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Length: 2:15<br>
Length: 2:15<br>
Genre: HUMAN SEQUENCER<br>
Genre: HUMAN SEQUENCER<br>
VJ: [[Ryosuke Takeuchi|Ta-k]]<br>
Movie: [[Ryosuke Takeuchi|Ta-k]](synesthesia) (movie produced by KAZUYA TAKAHASHI (IMAGICA DC21))<br>
First Music Game Appearance: [[AC HAPPY SKY|beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY]]<br>
First Music Game Appearance: [[AC HAPPY SKY|beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY]]<br>
Other Music Game Appearances:
Other Music Game Appearances:
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== Song Connections / Remixes ==
== Song Connections / Remixes ==
* A remix of 冥 by [[Kosuke Saito|kors k]], titled ''冥 -0720Daddy's tenderness mix-'', appears on the [[cyber beatnation 1st conclusion]] album.
* A remix of 冥 by [[Kosuke Saito|kors k]], titled ''冥 -0720Daddy's tenderness mix-'', appears in the [[cyber beatnation 1st conclusion]] album.
* A rock remix of 冥 by [[164]], titled [[Mei Rockin' SWING REMIX|冥 Rockin' SWING REMIX]], can be found in [[AC SDVX|SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH]].
* A rock arrangement of 冥 by [[164]], titled [[Mei Rockin' SWING REMIX|冥 Rockin' SWING REMIX]], can be found in [[AC SDVX|SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH]].
* A remix of 冥 by [[Masaya Oya|かめりあ]], titled [[Mei (Camellia's "So" Remix)|冥 (かめりあ's "甦" Remix)]], appears on the [[beatmania IIDX 20th Anniversary Tribute BEST]] album.
* 冥 is sampled in [[X-DEN]], from [[AC Rootage|beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage]].
* A remix of 冥 by [[Masaya Oya|かめりあ]], titled [[Mei (Camellia's "So" Remix)|冥 (かめりあ's "甦" Remix)]], appears in the [[beatmania IIDX 20th Anniversary Tribute BEST]] album.
** A short version of 冥 (かめりあ's "甦" Remix) appears as an unused song in the HDD data for [[AC BISTROVER|beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER]].
** A short version of 冥 (かめりあ's "甦" Remix) appears as an unused song in the HDD data for [[AC BISTROVER|beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER]].
* A symphonic arrangement of 冥 by [[Osamu Kubota]] and [[Taku Sakakibara|TaQ]], titled ''冥 (Orchestra Arr.)'', can be found on the [[BEMANI SYMPHONY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK]] album.
* A symphonic arrangement of 冥 by [[Osamu Kubota]] and [[Taku Sakakibara|TaQ]], titled ''冥 (Orchestra Arr.)'', can be found in the [[BEMANI SYMPHONY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK]] album.


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
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** As of February 23rd, 2011, 冥 has been unlocked for normal play.
** As of February 23rd, 2011, 冥 has been unlocked for normal play.
** Also, as of April 1st, 2011, 冥's CHALLENGE charts have been unlocked for normal play.
** Also, as of April 1st, 2011, 冥's CHALLENGE charts have been unlocked for normal play.
*** 冥 is the first BEMANI crossover song in DanceDanceRevolution to have CHALLENGE charts rated Level 18.
*** 冥 is the first BEMANI crossover song in the DanceDanceRevolution series to have CHALLENGE charts rated Level 18.
* In the arcade DanceDanceRevolution titles, 冥 features its beatmania IIDX video. However, it plays in the background of the WHITE MOVIE background dance stage and is not full-screen.
* In the DanceDanceRevolution series, 冥 features its beatmania IIDX video. However, it plays in the background of the WHITE MOVIE background dance stage and is not full-screen.
** In [[CS DDR II|DanceDanceRevolution II/DanceDanceRevolution hottest party5]], 冥's video removes any on-screen dancers and is played in a tiny monitor on the opposite side of the player on Single and in the center on Double/Versus, due to Nintendo Wii memory limitations.
** In [[CS DDR II|DanceDanceRevolution II/DanceDanceRevolution hottest party5]], 冥's video removes any on-screen dancers and is played in a tiny monitor on the opposite side of the player on Single and in the center on Double/Versus, due to Nintendo Wii memory limitations.
* On the American and European releases of DanceDanceRevolution before [[AC DDR A|DanceDanceRevolution A]], 冥's title is romanized as '''MEI'''.
* On the American and European releases of the DanceDanceRevolution series before [[AC DDR A|DanceDanceRevolution A]], 冥's title is romanized as '''MEI'''.
* 冥 appears as downloadable content for [[CS DDR S+|DanceDanceRevolution S+]], in the '''beatmania IIDX Song Pack 3'''.
* 冥 appears as downloadable content for [[CS DDR S+|DanceDanceRevolution S+]], in the '''beatmania IIDX Song Pack 3'''.
* 冥 was available in [[CS INFINITAS|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS]]' championship Mode from August 10th to 21st, 2016.
* 冥 was available in [[CS INFINITAS|beatmania IIDX INFINITAS]]' championship Mode from August 10th to 21st, 2016.
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** From December 2019, it can be purchased with BITs.
** From December 2019, it can be purchased with BITs.
* 冥 was one of the qualifying round songs in the [[KONAMI Arcade Championship|The 6th KONAMI Arcade Championship]] for DanceDanceRevolution A.
* 冥 was one of the qualifying round songs in the [[KONAMI Arcade Championship|The 6th KONAMI Arcade Championship]] for DanceDanceRevolution A.
* 冥 is available in [[CS DDR GRAND PRIX|DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX]]'s GRAND PRIX mode from May 25th, 2023, by purchasing the '''GRAND PRIX music pack vol.20''' (グランプリ楽曲パック vol.20).


== Song Production Information ==
== Song Production Information ==
=== D.J.Amuro ===
=== D.J.Amuro ===
The theme of this song is the sorrowful fate of a single man. Cursed with eternal separation from his family, he boards a shuttle alone in silence. I'll leave the story from here on to your imagination. I hope you can draw the story from the sound of the music.
This song's theme is a story about a man's sad fate.<br>
He said an eternal farewell to his family, and boards a shuttle alone in silence.<br>
I'd like to leave this story from here up to your imagination.<br>
I'd be happy if you can experience this story from the music.


=== dj Killer ===
=== dj Killer ===
I, Killer, have teamed up with D.J.Amuro to prepare the song with the highest number of notes so far. I hope you, too, can experience the "Solitary journey to Pluto, from which there is no return".
This time, D.J.Amuro and I prepared killer notecharts with the highest number of notes to date.<br>
I hope you'll experience [a journey to Pluto with no return].


== Video Production Information ==
== Video Production Information ==
=== Ta-k ===
=== Ta-k(synesthesia) ===
I composed this video from the simplification of a certain object and used tantalizingly slow movement. It'd be neat if you saw the character 冥 looking at it from a different angle.
I tried to create this movie with simple objects and irritating slow movements.<br>
 
It'd be great if I can show "Mei" from a different angle.
Movie Produced by KAZUYA TAKAHASHI (IMAGICA DC21)


== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
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{{DDR Chart|DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX|3|7|11|16|18|7|12|15|18}}
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