In his own words at the time: "I didn't yet understand what everlasting love was, so I sang thinking about my mom." That beautiful anecdote is enough to make you smile and tear up at once. Daichi Miura, 12 years old and in sixth grade, was in the middle of his voice change, giving this a special vocal you could only capture at that exact moment — brimming with the anticipation and anxiety of an unseen future on the verge of adolescence, the feelings of that in-between period from child to young man. A bittersweet, gorgeous vocal that puts grown singers to shame and raises goosebumps: an eternal Japanese-language R&B mid-tempo mellow classic. The music video is essential viewing too.