Interview] Actually a "Seven Deadly Sins" fan!　Kana Adachi, a 20-year-old singer-songwriter, is in charge of the ending theme!

Kana Adachi is releasing her 7th single, "Good day," the ending theme song for the TV anime "The Seven Deadly Sins: Kamigami no Gyakusaku" She is a singer-songwriter who will turn 20 in 2019 and is a hot favorite among listeners of her generation. How did she face the challenge of writing the theme song for a fantasy anime?
We spoke with her, including her detailed profile.

I was a fan of "The Seven Deadly Sins" even before I heard about the tie-up.

─ ─ "Good day," which will be released soon, is the opening theme song for "Layton Mystery Detective Agency - Katryn's Nazotoki File" and is the second song for Adachi, following "Change! This is your second anime tie-up, following "Layton Mystery Detective Agency - Katri no Nazotoki File" opening theme "Change!

Adachi: I love the "Seven Deadly Sins" series and have been watching it for a long time, so I was happy to hear about the tie-up.

─ ─ So you were watching the anime before the tie-up was decided?

Adachi: Yes. I originally thought I couldn't watch TV anime that depicted hard battles. But thanks to a friend who showed me the appeal, I started to enjoy various works about a year ago. One of them was "The Seven Deadly Sins.

─ ─ "Good day" has lyrics by Mr. Adachi and Mr. Taisuke Nakamura, and was composed and arranged by Mr. Taisuke Nakamura. What kind of song did you decide to write?

Adachi: First of all, I thought about which character's point of view I should write the lyrics from. At first I thought it would be Meliodas, the main character, but since I can write lyrics from a woman's point of view, I decided to write them from Elizabeth's feelings. I think the lyrics are both a love song in terms of her feelings for Meliodas and a cheer-up song in the sense that Elizabeth is inspired by herself.

──You mean you wrote the lyrics after knowing the long story of "The Seven Deadly Sins" from the beginning, right?

Adachi: Yes, I wrote the lyrics after having watched the entire anime from the beginning. For example, in the part "Become a little stronger than yesterday," I imagined Elizabeth, a princess who did not know the outside world at first, making efforts to help Meliodas in his battles. On the other hand, there are parts where I wrote my own feelings. For example, "The future is created by us today," I wrote exactly what I feel every day, that "who I am today creates who I will be in the future. I dared to use the male first person "we" because I thought it would be more sympathetic to a wider audience.

─ So you wrote the song as your own song while staying close to the story and characters of the anime. How did you and Mr. Nakamura work together on this song?

Adachi: We created the song together while discussing it. I was the one who was watching "The Seven Deadly Sins," so I explained to Ms. Nakamura that "Elizabeth is like this," and we combined the best parts of each other's lyrics, saying, "Well, this kind of expression would be good, too. I have been working with Ms. Nakamura since her debut song "Egao no Tsukurikata ~Kimchi~/Kokoro Harete", and this is the third song we have worked together on.

What is your impression of the melody of "Good day" created by Mr. Nakamura?

Adachi: As usual, I thought the melody was gentle and easy to fit in Japanese. Good day" was written by Mr. Nakamura in the past, and we had it for a long time. When the "Seven Deadly Sins" tie-up was decided, we chose this melody because we thought it would fit the work.

─ I thought the melody had both gentleness and strength.

Adachi: That's right. It is a melody that gives you courage, which is perfect for "Good day," which is both a cheering song and a love song.

Adachi──The mid-tempo and grandeur of the song makes it a perfect ending theme song.

Adachi: This is the first time for me to sing the ending theme for an anime, and I wanted to make it a song that would leave a lasting impression, so I am glad to hear you say so.

─ What were you careful about when recording the vocals?

Adachi: I wanted to create a strong singing voice by overlapping Elizabeth's positive feelings with my current state of mind as a 20-year-old. The vocals were filled with the thought that I too will be competing in the world of music in the future, and it was easy for me to create the feelings by thinking of the specific character of Elizabeth-chan.