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Listening to Japanese Music: Monthly Recommendation Roundup (May 2026)
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That It May Be A Day Where We Can All Laugh Together; Like What The Raindrops Bathing In The Sunlight Yearn For (A Tribute To Yuki Setsuna And Kusunoki Tomori)
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ラブライブ！虹ヶ咲学園スクールアイドル同好会 UNIT LIVE! ～A・ZU・NA LAGOON～ (Image Source: CNET Japan)
Notes:
*that it may be day a where we can all laugh together; like what the raindrops bathing in the sunlight yearn for (warai aeru hidearu you ni negau amatsubu you no hikari o abite) is a reference to a line in the song “alive”