Asuza Tadokoro has released her first digital single, Hakoniwa no Kofuku, today on 5 January 2022. Photos of her as an artist, the album cover, and music video have likewise been revealed. With the use of diorama on the album cover, and donning a striking red outfit in the music video, Hakoniwa no Kofuku is meant to show the different approach she has taken with this release.
The song’s lyrics are by Kosuke Oki, with song and arrangement by Kanda John. Both have also previously worked on Asuza Tadokoro’s fourth album, “Waver”. You’ll be able to hear this song as the ending theme for the TV anime, In the Land of Leadale, airing from 5 January 2022. Its summary is given as follows:
Due to a terrible accident, Keina Kagami is forced to live on life support in order to survive. The only way for her to be free is within the VRMMORPG “Leadale.”
One day, her life support stops functioning, and Keina loses her life. But when she wakes up, she finds herself in the world of Leadale 200 years in the future. She is now the half-elf Cayna, who possesses lost skills and OP statuses and becomes closer to the other inhabitants of this world. Among those inhabitants happen to be the “children” she made in character creation?!
A very chill adventure filled with laughter and tears(?) about a girl who transferred into a game world and her very unique friends is about to begin!
Credited staff include:
- Original story: Ceez
- Original lllustration: Tenmaso
- Director: Yuji Yanase
- TV series composition: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
- Character design: Toshihide Masudate, Eri Kojima, Kaho Deguchi
- Production: MAHO FILM
- Voice cast
- Cayna: Eri Yukimura
- Skargo: Daisuke Ono
- Mai-Mai: Kaori Nazuka
- Kartaz: Tomokazu Sugita