"No buts!" is the ninth single released by the J-pop singer
Mami Kawada
is a former Japanese pop singer and lyricist who was signed to NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan and also a member of I've Sound, a musical group which produces soundtracks for ''eroge'' (erotic games) and anime.
Born and raised in Sapporo, Ja ...
. It was released as a single on November 3, 2010 and its title track was later released on the album ''
Square the Circle
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''. The title track is used as the first opening theme for the second season of the
anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
series ''
A Certain Magical Index
is a Japanese light novel series written by Kazuma Kamachi and illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura, which has been published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint since April 2004 in a total of three sep ...
''. Overall, this is Kawada's fifth tie-in with said anime series.
The single came in a limited CD+DVD edition (GNCV-0027)
and a regular edition (GNCV-0028). The DVD contains the promotional video for "No buts!".
Track listing
#No buts!
#:Lyrics: Mami Kawada
#:Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
#:Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
#SATANIC
#:Lyrics: Mami Kawada
#:Composition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
#:Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki
#No buts! (instrumental)
#SATANIC (instrumental)
Sales trajectory
References
2010 singles
2010 songs
Mami Kawada songs
A Certain Magical Index music
Anime songs
Japanese-language songs
Songs with lyrics by Mami Kawada
Song recordings produced by I've Sound
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