all at once feat. Yuudai Ohno from Da-iCE -- Playmaker（プレイメーカー）

 

Happy final Sunday of October! Usually when we here in Toronto hear the term playmaker, we think of Mitch Marner of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Recently though, it's also referred to the ending theme for the late 2022 episodes of "Meitantei Conan"（名探偵コナン...Case Closed）. Yup, "Playmaker" is a collaboration between the vocal duo all at once and Yuudai Ohno（大野雄大）from the 5-piece song-and-dance group Da-iCE. Written and composed by Ra-U, it's been a pretty cool tune thanks to that thrumming underlying rhythm, and for some reason in my head, there's something nostalgic about the arrangement of the tune. One commenter for the music video below mentioned being reminded somewhat of Earth Wind & Fire.

I've only been hearing "Playmaker" in the past few weeks because the TV Japan broadcasts of the anime are about a year behind what's been showing over in Japan itself. Well, as the saying goes, better late than never. The duo all at once already has representation on KKP through their song "Macaron"（マカロン）.