Well, another NHK morning drama serial has arrived. "Omusubi"（おむすび）started broadcasting in October and unlike in the previous two serials, "Boogie Woogie"（ブギウギ）and "Tora ni Tsubasa"（虎に翼）, the main star isn't a fictionalized version of a famous person but a young teenage girl who has aspirations of becoming a nutritionist while going through a gyaru phase. Not surprisingly then, "Omusubi" also stands out for being set in relatively recent times with its earliest temporal setting being 1995. Yui Yoneda is most definitely a Heisei heroine.
The pop/rock duo B'z has had a long successful story all on their own but they also made their way into anison history by providing a number of tunes for the mystery show "Meitantei Conan"（名探偵コナン）. Now, they've even entered the morning serial drama zone of Japanese pop culture for the first time by providing one of their songs as the opening theme for "Omusubi". "Illumination" was released as the duo's October digital download single and I've been hearing it plenty of times since I've been catching the show often enough.
Written and composed by B'z, the title represents the light that awaits people after going through all of the usual peaks and valleys of life, according to a few media reports listed on the J-Wiki article for "Illumination". The song reached No. 1 on Oricon's Digital Download chart.
Apparently, the above contains a couple of rearranged versions of "Illumination" by YouTuber KNZ". Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a full original version as of yet, although the official music video is due to come out on YouTube on November 16th.
November 18th: Well, here we are!
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