#losstime memory

[yuseirra]

"If summer can show me dreams, then let's go to before you were taken away"

I mentioned their song earlier... I owe them a drawing

[voca-song-a-day]

Today's featured song is: "Lost Time Memory" by Jin feat. IA! (cw: suicide)

[astertiae]

The smile of that summerly you doesn’t ever seem to change

[mentallyderangedrats]

Cries in losstime memory

[toaster-fire-art]

two pairs this year! because i care them <3

[gearbit]

Ayano Tateyama + Flowers

Toumei Answer Ayano's Theory of Happiness Losstime Memory Additional Memory

[phoebearts00]

Lost Time Memory X Wangxian

Posted this originally on my Twitter (I refuse to call it with the new name) during Kagerou Day and finally finished it this month!

I also wrote a one-shot fic for this as well but I don't know if you're all comfortable with that kind of story but it'll be in drafts for a long while!

[mekatrio]

ok it looks like this isnt quite accurate.... i think... huh. whateverr

wow. what happened here

[kozakuwas]

finished rly late!! happy anni to konoha no sekai jijou and losstime memory!!

[peqchys]

proseka song wishlist!!! [as of 08/10/24]

BIT OF A LENGTHY POST BUT i wanted to finally put this somewhere…..it keeps sitting in my notes and getting updated and i never post it SO here it finally is!! i’ll try to keep coming back to it OR making new posts every couple months to add songs or check off any that got put in the game…..yippeeeeee 🎉🎉 [list under the cut!!]

Leoni -

> Losstime Memory - Jin

> Additional Memory - Jin

> Young Girl A - Siinamota

> Reversible Campaign - Deco*27

> Liar Betty - PolyphonicBranch [HonaSaki]

> Doubleganger - KulfiQ [IchiShiho]

> Envy Cat Walk - Tohma

> Orange - Tohma

> Kimi no Taion - Kuwagata P [IchiSaki]

> Candy and Chains - Otetsu

> Raspberry Monster - HoneyWorks

> Chimera - Deco*27

> Deep Sea City Underground - TanakaB

> Lost Umbrella - Inabakumori

> World Domination How To - Neru

MMJ -

> Alkali Underachiever - Kairikibear

> Ai Dee - Mitchie M

> Age Age Again - Mitchie M

> Jump for Joy - Easypop

> Kunoichi Demo Koi ga Shitai - Mikito P [MinoAiri]

> Common World Domination - Pinocchio P

VBS -

> YESMAN - Nilfruits

> Jailbreak - Neru [AkiToya]

> OGRE - Utsu P

> Outer Science - Jin

> Setsuna Drive - 9mm Parabellum Bullet [AkiToya]

> Dance Number o Tomo Ni - Nanahoshi Orchestra [AnHane]

> Bakushou - Syudou

> Unfriendly Hater - Meddmia [AkiAn]

> CH4NGE - Giga [AnHane] ✅

Wondasho

> I~ya I~ya I~ya - Neru

> Hao - Deco*27

> R.I.P Gossip Sea - cosMo@Bousou P

> I AM HUNGRY!! - cosMo@Bousou P

> Snobbism - Neru

> Ohedo Julia Night - Mitchie M [EmuRui]

> Yubikiri - Scop

> Mitsugetsu Un Deux Trois - DATEKEN [RuiKasa. a girl can dream]

> Skeleton Orchestra and Lilia - Tohma 

> Mr. Schadenfreude - Hitoshizuku x Yama

> Positive vs Negative Club - Wonderful Opportunity [NeneKasa]

> Dream Eating Monochrome Baku - Nem [RuiKasa or NeneKasa]

> YABABAINA - satapanpi

> Parry - Miyamori Bungaku 

> Darling - Maretu

> Nobody Makes Sense - Pinocchio P [RuiNene]

> Kiss the Villain - 40mP

> Shama - Nilfruits

> Lavie - Surii

N25 -

> aishiteitanoni - Maretu

> Coin Locker Baby - Maretu

> Kilmer - Nilfruits [MizuMafu bcs mizuki would DESTROOOYYY this song]

> A Mistaken Belief of Love - Nilfruits

> Knife, Knife, Knife - Kikuo

> Abnormality Dancing Girl - Guchiry

> Parasite - Deco*27

> dogdog - Abuse [KanaMafu]

> FAILURE GIRL - Kairikibear

> Yamiaka Steroid - Kairikibear

> Watashi no R - KurageP [KanaMafu or MizuMafu i beg]

> Kareshi no Jude - Syudou

> day by days - Syudou

> SIU - Maretu

> Disappearance Addiction - Kairikibear

> NAMIDA - Maretu

> Anatasama - Kairikibear

> The Flea Waltz - A4

> Franken X - Nilfruits, Harumakigohan

> Easy-Peasy Euthanasia - Pepoyo

Virtual Singer [or any group] -

> Butcher Vanity - Vane Lily

> Pink - Maretu

> Panda Hero - Hachi [would love Wondasho but would take anyone]

> Cinderella - Deco*27

> Animal - Deco*27

> Rabbit Hole - Deco*27

> RUMA - Kairikibear

> DOWN TIMER - Kairikibear

> Hate it, Hate it, Huge Ego! - KurageP

> MiKUSABBATH - Utsu P

> Better Off Worse - CircusP

> Honey I’m Home - Ghost and Pals

> LIAR DANCE - Deco*27 [Leoni perhaps???]

> Machine Gun - Kira

> Plus Boy - Giga, Reol

> Holy Lance Explosion Boy - rerulili [a girl can pray for VBS]

> HELL - Sumia

> White Happy - Maretu [wouldn’t be surprised if it went to n25]

> Sincerity Nature: Drastic Measures of Ignorance - Suzumu

> Dizzy Paranoia Girl - VocaloKAT

> Konton Boogie - jonYAKITORY ✅

> Girl Eraser - Maretu

> Fools are Attracted to Anomaly - Utsu P

> Therefore You and Me - TadanoCo [n25 or wondasho??]

> People Allergy - Kairikibear

> M@GICAL CURE LOVE SHOT - SAWTOWNE [it was one of my fav songs to see live tbh…..so fun]

> MONSTER - Kira

> Party x Party - Hitoshizuku x Yama [would say wxs but the rest of the bad end night series has been virtual singer sooooo??]

[shuuyaspace]

Day 9 - Losstime Memory

「 A rotten boy at 18 today too, prayed again 」

[yuseirra]

Being 'wise' alone isn't enough to face forward. I have no reason to, so, I'll rot away instead It would be nice if time could be turned back. Years may pass but I'll never die I repeat hopeful words to myself, even though I know I still won't be able to reach you.

If I understood correctly, he really couldn't bear living in a world without Ai, did he? (That's what Fatal is all about, too.) So he wanted to feel her presence because he couldn't stand her fading away...

that feeling of loss is really universal ._.) it reminded me of losstime memory, so I went back to listen to it after years!

[the-harusahi4]

funny story, the first time i listened to losstime memory, i thought ene was just a femboy. I just thought she was a discord online friend and ene was just the friends profile.

When i started getting more into kagepro, my reaction to ene was "wait, its a girl?"

I actually never thought she looked like hatsune miku lol

[wondermail]

If you set up a box and stick trap and put Losstime Memory in it you could catch me

[sol1nvictus]

i keep watching this one izuleo animatic set to Losstime Memory I am supposed to be workinf rn bruh

I dudkin love izuleo. for someone who isn't a KnightsP I sure do talk about Knights alot.. maybe too much

and I goddamn love Kagepro RAAAHHHH

[stepswowdsen]

【KagePro】 Additional Memory: 6th Anniversary ❤️🧣

Prelude

Happy 6th Anniversary to Additional Memory, my 2nd fave KagePro song and MV, and the song of my 2nd fave KagePro femme chara: Tateyama Ayano ❤️🧣

My rambles on the song aren't finished yet, but I did ramble about it before. I love this song and its visuals sm~

My thought rambles will be under the cut~

Notion Doc

I decided to copy over my rambles from my Notion doc over to Tumblr.

As always, I'll also include context rambles for the sake of my mutuals who don't know KagePro but would still like to tune into my rambles.

I also wrote a Notion Doc on my thoughts on Outer Science. I actually wrote it first, but the post is so long it has to be split into multiple parts. So I'll post Outer Science related rambles eventually.

Original MV by Jin (ft. Hatsune Miku)

The Original MV has EN subtitle captions using bluepenguin (EJ Translations)'s EN fan-TL.

UTAU Fan-Cover by Minoru (ft. Denatsu Sora)

My favourite fan-cover of Additional Memory~ ❤️

I’m going to show this fan-cover ft. Denatsu Sora, a UTAU made by creator Rhea/Ragey. The fan-cover is mixed and tuned by Minoru.

Sora is my fave UTAU from an EN-speaking fan creator. Her voice and tuning are SO powerful.

The OG by Miku is more fit to the melancholic an somber tone of the song, but I prefer this fan-cover for the voice and tuning quality. It’s SO good. Denatsu Sora has an amazing powerful voice and growls.

Ragey has one of the most powerful UTAUs I’ve ever heard. I’m blown away by how strong the tuning and voice are in Sora's voice???

Minoru did an excellent job mixing and tuning Sora for this song.

Intro

Outer Science is song no. 14 of KagePro that released in August 2013.

2 years later...

Additional Memory is song no. 16, Ayano's song, that released on September 14, 2018.

It's about Ayano's feelings of grief and regret.

It is one of my top fave KagePro songs and MVs, cuz despite the simpler compositions in it, the visuals and video editing are absolutely gorgeous.

Ty to EJ Translations (bluepenguin) for the translation of Additional Memory~

I think Additional Memory might just be my 2nd favourite KagePro MV. I love it sm…

I was originally planning to post my Outer Science doc first, but since it's so long it has to be split into multiple parts, I might as well post this one first.

For my other fandom mutuals, if you don't know much about KagePro and are tuning into my rambles, I recommend watching the MV so that my rambles on the visuals makes more sense.

Additional Memory MV: Thought Rambles ❤️

(Hopefully the GIFs load. There's a GIF limit too)

未来の走馬灯 (Mirai no soumatou) The flashing images of my future

Translation: EJ Translations (bluepenguin)

How the backgrounds in the beginning and in the chorus keeps flashing/transitioning between each other as a reference to the “revolving lantern” (走馬灯, Soumatou) → Referring to the phenomenon of “images flashing before your eyes (before death)”

Soumatou (走馬灯) → The lyric “Flashing images of my future”

The entire MV is very literally flashing images of Ayano’s “future” (death) by having the backgrounds of the school constantly flashing/transitioning between each other

Because, after Ayano’s death, her classmates set up flower vases on all the desks in remembrance of her and to honour her memory

I'm so sure this MV is using something powerful like Ad*be After Effects. Or at least something similar

It’s also possible Blender is being used for the effects with the 3D flowers and desks

In the beginning, Ayano unwillingly watches the memories of her and Shintaro in the red sunset in the Kagerou Daze (this exact scene being a parallel to Losstime Memory).

Ayano reaches out for Shintaro's hand for comfort and Shintaro rejects Ayano's affection (and regrets it after her death)

I love how the camera is panning through the field of flowers (chrysanthemums)

Sidu's MVs are so fucking brilliant

So good, holy fuck...

In the beginning, Ayano's scarf moves much slower.

The way the screen splits in half and the blood splatters... They match the colour of her scarf...

Also in the animation effects where the screen splits in half, I love the action speed lines...

With the blood splatters scene, too, her scarf gets blown in the wind slower.

But during the majority of the chorus, it gets blown around in the wind much faster.

Ayano stands in a field of chrysanthemum flowers, where classroom desks fill up the ceiling above her.

Sidu's sketchy style is so good. For each frame, she sketches different sketchy lines, and putting all these frames together evokes the feeling of movement. But Sidu does it so perfectly, it feels like moving action lines

The chrysanthemums moving up and in and out of view (some getting closer to the camera) really does give a 3D effect

The colour grading and chromatic abberation effects in this MV... Omg...

The classroom desks in the sky are also slowly falling out of place into disarray. The “sky” is breaking apart.

Because of the 3D classroom desks filling up the “ceiling” or “sky” and the 3D chrysanthemums.

...

Ayano wears a red scarf because she was always inspired by the heroes she saw in cartoons and aspires to be a good, protective older sister for her siblings (the original trio, Kido, Seto, and Kano).

In the song, Ayano's Theory of Happiness, there's this lyric:

”Red capes are for heroes”

...

I love the use of minimal colours in this MV, it's mainly in black, white and red cast with dark shadows and gradients.

(Aside from certain background shots like the red sunset with ShinAya, and the blue sky of the rooftop)

Sidu MUST be using something really powerful to make these MVs, like Ad*be After Effects.

Especially since the KagePro MVs are professional animation projects, they're storyboarded and everything.

And this explains Ayano's and the ShinAya ship's HEAVY paper crane symbolism...

The transition to the blue sky dropping down and casting Ayano in muted, somber blue tones is so perfect

Also thinking about how Ayano has her arms the same way a corpse would be during a funeral with the flowers around her…

Parallels

I first watched this MV as a kid at 12 years old.

So I want to put a few things here just for visual comparison.

So, one more thing I thought about was how, years later, Additional Memory decided to parallel the scene from Losstime Memory where Shintaro sees a vision of Ayano falling from the school rooftop upside down.

Losstime Memory

Translation: Sunny Subs

Source: (X)

Additional Memory

Translation: EJ Translations (bluepenguin)

Losstime Memory

"A rotten boy at 18 today too, prayed again while clinging on to your colored smile"

Translation: Sunny Subs

Shintaro's vision of Ayano falling from the school rooftops in his dreams (Ayano as the Snake of Retaining Eyes)

Additional Memory

"Ah, falling, reaching understanding The flashing images scattered Beyond the evening glow, my feelings were stained By a song of regret"

Translation: EJ Translations (bluepenguin)

Ayano re-living falling to her death, in her Kagerou Daze

KagePro Wiki

I'll link this for context so that the lyrics and song context can be referred to.

Lyrics

Song Context

Crane Symbolism

Ayano’s character, and the ShinAya ship, are heavy on paper crane symbolism.

Read more about it here:

1000 Paper Cranes Symbolism

"It symbolizes honor, good fortune, loyalty, and longevity. These formidable characteristics give the crane such special meaning and why the Japanese believed that anyone with the patience and commitment to fold 1,000 origami cranes would be given good fortune and granted a wish." (X)

Songs Lyrics: ShinAya Subtext

The ShinAya subtext in Losstime Memory, Toumei (Transparent) Answer, and Additional Memory…

The ShinAya (Ayano → Shintaro) subtext in this song’s lyrics hurts so bad In a good way

1st chorus:

“I made the mistake of holding you, of wishing; flashing images of luxury

Beyond the evening calm, I light a red light to make a note of our love”

“I didn’t want to ‘still be friends’

My feelings surely won’t reach you

I’m sorry, I love you”

Last chorus:

”I didn’t want to end up as just friends

My tears that you don’t see are swallowed up by the sky”

Translation: EJ Translations (bluepenguin)

Ayano's Feelings and ShinAya Subtext

“I always wanted to say ‘Goodbye, I love you’”

Burnt out gifted kid and cynical pessimist who didn't see any meaning in his life cuz he'd always ace everything and felt that even if he disappeared, then someone would replace him

So Ayano always tried to cheer him up. She’d take his ripped up test papers and tape them back to make paper cranes for him, and she would fold papers into paper cranes for him.

This is Ayano's Kagerou Daze (how the Kagerou Daze appears to her). It takes the form of the school in which she spent her happiest and saddest days, and where she died.

I love how all the classroom desks form the "Sky" of her Kagerou Daze

Misc Rambles

Something about the way Ayano will sacrifice herself for the sake of a loved one... In the hopes that it'd stop Saeru's plans so that her family and friends won't be targeted...

And Ayano's association with the colour RED.

Shintaro

Shintaro was a burnt out gifted kid that didn't see the point in living after his friends (especially Ayano) died and was just waiting to die

Ene tried to inspire hope in him by becoming his friend, acting more cheerful and optimistic on person (after remembering her friend Ayano's words that Shintaro needed someone cheerful and optimistic and outgoing to carry him along).

After Ayano's death, Shintaro fed into his cynical pessimism and shut himself off even more and was constantly dreaming of coming to meet Ayano

Shintaro spirals into depression and becomes a shut-in NEET after losing all 3 of his closest high school friends on the same day, August 15th - Ayano, Haruka, and Takane

All 3 of your friends just gone. All in one day. That's devastating

...

Kuroha/Saeru, in most routes, is almost always indirectly responsible for their deaths. He is indirectly responsible for/orchestrated their deaths in most routes (ie. Music Route, Manga Route 1, and Novel Route, Anime Route)

The only time Kuroha/Saeru isn’t indirectly responsible for the Yuukei Quartet's deaths in some way, is in Manga Route 2 Iirc

One thing you'll learn about KagePro is that this mf (Kuroha/Saeru) is responsible for almost everything bad that happens. He's literally the cause for the majority of KagePro's conflict/tension