“What makes an early Garupa 28 song difficult is not because the overall beatmap is difficult, but because there are specific parts of the beatmap that are extremely challenging to clear. On the other hand, the 28s now are difficult because the overall beatmap is challenging, but they are not on the same level as the specific parts in an early 28.”

This is an opinion I’ve had for a while, back when I was FC’ing EX Ringing Bloom on JP. I wanted to know what other people thought. Do you think the same, a bit differently or do you completely disagree?

At the very least, I think the style of beatmaps have changed from this ‘early’ style to now. I feel like the newer beatmaps fit their song better than the old ones did, as well as overall being more balanced in difficulty which I find makes the beatmap more fun. That’s why I love the SPECIAL difficulty. Feel free to disagree if you think otherwise.

Also personally, why I find Ringing Bloom to be one of the more easier 28 to FC. If I’m blaming myself for messing up rather than myself for not being able to clear, that’s good.

Next up on the 'Prelude to 3rd Anniversary' questions!

What Year 3 2☆, 3☆ and 4☆ card art are your favourites? Separate into untrained/trained if you wish!

Note: We've still got 2 (or so) events for Year 3, with the inevitable Backstage Pass 3... in a grey area as to if it's Year 3 or 4, and the same goes for BsP 2. Probably should have waited for the next event in a few days but... too late.

My pick:

2☆: Sayo's 'Fall-Colored Fox' and Hina's 'Fresh Hopping'

I refuse to choose between the two.

3☆ Untrained: Rimi's 'Under the Stars'

3☆ Trained: Ran's 'Don't Point The Camera At Me!'

4☆ Untrained: Lisa's 'Lantern-Lit Smile'

4☆ Trained: Ako's 'The Grand Magic Princess's Awakening'

whats the easiest 28 level to full combo? i’d like to finish all EX goals for the first time ever and need a bit of help/advice

So for my art trade I need to view other peoples profiles on banpa to see what their best girls are and some people have different usernames on Disqus... Is there any way to view their banpa profiles? Thx!

Since the new pre-anniversary title screen was added, what are your guys's opinions on what's going to happen. Do you think the 4th stage outfits will be added? Do you think RAS will be added or is CHU2 just going to be part of the event story? Do you like the idea of 1-2 new bands being added? What genre do you think Morfonica will be? Do you think they'll make 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th stage outfits for the new bands or do you think there will only one stage outfit for the new bands? There are probably a lot more questions I could ask, but I couldn't think of any.

Does anyone want to do a art trade with me? I want to draw more of the bandori girls other than harohapi... Pls comment if u want to thx!

Since the D4DJ demo just came out, what are your guys's favorite bands? Mine is between Peaky P-key and Photon Maiden.

And what about least favorite? Mine is Merm4id.

So I just recently realized this, but when you get a full combo and Kokoro's line plays, she says, "あら、すごいじゃない！" (Ara, sugoi janai!), which should mean, "Oh, not amazing!" This really confused me when I heard it. Does anyone know if I just heard it wrong or translated it wrong or something?

We're nearing JP Garupa's 3rd Anniversary, so it's time to ask the questions I've been holding back on for months! First up:

For all bands, which Year costume is your favourite?

The best explanation for 'Year costume' I can give is an example, for PoPiPa, Year 1 is 'Onstage', Year 2 is 'Poppin' Colors!' and Year 3 is 'Cheerful Star☆'. Those type of costumes are what I'm asking about.

My own pick:

PoPiPa: Cheerful Star☆ (Year 3)

Afterglow: Rock and Glow (Year 2)

PasuPare: A Sparkling Stage (Year 2)

Roselia: Onstage (Year 1)

HaroHapi: The Magic of Smiles (Year 2)

Hey guys! So the male project AASIDE will be released to the Japanese App Store in April, and I’m curious is this community going to be good for that too? Is there going to be a banpa for AASIDE? I just love the community and want it to carry over for the 5 male bands

has anyone mentioned this? is this a coincidence? probably.