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Cheer!~Makka na kimochi~ (Deep Red Feeling [Aka's Heart / Aka's Song (?)] ) / Cheer!～まっかなキモチ～
Lyrics by Hiiro Misaki
Music by Kouhei Koyama
Performed by Kanako Sakai as Aka Onda

This is all that I ever hope for in a relationship with a girl. The best stories are always those that reflect what is true or what is deeply yearned.

The basic theme of the series is the growing relationship between the two main protagonists. There are difficulties for them to surmount but these difficulties are very ordinary and very easy to identify with. There are no bad guys in this series, no contrived opponent for the protagonists to overcome. Relationships, by their very nature, will give enough conflict to fill several series. Quite the opposite, everybody in the series seems to be encouraging and helping the lovers connect to and with each other.

Other notable themes are Onda Aka's dream to become a successful seiyu, voice actress, and Matsumaru Fumihiko's successes and disappointments with his career in marketing. I love and am always deeply touched by the recurrent theme of reconciliation and reconnection between the main protagonists, Fumihiko and Aka.

For me, the best part of this series is to watch the characters grow beyond themselves, beyond the basic human selfishness and give of themselves. This is the most important thing about love that most love stories neglect, that love makes people grow up and widens their world. By loving and giving of ourselves, we become bigger that we would have been if we never loved at all.

Devotion
Lyrics, Music by a.k.a.dRESS (ave;new)
Performed by BRACE;d (Miki Kawase & a.k.a.dRESS)

ふたりの願い　繋ぐ架け橋
約束　探すよ
遠い日はセピア色の　写真の中
抱きしめた　この気持ち
叶えたい想いが傍に　すぐそこにあるから
信じたい　君の隣でずっと・・・
So we just find the way
あふれ出すこの寂しさが
巡る季節の　冷たい風に吹かれ
胸、締め付ける
伝えきれないよ　この愛しさは
ただ君を想うから　そう誰よりも
だから声を聴かせて　優しい歌で
初めて気付いた　失うことで
分かってた筈なのに
悲しい夢ならば　見たくはないから
一人きりの夜じゃ　辛いよ、抱きしめて・・・
So we just follow the dream
瞳を濡らす涙が　頬を伝うとき
まるで星空のように　綺麗で
何度でも言うよ　この想いを
君だけに言うよ　愛していると
見つめ合うその眼差しは　永遠だから
叶えたい想いが傍に　すぐそこにあるから
信じたい　君の隣でずっと・・・
だからLoving you
冷たい雨が　君のことを傷つけても
守りたい　信じたい　心から
たとえ遠く離れたとしても
君だけを想う　そして願う
言葉にならないけど
We just find the way
あふれ出すこの寂しさが
巡る季節の　冷たい風に吹かれ
胸、締め付ける
伝えきれないよ　この愛しさは
君だけに言うよ　愛していると
だから声を聴かせて　優しい歌で

Let's promise, to find
A common wish, to bridge the both of us
I've held onto this feeling ever since
The days long gone by, inside the sepia-coloured photos
Keeping this thought I want to make come true near, immediately wherever I go
I want to believe that I'll always be by your side...
So we just find the way
My heart tightens to
This overflowing sadness
Blown by the revolving season's cold breeze
It's never enough, telling you of my loving
Only you are in my thoughts, more than anyone else
So let me hear your voice with your gentle song
Although I thought I've surely understood
I realized, for the first time, when I lost you
That I don't want to dream such sad dreams
The lonely nights were so painful, so hold me...
So we just follow the dream
The moment tears that wet our eyes run down our cheek
It's as beautiful as the starry night sky
I'll say this feeling no matter how many times
And I'll only tell it to you alone
Because my love and our gaze when we look at each other are eternal
Keeping this thought I want to make come true near, immediately wherever I go
I want to believe that I'll always be by your side...
So I'm loving you
Even if the cold rain hurts you inside
I want to protect you I want to believe in you from the heart
No matter how far apart we are
I'll only think about you and pray
Even though I can't put all of it into words
We just find the way
My heart tightens to
This overflowing sadness
Blown by the revolving season's cold breeze
It's never enough, telling you of my loving
And I'll only tell my love to you alone
So let me hear your voice with your gentle song

Lyrics from the website www.AnimeLyrics.com