Lyrical/cantabile music recommendation

[Yukinokesshou]

Hello!!

I'd appreciate if you could give me some recommendations of lyrical/cantabile J-pop songs, whether they're from anime or not.

What I mean in general is... songs that have pretty melodies, not that loud of a volume, and not that heavy of a beat (i.e. little or no percussion at all). Examples of this type are...

• "Eternal Snow" from Full Moon wo Sagashite (Full Moon's version)
• "Yakusoku" from Love Hina
• "Florescence" from Kanon (anime)
• "Hikari no naka e" sung by Sakamoto Maaya

I suppose you know what I mean by now? ^.^

So please drop some recommendations into my hat, please?

[Yukinokesshou]

Korean songs of this type would be welcome too! Thanks!

[Zero Shinohara]

Try Hikari no Rasenritsu, by Kuikui. Rozen Maiden: Traumend ending, and it's one of the best songs I've ever heard.

I have heard "Yakusoku" (One of my old-time favorites) and I think it sounds a bit like Hikari.

[miaka]

It's hard to think a song with no percussion but i get what you mean, you want something that is not loud.
Try Maaya Sakamoto's song like Loop, midori no Hane, Pocket o kara ni shite ...etc.
Rie Fu- i wanna go to a place, life is like a boat, Rose
Ayumi Hamazaki's - Dearest ( Inuyasha's ending song)
BoA- every heart
Fiction Junction Yuuka- Honoo no Tobira, Nostalgia, Akatsuki no kuruma
Zard- Natsu o Matsu Sail no yo ni

[xxanimefan4_ever]

aitakute - juuni senshi eto rangers
fruits basket op
love hina ending, azumanga daioh ending, cheeky angel's 1st ending
and other full moon wo sagashite songs are slow like love chronicle... there's lots just can't remember all of them.
you can listen to these songs at bestanime.com

and for a korean song
diary (in korean: 일기) by candy-man

[Chiibi]

Hmmm

Nostalgia-Changin My Life. Yes, it is from Full Moon but was never played in the anime series. I bet you've never heard it unless you're a hadcore CML fan.

Michiyuki-Hikita Kaori from Loveless. This is the definition of the song you want. Very slow but emotional. You might even shed a tear-it has a very sorrowful feel-the lyrics are sad too. Add a point if you love piano. Very pretty song.

Morning Grace-Okazaki Ritsuko. From Princess Tutu, it's an enchanting little tune.

Anata Ga Ita Mori-Jukai from Fate/Stay Night.

And last but not least!

Aka No Seijaku-Ishida Youko from Shakugan No Shana. This song is one of my faves right now Youko's voice is really beautiful, ah this is just a beautiful song in general. She gets stronger on the refrain but the song is still slow and relaxing. I love the lyrics.

[Yukinokesshou]

Thank you, everyone!! *bow*

I listened to most of your recommendations, and liked quite a few of them!

To Zero Shinohara: Hikari no Rasenritsu is a lovely song, but it sounds nothing like the "Yakusoku" I mentioned. I looked up "Yakusoku" as a song name and there are around 10-15 anime songs with that name, so you might have been thinking of another one! Oh, and after seeing your post, I looked up "Rozen Maiden" (I didn't know of this series before) and downloaded both seasons. I like it!

To xxanimefan4_ever: The Fruits Basket opening song is very pretty! I prefer the Yui Horie (Tohru) version over the original though because I can hardly hear Okazaki Ritsuko's voice in the latter. I must say the same of all Okazaki's songs: they're wonderful, but I can't hear the melody! How sad, though, she died of septic shock... rest in peace. (The name "Okazaki" and her cause of death remind me of my Biochem/Med studies, heh. Okazaki fragments, anyone? Remember DNA transcription?)

To Chiibi: And thank you once again!! This is the nth time you've helped me, I think. Michiyuki is a tad too sad :-<