A song written about a story, a pseudo-autobiography, of the same name, originally written by Akiyuki Nosaka, a survivor of the Kobe Fire Bombing, and adapted by Studio Ghibli into one of its most well-known films, again of the same name. Notably, the story covers tragedy, in which he lost his younger sister to sickness, his adoptive father to the fire bombing, and his younger adoptive sister, Keiko, to malnutrition. The story was written as an apology to Keiko, regarding her passing.
A song written about a story, a pseudo-autobiography, of the same name, originally written by Akiyuki Nosaka, a survivor of the Kobe Fire Bombing, and adapted by Studio Ghibli into one of its most well-known films, again of the same name. Notably, the story covers tragedy, in which he lost his younger sister to sickness, his adoptive father to the fire bombing, and his younger adoptive sister, Keiko, to malnutrition. The story was written as an apology to Keiko, regarding her passing.