Thats also what I was thinking to considering how similar the synopsis sounded to Rewrite.
Work from dai, xaki, Luck Ganriki, M. Zakky and Pre-Holder? Definitely can’t wait.
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Yayyyyyyyy Xaki and M. Zakky and dai? Oh boy. That’s exciting! I can’t wait till we get more news! : )
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They’re all so beautiful! I want to grab this album no matter what! I wonder why is the album called Haworthia. I can’t really see her being the protagonist, but she doesn’t look like an antagonist herself, if I were to say something she’s more like a narrator. And one with a dazzling voice. I hope we can figure out more after listening to the songs.
Since some people said haworthia is a plant from the family of Aloes from South Africa, i decided to look up the aloes and found the Aloe hereorensis, an African Aloe native to South Africa. So maybe her full name is Aloe Hereorensis Haworthia?
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Yeah I was confused–Ok I still am, I thought it was an exclusive 07thMasquerade/Live thing.
This sounds very interesting and I love how we got a comment from the artist yaay!
This is amazing. 
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Regretfully I can’t go to the music event since we have a shrine ceremony that day, but I definitely want to help translate any of the audio or materials if possible. Im super excited about this news, though!
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Do we know if there’s anywhere we’ll be able to purchase this from?
Pretty exciting news! The designs are very interesting, particularly A. H. Haworthia. I’m very hyped for any sound work involving dai, xaki, and all the others. November 3rd will be a great day!
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As it says in the article and website, it’ll be available for purchase at M3, and later at toranoana and melonbooks.
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Time to shell out money at my proxy once again! 
07th Live was last night, and M3 is today. Haworthia is officially released! But it won’t be available commercially for a little while yet.
If anyone here is able to get their hands on a copy, let us know!
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I hope it’ll be released in regular anime stores! Going out to Akihabara is a bit of a hassle ;; I will definitely be checking my local shops to try and pick up a copy.
It’s coming to Melonbooks and Toranoana at some point.
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Aaah thank you Epika! (And @Aspirety!) I learned there is both a Melonbooks and Toranoana in Yokohama super close to me! I may be able to pick up Haworthia sooner than I thought
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Purchased through the SmartBuyJapan service. Thank you so much for the quick post on the link!
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You’re quite welcome! I purchased it using zenmarket myself.
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I finally sat down and listened to the short samples of each track that are up on Toranoana.
The music is even more beautiful than I expected. Last I checked, it hasn’t been totally confirmed that these tracks will make it into When They Cry 5, has it? If not, I hope that WTC5’s soundtrack can match the level of these pieces. Now I understand why they called this drama CD “extravagant” twice in the description on Toranoana.
By the way, Haworthia’s apparent plot reminds me of an old post-apocalyptic sci-fi anime from 1999 called Blue Gender which I loved.
My copy finally arrived. Haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet cuz I had to go to work, but I’ll give some impressions in the next couple days when I’m had a chance to sit down for it!
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Just a few thoughts I had been putting off posting, but won’t any longer with Rokkenjima shutting down soon:
(Haworthia spoilers + a Umineko EP4 spoiler because I referenced the world of 1998)
Ryuukishi’s works are always thought-provoking, and while sci-fi concepts like nature “rebelling” against humans, of androids’ differences in philosophical perception leading to conflict, and of future societies losing their perspective on the human experience have been “done” before, I like the presentation style and the ideas presented: short and sweet is the best for this sort of story, because it boils down to intellectual musings, and on top of that the setting and characters are introduced in an intriguing way. It seems as though you could view the booklet’s “objective” reporting of events as akin to Haworthia’s “Question Arc” or maybe the world of 1998 in Umineko, and the personal experiences of the humans and Organics Automata within the voice drama as Haworthia’s “Answer Arc”.
Umineko had a lot of novel ideas, and they had maximal impact to me because they were presented within an epic story. Haworthia obviously isn’t that ambitious, but one of the major themes of the work still resonated with me: the “cruelty” of natural beauty. I’m sure we’ve all reflected on the majestic nature of nature’s greatest dangers in the past. In a sense, you could even go really abstract with this, because change inherently is threatening, yet change inherently is also what inspires us…
But on top of that, there’s also the additional factor of human perception affecting what we view as harmful. I’m reminded of when I first learned that prisoners in past civilizations were tortured regularly to deter them from wanting to be in a place where they’d be fed and sheltered. It made me reappreciate the rich and liberal era we live in where most countries simply refuse to allow anyone in them to starve, even if they’re a fiend or an outcast.
We humans generally prefer a range of temperatures from cool to warm, and perhaps view the inside of a volcano or the high ridge in Antarctica as merely alien and brutal places, but maybe if humans had evolved further or enhanced themselves, those places would be considered beautiful and rainfall mundane in comparison. (I’m reminded of the Chinese fantasy novels I read about immortals with deity-like bodies who meditate in fantastic places like black holes or deep ocean canals to increase their comprehension of magic related to the elements.) But the humans with the world of Haworthia seem to have proceeded in the opposite direction with their reliance on technology, seeking to live in a world where the temperature and humidity are at an exact ideal, seasons don’t exist, and people never even need to sweat. In a sense, it’s a world where every common sense is removed from the reader’s. Definitely a very far-off future, where colony ships exist and the population of one continent is 16 billion.
I’m looking forward to the eventual full translation of Haworthia! On a side note, I’m curious about what the total length is of tracks 3, 5, and 7 (since 1 and 9 are already TL’ed and are probably around 5 minutes total). In my experience, doujin voice dramas can range from 10 minutes to 10 hours.
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