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== Song Information ==
== Song Information ==
Artist: kobo<br>
Artist: kobo<br>
Composition/Arrangement: [[Shuichi Kobori|kobo]]<br>
Composition/Arrangement: [[Shuichi Kobori|kobo]]<br>
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== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
None.
None.


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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
* PATRIOTISM is Shuichi Kobori's first song made for an arcade beatmania IIDX title.
* PATRIOTISM is Shuichi Kobori's first song made for an arcade beatmania IIDX title.


== Song Production Information ==
== Song Production Information ==
=== kobo ===
=== kobo ===
 
Hello, everyone ... it has been a while.<br>
Hello, everyone ... it's been a while.<br>
I hope you all remember me ...<br>
I hope you all remember me ...<br>
I haven't done any BEMANI work in a long time, but thanks to [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] I've gotten the chance to write a song for you all again. It's always a lot of fun, and I'm really grateful for the chance.
I have not done any BEMANI work in a long time, but thanks to [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] I have gotten the chance to write a song for you all again. It is always a lot of fun, and I am really grateful for the chance.


Hmm, well, let's see, the song I've got this time is kind of reflective of instable and muddled current affairs in the world and the way it has reflected into the instability and muddiness of my daily life. That's the sort of thing I wanted to convey (meaning unknown).
Hmm, well, let's see, the song I have got this time is kind of reflective of instable and muddled current affairs in the world and the way it has reflected into the instability and muddiness of my daily life. That is the sort of thing I wanted to convey (meaning unknown).


Heh, just kidding! I actually had a lot of fun writing this song!<br>
Heh, just kidding! I actually had a lot of fun writing this song!<br>
If everyone else likes it too, it'll make make me HAPPY☆
If everyone else likes it too, it will make me HAPPY☆


== Video Production Information ==
== Video Production Information ==
=== GOLI ===
=== GOLI ===
 
The illustrations here are all based on images that stem from the name of this song; I have tried to portray them as accurately as possible ... The setting ... well, it is more Japanese. I tried to give it meaning and style from the Bakumatsu period [at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate ca. 1853-1867]. The people of that time, just like people today, must have had problems that stemmed from misunderstandings. This song is really very refined and cool, so I tried to refine my drawing style to match it.<br>
The illustrations here are all based on images that stem from the name of this song; I've tried to portray them as accurately as possible ... The setting ... well, it's more Japanese. I tried to give it meaning and style from the Bakumatsu period [at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate ca. 1853-1867]. The people of that time, just like people today, must have had problems that stemmed from misunderstandings. This song is really very refined and cool, so I tried to refine my drawing style to match it.<br>
"Patriotism", politics, love, hatred, ambition, devotion ... what is left at the end is just a little bit of conscience. (This is kind of like the opposite of [[Setsugekka]] ... )
"Patriotism", politics, love, hatred, ambition, devotion ... what's left at the end is just a little bit of conscience. (This is kind of like the opposite of [[Setsugekka]] ... )


== Difficulty & Notecounts ==
== Difficulty & Notecounts ==