Kanade

## • Music Guide •

"**Kanade**" (奏 (かなで)) is the eighth ending theme of *Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san* anime series. It's performed by Rie Takahashi, the voice actress for Takagi.

This song is a cover version of a 2004 song by the Japanese pop duo Sukima Switch (スキマスイッチ). (YouTube: Sukima Switch's version)

## Songwriters

* Music and lyrics: Sukima Switch
* Arrangement of Takagi-san version: Mine Kushita (久下 真音, *Kushita Main*)

## Lyrics

* Romaji Lyrics
* English Lyrics

### Romanji

*kaisatsu no mae tsunagu te to te

itsumo no zawameki, atarashii kaze

akaruku miokuru hazu datta no ni

umaku waraezu ni kimi wo miteita

kimi ga otona ni natteku sono kisetsu ga

kanashii uta de afurenai you ni

saigo ni nanika kimi ni tsutaetakute

“sayonara” ni kawaru kotoba wo boku wa sagashiteta

kimi no te wo hiku sono yakume ga boku no shimei da nante

sou omotteta

dakedo ima wakattanda bokura nara mou

kasaneta hibi ga hora, michibiite kureru

kimi ga otona ni natteku sono jikan ga

furitsumoru ma ni boku mo kawatteku

tatoeba soko ni konna uta ga areba

futari wa itsumo donna toki mo tsunagatte yukeru

totsuzen fui ni narihibiku beru no oto

aseru boku hodokeru te hanareteku kimi

muchuu de yobitomete dakishimetanda

kimi ga doko ni ittatte boku no koe de mamoru yo

kimi ga boku no mae ni arawareta hi kara

nanimokamo ga chigaku mietan da

asa mo hikari mo namida mo, utau koe mo

kimi ga kagayaki wo kuretanda

osaekirenai omoi wo kono koe ni nosete

tooku kimi no machi e todokeyou

tatoeba sore ga konna uta dattara

bokura wa doko ni ita to shitemo tsunagatte yukeru*

### English

*Hand-in-hand before your ticket was checked

The usual background noise, a new wind

I should have seen you off cheerfully

But I looked at you, and couldn't smile very well

The season that you grew up in

Seemed to not overflow with sad songs

I wanted to tell you one final thing

I searched for words to take the place of "goodbye"

The duty of tugging on your hand is my mission

That's what I thought

But now I know, that when it comes to us

Those past days are leading the way

When the season that you grew up in

Lies thick, I change too

If there's a song there

Then we can be linked to one another always, at any time

Suddenly and abruptly, the sound of a bell rings out

I'm in a hurry, our hands detach, and you leave

In a daze, I called out to you, and held you

Where did you go? I'll protect you with my voice

From the day that you appeared before my eyes

Everything seemed closer to me

The morning, lights, tears, and singing voices

You gave me something that shines bright

Memories that I can't control are in my voice

I'll send them out to the city where you are, far away

If there's a song like this one there

Then we can be linked to one another, wherever we try to go*

## Video

TVアニメ『からかい上手の高木さん２』ノンクレジットED「奏（かなで）」／高木さん（CV：高橋李依）
## Trivia

* The song was covered by voice actress, Sora Amamiya for the 2014 anime, *One Week Friends* and by Pastel\*Palettes for the multimedia project, *BanG Dream!*.
	+ Sora Amamiya and Rie Takahashi, who plays Takagi in the Takagi-san series and performed this cover version, previously worked together in the 2016 anime *KonoSuba* as Aqua and Megumin and the 2020 anime, *Rent-A-Girlfriend* as Chizuru and Sumi.