Benibotan

Not to be confused with かげぬい ～Ver.BENIBOTAN～.

紅牡丹

Song Information

Artist: DJ NAGAI feat. a☆ru
Composition/Arrangement: DJ NAGAI
Lyrics: ?
Vocals: a☆ru
BPM: 181
Length: 1:44
Genre: J-CORE
VJ: F-FLY (location test), もとこ (overlays)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Japanese

咲き誇れ　花々と
儚く散る　紅牡丹

今宵はお祭り　浴衣姿が嬉しくて
手と手を繋いで　太鼓轟く　盆踊り

踊りゃんせ　踊りゃんせ
賑やかに　雅に
見やしゃんせ　見やしゃんせ
夜空彩る　花

咲き乱れ　花々と
次々浮かび　鮮やか
咲き誇れ　花々と
儚く散る　紅牡丹

静寂が包み込む
黒煙だけ　残されて
見えないよ　キミの手が
伽夢の　夏景色

咲き乱れ　花々と
次々浮かび　鮮やか
咲き誇れ　花々と
儚く散る　紅牡丹

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

• On the beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL location test, 紅牡丹's ANOTHER charts were not playable.
  • They were eventually made playable in the third and final day of the location test. As of November 20th, 2014, 紅牡丹's ANOTHER charts were unlocked for normal play in the final release of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL.
• 紅牡丹 had a generic video in the location test of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL. It received its own unique video in the final release.
• Benibotan (紅牡丹) is Japanese for "red peony".

Song Production Information

DJ NAGAI

So when I was deciding to make a song, it took me about an hour having to decide what to make, before deciding to make a joyful song with a festival feeling.
I cleared myself up from some pent-up anger with this song since I haven't been to a festival for the past few years.
I remember always buying a candy apple when I went to a festival.
But I eventually developed some cavities that became fully evident when I ate a pizza, and thinking about it now still gives me a toothache.
Everyone be careful of cavities!

a☆ru

Hello, a☆ru here, I was the one chosen to sing Benibotan!
In the previous game beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA, I sang the song Close the World feat. a☆ru, and the staff were very pleased, so they let me sing another song!

Benibotan, one of my favorite songs, which I like to sing to myself!
This song has a different atmosphere, more happy and cute, unlike Close the World, so I put my best effort to make it as cute as possible.
The movie is also very cute, so cute that you may lose your combo if you look to the side...
Foxy-chan is so cute, I want to keep her.

Since I sang so hard with great feeling, I hope that you all like it.
Please come and play!!

Video Production Information

motoco

Nice to meet all you IIDX fans, my name is motoco.
I've always wanted to make anime... so when I got a call to make something for IIDX, I was so glad.
I was fired up, and produced it happily.

From the moment that I first listened to this music, I was caught up by the melody and the beautiful voice of aru.
"Let me make the movie for this song," I asked.
I felt that using a miko-chan and fox for the character would covey the theme and harmony of the song.
The fox's tail looks really fluffy because it's used as the pillow for the miko-chan.
From being a pillow to caring for others! She's very good at it.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	SP Difficulty				DP Difficulty
	Beginner	Normal	Hyper	Another	Normal	Hyper	Another
Notecounts	—	544	929	1445	599	930	1440
beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL→Present	—	6	9	12	6	9	12