Wake in Hour by 有村京悟 feat. July (Eternal 8+, PM sightread!!!) - arcaea v6.10

Recorded on november 3rd, 2025

Wow this is unlike anything I've heard out of the winning entries for arcaea's 4th song contest. It feels like a powerful orchestra in a way, really really majestic. Another example that goes to show how much I believe songs with japanese vocals are done right when they aren't intentionally obnoxious. I love it dude. It doesn't feel like there's anything electronic about this song and you do not see that often in arcaea.

Notable amount of crosshanding in the choruses, arguably where the song's difficulty comes from. So this is good for improving at that and your aiming skill. Personally it caught me a bit off guard but I still managed somehow lol.

I can't recall the last time Luxance has actually charted downtempo songs, though I wouldn't doubt they have, it just feels like a while since they did. They did a good job on this nonetheless, still weird but that's what new charts are about. New approaches to song charting.

This song also has a FTR 7 chart, the easiest FTR difficulty, haven't gotten that in a long, long time. Seems pretty damn fitting for this song though.

Note how I also tried to pick a partner that best resembled the energy of the song based on the preview. I think I represented it well.