You have to wonder how Wikipedia decides who should and shouldn’t have their own page.
I learned of one of the newest J-Pop sensations, miwa, primarily through her Wikipedia page. I had heard some e-water-cooler type chatter about her debut single “don’t cry anymore” and decided to learn more.
Turns out the song isn’t an anime theme, but is actually the opening theme song for a short (8-episode) run of a Japanese TV drama called Nakanai to Kimeta Hi. The song seems to have become at least as popular, if not more popular, than the show. We took notice and decided to check out the single, including its B-Sides, to see if miwa can be more than a theme song one-hit wonder. The results of our brief study: after the jump. (more…)
