Sobakasu

そばかす

Song Information

そばかす's GuitarFreaks & DrumMania banner.

そばかす's pop'n music banner.

そばかす's jubeat jacket.

Artist: ♪♪♪♪♪
Composition: Yoshihito Onda
Arrangement/Vocals/All Instruments: Long Run Music, Inc.
Lyrics: YUKI
Original Artist: JUDY AND MARY
Album: そばかす (1996)
BPM: 170
Length: 1:47 (all BEMANI games besides Toy'sMarch), 1:27 (Toy'sMarch)
pop'n music Genre: SOBAKASU (そばかす)
pop'n music Character: White-Merry [13-1P]
うたっち Character: White-Merry [13-1P]
Movie: やまざきももこ
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX & drummania 10thMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• jubeat (2021)
• pop'n music 16 PARTY♪
• REFLEC BEAT plus ANIME PACK 02
• Toy'sMarch
• うたっち

Lyrics

Japanese

大キライだったそばかすをちょっと
ひとなでしてタメ息をひとつ
ヘヴィー級の恋はみごとに
角砂糖と一緒に溶けた
前よりももっと やせた胸にちょっと
“チクッ"っとささるトゲがイタイ
星占いも あてにならないわ
もっと遠くまで 一緒にゆけたら ねぇ
うれしくて それだけで

想い出はいつもキレイだけど
それだけじゃ おなかがすくわ
本当は せつない夜なのに
どうしてかしら?
あの人の笑顔も思いだせないの

Romaji

daikirai datta sobakasu wo chotto
hitonade shite tameiki wo hitotsu
HEAVY kyuu no koi wa migoto ni
kakuzatou to issho ni toketa
maeyori mo motto yaseta mune ni chotto
"chiku" tto sasaru toge ga itai
hoshi uranai mo ate ni naranai wa
motto tooku made issho ni yuketara nee
ureshikute sore dake de

omoide wa itsumo kirei dakedo
sore dake ja onaka ga suku wa
hontou wa setsunai yoru na no ni
doushite kashira? ano hito no egao mo omoidasenai no

Song Connections / Remixes

• A remix of そばかす, titled そばかす FRECKLES (KCP Re-Edit), can be found in DDRMAX -DanceDanceRevolution 6thMIX-. This remix features English lyrics.
• The Toy'sMarch series uses a shorter edit of そばかす.

Trivia

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• そばかす is the first opening theme of the Rurouni Kenshin (るろうに剣心) anime series.
• そばかす's true BPM is 170.2. This does not apply to うたっち, however.
• そばかす's pop'n music charts were made by PON.
• そばかす is one of the two new licenses of pop'n music 16 PARTY♪ that doesn't appear on its original soundtrack, the other being 天体観測.
  • そばかす does appear on the GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX & drummania 10thMIX SOUNDTRACKS album, though.
• Runnin' Away and そばかす were the only brand-new songs in pop'n music 16 PARTY♪ that did not have Battle HYPER charts. Both songs would receive Battle HYPER charts in the next arcade release.
• In うたっち, そばかす can be bought in the Shop for 1800 points.
• そばかす received a new jacket in jubeat (2021).
• そばかす was added to pop'n music Lively on June 2nd, 2021.
• そばかす received an EXTREME chart in jubeat (2021) on June 7th, 2021.

Music Comment

This is a song that makes you excited just by listening to it! Play it earnestly!

Song Production Information

PON

I am PON, who was in charge of the charts again.
If you put freckles on a Pop-kun, it will look like a hamburger.
Even so, I thought the Pop-kun looked prettier like that.

This song is a band sound to the fullest,
but how can I express this band sound with pop'n charts in such a fun way!?
I remember arranging them with that in mind.

Also, what kind of placement would be appropriate to make the springy rhythm fun to hit!?
I tried to arrange them with that in mind.

And then, let's make the charts a bit incoherent
for the sake of giving the last guitar an ad-lib style!
I tried to arrange them with that in mind.

Also, freckles are more likely to form in people with less melanin in their bodies...
And also, ultraviolet rays received in childhood have a great effect on freckles after becoming an adult...
And also, sunscreen cream has almost no effect unless you use it a lot.
I tried to arrange them with that in mind.

And that's why I'm afraid of the ultraviolet rays outside, so let's play pop'n at an arcade!!
Hooraaaaaaay.

Character Information

None.

Video Production Information

Momoko Yamazaki

It's nice to be able to play guitar and play drums.
I have a lot of respect for that alone.
I can't tell you how many times I've tried to play the guitar and failed...
No, no, this time I will use this opportunity to become an awesome guitarist and drummer!

■ About the music you play:

I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to work on a song that I unexpectedly love.
I drew a cute girl to match the cuteness of the song.
I hope that boys and girls all over the country will get into the groove and play along!

Staff Comments

chihiro

Wow!（*▽*）This is so cool!! But the times go by quickly, and it's already been 12 years since its release. It is older than pop'n! I still can't grasp the rhythm of the Pop-kuns at the beginning.

eimy

When I think about it now, the lyrics are amazing.
When this song was popular, I had no interest in it because I was really into a different line of music, but now I feel like slapping myself for being so foolish. It's a cute song~

kinoko

Hm, nostalgic.
When I was singing this song at karaoke, I was still a kid who just got her school bag.
So I couldn't imagine what "heavyweight love" was, and I thought it was something like "heavyweight = big body = love with a pro-wrestler or sumo wrestler".
I would like to ask Daniel and Mameshiba for the answer later.

Otsu

It is a love song. At that time, I couldn't hear the lyrics, so I thought it was a song about freckles...

wac

I was reminiscing about my youth, around the time of their major label debut, when I was listening to their first album in the car on the way to the pedestrian mall, thinking, "What a great band they are!".
There's no way for the current staff to not know about the relationship with Mary and JUDY after that.
This song was, at the time, something that I wondered why the theme of a Meiji-era swordsman was named "Freckles".
I thought that "cheek scratch" or "topknot" or even "short cut" would be more appropriate.
Rumor has it that when the offer came to sing the theme song for an anime tie-in, it was because anime was associated with an image of people not caring about freckles or favoring a flat nose, or something.
I don't know if it's true or not, but famous songs are born quite nicely, aren't they?

Mameshiba

This song is actually a song that I have a great emotional attachment to.
The first CD albums I bought as a student... didn't have this song in it.
When I thought about buying the one that had it, I mistakenly bought the previous two albums.
So what's the point? Huh? What do you mean by "feelings"...
You can probably reproduce the lyrics if you put on Mimi and Frog Pop-kuns.

Don't tell anyone I'm forcing myself to sing karaoke.
Daniel was singing too.

Difficulty & Notecounts

GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 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.
REFLEC BEAT to groovin'!! Upper difficulty rated from 1 to 10+, and from 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2.
Toy'sMarch difficulty rated from 1 to 5. Renda notes are counted as 1 note.
うたっち difficulty rated from 1 to 5 stars. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd, pmdream.net, and tminfo.)

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	225	378	596	352	380	380	350	350	-	352	380	380
GF11/dm10→GF/DM V4	15	26	40	26	49	71	27	44	-	31	55	76
GF/DM MASTERPIECE GOLD	15	26	40	26	49	71	27	44	-	31	55	76

Other charts not shown on the above table:

• GF11/dm10 Drum EASY chart: Total notes: 111.
• GF11/dm10 Guitar EASY chart: Total notes: 123.

jubeat

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	160	256	392
jubeat (2021)	2	4	7

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER
Notecounts	369	402	622	868	411	699
pop'n music 16 PARTY♪	16	19	25	33	18	-
pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE	16	19	25	33	18	28
pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝→19 TUNE STREET	16	19	25	↑34	18	28
pop'n music Lively	20	26	33	40	-	-

REFLEC BEAT

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	88	153	214	-
REFLEC BEAT plus	2	5	7	-

Toy'sMarch

Game	Level
	Easy (かんたん)	Hard (むずかしい)
Notecounts	134	207
Toy'sMarch	5	5
Toy'sMarch2	↓3	↓4

うたっち

Game	Single
	Easy	Hard
Notecounts	137	174
うたっち	3	4