The Strangest Song in Taiko no Tatsujin

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Today, I cover what I think is the strangest and/or most mysterious song in Taiko no Tatsujin, Ka. Or 彁. Definitely not as spooky as Joubutsu2000, but I think this one's a lot more fun to cover as far as rhythm games go. Guess what - it's a LeaF song. And an april fools song.
Huge credits go to Taiko Time for research resources, and Latios for helpin' me with the script on this.
Taiko Time: taikotime.blogspot.com
Latioslife: ‪@Latioslife‬
Rhythmic Analysis by Jakads: (‪@Jakads_realkk‬ )
• [J] Rhythm Analysis of...
Ka's Music Video:
• 【太鼓の達人】彁（Movie:Fiz）
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:41 - A quick history lesson
2:46 - QR Codes
3:02 - "Ka"
7:07 - The Chart
9:26 - Dissecting the Difficulty

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@tzechi 10 ай бұрын

NOTES: * You could split the first era of taiko into 2, technically. So you'd have 4 in total. I covered only 3 because they're the ones with the most differences and also because... video length. * Nobody actually knows for sure how the kanji character for Ka came about. The scribble story *COULD* be correct, but that story isn't verified afaik. * I just realized I forgot to include the second conversation between don-chan and ka-chan for the second QR code (WHOOPS IM SORRY). It was almost the same as the first conversation, but here it is. Ka-chan: Another mysterious code?! Don-chan: It looks like it can be used all over the world from today onwards Don. Ka-chan: "Just hold it over the [code reader] on the game console, Kacchan!" Don-chan: “I’ll try using it right away, Don!” Don & Ka-chan "This is...!" After that, who saw the two of them? * The definition of polyrhythms in this video is simplified because... this isn't a music theory video. im not adam neely :( But for all intents and purposes that simplified definition will do for this video. Thank you guys for watching, put a lot of sweat and tears into trying to figure premiere out for this video. thank u guys for watching i need to go sleep i have a fever I LOVE YOU GUYS

@chickenosaurus_rex 10 ай бұрын

how do you even edit this

@TFD500Official 10 ай бұрын

personally apart from the taiko gens (i thought there was 4 of them...) you did a solid job!!

@starpeep5769 4 ай бұрын

Omg theres a story for yuurei moji ka!?

@Sakuya_Knifs 10 ай бұрын

Fun fact: the MV at the end has a hidden QR code too. By fixing the QR Code and scanning the Code it goes to the twitter website asking you to deactivate your account. Due to twitter changes though, it doesn't seem to work anymore.

@Kirbyfan45 10 ай бұрын

WAIT WHAT. WHY!?

@Galafador 10 ай бұрын

LeaF here be giving humanity a favor by making them leave twitter lol

@huh0123 10 ай бұрын

@@Kirbyfan45technically they would be doing everyone a favor by killing off Twitter.

@Kirbyfan45 10 ай бұрын

@@huh0123 TRULY THE COMEDIC MOVE

@Sakuya_Knifs 10 ай бұрын

@@Kirbyfan45 My theory is that due to the fact that there is a very overwhelming amount of time signatures and noise in the Song, the Girl in the MV could very much trying to escape yet is unable to due to a broken exit being a corrupted QR Code essentially being stuck forever as corrupted data since QR Codes could be considered a door or a gate to another place.

@RandmAnimal 10 ай бұрын

Seeing leaF alone already explains its difficulty

@ZesTofthelemon 10 ай бұрын

aleph zero ptsd

@tacollab0924 10 ай бұрын

@@ZesTofthelemon i knew i had seen that name before

@gmdtungsten 7 ай бұрын

@@ZesTofthelemonlook at the level in gd, the song is always impossibly hard

@gothicwvlff 6 ай бұрын

@@ZesTofthelemon heavensdoor for me

@ripleyandweeds1288 10 ай бұрын

"what if an entire song was a polyrhythm?" FEAR. TERROR EVEN.

@janmagtoast 10 ай бұрын

Just want to point out that "ka" is also the german shortform for "Keine Ahnung" which gets translated to "no idea" or "no clue" which is pretty fitting for that ghost kanji

@jordy9606 10 ай бұрын

i wish we had an english abbreviation for no idea that people wouldn't say "what does ni mean" to every time

@janmagtoast 10 ай бұрын

@@jordy9606 "idk" exist

@jordy9606 10 ай бұрын

@@janmagtoast UR RIGHT oh my god!

@janmagtoast 10 ай бұрын

@@jordy9606 XD

@Signify. 10 ай бұрын

And just like that, I am no longer a german failure to my father. :DDDDDD

@DaVince21 10 ай бұрын

This reminds me a lot of the crazy stunts the Muse Dash developers pull in their game. The crazy, weird and glitched charts are the ones I love the most by far.

@RenShinomiya121 10 ай бұрын

I often think that Muse Dash and Taiko are the same kind of games, just read differently. I even think that Muse Dash is inspired by Taiko. > Taiko uses 2 type of notes, but shown on the same lane, meanwhile Muse Dash shows them on different lanes. > The charting also makes use of different notes appearing on different scroll speeds at the same time in higher difficulties as a gimmick. The only main difference in Muse Dash compared to Taiko, is that Muse Dash mostly treats it's gameplay as a platformer by having obstacles you need to avoid and things to collect. Meanwhile Taiko is basically a drumming rhythm game.

@DaVince21 10 ай бұрын

@@RenShinomiya121 Yeah, there's definitely an overlap in how they're played, aside from the long notes.

@MasterYoshitaka 10 ай бұрын

Yeah there's a few charts in Muse dash that have polyrhythms. On top of that it's been double layered in one of the recent previous april fools songs where the lanes had notes of different scroll speeds and had different rhythms to the bottom and upper lanes.

@DaVince21 10 ай бұрын

@@MasterYoshitaka Yeah, and there's a lot more that they do to keep the charts interesting. Rapidly flipping between visual themes, distorting the visuals, pausing and repeating the background scroll, replacing enemies, turning the screen black... Sometimes they even replace the gameplay mechanics themselves like with the secret Touhou danmaku mode. I've never seen so many surprises and Easter eggs in one rhythm game.

@0trial 10 ай бұрын

Which chart is that you talking about?

@jarednobrony2000 10 ай бұрын

KA's Ura really reminded me of Donkama 2000, where players had a hard time hitting the notes due to them being at different speeds, sometimes even flying off the screen. KA is really one of the hardest songs ever that can take Donkama 2000 a run for its arcade points. And great video!👍

@BluBerry3 10 ай бұрын

It reminded me of waraeru 2000 a lot, really random and an April fools song, also the insane freaking chart

@lillieampurra 10 ай бұрын

man, if this was made for the original gen of cabinets, it would definitely be a creepypasta. the different difficulty switch animation, the erratic and overlapping beats, even the lack of a name.

@polychrome2838 10 ай бұрын

Oh absolutely. I unironically love it when there's stuff in games that feel like irl creepypastas so this is more than up my alley.

@elesqueleto2010 7 ай бұрын

but then don-chan appeared with hyper reallistic blood and then he chased me through the arcade to try and kill me.

@ugyuu 10 ай бұрын

Finally, now I can use this to explain to my friends why I'm so obsessed with this song. It's a perfectly healthy obsession, trust me :')

@LeOwwAndRose 10 ай бұрын

That hidden demon effect is fucking terrifying to listen to

@iloveyou3890 2 ай бұрын

Imagine if some unknowing person was like “oh yeah this seems like fun!” and jumps back out of fear because of the effect from switching and jumps even farther from fear from the charting

@Khailaboo 10 ай бұрын

No wonder it was so popular. I dont play Taiko no that much but loved LeaF so when it came out i thought it was a normal LeaF song, (beside the QR code at the end). Cool to see this!

@Dooty-Doot 10 ай бұрын

As someone who knew nearly nothing about Taiko no Tatsujin before watching this video, *what did I just witness and how is this even possible* I'm so confused on how skilled Taiko players are. If you handed me a Taiko drum I'd probably only be decent on some of the easy songs 😕

@stuffwmily.x 10 ай бұрын

Same :(

@adameightynineeightynine 9 ай бұрын

well that's Japan for you.

@Dooty-Doot 9 ай бұрын

@@adameightynineeightynine Fair, I don't know what I expected

@helloimakebadcontent 9 ай бұрын

The international ports in question:

@AJtheprogrammer 8 ай бұрын

welcome to the world of rhythm games

@saturn6285 10 ай бұрын

the dons at the final drum hell part of the song is hella spot on. ear-piercing but rly satisfying

@Rezeee 10 ай бұрын

Man this is why I love LeaF, such an incredible artist. Also great video! super informative and entertaining.

@supersayainasriel6745 10 ай бұрын

Charter: "Okay hidden demon, how much doom percussion do you want" Hidden demon: "YES"

@SpaceCode10 10 ай бұрын

the editing is truly chefs kiss :D. I need to start looking into crazy rhythm game stuff like this, they are getting more and more interesting.

@a-suolubeN 10 ай бұрын

5:48 complement It is said that this character was born from the lack of technology of printing newspapers I love your videos and TAIKO-no-TATSUJIN! from JAPAN

@howdytherestranger2139 10 ай бұрын

why is it actually a banger tho. I'd unironically listen to this in my study playlist

@AkaneSakurai 10 ай бұрын

Real, it slaps hard

@JustAGenericGoofyFool 10 ай бұрын

good lord the hidden demon chart though-

@eris6676 9 ай бұрын

You don't have to apologize for corrections or what you feel is subpar narration or whatever else you think of. You're a great video essayist! Have confidence in your work!

@helloimakebadcontent 9 ай бұрын

Frums and LeaF could make good friends, and this proves it.

@gothicwvlff 6 ай бұрын

i think frums is the one that translated the marenol description when it came out

@SlyHikari03 10 ай бұрын

That demon effect is crazy. Also, the song kinda reminds me of something I’d hear on an oneohtrix point never album.

@Moox_0 10 ай бұрын

I love this type of informative content, great video

@ZesTofthelemon 10 ай бұрын

I just love how Taiko no Tatsujin on the surface is a fun, cheerful kids' rhythm game but then you dive a little deeper and you find THIS.

@elesqueleto2010 7 ай бұрын

the 2000s song lyrics are DARK.

@BlueDragonGalaxy 10 ай бұрын

I know this is a Taiko no Tatsujin video but I wanted to thank you anyway for helping me play Patapon 2 better. I haven't played a lot of different rhythm games so I was struggling with the minigames in Patapon 2 that don't have a lot of visual cues to play off of but after watching your video I remembered the "Dissecting the Difficulty" part, where you explained how Taiko players see notes, and with that tip on how to break down notes I was finally able to start perfecting the minigames that gave me the most trouble. Unrelated game, but I couldn't have done it without your rhythm game insight so once again: I sincerely thank you!

@VuesTuves 10 ай бұрын

Man , that hidden demon Effect is so fucking Terrifying to listen to ☠️

@IDGs_space 10 ай бұрын

i've been looking for a video of this being played since I first heard about ka! i've never been into taiko so i had no idea about all of the little quirks, so this is super cool to see!!

@AriScarlet 10 ай бұрын

I love this type of content. Thank you for your great video.!

@kakashyx9166 10 ай бұрын

always love me rhythm game video essays like this

@nullbyt 10 ай бұрын

Fantastic analysis. Super interesting video.

@overtimechaos 10 ай бұрын

4:03 the moment he mention LeaF, I knew this is song will be up to no good

@DashyDesu 10 ай бұрын

omg ka lets go??? (edit) latios lets go????? as a whole this video explained the song pretty well! good work as always

@irtehmrepic 10 ай бұрын

God syncopation in a rhythm game like in that hidden demon chart is actually evil what the hell

@yousefslimani99 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for making this video about explaining this mysterious and most weirdest song I ever played, I wouldn't know about this without you, Keep up the good work for making more taiko contents

@CultureAppropriator 10 ай бұрын

i didnt know there were humans outside of japan talking about this song lol

@reallaughing 10 ай бұрын

iirc the QR codes expired a while back and to unlock it now, you have to play with someone else who has already unlocked the song/chart

@tzechi 10 ай бұрын

nah, you have to scan it before putting your banapass on the machine (for some strange reason)

@PolaX3 10 ай бұрын

The April Fool’s 2021 QR Code is now expired (or at least it doesn’t work for me) but the April Fool’s 2022 QR Code still works. So to unlock it you need to scan the April Fool’s 2022 QR code which unlocks Ka in all difficulty including Ura Oni.

@FPSUS 10 ай бұрын

These taiko vids are so interesting. Best taiko channel out there

@soulsearch13 6 ай бұрын

I adore this song and all of LeaF’s songs, great video

@fihess 10 ай бұрын

i dont know much of anything about taiko but these vids r a fun watch lol

@planetsaturn222 10 ай бұрын

If “Ka” doesn’t mean anything and also doesn’t have a proper reason to why it exists, then it technically means “unknown nothing”

@Maooooo422 10 ай бұрын

As someone who’s only Taiko talent is from pop tap beat and rhythmic adventure, I can confirm Donkama2000 is the hardest.song.ever

@abarette_ 10 ай бұрын

1K likes!! well deserved, very complete vid

@steveluvscows2490 10 ай бұрын

The TRUE nightmare of every rhythm game player, even japanese ones.

@dankweaboo1105 10 ай бұрын

new tzechi video i wake

@blazinlmao 10 ай бұрын

ahhh i love this style of video you do! 🩵

@Bigmanriv 10 ай бұрын

Wait… this guy made a taiko song AND a song used in one of the most if not the most infamous horror level in all of geometry dash? HOLY SHIT IM INTERESTED

@A91nrehtuoS 10 ай бұрын

Level?

@PriffyViole 10 ай бұрын

You mean Muse Dash?

@A91nrehtuoS 10 ай бұрын

@@PriffyViole no

@Bigmanriv 10 ай бұрын

@@PriffyViole no dude wtf is muse dash

@ValuableBlueberry 10 ай бұрын

@@PriffyViole You meant preaty much all Rythm games?

@itryen7632 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for reminding me yet again that arcades don't exist in my home country, as they were illegal until 2003 and nobody here wants to go outside and meet other people who enjoy skill-based videogames as well as music.

@MochaBunnyno-qy3qm 10 ай бұрын

Why were arcades illegal???????

@itryen7632 10 ай бұрын

@@MochaBunnyno-qy3qm I have no clue. Why did the ministry of transport decide to turn the nationalized railway agency into a profit-driven company with assets 100% owned by the state and no competition? This place is full of mysteries.

@manimdead485 10 ай бұрын

11:26 Holy f(ドン)king s(カッ)t.

@TheRealSuperKirby 8 ай бұрын

It really felt like this was building up to something really creepy, or a really cool, like it had a story to tell, and the it just... doesn't. And that makes it even more of an enigma to me.

@user-ki8tv3qt6f 10 ай бұрын

8:12 hits hard!

@Doodles1265 7 ай бұрын

the music video gives me strong madoka magica witch labyrinth vibes, especially stacey’s labyrinth

@Kerroppiesens_cookies12 8 күн бұрын

I saw you💅

@faereman 9 ай бұрын

This song is fascinating, and really fun to listen to in a weird way.

@poppy_null 10 ай бұрын

YAAAAY VIDEO ESSAY ON KA

@YaboiTombuto 10 ай бұрын

zechi da god with another banger

@bubbus8821 10 ай бұрын

6:33 Jumpscare warning. 👻👻

@Lasagnamuncher61 10 ай бұрын

I finally found your channel again 😭😭😭😭

@_iamsam 10 ай бұрын

literally have never played this game but my jaw DROPPED when i saw the chart....

@poppip10 10 ай бұрын

not gonna lie i needed a taiko video rn

@superboi_Gaming 10 ай бұрын

13:07 my friend trying to sing something Me with the drums

@levi9922 10 ай бұрын

nice vid! but just for future notes, please pay attention to the sound levels between your voice and the song itself. i found myself having to adjust the volume multiple times throughout the video. i think your vocal isnt loud enough? but the vid itself is nice! ❤

@bagon1374 10 ай бұрын

finally someone talking about this song

@Hzul_ 10 ай бұрын

very cool video

@scarecrow5848 10 ай бұрын

"upgraded" CRT's are better than every LCD screen and are comparable to modern OLEDS while still having HIGH refresh rates just due to the analog display. For example 60hz on a CRT looks like 80hz and you can easily overclock the displays with no extra ghosting.

@-throat- 10 ай бұрын

3:26 "I don't know how to find voice a-" I mean I could try, uh

@user-sb2lg1ws2r 4 ай бұрын

私は彁が大好きなので彁について細かく解説してもらえてとても嬉しいです！

@lanceraltria 2 ай бұрын

4:3 polyrhythm (4 dons vs 3 kas) is actually a pretty dominant part of Donkama 2000, if you can play that polyrhythm you basically can clear Donkama 2000 on Hard.

@yorinmi 10 ай бұрын

2:19 that's the girl from koushin koinu idk the rest of the manga title, right? I really like this manga

@nooblangpoo 10 ай бұрын

I know jack shit about taiko no tatsujin but the song fits in the experimental form and how the drums are structured can fit into drum jazz like Caravan and The Century Project.

@dancefloorwashisname 10 ай бұрын

i love this video 🤩

@acooldudeman2431 10 ай бұрын

mannn i dont know what ka is this but. good video

@GabeZambrano 10 ай бұрын

Fun fact: if you play hidden demon on “ka” your hands and wrists will absolutly get destroyed

@luceius_cmj6540 10 ай бұрын

i see tzechi post i click

@janmagtoast 10 ай бұрын

Don't you first plug your taiko drums, bind drum to click and then drum on the video like any normal tzechi viewer?

@luceius_cmj6540 10 ай бұрын

im broke

@shueeryap6792 10 ай бұрын

I SAW THIS AT A ARCADE PLACE YESTERDAY-

@Wack910 10 ай бұрын

did the guy do good

@ValuableBlueberry 10 ай бұрын

@@Wack910 i think he broke the drumbs lol

@RalseiGaming 10 ай бұрын

2:08 correction march 2020 to april 2027

@user-dw5qi6zi7y 4 ай бұрын

ぼつでーた feels more like "scrapped/bad data" than "hidden data"

@foxans1919 10 ай бұрын

This is one of the most bizarre things ive ever seen, with nonsensical notions of rhythm, a chaotic, fragmented and disjointed song seemingly made by an ai that has no idea what music theory is, let alone structure

@ValuableBlueberry 10 ай бұрын

well its LeaF and hes well known of chaotic songs i think

@wtf-why-do-we-have-handles-now 3 ай бұрын

its not ai, its experimental

@pryn.darkstorm 10 ай бұрын

To put it in the simplest way, you're a one man band but you have to read all your notes on a single staff.

@puddingcake3002 9 ай бұрын

I play freaking the ensemble stars rhythm game on expert difficulty and i think i have like seven different panic attacks watching that gameplay

@cuberman5948 2 ай бұрын

NOW IMAGINE WAVETAPPER BY FRUMS IN TAIKO

@PrettyLoveLaceOnYT 10 ай бұрын

Too much crazy songs in taiko no tatsujin 😰

@TheobaldLeonhart 10 ай бұрын

Oh, you're the guy Tokaku talks about Cool

@Wack910 10 ай бұрын

6:34 Holy Shit.

@user-Wqir29482 10 ай бұрын

Nice

@atomicdemon 5 ай бұрын

one chart that gives me nightmares cause of polyrhythms from a rhythm game is Chronostasis from Phigros. (istg that short section single handedly stopped me from getting rrhar'il IN for like 6 months)

@BTCR99 5 ай бұрын

14:21 Im here ^•~•^

@bvle4027 10 ай бұрын

love you

@tzechi 10 ай бұрын

@berdstep 10 ай бұрын

You should make a video about the 2023 visual novel prank

@starrywisp 10 ай бұрын

how is this even humanly possible to PLAY at that speed

@Shdwoa 10 ай бұрын

yay taiko

@professorpikaeeveerockruff6868 10 ай бұрын

My eyes can't keep up 9:06

@angelinawu5199 10 ай бұрын

the maplestory bgm 🥰🥰🥰🥰

@coelacanth1343 10 ай бұрын

For some reason, whenever I put 彁 into Google Translate, it pronounces it as "ge".

@tzechi 10 ай бұрын

im not 100% sure either, but that might be the chinese pronunciation of 彁 (possibly. either that or google translate is being dum) 哥 in chinese is gē, so it might be related... maybe

@NEKOplaysgamez 10 ай бұрын

@@tzechiyup, 彁 is pronounced gē in simplified Chinese

@QWERTYPhone843 9 ай бұрын

12:09 a sik beat

@Sarabandam 5 ай бұрын

came here from Honkai Star Rail

@blueberrydutchangeldragon7395 10 ай бұрын

I would love to see this as a osu leval

@arcanumdelta 10 ай бұрын

KA !!!

@Furimerun 7 ай бұрын

If you see a tailo player with two hard objects, Run. Someone full combo’d this song on their first day.

@Scrolte6174 10 ай бұрын

The MV is pretty cursed, not gonna lie

@DetroisHD 10 ай бұрын

The vid ends abruptly, like there's no conclusion Was ka just a April fools joke? Does the MV or the vocals tell a story? What's leafs statement on the song?