Mei

Album art.

Song Information

Artist: Amuro vs Killer
Composition/Arrangement: Amuro & Killer
BPM: 66-200
Length: 2:15
Movie: Ta-k(synesthesia) (movie produced by KAZUYA TAKAHASHI (IMAGICA DC21))
First BEMANI Game Appearance: beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY
First DDR Game Appearance: Dance Dance Revolution X2

Lyrics

None.

Song Connections / Remixes

• A remix of 冥 by kors k, titled 冥 -0720Daddy's tenderness mix-, appears in the cyber beatnation 1st conclusion album.
• A rock arrangement of 冥 by 164, titled 冥 Rockin' SWING REMIX, can be found in SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH.
• 冥 is sampled in X-DEN, from beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage.
• A remix of 冥 by かめりあ, titled 冥 (かめりあ's "甦" Remix), appears in the beatmania IIDX 20th Anniversary Tribute BEST album.
  • A short version of 冥 (かめりあ's "甦" Remix) appears as an unused song in the HDD data for beatmania IIDX 28 BISTROVER.
• A symphonic arrangement of 冥 by Osamu Kubota and TaQ, titled 冥 (Orchestra Arr.), can be found in the BEMANI SYMPHONY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK album.
  • A short version of 冥 (Orchestra Arr.), titled 冥 (BEMANI SYMPHONY NOSTALGIA mix), appears in ノスタルジア Op.3.

Trivia

• The kanji used for the title (冥) is associated with darkness and is most commonly used in the word 冥王星 (meiousei), the Japanese word for the planet Pluto ("planet of the lord of darkness").
  • Because of this, 冥 is part of Dance Dance Revolution X2's PLUTO STORY course, alongside PARANOiA ～HADES～, Pluto, Pluto Relinquish, and Pluto The First.
• In Dance Dance Revolution X2, 冥 is one of the unlockable songs of the Ganbare PiX Kirakira douchuu (がんばれPiX キラキラ道中) event. It could be unlocked by having destroyed 800 planets, and launching PiX to a total distance of 490,000-520,000 light-years.
  • As of February 23rd, 2011, 冥 has been unlocked for normal play.
  • Also, as of April 1st, 2011, 冥's CHALLENGE charts have been unlocked for normal play.
    • 冥 is the first BEMANI crossover song in the Dance Dance Revolution series to have CHALLENGE charts rated Level 18.
• Prior to Dance Dance Revolution WORLD, 冥's music video is shown in the background of the WHITE MOVIE background dance stage and is not full-screen.
  • In Dance Dance Revolution II / hottest party5, 冥's video removes any on-screen dancers and is played in a tiny monitor on the opposite side of the player on Single and in the center on Double/Versus, due to Nintendo Wii memory limitations.
• On the American and European releases of the Dance Dance Revolution series before Dance Dance Revolution A, 冥's title is romanized as MEI.
• 冥 appears as downloadable content for Dance Dance Revolution S+, in the beatmania IIDX Song Pack 3.
• 冥 was one of the qualifying round songs in The 6th KONAMI Arcade Championship for Dance Dance Revolution A.
• 冥 is available in Dance Dance Revolution GRAND PRIX's GRAND PRIX mode from May 25th, 2023, by purchasing the GRAND PRIX music pack vol.20 (グランプリ楽曲パック vol.20).

Gallery

Album art (English version).

DDR S+ banner.

冥's BG video shown on-stage.

冥's Single Challenge chart's most difficult section is a 200 BPM 16th note stream with Afronova walks.

Song Production Information

D.J.Amuro

This song's theme is a story about a man's sad fate.
He said an eternal farewell to his family, and boards a shuttle alone in silence.
I'd like to leave this story from here up to your imagination.
I'd be happy if you can experience this story from the music.

dj Killer

This time, D.J.Amuro and I prepared killer notecharts with the highest number of notes to date.
I hope you'll experience [a journey to Pluto with no return].

Video Production Information

Ta-k(synesthesia)

I tried to create this movie with simple objects and irritating slow movements.
It'd be great if I can show "Mei" from a different angle.

Difficulty & Notecounts

Dance Dance Revolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Dance Dance Revolution

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	137 / 1	255 / 7	443 / 8	616 / 12	730 / 10 / 0	280 / 7	415 / 12	585 / 7	684 / 14 / 0
Dance Dance Revolution X2	3	7	11	16	18	7	11	15	18
Dance Dance Revolution X3 VS 2ndMIX→Present	3	7	11	16	18	7	↑12	15	18
Dance Dance Revolution S+	3	7	11	16	-	-	-	-	-
Dance Dance Revolution II / hottest party5	3	7	11	16	18	7	11	15	18
Dance Dance Revolution GRAND PRIX	3	7	11	16	18	7	12	15	18