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= Broken Sword =

== Song Information ==
Artist: 金獅子 VS 麒麟<br>
Composition/Arrangement: [[Takayuki Ishikawa|Kinjishi]], [[Akhuta|Kirin]]<br>
BPM: 160<br>
Length: 2:02<br>
Genre: DUAL ANTIQUE<br>
Movie: ? (overlays by [[Nagisa Nakamoto|NAGI]])<br>
First Music Game Appearance: [[AC PENDUAL|beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL]]<br>
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

== Lyrics ==
None.

== Song Connections / Remixes ==
* The version of Broken Sword that was played at the ''4thKAC BEMANI SPECIAL LIVE'' in JAEPO 2015 did not have the fade-out at the end. This version is not available on an original soundtrack.

== Trivia ==
[[File:Broken Sword title card.png|thumb|Broken Sword's title card.]]
* Broken Sword is the final boss song of the ''Chrono Seeker'' event of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL.
** In [[AC copula|beatmania IIDX 23 copula]], it can be unlocked from February 3rd, 2016 by clearing and filling the gauge of the ''BROKEN'' EXPERT course.
** As of [[AC SINOBUZ|beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ]], it is available by default.
* Broken Sword marks the first time Takayuki Ishikawa composes a song under his 金獅子 alias since [[Nageki no ki|嘆きの樹]] in [[AC DistorteD|beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD]].
** It also marks the first time that Takayuki Ishikawa collaborates with another artist under his 金獅子 alias.
* Broken Sword marks the first time a CARDINAL GATE alias is used in a collaboration since [[VOX UP]] from [[CS DJ TROOPERS|beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS CS]].
* The boss in Broken Sword's overlays is a demon named Laplacia.
** Laplacia refers to Laplace's Demon, the first published articulation of causal or scientific determinism by Pierre-Simon Laplace in 1814. According to determinism, if someone (the Demon) knows the precise location and momentum of every atom in the universe, their past and future values for any given time are entailed; they can be calculated from the laws of classical mechanics.
* Broken Sword's song comments in the beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL website are written in Pseudo-Chinese, which is grammatically Japanese but stripping away the hiragana and katakana, leaving only the kanji, causing the resultant sentence to appear as Chinese.
* Broken Sword is one of the qualifying round songs in the [[KONAMI Arcade Championship|The 8th KONAMI Arcade Championship]] for [[AC Rootage|beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage]].
* Broken Sword is available in [[CS INFINITAS|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS]] as part of the '''beatmania IIDX INFINITAS Music Pack vol.8''' (beatmania IIDX INFINITAS 楽曲パック vol.8).

== Song Production Information ==
=== Kinjishi ===
I tried to stop Kirin from losing control. I couldn't, lest something happened.

Losing control was inevitable, with the fast piano sounds and the low bass.

I wasn't careful. With some effort, the Kinjinshi VS Kirin collaboration created "Broken Sword", the ultimate in modern music. I'm good.

=== Kirin ===
I am Kirin, the reclusive survivor.

This song, my first, "Broken Sword", is a collaboration with my brother, Kinjinshi.

We played. I smiled. He laughed.

We, with our swords, shall fight. (But broken swords can't kill.)

== Video Production Information ==
Untranslated.

== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.(Ratings and notecounts obtained from [http://bemaniwiki.com BEMANIWiki 2nd].)

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