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It's me, Tsuchiya. Today is quite cold, I almost feel like crying this morning. This week, Shikata-san's album "RAKA" and the Ar tonelico Drama CD side Extra were released, don't you think it's like we're in a festival? (Or am I the only person who thinks so?)

About the matters regarding drama CD, I've already written a review about them on an issue of the Tenba News and on the Supporter's Review, so please go take a look at them.

About the remix of Singing Hill included in Shikata-san's "RAKA" album. The Hymmnos lines, and the EXEC part in the song's title, they probably contain certain hidden thoughts. If you u nderstand those that are concealed, and listen to the song again, you'll feel deeply moved. While not shown on the lyrics insert, there is actually a secret tale of feelings being put into that song. To put it simply, it's a song that contains a legend.

The legend that is told below, they contain more information than what Japanese can express, and thus I also use Hymmnos to tell parts of the story. This is the first time I do something like this. The lines written in Hymmnos, part of them expresses Harvestasya's inner thoughts. So while the Japanese lines tells what that happens on the outside, many Hymmnos lines are like a way of retelling those lines from the inside, and they have important correspondence and interaction with each other. For example, if the main Japanese line is "And then she met him" then the background chorus line "Was yea ra hartes yor" (I'm really happy to love you) will be sung. Thus, in this situation, you can tell that she is thinking "Kya~ I love him!" inside her heart.

There were also similar cases like above, but there was no need for expressing thoughts of the heart like in this song. This time, as you listen to the Hymmnos lines, I think you'll certainly understand more about the truth behind the story.

Because the album has only be released recently, we won't be going too deep into this "answer from the heart" story. I'll let everyone try deciphering the song's true meaning. If you're still new to Hymmnos language, please make use of the Hymmnoserver here.

And now, here's the legend that is put into Utau Oka ~EXEC_HARVESTASYA/.~

This is a story about a little village hidden in a mountain.

A story about a Priestess whose singing calls rain and brings abundant crops. Her name was Harvestasya. One day she fell in love with a young man. He was the son of the village elder, his name was Myu. The two of them were sitting on the Twilight Hill, under the setting sun's light, they sang and played their melody together.

Myu had a fiancee. Knowing so, Harvestasya was very sad. However, they still loved each other. Day after day, under the setting sun's light, they sang and played their melody together.

Suddenly one day, an evil wind blew. Myu fell into sickness. It was a mysterious illness with no cure. Thus began the days of sadness when Harvestasya could not see Myu.

And then her mother spoke. Faraway, to the West land, existed a "Singing Hill" There lived a Goddess of Songs. The Goddess might knew a Song that could save Myu. So Harvestasya decided. She began her struggle toward the "Singing Hill" Singing one Song, tying two wings With the thoughts of Myu in her heart, she soared to the high sky.

Her journey was full of unimaginable obstacles. Meadows without water, unknown people. There was a time she lost her way till nightfall. There was a time she was chased by beasts till the edge of a cliff. Song of Flame, Song of Ice, Song of Storm, Song of Tornado. With only her Songs guiding the way, the Priestess continued her journey.

And she finally arrived at the "Singing Hill" It was an endless pillar that pierced through countless layers of clouds. And in the middle was a stairway that led to the Heaven. Climbing and climbing on that stairway She reached an altar.

Oh Goddess, please teach me the Song to heal my love. The Goddess smiled and told her The Song that would save Myu.

"I love you, I always love you... I want to be with you eternally..."

Myu slowly opened his eyes. His eyes stayed the same. His body stayed the same. And Harvestasya cried through the entire night till her tears dried.

The Priestess brought a miracle with her power. For the sake of your most precious person Would you, too, bring such a miracle?

■Incidentally, about the [Supporteils]

You might have seen her welcoming you her, the blog part we call a [Supporteil]. You can obtain one completely here in the Ar Portal, and they are lovely girls you can ask to sing. Well, currently, and during the duration of this campaign, you can make your Supporteil sing a digest version of [Singing Hill ~EXEC_HARVESTASYA/.~. "I want to make other people listen to this version of Singing Hill in my homepage! I want to hear it flowing in my own sites!", these are the things you might want to say, so please, put her into you website or blog, and enjoy yourself. Even if this campaign will only last until the second half of the month, you can also play a little game of raising your Supporteil with the blog part, and if you play it, you can get her to sing the full version of the game's [Singing Hill] for all the time you wish, and you can also get 2-minute long version of the Hymmnos from the game.

And we have planned to expand their functions even more, so please, go and register you own Supporteil for you site!

Thus, this time we've been talking about Singing Hill. Hearing everyone's voice cheering me, I feel really happy and will continue to take up the next Hymmnos song challenge. This time was magnificent multi-layered chorus, should the next song's theme be gentle interweaving beautiful words? Well, it might be too reckless (laugh)