If you’re looking for lyrics of the TV Size version of flower, please click here for Lyrics: flower (Eyeshield 21 ED version)

flower [TV Size Rip] (1.64 MB, Zipped)

I personally love this new ending theme, and the artwork is impeccable as usual, but in case you weren’t satisfied with this short version, gangangan03 has just uploaded a video of Back-on performing flower LIVE at Formoz Festival 2007!

The song is very chilled out (similar to the previous ED by Back-on – a day dreaming…) but in my humble opinion, this song is so much more balanced, with a strong verse and chorus, and the band have actually used a violin in the background as the underlying theme (that almost always means bonus points from me :p) but as always,  it would be interesting to hear what everyone else thinks though!

As usual, you can watch both videos by clicking on the relevant links above, or you can watch it on BOO below! Please do let us know your thoughts about the new song!

Eyeshield 21 – ED 6 – Back-on – flower

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Back-on LIVE at Formoz Festival 2007 – flower

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I’m happy to say that the soundtrack is now available on Nipponsei, but not before Yakhobian of CrystalNova kindly emailed us with his copy of the song, so a big thanks to Yakhobian for sharing the file! You may recall that this is the same Yakhobian-san who originally provided us all with the original recording of Hikari Sasuhou (FK Metal ver)!

You can find the download below, and if you’re interested in singing along to the lyrics or finding out what they mean, take a look at the Lyrics, which have also been kindly provided by Yakhobian too! :)

Hikari Sasuhou (FK Metal ver.) [OP/TV-Size] (2.33 MB, Zipped)

p/s: Don’t forget to check out the latest fan-sub release of Murder Princess OVA by CrystalNova!

The updates have all been provided by Yakhobian of the anime fansub group Crystal Nova, so Back-on Online would like to thank him profusely for sharing his work!

On another note, Crystal Nova have just released their fansub of Murder Princess OVA – Volume 4. As previously, the .mkv files come in two different qualities and their associated sizes:

[CrystalNova]Murder Princess OVA – Vol 4 (H264 Vorbis)[HQ][D7CEBC55].mkv (200MB)
[CrystalNova]Murder Princess OVA – Vol 4 (H264 LameCBR)[LQ][EFDD4876].mkv (116MB)

so depending on which you prefer, head on over to their forums to download the torrent! It’s definitely worth watching this episode as there’s more drama, mystery and also a decent fight scene! I should also add that Marvelous Entertainment and Bee Train (the producers of the Murder Princess OVA) have actually thrown in some new and decent background music for this episode, so do watch it!

This is actually sort of in-conjunction with Sowon‘s Back-on Music Competition on the Forums, where each time, participants have to sing one particular song (TV size version) from Back-on‘s repetoire. (Please consider entering the competition, minna! :D) Usually, it does help to ‘record’ with the song in question playing in the background, which brings me to the main topic:

where can I find TV size mp3s of Back-on‘s songs?

It would probably be helpful to first provide a list of the songs, so without further ado in the order of Anime Title | Type | Song Title :

Aside from Chain, most of the mp3s are available for download somewhere on Back-on Online, and since this is a summary post, you can find the direct-links to the posts in question below:

• ヒカリサスホウ Hikari Sasuhou (FK Metal ver.)
• BLAZE LINE
• a day dreaming…

But where can you find Chain? This only happens to be one of the most popular Back-on songs ever. The answer is simple: visit Japtard.com. Or more specifically,

view the post Air Gear OST – What a Groovy Trick!

You can the entire OST available for download (at 320kbps) – either as a zip file, or individual mp3 files. Chain (TV Size) is the first song on the 34-track album. The download has kindly been provided by Frox, who has credited Nipponsei for the original release.

Hopefully this post will be helpful to those searching for ‘that’ opening/ending theme by Back-on. Almost every single one so far also has their corresponding lyrics posted on the site somewhere, so take a look at the Lyrics section if you’re interested, particularly if you’d like to participate in the competition!

These lyrics are taken from the raw version of Episode 104 of Eyeshield 21, courtesy of [l33t-raws]. You can also watch a video of the opening credits or even download the TV-size version of the song.

If you decide to post the lyrics else, please do link back to this page and give us some credit! :)

JAPANESE (Kanji)

[Verse]
うまく飛び出せない
そんな時は
感じるままに羽を広げ
途切れそうな
想いを この空に映して

[Rap Interlude]
Clash & dash! x2 強敵を撃破!
I lock the next target like the guerilla!
目瞬きしてる間に in your area!
Watch out! x2 I’m about a touch down!

[Chorus]
どんな時でも
支えてくれるキミがいるから
何度だって立ち上がって
あの光が導く
場所へ行こう

Repeat [Chorus]

BLAZE LINE OP version (2.31 MB, Zipped)

With regards to the accompanying opening credits video uploaded by Back-on Online, unfortunately despite the original file being fairly high quality,with a recommended 4:3 ratio, the way Youtube has compressed the file has had a devastating effect on its quality, so apologies. We will continue to experiment with the output for a better quality picture!

I really love the single cover (gorgeous colours and such an appropriately themed design!) – although I do wonder who’s back we’re looking at? I’m fairly sure it’s not Gori as he doesn’t appear to have tattoos on his arms (see picture from the KERA inteview) The most likely candidate is TEEDA (who’s arm I think is found on the cover of Chain… hmm I say the weirdest things) and the best example I can find to support my hypothesis is a screenshot from the New World MV of Teeda‘s back.

I could use another picture to demonstrate the tattoo at the front of his right arm, but even I think that’s going a bit overboard, wouldn’t you agree? :p

And equally important piece of news is that Back-on have also released the title of the third song on the single, called EYES. So the tracklisting of the entire single is as follows:

1. BLAZE LINE
2. a day dreaming…
3. EYES

I wouldn’t be surprised if EYES were to feature at a later date in Eyeshield 21. If you didn’t already know it, you can already watch and download the mp3 for the TV-size version of a day dreaming…, which was released on April 11th 2007 as the new ED. BLAZE LINE (TV-size) is due out as the new OP from May 2nd 2007, Episode 104: 一つ欠けたライン (Missing a line), and the single itself will be out on June 6th 2007.

You can see a screenshot of the ending credits below with Back-on‘s name courtesy of Back-on’s Blog.

I haven’t heard the song yet but I’m very much looking forward to it!

JAPANESE (Kanji)

[Verse]
強く手を握りしめた
あの日か何らも変わりはしないさ
掴めそうで屆かない光を
この目で塗り潰すまでは

[Rap]
腕に卷きつく mic code で放つ flow どうた 振り切れる針 Redzone
uh 一か八かの賭けに出てる俺はなぜ? 今わかるぜ
Life is short だからこそ掴み取れ shinin’ sword 輝く聖剣 YEAH
If you’re ready for this say yeah! 五感研ぎ澄ましで行けよ you know what I’m sayin’?

[Chorus]
終わらないストーリー
壊れないように響け
ヒカリサスホウにこの声が屆かなくても
いつだって君は奥底で探している

[Chorus Rap]
Rock the beat 狙う ピンポイント! 光の射す方へ That’s where we go!
Pow!!x3 右手の microphone でつ flow comin’ through ya headphone

[Verse 2]
冷めた顔していたって初めから僕は分かっていたけど
言葉とは裏腹に歪んでいた
この思いを消してくれよ

[Rap 2]
Glow in the dark but still in the dark, can you see the light in the rhythm
It’s like an illusion, you create the vision, you prove with action, never think of rejection
Nobody knows I gotta know where do I go for the answers I don’t know
I’m lookin’ for the answer (to) continue the saga so blast out the speaker!

[Chorus]
終わらないストーリー
壊れないように響け
ヒカリサスホウにこの声が屆かなくても
いつだって君は奥底で探している

[Chorus Rap]
Rock the beat 狙う ピンポイント! 光の射す方へ That’s where we go!
Pow!!x3 右手の microphone でつ flow comin’ through ya headphone