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I will say the one thing that everyone seems to have missed is even though Appare March is a direct callback to Purge March. It is Futa literally repeating Amane's teachings to him in his mind as he is once again forced to go through this trial and have his very mind peeked into. Something that he was always anxious about happening before that and still is now. He says in his voice drama that he's relying on these teachings to keep moving forward to hold onto hope.
Throughout the Appare March he is literally repeating these teachings as over and over in his mind to remember what not to be. As we look back on who he was when this started someone who couldn't even take responsibility for his own impact and how it must have made the last days of someone's short life more painful he's looking at it and going I don't want to do that anymore. I want to believe in these teachings and the person I can be.
How I can change for the better and stick to the ideals I espouse for real instead of just pretending to and saying anything to get attention online, to get attention from anyone, to feel included. A lot of people are focusing on certain aspects of the report which is fair but I think one being ignored is that Futa lived alone. That he was originally from Osaka and he had to come back home to an empty house everyday no sister or dad. No friends in this new place and the only social outlet he had was in these online spaces was that echo chamber.
Where the only time he was engaged with or felt included was when he was being entertaining when he was bringing those people something to jump on. Until he became the one they were jumping on. I haven't seen anyone home in on how isolating that must have felt as well as how it added this pressure to fabricate stories simply to have some sort of engagement from other people.
Or even tie it into how he doesn't even really celebrate his own birthday and how the first birthday he actually spent around people since being in college may have been that one he had right after Milgram started. I think it's important to think about what it's like start college, living all on your own in a big empty house, being in a cycle of school then home, seeing others at the arcade but only being able to tweet about how shitty the service is while others are actually playing games with friends around you.
All those things we saw from Bring It On, Backdraft, and Appare March. As well as in the portal timeline. All the instances in which he did try to reach out and be there for others. How he attempted to change his ways when Milgram started by being their for the woman and those younger than him. How he tried to speak to Haruka.
Honestly it's a very tragic trap that a lot of people fall into. Doing everything and anything to feel included somewhere because all around they see no space for them, no community. So, they're willing to do anything to get that acceptance but once they get something like that unconditionally they start to wonder what was I even doing that for? What was I even trying to accomplish? Do I really believe how I acted was right and I'm glad that despite it all Futa concluded he never thought it was right he was just excusing himself to benefit.
That doesn't change what he did that led to him feeling this guilt that brought him here. However, it's honestly an amazing thing for someone to be able to admit.
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Fuuta audio drama (t3) - English TL
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Hi hello! Long time no Milgram! Slowly getting back into it, haha. As always, for any questions (translation choices, re-translating to other languages, potential mistranslations etc etc), feel free to send an ask or hit me up on Bluesky (or Twitter if all out of options 😅)
There's a lot of callbacks to t1 & t2 vds in here, so I might compile those in a reblog or something later... as a sort of translation footnote lol
⬇️ translation under the cut ⬇️
(door opens)
Es: Fuuta, may I?
Fuuta: Sure. I’ve been wanting to see you, Warden. (laughs)
Es: Your demeanor has changed quite a bit, hasn’t it, Fuuta.
Fuuta: Same goes for you. Are you not gonna wear that fancy hat anymore?
Es: …Ah, yeah. It’s fine already.
Fuuta: I see. Looking at you now, maybe there really was no need to be so afraid. It’s just like she said.
Es: What, you were afraid of me?
Fuuta: Yeah, now that I think about it, I was afraid of you. Since you were trying to expose what I did and blame me for it.
Es: And that has changed now?
Fuuta: Yeah. What you might think doesn’t matter anymore – and neither do those obnoxious voices that I keep hearing. The standards for my judgment lie elsewhere now.
Es: …And those ‘standards’ are referring to the new religion that Amane introduced you to?
Fuuta: Yeah, exactly.
Es: …
Fuuta: (laughs) What’s up? You got a problem with that?
Es: No…
Fuuta: Faith is free, isn’t it?
Es: Yeah… you’re right about that.
Fuuta: You’re free to have whatever image you want of religion, but I’m being saved by it right now. To me, it’s everything.
Es: Yeah… You do seem to be feeling a bit better. That’s reassuring. Are your injuries all better already?
Fuuta: … This pain is a trial, too. If I think of it that way, I’m able to get past it.
Es: I see. If it doesn’t hurt, that’s all that matters.
Fuuta: … I’m kind of surprised. I would’ve thought that you’d consider my faith to be escapism.
Es: Well, that might be the case.
Fuuta: Huh?
Es: But… I do understand that religion was the [red] string that you desperately grasped in the depths of despair. [word added for phrasing purposes]
Fuuta: Warden…
Es: It wouldn’t exactly give me courage, though.
Fuuta: Hah, you’ve changed.
Es: Hah. And that’s coming from you? – There is something that surprises me, though. I remember you ridiculing Amane for being a child. This is just a personal impression, but I didn’t think you’d be the type to listen to someone you view that way.
Fuuta: … That’s true. That’s the kind of person I was. I was wrong.
Es: …
Fuuta: I was wrong. Up until now, about everything!
Es: …Well, that’s certainly something. I would’ve never heard that from you in the past.
Fuuta: Do you already know what kind of murder got me called to Milgram?
Es: Spreading slander on the internet and instigating it… with someone losing their life as a result. That’s about it.
Fuuta: Yeah, you’re on point. I started a flame war, and the one who committed suicide was a girl in middle school.
Es: You’re admitting it…? Until now…
Fuuta: I killed her. If I could, I’d want to apologize for it. But I know that’s impossible.
Es: You… You said you did it for justice, didn’t you?
Fuuta: I just used that as an excuse. I didn’t really have a higher reason. My life was monotonous and boring, flame war type influencers were pretty popular, and in the end, I liked seeing people be miserable. “Justice”, “world reformation” – that’s just the label I put on satisfying my desires. And as a result, I caused someone’s death. I’m a murderer, there’s no mistaking it.
Es: Was that thought prompted by Amane’s religion?
Fuuta: She… What Amane taught me – do you know what it is?
Es: No… I’m not familiar with the details of her doctrine. All I know is that medical treatments seem to be considered taboo.
Fuuta: This is how I managed to recover.
Es: Eh?
Fuuta: She earnestly listened to what I’ve done. She managed to drag out how I really felt about it. She made me realize my stupidity and stuck with me until I genuinely reflected.
Es: Amane did…?
Fuuta: It’s funny, isn’t it? Her telling all these tall tales straight from an elementary school student’s ethics class, all seriously. “You mustn’t tell lies. You mustn’t bother others. You mustn’t take joy in others’ suffering. You mustn’t stray from the human path. Give it your all every day.”
Es: Is that so…
Fuuta: She earnestly tried to save me – someone like me. Thanks to her, I was able to fix my perception of what I did. So now, I’m stuck with this sense of guilt every day, carrying the full weight of what I’ve done. Sucks, doesn’t it? Knowing there’s nothing you can do [anymore].
Es: … Even so, I still… can’t affirm a religion that killed Shidou and Mahiru.
Fuuta: Yeah, I bet.
Es: Don’t you… feel anything about that…!?
Fuuta: I do! But… I have no other option than to believe in her.
Es: You—
Fuuta: Rejecting medical care isn’t a sound idea, I know that! What I’ve been told might just be some ordinary, pretty children’s story. I know that too! But still… There’s no denying that it saved me! Someone who offered to save my hopeless self, who’d tell me, “You can turn things around from here,” who believed in me… I needed that!
Es: Fuuta…
Fuuta: To the girl I killed, as well… [Amane] told me that if I keep praying, one day my words of apology might reach her. There’s no other option than to believe that, is there?
Es: …
Fuuta: What’s with that expression? I would’ve been fine with you saving me, as well.
Es: I won’t tell you that I can save you from your agony. …I can’t.
Fuuta: (sighs) Of course.
Es: I’m not a God. I’m human. That’s why…
Fuuta: Yeah. You’re right. But I’m weak, so this is the only way I can face my sins. I’ll follow her. That’s what I’ve decided.
Es: Even if it’s wrong?
Fuuta: Yeah. Even if it’s wrong. I would like for her to at least have my saved self by her side.
Es: To have by her side…
Fuuta: I think that, deep down, she’s so pure [of heart] it’s suffocating her. That’s why… I want to stay close to her.
Es: I see…
Fuuta: When you talk to her… if possible, please save her! Unlike me, she’s someone who can turn things around on her own.
Es: I’ll do what I can.
Fuuta: Right.
Es: Hey, Fuuta…
Fuuta: What is it?
Es: Right now, do you think you would like to be forgiven?
Fuuta: … I told you at the start, didn’t I? What you think doesn’t matter to me anymore. Whether you forgive me or not, all I can do is keep apologizing to the one I killed.
Es: … People who have committed crimes… I wonder if they can really start over?
Fuuta: Well, who knows? I don’t have the luxury to contemplate that. What do you think?
Es: I don’t know. But… I do think it’s nice if being forgiven by someone else could kickstart that sort of process [for them].
Fuuta: … What, are you thinking of forgiving me?
Es: I don’t know that yet.
Fuuta: Heh. Of course.
Es: Rest assured, though. I’m sure that someone within me will forgive you.
Fuuta: What do you mean by that?
Es: I’m not confident just yet, but…
Fuuta: What?
Es: There’s most likely… multiple wills existing inside me.
Fuuta: Huh? What are you saying?
Es: It could be that this is another one of Milgram’s characteristics.
Fuuta: What are you talking about?
Es: There’s several things that got me thinking. Memory lapses, confusion, polar opposite ideas, coexisting values… And lastly, the splitting of identity. That suddenly made me realize I’m multiple people.
Fuuta: Like… you’re multiple people in one?
Es: Yeah. Almost like Amane, don’t you think? And above all… I, myself, have no part in the judgment.
Fuuta: Judgment…? You mean whether to forgive us or not?
Es: Yeah.
Fuuta: Oi! Are you saying you’re not the one deciding between forgiven and unforgiven?
Es: To be precise, while judging you, I feel like there’s some other will flowing through me… and it’s most likely multiple wills, of tens, no, hundreds of thousands of individuals. The voices you’ve mentioned hearing inside the prison, of people that wouldn’t forgive you, could be linked to that as well.
Fuuta: …!
Es: I’m swallowed up by the stream of consciousnesses and disappear… and before I know it, the judgment has already been passed.
Fuuta: So, what? Whether we’ll be forgiven or not – do you mean those hundreds of thousands of people just discuss that among themselves?
Es: I’m just saying it’s a possibility.
Fuuta: (laughs) As a concept, that's compelling. It’s in such bad taste it’s almost funny. Almost like we were back then.
Es: Could be. That’s why… That’s why I need to learn more about Milgram. So I can make choices that are mine and mine alone – not anyone else's.
Fuuta: …
Es: Even though that in itself might go against Milgram’s will.
Fuuta: (laughs) You’ve really changed. After you used to be so attached to something like that, always going, “Milgram, Milgram”... almost like you were following a religion.
Es: You’re not wrong. Do you remember? Back when you said we were the same breed.
Fuuta: Yeah, I did say that.
Es: I denied it back then, but you were right about that. You and I are the same breed.
Fuuta: Huh?
Es: I don’t have a self, so I clung to Milgram. Because that’s all there is for me.
Fuuta: … Then, why do you–? Wouldn’t it be enough to just follow Milgram?!
Es: Of course, that’s because you guys are precious to me.
Fuuta: …!!
Es: It’s because I no longer know whether it’s really right to let Milgram judge you.
Fuuta: …
Es: Honestly, I'm not sure whether I've stopped clinging to Milgram. Right now, I’m scared. There’s so much that I don’t know… I’m scared to engage with things that used to be so vague. I’m so scared I can’t stand it. But… to me, and I’m sure to the many people inside me as well… all of you have become far too precious to me.
Fuuta: Es…
Es: After losing so many, I’ve finally realized… Because I’m an idiot. Though someone inside me probably already noticed that ages ago…
Fuuta: That’s not true.
Es: Huh?
Fuuta: That’s not true! That’s not true at all, Es! I’ve seen a lot of people. Not in interrogations(??), but–
Es: Fuuta…
Fuuta: Humans are all idiots. We all make mistakes somewhere. That’s what makes us human, isn’t it? I guarantee you that!
Es: … What are you trying to say?
Fuuta: Ah… Ugh, I don’t even know what I’m trying to say anymore! But like… doesn’t that just mean that you’re a normal human being? Isn’t that enough?
Es: Are you… trying to cheer me up with that…?
Fuuta: Hell if I know! I just said what I was thinking.
Es: (laughs)
Fuuta: Tch.
(machinery whirrs, bell tolls)
Fuuta: Hah. It’s time, huh. Are we still doing this?
Es: Yeah. Not as Milgram’s warden, but just as myself – because I want to learn more about you.
Fuuta: That so? Hey, Es.
Es: What?
Fuuta: I guess you have yet to decide what you’re gonna do from here on out, but… If you can, please tear down this Milgram place. In my stead, you know?
Es: …
Fuuta: This place is shit! I’m saying it, so you know it’s the truth.
Es: I’ll take my time to think about it. My very own choice… that’s the one thing I’m going to decide for myself.
Fuuta: Right.
Es: Fuuta.
Fuuta: Hm?
Es: Right now, I’m going to extract your mental imagery using Milgram’s power.
Fuuta: Heh. That’s an invasion of privacy. Stop messing around.
Es: Hah… You weren’t wrong about that.
Fuuta: Right?
Es: Yeah. It’s been fun, Fuuta.
Fuuta: … Then, see you, Es.
Es: Kajiyama Fuuta. Sing your sins.
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Yes I am giving myself space to be petty about this as someone who has faced harassment by this fandom. Deeply unfortunate if anyone has an issue with that I am deeply sorry for doing something triggering. I just dislike the hypocrisy, veneer of civility, pearl clutching, and dehumanization/othering of individuals when it comes to harassment in online spaces.
I'm especially annoyed when I know many people older than the age Futa was when this happened which was at the most nineteen going on twenty if not younger when he first blew up online. To go he should have known better as well as ignoring every video before this when there were dissections of all three for Yuno, and prior to that the two for Haruka.
Oh and it's annoying how other prisoners feelings of remorse are attributed to them within their songs. However all the things extracted from Futa that show the worse aspects of the choices he made that led him to be here are just viewed as objective facts brought from his victim's mind, put in by Milgram, or some other dumb shit.
Yet when other prisoners show their worse selves it's clearly an embodiment of how guilty they feel, how much they recognize what they did was wrong, and just how completely ashamed they are of it. When Kazui eats a bird, when Mu sings it's not my fault as someone lays dead from stab wounds from the boxcutter she's holding, when Mikoto's hands are covered in someone else's blood but he's crying, when Mahiru is using a suicide victim as a prop that's all guilt baby. They all feel so fucking bad.
At least Futa had the decency to frame his victim as victim through every song he had in this series. But fuck that, fuck consistency, trying to grow through something instead of past it, owning one's mistakes so they don't do the same thing again later. Nope rehabilitation and therapy is bad. We should be repressed and feel immense shame for being alive or making stupid mistakes forever.
And so should Es who's decisions lead to the deaths of not one person but three great job guys pack it up.
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Oh no the guy who doesn't care about his verdict is guilty and the Milgram audience once again proves that it doesn't want rehabilitation or these characters to get better. That for all the posturing and saying get therapy at the end of the day people only desire to see those who they can't bring themselves to empathize with suffer, to find a target socially acceptable of attacking, and to literally go through fictional twitter posts to find something to get mad about just like the guy they're judging.
Honestly, I'm not even surprised. That suddenly people are remembering what a minor is after finding every way to empathize with the child strangling that kicked this trial off.
My honest reaction from all that-
Have fun with that mountain you're making out of a mole hill. The report didn't even relate her death to what Futa did it just said she died. Honestly, I hope everyone is able to work through the various ways internet spaces have impacted them and recognize how harmful echo can and always have been. Because legitimately I expected to see everyone prove the cautionary story true but this immediately is like wow.
That's wild. I spent most my day hanging out with friends, getting ready for my trip, while actually sitting with the voice drama and song. Like if this is the line for some people then I don't want to see any defenses for actual murders going forward literally.
If this is the line then legitimately. Everyone who has killed someone with their barehand is guilty without a shadow of a doubt. That's just a fact. No more playing around and going their feelings. There's not enough remorse in the world that can excuse putting hands on someone with the intent to end their life. Nothing that can excuse stabbing someone, tracking down and jumping people to beat them within an inch of their life, finding multiple people on the street to kill with a baseball bat, or putting someone through what is basically torture before bludgeoning them to death.
Nothing to excuse emotionally neglecting someone in a relationship while ignoring every word that comes out of their mouth telling the other party what they're doing is wrong, inconvenient to them, or they don't like to the point they actually kill themselves. Absolutely none and I don't want to see any when that time comes. At this point I think a lot of people in this fandom don't understand the impact of having a person close to you killed for absolutely no reason or die unexpectedly.
Honestly it's hell of gross. Have fun with that fictional twitter beef. Don't come at me with they all just need therapy and time to process again. Because the majority is proving that shit doesn't matter and it's not what anyone ever wanted.
It's so gross seeing people with zero values act like they have some high ground to a fictional character going through a narrative when most of them do worse on the daily. Partake in the same online dogpiling and commiserate with others over their object of hate for the week. Oh no the audience responsible for numerous harassment campaigns even against the creators of the series think that cyberbullying is bad now.
LMAO- BYE!
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Really quick thought dump!
So. Appare March. (I nabbed a few screenshots to start. I might recreate various elements as posts of their own later)
Fuuta, stop stealing Amane's lyrics. *shakes head* Now we have to cancel you for copyright infringement. How do you like that now- Eh, never mind.
It's blatantly a corrupted Purge March. He recites the tenets over a rock instrumental in a minor key (whereas Amane's is more pop in a major key- hang on, I'll do the pitch analysis later)
Black feathers, black confetti, flags with the sigil ripped out...
And even the transition between headspace and the real world...
And the swirly eyes! (Wait, what was I talking about again?)
I should have plenty of material for March Week! (which I will probably tag as "appare purge march week")
Meanwhile, he also has a bunch of visual elements in common with Kotoko.
The cape, the walk around town, the silly poses, the moon...
(Yeah, I'll save the rest for the screenshot game)
And we got a face! No more silhouettes, no more hidden eyes, just the girl's face! (So the Undercover scene was that he wasn't expecting to come across a funeral.)
As for the votes, it seems to be a healthy divide right now. I can live with whatever verdict, but I will be voting forgiven.
When Kotoko's video is out, we're going to have to redo that poll of which Milgram character is closest to your age.
What do you mean [redacted]
Oops, this thought dump took a bit longer than I thought it would. Anyway, I will be pointedly avoiding Milgram in social media for today. Have a good day. I shall return to sleep.
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trial ONE guilty thoughts now :D basically gave him mahirus injuries minus the broken arm but plus a looot more broken ribs. and a more fuckass splint.
I think he'd still have his issue in t2 of having to live to save others except with a lot more guilt over being injured but also trying to convince es that it was the Right Choice Don't Worry
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something might be cooking
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Now for everyone who read the rough voice drama translation say,
Thank you to Amane Momose for doing what you've been asking for this series to do since day one-
Fuuta: It was a way to help me recover. They really listened to what I had done. They drew out what I was truly feeling. They scolded me for my stupidity, and stayed with me until I really reflected. Es: Amane did that? Fuuta: Funny, right? They talk seriously about morals, like elementary school ethics class. Don't tell lies. Don't cause trouble for others. Don't take joy in others' misfortune. Don't stray from the path of being human. Live seriously every day.
Give these people therapy. Hey, well this at least helps in flushing out how Amane would have been if she got that trial one Innocent more now. Also yay confirmation that Es and Amane DID too.
Es: There were plenty of signs. Gaps in memory... the coexistence of completely opposite thoughts and values... And the splitting of identity....To the point I instinctively recognize myself as several people. Fuuta: Multiple identities... Es: Just like Amane, right? And more than that... I myself am not the one participating in the judgment. Fuuta: Judgment...deciding forgiveness or not? Es: Yeah.
Now there's discussion to have around whether what Es is experiencing here would fall under DID generally or just an aspect of Milgram system. Again Es is stated to be the proxy for the audience on the website but I'm personally saying it counts. Given how they describe it impacting them. I'm just pointing out with Es that may come down to one's own personal interpretation. However with Amane and Mikoto this is pretty much confirming something we already knew before with no relation to audience engagement or the voices of Milgram.
Es: Yeah, you're right. Remember when you said you and I were the same? I denied it then... but you were right. You and I are the same. Because we had no selves, we clung to something—Milgram. Fuuta: Then why... Why don't you just keep clinging to Milgram? Es: Because it's obvious: you all are precious to me. Fuuta: !! Es: Because I no longer know if it's really right for you to be judged by Milgram. Fuuta: Ah…
I am sorry this is way too good even if it is a rough translation it conveys things incredibly well.
Es: After losing so many, I finally understood. I'm stupid. Someone inside me had already realized it long ago. Fuuta: That's not true. Es: Eh? Fuuta: No way. No way, Es!! I've seen all kinds of people. Es: Fuuta… Fuuta: And humans? Every single one of them is stupid. Every one of them makes mistakes. That's what being human is. I can guarantee it. Es: What are you trying to say? Fuuta: I don't even know what I'm saying anymore, but… maybe I mean that you're just a normal human too.
Like this is just really good I don't know what to say about it at all honestly. Just...
"Is that so... Well, Es... I guess you'll decide what to do from here. But if you can, destroy this place called Milgram. Do it in my place. This place is shit. And if I'm saying it, you know it's true."
Es: I'll take my time thinking. Make a choice that's mine alone. That, at least, I'll decide for myself. Fuuta: Yeah Es: Fuuta... From here, I'll use Milgram's power to peer into your truth. Fuuta: That's invasion of privacy! You gotta be kidding me! Es: Turns out you were right. Fuuta: ...See? Es: Yeah I enjoyed it, Fuuta. Fuuta: mm- See you, Es. Es: Kajiyama Fuuta—sing your sins.
Even down to end calling out Milgram's hypocrisy. It invading his privacy all of that it's just fun. Man it's a really fun pay off. I just like it honestly. Even seeing that Futa is like I don't like what Amane caused but I want to be there for the person who was there for me. She changed before and I think she can again. I think she can because she believed in me when I didn't believe in myself. Wild. Satisfying.
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Fuuta Kajiyama T3 Voice Drama Rough Translation
God bless New Zealand. This is super rough but if you can't wait...
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Apologies, that I've been slow on answering stuff. I really appreciate the asks. I had some sort of thing that was disrupting my sleep and making me fatigued but I've been coming off of that. I'm technically still getting over it but I'm much better and have been far less fatigued.
More so anxious about jumping back into discussing Milgram with all the revelations. More life and feelings stuff below before discussing the songs and short mv. So spoilers below the cut. The general life stuff will be in normal font spoilers in small. What is being discussed will be in big font.
Beyond that I had life stuff such as traveling this weekend. Yep, I always plan something during the time of a premiere this time I'm not only watching it with my close friends but after on the weekend I am travelling out of state to visit a friend who I'll be meeting for the first time.
I have a lot of writing to do unrelated to Milgram. Because of this I've been a bit overwhelmed writing wise and am having difficulty prioritizing isn't that the way. Given that I haven't been online at all. Well it's not like I have much to say outside of feelings on how things have gone since the reports are at the end of each video not much to speculate on just a lot to explain and connect which I enjoy but damn- I miss those days when anything and everything were on the table.
Might do an all murderers au could scratch that might scratch an itch but can't fully commit right now. I'm helping with the notes and rosters for the tabletop game I'm in. To make it more consistent while just working on interpersonal communication. One of the many writing things. Plus I want to finish the four one shots I have for Mikoto. The premise is laid out but I have to reread and finish the last two.
Now thoughts on the songs,
Rookie
I really like it- I enjoy how for the Futa cover they switch out Deco's name for Futa's. It's a very fun touch that I enjoy when cover artists do and liked hearing here. Futa speaking in English honestly a must here. The growl in his voice. The imposing sound of the first boo. It's really the voice actor at their best giving everything that makes Futa great.
Now hold on- Let's talk about it,
Life
Okay, the sound quality of Life is much better on the cd than the YouTube music video. Has anyone else noticed this or is it just a me a thing? I really think all of the voice actors skills shine through the sobbing comes in clearer and it's a really great amount of character work going on in the delivery that is understated in the YouTube quality of the video to me. I'm not saying buy the CD I'm more so saying maybe listening to it on other things outside of the video. Maybe the Spotify version doesn't have this issue as well but it is something I noticed while looping the song over my record player.
But why bring up an mv song after a cover one. Well because the thing that Life and the Rookie cover have in common is they both do a great deal of characterization work through vocal elements that just display both of the characters personalities. That's the thing which links them in my head for me. In contrast Appare March and Rabbit Hole do the opposite. They both work to show a surface level image of the character more so then bring out the emotional undertones.
Appare March
Where Rookie for me feels like it shows off Futa's indignation and deep resentment towards himself, Es, and Milgram as a whole through its delivery choices. Appare March is him exuding that cockiness he's become known for. It's him embodying the lines of the songs behind it,
"Bring it on! Those who believe in justice assemble! You gotta be kidding, I’m an undead hero."
"Let’s go! A victory march! Dan-Da-Dan!"
"Burn, burn! An ever-victorious FIRE, burn so high till it becomes ash!"
This is the counter uppercut he promised in trial two,
"Oh no, surrounded, lynched by the masses. Moribound, that’s all from me, reporting from the ground. Bust out, explode that counter uppercut."
This is quite literally his second coming in every sense of the word. He's been beating down by Milgram just to get back up swinging even better than before. He's coming back to give what he got and a little extra oozing with superiority the entire way through. No longer cowering in his blankets ashamed to look at his own possible impact,
Also love how the cape can call back to how he cowers under his covers in his room here. Sorry back to Appare March,
He's owning it all so it can never be thrown back in his face again. If Milgram says what he did was murder who is he to argue. This is Futa's It's Not My Fault. Appare March is giving get in line or get trampled. All the while combining everything he's done.
Having lyrical callbacks to Bring It On! and Backdraft. If Life was meant to display how little an impact Milgram had on Yuno Appare March is here to show how much Milgram has changed Futa into the person he is now. And every single direction choice embodies that intent beautifully.
Appare March's sound takes the viewer by the throat to look them dead in the eye and yell you won't avoid the monster your choices have created. It's sound is completely unapologetic, jovial, with so much disdain at points I struggle to actually call it an undertone.
Rabbit Hole
Similarly to Appare March Yuno's Rabbit Hole cover serves to display a surface surface level reading of her character. Primarily the aspects emphasized in her report around her promiscuity. Highlighting what is more understated within Life itself as the focus is on the grief and trauma being in an accident or having a miscarriage can have on a person no matter what circumstances the child was conceived under.
This undertone can be seen within lyrics such as,
"One night stands looping, they feel good? Don’t know what that’s like. Comfortably affluent, and that important part, my heartbeat, dropped it somewhere, oops."
"But honestly it was all fun, him and him, all of them kind."
"Life saving caresses that let life go on, that’s all I wanted."
"It’s only fun where you can stand, you drown once you go out to sea. Feelings like love, they always felt ick. Cuz the moment you have it, it changes on you, no? Keeping a safe distance, let’s just stay the same. For everyone’s sake, but mostly for me."
Rabbit Hole as a cover works to pull to the forefront the feelings that were ignored in favor of fixating on the results of Yuno actions. The feelings and desires that sparked her to act in the ways she did. The desire to have a consistent source of intimate warmth without worrying about what could happen if one was to try to have more. Wanting something consistent but being afraid one isn't enough for that or if one were to let themselves be vulnerable they'll simply be pulled away from.
The fear that one will be left alone looking for shore with no lifejacket. So, why even try?
"It’s only fun where you can stand, you drown once you go out to sea."
So, why not stay in the shallow end while playing games.
"If you want “me”, come marco, I’ll polo. Let’s just do it, please smile?"
Why do things have to be that deep?
"“WARNING, do not mix”, let’s keep love and lust separate, ok?"
"The only thing annoying was the occasional, I love you’s." - "Why are you here? You annoy me a little."
"Let’s just stay the same. For everyone’s sake, but mostly for me."
"This feelings been gone for longer than forever. Hey, sorry for calling you miserable. I wanna drink up but I just can't anymore." - "That important part, my heartbeat, dropped it somewhere, oops."
Let’s just do it, please smile? - Listen up, let's get groovin'. Come on and love this rabbit hole more and more- SO CORNY!
So nauseating...so creepy...will you please disappear “Phew. Anyway!”- If you feel lonely find anybody just get lucky. Fell in love with a blah, wanted to kick the bucket- So, I'm just smashin' over here, OK?
Someone smoking a cigarette, I didn’t dislike it. I think it was menthols, it freshened up the smog. Breath in, breath out, and repeat, everything to ash. It was like looking at the mirror, that was a bit rough.
22/01/17 (Mahiru’s Birthday)
Mahiru: My birthday…… the day I was born…… But was there really any reason for me being born? Lately I’ve started to wonder that. Do you ever think about stuff like that, Yuno-chan? Yuno: Eh? Not really. I mean, Mahiru-san, you’re really the romantic type, right? Not that I have anything against that. But isn’t it a bit much to think that everything in life has a meaning? If it makes you happy to think like that then go ahead, but if it doesn’t, then isn’t that in itself meaningless? Mahiru: : ……you might be right. I’ve always just lived my life like this, so I don’t really know. Yuno: We’ve all just gone through a bunch of things in life that happened to lead us here. It’s nothing more than a coincidence. Definitely not fate or anything. Probably. Even if there isn’t a meaning, you can still be happy that it’s your birthday. That sort of thing’s all you need in life really. So happy birthday, Mahiru-san.
20/06/29
Yuno: ……mmm, the food here is actually pretty nice. I wonder if the guard made it…… Oh yeah, Mahiru-san, do you cook? Mahiru: Hm? I do~ Cooking, washing, cleaning, I love doing all those sorts of things~ Fufufu, I passed all my self-imposed training to become the perfect wife with flying colours! Yuno: Wow, incredible… I don’t know whether to call that old-fashioned or what. ……isn’t it a pain? Mahiru: Eh~? I don’t think it’s a pain at all~ It’s fun~
"Sorry for calling you miserable."
Appare March SHORT MV
Linking it in case people want to see it.
Are we all ready for the over two minute long internet safety psa we're about to get tomorrow. Because Milgram is about to lecture us on unsafe posting habits and why one should always be wary of what pictures they post online. Because a person can use any innocuous picture to track down your locations.
Are you looking forward to two minutes of that one scene in Oshi No Ko between Aqua, Akane, and Arima. The one when he's on a date with Akane then she takes a selfie of them and posts it in real time then Kana finds where they are from that photo just to lecture them on how dangerous that was. Explain how fans can use that to track their location in real time that an influencers should only schedule selfies to post later due to this, and that Akane needs to turn her location off. Or the video my friend showed me years ago that Star brought up where people on the internet spend an egregious amount of time tracking down a flag.
Because if so then we've all certainly got a piece to look forward to. Considering that it appears the social issue Futa's case is interrogating is taking pictures and posting them online. How that can in extreme circumstances be unsafe not only to the person who took the picture but others too.
No murder here just some novice photographers, models, fashion designers, and journalists posting things online then being hazed for it harder than anyone has ever criticized actual tabloids including Milgram itself. Because why talk trash about actual tabloids and companies that do this to regular citizenry everywhere on the daily when you can blame middle schoolers and college students for mirroring the media landscape they've seen their entire lives.
Hey both sides are losers for taking pictures after all.
Fuck if young people wanna have fun and share images of their day with friends online. They need to know the full risks.
Before anyone takes that food pic remember that can get the restaurant swatted. Think before you pic. Before any of us writes that online review describing the bad service we may have received in a small restaurant, stating that the food was undercooked, and it may have given us food poisoning for several days after think of how that could ruin that business.
Not all criticism is constructive be humble. Learn to shut the fuck up. Learn that sometimes bad things may happen to you or be done near you but you're not supposed to say a damn thing about it.
What are we all fucking dirty snitches?
We should just sit there, definitely get no evidence of what's occurring with the recording device we all have on us at all times. It doesn't matter if the staff racially profiled someone, or if that cop is being weird, if someone is getting harassed etc- We should all think twice before we use a camera or share information of any kind. Because when you're on the outside looking in anything can appear worse than it actually is.
So, why even bother interrogating. Those bullying psas we're wrong if you see something say something is an incorrect mindset to have. If you see something you should say nothing until you're exactly sure of what you're seeing. Or as Star just said, "If you see something say nothing and drink to forget." The famous Welcome to Nightvale quote. Don't speak up shut up and go drink. If you do that maybe if your partner kills themselves due to the sense of emotional distance between you and them brought about by your constant omissions or just the overt disregard towards their feelings it won't be your fault because you didn't do anything you champ you.
You didn't try to make things better and you didn't try to make things worse. Silence is kindness. If you see something say nothing, if someone's having a hard time don't help they'll figure it out, if you see a crime in progress walk away to change your clothes and come back hours later after the child has experienced what it's like to be held hostage for a little bit because struggle builds character. Non-interference is the way of least resistance. If you never do anything no one can judge you.
Don't even tell people about restaurants you go to, if someone asks you for the address of a location ask them why, what are they gonna do with it. If a friend needs direction to a hospital tell them to google maps that shit you're no doxxer. These citizens should have had more ethical standards than literal paparazzi who are paid to stalk singular individuals on the daily and that's just facts. We need to hold everyone in Futa's videos accountable for taking pictures and posting them online and are ourselves. Next time I take a picture of the sky I'll think of this and
Now you might say but the things he took pictures of we're private information. Buddy a sidewalk, hat store, and college are all public spaces. Also if that was private information what the fuck about the girl in the hat and anyone else who has ever taken a picture in those sorts of locations.
At that point anyone who has ever taken a selfie on a sidewalk of a street they do not live on where someone was in the background sitting on their porch or just a home was in the background at all... Congrats you've officially doxxed that person and that homes address. Someone could do a deep dive into where this is based on the position of the fucking sun thinking they'll find you and find Mr.Gregors fucking home.
Like I know that Futa and apparently this middle schooler took these pictures in these locations with intent to do so. Do I conflate taking pictures and posting them online to murder..? No, I consider it a form of attention seeking, standard business practices, or just documenting ones life in a social media setting which is more common as the days go on. Especially because it's easier than mailing someone a Christmas card and taking specific holiday inspired family photos.
However, maybe I'm wrong and he did commit murder. There is certainly more intent behind his actions than Yuno's. He actually did look into this and go out of his way to catch someone doing something that he would consider questionable or wrong. That much seems clear but I don't understand the Japanese texts or lyrics so I still can't say for sure.
Plus he could shot someone in the last minute of that video or firebomb a home he could surprise us. I just seriously doubt it and don't want to get my hopes up. Especially since Mu is the murderer in that pair and we saw her stab a girl. Similarly to how Haruka was the murderer in the first pair and we saw him choke a child. So, it really seems like the social taboo Futa's narrative is exploring is the one around photography and filming in public spaces as well as the tragedies that can lead to. Which fair, kind of old fashioned and can come off as fearmongering around the internet when like other things outside of social media can lead to this issue as well.
Like very in real life things that have nothing to do with a computer. I'm taking the wait and see method but I'm still leaving space to think about the implications if that is all it is.
Outside of that it's actually a lot of fun visually and exciting. I really like his clothes in it and I feel like where Yuno's outfit alludes to her relation to Milgram in ways that her song fell short on- Futa's lyrics really display how deeply rooted in milgram and his experiences in it his current mindset is that would make having his outfit be heavily related to it feel like overkill. But maybe it comes off more related in the last half.
Overall really good. This isn't in small text because it involves very little spoilers and is mostly speculation. I don't have much to say about the visuals outside of oh fun!
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muu birthday dress was so cute I had to do it on my own to justify it in my eyes
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