Shounen wa sora wo tadoru

少年は空を辿る

Song Information

少年は空を辿る's pop'n music banner.

少年は空を辿る's jacket.

Artist: Power Of Nature
Composition/Arrangement: Power Of Nature
BPM: 140
Length: 2:05 (pop'n music, REFLEC BEAT, beatmania IIDX), 2:17 (jubeat)
Genre: MURAKUMO (ムラクモ)
pop'n music Character: MZD [20]
pop'n CG design: eimy
VJ: Seventhgraphics
Jacket design: eimy
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music 20 fantasia
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL
• jubeat plus / jubeat plus (Android) pop'n music pack 2
• jubeat saucer
• jukebeat KONAMI music pack 54
• REFLEC BEAT colette -Summer-
• REFLEC BEAT plus MUSIC PACK 58
• ポップンリズミン

Lyrics

A voice can be heard.

Song Connections / Remixes

• The pop'n music 20 fantasia original soundtrack version of 少年は空を辿る is over 10 seconds longer than the game cut.
  • This version of 少年は空を辿る is used in the jubeat series and the REFLEC BEAT colette ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOL.2 album.
• A remix of 少年は空を辿る by とろまる, titled 少年は空を辿る Prog Piano Remix, appears in SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection-.

Trivia

• "Murakumo" means "cloud masses".
• 少年は空を辿る is the first brand-new, non-remix song to feature MZD as the rival character since Votum stellarum.
• According to Power Of Nature, his theme for 少年は空を辿る was to create a tough boss song, however he wanted to break the dogma of "making difficult songs of 170~200 BPM".
• With 1780 notes on its EX chart, 少年は空を辿る currently has the fourth highest number of notes of any non-LONG version song on the pop'n music series, behind neu, L-an!ma, and セイント★セイジのうた.
• 少年は空を辿る is one of the songs part of the Mimi Nyami & Kotaro no Flying Catch! (ミミニャミ・コタローのフライングキャッチ！) event. It can be unlocked in jubeat saucer since June 3rd, 2013.
• 少年は空を辿る currently has the second highest number of notes in the jubeat series for a BASIC chart, with 552 notes, beaten by Elemental Creation -GITADO ROCK ver.-, with 586 notes.
  • With 894 notes, 少年は空を辿る has the third highest number of notes in the jubeat series for an ADVANCED chart, after Confiserie and V, with 919 and 896 notes respectively.
• 少年は空を辿る appears in REFLEC BEAT colette -Summer- as part of the Q-pro, Mimi, Nyami & Pastel-kun no Minna de Uchuu Sensou!! (クプロ・ミミニャミ・パステルくんのみんなで宇宙戦争!!) unlock event, which started on July 29th, 2013.
  • In REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! and REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper, 少年は空を辿る could be unlocked through the Hakken! Yomigaetta BEMANI iseki (発見！よみがえったBEMANI遺跡) event.
  • From REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA onwards, 少年は空を辿る is playable by default.
• On August 8th, 2015, due to a bug on the official beatmania IIDX eAMUSEMENT website, 少年は空を辿る was accidentally revealed as a future unlock for beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL, as part of the BEMANI SUMMER DIARY 2015 event. It was finally made available to unlock on August 22nd, 2015.
  • In the beatmania IIDX series, 少年は空を辿る's genre is shown in Japanese.
• In the beatmania IIDX series, 少年は空を辿る is one of the only crossovers not originating from the beatmania series to be written in a different font in the songwheel.
• In jukebeat, 少年は空を辿る's title was romanized as Shonen ha Sora wo Tadoru.
• 少年は空を辿る received an EASY chart in pop'n music éclale on December 21st, 2015.

Music Comment

Untranslated.

Song Production Information

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Character Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, and from 1 to 13 from VOLZZA onwards.
ポップンリズミン difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts / Charge Notes / Backspin Scratches	-	644 / 0 / 0	1081 / 2 / 0	1729 / 28 / 2	644 / 0 / 0	1092 / 13 / 0	1908 / 19 / 0	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL→Present	-	6	10	12	7	10	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

jubeat

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	552	894	1019
jubeat saucer→Present	7	9	10
jubeat plus	7	9	10
jubeat plus (Android)	7	9	10
jukebeat	7	9	10

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	501	627	1073	1780	469	845
pop'n music 20 fantasia	21	27	38	43	23	34
pop'n music Sunny Park→ラピストリア	-	33	44	↑50	23	34
pop'n music éclale→Present	※16	33	44	50	23	34

※ Denotes chart has been changed from the previous arcade charts:

• EASY chart: total notes: 277.

REFLEC BEAT

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	195	493	855	-
REFLEC BEAT colette -Summer-→groovin'!! Upper	4	8	10+	-
REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA→Present	4	8	11	-
REFLEC BEAT plus	4	8	10+	-

ポップンリズミン

Game	Difficulties
	Normal	Hyper	EX
Notecounts	202	366	499
ポップンリズミン	4	7	10

HELL course songs
HELL 1-5	I'm on Fire - すれちがう2人 Millennium mix - R.C. - 西新宿清掃曲
HELL 1-5 ReNew	すてきなタブーラ - 水中家族のテーマ - お江戸花吹雪 TEYAN-day MIX - Concertare
HELL 6	Midnight Yoghurt（女SPY☆お色気ゴーゴー脱出大作戦） - 작은행복 - H@ppy Choice - 大見解
HELL 7	Denpasar - SA-DA-ME - 夜間行 - Ending theme of pop'n music 6
HELL 6-7 ReNew	Maritare! - The tyro's reverie - 悲しいね - 夜間行
HELL the EIGHT	♥LOVE² シュガ→♥ - Over the night - pure - 釈迦
HELL 9	Dynamic! Atomic! S.C.B.G. ~ver.1~ - デパ地下のお話 - 男々道 - ブタパンチのテーマ
HELL 10	明鏡止水 - Jack - Holy Forest - ULTRA BUTTERFLY(坤剛力)
HELL-11	烏 - 怒れる大きな白い馬 - カゲロウ - でんがなマンガナ
HELL 12	雫 - Vairocana - 進め！爺ちゃん！ - 雪上断火
HELL 13	BAROQUE HOEDOWN - HypArcSin(x) - 文明開化 - ƒƒƒƒƒ
真HELL 13	フリーパス - KING of the SEA - Sanctum Crusade - 真超深ＴＩＯＮ
HELL 14	hora de verdad - BBLLAASSTT!! - 猿の経 - Übertreffen
HELL 1~14	Vairocana - ULTRA BUTTERFLY(坤剛力) - ブタパンチのテーマ - Übertreffen
HELL 15	Votum stellarum -forest #25 RMX- - 天庭 - ZETA〜素数の世界と超越者〜 - neu
HELL 16	バイキングマン - CHIP'N'RIDDIM - 万物快楽理論 - シュレーディンガーの猫
HELL 17	ƒƒƒƒƒ op.2 - 突然ゴルゴンゾーラ - Geiselhaus - 音楽
せんごく地獄	蛇神 - 西軍||∴⊂SEKIGAHARA⊃∴||東軍 - NOBUNAGA - 序
HELL TUNE STREET	Remain - BabeL ～Grand Story～ - BabeL ～Next Story～ - BabeL ～roof garden～
HELL fantasia	Southern Cross - カラルの月 - Eine Haube ～聖地の果てにあるもの～ - 少年は空を辿る
HELL Sunny Park	コドモライブ - 背徳と邪悪のエピタフ - 生命の焔纏いて - 生命の環を紡いで

クプロ・ミミニャミ・パステルくんのみんなで宇宙戦争!!
beatmania IIDX Unlocks	SHION - 梅雪夜 - 音楽 - examination leave - 朧 - VALLIS-NERIA - シュレーディンガーの猫 - Valanga
pop'n music Unlocks	メイメツ、フラグメンツ - 梅雪夜 - 天空の夜明け - ストレイ・マーチ - 灼熱Beach Side Bunny - Daily Lunch Special キャトられ♥恋はモ～モク - Valanga
REFLEC BEAT Unlocks	Devilz Staircase - ZETA～素数の世界と超越者～ - Proof of the existence - コドモライブ - perditus†paradisus 少年は空を辿る - キャトられ♥恋はモ～モク - シュレーディンガーの猫
Final Song	Zirkfied