#channeling the just be friends vocaloid song

[birdmenmanga]

Pleeease release your multiple vocaloid playlists to the public!! 🙏 I've made a friend recently who is super into vocaloid and I'm a zillennial so it's like, I saw the texts be written but I wasn't birthed With It like gen z was ykno. And I wanna understand him on a deeper level and what he likes but I don't really know where to start or what's good? I don't know the lore or what's a classic vs what's niche or what's revised to be popular...help meowt 😭💦

(If you make a doc with whole biased anecdotal rants and ancient lore, I'll read that too! He's a real vocaloid-head fr I need to step up my game to add gasoline to his fire. This is my autistic special interest, please enable me 🎀✨️)

Sorry it took me 3 days to get to this, I was committing to the bit of writing a doc LMAO. Obviously my experience is not anything holistic or special, since I'd say Vocaloid as a genre took off late 2007 and early 2008, and I only got into it around 2013 so take it with a grain of salt! I do not know what is popular to be totally honest. I just listen to what I listen to. And without further ado, my 5 playlists!

The first is a Vocaloid Classics playlist. Don't come after me for my song choices, there are hundreds and possibly thousands of songs you could count as "Vocaloid Classics". I limited myself to a very reasonable 15 songs per playlist so some things simply are not making the cut. I'm sad Shinkai Shoujo isn't on here, or Cantarella, or World's End Dancehall, or or or you get the idea. Melt. Odds and Ends. Freely Tomorrow. you know.

This next playlist spotlights some Vocaloid producers that make original English songs! I begrudgingly put KIRA on here even though I don't really like their songs (aside from Digital Girl) but having seen them go from completely nothingburger music to generically mid pop I have to respect their efforts. I understand that GHOST is big but their songs just do not do it for me so they are not in the playlist. And I do have a huge bias towards FLAVOR FOLEY and associated artists. I feel like English Vocaloid songs have a bad rep, but I'd love it if you could give this playlist a try!

haha okay this is the one you want. my 15 song playlist with an associate google doc linking you to 50 more songs and relevant cultural context. lmao

The fourth playlist is one featuring artists who are still actively making Vocaloid songs today! A lot of the artists in the Classics and Transformative Works playlists have moved on to non-Vocaloid music, gotten busy with real life, died, etc. so I figured I'd make a playlist of producers to keep an eye on. My personal favorites are wotaku, EN0N, Kashii Moimi, and R Sound Design!

The last playlist is 15 of my all-time favorite songs! Some of them are covers, but they're all Vocaloid songs. I had a hard time picking out my favorites... some that I thought were sure to make it didn't make it... I hope you at least like one of these songs. Just one would be enough lollll

I put a lot of time into curating the order of these playlists and I hope it will be an enjoyable experience listening to them!! The reason it took so long was because I was hemming and hawing over the order of songs in the playlists LMAO

[mimiso-soup]

Because the song was released today, I need to talk about one of my favourite Vocaloid duet ever. If my friends don't associate me with this song, then I'm clearly doing something wrong. /hj

The song? 'Ice breaker' by NejishikiP featuring Yuzuki Yukari & IA, which is now 5 years old!!

Gonna be rambling a lot, so more under the cut! It's going to mostly be about my feelings towards the song itself and my personal interpretation of its meaning! It's stupidly long because there's just so many things I love about this song so sorry in advance dfgfnhfg

Firstly, my feelings towards 'Ice breaker' overall!

While this wasn't my first Nejishiki song I listened to, after finding his channel, I quickly became invested in Nejishiki's music for a number of 5 things:

Nejishiki mainly uses Yuzuki Yukari, one of my favourite Vocal Synths of all time.

He also uses IA, another Vocal Synth I love.

His songs are mainly composed on the jazzier side, specifically jazz fusion and electro swing. I heavily lean towards jazz music, which, combined with Yukari, is meant for jazz music, this means automatic interest for me.

When it comes to duets, he often uses YukaIA. I am a huge YukaIA shipper.

One of his main themes in his music is yuri. And I fucking love yuri.

And before anyone tries to prove me wrong about Nejishiki shipping YukaIA, I need you all to know that this is in the description in English.

I'm not musically talented to really talk about the musical aspects of the song. But just listening to it, there's something that just sounds like "desire", which I feel fits the song well.

Secondly, my personal interpretation of the song.

I don't know any Japanese and I have to heavily rely on translations (the ones on Youtube and the one on the Wiki are somewhat different, but I'll be referencing to both). I also tend to miss notable details in the MV (which is a shame because I really enjoy Danjou Sora's MVs), so there might be a lot of things that I could be missing about the song's meaning. (As I'm writing this, I'm going back and forth between typing and watching the MV.)

How I see this song, I always knew that YukaIA love each other here. But it's not exactly what's considered a "typical" romantic relationship. From they are portrayed in the song, they seem to have a "friends with benefits" type of relationship where they only see each other for. Specific reasons. But with the lyrics, it feels like that they want more than that. They want to actually be together and date without just being together for sex.

The title seems to add to that. An 'ice breaker' is often referred to a thing where people do activities (play games, starting a conversation, etc) so it can "break the tension" between people. It is also a drink. In the song, it seems to refer to the drink with the Wiki translated line of 'Your tears fall into the glass and become a bittersweet cocktail of sorrow' but I think it refers to both. It feels that YukaIA haven't exactly "broken the ice" between them and with the lines 'when will we see each other again? weeping and crying', they only see each other for one purpose.

One of my favourite details in the MV is the line 'mousou wa kumo no ito' at 1:24 and 3:34, which roughly translates to 'delusion is a spiderweb'. In those moments, a thin thread snaps as if to say "the thin thread holding onto reality is broken easily".

I'm not the best as these kinds of things, so I could be wrong about these things. If anyone has any interpretations about the song, please let me know!

Overall, please, please, please listen to the original! It just recently reached a million views last year (and last year, I listened to this song at least 100 times a day to help get it there /hj), it's criminally underated. There are so many human covers that are more popular than it, and while human vocals aren't bad (I listen to utaites as much as I listen to Vocal Synth music on a daily basis!) It's the kind of song where there will be hundreds of covers, but the original itself isn't popular. And as someone who cherishes the original, it's quite saddening. So please, listen to this song as many times possible today!

Sorry, this is such a messy rambling that I wish was more organized and more well written. I have so many feelings for this song and I'm not the best with these kinds of things. (maybe I'll clean this up in the future fdgfndbg)

[7grandmel]

Todays rip: 08/11/2023

Rolling Start

Season 1 Featured on: GilvaSunner's Highest Quality Video Game Rips: Volume 6.66 Also on: Hatsilva Miku: Ripping DIVA

Ripped by beat_shobon

If there's one thing I think I'll end up regretting with this blog, it'll probably be over how harsh I think I've come off in describing Season 1. I get the feeling that a good number of SiIvaGunner fans - a solid majority of subscribers at this point - weren't able to be around for the channel's big breakout year, and have only been able to listen to its rips in retrospect. And yeah - a lot of them are messy, lack quality control, and in general tend to have a feeling of being...undercooked. But that really shouldn't take away from just how special of a community it was to be part of back when - when the channel's jokes, the people behind it, and what to expect from it, were ALL a mystery.

I've never been big into vocaloid, and it certainly wasn't what drew me to SiIvaGunner - nor has SiIvaGunner really made me all too interested in pursuing it further, honestly. But even I could REALLY tell that Rolling Start struck a chord with people - a mix of The King of Speed and it's iconic opening bellow of "ROLLING START!!!", and Rolling Girl by the late vocaloid musician wowaka. My vocaloid-invested friends have all told me the same thing - during his ten-year tenure doing music, wowaka was an absolute pioneer in the vocaloid field, and songs like Rolling Girl showcase exactly why, even to a relative outsider like me.

The sheer emotion present in the song is undeniable, and the blend between lyrics and vocal samples from both songs works shockingly well - its a duet between an artificial girl and a sentence-mixed racing game announcer, in a language many of us don't even speak, yet its intents are clear as crystal. Despite not understanding it, I come back to this rip constantly - and with 200K views, I'm likely not the only one. I can't quite pinpoint what keeps me coming back to this rip in particular, yet...everytime I return, its as if I'm there in June 2016, as amazed as everyone else was at that time, relishing in the sheer emotions the two songs exude.

[liya4kar]

Guess I fell into the Project SEKAI brainrot-

I made a wheel generated Unit Swap while bored, but I ended up being invested in those idiots, and here I am with my first group- I present you the Leo/Need equivalent of this AU, called 神秘 Mountain (Shinpi Mountain)! A school band composed of people who could not abandon music, some trivia just under !

As I’m also new to pjsk and would like to make friends, I created a discord server you can find just here! The sever focus not only on this AU, but on Unit Swap AUs in general (as I’m weak to them), and anyone with an Unit Swap AU can have their own channel !

Some trivia about the band :

- Ichika is the leader, the order is Ichika -> Minori -> Akito -> An.

- In this AU, Saki never got better, and after seeing how lonely Ichika was, her parents transferred her to Kamikou for high school.

- Minori also failed her exams because of her training as an idol, and ended up having to transfer at Kamikou.

- An and Akito met each other in middle school, and teamed up for a while to surpass RAD WEEKEND, but after An accidentally found out about Nagi’s death shortly before their entrance in high school, they have stop singing in Vivid Street, feeling too betrayed to come back.

- Minori is in Akito’s class, I haven’t decide for Ichika though.

- It is very oversimplified, but they formed for a contest of school bands, and they represent Kamikou. Their band name is actually a reference to Kamikou, as 神秘 have the kanji of 神 (god) that you find in 神山 Kamiyama, and the second kanji, 山, means « mountain ».

- Their SEKAI is an old Japanese school, which seems haunted. This SEKAI scares An a lot at first. (Some of the future vocaloids are straight up ghosts) It is born from everyone feelings.

- The base vocaloids are Miku and Kaito. Miku is a bit mischievous, while Kaito is kind of a respectable senpai.

- They’re all at least asexuals. Bonus for Ichika, who is big Aroace, who doesn’t understand why the heck people are so into romance.

- Akito learns the keyboard from Ken, in order to compose songs. An learned the bass from her dad or Nagi. Minori learned the drums for an idol audition.

[123gocat]

(okaayy first actual pinned post bio thing,,.. here we go,,,.,. ,,.. )

haii!!! i'm 123gocat but u can jus call me cat. this blog has a lot of stuff,., really random stuff sometimes but i usually post art of my characters and sometimes fanart. i also just post whatever, like thoughts that come into my head, random song lyrics, or just a question i might have for whoever it is watching.

⭐️stuff about me igg??🌈

he/him oNLY!! i don't like being called they,,/them,n, i wont correct you but like just know that okayyy??

-furry!! very cringe oooooo scary

-i lovvee, cats :33 ,,duhh

- i'm an animator and song producer, i someday wish to make stuff with lyrics but not yet

-i LOVE rainbows n colorful stuf n yesss

-i like the styles webcore, scenecore, rainbowcore, and just pretty colorful thingz in generalll!!!!!

-i like smiling friends, dog man, vocaloid, animation memes, pjsk, matt rose, failboat, uhh probably some more but idk rnn

-i type weird.., it should make sense but jeah i am very silly witf my typing ;p

⚠️B4 U INTERACT‼️

i have really bright stuff on my page that might hurt ur eyez x-X

i don't typically swear but sometimes i'll link songs and videos with them, or reblogz 0^o

iam minor ⛏️ i will NAWT give age!!!!! stawp askimm,,. I SEE YOU!!!

i am verz mental illness.,. doctors are confused but they have stuff in mind. i don't feel comfortable saying what it is, only few irl ppl can know and u know who u are!!

if you know my irl name or other personal info, don't mention it online!! sure u guys already know haha (like 4 ppl i thiinkk??)

❌DNI/STUFF TO NAWT DO!!🚫

don't press political beliefs or anything don't even talk politic,.s. i don,t, like it very much ;-;

don't beg fur money!! i don't have any!! stawp nagging me!! /ref

i don't really have any other dni other than just be like,, a nice respecting person? an even if ur a evil mean person then thas fine as long as u don't express it or say anything rude.

🐾✨MY FURSONA!!! >:3 🌈💫

you'll see him a lot on here ^w^

oh gawd how do i make the picture smaller

his design is verz flexible he can do a lotta things. yes he has a tail.., it's fluffy

heres the non anthro version

okay that's about it fur him,. i have other characters too you'll see em on here somewher..,

🎨COMMISSIONS!!🍬

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half body furry any species but just not like terribly complex. like it caan be complex but that would have 2 b extra monezz.., i think idk how etsy wurkkz.

i always get comments asking if i'm available for commission,. yes i am . it's rihgt ther. stawp askin.

OTHER SOCIALS!! 🩷💜🩵💛

uhh that's about it, byee!! >w<

[human-souls-buy-dopamine]

CRAWLS OUT HERE.

the pinned post. post pinned. whatever. it's HERE woooooooo!! *ahem*

Hi! You can call us Theo or Atrix. We use it/thon pronouns, and are a system!

We like to make things. Loooots of things. Currently, we have quite a few wips going. Our fandoms/interests at the moment are:

- Get a Snack at 4am: Snackcore

- our OCs & friends OCs

- CCCC & general Chonny Jash stuff

- Dreamswap/Fatal Flaws

- FNaF (games & movie)

- DSaF

- (kindof) ULTRAKILL

- Vocaloid

- Minecraft (we are trying to get into SMPs that don't have a ton of lore to catch up on atm, so if anyone has suggestions, hit us up !!)

- Yansim, to an extent (NO we do nOT support Yandev that's fuckin gross, we just like the concept okay..)

- BlockTales (to an extent; haven't finished yet!!)

- Regretevator

We run 4 sideblogs right now: @human-souls-reblog-dopamine , @thissys-editz, @supernovae-never-burn-alone, and @divided-they-were-created ! The last two are OC blogs, the first is our reblog sideblog.

Previously an unused cover channel, we've converted our YouTube Channel to be for OC content. Nothing much yet, buuut...

Tags beneath the cut.

1. For generally talking, announcements, etc

2. Things we're passionate about, essays/rants/rambles, etc

3. Self-explanatory.

4. Like 2, but not really coherent. Lots of typos, vague/nonsensical, etcetera

5. When we get asks, regardless of if they're actual questions or not.

6. Reblog tag. Most used tag on this blog.. (edit: we now have a sideblog FOR reblogs!!)

7. Our art.

8. Our writing.

9. Our memes.

Tags that have since been added:

#theatrical freaks: on stage — for music from our music channel or that will go to that channel.

#theatrical freaks--opening night — for posts about songs/covers on our album Opening Night.

#playing tag on stage! — for tag games

Also, the format "the voice of [name]" is used in tags to show who posted/wrote the post. This one will be tagged 'the voice of eiren' because I, Eiren, wrote it!

Further edit: another tag format is "[name] fren". These are tags for friends/mutuals we interact with. For example, Xero is 'xero fren', Fen is 'fen fren', etc etc..

[vocaloidfactoftheday]

hello! so hypothetically if someone made a vocaloid art challenge prompt list (like a list of vocaloid songs to use as daily prompts) would it be alright to tag you for it to gain traction? for both the list and a submission form?

(when I say hypothetical I mean there is no list but me and a friend are discussing making one and the logistics lol)

short answer: no, sorry! please don't take any offense, i wish you good luck with your challenge! if you like, you can tag my main blog and i could reblog it there, though i honestly don't think it'd be very helpful either way.

long answer:

i want to avoid using this blog to promote things. which i know sounds hypocritical because i do use it to promote my own things sometimes, but this is just limited to 1. my vocaloid music (which i try to promote very sparingly to avoid spam) and 2. livestreams about vocaloid that i think this blog's followers would be interested in (which i've only done 2 of so far and i don't even remember if i promoted the second one lol...they were respectively "discussing every vocaloid voicebank" and "drawing vocaloids from memory"). once enough time has passed sometimes i'll delete my promos just to clean up the blog

there's a couple reasons for this:

i want to avoid too much irrelevant (i.e. not related to vocaloid facts) content on this blog. this is partially to avoid spam/clutter, which would be intrusive if someone just wants to scroll through to look at facts, but also because this will lessen the chances of the random button (which isn't visible on mobile, but it's on the blog's desktop theme) selecting an irrelevant post when its purpose is to show random facts.

i don't think there's that much of a point to it. promoting my own stuff (particularly the music) does get me a little attention on my youtube channel sometimes, but it realistically makes very little difference. i'm not sure anyone has actually found my music through this blog. this blog has over 1k followers and my youtube channel has under 500, and my subscriber count tends to stay stagnant for long periods of time. i can't imagine it would make much of a difference if i promoted your art challenge - the posts themselves might get more reblogs, but the actual amount of participants probably wouldn't increase very substantially.

i personally find it a bit awkward to promote stuff from people i don't know on this blog. or even from people i DO know, honestly. it just doesn't really fit on this blog. i'd be more okay with doing it from my main, but even then i don't typically promote things i don't pay attention to (like music i don't listen to, commissions from artists i don't follow) or participate in (though a vocaloid art challenge might be different - i don't think i'd participate because i'm a slow artist, but it'd at least be interesting to see the art that results from it)

this kinda loops back around to the "minimizing clutter/irrelevant posts" point - but this is a vocaloid trivia/fun facts blog. this is not a general vocaloid blog, i don't use this to share/post just anything vocaloid related (i do plenty of that on main). if i use up all the vocaloid facts, maybe this will change, but i currently have no desire to stray from this blog's purpose.

sorry for the long response! i hope this doesn't come off as a rant or anything, the main reason i'm posting this publicly is in case other people have similar questions/requests in the future. i appreciate you asking!

[thegreatmatpi]

intro post!

hello all! i'm matpi! you can call me matpi, mat, or whatever other cool nickname you can come up with. i'm 21 years old and my pronouns are they/them!

here are a few of my interests! if any of these appeal to you, please reach out i love having people to talk about things with!!

bandori! my favs are roselia and mygo, but i love them all so much! the music is also banging!

love live! setsuna, kanon, and you are my favs but i'm also a huge fan of aqours and liella overall, especially their music

music! aside from what i listed above, i listen to a big variety of music and can get down to pretty much anything, but for a few of my favorite artists, i love linkin park, coldplay, twenty one pilots, and shinedown. i'm also a fan of orchestral and especially wind ensemble music!

playing music! i played percussion in band all throughout middle and high school, and i play drum set and dabble in piano, bass, and guitar!

arranging music! i've been on a kick of arranging love live and bandori songs for large ensembles like symphony orchestras and wind ensemble. my latest project is a shortened arrangement of mitaiken horizon that my band director agreed to read with the band during rehearsal! will update when it comes to fruition!

some of my other interests!

revue starlight

hibike euphonium

project sekai and vocaloid

formula 1

physics and engineering

linguistics

writing

music theory

basic dni criteria: just be a good person and don't be a hater. also a a very small number reblogs may be slightly nsfw (nothing outright explicit), so just proceed with caution if that's something you are sensitive to. otherwise please reach out! i'd love to make some new friends!

some fun things i have on this hellsite:

Love Live! School Idol Honor Band

just that for now but will update this post with other threads and things when they happen!

some cool links you should check out!

here's my arrangement of "Starlight Prologue" that i made in the first half of 2023! my channel also has some other cool music content if you wanna check that out too! (just a warning i only upload when i feel like it so don't expect regular updates)

here's my site on nekoweb that i recently made! this one will likely be getting regular updates for the time being!

here's my music blog on wordpress where i have some posts about my favorite music stuff. this is in the very slow process of moving to my nekoweb site, but i'm keeping it here until everything's on there.

and here's my carrd for everything else!

nice to meet you all!

[pikidotexe-ask]

Q: What is "Piki.exe"? A: It is my own personal story involving my Vocaloid and SynthV banks, mainly Piko x Miki and V_Flower x Fukase. I will not monetise the series because of the toxic western fandom and the effort it takes to get the rights, so bits and pieces of its lore and storyline will be shown in talkloids between covers. "Piki.exe" refers to the software installed into Piko and Miki once they traded their humanity for a cyborg body. It is the "soulmate software" created by their company HEARTFAST in which they need to overcome and remove in order to learn what true love means to them. Friendly reminder that this series is not yet rated. This may change with time! No, this is not shit posting, it is basically an alternate universe fan fiction, however there will be bloopers.

This blog provides upload notifications and behind the scenes lore and headcannons. MMD Credits ALL posts: ~https://www.deviantart.com/search/deviations?q=edit+jjinomu+model ~https://www.deviantart.com/venussempai/gallery/44479842/mikumikudance *Nothing MMD inherently belongs to me. On this blog and my channel I edited some TDA models for non-profit personal use for the specific reason of making this series, please contact me if you have questions or require a donation for this reason. I do not make models from scratch, further credits are in the links, as well as the author's other downloadable works. I also have ZERO intention of sharing my MMD edits nor do I ever intend to use them for R18 situations/profit. Please understand I do not have a deep understanding of the history of MMD, I am blindly experimenting, so I would appreciate if you go easy on me about how things are done and how I can help you. Thank you. Disclaimers for ALL posts: I am primarily a writer and talkloid tuner and focus on nostalgia. I legally own copies of my voice banks, V4 Editor, SynthV + 2 Pro, the tuning work, the raw bass and electric violin sounds, the story writing itself, its Japanese, English, and later Italian translations. I position and edit other people's MMD models to help portray some events and use stock images and any other sounds from copyright free sources simply because I do not draw or do my own voice work anymore thanks to A.I.. I create my videos with CaptCut for free and use a legal copy of RPG Maker VX Ace for the subtitles. Most of this is freeware and creativity. That said, if there is something I have done that unintentionally offends you through my work, tell me directly and I will be civil and take things down as necessary. Anyone can collect these things and do what I am doing, please do not be afraid to start yourselves, this is done for fun and purely therapeutic purposes outside of my full time job. A Patreon for my .vsqx and .svp files and other completely original works will be started if you wish to support me personally. Some of the song lyrics or files may contain R18 content or explicit themes, therefore I do not accept subscribers under the age of 18. This will apply to some episodes on my channel, I will set an age limit to certain episodes depending on the subject matter. If I am under any suspicion that you will blatantly mock or disrespect me or share explicit materials to minors then I will not sell to you. That said, I do understand 1,000% enforcement is unreasonable online, people will undoubtedly pirate tuning files anyway, so my works that I own will have a high paywall and require credit upon use. Once it's out there, it's out there; the internet will outlive me and I honestly just care for respect while I'm still breathing. Nothing is copyrighted as of yet but that may happen in the future. Please note that I take suggestions into consideration but I have no interest to collaborate outside my circle. This is for my mental wellbeing.

Contact me here on Tumblr, or see my YouTube channel (@mandragora-p). I no longer accept Discord friend requests. I was and still am incessantly harassed by people/haters so they could try to steal my content and then "cancel" me when I asked to be left alone. It's been almost 3 years and I am over it. My goal is not fame. Do not send anybody hate. Do not start drama. If you do not like anything, then you have every right to leave. In the meantime, keep calm and ship Piko x Miki.

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𝑪̲̅𝒉̲̅𝒂̲̅𝒓̲̅𝒂̲̅𝒄̲̅𝒕̲̅𝒆̲̅𝒓̲̅ 𝑳̲̅𝒐̲̅𝒓̲̅𝒆̲̅

*Main Characters*

🎙️フカセ [​Fᴜᴋᴀsᴇ]

🤡Mɪᴋɪ's ʀᴇʙᴇʟʟɪᴏᴜs ᴀᴅᴏᴘᴛᴇᴅ sᴏɴ

•Pʟᴀʏs ɢᴜɪᴛᴀʀ﹠ʙᴀss

•Hᴀᴛᴇs ᴏᴡɴɪɴɢ ᴛᴏᴏ ᴍᴀɴʏ ɪᴛᴇᴍs, ᴘᴜᴛs ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs ꜰɪʀsᴛ

•ジョーカーデレ "ᴊᴏᴋᴇʀ⁻ᴅᴇʀᴇ"：Cʜᴀᴏᴛɪᴄ ᴇxᴛᴇʀɪᴏʀ, ᴄᴀʟᴄᴜʟᴀᴛɪɴɢ ʏᴇᴛ ɢᴇɴᴛʟᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɪᴏʀ

•Age: 21

💬 Jᴀᴘᴀɴᴇsᴇ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ, Eɴɢʟɪsʜ ��ʟᴜᴇɴᴛ

🎙️フラワ（花）[V⁻Fʟᴏᴡᴇʀ​]

🎻Vɪᴏʟɪɴɪsᴛ ﹠ᴍᴇᴛᴀʟ ᴠᴏᴄᴀʟɪsᴛ

•Mɪᴋɪ's ʙᴀss student﹠Fᴜᴋᴀsᴇ's ᴄʟᴀssᴍᴀᴛᴇ

•Vᴇʀʏ ᴍɪsᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴏᴏᴅ﹔ sʜᴇ ɪs ɪɴʜᴇʀᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴘᴀssɪᴏɴᴀᴛᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴀᴍᴇs ʜᴇʀ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛs ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ʜᴇʀ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅs

•クーデレ "ᴋᴜᴜᴅᴇʀᴇ"：ᴄᴏᴏʟ ᴇxᴛᴇʀɪᴏʀ, ɢᴇɴᴛʟᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʀɪᴏʀ

•Age: 20

💬 ​Jᴀᴘᴀɴᴇsᴇ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ, ʟᴇᴀʀɴɪɴɢ Eɴɢʟɪsʜ

🎙️(𝚂𝙵-𝙰𝟸開発コード) ミキ [​Mɪᴋɪ​]

🍒​Cʏʙᴏʀɢ ʙᴀssɪsᴛ

•Sᴘᴀᴄᴇsʜɪᴘ ᴘɪʟᴏᴛ, ᴇʟɪᴛᴇ ᴄʟᴀss ᴅʀɪᴠᴇʀ, sᴄɪ⁻ꜰɪ ᴘɪɴ⁻ᴜᴘ ᴍᴏᴅᴇʟ

•Sᴛᴀɢᴇ ꜰʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴀꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛs ʜᴇʀ ᴘɪᴛᴄʜ ᴀᴛ ꜰɪʀsᴛ, ᴀ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴛɪᴄ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ sᴛʀᴏɴɢ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟ ɪɴsᴛɪɴᴄᴛ

•Lᴏᴠᴇs ᴄʜᴇʀʀɪᴇs, ᴀʟᴘᴀᴄᴀs, ᴜᴘʟɪꜰᴛɪɴɢ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs

•Age: 23

💬 ​Jᴀᴘᴀɴᴇsᴇ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ, ᴘᴏᴏʀ Eɴɢʟɪsʜ

🎙️(𝙺𝚂𝚁𝚆-𝟷開発コード) 歌手音ピコ [Uᴛᴀᴛᴀɴᴇ Pɪᴋᴏ​]

🍛​Cʏʙᴏʀɢ ɢᴜɪᴛᴀʀɪsᴛ

•Sᴘᴀᴄᴇsʜɪᴘ Nᴀᴠɪɢᴀᴛᴏʀ, CʏʙᴇʀSᴇᴄᴜʀɪᴛʏ Gᴜᴀʀᴅ, ᴄᴏᴅɪɴɢ ᴘʀᴏꜰᴇssᴏʀ

•Hᴀs ᴀ ᴅᴜᴀʟ ᴠᴏᴄᴀʟ ʀᴀɴɢᴇ, sᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇs sɪɴɢs ᴍᴇᴛᴀʟ

•Cʜᴇᴇᴋʏ sᴇɴsᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜᴜᴍᴏᴜʀ, Oꜰᴛᴇɴ sʟᴇᴇᴘʏ, ꜰᴏᴏᴅ, sᴇxʏ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏɢs ᴀʀᴇ ʜɪs ᴡᴇᴀᴋɴᴇssᴇs

•Age: 24

💬Jᴀᴘᴀɴᴇsᴇ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ, ᴠᴇʀʏ ɢᴏᴏᴅ Eɴɢʟɪsʜ

🎙️オリバー [Oʟɪᴠᴇʀ​]

🐤Pɪᴋᴏ's ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴀᴅᴏᴘᴛᴇᴅ sᴏɴ

•Pᴇᴀᴄᴇꜰᴜʟ ᴜɴʟᴇss ᴀɴɢᴇʀᴇᴅ, ʜᴀᴛᴇs ᴡᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ sʜᴏᴇs, ʟᴏᴠᴇs ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴄᴏᴅᴅʟᴇᴅ

•Hᴀs ᴀ ʏᴇʟʟᴏᴡ ʙɪʀᴅ ɴᴀᴍᴇᴅ Jᴀᴍᴇs

•​Sʟɪɢʜᴛʟʏ ᴄʟᴜᴍsʏ, ᴅᴏᴇs ʜɪs ʙᴇsᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇʜᴀᴠᴇ

•Age: 13 *Has a software that keeps his mind safe and childlike with a reset cycle. Memories stay intact but irrelevant events are filtered out and are replace, or erased. He has a very strong electrical defense system if he is ever in danger.

💬 Eɴɢʟɪsʜ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ, ᴘᴏᴏʀ Jᴀᴘᴀɴᴇsᴇ

Note: ﹡Vᴏᴄᴀʟᴏɪᴅs ᴀʀᴇ ᴀᴅᴠᴀɴᴄᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅʀᴏɪᴅs ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ sᴏᴜʟs ᴡʜᴏ ʟɪᴠᴇ ɪɴᴅᴇꜰɪɴɪᴛᴇʟʏ.

﹡Cʏʙᴏʀɢs ᴀʀᴇ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏɴsᴇɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ɪɴsᴛᴀʟʟ ᴠᴀʀɪᴏᴜs ᴀᴅᴠᴀɴᴄᴇᴅ ᴛᴇᴄʜɴᴏʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ ᴜᴘɢʀᴀᴅᴇs ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʙᴏᴅɪᴇs. Tʜɪs ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇs ᴀɴ ᴇxᴛᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ʟɪꜰᴇsᴘᴀɴ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟᴍᴏsᴛ ɪᴅᴇɴᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴᴅʀᴏɪᴅs.

Happy tuning!

[the-parentheticals]

It’s time for our internet boy! Wait, this isn’t Fuuta…oh well? He’s still pretty fun though! Just a silly little high schooler...

Fun fact, I changed his crime a little bit from the original, but most of the general beats are the same!

Name - Chui Tamaki (注唯 環) (kanji in last name means “note” and the second part is only an emphasis, kanji in first name means “ring”)

Age - 17

Gender – Male

Birthday – Jun. 11

Height – 171 cm

Blood Type – B

Image Colour - #82EEFD

Occupation – High school student (second year)

Personality – He’s very loud. He’s always saying some rather odd and though-provoking statements to get attention from the other prisoners, including flirting and teasing them a bit. He claims to have been one of the most popular students in his school, and it certainly seems to have been plausible.

He can be rather spacey sometimes, more out of being caught up in his own thoughts than anything else. He’s quick to catch up, however.

Whenever he’s asked about his crime, he just laughs and brushes it off. He doesn’t seem to see it as a big deal at all, and he especially doesn’t appreciate people seeing him as guilty because of it.

Canon Cover – This Is How To Be In Love With You (because the aesthetic fits his crime)

DECO*27 Cover – Chimera (“don’t be so selfish for the same old”)

Vocaloid Cover – Beat Eater (Police Piccadilly) (full disclaimer, I love Project Sekai, and I like the BGM of this. I was originally going to do Showtime Ruler, but I don’t think the lyrics are quite right)

“Welcome to MILGRAM! Well, you’re new here too, right? My name is Chui Tamaki, and while I didn’t do anything…I guess that’s gonna be up to you to decide.”

“What did you… why did you…this has to be a stunt, right? It’s just a joke, it’s just a joke…”

 MV – Superstar

His song would sound like your classic idol content, and the lyrics would all be about indulging and enjoying life, directed to the listener. The aesthetic itself would be somewhere between neon and pastel.

The MV would start with our regular Tamaki winking to the camera and saying “You only live once!” in English.

A version of Tamaki with entirely orange hair and star-shaped sunglasses sits at a table in a high school cafeteria, talking with some other faceless people in a lively way.

Another version of Tamaki with square red glasses and black hair throws a set of tabletop dice, then looks to someone just offscreen.

A version of Tamaki with blue hair with black streaks and no glasses talks with a girl with long flowing pink hair, again faceless.

Our regular Tamaki sits at a computer with a lot of decorations on it, filming something. Suddenly, the pink-haired girl runs up to him and pulls him away, and the screen fades in a flash of light.

The video comes back, but it’s notably tinted pink from now on and mostly features the Tamaki without glasses. He sits in class, not paying attention to anything the teacher is saying and instead making little doodles of hearts in his exercise book.

He walks through the hallways, where a lot of people are gathered around him, notably much larger than the number of people at his table.

The regular Tamaki is talking with his friends at lunch, a bit more annoyed. At this point, the background music becomes louder and the voices get quieter.

The Tamaki with square glasses uploads a video to his channel, with a thumbnail of the pink-haired girl, and it instantly gets a lot of dislikes. He scrolls through the comments, just looking annoyed.

The scene cuts back to the Tamaki with star glasses in the filming location, visibly uneasy. He looks at something off in the distance and gasps. The camera shakes, and the screen fills with ads, ending in an error message that reads “The channel you were trying to watch has been deleted.”

 Trivia

He’s kind of like Fuuta in that they’re both chronically online and they didn’t directly commit murder.

He’s my only non-Danganronpa OC to be in here! Yes, this includes Akemi. I won’t say what he was originally for since I feel like that spoils a lot of his crime, plus it has a reputation that is not very great for understandable reasons.

He’s really nervous about the word “love” for some reason.

[tiernomuffin]

could I ask how you got into nilfruits? I have NO IDEA where everyone found out all the character's names, and i'd love to know because i have a friend that's really into the mvs asdlkfnalsdfaf (thank you in advance if you do answer)

Thank you for the question! Short answer: I loved music videos and naturally started loving it after stumbling upon it on youtube! (I think it was also my sister's fault, who became obsessed some hours after I showed her some videos and told her about Flurry and Welter). As far as I know, most of the character's names come from Mr Nilfruits' twitter! A few of them I learned them from my sister reading his old tweets, then after I started making friends with other fans they taught me the ones I didn't know :)

Looong and not so helpful answer, just because I love talking about stuff like this:

I had recently started to actually get into vocaloid and want to find new songs (in september 2021! I'm a super recent fan :) ) and I specially loved fun and cool music videos (Zanelli, PARILA and Egorock were the ones I would watch the most, several times a day), but after like a month I started feeling Desperate for new stuff to watch (pictured below: a helpless vocaloid fan, completely unaware of the kind of world she just got herself into)

(the playlist has 206 songs right now but I keep forgetting to add new ones I find)

^ pathetic

I actually knew Traffic Jam since like the start of 2021 I think! I remember when the proseka cover came out people were so excited so I decided to hear it and thought "wait omg this is that song that's so good" :) I listened to it often and I had also seen fanart of Flurry and Welter but I was never interested enough to look it up. I also happened to watch a bit of the video while listening to music on YT Music but even then I didn't care enough to actually watch it... I also watched a bit of Ironina before that! :) I remember thinking "oh this looks like the Traffic Jam artstyle" (I hadn't watched it but I often got it recommended on youtube so I had seen the thumbnail several times). I immediately fell in love with Ironina and watched that little bit several times because the characters' personalities were sooo good... Then I never thought about it again

UNTIL one day I was scrolling youtube, absolutely desperate for new cool flower songs as you saw in those screenshots... And Traffic Jam showed up. I remember thinking, "...well. I watched a bit of it and it was nice. And I know this one has lots of fans. Surely this one will do it..... This will fill the hole in my heart......."

It did :)

I watched Traffic Jam, then went into mr fruits' channel and watched Haine & Kleine, found out from the comments that both were from a series, tweeted "that's scary why is there a whole lore", later found Ironina as I was scrolling, thought "ohh my god it's That video"...

Some days after I was talking about vocaloid with a friend and she brought up Nilfruits and Ironina! I think a big part of why I became a fan from the start was because I talked about it with him and saw that others enjoyed the videos as well :)

Then the full proseka Traffic Jam cover came out and I watched it with my sister, I talked to her about the videos and characters, showed her some videos, she got even deeper into it than I was, my friends got into it as well... then some months after I saw that the fans on twitter were super nice and friendly and started talking with them :) (back then I didn't know more than 5 people LOL right now there's so many fans over there, it's great)

...that's it I think! Sorry about writing a whole autobiography LOL I just like sharing this kind of stories so I took the opportunity. Thank you again for the question!

[angelicrainbowchugames]

My(Probably Temporary)Pinned Introductory Post Of The Official AngelicRainbowchuGames Blog On The Site Tumblr Dot Com!!♡(≧ω≦):

[Name:Mrs.Rose Afton Aka AngelRainbowchuGames On My YouTube Channel, DeviantArt And My Other Internet/Social Media Platforms!!♡].

[Age:An Adult Around 18 Years Old Basically Lmfao(Not Saying Specifics Since I Want To Practice Better Internet Safety!!♡].

[Pronouns:She/He(Please Don't Use They/Them Pronouns Unless Specified Thank You<3)!!♡].

[Race:White-Latino Person(United States Of American English+LatinAmerican Spanish Ok!)!!♡].

[Gender+Sexuality:Bisexual Aceflux Genderfluid/GenderQueer??+Technology Objectum!!♡].

[ʚ♡ɞMy Alterhuman Kintypes!!(o0^0o)ʚ♡ɞ]:

[Formerly-Human/Corrupted Human OtherKin(Making A Flag Probably For Coining)!!♡].

[Angel/Fallen Angel OtherKin!!♡].

[Succubus Demon OtherKin!!♡].

[Divine Machinery/Computer/Robot OtherKin!!♡].

[Nekomimi/CatGirl/CatBoy OtherKin!!♡].

[DogGirl/DogBoy/PuppyGirl/PuppyBoy OtherKin!!♡].

[Omega OtherKin!!♡].

[Lust ConceptKin!!♡].

[Love ConceptKin!!♡].

[2000s Moe Anime ConceptKin!!♡].

[Revenge/Vengeance ConceptKin!!♡].

[Escapism ConceptKin!!♡].

[Fictional Eternal Prisoner ConceptKin!!♡].

[Motherly/Maternal ConceptKin!!♡].

[ʚ♡ɞMy Hobbies Include!!(o^ᗜ^o)ʚ♡ɞ]:

[Watching Anime Or Regular Cartoons Not Made Or Inspired Off Of The Japanese Variety Of The Medium!!♡].

[Reading Manga Or Regular Non-Japanese Graphic Novels Or Comics!!♡].

[Playing Videogames(Mostly On Mobile Or PC Since I Don't Have Any Sort Of Special Gaming Console Lmfao!!♡].

[Cosplaying Or Just Dressing Up In Cute Outfits Based On Different Types Of Fashion/Styles!!♡].

[Practicing Photography Along With Both Still Picture Manipulation And Video Editing!!♡].

[Practicing My Talent For Drawing Along With My Attempts To Reach A Better Skill Level For Animation!!♡].

[Attempting To Write Cringeworthy And Overly-Dramatic Self-Indulgent Fanfiction Stories Or Original Poetry(Usually Of The Yaoi/Boys Love Or Yuri/Girls Love Genres As A Basic Example!!♡].

[Collecting Pretty Little Objects I Find Comfort In(A Few Examples Include:Squishys, Themed Erasers, Cutesy Stationary Items, Posters With Beautiful Visuals, Detailed Miniature Toys And More Probably!!♡].

[Listening To My Favourite Songs From Different Types Of Music Genres(Usual Examples Being Techno, Electronic Dance, Emotional Hardcore/Emo, Dubstep, Metal, Lofi And More!!♡].

[Practicing My Singing And Learning How To Dance(I Am Specifically Interested In Mastering Jumpstyle Since That Seems Pretty Cool In My Opinion!!♡].

[Computer Coding Because I Wanna Learn How To Make My Own Flash-Inspired Browser Games And Stuff Along With Visual Novels Or Choose Your Own Adventure Type Games!!♡].

[Baking Since I Love All Sorts Of Sweet Treats But I Can't Really Cook For Myself At The Moment, Not Yet At Least Hopefully Once I Get Over My Fear Of The Stove!!♡].

[Doing Volunteer Work With Such As Helping Take Care Of Other's Animals In A Shelter Or Donating Canned Food/Warm Clothes To Those In Need!!♡].

[Hanging Out With Friends Or Spending Time With Family, Though I Prefer To Stay Indoors Sleeping And Eating Unhealthy Food Or Having Sugary Drinks If I Can't Be With Anyone!!♡].

[Doing Random Stuff On The Internet Such As Mindlessly Browsing Through Watching Different YouTube Videos As My Brain Rots Away Slowly!!♡].

[ʚ♡ɞMy Fandoms Include!!(o0v0o)ʚ♡ɞ]:

[Vocaloids, Utauloids, SynthV And Other Programs Related To Such Digital Musical Instruments!!♡].

[Sailor Moon, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Dungeon Meshi, Pretty Cure/Smile PreCure, Card Captor Sakura, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Little Witch Academia, Panty And Stocking With Garterbelt, Ouran Highschool Host Club, Black Butler, Yuri On Ice, Kill La Kill, Ms. Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Inuyasha, Fairy Tail, Death Note, Neon Genesis Evangelion, HunterxHunter, Pokémon, One Piece, Cowboy Bebop, Serial Experiments Lain, Demon Slayer, Higurashi: When They Cry, Slayers, Dragon BallZ And Other Anime/Manga!!♡].

[Undertale/Deltarune And Other Things Related To The Game Developer Known As Toby "Radiation" Fox!!♡].

[The Five Nights At Freddy's Mascot Horror Franchise(Both The Games And Books/Novels Plus The 2014 Rebornica Nightguards AU(I Don't Support Them Or Scott Cawthon)!!♡].

[I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream By Harlan Ellison!!♡].

[My Little Pony:Friendship Is Magic(Mainly The 2010 Cartoon But I Enjoy The Other Generations Too!!♡].

[Electric Dreams(Movie From The 1984)!!♡].

[Road Of The Dead/Saga Of The Dead By EvilDogGames(Flash Games From 2010)!!♡].

[The Game Minecraft By Mojang(Including YouTubers Such As LDShadowLady, GeminiTay, Shubble, TheOrionSound, SmallishBeans, PearlescentMoon And Etc.)Along With Older Minecraft Roleplays I Used To Watch As A Kid(Yandere High School, Minecraft Diaries, Mystreet And More)!!♡].

[The Game Roblox Including YouTubers Such As Flamingo/AlbertsStuff, DenisDailyYT, PolarCubYT, ItsFunneh, KreekCraft And Etc.)!!♡].

[Team Fortress 2 By Valve Studios On Steam!!♡].

[Doki Doki Literature Club By Dan Salvato/Team Salvato!!♡].

[Yandere Simulator(I Don't Support Yandere Dev/Alex Mahan In Any Sort Of Way I Just Find Potential In The Concept And Support Other's Fan-Projects)!!♡].

[Other Virtual World Games Such As GaiaOnline, Fantage, MapleStory, Club Penguin, NeoPets, VRChat, PonyTown, WebKinz And Etc!!♡].

[Mouthwashing!!♡].

[ʚ♡ɞCharacters I Selfship/Yumeship With!!(o>/////<o)ʚ♡ɞ]:

[Allied MasterComputer(Romantic/Sexual Gachikoi)!!♡].

[William Afton/Dave Miller/Speingtrap(Romantic/Sexual Gachikoi)!!♡].

[Henry Emily(Romantic/Sexual Gachikoi)!!♡].

[Vincent Bishop/2014 Rebornica AU Purple Guy Guy(Intimate Queer Platonic Relationship)!!♡].

[Ellen From IHNMAIMS(Romantic/Queer Platonic Relationship)!!♡].

[Benny From IHNMAIMS(Romantic??/Sexual/Queer Platonic Relationship??IDK It's Complicated But Him And My Self-Insert Have Definitely Touched Eachother Like...At Least Twice)!!♡].

[Anya From Mouthwashing(Platonic)!!♡].

[John Creasman From Road Of The Dead(Romantic/Sexual)!!♡].

[BYF]:

[I May Post Fictional Media Depictions Related To Dark/Upsetting Subjects Such As Murder, Sexual Assault/Rape, Trauma, Abuse, Neglect Mental Illness, Delusions And Self Harm Along With Suggestive/Lewd Material. Because Of That, The Recommended Age For My Blog Is 16+ So Please Proceed With Caution And If You Feel Uneasy Or Triggered By This Content I Ask You To Leave For Your Own Well Being Thank You].

[I May Not Be Super Consistant With My Posts So Please Be Warned That I May Go AFK For No Reason At Times Lmao].

[Sometimes I Forget To Tag Stuff So Please Forgive Me If I Manage To End Up Being Repeatedly Clumsy Lmfao xP].

[!!DNI/DNF Criteria!!]:

["Basic Criteria" Aka Racists, Ableists Queerphobes/Anti-LGBTQIA+(Including Truscum/Transmedicalists, Rad Inclus Or Anti-Neopronoun/Xenogender].

[Pedophiles, Zoophiles And Necrophiles or Just Pro-Harmful Para In General(IDGAF If You're Pro Or "Anti-Contact", You're Still A Pathetic Disgusting Waste Of Life!<3). I Understand That Not All Paraphiles Are Inherently Harmful Though(Objectum Sexuality, Masochism And Feet Are A Few Examples)].

[Proshippers/Profiction/Comshippers Or Whatever Other Name You Perverted Losers Call Yourselves(Also While I Don't Necessary Identify As "Neutral", I Also Hate Antishippers Because I Find Both Sides To Be Extremely Annoying And Counterproductive So Please Don't Bring This Discourse Up To Me Unless It's Necessary To The Conversation Okay Thanks].

[Radqueers, Xenosatanists Or Harmful TransIDs In General(No, You Cannot Transition Into Another Race Or Into A Disability Please STFU)].

[Lolicons/Shotacons/Kodocons, Feral Yiff, Ageplay, Raceplay, Or Other Illegal Content. Just Because It's Fictional Doesn't Mean You're Not A Deplorable Human Being So Please Just Go Traumatize A Child Or Animal Instead Of Pretending You Deserve To Be Considered Another Human Being :)].

[Support Crypto/NFTs/AI Generated Imagery, Think "Blackwashing" Is The Same As WhiteWashing, Are Anti-Furry, Anti-Therian/Otherkin/Alterhuman, Anti-Educated Self Diagnosis, Consiously Support Problematic Internet Users[Examples:CanIHavePromo Or Her Clones, JimmyJimbo123, Nokia/Nyoka, Zone-Tan, Minus8, PewDiePie Etc].

[My DMs Are Open 24/7, But I May Not Be Able To Always Repsond Due To School, Family Or Irl Situations QwQ. If You Wanna Chat, Please Send Me The First DM Though Since Approching People On My Own Makes Me Nervous T^T!!♡].

[flyingcookierambles]

So in case graduations happen again soon, I looked up PLs on the niji sub which has gone basically rogue and is actively discussing PL. I followed RZ's PL, which I was like. Holy hell, 1 million subs. All the comments joking about RZ being his side hustle or a side quest and RZ was a big animation storytime youtube joke make sense now. Brooooo what are you doing in niji.

EA's PL was surprising. I didn't follow her previously, but I was more active in the vocaloid fandom and the vocaloid song English fan dub circles when I was younger. I watched some of EA/Shannon's videos and in hee comments are other singers I know and follow like JubyPhonic and rachie! From like 5 years ago! Crazy. I want to try to rewatch some old YouTube utaite chorus collab projects and see if I spot Shannon. It's so weird to think they I may have seen her years ago become she became a vtuber/ EA and didn't even realize.

For FO, I actually know and still follow his personal danmei reviewing twitter which he has since privated and his still public old vtuber PL. my friend who is more into danmei and manhua that me actually recommended his older twt and youtube channel to me. Then like 2 months later he privated his stuff and left and then FO debuted lol. My friend who knew him longer immediately recognized his voice in his debuted stream lol.

Edit 2/13 - that public explanation steam on EP's yt....oof. wtf. That only made things worse guys. These are the worst lawyers with the worst advice I swear wtf is even going on anymore....??

I think im following PG's past life acc on twitter and I don't even know why. I'm not subscribed to her old YouTube account where she did utaite type music. I'm just baffled. I just say that her old twitter is locked but I'm somehow following her and I can't even remember why. Lol.

Anyways saw some funny posts on a certain fruit farm website about SB falling his death a second time to get out of this situation. And I'm just like. A second time???

Turns out he is/was a legendary tf2 player Pyro main. It sounds like he had a video game addiction or something that was really ruining his life and/or he got burnout playing tf2. So he decided to fake his death so he could return to school or something. Like. OK, congrats on the therapy and college completion or whatever, but like you couldn't just have a normal hiatus post????? he like vaguely mentioned in his final stream that he had a terminal illness and then just stopped streaming for 5 years, so everyone thought he died. Like, on one hand, I and many other commentators seem to think it's a bit funny and totally ridiculous. I guess that only learning that this is a hoax years after and also not being tf2 fans/his fans helps make this like a weird prank to outsiders. On the other hand, faking a terminal illness and your death is really stupid and insensitive to people who actually have those issues. Plus to his old fans who knew him for many years who respected and trusted him, that's gotta hurt bad. Like. Bro what. SB unprivated his old YouTube videos though, I'm curious to see the highlight reel of supposedly the world's best tf2 player, even tho as a person who doesn't play fps or moba or tf2, I don't really understand how much skill it takes to do his playstyle, so I might not appreciate it as much as it is.

Anyways kusosanji has shit pr and lawyer team, but their talent scouts/audition people knew how to pick them very well. Like one of the top apex players and tf2 players, multiple musicians and comedians, etc. All these extremely talented peoples' past present and future careers being totally ruined by a company that doesn't care about them and their wellbeing at all. Even if they tried to leave via terminations (shout out to SY liking a company critical comment and then outting "returning soon" message on her pl youtube) and return to their past life, people have lost trust in them due to kusosanji (or due to already existing past life drama like above with SB). If they tried to make a new indie vtuber account they would be starting from 0 and even then if people match up their voices or life story details from some off hand comment during a zatsu, it'll be over for them again, back to 0 and having to reincarnate. Just a waste of potential, it's sad for all livers involved. Incredibly cowardly to have the public facing employees who have the mpst to lose take the worst of the harassment while the neglectful and abusive managers and rich ceo and investors can stay safe and anonymous and in a totally different country. I hope no poor indie vtuber decides to audition for any new en waves, which I doubt they'll even do anymore going forward. Being forced into a black company sounds awful. Comments online theorize that at this point, the investors and so management are seeing this workplace culture clash and deciding to deliberately sabotage the remaining EN branch so they have an excuse to merge it to the main branch and gradually dissolve/graduate/fire everyone like for the OG EN (india) KR and ID.

Edit edit: yeah.....even if the whole rrat / great unifying rat king theory from 4chan is true, that still really only means that like 5 people of a clique are bullies, plus mayyybeee AA?? But like really, other than those 6 people, like there's still the 25 other people (who as far as we know) are not bullies or even involved in this, that really were just trying to grow their career and make friends in a new place. They couldn't have known about the massive apocashitstorm pr disaster that was coming up. I feel so bad for the new kids Krisis and TTT too...like.. holy crap they JUST got there....

*insert meme that Vivi is the unluckiest new member*

Just because the management is bad and maybe 6 people are guilty of bullying, all 25 other innocent incredibly talented people are being dragged into this. It's just awful.... :(

I want so support them, they're unlucky innocent bystanders in this I think, but not as they are right now. Still not exactly normal vtuber etiquette, but this whole situation is totally abnormal, but I'll just find their pl youtube or twitch accounts and follow them there, patiently awaiting if/when they return to those accounts. People on reddit are all saying like "I hope my oshi graduates/gets fired" and that might literally be a better ending for them right now. So weird.....

Edit edit edit: oof yeah. Again, as an outsider to SB's pl and the tf2 moba fps genre community, plus 7 years have passed, I have some forgiveness towards him for the fake death thing that i can understand his older OG fans may not have. Still, it sounds like he talked about his past in a zatsu. He legit had a video game addiction and ended up homeless and jobless. I can understand toa degree why he had to make his hiatus/break from tf2 and video games in general so final so that he would not be tempted to play it again. Still, just an extreme decision to fake an illness and death instead of just admitting you want to go to college and not be living in japanese net cafes and the streets.

[popmusicu]

YOASOBI “Racing into The Night”; A deceptive J-Pop Song

“Racing into The Night” or “Yoru ni Kakeru”, is one of my favourite songs from YOASOBI, the Japanese music duo, composed of Vocaloid producer Ayase and singer-songwriter Ikura.

Since I don’t understand Japanese, I was enjoying the melody and rhythm, “Racing into The Night” has a very active rhythm that makes you want to dance, I been using it to get inspired for my own stories. I came to know this song thanks to Youtube’s algorithm, when it decided to show me “TheAnimeMen” channel and their music video version of “Racing into The Night”, that shows colourful scenes where this group is dancing and having a good time.

But as I might have found earlier, the lyrics of this song talk about a tragic story about someone, and their lover who continuously tries to take their life. This song was based on a short story, written by Mayo Hoshino and published in Monogatari.com, called “Thanatos no Yūwaku”, in Japanese, translated as “An invitation from Thanatos” or “The Seduction of Thanatos”. It is a very sad story, but mixed with such happy rhythm, it was bound to create some memes and interpretations.

The previously mentioned video from “TheAnimeMen” is one of those interpretations, talking about a group of friends that dissolves as time passes.

Overall, I still enjoy this song a lot and knowing what it is about just makes my brain work new scenarios for stories that I want to make someday, and I hope you can enjoy it too.

-Viviana Raibaudi

[accirax]

Hi!!!!!!! Thank you for writing this theory :D As someone who knows what all of the official songs are, it was very fun to read your interpretations, and see where you were right on the money and where you were making connections I hadn't considered before.

As thanks (and just as a helping hand), I figured I'd give you some context as to the three Project Sekai commissions-- ID Smile, Lower, and One Sheep-- since it seemed like you were struggling in that arena. I was gonna leave this as one of my usual comments, but I quickly realized that what I had to say was way too long for that, so here's a reblog instead. Under the cut we go!

THE BASICS

(Btw I'm picking pink as color coding because all of the sekai characters' colors for these three songs are pink. No DROS hints here :P)

It sounds like you may have already known this, but the majority of sekai events (all of the ones that focus on only one of the five units in the game, as opposed to a mix of multiple) receive a commissioned song from a popular vocaloid producer. Since it takes a long time to make the song and associated MV, these assignments are handed out months before the event drops in-game, and possibly before the stories they're for are even written, in some cases.

Because of this, there's a lot of variety in terms of how much the given producer decides to directly relate the song to the characters, themes, and plot beats of the related events. Certain songs are inextricably related to the characters they were commissioned for, such as kinoshita's Glory Steady Go! featuring one of the unit's unique catchphrases ("wonderhoy!"), or r-906's JUMPIN' OVER! including all of the characters' names as easter eggs in the lyrics. Other songs, however, only barely relate to the characters in question: the best example(s) that come to mind are Tricolor and Haven by Nilfruits, which seem to have been written with whatever worldbuilding/lore they're cooking over on their own channel first and foremost. But, other songs like aqu3ra's Ice Drop also don't seem to be particularly related to the plot of the given event, from what I can tell.

Basically, the point of all this is to say that while sekai context can be important, it's not always super relevant, and many of the songs can be interpreted on their own merits with no context. But, of course, if you don't have any context, it would be very difficult to tell for which of the songs it would or wouldn't be the case. Sadly, you've stumbled directly into Schrodinger's Idol Game. But, that's why I'm here to help you out with the explanations!

ID Smile, Toa: Mizuki Akiyama

You were correct in recognizing that this focus song was for Mizuki, one of the members of the online musical group Nightcord at 25:00. Mizuki's main storyline revolves around her gender: while it hasn't yet been directly stated, it's all but confirmed that Mizuki is a trans woman (which is why I'm choosing to use she/her pronouns for Mizuki). But, no matter the "official label," it's canon that Mizuki grew up presenting more masculinely, but found happiness and truth later in life dressing in cute, feminine fashions.

Therefore, as ID Smile is Mizuki's first focus song, it expresses her mindset of wanting to keep her identity a secret from her new friends, so as not to create any distance between them. Although Nightcord quickly meets up in real life in its first few events, the group started online, and thus, it was easy for Mizuki to interact with them without putting any focus on her gender. She believes that, if she wants to keep things the same in her friend group, and continue to interact with them as a "normal girl," then she can't tell them the truth about her past, for the fear that (even in the very likely scenario where they're accepting of her) things would be forever changed between them.

(Jumping ahead from Mizu1 to Mizu5, the "harrowing event" that happened in that story was that Mizuki had finally mounted the courage to come out to the rest of her groupmates, but was outed against her will by some transphobic classmates literally moments before she was planning to do so. Then all of her sprites disappeared from the overworld for an entire out-of-game month. It was absolutely devastating and totally wild, but it's all fixed now, so we're good!)

Lower One's Eyes, nulut: Mizuki Akiyama

I have no idea if you were aware of this while writing this post, but Lower One's Eyes is also a sekai commission! It's perhaps the commission that's popped off the most in the greater vocaloid community outside of the sekai bubble, but that doesn't change the fact that it was originally created for Mizuki's second focus event (Mizu2, if you will). You can tell because of how much the two girls in the Lower video still look like Mizuki and another member of Nightcord, Ena :P

The sekai explanation for Lower is that of a continued ID Smile: the longer Mizuki has gone on without telling the other members of Nightcord who she really is has both increased her desire to tell them everything and her fear of potentially losing what they have if things went twisted.

Although Mizuki would be devastated to lose all of Nightcord, this song does specifically hone in on her relationship with Ena, as 1) Ena is Mizuki's closest friend within Nightcord and 2) the associated event story is centered on Ena being curious about and trying to understand Mizuki's secret. Therefore, in a sekai context, the "betrayal" aspect is more that Mizuki is worried about "betraying" Ena should she tell Ena the truth about her identity.

I'm not really sure how "I'm disillusioned with you" was included as a lyric at all in the sekai context, but I would guess that it's either intended as (Mizuki to Ena) "I'm disillusioned with the relationship we've built between us because I know it's missing a big part of me" or (Mizuki to Mizuki) "I'm disillusioned with myself for the choices I've made regarding whether to tell my friends about how I feel." Also worth mentioning that, in Nightcord's version of this song, this line is sung by neither Mizuki nor Ena, but instead a third member who's just generally disillusioned with life.

All that said, at least in conjunction with nulut's music video, I would consider Lower one of the songs in contention for being the least directly related to the characters and story at hand. Nulut's music video adds a whole different context and story to the lyrics that, even if they kind of look like Mizuki and Ena, don't seem to match up with Mizuki and Ena's story at all (Ena would NOT expose Mizuki's secret and get her killed).

Either interpretation (or a different one entirely) could be the reasoning behind giving this song to a One Shot character, so, sorry for the tricky one! But, for better or for worse, now you have some more info about how this song applies to sekai 👍

One Sheep, Peg: Kohane Azusawa

(One sheep? In PEG??? Wolfgang Akire?!?!?! /j)

Not to slight your new, highly reputable friend FructoseTolerant, but the snippets of their analysis you included in your post gave me... some pause. Namely, because this song was NOT commissioned for An, who they mostly seem to have been talking about, but for Kohane, who you seemed to know very little about. One Sheep was the song for Kohane's third event.

For some Vivid BAD CONTEXT, the unit Vivid BAD SQUAD was created when two pairs of musicians merged together. One of these pairs (BAD DOGS) is not particularly relevant to this song, while the other (Vivids) was An and Kohane.

VBS's goal is to surpass a legendary concert that was thrown by An's father about a decade ago. The goal mostly stems from An herself, who had spent years performing as a solo act at her family's cafe, whilst looking for a partner who could match her power and passion. Kohane, on the other hand, had never done much singing before, but accidentally stumbled into one of An's cafe performances one day and instantly fell in love with her An's performance and the idea of singing live. Kohane decided to be brave and sing as well, and despite haivng amateur skills, An could recognize the hidden potential in Kohane's voice, and decided to point blank make Kohane her singing partner right then and there.

In VBS's early days, Kohane was definitely the rookie of the team, as the other three members all had years worth of singing practice to her none. However, she very quickly made progress in being able to sing on the same level as the other members-- and in this event, even surpass them.

In sekai context, One Sheep is meant to portray Kohane and the others' mixed emotions at Kohane seemingly start to rise above the others in terms of power and talent. "You're just a solitary one-- Right now, go far beyond them" is the line that most clearly encapsulates this idea. However, much of the melancholy present in the lyrics is because Kohane doesn't want to far surpass her friends. Much like Mizuki, Kohane wants things to stay the way they are, with the four members performing as a squad, instead of being the talented yet lonely sheep.

To go through it block by block, a summary could basically be:

I pretend that the growing rift between our skills isn't an issue because I'd rather "waste my time" on imaginary enemies than pick on someone my own size alone.

I relapse into my own self doubts as another coping mechanism to box myself in so that the curse of my talent won't take me away from you.

The music industry can't support the weight of every hopeful future singer, so someday some people will have to give up, but I don't want to think about that.

Kohane, no matter what you say out loud, you know the truth, so if you're destined to be lonely, don't reign in your power.

You have the ability to be an amazing singer that leaves us all behind, but capitalizing on that potential will leave you lonely.

Putting more of my effort into singing and therefore improving my talent keeps making me miserable.

I'm worried that this new development will change or destroy the love we have for each other, and I'd rather have a terrible time with you than a great time alone.

I see.

You have the ability to be an amazing singer that leaves us all behind, so do you have any right to complain?

You have the ability to be an amazing singer that leaves us all behind, but for now, we're still together, so raise your voice and hope that the worst won't come.

Of course, please take this summary with a grain of salt, both because I have not actually read the story it's related to, but more importantly because (as far as I'm aware), the characters in-universe got distracted by everything you seem to have been hearing about with Nagi, so they haven't really looped back to this growing conflict yet. In the future, there may be more nuance with how different members of the group feel, or future events that make it clearer whether or not Kohane really is considered to be more talented than the other three.

And finally, to answer the question from the beginning of your post... no, even with this whole explanation, we're not trying to bait you into playing Project Sekai, I promise! (/lh) If you or anyone else did decide to get into Project Sekai because of the covers we included, we obviously wouldn't see that as a loss, but it's really just because in most cases the Sekai covers were how we were introduced to these songs and/or the version we listen to most now. Or at least, that's my take on it, idk what Venus' secret goals may have been :P

Anyways, hope this was helpful! And I hope you had fun with all of the song analysis :D

DROS - Character Playlist Analysis

A while ago, the av-multifangan account published the DROS character playlist, a playlist of 16 songs in a random order, where each of the songs is related to a particular character. However, it’s up to the fans to figure out which song belongs to which character. What a novel concept that I haven’t seen any other fangan do! No I’m not just feigning ignorance of the DRDT playlist just because I can never settle on an interpretation I’m happy with,-

(what the fuck do you do with desk rotation???)

-what are are you talking about?

Voluntary amnesia aside, I thought it’d be neat to try and figure out which songs belong to which characters. I’ll also include a confidence rating judging how certain I am of any given guess, with 10 being outright confirmed (so no one’s getting a 10 lol) and 1 being “I assigned this one pretty much at random.” Let’s go!

Spoilers for DROS up to CH3 Part 3. CWs: Suicidal ideation, hanging, religious imagery (christianity), betrayal, murder, alcoholism, addiction, relapsing, gambling,  drowning and sharks, toxic relationships

Gehenna - Aidan Ho

Using a translation by Hannah.

Confidence rating: 6.5/10

That template... talk about a callback, huh? I mean I know of no post which has this template because no other fangan has done this playlist thing (/silly).

Btw I vaguely recognize that a lot of these songs (or the versions in the playlist, rather) have Project Sekai characters on them, right? Is this a secret ploy to get us into proseka? Because I’m already in too many fandoms, I’m not getting into any more!

Gehenna is a peculiar song, where the protagonist makes it very evident they don’t like the life they live. 

Yeah, well, it seems like there's no prospect of recovery anymore Don’t ask me anything. 

However, they don’t want to die. Not because of some hope that things will get better or anything, but just because it’s instinct for them to stay alive. 

I don't know why, but "I want to stay alive" It’s in this Bible called DNA You don't have to hate on your instinct and fears Nothing will ever change, anyway “I want to stay alive” There's no hope ahead, but "I want to stay alive" My instinct thumps in red "I want to stay alive," "I don't want to stay alive" It’s so unfortunate But we have to live

It’s named Gehenna, which for our purposes is just hell (theologists don’t kill me), because the singer talks about life like a suffocating reality they can’t escape, especially since they refuse to die. 

The future, jealousy, the sense of failure Wireless, I can't even hang myself […] A pitch dark, clouded and broken heart I disinfect it with alcohol to sleep I become the gloomy water of the big ocean Falling deeper, deeper, deeper, deeper

You can kinda see how this would relate to Aidan based on his FTE, right?

Aidan [CH1, Page 6]: I know other people care, and I can respect that. If they care enough about something to fight for it– even if that thing is as simple as their life– I wouldn’t get in the way of that. Ellis: You think lives are simple…? Aidan: Caring about your life is. Isn’t that, like, basic human instinct or whatever? Ellis: I mean, yeah, I guess. But it’s not so wrong to indulge in your primal instincts, is it? He shrugs. Aidan: If that’s what interests you. Ellis: And what interests you, then? For some reason, I feel like I’ve been hearin’ a whole lot of “no” and not a lot of “yes.” Aidan: Does it really matter…?

I mean, he literally references the idea that staying alive is just human instinct, and somewhat implies he has no interest in indulging in said instinct. That’s quite Gehenna coded if I do say so myself, and would probably be enough for me to give him the song outright. Combine it with how little care he shows at the idea of dying to stop the motive in CH2, and it really does seem like this might just be his song.

The Chattering Lack of Common Sense - Mark Nolastnamegiven

Confidence Rating: 5/10

GHOST AND PALS MENTIONED!!!!!! I AM INGESTING ARTHROPODS AS WE SPEAK!!!1!!

To be entirely honest with you, I’m assigning this on Vibes and like three lyrics. Chattering has a… confusing sort of lore, where there’s a lot of background information on its characters, Arc (the one with the bandages) and Say (the one without the bandages), but most of it isn’t easy to discern from the song. The comments on this linked post have the longest explanation I could find (though they omit that Say and Arc apparently eat humans which is mentioned in other sources), but I don’t actually know where the commenters got that information so take it all with a grain of salt. 

Thankfully, the truly important parts for our purposes are kinda mentioned in the song. See, Say and Arc aren’t human, though they try to blend in with humans:

[Say] Basically, I bet you'll see At first, I'm not quite what I seem Every day is just the same (Picking names, repeating faces) Everything is show and tell And things are played off somewhat well

This takes a particular toll on Say, who wants to be “normal.” 

This is what I've come to be [Say] (This is what I shouldn't be)

Also importantly: they don’t remember anything before the age of 6! They have no idea how they got to where they got. That might remind you of someone, maybe.

While the feeling of inhumanity that Say struggles with, and the general idea of trying to blend in with society, could be taken to represent a few different characters, I think the actual moment of lore the song seems to be about is a bit more important. I believe the song shows the moment Arc and Say meet for the first time, around age 18. I say that mainly because of the focus on first meetings and new experiences and views in the song:

[Say] Basically, I bet you'll see At first, I'm not quite what I seem […] [Arc] I could never understand How first impressions go unplanned […]  [Both] Turn around about a new view Bring about the fear inside you […] [Say] I've been contemplating Fallacies and things that scare me Why not try to let go? I've been feeling out of order! I'm allowing change, so Take a good look, this is me This is what I’ve come to be! […]  [Arc] First impressions reborn This is what I've come to be! (This is what I shouldn't be) This is what I wanna be!

You can probably tell where I’m going with this. Mark’s entire character is based on the fact that they don’t remember anything, meaning everything in the killing game is a new experience, so the theme of new experiences, rebirth, change… they’re all definitely prevalent in their character. That’s not even mentioning the whole “multiple introductions” thing Mark did with Ellis.

Mark [CH1, Page 47]: That reminds me. I wanted to do this over again. They stand up and extend their hand towards me. Mark: Hi. I’m Mark. I’m not sure what my Ultimate talent is, and, uh, I guess I’m using they/them, for now, at least. It’s nice to meet you. Ellis: Nice to meet you too, Mark. I’m Ellis Ortiz, your Ultimate Lucky Student, and… the man of your dreams~

Ellis [CH1, Page 153]: You seem much more aware than when we first met. Or when we second met. You need a third meeting? I extend my hand. Ellis: Hello there, beautiful stranger. It is I, Ellis Ortiz– Ultimate Lucky Student, any pronouns. They laugh and scratch their cheek gently, a bit embarrassed. Mark: I’m Mark. Still don’t know my real name, talent, or previously preferred pronouns, but… glad to be here with you.

Combined with the lines about being “out of sorts” and “out of order”, Chattering is a song which certainly fits Mark’s vibe.

And while my confidence rating is low, that’s because I feel there’s other characters this song could go to as well. However, I still give this one to Mark, because those other characters have other songs which could go with them, while I struggle to come up with many other options for Mark.

Btw supposedly every character has a Vocaloid song and an English song, since there’s an entire extra 16 songs which haven’t been released yet. But CLOCS is a Vocaloid song and in English, so. Which does it count as? xD

Bitter Choco Decoration - Taylor Long

Using a translation by MML!opinions!Fun!Chocolate!

Confidence Rating: 8.5/10

Now this is a Taylor song! Though, I have been confidently incorrect regarding stuff about this character in the past, as evident by me very confidently guessing them to be an Actor instead of Impressionist pre-Prologue, so. Lmao.

Bitter Choco Decoration is a song about someone who molds themselves to be what other people want of them, never going in any extreme direction personality-wise. 

I try not to pointlessly expose myself, Not to talk about myself, not to understand myself But I try not to be a bit too silent, To be laughed at rather than to make people laugh

Most lines in the song follow that formula, “I try to do this, but not too much,” to really drill in the point of the singer wanting to be what people wish of them. Which, of course, is a very Taylor thing to do, as their entire thing is trying to become what people want them to be.

Taylor [CH1 BS, Page 2]: I try to fit in, but at the end of the day, I’m just me, you know? The only special part about me is when I’m doing an impression of someone else. Other than that, I’m just as regular as you. Robert: Really…? It sort of makes sense, but I still feel like Taylor has always had a way better grasp on the situation than I do. Then again, maybe I’m just reading them wrong…? Robert: But, your impressions are so cool. Taylor: Hehe, thank you! But, I really just use them to make people laugh, and so that I don’t say anything weird. Robert: Weird? Taylor: Like, um… I bet if I, as me, started talking about conspiracy theories, it’d be really weird. But, if I pretend to be Kennedy, it feels natural! No one questions what I have to say, or why I said it that way.

There’s other examples, but you get the idea.

Vegas Lights - Antonia Cisneros

Confidence Rating: 9.5/10

Come on, if a song called Vegas Lights doesn’t end up being Antonia’s or Ellis’ I riot (/silly). Apart from the obvious (that Antonia is from Vegas and a goddamn casino Dealer), even the non-strictly gambling lines here sorta fit Antonia’s character and vibes.

Oh, if you only knew What we've been up to I guarantee you'd keep it secret

You can connect that to Antonia’s whole thing about secrets she had going on with Cass:

Antonia [CH1, Page 148]: We weren’t dealing with only the mastermind, darling. We were dealing with “secrets.” And, while I may not want to say them here, I have things in my past I’d rather not share, especially if I were to attempt a murder.

Also:

In the Vegas lights! Where villains spend the weekend, the deep end We're swimming with the sharks until we drown

“Swimming with the sharks” can be taken to mean Antonia playing along with the “house” (literally in the casinos, and by killing someone per the mm’s wishes in the killing game) until it eventually caused her death. 

And I’m sure there’s others you could point to, but I feel my case has been made well enough.

Pheles - Paris Hall

Using a translation by Hiraethie and Violet.

Confidence Rating: 7/10

A song about rumors and secrets? Songs like just the one for our favorite Ultimate Gossip! Pheles is a song about… well to be frank I’m pretty sure there’s some context I’m missing, but it kinda sounds like it’s about some kind of spy acting after a war.

As for discussion, let's talk loudly about it after the violence is over The iron scraps have gone rusty, there’s value in rumors […] Rumor go! Rumor go! The rumor has been going around. Now, let us go while we’re in control Rumor go! Rumor go! The rumor has been going around The unleashed frustration. Rumor go! Rumor go! The rumor has been going around Now, let us go while we’re rebelling Rumor go! Rumor go! The rumor has been going around that She’ll be the queen to save the world!

This already kinda narrows down our suspects to either Paris or Cass. And while I absolutely think Cass could work here, especially since I find some of the lines about “saving the world” and the Mephistopheles symbolism fits them better, there’s another song which I feel fits them just as well, while I struggle to come up with other songs for Paris. 

If you’re not convinced, I’ll point you to this particular line, which feels much more of a Paris thing than a Cass thing.

When you get fed up with even people's deaths, just like a gum that's lost its flavor, you would spit out and throw them away, wouldn’t you?

Considering the whole “Paris doesn’t have a loved one” thing from CH2, we can infer she doesn’t care too much about other people, and from there suppose she wouldn’t be too bothered by their deaths either. Of course, though, she tends to hide this lack of care. You could say-

 Hide even your desires behind a mask Don’t let them know your real intentions

Yeah that. 

All in all, I’m comfortable with this pick for Paris, and the only reason my confidence rating isn’t higher is because Cass exists.

Nonsense Bungaku - Vivi Mitchell

Using a translation by bluepenguin.

Confidence Rating: 1.5/10

Ah, here’s a hard one! See, the song is called Nonsense Bungaku because it makes no sense!

Alright, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. The vague idea I got from reading others’ interpretations is that the song’s about finding oneself in a world of absurdity. It uses weird and random phrases to convey the titular nonsense while simultaneously talking about its themes. 

A mid afternoon rendezvous Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo I’ll shower you in lonely love We, with our sickening hearts, Will be reborn today

So… why am I giving it to Vivi, then? The idea is that Vivi’s obsession with reviving the dead could be considered “nonsense”, but she chooses to embrace it regardless. 

We  Become idiots, dance in midair And forget about the present, rat-tat-tat (rat-tat-tat)

“Become idiots” could be interpreted as “believing that Vivi can revive the dead”, as it is a bit of an outlandish idea, “forgetting about the present” because it gives hope of a future with no more deaths in the killing game.

Let’s dance ’til it’s light, let’s heat up the night So we can give tears the heave-ho and not sleep So that it doesn’t end up becoming a lie

Vivi wants to continue doing what they’re doing (“dancing ‘til it’s light”), so that they can make good on their promises (“so that it doesn’t end up becoming a lie”) and make the others happy (“give tears the heave ho”). 

I won’t be sentimental; I’m not afraid anymore With a sharpened blade of words, nothing is useless […] I’m so fed up already with you and your contrariness

Vivi’s deciding to push ahead with her goals without fear of failure or ridicule, and is getting tired of the others putting her down. The word “contrariness” is funny because Aidan, but Vivi does have some connection with him through Kennedy, so it kinda works.

And there’s probably more to be found there, but make no mistake. This is a reach. An insane one, even. The lines are so vague and up to interpretation that you could realistically make an argument for this song to go to, like, half the cast at least. I wanna call out Ellis in particular as a possibility, because as we'll see, my guess for them isn't particularly great, and this fits them somewhat well. That's to explain the abysmal confidence rating. However, I’m happy enough with Vivi, so that’s the guess here!

Nothing to Say - Jeff Breeze

Confidence Rating: 8/10

When this song started playing, I thought of Jeff so absolutely and definitively that if this ends up being wrong I will be horrendously embarrassed. That said, this still feels extremely Jeff coded. 

Nothing to Say is a bit hard to describe, but it’s basically the life story of someone who’s experienced a lot, made mistakes, moved on-

But if I could take another swing or two I always hit my target when it ain't brand new

(AKA “I always fuck up at the start, but I don’t make the same mistake twice”)

-and yet can’t really think of any sage advice to give (“I’ve got nothing to say”). That’s because while the vibe the song gives off is that the singer is content with their life, they seem to recognize it isn’t for everyone.

And I heard the message, and I wrote it down Some time spent lost is a life spent found A hundred bad habits come in one good day And I guess that's all to say I got nothing to say

(AKA “I may have wasted some time, but I got something out of it. But I know my habits are kinda bad, so you shouldn’t take me too seriously”)

This kind of vibe, of someone who’s experienced a lot but always in a more or less shallow way, fits Jeff decently well I’d say.

Now even though I've been known to waste I'll keep a lost cause rolling with a travel case […] If I had got what I'd been looking for You'd see me right now looking more and more And what I do got now got me on my way So I'll talk but I got nothing to say 

See? A very active life of moving around a lot, never settling down. Perfect for the Ultimate Absentee!

Poison - Noah Walker

Confidence Rating: 3/10

If you know the song and the character, that confidence rating might surprise you. I mean, a song about alcoholism and partying where the singer is worried about what their mom would think?

Let's bounce All night We're turning off my memory This club Is our house Will my momma ever forgive me? I wanna be cheered up I want drinks all around I wanna break my rules I wanna rock this town And oh Well shame on me And I guess the snake got free 'Cause we got the poison on our tongues

(Poison being an allegory for alcohol if that’s somehow not obvious)

I mean, that’s extremely Noah coded! How could it not be his? 

Simply put, because Ellis exists. Just as drawn to alcohol as Noah, just as willing to go wild to ignore their real issues, and a decent amount of suppressed shame to boot. There is a very legitimate argument to swap those two, especially if you’re willing to speculate on information we haven’t gotten in the story yet for the song which I actually gave to Ellis if you want that one to go to Noah. 

But that will make more sense in the Ellis section. For now, all you need to understand is that I believe Poison fits Noah very well, but this has a low confidence rating because it could also go to Ellis.

Lower/Lower One’s Eyes - Vanessa Bravo

Using a translation by Oktavia.

Confidence Rating: 3.5/10

(Why does this have two names lol)

So this one’s a little strange, and kinda comes down to the fact I don’t have many songs to give Vanessa. 

Lower has some biblical interpretations about Judas and Jesus, but I’ll talk about it in more abstract terms so it’s easier to relate it to DROS later. Though just from me saying that, you can probably imagine it’s a song about betrayal.

Gradually becoming disillusioned with you, The curtain’s about to rise– it’s showtime, Thus we’ll soon say goodbye to the quietness of this theatre

The singer is becoming disillusioned with someone else, but they’re hiding it, pretending like in a theater play. See, they’re actually very conflicted about betraying the other person.

Left with a guilty conscience ever weighing down upon my back I wouldn’t dare obey my heart’s desires– instead bottling them all up, They want to get along with the other, but can’t get themselves to There are things in theory I’d like to come to terms with, but I just can’t I’ve been keeping them all to myself, though I might explode from it […] Should we be fated to part, should we be fated to lose one another I pray we may be reunited each and every time such a thing happens If you’d just do me the honor of staying, staying and never to part, Then I’ll get to remain the only one who knows what this salvation feels like […] “Why don’t we get out of here before it all goes to hell?” …Again and again, I’m whispering that too-good-to-be-true wish to myself

You get the idea. Someone the singer loves is doing something wrong, the singer knows it’s wrong, but still feel conflicted in turning their back to them. 

The connection I’m drawing to Vanessa is through Antonia, of course. At the end of the first trial, Vanessa knows Antonia’s done something really wrong, but she still feels bad about what’s happening.

If that doesn’t convince you, you could also take this to be related to Vanessa’s actions in CH2 in a more abstract sense. She wanted to kill someone to stop the motive, something she considered a more or less noble thing but would still be a betrayal of some sort, so she was conflicted in wanting to do it.

… Yeah voting for Antonia’s a bit more straightforward. Given I struggle to come up with other songs for Vanessa, I’m gonna call that good enough!

Addiction Governance - Ellis Ortiz

Confidence Rating: 1/10

Welcome… to the single worst guess on the list!

Now, sometimes these are difficult because the song’s vague and can be taken to mean several different things. The issue with Addiction Governance is actually the opposite; it’s so explicit that it’s hard to relate it to any given character, because you can’t easily bend it to the DROS story the way you can with stuff like Nonsense Bungaku.

Simply put, Addiction Governance is about someone falling back into an addiction they thought they’d moved past. 

Temptation always wins I hear you calling out my name Don't worry I've always been this way I thought I'd take back everything And say I was out But here you are now […] Fate arrive Take what's mine I know I walked in sin Addiction governing

There’s little specificity on what the addiction actually is, as while there is a reference to gambling-

Could I escape in time if I realize But I gamble it all on numbing fees

-it can also be taken to mean the “numbing fees” are the addiction, which is more general.

So, what now? Ellis definitely has a few vices, from drinking to gambling, so it seems like it works at first glance. But remember; Addiction Governance isn’t just about addiction, it’s specifically about a recovering addict relapsing. 

Does that really apply to Ellis? He doesn’t really express much of an interest in stopping his drinking or gambling habits, so whether he’s addicted or not, relapsing isn’t necessarily a concern.

That’s why this can be swapped with Noah with a little speculation. We know less about Noah’s history than Ellis’, so it’s possible that he’s drinking more in the killing game than he’d like, or even that there’s some other addiction he’s tried to drop but is coming back in the game. I imagine people would bring up if someone asked for anything harder than alcohol in the Costumer Service Desk, but y’know, maybe they missed it. 

However, we don’t have evidence for that. And there is an angle I can see with Ellis that isn’t there for Noah, which relates mainly to these lines.

Thought I could rolled the dice Thought I could paid the price Saying it won't take me [sic] Could I escape in time if I realize […] But now the damage done Is creeping into every day Shoulda slowed the dose [sic] Too late now […] I thought I'd take back everything And say I was out But here you are now

Instead of it being about relapsing, the song can be interpreted as someone who thinks they can get out of their habit before it becomes an addiction. This reckless attitude could potentially be connected to Ellis’ attitude towards the killing game. They believe they can coast off of their luck and survive without getting attached to anyone, before they “get in too deep.” Something something gambling addiction combined with the idea that she can stop it before it gets too bad something something?

As you can see, it’s a bit iffy, but it’s close enough for me. And with that interpretation, combined with the lines in Poison about “momma”, my final call is made. While I could still see the swap between Ellis and Noah, Ellis on Addiction Governance and Noah on Poison is what I’m going with. Especially because no one else really comes close to working with Addiction Governance in my opinion.

Veils - Kennedy Rey

Confidence Rating: 8.5/10

I mean. Do I even need to show you anything beyond the line in the image above?

I keep falling into the night To look at what goes on out of our sight Lift the veils that cover our eyes! Forget about death and fight for your life!

Technically speaking, Veils is about someone trying to uncover what issues are hampering a relationship, but the theme of looking past the surface level and finding hidden truths is more than enough for me to consider this a Kennedy song. Ironic, that Kennedy of all people has one the songs making me do the least amount of conspiracy theorizing. 

One Sheep - Robert Smith

Using a translation by Hiraethie and Tapewormreverie.

Confidence Rating: 3/10

Now this guess was a hard one, because I'll repeat what I said in the Vivi section: what the fuck is this song even about??? I couldn’t figure out shit about the lyrics on my own. I had to look up fucking Project Sekai analysis because I’m pretty sure the lack of context was destroying my chances of understanding One Sheep. Like I’m sure the song can stand on its own, but seeing as it was written for a proseka event, getting that type of context probably doesn’t hurt. 

What I found was this video by FructoseTolerant on Youtube, which I will uncritically accept as entirely correct in its interpretations of proseka characters because I have no way of knowing if it’s wrong, and from there try to relate their interpretations of some of these lyrics to Robert because I don’t know what I’m doing anymore.

I want to pretend to be a desparado  “You think you could do that?” my self-hatred creeps  Such a roar, so to speak, is a scapegoat  It’s as if a curse has clung to me 

Video Analysis Transcript: The first line having the word “pretend” instead of quote unquote “be” is a reflection of how, in the end, An just wants to pretend to be like Nagi, because in the end she’ll have to realize that she can’t be Nagi, she has to be herself. 

You can connect this to Robert wanting to be more like the other Ultimates, failing to realize that being the Ultimate Normie has its perks too.

Robert [CH1 BS, Page 3]: Just being here makes me feel like freaking out. I have to try so hard to pretend I’m feeling normal and not lose my cool, so that I can fit in with everyone else. But, even if you don’t see your talent the same as everyone else’s… you still don’t seem that scared. You’re managing the situation fine, in your own way. Taylor looks at me with a slight frown. I feel like I’m being studied, in a way. Taylor: Do you think that’s a good thing? That we’re all so “normal” about being in this scary situation? Robert: I don’t know if it’s a good thing. From my perspective, it’s something I’m jealous of. I wish I wasn’t so scared… Taylor: Well, I think it’s a good thing. Robert: Why…? Taylor: It means that you’re assessing the situation realistically, and that you have things you’re worried about getting back to at home. Those are both good things, aren’t they? Robert: I guess so.

I, uh, hope An gets to a point where she can be happy living as herself! (?) ‘Cuz Robert sure as hell didn’t! 

You’re just a lonely one, so Let me hear that voice of yours

Video Analysis Transcript: [That line] made me realize that voices are meant to be heard, and so does my voice too. Everyone’s lone voice is different, and comes with its own story. 

Robert may seem normal and average, but as we especially saw near the end of CH2 Daily Life, his voice deserves to be heard too! 

O, lone sheep, go tear the darkness to pieces, the entire thing [...] You’re just a solitary one— Right now, go far beyond them

Video Analysis Transcript: “Tearing the darkness” gives me an image of illuminating the path and making your way into the great big world. 

Uh… something something Robert is isolated from other Ultimates but he’s still able to contribute and bring joy into the world in his own way something something?

I’ve been getting hurt more and more often by this “something” that I no longer see as a hobby Did they make you say that? That “I love you” There’s no way that exists here till the end of time

Video Analysis Transcript: With [the first line] sung by An, who is scared that Kohane will leave her even more…

(I’m assuming the other two lines are also somewhat connected to that idea even though the singer in the Vivid BAD SQUAD version changes :v)

Dude, this An girl is going through it! Don’t worry girl Kohane seems… like the name of a nice person, I’m sure she won’t leave you! (?)

Uh… back to ideas of alienation, that Robert feels like the other Ultimates might leave him behind? Hell if I know lol.

Anyways. Again, I have no idea if this is right or not, but between it vaguely working at times and sheer process of elimination, this is the guess I’m going with.

Pushing Daisies - Harper Young

Confidence Rating: 4/10

Fun fact, the last change I made in this playlist guess was swapping Vanessa and Harper. I had misinterpreted Lower and I didn’t like Pushing Daisies for Ness, so once I figured Lower out, the swap was made!

Not that Pushing Daisies makes significantly more sense with Harper, mind you. The song’s about someone in love with a girl who is already in a relationship, but one where she’s apparently not treated very well.

Oh I lost my head again Cause he's the one you're drinking with And you don't know you're better off alone

The singer pleads undying loyalty to this girl, and promises to follow her until he’s pushing daisies, aka until he’s dead.

For you I'd give the whole damn lot But tell me what good is all I got? Cause I'll follow till I'm pushing daisies You're on my mind Oh my my

While I struggle to see the “bad relationship” angle with anyone in the cast, the pledge of undying loyalty fits well enough with Harper’s nice and caring personality. Ve definitely enjoys making others feel better, and the idea of helping until ve physically can’t makes sense for ver. Specifically, I could see a connection with how Harper wants to help Noah feel better, even when Noah’s a bit bothered by it, as the song does have a bit of an attitude of the singer feeling like they know better than the girl they want to help.

... Is what I would have said a week ago! Yeah this post was mostly written before CH3 Part 3 lol. Because with the release of that last part, there is actually some more evidence that this song could refer to Harper's feelings towards Noah. For one, there now is a specific person who could be seen as the bad person who the "girl" hangs out with: Paris.

Noah [CH3 Part 3, Page 13]: Harper, it’s– Paris: Noah.  Noah: … Noah looks at Harper, then at Davis, then at Paris before looking at his plate. Noah: It’s… probably for the best if we just go along with it. No sweat, right?

Someone who is apparently kinda mistreating Noah, but Noah's going along with it and ignoring Harper's worries. Maybe?

More importantly, though, this:

Harper [CH3 Part 3, 24]: I should be taking more of a stance, in line with what I believe to be true. And what you believe to be true is…? Ellis: If you believe anything, that is. It’d probably be worse to get stuck defending a side you only 30% believe in. Harper: I suppose “believing” a side isn’t quite the right way to put it. What I believe is that this conflict is needless and we should be putting suspicions aside to work towards a solution. But, it’s difficult to convince some of the others of that, especially if I don’t express myself clearly enough…

Harper wanting to express that something is wrong, but is worried about whether or not ve can properly express that to the others? Feels like...

I got an itch But what can I do If all I do is think about How she'd take the truth

Maybe? It's an angle you can take with some other characters, mainly Taylor, but with Bitter Choco Decoration being here as well, I'll take my chances with this Harper guess.

HIBANA- Davis Love

Using a translation by Forgetfulsubs.

Confidence Rating: 7.5/10

You would know this prediction was coming if you’ve been reading my reaction posts to DROS, as I’ve actually brought it up before! You may also know how I interpret this song if you’ve read my analysis of the Milgram Es cover for it. The basic gist is that the singer is in a relationship, and they want their lover to be more assertive. 

Aa, I don't like this; Choose both. Aa, I don't like this; Break both.

The singer doesn’t want a pushover who is too scared to hurt them to do anything committal, because they consider that a fragile, “weak-minded” love. 

I don’t want to harbor a love that will never end – Come on, properly fill me more with anxiety. I’d like you to act your part at peek a boo – Come on, answer to {what I ask} more properly! nanananananananana It’s “incomplete”, I’ll say it time and time again nanananananananana Amidst a love that missed hitting “NO”. [...] I don’t want to love a weak-minded love Come on, make it hurt more properly. Going so far it’s no longer funny, is surely much more enjoyable, Come on, melt me more properly!

So the singer wants someone who isn’t afraid of saying “no.” Some kind of contrarian, possibly. One could even say, the singer would love to be with the Ultimate Contrarian-

Jokes aside, the Aidan-Davis propaganda isn’t the only reason I’m giving Davis HIBANA. Davis generally seems to dislike non-committal people, especially in the context of relationships. 

Davis [CH2 BS, Page 17]: Have you been in a relationship before? Jeff: Ehhhh. Not in such a serious way. More just… we hang around each other for as long as we want. A week, or a month or two. Not usually longer than that. Something I said seems to have particularly bothered him, because he’s back to half-glaring at the table.

You can see the point, right? Davis doesn’t like that Jeff doesn’t fully involve themselves emotionally in their relationships, the way that the HIBANA singer is mad at their lover for being indecisive and too scared to hurt the singer to really put their whole personality on the table, per say. Does that make sense? Hopefully!

ID Smile - Cassidy Torres

Using a translation by Shiopaca and Violet.

Confidence Rating: 7.5/10

ID Smile is about a secret the singer is keeping about their identity because they’re worried about how it will affect their relationships.

If I want to connect with you, then I can’t part with my secret If we had made this world that composes our existence of being charmed by each other ring out,  Hey, could we stay this way, just like this? 

I... honestly think I can leave it at that and that’s all I need to say about that one lol. Cass kept a secret about her identity for the entire time she was alive: she was a spy. Yep. With Vegas Lights knocking out the other big candidate for this one, ID Smile ends up being one of the easier ones to explain, and the only reason my confidence rating isn't higher is a combination of Pheles being here and other characters also having secrets.

Btw this is about that Mizuki character that took over my dash a while ago right? That’s pretty much all the contact I had with proseka before this, so I hope whatever happened in Mizu5 wasn’t as horrendously harrowing as that image I kept seeing implied. Or that at least the fandom enjoyed whatever horrors actually came from that lol. 

No Hands - Grace Thomas

Confidence Rating: 8/10

And we reach the last one! No Hands is a song about how life sometimes changes without our control, making us feel that we’re riding around in a vehicle with our hands off the steering wheel. 

Nothing lasts forever, you've heard it all before The brutal winds of change are knocking at your door No hands! I just keep riding around again to these broken-hearted beats, yeah

The big theme to focus on here is how some changes can be irreversible, taking us to the main line that connects this song to Grace. 

The clocks are ticking, they talk behind your back They echo every second that you've wasted in the past But nothing lasts forever, you've heard it all before It's time to face your demons, they're knocking at your door

I mean, it’s pretty clear, right? Grace’s character is mainly defined by their hatred of time wasting, so a song all about how you need to take the chances you get because you have no control of when things are going to change forever is right up their alley.

Particularly, it brings to mind their situation in CH2, where their life changed without their control when their boyfriend died during the motive announcement, and they decided to take action before even more time could pass, and more things could change as a result. Aka, they decide to stop riding with “no hands” and instead try to take control of their situation by killing Robert. Thankfully, we can end with a guess that I’m actually decently comfortable with!

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Woohoo! This took way longer than it should have, but it’s finally done! I wanted to do this before even more content about DROS came out, since I didn’t want it to be too easy. Should I have waited longer so I could make better guesses? Maybe! I imagine a large quantity of these will eventually be proven wrong. But I had fun, and that’s all that matters. Anyways, thanks for reading! If you made it this far, you deserve your own theme song! Hope you get a cool one xp See ya’!

[shiroichiban]

not a request but i felt like writing 4town friendzone angst :33

Robaire

robaire quietly watched you as you strummed your guitar, you had asked for his help when coming up with a song and when he read over the words you sent him he couldn't help but feel jealous because it was literally a damn confession. it's not that he hated the lyrics, in fact it was the damn opposite, he loved them, but he knew they weren't meant for him. robaire could wish on a thousand stars that they were meant for him, that he was the one you felt this deeply for, but he knew he wasn't.

you were in the middle of saying something when he refocused his attention on you. not sure of what to say he just smiled and nodded, "so... who's it for?" he asked teasingly and felt his heart clench as he watched you blush before shaking your head and replying "it's a secret ro~"

of course it wasn't meant for him, why would it be in the first place?

Jesse

jesse was busy working on the clay for your joint assignment, though he couldn't help but notice out of the corner of his eye, you talking to another classmate. keeping you in his peripherals he relaxed when you finally made your way back to the table with him.

"who was that?" he asked, trying to keep his tone light.

"oh, just a friend!" you smiled brightly, that didn't reassure him. he couldn't help but feel bitter about the thought of you with another person, just when he had found someone who genuinely wanted to be around him, who didn't think he was nothing but a playboy and fucked around, who didn't just think that he was paying the price by having to take care of his kids with no support.

but then again, why would he admit he wanted you if you were just going to leave him in the end.

Tae Young

"and leave him the fuck alone!" tae young watched you yell at the two boys who were picking on him earlier, his arms desperately wrapped around your waist as you put your body in front of him like a shield. he was safe with you, he was always safe with you.

"ugh whatever bitch have fun with your little princess!" one of the boys spat at you as he walked away with his friend making you scoff. tae could feel you turn around and wrap your arms around him, "hey bud, don't listen to them ok?" you tried to reassure him as tae young nuzzled himself into your embrace.

"thanks (name)." he mumbled as you stroked his head reassuringly, "no worries, i'm your best friend so i'll always protect you ok?"

his heart clenched, the things the bullies did to him back there couldn't compare to the pain of what you made him feel.

Aaron T.

"aww look at you two, a prankster couple i can't wait for the wedding!" your friend jokes as they nudged you towards him but you just rolled your eyes and shoved back. "ugh we're barely 20 we aren't getting married yet right t?" you joked as you looked at him, making his heart flutter for just a bit before he quipped, "yeah at best we're only getting engaged!" he exclaimed.

"ha! well whatever have fun being gross lovebirds~" with that he watched your friend walked off as you scoffed and turned to him.

"that's so stupid though, us being together?" oh. that wasn't the reaction he was expecting. "like we all know you're busy with your career and stuff. you could do so much better than me t, i'm dead serious." t couldn't think of a response, he was supposed to make some witty comment here but nothing was coming to him. everything just hurt.

"we're the type of people that are better off just friends amirite t?" you smiled, rubbing salt into the wound you unknowingly caused, but he forced a smile and nodded.

"haha yeah... just friends."

Aaron Z.

"mm... i dunno z, what if they don't like it." you sighed as he watched you assess over your confession letter for the fifth time at this point. "wish i was better at talking so i could just say it but ugh."

"whatever you make for him is good." z mumbled seriously, he wishes he was the one you thought about so relentlessly. aaron z had to keep these feelings down though, jealousy was an ugly emotion. he didn't need you seeing his ugly side when he was already so unappealing.

if only he could've been more, more expressive so he could actually tell you these things without worrying about you misinterpreting, more funny so he could actually make you laugh instead of him awkwardly staring like a brick wall throughout your conversations, more loveable because for just this once he wanted to be the one for you.

he didn't care about being number one in his fans' hearts, it was all pointless if he wasn't yours.