
"N I Ne."When we were children, many of us believed that the future was entirely in our hands. We thought that if we worked hard enough, our dreams would come true and we could become the person we wanted to be. As we grow older, reality often challenges those beliefs. We begin to recognize our limits, yet a part of us still refuses to let go of the dreams we once had.**"N I Ne."** was created to capture that inner conflict-the struggle between giving up and wanting to try one more time. The lyrics explore emotions that people often hide, such as jealousy, frustration, insecurity, and self-doubt. Rather than avoiding those feelings, I wanted to embrace them as an honest part of being human.The vocals are performed by **Kasane Teto (UTAU)**, whose expressive voice helped bring these emotions to life.This project was also an international collaboration, bringing together an illustrator and a tuning artist from overseas, a Japanese composer (myself), and a video creator. Despite our different backgrounds and languages, we shared the same goal: to create a song that speaks to the emotions we all experience.If this song reminds you of your own journey, even for a moment, then it has achieved exactly what I hoped for.