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src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EBlazing at high speed is a song that bounces back from Japan to America and then to Japan again. \u003Ci\u003EAIEEE!\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003EShuriken Runner\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eスリケンランナー\u003C\/b\u003E／Ninja Never DieS!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC Nijiiro (Y3)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jfu8jVFJ_pY\/X4qP4VfQx0I\/AAAAAAAAB1Q\/UqBNVsYHmOYDSlZZm3ZA0lWIgDMMfzICgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4no.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(196)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(334)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(472)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★9\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(678)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 185\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E ???\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nVYeOflW7f0\" title=\"【太鼓の達人ニジイロver.】Illusion Flare\/ミハイル 全良\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Namco Original that came out just today is another of the second Columbia Makes contest's victors, one track that has been lauded by Etou for its intonation and development, making its peak moments shine with careful shifts. Many Japanesque songs were discarded in the modern contest runnings beforehand, but styling it in a cyber-sounding landscape with the right directions is something that in the right hands might take form into something greater... which is why we can talk about this song, as one of the latest TnT contest winners!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI've delayed the usual 'source\/artist origins' talk a bit and there's a hefty reason for this story in particular. Behind the Ninja Never DieS! alias is hidden the nicknamed Nanodesu! (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nanodesu_DTM\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/nanodesu0516\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESoundCloud\u003C\/a\u003E), usually worded in a manner that makes the name handle pop out in a mirrored manner (！すでのな, or '!Sudenona'). Already dabbling in the indie music scene as both a BMS contestant (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4v2z7zVHUhc\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EGame Ride\u003C\/a\u003E) and a foreign music game contributor (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6P6Ik0v7-tI\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThe show's over*\u003C\/a\u003E, from \u003Ci\u003EDynamix\u003C\/i\u003E), a nickname change had to be done in order to join the Taiko no Tatsujin contest, as any name vaguely similar to any pre-existing external products or services would not be allowed, as also penned by the composer herself on Twitter (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nanodesu_dtm\/status\/1548246175794442240\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elink\u003C\/a\u003E). In order to make it somewhat linked to the same author, you can trace back to the '!SuDeNoNa' wording by reverse-reading all capital letters and exclamation point in Ninja Never DieS!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe choice on Shuriken Runner as the song's title lies on the weapon of choice of the eponymous protagonist in \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ninja_Slayer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENinja Slayer (ニンジャスレイヤー)\u003C\/a\u003E, the American-rooted online novel series from Bradley Bond and Philip Ninj@ Morzez, needing a fast character and tool to dispose of equally-fast and stealthy enemies such as ninjas. Etou surely is one to catch a referencing network quick, considering how \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihouse.com\/taiko\/index.php?plugin=attach\u0026amp;pcmd=open\u0026amp;file=aieee_ninja.png\u0026amp;refer=%C6%F1%B0%D7%C5%D9%C9%BD%2F%A4%AA%A4%CB%2F%A5%B9%A5%EA%A5%B1%A5%F3%A5%E9%A5%F3%A5%CA%A1%BC\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehis judge remarks on the song\u003C\/a\u003E start with the iconic \"AIEEE!\" yell popularized by the novel series, shouted by unsuspicting individuals when being caught off guard. Not only that- the Oni Full Combo unlockable title for the song on Nijiiro arcades is literally 'Aieee!' (アイエエエ！), too!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the most 1\/16-adherend charting job this starting year has landed us yet, bouncing repeating teams and a certain sense of urgency makes playing this track not an unsurmountable feat, but also not a complete cakewalk for the 9* ballpark, either. Also, don't forget: every string of fast-scrolling big notes ends with a Kat note if it's preceeded with Don notes... and vice-versa!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/849987886353197821"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/849987886353197821"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2023\/01\/song-of-week-14-january-2023.html","title":"Song of the Week! 14 January 2023"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-6641689150097000276"},"published":{"$t":"2023-01-07T10:55:00.002+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2023-01-07T10:55:15.820+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 7 January 2023"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EYears change, but \u003Ci\u003Esome\u003C\/i\u003E old habits are just too hard to be left for dead...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003ESacrifice \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003EMafumafu\/To The Abandoned Sacred Beasts \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eサクリファイス\u003C\/b\u003E／まふまふ／TVアニメ「かつて神だった獣たちへ」より\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\n    \u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC Green (General Asia only)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-fPvwHjuGzIM\/X4qP3ufFv-I\/AAAAAAAAB1I\/rVnSIjbnBrMl4FMxRehkhArpljiJOo8_wCLcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/gen4an.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★3\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(53)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(88)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(194)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★8\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(461)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n                \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC Nijiiro (Y3 Deleted)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-M5CYbotkcKU\/X4qP4S3DaFI\/AAAAAAAAB1U\/ZMHJ_TN6m-cA3FeI-8K2RsoNzxsS-bC-ACLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4pp.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E \/ \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-fPvwHjuGzIM\/X4qP3ufFv-I\/AAAAAAAAB1I\/rVnSIjbnBrMl4FMxRehkhArpljiJOo8_wCLcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/gen4an.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★3\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(53)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(88)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(194)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★8\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(461)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \n    \u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 192\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E ka2kam (\u003Cu\u003EKatsu\u003C\/u\u003Ete \u003Cu\u003EKam\u003C\/u\u003Eidatta Kemono-tachi e, with 'tsu'=2)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Yb_-idQsI4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYup, we're starting 2023 just like we \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/12\/song-of-week-31-december-2022.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eended\u003C\/a\u003E (and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/01\/song-of-week-1-january-2022.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Estarted\u003C\/a\u003E, too!) the previous one: by talking about a licensed tune that has about 2 weeks left to its permanent Taiko no Tatsujin expiration date. \u003Ci\u003EMaybe\u003C\/i\u003E it's also source for some corny puns on my part, \u003Ci\u003Emaybe\u003C\/i\u003E not!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGoing by the Japanese title of \u003Ci\u003EKatsute Kami Datta Kemono-tachi e\u003C\/i\u003E (かつて神だった獣たちへ, lit. 'To the Beasts that were Once Gods'), this is an ongoing shōnen manga series from the nick-named Maybe, in serialization for Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine since June 2014. Being enticed by the discovery of a really precious ore, the continent of Patria split inself in two and waged an intestine war in order to claim full ownership of the newfound richness, with the Norther Patria novering the military advantage given by special soliders -the Incarnates- who could transform into mythical beasts of yore to cause havoc. At the end of the war, the resulting peace treaty imposed both sides to kill the surviving Incarnates, but defecting vice-captain Cain Madhouse ran away with those to wage his own power-mongering schemes and two years later, one Incarnate by the name of Hank Henriette is set on his quest to kill his superpowered breachen, with the begrudging help of the young Nancy Schaal Bancroft who deems Hank as her father's murderer.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJust like a tourist going in Italy and looking for a city's guide map, it was summoned the help of MAPPA -an animation studio- to put the world of the series in animated form with a 12-episodes run that was aired in 2019. Its opening theme Sacrifice was made by former Vocaloid producer Mafumafu (まふまふ), one who unfortunately had to retire from the music-performing scene from June of the last year due to pressuring health conditions, while still supplying his skills as a songwriter. Shortly after the end of the anime's run, it was revealed that the series would be localized for a worldwide audience, with the anime itself receiving a new Crunchyroll dub and the original manga being published by Vertical. \u003Cstrike\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E(because putting it diagonal would waste too much space on a shelf)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strike\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow that I've summoned thrice the inner Beetlejuce of puns, all I have left is to remark how what is going to leave us for good is a rather technical and fast 8-star Oni trial for your average Anisong player! This is easily a step up from the note-richer Guren no Yomiya for the handswitch speed requirements alone, no doubt about it!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/6641689150097000276"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/6641689150097000276"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2023\/01\/song-of-week-7-january-2023.html","title":"Song of the Week! 7 January 2023"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-2803410489516629148"},"published":{"$t":"2022-12-31T16:43:00.003+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-12-31T16:50:25.201+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 31 December 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EFor the last time in 2022, let's see how can I get \u003Ci\u003Egoing full-circle\u003C\/i\u003E on things again! \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003EPeace Sign \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003EKenshi Yonezu \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eピースサイン\u003C\/b\u003E／米津玄師\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\n    \u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC Nijiiro (Y3 Deleted)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-M5CYbotkcKU\/X4qP4S3DaFI\/AAAAAAAAB1U\/ZMHJ_TN6m-cA3FeI-8K2RsoNzxsS-bC-ACLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4pp.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★3\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(80)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(192)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(303)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(443)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \n    \u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 100\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E ???\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ep-w08YG6PI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf a fish-based diet for some of our readers might aid their mnemonic capabilities, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/01\/song-of-week-1-january-2022.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eour very first Song of the Week for 2022\u003C\/a\u003E was about another of Kenshi Yonezu's songs that were set for a permanent disappearance across the Taiko no Tatsujin franchise. Wonder of all wonders, that's also how we're going to end the same year as one of the two latest perma-removals is another song from the same artist!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENamed after the iconic hand gesture, Peace Sign was released in advance as the first opening theme for the My Hero Academia Anime show's 2nd season on late April 2017, receiving its single debut on June 21st of the same year and boasting top scoring across Oricon's Weekly debut charts, alongside the greatest amount of unit solds for the artist's music discography up to that point in his carreer. The song was actually already worked on by the author since the spring of 2016, but got reworked once Yonezu was hired to do an opening theme for the ongoing My Hero Academia Anime transposition. Being a MHA manga reader himself and strong of how 'generation-defining' his former Anime contribution Butter-fly was (another Taiko-playable song, too!), the author tried to follow that 'monumental' kind of feel left by his other work while reworking his earlier craft into the finalized product. The single came out alongside the original song Yume Kouishi Youju (ゆめくいしょうじょ ), a rare self-made bootleg of one of his former Vocaloid works from when he was known online as Hachi, Sagami no Yumekoi Shoujo (沙上の夢喰い少女).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe end 2022 just as we started it: with a middling 7-star Oni challenge for the modern standards. It's faster and with about twice the notes as Lemon's Oni chart, so it's not a completely sleepwalk either!\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/2803410489516629148"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/2803410489516629148"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/12\/song-of-week-31-december-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 31 December 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-8109313360698502319"},"published":{"$t":"2022-12-24T17:57:00.006+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-12-24T19:56:47.871+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 24 December 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOne day until that yearly reoccurrence coming up again... and what better pick to have than this!?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"\u003ENonsense Bungaku\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eナンセンス文学\u003C\/b\u003E／Eve\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC0 Green\u003Cbr \/\u003ENS1 (DL)\u003Cbr \/\u003ENS2 MP\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlus STH\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-M5CYbotkcKU\/X4qP4S3DaFI\/AAAAAAAAB1U\/ZMHJ_TN6m-cA3FeI-8K2RsoNzxsS-bC-ACLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4pp.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(54)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(122)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(214)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(416)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n                \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC Nijiiro\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-M5CYbotkcKU\/X4qP4S3DaFI\/AAAAAAAAB1U\/ZMHJ_TN6m-cA3FeI-8K2RsoNzxsS-bC-ACLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4pp.png\" \/\u003E \/ \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-uQpS3306MjQ\/X4qP4hKYchI\/AAAAAAAAB1Y\/indsfc-5-SEumnVqbX6B53fpnVAKzHGewCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4vc.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(54)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(122)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(214)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(416)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n                \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAll (2P)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-M5CYbotkcKU\/X4qP4S3DaFI\/AAAAAAAAB1U\/ZMHJ_TN6m-cA3FeI-8K2RsoNzxsS-bC-ACLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4pp.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(54\/54)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(122\/122)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(214\/214)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 154\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E evensb (\u003Cu\u003EEve\u003C\/u\u003E - \u003Cu\u003EN\u003C\/u\u003Eon\u003Cu\u003Es\u003C\/u\u003Eense \u003Cu\u003EB\u003C\/u\u003Eungaku)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7A7XE0uR_TY\" title=\"【太鼓の達人ニジイロver.】Illusion Flare\/ミハイル 全良\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2020\/12\/song-of-week-26-december-2020.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETwo years ago\u003C\/a\u003E, we've been quite lucky for have the perfect track for the 'after-Christmas' SotW to end them all, but for the 2-days-prior occurrence we've got a greater choice, if *some* liberties are taken! I mean, today IS Christmas \u003Ci\u003EEve\u003C\/i\u003E, after all...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut rather than indulging in the literary nonsense I put up for corny one-liners, here's what \"literary nonsense\" appears in music form, according to the very lucky Utaite Eve (いぶ) in his second Vocaloid hit! Born on May 23rd and also known by the Keitora (けいとら) and Kurowa (クロわ) art names, this mid-2000s artist has started making original Hatsune Miku songs as well, with Nonsense Bungaku debuting 6 days prior to his birthday in 2017. Starting with this song and including all the following releases, this is the start of Eve's ongoing consecutive Hall of Legend works streak, piling up an impressive near-4-Million-views of the original Miku song on Nicovideo alone. The self-cover we have playable in Taiko, on the other hand, has scored an impressive 8+Million views on YouTube! Other alternate-vocalist versions of the track also appear in Sega\/Craft Egg's \u003Ci\u003EProject Sekai Colorful Stage\u003C\/i\u003E, both with a WONDERLANDSxSHOWTIME male trio cover as well as solos for two of its vocalists, Tenma Tsukasa and Kamishiro Rui.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IHSw10O0BkU\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EProject Sekai\u003C\/a\u003E aside, the track has had its own share of shining moments in the more general music gaming landscape, all revolving atround the Eve self-cover like Taiko gaming did. On bemani fields, it's currently a Nostalgia-exclusive license (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s6NS98btEZo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elink\u003C\/a\u003E), while Sega, curiously-enough, keeps the Vocaloid-only version a Sekai-only event with the self cover appearing in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z41cWikxDKI\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emaimai\u003C\/a\u003E\/\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2qgiVURAy5Q\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECHUNITHM\u003C\/a\u003E\/\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BO1A_CquY-o\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EOngeki\u003C\/a\u003E triumvirate, at different times.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's a short, DonKat-handswitch-prone and without fancy speed\/visual gimmickry on sight, which is your average hallmark for a 7-starred Oni these days. Not much else to say about it, if not for the evergreen advice to just follow the rhythm!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/8109313360698502319"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/8109313360698502319"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/12\/song-of-week-24-december-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 24 December 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-5076217020153197267"},"published":{"$t":"2022-12-17T15:18:00.005+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-12-19T09:13:13.420+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 17 December 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor the last time in 2022, here's a Song of the Week... that is actually THE song of the Week, the one to come out at this exact same day!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"\u003EIllusion Flare \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003EMihile\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/b\u003Eミハイル\u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC Nijiiro (Y3)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jfu8jVFJ_pY\/X4qP4VfQx0I\/AAAAAAAAB1Q\/UqBNVsYHmOYDSlZZm3ZA0lWIgDMMfzICgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4no.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(???)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★6\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(???)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(???)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★10\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(766)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 180\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E ???\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pu5kpZl066k\" title=\"【太鼓の達人ニジイロver.】Illusion Flare\/ミハイル 全良\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe one notable aspect about the second of the Columbia-Makes-hosted Taiko no Tatsujin song contests is that it was made with the explicit desire to award original creation from people who have never contributed for Taiko gaming before in any shape of form, with the introduction of the \"First Submission Entry\" sub-bracket and the clause of awarding \u003Ci\u003Eat least\u003C\/i\u003E one submission from there. As it turned out, however, everyone but ONE of the eleven winning tracks were by never-heard-before names in the ongoing drumming lore! The sole returning winner -author of the just-released song up here- was one of the original CreoFUGA success stories, too.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndeed, the jazz-a-holic Illusion Flare comes from the hands of the same Mihile (ミハイル) that brought us \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2014\/01\/song-of-week-4-january-2014.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E3piece-JazzParty!\u003C\/a\u003E, straight from the original CreoFUGA contest back in 2011 and also one of 5 tunes to eventually reach out foreign otoge pastures with the past Taiko x Deemo collaboration (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o4UBpgvUVkg\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elink\u003C\/a\u003E). As it turns out, this wasn't the only victory for the artist in 2022, as he managed to earn a contest-winning slot with K.key by the power of the collaboratively-molded Garland, one of 8 tracks that was adopted for the \u003Ci\u003ESOUND VOLTEX\u003C\/i\u003E-related BEMANI PRO LEAGUE circuit (its Season 2, that is) which is bound to a publicly-playable debut sometime in the future.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn regards of Illusion Flare, judge Yuji Masubuchi was more than eager to praise the piece for starting out with a bitter\/cool riff attitude up while piling up a certain overflow as the song goes on to come out in a passionate burst, much like a heo's journety from his rookie days down to finally becoming a real-deal superhero. The NBSI veteran was also impressed by the portability to music gaming that made him go \"I can see myself charting it like this\" after one full listen, despite belonging to a genre as changeling as a piano-lead progressive rock. The same Mihile also penned on Twitter about both being inspired to make a \"cool piece, for some reason\" (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mihile\/status\/1603678883760705536?cxt=HHwWgMDQhdfctMEsAAAA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elink\u003C\/a\u003E) for its 2022 creation, with the end result being a song that was composed while Mihile himself would imagine how its chart would look like in Taiko games (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mihile\/status\/1604091784627650560?cxt=HHwWgIDUnda-8MIsAAAA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elink\u003C\/a\u003E). Apparently, from the same tweet, the end-result charting job managed to surprise Mihile himself!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe've already reported in the previously-backlinked SotW article for 3piece-JazzParty! about Mihile trying once more the Taiko contest grounds with a continuation\/derivative track with the later CF competition's \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QIzX7lYh1Zs\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E4piece-JazzPanic!\u003C\/a\u003E, but it turns out he's been trying to fit in in these past Gen4-rooted competitions as well! For 2020's Faith Creation venue, he brought up the song \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zPGznORI3Cc\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EStratosphere Flight\u003C\/a\u003E, while the previous year's Columbia Makes joint has welcomed his \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/columbia-makes.jp\/taikonotatsujin2021\/entry\/entries\/music_101223.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPassionate Shadow\u003C\/a\u003E (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PFOAaiM7QM8\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eoriginal version on Mihile's YT channel\u003C\/a\u003E), awarded for the latter with a Silver-graded Honorable Mention with Yuji Masubuchi praising it for a song that would make kids interested into the jazz genre as a whole. Years later, it's heartwarming to see the same Masubuchi directly mentioning Mihile's continued efforts in later Taiko contests when the mark has been hit once more, wouldn't you say?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EReiterating in a different wording what both the Illusion Flare creator and its award-handing judge have stated, it's a musical-notation charting in the purest of its forms: if it's defined by a drums or a trumpet string, it's translated in Taiko form with a note! While missing the mark on a Nam-Combo Oni value, players can \u003Ci\u003Eeasily\u003C\/i\u003E feel the pressure of the 7-notes-per-second average being met by this primarily-1\/16 charting trek. No visual gimmickry is laid upon either-what you see is what you'll hit just like the original 3piece!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/5076217020153197267"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/5076217020153197267"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/12\/song-of-week-17-december-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 17 December 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-544278023019535358"},"published":{"$t":"2022-12-10T17:33:00.004+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-12-10T17:33:55.023+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 10 December 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003EA handful of days before 2022's ending, we've got just time time to talk about one last Pop Tap Beat debutant!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGiven today's subject matter, in the event I end up piling up typos in the feature as usual, you might argue it's mighty topical for our Discord server dwellers \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZbZPL9Vs5wg\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eto come there and laugh at me...\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"\u003EHere Comes Char \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003EMobile Suit Gundam\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eシャアが来る\u003C\/b\u003E／横川理彦 feat.団地ノ宮弥子\u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EPTB\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-fPvwHjuGzIM\/X4qP3ufFv-I\/AAAAAAAAB1I\/rVnSIjbnBrMl4FMxRehkhArpljiJOo8_wCLcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/gen4an.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(78)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(128)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(233)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(323)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★8\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(457)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 176\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E gdmchr (\u003Cu\u003EG\u003C\/u\u003Eun\u003Cu\u003Ed\u003C\/u\u003Ea\u003Cu\u003Em\u003C\/u\u003E \u003Cu\u003ECh\u003C\/u\u003Ea\u003Cu\u003Er\u003C\/u\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vEo8in4FM0k\" title=\"【太鼓の達人 PTB】シャアが来る（おに）【オート動画】\" width=\"325\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E \u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PlkyeWPG85s\" title=\"【太鼓の達人 PTB】シャアが来る（おに・裏譜面）【オート動画】\" width=\"325\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe've already sunk our teeth twice into the \u003Ci\u003EMobile Suit Gundam\u003C\/i\u003E universe as part of our Song of the Week antics (respectively \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2014\/10\/song-of-week-18-september-2014.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2017\/10\/song-of-week-28-october-2017.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E) and for our third serving, we're going to return to the 1979 Anime series that started it all, due to the quirky inclusion of one of its episode-insert themes into the Pop Tap Beat family, albeit in cover form.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EChar ga Kuru (lit. 'Char Is Coming'), romanized in official English localizations as 'Here Comes Char', made its debut as an insert song for the first Anime series' 40th episode, starring Koichiro Hori (堀光一路)'s vocals. The late duo of Takeo Watanabe (渡辺岳夫) and You-she Matsuyama (松山祐士) were respectively its composer and arranger, while the lyrics-penning duties fell onto Rin Iogi (井荻麟), an alias for longtime Gundam score contributor Yoshinori Tomino (富野由悠季).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Char the song title refers to is the character of Char Aznable, a red-clad and helmet-donning mobile suit pilot of many names with exceptional combat\/planning skills and a hard-to-carry family legacy, whose charismatic aura and character complexity made such a lasting impression on the series to mold an effective \"Gundam rival\/antagonist archetype\" around his own character. Even his insert song, jolly-sounding as it may be, can actually be interpreted as a last-words collection of impressions of people being killed by Char himself, cursing his name before being blown to smithereens! Char ga Kuru received its first single release in vinyl form on December 5th, 1979, alongside another OG series insert song -Kirameki no Lalah (きらめきのララァ)- as its Side B. Such release would eventually get a physical CD release later on, always with King Record-related publishing label, on October 25th in 2006, alongside many a version of the iconic song appearing in later Gundam materials, from the later anime series to Gundam videogames, including select entries in the JP-crossover-focused series \u003Ci\u003ESuper Robot Wars\u003C\/i\u003E!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBe it with its Oni mode or its Ura counterpart, the charting signature gimmick of putting a capital 'C' on Char is the exact same, with faster-scrolling Big notes happening every time the Red Comet is namedropped in the song. Key difference between the two is that we've got a commonpace x0.5 scrolling speed setting on the regular Oni that returns to x1 for every fast-scrolling big note, while Ura Oni's take has x1 speed as commonplace and thrice the speed for each 'Char'. There also are some actual clusters in there to take care of in comparison, together with faster drumrolls and nastier fast-big-Don\/slow-small-Kat portions to be potential eyesores for the uninitiated!\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/544278023019535358"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/544278023019535358"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/12\/song-of-week-10-december-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 10 December 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-1484543168718210836"},"published":{"$t":"2022-12-03T20:26:00.001+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-12-03T20:26:19.896+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 3 December 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ETying up some loose ends once again, with the leftover songs from the more recent DJ Fua Namco Original digital OSTs\/YouTube compilations!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"\u003ETonde Mite \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003EYokokawa Michihito feat. Yako from Danchinomiya\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eトンデ・ミテ\u003C\/b\u003E／横川理彦 feat.団地ノ宮弥子\u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003ENS1\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlus STH\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jfu8jVFJ_pY\/X4qP4VfQx0I\/AAAAAAAAB1Q\/UqBNVsYHmOYDSlZZm3ZA0lWIgDMMfzICgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4no.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(117)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★6\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(175)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★8\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(318)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★9\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(559)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 132\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E tondem (\u003Cu\u003ETonde\u003C\/u\u003E \u003Cu\u003EM\u003C\/u\u003Eite)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j_WlxQreGks\" title=\"【太鼓の達人 NS2】Diving Drive（おに）【オート動画】\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe last track we still have to talk about from the sixth \"Oddball\" digital OST collection is also one of the debut originals from Nintendo Switch Vewrsion\/Drum 'n' Fun, garnering its sole \"permanent\" stitting to date in conjunction with the i-device\/Android game's song subscription Service! Tonde Mite is one of the Danchinomiya-powered debuts with World Heritage: Prelude, but unlike it we have an unheard-of-before composer for it: Yokokawa Michihiro (横川理彦), a renowned Kyoto violinist who became well-versed in acted parts as time went by on theathers and choreographic works in general. Beginning his carreer in 1982 under King Labels, his solo acts are as plentiful as his joint operations were, including his contribution in pop acts like P-MODEL, the nicknamed Haco (はこ)'s After Dinner and Metrofals (メトロファルス).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Taiko debut of such an eclectic figure is marked in a peculiar song where the Taiko rhythm you play is arguably the leading one of the whole composition, as rather than following the base bits and its vocals, you might be off better by reading the patterns alone and warding yourself the way to a perfect rhythm! There also are some 1\/12 and 1\/24 charting bits along the way, so that focusing on what you hit rather than what you hear becomes even more crucial to a successful play.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"\u003EMainichi ga Donderful \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003ETaiko no Tatsujin Donderful Festival Theme Song\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eまいにちがドンダフル\u003C\/b\u003E／「太鼓の達人 ドンダフルフェスティバル」テーマソング\u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC Nijiiro (Y3)\u003Cbr \/\u003ENS2\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlus STH\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jfu8jVFJ_pY\/X4qP4VfQx0I\/AAAAAAAAB1Q\/UqBNVsYHmOYDSlZZm3ZA0lWIgDMMfzICgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4no.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(119)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(211)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(368)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★8\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(595)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 138\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E sw2op (\u003Cu\u003ESw\u003C\/u\u003Eitch \u003Cu\u003E2\u003C\/u\u003E \u003Cu\u003EOp\u003C\/u\u003Eening)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ggvh4wf_jp0\" title=\"【太鼓の達人 NS2】Diving Drive（おに）【オート動画】\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFrom (one of) the former Switch entry, down to the most recent one! The peppy Japanese\/English theme song to Dokodon\/Rhythm Festival has been the soundtrack-closer for the latest (at the time) Original Soundtrack to receive the DJ Fua mix treatment on YouTube, as the last pick for the 'All Time Best Collection'... kinda hasty to dub a really fresh release as an \u003Ci\u003Eall-time best\u003C\/i\u003E already, wouldn't you say!?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe usually have to wait quite a while on \"un-signed\" songs to know who was behind each of those, but this can't be said for the latest among Taiko opening themes... even before its game was out, the cat was out of the bag! The gameplay video above these lines is from the official Taiko no Tatsujin YouTube channel, penning in the video description section a quite detailed section of the artists behind Mainichi ga Donderful (lit. 'Everyday is Donderful'), days before the game's General Asia debut. The composer, as well as the player of most of the instruments backing the song\u0026nbsp; -Drum, bass, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, guitar, trumpet and trombone- is Cory Tarrow, a freshly-recruited BNSI musician who already made his Taiko debut with the Rewards-Shop-introduced Agent Hustle \u0026amp; Dr.Hassle. Penning the lyrics for the song is former Taiko Team livestreams host \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2016\/12\/behind-drums-takeshito-sasaoka.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETakeshito Sasaoka (笹岡武仁)\u003C\/a\u003E, now a member of Bandai Namco's BNALI internal unit and given life by female singing medium thanks to the duo of Joelle \u0026amp; CarolDiane and a generically-credited \"BN boys and girls choir\", featuring Dante \u003Cstrike\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"\u003Efrom the Devil May Cry series\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strike\u003E as the English radio personality hijacking the groove along the way. The aforementioned BN-rooted choir alone counts 18 cheering performers, already trumping the number of involved creators of multi-hand Namco Originals like the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/song-of-week-27-april-2012.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMEKADON-titled one\u003C\/a\u003E from Appare! Sandaime! Finally, recurring contributor Masanobu Murakami (村上正信) was responsible of the project's trackdown.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMore notes than Tonde Mite for its Oni, sure, and at a similar uniform BPM pace at that, but its plain distribution across the song leans it on the more-manageable side o0f things for clearing purpoises, despite the brief Japanesque portion in the middle to remind the listener of Taiko gaming's oh-so-deep link to Japanese matsuri culture, in tone with our musical instrument of choice.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/1484543168718210836"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/1484543168718210836"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/12\/song-of-week-3-december-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 3 December 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-7895094030967937040"},"published":{"$t":"2022-11-26T07:00:00.001+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-11-26T07:00:00.212+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 26 November 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EA hearty farewell to wave goodbye to yet another November on our shores...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003EWatari-dori\u003Cbr \/\u003Eワタリドリ\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E／[Alexandros]\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC0 Red (Deleted)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-M5CYbotkcKU\/X4qP4S3DaFI\/AAAAAAAAB1U\/ZMHJ_TN6m-cA3FeI-8K2RsoNzxsS-bC-ACLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4pp.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★3\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(85)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(161)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★6\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(293)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★9\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(491)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n                \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E(2P) All\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-M5CYbotkcKU\/X4qP4S3DaFI\/AAAAAAAAB1U\/ZMHJ_TN6m-cA3FeI-8K2RsoNzxsS-bC-ACLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4pp.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★3\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(85\/85)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(161\/161)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★6\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(293\/293)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 133.76-136.45\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E alxwtr (\u003Cu\u003EAl\u003C\/u\u003Ee\u003Cu\u003Ex\u003C\/u\u003Eandros - \u003Cu\u003EW\u003C\/u\u003Ea\u003Cu\u003Et\u003C\/u\u003Ea\u003Cu\u003Er\u003C\/u\u003Ei-dori)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-3umb9cWkBM\" title=\"【太鼓の達人ニジイロver.】ワタリドリ 全良\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn Taiko gaming, we're used to see many a facet going 'full circle' acros the years, mostly in a positive light but also for pertinent, franchjise-perma-deleting reasons just like one of two songs to be disappearing from the only supporting Taiko title's tracklist, this coming December. Three years ago, it was the turn of another [Alexandrios] tune to disappear for good (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2019\/09\/song-of-week-28-september-2019.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eone we've already talked about, too!\u003C\/a\u003E) and now even the other playable composition from the same unit is joining the ranks...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWatari-dori (lit. 'Wadingbird') was quite the pivotal turning point for the band behind its creation, not only for the aftermath success it bolstered for the succeeding years but also for the fact of it being introduced in the act's major debut single (10th overall) under a non-indie music label (Universal Music), before the ongoing publishing works under the ongoing UNIVERSAL J and RX-RECORDS labels. Being the second release to launch [Alexandros] in the Oricon Top5 charting, Watari-dori was the most successful of the partly-eponymous \u003Ci\u003EWatari-dori\/Dracula la\u003C\/i\u003E single in the scope of media licensing, as it became the theme song for the stage-play-turned-movie \u003Ci\u003EAkegarasu\u003C\/i\u003E (明烏) and a number of CMs of the time, including Asahi beer and the Subaru XV.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith Watari-dori leaving, each of the J-Pop\/Pops incroduced during the Red Version operational period won't be available to be played on the ongoing arcade scene for good, with the last one leaving it (and the franchise \u003Ci\u003Ealtogether\u003C\/i\u003E) is one of the Gen-3 original-sourced songs, joined by Oni charting to better resemble KAGEKIYO and Many wow bang! (Ura)'s 1\/16 cluster-clashing breakdown in many a formation before your eyes. This is also one of Red Version's debutants to come with KFM chart variations for 2-player sessions, so mind those few notes alternating colors between the two players!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/7895094030967937040"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/7895094030967937040"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/11\/song-of-week-26-november-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 26 November 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-1839452773111660102"},"published":{"$t":"2022-11-19T16:01:00.004+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-11-19T16:06:28.342+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 19 November 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003EAnother page to fill with one of the contest-winning tunes... one that has just come out, too!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"\u003EL△chesis\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/b\u003E7mai\u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC Nijiiro (Y3)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jfu8jVFJ_pY\/X4qP4VfQx0I\/AAAAAAAAB1Q\/UqBNVsYHmOYDSlZZm3ZA0lWIgDMMfzICgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4no.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(154)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(250)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★8\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(387)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★9\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(654)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 125-376\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E ???\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/20Z7peNgpv0\" title=\"【太鼓の達人 NS2】Diving Drive（おに）【オート動画】\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnnounced with \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/11\/livestream-recap-20221113-taiko-no.html\"\u003Elast week's Taiko no Tatsujin YT livestream\u003C\/a\u003E, here's the first Namco Original to triumphantly come out from the third Nijiiro-age official song contest! Given the title, this song is quite the perfect match for the God Collection genos as Lachesis is the second of the Greek mythology's destiny-symbolizing \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moirai\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThree Fates\u003C\/a\u003E (moreso considering another of her sisters -\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2016\/08\/namco-original-showcase-god-collection.html#clotho\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EClotho\u003C\/a\u003E- already got her own song in said God Collection grouping), but as this song is not part of the eponymous ingame folder on arcades along the rest, we're saving up a bit of space here to talk about it, eventually adding it in the proper Series Showcase page once it joins the God Collection ranks in a 'proper' way like the others before it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EL△chesis is the series debut of independent composer 7mai (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/7657mai\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/7mai\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESoundCloud\u003C\/a\u003E), another artist harboring the dream of having one personally-made song available to play in Taiko no Tatsujin that managed to achieve such a goal, after a regrettable defeat the year prior. In the same fashion as other artists we've seen in the past like Se-U-Ra, 7mai also has a \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/b5itm8vl.fanbox.cc\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFanbox page\u003C\/a\u003E which is for all the MIDIs and mp3s of both old songs and tracks that not were released on the artist's albums beforehand. Among 7mai's other works in general rhythm gaming, we nover a few originals for \u003Ci\u003ESOUND VOLTEX\u003C\/i\u003E (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YMdGoe6y4HE\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECUTE-Reflection\u003C\/a\u003E; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Losh7Nf8-cw\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EGetsugetsu Kouka\u003C\/a\u003E), \u003Ci\u003EArcaea\u003C\/i\u003E (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nvQVeKuOStI\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EChelsea\u003C\/a\u003E) and \u003Ci\u003ELanota\u003C\/i\u003E, with the four-hands-made \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rhJ65peGZXU\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECynthia\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe judge remarks on the song by SueP are particularly interesting on this tune and original Taiko songs evaluation in general that warrants its own paragraph. Starting from remarks on L△chesis itself, the Synchronica alumni finds really refreshing to lend a ear to 'music with a soul', giving a strong meaning to each of the tonal demarcations within despite the complex phase composition. It's especially valuable to SueP when considering the ongoing technological advancements in the contemporary music-making scenario, where everything is made more accessible than ever from synthesizing to audio sampling and such; in other words, it has become a setting where 'just pounding your beat' is not enough to cut in. None of these beat-intensive comparisons, however, do apply with 7mai's winning tune, as the overall strangeness of the composition is the one leading the way rather than the sound's variety\/volume, making each and every note an irreplaceable element to univocally identify this song. The same SueP also reveals that 7mai was really close to achieve a Gold win in the 2021 contest with the track called \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/columbia-makes.jp\/taikonotatsujin2021\/entry\/entries\/music_101414.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ELumiere\u003C\/a\u003E, but arguments between the judges arose on whether such a track could be appreciated by people of all ages, so instead it only managed to land a Masubuchi-shaped Honorable Mention. Clearly it's not the case of today's Song of the Week, given how much of a wall of text I've just typed about a judge's pleasantly-surprised closing remarks on it!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhen you boot up a song in Taiko and spot the support dancers spazzing like crazy when the rhythm leaves the opposite impression, you already know what's up- insanely high BPM values under a x0.5 scrolling speed for the whole chart, a-la Kokorobo. This is pretty much the same case for the newcoming L△chesis, which actually manages to top the just-aforementioned Kokorobo in having the highest base BPM value in all of Taiko music history with astoni9shing peaks of 376 BPM as its commonpace! Its Oni notechart, however, is one of the more linear 'muscial notation' charting jobs you'll see in recent memory, heating things up only near the very end with its two relentless Go-Go Time areas' merciless cluster successions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/1839452773111660102"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/1839452773111660102"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/11\/song-of-week-19-november-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 19 November 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-2467062228409027714"},"published":{"$t":"2022-11-12T16:45:00.001+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-11-12T16:54:08.321+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 12 November 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003ELet's \u003Ci\u003Edive\u003C\/i\u003E into today's spotlighted song... No snorkels required!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDiving Drive\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/b\u003ETanchiky feat. MuMenkyo.\n    \u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC0 Green\u003Cbr \/\u003ENS2 MP\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jfu8jVFJ_pY\/X4qP4VfQx0I\/AAAAAAAAB1Q\/UqBNVsYHmOYDSlZZm3ZA0lWIgDMMfzICgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4no.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(232)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(389)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★8\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(559)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★10\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(892)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 193\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E divdrv (\u003Cu\u003EDiv\u003C\/u\u003Eing \u003Cu\u003EDr\u003C\/u\u003Ei\u003Cu\u003Ev\u003C\/u\u003Ee)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y_v7pS7PV7M\" title=\"【太鼓の達人 NS2】Diving Drive（おに）【オート動画】\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnother of the Faith Creation contest's winners and there's a quite specific reason to \u003Ci\u003Edive\u003C\/i\u003E into this song (and believe me, it's not about \u003Ci\u003Edriving\u003C\/i\u003E themed corny puns home), but before getting to that -as per tradition- let's meet and greet another couple of artists into the evergrowing Taiko lore!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis Green Version-debuting tune is from another composer whose foot into the proverbial rhythm gaming room was slipped in thanks to BMS-centric contests: the nicknamed Tanchiky (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tanchiky\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC8fC0rjHhH7-HyyrKUmiZVA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EYouTube\u003C\/a\u003E; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/tanchiky\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESoundCloud\u003C\/a\u003E), already garnering commercial music gaming limelight with two original songs for lowiro's \u003Ci\u003EArcaea\u003C\/i\u003E (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ym-EYpOmEg0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECybernecia Catharsis\u003C\/a\u003E; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cQNygEo-DFQ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECrystal Gravity\u003C\/a\u003E) and his infamous ENERGY SYNERGY MATRIX landing on maimai and multiple mobile games (Arcaea included). At this point, I'm used to also link to the artist's official website, if any... but let's just say that \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tanchiky\/status\/1591383588834246656?cxt=HHwWgIDQnam83ZUsAAAA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eit's one tough egg to crack for the time being\u003C\/a\u003E and leave it at that! Joining this composer is the nicknamed MuMenkyo. (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MuMenkyo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCM4ObKPsJ1-2HJhy1qAAenw\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EYouTube\u003C\/a\u003E), also known online by the Mumenkyo-kun (むめんきょくん) nickname that was also used for Diving Drive's original contest title submission, as 'Diving Drive feat. むめんきょくん'.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs contest-winning tracks go, it's really hard to leave Taiko Team leader Etou as impressed as he was with Diving Drive, seeing as in his judge remarks he straight-up called it 'a perfect song' with its catchy melody, a never-tiring development and multiple rhythms to nicely bounce off with such a cute singing voice. Apparently, however, the 'perfect' sentiment wasn't entirely matched with the song's makers, as this ending week has also seen the public release of Diving Drive's long version, being posted on Tanchiky's YT channel (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DXLDLz4iK3s\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elink\u003C\/a\u003E)!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESnickering online players from the Donderful Festival shores might opt picking this one up to have an early upper-hand on opponents due to its \"wake-up call\" Kat opener scrolling at thrice the BPM pace, but soon enough you'll see how evened-out is the overall chart-playing experience as a mid-ground 10* Oni. We're still nearing the 200 dredge after all, and its handswitching-prone patterns are nothing to slouch around either!\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/2467062228409027714"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/2467062228409027714"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/11\/song-of-week-12-november-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 12 November 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-7536512432895567596"},"published":{"$t":"2022-11-05T15:11:00.002+00:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-11-05T15:11:20.362+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 5 November 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003EToday, we're having quite the gem among modern 'Weekend Warriors'... one that has effectively received said title in Taiko \u003Ci\u003Etwice\u003C\/i\u003E! Find out why...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003EScarlet Police on Ghetto Patrol 24PM\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003ETouhou Project Arrange\/Lettuce Shichijou Group\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003Eスカーレット警察のゲットーパトロール24時\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E／東方Projectアレンジ 七条レタスグループ\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\n    \u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC Nijiiro\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-uLn7-f4NTSA\/YFyac58xKOI\/AAAAAAAAB9w\/KCMmqUVX6b0Z-Qs4lG4WCbQtU_LGZ-oOwCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4va.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E★2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(111)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E★2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(152)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(349)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E★8\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(562)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E★9\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(\u003Cspan style=\"color: #741b47;\"\u003E879\u003C\/span\u003E\/859)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \n    \u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 157.2-160\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E ???\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iKF2GW5CknA\" title=\"【太鼓の達人ニジイロver.】スカーレット警察のゲットーパトロール24時\/東方Projectアレンジ 七条レタスグループ 全良\" width=\"325\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E \u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fa3cQkGTCn8\" title=\"【太鼓の達人ニジイロver.】スカーレット警察のゲットーパトロール24時(裏) 全良\" width=\"325\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETouhou Project tracks are no stangers to series weekend debut, at first as Sunday Autumn Reitaisai exclusives and then public arcade debutants sometime later. For the \u003Ci\u003Efirst\u003C\/i\u003E time, however, one song to be added in such a way has also received an extra Ura Oni delivery on a Saturday... \u003Ci\u003Ethis\u003C\/i\u003E Saturday, in fact!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe year 2022's sole Taiko-debuting Touhou track comes from quite an ancient doujin release than first impressions might lead to, as this music foray dates back to the year 2015's 12th Reitaisai, with the 23rd main doujin album release by IOSYS falling under the title of \u003Ci\u003EGENSOKYO DEMPA EXPO -IOSYS Touhou Compilation vol.23-\u003C\/i\u003E. In it, among other tracks, was a peppy tune made by the then-dubbed 'Lettuce Shichijou Group', an ensemble consisting of the lyricist eponymous leader, music arranger D.watt and four vocalists, two in-house affiliates -96 and Inasugi Natsu (\u003Cspan lang=\"ja\"\u003E岩杉夏\u003C\/span\u003E)- as well as two guest singers in Koko (ココ) from Innocent Key and Alternative Ending's miko, for the joy of all ice fairy and Perfect Math Classes out there. Scarlet Police on Ghetto Patrol 24PM is actually the sequel to a contest-winning track for one of the early SOUND VOLTEX contest winners titled \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZOekrCzqhUA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETaiyou wa Yamete! Bokura no Scarlet Keisatsu\u003C\/a\u003E by the same composer\/lyricist duo, eventually leading into the creation of a 'Scarlet Police' Touhou arrangement series with many of its later songs landing in SDVX as either exclusives\/contest winners or cross-doujin ports, Ghetto Patrol 24PM very much included (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q3SC5DGnU0w\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elink\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor as much of a story this is on a music game perspective, this was not the reason for the adoption of this quirky tune, melding the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil's \u003Ci\u003ETomboyish Girl in Love\u003C\/i\u003E and \u003Ci\u003ESeptette for a Dead Princess\u003C\/i\u003E once again in our series in playable states. We'll actually have to dig nearer to the timeline surface for that and well into 2022's beginning, as the Scarlet Police on Ghetto Patrol started trending in Japan due to a hashtag-fueled viral dance trend! With the battle cry of #\"I'll Show Ya My Footwork!\" (#あたいの足技みさらせやー) as the song starts, many people in Japan used the song's beginning to share their moves over Tiktok and other social media platforms, from national singers\/dancers to big public figures in the Touhou doujin fandom... IOSYS members and ZUN himself included!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe fresh popularity resurgeance of the song drove the circle to expand upon in different ways, starting with the \u003Ci\u003EScarlet Police Omnibus Spring Special Warning\u003C\/i\u003E (スカーレット警察・総集編 春の特別警戒スペシャル) album release of the 19th Reitaisai to collect every Scarlet Police song releaseed to date with newly-made remixes to boot (Ghetto Patrol getting RoughSketch to remix it, of all people!). Winding down the rest of the year, many an external rhythm game series started to get aquainted with the Scarlet Police with the song getting ports in non-Konami pastures, with stops in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yIrhZsCj5_Y\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EGroove Coaster\u003C\/a\u003E and Sega's \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4uE4uoyMfU8\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emaimai\u003C\/a\u003E\/\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h-gY6pVxNLI\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECHUNITHM\u003C\/a\u003E series before getting in Taiko no Tatsujin. Hell, the song looped back to bemani fields too, through the \u003Ci\u003EDanceDanceRevolution\u003C\/i\u003E series (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PFtvURjc6y0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elink\u003C\/a\u003E)!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe song is already taxing on 8-star Oni clearers whose handswitching skills are still on the rough, but that notion is easily cranked up to eleven with today's debuting Ura Oni todrown its challengers in a truly perilous sea of red and blue. The final portion of the song is where the two minor BPM shifts to occur and while there's nothing much to write home about the regular Oni's take, the Ura has its one and only branching point once that the final three shots are metaphorically fired by the song. Whether you'll land on the Normal route's 1\/16 Don note stream or the Master route's 1\/24 one with 20 more hits to count for entirely depends on the player's performance with big note accuracy: only those who will hit all 24 giant notes perfectly will gear up to Master route, in the same fashion as the final path-branching conditions in KAGEKIYO's 1-player Ura Oni!\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/7536512432895567596"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/7536512432895567596"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/11\/song-of-week-5-november-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 5 November 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-3164230098050878380"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-29T12:09:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-11-19T15:22:00.557+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 29 October 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003EOctober is ending soon, which means it's time for our spookiest pick yet! This time around, it's about the one and only thing to startle rhythm gamers everywhere, since the very beginning...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003EAleph-0\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003ELeaF\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\n    \u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC Nijiiro (Y3)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-uLn7-f4NTSA\/YFyac58xKOI\/AAAAAAAAB9w\/KCMmqUVX6b0Z-Qs4lG4WCbQtU_LGZ-oOwCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4va.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(154)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E★7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(244)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E★8\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(380)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E★10\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(579)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \n    \u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 10-397.5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E ???\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xorKU8ujuyY\" title=\"【太鼓の達人ニジイロver.】Aleph-0\/LeaF 全良\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJust like the regular performance of a song with any given instrument\/ensemble, skillful rhythm gaming is mostly a matter of preparation into its execution, between building up the stamina\/coordination physical finesse required to play accordingly the instrument of choice and a good musical ear so that the flow of the melody is properly executed, down to the finest detail. Regular music, however, is always played with a \u003Ci\u003Estatic\u003C\/i\u003E sheet of instructions of execute, while music gaming every now and then throws us a visual curve ball whose shock impact might put a dent on mnemonic skills. Soflan has been a force to be reckoned with in many a shapes, and arguably nothing on the BMS sphere started dictating its 'unpredictability rules' in a more fiercely plain manner than this one...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStraight outta its \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/manbow.nothing.sh\/event\/event.cgi?action=More_def\u0026amp;num=498\u0026amp;event=110\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBMS entry\u003C\/a\u003E, this is the \"music of a world without sound\" as seen by LeaF, one whose equation-dictated hierarchy has managed to spring it beyond every other competitor and into the individual-entry winning slot of 2016's edition in the yearly BMS Of Fighters contest, subtitled \u003Ci\u003ELegendary Again\u003C\/i\u003E. The title alone, Aleph-Zero\/Aleph-Nought, dictates the cardinality of all natural numbers and acts as the smallest infinite cardinal in mathmatician George Cantor's \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aleph_number#Aleph-nought\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eeponymous set theory\u003C\/a\u003E of orderably infinite cardinal sets, but the song's \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6WsM9ExX7Bg\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emusic video\u003C\/a\u003E by recurring collaborator Optie also doubles down as a treasure trove of math-based fundamentals to better depict LeaF's vision of a music-less world where its complex order rules it all! A long version of the song does exist, as one of the tracks featured in LeaF's first solo album \u003Ci\u003EDoppelganger\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe commercial-games-playable version of Aleph-0 is a newly-recorded rendition made by LeaF herself for its planned simultaneous launch in Taiko no Tatsujin and the debuting \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iOvR0MZ2pvI\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECHUNITHM SUN\u003C\/a\u003E firmware and for that reason, the repeated beeping halfaway the song is pitched a bit lower than the original, possibly by accident. Always on Twitter (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/7eaF\/status\/1580183443777863680\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elink\u003C\/a\u003E), LeaF also revealed how she has declined in the past several offers to port Aleph-0 in other music games beforehand, due to her strong desire of letting people experience the song via BMS first and foremost; after a number of unspecified events have happened, the author felt no more reluctant to grant commercial usage to his song in more broad music gaming. Apparently, among those once-rejected parties were both Sega and Bandai Namco for earlier Aleph-0 ports, which is why on the same tweet its creator wanted to express her thanks for the companies to still be willing to adopt her BMS classic after being rejected in the past.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter Demetori's arrangement of Necrofantasia, this is the 2nd Variety track in Taiko to sport a full-starred KFMO chart set, one whose endgame chart plays more on its low number of notes to be harder to reach the Normal Clear quote, much like Suuhaa and the same composer's Mopemope before it. The low-miss menace is \u003Ci\u003Eespecially\u003C\/i\u003E taxing on this one, considering how the last 150 notes are all laid down to its most-dangerous final portion, where a really slow-flowing balloon is coasting by 250BPM-spaced patterns that juggle in both x1 and x2 scrolling speeds just to mess with players at the very end! Aleph-0 is also the first non-Ura official song to feature a 1-hit balloon in its chart (on all 4 modes, no less!), after the Uras for Soshina's Kaijuu Shoujo wa Hi o Fukanai and Daisuki na Taiko no Ne.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/3164230098050878380"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/3164230098050878380"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/10\/song-of-week-29-october-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 29 October 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-5113686052620003857"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-22T15:04:00.004+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-22T15:29:13.268+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 22 October 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003EToday's featured track is \u003Ci\u003Elooking cool!\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELife Will Change\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003EPersona 5\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; 「ペルソナ5」より\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    \u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003ENS2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-P9TexTdyODI\/YFyac9xnI9I\/AAAAAAAAB9s\/FaiVmns-ANg3O6Mpy8C8Zv8PkFDdMuS8wCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4gm.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★3\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(94)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(140)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★6\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(291)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★8\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(477)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 132\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E p5life (\u003Cu\u003EP\u003C\/u\u003Eersona \u003Cu\u003E5\u003C\/u\u003E \u003Cu\u003ELife\u003C\/u\u003E Will Change)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/koB2-3RFq58\" title=\"【太鼓の達人ニジイロver.】チキチキバンバン 全良\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESometimes in gaming, one franchise's success leads to several spinoff projects surrounding the original series' lore but with a unique twost to it setting or gameplay-wise. Fewer times, however, said spinoffs end up in public discussion for being just as popular -if not more!- than the precursor franchise, which is what happened to developer Atlus's monster-raising RPG \u003Ci\u003EMegami Tensei\u003C\/i\u003E series and its slice-of-life-flavored spionoff, \u003Ci\u003EPersona\u003C\/i\u003E. These games' key difference from the originating MT titles is their focus on a fixed group of characters who battle with their own titular Persona, a physical representation of their own psyche, while alternating traditional JRPG dungeon-crawling mechanics to social-interaction-based sidequests within the same party members and several NPCs that tend to fall in later entries as your typical SoL anime routine.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EReleased worldwide on September 5th, 2016 after a two-years delay from its original projected launch, \u003Ci\u003EPersona 5\u003C\/i\u003E is the latest entry in the series, putting the player in the shoes of a black-haired silent protagonist who got convicted of assaulting a man who was trying to harm a woman and expelled from school, being forced to relocate to Tokyo for the time being. There, he gets teleported in the mysterious Velvet Room and gets offered by the long-nosed Igor a chance for his \"rehabilitation\", by giving him access with a smartphone to the Metaverse in order to scout for influent people's most ill intentions and snatch them away to make better people out of them. Accepting the task and assuming the nickname of Joker, he and a number of Tokyo school students he befriends will eventually end up banding together as a vigilante group known as the 'Phantom Thieves of Heart', jumping into the Metamerse in order to reform people of all sorts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOriginally a PlayStation 3\/4 exclusive with platform-crossing side games dabbling in the rhythm gaming (\u003Ci\u003EPersona 5: Dancing in Starlight\u003C\/i\u003E) and musou (\u003Ci\u003EPersona 5 Strikers\u003C\/i\u003E) genres, the original game eventually received an updated version with new content called \u003Ci\u003EPersona 5 Royal\u003C\/i\u003E 3 years later, with ports to other contemporary systems and PCs being released during this very year's month of October. It's really easy to go on the accolades route and list all the 'Best RPG'\/'Best Music'-related awards the original game got and all the accompaning Anime\/stage play material\/videogame crossovers the title could garner and any wiki worth its salt could list off, so instead I'm going for a slight focus shift and talk about the rather curious \"Persona 5 curse\" for gacha gaming, seeing how most of the gacha games that have landed a Persona 5 collaboration event would announce their End-of-Service notice within the next year's end. \u003Ci\u003EStar Ocean anamnesis\u003C\/i\u003E, \u003Ci\u003ESword Art Online Memory Defrag\u003C\/i\u003E and \u003Ci\u003EDragalia Lost\u003C\/i\u003E are only the latest victims to such a trend, with only a few other gachas surviving the permanent shutdown, Final Destination style! \u003Ci\u003EAt least, for now...\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlaying out in most of the game's dungeons once that the Phantom Thieves send their \"calling card\" to their next target, Life Will Change was composed by Atlus regular Shoji Meguro (目黒将司) and sung by Lyn, with a nick-named Benjamin Franklin penning the lyrics. Getting all sorts of remixes and nods to it in other Persona 5-related games, it was voted as the most popular song in one of the fan polls held within the Dancing in Starlight spinoff, eventually also becoming a playable CD in another Sega game, \u003Ci\u003EYakuza: Like a Dragon\u003C\/i\u003E. Aside from Taiko and the aforementioned \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xoPym4Q4C8E\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Erhythm game spinoff\u003C\/a\u003E, the song was also made playable in BanG Dream! as a \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p0E1F5T6vWg\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ecover version\u003C\/a\u003E from the game's Poppin'Party unit, arranged by Yuta Kasai (笠井雄太) from the Elements Garden unit.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBig backbeat times await this song's Oni players on Taiko, with even-note clusters paving the way to the end. It's also one of the 20 songs in its debuting game -the really recent Donderful\/Rhythm Festival- to be playable in its signature Don-Chan Band mode!\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/5113686052620003857"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/5113686052620003857"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/10\/song-of-week-22-october-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 22 October 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-8629077732040622183"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-15T11:56:00.003+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-22T14:03:02.625+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 15 October 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENear-future-sight Song of the Week incoming! It's also one of the few whose coming was... shall we say, \"\u003Ci\u003Eforetold\u003C\/i\u003E\" by one of our resident blog staffers! \u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: white;\"\u003E(me)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJust, keep reading...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003EChiki Chiki Bam Bam\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003EYa Boy Kongming!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eチキチキバンバン\u003C\/b\u003E／「パリピ孔明」より\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n    \u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC Nijiiro (Y3)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-fPvwHjuGzIM\/X4qP3ufFv-I\/AAAAAAAAB1I\/rVnSIjbnBrMl4FMxRehkhArpljiJOo8_wCLcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/gen4an.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(??)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★3\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(???)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★6\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(???)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(448)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 128\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E ???\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NsAFBO9k9xs\" title=\"【太鼓の達人ニジイロver.】チキチキバンバン 全良\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOur history of this song starts from a more contemporary setting... on \u003Ci\u003Eour own \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discord.me\/taiko\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETaiko no Tatsujin Discord server\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, of all places. Three months back, there was a more general talk around how contemporary Taiko gaming -when it comes to Anime licensing- has been more keen in general on porting new themes for long-ongoing series with an already-enriched Taiko history (Pokemon, PreCure, Kamen Rider and the likes). I thought to chime in the talk with my two cents by stating that if the franchise situation was like 10 years ago, today we'd get seasonal Anime stuff \"like the Ya Boi Kongming OP or something\" and look at that, this ending week ended up with the announcement of just that! Legit, I'm not making this up, either- feel free to browse the general chat's log, it's all in there!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESerialized since 2019's end by mangaka Yuto Yotsuba (四葉夕卜) as \u003Ci\u003EParipi Kongming\u003C\/i\u003E (パリピ孔明, lit. \"Kongming of the Party People\"), this is an ongoing seinen manga in which the Three Kingdoms period strategist Zhuge Liang Kongming manages to be reborn as a younger version of himself in contemporary-day Shibuya, after wishing on his deathbed for his next life to be in a peaceful place without war. Here, after experiencing the time-lapse whiplash and passing out after a first frantic night, he's housed by the aspiring singer Eiko Tsukimi (月見英子), who helped the reborn strategist to get with the times as well as telling him about her musical aspirations, being even moved out by such effective singing to cast away her suicidal thoughts but that apparently have met a carreer-forging dead end. Being moved by Eiko's singing as well, Zhuge Kongming is set to return Eiko's favor with his tactical expertise in order to pave her way to musical stardom.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EParipi Kongming is one of the few series to receive a debut in digital form before experiencing the \"conventional media\" treatment, both for its manga run as well as the Anime. This seinen's chapters first made their debut Kodansha's \u003Ci\u003EComic Days\u003C\/i\u003E platform before republishing those in printed form on \u003Ci\u003EWeekly Young Magazine\u003C\/i\u003E from November 2021, which is where the series is currently getting new chapters. Counting over 1.2 million copies in tankobon sales as well as a Next Manga U-NEXT Award\u003Cbr \/\u003Efor best web series in 2020, the series eventually lead to a 12-episodes Anime run by P.A. Works from April to June this year, once again hitting streaming platforms one month earlier (March) than the TV broadcasting, serialized overseas as \u003Ci\u003EYa Boy Kongming!\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBoth of the Anime show's opening and ending themes are newly-made covers of pre-existing songs, with Chiki Chiki Bam Bam being of the former specimen. The original song from June 2013 was made by Hungarian singer JOLLY under the name of Bulikirály (lit. 'Party King'), getting later on its Japanese release on August 2020 via the avex trax label. The Japanese cover made for the Ya Boy Kongming OP was made by a plurality of srtists under the fictional unit QUEENDOM: hibiki and moca from J-POP\/EDM unit lol, female dance group FAKY's Akiha and Taki, Marian Kanaya (金谷鞠杏) from GENIC as the singer and the nicknamed RUCCA for the cover's Japanese lyrics. With this song's inclusion in Taiko gaming, both the opening AND its ending theme are playable throughout the series, considering how the latter is actually a cover of Kibun Joujou↑↑, a song which is already Taiko-playable since \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/song-of-week-8-september-2012.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eoh so many years ago\u003C\/a\u003E!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow that the song is out, we can safely say how it's easy to \u003Ci\u003Eget chitty with it\u003C\/i\u003E at all times, sonsidering the rather dense note charting for such a slow-flowing BPM. Repeating stanzas are key to a lively success!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/8629077732040622183"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/8629077732040622183"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/10\/song-of-week-15-october-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 15 October 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-7893958434585348043"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-08T13:21:00.005+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-08T13:25:21.331+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 8 October 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHop aboard for our very first Song of the Week feature on a track originating from the latest Nintendo-rooted console release!\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003EYumeutstsu Catharsis\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003EKanoya Ooki (BNSI) feat. Kaori Aihara\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E夢うつつカタルシス\u003C\/b\u003E／大木奏弥(BNSI) feat. 愛原圭織\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n    \u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003ENS2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jfu8jVFJ_pY\/X4qP4VfQx0I\/AAAAAAAAB1Q\/UqBNVsYHmOYDSlZZm3ZA0lWIgDMMfzICgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4no.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(98)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(148)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★6\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(238)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★8\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(433)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 105.5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E yumeut (\u003Cu\u003EYumeut\u003C\/u\u003Estsu Catharsis)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JQW0hpR7syo\" title=\"【太鼓の達人 NS1】ANiMA（おに）【オート動画】\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere at Taiko Time, we love when things go \u003Ci\u003Efull circle\u003C\/i\u003E with varying degrees of committment to it, including what we post! Seeing as our very first SotW feature on \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2018\/07\/song-of-week-21-july-2018.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethe first Ninitendo Switch title's debuting tracklist\u003C\/a\u003E was also for a song starring Kaori Aihara (愛原圭織) as its singer, we might as well repeat the feat for Donderful\/Rhythm ferstival's release, why not?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERather that with her usual colleagues from the ProductionGIW studio she's affiliated to, the song Yuumemutsu Catharsis (lit. 'Catharsis in a Dream') was produced with a couple of unique talents of both indie and BanNam-inhouse waters. For the former, we have the returning Takahashi Ikezawa (池澤孝之; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/ikz_neophono\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E), an independent guitar player which was last heard of (in strings-pinching-fashion, of course!) for the crossed-over music game tracks RIDGE RACERS STEPS and Ignis Danse, doubling up his Taiko return as a backup vocalist for another NS2 Namco Original launch debut in Kappa no Sara wa Konna ni mo. The latter camp is filled by BNSI's Kanoya Ooki (大木奏弥) in his Taiko no Tatsujin composing debut, one whose first musical works for the company were for a couple of projects two other \"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/03\/song-of-week-12-march-2022.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBNSI\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/07\/song-of-week-23-july-2022.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Efreshmen\u003C\/a\u003E\" were also involved for: the ASOBINOTES album \u003Ci\u003EALL ABOUT LOVE vol.2\u003C\/i\u003E and the OST for 2022's \u003Ci\u003ESurvival Quiz CITY\u003C\/i\u003E videogame.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThose nostalgic for the singer's Taiko debut with Total Eclipse 2035 may find something warmly familiar to gawk at with their ears: unconventional stanzas diverging from the 4\/4 norm that still deliver a traditional 1\/16-based Oni charting challenge. Even if more custom stanza cuts and some scrolling speed shenanigans do occur during Kaori Aihara's latest piece, don't get fooled as no fancy denser clusters are to be found in here!\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/7893958434585348043"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/7893958434585348043"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/10\/song-of-week-8-october-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 8 October 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-3520002126080071218"},"published":{"$t":"2022-10-01T07:43:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-10-29T10:54:25.795+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 1 October 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003EDue to some unfortunate happenings in next-door music gaming \u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cstrike\u003E(\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taikotimeblog\/status\/1573172536556363782?cxt=HHwWjIC9vciFhNUrAAAA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eand one bit of news from last week we forgot to pen on the blog in a timely manner\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/strike\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E, we're back to talk about Touhou Project arrangements to show how the flimsiest of bugs can still be noteworthy benchwork material for rhythm gaming demons...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003EMatsuyoi Night Bug\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003ECOOL\u0026amp;CREATE feat. Beat Mario to Maron \/ Touhou Danmaku Kagura\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003Eマツヨイナイトバグ\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E／COOL\u0026amp;CREATE feat.ビートまりおとまろん\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E　　「東方ダンマクカグラ」より\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\n    \u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC Nijiiro\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-uLn7-f4NTSA\/YFyac58xKOI\/AAAAAAAAB9w\/KCMmqUVX6b0Z-Qs4lG4WCbQtU_LGZ-oOwCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4va.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(151)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(265)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(444)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E★8\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(678)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E★10\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(1089)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \n    \u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 190\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E ???\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hYuDTYc7G28\" title=\"【太鼓の達人ニジイロver.】マツヨイナイトバグ 全良\" width=\"325\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E \u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j-HXPAqAX2M\" title=\"【太鼓の達人ニジイロver.】マツヨイナイトバグ(裏譜面) 全良\" width=\"325\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAbout a year ago, the Taiko no Tatsujin series has been an active bystander to the coming of AQUA STYLE and DeNA's gacha rhythm game \u003Ci\u003ETouhou Danmaku Kagura\u003C\/i\u003E, being one of three games to welcome two of its launch songs as playable tracks (including one \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2021\/08\/song-of-week-28-august-2021.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewe've already talked about in the past\u003C\/a\u003E). Now here we sit, a little bit after said Touhou fangame's 1st anniversary, in what has eventually turned out to be Danmaku Kagura's very last operational month, as the game will close up shop in a few weeks from now, on October the 28th. Sure, some of its legacy will go on with those two songs outliving its source game elsewhere, but it's a bit sad the same...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGarnering notoriety at launch as Danmaku Kagura's very first boss song, Matsuyoi Night Bug is performed by COOL\u0026amp;CREATE's Beat Mario, with minor vocal backing from the same circle's Amane (あまね). It's based on \u003Ci\u003EImperishable Night\u003C\/i\u003E's Stage 1 Boss BGM, \u003Ci\u003EShunshun Shūgetsu\u003C\/i\u003E (lit. 'Wriggling Autumn Moon')\u003Ci\u003E～Mooned Insect\u003C\/i\u003E (蠢々秋月 ～ Mooned Insect), the track playing for the battle against the insect-manipulation-capable firefly \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.touhouwiki.net\/wiki\/Wriggle_Nightbug\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWriggle Nightbug\u003C\/a\u003E, a character who would later on return as one of the bosses for the sidegame \u003Ci\u003EShoot the Bullet\u003C\/i\u003E and a number of official printed works across the years, the latest of which being for the currently-ongoing \u003Ci\u003EFoul Detective Satori\u003C\/i\u003E manga. Other contributing artists to Matsuyoi Night Bug include IOSYS's Maron (まろん) as its co-composer and guitarist Terra (テラ), aka Kyosuke Terasaki (寺崎京介) from Touhou doujin circle Girls Logic Observatory (少女理論観測所).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETogether with Touhou Danmaku Kagura's main theme Gensou ni Saita Hana, this tailor-fit Wriggle Nightbug theme arrangement was shared near the source gacha's debut to both arcade Taiko no Tatsujin and a couple of music-rooted Taito games: \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fbUosx0VJ9k\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EGroove Coaster\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U7eeykdXmMQ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETouhou Spell Bubble\u003C\/a\u003E, the proprietary Puzzle Bobble fangame with a music game spin to its gameplay. Several months later, however, it also received an additional port in bemani's \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tS2djjM2tU0\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ejubeat\u003C\/a\u003E series, only this time with no mention to its source game whatsoever; in fact, rather than by the Wriggle jacket used for Danmaku Kagura and Taiko\/Groove Coaster, it's instead identifiable by the album jacket of \u003Ci\u003ETouhou Sound Fireworks\u003C\/i\u003E (東方オトハナビ), the COOL\u0026amp;CREATE album release which first hosted the song's full version. Being one of the \"DanKagu Originals\", an additional album release is planned for this song, the game's main theme and all other debuting arranges in a dedicated AQUA STYLE album release that will be available to purchase from October 24th, a few days before Danmaku Kagura's permanent shutdown.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere's not that much to write home about the track's Oni mode beyond repeating 1\/16 charting schemes and not going beyond 3 notes per cluster, but the story is pretty different for its Ura Oni setting, added a few months later together with the just-patented \u003Ci\u003Eobligatory yearly ancient meme 2hu song for Autumn Reitaisai\u003C\/i\u003E(TM) for the year 2021. \u003Ci\u003ENow\u003C\/i\u003E the biggest enemy is the fact of nearly 1\/4 of the chart being made by big notes, hindering a smooth charting readability in conjunction to the almost-omnipresent x1.33 scrolling speed modifier to make things even more hectic. Good thing this one is an arcade Taiko treat that allows to single-hit big notes for all the points, otherwise you wouldn't even \u003Ci\u003Ebegin\u003C\/i\u003E to hear the end of console Taiko scoring horror stories a-la Oodain!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/3520002126080071218"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/3520002126080071218"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/10\/song-of-week-1-october-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 1 October 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-4476799813931833585"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-24T08:00:00.121+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-09-24T08:00:00.185+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 24 September 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's safe to assume how every artist who managed to snag a victory in one of the many Taiko original song contests to be treated as 'victors on equal footing' with the same cash prize\/song inclusion treatment everyone gets...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E..but then again, this may be if you'd be missing out on a couple of recent winners who got \u003Ci\u003Esomething more\u003C\/i\u003E than just the rulebook-appointed award!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003ENijiiro Baton \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003EPonchi♪ feat. 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        \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★6\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(421)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★8\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(713)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n                \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E[2P]\u003Cbr \/\u003EAC Nijiiro \u003Cbr \/\u003EAC Green (Asia)\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jfu8jVFJ_pY\/X4qP4VfQx0I\/AAAAAAAAB1Q\/UqBNVsYHmOYDSlZZm3ZA0lWIgDMMfzICgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4no.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★3\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(129)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(251)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★6\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(421)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=StCVzoHNtNY\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E★8\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(713)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 187.6\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E ???\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FsKnBKRC9c\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith the ongoing arcade version being titled 'Nijiiro Version', some might snicker at how this song managed to earn a spot in 2020's Faith Creation contest winners chariot just by virtue of title-baiting, but the closer you look at the song and the more layered it gets to its substance!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENijiiro Baton's main artists are a couple of NamOri-tested veterans of recent memory: song composer and MisoilePunch♪ member Ponchi♪ and singer Haxchi, a duo we also get to hear in a couple of tunes both preceeding and succeeding this one's release: Connect Colors and the also-contest-winner Unlimited Games. What's more intestesting, however, is the roster of guest singers the duo has summoned for the occasional chorus backing, collectively credited as \"Donders\". It's actually a quintet of people, with varying strong links to YouTube Taiko gaming as a whole!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGoniwa (ごには; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/goniha528\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E), a Taiko player currently affiliated with the UUUM video network;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESorogami (そろがみ; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sorogami\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E), a top Taiko player whose YT channel is mostly dedicated to live arcade Taiko performances;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAmechi (アメチ; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/genzou3000\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E), self-professed otaku and bearer of the AmechiGames channel;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EParu～～n (はる～～ん; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/parun0415\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E); a drummer with an impressive Taiko-related Guinness World Record title under his belt;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EYosuga (よすが; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/27_yosu\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E); the Clasher of Kyushu himself, with an ongoing streak of two-times Taiko no Tatsujin World Championship title bearer.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003EConsidering the renowned cast at hand and the winning slot it got thanks for being -as put by Taiko contest judge SueP- \"a song full of charm that attracts listeners of pure pop tracks\", how could this song further cement its standing at a higher place than the other winners from 2020? As it turns out, Nijiiro Baton is the very first Namco Original \u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(barring console game themes, of course)\u003C\/span\u003E to warrant an official Music Video all for itself, posted on the main Taiko no Tatsujin channel on YouTube (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k1b8yFr2pko\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elink\u003C\/a\u003E) and starring the ongoing web anime's Omiko Sisters as its performers! Considering how they got their own side-show jig of sorts started a few weeks ago, it's nice to see such a Donder-filled song to be their own joint starting place!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECharting-wise, Nijiiro Baton is a pure 1\/16 chart like many with a barrage of clusters\/single note alternations to boot, but curated numberplay is ever to be found, in line with such a Donder-tied song! The base BPM in of itself is a clean 1\u003Cb\u003E87.6\u003C\/b\u003E (the BanNam goroawase), while a partial flawless play will lead donders to precisely a 500-combo streak right before the slower pick-up portion at Stanza 74. Not to mention there's a minor note stanza swap in three separated instances for 2-player gameplay means for all modes, always leading to the same, respective Max Combo end results!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003ESpace-Time Emergency\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003EGarin\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\n    \u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC Nijiiro\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jfu8jVFJ_pY\/X4qP4VfQx0I\/AAAAAAAAB1Q\/UqBNVsYHmOYDSlZZm3ZA0lWIgDMMfzICgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4no.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(???)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(???)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(???)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(???)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E ???\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E ???\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bQ8LZPN0E8s\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat's right- one of the upcoming tracks from the latest contest has already gotten quite the extra treatment to it! Although this is of a... shall we say, \u003Ci\u003Eradically sillier nature\u003C\/i\u003E, let's preface it with a little talk about its composer: saxophonist Atsushi Koga (古賀敦史, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Garin_c_s\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E) from Tokyo. Mostly going online by the art name of Garin, this fellow already had a sizeable share of live events, together with really recent album contribution to indie labels, including LCSM Records and the rhythm-gaming-affine Diverse Direct. Garin's presence can also be felt via the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-949861851\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESoundCloud profile\u003C\/a\u003E and the recently-launched \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/skeb.jp\/@Garin_c_s\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eskeb\u003C\/a\u003E page, for more original\/arranged works to be shared with the globe!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow, when it comes to the post-Gen3 Taiko song recruitment contests, we're used to see one of its judges penning a paragraph or two as a means of both congraturale the winning artist\/s while explaining what aspects of its\/their craft were the most memorable ones and winning-place-worthy. \u003Ci\u003EHowever\u003C\/i\u003E, for Space-Time Emergency this apparently wasn't enough to convey how the skillful implementation of multiple tempo signatures came into play in there, so much so that a humorous \"side-story\" of sorts was penned by judge Masubuchi alongside his own judgement, whose English translation will be integrally reporting under these lines just for the occasion.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E[Captain! There's a red-and-blue note-shaped asteroid belt ahead!]\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI don't know if it is \u003Cspan style=\"color: #999999;\"\u003E[intentional]\u003C\/span\u003E, but as the title suggests, it expresses a sense of urgency. It was something that can be felt in the composition.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEspecially in the intro, the stepped-up-and-down steps of the chords in the intro are expressed as if they were zigzag, so you can understand the song title as soon as you hear it. It is also a point that caught my tongue.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E[For a well-trained sailor, an obstacle of this magnitude is like a circus device (sparkle SFX).]\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E...or at least, that's what I'd like to say. (Masubuchi who is good at receiving musical notes on his face)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/4476799813931833585"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/4476799813931833585"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/09\/song-of-week-24-september-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 24 September 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-6901801474005616318"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-17T08:00:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-09-17T08:00:00.197+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 17 September 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENothing says \"prep up for the latest arcade endgame Taiko content\" more boldly for us than going for... another of the \u003Ci\u003Eeasiest\u003C\/i\u003E songs ever recorded in franchise history to date!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMura Matsuri\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E村祭り\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n    \u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003ETaiko RT\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003ENone \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NtdhN_t-tTo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E★1\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(39)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3EkyLkrK1uQ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E★1\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(55)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E-\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n                \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EPS2 5\u003Cbr \/\u003EPSP 2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_q54rb31Kf8A\/TL7EXF30t3I\/AAAAAAAAA1w\/G0fN36U9LyI\/w21-h17\/genrva.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E -\u0026gt; \u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_q54rb31Kf8A\/TL7ETfbsh1I\/AAAAAAAAA1c\/bVRBgUj8b5A\/genrcf.png\" \/\u003E \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★1\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(70)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★1\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(118)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★1\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(182)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★1\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(238)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E-\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n                        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E[\u003Cb\u003E2P\u003C\/b\u003E]\u003Cbr \/\u003EPS2 5\u003Cbr \/\u003EPSP 2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_q54rb31Kf8A\/TL7EXF30t3I\/AAAAAAAAA1w\/G0fN36U9LyI\/w21-h17\/genrva.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E -\u0026gt; \u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_q54rb31Kf8A\/TL7ETfbsh1I\/AAAAAAAAA1c\/bVRBgUj8b5A\/genrcf.png\" \/\u003E \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E-\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n          -\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BVsy7W4KkEE\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E★1\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(175\/175)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E-\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 86.7-89.19\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E mura (\u003Cu\u003EMura\u003C\/u\u003E Matsuri)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SYHJfKSY9cA\" title=\"【太鼓の達人 CS5】　村祭り　全良\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat we're looking at today is quite a unique specimen among the all-1-stars underdogs of Taiko lore, as to date it's the only track of such a beginner-friendly lineage to have never been featured in the mainline arcade series to this very day, as well as one of three tracks from the medical rehabilitation-focused \u003Ci\u003ETaiko no Tatsujin RT ~Nippon no Kokoro~ \u003C\/i\u003E(太鼓の達人RT~日本の心~) that made it into later \"conventional\" series entries.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMura Matsuri has been classified both as a Variety and as a Children\/Folk song, seeing as this song was made for Japan's Ministry of Education; as such, part of its birthing legacy -which is to say, its authors\/origin story- is still shrouded in the unknown. For one of the Taiko no Tatsujin official livestreams (April 2015), the Mura Matsuri song has been chosen as the title of a brief 'storytime' subsection and as such, it was also put in one of the UStream viewer polls to decude new song parts for Banapassport Taiko players! ...a poll which was lost, barring the iconic melody yet another chance in some mainstream Taiko arcade spotlight of sorts!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe drum-based transition from Taiko RT to the Sony turf's Godaime\/Portable 2 came with more changes than just the implementation of a full and renewed KFMO set, now fine-tuning the Japanese folk stable with some minor BPM shifts and holding 2P-exclusive chart sets on Muzukashii. This came, however, at the cost of a shorter song cut, in comparison to Mura Matsuri's debut title whose outtro is being fully played out with no fade-outs of sorts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/6901801474005616318"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/6901801474005616318"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/09\/song-of-week-17-september-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 17 September 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-547012166499639204"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-10T17:49:00.002+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-09-10T17:49:18.502+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 10 September 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003EToday's Song of the Week is a kind reminder to thread lightly, when a member of the HARDCORE TANO*C label is tangentially related to arcade Taiko's Ranking Dojo trials...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EZou'o to Shuuaku no Hanataba\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003Et+pazolite\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E憎悪と醜悪の花束\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n    \u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC Nijiiro (Y2)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jfu8jVFJ_pY\/X4qP4VfQx0I\/AAAAAAAAB1Q\/UqBNVsYHmOYDSlZZm3ZA0lWIgDMMfzICgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4no.png\" style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(209)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(323)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★8\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(493)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★10\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(722)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★10\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(1170)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 73.75-331\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E ???\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/w9V30R-9SCg\" title=\"【太鼓の達人 NS1】ANiMA（おに）【オート動画】\" width=\"325\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E \u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xKPcf9m4EwQ\" title=\"太鼓の達人(ニジイロ) 憎悪と醜悪の花束(裏) 全良(キャプチャ)\" width=\"325\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe welcoming of composer USAO under the Taiko mantle as one of the next Ranking Dojo latter-half nightmare is nothing new for his affiliated music label, considering how last year it was also the drumming debuting fields for \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/04\/song-of-week-10-april-2022.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ecomposer Laur\u003C\/a\u003E as well. Not to mention how one of his 'label colleagues' has effectively taken 2021's top of the Ranking Dojo food chain, all for himself...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor his 6th original song in Taiko gaming (9th overall, right before the \"label ensemble collaboration\" of BATTLE NO.1), Tomoyuki \"t+pazolite\" Hamada has been met by the Taiko Team with the candid task of delivering \"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tpazolite\/status\/1435412953679814658\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ea t+pazolite-like big boss song!\u003C\/a\u003E\" and the end result has been the following track, going by a literal English translation of \"Bouquet with Hatred and Ugliness\". Other than being the final nightmare for Nijiiro's Tatsujin Ranking Dojo course in 2021, this track has been notorious for the web-browsing Japanese audience as a search engine nightmare, considering how searching only part of the song's title with other Taiko-related keywords like the 'Ugliness' and 'Hatred' parts has been handing out no related Taiko song hits for the longest time. Pasting the full Japanese title, however, still does the trick a-la Mopemope, minus the kid-misleading-related YouTube controversies!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EExplaining this song's short backstory is just as easy as selling anyone on its challenge degree, as it's basically a tune-turned-checklist to make both stamina-reliant and chart-reading masters the workout of their lives. It's a song topping the difficulty rating on all modes (and one out of 13 Namco Originals with current 10-star rating on both Oni settings), barring its many BPM\/scrolling shifts its commonpace tempo averages at a really nasty 295 BPM to make even the most plain 1\/16 charting passages a hell on drums and its 4-digit-notes Ura Oni pushes handswitching and note density to the point of averaging \u003Cb\u003E12.54 hits\/second\u003C\/b\u003E from the latter half's Go-Go Time zone to its end... no seriously, \u003Ci\u003Eneed I say more?!\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/547012166499639204"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/547012166499639204"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/09\/song-of-week-10-september-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 10 September 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-7368364541446873766"},"published":{"$t":"2022-09-03T09:27:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-09-03T09:27:04.485+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 3 September 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOpening this month just like we left the last one, here's one of the latest exclusives to the longest-standing active Taiko game's Gakkyoku Tori Houdai subscription service!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeki! Teikoku Kagekitan\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003ESakura Wars\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E檄！帝国華撃団／「サクラ大戦」より\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n    \u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EPlus STH\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-P9TexTdyODI\/YFyac9xnI9I\/AAAAAAAAB9s\/FaiVmns-ANg3O6Mpy8C8Zv8PkFDdMuS8wCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4gm.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(86)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★3\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(144)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(264)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(389)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 141.83-145.37\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E tei59k (\u003Cu\u003ETeikoku\u003C\/u\u003E \u003Cu\u003EK\u003C\/u\u003Eagekitan, with 5=\u003Cu\u003EGo\u003C\/u\u003E (ko) and 9=\u003Cu\u003EKu\u003C\/u\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MI-ETE-vi-Q\" title=\"【太鼓の達人 NS1】ANiMA（おに）【オート動画】\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor what concerns the first-comer\/exclusive song pool of the i-device\/Android-friendly Shinkyoku Tori Houdai in recent memory, a quick glance and you'll see how monthly Anime newcomers have been the leading trend well into 2022. However, some exclusive representation for other genres still lingers around... some of which involving Sega's helping hand, of all parties!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Sakura Wars (サクラ大戦) franchise has been devised since the early 90ies by author Teruhisa Hiroi (廣井照久) -mostly going by the art name of Oji Hiroi (広井王子)- in his drive to nurture a story combining Japanese stage plays with a contemporary\/steampunk setting. All of the games, in fact, take place during the Japanese Taisho era (early 20th century), where the ingrained darkness of human hearts has collectively created a horde of demonic entities that ravage the planet. In order to face the crisis, Japan's government creates a series of steam-based mechas called Koubu whose functioning and abilities mostly operate with spiritual power, an energy source mostly possessed by women which, in turn, make up the main body of the national defense line: the Imperial Combat Revue (帝国華撃団) the first game's theme song is also named after.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUnder the ficticious genre labeling as a \"dramatic adventure\" lies the Sakura Wars games' unique genre blend between tactical role-playing action and an 'explorative' side to it with visual novel-styled progression and a chance to romance any of the game's girls, the relationship with which could also be ported over to later entries of the original quadrilogy via save data! With the first four titles getting released as Japan exclusives between Sega's last two consoles -the Saturn and the Dreamcast- to critical and fan acclaim, only two titles were localized in English afterwards: the Ps2\/Wii's \u003Ci\u003ESakura Wars: So Long, My Love\u003C\/i\u003E and the \u003Ci\u003ESakura Wars\u003C\/i\u003E soft reboot from 2019 for Ps4, the last one being developed and published by Sega due to overwhelming fan demand. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECompanion material for the franchise also exists in form of manga\/Anime\/OVAs having some lucky English localizations in the way, with the currently-latest step for the franchise being the Aniplex-backed gacha game \u003Ci\u003ESakura Kakumei ~Hana Saku Otome-tachi~\u003C\/i\u003E, which infamously garnered a lukewarm-to-negative reception in spite of its incredible developing budget (with estimates closer to 3 billion Yen!), warranting the game's termination after 6 months and putting the series' future on a hold. To paraphrase the title of \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dyy0bD2cqSU\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethe D-D-Dice Namco Original that came out today\u003C\/a\u003E, you could be making a cutesy RPG Game Over linedrop reference by stating something like \"And So The Brave Sakura Wars Went To [its eternal] Sleep\"... or perhaps you could be just as blunt as the same song's official English title translation and go \"R.I.P. Sakura Wars\"!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeki! Teikoku Kagekitan is performed by Chisa Yokohama (横山智佐), voice actress of the in-game character Sakura Shinguji who appears in the first two games' cover art; while collectively credited as the \"Imperial Opera Company\" (帝国歌劇団), the composing\/arranging\/lyric-penning duties were respectively handled by Kohei Tanaka (田中公平), Takayuki Negishi (根岸貴幸) and the nicknamed Prince Hiroi (広井王子). The Taiko-playable version of this song, while not a cover, is not the original one for its source game as it's actually a track re-recording that was made later on for the collaborative piece of DLC that was made for Bandai Namco's mecha-based RPG crossover \u003Ci\u003ESuper Robot Wars 30\u003C\/i\u003E, one of the few English-localized entries in the series. Watch its traditionally-charted 1\/16 Oni trial unfold upon your eyes with multiple small BPM shifts like it's Taiko Gen 2 all over again!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/7368364541446873766"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/7368364541446873766"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/09\/song-of-week-3-september-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 3 September 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-8337071443520531310"},"published":{"$t":"2022-08-27T21:13:00.004+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-09-03T08:39:03.056+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 27 August 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA crossover track \u003Ci\u003Ebrimming with soul\u003C\/i\u003E is here to close the month of August!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EANiMA\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003Exi \/ from DEEMO\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003Exi 「DEEMO」より\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n    \u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC0 Green\u003Cbr \/\u003ENS1\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlus STH\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-P9TexTdyODI\/YFyac9xnI9I\/AAAAAAAAB9s\/FaiVmns-ANg3O6Mpy8C8Zv8PkFDdMuS8wCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4gm.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(182)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★6\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(310)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(559)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★10\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(839)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 183.5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E dema2m (\u003Cu\u003EDe\u003C\/u\u003Ee\u003Cu\u003Em\u003C\/u\u003Eo \u003Cu\u003EANiM\u003C\/u\u003EA, as in 2=\u003Cu\u003ENi\u003C\/u\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MI-ETE-vi-Q\" title=\"【太鼓の達人 NS1】ANiMA（おに）【オート動画】\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EKeeping up with the ongoing news, the art-named xi has made it into Taiko gaming for the 8th time overall through a brand new Namco Original that is bound to haunt Ranking Dojo climbers in a few weeks from now! That's nothing to slouch around, considering how the artist's works thus far \u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(judgement pending for his latest song's future Ura Oni)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E have always included a 10-star-rated mode being snuck somewhere into the mix. One of these past times, it was for one of the really rare times the franchise has had a proper rhythm game crossover...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOne of the 2nd-round Deemo collaboration tracks (as well as the only console-debuting track of the quintet), ANiMA is one of the notorious early boss songs made for the original piano-based smartphone minigame by Rayark. It bears for title the Latin\/Italian world for 'Soul' (with \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anima_and_animus\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esome application trackable in Jungian philosophy\u003C\/a\u003E, nonetheless!) and its hardest chart in its original game was re-rated early on as a Lv.11, after a general consensus in the fandom en large to be harder than the originally-devised \"boss song of the time\", the M2U\/Nicode joint work Myosotis. A long version for ANiMA was released in xi's third solo album: 2015's \u003Ci\u003EWorld Fragments\u003C\/i\u003E, with the song getting some other crossover-y piece of action as part of the later-released Deemo collaboration pack on Rayark's \u003Ci\u003ECytus II\u003C\/i\u003E. You can't possibly go closer to a Deemo-like experience than \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T33PPO8meBM\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eplaying the song there\u003C\/a\u003E!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn-house BanNam composer steμ rose up to the charting challenge for xi's infamous OG piano gauntlet on Taiko by peppering its hardest mode with cluster after cluster after painfully-handswitching cluster. Pre-current-scoring-gen console\/iOS players would be \u003Ci\u003Emore than happy\u003C\/i\u003E to also harp on how non-arcade scoring for the song is a nightmare due to the several passages of giant notes popping up consecutively, be it at a faster pace than the mainstay 1\/16 charting or inbetween some of the more intricate parts in the latter half of the chart!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/8337071443520531310"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/8337071443520531310"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/08\/song-of-week-27-august-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 27 August 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-7951465329318552427"},"published":{"$t":"2022-08-20T19:53:00.003+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-08-20T19:53:37.389+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 20 August 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EVariety is on our shores! Find out what's in store this time.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EKill My Fortune\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003EAlice Schach and the Magic Orchestra\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003Eアリスシャッハと魔法の楽団\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n    \u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC Nijiiro\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-uLn7-f4NTSA\/YFyac58xKOI\/AAAAAAAAB9w\/KCMmqUVX6b0Z-Qs4lG4WCbQtU_LGZ-oOwCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4va.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(174)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(301)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(444)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(627)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 180\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E ???\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j7oEtPniH2s\" title=\"【太鼓の達人ニジイロver.】Kill My Fortune 全良\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe business of pre-emptive song inclusions to the general public before the coming of a main set of arcade Ranking Dojo trials is a relatively new thing, one which ongoing track record of spotlighting newcomer artists goes hand-to-hand with debuting originals alongside \"Namco Original veterans\" of all times. As we're about to hear about the latest tunes from xi\/D-D-Dice\/USAO as weekend warriors before their respective proprietary trial is released, another song in 2022 appeared a couple of weeks before the launch of the Nijiiro Ranking Dojo trials and its Shodan course, which is the one unfolding upon your very eyes here!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis is the story of a duo of online-active musicians -guitarist Yuri Minami (from JP indie band \u003Ci\u003ELost in the Fog\u003C\/i\u003E) and vocalist\/illustrator Nene Akagawa- who started working together since 2016 in a number of alternative pop units under the saihate records label, at first as \u003Ci\u003Etokyo babel\u003C\/i\u003E and then with the ongoing Alice Schach and the Music Orchestra (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alice_Orchestra\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/alice-orchestra.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eofficial website\u003C\/a\u003E; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/alice-orchestra\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EYouTube\u003C\/a\u003E; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/alice-orchestra\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESoundCloud\u003C\/a\u003E). While both leading unit members have had their own individual works in their own style to lash out in either music-making or character arts, bock these individual knacks merge together as members the Alice Schach act, with dedicated self-produced storyboards\/music art (and guest-made MVs to boot, as of late!) and the adoption of a self-made language for all of their songs: the so-dubbed Alician (アリス語). \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis unique Music Orchestra also left their mark in music gaming with both original compositions and remixes, among housing parties we can find \u003Ci\u003EArcaea\u003C\/i\u003E (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0yBIW8yYBmk\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMaze No.9\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6Fa1I1zqK-g\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EGive Me a Nightmare\u003C\/a\u003E), \u003Ci\u003EDeemo\u003C\/i\u003E (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BdXcXS7_Y8Y\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EA Little Servant\u003C\/a\u003E), \u003Ci\u003ECHUNITHM\u003C\/i\u003E (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lpZ2l6vIwvg\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPygmalion no Jumon\u003C\/a\u003E), Nostalgia (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JnRByE43bLk\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAkasha no Hibun\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e1dgaOvslPM\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBad End Syndrome\u003C\/a\u003E) and \u003Ci\u003ELanota\u003C\/i\u003E, whose \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AZ9OaLj2pig\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EApocalypse\u003C\/a\u003E has been adopted as its de-facto main theme. Some of the preexisting music portfolio from the act was also subject to rhythm gaming adaptations in their own unique cuts, including \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WupBewTsm48\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMahrahjah\u003C\/a\u003E (DJMAX) and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1qW6wEidtXI\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFEHLT\u003C\/a\u003E (Deemo). Thanks to Taiko gaming, Kill My Fortune is the latest Alice Schach song to receive such a treatment, starting out as a freely-available song from the act's YouTube channel and dating as back as July 2020 (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gYHR8XyaqsE\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elink\u003C\/a\u003E)! Later on, the song was included into the act's thrid album release \u003Ci\u003ESCHACH\u003C\/i\u003E, which came out on October 1st last year.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe strong instrumental lead of the original track also happens to be the exoskeleton for this song's Oni chart, one that hingers more on people playing along the song rather than trying to plan ahead for the execution of overly-complex notechart passages.\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/7951465329318552427"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/7951465329318552427"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/08\/song-of-week-20-august-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 20 August 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-8159983167353951875"},"published":{"$t":"2022-08-13T19:38:00.005+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-08-18T10:19:01.739+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 13 August 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETime for our monthly Ura Oni showcase... for a song that has two top-starred variants to boot, too!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHakanaki wa Gensho ni Mau\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E儚姫は原初に舞う\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E／\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003ESe-U-Ra\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n    \u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC Nijiiro\u003Cbr \/\u003ENS2\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlus STH\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jfu8jVFJ_pY\/X4qP4VfQx0I\/AAAAAAAAB1Q\/UqBNVsYHmOYDSlZZm3ZA0lWIgDMMfzICgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4no.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(157)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(275)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(390)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★10\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(740)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★10\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(914)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 204\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E 8ka7ki (\u003Cu\u003EHakanaki\u003C\/u\u003E wa Gensho ni Nau, where 8= \u003Cu\u003EHa\u003C\/u\u003Echi and 7=\u003Cu\u003ENa\u003C\/u\u003Ena)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-CkdJ2SSK1w\" title=\"【太鼓の達人 PS4 1】カラフル（おに）【オート動画】\" width=\"325\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E \u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VIQBpn3fF1E\" title=\"【太鼓の達人 ニジイロver.】儚姫は原初に舞う（キャプチャー）\" width=\"325\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo talk about today's intrumental treat on the carnet is to delve into the world of yet another music game renowned composer whose first foot into Taiko gaming was lead by a successful participation in one of the most recent music contests! Meet Se-U-Ra, an artist whose craft is not limited to music alone...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlso going online by the SeURa_Nue handle (\u003Cspan class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"\u003Eせゆーら; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeURa_Nue\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/se-u-ra\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESoundCloud\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E), this is a composer whose original works mare most easily found in the mubile music gaming field, with many a track popping up on Dynamix (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9GZiP4XZsgI\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThe Endless for Traveler\u003C\/a\u003E; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rElMPVZlR44\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENecroxus\u003C\/a\u003E among many), OverRapid (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IOEWBNOSj1g\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMelusia\u003C\/a\u003E, with composer seatrus), Lanota (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5sbOl8XbZn4\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENobo -overflowing heart\u003C\/a\u003E), RAVON (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VJDS68gpdnc\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eabhory\u003C\/a\u003E) and most notably \u003Ci\u003EPhigros\u003C\/i\u003E, for which was made the infamous \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t_CCbsme4iI\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EIgallta\u003C\/a\u003E, its very first hidden boss song. That, however, is to tell half the story as Se-U-Ra has a knack for drawing as well! The composer, in fact, has personal profiles on both \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.pixiv.net\/en\/users\/4349073\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Epixiv\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K3VYG83isr\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESkeb\u003C\/a\u003E for personal drawings and commission\/subscription works, with some of these actually ending up as the official album jacket for many a personally-made music gaming track... Igallta included!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHakanaki wa Gensho ni Mau is Se-U-Ra's first foray into arcade music gaming with an original song, third overall with a couple of remixed tracks appearing in Konami's \u003Ci\u003ESOUND VOLTEX\u003C\/i\u003E series, years prior (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LM14ojN542Y\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENostos -ark remix-\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o1IZJ6LwkKA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ETic Exe\u003C\/a\u003E). According to the same artist over Twitter (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeURa_Nue\/status\/1327827329695944706\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elink\u003C\/a\u003E), the reading on the song's intricate name is a matter of personal interpretation to whoever reads it, although official Taiko sources starting from its title listing on the 2nd unique Nintendo Switch game's song list page displays its own 'series-canon' reading as 'はかなきはげんしょにまう' in Hiragana, officially localized as \"The Ephemeral Dances in the Primordial\" which is also quoted in the Full Combo song unlocks of this song on arcades.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe song's name is the first to pop up among the Faith Creation 2020 contest's winning set and to congratulate for the adoption among the contest judges is steμ, lauding it for the unique atmosphere it suggests to its dreamers like a \"soft dream\" where every single moment is perfectly recollected into the mind. It's common for the so-called \"honey rhythm\" song composition model to base it entirely on triplets, but rarely does it get this good with trickier rhythms like 6-beats and still sound this good to Taiko Drum Monster's creator! Se-U-Ra tried once more the Taiko music contest competition tides in 2022 with the song \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/columbia-makes.jp\/taikonotatsujin2022\/entry\/entries\/music_101665.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAwaku Mabayui Yumezakai (淡く眩いユメザカイ)\u003C\/a\u003E, but all it could muster there was a no-comment Bronze Honorable Mention from Yuji Masubuchi.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe easiest way to explaing this song's latter-end charting gauntlets is to compare them with the Oni and Ura Oni with another \"honey rhythm\" darling hailing from the Ghost of Past Music Game Collab Past, Got more raves? from Groove Coaster, with the key difference being the heavier reliance on more intricate handswitching inbetween hybrid clusters rather than stamina finesse getting the upper-hand for a perfect execution.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/8159983167353951875"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/8159983167353951875"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/08\/song-of-week-13-august-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 13 August 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-2562448159364833500"},"published":{"$t":"2022-08-06T21:44:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-08-06T21:44:27.422+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 6 August 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn today's 11th-hour Song of the Week raid, you'll get to learn that -even before this ending week- Taiko gaming is no stranger of giving pirate-themed content an harder-difficulty update treatment down the road! \u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003EToo bad this also kinda sounds the samey from the original...\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOresama Pirates\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Eオレサマパイレーツ\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n    \u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC0 Kimidori\u003Cbr \/\u003E3DS2\u003Cbr \/\u003ENS RPG1\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jfu8jVFJ_pY\/X4qP4VfQx0I\/AAAAAAAAB1Q\/UqBNVsYHmOYDSlZZm3ZA0lWIgDMMfzICgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4no.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★3\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(165)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(207)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★6\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(345)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★8\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(663)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 148\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E w3at22 (\u003Cu\u003EW\u003C\/u\u003Eii \u003Cu\u003E3\u003C\/u\u003E \u003Cu\u003EAt\u003C\/u\u003Etraction Song no.\u003Cu\u003E2\u003C\/u\u003E-\u003Cu\u003E2\u003C\/u\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B5YIGFomwkg\" title=\"【太鼓の達人 PS4 1】カラフル（おに）【オート動画】\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMany years before one of the most popular Gen2 Anime licenses in One Piece's We Are! managed to got a difficulty-scale-capping Ura Oni to wink at both Taiko Time (Ura) and Karma (Tatsujin Mix) at the same time, there also was another pirate treatment to receive a peculiar difficulty update of sorts -a Namco Original tune at that, too!- receiving something different than an upgraded chart set. Oresama Pirates is a sequel to the Wii-exclusive Namco Original Ikasama Pirates \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/song-of-week-27-july-2013.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewe already talked about in the past\u003C\/a\u003E, much in the same tone as a shadow is in relation to the living being\/object it originates form... meaning they're basically \u003Ci\u003Ethe same thing\u003C\/i\u003E, albeit in a slightly distorted form than the original! \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs plans for an upgraded chart set for the original song were made in a time where full KFMO Ura chart sets were walking the way of the dinosaur in console Taiko entries, it was most likely opted to slightly arrange the original song to accomodate them in their unique slot instead, with Taiko Team alumni Yuji Masubuchi (増渕裕二) taking Ogami Masako (大上昌子)'s original song from Minna de Party Sandaime and lowering of an octave or so the sonority of the entire track and calling it a similar name. Thus, the pirate-branded song eventually managed to live an arcade life of its own and even star in its debut game as one of its Story mode boss fights; whether on the original 3DS title or in the Nintendo Switch's Rhythmic Adventure 1, the Great Pirate Andrea won't spare any of his crew (and anchors, no less!) to put a stop on your journey by the notes of this slightly-arranged tune!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat lies ahead this revised song's Oni notechart is a rookie-friendly primer to mid-speed chart playing a-la Metal Hawk BGM1, where the average-blowing 1\/16 charting warrants many a space where note clusters are compacted into small bursts of quick 1\/24-cluster hits to deliver, just as hit-dense as the commonplace 1\/16 patterns that are sported in high-star demons like Kita Saitama 2000! A bit of smart handswitching is also required towards the end, although not as intricate as similar oni charts of a timilar timing window, like Le Tombeau de Couperin from the Classic genre.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/2562448159364833500"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/2562448159364833500"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/08\/song-of-week-6-august-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 6 August 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-760759784775244167.post-6086251181302845379"},"published":{"$t":"2022-07-30T13:43:00.004+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-11-12T17:07:56.293+00:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"weekly"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Song of the Week! 30 July 2022"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s1600\/sotw.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETime for a return to the Anime genre... and one with the latest licensed additions to boot, too!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMixed Nuts\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003EOfficial Hige DanDISM\/SPY×FAMILY Opening Theme Song\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Eミックスナッツ\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E／\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003EOfficial髭男dism\u003Cbr \/\u003E 　　「SPY×FAMILY」オープニング主題歌\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n    \u003Ctable border=\"2\" bordercolor=\"#6e6e6e\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"1\" class=\"bg\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003E\n      \u003Ctbody\u003E\n        \u003Ctr class=\"pad\" style=\"background-color: lightgrey;\"\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 150px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGame\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 100px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGenre\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ALeRCSkIbSY\/WuMLBClF5vI\/AAAAAAAABSE\/XxfpBNUFG14iV_W1q8_IolyQTjUFmXqwgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_1.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-tAoA7S7O27Y\/WuMLBDO5wbI\/AAAAAAAABSA\/gIC1oHHTWH05-EW-jrEqNWrPeaEOy3NJACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_2.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4yLX3B2f2Kk\/WuMLBNWVM1I\/AAAAAAAABSI\/-TEz_62EqeEWjKJBb9FEuYAiSP1dZaDzACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_3.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8SM6RbeeLuk\/WuMLCHPkAUI\/AAAAAAAABSM\/dh_J9BtkM-obqoBRLTIGGUcTzTT5ouQ7ACLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_4.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n          \u003Cth style=\"width: 50px;\"\u003E\n            \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-VSU7v-9Fqsc\/WuMH3M8CpgI\/AAAAAAAABQ4\/Roeh20bCLXcw2o0mdsN4BGGFObzS5q4IwCLcBGAs\/s1600\/ico_difficulty_5.png\" \/\u003E\n          \u003C\/th\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n        \u003Ctr\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003EAC Nijiiro (Y3) \u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"\u003E*\u003Cb\u003Eno Ura\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENS2 MP\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-M5CYbotkcKU\/X4qP4S3DaFI\/AAAAAAAAB1U\/ZMHJ_TN6m-cA3FeI-8K2RsoNzxsS-bC-ACLcBGAsYHQ\/w21-h17\/gen4pp.png\" width=\"21\" \/\u003E \/ \u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-fPvwHjuGzIM\/X4qP3ufFv-I\/AAAAAAAAB1I\/rVnSIjbnBrMl4FMxRehkhArpljiJOo8_wCLcBGAsYHQ\/s0\/gen4an.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(81)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★4\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(124)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★5\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(209)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n            ★7\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(412)\u003C\/span\u003E\n          \u003C\/td\u003E\n          \u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E★9\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E(600)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\n        \u003C\/tr\u003E\n      \u003C\/tbody\u003E\n    \u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-uGgt4pC58Vo\/T8XkuYfycaI\/AAAAAAAAAe0\/Y3zNjlQV-ew\/s42\/sotwbut2.png\" \/\u003E 149.2-153.2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mImh1cUHsT2GlHuPuqSbqSRROTcm3KGiwHnPrkKZWigygwD3rVUhvpWhf8tQsO9FkMk=s0-d\" \/\u003E [NS2] ohdmi2 (\u003Cu\u003EO\u003C\/u\u003Efficial \u003Cu\u003ED\u003C\/u\u003EanDism \u003Cu\u003EMi\u003C\/u\u003Exed Nuts)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yU4nifbLkOs\" title=\"【太鼓の達人 PS4 1】カラフル（おに）【オート動画】\" width=\"325\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E \u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hgc6M-v4rKU\" title=\"【太鼓の達人 NS2】ミックスナッツ（カバー音源）（おに・裏譜面）【オート動画】\" width=\"325\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe fourth indirect drumming contribution to the series by the Shimane-spawn pop band Official Hige DanDISM happens to be one of the most recent Anime sensations of this year, originating from the eponymous manga series that started in 2019 for Shonen Jump+ by mangaka Tatsuya Endo (遠藤達哉). Started out as a web manga and currently ongoing with 9 tankobons to boot, Spy x Family is about the precarious balance of a household whose upbringing was brought up by necessity and unawareness towards each others' backgrounds.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn a fictional version of Germany, the code-named agent \"Twilight\" from the western-side 'Westania' has been tasked to spy on the leader of the eastern portion ('Ostania') Donovan Desmond, a remarkably reclusive person who plays his cards close to all outsiders. In order to assess his task Twilight figures that the best way to keep an eye on him is to take part in the same private school of Desmond's son as a fellow parent\/guardian, and to that end he forms a family with Yor Briar as his wife and adopts a young orphan named Anya. \"Twilight\", now known as Loid Forger, is not the only onbe to bear an ominous secret to his newly-forged family, as her spouse is a professional assassin and their adoptive daughter has telekinetic powers that allow her to read other people's minds, causing a greater friction from the three to act as family ouside of their respective upbringings. Currently the manga run bolsters 15 million copies sold worldwide, with side project spanning far beyond Wit Studio and CloverWorks' ongoing Anime run, with a light nover and a dedicated musical just to name a few!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Taiko porting of Spy x Family's first opening theme is filled to the brim with 5-note clusters, something that only Gen2's licensed pool truly thrived on. With little to no time to rest on, it's the prime ground for newbies to train for similar-range trials for the Anime genre at highter BPM values, like Guren no Yumiya. Despite making its console debut in form of a cover version (hence the '2' in its SongID), it does bring on the table an exclusive Ura Oni a-la Odoru Pompokolin before it on Nintendo Switch\/Drum 'n' Fun! The harder chart is also served with a general x1.5 scrolling speed enhancement, which is the very same treatment that was already reserved to former Ura Onis in the likes of Namco Original White rose Insanity.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/6086251181302845379"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/760759784775244167\/posts\/default\/6086251181302845379"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/taikotime.blogspot.com\/2022\/07\/song-of-week-30-july-2022.html","title":"Song of the Week! 30 July 2022"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Lokamp"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/09771263455247854182"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-cnA7EdnRilo\/YUWmJNdKpbI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/fYe0tqr78K4_g4YcfvdOUSqJZLf18WSlACK4BGAYYCw\/s220\/13159c4537223a1474a15266b0adb0a4.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vF0-bQ-J64I\/ToHSxnAmaII\/AAAAAAAAASs\/AJ_PuEKH_nQ\/s72-c\/sotw.png","height":"72","width":"72"}}]}});