Mighty Guy
Mighty Guy
Song Information
Original Version
Artist: chihomi
Composition/Arrangement: Seiya Murai
Lyrics: Kiyomi Kumano
Vocals: CHIHOMI
BPM: 156
Length: 1:32 (KEYBOARDMANIA), 1:48 (pop'n music)
Genre: MAXIMUM (マキシマム)
pop'n music Character: AYA [16]
pop'n CG designer: shio (new animations)
Movie: YUZ
First Music Game Appearance: KEYBOARDMANIA
Other Music Game Appearances:
Long Version
Artist: CHIHOMI
Composition/Arrangement: Seiya Murai
Lyrics: Kiyomi Kumano
Vocals: CHIHOMI
BPM: 156
Length: 3:34
Genre: Maximum
Movie: YUZ
First Music Game Appearance: KEYBOARDMANIA CS
Other Music Game Appearances:
New Version
Artist: 荒牧陽子
Composition/Arrangement: Seiya Murai
Lyrics: Kiyomi Kumano
Vocals: Yoko Aramaki
BPM: 156
Length: 1:47
pop'n music Genre: MAXIMUM (マキシマム)
pop'n music Character: AYA [16]
pop'n CG designer: shio
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music portable 2
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
Game Size
Japanese
Mighty Guy かなえる 現在以上の未来 いつでも夢だけは リアリティ もっともっと おやりなさい 素直になればいいの ぜんぶぜんぶ さらけだせ 心をヌードにして 新しい時代のキング＆クィーン 輝きはきっと ここにある Mighty Guy ゆっくり 微笑んでうなずく 街角 人の波 迷って泣いてもいい サイテーな時こそ 自由かもしれない You're just Mighty ささやいた あなたに
Romaji
Mighty Guy kanaeru ima ijou no mirai itsudemo yume dake wa REALITY motto motto oyarinasai sunao ni nareba ii no zenbu zenbu sarakedase kokoro wo NUDE ni shite atarashii jidai no KING & QUEEN kagayaki wa kitto koko ni aru Mighty Guy yukkuri hohoende unazuku machikado hito no nami mayotte naite mo ii saitee na toki koso jiyuu kamo shirenai You're just Mighty sasayaita anata ni
Long Version
Japanese
Mighty Guy かなえる 現在以上の未来 いつでも夢だけは リアリティ もっともっと おやりなさい 素直になればいいの ぜんぶぜんぶ さらけだせ 心をヌードにして *新しい時代のキング＆クィーン 輝きはきっと ここにある Mighty Guy ゆっくり 微笑んでうなずく 街角 人の波 迷って泣いてもいい サイテー(最低)な時こそ 自由かもしれない You're just Mighty ささやいた あなたに ずっとずっと 抱いていた 不安を忘れなさい 大丈夫 ちょっとだけ ハートをルーズにして くり返す 無意味なDay＆Night タフじゃなきゃ なにも残せない Mighty Guy 熱いよ 隠してた想いを ふとした瞬間に 感じあえるよな恋 サイコー(最高)の自分を 手に入れる時まで Don't say, Love you 言わないよ あなたに 新しい時代のキング＆クイーン 輝きはきっと ここにある *ref Mighty Guy 真っ赤なドレスを身につけて 突然キスしても Coolな顔していい Mighty Guy かなえる 現在以上の未来 いつでも夢だけは リアリティ |
Song Connections / Remixes
- A long version of Mighty Guy appears in the KEYBOARDMANIA Original Soundtracks album. This long version is playable in KEYBOARDMANIA CS as Mighty Guy -Long Version-.
- A different long version featuring Kiyomi Kumano on vocals appears in the pop'n music Artist Collection natural bear & Kiyommy + Seiya album.
- The pop'n music series uses a remade, extended version of Mighty Guy.
- The version of Mighty Guy in pop'n music portable 2 is performed by Yoko Aramaki, replacing CHIHOMI. This version of Mighty Guy appears as a bonus track in the pop'n music 20 fantasia original soundtrack album.
Trivia
- Mighty Guy is not available in KEYBOARDHEAVEN, the Korean release of KEYBOARDMANIA.
- Mighty Guy -Long Version- is one of the hidden songs in KEYBOARDMANIA CS. To unlock it, play Mighty Guy as your second song, and get an A or above on it.
- Mighty Guy received new charts in KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX.
- Mighty Guy is one of the hidden songs pop'n music 16 PARTY♪, unlockable from April 23rd, 2008. To unlock it, play any KEYBOARDMANIA song as your First and Second Stages, with the BEAT-POP modifier or the ビートポップ君 Ojama with Zutto (ずっと) ON. Mighty Guy will be available in the SECRET category for your final Stage.
- As of May 7th, 2008, it is available by default.
- AYA's new sprite is a modified version of her pop'n music 5 sprite, with new WIN and LOSE animations:
- Mighty Guy was one of the three pop'n music 16 PARTY♪ new songs to be removed from pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE, along with 20,november and NORTH (however, unlike the other two songs, Mighty Guy was later revived).
- The new version of Mighty Guy is one of the unlockable songs of Phase 1 of pop'n music 20 fantasia's Soreyuke! pop'n quest (それゆけ！ポップンクエスト) event. It could be unlocked from April 11th, 2012.
- As of October 1st, 2012, it is available by default.
- Mighty Guy was removed from the BEMANI category in pop'n music Sunny Park.
- It returned to the BEMANI category in pop'n music éclale.
- Mighty Guy is one of the MISSION BINGO unlocks of ノスタルジア FORTE. It can be unlocked in ノスタルジア FORTE from November 23rd, 2017, in ノスタルジア Op.2 from December 25th, 2018, and in ノスタルジア Op.3 from August 6th, 2020.
Music Comment
From KEYBOARDMANIA, this full POWER song is finally here by your requests!!
Song Production Information
KEYBOARDMANIA
Seiya Murai
Hello~! My name is Seiya Murai, and I composed and arranged "Mighty Guy". If I remember correctly, I was asked to make a "dance-like song", so did I fulfill that request? Initially, such image seemed more flashy like ParaPara, but before I knew it, it became "M@X"-like... that's why its genre is "Maximum" (laughs). As someone who aims to emphasize melody as my core~, I somehow included a "sorrowful" melody and chord progression. But, I hope everyone will surely enjoy these catchy phrases!
These lyrics were written by the lyricist "Kiyomi Kumano", who I've always been good friends with. We've worked together for various KONAMI tasks, and she's a reliable woman (laughs). Recently, she helped me with pop'n music 4. She definitely appears in it as well! Check it!
And for the vocals, I have a feeling that "CHIHOMI" will rapidly grow as a talented vocalist in the future. She usually doesn't sing these kinds of high-pitched, up-tempo songs, but more chic R&B songs instead. This time, when she happened to be asked to sing this song, she cheerfully laughed and said "I've never really sung something like this before", but I tipped my hat to her hidden talent, who ended up getting it right in a short time during the recording! If you play it in the game, you'd definitely get her powerful singing voice.
Even if she becomes a big artist, don't forget that she sang "Mighty Guy"~! (^_^)/~
pop'n music
Seiya Murai
From the first KEYBOARDMANIA, this song is finally here in response to your requests!
... Well, it's simply~ nostalgic.
This song was from the early days when I was involved in production for the BEMANI series (it still wasn't so interconnected at that time).
The production progressed around the same time as pop'n 4, and I think this song was born as twins after Toumeina manicure was completed (if I vaguely remember).
Even before we started taking requests for this game, many wishes came to cross over this song, and it's finally happening.
But for some reason, I wondered~ if I'd keep this song from being crossed over.
As a result of crossing over more of my other vocal songs without deeply thinking, there are fewer songs that are "unique to KEYBOARDMANIA".
There are some songs from the short-lived 2ndMIX that are unfortunately less known (/_;), but to those who currently like KEYBOARDMANIA after all, I wonder if we should leave that "unique" aspect forever.
However, as the months and years have passed, KEYBOARDMANIA cabinets are unfortunately rarely seen with regular maintenance.
Nevertheless, crossover requests have also increased. It's the last fort of crossover requests, but I'll tease you until the very end...
But, I wonder if I should release it with the appropriate timing before there's no one who remembers it.
Initially, I wasn't very enthusiastic about this request.
The sound production method is completely different to pop'n, so it can't simply be crossed over. I nearly recreated this song.
While reviewing the old production data that I preserved from several years ago, I decided "well, let's recreate everything".
After all, my production skills have improved throughout these past few years. There were some parts that weren't as great as they were back then, but I recreated everything.
If it's OK to go this far, I wonder if it's OK to make it... so based on the full chorus version created for the soundtrack, I re-recorded almost all the musical instruments, except for just the vocal track. I also added a few new phrases as a bonus.
Also, songs were made within a one minute and thirty seconds duration back then, but there's an impression that they're a bit short now, as expected.
Since I'm going through the trouble of recreating it, I'll let the poppers suffer as much as possible until the very end! And to those who said that they "wanted to play that phrase in the game", I added a chaotic lead synth interlude at the end (laughs).
That's why "MIGHTY GUY" was brilliantly and wickedly reborn.
I'd be happy if those from the generation who didn't know KEYBOARDMANIA, knew that this song was created around eight years ago....
Video Production Information
YUZ
Initially, I was planning to create a cliché robot anime opening-like movie, but before I knew it, it turned out like this (laughs). I remember making it while thinking about how to show~ the song's image through the movement of colors and videos, without making people think that it's just silly and superficial.
Character Information
She's known for her powerful and sharp dancing.
Along with that masterpiece and a backup dancer, she raced to the party!
shio
KEYBOARDMANIA means MIGHTY GUY! It's one of the songs that I immediately think of, but there was a reason why this child didn't really come out to play. I'm still attached to it! I'm surprised.
Well, the whole team groovily said "Mighty Guy-ko! Guy-ko!", and I also liked her, but I didn't have enough energy to start fully writing "Guy-ko", and when I listened to the song, I wanted to include a mighty girl again, so I chose AYA among the manly girls in the pop'n world. She's perfect, right? The white clothes especially suits her light brown skin.
By the way, it's natural to call him Mighty Guy-ko, but when you hover your cursor over the song introduction page image... cheers to shige's sense.
Staff Comments
TOMOSUKE
One thing.
I wanted to be involved in the production of... KEYBOARDMANIA
masaru
Murai's brief comment when he turned up the sound was
"This time, I recreated it from scratch..."
I immediately played it!
eimy
Mighty Guy♪
This song's easy to learn and groove to, so isn't it perfect for a party? The image of Mighty Guy-ko is very strong, but the song also has a big impact!
chihiro
When I looked into Guy-ko's eyes, it somehow felt like my soul was consumed.
Why is she so expressionless,,, I want to know what kind of dream Guy-ko's trying to make come true.
Daniel
We decided that TAMA is the pop'n team's Mighty Guy♪
Otsu
but she hates it when I call her Mighty-san.
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.
ノスタルジア difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts from Pop'n Music Fever, BEMANIWiki 2nd, and KEYBOARDMANIA Wiki.)
KEYBOARDMANIA
Original Version
Old Charts
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Light+ | Real | Light+ | Real | |
| Notecounts / Hold Notes | - / - | 173 / 0 | 197 / 0 | ? / ? | 456 / 0 |
| KEYBOARDMANIA | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| KEYBOARDMANIA CS | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
New Charts
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Light+ | Real | Light+ | Real | |
| Notecounts / Hold Notes | 128 / 2 | 129 / 2 | 185 / 2 | ? / ? | ? / ? |
| KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Long Version
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Light+ | Real | Light+ | Real | |
| Notecounts / Hold Notes | ? / ? | 469 / ? | 644 / ? | ? / ? | 1083 / 2 |
| KEYBOARDMANIA CS | - | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX | 4 | ↓4 | ↓4 | ↓4 | ↓4 |
pop'n music
| Game | Normal Mode | Battle Mode | PSP Exclusive | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-Buttons | NORMAL | HYPER | EX | NORMAL | HYPER | 5B HYPER | 7-Buttons | 7B HYPER | |
| Notecounts | 227 | 396 | 620 | 872 | 283 | 487 | 227 | 280 | 613 |
| pop'n music 16 PARTY♪ | 11 | 21 | 31 | 37 | 14 | 21 | - | - | - |
| pop'n music 20 fantasia | 11 | 21 | 31 | ↑38 | 14 | 21 | - | - | - |
| pop'n music Sunny Park→Present | - | 27 | ↑38 | 44 | 14 | 21 | - | - | - |
| pop'n music portable 2 | ※6 | 21 | 31 | 37 | - | - | 11 | 14 | 27 |
※ Denotes chart has been revised from the corresponding AC chart:
- pop'n music portable 2 5-Buttons NORMAL chart: total notes: 136.
ノスタルジア
| Game | Level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Hard | Expert | Real | |
| Notecounts | 225 | 518 | 801 | - |
| ノスタルジア FORTE→Present | 3 | 7 | 10 | - |
| それゆけ！ポップンクエスト | |
|---|---|
| Phase 1 | I REALLY WANT TO HURT YOU - Mighty Guy - ROSE～恋人よ、薔薇色に染まれ - ひみつの言葉 魔法の扉(スペース🪐マコのテーマ) - オトメルンバ♪ L.E.D.-G STYLE MIX - 時を止める魔女 - 透明なエモーション |
| Phase 2 | 24時間のヒーロー - 2nd ADVENTURE（AGAIN） - Diamond Dust - The Sealer ～ア・ミリアとミリアの民～ 鳳凰～Chinese Phoenix Mix～ - 遠く |
| Phase 3 | BOOM BOOM PIRATES - Der Wald(kors k Remix) - Mermaid girl - REcorrection - Shining Wizard 魔法的新定義 electro mix |
| Phase 4 | KIMONO♥PRINCESS - Little prayer - MANA - 永遠という名の媚薬 ～Pyramid Power・Death Match ver.～ 魔界！痛快！ヘルダンス |
| Phase MAX I | CELSUS - Eine Haube ～聖地の果てにあるもの～ - カラルの月 |
| Phase MAX II | 少年は空を辿る |
| Phase MAX EPILOGUE | そして世界は音楽に満ちた |
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