BLACK or WHITE?
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Not to be confused with Black or White or Black or Red?.
BLACK or WHITE?
Song Information
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Artist: BlackYooh vs. siromaru
Composition/Arrangement: siromaru, BlackY, Yooh
BPM: 185
Length: 2:01
Genre: SYMPHONIC SPEED SCHRANZ
Movie: 板垣聖一(IMAGICA)
First Music Game Appearance: SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection-
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- A long version of BLACK or WHITE? appears on HEKATONCHEIR BEATS's compilation, KERBEROX.
- A remix of BLACK or WHITE? by Lite Show Magic appears on the HEKATONCHEIR BEATS compilation, ORTHROX.
- BLACK or WHITE? is featured in the medley KAC 2013 ULTIMATE MEDLEY -HISTORIA SOUND VOLTEX- Emperor Side, from SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS.
- It was the only song of the medley that did not have a GRAVITY chart, until December 1st, 2016.
- BLACK or WHITE? appears as part of FLOOR INFECTION Medley from SOUND VOLTEX×jubeat, which appears in jubeat Qubell.
Trivia
- BLACK or WHITE? is a song part of the KAC2013 Original Song Contest (KAC2013オリジナル楽曲コンテスト). It was added to SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection- on December 27th, 2013.
- BLACK or WHITE?'s ADVANCED and EXHAUST charts can be purchased in SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection- after clearing Hellfire's EXHAUST chart with an A rank or above, and its ADVANCED chart can be purchased separately after clearing Hellfire's ADVANCED or EXHAUST chart.
- In SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS, its EXHAUST chart can also be purchased after simply playing 30 charts.
- Since SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN, its ADVANCED chart can be purchased without any prerequisites.
- BLACK or WHITE? marks the first collaboration among three artists in the SOUND VOLTEX series.
- BLACK or WHITE?'s jacket represents Tarot card XV: The Devil of the Major Arcana. It features Halt=Capsaicin=Styptysat (ハルト=カプサイシン=スチプチサット), the character from C18H27NO3's jacket.
- BLACK or WHITE? is the only song in Part 22 of FLOOR INFECTION. During its periods of availability, it could be unlocked in the jubeat series by playing 8 rounds of the corresponding SOUND VOLTEX series game to raise the infection level to Level 1 MAX. For more information on the dates it could be unlocked, please see the event page.
- From November 15th, 2018 in jubeat festo, it can be purchased using in-game currency.
- In jubeat Ave., it is one of the CONCIERGE unlocks of the LIGHT CHAT unlocking system from August 17th, 2022.
- BLACK or WHITE? received a GRAVITY chart, rated Level 16, on December 1st, 2016 in SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS. It can be unlocked via INFINITE BLASTER, after obtaining Last Concerto's GRAVITY chart.
- It was the last unlockable content added to SOUND VOLTEX III GRAVITY WARS.
- BLACK or WHITE? could be unlocked in beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER from April 7th, 2021 through September 30th, 2021 only on LIGHTNING MODEL cabinets as part of the X-record event.
- It could be unlocked in beatmania IIDX 29 CastHour from January 27th, 2022 through May 8th, 2022 as part of the X-record dai ni dan (X-record 第二弾) event.
- As of beatmania IIDX 30 RESIDENT, it is playable on all cabinets (however, it still requires to have been unlocked beforehand).
- From February 13th, 2023, it can be purchased in beatmania IIDX 30 RESIDENT with Hizou no record (秘蔵のレコード).
- BLACK or WHITE? being crossed over marks the first appearances of Yooh and Ryo Sakata in the beatmania IIDX series.
- The notecount of BLACK or WHITE?'s Single ANOTHER chart, 2013, might be a reference to either the year SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection- was released or the KAC contest where it originated from.
- BLACK or WHITE? was added to jubeat (2021) on June 2nd, 2022.
- BLACK or WHITE? is available in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) as part of the SOUND VOLTEX Selection Music Pack vol.1 (SOUND VOLTEX セレクション 楽曲パック vol.1).
Song Production Information
Untranslated.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
jubeat to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10, and 1 to 10.9 from festo onwards.
SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH to III GRAVITY WARS difficulty rated from 1 to 16, and 1 to 20 from IV HEAVENLY HAVEN onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd, SOUND VOLTEX @ wiki, and TexTage.)
beatmania IIDX
| Game | SP Difficulty | DP Difficulty | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEGINNER | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | NORMAL | HYPER | ANOTHER | LEGGENDARIA | |
| Notecounts / Charge Notes | - | 655 / 18 | 1287 / 24 | 2013 / 56 | - | 715 / 25 | 1252 / 41 | 1960 / 53 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER→Present | - | 6 | 10 | 12 | - | 7 | 10 | 12 | - |
| beatmania IIDX INFINITAS (2020) | - | 6 | 10 | 12 | - | 7 | 10 | 12 | - |
jubeat
| Game | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts / Holds | 350 / 23 | 745 / 22 | 911 / 35 |
| jubeat Qubell | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| jubeat clan | ↓4 | 9 | 10 |
| jubeat festo→Present | 4 | 9.1 | 10.5 |
| jubeat (2021) | 4 | 9.1 | 10.5 |
SOUND VOLTEX
| Game | Level | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOVICE | ADVANCED | EXHAUST | MAXIMUM | GRAVITY | |
| Max Chain | 732 | 1084 | 2089 | - | 2480 |
| Effected By | MAD CHILD | MAD CHILD | MAD CHILD | - | MAD CHILD Nightmare |
| Jacket Artists | shiokuro | shiokuro | shiokero | - | shiokero meets P-MAN |
| SOUND VOLTEX II | 6 | 12 | 15 | - | - |
| SOUND VOLTEX III | 6 | 12 | 15 | - | 16 |
| SOUND VOLTEX IV→Present | 6 | 12 | ↑18 | - | ↑19 |
| SOUND VOLTEX III コナステ | 6 | 12 | 18 | - | 19 |
| SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR コナステ | 6 | 12 | 18 | - | 19 |
| KAC2013オリジナル楽曲コンテスト | |
|---|---|
| Highest Excellence Award | Bangin' Burst - For UltraPlayers |
| Accepted songs | Black Emperor - BLACK or WHITE? - choux à la crème - EOS -INFINITE EDIT- - Erlung - Harpuia - Hellfire Hoshizora Illumination - Last Battalion - Last Concerto - LittleGameStar - odds and ends - take a step forward TrailBlazer -Verse IV - 超越してしまった彼女と其を生み落した理由 - はなむけ - ウバワレ |
| Related Songs | KAC 2013 ULTIMATE MEDLEY -HISTORIA SOUND VOLTEX- Emperor Side KAC 2013 ULTIMATE MEDLEY -HISTORIA SOUND VOLTEX- Empress Side |
| X-record | |
|---|---|
| 第一弾 | apo:llioth - BLACK or WHITE? - Chewingood!!! - Verflucht ディスコルディア |
| 第二弾 | Souhait bleu - 逆月 - Fegrix - ピアノ協奏曲第１番”蠍火” 2 Beasts Unchained |
| 第三弾 | ZEИITH - The Clown of 24stairs - 儚キ戀ノ幻想譚 - 禊 恋愛=精度×認識力 |