Anyway. On to the proper subject of the post. When the unit 'Jurin' was first announced I thought to myself, "Don't we already have peaberry for this?". And, to be perfectly honest, that thought still crosses my mind occasionally. However, hearing the song, 'Hotaru Matsuri no Hi', I can't imagine it being sung by anyone other than Masaki and Karin.
The song in question definitely has similarities to Peaberry's 'Cabbage Hakusho'. In that they are both ballad-y, heartfelt and bear a certain sense of naivety. The mainly acoustic instrumentation works well and the girls' voices blend very well together. The lyrics are fairly non-ridiculous and the music video, while no 'Cabbage Hakusho ~Haru Hen~' is pretty nice.
All in all, I would say that 'Hotaru Matsuri no Hi' is one of my favourite songs to come from the Satoyama movement so far, along with 'Cabbage Hakusho' and to an extent 'Forest for Rest ~Fore Fore~'. I can't quite realise why it is only being released on a dvd single and will admit that it would make my day if a Satoyama compilation album was churned out some way down the line.
