day twelve: favorite 'other' song
CHOMAMA CHOMAMAMA CHOTTO MATTE CHOTTO
i honestly really really love this song because its such a glimpse into arisas personality. not only is the song a bop, but the lyrics are so heartfelt and honest that you could practically call it the tsundere theme song, except you cant. because this song has plain arisa aspects, and it cant be anyone elses but arisas.
yall ready for song analyzation? too bad you get song analyzation
as we all know, arisa is a tsundere, but that doesnt mean we should just throw her into that category and leave it at that. shes had so much development over the series and sHE STARTED OFF ALONE AND SKIPPING SCHOOL AND LOOK HOW SHES DEVELOPED- okay im not gonna go that deep but
the lyrics "sore na no ni ne, kao ga chikai! sonna me de semararete mo!" (even so, your face is way too close! and you're pressuring me with those eyes!!) are a good start. usually, most tsunderes would probably slap the person in question, saying things like "HEY GET AWAY FROM ME!!! I DONT WANT YOUR STUPID FACE NEAR MINE!! B-BUT IT ISNT LIKE THAT OR ANYTHING LOL YOU COULD DO IT AGAIN, I GUESS....." but arisa is much different. she grew up without many friends, so shes scared of this type of interaction/uncomfortable with it because she isnt used to it. in this way, shes more "i'm not used to this, you're pressuring me into this!!! stop getting so close, you're making me nervous!" arisa isnt used to unpredictability, and although this attention is not unwanted, per se, she wants to hide that fact by highlighting the part that she doesnt appreciate all this random chaotic spurts of contact. but shes grown used to it , at least a little bit, so shes been tolerant of it
lets get onto my last point since im getting lazy: "why? baka na koto iwanaide yo. kirakira nante mou sutsugyou shitashi.." (why? dont say anything stupid.. "kira-kira"? we've already outgrown childish things like that!) is another lyric that really makes this song about arisa. for starters, arisa is a no-nonsense girl whos just trying to keep her life in order after popipa (ahem kasumi) threw it upside down and although she reprimands kasumi and tae for saying 'stupid' things, she knows that if they really did stop, she would be.. thrown off. shes questioning why theyd do it, but not necessarily /complaining/, because saying stupid things is what makes the popipa nibaka themselves. and the whole 'kirakira' thing is obviously talking about kasumi, which makes this even more endearing. arisa is so curious and torn about the fact that kasumi is just,,, 'immature' and is almost laughing at kasumis interjections about heartpounding and sparkling. then again, arisa is still not complaining, because that was the reason popipa was started in the first place.
TL:DR; I LOVE ARISA ICHIGAYA AND THIS SONG HAS SO MANY ASPECTS THAT REALLY LIMIT THIS TO ARISA INSTEAD OF THE GENERIC WIDESPREAD TSUNDERE STEREOTYPE AND THATS WHY I LOVE IT