#kagerou project spoilers

[lunarwednesday]

It’s nice to know that after all these years, I have a somewhat consistent taste in media

[chaos-cousins]

How many times have you died.

Just once.

Well. No. Once in this timeline. I've died a lot more in past timelines. Shintaro won't tell me an exact number.

[diodellet]

Thinking of Outer Science-fying Book 4 of Twst...

(yes that means ob!jamil as kuroha uwahhh i present to u exhibits a and b:)

(do u see it? im grabbing u by th shoulders and shaking u, am i making any sense hahahaha)

Like it just makes sense on a meta and visual way to make Book 4 way more of an angsty, heart-wrenching timeloop of trying to get through That Damn Boss Fight (all while dying lots of times in the process)

I say visual because the Snake of Clearing Eyes is a manipulative and violent motherfucker, and apparently its true form is a "solid black snake with red eyes" like huuuh.... it's as if the parallels literally write themselves

and I also say meta because lots of us players got stuck trying to beat him (by players i specifically mean /me./ I was stuck there for a week. deadass died fighting ob!jamil 4985034853 times and all i got was this cool title to slap onto my profile)

++On a lighter note, waaay after everyone's recovered from the ordeal, I think it'd be fun to see everyone else tease remind jamil of the funky shit he said during his overblot (ngl mans said some wacky things after a dope monologue like!! dude cuda stopped there but he kept going man i think the ink got to him oof)

EDIT: I JUST REMEMBERED... HOW COULD I FORGET SUCH BANGER ONE-LINERS THESE FUCKIN CLOWNS HELPPPP

kuroha "welcome to my womb" 🤝jamil "whoppee" viper

[loredwy]

AYANO!!

If I remember it well (I probably dont, because its been years since I last read something about the plot), the whole Kagerou project started because of her family, and she was who let her parents and the children they were experimemting with get along, as most of them would be scared by their powers, and of suddenly being taken to a lab. I would too tbh.

But later, one day, she basically threw herself off a building 😃 (we learn why later, but nobody knew why at that time).

So, she really went on like that meme that says "gonna end myself in front of you and forever change the trajectory of your lives", specially with our protagonist which was a normal kid with a crush. This traumatized him deeply indeed, making him a loner (TM), which was what made his sister (one of the lab kids) make her think "hey, wanna join our therapy group?". And he rejected her at first, but in the end, they all still kinda bonded together because of Ayano. Which is really sad... but basically yeah, she created the whole plot. She is the plot, at least at the start (and later, a pretty central part of it, kinda?), basically by dying, just to get powers. 👍

Tbh if this was an AITA she would be the asshole. But DAMN she haunted the narrative. She is just mentioned every time it is possible.

Haunting the Narrative Round 1

Haunting the narrative means that the character’s absence heavily impacts the plot. They’re not present when their influence is most strongly felt, whether they’re alive or dead!

[demidevildonnie]

i hate the summer time..

[iievna]

my favorite thing is when there's an important date (not birthdays) in the fandom, for example, august 15th in kagepro, the day when characters get trapped in a loop, or september 5th in ace attorney, the day when mia fey died, oh, and how could i forget about december 25th or "ALMOST CHRISTMAS MEANS IT WASN'T CHRISTMAS"

[chaos-cousins]

8, I know I qualify for 2

I'm asking because like. My cousin and Ene are kinda dead? Like they're only alive by their respective powers and if thiae get taken away they're back to being corpses

But then again, I've spoken to multiple yokai who used to be people/animals...

[momonokopan]

i just noticed i realllly like red characters i love red characters oooough the color of heroes and the color of god.....

[lunarwednesday]

“If I really was a god, then I was the most incompetent god in the world.”

[chaos-cousins]

Ene? Are you

you’re not okay. Do you want to talk about it?

...Yeah, sure. Uhm.

What do you want to know? Just like... the time I died or...?

[chaos-cousins]

[Kagerou Project Spoilers]

Maybe I could go with you, for emotional support?

No, you're also a ghost type. That wouldn't help.

... in other news: we've made it to Stow-on-Side. Charming little place, even if it's far too warm for my tastes.

I... really don't want to do the Gym here. I do not like Ghost types.

hey :/

The ones I'm friends with are an exception, dingus

[justhereformilgram]

Why yes I do find myself becoming enthralled with multimedia stories primarily told through songs and sometimes manga and other ways with characters labeled numbers one to ten who are all so complicated and deep <3

Under the cut is spoilers/speculation for the Kagerou Project and trial one and trial two of the MILGRAM project! If you’re a fan of one of these I recommend checking the other two out! Also discussion of suicide topics and general dark content considering these tragic characters

Ok those up above are just paired by number (prison number and order of joining the mekkakushi dan) but here is how I’d pair them based on power/themes + explanations, maybe even if there was a crossover or au sort of thing. The ones with the blue squares are what I think definitely fit while the others I had to go back and forth on

prepare for a ton of yapping. Lol. Lmao.

Kido and Haruka: Abandonment and attention issues + the power to conceal yourself so you don’t get noticed is really interesting to me… Kido is more confident and blunt than Haruka, and yet, I do think they match up fairly well.

Seto and Mahiru: I was debating on giving Seto’s power to Yuno or even Es since it’s like. I don’t know people pleasing/the whole motif of trying to see inside of people’s minds but Mahiru having mind reading powers compels me, since she’s so empathetic. It would also make her indirect murder so much more messy since she would have likely tried to show her love more if she could viscerally sense her boyfriend struggling, but ough.

Kano and Kazui: now this. This fits like a glove. They’re all about lies and pain baybeee… Yobanashi Decieve is such a perfect Kazui song it’s not even funny. (Using the Will Stetson Eng Lyrics but like. Come on)

“Act normal and all of that, but my heart’s still rushing fast so easily”

“I bit the fruit (apple motif!!) and the snake burrowed inside of me”

“But that’s only right, cause I’m a monster in kind”

“Listen closely to this coward’s beating heart, a selfish face that’s seeped in pain, the only me that remains”

“Though I say I’m really lonely, nothing’s ever gonna change”

Mary and Amane : Okay this is a more of a hear me out but hear me out. Both sheltered from the outside/real world, albeit for different reasons, Amane by her religious organization, Mary by her mom since she has Medusa blood. Petrification as a power would be helpful for amane in that murder and/or not getting hurt again, and/or punishing sinners. Also I think Amane would judge Mary since she’s all about stopping the natural cycle of death with all those timeloops

Muu and Momo: Simply they are both popular and that power of drawing eyes is so perfect for that. Less good for Muu once everyone turns on her but it still works.

Ene and Fuuta: This is so just because digital media like video games and twitter are so important to Fuuta like yes go into the computer buddy and cyberbully on another level. They also have similar outward prickliness <3

Shintaro and ES: this is really just about main characters and retaining eyes probably going to Es…? Wasn’t too sure of this one myself tbh

Hibiya and Mikoto (and John): Ok Focusing eyes I couldn’t really think of anyone since it’s very niche but ehh..? Graphic artist??? I do think a kagerou daze situation with Mikoto and John of John trying to save Mikoto in a death loop would fit them before the twist that oh no, sacrificing yourself just continues a different cycle…

Konoha and Kotoko: they can PUNCH. mostly did this one because kotoko would love to have the power to punch people to death and also. Well. Most inter-party kills. In konoha’s case due to possession but Kotoko would prob use hers for cold hard Justice

Hiyori and Shidou: ok this was Clearing Eyes since timeline shenanigans makes it so that Hiyori isn’t part of the group most loops. Maybe I should’ve put Kenjirou instead… well… welp. Shidou would go that far for his wife, that’s all I’ll say, and also the snake of knowledge fits him

Ayano and Yuno: Wasn’t sure about this one, since tbh Novel ES (the girl one) probably fits Ayano better, but Yuno having such a emotional power, able to express her feelings to another, while having everything she has going on could be interesting. Maybe Yuno matches Hiyori better I don’t know LOL Ayano is my favorite of the kagepro bunch though

[two-dolla-bills]

Spoilers for lmk season 5

Please tell me I'm not the only one that saw parallels between the ending of this season and Kagerou project

[chengfagshi]

Kagerou Daze but with Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi.

PV I listened to/watched when I was in HS:

[chaos-cousins]

I know. When it happened to me... I didn't know until it was too late.

It's not your fault.

ok I. fucking died because I was too fucking weak to deal with my shitty fucking dad on my own. there. are you FUCKING happy now.

dont know why I thought it would be better this time. idon't think marias gengar will let me leave.

[squishe]

thinking incredibly hard about kagerou project

imagine youre literally 14 years old and this absolutely batshit insane snake that you know next to nothing about just appears and kills all of your friends. and that's it. but you have the power to turn back the timeline to long before this happened and "save" everybody, wiping their memories at the same time. you're literally 14 and just watched your friends get violently murdered in front of you, what else would you do???? like i would absolutely reset the timeline then and there and hope that the next one would be better and safer and we could finally have a happy ever after

like i have so much empathy for mary. she grows up alone because her mother DIED IN FRONT OF HER TRYING TO SAVE HER and when she finally makes friends, they get ripped away from her and she has no idea what to do. this sadistic snake just wants to see her suffer for choices that aren't even her own. i 10000% think her actions are justified and i wish that she had known there was another way many timelines ago but i'm very happy at the end of the anime everyone is finally safe