Karma (BUMP OF CHICKEN)

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カルマ

Song Information

カルマ's jacket.

カルマ's pop'n music banner.

Composition: Motoo Fujiwara, BUMP OF CHICKEN
Arrangement/Guitar/Bass/Other Instruments:: Jin Senbonmatsu
Lyrics: Motoo Fujiwara
Vocals/Chorus: Nobumitsu Irio
Original Artist: BUMP OF CHICKEN
Album: supernova/カルマ (2005)
BPM: 195
Length: 1:38
pop'n music Genre: KARMA (カルマ)
pop'n music Character: MZD [10-1P]
Movie: 幸野正典, Kazuya Takahashi (Movie producer, IMAGICA DC21) (illustrations by 御船麻砥 (IMAGICA DC21))
First Music Game Appearance: GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3
Other Music Game Series Appearances:

• GuitarFreaksXG & DrumManiaXG
• pop'n music portable

Lyrics

Japanese

ガラス玉ひとつ 落とされた 追いかけてもうひとつ落っこちた
ひとつ分の陽だまりに ひとつだけ残ってる

心臓が始まった時 嫌でも人は場所を取る
奪われない様に 守り続けてる

汚さずに保ってきた手でも 汚れて見えた
記憶を疑う前に 記憶に疑われてる

必ず僕らは出会うだろう 同じ鼓動の音を目印にして
ここに居るよ いつだって呼んでるから
くたびれた理由が 重なって揺れる時
約束は果たされる
僕らはひとつになる

Romaji

GLASS dama hitotsu otosareta oikakete mou hitotsu okkochita
hitotsu bun no hidamari ni hitotsu dake nokotteru

shinzou ga hajimatta toki iya demo hito wa basho wo toru
ubawarenai you ni mamoritsuzuketeru

yogosazu ni tamottekita te demo yogorete mieta
kioku wo utagau mae ni kioku ni utagawareteru

kanarazu bokura wa deau darou
onaji kodou no oto wo mejirushi ni shite
koko ni iru yo itsu datte yonderu kara
kutabireta riyuu ga kasanatte yureru toki
yakusoku wa hatasareru
bokura wa hitotsu ni naru

English

A single glass marble fell, followed by another
In a patch of sunshine made for one, only one remains

When a person's heart starts beating, 
they assume a place, even if they don't want to
and they stay to protect that place, so no one takes it away

Even hands that you've kept clean will appear dirty
before you have a chance to doubt your memory
your memory will doubt you

I'm certain we'll meet one another,
our hearts which beat the same and will mark the way
'cause I'm right here, always calling out to you
When all the old reasons start to lose their ground
We will finish the promise
And become one

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

カルマ's banner.

• カルマ was also included on BUMP OF CHICKEN's 2007 album, Orbital Period.
• カルマ was used as the opening theme of the Japanese version of the PlayStation 2 RPG game Tales of the Abyss.

Music Comment

Untranslated.

Song Production Information

Jin Senbonmatsu

Impressive melodies and unique singing.
Also noteworthy are the lyrics. The abstract and story-like lyrics make you feel as if you are reading a picture book.
There are as many picture books as there are listeners. I think each of them will have a different ending.

Video Production Information

Asato Mifune

It's a very cool song, i was glad to draw illustrations for it. Please play it a lot by all means!

Masanori Kono

Untranslated.

Character Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

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. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from Pop'n Music Fever and BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

GuitarFreaks & DrumMania

Original Series

Game	Drum			Guitar			Bass			Open
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Basic	Advanced	Extreme
Notecounts	244	496	661	227	440	440	231	436	-	228	440	440
GF/DM V3	14	32	53	18	38	64	16	35	-	19	40	67
GF/DM V4→V8	14	32	53	18	38	63	16	35	-	19	40	66
GF/DM V3 CS	14	32	53	18	38	64	16	35	-	19	40	67

XG & GITADORA Series

Game	Drum				Guitar				Bass
	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master	Basic	Advanced	Extreme	Master
Notecounts	251	496	659	-	227	419	440	-	231	436	436	-
GF/DM XG→XG3	1.35	2.60	5.00	-	2.70	4.20	6.00	-	2.40	4.30	5.20	-

pop'n music

Game	Normal Mode				Battle Mode		PSP Exclusive
	5-Buttons	NORMAL	HYPER	EX	NORMAL	HYPER	5B HYPER	7-Buttons	7B HYPER
Notecounts	159	336	573	849	261	-	336	336	573
pop'n music portable	9	17	30	34	12	-	16	16	24