This is an OFFICIAL Kantai Collection release, so I will not be posting this on my channel since I know how fierce they are with copyright. The video is an alternative karaoke version by LIVE DAM.
Title: ∅ ~Rabbit who went to the moon~
Circle: Innocent Key
Album: 東方お伽話
Vocal: 大瀬良 あい (Ai Oosera)
Arrangement: Hate (IDEA+RHYTHM)
Original: 九月のパンプキン (September Pumpkin)
Release Date: Aug 15, 2015 (C88)
It took just one listen to this song for me to get hooked. These type of vocals are my favorite and in the process of translating I learned more about culture. This song is about a cute Japanese fairy tale that explains why there is a rabbit on the moon. You can interpret this song in a darker way, like this song does.
One day, the Goddess Chang’e looked down at the forest on Earth and saw a Monkey, a Fox, and a Rabbit. Chang’e wondered which one of them was the kindest, so she decided to go to Earth disguised as a poor beggar. She asked the three animals for food, and the animals took pity. The monkey went and got her fruits, the fox went and got her a fish, but the rabbit could not find anything. The rabbit asked the monkey to fetch some kindling (dried vegetation), and the fox to start a fire. The Rabbit told the beggar “I don’t have anything to give you. I will put myself in the fire, and when I’m cooked you can eat me.” The beggar transformed back into the Chang’e and told the rabbit that it was very kind, but it should not do anything to hurt itself. Moved by its kindness, Chang’e took the rabbit to the moon to live with her.
Title: 天翔る龍は闇に笑む (The Dragon Soaring the Heavens Smiles at the Darkness)
Circle: 帝國交響楽団 (Empire Ensemble)
Album: 陽はまた昇る (The Sun Also Rises)
Vocal: ℃iel
Arrangement: -SEKI
Release Date: Dec 30, 2013 (C85)
Art: kurokky709
Requested by: Kuro Usagi
Title: 星に願いを響 (Wish upon a star)
Circle: nT Plug°
Album: Sweet Vocal Collection ~甘これ~
Arrangement: nT Plug°
Release Date: Dec 30, 2015 (C89)
An adorable song about Hibiki from small group nT Plug° that does a lot of KanColle work. The other songs of this album include the other members of the 6th DesDiv.
Title: 閃界面 (Flickering Surface)
Circle: Trinity Note
Album: Never Blue
Vocal: 冴花 (Saeka)
Arrangement: 司/19G
Release Date: Dec 28, 2014 (C87)
Art: ててう (teteu)
Requested by Kuro Usagi. The title, Flickering Surface, has a double meaning. Surface can mean surface of water, but it can also mean user interface. One flickering surface is the waters where Hiryuu sank, and the other surface your screen playing KanColle where she is reborn.