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Sailor Moon Crystal Character Song Album's Mercury & Jupiter Duet Previewed

The official Sailor Moon Crystal Instagram account uploaded a preview for the Sailor Mercury and Sailor Jupiter's duet "Mayonaka secret talk" (Midnight secret talk) track from the upcoming "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Character Music Collection: Crystal Collection" album on Monday. Voice actors Hisako Kanemoto and Ami Koshimizu perform the song with lyrics by Akiko Watanabe and arrangement by Kaoru Okubo.

The preview includes the line, "When we spoke out our true hearts during our midnight secret talk, teardrops came dripping down, and we held each other's hands."

A longer preview is up on the official SoundCloud account:

The lyrics of the longer version include the line, "Yeah. I understand. When we spoke out our true hearts during our midnight secret talk, teardrops came dripping down, and we held each other's hands. Girls are complicated living beings, and that's exactly why they can become kind. We can turn even sadness into our ally. Like the moon..."

The full track list is as follows:

1. "Futtemo Haretemo -come rain or come shine-" (Whether it Rains or Shines)
Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon (voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi)
Lyrics: Shirobara sumire (a penname for original creator Naoko Takeuchi)
Composition/Arrangement: Rui Nagai

2. "a touch of rain"
Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury (Hisako Kanemoto)
Lyrics: Shōko Fujibayashi
Composition/Arrangement: Jimanica

3. "Hi no Umi" (Sea of Fire)
Rei Hino/Sailor Mars (Rina Satō)
Lyrics: Avu Baraen
Composition/Arrangement: Joō Bachi

4. "cherry pie"
Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter (Ami Koshimizu)
Lyrics: meg rock
Composition/Arrangement: Shinya Saitō

5. "♥ (Heart) ga Tonjau Sora Dakara" (Because This is the Sky My Heart Flies In)
Minako Aino/Sailor Venus (Shizuka Itou)
Lyrics: Aki Hata
Composition/Arrangement: Yoshimasa Inoue

6. Kimi no Hitomi no Moonrise (The Moonrise in Your Eyes)
Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask (Kenji Nojima)
Lyrics: Saori Kodama
Composition/Arrangement: Toshiyuki Omori

7. "I'M GOING DOWN"
Four Generals (Daisuke Kishio as Jadeite, Kōsuke Toriumi as Nephrite, Masaya Matsukaze as Zoisite, Eiji Takemoto as Kunzite)
Lyrics: Yuho Iwasato
Composition/Arrangement: Teddyloid

8. "Mayonaka secret talk" (Midnight secret talk)
Ami Mizuno & Makoto Kino
Lyrics: Akiko Watanabe
Composition/Arrangement: Kaoru Okubo

9. "Star on Stars"
Rei Hino & Minako Aino
Lyrics/Composition/Arrangement: Akiko Kosaka

10. "Kakumei wa Night & Day" (Revolution is Night & Day)
All 5 Sailor Guardians
Lyrics/Composition/Arrangement: Tika α (a penname for Etsuko Yakushimaru)
Arrangement assistance by Motoki Yamaguchi

Joō Bachi and Etsuko Yakushimaru both participated as performers in the "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The 20th Anniversary Memorial Tribute" album.

The "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal Character Music Collection: Crystal Collection" album will retail for the price of 3,000 yen (about US$25), and will ship in Japan on April 29. The official YouTube channel for the Sailor Moon Crystal television anime began streaming a music video set to the "Kakumei wa Night & Day" track and a preview of Usagi's "Futtemo Haretemo -come rain or come shine-," Ami's "a touch of rain," Rei's "Hi no Umi," Makoto's "cherry pie," and the Four General's ""I'M GOING DOWN" were posted this month.

The television broadcast of the anime premiered on TVQ Kyushu on April 1.