Umi no Manimani

"Umi no Manimani" (海のまにまに, lit. "going or drifting along while following the wishes of the sea") is a song by Japanese duo Yoasobi from their extended plays, The Book 3 and Hajimete no – EP (2023). It was released on November 18, 2022, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan, as the third song from the short story collection project Hajimete no after "Mr.", and "Suki da". The song was based on the story Yūrei, written by 147th Naoki Prize-winning Mizuki Tsujimura.

"Umi no Manimani"
Reflection of fireworks on the water surface
Single by Yoasobi
from the EP Hajimete no – EP and The Book 3
LanguageJapanese
ReleasedNovember 18, 2022
GenreJ-pop
Length4:15
LabelSony Japan
Songwriter(s)Ayase
Producer(s)Ayase
Yoasobi singles chronology
"Shukufuku"
(2022)		 "Umi no Manimani"
(2022)		 "Adventure"
(2023)
Music video
"Umi no Manimani" on YouTube

Background and release

On December 1, 2021, the same date as their EP The Book 2 release, Yoasobi announced the project Hajimete no, a collaboration between the duo and four Naoki Prize-winning novelists: Rio Shimamoto, Mizuki Tsujimura, Miyuki Miyabe, and Eto Mori, to produce songs based on the authors' novel under the theme of "a story to read when you do [something] for the first time". All novels were published as a book on February 16, 2022, titled Hajimete no.[1][2] One of four novels written by Tsujimura is Yūrei (ユーレイ, lit. "Ghost") with the theme "a story when you first run away from home". It is about a middle school "I" who runs away from home and arrives at a seaside town. She meets a mysterious girl who holds bouquets of flowers at the beach at night.[3]

On November 6, 2022, Yoasobi began posting a series of Stories via their pop-up store Tabi Suru Honya-san Yoasobi Gō's Instagram account, revealing a snippet of the song based on Yūrei, titled "Umi no Manimani".[4] Followed by numerous texts from the based novel, the last story announced that the song would be released on November 18.[5] To commemorate the release, billboards of the 400-character handwritten reading impressions of Yūrei were placed inside the Tokyo Metro subways and at Shibuya Station from November 7 to 13. Japanese voice actor Shin'ichirō Kamio, actress Tao Tsuchiya, YouTuber Bunkei, singer Momoko Gumi Company (Bish), comedian Nishida (Lalande), and sociologist Noritoshi Furuichi are in charge of writing the impressions.[6] All billboards were later featured in the single's teaser video, uploaded on November 15.[7] A music video for "Umi no Manimani", directed by Asuka Dokai, premiered on March 21, 2023.[8] The song was later included on Yoasobi's extended plays Hajimete no – EP and The Book 3, released in May and October 2023, respectively.[9][10]

Composition

"Umi no Manimani" is a medium-tempo track written by member Ayase, expressing "the mood change of the protagonist who runs away from home to the mysterious world of the beach at night, which is the main worldview of the story."[11] The song was composed in the key of B minor, 98 beats per minute with a running time of four minutes and 15 seconds.[12]

Credits and personnel

Charts
Chart performance for "Umi no Manimani"
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[13] 68
Japan Digital Singles (Oricon)[14] 7

Release history
Release dates and formats for "Umi no Manimani"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various November 18, 2022
Sony Japan [15]

References
  1. "YOASOBI 4人の直木賞作家とコラボ 書き下ろし原作に楽曲を発表". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). December 1, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  2. Mugi (December 31, 2021). "Hit duo YOASOBI teams up with 4 Naoki Prize-winning novelists for new song project". Grape. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  3. "家出して海辺の街に辿り着いた中学生の「私」。花束が手向けられた夜の広場で、不思議な少女と出会う【辻村深月 ユーレイ】／はじめての②". Davinci Web (in Japanese). October 14, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  4. Yoasobi [@YOASOBI_staff] (November 6, 2022). "【 #はじめての 新曲解禁 】" (Tweet). Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via Twitter.
  5. "YOASOBI、直木賞作家コラボプロジェクト・辻村深月『ユーレイ』原作曲「海のまにまに」の配信決定". The First Times (in Japanese). November 7, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  6. "YOASOBI、直木賞作家コラボ・プロジェクト第3弾楽曲「海のまにまに」配信リリース 原作小説試し読み企画も". CDJournal (in Japanese). November 7, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  7. "YOASOBI、直木賞作家コラボ・プロジェクトの辻村深月原作曲「海のまにまに」ティーザー公開。モモコグミカンパニー（BiSH）、土屋太鳳らによる原作小説の読書感想文を使用". Skream! (in Japanese). November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  8. "YOASOBI、直木賞作家とのコラボプロジェクト『はじめての』第3弾楽曲「海のまにまに」MV公開". The First Times (in Japanese). March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  9. "YOASOBI、直木賞作家コラボプロジェクト4曲＆小説入り『はじめての - EP』数量限定でリリース". Barks (in Japanese). March 27, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  10. "YOASOBI、新曲「勇者」がTVアニメ"葬送のフリーレン"OPテーマに決定。同曲収録した3rd EP『THE BOOK 3』10/4リリース". Skream! (in Japanese). September 1, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  11. "YOASOBI、直木賞作家コラボ曲第3弾「海のまにまに」配信決定 土屋太鳳ら著名人6名による原作小説の読書感想文も公開". Pia (in Japanese). November 7, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  12. "Key, BPM of 海のまにまに by YOASOBI". Musicstax. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  13. "Billboard Japan Hot 100 – Week of November 30, 2022". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  14. "Oricon Top 50 Digital Singles: 2022-11-28" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on November 23, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  15. "直木賞作家コラボプロジェクト『はじめての』第三弾、辻村深月『ユーレイ』原作曲「海のまにまに」が11/18(金)配信決定！". Yoasobi Official Website. November 7, 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
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