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Background[]

“It’s been a while.”
—Author's comment

"Jailbreak" is an original song by Neru. The boys in the video are named Kawasemi, who has orange hair and turquoise eyes, and Kuina, who has black hair and orange eyes.

Based on the PV, the song tells the story between the boys in a fictional dystopian city enclosed by an artificial cage. It starts with Kawasemi walking towards a plane, determined. Then it flashes back to his childhood.

As childhood friends, Kawasemi and Kuina were born into the city that reeked of gasoline which was isolated by the dull city wall, ignorant of even the color of the meadow. Determined to change the situation, Kuina once told Kawasemi that waiting for salvation would do nothing but make them get better at Monopoly with a smirk. Hearing the screams of the mass from the gunshots of the government's police force, they wondered what "life" really meant. And so Kuina muttered to Kawasemi, "Let's escape," and then grabbed Kawasemi by hand to run. The then shy and timid Kawasemi always followed Kuina’s lead, the confident and determined "leader" of the two. Led by Kuina, together they used to plan their escape scheme. They dreamed about the world beyond the railings, in which they thought warmth and love must have existed and used to look up to the sky, fantasized innumerable times of flying out the shut window to reach the world on the other side.

The first half of the song is narrated from Kawasemi's perspective, while the second half near the end is told in Kuina's point of view.

After they have grown up, Kawasemi becomes alone in this pursuit. Going back to the present, standing in their childhood base, Kawasemi reminisces a faraway memory when Kuina braggingly showed him his blueprint of a plane, which Kawasemi now thinks was “ridiculous” and merely a “child's fantasy” as he picks it up in his hands before a plane model and the other designs left from their childhood. Now, drawn by the past Kuina who is waving to him, Kawasemi finishes building the plane himself, and standing before his eyes is the plane from that memory. Almost getting caught, Kawasemi seizes a brief moment and escapes in stealth through the decadent ceiling as the buzzer sound grows faint amidst the shouting police and firing commands. Then, realizing that it is Kuina who finds him and is standing right before him with his gun pointing at him, Kawasemi smirks. Kuina has left him and their dreams to join the police force. Meanwhile, Kawasemi has grown up to be confident and vigorous, much like Kuina in the past, whereas Kuina has become sullen and restraint. Looking back at how they used to talk about their dream of looking down at the garbage-like city from high above the cage, determined to fly the plane––to push down the rusty throttle with all his strength as if going to break his bones––and break through reality at this very moment, Kawasemi cuts Kuina's blindfold––a part of his uniform––by throwing a knife at him and then mocks his inability to "see," puts on his goggles and challenges a chase. Shocked and then vexed, Kuina runs after Kawasemi up the stairs of the building which they used to play in. During the scenes of their encounter, it can be captured that the pair of goggles Kuina used to wear with Kawasemi is attached to his belt, indicating that he has never forgotten their childhood.

At last, Kuina reaches the rooftop. Under the pressuring gale which blows his cap away, he sees the tail of the departing plane, and an engine sound signals the incoming tragedy. On the plane which is carrying Kawasemi, the warning signs and error lamps flash nonstop for an unknown factor. Yet Kawasemi’s determined visage stays unaffected as he continues to elevate the plane in the sky, eventually breaking out the cage. The moment the plane falls and explodes, Kawasemi grins triumphantly but with tears falling down his cheek, while Kuina's eyes water as he witnesses the death of his childhood friend in despair. And seeing how Kawasemi wanted to reach the sky regardless of the heating of the engine and the fate of the fuselage, astonishes Kuina with the greatness of the spacious sky and triggers Kuina's childhood fascination with it. As Kuina, standing still in the same place, watches the plane exploding in the faraway sky, Kawasemi thinks that it's fine this way even if his body will get blown away somewhere unknown, and his pair of goggles descends before Kuina. The PV thus ends with a shot of Kawasemi and Kuina’s belongings––the designs they drew and the plane model they played with in childhood, with Kawasemi’s goggles atop Kuina’s police cap––placed together on the windowsill they used to play by.

At the beginning of the PV, right before the childhood flashback, a line stating, "We are supposed to be joining in the same sky here, yet we have been going in separate directions since not knowing when," is shown flashed. And separate lines––presumably Kawasemi's internal dialogue towards Kuina––together saying, "If to turn a blind eye to the things surely captured by these eyes back in childhood is what it means to become an adult, then I don't mind staying a child for life," are flashed at different points of the PV, after the grown-up Kawasemi has encountered Kuina. The lines might also relate to the fact that after Kuina has grown up, he gives up on his dreams for the sake of survival and lives like a puppet by joining the police and covering his eyes with the blindfold, which is later shown to be taken off symbolically when the sight of Kawasemi risking everything just to reach the sky reminds Kuina of his fascination with the sky––as seen by his eyes back in childhood.

The names of the characters, "Kawasemi" and "Kuina," are names of birds, with the common kingfisher–– "kawasemi (カワセミ)" ––being a kind of bird whose flight is low and quick and the water rail–– "kuina (クイナ)" ––being a kind of bird that is poor in flight. The characters’ color schemes are based individually on these two birds as well. It is also worth noting that the moment Kawasemi dies, a symbolic scene of bright blue feathers––a common feature of the common kingfisher––falling before an opened "cage" in which stands a shook Kuina is shown, meaning that Kawasemi is free and gone.

The flower dandelion appears as well in the scene where young Kawasemi and Kuina dream of the ideal outside world and at the end of the PV, presumably symbolizing hope and freedom, though according to Japanese sources, the dandelion's flower language is "oracle of love," "oracle," "sincere love," and "farewell." The meadow in the PV is always portrayed orange because, as mentioned in the lyrics, Kawasemi and Kuina have never gotten the chance to learn the color of the meadow. ^[1]

This song has entered the Hall of Legend.

Succeeding versions[]

Touyu's Cover

Featuring	Touyu
Producers	Neru (music, lyrics), Sidu (illust, video), Touyu (vocal, mix)
Categories	Human Version
Description	The song originally featured Touyu and was featured on his album Life Is Beautiful (ライフイズビューティフル) in 2014.

ACTORS Version

Featuring	Keishi Harumoto (CV: Noriaki Sugiyama)
Producers	Nou (illust), Rinami Rai (video) EXIT TUNES
Categories	Human Cover; Original MV
Description	A cover featured in the ACTORS series. Featured on the album ACTORS 7, released by EXIT TUNES.

Lyrics[]

Japanese (日本語歌詞)	Romaji (ローマ字)
仄暗い城壁で淘汰した	honogurai jouheki de touta shita
ガス臭いこの街に生まれて	gasu kusai kono machi ni umarete
僕らまだ草原の	bokura mada sougen no
色も知らない	iro mo shiranai
ここでずっと救いを待ってても	koko de zutto sukui o mattetemo
モノポリーが上手くなるだけさ	monoporii ga umaku naru dake sa
君はそう笑っていた	kimi wa sou waratte ita

群衆の悲鳴	gunshuu no himei
響く銃声	hibiku juusei
何を命と言うんだろう	nani o inochi to iun darou
白い息混じり	shiroi iki majiri
君は呟いた「逃げよう」	kimi wa tsubuyaita “nigeyou”

あの頃僕ら	ano koro bokura
夢を見ていたんだ	yume o mite itan da
この檻の先には	kono ori no saki ni wa
温もりと愛がきっとあるんだ	nukumori to ai ga kitto arun da
閉じた窓の	tojita mado no
向こうへ飛んでいく	mukou e tonde iku
夢を見るのも	yume o miru no mo
何回目だったっけ	nankaime dattakke

遥か遠い思い出の話	haruka tooi omoide no hanashi
君が自慢気に見せてくれた	kimi ga jimange ni misete kureta
馬鹿みたいな設計図	baka mitai na sekkeizu
子供の空想	kodomo no kuusou
そして手招く君に釣られ	soshite temaneku kimi ni tsurare
たった今目の前にあるのが	tatta ima me no mae ni aru no ga
あの日の飛行船だ	ano hi no hikousen da

遠ざかるブザー	toozakaru buzaa
騒ぐ警官	sawagu keikan
発砲の合図が飛ぶ	happou no aizu ga tobu
僅かな隙間	wazuka na sukima
朽ちた天井を	kuchita tenjou o
抜けた	nuketa

あの頃僕ら	ano koro bokura
夢を語っていた	yume o katatte ita
この檻の上から	kono ori no ue kara
ゴミの様な都市を見下ろすんだ	gomi no you na toshi o miorosun da
錆びたスロットル	sabita surottoru
骨が折れるくらいに	hone ga oreru kurai ni
目一杯押し込んで今	meippai oshikonde ima
現実を突破しよう	genjitsu o toppa shiyou

警告のサイン	keikoku no sain
不明な素因	fumei na soin
止まらぬエラーランプに	tomaranu eraa ranpu ni
顔色変えず	kaoiro kaezu
高度上げて君は	koudo agete kimi wa
笑う	warau

エンジンがヒートして	enjin ga hiito shite
機体がどうしたって	kitai ga doushitatte
気にもしない程に	ki ni mo shinai hodo ni
トリップしてしまう大空は偉大さ	torippu shite shimau oozora wa idai sa
身ごとどっかに	migoto dokka ni
吹き飛んでしまったって	fukitonde shimattatte
これはこれでもう	kore wa kore de mou
いいんだって思っている	iin da tte omotte iru

Derivatives[]

VY1's Cover

Featuring	VY1v4 NATURAL VY1v4 NORMAL, VY2v3 (chorus)
Producers	Selio (tuning, mixing), Yaa (UST)
Categories	VOCALOID Cover

Matsudappoiyo's Cover

Featuring	Matsudappoiyo
Producers	Osamu (tuning)
Categories	UTAU Cover

Shimotsuki Ema's Cover

Featuring	Shimotsuki Ema
Producers	Yaa (tuning, UST)
Categories	UTAU Cover

Yokune Ruko's Cover

Featuring	Yokune Ruko♂ Kire
Producers	김짚신 (tuning, mixing), Yaa (UST)
Categories	UTAU Cover

SILVANA's Cover

Producers	SILVANA (vocals, mixing), Madotsuki@ (encode)
Categories	Human Cover

Yukimura's Cover

Producers	Yukimura (vocals), Jun (mixing), SILVANA (encode)
Categories	Human Cover

Mafumafu's Cover

Producers	Mafumafu (vocals, mixing)
Categories	Human Cover

Soraru's Cover

Producers	Soraru (vocals, mixing)
Categories	Human Cover

Karen Iwata's Dance Cover

Featuring	Mafumafu
Producers	Saku (shooting, editing), Otokami (choreography), Karen Iwata (choreographing assistant, composition)
Categories	Dance Cover

S7 Music's Piano Arrangement

Featuring	IA ROCKS
Producers	S7 Music (tuning, arrangement)
Categories	VOCALOID Cover; Instrumental Arrangement

Izu's Band Arranged Cover

Producers	Izu (vocals), rafma (right guitar), Mizumachi Ryo (left guitar, video), Mattari (bass), 3110 (drum), madamxx (mixing, mastering)
Categories	Human Cover; Arrangement

Sakasafukurou's Piano Cover

Producers	Sakasafukurou (cover)
Categories	Instrumental Cover

YUU's Short Violin Cover

Producers	YUU (cover)
Categories	Instrumental Cover

Other media appearances[]

Discography[]

This song is featured in the albums My Name Is Love Song and Kagaminext.

Video games[]

This song was featured in the following video games:

GROOVE COASTER 4MAX DIAMOND GALAXY
Groove Coaster: Wai Wai Party!!!!

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ Under her unfinished work––which showed the orange meadow––celebrating the song hitting a million views, Sidu commented the question, "What color was the color of the meadow," indicating the purpose of its color as portrayed in the story.

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[1] Under her unfinished work––which showed the orange meadow––celebrating the song hitting a million views, Sidu commented the question, "What color was the color of the meadow," indicating the purpose of its color as portrayed in the story.

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