Towards the TOWER

Towards the TOWER

Song Information

Towards the TOWER's jacket.

Artist: SHAMDEL
Composition/Arrangement: SHAMDEL
Lyrics/Vocals: Blade
BPM: 132
Length: 2:04
Jacket design: T田
First Music Game Appearance: jubeat prop
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution A
• jubeat plus
• jubeat plus (Android) prop pack 4
• ノスタルジア FORTE

Lyrics

I was riding Braid at midnight.
Distancing myself from my painful vow.
As he galloped I held on so tight
for my heart was too heavy to carry on.

A captive girl came into view.
Bathed in lights born from laughter and a thousand tears.
Braid said,
"It must be you who saves her."
So I opened the rusty door of "tower".

One step, Each step,
Going further, higher...

Now fly, from this crumbling cage and hear my sigh.
(You feel this shower of starlight?)

And I'll travel on to the end of night.
(Be free and cheerful!)

Tiny teardrops breaks the shackles...

I say to you,

"Bye for good, Princess."

Song Connections / Remixes

• Towards the TOWER is the second song of the "Braid & Blade" series by SHAMDEL.
• A piano demo version of Towards the TOWER, titled Towards the TOWER -piano demo-, can be found on the KONAMI♪MUSIC site as a digital download single, along with the original song, from November 4th to 30th, 2015.
• The ノスタルジア series uses a slightly different version of Towards the TOWER, featuring additional piano arrangement by Jun Wakita.

Trivia

• Towards the TOWER is the first unlockable song in jubeat prop's ARENA MODE, unlockable from September 7th to 13th, 2015.
  • In jubeat Qubell, it is one of the Garnet unlocks of the dig dig Qubell unlocking system.
  • In jubeat clan, it can be unlocked in the jubeat SHOP.
  • In jubeat festo, it can be purchased at the emo MART.
  • In jubeat Ave. and beyond the Ave., it is one of the CONCIERGE unlocks of the LIGHT CHAT unlocking system from August 17th, 2022.
• Towards the TOWER first appeared as a new song in jubeat plus' CHALLENGE SCRATCH. It was later included in the jubeat plus prop pack 4.
• Towards the TOWER is unlockable in DanceDanceRevolution A from August 8th, 2016, as part of the BABY-LON'S ADVENTURE (バビロン アドベンチャー) event. It is unlocked by clearing WORLD 4.
  • As of DanceDanceRevolution A20, it is available by default.
• Towards the TOWER ranked #1 in the BEMANI Fan Site CHECK!SONGS Monthly Ranking list for September 2015.
• Towards the TOWER could be unlocked in ノスタルジア FORTE on August 15th and 22nd, 2017 as part of the Version up kinen gakkyoku koukan (バージョンアップ記念 楽曲交換) event, by having played both ノスタルジア FORTE and jubeat clan from August 7th to 20th, 2017.
  • It could be unlocked again from March 1st to 31st, 2018, as part of the Kikan gentei gakkyoku koukan event (期間限定 楽曲交換イベント).
  • In ノスタルジア Op.3, it can be unlocked from July 3rd, 2020 from the ノスタルジアFORTE&Op.2 イベント section at the Episode selection screen.
• Towards the TOWER's difficulty changes from DanceDanceRevolution A20 were applied to DanceDanceRevolution A on March 27th, 2019.
• Towards the TOWER was included in ノスタルジア Op.3's GITADORA sub-category within the BEMANI category until December 11th, 2019. However, the song itself has yet to appear in the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series.
• Towards the TOWER's jubeat (2021) ratings were adjusted to its jubeat festo ratings on March 7th, 2022.
• Towards the TOWER is available in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX's GRAND PRIX mode from May 23rd, 2022, by purchasing the GRAND PRIX music pack vol.6 (グランプリ楽曲パック vol.6).

Music Comment

From "jubeat".

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
jubeat to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10, and 1 to 10.9 from festo onwards.
ノスタルジア difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	107 / 5	173 / 7	246 / 6	362 / 6	- / - / -	171 / 7	249 / 6	363 / 6	- / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution A (original ratings)	2	6	9	12	-	6	9	12	-
DanceDanceRevolution A→Present	2	↓5	9	12	-	↓5	9	12	-
DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX	2	5	9	12	-	5	9	12	-

jubeat

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts / Holds	326 / 2	560 / 2	772 / 10
jubeat prop→Qubell	5	9	10
jubeat clan	5	↓8	↓9
jubeat festo→Present	5	8	9.7
jubeat plus	5	9	10
jubeat plus (Android)	5	9	10
jubeat (2021)	5	8	9.7

ノスタルジア

Game	Level
	Normal	Hard	Expert	Real
Notecounts	241	584	997	-
ノスタルジア FORTE	3	8	11	-
ノスタルジア Op.2→Present	3	↓7	11	-
コナステ ノスタルジア	3	7	11	-

SHAMDEL's "Braid & Blade" song trilogy
Braid & Blade - Towards the TOWER - Mirage of the Mirror

BEMANI Fan Site スキ! MONTHLY RANKING Number 1 songs
2015	EGOISM 440 (April) - MAX.(period) (May) - Over The "Period" (June) - In The Breeze (July) - 天空の華 (August) - Towards the TOWER (September) カーテンコール・メモリーズ (October) - 紅蓮 (November) - フラッター現象の顛末と単一指向性の感情論 (December)
2016	Paradission (January) - Rebellio (February) - Disable Mark (March) - Mirage of the Mirror (April) - Glitter Flatter Scatter (May) Electric Dance System Music (June) - Help me, ERINNNNNN!! -VENUS mix- (July) - Triple Counter (August) - Come to Life (September) Anathema (October) - HADES (November) - НУМЛ (December)
2017	Eira (January) - MeteorA (February) - Fly far bounce (March) - Touch My Body (April) - BroGamer (May) - Theme of Ricerca (June) - ENDYMION (July) ACE FOR ACES (August) - シノビシノノメ (September) - 刃図羅 (October) - TWO-TORIAL (November) - SHOCKER BREAKER (December)
2018	DEATH†ZIGOQ ～怒りの高速爆走野郎～ (January) - K∀MUY (February) - 東京神話 (March) - Couleur=Blanche (April) - Rampage (May) TRUTH behind U (June) - Dream of You (July) - Midnight Amaretto (August) - o†o (September) - PM is Here！ (October) - pedigree (November) 金野火織の金色提言 (December)
2019	1116 (January) - virkatoの主題によるperson09風超絶技巧変奏曲 (February) - 少年と少女のためのラプソディア (March) - Vinculum stellarum (April) le mal du pays, numéro 1 (May) - BEYOND THE EARTH (STARDOM Remix) (June) - Splash Gold (July) - 星屑の夜果て (August) Afterimage d'automne (September) - Silly Love (October) - Voca Nostalgia (November) - Catapulted Arch (December)
2020	Shoot the Moon (January) - 666 (February) - Burn Burn Burning (March) - Petite Queen (April-June) - rough percussionythm (July) 魅惑のYUMMYスイーツ (August) - Stargazer (September) - Chewingood!!! (October) - MAYHEM (November)
2021	ここからよろしく大作戦143 (Winter) - Lava Flow (Spring) - DUAL STRIKER (Summer) - ただ、それだけの理由で (Autumn)
2022	kors k's How to make OTOGE CORE (Winter) - ANEMONE (Spring) - ピアノ独奏無言歌 "灰燼" (Summer) - VOLAQUAS (Autumn)