Does it fit “Rei”?
As usual, I consider these songs in terms of the character they are supposed to portray– after all, this is not “Keiko Kitagawa” singing, it’s ostensibly “Hino Rei”. So, does the tone and mood of the piece fit her? Without taking the lyrics into consideration, If this were just the manga Rei, the answer would be *perhaps*. (Anime Rei is an open question, she seems to have a more cheery, extroverted persona, but PSGM Rei is basically the stolid and aloof Rei of the Sailor Moon Manga). Putting aside the J-POP bubbly BGM which is mandated by the PGSM format, this “Rei” would be someone who, if forced to sing, would produce a sound that was somewhat mellow and wistful. The song “feels” at first mellow, sad, then upbeat and hopeful. In that sense, it’s a close a fit as I think we’re going to get. Once one looks at the translated lyrics, I can say that this song *is* far more like something that would come out of Hino Rei’s mouth (could you see a Miko who is apparently very serious about wh
