Ai no shirushi
愛のしるし
Song Information
Composition/Lyrics: Masamune Kusano
Vocals/Chorus: Junko Terashima, Yuka Saito
Guitar: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Bass: Yoshihiko Koezuka
Keyboard/Other Instruments & Drum Programming: Hideyuki Ono, Kazuhiro Senoo
Recording Engineer: Yuei Uematsu
Original Artist: PUFFY
Album: 愛のしるし (1998)
BPM: 130
Length: 1:26
Movie: Unknown
First Music Game Appearance: GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX
Other Music Game Appearances:
Lyrics
Japanese
ヤワなハートがしびれる ここちよい針のシゲキ 理由もないのに輝く それだけが愛のしるし いつか あなたには すべて 打ち明けよう 少し強くなるために 壊れたボートで 一人 漕いで行く 夢の中でもわかる めくるめく夜の不思議
Romaji
yawana HEART ga shibireru kokochi yoi hari no shigeki wake mo nai no ni kagayaku sore dake ga ai no shirushi itsuka anata ni wa subete uchi akeyou sukoshi tsuyoku naru tame ni kowareta BOAT de hitori koide yuku yume no naka demo wakaru mekuru meku yoru no fushigi
English
A soft heart goes numb Comfortable stimulus of the needles It shines without reason That's the only sign of love Some day I will open my mind to you In order to become a little stronger I row a broken boat alone I can tell even in my dreams about the dazzling mysterious night
Song Connections / Remixes
- An instrumental version of 愛のしるし can be found in Percussion Freaks.
Trivia
- This song has different backgrounds, banners, jackets, or other related images. For more information, please see this page.
- 愛のしるし later appeared in PUFFY's second album, JET CD, a few weeks later.
- 愛のしるし was used as the commercial song for Shiseido's TISS cleansing oil.
- 愛のしるし holds the record for most consecutive song appearances of a license in the classic GuitarFreaks & DrumMania franchise, being in 16 consecutive games (22 if the XG and GITADORA series are counted).
- 愛のしるし was eventually removed from GITADORA Tri-Boost on February 12th, 2016.
- 愛のしるし had the lowest difficulty level of any GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX-beyond song on the Drum BASIC difficulty at 10. It still holds the lowest-rated Guitar BASIC chart at 10.
- 愛のしるし translates out to "Sign of Love" in English.
- On the Asian releases of Percussion Freaks prior to Percussion Freaks 8thMIX, 愛のしるし's title was romanized as AI NO SHIRUSHI.
- 愛のしるし received Challenge (チャレンジ) charts in GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3 on March 13th, 2012.
- 愛のしるし received new Drum and Guitar BASIC charts in GITADORA, replacing its old charts.
- 愛のしるし was added to コナステ GITADORA on July 19th, 2022.
Song Production Information
None.
Video Production Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania difficulty from the original games to GUITARFREAKS 4thMIX & drummania 3rdMIX rated from 1 to 10, and 1 to 99 from GUITARFREAKS 5thMIX & drummania 4thMIX onwards.
GF/DM XG and GITADORA difficulty rated from 1.00 to 9.99. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd, Zygo the drummaniacs and the GF/DM XG2 official website.)
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania
Original Series
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | Open | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | |
| Notecounts | 227 | 396 | - | 186 | 186 | 186 | 257 | 257 | - | - | - | - |
| GF4/dm3 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
| GF5/dm4→GF6/dm5 | 13 | 23 | - | 14 | 27 | 39 | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
| GF7/dm6 | ↑16 | ↑26 | - | ↓10 | ↓16 | ↓36 | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
| GF8/dm7 | ↓10 | ↓21 | - | ↑11 | ↑18 | ↑40 | 24 | 27 | - | - | - | - |
| GF8/dm7 power-up ver.→GF/DM V2 | 10 | ↓20 | - | ↓10 | ↓17 | ↓39 | ↓22 | ↓26 | - | - | - | - |
| GF/DM V3→V8 | ↑11 | 20 | - | 10 | 17 | ↓29 | 22 | 26 | - | - | - | - |
| ギタドラ! GF4/dm3 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | N/A | N/A | - | - | - | - |
Other charts not shown on the above table:
- GF8/dm7 Drum EASY chart: Total notes: 178.
- GF8/dm7 Guitar EASY chart: Total notes: 122.
XG & GITADORA Series
Old Charts
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | |
| Notecounts | 194 | 227 | 396 | - | 116 | 186 | 186 | - | 128 | 226 | 257 | - |
| GF/DM XG→XG3 | 1.20 | 1.50 | 3.00 | - | 1.20 | 2.10 | 3.55 | - | 1.40 | 2.70 | 3.50 | - |
Challenge Charts
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | |
| Notecounts | 159 | - | - | - | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GF/DM XG3 | 0.70 | - | - | - | 0.70 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
New Charts
| Game | Drum | Guitar | Bass | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | Basic | Advanced | Extreme | Master | |
| Notecounts | 159 | 227 | 396 | - | 98 | 186 | 186 | - | 128 | 226 | 257 | - |
| GITADORA→Tri-Boost | 1.70 | ↑2.30 | ↑3.75 | - | 1.05 | ↑3.00 | ↑4.30 | - | ↑2.20 | ↑3.65 | ↑4.25 | - |
| コナステ GITADORA | 1.35 | 1.85 | 3.50 | - | 1.05 | 2.50 | 3.80 | - | 1.50 | 3.25 | 3.75 | - |