Happy Monday! Some snow here but at least the temperatures have finally gotten up to something near seasonal at an absolutely balmy 0 degrees Celsius. I would expect folks here to get jump out in their T-shirts and flip-flops just about now.
Some weeks ago, I read that one of the seiyuu from the 80s classic TV anime "Kimagure Orange Road"（きまぐれオレンジ☆ロード）, Hiromi Tsuru（鶴ひろみ）who had played the main character of Madoka Ayukawa, passed away suddenly last November. Over the past several weeks, I've seen some comments mourning the loss of Tsuru who left this mortal coil too early at the age of 57.
It's been over a year since I've put up an article featuring one of the go-to singers for songs connected with "KOR", so it's nice to have Kanako Wada（和田加奈子）back on the blog. Unlike some of her other contributions, "Jenina" wasn't an opening or a closing theme but a number that was used somewhere during the show's run. However, having listened to it again, I think it is the most urban contemporary song by her in the "KOR" collection. It's nice to hear those keyboards and that sleek arrangement.
Composed by Shiro Sagisu（鷺巣詩郎）and written by Reiko Yukawa（湯川れい子）, the mysterious Jenina is greatly coveted by an ardent admirer who will go to the ends of the earth for her. The song was the B-side to Wada's 5th single the breezy "Natsu no Mirage"（夏のミラージュ）, itself one of the ending themes for "KOR" when it was released in May 1987. If I'm not mistaken, it's been included in at least one of the soundtrack albums for the anime and it's definitely on "Kanako Wada ~ Golden Best".
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