Massara

まっさら

Song Information

Original Version

まっさら's pop'n music banner.

Artist: natural bear
Composition/Arrangement: Seiya Murai
Lyrics/Vocals: Kiyomi Kumano
Guitar: Nazo²Suzuki
BPM: 164
Length: 1:35
Genre: LITE POP (ライトポップ)
pop'n music Character: USAO-kun [8]
pop'n CG designer: ちひろ
Movie: MORO
First Music Game Appearance: KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• pop'n music 8

Long Version

Artist: natural bear
Composition/Arrangement: Seiya Murai
Lyrics/Vocals: Kiyomi Kumano
Guitar: Nazo²Suzuki
BPM: 164
Length: 3:00
Genre: Lite Pop
Movie: MORO
First Music Game Appearance: KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Game Size

Japanese

夢中で走れ　門限ワープ
落っこちてくる　夕方の空
タタンと膝に張り付いたゲンキ
明日から夏休み

ドリルを広げて
スイカをかじって
お父さんは生ビール

あの頃の私　思い出してた
訳なんかないけど
不安も野望も「漢字」も知らない
まっさら　だったよ

大切な想い出が　ふわふわ
ねぇ　君も何か話して

Long Version

Japanese

1.夢中で走れ　門限ワープ 落っこちてくる　夕方の空 タタンと膝に張り付いたゲンキ 明日から夏休み ※ドリルを広げて スイカをかじって お父さんは生ビール ※※あの頃の私　思い出してた 訳なんかないけど 不安も野望も「漢字」も知らない まっさら　だったよ 大切な想い出が　ふわふわ ねぇ　君も何か話して 2.どうしてかしら 視線はループ 告白したい 大好きです 鼻のてっぺん 顔を出してる このニキビ両思い？？ 前髪気にして 台詞（せりふ）をおぼえて だけどなにも言えなくて あの時の気持ち 思い出してた なんでかな ふいに カケヒキなんかは 当然できない まっさら　だったの 制服の白いシャツ きらきら 初恋はまぶしすぎたね ※ref ※※ref さりげなく横で君が笑う その先に 真っ青な空

Song Connections / Remixes

• An extended version of まっさら, titled まっさら Long Version, appears in KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX.
• A long version of まっさら appears in the KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX + consumer1 new songs, KEYBOARDMANIA full-sized collection, and pop'n music Artist Collection natural bear & Kiyommy + Seiya albums.
  • An acoustic arrangement of this long version was uploaded to Kiyomi Kumano's YouTube channel.

Trivia

• まっさら is the first song unlock of Sugoroku de 8 (すごろく de 8) in pop'n music 8. It can be unlocked from July 17th, 2002 through August 28th, 2002 by directly landing on the city Shizuoka on your first lap around the board, or by passing it on your second lap around.
  • まっさら's character rival, USAO-kun, can be unlocked by directly landing on Shizuoka on your fifth lap around the board, or by simply passing it on your sixth trip.
• In KEYBOARDMANIA, まっさら's title was romanized as MA-SSA-RA.
  • However, in the pop'n music 8 location tests, まっさら's title was shown as MA-SSA-RA as well.
• Along with the other BEMANI songs crossed over to pop'n music 8, まっさら displays ♪♪♪♪♪ as the artist. This has never changed.
• まっさら's rival character, USAO-kun, is one of the KEYBOARDMANIA mascots. His first appearance was in the video for the KEYBOARDMANIA song MR.C.C.
  • USAO-kun does not have a 2P color.
  • In the pop'n music 8 location tests, MA-SSA-RA's character was pretty [7-1P].
• まっさら was absent from the pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝 location tests. However, it reappeared in the final release.
• まっさら was removed from the BEMANI category in pop'n music Sunny Park.
  • It returned to the BEMANI category in pop'n music éclale.

Music Comment

That popular KEYBOARDMANIA song appears in pop'n!!

Song Production Information

KEYBOARDMANIA

From when did we change?
I suddenly remember those days when they were "brand new".

Seiya Murai

Since the previous Mighty Guy was well-received, ¿this time, I got carried away and went in another J-POP approach! I aimed for a popular song that would surpass "Mighty Guy"!! (laughs)
How was it? When listeners listen to it, they can understand the motif, but after all, is it nostalgic?
The lyrics have the theme of "summer vacation memories during childhood". It's a bit too seasonal, but I created it during the height of midsummer, and it seemed to just have a slight healing effect on the developers, who tirelessly worked day and night. Everyone was looking into the distance while playing it~ (laughs).
The artist is natural bear. I'm going to use the name of this non-fictitious unit name when co-creating J-pop songs with Kiyomi Kumano, a lyricist with a prismatic singing voice (laughs).
It's also written in katakana in pop'n 4. However, Kumano really sings with various voices~.

pop'n music

Seiya Murai

Continuing from "Pink Rose", "Massara" officially traveled to pop'n from "KEYBOARD MANIA"♪.
The theme of the first lyric was just summer, and I think it's the truly perfect time.
The artist name isn't listed in the game, but as a brief explanation to those who don't know, this is a song by "natural bear", who're famous for "Koi wa tennen" and "Sweets". That's why, when this song appeared in KEYMANI, I wanted it to be included in pop'n someday~, so I'm happy that it was realized.
The 9 buttons in pop'n might not be as great to play like an actual keyboard, but I hope you'd enjoy this song's light groove.

Video Production Information

MORO

The character with the bad eye that moves around in the TV, is the first 3D character I created. Her name is "USAO-toko". She isn't USAO's relative, friend, or his girlfriend. Sorry.
Back in elementary school, everyone looked forward to summer vacation. I remember such days from a long time ago.. I tried to create a slightly nostalgic movie. The part where they dance in the TV, was from a TV program she watched when she was little...

Character Information

The popular USAO-kun appears here all the way from KEYMANI!
His performance fee all became watermelons~

Chihiro

USAO-kun's pupil positions are extremely difficult, so I had to redraw them many times, and when I saw the previously drawn USAO-kun, oh my,,,

There are many watermelons, and I think the watermelon dog is also cute
A long time ago, I was seriously scared of a watermelon man in a certain TV program, and I can't get rid of my sleeping habit of placing a futon over my head while curling up
Watermelons have had a great influence on my life

Difficulty & Notecounts

KEYBOARDMANIA difficulty rated from 1 to 6.
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 from Pop'n Music Fever and KEYBOARDMANIA Wiki.)

KEYBOARDMANIA

Original Version

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Light	Light+	Real	Light+	Real
Notecounts / Hold Notes	134 / 0	146 / 0	245 / 13	269 / 0	499 / 13
KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX	2	2	2	2	2
KEYBOARDMANIA II 2ndMIX & 3rdMIX	2	2	2	2	2

Long Version

Game	SP Difficulty			DP Difficulty
	Light	Light+	Real	Light+	Real
Notecounts / Hold Notes	262 / 0	277 / 1	434 / 27	489 / 1	860 / 27
KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX	2	2	2	3	3
KEYBOARDMANIA II 2ndMIX & 3rdMIX	2	2	2	3	3

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	187	356	467	635	321	464
pop'n music 8	12	17	23	35	16	23
pop'n music 9	↓7	17	↓22	↓31	16	23
pop'n music 10→20 fantasia	7	↑19	↑24	31	16	23
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	-	25	30	37	16	23
pop'n music 8 CS	7	17	22	31	16	23

すごろく de ８
Lap 1-2	まっさら (Shizuoka) - Seal (Nagoya) - Lover's High (Osaka) - MOBO★MOGA (Kobe) - EL DIA FELIZ (Kochi) - Feux d'artifica (Hiroshima) beAchest beAch (Kagoshima) - 出会う時・・・下関。 (Shimonoseki) - A LOVE WE NEVER KNEW (Tottori) - Sci-Fi Girl (Kanazawa) cat's Scat (Niigata) - Wall Street Down-sizer (Aomori) - しりとり (Sapporo) - JET WORLD (Abashiri) - BoaBoaLady! (Hakodate) Cassandra (Sendai) - maritare! (Mito) - CANDY♥ (Tokyo)
Lap 3-4	321 STARS (Hachiojima) - Manhattan Sports Club (Okinawa) - Linus (Sado)
Expert course unlocks	INNOVATION (Des-ROW course STAGE 1) - 大見解 (Des-ROW course STAGE 2) - Shock of Love (kiddy course STAGE 1) Spell on me ～魅惑の呪文 (kiddy course STAGE 2) - BICYCLE (payapaya course STAGE 1) Cherry&Raquel (payapaya course STAGE 2) - Midnight Yoghurt（女SPY☆お色気ゴーゴー脱出大作戦） (Simon course STAGE 1) SLOW DOWN (Power course 2 STAGE 2)