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unit

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and

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appear as background characters in the song's

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. It was first performed on August 22, 2007 at

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's Palette Town and later on

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's 'Hōkago no Essence' Fall Concert (September 30, 2007) and the 2007 Morning Musume Cultural Festival, on October 7 and October 8, 2007. "Honto no Jibun" was released on October 31, 2007, in Japan under the Pony Canon label in two different versions, regular and limited, the latter of which included an additional

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. The single V version was released on November 21, 2007. It was used as the first ending theme for the

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anime.

Track listings

CD

# # # "Honto no Jibun" (Instrumental) # "Kokoro no Tamago" (Instrumental)

DVD

# #

Oricon rank and sales

Total Sales: 42,035

TV performances

* 2007-10-28:

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* 2007-11-02: Music Japan

External links

* Pony Canyon
Buono!/Honto no Jibun page
{{authority control 2007 singles Shugo Chara! Buono! songs Song recordings produced by Tsunku 2007 songs Pony Canyon singles