chase
An English version of "chase" was included as a bonus track on the band's 3rd album Prelude, released on October 17, 2018.[3]
Opening Animation
The opening begins with a gray, drab visual of a heart with an anchor in the middle bearing the name "JoJo". Thorns from Hermit Purple wrap around the heart as a purple pulse monitor flashes across the screen. The pulse monitor then becomes erratic as if a heart attack, turning into electricity as the scene transitions into a cul-de-sac with the main cast standing in the middle while the camera rotates around them. The scene flashes to cans of soup in a freezer bearing the hands of several women while a superimposed "JoJo" is plastered across the image.
The scene flashes back to the cast, zooming in on Josuke as he strikes a pose before rotating to feature Okuyasu also posing. The scene then flashes to an image of several suitcases with destination stickers of countries from around the world, one of which being Egypt where the arrow came from, beneath them a puddle of blood and behind them a cracked door with light shining through. The scene then rotates to feature Joseph Joestar holding baby Shizuka before rotating again to feature Jotaro posing.
The scene swiftly transitions to a photograph of Koichi happily sitting next to all of his friends, along with, Toshikazu, Tamami, and Shigechi—all striking poses and pointing at the sky, except for Yukako, who is staring happily at Koichi, and Rohan, who is pointing towards where Reimi's alley should be. The camera zooms out to feature several other Polaroid photos all lying on the ground, tire marks covering them. The Killer's hand suddenly appears on all of the photos at once and smashes down on them before distorting into a skull. The photographs all erupt into flames and disintegrate as the main title appears from the fire.
The title then turns into multiple sticky notes with each of the title's hiragana letters on them. These then scatter as the scene transitions to a field with Okuyasu and Toshikazu looking at Shigechi feeding a flock of pigeons. Suddenly, a finger appears on screen as the Killer violently trims his nail; with the reflections of three women appearing in the fingernail's reflection. The scene quickly shifts back to Shigechi and the others as the pigeons become spooked and fly off. The position of the scissors was lined up to where Shigechi's neck is, foreshadowing his fate.
After a transition, Rohan appears as he sketches the birds flying off into the distance and near electrical pillars from the sanctity of his home. Rohan then looks up from his notebook and out the window with a solemn gaze. A single pigeon transitions the next scene, as the focus shifts to an aerial view of Toshikazu and Tamami arguing on the sidewalk while Josuke and Koichi chat with Okuyasu through scratched glass. On the screen, Bug-Eaten and the other rats appear above them before slowly panning to the anchor within the heart from earlier, which Koichi stops to stare at.
The heart takes up the scene as everything else fades into black. Suddenly, a decrepit hand with long fingernails reaches out and clutches the heart in its hand, causing the thorns surrounding it to burst as the background turns red. Out of nowhere, the skull of Sheer Heart Attack appears and eats the heart and hand with a single chomp; causing the thorns to spurt blood as if they were arteries.
Out of darkness appears the newly evolved Echoes ACT3; shrouded in darkness (up until Episode 24 after its full reveal), its eyes glowing, with the silhouettes of Koichi and Hazamada being unravelled into books by Heaven's Door in the background. Several green waves ripple out from Echoes's hands as it claps, transitioning to Love Deluxe and Cinderella side-by-side. Several arrows with dotted lines resembling surgical markings split open into the shape of an open eye, then a square shape, then small white rectangles shoot down from above as both Stands transform into their respective users, Yukako and Aya in tandem. The camera zooms out on the two sitting on a bed in Aya's salon as Aya clutches Yukako's face, with the same line of of white rectangles separating them as dim blue lights shine from above.
The camera unexpectedly zooms back in, now showing the white rectangles as photo reels with two hands holding one another. The hands disappear as the scene distorts into several windows which now show the Killer holding one of the severed hands of his "girlfriends". The hands phase away as an old man holding a single bleeding arrow menacingly appears inside pictures, standing motionless with his head hung and face cast in shadow. The man disappears as the camera zooms into where he once was, now traveling through Reimi's alley as the spirits of Arnold and Reimi appear, crying out in apparent pain. The camera zooms behind her as thick, sketchy lines depict the skull of Killer Queen briefly transforming into several black Arrows.
The Arrows all fire out at Jotaro, Okuyasu, Koichi, and their Stands, barely missing them as they prepare for battle. The scene pans slowly over to Josuke, who with a furious look on his face, summons Crazy Diamond and shatters the Arrows into several pieces. As Crazy Diamond lets out a roar, shattering the remaining Arrows, Josuke breaks through and rushes forward, desperately reaching out to catch the murderous silhouette of the Killer. The camera zooms closer in an attempt to reveal the Killer's face as he turns his head towards Josuke, revealing a cold, blue feline-like eye.
Appearances
Lyrics
大切なモノ奪われそう
日常に紛れ込んだ悪魔
平穏ならとっくに崩れ去ってる
Taisetsu na mono ubawaresō
Nichijō ni magirekonda akuma
Heion nara tokkuni kuzuresatteru
My most precious things seem to be stolen
A demon's burrowed into my everyday life
My peaceful days have already collapsed
何気ない そして、さり気ない
気付がないうちに奪われていた
取り返しに行くなら今さ
Nanigenai soshite, sarigenai
Kizu ga nai uchi ni ubawareteita
Torikaeshi ni iku nara ima sa
Unconcerned and nonchalant,
It'd been torn away before I noticed
If I'm gonna get it back, the time is now
貫いた矢のような鋭さで
ぶつけ合う心は美しい
Tsuranuita ya no yō na surudosa de
butsukeau kokoro wa utsukushī
With the sharpness of a piercing arrow,
these colliding hearts are a thing of beauty
どこまでも Chase You
いつも Chase You
俺は Chase You
逃げ場はない
Doko mademo Chase You
Itsumo Chase You
Ore wa Chase You
Nigeba wa nai
I'll chase you anywhere
I'll chase you anytime
I will chase you
There's nowhere to run
走り出せ Chase You
明日も Chase You
叩きつけてやるのさ
Hashiridase Chase You
Asu mo Chase You
Tatakitsukete yaru no sa
I run to chase you
Tomorrow too, chase you
So I can beat you down
勝敗を分けるのは
執念さ だから I Chase You
Shōhai o wakeru no wa
Shūnen sa dakara I Chase You
Victory is decided by tenacity
That's why I chase you
貫いた矢のような鋭さで
ぶつけ合う心は美しい
Tsuranuita ya no yō na surudosa de
butsukeau kokoro wa utsukushī
With the sharpness of a piercing arrow,
these colliding hearts are a thing of beauty
どこまでも Chase You
いつも Chase You
俺は Chase You
逃げ場はない
Doko mademo Chase You
Itsumo Chase You
Ore wa Chase You
Nigeba wa nai
I'll chase you anywhere
I'll chase you anytime
I will chase you
There's nowhere to run
走り出せ Chase You
明日も Chase You
叩きつけてやるのさ
Hashiridase Chase You
Asu mo Chase You
Tatakitsukete yaru no sa
I run to chase you
Tomorrow too, chase you
So I can beat you down
Chase You
Chase You
Chase You
夢を見ていたよ
Chase You
Chase You
Chase You
Yume o miteita yo
Cha-cha-chase you
Cha-cha-chase you
Cha-cha-chase you
The dream I glimpsed before
Chase You
Chase You
Chase You
まだ醒めやしない
Chase You
Chase You
Chase You
Mada same wa shinai
Cha-cha-chase you
Cha-cha-chase you
Cha-cha-chase you
I'm still not ready to wake up
勝敗を分けるのは
執念さ だから I Chase You
Shōhai o wakeru no wa
Shūnen sa dakara I Chase You
Victory is decided by tenacity
That's why I chase you
My heart is about to erupt
Bad feeling has grown in our days
It's never peace, I'm losing myself
Up to now I haven't noticed
You can't act like me before anymore
Time is coming, baby, can you run away?
Like an arrow, sharp and narrow, hearts will crush again.
It's dazzling full of it, can't you see?
So all I do is chase you
And I will chase you
Yes I can chase you
Nowhere you can hide
Start running, I will chase you
And I will chase you
So come and smell this world full of pain
Hang in there
That's a clue
Win this game
So watch me I'll chase you
Just like an arrow, sharp and narrow, hearts will crush again
Now it's time to take back what you stole from me
So all I do is chase you
And I will chase you
Yes I can chase you
Nowhere you can hide
Start running, I will chase you
And I will chase you
So come and smell this world full of pain
Cha-cha-chase you
Cha-cha-chase you
Cha-cha-chase you
Wide awake, but I'm still dreaming
Cha-cha-chase you
Cha-cha-chase you
No, it may never ever end
Hang in there
That's a clue
Win this game
So watch me I'll chase you
Tracklist
- chase
Lyrics: Tatsu Hoshino /Arrangement: batta - chase -Acoustic Version-
Lyrics: Tatsu Hoshino / Arrangement: batta - chase (Instrumental)
- chase -Acoustic Version- (Instrumental)
Credits
Animation Staff
井野 真理恵
山内 遼
山田 太郎
光田 史亮
Music Staff
- Acoustic Guitar: Tatsu Hoshino
- Mellotron & Cello: Hidetake Yamamoto
- batta
- Vocal, Guitar: Tatsu Hoshino
- Guitar: Tomonori Mano
- Bass: Asato Shinohara
- Drums: Takeshi Hoshino
- Tech: 照井裕也 (SUNPHONIX) (M-01)
- Recording & Mixing Engineer: Tsutomu Okada (M-01)
- Recording Engineer: Sumimasa Morita (FIREWORKS) (M-02)
- Mixing Engineer: Hidetake Yamamoto (M-02)
- batta
- Mastering Engineer: Hiromichi Takiguchi
- Recording Studio: Sound City Annex T1 Studio
- Mastering Studio: parasight mastering
- Sound Production: FIREWORKS
Gallery
Kira's previous victims
Echoes ACT3 shadowed during DU Episode 14-DU Episode 23
Full reveal of Echoes ACT3 during DU Episode 24-DU Episode 26
An old man with a bloody arrow
Reimi and Arnold in Ghost Girl's Alley
Echoes ACT2 in the group shot during DU Episode 14-DU Episode 23
Echoes ACT3 in the group shot during DU Episode 24-DU Episode 26
Josuke reaches out for Kosaku-Kira...
...who then turns around to face Josuke
Killer Queen's eye
Opening Videos
Full Audio
Trivia
- According to the opening director, Yasufumi Soejima, the pigeon feeding scene originally had scripted dialogue consisting of Okuyasu telling Hazamada "not to kill the pigeons again", and Hazamada claiming he would never do such a thing.[5]
- The opening adds Reimi and Arnold to the group photograph, behind Rohan, from Episode 18 onward.
- After Echoes ACT3 is revealed, the opening removes its shadow obscurity and has it replace ACT2 next to Koichi.
- The flames burning up the photos of Josuke and his friends are likely a reference to Cheap Trick trying to get Rohan to burn the photos that reveal Kira's new identity.
- Similar to STAND PROUD, chase has an "Acoustic Version" of the opening that features a slowed-down tempo with more of a melancholy tone.
References
