Murdoch vs Otada

Credited to ESPITZ vs WONDERTRAVELER Project, the track is the sequel to MURDOCH (added in the PHOENIX 2.0 version) and folds in Caprice of Otada and DJ Otada as well. Fans nickname it 'Murtada.' Although it is essentially a three-song remix, it was a contest winner with a runtime under two minutes, and it sits in the Original Tunes channel rather than alongside the long-form boss songs, so the two should not be confused.

The BGA marks a reunion between FuseBox and KimAutomne after a stretch when KimAutomne had been producing visuals solo. It brings together DJ Otada's trio of bounty hunters and MURDOCH's wizard Jack P. Murdoch: having seen the bounty on his head, the three track him down, beat him and launch him into the sky. The character designs were refreshed, with Teddy looking more like an actual bear and Hwani sporting a new haircut and outfit. As a callback, the three hunters shout the same lines they already used in the DJ Otada BGA.

The song shipped with Single charts S9, S13, S16, S19 and S22, plus Double charts D17, D21, D24 and D25, most of them designed by FEFEMZ (with GGWANG handling the D24). The S19 is considered a touch hard for its level because of the closing MURDOCH-style run, while the S22 is essentially the D25 collapsed into a Single. The D25 is the headline chart, built around two 'compass twist' sections that force the body to rotate nearly 180 degrees, plus a divisive low-speed passage. Footswitching can sidestep part of the difficulty, but the chart is a crowd-pleaser beloved by veterans: it appeared in the semifinals of the 2025 PlayX4 tournament, where its own creator, FEFEMZ, cleared it to win. A Short Cut also exists, with S15, S18, S21 and D20, D24 charts.