The official YouTube channel for singer-songwriter tei has posted a music video for their latest song “because,” which was used as the ending theme for the winter 2024 TV anime The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash. The CD single released in Japan on January 31, 2024.tei, a singer-songwriter who plays the mini-harp and has a neutral and clear voice, made their major debut from Lantis in February 2023 with “Hitominaka,” the ending theme song for the second season of the TV anime Tsurune.The song was written, composed, arranged by tei themselves. In a recent interview with Animate Times, tei said about the song: “I wrote the song with the hope that the protagonist would not get lost on her journey and that it would gently push her back to say: “Don’t worry,” and “This song is also a cheering song for all people. It changes like a musical as it moves toward the latter half of the song, so I hope you will listen to it all the way through.”
tei “because” music video
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Additionally, “The Weakest Tamer” version anime music video for “because” has also streamed on Lantis’ official YouTube channel.
The TV anime adaptation of Honobonoru500’s isekai fantasy light novel series The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash aired for 12 episodes from January 12 to March 29, 2024. All episodes are now available on Crunchyroll for members in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and CIS.Crunchyroll describes the series:
Stars are everything, granting abilities to Tamers. So when Ivy was born without one, her village took it as an ill omen! Now banished, she leads a lonely life of salvaging rubbish to survive. That is until she befriends Sora, a weak little slime, in the forest. Together, the delicate duo embarks on a heartwarming journey of survival and discovers there’s more to Ivy than being starless.
Sources: tei official YouTube channel, Animate Times, Lantis official YouTube channel© Bandai Namco Music Live Inc.
