Back Number: Takane no Hanakosan

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Hey I wanted to introduce this epic song by Back Number

It's called Takaneno Hanakosan which roughly translates to "unattainable person". Probably one of their most iconic songs, it just popped into my featured list. It's one of those songs that you keep coming back, listen too much and get bored and listen once in a while again and find it amazing. (endless loop)

It has an overall theme of Kataomoi (片思い, unrequited love) in Japanese. All these 願い(ねがい Negai: wishes) that will never come true. How you wish the other person would magically like you,  etc... It's a bittersweet love song and the lyrics are so detailed in describing the patheticness(?) of the persona's thoughts that I really like as an introvert.  

 This was the only English lyric video that I could find that looked okay, sorry the quality isn't that good. I hope you get why I like Back Number through this video 😂😂.



Comments

  1. ChristalOctober 5, 2024 at 2:41 PM

    Do you listen to a lot of Japanese songs similar to this?

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  2. AshleyOctober 6, 2024 at 6:45 PM

    The song is pretty good. Also describing yearning as patheticness made me laugh.

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