maimie -- Yasashisa no Kioku（やさしさの記憶）

 

Not sure if this is indeed a thing, but I've noticed that the 7th episodes in seasons of certain anime go into absolute wacky comedy mode. That was something that my anime buddy and I noticed for the first couple of seasons of "Strike Witches" and that has certainly been the case for the first couple of seasons for "Kaguya-sama: Love is War".

I'm not trying to intimate that "Kaguya-sama" is a dour drama. Of course, it's a romantic comedy (for the most part) anime that has become must-see TV along the lines that Marvel's "WandaVision" has been this year. However, Episode 7 of Season 1 with the introduction of Ishigami at last and Kaguya's weiner fetish brought the house down, and then its twin in Season 2 with Kaguya's deep curiosity about underwear and hand massages was another hilarious mishmash of misunderstandings.

Then, Season 2 Episode 7 pulled off another coup. Even with three full segments, it suddenly whipped into the ending credits with several more minutes left on the clock. According to the reaction videos, folks were wondering whether the show had been pre-empted by an emergency broadcast or the studio ran out of budget for the show. It was quite the opposite, actually. The animators apparently possessed a ton of money since they all went crazy and put forth a shojo manga version of "Kaguya-sama" for kicks in the remaining time. Most of the funny if psychologically kinked characters were all smoothed over and given injections of heavy-duty nobility. The reactors had to lift their jaws off the floor.

For months, I had been hoping that the theme song for this shojo manga "Kaguya-sama" would be put up onto YouTube and it looks like my wish came true at the end of October last year, thanks to the uploader Ran Mouri. "Yasashisa no Kioku" (Memories of Kindness) by singer-songwriter maimie is perfect for the pink and fluffy take on "Kaguya-sama". It's so happy, optimistic and uptempo that I just want to grab a net, run out and catch butterflies.

Kiyomi Kumano（くまのきよみ）was responsible for the lyrics while Kei Hanaoka（羽岡佳）, the man responsible for the amazing soundtrack behind the show, took care of the music and arrangement. 

We "Kaguya-sama" fans are openly excited about the impending arrival of an OVA of the series and then the eventual Season 3.