BLUE STRAGGLER
BLUE STRAGGLER
Song Information
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.
- In jubeat festo, it can be purchased at the emo MART.
- 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.
- BLUE STRAGGLER is available in beatmania IIDX INFINITAS as part of the beatmania IIDX INFINITAS 楽曲パック vol.4.
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 to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10, and 1 to 10.9 from festo onwards. (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 | - |
| beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro→Present | - | 4 | 7 | 10 | - | 4 | 8 | 10 | - |
| beatmania IIDX INFINITAS | - | 4 | 7 | 10 | - | 4 | 8 | 10 | - |
jubeat
| Game | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | 321 | 605 | 780 |
| jubeat saucer→clan | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| jubeat festo→Present | 5 | 9.7 | 10.3 |
| jubeat plus | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| jubeat plus (Android) | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| jukebeat | 5 | 9 | 10 |