Title: 魔法先生ネギま！　８月：長谷川千雨 (Magic Teacher Negima! August: Hasegawa Chisame)
Original Creator: 赤松健 (Ken Akamatsu)
Vocals: 志村由美 (Yumi Shimura)
Release Date: 5/26/04
Catalog No.: KICM-3053
Rating: 4/4

This CD is quite interesting. The two sides of Chisame (the serious recluse) and her other life, Chiu (the Internet Idol). The seiyuu, Yumi, performs her two personalities with completely different voices. As Chisame, her voice is low and serious, at times it sounds evil. But when she's Chiu, it's high pitched and cute. The first track has disgrunted Chisame showing contempt towards the previous character CDs.

The song included this time is okay. The song is sung as Chiu, so it's supposed to be really cute. The tune is good, but the lyrics seem kinda dull. Like the others, they describe the character. The remixed version is about the same in my opinion.

The drama is where this CD shines. It has Chisame coming home from school with her new costume (which was accidentally switched with the cheerleading uniforms from last CD). She answers fan-email given comments as Chisame, but responding as Chiu. As she's taking pictures of herself to post on her web page, Sakurako comes by to see if Chisame has her uniform. Chisame tries to pretend that she's not home so she won't be discovered as having this alternative lifestyle. In her panic to hide, she messes up her computer and related equipment.

The cast talk has only Yumi, so she has a more personal message much like Akemi's and Ai's for Asuna and Konoka. She sounds very "valley-ish" (if that word even applies to Japanese speakers).

First edition comes with a Chisame tarot card.

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