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Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea - Sweep ~ Part 3
Xenoblade Chronicles - Mechanical Rhythm
Zero Divide 2 - Power Glide

MATCH 1

Sweep Part 3 is super good! I think all of the versions of this song are good, but Part 3's definitely my favorite. Such an upbeat and happy melody, and everything comes together in this song so nicely. I could probably say this about a lot of Atelier songs though haha.

Rainbow Colored Phantom Can't Swim is pretty nice too. It's a nice, relaxing song. The Gurumin songs I've heard so far are pretty decent, but with the exception of To Make the End of Digging and maybe Soaring Through the Sad Blue Skies (or whatever the proper translation is), they usually fall a bit short of being considered "great" in my eyes. I could definitely vote this song over a number of things in the contest, but definitely not Sweep.

MATCH 2

Mechanical Rhythm's really cool! Fast-paced rock songs like this are generally really nice when they come from the Xenoblade games and this is no exception. This song manages to bring out a strong melody with the strings and some neat guitar solos too on top of the cool guitar riffs, which is much appreciated from me. A lot of people have compared Still, Move Forward from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 to Mechanical Rhythm in Youtube comments, so I'll say that Still, Move Forward is without a doubt my preference between the two, but this song is great as well. The XC2 song is my preference because it happens to be even better than an already great song.

Oh no, I said in the discord server earlier that I anticipated this match to be tough and I was right. A Requiem's Melody is really nice too. I really like the melody in this song and the choir harmonizing sounds great as well. The melody in particular is really calming, which I like about it. I guess the vocals might be a tad bit weird to me, but I don't really mind that. Tough decision, but I'm leaning towards Mechanical Rhythm right now. Definitely hurts to vote against A Requiem's Melody. Maybe I'll change my mind tomorrow, I don't know. They're both great songs so either song winning here would be good.

MATCH 3

I remember both of these nominations being a mix of songs that were cool and songs that weren't as good. I've been thinking that it might come down to whether or not the good songs are pulled today. Listening to Power Glide and this seems like it was one of the good ones! I definitely like it. Cool prog rock kind of feel to it. I'm actually liking the lead guitar a lot. Really cool melody. This seems like it might be a tough one for TTT2 to beat, but let's see.

Oof, another tough match. Fantastic Theater was one song from this nomination that I remember liking as well. It sounded like it might end up being a bit circus-y during the intro, which I didn't really want this song to end up like, but fortunately it didn't. It's actually a pretty neat electronic song with some cool brass sounds in there as well. I think I'm leaning more towards Power Glide over Fantastic Theater. At the very least, I feel more certain about this than I do about match 2. I'm also okay with either song winning this match.

Sweep ~ Part 3 > Mechanical Rhythm > A Requiem's Melody > Power Glide > Fantastic Theater > Rainbow Colored Phantom Can't Swim!

Really good day today! I like all the songs today quite a bit.