My previous article on the obscure song "Shonan Afternoon"（湘南アフタヌーン）by Maria Minami（南マリア）talked about its summery nature while its arrangement sounded like something from the 1950s or 1960s.
Well, it's been a while since I've posted anything by the pop duo H2O (the last time was back in 2021 for their "Tsugi no Magarikado"（次のまがり角）) , and their 7th single "Kaze no Romance" (Windy Romance) from June 1984 is also a rather summery number. But this time, the arrangement by Katsu Hoshi（星勝）, who was probably helping out full-time with Anzen Chitai's（安全地帯）songs at this point, and the original melody by Yasuhiro Suzuki（鈴木康博）from the band Off-Course（オフコース）wasn't going for the nostalgic line, instead pursuing the contemporary H2O vibe of light and shimmery pop.
Yasushi Akimoto（秋元康）, the future Svengali behind Onyanko Club（おニャン子クラブ）and then AKB48, provided the lyrics for "Kaze no Romance", an H2O tune that this time doesn't have anything to do with an anime and nor does it sound like a minor-key ballad. It's all very sunny and convertible ride-worthy. The song would also find itself on the duo's fourth and final album "Next Corner", released in February 1985.
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