flute didn't even make me reconsider.

The main song is like "mind forest 2", they remind a lot of each other (especially with the flute), but they differ also, because Returner does not have a easily rememberable melody and the song is also a lot slower.
I still love it, it dosen't have to be a masterpiece to be enjoyed!

The 2 live versions were great, especially the return of "Cube" which can only be heard on the "Kimi no tameni dekiru koto" single. Cube was my favorite on the single.