Kaze's debut single, released on February 6, 1975. It reached number one on the Oricon charts and has sold a million copies. It was originally one of two songs (the other being "Nagoriyuki") written by Ise Shozo of "Kaguyahime" for the 1974 album "Sankaiken no Uta" (Poem of Three Stories). Although it was highly praised from the beginning, with requests for it to be released as a single, it was not released as a single by Kaguyahime when it was first announced. The memorable guitar intro was arranged by Ishikawa Takahiko. Lyrics: Ise Shozo Composition: Ise Shozo Arrangement: Ishikawa Takahiko Ise himself talks about the process of the production. Contrary to that (note: "Nagoriyuki"), "22-sai no Wakare" was written with calculation. In fact, these two songs are on the same album. It is the album "Sankaiken no Uta" released in 1974. I wrote two songs for this album. I recorded "Nagoriyuki" first, and then another song, a different piece. But I didn't like it. I had a feeling that this song wouldn't sell. So I asked him to wait a day. That day, I went home and decided to write a song that would definitely sell. And so, I stayed up all night and wrote "22-year-old's separation." So, "Nagoriyuki" was a work that naturally emerged from the world I liked, and "22-year-old's separation" was a work I wrote with the intention of making it a hit. The content of "22-year-old's separation" is about a man and a woman who have been together for five years. When the woman turns 22, she decides to break up with the man she had been dating and marry another man. It would make sense if the woman hated the man and married the new man she fell in love with. However, that is not the case with the 22-year-old woman in this song. Today is the only day I can say goodbye to you. If tomorrow comes and I touch your warm hand again, I'm sure I won't be able to say it. I feel that way, and if I touch your warm hand again tomorrow, I'm sure I won't be able to say goodbye. This means that the woman still loves the man fully. However, there must be a very good reason for the woman to break up with him and marry another man despite her love for him. The 22-year-old woman would have wanted to be with her current man if she could. However, the man must have thought that it was too early and so on. Inevitably, the answer becomes vague. Such a vague attitude makes the woman confused. Does this man really think about me? At first, it's a small anxiety, but as time passes, it becomes a big ripple in her heart. At that time, if another man with a proper form appears, she might go to him. Who can blame a woman at that time? I couldn't find you in the mirror and I clung to the happiness that was right in front of me. I think that "22-year-old's separation" is a wonderful song that beautifully expresses the weak sexuality of women and the sloppiness of men. "Nagoriyuki" was written at the same time. In recent years, there have been rumors or mysteries about the meaning of the lyrics of these two songs. Both songs are about the breakup of a young man and woman. The mystery whispered among Ise Shozo fans is... "Are the men and women depicted in the two songs not the same couple?" The same breakup is sung by the girlfriend in "22-sai no wakarie" and by the boyfriend in "Nagoriyuki". These two songs were written at the same time in the album. Therefore, it is highly likely that the man and woman imagined by Ise Shozo in the lyrics of the two songs are the same. Some speculate that the man is Ise Shozo himself. In both songs, the man is dumped by his girlfriend after graduating from university. The man has not yet begun to grow into an adult. He is kind, but is mentally and financially unstable. For the woman, it is not a situation where she can follow the man when thinking about her future. So she dumped the man she was dating and broke up with him. The situation is the same. "You are a warm and kind person" but "you didn't think about my future" The woman never followed such a man. Even though she had regrets. If you'll listen to my one selfish request, please stay the way you are and stay the same. Just the way you are... #22YearsOfFarewell #YukimiMito