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= Waxing and Wanding =
= waxing and wanding =


== Song Information ==
== Song Information ==
 
[[Image:waxing and wanding.png|thumb|waxing and wanding's REFLEC BEAT jacket.]]
Artist: [[Ryutaro_Nakahara|青龍]] (Seiryuu)<br>
[[Image:waxing and wanding NOV.png|thumb|waxing and wanding's SOUND VOLTEX NOVICE jacket.]]
[[Image:waxing and wanding ADV.png|thumb|waxing and wanding's SOUND VOLTEX ADVANCED jacket.]]
[[Image:waxing and wanding EXH.png|thumb|waxing and wanding's SOUND VOLTEX EXHAUST jacket.]]
[[Image:waxing and wanding MXM.png|thumb|waxing and wanding's SOUND VOLTEX MAXIMUM jacket.]]
Artist: 青龍<br>
Composition/Arrangement: [[Ryutaro Nakahara|Seiryu]]<br>
BPM: 191<br>
BPM: 191<br>
Genre: Dance Speed<br>
Length: 2:05<br>
VJ: [[GOLI]] <br>
Genre: DANCE SPEED<br>
First Appeared On: [[AC DistorteD]]<br>
Movie: ? (overlays by [[Goli Matsumoto|GOLI]])<br>
Length: ?<br>
First Music Game Appearance: [[AC DistorteD|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD]]<br>
 
Other Music Game Appearances:
==Song Connections/Remixes==
* [[AC RB limelight|REFLEC BEAT limelight]]
 
* [[CS RB plus|REFLEC BEAT plus]] MUSIC PACK 46
* One of the four Cardinal Gate songs.
* [[CS RB +|REFLEC BEAT +]] KONAMI MUSIC PACK 34
*  A long version of this song appears on the ''CARDINAL GATE conclusion'' CD (on CS DistorteD's Special edition) along with [[Contract]], [[Ganymede]], [[Kachoufusetsu]], and [[Nageki no Ki]].
* [[AC SDVX EG|SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR]]
* ''waxing and wanding (kors k mix)'', remixed by [[kors k]], is on Ryu's album ''starmine''.


==Trivia==
== Lyrics ==
None.


* The song's title refers to two phases of the moon, "Waxing" (when it changes from new moon to full moon) and "Waning" (from full moon to new moon).
== Song Connections / Remixes ==
* Seiryuu is [[Ryutaro_Nakahara|Ryu☆]]'s alias. This was confirmed when he played "waxing and wanding" during his set at the 2007 beatnation summit -beatmaniaIIDX premium Live- concert.
* A long version of waxing and wanding appears on the [[CARDINAL GATE conclusion]] album, included with [[CS DistorteD|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS]]'s special edition.
* The video features two embodiments of Seiryuu, one being a blue dragon, and the other being a woman in kimono, resembling the woman in the video of [[Setsugekka]] (another [[Ryutaro_Nakahara|Ryu☆]] song with a [[GOLI]] video).  
** Another long version of waxing and wanding appears on ''starmine 青龍 DISC'', the bonus disc of Ryu☆'s first album, [[starmine (album)|starmine]].
* Seiryuu is a Chinese god that is a green dragon.
** Yet another long version, titled ''waxing and wanding (BD MIX)'', appears on 青龍's first album, [[BLUE DRAGON (album)|BLUE DRAGON]]. This version of the song has the whole intro removed.
* In Akumajou Dracula X: Rondo of Blood 1 of 4 of Maria's animal friends is a dragon. The rest are a cat, turtle, and bird.
* A remix of waxing and wanding by [[Kosuke Saito|kors k]], titled ''waxing and wanding (kors k mix)'', also appears on Ryu☆'s first album, starmine.
* Another remix of waxing and wanding by [[Josh McInnes|JAKAZiD]], titled ''waxing and wanding (JAKAZiD's 新月 Remix)'', appears on the [[cyber beatnation 2 -Hi Speed conclusion-]] album.
* Another remix of waxing and wanding by [[Shima.EB|しま兄]], titled [[waxing and wanding (SS Remix)]], can be found in [[AC SDVX IV|SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN]].
* waxing and wanding's high-pitched vocal samples are taken from ''Franca Acapella 1'', a vocal track found in the sample CD ''Techno Trance Essentials'' by Ueberschall.


==Song Production Information==
== Trivia ==
[[Image:Seiryu cardinal gate title card.png|thumb|青龍's CARDINAL GATE title card.]]
* waxing and wanding is one of the four ''CARDINAL GATE'' EXTRA STAGE songs.
* waxing and wanding's title refers to two phases of the moon, "waxing" (when it changes from new moon to full moon) and "waning" (from full moon to new moon).
** The song was intended to be called "waxing and waning", but was accidentally submitted as "waxing and wanding" [https://web.archive.org/web/20150514053737/http://theinterviews.jp/ryutaronakahara/638879] [https://twitter.com/RyutaroNakahara/status/1765584645398442223].
* Seiryu (青龍) is the Japanese name of Qinglong, a Chinese god that represents the east and the spring season.
* The video features two embodiments of Seiryu, one being a blue dragon, and the other being a woman in kimono, resembling the woman in the video of [[Setsugekka|雪月花]] (another Ryutaro Nakahara song with a GOLI video).
* waxing and wanding is the second song of [[Lincle LINK]] 5 to be unlocked in REFLEC BEAT limelight. It becomes available once Glass Level 25 has been reached.
** In [[AC RB colette All Seasons|REFLEC BEAT colette -All Seasons-]], it has been automatically unlocked as of May 14th, 2014 by using an [[e-amusement|eAMUSEMENT]] PASS.
* waxing and wanding's jacket illustration is taken from the starmine 青龍 DISC CD.
* In REFLEC BEAT +, waxing and wanding's artist was romanized as '''SEIRYU'''.
* waxing and wanding is unlockable in [[CS INFINITAS|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS]] from November 2nd, 2017, after purchasing its charts with [[CS INFINITAS/BIT unlocks|BITs]].
** From April 20th, 2022, it is available by default in [[CS INFINITAS 2020|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020)]].
* After being removed from the initial release of [[AC RB Reflesia|REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア]], waxing and wanding was revived on December 28th, 2017.
* waxing and wanding received LEGGENDARIA charts in [[AC CANNON BALLERS|beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS]]. These charts can be unlocked from September 13th, 2018 by clearing the ''CARDINAL'' EXPERT course.
** As of [[AC Rootage|beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage]], these charts are available by default.
** These charts are available in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) since July 26th, 2023.
* waxing and wanding was added to SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR on March 7th, 2024.
* waxing and wanding received new jackets in the SOUND VOLTEX series.


== Song Production Information ==
=== Seiryu ===
I love the moon.
I love the moon.


Once when I was travelling to Europe, when we were flying over Siberia, the only thing floating
Once when I was travelling to Europe, when we were flying over Siberia, the only thing floating up in an empty, and I mean truly empty, sky was a perfectly round moon.<br>
up in an empty, and I mean truly empty, sky was a perfectly round moon.
It looked just like a shimmering, perfectly round pearl.<br>
It looked just like a shimmering, perfectly round pearl.
The nature of the air high in the atmosphere lent to the effect, and it traced out an arc in extremely high resolution.<br>
The nature of the air high in the atmosphere lent to the effect, and it traced out an arc in extremely high resolution.
As I was watching this gem of the heavens and bathed in its almost mystical light, I fell into the impression that all of my everyday cares were being healed.
As I was watching this gem of the heavens and bathed in its almost mystical light, I
fell into the impression that all of my everyday cares were being healed.


This image is burned deep into my retinas.
This image is burned deep into my retinas.


This wonderful voyage occurred four months after I finished this song.<br/>
This wonderful voyage occurred four months after I finished this song.<br>
What!? Yes, that's right. Four months after. Almost exactly.<br/>
What!? Yes, that's right. Four months after. Almost exactly.<br>
The passage before was just making up an image. Sorry. I'll reflect on what I've done.<br/>
The passage before was just making up an image. Sorry. I'll reflect on what I've done.<br>
As I made this song, I was thinking lots of exuberant thoughts like "Oh~, the moon. It's awesome~! So fabulous!"
As I made this song, I was thinking lots of exuberant thoughts like "Oh~, the moon. It's awesome~! So fabulous!"


Yes. That's right! It was four months after. I just grew a little bit, is all.<br/>
Yes. That's right! It was four months after. I just grew a little bit, is all.<br>
Don't make me say it over and over again.
Don't make me say it over and over again.




Well, thank you so very much for having a look again today. This has been Seiryuu, and now everything is exposed.
Well, thank you so very much for having a look again today. This has been Seiryuu, and now everything is exposed.


For some reason, T called this song "wowow".<br/>
For some reason, T called this song "wowow".<br>
Maybe it doesn't abbreviate very well, I just don't get it, it's just one thing after another ...
Maybe it doesn't abbreviate very well, I just don't get it, it's just one thing after another ...


And so, with everything exposed, this is Sei ... huh? Hey, I told you, it was four months later!<br/>
And so, with everything exposed, this is Sei ... huh? Hey, I told you, it was four months later!<br>
Four months later, and not a centimeter more! Get serious, I'm gonna get mad!
Four months later, and not a centimeter more! Get serious, I'm gonna get mad!
 
== Video Production Information ==
Untranslated.
 
== Difficulty & Notecounts==
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.<br>
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2, and 1 to 15 in 悠久のリフレシア.<br>
SOUND VOLTEX difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from IV HEAVENLY HAVEN onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from [http://bemaniwiki.com/ BEMANIWiki 2nd].)
 
=== beatmania IIDX ===
{{IIDX Chart Header|
{{IIDX Chart Notecounts|281|658|997|1457|2000|647|966|1399|2000}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD&rarr;14 GOLD|-|7|10|11|-|7|10|12|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS&rarr;24 SINOBUZ|-|7|10|11|-|7|10|&darr;11|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS&rarr;Present|-|7|10|11|'''12'''|7|10|11|'''12'''}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS|'''3'''|7|10|11|-|7|10|11|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS + PREMIUM BEST|3|7|10|11|-|7|10|11|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS|-|7|10|11|-|7|10|11|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE|-|7|10|11|-|-|-|-|-}}
{{IIDX Chart|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020)|-|7|10|11|12|7|10|11|12}}
}}
 
=== REFLEC BEAT ===
==== Old Charts ====
{{RB Chart Header|
{{RB Chart Notecounts|144|381|678|-}}
{{RB Chart|REFLEC BEAT limelight&rarr;VOLZZA 2|3|7|10|-}}
{{RB Chart|REFLEC BEAT plus|3|7|10|-}}
{{RB Chart|REFLEC BEAT +|3|7|10|-}}
}}
 
==== New Charts ====
{{RB Chart Header|R=a|
{{RB Chart Notecounts|158|409|706|-|R=a}}
{{RB Chart|REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア|'''5'''|'''9'''|'''12'''|-|R=a}}
}}


==Video Production Information==
=== SOUND VOLTEX ===
{{SDVX Chart Header|
{{SDVX Chart Max Chain New|EXCEED GEAR&rarr;Present|780|1275|1606|2042}}
{{SDVX Chart Effector|レッドホットスクリューズ|レッドホットスクリューズ|レッドホットスクリューズ|レッドホットスクリューズ}}
{{SDVX Chart Jacket|GOLI|GOLI|GOLI|GOLI}}
{{SDVX Chart|SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR&rarr;Present|6|13|16|18}}
}}


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{{CARDINAL GATE}}
{{Lincle LINK 5}}


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