② mini ~Ikiru to Iu Chikara~

② mini ~Ikiru to Iu Chikara~ (②mini～生きるという力～; ② mini ~The Power Called Living~) is ℃-ute's second album. It was released on April 18, 2007 in two editions: regular and limited. Although it is only a mini album containing five tracks, it is still considered to be their second album. 
The album reached #21 on the Oricon weekly charts and sold 9,338 copies.
==Tracklist==
===CD===
#That's the POWER
#Bokura no Kagayaki (僕らの輝き; Our Radiance) - Umeda Erika, Okai Chisato & Arihara Kanna
#Disco Queen (ディスコ　クイーン) - Nakajima Saki & Hagiwara Mai
#Tsuugaku Vector☂ (通学ベクトル☂; School Commute Vector☂) - Suzuki Airi
#Natsu DOKI Lipstick (夏DOKIリップスティック; Summer Heart-Pounding Lipstick) - Yajima Maimi
===Limited Edition DVD===
#JUMP (Close-up Live Ver. at Nihon Seinenkan)
#Jacket Satsuei Making (ジャケット撮影メイキング; Jacket Photoshoot Making Of)
==Featured Members==
*Umeda Erika
*Yajima Maimi
*Nakajima Saki
*Suzuki Airi
*Okai Chisato
*Hagiwara Mai
*Arihara Kanna
==Album Information==
All Lyrics and Compositions: Tsunku
#That's the POWER
#*Arrangement: Yuasa Koichi
#Bokura no Kagayaki
#*Arrangement: Ogura Kenji
#Disco Queen
#*Arrangement: Tanaka Nao
#Tsuugaku Vector☂
#*Arrangement: Hirata Shoichiro
#Natsu DOKI Lipstick
#*Arrangement: Yamazaki Jun
==Performances==
===TV Performances===
*[2015.09.11] The Girls Live (Bokura no Kagayaki)
*[2021.08.16] Hello! Project presents... "Solo Fes! 2" (Tsuugaku Vector☂) - Matsumoto Wakana 
*[2021.08.16] Hello! Project presents... "Solo Fes! 2" (Natsu DOKI Lipstick) - Yamazaki Yuhane 
===Concert Performances===
;That's the POWER
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2007 Haru ~Golden Hatsu Date~
*℃-ute Live Tour 2007 Aki ~Houkago no Essence~
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2009 Natsu Aki ~Cutie JUMP!~
*Berryz Koubou & ℃-ute Collab Concert Tour 2011 Aki ~Berikyuu Island~
*Naruchika 2017 ℃-ute
;Bokura no Kagayaki
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2007 Haru ~Golden Hatsu Date~
*Cutie Circuit 2007 ~MAGICAL CUTIE TOUR & 9gatsu 10ka wa ℃-ute no Hi~
*℃-ute Live Tour 2007 Aki ~Houkago no Essence~
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2009 Haru ~AB℃~
*2010nen Hello Pro Egg Norimen Live 2gatsu - Sengoku Minami
*Hello! Project 2010 SUMMER ~Fankora!~
*Solo Live 2011 Vol.1 ~Kaisha de Odottemita!!~ Live in Heaven - Okai Chisato
*Solo Live 2011 Vol.2 ~Hanzomon de Odottemita!!~ - Okai Chisato
*℃-ute Budokan Concert 2013 "Queen of J-POP ~Tadori Tsuita Onna Senshi~"
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2014 Haru ~℃-ute no Honne~
*Hello! Project COUNTDOWN PARTY 2014 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~
*9→10 Shuunen Kinen ℃-ute Concert Tour 2015 Haru ~The Future Departure~
*Hello! Project Hina Fes 2015 ~Mankai! The Girls' Festival~
*Kobushi Factory Live Tour 2015 ~ The First Ring! ~ - Fujii Rio
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2016 Aki ~℃OMPASS~
*Okai Chisato FC Live ② ~Katte ni Hello Pro 20 Shuunen Omedetou! 2007-2012~ - Umeda Erika, Okai Chisato, Arihara Kanna
*Okai Chisato FC Live ③ ~Katte ni Hello Pro 20 Shuunen Omedetou! 2013-2018~ - Okai Chisato
;Disco Queen
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2007 Haru ~Golden Hatsu Date~
*Cutie Circuit 2007 ~MAGICAL CUTIE TOUR & 9gatsu 10ka wa ℃-ute no Hi~
*℃-ute Live Tour 2007 Aki ~Houkago no Essence~
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2010 Natsu Aki ~Dance Special!! "Chou Uranaito!!"~
*℃-ute Cutie Circuit ~Voyage à Paris~
*9→10 Shuunen Kinen ℃-ute Concert Tour 2015 Haru ~The Future Departure~ (part of a medley)
*Naruchika 2017 ℃-ute
;Tsuugaku Vector☂
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2007 Haru ~Golden Hatsu Date~
*℃-ute Live Tour 2007 Aki ~Houkago no Essence~ - Umeda Erika, Arihara Kanna
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2008 Natsu ~Wasuretakunai Natsu~
*2009 Hello! Project Shinjin Kouen 4gatsu ~Yokohama HOP!~
*℃-ute Cutie Circuit 2009 ~9gatsu 10ka wa ℃-ute no Hi~
*℃-ute Cutie Circuit 2009 ~FIVE~
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2010 Natsu Aki ~Dance Special!! "Chou Uranaito!!"~
*Berryz Koubou & ℃-ute Collab Concert Tour 2011 Aki ~Berikyuu Island~ (part of a medley)
*Hello Pro Kenshuusei Happyoukai 2012 ~3gatsu no Nama Tamago Show!~ - Hello Pro Kenshuusei
*℃-ute Cutie Circuit 2012 ~9gatsu 10ka wa ℃-ute no Hi~
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2013 Haru ~Treasure Box~
*Hello! Project 2014 WINTER ~DE-HA MiX~ - Tsugunaga Momoko / Kumai Yurina / Fukumura Mizuki
*9→10 Shuunen Kinen ℃-ute Concert Tour 2015 Haru ~The Future Departure~ (part of a medley)
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2017 Haru ~℃elebration~ (part of a medley)
*Suzuki Airi 1st LIVE ~Do me a favor @ Zepp Tokyo / Namba Hatch~
*Suzuki Airi 1st LIVE ~Do me a favor @ Nippon Budokan~
*Okai Chisato FC Live ② ~Katte ni Hello Pro 20 Shuunen Omedetou! 2007-2012~ - Okai Chisato
*Suzuki Airi LIVE TOUR 2018 "PARALLEL DATE"
;Natsu DOKI Lipstick
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2007 Haru ~Golden Hatsu Date~
*℃-ute Live Tour 2007 Aki ~Houkago no Essence~
*Hello! Project 2009 Winter Wonderful Hearts Kouen ~Kakumei Gannen~
*Buono! Live ~Rock'n Buono!~ 2 - Suzuki Airi
*Hello! Project 2010 SUMMER ~Fankora!~
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2010 Natsu Aki ~Dance Special!! "Chou Uranaito!!"~
*℃-ute Budokan Concert 2013 "Queen of J-POP ~Tadori Tsuita Onna Senshi~"
*9→10 Shuunen Kinen ℃-ute Concert Tour Haru ~The Future Departure~ (part of a medley)
*Country Girls Live Tour 2015 - Yamaki Risa
*℃-ute Concert Tour 2017 Haru ~℃elebration~ (part of a medley)
*Hello! Project 20th Anniversary!! Hello! Project 2018 SUMMER ~ONE FOR ALL~
*Yajima Maimi Solo LIVE 2018 ~Yajimans Dai Shuugou!~ Yajima Maimi
*Hello! Project Year-End Party 2021 ~GOOD BYE & HELLO!~ - Yajima Maimi
===Event Performances===
;Bokura no Kagayaki
*[2020.02.07] Yajima Maimi Birthday Event 2020 Maimi's Squall vol.3 - Yajima Maimi
*[2022.02.11] Yajima Maimi Birthday Event 2022 Maimi's Squall vol.6 ~30sai ni Narimashita!~ - Yajima Maimi
;Tsuugaku Vector☂
*[2013.04.12] Suzuki Airi Birthday Kikaku ~19 no Utagoe~
*[2014.04.14] ℃-ute Suzuki Airi Birthday Event 2014
*[2015.04.12] ℃-ute Suzuki Airi Birthday Event 2015
*[2017.04.24] ℃-ute Suzuki Airi Birthday Event 2017
*[2018.08.11] Suzuki Airi FC Event Dai 1kai Airi Mania Kai ~Budokan Otsukare / A Sou Ieba 24sai Omedetou~
*[2018.11.06] ANGERME Kamikokuryo Moe・Kasahara Momona Birthday Event 2018 - Kamikokuryo Moe
*[2019.12.12] BEYOOOOONDS / Ame no Mori Kawa Umi Kiyono Momohime Birthday Event 2019 - Kiyono Momohime
*[2020.01.20] ANGERME Ise Layla Birthday Event 2020 - Ise Layla
*[2020.02.07] Yajima Maimi Birthday Event 2020 Maimi's Squall vol.3 - Yajima Maimi
*[2020.02.12] Suzuki Airi FC Event 2020 ~Minna no Ohanashi Kikasete! Watashi, Utaimasu!~
*[2023.12.03] Tsubaki Factory Onoda Saori Birthday Event 2023 - Onoda Saori
*[2024.07.29] Tsubaki Factory Akiyama Mao Birthday Event 2024 - Akiyama Mao
;Natsu DOKI Lipstick
*[2020.02.07] Yajima Maimi Birthday Event 2020 Maimi's Squall vol.3
==Oricon Chart Positions==
Total Reported Sales: 9,388
==Trivia==
*This album does not feature any singles.
==External Links==
*Discography: Hello! Project, UP-FRONT WORKS, Tsunku.net
*Wikipedia: Japanese, English
*Lyrics: That's the POWER, Bokura no Kagayaki, Disco Queen, Tsuugaku Vector☂, Natsu DOKI Lipstick
da: ② mini ~Ikiru to Iu Chikara~
Category:2007 Albums
Category:C-ute Albums
Category:7 Members Line-Up
Category:C-ute DVDs
Category:2007 DVDs
Category:Mini Albums