Mutual Love Songs: Recommended for Middle Schoolers! Popular Tracks that Portray Bittersweet Romance
That bittersweet love from our adolescent years often stays with us as a wonderful memory, etched deeply in our hearts even after we become adults.
Back in our school days, many of us probably listened to love songs, overlaying them with our own feelings and getting all fluttery, didn’t we?
This time, we’ve gathered a selection of popular Japanese love songs that portray romance—especially recommended mutual-love tracks for junior high school students.
Whether you’re right in the middle of your youth right now or at an age where you look back nostalgically on past romances, try finding songs that resonate with your own experiences.
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Mutual Love Songs: Recommended for Middle Schoolers! Popular Tracks Depicting Bittersweet Romance (41–50)
Lover SoulOtsuka Ai
This track is from the JUDY AND MARY 15th Anniversary Tribute Album, released in 2009.
It’s a sweet cover of a classic song by the legendary band JUDY AND MARY.
Why not listen to this song and get a little taste of that dreamy time spent leisurely with someone you love?
LuckyLucie, Too
This is a track included on the newly formed girls’ pop unit’s first nationwide release, “LUCKY.” Its colorful, happy sound and lyrics pledging wholehearted love to a mutually smitten partner are wonderfully refreshing! It’s recommended not only for couples who’ve just started dating, but also for listening on anniversaries to rekindle that first-love feeling.
Sweet FateUA
This is the seventh single, released in 1997.
As the title suggests, its sweet melody and lyrics fully convey the joy of mutual love.
Be sure to listen for UA’s gentle vocals—she was pregnant with her first child at the time.
The baby she was carrying then is now the active young actor Nijiro Murakami.
miraclemiwa
This is the 11th single released in 2013.
Its lively pop sound is so refreshing! It vividly captures the fresh moment when a mutual love begins.
When you’ve had a fight or can’t be honest with yourself, why not listen to this song and find your true feelings again? Highly recommended.
A bouquet of happinessMarushii
A warm song by Marcy that richly colors springtime love.
Its lyrics, which liken happy moments and memories spent with a loved one to a bouquet of flowers, are especially memorable.
Vocalist Ukyo Yoshida says the song reflects his wish that people cherish both the joy of receiving love from someone and the joy of giving it.
Released as a digital single in October 2022, it was also chosen as the theme song for a dating reality show.
If both you and your partner can keep asking yourselves, “Am I only receiving love? Am I truly giving it, too?” then a sad parting should never come.
This track reminds us that a caring heart is the most important key to building happiness together.
threadUemura Kana
Kana Uemura, known for her acoustic guitar and vocals.
She also released a cover album in 2014, and this is one of the songs she performed at the live concert “My Favorite Live in Otaru.” The original is a classic by Miyuki Nakajima.
Her clear, translucent voice is sure to perfectly accompany the quiet joy of mutual love.
A hundred flowers in full bloomIkuta Rira
A dramatic song by Rira Ikuta that paints a vividly colored future beyond hardship.
The melody, infused with traditional Japanese elements, blends beautifully with the grand sound.
Her translucent vocals and powerful beat deftly express the protagonist’s inner strength and delicate emotions.
Released in December 2024, the track was chosen as the opening theme for the anime “The Apothecary Diaries,” which begins airing in January 2025, and its vibrant jacket photo by Mika Ninagawa also drew attention.
It’s a song not only for anime fans, but one to hear when you’re at a crossroads or feeling lost.
It will surely awaken the courage sleeping in your heart.