Well, well. A little while ago, I wrote about "Destiny". (Youngsters, listen to Yuming! ~ Discussing the masterpiece "Destiny") As I briefly mentioned at the end of that, it's a different kind of heartbreak song, with an unusual rawness...

It made quite the news that Yumi Arai's "Hikouki Gumo" would be used as the theme song for the Ghibli film "The Wind Rises", released in July 2013.   The timeless masterpiece "Majo no Takkyuubin", released in 1989...

I've given it a rather grand title, but I can't say that much, so here I'll write about "Destiny", one of Yumi Matsutoya's premier masterpieces and a very standard number. If you don't know it, you should definitely listen! ...