Tokyo Jihen - Sounan by Uberzolik

Sounan appreciation month

wow this sounan song sounds cool i will play the top diff :)

intently watching ayaya do little ballerina pirouettes in the editor I am Glued to my Screen

Sounan (Insane) 10/10

What does it mean to be unique? Seems like a simple concept to execute, but it’s something I’ve seen only few properly do. A lot of mappers make efforts to provide their maps with a “unique” touch to stand out from the rest, only for it to end up as a shallow representation of something that yearns to stand out without any depth to back it up besides being different. The insane difficulty on this mapset perfectly represents what it means to truly be unique.

Visually the map goes against concepts that make the aesthetics of a map clean and creates something that feels like it should be wrong, but it works so well. In terms of how it plays, It's genuinely one of the most enjoyable maps I can think of. The movement perfectly represents the song and makes you really feel what the song wants you to feel, perfectly emphasizing the emotions meant to be evoked. There's a difference between giving your map contrast to properly represent a song, and bringing that song to life in the form of a map.

This map goes against concepts that are supposedly meant to make a map good, and crafts a map better than any other could’ve made with those concepts. It takes true skill to be able to make something that truly stands out in a special way, something that perfectly represents what it means to be unique.

I love uberzolik nyan >.

ayaya gapping 99% of mappers while mapping with their monitor off is crazy

↓ even though this map is amazing i'm honestly not sure if i could explain why it's amazing to someone who doesn't get it without going object by object. a map with off-kilter angles that happen more as the song gets more intense, occasional symmetry, and messy streams isn't some grand ambition for a map, but everything is executed and paced so excellently that it's one of the greatest maps i've ever seen

[Insane]
a map that you really ~savour~
[Ayaya's Extra]
nice fun challenge map, nothing too special though

i think a part of its success is due to how using the doubles to acknowledge percussion allows uberzolik to hard focus one layer of the map, which is a philosophy that extends to the entire map. when anything rises above the surface of the expressive vocals, it's given full priority. drum fills become barreling streams and wide angle jumps.

the movement is both one of the best in osu and deceptively simple: the wide angle at 01:40:405 (1,2,3,4) carries across all repetitions. the sharp entry angle into a kickslider at 01:44:251 (4,5) carries over into 01:45:979 (6,7,8). the

WHO CUT ME OFF anyway the angle at 01:46:935 (1,2) transforms into a sharp entry angle /w rotation for pitch at 01:47:510 (3,4) not only to represent the increasing pitch of the melody but also to transition into prioritizing drums

ayaya

this is just mapped for catch this cant be a std map sry

how is this #5

it's #5 because 45 people rated it a 3.78 average, hope this helps

Nerdge below

thanks for clearing this up

glad to be of help

insane diff is a miracle

this is the most crazy map of All Time.

it’s a nice map but i don’t get how this can be considered a 5/5

world's strangest OWC map

come to monthly sounan appreciation over on the osu page!!!

gives me da tingles that insane diff

i get it

my mans did not deserve this tanking

this really is the 9/11 of osu mapping

i still dont get it

aya's having fun mapping it

yo uberzolik this is pretty cool

Thanks I stole it from revurii

the girls who get it get it i think

omdb top 50 reviewing journey - #38

it's a good ass map. all the awkwardness presented throughout the map, all the wacky streams, they feel just right. a really successful attempt at whatever the mapper was going for.

so much Vibez from the top diff

so beautiful thank u uberzolik 👍

goat map

do u guys like osu mapz

The rorschach test of osu

very fun, good song too

GUYS thats it. i HATE sounan. this is the WORST map EVER. how did uberzolik make the WORST MAP OF ALL TIME!!!! From now on, i think i will start the Sounan Haters United Team (SHUT). we will HATE SOUNAN ALL THE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sounan is the WORST MAP. NEVER PLAY SOUNAN. TELL ALL YOUR LOVED ONES TO HATE SOUNAN!. WE HATE SOUNAN!!!!!!!!!

haha april fools

Axarious

Sheena Cuomo - Say It Ain't Sounan

what did he mean by this

that fuckin dorchadas comment is incredible thanks ninore

02:44:250 (1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2) - ran out room :(((((

rating all of OLC's 5/5 ratings #2

this song is great and this map is also really cool with the visual design to the rhythm to the movement this is just REALLY solid

4/5

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances​often with a negative connotation

air is insane

happy sounanniversary 2023

Sounan sunday

happy sounanniversary 2023 [2]

thank you

syounyan

I just got back from the birthday party

happy birthday sounan

sonyan

go check out the sounanniversary post on the main site, and stay around for monthyl sounan appreciation

ok ngl after playing this i like it less can someone explain the appeal of this map

oh i meant the uberzolik diff but also what makes a pattern "engaging" this does not mean anything

ayaya th goat

I bet uberzollik likes indian food since it's so Naan

I don't think I've ever had indian food

air really said: "let me cook"

[Insane] is really a tour de force of a mapper who has great understanding of the gameplay experience of this game

ok ayaya diff is swag as hell i just wish not eveyrhting is playfield shunshin no jutstu my mouse swinging skills is rusting hard rn

The choppy handplaced streams are just there cuz at the time I thought it was cool when I saw smth similar in a revurii map

ts is so ass

FUNNY MUFFLER 💔💔💔

despite soft quitting the game omdb was a site I would unconscioisly navigate to even if I wasn't logged in just to look at funny comments and what was popular. I would come here any time I was bored and have a good laugh at certain people ratingbombing the recently highest rated maps.

even though anyone can log in the community here is still very mapper skewed, and it's definitely a different, less public experience than the osu comment sections. It really gives "old tiny internet forum" vibes. I guess once omdb goes down if no one makes a clone it'll become one step closer to being one of them

I'm posting this on my first rated map ever and my first 5.0, the top rated map during the omdb testing period when it was only wafers server who had access

I will miss you omdb my free time will not be the same without you ❤️

bye bye 👋 - akari

sapppy loserrrrr below WE ARE SO BACK

it's sounan spring

"ok ngl after playing this i like it less can someone explain the appeal of this map" yeah im in the same boat, I kinda just end up playing this like normal flow aim rather than following the intricacies of the streams

then again I did get 16 misses so maybe skill issue

02:51:917 (7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,1,2,3,4) - wowowow