Leaving...

Leaving...

Song Information

Original Version

Leaving...'s jacket.

Artist: SEIYA MURAI meets “eimy”
Composition/Arrangement/Lyrics: Seiya Murai
Vocals: eimy
BPM: 145
Length: 1:45
Genre: SYMPHONIC EURO
Movie: MAYA
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD
Other Music Game Appearances:

• DanceDanceRevolution X2

Chinese Version

Leaving... (Chinese)'s jacket.

Artist: seiya-murai
Composition/Arrangement: Seiya Murai
Lyrics: Weng Beibei
Vocals: Luo Lan
BPM: 145
Length: 1:48
Movie: MAYA
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution X2
Other Music Game Appearances:

• 狂熱節拍IIDX

Lyrics

Japanese

頬撫でる風も
目映い光も
熔けるから
もう迷わない
さよなら・・・

混沌に縛られた
その扉 開けた貴方
何故
滑らかなその指で
包み込んでくれた日々
何処

互い繋がる
不確かな約束
大切にしてた
貴方がくれたもの

刻まれた痕も
消えない記憶も
越えるから
もう追わないで
頬撫でる風も
目映い光も
熔けるから
もう迷わない
さよなら・・・

Song Connections / Remixes

• A long version of Leaving... can be found in Seiya Murai's first album, plug+program.
• A Chinese version of Leaving..., credited to just seiya-murai, appears in DanceDanceRevolution X2.

Trivia

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

• Leaving... marks Kiyoshi Murai's first original song in the beatmania IIDX series.
  • It also marks eimy's first song in BEMANI.
    • Leaving... being crossed over also marks her first appearance in the DanceDanceRevolution series.
• According to Kiyoshi Murai, he created Leaving... two weeks before beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD's location test started on November 22nd, 2005.
• Leaving... received a new BEGINNER chart in beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS.
  • This BEGINNER chart was removed in beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage.
• In the DanceDanceRevolution series, Leaving...'s artist was changed to seiya-murai meets “eimy”.
• Prior to DanceDanceRevolution WORLD, Leaving...'s music video is shown in the background of a black-colored variant of the MOVIE background dance stage and is not full-screen.
  • Leaving...'s background video was removed from DanceDanceRevolution (2013) on April 4th, 2013, due to technical issues. It was later restored on July 30th, 2013, now playing in the background of the MOVIE background dance stage's white variant instead.
• The Chinese cover of Leaving... could be played on the DanceDanceRevolution series by playing Leaving...'s CHALLENGE chart.
  • As of DanceDanceRevolution A, the Japanese version of Leaving... will be played instead.
• In 狂熱節拍IIDX, Leaving...'s artist was changed to SEIYA MURAI meets 罗斓.
• Leaving... appears as downloadable content for DanceDanceRevolution S+, in the beatmania IIDX Song Pack 2.
• The Chinese version of Leaving... has never been on any CS BEMANI release.
• Leaving... is one of the hidden revivals in beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro. It can be unlocked by obtaining 120 Tran Medals.
  • It received new Single NORMAL and ANOTHER charts, and a brand-new Double ANOTHER chart, upon its revival.
  • In beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA, its NORMAL, HYPER, and ANOTHER charts can be unlocked by obtaining four, ten, and 16 Tran Medals respectively.
  • As of July 24th, 2014, it could be unlocked in beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA and 22 PENDUAL through the 発見！よみがえったBEMANI遺跡 event.
  • As of July 1st, 2015, it could be purchased in beatmania IIDX 22 PENDUAL with Youkou no hologram (陽光のホログラム).
  • As of beatmania IIDX 23 copula, it is available by default.
• Leaving... is unlockable in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS from May 2nd, 2018, after purchasing its charts with BITs.
• Leaving... is available in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX's GRAND PRIX mode from December 19th, 2022, by purchasing the GRAND PRIX music pack vol.12 (グランプリ楽曲パック vol.12).
• Leaving...'s video is absent in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX, causing the song to be played on the CYBER dance stage instead.

Song Production Information

eimy

This is my first time doing something like this! I'm eimy.
Actually, I couldn't believe that I was somehow singing in Murai's first song written for IIDX, and I was filled with somewhat trembling and happy feelings.
Murai, thank you very much.
And thank you too, MAYA! (What else can I say?)

I'm very happy, but I also feel sorry that it was me...
When I listened to my own voice in the cabinet for the first time, it felt like my face was on fire, and I still can't be used to it.
I'm not that good at it, and I secretly play at my hometown.

Seiya Murai

So! I'm Seiya Murai, who's participating in the IIDX series for the first time with a newly-written song.
This time, I'm going to have a long conversation which is filled with stories, OK?

In my previous crossover "PinkRose", it seemed that my request "by all means, I'd like to compose here next time!", gained attention from the great sound directors, and the idea was suddenly given to me two weeks before the location test... until then, there wasn't a sign that I'd be offered it at all. May, maybe I was a backup artist? （^^;
Well anyways, I created this song without much time, and since I was ordered for "something like PinkRose2", (I've been getting this a lot lately... but [2] is DAWN in pop'n Carnival, so this is somehow [3]) I also had trouble selecting a female vocalist in a limited time.

Then, a memory was revived... howawa~wan♪

During a drinking party one day, eimy, who I usually work with and is a graphical designer part of the pop'n team, came to me feeling slightly tipsy and good, immediately started passionately talking and said "I'd like to sing~!".
I was also definitely very drunk and said "hmm, that's fine~. But first, let me hear you record your best song at karaoke. We'll discuss after that~".

Since something like that happened, I once again asked eimy.
"Will you sing in IIDX?"

She isn't a professional singer, but when I listened to the karaoke demo that I requested, I was convinced that if she had a good direction, it'd turn out well.
For example, would you rather eat out at a high-class three star restaurant, or make delicious food at home using good ingredients?...
For me, it's better to use my own skills in the latter, so I took that stance as well this time.
Also, I wonder if it's a bit interesting that two members from the pop'n team are participating here for the first time? I thought about this.

I didn't have time, so I wrote the lyrics myself (^^;。 Just about everything feels handmade♪ I'm a bit embarrassed about writing Japanese lyrics though....
Recording progressed very smoothly. How many times I thought "are you really an amateur?"... (laughs). She was quickly able to understand my instructions, and she was easier to work with than professional vocalists.

eimy said that she wanted the singer to be a secret after it was completed for a while... she seemed quite embarrassed.
However, the staff around me were very curious about the mysterious vocalist's identity, and asked me instead of eimy.

"Who's singing it?", "has this person sung before?", they were quite persistent about this...(^^;
Evading that was even more difficult than the recording.
It seems that the pop'n team members were somehow aware of this, but it's difficult to confirm with eimy... such delicate atmosphere seemed to last for several days.
It isn't easy to keep secrets (bitter smile).
Then, the information gradually spread, and everyone knew about it.
And this song was completed with a cool movie by MAYA, who's close to eimy!

eimy, thank you very much! GOOD JOB!! Please sing again♪
And MAYA, Thanks for the cool movie as well!! pop'n doesn't have these kinds of movies, so I'm infatuated with my song (laughs).

Actually, many of our staff members are talented people outside their professions. Something like I'm a programmer, but I'm also a guitarist.
As a director, the most enjoyable part is finding rough gems in a person, regardless of whether they're professional or amateur, polishing them, and making a song with them in it.
Well, I wonder if I'll look for more and more hidden gems within the company♪

Video Production Information

MAYA

Wow, that's embarrassing.
eimy, and even Seiya Murai said thank you to me. I'm so honored~.

Seiya Murai's PINK ROSE2-styled song is coming to IIDX~!? Knowing this, I asked "yes yes! May I be in charge of it?".
The 3D animations were particular of that, and I groovily drew the illustrations from the sad lyrics.
I'd be happy if they turned out cool.

I also knew it was eimy from early on, but I secretly remained silent, right, eimy. ^^
When everyone said "huh?! No way", I felt alone.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Old Charts

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	197	396	714	1071	-	386	714	-	-
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD→16 EMPRESS	-	4	8	10	-	4	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS	2	4	8	10	-	4	7	-	-
beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD CS	※1	4	8	10	-	4	7	-	-

※ Denotes chart is different from the later BEGINNER chart (total notes: 123).

New Charts

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	197	396	714	1116	-	386	714	1024	-
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→25 CANNON BALLERS	2	4	8	10	-	4	7	10	-
beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage→Present	-	4	8	10	-	4	7	10	-
beatmania IIDX INFINITAS	-	4	8	10	-	4	7	10	-
beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE	-	4	8	10	-	-	-	-	-

DanceDanceRevolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	79 / 10	180 / 8	239 / 9	305 / 9	384 / 16 / 0	182 / 8	237 / 7	299 / 7	374 / 10 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution X2→Present	2	5	8	11	13	5	8	11	13
DanceDanceRevolution S+	2	5	8	11	-	-	-	-	-
DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX	2	5	8	11	13	5	8	11	13