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's 43rd and first posthumous single by Japanese band

. It was released single on December 12, 2007 through B-Gram Records label.

Background

The song was the last song recorded by

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before she died. Although the song was not complete at the time of Izumi Sakai's death, the chorus part had been recorded with assistance of

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from Japanese pop band

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. The extra minutes recorded in

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were from another unrelated and unreleased song. The song was used as a 21st opening theme song of ''

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''.

Oricon Charting

The single debuted at number 2 on the Japanese

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weekly charts and sold over 84,000 copies in total. This became Zard's best performing single since 2002.

Track listing

All songs are written by

and arranged by Takeshi Hayama

References

2007 singles 2007 songs Zard songs Case Closed songs Songs released posthumously Songs written by Izumi Sakai Songs written by Aika Ohno Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato B Zone singles {{2000s-Japan-single-stub