Kouen

Not to be confused with 響縁.

紅焔

Song Information

紅焔's jacket.

紅焔's pop'n music banner.

Artist: PON
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics/Vocals: PON
BPM: 175
Length: 1:54
pop'n music Genre: SCARLET (スカーレット)
pop'n music Character: RETSU [SP]
pop'n CG designer: eimy
Movie: ?
Jacket design: NAGI
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX / GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3 / pop'n music Sunny Park / REFLEC BEAT colette -Winter-
Other Music Game Appearances:

• jubeat plus / jubeat plus (Android) つぎドカ！pack
• jubeat saucer
• jukebeat KONAMI music pack 34
• REFLEC BEAT plus つぎドカ！PACK
• REFLEC BEAT + KONAMI MUSIC PACK 22
• ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2
• ポップンリズミン つぎドカ！パック

Lyrics

Game Size

Japanese

運命浄化！

照らされる紅き影
それは混沌の闇に浮かぶ

刻まれた焔の紋章に集う永久の叫びが
お前にも聞こえてるのだろう？
嗚呼…魂を解き放て！！

出でよ灼熱の精霊よ！紅のその姿見せろ
焦がせ！熱風を帯びた　ココロ燃やし尽くせ
出てこい！灼熱の精霊よ！ツバサ火の粉まき散らしてゆく
広きあの空さえも全て焼き尽くして　運命浄化！

トロケソウナホドニアツクニエタギル
灰と化して　運命浄化！

Romaji

unmei jouka!

terasareru akaki kage
sore wa konton no yami ni ukabu

kizamareta honoo no monshou ni tsudou towa no sakebi ga
omae ni mo kikoeteru no darou?
aa... tamashii wo tokihanate!!

ideyo shakunetsu no seirei yo! kurenai no sono sugata misero
kogase! netsufuu wo obita kokoro moyashi tsukuse
detekoi! shakunetsu no seirei yo! tsubasa hinoko makichirashite yuku
hiroki ano sora sae mo subete yakitsukushite unmei jouka!

toroke sou na hodo ni atsuku nietagiru
hai to kashite unmei jouka!

English

Destiny purification! A scarlet figure shines out Floating through the chaotic darkness The eternal screams centre themselves around the crest burnt into the air Can you hear them too? Ah… the soul is becoming unbound!! Show yourself, scorching spirit! Manifest your crimson form Burn! Burn away this heart enveloped in scorching winds Come forth, scorching spirit! Sparks scatter from your wings Burn away everything in this deep sky - destiny purification! Boiling until you melt away Into nothing but ash - destiny purification!

Long Version

Japanese

運命浄化！ 照らされる紅き影 それは混沌の闇に浮かぶ 刻まれた焔の紋章に集う永久の叫びが お前にも聞こえてるのだろう？ 嗚呼…魂を解き放て！！ 出でよ灼熱の精霊よ！紅のその姿見せろ 焦がせ！熱風を帯びた　ココロ燃やし尽くせ 出てこい！灼熱の精霊よ！ツバサ火の粉まき散らしてゆく 広きあの空さえも全て焼き尽くして　運命浄化！ 試されるその決意 不死鳥の洗礼を受けて 浮かばれぬ闇の淵へと誘う幾重の拳 その命預けられるだろう？ 嗚呼…炎に捧ぐ 出でよ！灼熱の精霊よ！燃えさかる火炎の息吹 焦がせ！熱く激しく　揺らぐ生命の炎 キメろ！灼熱の精霊よ！オマエの悲しみは灰になる 浮かぶあの空めがけ　もう戻らないで　眠れる魂 さあ　お前が生きるため全てを引き受けよう 心に　灯がともる　取り返せ　生きる理由を 刻まれた焔の紋章に集う永久の叫びが お前にも聞こえてるのだろう？ 嗚呼…魂を解き放て！！ 出でよ灼熱の精霊よ！紅のその姿見せろ 焦がせ！熱風を帯びた　ココロ燃やし尽くせ 出てこい！灼熱の精霊よ！ツバサ火の粉まき散らしてゆく 広きあの空さえも全て焼き尽くして　運命浄化！ ユラメクホノオノシュクフクヲウケ トロケソウナホドニアツクニエタギル 灰と化して　運命浄化！

Romaji

unmei jouka! terasareru akaki kage sore wa konton no yami ni ukabu kizamareta honoo no monshou ni tsudou towa no sakebi ga omae ni mo kikoeteru no darou? aa... tamashii wo tokihanate!! ideyo shakunetsu no seirei yo! kurenai no sono sugata misero kogase! netsufuu wo obita kokoro moyashi tsukuse detekoi! shakunetsu no seirei yo! tsubasa hinoko makichirashite yuku hiroki ano sora sae mo subete yakitsukushite unmei jouka! tamesareru sono ketsui fushichou no senrei wo ukete ukabarenu yami no fuchi e to izanau ikue no tenohira sono inochi azukerareru darou? aa... honoo ni sasagu ideyo! shakunetsu no seirei yo! moesakaru kaen no ibuki kogase! atsuku hageshiku yuragu seimei no honoo kimero! shakunetsu no seirei yo! omae no kanashimi wa hai ni naru ukabu ano sora megake mou modoranai de nemureru tamashii saa omae ga ikiru tame subete wo hikiukeyou kokoro ni hi ga tomoru torikaese ikiru riyuu wo kizamareta honoo no monshou ni tsudou towa no sakebi ga omae ni mo kikoeteru no darou? aa... tamashii wo tokihanate!! ideyo shakunetsu no seirei yo! kurenai no sono sugata misero kogase! netsufuu wo obita kokoro moyashi tsukuse detekoi! shakunetsu no seirei yo! tsubasa hinoko makichirashite yuku hiroki ano sora sae mo subete yakitsukushite unmei jouka! yurameku honoo no shukufuku wo uke toroke sou na hodo ni atsuku nietagiru hai to kashite unmei jouka!

English

Destiny purification! A scarlet figure shines out Floating through the chaotic darkness The eternal screams centre themselves around the crest burnt into the air Can you hear them too? Ah… the soul is becoming unbound!! Show yourself, scorching spirit! Manifest your crimson form Burn! Burn away this heart enveloped in scorching winds Come forth, scorching spirit! Sparks scatter from your wings Burn away everything in this deep sky - destiny purification! Testing your determination, Receive the baptism of the phoenix Countless hands beckon you toward the abyss from which there is no escape Is this the fate you will give in to? Ah… sacrifice yourself to the flames Show yourself, scorching spirit! Breathe the brightest fire Burn! The flames of life flicker fiercely Choose your path, scorching spirit! Let your grief fall away into ash Aim to ascend into the sky; never let your soul become dormant again Take control over everything to keep yourself alive Your heart begins to glow; find your reason for living again The eternal screams centre themselves around the crest burnt into the air Can you hear them too? Ah… the soul is becoming unbound!! Show yourself, scorching spirit! Manifest your crimson form Burn! Burn away this heart enveloped in scorching winds Come forth, scorching spirit! Sparks scatter from your wings Burn away everything in this deep sky - destiny purification! Let these flickering flames bless you Boiling until you melt away Into nothing but ash - destiny purification!

Song Connections / Remixes

• The PON BGM in REFLEC BEAT colette is based on 紅焔.
• Much like 水鏡, 雷君, and 流離 represent water, thunder, and sand attributes respectively, 紅焔 represents fire.
• A sequel to 紅焔, titled 煌-灼熱の裁き-, can be found in pop'n music ラピストリア.
• A long version of 紅焔 can be found on PON's first album, Power Of Nature.
• A live version of 紅焔 was performed at the EXIT TUNES Dance Party -beatnation RHYZE music council- event. It was later added to pop'n music ラピストリア as 紅焔(Live Version).
• An instrumental version of 紅焔, titled 紅焔(カラオケ), can be downloaded from the Chakushin★uta♪ (着信★うた♪) service.
  • It can also be found in the SOUND VOLTEX FLOOR website as an "audition" song for the Continuing the Seniors! The Second Vocalist Contest (先輩に続け！第2回ボーカリストコンテスト).

Trivia

• Both 紅焔 and Cosmic Hurricane appeared on the first location tests of pop'n music Sunny Park and REFLEC BEAT colette. However, both songs did not appear when those games were released. Instead, 紅焔 and Cosmic Hurricane appeared on December 19th, 2012 as part of the Tsugidoka! (つぎドカ!) event.
  • This makes 紅焔 and Cosmic Hurricane the only songs part of a cross-BEMANI game event to be revealed as early as the participating games' location tests.
• 紅焔 marks Daichi Watanabe's first song under his main PON alias in the DanceDanceRevolution series.
• 紅焔 received a brand-new set of charts in the final release of pop'n music Sunny Park.
• "Kouen" (紅焔) is Japanese for "crimson flame". The title is a pun on 公園 (also read as "kouen"), which is Japanese for "park".
• 紅焔 was performed live on the pop'n music 20 fantasia original soundtrack Release Event, where PON introduced it as a "PON new song".
• 紅焔 was the winner of the つぎドカ! event, and later appeared as one of jubeat saucer's Only Now Songs (いまだけ楽曲). It could be unlocked from January 9th to February 1st, 2013.
  • From February 2nd, 2013, it could be unlocked via bistro saucer.
  • In jubeat saucer fulfill, it can be unlocked as part of saucer macchiato's Side Menu from April 23rd, 2014.
  • In jubeat prop, it is part of the Step unlocking system, unlockable by reaching Step Level 99.
  • As of jubeat Qubell, it is available by default by playing with an e-amusement pass.
• 紅焔's jubeat charts were written by T_da.
• A 3P palette for RETSU is available by inputting the code found on the pop'n music Sunny Park original soundtrack vol.2 album. The code must be inputted at the final e-AMUSEMENT screen, where your already unlocked Secret Characters are shown.
  • From pop'n music éclale onwards, this 3P palette is available by default.
• 紅焔 is one of the BEMANI cassette tape songs hidden in METAL GEAR SURVIVE.
• In jukebeat, REFLEC BEAT +, and METAL GEAR SURVIVE, 紅焔's title was changed to SCARLET BLAZE.
• 紅焔 received a SPECIAL chart in REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! on August 22nd, 2014. It could be purchased at the REFLEC Shop for 1500 Refle, after clearing the chart in the FINAL ROUND of the Hot Test (アツい検定) added on the same day.
  • From October 30th, 2014, it could be purchased without prerequisites.
  • In REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA, it could be purchased from the Garage for 8 VOLZZA KEYs.
  • In REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2, it could be unlocked by clearing its HARD chart a specific number of times, depending on the grade obtained on it (AAA+: 1 time, AAA: 2 times, AA: 3 times, A or lower: 5 times).
• 紅焔's EASY chart was re-rated in pop'n music éclale on March 22nd, 2016.
  • It was re-rated again in pop'n music うさぎと猫と少年の夢 on March 29th, 2017.
• 紅焔 was performed at the BEMANI ROCK FES'16 concert in 2016.
• After being removed from the initial release of REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア, 紅焔 was revived on December 15th, 2016.
• 紅焔 was one of the songs that could be chosen to remix for the BEMANI Song Remix Contest～2019～ (BEMANI楽曲リミックスコンテスト～2019～) FLOOR contest [1].
• 紅焔 appears on KONAMI's mobile rhythm game ダンキラ!!! - Boys, be DANCING! -.
• 紅焔 is available in pop'n music Lively as part of the pop'n music Lively Music Pack vol.6 (pop'n music Lively 楽曲パック vol.6).
• 紅焔's jubeat (2021) ratings were adjusted to its jubeat festo ratings on March 7th, 2022.
• 紅焔 is available in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX from March 13th, 2024, by purchasing the BEMANI SELECTION music pack vol.1 (BEMANI SELECTION楽曲パック vol.1).

Music Comment

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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 20 from X onwards.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99.
jubeat to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10, and 1 to 10.9 from festo onwards.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2, and 1 to 15 in 悠久のリフレシア.
ポップンリズミン difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd and GITADORA Rating Sources.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	109 / 2	202 / 9	307 / 24	420 / 19	604 / 31 / 0	193 / 10	289 / 22	395 / 20	597 / 28 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX→Present	3	6	9	12	15	6	9	12	15
DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX	3	6	9	12	15	6	9	12	15

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

XG & GITADORA Series

Game	Drum				Guitar				Bass
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master
Notecounts	295	714	1112	-	277	489	537	-	284	496	503	-
GF/DM XG3	2.50	5.00	7.60	-	2.60	3.95	7.60	-	2.50	3.95	7.20	-
GITADORA→Tri-Boost	↑3.40	↑5.60	↑8.00	-	↑3.50	↑4.65	↑8.00	-	↑3.35	↑4.65	↑7.55	-
GITADORA Tri-Boost Re:EVOLVE	↓2.90	↓5.35	↓7.90	-	↓3.10	↓4.40	↓7.80	-	↓3.00	↓4.20	↓7.20	-
GITADORA Matixx	↑3.10	↑5.85	↑8.10	-	↑3.30	↑5.15	↑8.10	-	↑3.15	↑5.15	↑7.50	-
GITADORA EXCHAIN	↓2.90	↑6.15	↑8.30	-	3.30	↓5.00	↑8.30	-	↓3.05	↓5.00	↑7.75	-
GITADORA NEX+AGE	2.90	↑6.20	8.30	-	↑3.35	↑5.05	↑8.35	-	3.05	↑5.05	↑7.80	-
GITADORA HIGH-VOLTAGE→Present	↑3.05	6.20	8.30	-	↑3.70	↑5.45	↑8.55	-	↑3.15	↑5.45	↑8.00	-
GITADORA (Mobile)	3.40	5.60	8.00	-	3.50	4.65	8.00	-	3.35	4.65	7.55	-
コナステ GITADORA	2.90	6.20	8.30	-	3.35	5.05	8.35	-	3.05	5.05	7.80	-

jubeat

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	324	572	889
jubeat saucer→Qubell	5	8	10
jubeat clan	↓4	8	↓9
jubeat festo→Present	4	8	9.6
jubeat plus	5	8	10
jubeat plus (Android)	5	8	10
jukebeat	5	8	10
jubeat (2021)	4	8	9.6

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	EASY	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	162	467	822	1192	267	468
pop'n music Sunny Park location test	※19	※26	40	※46	-	-
pop'n music Sunny Park→ラピストリア	5	20	40	45	14	24
pop'n music éclale	↑10	20	40	45	14	24
pop'n music うさぎと猫と少年の夢→Present	↓7	20	40	45	14	24
pop'n music Lively	7	20	40	45	-	-

※ The notecounts of these charts are different from the final release

• EASY: total notes: 264.
• NORMAL: total notes: 468.
• EX: total notes: 1210.

REFLEC BEAT

Old Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	134	303	566	942
REFLEC BEAT colette -Winter-→-All Seasons-	3	7	9	-
REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!→groovin'!! Upper	3	7	9	10+
REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA→VOLZZA 2	3	7	9	11
REFLEC BEAT plus	3	7	9	-
REFLEC BEAT +	3	7	9	-

New Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	White Hard
Notecounts	162	286	643	1048
REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア	5	9	11	13

ポップンリズミン

Game	Difficulties
	Normal	Hyper	EX
Notecounts	194	292	468
ポップンリズミン	3	6	9