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=== DanceDanceRevolution ===
=== DanceDanceRevolution ===
==== NAOKI MAEDA ====
==== NAOKI MAEDA ====
It's BeForU's first dramatic middle tempo number.
It's BeForU's first dramatic mid-tempo number.


People repeatedly experience meetings and partings, and I live with these various overlapping thoughts. If there's a beginning, there's an ending. But if there's an ending, there's something that begins.
People repeatedly experience meetings and partings, and live their lives with various overlapping thoughts. If there's a beginning, there's an end. But if there's an end, there's something that begins.


This song named graduation is not just about looking back at the past and ending a drama, but continues for the future of tomorrow after graduating.
This song, named graduation, is not just about looking back at the past and ending a drama, but also about graduating from something and the future that starts tomorrow.


=== pop'n music ===
=== pop'n music ===
==== NAOKI MAEDA ====
==== NAOKI MAEDA ====
There are 4 versions of GRADUATION, but the version in pop'n 12 this time is a game-short version used in DDR.
There are 4 versions of GRADUATION, and the version used this time in pop'n 12 is the game-sized short version used in DDR.


During the season when I was making this song, it coincided with the time when the main vocalist Kosaka graduated from high school.<br>
During the time when I was making this song, it coincided with the time when the main vocalist, Kosaka, graduated from high school.<br>
So it seems her real feelings were placed in the song's lyrics.
Her real feelings were seemingly reflected in this song's lyrics.


Several times in life when people repeatedly "graduate", what do they gain and lose?
Several times in life when people repeatedly "graduate", what do they gain and lose?


For the sake of our future, you should advance towards a guided path where there's perhaps "graduation".
A "graduation" may be there to guide us to the path we should advance, for the sake of our future.


== Video Production Information ==
== Video Production Information ==
=== RICE.C ===
=== RICE.C ===
During the song's movie in the scene of running down a slope, I was initially thinking of including [[EMI]]'s family-run electronics store on a telephone pole sign, but the idea was rejected with the risk it used another company's name. With the "Shiba" connection, it became "Biker Mikoshiba (Note: pop'n team designer)".
During the movie scene where she is running down a slope, I was initially thought of including [[EMI]]'s family-run electronics store on a telephone pole sign, but the idea was rejected with the risk it used another company's name. With the "Shiba" connection, it became "Biker Mikoshiba" (note: pop'n team designer).


I thought about telling him but forgot, so I vigorously got consent after video production concluded. I'm sorry Mikoshiba.
I thought about telling him, but forgot to do so, so I vigorously got consent after video production concluded. I'm sorry Mikoshiba.


PS: Congratulations to everyone who graduated this year!
PS: Congratulations to everyone who graduated this year!
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== Character Information ==
== Character Information ==
In this season when cherry blossoms bloom... I'm graduating!<br>
In this season when cherry blossoms bloom... I'm graduating!<br>
After all, a new world awaits!
After all, a new world awaits me!
 
=== chihi ===
=== chihi ===
Untranslated.
The last time she was in a frog color, so this time I've selected white for spring.<br>
Her ears look as cute kamaboko, don't they?<br>
Graduation... Speaking of graduation, in my case, I didn't really feel sad about the second button. The atmosphere was more like, "Yay~! I'm graduating~!", even if there were a lot of people unsure of what to do next.


== Staff Comments ==
== Staff Comments ==