Up until last night I always thought this was a song produced for Hideaki Anno's anime adaptation of Kare Kano – a version is used as the ending credits song.
Last night I'm watching the Japanese version of Godzilla vs Biollante when a character ironically sings the first couple lines of the song amid a panicked crowd which is completely lost in the English dub of the film which i grew up on. I google and have my mind blown, realizing it's actually a much older song by Yuki Saito.
So I'm curious: for those who were in Japan back in the 80s or 90s/onwards what do people think of this song? Is it one of those pop songs that everyone knows? I was so convinced it was an original piece in Kare Kano's soundtrack – there are even a couple of instrumental arrangements of the song used in the show's score that are gorgeous. I never would have guessed it was a pop song from the 80s.
by jefty083