#maimaimaigoen spoilers

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"IT'S ME, AND MY MUSHY, ROTTING CORPSE!!!!!"

(version without text and jpn below cut)

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when i first got into maigoen my first though when seeing hayate was "oh, this kid plays splatoon"

so, when the latest manga chapter came out, this was all i could think of

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IT'S DAIKANA SUNDAY

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I just want to say I love Shinta (/s) and his relationship with his boyfriend Wataru(/hj)

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I hate the fact that I laughed while making this

2D music project list dot com tricked me into getting into some Sanrio media that happens to have tie in songs for preschoolers that are dying and now I have a son. How is everyone else doing

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[ 1-minute Maimaimaigoen Review ] Today we will review episode 5 ♪

Take the time during winter break to catch up on the latest episodes ▼ Play now! ▼ gamemaga.jp/maimaimaigoen

▼ If you played it, please reply and tell us what you think! Spoilers for episodes 1-5 are OK in the replies! ※ If you haven't played it yet, it's up to you whether you want to…

(link to tweet)

*i'm not sure if they mean they're going to publish a review for episode 5, or if they want fans to give their thoughts on it? i'm assuming the latter, that makes more sense with the rest of the tweet... either way, i think the point of this tweet is just to encourage people to play maigoen during their winter break! (i need to play maigoen, too, i've only just gotten into it...)

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honestly I can't believe maimaimaigoen exists. it's a game/manga/vocaloid series, with a death game setting, involving KINDERGARTENERS. Within 3 chapters a child has already been killed by frogs. several more have been traumatized. age regression is a plot point. did I mention its made by the people behind hello kitty

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maimaimaigoen released their 2nd episode for their game and um. Pain.

[andromedako]

maimaimaigoen spoilers (ch 2 of the game) under cut

god ok. can we talk that fucking ending. mamoru, who thought he could never fit in, finally learning that he can and accepting that hes a “hero” too. then he dies but knowing like.. hes been included this entire time. they all care about him.

then you have hayate who got included for Once having to deal with 2 people of that group dying after and him saying he’ll be by himself after... like disaster happened when he joined and he cant expect anything from anyone anymore.

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Faraway hidden details compilation/personal thoughts. (did my best to leave it vague bc spoilers for maigoen)

(exactly what it sounds like. There's a bunch of details in Faraway's MV that I wanted to compile. pls feel free to correct me in the replies for the kanji bit) (website used)

0:10, if you pause at EXACTLY the right time- the kanji 欺 is shown

欺- "deceit", "cheat'- Kanata (that's the MV's protag, btw) is a prankster and withholds important info just to see others reactions

0:16/ 3:13- the kanji's 蠖, 翫,備 and 鄂 are seen

蠖-???

翫-"Play" "caring for" "appreciating" "Toy"- Hinata (The panda toy with the unicorn horn) is a toy, but Kanata pretends he [it? idk] isn't. Kanata cares for Hinata a lot, i.e: appreciates

備-"Prepare"- Kanata is preparing for an attempt to leave with Hinata. (Could also be as in "planned pregnancy"??? probably stretching)

鄂-??

text at the end: "Thank you for visiting Uropia, our esteemed park."- Green flag that he'll live and leave the amusement park.

0:41- nothing to note other that these pink orbs are balloons :)

0:47-0:49- Kanata and Hinata are sharing a table. If you look closely, you can see both Hinata and Kanata have food in their bowls, even though the former is a plush and therefore, cannot eat (most likely meaning is Kanata lying to himself about Hinata sentience, although this could mean that his parent[s] are again, playing along with Kanata's behavior, pretending along with him that Hinata's alive and everything is fine). The image (besides the paintings in the background, the apples in the serving dish [idk how else to describe it] and Hinata) is actually mirrored, you can tell by looking at the tables you can see in the corners of the foreground and the serving dish. The flooring has the missing texture used in video games. To quote some dude on Quora that appeared first on Google search results:"The colors purple and black are meant to stand out to the creators to get attention of them to fix it" This means that Kanata treating Hinata like a person is getting him attention. However, nobody, in his family at least, is doing the "fixing" (helping him move on) part and turning a blind eye to the issue.

Finally, we see a large family gathering displayed on the center of the wall, but Kanata and Hinata are alone, sitting at a much smaller table. He's presumably at the kid's table, far away from his other family members, both emotionally and physically. In Kanata's eyes, nothing is more important than Hinata, and his parent(s) take no issue with this. (also said painting may or may not be referenced from the famous Christian painting "The Last Supper", since the other paintings are clearly referencing royalty-free Victorian paintings.)

0:53- You can see Lion (another character) being represented by an actual lion plush next to Kanata at the top.

Add-on 1- from 1:10 through 1:14, you see Kanata playing with Hinata with unopened presents surrounding him. This has a nice double (quadruple?) meaning. Of course, the first one is that Kanata is only really concerned about Hinata and nothing else is important to him, but also the presents could represent all of the people in his life who love him, and yet Kanata either ignores (that's why their unopened) and/or annoy. But kanata can always open the presents up (start having connections to other people than Hinata) but chooses not to because just having Hinata is easier than stepping out of his comfort zone. The gifts could also symbolize the truth, so Kanata wraps it up in a bow and ignores it (stay in denial about Hinata; everything is fine, Hinata is still with him.) The final reading I could think up is that the gifts could be a metaphor for embryo eggs, and Kanata was the only child of his parents to be successfully birthed without dying in utero along the way.

Add-on 2- At 1:29, at just the right time, you can see this (The text translates to "Stop, right now")

Misc/transitory scenes- you can see a mouth screaming. According to some JPN maigoen fans, it's saying "No, stop that!". It might also be screaming in labor (giving birth), which if you know abt maigoen's plot.... yeah.

Misc/multiple scenes- you can see crosses in the background on top of a mansion (I think? it looks too fancy and big to be a house.) This could mean that Kanata's family has a history of miscarriages/ stillbirths and Kanata was a successful attempt in a sea of failed pregnancies, since crosses are usually placed atop of graves.

Misc/multiple scenes- Okay it might be just me but when Kanata is placed in front of the ferris wheel, it kinda looks like a halo? Since halos can symbolize sacredness, maybe this is metaphorical way of showing why Kanata acts the way he does, at least a part, is because his caretaker(s) don't correct his behavior, since they see him as "a little saint who could do no wrong" (could also explain the mansion, his parent[s] spoil him rotten with affection. Him being the parent[s] only child who didn't die during/quickly after birth likely is the main reason for this)

Misc/multiple scenes- a censor box is placed in front of Kanata's eyes, which is way of showing that someone is presumed/ is dead. (might be Kanata and co. labeled as an unsolved missing person case since they went into Uropia that fateful day.)

TL;DR- Kanata is a Catholic.

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Daigoro- MAMA, MA-

Lion- Huh....? An egg?

Lime- Dai.. daigoro-chan?

Yu sensei- Wh..a t?

The gluttonous Froggy Egg :

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this is how it feels to be the only English maimaimaigoen fan who actually likes the manga's ending

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oh kidpix I have SUCH a love-hate relationship with you

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I don’t know any character names, but pick an maigoen character and tell me about them on the unhinged character bingo.

ANON THXS SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME RAMBLE ABT THE TODDLERS THAT ARE TRAUMATIZED FOR LIFE

Miss Yuzuriha Kurusu, yuzi, I miss her, well, she's still alive in the manga, but I prefer the game's interpretation of her character more. I find it really interesting that she actively tries to be mature, but it's in a very childish way. She also still trusts Madoka even tho she betrayed her by admitting her secret birthmark in order to stay alive, which is really sweet. I wonder what she saw in Glitter Labyrinth in game episode three. Maybe her mom? Or perhaps Hayate. Speaking of which, I like that she cares for him so much that she's willing to step down from the mental pedestal of "I help nobody but myself, and vice versa." during Merry-Go-Circut. Merry-Go-Circut.... It starts off in a childish village, but then it switches to an elegant castle.. Yuzi doesn't want to be seen as a child, even though she's only 5, maximum. Then, it becomes a neon-cityscape, but probably has something to do with Hayate, not her.

I could write a (incoherent) essay about Yuzi and her relationship with her mother. While Mrs. Kurusu doesn't even appear in person, the few lines we get from her changes the context of Yuzi actions so much. Yuzi wants to be like her mom, she wants to pursue the same career path when she's older (model/actress), she listen to her mom's advice about hiding your secrets and being independent, she's even copying her mom's dieting routine. Speaking of which, JESUS CHRIST. I definitely think her mom, while not enforcing said manner (I.e: she's not forcing Yuzuriha to go diet), she is encouraging her daughter to mimic her is because her herself doesn't realize how unhealthy this behavior is. Despite all these red flags, it seems like Yuzi's mom genuinely cares and loves her, even in a misconscrewed way.

anyways look at the her. (wait, if she's gone in the game, should I use past tense? idk)

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Who tf decided to release chapter 6 on his birthday