Kesenai Tsumi

"Kesenai Tsumi"
Single by Nana Kitade
from the album 18: Eighteen
Released October 28, 2003
Format CD Single
Genre Pop, Rock
Length 4:16
Label SMEJ
Writer(s) Nana Kitade (All lyrics)
Susumu Nishikawa (#1, 3, 4)
Tatsuya Kikuchi (#2)
Producer Nishikawa Susumu
Nana Kitade singles chronology
"Kesenai Tsumi"
(2003)
"Utareru ame"
(2004)

"Kesenai Tsumi" (消せない罪 Unfading Sin?) is the debut single by J-rock singer Nana Kitade. The song was used as the first ending theme to the anime Fullmetal Alchemist. The single reached #14 on the Oricon Charts and stayed on the charts for a total of twenty-two weeks, selling a total of 65,525 copies.

Contents

Music video

The music video for "Kesenai Tsumi" starts out with the image of a doll version of Kitade, that is being slowly pieced together. Throughout the video are images of pale red flowers, masks floating in a bubbly space and Kitade in a black dress. At the end of the video, Kitade is shown fully human, singing against a blue backdrop with the words "Debut" and "北出菜奈" (Kitade Nana) in white text.

Track listing

  1. Kesenai Tsumi (消せない罪 Unfading Sin?) - 4:14
  2. Shunkan (瞬間 Moment?) - 4:54
  3. Iryūhin (遺留品 Lost Articles?) - 4:58
  4. Kesenai Tsumi (Instrumental) - 4:14

Raw "Breath" Track

"Kesenai Tsumi: Raw "Breath" Track" is an acoustic rearrangement of the song. It was released a month after the original "Kesenai Tsumi". The single reached #87 and charted for eleven weeks on the Oricon Charts.

Charts

Total Reported Sales: 65,525

Release Title Oricon singles sales chart peak positions and sales Album
Daily Weekly Monthly Yearly Debut Overall
10/29/2003 "Kesenai Tsumi (消せない罪)" -- 14 20,000 Copies  ? 12,916 Copies 65,525 Copies 18: Eighteen