Title:  灯 (Akari)
Vocal: 山下誠一郎 (Seiichirou Yamashita) as Yagen Toushirou, 櫻井トオル (Tooru Sakurai) as Tonbokiri
Lyrics: カヨコ (Kayoko)
Arrangement: 村田祐一 (Yuichi Murata)
Release Date:  Aug 23, 2017
Requested By: Crossy Aidae

This song is the duet song for two blades in Touken Ranbu, the Tantou Yagen Toushirou and the Spear Tonbokiri.  The song appears to be about a night after a battle, where the survivors mourn fallen comrades. A very popular BL ship, they are shown several times together in Hanamaru and Katsugeki.   I do not know of any exact historic precedence for the pairing, but the owners of the blades were allies; Yagen Toushirou was used by Oda Nobunaga and Tonbokiri was used by Honda Tadakatsu who served Tokugawa Ieyasu (who served Nobunaga).

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Title: 一対の火花、秘め事に触れ (Touch With Your Secrets, Pair of Sparks)
Vocal: 諏訪部順一 (Junichi Suwabe), 山中真尋 (Masahiro Yamanaka)
Arrangement: 滝沢 章 (Akira Takizawa)
Release Date: Feb 2, 2018
Requested By:  Crossy Aidae

My first request for Touken Ranbu, a series about sword boys.  This song is a conversation between two swords who appear to be engaged in “battle”.  The first singer is Kikkou Sadamune, has somewhat of an masochistic personality.   Meanwhile, the second singer is Sengo Muramasa is known to have more of a sadistic personality.  The euphemistic language in strong in the song, with plenty of double meanings bold enough for an amateur like me to spot.

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