「おれたちがＥ．Ｍ．Ｕだぜ！」

卒業Ｍ
(Sotsugyou M)

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E.M.U

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Performing Seiyuu:

[Midorikawa Hikaru] [Hayashi Nobutoshi] [Okiayu Ryoutarou] [Ishikawa Hideo] [Sakaguchi Daisuke]

The line between E.M.U and Sotsugyou M is sometimes drawn extremely thin. It can be difficult to differentiate which belongs to which series, but I've done my best. Ironically, the first E.M.U single release (and perhaps best known track) "Boku-tachi no Kotae ~Rule~" in 1995 was under the images and label of "Sotsugyou M", so that should just prove my point :D A lot of the early E.M.U songs are credited to their singing seiyuu but are actually character songs for Sotsugyou M characters. On stage (and perhaps in the studio version too, but I can't remember) Sakaguchi Daisuke even mentions the other "M" characters by name at the end of his performance of "Boku Datte Otoko Da Zo". The caveat here is that there is one album (and without the feedback and information of another E.M.U fan, I wouldn't have realised it myself) which has half Sotsugyou credited songs and half E.M.U credited songs.

They're trying to confuse us!?!

As a result, this page is a little bit mishmashed.

But as I understand it, these are the existing Sotsugyou M CD releases, with the songs on them and the artists performing them:

Characters Special CDs:
Each of the five 'M' characters had one of these 'mini-disc' releases with one song and one monologue drama feed on. As the name suggests they are 21/2 inch disks...and were sold under the name "キャラクターズ・スペシャル" (Kyarakutaazu-Supesharu, or Characters Special).There was also a group one featuring all of the Seiyuu and a song by all of them together. (This final group song is mentioned by name in the PLUS manga volume 4 as a song written by Takagi Shimon to mark the memory of his meeting with Riza in volume 2) These are like hell to find on the second hand market. The only ones I actually own are Nakamoto Shou's (left) and the group CD featuring all of them (right).

If the drama on Nakamoto's CD is anything to go by, the individual character disk dramas are monologues featuring just that particular character. I can't talk about the themes the others go along, but Nakamoto's follows pretty much the theme of the accompanying song, talking about his every day life - how everything, even Arai not being in his bed first thing in the morning - is pretty much normal. He also feeds the cats (hell cats, I swear! They sound truly disturbed!), talks about his situation with his father and also the foundations of him being able to do and choose things for himself a little (rebellion class 101!). The drama ends with part of an instrumental version of Hey Hey Bomb Bomb.

Geek note: I find it interesting that Nakamoto's language is not as formal in this monologue as it often is in the manga, drama Cds, etc. I've noticed before that he talks more casually when he's with the cats - presumably, when he's at his most relaxed. It's another indication that his formality has been trained into him, but it's maybe not the real Nakamoto.

The disks are as follows:
Nakamoto Shou: (Hayashi/Kanna Nobutoshi) "Hey Hey Bomb Bomb"
Takagi Shimon: (Okiayu Ryoutarou) "Brilliant Future"
Katou Yuusuke: (Ishikawa Hideo): "Sonshite Tokutore"
Shimura Mikimaro (Sakaguchi Daisuke): "Hadashi no Rainy Day"
Arai Tougo (Midorikawa Hikaru): "Motto Tooku Made"
M: (Minna): "Last Dance"

Sotsugyou M Album Releases:

The OVA Soundtrack Release
Heart Wa Koukiatsu ("M")
Thrill (Arai Tougo)
Last Dunk (Katou Yuusuke)
Tomodachi O Tsukurou ("M")
Ren'ai Shousetsu (Nakamoto Shou) - Ova Opening Theme
Melody Go Round (Takagi Shimon)
Oujisama Ni Naritai (Shimura Mikimaro)

Love Song Collection
(This is the only fullsize "M" CD I don't have and I am looking to add it to my collection!)
Labyrinth ("M") - NB, a song by this title is mentioned in the manga volume 3 and it is also featured as the song "M" play in the drama CD "Mou Ichido Labirinsu"
Hohoemi Ni KISU o (Takagi Shimon)
O-tanoshimi Wa Kore Kara Da! (Shimura Mikimaro)
Eien no Love Song (Arai Tougo)
Koneko (Nakamoto Shou)
Rakuen (Katou Yuusuke)

Sotsugyou M songs from the final EMU album "Ore-tachi no Sotsugyou"
(Picture coming soon - my copy is still in VA with my friend...bleh, I need to introduce her to a post office...)
Tenshi Wa Ore Dake Ni Hohoemu (Takagi Shimon)
104^oF (Katou Yuusuke)
Hoshi Ni Natta Hanabi (Arai Tougo)
Another Face, Another Life (Nakamoto Shou)
Time Capsule (Shimura Mikimaro)

This CD also features the title track "Ore-tachi no Sotsugyou" and the single release "Yume no Tsuzuki o Sagashite", both of which are considered "E.M.U" songs because of their release (Ore-tachi no Sotsugyou is included on the Memorial Box Set, Yume no Tsuzuki o Sagashite is not) but both of which semi-belong to Sotsugyou M because both are referenced in the Sotsugyou M+ manga volume 4(including sections of their lyrics).

It's worth mentioning that Nakamoto (Kanna/Hayashi-san) and Arai (Midorikawa-san)'s songs from this last CD are some of the best E.M.U/Sotsugyou solos of them all!