Suprise. Saw your map in the userpage, so here I am. You helped other mappers really often with your mods, so I think it is time to thank you for this care.
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Oni]
SPOILERGeneral:
01:21:688 - Not a must, but consider using another Kiai here. It would work without as well, but since the tone in this whole section becomes higher and your note density(+ pattern constellation) is still the same, you only have the possibility to emphasize this part with the kiai(SV change would be also possible, but fits not well in this song I guess) - same goes for the lower difficulties.
Notes:
00:22:842 (107,108,109) - Mh, might be me since I'm used to this pattern, but I feel like kkd would fit better here. As 1/2 it would be a d d due to the background sound, but since you mapped with 1/4, kkd would possibly represent this 1/4-sounding better (tbh, I don't know how to call these sounds in english).
00:34:188 (170,173) - Or only (170) you might want to change to don. If I'm not wrong, you mapped to the contrabass. Its tone becomes deeper up to the end, where it is really deep, so the constellation I suggest might fit here well. Additional changing 00:35:342 (176) - to kat would make the last part look like the reversed pattern of the previous one.
Everything is pretty solid. I like the map. I like the style. Has an TNT feeling, but better. I also like how you kept the patterns similar, but still with small changes. I can see your experience which you gained from TNT. Great map!
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Muzukashii]
SPOILER00:41:303(x) - Maybe a an additional kat here. Overall patterns are fine, I don't mind the said "copy-paste" style, fits here very well. But it would have some effect on the user(I guess), showing that the next part is coming and current one ends. Also, it would fit to the 1/4 sound.
00:43:611 - This is fine as it is and I know that we map sometimes in a way which makes the Taiko fungate as own instrument in the song, but still, you wanna consider having k k d k k d here. Reason should be known.
00:49:765 - ^ (this might even fit better, since most of the people hit the slider as don -> kkdkkdddd...)
00:50:726 (21) - Broken Slider. - I will ask peppy about this. For now there is nothing we can do against it.
Nice structure of Muzukashii, same as in Oni.
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Futsuu]
SPOILER01:32:842 (165) - Not a must again, but maybe have a kat. Previous parts had much more kats, but here the usage of kats falls down to zero. Nothing urgent, though.
I wish, people would map their Futsuus as easy as we do. This will be another great example for new mappers.
Before I continue with
Kantan, let me say something about the
spread in this set
(important for other Taiko BATs as well):
This is a prime example for a spread which is not common in our community. tetsutaro used the basic knowledge of the beatsnap divisior in different difficulties which is roughly said as being '
Kantan - 2/1 notes; Futsuu - 1/1; Muzukashii - 1/2; Oni - 1/4'. While people often use more notes as required in lower / higher difficulties(which often leads to addition diffs. to ensave the spread), tetsutaro just used his knowledge about the beatsnap divisor which made the
spread between all difficulties high (more or less) but consistent.
With that said, I would give this spread a go. But before we do so, you should delete some notes in the Kantan, @ tetsutaro. Many patterns are similar to Futsuu.
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Kantan]
SPOILERGeneral:
The kiais are just slightly different to Futsuu, but let's don't be that strict in this case, huh? If we would make the kiais easier, you would need to make the whole Kantan easier as well, so the kiais appear to be harder again(though, when I think about it, this would be the best solution when considering the spread - also a great example that a Kantan can be super easy, but well, it's your decision). I would appreciate it at least.
Notes:
00:17:073 - Use less kats here, since it is mostly similar to what you did in the Futsuu, while Muzu compared to Futsuu has something totally different.
00:42:073 - Same here. The patterns are similar to Futsuu which makes voltages in the overall spread.
00:50:919 (60) - No, personally I'm not sure about this. But consider to make the slider shorter up to 00:52:073 ? I'm a bit worried about how close the upcoming note to the slider is.
01:09:380~01:21:688 - Same as before, about the similarity between F and K. Afterwards coming part is harder than this one, so it would be fine. Futsuu becomes harder at this point as well (01:21:688).
That's it.
Overall really nice set. I enjoyed all difficulties, and the spread is smart (even though I'm not sure if this was done intensionally by you - but experienced Taiko mappers often have a decent feeling for these kind of stuff, right? Heh). Just consider once again to make the Kantan overall easier than now. It is not a must, but it would ensave the ranking process and make my work easier, Haha. If you should decide to follow my recommendation, I would mod(recheck) the Kantan once again and give it a bubble right after my mod and your check since I'm confident about your mapping anyway.
Call me back and have some stars for your nice work!