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Intro

Your posts were really interesting to read!

Didn’t have the time to reply to this last night so I definitely wanted the time to write a proper post about it.

I wrote this post back when I used to be on priv on my side blog, but I came off priv when I realized how limiting Tumblr priv blogs were, so I didn’t really pay attention to some of my old posts.

I definitely would’ve edited the OG post to add onto my rambles otherwise, but I guess I can do that now.

Things I wanna talk about:

Kuroha/Saeru: Golden Apple and Silver Branch Symbolism

Ene’s Iron Cheeks (Digital Structures)

Kuroha/Saeru’s Similarities with Tamamo Vitch Koyanskaya (FGO)

Kuroha/Saeru: Golden Apple and Silver Branch Symbolism 🍎🌿

This time, I also want to note the usage of Golden Apples and Silver Branches in the Kuroha/Saeru Joker art.

These links also note the symbolism and associations of Golden Apples and Silver Branches. These symbols are sometimes paired together, too.

Silver branches are a symbol that represent “entry into the Celtic otherworld (land of the deities and possibly also the dead)” in Celtic mythology

The last link describes "Entry into the Celtic otherworld without dying" (Couldn't fit it due to Tumblr's image limit)

"The golden apples hidden/stolen by a monstrous antagonist" is also interesting to think about 🐍🖤💛

The mention of the world of rebirth after death also reminds me of the existence of the Kagerou Daze, though Tír na nÓg was described as a paradise. The SS below describes other Otherworlds as having “horrible shapes”

Apple: Knowledge, wisdom, immortality, temptation, the fall of man, sin, forbidden fruit (evil)

Golden Apple: Immortality, selfishness and distraction, lust for the impossible and transitory (immortality and beauty), greed

Silver Branch: Entry into the Celtic Otherworld (Tír na nÓg)

Golden Apples: (X) (X)

Apples: (X)

Silver Branches: (X)

Celtic Otherworld: (X) (X) (X)

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It’s true that Saeru gained the pseudo immortality that he wanted with his “creations” Konoha and Ene, since he is directly responsible for causing Haruka and Takane’s deaths in most Routes.

Saeru managed to create someone immortal by killing Takane, so that she could gain an Eye Ability and become pseudo immortal in her new digital cyber body as Ene…

Saeru also ensures Konoha’s creation in most Routes. While it’s not the explicit pseudo immortality that Ene has, Konoha counts too.

Saeru can use Awakening Eyes to make his body pseudo immortal, by his own words.

Ene’s Iron Cheeks

Mekakushi Radio

Shintaro: So what are Ene-chan’s cheeks made of?

Ene: They’re iron.

Shintaro: Eh……?

Ene: They’re iron. My cheeks are made of Iron.

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メカクシラジオ

シンタロー：エネちゃんの頬っぺたは何でできてるんですか？

エネ：鉄です。

シンタロー：え……？

エネ：鉄です。鉄でできてます。

Quick TL by Sen (@/stepswordsen)

I was trying to fact check first, because I was so confused whether Ene’s cheeks are made of iron (metallic element) or steel (alloy of iron and carbon).

In Mekakushi Radio, Ene makes a joke that her cheeks are made of iron (鉄, Tetsu)

See the whole translation here by Yuurus (@/fuyuyuu)

Source: (X)

OP interprets it as a Fate/stay night (F/sn) parody. I’m not sure if Ene is actually serious or just joking, but I'll assume Ene is telling the truth.

It comes from Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Archer EMIYA’s Noble Phantasm chant, Unlimited Blade Works.

EMIYA:

Steel is my body and fire is my blood (English)

My blood is of iron and my heart of glass (Literal English)

血潮は鉄で心は硝子 (Japanese)

Chishio wa tetsu de, kokoro wa GARASU (Romaji)

Source: (X)

Word used for iron:

鉄 (Tetsu, “Iron”)

Words used for steel:

鋼鉄 (Koutetsu, “Steel”)

鋼 (Hagane, “Steel”)

鋼鉄 (Koutetsu, “Steel”) contains the kanji for Iron 鉄 (Tetsu, “Iron”) since Steel is made of Iron.

After seeing Ene’s cheeks get described as 鉄 (Tetsu, “Iron”), I’m going to proceed with the assumption that it’s iron. In the literal sense, it’s iron. (Also considering the UBW chant)

鉄 (Tetsu) specifically means “Iron,” referring to the chemical element, according to Kotobank, a JP dictionary. 鋼鉄 (Koutetsu) and 鋼 (Hagane) are the main words that specifically mean steel.

KuroEne AU rambles with Feila

I also chatted with my mutual, Feila, about this, so I’ll quote their rambles too.

Me:

Kuroha/Saeru: Gold

Ene: Iron

F: She's a virus, it's definitely metal at some point

F: I'm sensing something... And Ene can only be killed off if the current device she's in is destroyed. Kuroha loses sentience when everyone's wish is granted.

Me: Yeah. KuroEne has a character parallel going on irt immortality.

Gold and Iron...

Saeru’s actions ended up creating someone with an immortal body (Ene), and someone who has the capability to be immortal due to his powers (Konoha)

That’s why I’m curious about the symbolism of Gold and Iron. Wonder if it has any thematic significance but I can definitely run with it.

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon, and stronger than Iron.

F: Sharpness of body and mind, but Ene has a digital body, sadge

Me: Yeah and “sharpness of body and mind” is more Saeru's thing.

Regardless, iron formed on one of his “creations” → Ene

Me: I think there’s plenty to be said about how Kuroha/Saeru wanted immortality and Ene (and Konoha) are the results of those aspirations.

F: “Longevity”

Me: “Wisdom” and “Transformation” fits Kuroha/Saeru so well considering his knowledge with Clearing Eyes and him being able to change his body with Awakening Eyes. Also “Power” and “Longevity” with his superhuman strength in Konoha’s body, and longevity with how he seeks immortality.

Me: As I said in my OG post, Gold apples also represent immortality. And also, the usage of silver branches, paired with golden apples, in that art…

Kuroha/Saeru: Golden Apples (Knowledge, Wisdom, Immortality, Temptation, Sin, Evil, Selfishness, Greed)

F: So it’s iron then? Iron iron iron... whatever I'll call it Fe

F: KuroEne: Gold and Iron (FeAu)

F: It'd be cool if underneath the iron cheek things, there are actually snake scales.

Me: Omg… Reminds me I was wondering if Ene’s digital structures are digital representations of snake scales, or if there are snake scales under there…

F: Haruka/Konoha/Kuroha’s dot circle facial markings and Ene’s digital structures… I see you 👁️

Me: For Haruka/Konoha/Kuroha, the dots are on the face near the eyes, in the same place as Haruka’s mole originally was. For Ene, her digital structures are on the cheeks… And then Azami, Mary, and Kuroha/Saeru’s MR2 form have snake skin scales on their face/cheeks…

F: Potential fanon-verse KuroEne fan-child design idea, I'll take it

F: The little bunny is done being a little bunny 🔪

Me: Is the “little bunny” (Ene) actually hiding snake skin scales? Or are her iron cheeks the digital manifestation of those scales?

Snatching from my notes again

Takane's Gamer Name:

Takane's full online gamer name was “Lightning Dancer Ene” or “Dancing Flash Ene” (閃光の舞姫・エネ, Senkou no Maihime - Ene), where Maihime (舞姫) means "Dancer girl.” The name “Ene” comes from “Enomoto Takane”

Dancing Girl (舞姫, Maihime, lit. "Dancing Princess")

Kuroha/Saeru's nickname for Ene in my KuroEne AU:

親愛なるウサギちゃん (Shin'ai naru Usagi-chan; "[My] dear/beloved [little] bunny/rabbit")

I chose "My dear little bunny/rabbit" or 親愛なるウサギちゃん (Shin'ai naru Usagi-chan; "[My] dear/beloved [little] bunny/rabbit") as Kuroha's nickname for Ene because she has twintails that look like bunny ears.

But his chosen nickname is definitely on purpose on his part, because bunnies are the prey of snakes, and he is the hunter (predator animal). So it still ends up playing up to his ego. 🐍🐇

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F: About the symbolism of Iron tho…

F: I’m so confused about the word usage 😭 Is it iron or steel?

So that kanji alone means Iron then?

Me: Yeah I trust a JP dictionary like Kotobank that pulls from multiple JP dictionaries

F: It's just Ene being asked about her cheek things 😭 Is it safe to assume it’s Iron?

Me: YEAH IKR…

Me: Yeah I'm not sure if, in general, in translations, people tend to use 鉄 (Tetsu) to refer to steel (or metals in general) in casual convos, even though it’s actually iron in the literal sense.

Or using 鉄 (Tetsu) when they actually mean 鋼鉄 (Koutetsu). Or if it's just because steel is the most common usage of iron. Steel is one of the most common iron alloys.

Iirc, when referring to the metals specifically, 鉄 (Tetsu) should be used to specifically refer to Iron, and 鋼鉄 (Koutetsu) and 鋼 (Hagane) should be used.

Me: Now looking at things, like the UBW chant, I’m gonna proceed with it being iron in the literal sense

KuroEne AU: A Snake’s Sense of Smell

Me: Just gonna snatch this from my KuroEne AU rambles where I was discussing with Feila about my KuroEne AU route where Kuroha makes an android body for Ene (cuz his knowledge far surpasses regular humans) and indulges in the “game” with her.

Mary and Ene are the only ones left alive at the end of a Route and team up against Kuroha/Saeru to try and fend him off. MaryEne run away and retreat to come up with a plan to defeat him, find his plans (designs and sketches) of Ene's android body, then confronts him at his underground lab.

I’m mainly just including it cuz of how, with the fanon ideas that I came up with, how he could theoretically use the Awakening Eyes ability in my KuroEne AU works, to an extent beyond what’s shown in canon.

I took creative liberties for my own AU writing, since I wanna expand on characters and their relationships past what canon shows.

Using Awakening Eyes to rebuild his body and enhance it (ex. Giving himself a snake-like sense of smell in his humanoid body so that he can hunt “prey”)

Using Awakening Eyes to shapeshift into others (ex. Saeru leaves Kenjirou’s body earlier in my KuroEne AU, so he can just use Awakening Eyes to take his appearance to not cause suspicion, and create multiple fake identities to manipulate people to amass power and resources)

(I don’t see the need to write all this again so I’m just copy pasting it from our chats)

Me:

(Kagerou Daze: Ch. 66)

Kuroha: The Awakening skill... Lets me build the body I want. If I want to be immortal, I can be. If it's power I'm after, I can rip through anything... And if I want a body that no force can bind...

F: Shit is so stiff but love the dialogue here

Also he isn't wrong, Awakening Eyes can rebuild itself forever and ever so he's technically immortal, it's the fact that he'll lose sentience once all wishes are granted that makes him mortal or "temporary"

Idk—

Me: Yeah I hate how stiff and undynamic the manga art is… GOD ADHSHDSHDSH

The art looks so boring to me.

Me: Ok I just searched it up

Me: Oh, I underestimated a snake’s sense of smell. Ok but imagine Kuroha/Saeru with a forked snake tongue. That would be cool

Yeah especially since Awakening Eyes can make the body into “whatever the owner finds to be ideal.” If he wants a body that’s able to have the same heightened sense of smell that a snake can, then he can do that.

(Kagerou Daze Manga: Ch. 63)

Me: I saw MR2 Kuroha/Saeru sniff the air in Ch. 63 when he enters the MekaDan's base, so he definitely has a much stronger sense of smell (as a Snake possessing a human vessel) compared to a regular human.

He can also modify his body however he wants with Awakening Eyes to be able to make it stronger, so he could also make his sense of smell stronger as well

He sniffs the air when he crashes into the MekaDan’s hideout. He was probably trying to see if the Dan was hiding anywhere so he could hunt them down, and then realized they weren’t there and that the Dan used Concealing Eyes to help leave the vicinity. So he most likely has the heightened smell of a snake that can smell from FAR distances away.

Me: Kuroha is the one who made Ene’s android body in my KuroEne AU, which I imagine has self-healing human flesh on the outside (similar to IRL scientists’ advancements in creating robots with self-healing skin).

Since he’s the embodiment of knowledge, his creations would be much more advanced, since he has knowledge from the beginning of civilization up to modern science

F: Since Awakening Eyes fixes the body molecule by molecule, then changing his range of scents can actually work, implementing a snake's organs onto a human body.

F: Also for that last part... oh Ene, my brother 😭

Me:

Ene: WHY IS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU JUST A RECIPE FOR DISASTER!?!?!? (//>~<//)

F: Fuck, Ene has the most detectable smell due to that

A mix of metal and flesh would have a unique smell, and it'd be easier to find her too

He’d recognize the smell cuz it’d be familiar to him

F: Knew it. Molecule by molecule…

Me: I don’t think he even needs to change his organs since he can just use Awakening Eyes to wish for a body that can smell just like a snake

Me: Embodiment of knowledge/wisdom, shapeshifter (basically) who’s able to change his body into whatever he wants using Awakening Eyes, superhuman strength, can use Awakening Eyes to adjust his 5 senses and body too, etc. This is such a disaster set-up for the KuroEne AU Route I’m writing where MaryEne team up. I’ve written a lot for it, but I just haven’t posted most of it publically.

Me: And now, this begs the question of whether Concealing Eyes can manage to prevent someone like him from detecting scents, cuz I have no idea, it’s not stated. Is it only visibility related or does it work on the 5 senses too?

F: For [how he deflects] Mary's Eye Abilities... I'm guessing it's during while he's bounded, since with that he can fix both his organs and body parts and make it stronger so he could move again.

Cuz with Awakening Eyes, he can heal himself or rebuild the body to enhance it immediately

Me: HHHH YEAH LIKE HE CAN JUST HEAL THE BODY IMMEDIATELY. Like how he gets hit by a landslide in MR2 but just quickly heals the body with Awakening Eyes

Me: Also. Does his accumulation of knowledge apply to languages too? Like he MUST know the ancient language that Azami wrote in in her journal (that Ayaka was somehow able to read, to her own disbelief)

Me: Saeru tells Azami in MR2 that he’s the Ability that grants her her “wisdom”

I don't have this volume in JP yet but I wonder if the OG has it as "Knowledge"

(Kagerou Daze: Ch. 37)

KuroEne AU: Using Awakening Eyes to change into someone

KuroEne AU discussions with Feila: Route where MaryEne team up to try and fend off Kuroha after he's killed everyone and sneak into his lab to confront him and come up with a plan

I hadn't gotten the chance to post it yet but Feila and I came up with the idea that Kuroha could just use Konoha's Eye Ability Awakening Eyes to temporarily turn into Ene, then make it so that his body can shed off self healing skin (and any parts he needs). Then it makes making her android body infinitely easier cuz he'd have all the parts needed to make her body.

Kuroha is so fucked up but that makes him interesting so I say let him be. He's so fun to write for 👍

Cuz Awakening Eyes allows the owner of the body to make it into their "ideal body" and make it whatever they want. So he can do this, replicate it, and keep regenerating himself. And knowing this mf, he'd probably shed off his own skin from his body too to use as part of Ene's android body.

I want Ene to sneak into Kuroha’s lab and find his designs of the sketches and plans on her android body, and confront him about the creation of her android body (his motives/plans), why he made it, the reasons for his indulgence in their “game,” and all the parts he designed and added for his “pleasures,” etc.

Then I want him to be like, “Should I show you how I made your body?” :)

Then he just uses Awakening Eyes to turn into her (temporarily), using Awakening Eyes to give him a body that can shed off self-healing human skin like a snake, then shows her the process of a “snake shedding skin” (bits of skin cells falling off him and multiplying) right in front of her, and anything that falls off of him, regenerates on its own on his body.

And when he’s done showing her, he then changes back to his usual form as Black Konoha. He tells her that he added his own skin cells, etc., to use as part of her body, too.

Kuroha: You were made from me, and the unison of our parts, therefore, we are one ❤️

Kuroha/Saeru and Koyanskaya

This reminds me that I had a long KuroEne AU post where I mentioned Kuroha/Saeru’s similarities to Tamamo Vitch Koyanskaya (FGO), since they’re both animal beings who are close to nature, born from “the manifestation of a concept,” and have a contradictory nature of love for humanity (since they both hate and love humanity)

Koyanskaya tells the FGO protag's party everything she finds loathsome about humanity, and their virtues and vices.

They (Saeru and Koyanskaya) also utilize and weaponize mankind's technologies (ex. weapons of slaughter) better than any human can. Mocking the failures of others, just like a human would.

They acknowledge humanity’s vices and everything that makes them deplorable, while loving them (specifically their foolishness), are entertained by them, and enjoy tormenting them for fun as a pass-time out of bloodthirst and sadistic amusement.

They still have their own form of love for humanity (no matter how twisted that love may be)

Because in the end, humans are still animals that exist as part of nature.

Koyanskaya: A Nature Spirit born as an incarnation of the thoughts and feelings of animals persecuted by mankind

Saeru: Born from Azami's very first and strongest desire to know and understand herself

You can make parallels with Saeru and Koyanskaya since they were both born from the “manifestation of a concept”

Conceptual beings (animal beings) who are close to Nature and detest the world/humans but also love them in a way that threatens humanity (and/or humanity's existence)

I wanted to talk about Saeru and Koyan more but this is getting long. The contradictory nature of their love (hating while loving) is very human in itself.

Sources

History of the origins of the Kanjis of certain Metals

Source: (X)

Kotobank (JP dictionary)

Source: (X)

JP Stack Exchange

The 2 different ways to say Steel

Source 1: (X)

Source 2: (X)

Kuroha/Saeru Joker Playing Card: Golden Apple Symbolism 🖤💛🐍🃏🍎

The Golden Apple and Immortality

Kuroha Joker Playing Card by Sidu My Edit (Upscaled Version)

Ene and Konoha: 6 and 9

Haruka and Kuroha: Jack and Joker

Glitter Can Badge Merch (Upscaled Versions)

My Icon PFP Edits (OG Colours)

My Icon PFP Edits (Colour Edits)

Kuroha (クロハ), officially known as The Snake of Clearing Eyes (目が冴える蛇, Me ga Saeru Hebi) or Black Konoha (黒コノハ, Kuro Konoha) when possessing Konoha’s body, is the main antagonist of KagePro who causes the “Tragedy” of the Mekakushi Dan (Blindfold Gang) members.

Now that we've started off with that little character summary... I've been thinking about Kurohoe again /pos /endearing

Because of course. He's KagePro's main villain and antagonist with a banger design and incredibly interesting to me.

I put the upscaled versions of the KagePro: Playing Cards set above! You can also find it in the Drive folder of my Notion page: (X)

I felt like I should post this today since I have this post already written. I'll post the rest of my JuAli dialogue script ideas tomorrow

The Kuroha Joker Playing Card by Sidu made me wonder about the use of yellow in this illust.

Sidu very well could've used red here for Kuroha's eyes and the apples, cuz Kuroha's eyes can also glow red, as seen in the Outer Science MV. Kuroha's eyes glow red in the last chorus of Outer Science. Eye Ability users' eyes glow red when using their Eye Abilities.

Main Eye Colour (Yellow)

KagePro Wiki Screenshots of the Outer Science MV

Eye Colour (Red)

But yellow has more visual contrast against the dark blacks and grays used in the composition of the Kuroha Joker card art.

Like, I was wondering if she coloured the apples yellow just because it's the same colour as Kuroha's eyes, and if there was any symbolism attached to the Golden Apple.

So I looked it up, and there is. The Golden Apple symbolizes immortality (in Greek and Norse mythology), and it was believed that eating a golden apple will grant you immortality.

Source: (X)

Considering Kuroha's motivations/goals in KagePro, this is interesting.

Kuroha/Saeru, as KagePro's main villain, kills the Mekakushi Dan (Blindfold Gang) and wants to make Marry into his new master so that she can use her powers as a Medusa to rewind the world (due to her strong desire to be with her friends again), thus causing a "never ending tragedy" in which he can keep living forever.

KuroEne Rambles 🖤💙

His main goal is to fulfill Azami's first, original, strongest desire, the one that created him - she wanted to know and understand exactly who she was. And by doing this, he can continue to prolong his life by causing the tragedy. He seeks immortality, basically.

Before Ene lost her human body and became Takane, she wanted a body that wouldn't need to eat or sleep in response to her chronic illness that would cause her to fall asleep and faint and feel groggy even if she slept for long hours.

KuroEne technically have a character parallel going on.

Kuroha's Eye Ability is Clearing Eyes (目が冴える, Me ga Saeru)

(Quotes from the KagePro Wiki)

"The Snake of Clearing Eyes seems to hold power over 'knowledge' itself due to the nature of the wish that created it."

"In the Novel Route, Shintaro refers to it as 'a living encyclopedia with a full grasp of everything from the start of civilization up to modern science'"

"The Snake of Clearing Eyes seems to be able to retain memories of past Routes through its power."

Ene has a pseudo immortal body due to her Eye Ability, Opening Eyes (目が覚め, Me ga Sameru). It allows her to split her consciousness from her body. Through this power, she became a cyber being that resides in and possesses electronic devices.

Kuroha/Saeru kills the Mekakushi Dan, Marry's friends, to spur on despair in Marry (due to the Tragedy), and the strong desire to meet with her friends again.

Kuroha/Saeru wants to preserve his own life, by killing Marry's friends and forcing her to rewind (reset) the world back to the very beginning, and live forever through countless routes (infinite, repeating time loop resets), and continue living on, at least until his purpose (of fulfilling Azami's original desire) is fulfilled.

Kuroha and Ene have an interesting character parallel. One seeks immortality, and one has a pseudo immortal body.

The Mekakushi Dan wants a future. And they want the "Tragedy" caused by Kuroha/Saeru to finally end, and for the Snake of Clearing Eyes to finally be put to a stop. And Kuroha robs them of a future.

KuroEne Rambles (Continued)

(Copy pasting these from last time)

As said before, Kuroha/Saeru inevitably has a power imbalance with every character he's paired with (ie. power in terms of physical strength, and power over knowledge), so that's why you NEED to tread carefully with his ships. Imo, it can definitely still be done, though.

That's why making Ene more assertive and dominant in the ship just fits so well with Kuroha/Saeru cuz it helps alleviate the power imbalance slightly and balances it out more

Kuroha's ships have the potential to be really interesting though, when depicted/portrayed with care.

Cuz his character context with being the main antagonist/villain and main source of tension/conflict of the series, his knowledge of the time loops, combined with his S/O's context, and their current and previous loves, makes for such delicious angst fuel

The one who's the main instigator of the "Tragedy" who insists on the inevitability of fate, as someone who was created even before the creation of the world, and has known the world since the very beginning, and possesses knowledge of the many paths that the world has taken throughout all the timelines… The one who's observed the world since the very beginning

And the ones trying to fight back against it and escape the cycle because they want to have a future, past all the tragedy… Ooooogh

ShinAya and Paper Crane Symbolism

It seemed pretty likely to me that the usage of the Golden Apple is intentional in Kuroha's Joker Playing Card art, since KagePro's hanafuda card sets are filled with hidden meanings and symbolisms, like how Ayano's character and the ShinAya ship are associated with paper crane symbolism due to the symbolism attached to the crane, a mystical and holy figure in Japanese culture.

The crane symbolizes healing, loyalty, recovery, and a long life. In modern times, it's given to those who are seriously ill to wish for their recovery.

Senbazuru (千羽鶴, lit. "One thousand cranes") refers to the tradition of folding 1000 origami paper cranes.

It was traditionally believed that folding 1000 paper cranes would make the person's wish come true, so that's why Ayano always folded paper cranes for Shintaro (even taping back his ripped up test papers)

KagePro Lore Context (Summary)

(Summarized from the KagePro Wiki)

Azami is a Medusa, the original creator and Master of all the Eye Ability Snakes. She originally unintentionally created the world with the Queen Snake, Combining Eyes, as a place for her to be able to learn about and understand himself.

Saeru was created by her first, original, strongest desire - she wanted to know and understand exactly what she was. She was also tricked by Saeru into creating the Kagerou Daze, a never ending world.

Azami despaired at the prospect of outliving her human husband (Tsukihiko) and her daughter, Shion, who were human and half-Medusa/half-human respectively.

Saeru told her to create the never ending world, Kagerou Daze, in order to allow her to be with her family forever, but she eventually ends up going into the Kagerou Daze alone because she believed she was bringing misfortune to her family.

Her existence/nature as a Medusa caused humans to fear her as a "Monster" (which led to humans targeting Tsukihiko and Shion as ways to try and hurt Azami)

Saeru detests the world for changing Azami's wish (the one that created him in the first place) of wanting to know and understand exactly what she was, to wishing to be with her family forever.

Because to him, it felt like the wish/desire that had given him life and meaning in the first place had been replaced.

So, everything HE had wanted, ended up coming to fruition. Saeru successfully tricked Azami into entering the Kagerou Daze and trapping her there, since he believes the world is unfit for her.

Centuries later, Azami witnessed Shion and Marry's deaths at the hands of humans in the real world. She ordered the Kagerou Daze (Heat Haze Daze), the never ending world, to take them in and save their lives, because time doesn't flow properly in the Kagerou Daze.

Azami gave Marry the Queen Snake, Combining Eyes, in order to allow her to be sent back to the real world. Azami lost control of the Kagerou Daze after losing the Queen Snake, so the Kagerou Daze now swallows up all people who die on the same day that Shion and Marry did, August 15th.

The Outer Science MV confirms that everytime Marry rewinds the world, it goes all the way back to the beginning. This means that the beginning of each new Route starts with Azami creating the world with the Queen Snake, Combining Eyes.

Misc Rambles

I think I mentioned this before, but that's insane to me... So, does that mean every single Route has to go through thousands or millions of years of history just to get to the modern age???

Dude (Kuroha) must've been having the time of his fucking life... Cuz he knows that as long as he keeps doing this, he can keep on living forever

Especially when there are an unspecified (XX) amount of Routes, aside from the main known ones (ie. Music Route, Manga Route, Novel Route, Anime Route, etc.)

KagePro's present day plot across all Routes starts on the faithful date of August 15th, Kagerou (Heat Haze) Day.

Kuroha/Saeru is so interesting. Kuroha's selfish, twisted, nature and dark urges... A character who's so inherently dark and selfish and twisted like that, manipulative, dangerous, cruel, sadistic, and bloodthirsty, like that...

A completely unapologetic villain who's fun to watch and cathartic. He's definitely one of KagePro's most interesting charas imo.

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okay

at least we have xxtaro

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🌻  short comic under the cut  🌻

🐸×🎀 and quarantine

⚠️BLOOD TW!!!⚠️

based from this Kano’s statement on “Seek at Mekakucity” event. Translation by @/fuyuyuu

[fuckyeahkagepro]

If you can’t tell ....

Enlarge the images and check her expression !!!

@Jin: I wonder if anyone noticed this.

@Jin: Wow those who noticed are so sharp.

@Jin: No no, it's not about whether my signature looks like a d*ck or not.

Ah, but there are also people that realized (the difference)! Me so happy~

[starspatter]

Kagerou Daze Bonus Chapter - Additional Memory

Typesetting by: starspatter *Do not re-upload without permission

Happy August 15th, everyone! <3 Sorry this took so long, but here it is finally. ^^; Once again a huge thank you @fuyuyuu for letting me use her translations as a base (and my friend for proofreading).  Hope you all enjoy, and please remember to buy the official release to support the series if you can. =)

[setokunslullaby]

thanks Google for translating.

Think you might get a laugh out of this

@kikithedeceiver @fuyuyuu @ayara-resara

[mekatrio]

official translation at the top and fan translation by fuyuyuu at the bottom

so fucking lame how official translations omitted honorifics entirely like ughhhhhh. so much nuance that gets left out. booooo

[kagerou-project-italia]

ho trovato il link del profilo e volevo solo fare una domanda.. sto cercando disperatamente gli ultimi capitoli del manga (dal 55 al 69)ma in italiano si fermano ad un certo punto, il problema è che sono introvabili anche in inglese.. voi sapete dove possono essere letti? grazie mille se mi risponderete, questa storia è bellissima

Ehy!! Salve!! 

Personalmente non ne ho idea, non seguo da molto tempo il manga, sono piuttosto indietro, anche perché effettivamente è dura trovare i cap. Ma potresti chiedere a questi account qui che sono sempre molto attivi, magari loro sapranno dirti! (Sono stranieri, quindi dovresti contattarli in inglese.)

fuckyeahkagepro

ayara-resara

x0401x

fuyuyuu

Spero comunque di esserti stata utile! A presto!

[alonectorch]

August 15th Recap

Another year gone by, another August 15th where hardcore fans, people who never post about kagepro, and dead accounts alike rise from the depths and put Kagerou Project #1 on Trending for 24 hours. This one was pretty uneventful, but if anyone missed anything, I’ll recap everything the English-speaking community knows happened on the 15th.

notes: this timeline will be using Japan time for hours, and information from the secret event is not allowed to be released yet.

8/15 - 7:00 am: Information about how to enter the secret event is posted to the Edword Records twitter. The secret event is split up into two parts and you get in by displaying the QR code you received if you were chosen (there were so many applicants they had to make getting tickets a lottery) Part 2 starts at 1:30 pm.

8/15 - 1:30 pm: Shouichi Taguchi, (aka sentimental vector), the artist who sang Kagerou Days in the Mekakucity Actors soundtrack, uploaded a piano arrangement cover of Kagerou Days to YouTube

8/15 - 1:50 pm: Attendees of the secret event start telling the internet that they’re not allowed to talk about what happened at the secret event on social media

8/15 - 2:15 pm: Kagerou Daze Day hits trending on Japanese twitter 

8/15 - 5:30 pm: Kagerou Project hits #1 on trending on tumblr.

8/15 - 6:30 pm: It’s announced on the Edword Records twitter that both parts of the secret event have ended.

8/15 - 6:30 pm: The Mekakucity Quest website is made public. It’s translated here. The game is an arg-kind-of puzzle game that you need to get a ticket and go to Enoshima to play. You get a mystery-solving kit use that and the LINE app to do various things and solve mysteries with the help of Kagepro characters to and get clear benefits. The story is that you’re a tourist of Enoshima and suddenly Ene pops up on your phone, asks for help, and disappears. Shintarou calls you and asks for your help in saving her. The event starts in September and goes until November.

8/15 - 6:30 pm: Jin announces that Kagerou Daze No. 9 will be screening in January 2020. He calls it a spin-off work for the first time, and says that it will be taking on a different angle than regular Kagerou Project stuff. In this tweet an image of a new Kagepro character is linked, and he credits sayuki for designing her. He thanks sayuki for bringing us a new character after such a long time. The image in question is below.

8/15 - 6:45 pm: It’s announced via the Edword Records twitter that there’s a huge poster of the new character in Nishihama beach, where they’re holding Mekakucity Seaside. The poster is just the one above but very slightly zoomed out and one other very minor difference

8/16 - 2:30 pm: Kagerou Project rapidly drops from trending on tumblr, moving from #1 place to not trending at all in minutes.

8/16 - 4:45 pm: Jin posts two drawings, thanking everyone for voting a lot for the Kagepro Song Popularity poll. The results are going to be announced in a manga which is in production at the time of the tweet. He also says "The gang is on a rampage now. Please wait a little more until the announcement!  The one who isn’t in the gang is also rampaging.” credit to @fuyuyuu for the translation of that tweet. The images on the tweet are shown below. Also the art style of these images looks completely new and I think we might have a new artist

8/16 - 8:30 pm: Jin says that the Kagerou Daze. No. 9 Logo and the poster in Enoshima were designed by Jun Watanabe. He says that Jun helped him with various works,including NIRVANA, and that he wants to work together in the future.

[ayara-resara]

All song introductions (so far)

A long list of all known Kagepro introductions (including quotes from the video descriptions on NND) with multiple translations. In case if anyone is interested.

Based on translations by polarisuniqueold, mudskipperkip, natsuhikoshidou, dennoushoujo, fuyuyuu, x0401x and english version of NND as well.

Symbol ※ contains a link to the official source. Introductions without it are taken from dic.pixiv.net (japanese analogue of the wiki) and I have no idea where they really came from. except for maybe toumei answer, its 後悔する秀才の話 is very similar to the one line from mekakucity days booklet

Jinzou Enemy

※ 目を背ける話。A story about averting your eyes. / The story about turning your eyes away. 

切ない電脳少女の話。

Mekakushi Chord

※ 目を隠す話。 A story about hiding your eyes. - Kido’s ability

※ 街を奔走する人たちの話。A story of those who scramble around the streets.

「さぁ、今日から君もメカクシ団だ。」 "Well, you're part of the Blindfold Gang now." / "As of today, you are now a member of the Mekakushi Dan."

Kagerou Daze

※ 目も眩む話。A story where even the eyes are dazzled. / The story that will overwhelm your eyes.

※ 夏といえば、というよくある話。An old story speaking of summer.

「だから夏は嫌いなんだ」 "It's because I hate summer." / "This is why I hate summer."

Headphone Actor

※ 目を疑う話。A story about doubting your eyes.

※ 世界が終わる日の話。A story about a day in which the world ends.

※ 駆け抜ける少女の話。

「一つだけ、疑わないで。」"Just once, don't doubt." / "Don’t doubt this one thing."

Mousou Forest & Souzou Forest & Kuusou Forest

※ 目を合わせる話。A story about making eye contact. / The story about seeing eye-to-eye. - Mary’s ability

※ 夢見るメデューサの話。A story of a dreaming Medusa.

「世界も案外、突飛な訳で。」"That's the reason why even the world is unexpected and bizarre." / "The world is surprisingly strange."

Konoha no Sekai Jijou

※ 目を醒ます話。A story about waking up (alt: A story about coming to your senses, A story about opening your eyes) - Konoha’s ability

※ 目が醒めるニンゲンの話。A story of a "human" whose eyes are awakening.

※ 終わらない世界の話。The story of a never-ending world.

「例えば、そんな未来なら。」 "For example, if it were such a future." / "For example, if such a future…"

Mekakucity Days Crossfade

※ 実に突飛な少年少女の話。A truthful story of offbeat boys and girls.

「私はきっと、明日も忘れない」 "I will never forget tomorrow, either." / "Surely, I won’t forget tomorrow either."

Kisaragi Attention

※ 目を奪う話。A story about captivating your eyes. - Momo’s ability

※ 人に言えないアイドルの話。A story of an idol that couldn't be told to anyone.

※ 小さな決意の話。The story of a little determination.

「散々だった今日に、ちょっと期待しちゃいそうだ。」 "Today was a disaster, but seems like I'm going to expect a little." / "Little did I expect that today would be this terrible."

Ene no Dennou Kikou

※ 目が覚める話。A story about waking up. (alt: A story about opening your eyes) / The story about awakening your eyes. - Ene’s ability

Dead and Seek

※ 目が冴える話。A story about being wide awake. (alt: A story about eyes being clear) - Kenjirou’s ability (Saeru)

Toumei Answer

※ 目を逸らす話。A story about turning your eyes away. / The story where one averts one's eyes.

後悔する秀才の話。A story of a regretful prodigy.

※ 失った日常の話。The story of parting with the ordinary everyday.    

Shinigami Record

※ 目を掛ける話。A story about showing kindness. (alt: A story about fixating your eyes) / The story of staring with one's eyes. - Ayano’s ability

Children Record

※ 目に物見せる話。A story about showing what they can do. / A story about showing to your eyes.

※ 立ち向かう子供たちの話。Story of children who face forward.

※ 手を取りあった少年少女の話 。The story of boys and girls who join hands.

「少年少女は無我夢中。さぁ、ここから延長戦」 "The boys and girls are feverish. Here there are extra innings." / "The boys and girls are lost in a daze. From here on out, they’re in extra innings."

Gunjou Rain

※ 目に入れても痛く無い話。A story about the apple of one’s eye. / The story of going into one's eyes without any pain.

Yobanashi Deceive

※ 目を欺く話。A story about deceiving your eyes. - Kano’s ability

※ 気味の悪い嘘つきの話。The story of a creepy liar.

※ 嘘を吐く少年の話。The story of the boy who tells lies.

「どうせなら、僕の一番、不思議な咄を。」 "Since we're doing it, I'll tell you the strangest story I know." / “If you’d like, I could tell you my strangest tale."

Lost Time Memory

※ 目に焼き付いた話。The story scorched into your eyes. - Shintaro’s ability

※ 繰り返す後悔の話。A story of repeating regret. / A story of continuous regret.

※ 思い続ける過去の話。The story of dwelling on your silhouette.

「また今日も、君が好きだった。」 "Yet again today, I've loved you." / "I still loved you, today too." 

Ayano no Koufuku Riron

※ 目に浮かぶ話。 A story that comes to one’s mind. (A story of an image floating to the eyes.) / A story that rises to the eyes.

※ 心に残した思い出の話。A story of memories left in the heart.

※ 小さな幸せの話。The story of a little happiness.

「そんな日々を、いつまでも願おう」 "Let us hope those days would continue on forever." / "I wish for those days to continue forever."

Mekakucity Records Crossfade

※ いつか出逢った夏の話。The story of how we met that summer.

「最期にもう一度だけ、思い出そう」"That's why, just once more, remember." /  "Lastly, let us remember, just one more time."

Shounen Brave

※ 目を盗む話。A story about stealing your eyes. - Seto’s ability

Otsukimi Recital

※ 目を輝かせる話。A story that brightens the eyes.   

※ 信じ続ける未来の話。Story of the continuing-to-believe future.

「諦めない君をいつだって支えてあげる」 "I will always support you, so don't give up."

Yuukei Yesterday

※ 目つきの悪い話。 A story about an unpleasant look in the eyes. 

※ 素直になれなかった昨日の話。This is yesterday's story of being unable to be honest. /  Yesterday's story about a girl who couldn't be honest. 

「鈍感なその態度が、憎たらしくてしょうがない」 "That insensitive attitude, I hate it although it can't be helped!" / "With that insensitive attitude, I can’t help but be unpleasant."

Outer Science

※ 目は口ほどに物を言う話。The story of the eyes saying as much as the mouth.

※ 廻り続ける「悲劇」の話。The story revolves around the 'tragedy'.

全てを俯瞰する化物の話。

「それでは次の次の次で、また逢いましょう」 "Let us meet next time, and the next, and the next also." /  "And so for the next and the next and the next, we shall meet again."

Mary no Kakuu Sekai

※ 目を瞑る話。A story that closes the eyes.   

切なる願いの話。

Summer Time Record

※ 目が廻った話。 A story about having felt dizzy. / The story of the spinning eyes. / A stunning story.

※ 少し先の未来の話。The story of the future ahead.

「また、何処かで。」 "See you around." / "May we find each other again."

daze

「『ひとりぼっち』の、君��」 "Together with the lonely you."

days

「『ひとりぼっち』の、世界で」 "In a world of loneliness."

RED

※ 目の色を変える話 。The story that changes one’s eye color.

Shissou Word

※ 目を忍ぶ話。The story of enduring/hiding the eyes.

※ 上手く言えない自分の話。A story of one who can't speak well. / The story of myself, one that’s rather difficult to tell.

「それは想いを、失くさぬために」 "So that those thoughts won't be lost."

Additional Memory

※ 目の届かない話。A story that doesn’t reach the eyes.

※ 最後の最後に遺った話。A story of what was left to the very end.

「友達なんかに、なりたくなかった」 "I didn't want to become a friend."

Mekakucity Reload Crossfade

※ 実に平凡な僕らの話。.

「この夏を、忘れない」 ”I will not forget this summer.”

Imaginary Reload

※ 目の敵にする話。A story of being an enemy of the eyes.

My Funny Weekend

※ 目が高い話。A story of tall eyes. / A story of having a discerning eye.

Lost Day Hour

※ 目を遊ばせる話。A story of leaving eyes idle.

Remind Blue

※ 目に染みる話。A story seeped into the eyes. / A story that stings the eyes. / A story pierced in the eyes. 

Wasurete Shimatta Natsu no Owari ni

※ 目に映る話。A story reflected in the eyes.

[kagerousodaproject]

Where do you read new translated chapters of the manga?

The father the son and the holy spirit will save your soul

@kikithedeceiver@fuyuyuu@ayara-resara (only the last chapter raw)

Also you can just check out the tag

But I have no idea if there’s still a team translating/publishing the chapters

[kikithedeceiver]

Mary: Please to meet you.

Shintaro: Yeah, please to meet you.

Ahem! Just got the subscription but heading home now! Here are the news!

Neo!Kuroha attacked the Mekakushi-Dan base! But no worries, they all escaped to some place else already (don't know where tho).

Kano, Seto, Ayano and Hiyori discuss what to do while Mary sleeps on the couch

The door knocks and everyone panics! Ayano decides to go answer the door and it turned out to be Shintaro

Shintaro wants to come in, but Ayano won't let him as it is dangerous. But if you had seen @fuyuyuu's post, you know what happened and yeah, Ayano lets him in.

Shintaro takes f*cking charge and I'm with Kano and Seto, WTF MAN SINCE WHEN DID YOU TOOK YOUR PROTAGONIST ROLE SERIOUSLY

And then Mary wakes up and...Shintaro and Mary casually greet each other. What. Seems like he remembers or something...

Shintaro shows them what happened to the base. Mary calls out Shintaro's name and he is ready...

...BOI

[dennou-translations]

Kagerou Daze -summer time reload- Translation Index

Scans of the novel provided by @fuyuyuu. Please do not redistribute or retranslate without permission. Feel free to message me about possible corrections. If you can, support the creators by purchasing the original here.

Crying Prologue Summer Time Record -side No.8- Children Record -side No.8-  Summer Time Record -side No.6- Children Record -side No.3 (2)- Summer Time Record -side No.2- Children Record -side No.9- Summer Time Record -side No.2 (2)- Children Record -side No.7- Summer Time Record -side No.2 (3)- Summer Time Record -side No.9- Summer Time Record -side No.2 (4)- Summer Time Record -side No.10- Summer Time Record -side No.7- Mary’s Imaginary World Afterword

[setokunslullaby]

@kikithedeceiver @fuyuyuu

THIS IS WHAT NIGHTMARES ARE MADE OF.