Description: A 46-track listening map for fans of DEEMO's ANiMA and Marigold and Arcaea's Grievous Lady, spanning piano favorites, boss themes, BMS, arcades and viral oddities—with an honest note on view counts.
Find ANiMA, Marigold and Grievous Lady, and suddenly the problem isn't finding one good rhythm-game song. It's the horrifying suspicion that dozens of excellent tracks have been hiding in plain sight. Here are 46 ways into that rabbit hole. No requirement to beat an impossible chart first.
The three anchors offer different thrills: xi's ANiMA is piano velocity, M2U's Marigold is vocal drama, and Team Grimoire vs Laur's Grievous Lady is secret-boss theatre. Start with whichever sensation hooked you. And yes, this is the Marigold from DEEMO, not another famous song sharing the title.
This is a curated discovery list, not a verified all-time YouTube view-count ranking. Official uploads, extended mixes, piano covers and gameplay videos have separate counters. A number from one upload cannot be quietly reassigned to the song as a whole. Each track links to a YouTube search, not a particular verified video.
Three tracks that define the hunt
Three moods, three doors: piano, singing and a throne room with terrible lighting.
| Track (search) | Artist | Why try it |
|---|---|---|
| Grievous Lady | Team Grimoire vs Laur | boss-stage grandeur |
| ANiMA | xi | piano fireworks |
| Marigold | M2U feat. Guriri | vocals and drama |
DEEMO and the piano rabbit hole
Follow Marigold to Magnolia and Myosotis; follow ANiMA toward Entrance and other athletic piano pieces. Mili opens the door to storytelling vocals.
| Track (search) | Artist | Why try it |
|---|---|---|
| Magnolia | M2U | vocals and drama |
| Myosotis | M2U | vocals and drama |
| Entrance | Ice | piano fireworks |
| Wings of piano | V.K | piano fireworks |
| Altale | Sakuzyo | delicate melody |
| Fluquor | onoken | delicate melody |
| YUBIKIRI-GENMAN | Mili | vocals and drama |
| Nine Point Eight | Mili | vocals and drama |
Arcaea: every boss has another phase
Choose these for musical staging rather than chart difficulty. Fracture Ray brings blinding pressure, Aegleseeker destabilizes the floor, and Testify sounds like the credits to the end of a world.
| Track (search) | Artist | Why try it |
|---|---|---|
| Fracture Ray | Sakuzyo | boss-stage grandeur |
| Aegleseeker | Silentroom vs Frums | strange turns |
| Testify | void (Mournfinale) feat. 星熊南巫 | vocals and drama |
| Tempestissimo | t+pazolite | full-speed rush |
| Cyaegha | USAO | heavy impact |
| Arcana Eden | Team Grimoire vs Sakuzyo vs Laur | boss-stage grandeur |
| Ether Strike | Akira Complex | delicate melody |
| PRAGMATISM | Laur | boss-stage grandeur |
| Halcyon | xi | full-speed rush |
BMS and Phigros: imagination off the leash
BMS-origin tracks and Phigros favorites share this listening shelf, not a single origin. Their tunes have a life beyond the charts they accompany.
| Track (search) | Artist | Why try it |
|---|---|---|
| FREEDOM DiVE↓ | xi | full-speed rush |
| conflict | siromaru + cranky | heavy impact |
| PUPA | モリモリあつし | sticky melody |
| Aragami | xi | piano fireworks |
| Re：End of a Dream | uma vs モリモリあつし | full-speed rush |
| Calamity Fortune | LeaF | strange turns |
| Aleph-0 | LeaF | strange turns |
| B.B.K.K.B.K.K. | nora2r | sticky melody |
| Lapis | SHIKI | sticky melody |
| Rrhar'il | Team Grimoire | boss-stage grandeur |
| Igallta | Se-U-Ra | boss-stage grandeur |
Arcade staples that travel beyond the cabinet
FLOWER, Mei and PANDORA PARADOXXX have very different personalities. Recognizing a song when it reappears in another game is half the fun.
| Track (search) | Artist | Why try it |
|---|---|---|
| FLOWER | DJ YOSHITAKA | sticky melody |
| 冥 | Amuro vs Killer | boss-stage grandeur |
| World Vanquisher | void (Mournfinale) | boss-stage grandeur |
| エンドマークに希望と涙を添えて | cosMo＠暴走P | full-speed rush |
| Oshama Scramble! | t+pazolite | strange turns |
| Garakuta Doll Play | t+pazolite | full-speed rush |
| Glorious Crown | xi | boss-stage grandeur |
| QZKago Requiem | t+pazolite | strange turns |
| PANDORA PARADOXXX | Sakuzyo | boss-stage grandeur |
Video-era curiosities and glorious chaos
Some of these work with unsettling visuals as well as sound. Try audio first if that suits you; MARENOL contains disturbing horror imagery.
| Track (search) | Artist | Why try it |
|---|---|---|
| もぺもぺ | LeaF | strange turns |
| MARENOL | LeaF | horror tension |
| 彁 | LeaF | strange turns |
| GHOST | Camellia | heavy impact |
| Galaxy Collapse | Kurokotei | full-speed rush |
| Scattered Faith | Kurokotei | boss-stage grandeur |
Why a YouTube view-count chart is deceptively hard
Pick a single identifiable upload, record who posted it, whether it is official audio, a cover or gameplay, and the date you checked its counter. Then compare like with like. Game-specific in-game song charts measure something else entirely. Millions of plays on one performance do not equal millions of plays on every version of the track.
A ten-track route through the madness
Try Magnolia → Myosotis → Entrance → Altale → Fracture Ray → Aegleseeker → Testify → FREEDOM DiVE↓ → conflict → もぺもぺ. The playlist moves from melodic beauty to boss-fight thunder and finishes by testing whether reality is still installed.
ANiMA, Marigold and Grievous Lady aren't one narrow genre: they're three entrances to a sprawling musical scene. View counts can point you toward a doorway. The real test is which songs you keep replaying. The bad news is that the boss room has 46 occupants.
