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''. The first press contains a ''Gundam 00'' sticker, which differs between limited edition and regular edition, along with Allelujah Haptism's character ID card. The song's music video also made several references to ''Gundam 00'' such as the appearance of Lockon's Haro and Tomoko dressed as Wang Liu Mei. The song was released coincidentally with the band's singer's birthday. Currently it has sold 50,868 copies in Japan according to the year end Oricon Chart of 2008. It was later covered by

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Track listing

Personnel

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– vocals *Ryo Matsui – lead guitar, drums * Shunsaku Okuda – rhythm guitar, bass

References

2008 singles 2008 songs Defstar Records singles Gundam songs Songs written by Shunsaku Okuda Songs written by Tomoko Kawase The Brilliant Green songs {{2000s-Japan-single-stub