Last Note. is a two-person unit producer who produce high-spirited, intense songs characterized by their classic rock tunes and are also known for their song series, Mikagura School Suite. Aside from creating original songs, they also frequently release arrange albums of either covers of Last Note. songs or arrange covers of other producers' songs.
Background
- In an interview in February 2013, Last Note. revealed themselves as a two-person unit. The distribution of roles are Last Note. (usually referred as Rasuno/ラスノ) as lyricist, composer, and information-sharer through various media (such as Twitter, blog, etc.); and Last Note. T (usually referred as T-san/Tさん) as composer and arranger.[1]
- When Rasuno played "Hatsune Miku -Project Diva-" for the first time, he thought that the melodies and arrangements of the (Vocaloid) songs were really nice, and it left a deep impression on him. He also thought that it would be really interesting to participate in Vocaloid community and he wanted to try and upload a song. At the same occasion, T-san also thought that it was an interesting idea so they began to work as a two-unit producer with "One Step Layered" as their first song.[2]
- When their ninth song, "Houkago Stride", was in progress, Rasuno only thought to make a song that would be commented as something which is seemingly amusing and fun. Since he also loves to make stories for the song's background, he got an idea of doing something new in the song by setting up an Academy that not only has cultural clubs, but also becomes a place where battlers can use their abilities to fight. There will also be many characters on it as a setting. At first, Last Note. did not intend to prepare a song for each main character like they do now, but upon seeing the reaction to Houkago Stride's PV once it was uploaded, they started to think about it and thus, became a song series.[3]
- In August 2015, Rasuno and T-san have decided to split in peace due to the difference of their goals now, after five years full of collaboration.[4] T-san, now referred as T-Sugishita, will continue to upload Vocaloid songs separately from Last Note. and his position is replaced with a new member named Nifu. Nevertheless, Mikagura School Suite will still continue as it is Rasuno who is working most behind this series.
Works
| Name | Type | Year | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Step Layered | Song | 2010 | First Vocaloid song featuring Miku and Luka as vocal. Uploaded on November 22nd. | |
| Vocalize | Album | 2010 | First utaite arrange album. Released on December 30th. | |
| Last Effect | Song | 2011 | Second Vocaloid song featuring Miku as vocal. Uploaded on April 16th. | |
| Noisy Lover's Soul | Song | 2011 | Third Vocaloid song featuring GUMI as vocal. Uploaded on July 28th. | |
| colorful parade | Album | 2011 | Second utaite arrange album. Released on August 13th. | |
| under lights | Album | 2011 | Third utaite arrange album. Released on December 31st. | |
| Ren'ai Yuusha | Song | 2012 | Fourth Vocaloid song featuring GUMI as vocal. Uploaded on January 20th. | |
| Akatsuki Arrival | Song | 2012 | Fifth Vocaloid song featuring Miku and Luka as vocal. Uploaded on February 24th. | |
| Setsuna Trip | Song | 2012 | Sixth Vocaloid song featuring GUMI as vocal. Uploaded on May 3rd. | |
| Dead Line Circus | Song | 2012 | Seventh Vocaloid song featuring Len, GUMI, and Gackpo as vocal. Uploaded on August 9th. | |
| endless resist | Album | 2012 | Fourth utaite arrange album. Released on August 11th. | |
| Route Sphere | Song | 2012 | Eight Vocaloid song featuring GUMI as vocal. Uploaded on October 5th. | |
| Houkago Stride | Song | 2012 | First Mikagura School Suite song, as well as ninth Vocaloid song, featured by GUMI. Uploaded on December 1st. | |
| Hello Laughter | Song | 2012 | Tenth Vocaloid song featuring Miku, Rin, Luka, GUMI, Lily, and IA as vocal. Uploaded on December 28th. | |
| first trip | Album | 2012 | First major album, released on December 31st. | |
| Mukiryoku Coup d'Etat | Song | 2013 | Second Mikagura School Suite song, as well as eleventh Vocaloid song, featured by GUMI. Uploaded on March 19th. | |
| Osanana Blue | Song | 2013 | Twelfth Vocaloid song featuring GUMI as vocal. Uploaded on April 19th. | |
| Uchouten Vivace | Song | 2013 | Third Mikagura School Suite song, as well as thirteenth Vocaloid song, featured by GUMI. Uploaded on June 28th. | |
| Setsuna Code | Album | 2013 | Second major album, released on July 17th. | |
| Mikagura School Suite 1 - Stride After School | Novel | 2013 | First Mikagura School Suite novel, released on July 25th. | |
| Tousou Honnou | Song | 2013 | Fourteenth Vocaloid song featuring GUMI as vocal. Uploaded on August 9th. | |
| 『style』 | Album | 2013 | Fifth utaite arrange album, released on August 21th. | |
| Mikagura School Suite 2 - Spiritless Coup d'Etat | Novel | 2013 | Second Mikagura School Suite novel, released on December 21st. | |
| Garakuta Innocence | Song | 2014 | Fourth Mikagura School Suite song, as well as fifteenth Vocaloid song, featured by GUMI. Uploaded on February 21st. | |
| Mikagura School Suite 3 - Garakuta Innocence | Novel | 2014 | Third Mikagura School Suite novel, released on March 22nd. | |
| 『blank』 | Album | 2014 | Sixth utaite arrange album, released on April 26th. | |
| Mikagura School Suite 4 - Seeing a Sixteen-day-old Moon | Novel | 2014 | Fourth Mikagura School Suite novel, released on July 24th. | |
| Izayoi Seeing | Song | 2014 | Fifth Mikagura School Suite song, as well as sixteenth Vocaloid song, featured by GUMI. Uploaded on September 19th. | |
| Caramel Heaven | Song | 2014 | Seventeenth Vocaloid song featuring GUMI as vocal. Uploaded on October 19th. | |
| Mikagura School Suite 5 - Fujouri Roulette | Novel | 2014 | Fifth Mikagura School Suite novel, released on December 25th. | |
| Mikagura School Suite Album | Album | 2015 | Third major album which only focuses on Mikagura School Suite series, released on February 25th. | |
| Mikagura School Suite 6 - Esoragoto Spiral | Novel | 2015 | Sixth Mikagura School Suite novel, released on March 25th. | |
| Finale | Album | 2015 | Seventh utaite arrange album, released on August 16th. This is also the last collaboration album done by Rasuno and T-san as Last Note., hence the name. |
Trivia
- Although they work together in composing music, only Last Note. writes Mikagura School Suite.[5]
- Last Note.'s birthday is August 12.[6]
- Last Note. loves to read, and, according to him, reads around 30 novels a month.[7]
Gallery
Last Note. in an interview, revealing themselves to be a two-person unit.
Rasuno's drawing of Bimii for Akina's birthday
Another of Rasuno's drawings
T-san former twitter icon before the they decided to split
References
- ↑ Last Note. entry in pixiv dictionary
- ↑ Last Note.'s nico interview
- ↑ Natalie.mu Interview
- ↑ According to this official blog post
- ↑ As revealed in congratulation comment of second novel,
祝!!2巻目!!どうも。小説書いてない方のラストノートTです。
Congratulation!! For the second volume!! I'm Last Note. T, who doesn't take part in writing the novels. - ↑ According to his tweet
誕生日だ！！今年の目標はニコ生をして、その中で一回も噛まずに見事に早口言葉を言うことです！！
My birthday!! This year's objective is living on NND and talk rapidly without faltering!! - ↑ According to this interview by Mikubook
| Producers | |
|---|---|
| Last Note. • Akina • Sayuki | |