BLACK or WHITE?
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
VJ: 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.
- 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? can 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.
- 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.
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 | - |
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 |
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 |
| 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 |