Kara no Tsubomi (殻の蕾) is a maxi single released by the J-pop singer, Mell. This is scheduled to be released on July 29, 2009. This single has also been contained in the I've Sound 10th Anniversary 「Departed to the future」 Special CD BOX which was released on March 25, 2009. The coupling song Utsukushiku Ikitai: I've in Budokan 2009 Live Ver. is the live version of her first visual novel theme song with I've Sound that she performed in their concert in Budokan last January 2, 2009. The single will only come in a limited CD+DVD edition (GNCV-0020). The DVD will contain the Promotional Video for Kara no Tsubomi.