The Great DC Opening Contest (Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de vs. Mysterious Eyes)

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Welcome to round three!  The battles are going to get harder from here on out!

Round 3, Match 1

Opening #22
Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de by ZARD

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How it got here: Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de first put the beat on Glorious Mind before pummeling Nazo into submission

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Opening #7
Mysterious Eyes by Garnet Crow

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How it got here: Mysterious Eyes won a narrow victory over Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense followed by a thrilling one vote victory over Namida no Yesterday in round two

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Subtitled versions:

Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de

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Mysterious Eyes

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And as hard as it is voting against Ai wa Kurayami, I have to go with my first love.  Mysterious Eyes was playing when I first got into Conan, so for me, nostalgia trumps BO.

One interesting thing to note is that both these openings played during what might arguably be the two greatest Conan story arcs to date, with Mysterious Eyes opening for the Desperate Revival series, and Ai wa Kurayami for the Clash of Red and Black.

[Sakina]

Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de all the way!

[Misztina]

I hate when my favourites gets against eachotehr. I pass this one. ^^

[dilbertschalter]

Mysteryious Eyes, no doubt. The best opening the song in the series and Ai wa Kurayami isn't even in the top half as I see it.

[xGinx]

Mysterious Eyes ..... it makes me feel sad and nostalgic, even when i don't understand a thing xD

[Tanner-kun]

Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de

[pofa]

This is cruel. Couldn't you have fudged on the seeding?

Mysterious Eyes. No question whatsoever.

*looks around* I thought Mysterious Eyes would get creamed by Ai wa Kurayami, but evidently a lot of people really like it. 

[kkslider5552000]

for a second I was wondering how MR. YAZ was doing so well.  Not sleeping will do that to a person I guess!

I vote for the other one either way. I can't really choose 1 favorite OP but if I could it would be Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de.

[Conia]

Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall the way!

[Kleene Onigiri]

Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall the way!

+1

[Walbuls]

Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall the way!

+1

+2

[Sakina]

Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall the way!

+1

+2

>9000

[Walbuls]

Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall the way!

+1

+2

>9000

[Holmes]

My vote will always go to Ai wa ...