#syh

[careysattheonsenagain]

Ritsuka Uenoyama completing his boyfriend's deceased  boyfriend's unfinished song as a gift to his love and to his love's childhood friends in a gesture of healing and of hope...

And then singing backup vocals for said song with the childhood friends for his love in the audience...

If I have to wait much longer to hear Umi e, I shall perish.

[mari24ani]

Today in Japan the last OVA for the movie Given is released on DVD, which was released in its homeland in August last year)) and after being shown in cinemas, it was finally released to the public. All that's left is to wait for the film to appear online with English subtitles🤔

It also happened that the Kizu-san announced a few days ago that she had written the last chapter for the manga, which... Well, in fact, the official story is finished, and then short direct continuations of the plot were printed. It's sad that if it's true... I'm used to manga being published for 20 years and will be published for about the same amount of time in the future xD However, on the other hand, you need to be able to stop so that the story doesn't flow into an endless conveyor... As I understand it, an anime will also be filmed based on these additions-sequels, but that's not certain🤔😆

A few days ago, fans of "Black Butler" complained under the trailer for the new film adaptation that almost all a lot of spoilers were shown in a minute-long videoxD I agree!😆 The gaming industry uses the same technique. And watching the Given trailers, although I read the manga and know what will happen there, even they seemed spoiler-y to me.

If Fuyu no hanashi had been spoiled like that, I wouldn't have forgiven it!xD

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[dreams-of-void]

people in the given universe don't know that the love song SYH played at their concert was initially written by Yuki (iirc)

so they're just listening to this love song that has a melody really close to fuyu no hanashi. they know that Hiiragi and Mafuyu are (childhood) friends. there are people out there that ship them in-universe. they're so bound to make the wrong conclusions and I find that hilarious

[oulkheir]

hot take on uenoyama ritsuka's character:

disclaimer: ritsuka is my fav character (that's half a lie because they are all my favs) so i don't intend to hate on him or whatever, i just love finding criticisms in given because it's so perfect that sometimes it triggers me. i'm writing this essay to satisfy my analytical spirit <3

please do not start a debate if you don't read until the end, it won't be relevant.

the main problem with ritsuka's characterisation is that his personality mainly revolves around mafuyu's character. all what he's doing and all what he thinks about is always about mafuyu. i first thought "okay thats super funny because he's always gay panicking" and "he's got trouble communicating and this is cute and relatable as a high schooler" and "okay that's a romance, of course the main plot is going to be about the characters love"...

but lately i've thought about it again and it occurs to me that because of this characterisation, ritsuka is one of the less well written personality in given. the fact that he's oppositely arrogant and very kind makes him very interesting already. but that's all. he doesn't really care about other people's relationship and he's always the last one to notice people's feelings (at the contrary of mafuyu, who is really aware of his surroundings). his only struggles are related to mafuyu. music isn't the exception, because the reason why he kept wanting to do music is mafuyu. the excitement he found back in his passion is openly due to mafuyu's presence. would he still want to be pro if mafuyu wasn't in the band ? would he still find it interesting ? if he accepts playing for syh, it's also for mafuyu's song. if he keeps composing for given, it's for mafuyu to sing on his ideas. he wants to hear mafuyu, he wants mafuyu to hear him.

what about the others ?

now, you can't say that about hiiragi because he's the same type as ristuka, but he's got his grieving bound to his character. the fact that he's really attached to yuki and mafuyu adds to his personality, even though he is crazy about shizu. his talent is overly stated, he's reminded as dazzling and shining multiple times and that's what builds his character. you can't say that about haruki, even though he's the one thinking he is the less talented and not a genius. just these facts prove his struggles involve his self confidence about everything, not only about his love interest. you can't say that for ugetsu, because even though his characterisation was built around akihiko, he was set free after their breakup and started a genuine friendship with mafuyu. again, his genius side makes him relevant to the plot, interesting (and is helpful for mafuyu's development). you obviously can't say that for akihiko, who's got a deep background due to his shameful actions because of the lack of money, and who's got a strong personality which lead him to general relationship hooks, not only with ugetsu but also with other people.

and about the jokes ?

even the main running gag with ritsuka is that he's crazy about mafuyu. it's repeated over and over that all he drags about is mafuyu's behaviour, mafuyu's voice, mafuyu's face, mafuyu this, mafuyu that... it's an insane amount of bonuses we have about him with mafuyu (even in the 10th mix). meanwhile in the other way around, mafuyu's bonuses are about his childhood friends, about kedama, about ugetsu. this is important to me.

i get that we need that simple character to let the others shine, this may be the reason why he doesn't have a heavy background nor big trust/self-confidence/personal issues. and he's the egotistical type, of course he doesn't pay attention to other people's struggles if it's not about his lover. the only moment he felt inferior about shizu and hiiragi, he immediately put himself together and the issue lasted two pages. i'm pissed about that. i needed kizu to ruin his composure and make him doubt as hell about the future. but all what he wanted again was mafuyu to hear his song and mafuyu to become pro with him... it's all for mafuyu.

he's in love and we love that.

i also get that no one complains about this because let's be honest : this is really romantic. the way he sincerely loves mafuyu and would do anything for him is insane and makes us dream. but this doesn't explain why he wouldn't get any other interest in his life, because the other characters do. they have strong bonds with other characters and they have real struggles other than just love.

shizu is not better, though.

i admit that he's not the "worse" character, because shizu exists (i love him as well i swear). the surprise effect kizu played with shizu almost made me forgot about his weird characterisation. by "surprise effect", i mean that he was supposed to be that side sidish siding character with no relevance, but he suddenly got mad and revealed his grudges, his desires, his (wild) thoughts. that shocked us and that's what made his character interesting. but for real, he's worse than ritsuka in terms of "all i care about is my lover" actions. all his anger is for hiiragi, all his jealousy is for hiiragi, his passion is for hiiragi, his decisions, the way he plays, the way he behaves... it's all for hiiragi as well. even the fact he loves acting in the 10th mix is for hiiragi, seriously ?

conclusion

now that you let me sounded like i am a ritsuka and shizu hater, i wish to remind you that i love them because they're madly in love with their respective partner and both super hot- (i care a lot about looks). more importantly : just because i think ritsuka is surprisingly less well written than the others, it doesn't mean that he's a bad character. he is still very relatable and deep, worthy to look into ; the others of given are just better.

feel free to debate now that you read it all ! thanks if you made it here <3

[5-pp-man]

I already loooooved parade but this version??? holy shit man.

[kerto-p]

Umihe / To the Sea - syh / centimillimental ENGLISH TRANSLATION

[magicpotatoobsession]

I was so happy to see you grace my tl again - if only for a few posts. I miss your given metas and would LOVE to hear your take on syh's Straight and Parade and any predictions you might have for Umi e!

Thanks for the ask! It has been a while! I was going to do a proper analysis of the songs once I've seen the mix movie but I thought I might share some initial observations for Straight!

EASTER EGGS in SYH's STRAIGHT

Mafuyu's key in C minor, the relative minor key. The song is in Eb major, the relative major key. It's also what I call the sunshine key (Uenoyama's key) ☀️ which is the same key as all the songs on the Given mini-album release.

Chorus 0:22 has the same chord progression as the first part of Fuyunohanashi, which can indicate that Hiiragi and Shizu are also trying their best to heal from Yuki. Seriously, try singing the chorus of Fuyunohanashi on top of Straight's first chorus, they literally layer perfectly on top of each other!!!

CHORDS ARE SO INTERESTING HERE

Chord progression diverges from Fuyunohanashi in the second part of the chorus 0:41 to go from VI -> VII -> I, which is the same tiers di picardie chordal progression as Kizuato's (Given OP) ending as well as Yorugaakeru!!! This chord progression finishes in major to show that the boys are healing from Yuki and trauma.

Lyrics in that chord progression are super meaningful here

Kizuato "Whatever you left behind has now become my life".

Also Yoorugaakeru lyrics are "Look this Dawn is about to break that's why it'll be ok"

Straight: "I will keep singing until it reaches you"

Doesn't that sound like Hiiragi/Yuki/Uenoyama talking directly to Mafuyu???!! 🥹😭❤️🙏

Guitar Solo by Uenoyama has a delicious easter egg

1:01 same as the lyrics "Time and Time again" in Given's mini album track stagekara kiminisasagu. Meaning that time and time again he'll be here for Mafuyu ❤️😭

I am almost 100% certain that every other part of that solo is a reference to lyrics in Given songs because all the other bits are so I'll have to have another proper listen.

That's it! Hope this made sense coming from a music nerd's ramblings! ____

My Given Metas

[beautifulsummersunsets]

syh『パレイド』- Music Video-（Short ver.）

Rise and shine given fandom!! We have a brand new MV!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻😍😍😍😍😍😍🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

[akirayuri]

All that mishandling on the animation part and just shoving Ue on the side line aside, CAN WE APPRECIATE HOW GOOD UE AND HIIRAGI'S VOICE IS FOR DUETS!? NO WONDER THEY REFUSE TO LET UE QUITE SHY

And Uenoyama is still thinking he's just a *support* guitarist in their band after 10 fucking years 💀. Ain't no way Hiiragi's gonna let THAT vocals go to waste

[alazystranger]

届くまで 俺は歌ってる(I'll keep singing until it reaches you)

Just because of this one line, Straight by syh is now my second favorite song in given right after fuyu no hanashi.

[tteii]

Uenoyama Ritsuka, the man that you are 😭🤌

[mari24ani]

Already tomorrow!◔◡◔ ˶^▾^˶ All that's left is to wait for the English subs. And that may not be soon😅...

[eldritch-vampire-coven-au]

general headcanons for Ciero? what powers does she have? - 🐀✨

Okay, so as I've said previously, Ciero has a mild telekinesis (as do Zephyr and Favio). However, she can also turn into two different forms.

One form that Ciero loves is her bat form. She turns into a Desert Long-Eared Bat, and looks very cute - especially when she flies with Patrick.

The other is a little canary. She can be a fluffy yellow bird and chirp sweetly.

Also, he can talk/communicate with dogs (and she will always remember Marty's last words to her: "I don't want to leave you alone").

[oulkheir]

the name of the anime is given so how the hell is syh my favourite band?

[pixiesnooze]

[a-rat-with-internet-accesses]

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