He's a Man Who Could Be Lifted by a Slight Breeze, but (Even So)

The theme of a 1968 film of the same name, whose soundtrack was composed by Naozumi Yamamoto, which Jun Togawa wrote lyrics for. It was selected for inclusion on her third solo album, 1989's The Dying Year of the Showa Era (昭和享年), but wasn't recorded due to time constraints. It was part of the setlist for the accompanying tour however.

Throughout the late '80s, Togawa took on a heavy workload: she planned, wrote, and recorded albums through three acts (Yapoos, Guernica and solo); toured with them all; directed and edited music videos; acted in theatre and presented on television. She developed a herniated disc, whose condition worsened under her busy schedule. In 1990, she collapsed and was taken by an ambulance; one of the doctors informed that her case was so severe that she would need major surgery that could have turned her paraplegic. Togawa thought that it could be the potential end of her singing career.

Susumu Hirasawa visited her in the hospital, and there they talked about her desire to record this song. She deeply wanted to do it, and felt that Hirasawa—as a "lover of Shitamachi humanity"—would arrange it well. With permission from her doctors, she went to Wonder Studio in Kasumicho in a wheelchair to make what she thought could be her last recording, the day before the surgery.

Originally released as the B-side of the "Virgin Blues" single, then as a bonus track on reissues of The Dying Year of the Showa Era. The left-leaning lyrics were unusual for Togawa, who isn't of working class background, but she felt that "sometimes you have to balance left and right", in light of how Hirasawa's arrangement for the A-side turned out. The parting words of 19th century educator William S. Clark to his Hokkaido students and colleagues—"Boys, be ambitious"—inspired Togawa to write this song's lyrics.

Years later, Togawa was cast in the 1994 film Fishing Nut's Diary Special, whose director Azuma Morisaki had written the script of He's a Man Who Could Be Lifted by a Slight Breeze, but (Even So). Through there, she gifted a copy of the single, which made him very happy. As a fan of Morisaki as both director and writer, the whole experience made Togawa happy.