Ai no shirushi

愛のしるし

Song Information

Artist: Junko Terashima, Yuka Saito
Composition/Lyrics: Masamune Kusano
Arrangement/Keyboard/Other Instruments & Drum Programming: Hideyuki Ono, Kazuhiro Senoo
Vocals/Chorus: Junko Terashima, Yuka Saito
Guitar: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Bass: Yoshihiko Koezuka
Recording Engineer: Yuei Uematsu
Original Artist: PUFFY
Album: 愛のしるし (1998)
BPM: 130
Length: 1:26
Movie: Unknown
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:

• GuitarFreaksXG & DrumManiaXG

Lyrics

Lyrics are from the full version of 愛のしるし. Only the first three sets of lyrics appear in the cover. Lyrics taken from here: [1]

Japanese

ヤワなハートがしびれる ここちよい針のシゲキ
理由もないのに輝く それだけが愛のしるし
いつか あなたには
すべて 打ち明けよう

少し強くなるために
壊れたボートで 一人 漕いで行く

夢の中でもわかる めくるめく夜の不思議

ただの思い出と
風が囁いても

嬉し泣きの宝物
何でもありそうな国で ただひとつ

ヤワなハートがしびれる ここちよい針のシゲキ
理由もないのに輝く それだけが愛のしるし
それだけで愛のしるし

Romaji

Yawana ha-to ga shibireru kokochi yoi hari no shigeki
Wake mo nai no ni kagayaku sore dake ga ai no shirushi

Itsuka anata ni wa
Subete uchi akeyou
Sukoshi tsuyoku naru tame ni
Kowareta bo-to de hitori koide yuku

Yume no naka demo wakaru mekuru meku yoru no fushigi

Tada no omoide to
Kaze ga sasayaite mo

Ureshi naki no takara mono
Nan demo ari souna kuni de tada hitotsu

Yawana ha-to ga shibireru kokochi yoi hari no shigeki
Wake mo nai no ni kagayaku sore dake ga ai no shirushi
Sore dake de ai no shirush

English

A soft heart goes numb
Comfortable stimulus of the needs
It shines without reason
That's the only sign of love

Some day
I will open my mind to you

In order to become a little stronger
I row a broken boat alone

I can tell even in my dreams about the dazzling mysterious night

It's just a memory
Even it the wind whispers

The treasure cry for joy
Only one in the country that seems to have it all

A soft heart goes numb
Comfortable stimulus of the needs
It shines without reason
That's the only sign of love
That's sufficient as a sign of love

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

• 愛のしるし holds the record for most consecutive song appearances of a license in the classic GuitarFreaks & DrumMania franchise, being in 16 consecutive games (20 if you count the XG series and GITADORA, too).
• 愛のしるし had the lowest difficulty level of any GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX-beyond song on the Drums BASIC difficulty at 10. It still holds the lowest-rated Guitar BASIC chart at 10.
• 愛のしるし translates out to "Sign of Love" in English.
• 愛のしるし later appeared on PUFFY's second album, JET CD, a few weeks later.
• 愛のしるし received new Drums and Guitar BASIC charts in GITADORA, replacing its old charts.

Song Production Information

None.

Video Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

Difficulty for early GF/DM games rated from 1 to 10 stars. GF/DM difficulty for GF5/dm4 and beyond rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 1.00 to 9.99. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd, Zygo the drummaniacs and the GF/DM XG2 official website.)

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drums			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	227	396	-	?	?	?	?	?	-	-	-	-
GF4/dm3	2	3	-	2	2	-	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-
GF5/dm4→GF6/dm5	13	23	-	?	?	-	?	?	-	-	-	-
GF7/dm6	↑16	↑26	-	10	16	36	?	?	-	-	-	-
GF8/dm7	↓10	↓21	-	?	?	?	24	27	-	-	-	-
GF9/dm8→GF/DM V2	10	20	-	10	17	39	↓22	↓26	-	-	-	-
GF/DM V3→V8	↑11	20	-	10	17	↓29	22	26	-	-	-	-
ギタドラ! GF4/dm3	2	3	-	2	2	-	N/A	N/A	-	-	-	-

XG Series & GITADORA

Old Charts

Game	Drums				Guitar				Bass
	Novice	Regular	Expert	Master	Novice	Regular	Expert	Master	Novice	Regular	Expert	Master
Notecounts	?	?	?	-	?	?	?	-	?	?	?	-
GF/DM XG→XG3	1.20	1.50	3.00	-	1.20	2.10	3.55	-	1.40	2.70	3.50	-

New Charts

Game	Drums				Guitar				Bass
	Novice	Regular	Expert	Master	Novice	Regular	Expert	Master	Novice	Regular	Expert	Master
Notecounts	?	?	?	-	?	?	?	-	?	?	?	-
GITADORA→Present	1.70	↑2.30	↑3.750	-	1.05	↑3.00	↑4.30	-	↑2.20	↑3.65	↑4.25	-