#psychogram cover

[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!

[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}

[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 😤🤞

[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

[linabirb]

i keep thinking of mayyyybe trying to cover a milgram song and the thing is that i did. try to do it once but to my own shock and surprise the only song that i was able to handle was. weakness.

i literally was like "okay i have a high-pitched voice uhhh let's go with after pain or umbilical or tihtbilwy maybe??" and that failed and i was like "okay i can't handle fast-paced songs let's go with something slower" that also failed.

and then i tried to sing weakness and. it worked. it didn't sync with the instrumental that well so i still was a little slow but it still. sounded good.

[genderqueer-miharu]

I've been thinking about it more and honestly I Love You is probably my second favorite Milgram song in trial two so far, that rap is just so awesome

[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 .

[blueepink07]

All the spoken lyrics from the MVs and first trial covers

Before beginning, when you see this sound icon, it means that the character is speaking! I tried to match the sound with the picture, but there might be some errors!

I like hearing the characters speak... The VDs aren't enough for me! And since these short voice lines from the songs aren't really talked enough, I decided to make a compilation with all of them! (hoping that I didn't miss something!)

Here is the video! Because unfortunately I can't post more than one! I will write some time skips, in order to get to the character you want to hear!

Haruka

Weakness: 00:00 - 00:11

Two Breaths Walking: 00:12 - 00:22

Yuno

Umbilical: 00:23 - 00:35

Sticky Bug: 00:36 - 00:54

Futa

Bring it on:00:55 - 01:08

Mozaik Role: 01:09 - 01:31

Muu

After pain: 01:32 - 01:47

Otome Dissection: 01:48 - 02:06

Shidou

Throw Down: 02:07 - 02:26

Liar Dance: 02:27 - 02:37

Mahiru

This Is How To Be In Love With You: 02:38 - 02:44

Psychogram: 02:45 - 03:16

Kazui

Half: 03:17 - 03:37

Yowamushi Montblanc: 03:38 - 04:05

Amane

Magic: 04:06 - 04:14

Positive Parade: 04:15 - 04:27

Mikoto

MeMe: 04:28 - 04:41

Unfortunately I couldn't hear anything in his cover...

Kotoko

Again, I couldn't hear anything in Harrow, so I guess it's a pattern between her and Mikoto

Anti Beat: 04:42 - 05:01

[chillcoffeeash]

Okay, Poll time!

So...

[purgemarchlockdown]

I immediately put on Animal after listening to Psychogram lol. I am incurably obsessed with that cover

[0veil-ablaze0]

Which song do you think Mappi would cover next?

[mukuberry]

spill the beans.

ooooooooookey dokey boss, i dont have any pictures of them though :( just some pages in my phone notebook..... I'll do my best to summarise them!! i probably wont ever do any proper ocgram thingy with em so ill just spill their secrets hehe... theres 13/14 so ill put them under a cut!!

001! most of them dont have names yet lol i hate picking names 😔 but he's wonderful.... he's 11 and he's a lil silly ^^ he grew up with a single mother who began dating a very abusive man and then they both started abusing him, so he's extremely distrusting of adults. she got pregnant and he realised he needs to protect his siblings, but knows he cant hope to fight back against his parents, so instead he decides to secretly kill the baby after theyre born to prevent them for suffering. He's done this 3 times! He has alot of angelic imagery since he views himself as a saviour. Uhmmm OH his cover songs are Cosmic Rendezvous-> Psychogram-> Mirai Yo. Im not super happy with the picks tbh so they might change...

002! She's 43 and her first name is Yukino :) no last name yet.... she's based on a Kazui theory i saw when Cat came out that's definitely not true and was talked about in a pretty discriminatory way, so ive decided to steal the idea and make it better. She craves violence/abuse and has a gore kink, but has done her very best to repress those feelings and live a normal life, believing herself to be a monster for having these feelings and thoughts. She definitely has OCD. She has a daughter and had a husband, but abandoned them both after seeing her child do the same things she did as a child when her interest in violence started building, thinking that its her influence that caused it and that her child will be normal without her around. Also because if she's got no one tieing her down, she can maybe indulge in her fantasies instead of living a proper life. Her husband, not being able to handle the abandonment + knowledge that the one he loved was fantasing about him suffering the entire time + not being able to look after a child alone, takes his own life.... im not too happy with the murder tbh i might change it later......... she's great though i love her. Her cover songs are Hibana -> Animal -> Mosquito!

003! No name but he's baby. Actually he's 16 but to me he's baby. The first thing he does in milgram is demand a lawyer and tell the warden his murder was self defence (it wasnt). He forces all the other kids into doing his study club while they're in there... he's very 'proper' yknow. He's kinda like Nervous from the first novel if uve read it, went to middle school and became so anxious with being mistreated by his classmates and the adults that he tried to be perfect... and it worked! Until he entered high school, and there's this one girl in his class who is just slightly better than him..... so he pushes himself more and more, secretly hating her and himself for not being good enough. One day, late at night, she finds him on his own, at a pier. She tries to befriend him, since she's just like him, and wants to help him with his burdens and for them both to drop the perfect act...... unfortunately for her, he (again) hates her and cannot comprehend that someone could see through his act and would still love him, has a slight mental breakdown and beats her to death with debris near by, and dumps her body in the water. He gets to be perfect again yayyyyy ^_^ he's the most developed in terms of milgram routes, but I'll maybe talk about them another time.... his cover songs are Angel Hair-> Antibeat-> Theory Of Negativity

004! Kanae ♡ she's a complete hermit! A childhood schizophrenic (18 now) who was neglected by her family and outcasted at school, she's completely dependent on her psychosis, as it gives her companionship and purpose she doesn't have elsewhere. She's aware that she's schizophrenic, but has no intention of getting better. Upon entering milgram her psychosis has come to a (temporary) stop, so she spends most of her time in the prison with 010, since 10 (Kanami) never shuts up and is fine with Kanae not saying much in return. She can't stand silence. She had a younger sister (10ish?) who she was expected to look after since her parents aren't home much, however considering her mental state she can't really look after a child... so after not being fed in awhile, said child tries to make herself food! Only for Kanae to leave her room for the first time in days and finding her sister dead from accidentally poisoning herself;; oops! Her cover songs are Nocturnal Kids -> Liar Dance -> MKDR

005! Probably my favourite ♡ he's one of 3 explicitly queer characters, canonically being in love with his victim and being trans-coded... not explicitly trans but damn can u read his story as a trans story!! He's 17, popular, pretty, rich, has a loving family, his grades aren't perfect but they're still good, and he's genuinely pretty nice to people... he's living his best life! He doesn't know why he's in milgram, he hasn't killed anyone, he swears! A kid went missing in his class sure, but they weren't close, he knows literally nothing about that! Atleast thats what he says ^_^ teehee.... i wanna keep his murder a secret its more fun that way... he's probably the 3rd most unforgivable person in here :) his cover songs are Cinderella-> Secret Feast-> Ghost Rule

006! Haruki :) a lil shy but really nice! She's 28, but when she tells people they don't believe her since she acts kinda childish... she's also a system! But she thinks she's a spirit medium since she keeps introjecting dead people... her system has 6 alters in total, maybe 7 depending on what happens in the prison... but the story only really focuses on 4/5 of them. She lives in a shitty apartment and mostly lives of the money her grandmother sends because she can't hold a job (she tries her best!), her victim is her closest (and only) friend, they met a few years back at an old job and have been inseparable since.... they spend most of their time together. This friend however has lived a very difficult life and struggles alot with suicidal thoughts, basically only staying alive for her sake. She's learned to not tell people about how she's basically 'possessed by ghosts' after growing up being treated like a freak for it, but watching his mental state get worse and hearing him talk about how he wants everything to stop, she decides to tell him the truth. Both because he's important to her and wants him to know this very personal thing about her, and because it's basically like saying "hey when you die you don't actually stop existing, so you should just stay alive 😁". Unfortunately, he hears this and thinks "wow if i die i get to be a part of my favourite person 24/7???? hell yeah" so he convinces her to help him kill himself ^^ she refuses at first, but eventually gives in and watches him get hit by a train. And thus, she gains another alter...... her cover songs are Two Breaths Walking -> Zombies -> Undead Alice!

007! He's a bastard. He's sarcastic, blunt, rude and thinks everything sucks forever. He's 24. He's also based on a kazui theory! Mine from t1 thats definitely no longer canon... so ive taken it and made it much worse!! But from an outsiders POV it looks more like fuuta's story, with it being centred on toxic online groups,, he lived a very normal and good life! He was popular in school, graduated with top marks, went to a good college, graduated, went to a good uni, graduated, got into a good job, got a girlfriend- and surely he'll marry her and have kids and move into a big house and watch his kids grow up and die. That's what he's been told to do, that's what everyone does! Except for some reason he can't comprend, he feels completely dead inside. Theres a ball of dread in his chest and its building everyday until he can't ignore it. Everything feels empty and numb outside of this feeling. So he looks for answers, and while he doesn't find any, what he does find is a group of people on social media who feel exactly like he does. They don't try to lie and say everything's fine and that he needs to just power through, everything sucks and they're the only ones admitting it. They don't encourage eachother to get better, they help eachother get worse, because life is terrible so why shouldn't you just do what you want? And 007 gets sucked in completely. He quits his job, cuts off his girlfriend and friends, and moves back in with his parents, to their dismay. That was 6ish months ago. He's obsessed with social media and will do anything to feel alive in this terrible world. So, of course, when one of his online friends tells him she wants to die, why wouldn't he wish her luck? Life is terrible, he's kinda jealous that she can actually do it while he can't. And then he wakes up in the milgram prison ^_^ his cover songs are Chimera-> Otome Dissection-> Rabbit Hole!

008! She's even worse ♡ actually when writing this i kinda had a better idea for her story, but since its just came to my head I'll have to think on it a lil more.... uhm for now though she's 32 and also thinks life sucks but she's (kinda) over it now. She's used to being at the bottom of society but takes out her feelings by looking down on people even lower than her. Until i figure her out more thats all i can say TT her cover songs are Psuedo-hope Syndrome -> Delusion Tax -> Mono Poisoner!

009! Taisei Furukawa... he's the second one i made so he has a full name yay :] he's my second canonically queer character, he's gay and has had one boyfriend basically his entire life! They met as kids in the same elementary school, his bf came from a very shitty family and Taisei was the first person to treat him kindly and stick by his side no matter what. Unfortunately, his boyfriend kinda sucks, and is lowkey highkey abusive, isolating Taisei from everyone so they both only have eachother. Taisei only realises just how much his boyfriend had ruined his life at 25, and he's pissed ^_^ he knows he can't just break up with him, his boyfriend definitely won't let that happen, and he has no one to turn to for help. So the logical thing here to do is to turn the tables on his bf and try to convince him into a double suicide. Taisei doesn't have much desire to live after being worn down for so long, and he needs to make sure his bf won't just find and abuse someone else once he's gone, so a double suicide is the best option. Sure, he could do a murder homocide, but after how long he's suffered, he kinda wants his bf to feel how he feels... and it works :) the both jump of their apartment building, his boyfriend dies and Taisei wakes up in the milgram jail with a fucked up leg, needing crutches to walk. He's kinda antisocial and grumpy in t1 for understandable reasons (though he helps the kids with the study group at times), but if he's forgiven he becomes alot warmer and friendlier :) there's alot of art symbolism in his story... his cover songs are Turret Of Justice-> 118-> Shinkai Summit!

010! Kanami Shimizu!!!!!!!!! The girlie ever!!!! And the 3rd and final canonically queer character, she's a trans lesbian. She's 23 and so full of life and love and she's so so kind and energetic and kinda annoying but she's just so happy to be in jail with everyone!!!!!!!! She's the first one i made... however i kinda scrapped her murder awhile back since i didn't like it, but i don't have a new one yet :( but whatever her murder is, her personality and ideals remain the same! She's been hurt alot in life, and when she looks around she realises that everyone is the same. She can't live in the real world, it'd crush her, she knows this, so she wants to make a paradise where everyone can be happy forever... and milgram is the perfect place for it!!! So you have to forgive everyone for her ok ^_^ if you don't she won't forgive you. She won't let you ruin this for everyone. Her cover songs are Home -> Please Show Me -> Hedgehog!!

011.... doesn't exist!!! Not anymore i killed him sorry. I didn't like his story that much, but I'm too commited to following the og milgrams male/female prisoner pairings to just leave it at 11 prisoners, so I'll just wait for a new guy to appear in my mind.........................

012! She's 12! No name! My most recent one (except for the former 011 rest in peace). She's being a nuisance for everyone in the prison, she has alot of rage and she will make sure everyone hears it!!!!! She's friends with 001 and she tolerates Taisei but everyone else is her enemy and she WILL fight them if they cross her, which would be scary if she wasn't like 5ft. Her murder is just teenage rebellion went a lil too far........ she doesn't fit in at her new school and acts out, but all the adults in her life don't really get involved, just saying it's a phase she'll grow out of. This only makes her act out more, and more, and more, until it gets out of hand and someone dies. She didn't want any of that to happen, but in milgram she insists she's happy about it and is very very evil and scary so you should listen to her before she kills you as well. She has alot of animal (specifically bear) imagery :) her cover songs are Parasite -> Aitai-lians -> Lonely Shit!

The warden! Our beloved Es he's such a loser. He enters the prison not really taking any of this seriously, and does his best to be as annoying as possible to everyone, he's convinced he's the biggest freak here and he will prove it. Unfortunately for him he is definitely not the biggest freak here and by the start of the second trial he's learned this the hard way. He's an efficient warden despite everything, knowing what to say to rile the prisoners up so they spill information, however he quickly starts losing control of everything and it's kinda pitiful....... his cover song is Salamander!

Jackalope! She fucking hates the warden ^_^ she's secretly a lil fond of him but she'd never admit it. She's very no-nonsense and constantly lectures him to do his job properly, and usually ends up cleaning up after him.... she's not a very good Jackalope, she gets attached to everyone too easily, even if she pretends to be aloof. Jackas dont have cover songs, very very sad....

Mmmmmmmm thats everything!! That was alot more than i thought i wont blame u if u dont read everything.... was fun to infodump about though, thanks for asking lol. Im gonna screenshot everything i just wrote incase tumblr eats it like it did last time,,

[hectorthedoggo]

would you guys want to hear my kazoo/guitar mezmerizer, meme, psychogram (more will come if you guys want) cover (it's unedited in one take and i feel it really embodies the chaos of the songs)

[himawari-candyy]

haiiii! favorite cover songs? and songs you would want certain prisoners to cover? (in or outside of deco27)

thank you so much for submitting from that one post, it makes me so happy 😭💕

favorite cover songs from t1:

-sticky bug

-psychogram

-yowamushi montblanc

favorite cover songs from t2:

-neo-neon

-animal

and lately salamander has been stuck in my head but i’ve only listened to it a few times 😅

as for covers i’d like to see, i don’t listen to much vocaloid so i went ahead and listened to a few deco*27 songs to see if i could come up with anything 🤔 i think rabbit hole works for yuno a lot, and then cosmic rendezvous reminds me of shidou sort of? i ended up liking that one a bunch

[maristelina]

MILGRAM 1st Anniversary Stream Translation Part 2

Translated by @/JuriTea_ and @/CatDraft0307 29 Pages, 7200 words.

🎴 Host 🔸Takuya Yamanaka (Scenario writer)

🎴 Guest Voice Actors 🔸Amami Yurina (Es) 🔸Horie Shun (Haruka) 🔸Aimi (Kotoko)

🎴 This Is How To Be In Love With You by Mahiru

🔸Yamanaka: Next slide please. Mahiru-chan.

🔸Yamanaka: Well… she wasn’t forgiven.

🔸Amami (Es): Yeah! She was the second one to not be forgiven

🔸Yamanaka: yes…

🔸Amami (Es): The second one after Futa.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): She’s so cute though…

🔸Amami (Es): I’ve been thinking a lot about why Mahiru-chan wasn’t forgiven. I want to ask all of you watching now who didn’t forgive her, what’s your reason for not forgiving Mahiru-chan? I really want to know

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Was there a large difference in the votes?

🔸Yamanaka: She had the highest record percentage of “not forgive” votes. It was higher than Futa’s.

🔸Amami (Es): So a large majority didn’t forgive her.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Ehh… I see..

🔸Amami (Es): Did people pick up a lot of things from her MV?

🔸Yamanaka: Yes… or, they’ve developed excessive distrust with the contents that is called Milgram.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Ehh.. but there were a lot of people saying they wish Mahiru-chan was forgiven.

🔸Yamanaka: Yes.. not getting your way is also an aspect of Milgram so…

🔸Amami (Es): The girls are saying they felt darkness in Mahiru’s drama part.

🔸Everyone: Ah, true, I see.

🔸Amami (Es): True, her song is very bright and upbeat, so her drama part might feel dark. Even her cover song was… that. Psychogram.

🔸Yamanaka: the arrangement of Pscyhogram was amazing.

🔸Amami (Es): It’s overloaded with love.

🔸Yamanaka: Let’s take a look at a shot.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): This is so fun.

🔸Amami (Es): A collage.

🔸Yamanaka: This MV is very fun.

🔸Amami (Es): Like a magazine.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Like a “What I wear in a week” type of outfit combinations.

🔸Amami (Es): Like typical magazine.

🔸Yamanaka: It’s unique in that she interprets her sin in this way.

🔸Yamanaka: It’s very stereotypical (TN: he means that it’s a stereotypical girls magazine style).

🔸Amami (Es): Very girly.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): From a first glance, it just looks like a cute MV of a cute person.

🔸Yamanaka: Yes… next slide please… it’s like this.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): A flower shop.

[Text in MV: I started a part time job at a flower shop that I’ve always been interested in. What a surprise, the guy I’m interested in passed by in front of the shop. I wonder if I can see him from time to time. I look forward to my job even more now. But it’s more than that. Everyday is so much fun.]

🔸Yamanaka: When Otoiro san told me he wanted to make an MV in this style, I read a lot of Ray and ViVi to come up with this women's magazine style of text. I channeled a women’s magazine writer into myself.

[TN: Ray and Vivi are Japanese women’s magazines’ names.]

🔸Amami (Es): Did you come up with the writing at the side too?

🔸Yamanaka: Yes, I made that.

🔸Everyone: Wow, amazing.

🔸Amami (Es): I hope that everyone will pay attention not only to the lyrics, but the writings in the MVs.

🔸Yamanaka: Next slide please.

[Text in MV Translation: Hatsumode with him. I already decided what to wish for. I wish we can be together forever. I wish no one will come between us) (TN: Hatsumode is a new-years event where you visit shrines/temples on Jan 1st morning and you make a wish at the shrine/temple. It’s customary for girls to wear kimono but in the modern era most people just wear regular clothes]

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Ah, so good

🔸Amami (Es): It’s Hatsumode.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): So cute! Retro-modern style (kimono).

🔸Amami (Es): She wears a kimono to Hatsumode, she’s such a great girlfriend

[TN: she says なんて最高な彼女, which can mean she is the best, or she is the best girlfriend. But the text in the MV says “I went to Hatsumode with him (or BF)” so it’s good girlfriend in this context.]

🔸Yamanaka: You’re absolutely right. She’s the type of person who dresses up in proper formal attire for Hatsumode.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): She dresses up.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Ah, it’s love.

🎴 half by Kazui

🔸Yamanaka: yes, it’s love. Let’s see the person after Mahiru-chan.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Ah… Kazui san.

🔸Amami &Yamanaka : So mellow.

🔸Yamanaka: What a great voice.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): It seeps into my heart.

🔸Amami (Es): What a great singing voice.

🔸Horie (Haruka): How erotic…

🔸Yamanaka: Here we have the oldest of the group, Kazui-san. We have the full range from elementary school child at the lower range to Kazui san at the higher range.

🔸Amami (Es): Plenty of characters.

🔸Yamanaka: Let’s take a look at a shot.

🔸Amami (Es): I really love this shot… it’s so great that his bottom row of teeth are showing.

🔸Horie (Haruka): I see!

🔸Yamanaka: That’s where you look?

🔸Amami (Es): Look carefully. Isn’t it the best? To be able to see the bottom row of teeth.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Y..es…

🔸Amami (Es): I guess I wasn’t able to strike a chord.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Yeah it’s three against one.

🔸Amami (Es): there are people agreeing with me in the comments though.

🔸Yamanaka: Everyone please help cheer up Amami-san.

🔸Yamanaka: He views his life and his sin as a theatrical play. I wonder what kind of person he is.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Ah, so that’s how it is

🔸Yamanaka: Next slide please. Makes you wonder if this is something that happened to Kazui-san.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): It’s a bar.

🔸Amami (Es): I love how he’s wearing his jacket on his shoulders.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Hm? Is it so that he’s ready to put it on the lady any time.

🔸Horie (Haruka): So that’s what’ it is.

🔸Amami (Es): He’s such a gentleman!!

🔸Yamanaka: That’s up for interpretation.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Does he do the stuff where he’ll buy a drink for a lady and have the bartender go “this drink is from that gentleman over there”

[TN: in Japan there’s an archetype of sexy/dandy men buying a drink for a lady sitting by herself at the bar. it’s different that in Japan, he’ll ask the bartender to give the lady the drink and the bartender will tell the lady “this drink is from that gentleman over there” - this is what Horie says]

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Why is there a glass on the left? Is there a reason behind why that’s kind of far off to the left?

🔸Yamanaka: Let’s move onto the next slide.

🔸Amami (Es): You can’t even touch on that?

🔸Yamanaka: From that to this expression.

🔸Amami (Es): So sad.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): What kind of face is that?

🔸Horie (Haruka): What face is that?

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): What happened?

🔸Amami (Es): So sad.

🔸Horie (Haruka): What’s wrong?

🔸Yamanaka: It’s not limited to Kazui, but if you listen to the drama parts, Es-kun points out a lot of things about each character’s personalities that might be difficult to hear, so they become vulnerable. Especially for Kazui and the other adults, they’re influenced by Es-kun’s straight-forwardness and simplicity and they become vulnerable. I hope you will pay attention to that aspect as well. The drama part is so fun to record right?

🔸Amami (Es): I’m so sorry for being the only one to have such enjoyable opportunity.

🔸Horie (Haruka): perks of your role.

🔸Amami (Es): it’s too fun.

🎴 Magic by Amane

🔸Yamanaka: After the eldest, we have the youngest. The recently revealed Amane-chan’s Omajinai (Magic). Straight up cute.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Straight up cute.

🔸Yamanaka: Pure cuteness.

🔸Amami (Es): Her short bangs are adorable.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): There’s no way that a little girl isn’t cute.

🔸Horie (Haruka): True.

🔸Amami (Es): thank you for the Randoseru (the backpack).

🔸Yamanaka: Everyone is giving shoutouts to Amane-chan.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): The comments suddenly sped up.

🔸Amami (Es): The speed is intense.

🔸Yamanaka: She’s being called Baby! Baby! Baby!

🔸Horie (Haruka): Even though they’re in English, the excitement shines through.

🔸Yamanaka: I’m so happy.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): We know that word.

🔸Amami (Es): She’s so loved! Everyone is saying “Amane!”

🔸Horie (Haruka): But there are few comments saying she’s scary

[TN: I wonder if ppl mistyped “Kowai” instead of “kawaii” in english? LOL]

🔸Yamanaka: What scary things have there been about her?

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): But she’s so cute.

🔸Yamanaka: Let’s take a look at a shot.

🔸Amami (Es): Ahh thank you!

🔸Yamanaka: Thank you.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Looks like she’s sprinkling magical dust.

🔸Horie (Haruka): LOL Magical dust.

🔸Yamanaka: Otoiro-san’s MVs have a wide range of styles, and he even has this kind of style too.

🔸Amami (Es): Yes! I was so surprised.

🔸Yamanaka: Let’s move on to the next slide… It’s kind of like a children’s show.

🔸Amami (Es): Mascots?

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): So cute… what are they based on? The mascots on the sides. Robot and …? This is… ???

🔸Horie (Haruka): Yamanaka-san’s eyes are telling you to stay away from that topic… there must be some meaning.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Oh no it moved on.

🔸Amami (Es): Is this Chibigram?

🔸Yamanaka: Yes it’s Chibigram.

🔸Everyone: so cute!

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): But why are her eyes all swirly… and isn’t the background so suspicious?

🔸Horie (Haruka): You’re digging deeper and deeper into something you shouldn’t.

🔸Yamanaka: I don’t think so…?

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): The background looks so unsettling yet they’re all smiling. And the lightning.

🔸Yamanaka: I don’t think there’s anything suspicious.

🔸Amami (Es): You’d be crazy if you didn’t think this is suspicious… what does this mean?

🎴 Mikoto and Kotoko

🔸Yamanaka: This wraps up all the MV that have been released as of now, and we’ve seen a diverse range of prisoners and their sins. The upcoming two are on the next slide.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): That’s correct.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Right… We’re still waiting for Mikoto too.

🔸Yamanaka: Yes we’re having everyone wait.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): I’m waiting too. I’m waiting to see how everyone would react (to Kotoko’s character).

🔸Yamanaka: We’ve finished recording the drama

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Yes! Few days ago I finished recording the drama part, and… ah, I can’t say it!… Kotoko is… I can’t say it.

🔸Amami (Es): You can only say “Kotoko is”

🔸Horie (Haruka): What??

🔸Amami (Es): Horie-san doesn’t know.

🔸Yamanaka: It’s pretty up on the “Can’t say” list.

🔸Amami (Es): but I think everyone will be shocked when they listen to it. Like they’ll be saying “really?!” for sure.

🔸Horie (Haruka): You’ve dropped a bomb on us at the very end.

🔸Yamanaka: But it’s already classified from Mikoto’s part… I really can’t say it.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko)/Amami (Es): True true true.

🔸Horie (Haruka): What? What?

🔸Amami (Es): Horie-san really doesn’t know anything.

🔸Horie (Haruka): I really don’t.. This is my genuine reaction.

🔸Amami (Es): I’ll tell you the details after this is done.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): It’s the first time right?

🔸Yamanaka: First –

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Ah, Ah, I can’t say it

🔸Horie (Haruka): What can’t you say?

🔸Yamanaka: umm let’s take a look at the current forgive/not forgive status.

🔸Horie (Haruka): He brushed me off…

🔸Yamanaka: These are the current results… those not forgiven are Futa and Mahiru, and everyone else has been forgiven as we head into the second round.

🔸Amami (Es): are these goats?

🔸Yamanaka: Goats and sheep.

🔸Everyone: Goats and sheep.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Their eye colors are different too.

🔸Yamanaka: yes… I think no one knows yet how these choices will affect the upcoming development, so please look forward to their updates. Please wait to see the results of how your votes affects the upcoming development.

🔸Horie (Haruka): True… Haruka was forgiven but I have no idea what happens after being forgiven.

🔸Yamanaka: True.. There’s been some mentions of agreeing with his way of thinking and some mentions of disagreeing. We’ll see what kind of results that would bring.

🔸Amami (Es): Ah, (TN: gets cut off by Horie, I can’t catch what she says here.)

🔸Horie (Haruka): Haruka… Ah.. so his way of thinking had been validated.

🔸Amami (Es): I wonder how that’s going to affect the future development.

🔸Horie (Haruka): That’s kind of scary in itself.

🔸Amami (Es): I really wonder if he’ll be forgiven a second time, although he’s been forgiven the first time. It’s definitely possible that the results can flip.

🔸Yamanaka: I think it’s fun to watch while keeping in mind that their futures are determined by the choices everyone made. I think MVs are fun to watch, but that one click of voting can further strengthen the connection between Milgram and everyone.

🔸Yamanaka: Now that we’ve finished summarizing, I wanted to move onto announcements for our 1st anniversary. If we have more time afterwards, we’ll chat some more.

🔸Yamanaka: In commemoration of our 1st anniversary, we’ve made quite a few announcements. Let’s take a look. We’ve shown this at the beginning too, but this is our 1st anniversary illustration reveal. Drawn by Aka-san.

🔸Amami (Es): It’s amazing.

🔸Yamanaka: It’s fresh to see an illustration with everyone together.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Oh, right.

🔸Amami (Es): This is probably how they have their meals.

🔸Yamanaka: True, Jackalope cooks for them.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Although it’s littered with fur… I wonder what conversations they have.

🔸Amami (Es): They don’t look like they’ll have anything in common to talk about.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Futa-kun probably has terrible table manners.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): He probably holds chopsticks in weird ways.

🔸Horie (Haruka): Definitely! I like that.

🔸Amami (Es): Shidou-san is wonderful.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Kotoko is looking this way real hard… she’s leaning forward a lot.

🔸Yamanaka: She tried her best to fit into the frame.

🔸Amami (Es): She’s so kind.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): So thoughtful.

🔸Yamanaka: Next slide please. Given the current situation it’s been postponed, but we have merch featuring the 1st anniversary illustration.

🔸Yamanaka: next slide please.

🔸Everyone: So handsome!

🔸Yamanaka: Released on 4/27, Undercover - Hatsune Miku cover version. I’m sure there are quite a few of people who found us through this cover.

🔸Amami (Es): Yes, I’m sure there are viewers today who learned about us through this.

🔸Yamanaka: Ah right. Even if you just got into it recently, I’m sure you’ll be able to enjoy our contents. What I found interesting was that people commenting “wow a new song!” under the Undercover Hatsune Miku cover were swarmed by other comments name dropping Milgram.

🔸Amami (Es): Everyone was plugging Milgram, telling people to click the link in the captions. Thank you so much!

🔸Yamanaka: the fun increases when a diverse range of values from different people mingle, so plug it to your friends, and you can learn about how your friends think and what choices they make.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): The more brain power we have for speculations the better they get.

🔸Yamanaka: I don’t know how to put it well, but it doesn’t matter if your speculations are right or wrong, what matters is the time that you put your mind to it.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): Yes, the process is the fun part

🔸Amami (Es): Right now no one is right or… right, mhm.

🔸Yamanaka: yup.

🔸Amami (Es): Everyone is right and not right.

🔸Yamanaka: Yup, not right.

🔸Amami (Es): Please enjoy speculating freely.

🔸Yamanaka: Yes, whether you’re right or wrong, you’ll be more invested in Milgram.

🔸Amami (Es): this comment says she plugged us a lot… thank you so much!

🔸Horie (Haruka): There’s another saying they bought all the CDs.

🔸Everyone: Thank you so much.

🔸Amami (Es): Everyone’s covers are also great, please give them a listen.

🔸Yamanaka: From here on, we have unreleased official information. We’ll be going over the new merch.

🎴MERCH TALK - badges 🎴merch talk - line stamps haruka edition 🎴Merch talk - birthday illust for Mahiru and Futa 🎴more birthday illust talk for Haruka and Amane 🎴Milgram collab with D4DJ.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): There’s something I really want to ask, I think I asked a few days ago when I recorded my voice drama, but I wanted to know who did you decide on the cast? When the cast was announced, I was like “wow, there are so many people who I like the singing voices of!” I was quite surprised, so I wanted to know

🔸Horie (Haruka): I want to know too! It makes me kind of nervous

🔸Yamanaka: We chose people who we thought would be great singers. We reviewed previous works for some people, and we also looked for people who didn’t stand out that much but had potential to be great singers. Deco-san and I did various research. If you’re good at singing, don’t even think about running away from us. (TN: The way Yamanaka said it is very threatening and it's hilarious.)

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): I’m so grateful.

🔸Horie (Haruka): I’m so happy to be chosen.

🔸Amami (Es): Me too, thank you!

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): I think it’s amazing that you were able to find the perfect fits, everyone has such exciting songs. I’m really excited for what’s coming.

🔸Yamanaka: Everyone has been so dedicated to their characters through their acting, and if I do say so myself, I really think we’re making great content, and I have a lot of fun working on this.

🔸Everyone: Thank you so much!

🔸Yamanaka: In terms of the songs, you’ve all given us so much more beyond expectations so we will keep making various songs to keep you entertained.

🔸Yamanaka: We’re out of time now, so I’d like to ask the cast for their closing words. Amami-san would you like to start?

🔸Amami (Es): I am Amami Yurina and in charge of playing Es. Thank you for the hour today. Like mentioned earlier, I understand some of you might have learned about Milgram though Deco-san’s Hatsune Miku cover of Undercover, but I aim to make Milgram more and more fun, so if you like vocaloids, or have friends who like dark contents like Milgram, please plug us! We have the full deal from songs to merch, so please help us spread the word. Please look forward to future releases for Mikoto and Kotoko. Thank you for today!

🔸Horie (Haruka): Thank you once again for today. Ever since I was forgiven by everyone at the trial last year…

🔸Yamanaka: It sounds like a real story… like you just got released from prison

🔸Horie (Haruka): I’m enjoying the fresh air of the outside world lol. I’m still not sure how the story and the character’s lives will develop based on the forgive or not forgive results, so I’m really excited to find out as a fan who loves this content, and even for songs, I wonder if they’re affected by the fact that I was forgiven. I want to work hard while sharing these feelings with everyone. Thank you for your continued support for Milgram!

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): I’m Aimi in Kotoko’s role. Kotoko is still unreleased, but the song is intense, the drama is great… and the cover is intense too. I want everyone to listen to the cover ASAP… that’s how intense it is. Please look forward to it. What I felt after today’s session was that depending on how the story develops from the trials and votes, would our choices from the past become a subject for forgive/not forgive votes in the future? I’m really excited to find out. I’ll keep working hard as a fan, and as Kotoko. Please support us!

🔸Amami (Es): Lastly, from Yamanaka san.

🔸Yamanaka: I think Milgram will be a long term project, but I think it would be fun if Milgram can influence your outlook towards real life. Even though Haruka and Kotoko and others are “murderers”, each has their own reasons, their own lives, and it’s not as simple as it being legal or illegal. There isn’t a single murder that is completely fictitious and doesn’t happen in real life, so maybe they happen in our world too, and maybe we end up forgiving someone who shouldn’t be forgiven. Maybe it’s something you watched on the news today, and it’s a case like that. I really hope Milgram can help you see the world from a new perspective. That’s the kind of entertainment Deco*27, Otoirosan and I aim to deliver. We want to make contents that will accompany your life. Although the contents are rather serious, the cast are rowdy and fun, and I like this balance. I hope you will love us as a whole. Now we’ve reached the end, but is there anything else you’d like to add?

🔸Amami (Es): If I get started, we’ll run overtime.

🔸Horie (Haruka): There’s a lot that I wanna ask.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): I want to do more live streams like this.

🔸Horie (Haruka): I want to do events too.

🔸Aimi (Kotoko): With more cast members.

🔸Yamanaka: Concerts are great too.

🔸Amami (Es): Once everyone is released, let’s do it.

🔸Yamanaka: Let’s do DJ events too.

🔸Horie (Haruka): A collab.

🔸Amami (Es): There’s a lot to look forward to.

🔸Yamanaka: Yes, the story changes depending on everyone’s participation, and it’s already different from how we imagined it would be, so I want to enjoy this interactiveness with everyone. Thank you everyone for today.

🔸Everyone: thank you, please keep supporting Milgram.