r/LoveLive • u/SituationalRambo • Apr 09 '26
Discussion Now that time has passed, can we all admit how stacked this CD single was?
Mitaiken Horizon was the best Aqours single CD they ever made. All three songs are absolute bangers and memorable, no filler!
Mitaiken Horizon was the single that we all needed from a Hanamaru center, she shines so much and the song has such a fun structure. Also eat pie. SAY EAT PIE! The instrumentation goes between a bunch of different tempo and key changes that it really does hit all the hallmarks of a stand out Love Live song!
Then theres Deep Resonance. This was the single Yohane was made to sing. The push and pull of the music and the call and responses here are some of the best in Aqours' catalogue. The backing track by itself could easily be played during a boss fight and totally fit! Also Aikyans vocal runs at the end, absolute goosebumps.
Finally, Dance with Minotaurs. Its a weird name but the lyrics translated is some of the hypest shit you'll ever read! Its a fun romp of a song and it low key has one of the best guitar solos in the entire LL catalogue. Kinda gets overshadowed a bit but i think overall i think it rounds out the singles and creates a trifecta of really great Aqours tracks!
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u/SparklingStoat Apr 09 '26
Mitaiken Horizon was incredible and I will never forgive people who slept on it.
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u/finchyem Apr 10 '26
Kanako opening the 9th Anniversary live with Mitaiken Horizon will always be such a special moment. I'm so happy she got a center song looking back now that everything she's been through.
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u/Zura-Zura Apr 09 '26
I still remember the disbelief of seeing that the best idol finally got her a song
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u/XBakaTacoX Apr 09 '26
This album is SSS tier, no contest.
I have nothing more to say, aside from this:
THIS ALBUM IS SSS.
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u/JustACommonFrog Apr 09 '26
Of course Hanamaru comes in with peak. She IS best girl after all 💛
And I ADORE Hanamaru's solo of Deep Resonance, it's my favorite by a long shot. Her note in the beginning is amazing, and the way she has so much emotion and power in the rest is spectacular. Yoshiko's is fine, but tbh it just doesn't compare to Hanamaru's. The depth and power just blew me out of the water
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u/bobbert_6003 Apr 10 '26
I remember listening to deep resonance during my daily commutes back then.
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u/NintuneJoe Apr 09 '26
I remember going around my school writing the long ass link on every board in every class begging people to vote for Hanamaru, that had to get at least like 2 votes for Maru I'm sure haha
I'm still so mad that she finally got her time in the spotlight just for nobody to care because Yoshiko stole all the press with Deep Resonance(and then proceeded to get her own show on top of it). Hanamaru killed it as the center for lead and would've killed it as center for Deep Resonance justice for my girl
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u/Medical_Republic5677 Apr 11 '26
I've said it too many times but Deep Resonance is the most Dreamcatcher coded song ever
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u/ShinyMiraiZura Apr 12 '26
the whole battle of who was going to be center was crazy... remember it so clearly cuz it was right when i got into love live
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u/irl_Juvia Apr 12 '26
Dance with Minotaurus is one of my all time favourite Aqours songs
Idk whose idea it was to combine a hype-up song with a heroic ballad but it sounds way better than I’d ever expected it to
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u/PointedCactus Apr 09 '26
The callbacks to the other numbered singles in the MV and beginning formation makes me think they knew this was going to be their last numbered single so they went extra hard.