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Sunday, June 29, 2025

Kana Hanazawa -- Yarenno? Endless(やれんの?エンドレス)

 

Well, as I stated in my previous article, I got to see some new anime for the first time in a long while and the examples happen to be from the spring season this year which is now crossing the finish line. One such show is "Ninja to Koroshiya no Futari Gurashi"(忍者と殺し屋のふたりぐらし...A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof) , or NinKoro for short, which I consider to be one of those odd-couple anime comedies. The couple here consists of a cute, well-meaning but bumbling ninja warrior and a a stoic and manipulative high school assassin who is brutally effective at her job but cleaning up after the fact is something that she has problems with. 


Although seiyuu Haruna Mikawa(三川華月)as the assassin Satoko is unknown to me, her co-star as ninja Konoha is very familiar. I haven't heard from Kana Hanazawa(花澤香菜)in a couple of years, so it's nice to see that she's still active. And Satoko's victims are being played by some major A-lister seiyuu; they are quickly dispatched with a brevity that reminds me of all of those ill-fated special guest stars on the short-lived sitcom "Police Squad".

Hanazawa is also responsible for the opening theme "Yarenno? Endless" (Shall We Do It? Endless) which was written by Hidefumi Kenmochi(ケンモチヒデフミ)of Suiyoubi no Campanella(水曜日のカンパネラ)fame and composed by Taku Inoue(井上拓). Although I don't think the song will ever approach my top ten anison, it's still catchy enough in a jangly way.


2 comments:

  1. The song is catchy and, on hand, I doubt it will ever reach the top on anyone’s list, but on the other hand, I do know of songs like 「やさしさに包まれたならwhen released (April 20, 1974 as a single and late on the 1976 album) weren't particularly popular that years later (in that case of the former song, 1989) became very popular and almost iconic. Now, I doubt that is going to happen with this song, but then again when it comes to Japanese music you never know what will happen in future.

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    1. Yep, it's very possible that songs that have been treated as minor hits or pleasant-if-not-that-significant parts of a singer's discography can achieve bigger fame years later. I recall "Plastic Love" being one of the most famous examples.

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