αρχη

Song Information

 
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Artist: Dormir
Composition/Arrangement: Tomosuke Funaki
Lyrics/Vocals/Chorus: crimm
Guitar: Asaki
BPM: 120
Length: 2:00
Movie: 真理藻
pop'n music Genre: GENSOU ONGAKU (幻想音樂)
pop'n music Character: Alicia [19-3P]
First Music Game Appearance: GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3
Other Music Game Appearances:

Lyrics

Game Size

鏡の中の目をじっと見つめるように 
不思議おかしな世界に迷い込んだ

君はだれ 何のため 
ここに「いる」ってこと 
ほんとの場所はどこなの 
謎は続く

とおい宇宙は色を手に入れて 
追いかけても届かないもの

ぼくが住んでるのは お月様じゃない 
だけど決め付けるのも 違うのかも

太陽に恋する花 綺麗で悲しくなる 
ゆっくりと覗いたよ ふわふわのしっぽから

うみ かぜ そら あお 
くも とり はね しろ

ぼくにも不思議な手紙が来るかな 
もう二度とない 時間にさよなら 
今の願いを込めて

Long Version

鏡の中の目をじっと見つめるように 
不思議おかしな世界に迷い込んだ

君はだれ 何のため 
ここに「いる」ってこと 
ほんとの場所はどこなの 
謎は続く

とおい宇宙は色を手に入れて 
追いかけても届かないもの

かたちを気ままに変える雲をつかまえて 
不思議おかしなかけらを胸に抱いた

君は何 だれのため 
今も「いる」ってこと 
ほんとの場所を目指すの 
謎は続く

染まる宇宙は永遠に繰り返す 
透明にはかえられないもの

ぼくが住んでるのは お月様じゃない 
だけど決め付けるのも 違うのかも

太陽に恋する花 綺麗で悲しくなる 
ゆっくりと覗いたよ ふわふわのしっぽから

うみ かぜ そら あお 
くも とり はね しろ

ぼくにも不思議な手紙が来るかな 
もう二度とない 時間にさよなら 
今の願いを込めて

Song Connections / Remixes

  • A long version of αρχη can be found on Dormir's album, Petit March.
    • pop'n music 20 fantasia uses a short edit of this version of αρχη.
  • DanceDanceRevolution Winx Club uses a shorter version of αρχη.

Trivia

  • Pronounced "arche", αρχη is the Greek word for "origin." It is also the name of a Muse in Greek Mythology as well as one of Jupiter's moons.
  • αρχη is GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3's Encore Stage at Extra Level 2. At Extra Level 3, the song moves down to Extra Stage. The song becomes playable in Standard mode at Extra Level 9, the game's final Extra Level, by playing the song as Extra Stage.
  • On the console version of GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3, αρχη starts as the game's Premium Encore Stage at Extra Level 1, moving down to Encore Stage at Extra Level 2 and Extra Stage at Extra Level 3. At Extra Level 4, the song becomes available in Standard mode on all stages.
  • Since the inception of the Extra Rush system in GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3, αρχη is the only Extra/Encore Stage song Tomosuke Funaki has composed for GF/DM.
  • αρχη was made available for play in GuitarFreaksXG & DrumManiaXG as an unlock in Jukebox #3.
  • αρχη received an EASY chart in pop'n music Sunny Park, replacing its old 5-Buttons chart.

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

GF/DM difficulty rated from 1 to 99.
GF/DM XG 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 through Sunny Park. ((Ratings and notecounts from Pop'n Music Fever and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game Drums Guitar Bass Open
Basic Advanced Extreme Basic Advanced Extreme Basic Advanced Extreme Basic Advanced Extreme
Notecounts 664 918 1092 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania V3 47 66 87 41 56 70 24 43 49 43 58 72
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania V4→V8 47 66 ↑92 41 56 70 24 43 49 43 58 72

XG Series

Game Drums Guitar Bass
Novice Regular Expert Master Novice Regular Expert Master Novice Regular Expert Master
Notecounts ? ? ? - ? ? ? - ? ? ? -
GuitarFreaks & DrumManiaXG→Present 5.10 6.30 7.53 - 3.40 5.00 6.65 - 3.20 4.45 6.70 -

pop'n music

Game Standard Battle
5 Button Normal Hyper EX Normal Hyper
Notecounts 410 423 801 1254 406 661
pop'n music 20 fantasia 16 20 32 41 14 29
pop'n music Sunny Park→Present 12 ↑26 ↑38 ↑47 14 29

※ The notecount of this chart is different from the old 5-Buttons chart (total notes: 199).