[ 𝚈𝚊𝚗𝚘 𝙰𝚜𝚊𝚑𝚒'𝚜 𝚃𝟹 𝚅𝙳 ] 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚃𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝
THE BOY!!! i wonder if he'll be able to get a full inno combo..
Warnings for Asahi's VD: toxic family dynamics, Asahi also gets to act a little homophobic, but it's played for laughs.
Warnings for Asahi's MV: the aforementioned toxic family dynamics and despite the song's title, there's not any insect/bug motifs, not counting the ending.
(sounds of footsteps)
Hinode: So.. It's time to interrogate your brother, huh?
Hinode: Are you sure you can do this? You can just let me and Eiji-san-
Miki: You don't have to worry about me. I'm fine.
Miki: Why do I even have to worry about anything? I already know I will forgive Marito.
Miki: .. And you and Eiji-san will forgive him too, right?
Hinode: .. Y-you really love him, haha..
Miki: I've said this before: I can understand Eiji-san's case, but you, Hinode-san..
Miki: You really were okay with punishing your own brother.
Miki: And when he tried to kill himself, the one who saved him was Miyagawa-san and not you.
Miki: You weren't even that worried about him!
Hinode: ...
Miki: I can handle this. I'm still not the best older sister, but at least I actually care about my brother unlike you.
(the door opens)
Asahi: Ah, Miki-nee!
(sounds of Asahi running up to her)
Asahi: I missed you so much!
Miki:"He's so cute.."
Miki: I'm pretty sure we have talked earlier today though..
Asahi: I don't care. I like you, Miki-nee, so of course I'd want to spend as much time with you as I can.
Hinode: Haha, you really do like her, don't you? I've never seen you act so nice to someone before-
Asahi: .. Miki-nee, do you want me to kill this guy for you?
Miki: Huh?!
Hinode: K-kill?..
Asahi: I don't know, Miki-nee, he's kind of a weirdo.. He looks like the kind of guy who claims he doesn't know anything and then he reveals that he actually knew the whole lore right when we're all about to die.
Asahi: Also he looks gay, honestly.
Miki: ...
Hinode: ...
Hinode: Heh. Miki-san, your br-
Hinode: Uh.. Ahem, I wanted to say that Asahi-san is kinda funny actually.
Asahi: Oh, so you're okay with me calling you a-
Miki: Now, now, how about we start the interrogation?
Asahi: .. Ah. Right.
Asahi: I forgot that you didn't come here just to.. hang out.
(sound of a screen turning on)
Eiji: Okay, so are you all ready to begin?
Miki: ".. Why is Eiji-san so.. calm?"
Miki: "He doesn't really talk to me anymore, but he doesn't seem mad about Kei-san's second trial verdict.."
Asahi: Ugh, you're here too..
Eiji: I'm glad to see you again too, Asahi.
Asahi: How can you even see us right now? Aren't all the cameras-
Asahi: !
Miki: ...
Hinode: ...
Asahi: N-never mind-
Eiji: Oh, but I do mind. Asahi, how did you know what happened to the cameras?
Eiji: And to answer your question: I can only see things from the screens in everyone's cells. I can't see anything from the other cameras.
Eiji: "Guess he wasn't able to break into everyone's cells and use the spray paint on the screens too.."
Miki: "So he DID see Yoshioka-san when we were interrogating her."
Asahi: U-uh..
Asahi: H-hey, Miki-nee said to start the interrogation! So stop asking questions that aren't related to my crime!
Asahi: Eiji-nii is such a meanie..
Miki: ...
Miki: "I want to know more about his relationship with Kei-san and possibly Himura-san, but.. Now is not the time."
Miki: Okay, Asahi-san. We know pretty much everything about how your crime went, but there's still one very important thing we have to discuss.
Asahi: .. What is it?
Hinode and Eiji: She's talking about your-
Asahi: I am not going to talk to anyone here except Miki-nee.
Eiji: What? That's just stupid, you have three guards here and you're only going to talk to-
Asahi: Eiji-nii, why don't you go and shove all your bandages in your mouth and choke on them?
Eiji: ...
Miki: .. Why did you kill that woman?
Asahi: ...
Miki: We know how she died, we know about your relationship with her, but why did you kill her?
Miki: You told us that you had to do it to her. I just want to know why.
Asahi: .. I..
Asahi: .. I-It was self-defense.
Eiji: Oh really? You know it can be counted as self-defense only if you were in immediate danger, right?
Eiji: So like.. It can be counted as self-defense only if she tried to attack you or something.
Asahi: .. She didn't attack me, but I'm sure I would've died if I didn't kill her.
Miki: Was she really that dangerous?..
Asahi: .. You know, I don't really believe in God or magic or miracles, or.. anything like that.
Asahi: Like.. Come on. That just sounds dumb.
Asahi: But.. Sometimes I can't help but feel like her not being able to have kids of her own was..
Asahi: .. Maybe her becoming a mother really wasn't meant to happen. And like, for a good reason.
Asahi: She never took me seriously. It's like, she just liked the concept of having children. She didn't actually like having a kid.
Asahi: It's like I was just this cute toy that was supposed to make her go "Awww! Look at you!" and not an actual human being.
Asahi: Yes, she bought me everything I asked for. But when it came to actually spending time with me..
Asahi: Seriously, she avoided me like I was the fucking plague.
Asahi: Every time I asked her to go somewhere together, she just went "Oh, sorry, mommy is feeling a little sick".
Hinode: ...
Miki: But.. If she wanted a kid so badly, why couldn't she spend at least some time with you?
Asahi: .. No idea. Every single time I rebelled against her, every time I showed that I have emotions and I can disagree with her and even hate her, it's like..
Asahi: Her brain just turned off.
Asahi: She just stared at me. And said nothing.
Asahi: It's like she was a spoiled rich girl who said she wanted a pet and when her parents got her one, she just took some pictures with it, played with it a little bit, but when it came to actually taking care of it, she made others do all the work.
Asahi: .. Except in my case, I was alone almost the whole time.
Asahi: Like think about it. She didn't even actually adopt me, she just found me and took me in and made everyone believe it was a kid she adopted because she's so nice.
Eiji: Okay, but.. Why did you think she was going to kill you?
Asahi: I said I'm not going to talk to anyone except Miki-nee-
Eiji: You have already answered my question earlier. Why can't you do it this time too?
Asahi: ...
Hinode: Oh, right, when Eiji-san mentioned the immediate danger part-
Asahi: Fine, fine! You are so annoying..
Asahi: Um..
Asahi: .. I got really mad at her and she started saying shit like "Oh, I knew I will never be a good mother" or "I can't give you what you need".
Asahi: And after that, something.. changed.
Asahi: It's like she didn't know how to play with her cute little toy anymore.
Asahi: We haven't talked that much after that. She couldn't look me in the eyes.
Asahi: And I think the last straw was me hearing her say to her husband..
Asahi: "You were right. Adopting him was a bad idea".
Miki: ...
Hinode: .. Oh.
Asahi: Haha.. If you were me, what would you think she was going to do to you?
Miki: I-I.. I'd think she didn't actually mean it-
Eiji: I'd think she wants to get rid of me.
Asahi: .. Wow, Eiji-nii, can't believe you actually have a brain in that head of yours.
Miki: Did you think she was going to kill you?!
Asahi: Kind of. She was too weak to attack me, I knew that for sure.
Hinode:.. You thought she was going to kick you out of her house, right?
Asahi: .. Yeah.
Hinode: And for someone like you, with nowhere to go, it would be..
Hinode: Not that different from being killed.
Asahi: .. *nods*
Asahi: .. I was scared.
Miki: E-every child would be, Asahi-san, there's nothing to be ashamed of.
Eiji: Still, your whole plan doesn't make any sense.
Eiji: Like sure, you'd kill her, but what were you going to do after that? I doubt her husband was happy to see her corpse.
Eiji: And I doubt he wanted to do anything with you after that.
Asahi: .. Eiji-nii.
Asahi: I WAS LITERALLY 11 YEARS OLD WHEN I KILLED HER!
Asahi: I HAD ZERO EXPERIENCE! I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING! I JUST KNEW THAT I HAVE TO STOP HER! IT WAS EITHER ME OR HER!
Eiji: OR YOU COULD HAVE JUST ASKED HER WHAT WAS GOING ON!
Asahi: ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO CALL OUT A CHILD FOR NOT BEING GOOD AT KILLING PEOPLE?!
Eiji: GUESS WHAT, SHE'S DEAD, SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOOD AT IT, YOU JUST DIDN'T THINK IT THROUGH!
Asahi: FUCK YOU!
(bell rings, machinery sounds)
Asahi: .. It was him who kicked me out. Her husband.
Asahi: Haha.. He really was not happy about her murder..
Hinode: It sounds like he really loved her, but.. You can't just do something so cruel to a child.
Asahi: .. Are you going to vote me guilty this time? Because it wasn't actually self-defense and it was just me being an idiot?
Miki: I don't know about these two, but..
Miki: Please know that I forgive you, Marito.
Eiji and Hinode: Huh?..
Asahi: .. What did you just call me, Miki-nee?
Miki: O-oh, I-
Miki: .. Whatever. You have to know the truth.
Miki: The third trial is getting closer to its end and we don't have much time, so..
Miki: Asahi-san. I know you don't remember your past that well.
Miki: You're so young, but you have already lost so many of your memories because they were too scary.
Miki: I know how much you want to see your.. "Real mother" again.
Miki: But I.. I can't promise you that. I-in fact.. I don't think you're ever going to see her.
Miki: B-but, um.. A-at least you have me.
Miki: Asahi-san, do you remember your family well? You know, the people who you were living with before you met that woman?
Asahi: ...
Miki: You don't have to answer. From what I saw in your second video, I can tell that you do remember them, you just don't want to think about it. And that's okay.
Miki: Just.. Please know that I'm your older sister.
Miki: And the name you had before you met that woman was Andou Marito.
Asahi: ...
Miki: S-sorry. I wish I could've revealed it in.. a different way and not like this.
Asahi: .. It's fine.
Asahi: I.. I think I actually kinda knew that you're my real family.
Miki: ...
Miki: *sobs*
Eiji: Hey, I know, this scene is supposed to be very touching, but can we extract his video already? We have three more prisoners to interrogate.
Eiji: And all of them cause way too much trouble.
Miki: A-ah, right, right.
Miki: Prisoner 007, Asa-
Asahi: Y-you can call me by my real name. It's fine.
Miki: .. Okay.
Miki: Prisoner 007, Marito, sing your sins!
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[ Asahi Marito's Trial 3 MV: Caterpillar's Cries ]
The video starts with showing us a dark forest. Marito comes out of it and he's not looking good: his hair is messy, his clothes are dirty and he overall looks like he's going to die very soon. He falls on the ground, not having any energy left to walk, and looks up. We see his adoptive mother, Satsuki, and her husband.
"Hello, who are you? Ah, I see, you're my mother number two
At least that's what you claim to be
But I'm not so sure, I find it hard to believe
My mother would look at me like I was her child and not just a cute new toy"
Satsuki smiles warmly at Marito and holds out her hand to him while her husband turns away. It takes him a moment, but Marito takes her hand.
"But fine, I'll accept your help
I'll accept your love and affection
Even if I'm not sure if that's what I need
A kid like me doesn't have much of a choice here"
We see Satsuki, her husband and Marito walking into a house that looks really fancy and it really looks like a place where a rich couple would live, but also, their house has a really dark color palette which makes the whole place look intimidating and creepy in some way. Marito looks scared and he walks over to a table. He sees a piece of cake, but just as he's about to take it, someone slaps his hand away and Marito drops the plate on the floor.
"Hello, who are you? You're not someone I should've become
Does this happen to those who get carried away?
Or does this happen to those who got everything they wanted?
Could it be that you're just like me, except you're completely satisfied?"
The person who slapped his hand away turns out to be Marito himself, but that version of him looks different. This version wears better clothes and simply looks like what you'd expect a rich couple's kid to look like, but his eyes also look.. weird. They look too swirly and colorful. You could say that this version of him is not Andou Marito. It's Yano Asahi.
""Stop, that's enough!" But it will never be enough
Sweet or sour, I don't care, I want everything I could never have
Even if it's rotten, even if it's broken, I just want to have something
Do you understand now? I live like I can die at any moment"
Asahi makes Marito fall on the ground and Marito starts to cry because of how scared he is and because he expects Asahi to hurt him. Suddenly, Asahi stops and looks at Marito. Something about the boy's reaction makes him change his mind and he helps him get up.
"I don't understand, why do you understand me so well?
It's like you're me, it's like we really are family
Please, please, help me stop feeling so empty
Fill this void, say I'm not alone, say I can have everything, say I can have more"
The boys are walking somewhere now. Marito starts to notice that there's a lot of food, toys and other things lying on the floor as they walk. He starts picking those things up meanwhile Asahi doesn't seem to care about this stuff at all. Marito starts seeing weird ghost-like visions of Satsuki and his other self. They all show Satsuki giving him the exact things that are lying on the floor right now. At first Asahi looks genuinely happy to receive them and thanks her. But as those visions continue to show up, Marito notices that Asahi starts to look more and more disappointed with each new gift, until eventually he rejects one of them, making Satsuki look at him with a confused expression. We don't get to see what this gift looks like exactly and it looks blurry. Marito wonders why this happened and he looks at all the things he picked up. Asahi looks at him and simply shakes his head and sighs.
"Why would you do this? Are you this ungrateful?
Don't you remember what we had to go through?
Do you really need more? Do I really need more?
Do I need at least something? Or do I need everything?"
Finally, they walk into a room that seems to belong to Asahi. This room has so many toys everywhere that you can't even see the floor. Marito looks at all the toys and his eyes start to sparkle, but then he sees a small table in the middle of the room and three chairs. It looks like Asahi has decided to hold a tea party.
Now we see Marito, Asahi and a plushie having a tea party together. Marito looks happy, but Asahi looks like he's thinking deeply about something. Marito notices it and takes one of the plushies and makes it kiss Asahi on the cheek and smiles.
"Why are you so nice? It's like we really are family
Maybe kindness really was what I needed from the start
I just wanted someone to hug me and say that they love me
I was tired from all the gifts that had no love inside"
Asahi blushes and tries to act serious, but it also looks like he's.. sad for some reason. Marito continues to drink his tea..
Until he suddenly drops his cup. It looks like he's in pain.
""Stop, that's enough!" But it will never be enough
No matter how hard anyone tries, I will never be satisfied
It's time for me to admit that I will never be truly happy
Do you understand now? Maybe death was what I wanted from the start"
Marito falls on the floor while Asahi watches him and when Marito looks at him, he sees that he's.. crying. Asahi walks over to him with that plushie in his hands and he gives it to him. Marito takes the plushie and hugs it. He closes his eyes.
"It's fine, it's okay, as long as you love me and I love you
Maybe your love will satisfy the hunger I've felt since the day I was born
Or maybe it will do nothing but make the void consume me
Honestly, I just want to be loved, who cares about the consequences?"
He opens his eyes again. They are as weird as Asahi's. He's wearing the exact same clothes as him. Satsuki walks into his room. She's holding the same toy Asahi rejected in one of the visions.
"Please, say that I am a good kid
Say that you will take care of me, say that one day your house will feel like home
Please don't throw me away
Don't punish me for my greed, forgive me again and again and again"
It's a caterpillar plushie.
The video ends.
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