Manatsu no hana manatsu no yume

真夏の花・真夏の夢

Song Information

Artist: Sana
Composition/Arrangement/Chorus: Shoichiro Hirata
Lyrics/Vocals: Sana
BPM: 130
Length: 1:57 (game cut), 2:08 (OST)
Genre: HOUSE
Movie: VJ GYO
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 9th style
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Japanese

朝の光 許さないで
繰り返す 真夏の夢

名前なんて聞きたくない
裸足で踊らせて
入れ替わりの影が揺れる
乾いた砂の上

口移しで分け合う 秘密のマティーニ
知らないトリップさせてあげる

こらえきれず咲き乱れて
舞い上がれ 真夏の花
朝の光 許さないで
繰り返す 真夏の夢

Romaji

asa no hikari yurusanai de 
kurikaesu manatsu no yume 

namae nante kikitakunai 
hadashi de odorasete 
irekawari no kage ga yureru 
kawaita suna no ue 

kuchiushi de wakeau himitsu no MARTINI
shiranai TRIP sasete ageru 

koraekirezu sakimidarete 
maiagare manatsu no hana 
asa no hikari yurusanai de 
kurikaesu manatsu no yume

Song Connections / Remixes

• The beatmania IIDX 9th style Original Soundtrack album version of 真夏の花・真夏の夢 features a longer ending, and does not fade out like the game cut.
• A long version of 真夏の花・真夏の appears in Sana's third album, Sana-mode II ~pop'n music & beatmania moments~.

Trivia

• 真夏の花・真夏の夢's title translates out into English as "Midsummer Flowers - Midsummer Dreams".
• 真夏の花・真夏の夢 marks Sanae Shintani's first original beatmania IIDX arcade song.
• 真夏の花・真夏の夢 is one of the very few pre-beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED songs with no video production information.
• 真夏の花・真夏の夢 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.
• 真夏の花・真夏の夢 received brand-new ANOTHER charts with Charge Notes upon its revival as a secret song in beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem.

Song Production Information

Sana

I think I've been with Sho-chan ever since "Sekai wa watashi de mawatteru!?" in pop'n.
I was asked for something sexy~, so I came up with these lyrics.
Sho-chan's chorus was included this time, and I was surprised once again! It was very good.
This was the first time someone else's chorus was included in my songs, so the result had a different flavor from my harmonies as well.
The intro and outro once again contains vocals requested by Sho-chan too, so listen them carefully~.

Shoichiro Hirata

I previously asked for Sana to sing a "cute" song, so this time, let's go with the "sexy~" route.
We're both adults, after all (laughs).

Sana's singing is becoming better with each recording, right? I'm honestly in love with it.
I also love the lyrics, "which are slightly enka-like" but still cool.
I also tried my best in the chorus. I wanted it to overlap with Sana's vocals once, so it was heavily layered. (By around 160%)

Everyone, please enjoy this summer with a slightly mature feeling.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 7+ in 9th style, 1 to 8 in 10th style, 1 to 8+ in 11 IIDX RED, and 1 to 12 from 12 HAPPY SKY onwards.

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts / Charge Notes	350 / 0	420 / 0	603 / 0	749 / 25	-	580 / 0	771 / 0	961 / 25	-
beatmania IIDX 9th style→11 IIDX RED	-	4	6	-	-	5	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY→13 DistorteD	-	4	6	-	-	5	↑8	-	-
beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem→Present	-	4	6	9	-	5	8	10	-
beatmania IIDX 9th style CS	2	4	6	-	-	5	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	4	6	9	-	-	-	-	-