Script Supervisor: Yusei Naruse

Once again, I was asked to take charge of the script for the music video. I suppose that means my past work must have been satisfactory. (laughs)

As always, I wrestled with Marre’s sudden, unpredictable requests and waited in vain for divine inspiration to arrive. Even so, I remember that the kickoff meeting this time went surprisingly smoothly.

When creating a story, the foundation always lies in the image carried by the song itself. When I first listened to “Until We Arrive,” I felt a warm, embracing love, yet mingled with it was a sense of sorrow and fragility. That impression became the inspiration for how I shaped the storyline of this project.

When I finally saw the completed music video, what struck me most were the children’s expressions. The boys with their shaved heads—perfect! The girls dressed in traditional monpe—wonderful as well! Their playfulness, their farewells, and their promises to meet again. Though no words were spoken, the music itself seemed to carry their conversations, moving me almost to tears.

Now, 80 years have passed since the end of the war…

My grandfather, who was sent to Manchuria, often told me stories about the war. Normally he was a quiet man who hardly spoke, but whenever the subject of the war came up, he seemed to change completely, recounting the events of that time vividly and endlessly. And at night, after everyone had gone to bed, he would sometimes cry out in his sleep—“Charge!” Such was the depth to which the war remained etched in his memory.

We ourselves have never experienced war. And as time passes, fewer and fewer will remain who carry firsthand memories of it. That is why I believe it is essential to keep those voices and experiences alive.

If this music video can serve as a bridge that connects and preserves those memories, then I am proud to have once again been part of the HEAVENESE.