codomomental bulletin #50
On September 25th, there was a livestream with Nobuhide Imamura and Mei Yui Mei on the official Yukueshirezutsurezure YouTube channel, where a lot of details about Not Secured, Loose Ends were revealed:1
- It all started with a rather vague idea that the director shared with the staff, and then Mei found out about it. She thought Imamura-san was planning a reboot of Yukueshirezutsurezure, but the director explained his vision for the project in a general way, and she enthusiastically wanted to be a part of it.
- Imamura-san had something new in mind, so he had no intention of inviting Mei into the group. He also says that if Mei and Kotetsu had wanted to join NSLE together, he would have refused them because he felt it would have given the group a wrong image.
- At that time not much had been decided, there was also the possibility that the new project would be a band. Through discussions, the director together with Mei came up with the concept that the group has now.
- First and foremost, Imamura-san emphasizes that Not Secured, Loose Ends should not be seen as a reboot of Yukueshirezutsurezure. The group will inherit the spirit of “Tsurezure,” but it will be something different.
- The lyrics of NSLE will be completely in English. The group will perform “Tsurezure” songs, but they will also be translated into English.
- The translation (or rather interpretation) of the lyrics will be done by syva.
- The first solo concert of the project will take place on November 25th at Shibuya Eggman.
- The project is serious about performing overseas. According to Nobuhide Imamura, that doesn’t mean there won’t be almost no concerts in Japan, but not many are planned.
- An album of re-recorded songs will be released soon. According to Mei Yui Mei, as a result of translating the lyrics, the old songs have also been rearranged and feel like completely different songs.
- It is possible that the group will have more than 4 members.
- With all of this said, Mei Yui Mei is not leaving Zenbu Kimi no Sei da.
- According to Nobuhide Imamura, during the Yukueshirezutsurezure period they tried to stick to a single genre and there were a lot of ideas they couldn’t realize at that time. But this time, they want to try a lot of different interesting things.
The day before, the group introduced their new member, Higaminari Yuchiomi:
“Higaminari” (秘我未也) consists of four characters that do not form meaningful words or sentences, and individually mean “hidden,” “I,” “not,” and “is.” At the same time, it reads like the word “lightning in the clear sky” (日雷).
Very kindhearted, with a strong voice that exudes a firm will, the charming Yuchiomi! This is my precious companion with whom we will begin our journey together from now on. I hope for your support!2
From Mei Yui Mei’s Twitter.
In this new video translation, you can see Who Runo addressing the fans of Seireki13ya, talking about her past life, why she wanted to become an idol and what she sees as her goal, as well as expressing her impressions of the months she spent in “Seireki” and her mood for the group’s first solo tour. Also, after watching this video, you will fully understand why this girl ended up being responsible for “crying constellation.”
On September 27th, TOKYO TEFUTEFU’s new album “Butterfly Dogma” was released. The music for the release was composed by syva (Rosario to koi, outrogue, negative buster, Butterfly-Hi), Hayashi Takahiro (miniature garden, TenohiraNoTomoshibi), ANARCHY & UK (houyou, Clown Amaryllis), Kawaguchi Junta (LYCORisALIVE) and yowanecity (rinbu), and the lyrics were written by GESSHIRUI (houyou, Clown Amaryllis, Butterfly-Hi, TenohiraNoTomoshibi, LYCORisALIVE), Nobuhide Imamura (rinbu), Kisaragi Megumi (Rosario to koi), Tokanai Nonno (negative buster), Mary Lust (miniature garden) and Chimura Shifumi (outrogue).3
A future to which light leads, a thousand heartwarming sights before my eyes, dazzlingly flaming lives. A dogmatic faction of butterflies.4
The concept of the release.
Songs that I was only able to sing with full confidence because I have been moving forward with you all these three years!
Let’s continue to grow together and pour out a lot of different feelings.5
This is an album that gives a full sense of the past, present and future of “Tefutefu.”6
From Mary Lust’s Twitter.
By the way, I don’t think I’ve talked about it yet.
I wrote the lyrics to the song “outrogue.”
I wanted each listener to see it as a different story, so the line I perform as “I sing” is listed as “…” in the lyrics. My art of soaring upward is singing. But what’s your story?7
From Chimura Shifumi’s Twitter.
I wrote the lyrics to the song “Rosario to koi.”
Hoping that the days of TOKYO TEFUTEFU and “Mirages” sharing the same feelings would not end.With the power of the emotions put into their voices at the concerts, it has clearly gained even more depth and weight. And I love that so much. I hope this song reaches many people.8
From Kisaragi Megumi’s Twitter.
It has also been revealed that Chimura Shifumi will get her own solo song, which she will perform for the first time on her birthday on the first day of the upcoming tour.9
Meanwhile, Zenbu Kimi no Sei da’s crowdfunding campaign to release the group’s Budokan show Blu-ray has raised 5 million yen. This means that the group will start working on a new song (but it’s still unclear when exactly).
In other news, Kisaragi Megumi has landed her first theater role, bringing her one step closer to her dream of becoming an actress.10
- https://twitter.com/nsleystz/status/1706161668903071791
- https://twitter.com/zenkimi_mymei/status/1705934264729223175
- https://linkco.re/dn7cbuUQ?lang=en
- https://twitter.com/vvshimokita/status/1706947928798216201
- https://twitter.com/tftf_lust/status/1706484732941504706
- https://twitter.com/tftf_lust/status/1706692124727820710
- https://twitter.com/tftf_shifumi/status/1707049262343966992
- https://twitter.com/zenkimi_megumi/status/1707428886009758028
- https://twitter.com/tokyotftf/status/1706639853159669766
- https://twitter.com/codomomental/status/1706609917531246609