Kojima Haruna 2nd Photobook 「Dou Suru?」

10. Sakura no hanabiratachi

Center: Takahashi Minami
Release Date: 2006.02.01

AKB48 first released this indie single back in 2006 with the original Team A as Senbatsu. With Takahashi Minami as center the song begins with the Japanese school bell ringing. The song then begins to describe the last days of the spring calendar,which in Japan is when students graduate from school, and the blossoming of cherry blossoms. They also describe their classmates as looking like adults in their school uniform. Remembering both bitter and fun times they recall these days as feeling nostalgic. The song ends...