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Voice Actors vs. SCANDAL, Nemophila, & Gibson Replays feat. Chloe (Aimi Vader), Moe Hirakawa, Kaho (Faulieu), Asaka (TRiDENT) - Don't Say "Lazy" (Patreon)

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2025-10-26 15:00:16
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2026-09
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I am not doggin' the voice actors here, but it's hard to ignore their lack of playing in the first video.

They obviously are the singers/VAs for the show and they are talented in that area for sure, but seeing our lead singer who voices Mio in K-ON! not pluck one string on her bass really ocnfused me. There's bass in the sound? Where's it coming from?

Again...it's okay. No biggie!

But the other performances? OH YEAH! The musicianship! The stage prescence! WOW!

My favorite was Nemophila! What do you think?

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Andrew Hellebrand

In terms of the VA performance, I think the drums, keys & Yui's rhythm guitar (whilst possibly a simplified version) are being performed live, possibly with some extra backing tracks to fill out their sound. With the bass I think there might be the odd note played in places and I think she plays or at least more convincingly mimes the repeated bass motif in the instrumental bridge, where there's no vocals to prioritise her focus upon. Azusa's VA might play a couple of guitar melody lines in places but it's mostly miming or playing simplified secondary rhythm parts. None of them had really played before and only learnt for concerts because of the sheer popularity of the show; it makes sense that the keys are closest to correct as it's taught extensively in Japanese schools and most Seiyu (VAs that also do other public facing work, including variety shows, radio & performances) also learn some keyboards as part of their voice training. As I'd put in the original request, Scandal were actually performing it as a duet collaboration with guest anisong vocalist/VA/entertainer Shoko Nakagawa who was wearing the dress & knee high boots. Some folks had called the band the real life K-On, given how they started from scratch as musicians & used to perform in stage outfits based on school uniforms until they'd all graduated high school (the youngest member, their drummer Rina, had just turned 15 when they first started and they're now all in their 30s), though that's also a little reductive compared with reality. They're performing it here arranged more in the style of their own output back then, Scandal-ifying it for want of a real term. You've already reacted to their song 'Departure' on Patreon back in March, but we've also since given you a list of other varied songs to check out from their extensive back catalogue. All four members sing lead vocals on different songs, both their musical versatility and their blended harmonies are a trademark of their overall sound. Otaku is a type of Japanese subculture of people with consuming interests, such as anime, manga, video games, computers, or any other enthusiastically pursued hobby. Whilst it's mostly used in the West to refer to manga/anime nerds (not quite the same as Weeb, which carries more socially awkward connotations and obsession with Japan to a fault) it's more widely used in Japan; you can equally have fishing otaku and JDM sports car/drifting otaku for just a couple of examples. Most of Nemophila's arrangement is transposed down either a 4th or 5th to take advantage of the seven string guitars and five string bass (I think it's a 4th down, cos then that'd just be the original power chords in 2nd inversion). There's a little bit of electronic synth elements used more as pads and textures, mostly likely played by multi-instrumentalist drummer Tamu. With the audio for the Replays band version, you also have to factor in this performance is in part meant as advertising for Gibson guitars & basses and Mesa Boogie amps (also now owned by Gibson), so having everything clean and separated in the mix is very intentional. Asaka layering some background vocals is very on brand given how she usually has the bassist in TRiDENT supplementing her voice. Slight correction regarding the drummer, Moe Hirakawa does the performance mo-cap for Nijika in 'Bocchi the Rock' not 'Girls Band Cry' and she's also the live support drums for Little Glee Monster (who did the ending for 'Rock is a Lady's Modesty') amongst other session & support musician gigs. Aimi Vader is more the name of her solo project than a full band, Chloe is also a YouTuber and does covers & gaming, her channel goes by the name of 'chloettyyy'. From what I can see of her output I think she mainly works with songwriters/session musicians & vocaloid producers to write the music first, then she writes the lyrics and performs the bass & vocals. Her most recent release would be a song called 'Villain Chan' from a year ago. I enjoyed all four versions in different ways, but would be least likely to go back to the VA version, I'd watch it more for it's naive charm & their ability to hype up the crowd rather than the musical ability on display. It's why the Bocchi VAs performing unassisted following extended coaching in secret and even moreso Togenashi Togeari playing live impresses me so much, fan expectations have since been raised in the intervening decade or so, but I partly view it that the K-On VAs first walked with stuff like this so that these contemporary equivalents could run.

Jonas

"Otaku" is basically a term used to call anime fans, but it is the equivalent of "nerd" in Japanese, if someone is into games then he is a game otaku, if he is into anime then he is an anime otaku, in the west the term is often only used to mean anime otakus, people who loved anime back in the day identified with the term, so "the audience being filled with otakus" means it is filled with people who are there because they love the anime. As for the VAs performance, they are singing to a backing track, they do actually play the chords but most of what you hear in term of instrumental is from the track, the performance isn't meant to be them playing the actual song since they are not musicians, they are simply voice actors (even though they seem to clearly know to play their instruments to a certain extend), the performance is mainly about them being on stage singing the song live, it's more of a sing the songs live while looking like the anime thing, they are not being misleading with it, it's just part of the performance. The camera didn't purposely try not to catch them "not playing", them not playing isn't hidden at all, if that's what they were trying to do then they wouldn't focus the camera all the time on the singer not playing the bass lol, the camera was just going with the "let's show every member equally" logic and trying to capture the "highschool girl band performing to a big audience" vibe, I don't think anyone there thinks she is playing the bass or expected that. Voice Actors that know how to play their instruments and can play them live while singing are the exception not the rule since again that's never really part of their job.