Artist: SHAMDEL
Composition/Arrangement: SHAMDEL
Lyrics/Vocals: Blade
BPM: 132
Length: 2:04
Jacket design: T田
First Music Game Appearance: jubeat prop
Other Music Game Appearances:
I was riding Braid at midnight.
Distancing myself from my painful vow.
As he galloped I held on so tight
for my heart was too heavy to carry on.
A captive girl came into view.
Bathed in lights born from laughter and a thousand tears.
Braid said,
"It must be you who saves her."
So I opened the rusty door of "tower".
One step, Each step,
Going further, higher...
Now fly, from this crumbling cage and hear my sigh.
(You feel this shower of starlight?)
And I'll travel on to the end of night.
(Be free and cheerful!)
Tiny teardrops breaks the shackles...
I say to you,
"Bye for good, Princess."
Song Connections / Remixes
Towards the TOWER is the second song of the "Braid & Blade" series by SHAMDEL.
A piano demo version of Towards the TOWER, titled Towards the TOWER -piano demo-, can be found on the KONAMI♪MUSIC site as a digital download single, along with the original song, from November 4th to 30th, 2015.
The ノスタルジア series uses a slightly different version of Towards the TOWER, featuring additional piano arrangement by Jun Wakita.
Trivia
Towards the TOWER is the first unlockable song in jubeat prop's ARENA MODE, unlockable from September 7th to 13th, 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.
In jubeat Ave., it is one of the CONCIERGE unlocks of the LIGHT CHAT unlocking system from August 17th, 2022.
Towards the TOWER first appeared as a new song in jubeat plus' CHALLENGE SCRATCH. It was later included in the jubeat plus prop pack 4.
Towards the TOWER is unlockable in DanceDanceRevolution A from August 8th, 2016, as part of the BABY-LON'S ADVENTURE (バビロン アドベンチャー) event. It is unlocked by clearing WORLD 4.
Towards the TOWER ranked #1 in the BEMANI Fan Site CHECK!SONGS Monthly Ranking list for September 2015.
Towards the TOWER could be unlocked in ノスタルジア FORTE on August 15th and 22nd, 2017 as part of the Version up kinen gakkyoku koukan (バージョンアップ記念 楽曲交換) event, by having played both ノスタルジア FORTE and jubeat clan from August 7th to 20th, 2017.
It could be unlocked again from March 1st to 31st, 2018, as part of the Kikan gentei gakkyoku koukan event (期間限定 楽曲交換イベント).
Towards the TOWER's difficulty changes from DanceDanceRevolution A20 were applied to DanceDanceRevolution A on March 27th, 2019.
Towards the TOWER was included in ノスタルジア Op.3's GITADORA sub-category within the BEMANI category until December 11th, 2019. However, the song itself has yet to appear in the GuitarFreaks & DrumMania series.
Towards the TOWER's jubeat (2021) ratings were adjusted to its jubeat festo ratings on March 7th, 2022.
Towards the TOWER is available in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX's GRAND PRIX mode from May 23rd, 2022, by purchasing the GRAND PRIX music pack vol.6 (グランプリ楽曲パック vol.6).
Music Comment
From "jubeat".
Difficulty & Notecounts
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
jubeat to clan difficulty rated from 1 to 10, and 1 to 10.9 from festo onwards.
ノスタルジア difficulty rated from 1 to 12. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
