Meikyoushisui

明鏡止水

Song Information

明鏡止水's pop'n music banner.

明鏡止水's GuitarFreaks & DrumMania / ポップンリズミン jacket.

明鏡止水's REFLEC BEAT jacket.

Artist: TOMOSUKE feat.あさき
Composition/Arrangement/Piano/Other Instruments & Programming: TOMOSUKE
Guitar: Asaki
Trumpet: Hideyuki Ono
Saxophone: Jimmy Weckl
Recording Engineer: Yuei Uematsu
BPM: 208-290 (beatmania IIDX, pop'n music, REFLEC BEAT), 290 (GF/DM)
Length: 2:06
Genre: ZEN-JAZZ (禅ジャズ)
pop'n music Character: ikkei [10]
pop'n CG design: shio
VJ: 大阪土壽頭テリヤキ, はぐ
First Music Game Appearance: pop'n music 10
Other Music Game Appearances:

• beatmania IIDX 23 copula
• GITADORA (Mobile)
• GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX & drummania 10thMIX
• GuitarFreaks & DrumMania MASTERPIECE GOLD
• GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3
• pop'n music (Wii)
• REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper
• REFLEC BEAT plus BEMANI MUSIC FOCUS PACK 07
• ノスタルジア Op.2
• ポップンリズミン ポップン和風パック2

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• The ending part of 明鏡止水 is an arrangement of traditional Japanese folk song Sakura Sakura.
• A remix of 明鏡止水 by Sota Fujimori feat. Mutsuhiko Izumi, titled 明鏡止水 - Stop The Fire Mix, appears in GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2 Groove to Live.

Trivia

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• 明鏡止水 marks the first collaboration between Asaki and Tomosuke Funaki in BEMANI.
• 明鏡止水 is one of the pop'n music 10 preview songs that can be found on pop'n music 9 CS.
• 明鏡止水 is one of three EXTRA STAGEs new to GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX & drummania 10thMIX, along with MODEL DD6 and Orbital Velocity. Earning at least 95% Perfects on MODEL DD6 will access 鬼姫 on ENCORE STAGE, up to the highest difficulty tier played on EXTRA STAGE.
• In the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania and beatmania IIDX series, 明鏡止水's artist is shown as TOMOSUKE feat. あさき.
• 明鏡止水 appears as DLC for ポップンミュージック, in the 中級インストセット pack.
• 明鏡止水 is one of the SET LIST Revival Songs in GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3.
• 明鏡止水 received an EASY chart on December 12th, 2012 in pop'n music Sunny Park, replacing its old 5-Buttons chart.
• 明鏡止水 could be unlocked in REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper as part of the 7th Set (Users' SELECTION) of the BEMANI MUSIC FOCUS unlocking system. It ranked 4th overall in number of votes of the 30 possible song choices.
  • From September 17th, 2015 onwards, it could be purchased from the REFLEC Shop for 3800 Refle.
  • In REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA, it could be purchased in the Garage for 20 VOLZZA KEYs.
  • In REFLEC BEAT VOLZZA 2, it was playable by default.
• 明鏡止水 received a new jacket in the REFLEC BEAT series.
• 明鏡止水 is one of the Phase 1 unlockable songs of the Mystery Line event of beatmania IIDX 23 copula. It could be unlocked from April 27th, 2016.
  • 明鏡止水 uses its original video from the original GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series as its video.
  • In beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ, its charts can be purchased with Kinran no omamori (金襴のお守り) from December 14th, 2016.
  • From beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS onwards, it is available by default.
• In the beatmania IIDX series, 明鏡止水's genre is kept in Japanese.
• 明鏡止水's title uses a different font for the song title since beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ.
• After being removed from the initial release of REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア, 明鏡止水 was revived on April 5th, 2018.
• 明鏡止水 received brand-new MASTER charts in GITADORA EXCHAIN.
• 明鏡止水 is one of the unlocks of ノスタルジア Op.2's Minori no sato-kudamono batake- (実りの里-くだもの畑-) event. It could be unlocked from November 29th to December 19th, 2018 by collecting 126 stamps.
• 明鏡止水's EX chart will be re-rated in pop'n music peace on a currently unknown date.

Music Comment

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Song Production Information

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Video Production Information

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Character Information

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Difficulty & Notecounts

beatmania IIDX difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 0.00 to 9.99.
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+, 1 to 13 in VOLZZA/VOLZZA 2, and 1 to 15 in 悠久のリフレシア.
ノスタルジア difficulty rated from 1 to 12.
ポップンリズミン difficulty rated from 1 to 10. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from Pop'n Music Fever, BEMANIWiki 2nd, and TexTage.)

beatmania IIDX

Game	SP Difficulty					DP Difficulty
	BEGINNER	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA	NORMAL	HYPER	ANOTHER	LEGGENDARIA
Notecounts / Hell Charge Notes	-	438 / 0	976 / 0	1443 / 0	416 / 28	861 / 28	1346 / 20	{{{8}}}	{{{9}}}
beatmania IIDX 23 copula→Present	-	5	9	11	5	9	11	{{{9}}}	{{{10}}}

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	712	830	1043	475	475	475	332	332	332	475	475	475
GF11/dm10	47	53	92	50	73	82	39	46	58	57	78	88
GF/DM V→GF/DM V2	47	↑63	92	50	73	82	39	46	58	57	78	88
GF/DM V3	47	63	↓87	50	↓69	↓77	39	46	58	57	↓72	↓80
GF/DM V4→V8	47	63	↑88	50	69	77	39	46	58	57	72	80
GF/DM MASTERPIECE GOLD	47	63	87	50	69	77	39	46	58	57	72	80

XG & GITADORA Series

Game	Drum				Guitar				Bass
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master
Notecounts	433	830	1063	1291	226	389	475	475	252	332	332	332
GF/DM XG3	2.80	6.10	7.80	-	2.40	4.75	7.45	-	2.90	4.80	6.35	-
GITADORA→Tri-Boost	↑3.65	↑6.60	↑8.15	-	↑3.25	↑5.40	↑7.80	-	↑3.80	↑5.40	↑6.80	-
GITADORA Tri-Boost Re:EVOLVE	↓3.50	↑6.65	↑8.65	-	↓3.05	↓4.80	↓7.60	-	↓3.15	↓4.70	↓6.20	-
GITADORA Matixx	↑4.25	↑7.30	↑8.80	-	↑3.90	↑5.35	↑7.90	-	↓3.10	↑5.05	↑6.60	-
GITADORA EXCHAIN→Present	↑4.60	↑7.55	↑8.95	9.40	↓3.65	↓5.25	↑8.00	8.50	↓2.95	↓4.80	↓6.50	8.20
GITADORA (Mobile)	3.65	6.60	8.15	-	3.25	5.40	7.80	-	3.80	5.40	6.80	-

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode		PSP Exclusive
	EASY	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER	5B HYPER	7-Buttons	7B HYPER
Notecounts	294	523	1009	1128	283	698	512	493	924
pop'n music 10→20 fantasia	11	22	36	40	28	34	-	-	-
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present	※10	28	42	46	28	34	-	-	-
pop'n music 9 CS	11	22	36	40	28	34	-	-	-
pop'n music 10 CS	11	22	36	40	28	34	-	-	-
pop'n music 12 いろは CS	11	22	36	40	28	34	-	-	-
pop'n music portable	12	22	※36	※40	28	-	23	22	35

※ Denotes chart has been changed from the previous arcade charts

• pop'n music portable 9-button HYPER chart: total notes: 1008.
• pop'n music portable EX chart: total notes: 1126.
• EASY chart: total notes: 156.

REFLEC BEAT

Old Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	Special
Notecounts	190	363	730	-
REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! Upper→VOLZZA 2	4	7	10	-
REFLEC BEAT plus	4	7	10	-

New Charts

Game	Level
	Basic	Medium	Hard	White Hard
Notecounts	396	588	959	-
REFLEC BEAT 悠久のリフレシア	6	9	12	-

ノスタルジア

Game	Level
	Normal	Hard	Expert	Real
Notecounts	313	773	1396	-
ノスタルジア Op.2→Present	4	9	12	-

ポップンリズミン

Game	Difficulties
	Normal	Hyper	EX
Notecounts	180	276	508
ポップンリズミン	3	6	9

HELL course songs
HELL 1-5	I'm on Fire - すれちがう2人 Millennium mix - R.C. - 西新宿清掃曲
HELL 1-5 ReNew	すてきなタブーラ - 水中家族のテーマ - お江戸花吹雪 TEYAN-day MIX - Concertare
HELL 6	Midnight Yoghurt（女SPY☆お色気ゴーゴー脱出大作戦） - 작은행복 - H@ppy Choice - 大見解
HELL 7	Denpasar - SA-DA-ME - 夜間行 - Ending theme of pop'n music 6
HELL 6-7 ReNew	Maritare! - The tyro's reverie - 悲しいね - 夜間行
HELL the EIGHT	♥LOVE² シュガ→♥ - Over the night - pure - 釈迦
HELL 9	Dynamic! Atomic! S.C.B.G. ~ver.1~ - デパ地下のお話 - 男々道 - ブタパンチのテーマ
HELL 10	明鏡止水 - Jack - Holy Forest - ULTRA BUTTERFLY(坤剛力)
HELL-11	烏 - 怒れる大きな白い馬 - カゲロウ - でんがなマンガナ
HELL 12	雫 - Vairocana - 進め！爺ちゃん！ - 雪上断火
HELL 13	BAROQUE HOEDOWN - HypArcSin(x) - 文明開化 - ƒƒƒƒƒ
真HELL 13	フリーパス - KING of the SEA - Sanctum Crusade - 真超深ＴＩＯＮ
HELL 14	hora de verdad - BBLLAASSTT!! - 猿の経 - Übertreffen
HELL 1~14	Vairocana - ULTRA BUTTERFLY(坤剛力) - ブタパンチのテーマ - Übertreffen
HELL 15	Votum stellarum -forest #25 RMX- - 天庭 - ZETA〜素数の世界と超越者〜 - neu
HELL 16	バイキングマン - CHIP'N'RIDDIM - 万物快楽理論 - シュレーディンガーの猫
HELL 17	ƒƒƒƒƒ op.2 - 突然ゴルゴンゾーラ - Geiselhaus - 音楽
せんごく地獄	蛇神 - 西軍||∴⊂SEKIGAHARA⊃∴||東軍 - NOBUNAGA - 序
HELL TUNE STREET	Remain - BabeL ～Grand Story～ - BabeL ～Next Story～ - BabeL ～roof garden～
HELL fantasia	Southern Cross - カラルの月 - Eine Haube ～聖地の果てにあるもの～ - 少年は空を辿る
HELL Sunny Park	コドモライブ - 背徳と邪悪のエピタフ - 生命の焔纏いて - 生命の環を紡いで

BEMANI MUSIC FOCUS
1st Set (DJ TOTTO's SELECTION)	ABSOLUTE - CHOCOLATE PHILOSOPHY - LOGICAL DASH - era (nostalmix)
2nd Set (TAG's SELECTION)	DROP THE BOMB - AXIS - fellows - MAD BLAST
3rd Set (Des-ROW's SELECTION)	大見解 - Funky sonic World - BE LOVIN - CURUS
4th Set (Ryu☆'s SELECTION)	GENOM SCREAMS - Presto - JET WORLD - Go Beyond!!
5th Set (TOMOSUKE's SELECTION)	I'M GONNA GET YOU! - the keel - LOVE IS ORANGE - Gamelan de Couple
6th Set (kors k's SELECTION)	Flash Back 90's - White Eve - HELL SCAPER - starmine
7th Set (Users' SELECTION)	明鏡止水 - Pink Rose - sync - Beyond The Earth
8th Set (PHQUASE's SELECTION)	COSMIC COWGIRL - BOBBY SUE AND SKINNY JIM - 男々道 - Spica
9th Set (wac's SELECTION)	PULSE - GRADIUSIC CYBER - Nova emoção - 踊るフィーバーロボ
10th Set (dj TAKA's SELECTION)	♥Love²シュガ→♥ - Lucy - GUILTY - V - V₂
CONTENTS SELECTION	ZERO-ONE - MAKE A JAM! - Ping×Pong×Dash - DAY DREAM