Broken Sword

Broken Sword

Song Information

Artist: 金獅子 VS 麒麟
Composition/Arrangement: Kinjishi, Kirin
BPM: 160
Length: 2:02
Genre: DUAL ANTIQUE
VJ: ? (overlays by NAGI)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL
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 didn't have the fade-out at the end.
  • This version of the song isn't available anywhere.

Trivia

• Broken Sword is the final boss song of the Chrono Seeker event of beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL.
• Broken Sword marks the first time Takayuki Ishikawa composes a song under his 金獅子 alias since 嘆きの樹 in 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 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.
• 麒麟 is heavily implied to be Akhuta.
  • During the 4thKAC BEMANI SPECIAL LIVE in JAEPO 2015, an unknown BEMANI artist with a giraffe mask played Broken Sword alongside dj TAKA (who had a lion mask). At the end of the live event when all the artists were on the stage, including the one with the giraffe mask, Akhuta was nowhere to be seen.
    • A giraffe appears on the jacket of Peragro, which is composed by Akhuta.
  • The second half of Broken Sword sounds very similar to 超青少年ノ為ノ超多幸ナ超古典的超舞曲 by Project B-, who has also been speculated to be Akhuta.
• Broken Sword's song comments in the beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL website are written in Traditional Chinese.
• Reference data for Broken Sword can be found in the beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA song data, alhough it had no ID data in the game itself.

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 BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	658	1054	1887	513	1123	1911	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL→Present	-	7	10	12	6	9	12	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

Chrono Seeker
New Songs	COLOSSEUM - ろぴかる倶楽部 - Light My Fire - 時空トラベローグ - Symmetry - NEO GENERATOR SEVEN - Broken Sword
Revivals and CS Transplants	in motion - tripping contact - IXION - Beyond The Earth