BLUE STRAGGLER

BLUE STRAGGLER

Song Information

BLUE STRAGGLER's jacket.

Artist: L.E.D.
Composition/Arrangement: Toshiyuki Kakuta
BPM: 160
Length: 1:54
Genre: HARD DANCE
VJ: Fukutomi WAVE (video and overlays)
First Music Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro
Other Music Game Appearances:

• jubeat saucer
• jubeat plus / jubeat plus (Android) saucer pack 04
• jukebeat KONAMI music pack 28

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

• Blue stragglers are main sequence stars in open or globular clusters that are more luminous and bluer than stars at the main sequence turn-off point for the cluster.
• A mermaid character appears in BLUE STRAGGLER's overlays.
• In BLUE STRAGGLER's movie, several Latin phrases are seen (in order of appearance):
  • Verum cur non audimus? (Why do we not listen to the truth?)
  • Veritas numquam perit. (Truth is never lost.)
  • Veritas vos liberabit. (The truth will set you free.)
  • Astra non mentiuntur. (The stars will not lie.)
  • Ubi spiritus est cantus est. (Where there is a soul, there is a song.)
  • Nil desperandum. (Do not despair.)
  • Alea jacta est. (The die has been cast.)
  • Suggestio veri, suggestio falsi. (A suggestion of truth, a suggestion of falsehood.)
  • Exitus acta probat. (The outcome justifies the deed.)
  • Age quod agis. (Do well what you do.)
  • Fortes fortuna juvat. (Fortune favors the brave.)
  • Quod erat demonstrandum. (That which was to be proved.)
    • At the end of the video, this last sentence is abbreviated to "Q.E.D.". Afterwards, the letter "Q" is replaced with a "L", ultimately forming the word "L.E.D.".
• BLUE STRAGGLER is one of the bistro saucer 2nd Set unlocks of jubeat saucer. It could be unlocked from November 1st to 30th, 2012.
  • In jubeat saucer fulfill, it can be unlocked as part of saucer macchiato's Side Menu from April 23rd, 2014.
  • In jubeat prop, it can be unlocked by playing it as a BONUS TUNE from May 28th, 2015.
  • In jubeat Qubell, it is one of the Garnet unlocks of the dig dig Qubell unlocking system.
  • In jubeat clan, it can be unlocked in the jubeat SHOP.
• The beatmania IIDX charts of BLUE STRAGGLER are known for their strange judgment timing for reasons currently unknown.
• In the U.S./EU iTunes version of the beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Vol.1 album, BLUE STRAGGLER is spelled as Blue Straggler.
• BLUE STRAGGLER was removed from jubeat saucer on June 1st, 2013. It was later revived on July 22nd, 2013.
  • It was removed again on October 1st, 2013. It was revived again on January 6th, 2013.

Song Production Information

Untranslated.

Video Production Information

Fukutomi WAVE

＜Q＞Suggestio veri, suggestio falsi

＜A＞Sic itur ad astra

Q.E.D.

Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
jubeat difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from jubeat@Wiki and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts	-	440	761	1328	442	843	1311	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→Present	-	4	7	10	4	8	10	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

jubeat

Game	Level
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	321	605	780
jubeat saucer→Present	5	9	10
jubeat plus	5	9	10
jubeat plus (Android)	5	9	10
jukebeat	5	9	10