diff --git a/Graphics/game/dan_info/gauge_border_plate.png b/Graphics/game/dan_info/gauge_border_plate.png
index f532a2e..fc32ed4 100644
--- a/Graphics/game/dan_info/gauge_border_plate.png
+++ b/Graphics/game/dan_info/gauge_border_plate.png
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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-oid sha256:060e1ae8a3ffcdd68fdf642a80c86263295536652c41dbf76817aacd0c0128e9
-size 4548
+oid sha256:f17f353558be8f2c6e3a3be114c03611384c1475d292e8b38bd176e60299c953
+size 5771
diff --git a/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/1p_lamp.png b/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/1p_lamp.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c6a55b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/1p_lamp.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:a7073f04a6f717214aabd6f60f80fde4a4656012327780ccfaa6df51b0cf6269
+size 102
diff --git a/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/2p_lamp.png b/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/2p_lamp.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4dba75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/2p_lamp.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:feee6a6b22b4fbe5fefb51a7568f1f0c9f553e37f543f5498042ab37357bd18e
+size 101
diff --git a/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/bar_fade_clear.png b/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/bar_fade_clear.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccc1a03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/bar_fade_clear.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:c0b93b68d5618c46103efe2f338affdee84f0afd82c967016640ccd347b357c5
+size 844
diff --git a/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/lamp_clear.png b/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/lamp_clear.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5d92e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/lamp_clear.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:ecf728861f1e98daff53b3cbfb5acb5c7e48c90dc0268bb1f7b82361deb1af18
+size 101
diff --git a/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/texture.json b/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/texture.json
index ba6afd6..e6403e5 100644
--- a/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/texture.json
+++ b/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/texture.json
@@ -100,5 +100,25 @@
   "tamashii_fire": {
     "x": 1698,
     "y": 34
+  },
+  "track_red": {
+    "x": 738,
+    "y": 242
+  },
+  "1p_lamp": {
+    "x": 738,
+    "y": 242
+  },
+  "2p_lamp": {
+    "x": 738,
+    "y": 242
+  },
+  "lamp_clear": {
+    "x": 738,
+    "y": 242
+  },
+  "bar_fade_clear": {
+    "x": 733,
+    "y": 241
   }
 }
diff --git a/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/track_red.png b/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/track_red.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e6970c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Graphics/game/gauge_dan/track_red.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:15b7143bdf6632718f0b1ce429ab81a3e221429f15c7e9de48712521d7091a6f
+size 162
diff --git a/Scripts/background/bg_collabs/dan.lua b/Scripts/background/bg_collabs/dan.lua
index bc9f4dd..615d9fb 100644
--- a/Scripts/background/bg_collabs/dan.lua
+++ b/Scripts/background/bg_collabs/dan.lua
@@ -155,14 +155,18 @@ function DanBackground:draw_back()
     self.chibi:draw()
 end
 
--- dan soul gauge separator overlay (static, drawn at a hardcoded fade).
+-- the soul gauge's strip the lane covers (the cabinet draws the gauge over the lane), then
+-- its threshold marker, on top of everything
+local LANE_TOP, GAUGE_BOTTOM = 276, 288
 function DanBackground:draw_fore()
-    if not self._gauge_overlay then
-        self._gauge_overlay = tex.get_texture("game/gauge_dan/overlay") or 0
-    end
-    if self._gauge_overlay ~= 0 then
-        tex.draw_texture(self._gauge_overlay, { fade = 0.15 })
+    local redraw = _G.g_dan_gauge_redraw
+    if redraw then
+        tex.begin_scissor(0, LANE_TOP, tex.get_screen_width(), GAUGE_BOTTOM - LANE_TOP)
+        local ok, err = pcall(redraw)
+        tex.end_scissor()
+        if not ok then error(err, 0) end
     end
+    self.dan_info:draw_marker()
 end
 
 -- dan condition plate, drawn in the gauge's own layer.
diff --git a/Scripts/background/bg_objects/dan_info.lua b/Scripts/background/bg_objects/dan_info.lua
index 27dc810..b2dbce6 100644
--- a/Scripts/background/bg_objects/dan_info.lua
+++ b/Scripts/background/bg_objects/dan_info.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 -- 段位道場 exam-panel extras only Lua can draw: the soul-gauge pass-threshold
--- callout plate + captions, anchored on the gauge's own 50-cell grid.
+-- callout plate + captions and the white threshold marker on the threshold cell, anchored
+-- on the gauge's own 50-cell grid. It also hands the threshold (in cells) to the gauge script
+-- (g_dan_gauge_border), which colours the track by it.
 local M = {}
 M.__index = M
 
@@ -11,23 +13,30 @@ local LABEL_SIZE = 30                     -- arcade ＭＳ 明朝 36; ours reads
 local WHITE = { 255, 255, 255, 255 }
 local BLACK = { 0, 0, 0, 255 }
 
-local PLATE_W, PLATE_H = 586, 60
+local PLATE_W, PLATE_H = 586, 60    -- the plate's grey body; the art adds a 9 px margin
+local PLATE_ART_PAD    = 9          -- (the pill's top/left edge and the drop shadow)
 local PLATE_GAP        = 12           -- px between the plate's bottom and the bar top
 local PLATE_OVERHANG   = 24           -- px the plate extends PAST the threshold
 
 local PILL_CX, PILL_CY = 150, 20      -- 魂ゲージ ink centre, plate-local
 local VALUE_RIGHT      = 532          -- 100%以上 is RIGHT-aligned to this
-local VALUE_CY         = 22           -- its ink centre y, plate-local
+local VALUE_CY         = 35           -- its ink centre y, plate-local
 local NAME_SIZE        = 26           -- arcade id 142
 local VALUE_SIZE       = 36           -- arcade id 141
 
+-- the threshold marker (gauge_border_cell): its white inside (x 7, y 7 in the art) lands on
+-- the threshold cell's left edge + 1, from y 238, as the cabinet's border_N
+local MARKER_INNER_X, MARKER_INNER_Y = 7, 7
+local MARKER_Y = 238
+
 local CAP_FILL      = { 255, 255, 255, 255 }
 local CAP_OUTLINE   = { 80, 60, 45, 255 }    -- #503C2D
 local VALUE_OUTLINE = { 0, 0, 0, 255 }
 
 function M.new()
     return setmetatable({ state = nil, label = nil, label_for = nil,
-                          name_label = nil, plate = nil, plate_tried = false }, M)
+                          name_label = nil, plate = nil, plate_tried = false,
+                          marker = nil, marker_tried = false }, M)
 end
 
 function M:plate_id()
@@ -38,9 +47,12 @@ function M:plate_id()
     return self.plate
 end
 
--- Called from Background:handle_dan.
-function M:handle(state)
-    self.state = state
+function M:marker_id()
+    if not self.marker_tried then
+        self.marker_tried = true
+        self.marker = tex.get_texture("game/dan_info/gauge_border_cell")
+    end
+    return self.marker
 end
 
 local function gauge_exam(state)
@@ -51,6 +63,14 @@ local function gauge_exam(state)
     return nil
 end
 
+-- Called from Background:handle_dan.
+function M:handle(state)
+    self.state = state
+    local ex = gauge_exam(state)
+    _G.g_dan_gauge_border = (ex and ex.red and ex.red > 0)
+        and math.max(1, math.min(CELL_COUNT, math.floor(ex.red / 2))) or nil
+end
+
 -- Called from Background:draw_fore(), i.e. after the whole GAME_DAN HUD.
 function M:draw()
     local st = self.state
@@ -84,7 +104,7 @@ function M:draw()
     local px = math.max(0, math.floor(x - PLATE_W + PLATE_OVERHANG + 0.5))
     local py = GAUGE_Y - PLATE_GAP - PLATE_H
     if pid then
-        tex.draw_texture(pid, { x = px, y = py })
+        tex.draw_texture(pid, { x = px - PLATE_ART_PAD, y = py - PLATE_ART_PAD })
     end
 
     -- fail soft: with no plate art the two captions still draw, at the same places
@@ -103,4 +123,16 @@ function M:draw()
     end
 end
 
+-- The threshold marker, drawn over the lane's frame as on the cabinet (it reaches below the
+-- gauge), so from Background:draw_fore() rather than with the plate in the gauge layer.
+function M:draw_marker()
+    local ex = gauge_exam(self.state)
+    if not ex or not ex.red or ex.red <= 0 then return end
+    local n = math.max(1, math.min(CELL_COUNT, math.floor(ex.red / 2)))
+    local mid = self:marker_id()
+    if not mid then return end
+    local cell_left = GAUGE_X0 + CELL_PITCH * (n - 1)
+    tex.draw_texture(mid, { x = cell_left + 1 - MARKER_INNER_X, y = MARKER_Y - MARKER_INNER_Y })
+end
+
 return M
diff --git a/Scripts/game/gauge.lua b/Scripts/game/gauge.lua
index f659b97..df9d3d1 100644
--- a/Scripts/game/gauge.lua
+++ b/Scripts/game/gauge.lua
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 --    length-1 (at length it left a dark gap cell before it)
 --  * the clear mark sits gauge_clear_mark_offset cells (skin_config: 1, the cell edge) before
 --    the exact clear fraction, not the parent's 87/60
+-- The dan gauge is drawn as the cabinet's tamashii_gauge (see draw_dan below).
 -- Everything else is the parent's file, loaded from its own copy.
 
 -- the parent skin's copy of a script: the second match on package.path (the first is this file)
@@ -23,10 +24,21 @@ assert(load_parent("game/gauge"), "game/gauge: the parent skin has no gauge scri
 local function clamp(v, lo, hi) return math.max(lo, math.min(hi, v)) end
 
 local parent_new = Gauge.new
-function Gauge.new(...)
-    local self = parent_new(...)
+function Gauge.new(is_2p, dan, string_diff, opts)
+    local self = parent_new(is_2p, dan, string_diff, opts)
     local mark = tex.get_skin_config("gauge_clear_mark_offset")
     self.clear_mark_offset = mark and mark.x
+    if dan then
+        local screen = (opts and opts.screen) or "game"
+        local p = (opts and opts.player_str and (opts.player_str .. "_")) or (is_2p and "2p_" or "1p_")
+        local function t(name) return tex.get_texture(screen .. "/gauge_dan/" .. name) end
+        self.cab = {
+            track_red  = t("track_red"),
+            lamp       = t(p .. "lamp"),
+            lamp_clear = t("lamp_clear"),
+            fade_clear = t("bar_fade_clear"),
+        }
+    end
     return self
 end
 
@@ -101,3 +113,77 @@ function Gauge:render(y, mirror, idx, points, previous_points, max_points, clear
         self:blit(self.tamashii_dark, nil, nil, y, nil, nil, nil, idx)
     end
 end
+
+-- The dan gauge as the cabinet's tamashii_gauge draws it: the gold track (border), the red
+-- track (track_red, gauge_bg) up to the threshold, the lit cells as one lamp stretched 21 px
+-- per cell (lamp_clear, yellow, once the gauge reaches the threshold), the glow on a newly lit
+-- cell, the cell separators at the cabinet's 103/255, then 魂: grey, white once cleared, and
+-- in flames at full. The threshold comes from the dan exam (background dan_info sets
+-- g_dan_gauge_border, in cells); without it, or without the cabinet pieces, the parent draws.
+local CAB_CELL      = 21
+local CAB_TRACK     = 20.88      -- gauge_bg: 160 px x 0.1305 per cell
+local CAB_SEPARATOR = 103 / 255
+local parent_draw_dan = Gauge.draw_dan
+
+-- The cabinet draws the gauge over the lane; the engine draws the lane after it, so its top
+-- edge (y 276, 184 px x 1.5) hides the cells' last rows. The gauge leaves a redraw for the
+-- dan background's draw_fore (g_dan_gauge_redraw), which repeats it clipped to that strip.
+local function draw_cab(self, border, points, previous_points, max_points, is_rainbow,
+                        anim_active, anim_alpha, rainbow_fade, rainbow_frac, fire_frame)
+    local cab = self.cab
+    local function layer(t, x, x2, fade, frame, scale, center)
+        if t then
+            tex.draw_texture(t, { x = x, x2 = x2, fade = fade, frame = frame, scale = scale, center = center })
+        end
+    end
+
+    local length, solid, alpha, show_up = self:cells(points, previous_points, max_points, anim_active, anim_alpha)
+    local clear = length >= border
+
+    layer(self.border)
+    if border > 0 then layer(cab.track_red, nil, CAB_TRACK * border - 160) end
+    if solid > 0 then layer(clear and cab.lamp_clear or cab.lamp, nil, CAB_CELL * solid - 8) end
+
+    if is_rainbow and rainbow_fade >= 0 then
+        local frame_a = math.floor(rainbow_frac) % 8
+        local frame_b = (frame_a + 1) % 8
+        local f = rainbow_frac - math.floor(rainbow_frac)
+        layer(self.rainbow, nil, nil, rainbow_fade, frame_a)
+        layer(self.rainbow, nil, nil, rainbow_fade * f, frame_b)
+    end
+
+    if show_up and length > 0 then
+        layer(clear and cab.fade_clear or self.bar_fade, (length - 1) * CAB_CELL, nil, alpha)
+    end
+
+    layer(self.overlay, nil, nil, CAB_SEPARATOR)
+
+    if is_rainbow then
+        layer(self.fire, nil, nil, nil, fire_frame, 0.75, true)
+        layer(self.tamashii)
+        if fire_frame == 0 or fire_frame == 1 or fire_frame == 4 or fire_frame == 5 then
+            layer(self.tamashii_overlay, nil, nil, 0.5)
+        end
+    elseif clear then
+        layer(self.tamashii)
+    else
+        layer(self.tamashii_dark)
+    end
+end
+
+function Gauge:draw_dan(points, previous_points, max_points, is_rainbow,
+                        anim_active, anim_alpha, rainbow_fade, rainbow_frac, fire_frame)
+    local cab = self.cab
+    local border = _G.g_dan_gauge_border
+    if not (cab and cab.track_red and cab.lamp and cab.lamp_clear and border) then
+        _G.g_dan_gauge_redraw = nil
+        return parent_draw_dan(self, points, previous_points, max_points, is_rainbow,
+                               anim_active, anim_alpha, rainbow_fade, rainbow_frac, fire_frame)
+    end
+    draw_cab(self, border, points, previous_points, max_points, is_rainbow,
+             anim_active, anim_alpha, rainbow_fade, rainbow_frac, fire_frame)
+    _G.g_dan_gauge_redraw = function()
+        draw_cab(self, border, points, previous_points, max_points, is_rainbow,
+                 anim_active, anim_alpha, rainbow_fade, rainbow_frac, fire_frame)
+    end
+end