Karma (BUMP OF CHICKEN)

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カルマ

Song Information

カルマ's jacket.

カルマ's pop'n music banner.

Artist: ♪♪♪♪♪
Composition: Motoo Fujiwara, BUMP OF CHICKEN
Arrangement/Guitar/Bass/Other Instruments:: Jin Senbonmatsu
Lyrics: Motoo Fujiwara
Vocals/Chorus: Nobumitsu Irio
Original Artist: BUMP OF CHICKEN
Album: supernova/カルマ (2005)
BPM: 195 (GF/DM, jubeat), 193-195 (pop'n music)
Length: 1:38
pop'n music Genre: KARMA (カルマ)
pop'n music Character: MZD [10-1P]
Movie: 幸野正典 (illustrations by 御船麻砥, produced by Kazuya Takahashi (IMAGICA DC21))
First Music Game Appearance: GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3
Other Music Game Appearances:

• GuitarFreaksXG & DrumManiaXG
• jubeat (2021)
• pop'n music portable

Lyrics

Japanese

ガラス玉ひとつ 落とされた 追いかけてもうひとつ落っこちた
ひとつ分の陽だまりに ひとつだけ残ってる

心臓が始まった時 嫌でも人は場所を取る
奪われない様に 守り続けてる

汚さずに保ってきた手でも 汚れて見えた
記憶を疑う前に 記憶に疑われてる

必ず僕らは出会うだろう 同じ鼓動の音を目印にして
ここに居るよ いつだって呼んでるから
くたびれた理由が 重なって揺れる時
約束は果たされる
僕らはひとつになる

Romaji

GLASS dama hitotsu otosareta oikakete mou hitotsu okkochita
hitotsu bun no hidamari ni hitotsu dake nokotteru

shinzou ga hajimatta toki iya demo hito wa basho wo toru
ubawarenai you ni mamoritsuzuketeru

yogosazu ni tamottekita te demo yogorete mieta
kioku wo utagau mae ni kioku ni utagawareteru

kanarazu bokura wa deau darou
onaji kodou no oto wo mejirushi ni shite
koko ni iru yo itsu datte yonderu kara
kutabireta riyuu ga kasanatte yureru toki
yakusoku wa hatasareru
bokura wa hitotsu ni naru

English

A single glass marble fell, followed by another
In a patch of sunshine made for one, only one remains

When a person's heart starts beating, 
they assume a place, even if they don't want to
and they stay to protect that place, so no one takes it away

Even hands that you've kept clean will appear dirty
before you have a chance to doubt your memory
your memory will doubt you

I'm certain we'll meet one another,
our hearts which beat the same and will mark the way
'cause I'm right here, always calling out to you
When all the old reasons start to lose their ground
We will finish the promise
And become one

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.

• カルマ was also included on BUMP OF CHICKEN's 2007 album, Orbital Period.
• カルマ was used as the opening theme of the Japanese version of the PlayStation 2 RPG game Tales of the Abyss.
• In pop'n music portable, カルマ's BPM was shown as 195.
• カルマ received a new jacket in the jubeat series.
  • This jacket was later used by カルマ in the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series upon its appearance in コナステ GITADORA.
• カルマ received an EXTREME chart in jubeat (2021) on May 28th, 2021.
• カルマ is available in コナステ GITADORA as part of the Konasute GITADORA Yuumei gakkyoku PACK vol.1 (コナステ GITADORA 有名楽曲パック vol.1).
• カルマ was added to pop'n music Lively on November 9th, 2022.
• カルマ's charts received Highlight Zones in pop'n music Lively.
  • Besides adding Highlight Zones, its EASY chart is exactly the same as its old 5-Buttons chart.
• カルマ's EX chart was re-rated in pop'n music Lively on November 1st, 2023.

Music Comment

Untranslated.

Song Production Information

Jin Senbonmatsu

It's an impressive melody with a unique singing.
Also, the lyrics are noteworthy. The abstract and story-like lyrics make you feel as if you are reading a picture book.
There are as many picture books as there are listeners. I think everyone would draw a different ending, right?

Video Production Information

Asato Mifune

This is a very cool song, and I was glad to draw illustrations for it.
By all means, please play it a lot!

Masanori Kono

I felt that Asato Mifune's illustrations were drawn thinking about a "heart".
I tried to connect the hearts for each scene.
Eventually, the hearts of the boy and the girl become one...

In the end, I left it to my imagination. Uh, it's so sad...

Character Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania difficulty rated from 1 to 99 from GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX onwards.
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10.9 from festo onwards.
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.)

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	244	496	661	227	440	440	231	436	-	228	440	440
GF/DM V3	14	32	53	18	38	64	16	35	-	19	40	67
GF/DM V4→V8	14	32	53	18	38	63	16	35	-	19	40	66
GF/DM V3 CS	14	32	53	18	38	64	16	35	-	19	40	67

XG & GITADORA Series

Game	Drum				Guitar				Bass
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master
Notecounts	251	496	659	-	227	419	440	-	231	436	436	-
GF/DM XG→XG3	1.35	2.60	5.00	-	2.70	4.20	6.00	-	2.40	4.30	5.20	-
コナステ GITADORA	2.50	4.00	5.50	-	3.60	4.90	6.50	-	3.25	4.95	5.80	-

jubeat

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	161	266	465
jubeat (2021)	2	5	7

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode		PSP Exclusive
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER	5B HYPER	7-Buttons	7B HYPER
Notecounts	159	336	573	849	261	-	336	336	573
pop'n music portable	9	17	30	34	12	-	16	16	24
pop'n music Lively (original ratings)	12	23	36	40	-	-	-	-	-
pop'n music Lively	12	23	36	41	-	-	-	-	-