masterpiece is the 7th single released by the J-pop singer, Mami Kawada

Mami Kawada

is a J-pop singer who is currently signed to Geneon Entertainment Inc. She is also a member of the I've Sound who performs soundtracks for some eroge. Mami was usually paired up with co-I've member Kotoko when making soundtracks for anime...

, and was released on February 4, 2009. The titular track was used as the second opening theme for the anime series Toaru Majutsu no Index which is her third tie-in with the anime series. This is also Kawada's first single to be produced by a female composer/arranger of I've Sound, which is Maiko Iuchi.

The coupling song jellyfish was used as an insert song on the twenty-third episode of Toaru Majutsu no Index making this Kawada's 4th tie-in with the said anime series.

The single will come in a limited CD+DVD edition (GNCV-0013) and a regular edition (GNCV-0014). The DVD will contain the Promotional Video for masterpiece.

Tracklisting

1. masterpiece—4:37

   Lyrics: Mami Kawada

   Composition/Arrangement: Maiko Iuchi

2. jellyfish—4:26

   Lyrics: Mami Kawada

   Commposition: Tomoyuki Nakazawa

   Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki

3. masterpiece (instrumental) -- 4:37
4. jellyfish (instrumental) -- 4:24

Reception

It peak ranked 12th on the weekly Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

singles chart and remained on the chart for nine weeks.