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Feb 14, 2015 3:05 PM
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Eiji Mikage will attend M3 2015, a doujin music concert, as "Repurikareta" on 4/26 and reveal a song to do with Hakomari.

https://twitter.com/mikage_eiji/status/564697057718333442

IIRC this is the first Hakomari media other than written text.
Feb 14, 2015 6:24 PM
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The Doujin circle "世の漆黒" already released two music albums a few years ago, but you're right in that it's the first more-or-less official Hakomari release outside of written text.
A shame that it's probably going to be a vocaloid song/album. (although that's just a personal preference, I guess)
Feb 14, 2015 6:41 PM
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It would be fantastic if this meant more Hakomari media in the future. In particular, a drama CD would be great.
Feb 15, 2015 2:20 AM
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EusthEnoptEron said:
The Doujin circle "世の漆黒" already released two music albums a few years ago, but you're right in that it's the first more-or-less official Hakomari release outside of written text.
A shame that it's probably going to be a vocaloid song/album. (although that's just a personal preference, I guess)

Everytime I think about how little-known HakoMari is, I die a little inside
Feb 15, 2015 2:23 AM
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It would be fantastic if this meant more Hakomari media in the future. In particular, a drama CD would be great.

Hm... maybe I'm just being pessimistic here, but I consider this news to be a bad sign in that respect, actually. To me it sounds like Dengeki Bunko have no interest in marketing/pushing the Hakomari franchise and therefore don't care if Mikage uses it for his "hobby".
Feb 16, 2015 6:40 AM
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This really reminds me of Illmatic, an album considered the pinnacle for its genre selling 59,000 copies in its first week but only after time passed did it get recognition and a legacy.

It took seven years for it to go platinum but it spread like wildfire once news got around.

I'm hoping that this doesn't diminish the value or Dengeki Bunko doesn't put their hands on his creations. They seem very liberal in giving him freedom. I KNOW he's not getting lots of sales cause like the book says, he's working part time combined with reading.

June release anyone?
Apr 22, 2015 1:39 AM
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Okay, there's some news here!

The release is called "「空ろの箱と零のマリア」半公式オープニング&エンディング" (Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria: Semi-Official Opening & Ending Theme).
The opening track, ゼロに届け (Zero ni Todoke), can be listened here around 01:46:30.
Apr 22, 2015 2:59 AM
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I'm a bit disappointed by the song, but it's still great that there are OP/ED for HakoMari. It raises the series' small chance of getting an adaptation. I can't wait for the ED.
Apr 22, 2015 5:36 AM
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I actually quite like the song and listened to it a few times -- definitely a lot better than most of the other ones introduced.
That being said, I was pleasantly surprised that they got themelves a real singer instead of using a Vocaloid like in their previous releases. Vocaloids just ain't my thing. :D

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It's up on Nicovideo now: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm26107904
EusthEnoptEronApr 25, 2015 2:35 PM
Apr 26, 2015 12:57 PM

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The waiting for volume 7 is killing me, and now i need to know what the lyrics of the song mean.
Oct 23, 2015 9:55 AM

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For those interested: Eiji Mikage has now the full-length versions of both songs (OP and ED) on his YouTube account.

OP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLOIyQ6H7-8
ED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftl3ZCr_Cn4

And in related news, he has also uploaded a full song from their new EP that tells a death game story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElvFsoHMRco
EusthEnoptEronOct 23, 2015 9:59 AM
Nov 8, 2015 3:49 AM

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I actually quite like them. Two of the better songs out there.
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Nov 16, 2015 6:47 AM

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Cool! Thanks for all Eusth, I really love HakoMari and everything related to it.
Jan 16, 2016 12:40 AM
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I found the japanese lyrics for the opening, Reaching the Zeroth.

http://agrank.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-13.html

I don't know what it says, but I at least found it.

I can't find the lyrics for the ending, Bizarre Eternity, though.

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