Gekkou chou

Not to be confused with 月光 or 月光花.

月光蝶

Song Information

月光蝶's jacket.

月光蝶's DanceDanceRevolution jacket.

月光蝶's pop'n music banner, as of pop'n music 16.

Artist: あさき
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics/Vocals/Guitars/Bass/Other Instruments & Drum Programming: Asaki
Recording Engineer: Yuei Uematsu
BPM: 218 (GF/DM, DanceDanceRevolution), 109-218 (pop'n music)
Length: 1:37 (GF/DM, pop'n music), 1:24 (DanceDanceRevolution)
pop'n music Genre: VISUAL (ビジュアル)
pop'n music Character: Mimi [TV&ANIME-TRAUMA PUNK]
pop'n music Background: 幸せを謳う詩 (pop'n music 10)
Movie: K-GO
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 9thMIX & drummania 8thMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA
• ee'MALL 2nd avenue
• GITADORA (Mobile)
• GuitarFreaksXG & DrumManiaXG
• pop'n music 11

Lyrics

Game Size

Japanese

｢あの高さはどれ程でしょう？｣
と貴方は言っていた

幼いころ　お月様の下でキラキラの満ち欠けたどった

一つ棘に触れるたび　消えていく
ひとつもこぼさぬよう　てのひらですくってためた月はなくなっていた

さよなら
物言わぬ者たちよ
きっとずっとそうなのでしょう
キラキラと光る月は　ああ　雪色の蝶に溶け　涙になった

Romaji

'ano takasa wa dore hodo deshou?'
to anata wa itteita

osanai koro otsukisama no shita de kirakira no michikake tadotta

hitotsu toge ni furerutabi kiete iku
hitotsu mo kobosa nu youte no hira de sukuttetameta tsuki wa nakunatteita

sayonara
monoyuwa nu mono tachi yo
kitto zutto sou na no deshou
kirakira to hikaru tsuki wa aa yukiiro no chou ni toke namida ni natta

English

"Is this height enough?",
You said to me

Under the young moon, I played and followed it, waxing and waning, dazzling

The thorns fade away each time you touch one
As if not to spill one over, the moon that you held in your hands is gone

Goodbye
To those who don't say a thing
Surely, it will be that much
The glittering and shining moon,
ah, became dissolved in the tears of the snow-colored butterfly

Long Version

Japanese

「あの高さはどれほどでしょう？」　と貴方は言っていた 幼いころ　お月さまの下でキラキラの満ち欠け辿って遊んだ 遣らずの片時雨 紫陽花と琥珀色した月は汀で踊る それぞれを讃えながら 一つ棘に触れるたび　消えていく ひとつもこぼさぬよう てのひらですくってためた　月はなくなっていた さよなら　白面に照らされた 指先にとまる　番の蝶 キラキラと光る雪は 貴方のような気がして 息が出来なくなった 指に絡む蜘蛛の糸 私　私の顔が無い のぼっていく　消えていく　しゃぼん玉 壊さぬように 大切に大切にしていたのに 私はここにいるよ　ねぇ　神様 湖面の波紋にのり　ゆれながら 綺麗に飾った蝶はガラス玉 いつからだろう 何も無い私 蝶が飛べたのは いつもいつも　貴方がいてくれたから さよなら　物言わぬ者たちよ きっとずっとそうなのでしょう キラキラと光る月は　ああ　雪色の蝶に溶け　涙になった

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of 月光蝶 can be found on the GUITARFREAKS & drummania VOCAL COLLECTION album.
• A re-arranged long version of 月光蝶 can be found on Asaki's first album, 神曲.
• Both the long and the DanceDanceRevolution versions of 月光蝶 cut the song intro.

Trivia

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• 月光蝶 could be unlocked to pop'n music 11 from May 18th, 2004 to June 1st, 2004 via ee'MALL 2nd avenue.
  • It was later added to pop'n music 11 on June 2nd, 2004 via ee'MALL 2nd avenue.
  • 月光蝶 is one of the few ee'MALL songs that was not available for pop'n music 10, because the e-AMUSEMENT service for pop'n music 10 ended on April 27th, 2004.
• Before pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE, 月光蝶's songwheel genre was 月光蝶.
• 月光蝶's genre was typoed as ビシュアル in pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE's mobile website, and typoed as ビィジュアル in the MUSIC LIST of pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE's website.
• 月光蝶 has never been on a CS pop'n music release.
• 月光蝶 and この子の七つのお祝いに mark Asaki's first appearance in the DanceDanceRevolution series.
• On the American and European versions of DanceDanceRevolution, 月光蝶's title and artist are romanized as Gekkou chou and Asaki, respectively.
• 月光蝶 is available for play in GuitarFreaksXG & DrumManiaXG as an unlockable song in Jukebox #1 (March 10th, 2010).
  • As of April 23rd, 2010, the song has been automatically unlocked into Standard Mode.
• 月光蝶 was supposed to appear in the cancelled game カラオケレボリューション BEMANIシリーズセレクション.

Music Comment

Finally that song makes its big appareance, amazing and cool, try it

Song Production Information

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Video Production Information

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Character Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2, and 1 to 20 from X onwards.
GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 43 through pop'n music 20 fantasia, and 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from Pop'n Music Fever and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	117 / 0	121 / 7	223 / 5	299 / 8	- / - / -	109 / 3	212 / 2	298 / 2	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA→SuperNOVA2	2	3	5	7	-	3	5	9	-
DanceDanceRevolution X→Present	4	4	7	10	-	3	7	11	-
DanceDanceRevolution / Dancing Stage SuperNOVA CS	2	3	5	7	-	3	5	9	-

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	383	612	718	403	403	403	475	475	-	403	403	403
GF9/dm8→GF/DM V2	31	56	65	48	63	74	31	54	-	50	65	79
GF/DM V3→V8	31	56	↑68	48	63	74	31	54	-	50	65	79
GF/DM MASTERPIECE SILVER	31	56	65	48	63	74	31	54	-	50	65	79

XG & GITADORA Series

Game	Drum				Guitar				Bass
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master
Notecounts	383	612	718	-	403	403	403	-	229	475	475	-
GF/DM XG→XG3	2.85	5.10	6.10	-	4.40	6.50	6.90	-	2.60	5.60	6.80	-
GITADORA	↑3.65	↑5.65	↑6.60	-	↑5.05	↑7.00	↑7.35	-	↑3.45	↑6.15	↑7.20	-
GITADORA OverDrive→Tri-Boost	3.65	5.65	6.60	-	5.05	7.00	7.35	-	3.45	6.15	↑7.80	-
GITADORA Tri-Boost Re:EVOLVE→Present	↓3.50	↓5.50	↓6.50	-	↑5.15	↓6.50	↓6.80	-	↓3.00	↑6.30	↓7.60	-
GITADORA (Mobile)	3.65	5.65	6.60	-	5.05	7.00	7.35	-	3.45	6.15	7.20	-

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	260	362	764	1023	285	531
pop'n music 11→13 カーニバル (via ee'MALL)	13	21	35	41	14	26
pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE→20 fantasia	13	21	35	41	14	26
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	27	41	47	14	26