Heart no Shuchou

**"Heart no Shuchou"** is an Arisa Takamizawa character song, detailing her middle school experience with a friend in her class, Karen Miura. It is listed as the eighteenth original song of the *Love Series* on the official webpage, and the eighteenth song released digitally for *Confession Executive Committee* as a whole.

The song was first featured on the CHiCO with HoneyWorks album *Sekai wa i ni Michiteiru*, and later given a version using Arisa Takamizawa's seiyuu on the second *CEC* compilation album *Nando Datte, Suki. ~Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai~*.

In 2018, this song and "Ijiwaru na Deai" received a sequel in the form of "Namaiki Honey". A sequel from Karen's perspective was later seen in the PV for "Otome-domo yo.", and yet another sequel focusing on the aftermath ("Heart no Chikai") was released in 2022.

The song was adapted into the seventh *Kokuhaku Yokou Renshuu* light novel, *Kokuhaku Yokou Renshuu: Heart no Shuchou*.

## Synopsis

In the beginning of the video, Karen is being isolated by her classmates, feeling alone and afraid. Arisa comes up to her to talk, but her classmates gossip behind her back, making Arisa stop out of peer pressure. When Karen begins to cry, Arisa runs to the rooftop to shed some tears of her own out of guilt and empathy, cursing her weakness and inability to help her friend. From afar, we see Ken keeping an eye out for her at lunch break.
Later on, inspired by watching Sena on TV saying that she doesn't want to give in to peer pressure, Arisa changes her hairstyle and goes into school shouting out that her friend could not let things go on as they were. Karen feels better about herself, and both are happy that she said something.
Suddenly, the class isolation turns from Karen to Arisa, mocking Arisa and judging her for coming in differently, and implicitly because she was the only one that visibly stood up for her friend. Karen, like Arisa before, becomes pressured by their classmates' comments and she ends up joining in their bullying, walking away from Arisa, in turn becoming like the rest of their classmates. Seeing Arisa miserable, Ken asks Kotaro to keep an eye out for her, which he does when stays back and helps clean her desk. Arisa stumbles in as he's cleaning, leading her to strike a friendship with him.
By the end, the scene cuts to beginning of her first year of high school, where she first meets Ken in Ijiwaru na Deai, ending with her dismissing his advances.

## Lyrics

* Japanese
* English

My broken kindness is shedding tears.

Why couldn't I say it?

“I hate her,” someone points their finger and laughs.

The target they were aiming at hung her head

while they just slander and sigh

and nod to one another.

How much pain do we go through to grow up?

Hurting, she trembles.

I hid the words the rising beat

of my heart wanted to tell.

Weak and scared, I flee.

My broken kindness is shedding tears.

Why couldn't I say it?

I heard someone on the television say,

“It gets boring if all you do is hate.”

I pulled out the things I like and want to do

and threw away indecision and dissatisfaction.

I opened the classroom door and said in a loud voice,

“This has to stop, I say!”

The cries bursting out of my heart

might not take me anywhere.

Even so, let them reach someone.

I welcome back my broken kindness with a smile.

I have no regrets, but … I don't, but …

I thought it would turn out like this.

The target has changed and is all alone.

I'm the only one not present in this world.

But somehow, strangely, I'm not scared.

I don't dislike how I am right now.

I've had enough of hanging my head down.

How much pain do we go through to grow up?

Please, someone, tell me!

If I put my real heart into it,

will you accept what I say?

I want to trust someone.

My broken kindness says thank you with a smile.

I feel shy about words I'm not used to saying.

Am I ready? I start to run the race

in the direction I believe in without looking back.

New encounters await.

Translation by ElectricRaichu

## Trivia

**Milestones:**

* First appearance of Karen Miura

## References

1. ↑  yamako2626 (September 9, 2016). Twitter post. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/yamako2626/status/774225616249819136