is the first studio album by

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ese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation and their second major-label release overall, released on November 19, 2003 on

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. The album's name is sometimes given as "Kunkei Five M," but the reading "Kimitsunagi" is given in katakana on the original compact disc. Peaking at number five on the Oricon charts, the LP retained two successful singles, " Mirai no Kakera" and "

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, and has gone on to sell over 250,000 copies. allmusic (((Asian Kung-Fu Generation > Biography)))/ref> The album is also featured in a live studio recording which is included as a bonus DVD from the limited edition of future compilation,

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Track listing

B-sides

Personnel

* Masafumi Gotō – lead vocals, guitar, lyrics * Kensuke Kita – lead guitar, background vocals * Takahiro Yamada – bass, background vocals * Kiyoshi Ijichi – drums * Asian Kung-Fu Generation – producer *Tohru Takayama – mixing *Mitsuharu Harada – mastering *Kenichi Nakamura – recording *Yusuke Nakamura – art direction

Chart positions

Album

Singles

References

External links

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