#Psychogram

[kgmilgramau]

DECO*27 - サイコグラム

Cover by: KK-001

ねえ君が好きだよ 素敵すぎて渡したくない

{ I love you so much, You’re too wonderful, I don’t want to let anyone else have you}

ねえ僕じゃないならば　誰を選ぶんだい？

{ Hey, if not me, who would you choose?}

{vocaloid-lyrics-Wiki}

[utaitemusic]

Don't make me worry this hard goodbye Will never happen again

[skonesketching]

DAY 11 of drawing my top 100 anime on my MAL

[mirururuguramu]

Damn... there's quite a lot of visual parallels between Yuno & Mahiru this round, huh?

BONUS: Parallels to Psychogram because Mahiru covered that song.

[selfiesforalgernon]

For posterity Part 2: this is, I believe, the entire run of the Psychogram segments from old school Liquid Television.. It has a special place in my heart and I can quote at least the first segment almost verbatim (childhood stuff right here guys lol)

[wcdonaldsofficial]

Mob Psycho 100 (Season 2, Episode 7)

[chungsungs]

I'll toy with all the things that get in our way

[ryuseiired]

getting into milgram without knowing much at all about vocaloid is really, really funny when it comes to the cover songs. bc ive listened to all the milgram cover songs. but i almost never Already Know The Original.

we all know the "wait salamander is about what?" moment when this happens ofc. the classic "hold on fuuta sang that and its about cup noodles ?" moment. but i just had another one of these moments tonight and im losing it a little.

nobody told me the original of psychogram started off so fucking LOUD .

[fictionalcharacterlovetimes]

hey selfshippers who tend to obsess over one song for, like, a few days at a time:

how would your f/o react to you listening to the same song on loop for a week? would they be concerned? amused? would they join you?

[searihart]

@roseofcards90

Girls that like to be a little silly <3

[good-beanswrites]

🎬: Please do not remind me Kazui and Kotoko didn't get their songs covered by Es 😭 It was such a disservice. I'm gonna just chalk it up to Kazui's voice is so deep that Es couldn't sing it properly and by the time Kotoko's MV was shown to them, the first trial ended before they could even sing it.

Or, y'know. Your AU, so Es did cover their songs too.

Also another thing for post-MILGRAM hangout where Es joins in too...KARAOKE (didn't Milgram have some sort of karaoke-related event running earlier?) Or maybe they have their own karaoke party at someone's home (I know someone has a karaoke set at home!), so they sing their songs and encourage Es to sing too...and pleeeeease sing "half" and "harrow" too (this will lead to Es finding out they've been eavesdropping on their singing. Hey!). Bonus that Deco's song is such a bop in the AU that everyone sings the songs they covered.

...my train of thought is still running, but I just imagined this AU's Milgram allowed everyone to gradually accept their faults that almost led them to their crime. Soooo Mahiru is still just as sweet, BUT rocks it when she sings "Psychogram". Also Amane, I like to imagine at this point she can be a bit more of a kid (I can dream!), so she's sort of bouncing around when she sings "Positive Parade" and "Animal" while the girls dance with her.

But with that said, I hope we'll get more Es' song covers! Or at the very least make up for "half" and "harrow"...and c'mon, Es didn't get to sing at all this trial. What gives?!

RIP I know 😭 I'm hoping we'll get a bunch of covers to fill the trial hiatus, and that they'll start with those two!! I know some people were worried that they would never get covers because they didn't reach 1M before the trial closed, but I think that's an oddly unfair requirement for the later prisoners. So I'm confident we'll get them at some point!

Kotoko's does make a bit more sense -- it was right at the end of the trial, and there wasn't much too break down in the lyrics because she was very forthcoming with information/intention. And I like that explanation for Kazui's! Es was intimidated by his voice and didn't want to do it an injustice by singing it poorly. Maybe Kazui makes a snide comment that they would have actually understood his crime better if they'd studied/sang his lyrics like the others' 😅

And I love the post-Milgram thoughts! Given Yuno's mvs and her written response about liking karaoke, I can definitely see her taking everyone out to her favorite karaoke spot. I like that too because the covers were kind of an indulgent inclusion of mine -- I knew they didn't quite fit in during the trial hiatus but I really wanted it to happen asdfdsn. Like, I know Amane wouldn't do frivolous things, and Kotoko/Shidou/Kazui would try to take the situation seriously and not play around. But if it's all after the experiment... >:3

Thank you 🎬! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for those covers soon 😤🤞

[1moremilgram-enjoyer]

Mahiru T1 Cover - Psychogram

Here's your pal back again with another cover analysis! Am I getting annoying yet? Mahiru time let's go! Psychogram's a cool song, really unique sounding! And, because Mahiru actually has a lover to sing this to, it makes it easier to connect the song to her!

... We just, you know, have to make sure we don't accidentally make her sound like an irredeemabe insane person. I swear it's not as bad as it looks, believe me, please-

CW Murder and mentioned suicide, abusive and toxic relationships.

So... Psychogram is about a girl who fits the 'yandere' trope, I don't think there's a better way to put it.

I love you so much You're too wonderful, I don't want to let anyone else have you Hey, if not me, who would you choose? Come on, don't be scared It's just a fable, a what-if If you won't answer, then I don't need you

I've had enough of apologies Just keep smiling like that forever Don't make me worry; this hard goodbye Will never happen again I love you so much I dreamed of being together, just the two of us Don't run away anymore, I'll protect you I'll toy with all the things that get in our way, One after another It's all for you, I don't need anyone else

(Translation)

"Toying with the things that get in our way" may sound weird, possibly due to translation issues, but essentially it means she will easily deal with anything standing in the way of 'their' love, as if they're just playthings.

The word 'psychogram' doesn't really have a consistent definition, but the most applicable is that it's something which describes the mental functioning of an individual. It's used two times in the song.

It was always going to end this way Is your color changing because I touched you? From your open mouth, a face appears A sweet, sweet psychogram

The first verse has the singer claiming she can see her love interest's 'psychogram' just from their words ("open mouth"), in other words, believing she always understood her partner's emotions perfectly or something along those lines. That's why "it was always going to end this way", because "their color changed when the protagonist touched them", which I believe would imply blushing. Basically, she thinks her interest has always been in love with her.

It's so heavy, it gives me a shock Come on, tie me up tightly You'd better eat every last bite Of the sweet, sweet psychogram

The other case has the singer offering her partner her own psychogram to 'eat', meaning she wants them to accept her as she is. And I'm choosing to strategically ignore the "tie me up tightly" line.

And just in case you're worried I'm reading the lyrics uncharitably, the song ends with the singer killing the other.

I love you so much You're too wonderful, I don't want to let anyone else have you Hey, if not me, who would you choose? Come on, don't be scared It's just a fable, a what-if You won't answer, huh? You're disgusting Come on, don't be scared I'll never let you go

So, uh. Yeah, that's the basic premise of the song. Which is, uh... not a great look for Mahiru, gotta say. I see why the "yandere" interpretation of Ai Nan Desu Yo was so popular in Trial 1.

In any case, what's important to take away from Psychogram in relation to Mahiru aren't the actions the protagonist takes, but rather the feelings they have for their love interest. Going line by line, we first have the idea it was always meant to be and wanting to fully understand their lover, their 'psychogram':

It was always going to end this way [1] Is your color changing because I touched you? From your open mouth, a face appears A sweet, sweet psychogram [2]

[1] [Love is (Un)Dead] (T2 VD) Mahiru: I thought it was fate. He said it was, too.

[2] [Ai Nan Desu Yo] This is a claim of responsibility From the two of us with matching love Wanting to know everything about you, but wanting to die because it can't come true It's all because of love

The relationship is tumultuous and the love is too much.

"What is that face you've never shown to me?" Hey, let's make it sting "When will you give in and be my friend?" Hey, let's make it sting [1] There's nothing here but foul words They swallowed me up I get it, I get it I agree, there was enough love in the first place [2]

[1] [Ai Nan Desu Yo] We fought sometimes, I was happy to get hurt Let's have matching pain, this sickness is pretty bad

[2] [I Love You] My love, it scored an own goal, destroyed my love and me with its weight

Overwhelming love which is scary or inconvenient for the partner (please ignore the murderous undertones in Psychogram)

I love you so much You're too wonderful, I don't want to let anyone else have you Hey, if not me, who would you choose? Come on, don't be scared It's just a fable, a what-if If you won't answer, then I don't need you

[I Love You] This can’t go on, something’s got to give, I even love saying the words, “I love you” My emotions are out of control, that’s inconvenient? I don’t care!

Wanting to be accepted fully as they are.

It's so heavy, it gives me a shock Come on, tie me up tightly You'd better eat every last bite Of the sweet, sweet psychogram

[I Love You] It’s ok for everyone else but not for me Unfair and stuck between in love and love Kiss good-bye to this feeling cuz it’s too heavy? I can’t, no way no way no way

Uh... calling?

"Answer me right away--where are you now?" Hey, let's make it sting

[Ai Nan Desu Yo] Ring ring, I'm calling you in the middle of the night Forcing you to wake up, and I say "Good Morning!"

Not wanting to separate ever, even when they apparently drift away sometimes.

I've had enough of apologies Just keep smiling like that forever Don't make me worry; this hard goodbye Will never happen again I love you so much I dreamed of being together, just the two of us Don't run away anymore, I'll protect you I'll toy with all the things that get in our way, One after another It's all for you, I don't need anyone else [...] Come on, don't be scared I'll never let you go

[Ai Nan Desu Yo] If you don't hug me, even our hearts will start drifting apart. [...] Even when I test you, even the times we do the breakup ritual, Is because I love you

You see? Again, I don't feel like I have to elaborate on the connections beyond putting similar lyrics next to each other, since the connection is pretty straightforward if you ignore the murderous tendencies. One other connection is the love interest winds up dead as a result of the protagonist's love, which again directly connects to Mahiru and I don't think I need to really explain.

The final thing to note is that last line, "I'll never let you go", which in the video plays when the partner is already dead. This could play into the shinju (double suicide motivated by love) theory of Mahiru's "murder", which is too long to get into here, but if you want to read more about it, you can do so in this amazing post by dearmahiru. I personally find it quite likely, it's very interesting!

Yeah I don't know what else to say for this one. Take care!

[linagram]

RIKU INNO PROPAGANDA:

honestly... i understand that riku and yue are "you're both horrible people never change just never involve anyone" but their relationships really remind me a lot of abusive relationships with abuse coming from yue, they remind me of domestic violence if it makes sense. there's a similar feeling that it's inescapable and it's just the way things are supposed to be, it's normal, and also if you leave no one will ever love you like them.

i don't remember the information introduced in earlier trials very well so i might be missing something, but from the current mv it seems like yue is the one who, well, tries to be in the constant state of suffering, and eventually he makes riku grow desensitized to violence and pick up self-harming habits from him. yue is pretty possessive of riku? like he has problems with guilt-tripping others, thinking that suffering is the only way to make people pay attention to him, and specifically take away all of riku's attention; again i don't remember earlier trials well but with the whole "no one but yue gave you the attention you wanted", yue trying to make them jump together, etc. it feels like yue didn't want anyone else to like riku and to be his friend, to have him. yueriku psychogram redraw when? that makes the whole "you stayed with yue just because he was a tool to give you attention" sound kind of bad, as if yue was any better. victim is really the victim i guess. the only one who has survived is the only one who can hold the whole responsibility for toxic relationships

from the outsider's point of view riku of course is the one who holds more power, because he has friends, fans, a reputation, all of which he used to attack yue, but it's not so easy to see what's going on behind the scenes. riku why didn't you just leave the person who was possessive of you and has been showing from childhood that he takes pleasure in violence and made you grow desensitized to violence and pick up on self-harming habits? why did you have to be so dramatic about it.

propaganda accepted 👍👍

also don't worry you're fine i wouldn't necessarily say that yue didn't want riku talk to anyone else bc riku still had friends and he even had a gf (he'll mention her again in his and reina's interrogation as well)

but it was more about yue basically refusing to talk to anyone other than riku. so it was more like "sure i'll let you spend time with others but i'll make you feel really bad about it bc i don't have anyone else to talk to other than you". you're so right about yue and riku's relationship being similar to domestic violence bc riku really thought he can't escape and that nobody will love him as much as yue does even though he literally could just end his friendship and leave yue without doing all of. that. idk men will make their classmates hate and bully their childhood friend and make that friend believe that they want to commit suicide with them and then tell that friend to go die alone instead of going to therapy 😔

[cycle-hit]

hi tumblr user cycle hit. is this song 0610? because i feel like it is https://open.spotify.com/track/0MuYrUNbxEjEpG3vtXXoCx?si=IZS7qZfCS7KKC-fHRe1OTA&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A3mc0ZAKXqacRz6Mw6H2BZy

yeag 👍

im goign 2 use this for kiss ur knuckles thnak u tumblr user anonymous. also the song right above it is this

hehe. so yeah id assume the playlist creator's intent is 0610 with this one even not judging lyric/soundwise

[teknikolor-walters]

Deco 27 really said that he was gonna write cascarab better than me and damnit he was right