#sayoko hitomi

[materialistvampire]

I think the reason I'm now obsessed with Regret is that she spends the entire game as the object of other people's projections. This is most apparent, and most literal, with the residents of Redo, whose projections onto her as the one to absolve them of their regrets, as a savior/healer figure, literally force her into a fight she doesn't want to participate in. And in Bluffman's elevation of her as a Goddess, surrounding her with weapons that attack without her volition to any perceived threat to that Godhood.

But she gets this from the other Musicians, who view her as a God, an idol, a means to realize their ambitions, as invincible and untouchable. She gets this from χ, who is obsessed with besting her and using her as a means to prove her own worth and superiority. She gets this from the Go-Home Club, Kobato most notably, using her rather explicitly as an outlet for his resentment towards μ and Mobius.

Yet in the end, when she finally gets to speak as herself, she ardently refutes all of them.

When she hears about Bluffman's death, she celebrates. When the Go-Home Club comes to her, ready for their final confrontation, she neither plays the part of the villain that they want, nor does she beg them for forgiveness. She tells them exactly who she is, why she did what she did, and what she wants.

"I got carried away, I got pressured into this, I'm sick and tired of being a Goddess, I want to go home."

She's tactless and blunt and rambling and anxious and impatient. And when they try and build her up, when they try and accuse her, she shoots them down. She gets defensive, annoyed, upset. When they gear up to kill her, she welcomes it. Wants it. She knows that with her death, she gets out, and she's absolutely thrilled by the prospect.

The Go-Home Club walks into the room looking for a villain, and instead they find a messy, autistic trauma survivor who steadfastly refuses to play along with being anything other than a human being.

And that, more than anything, is what deflates the Go-Home Club. I've seen a couple of people say that this game's ending is unsatisfying, a take which I disagree with, but I think this is why. Because her very presence as a person who is both unrepentant and pathetic, who neither begs for forgiveness or revels in her actions, undermines the heroic fantasy that she's been forced into.

It's why she freaks out when Bluffman's security system deploys itself. When she is forced into fighting. Because, after finally making a choice for herself after months and months of being trapped being everything for everyone else, she has that choice taken away from her by the same people who put her in this situation.

But still, she loses. And in losing, she wins.

Because after being built up for the whole game as a Goddess, after being placed up on a pedestal by everyone around her, it is Sayoko Hitomi, in the end, who gets to have the last word on herself.

[daily-rayless]

Today's the birthday of Regret from The Caligula Effect 2. I'd say wish her a happy one, but with her in charge, we may no longer have a choice.

[cloudrifto]

some of my sprite edits of regret, in commemoration of being my top artist of this year's spotify wrapped (and a bonus meme, lol)

[imasallstars]

INTERDIMENSION FESTIVAL: IDOLM@STER★♥LOVE LIVE! UTA GASSEN

Information regarding the first IJIGEN FES 2023 live has been revealed! The live will occur in the TOKYO DOME on the 9th and 10th of December 2023. This first fes will feature three branches of IDOLM@STER performing with four branches of Love Live!

The voice providers participating in this stop are as follows:

DAY 1 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Kotomi Aihara (Shiki Ichinose), Hiromi Igarashi (Anzu Futaba), Asami Takano (Frederica Miyamoto), Yuki Nakashima (Yuuki Otokura), Yuko Iida (Kanade Hayami), Honoka Inoue (Nanami Asari), Sumire Uesaka (Anastasia), Aya Suzaki (Minami Nitta), Miyu Tomita (Akira Sunazuka), Ru Thing (Syuko Shiomi), Teru Ikuta (Natalia), Hina Tachibana (Nagi Hisakawa), Nanami Yamashita (Yui Ohtsuki) IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Haruka Yamazaki (Mirai Kasuga), Azusa Tadokoro (Shizuka Mogami), Machico (Tsubasa Ibuki), Momo Asakura (Serika Hakozaki), Kotori Koiwai (Tomoka Tenkubashi), Atsuki Nakamura (Roco Handa), Emi Hirayama (Reika Kitakami), Yui Watanabe (Nao Yokoyama) IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　Karin Isobe (Kogane Tsukioka), Chisa Suginuma (Mamimi Tanaka), Anna Yamaki (Sakuya Shirase), Shio Watanabe (Yuika Mitsumine), Yuina Mizuki (Kiriko Yukoku), Honoka Kuroki (Amana Osaki), Ryoko Maekawa (Tenka Osaki), Noriko Shibasaki (Chiyuki Kuwayama), Yuu Wakui (Toru Asakura), Rio Tsuchiya (Madoka Higuchi), Saran Tajima (Koito Fukumaru), Miho Okasaki (Hinana Ichikawa), Azusa Shizuki (Nichika Nanakusa), Aya Yamane (Mikoto Aketa)

DAY 2 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Ayaka Ohashi (Uzuki Shimamura), Ayaka Fukuhara (Rin Shibuya), Sayuri Hara (Mio Honda), Amina Sato (Arisu Tachibana), Tomoyo Kurosawa (Miria Akagi), Hana Tamegai (Risa Matoba), Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuuki), Asaka Imai (Chie Sasaki), Natsumi Haruse (Kaoru Ryuzaki), Misaki Kuno (Nina Ichihara), Yuri Komori (Koharu Koga), Mina Nakazawa (Yukimi Sajo), Maki Hanatani (Kozue Yusa) IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Aimi (Julia), Miku Itou (Yuriko Nanao), Ibuki Kido (Kana Yabuki), Arisa Kori (Kaori Sakuramori), Yuri Komagata (Sayoko Takayama), Rie Suegara (Fuka Toyokawa), Saki Minami (Tsumugi Shiraishi), Rikako Yamaguchi (Rio Momose) IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　Hitomi Sekine (Mano Sakuragi), Reina Kondo (Hiori Kazano), Mayu Mineda (Meguru Hachimiya), Hiyori Konno (Kaho Komiya), Haruka Shiraishi (Chiyoko Sonoda), Mariko Nagai (Juri Saijo), Wakana Maruoka (Rinze Morino), Akiho Suzumoto (Natsuha Arisugawa), Yuki Tanaka (Asahi Serizawa), Eri Yukimura (Fuyuko Mayuzumi), Sayaka Kitahara (Mei Izumi), Rina Kawaguchi (Luca Ikaruga), Haruna Mikawa (Hana Suzuki), Rena Ozawa (Haruki Iketa)

DAY 1&2

AQOURS (LOVE LIVE! SUNSHINE!!) 　Anju Inami (Chika Takami), Rikako Aida (Riko Sakurauchi), Nanaka Suwa (Kana Matsuura), Arisa Komiya (Dia Kurosawa), Shukai Saito (You Watanabe), Aika Kobayashi (Yoshiko Tsushima), Kanako Takatsuki (Hanamaru Kunikida), Aina Suzuki (Mari Ohara), Ai Furihata (Ruby Kurosawa) NIJIGASAKU SCHOOL IDOL CLUB 　Aguri Ohnishi (Ayumu Uehara), Mayu Sagara (Kasumi Nakasu), Kaori Maede (Shizuku Osaka), Miyu Kubota (Karin Asaka), Natsumi Murakami (Ai Miyashia), Akari Kito (Kanata Konoe), Coco Hayashi (Setsuna Imura), Maria Sashide (Emma Verde), Chiemi Tanaka (Rina Tennoji), Moeka Koizumi (Shioriko Mifune), Shu Uchida (Mia Taylor), Akina Homoto (Zhong Lanzhu). 　Support Member: Hinaki Yano (Yu Takasaki) Liella! (LOVE LIVE! SUPERSTAR!!) 　Sayuri Date (Kanon Shibuya), Liyuu (Keke Tang), Nako Misaki (Chisato Arashi), Naomi Payton (Sumire Heanna), Nagisa Aoyama (Ren Hazuki), Nozomi Suzuhara (Kinako Sakurakoji), Akana Yabushima (Mei Yoneme), Wakana Okuma (Shiki Wakana), Aya Emori (Natsumi Onitsuka), Yuina (Wien Margarete), Sakura Sakakura (Tomari Onitsuka) HASUNOSORA SCHOOL IDOL CLUB 　Nirei Nozomi (Kaho Hinoshita), Kokona Nonaka (Sayaka Murano), Nina Hanamiya (Kozue Otomune), Kotoka Sasaki (Tsuzuri Yugiri), Kanna Kan (Rurino Osawa), Kona Tsukine (Megumi Fujishima)

[cephydots]

as someone who is friends with a person who is really obsessed with the Caligula Effect i'll try to give a rundown on Regret. On the off chance they read this I hope I got it all right those loving rants liveplay they did on Discord so that makes it a year ago or so

The two Caligula Effect games are about people getting trapped in the artificial paradises by virtuadolls (basically, vocaloids) after listening to their songs with the protagonist and their like minded companions wanting out after breaking the illusion created by them. The first centers around μ who created the space called Mobius where whatever someone wished for came true and they constantly relive the three years in high school with her ex-partner and fellow virtuadoll Aria wanting to put a stop to her and backing the party for that reason. The second game takes place years after the first with a new virtuadoll, Regret, skyrocketing into fame following μ and Aria’s plummeting popularity after the first game’s ending. And with this fame came the creation of Redo, a virtual space in which people can escape their woes and regrets they have in life. 

More under the cut.

A recurring element in the two games is the idea of idolizing someone with the major figures both ally and enemy being musical idols themselves. In 2, it’s laid pretty heavy with the views people have of Regret. Many people in Redo, including the Obbligato Musicians who compose songs for her, have placed her on some sort of mystical pedestal. A healer, a savior, and even an outright goddess with some doing what they can to elevate her into that role no matter the cost.

The protagonist and their friends are no different. Everyone sees her as their biggest obstacle in getting out of Redo, this tormenting force keeping them in their cages. χ, another virtualdoll, has made it her mission to surpass Regret given that she’s the “daughter” of μ and is angry at Regret dragging her mom’s name in the mud even further.

By the finale, all this build-up is thrown out the window with the revelations that she’s *not* a virtuadoll to begin with, but a human named Sayoko Hitomi who became a shut-in sometime during her formative years. Her mother left having grown fed up having to deal with her while her dad remained distant.

At some point she decided to pose as a virtuadoll and do covers of μ's songs which led to her gaining a following. Her dad caught on to this and pose as a fan and secretly support her, going by the alias Bluffman, to help her popularity grow and at some point this escalated to turning his daughter into a proper goddess to make her happy rather than, y'know, talking to her face to face and making up.

Sayoko eventually stopped being on board with the whole “goddess of paradise” thing when the implications of that reared their ugly heads what with shouldering the regrets and wishes of so many people but was too afraid to actually put her foot down and back out when she had the chance. She ended up discreetly supporting the protagonist and χ in defeating her for this very reason, even sabotaging her allies with no one the wiser.

Upon being told by the party that Bluffman died prior to confronting her by one of his allies who is irl employee (will not elaborate that's a whole other can of worms) she is positively ecstatic (still oblivious to the fact that he's her dad)

She also gains like a dozen more expressions after this critical information is revealed to her.

This is the point where she tells her side of the story and where some of the info above is brought up and while most of the cast isn't fond of the fact that they got caught up in Extremely Poor Communication but by this point she's not out to antagonize them or anything she's just concerned with getting out, even if it means her death and asks them to do what they have to do

And even when the protagonist obliges her request, the weapons installed by Bluffman activate and begin defending her despite what she wants and she begins going mad from the wishes of Redo's people calling out to her not unlike μ in the previous game which forces a confrontation anyway. Only when χ decides to shoulder *her* and everyone else's regrets does she put an end to this and gains the power to send the cast and everyone within Redo home

So, yeah, I'd say Buried is a good fit.

Edit: Although, I see valid cases for the Lonely too

Regret from The Caligula Effect 2 for the Buried?

[deathsofglitter]

The story of a girl atop a very tall building

[dare-g]

Fruits of Passion (1981)

[yuheitkada-blog]

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[kuipernebula]

Tagged by @radroller​ and it took me.... far longer than I’d like to admit to find good ones for some of these. (Do you know how few songs start with the letter U? And I have to fill that twice!)

Kimi Omoi Birthday - Yuri Komagata (Portraying Sayoko Takayama)

Under The Weight - Masayoshi Soken

I Love Love You - Guitar Vader (Hideki Naganuma Remix)

Pollyanna - Catherine Warwick

Escape From The City - Crush 40

Rude Buster - Toby Fox

Nee - Perfume

Electrical Crisis - Akari Kaida

Beware the Forest’s Mushrooms - Yoko Shinomura

Undella Town (Spring, Autumn, Fall) - Shota Kageyama, Go Ichinose, Hitomi Sato, Junichi Masuda, Minako Adachi, Morikazu Aoki, Satoshi Nohara

Love Me Dead - Ludo

A Corner of Memories - Shoji Meguro, Atsushi Kitajoh, Ryuta Kozuka

Anyway I don’t really feel like tagging anyone. Also I was originally only going to fill up Kuiper but then I realized I didn’t have a good song from Perfume and I couldn’t get Love Me Dead in there, so...

[cale-fst]

2018年9月1日(土)より9月16日(日)まで、Cale / Field Sewing Tokyoにて山瀬まゆみ、矢島沙夜子、人見紗操、花崎草によるグループ展「清潔な記憶」を開催いたします。

営業時間　12:00 - 20:00

※会期中月曜定休　

オープニングレセプションを以下の日時で行います。是非お誘いあわせのうえご参加くださいませ。 <Opening reception> ９月１日　19時- 会場　東京都港区東麻布3-4-6.1F 電話番号　03-6441-3661 Cale / Field Sewing Tokyo will hold a group exhibition by Myayumi Yamase .  Sayoko Yajima .Saaya Hitomi . Kaya Hanasaki “NEAT MEMORY ” from 1st of Sep to 16th of Sep  2018.  

Gallery hours: 12:00 - 20:00

*Closed on Mondays

<Opening reception>

9/1/2018.   19:00- Location : 3-4-6-1F,Higashiazabu,Minato-ku,Tokyo 106-0044, Japan Tel: 03-6441-3661

[kayahanasaki]

Bio of XX FREAKS TOKYO

XX FREAKS TOKYO

“Fly!” at Movement Research by Performa Biennial, Judson Memorial Church (New York, U.S.A), 2009

Woman’s performance group formed in 2007 by Kaya Hanasaki, Saaya Hitomi, Yui Koike, Yuka Sugiyama, Sayoko Yajima, Akino Yoshihara and several guest performers. Starting their early carrier inspirited by world famous shows such as cabaret to rockabilly styles till 2008. They start to organize the solo shows focus on contemporary and gender issues in their own directing and creating style in 2009-2012.

2012 05/27 “Small Step” by SNAC (Kiyosumishirakawa, Tokyo)

2011 09/23 “Fujino Festival Rock, Dance & Japanese drum” Fujino workshop for art (Sagamihara, Kanagawa)

2010 12/4,17 “Beograd 1999” Uplink X (Shibuya, Toko) 10/23 “Tokyo Hyper Factory” Shinkiba wooden warehouse former sites (Shinkiba, Tokyo)

2009 10/26 “Fly!” at Movement Research by Performa Biennial, Judson Memorial Church (New York, U.S.A) 07/01 “Tin-Row Hyakkei” Otto Mainzheim Gallery (Hacchobori, Tokyo) 06/14 “Everyone’s Plaza” Heavy Sick Zero (Nakano, Tokyo) 05/08 “*Feva Nova*” Star Pine’s Café (Kichijyoji, Tokyo) 04/26 “Koenji Riot in Nakano” Heavy Sick Zero (Nakano, Tokyo) 03/13 “Portable!” Gallery Nanahari (Hacchobori, Tokyo)

[materialistvampire]

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: The Caligula Effect

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationship: Regret (Caligula Effect) & MU-kun (Caligula Effect)

Characters: Regret (Caligula Effect), MU-kun | Ienaga Mutsuwo, Bluffman (Caligula Effect)

Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Grief/Mourning, Recovery, Neurodiversity, Self-Hatred, Suicidal Thoughts, CE2 spoilers, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Vomiting, bluffman doesn't appear in person but it is About Him

Summary:

Ienaga grapples with the consequences of his actions.

Part 3 of leave your house simulator

[cloudrifto]

new regret sprite edits, who dis?

some of my sprite edits of regret, in commemoration of being my top artist of this year's spotify wrapped (and a bonus meme, lol)

[imasallstars]

THE IDOLM@STER M@STERS OF IDOL WORLD!!!!! 2023

Information regarding the MOIW 2023 live has been revealed! The live will occur in the TOKYO DOME on the 11th and 12th of February 2023. This live will feature all five brands of IDOLM@STER on the stage together after 8 years.

The voice providers participating in this stop are as follows:

DAY 1&2

IDOLM@STER 765PRO ALL STARS 　Eriko Nakamura (Haruka Amami), Asami Imai (Chihaya Kisaragi), Akiko Hasegawa (Miki Hoshii), Azumi Asakura (Yukiho Hagiwara), Mayako Nigo (Yayoi Takatsuki), Hiromi Hirata (Makoto Kikuchi), Naomi Wakabayashi (Ritsuko Akizuki), Asami Shimoda (Ami/Mami Futami), Manami Numakura (Hibiki Ganaha), Rie Kugimiya (Iori Minase)

DAY 1 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Triad Primus [Ayaka Fukuhara (Rin Shibuya), Eriko Matsui (Nao Kamiya), Mai Fuchigami (Karen Hojo)], Eldritch Loreteller [Haruka Chisuga (Ryo Matsunaga), Chiyo Ousaki (Koume Shirasaka)], Cyber Glass [Mina Nagashima (Haruna Kamijo), Rui Tanabe (Hina Araki)], Foreign Seaside [Nao Toyama (Mizuki Kawashima), Miharu Hanai (Tomoe Murakami)], from U149 [Asaka Imai (Chie Sasaki), Tomoyo Kurosawa (Miria Akagi), Hana Tamegai (Risa Matoba)]

IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Strawberry Pop Moon [Haruka Yamazaki (Mirai Kasuga), Azusa Tadokoro (Shizuka Mogami), Machico (Tsubasa Ibuki)], TIntMe! [Eri Inagawa (Tamaki Ogami), Akari Harashima (Iku Nakatani), Keiko Watanabe (Momoko Suou)], HanaSakuya [Yuu Kahara (Emily Stewart), Saki Minami (Tsumugi Shiraishi), Kotori Koiwai (Tomoka Tenkubashi)], Cleasky [Asuka Kakumoto (Elena Shimabara), Chouchou Kiritani (Miya Miyao)]

IDOLM@STER SideM 　DRAMATIC STARS [Shugo Nakamura (Teru Tendo)], Jupiter [Takuma Terashima (Toma Amagase), Daichi Kanbara (Hokuto Ijuin)], Beit [Shun Horie (Pierre), Tomohito Takatsuka (Minori Watanabe)], MofuMofuEn [Shogo Yano (Nao Okamura), Keisuke Furuhata (Shiro Tachibana)], C.FIRST [Yuri Ise (Shu Amamine), Masaya Miyakaze (Momohito Hanazono), Takeo Otsuka (Eishin Mayumi)]

IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　 Hokago Climax Girls [Hiyori Konno (Kaho Komiya), Haruka Shiraishi (Chiyoko Sonoda), Mariko Nagai (Juri Saijo), Wakana Maruoka (Rinze Morino), Akiho Suzumoto (Natsuha Arisugawa)], Straylight [Yuki Tanaka (Asahi Serizawa), Eri Yukimura (Fuyuko Mayuzumi), Sayaka Kitahara (Mei Izumi)], noctchill [Yuu Wakui (Toru Asakura), Rio Tsuchiya (Madoka Higuchi), Saran Tajima (Koito Fukumaru), Miho Okasaki (Hinana Ichikawa)]

DAY 2 ONLY

IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 　Threat Sign [Sayuri Hara (Mio Honda), Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuuki), Teru Ikuta (Natalia)], Dimension-3 [Kotomi Aihara (Shiki Ichinose), Shiki Aoki (Asuka Ninomiya)], flamme martini [Maki Kawase (Tsukasa Kiryu), Sayaka Harada (Miyu Mifune), Satsumi Matsuda (Syoko Hoshi), Minori Suzuki (Hajime Fujiwara)], HappyHappyTwin [Hiromi Igarashi (Anzu Futaba), Rei Matsuzaki (Kirari Moroboshi)], miroir [Hina Tachibana (Nagi Hisakawa), Rika Nagae (Hayate Hisakawa)]

IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE 　Chrono-Lexica [Yuka Saito (Subaru Nagayoshi), Atsuki Nakamura (Roco Handa), Rika Abe (Mizuki Makabe)], Senkou☆HANABIDAN [Yuri Komagata (Sayoko Takayam), Nana Hamasaki (Noriko Fukuda), Yui Watanabe (Nao Yokoyama), Eri Ozeki (Minako Satake)], 4 Luxury [Arisa Kori (Kaori Sakuramori), Rie Suegara (Fuka Toyokawa), Emi Hirayama (Reika Kitakami), Minami Takahashi (Konomi Baba)]

IDOLM@STER SideM 　FRAME [Kentaro Kumagai (Hideo Akuno), Kento Hama (Ryu Kimura), Takuya Masumoto (Seiji Shingen)], Café Parade [Sho Karino (Yukihiro Kamiya), Takuya Kodama (Makio Uzuki), Daiki Kobayashi (Saki Mizushima)], F-LAGS [Yuko Sanpei (Ryo Akizuki), Shunya Hiruma (Kazuki Tsukumo), Takehiro Urao (Daigo Kabuto)]

IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 　Illumination Stars [Hitomi Sekine (Mano Sakuragi), Mayu Mineda (Meguru Hachimiya)], L’Antica [Karin Isobe (Kogane Tsukioka), Chisa Suginuma (Mamimi Tanaka), Anna Yamaki (Sakuya Shirase), Shio Watanabe (Yuika Mitsumine), Yuina Mizuki (Kiriko Yukoku)], ALSTROEMERIA [Honoka Kuroki (Amana Osaki), Ryoko Maekawa (Tenka Osaki), Noriko Shibasaki (Chiyuki Kuwayama)], SHHis [Azusa Shizuki (Nichika Nanakusa), Aya Yamane (Mikoto Aketa)]

SPECIAL GUEST 　ZWEIGLANZ [Minori Chihara (Leon), Rie Takahashi (Shika)]

[materialistvampire]

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: The Caligula Effect

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Kudan/Regret (Caligula Effect), Miyasako Kiriko/Pandora, Regret (Caligula Effect) & Pandora (Caligula Effect), Protagonist (The Caligula Effect 2) & Regret, Regret (Caligula Effect) & MU-kun (Caligula Effect), Komamura Niko | Komamura Iori & Kudan (Caligula Effect)

Characters:Regret (Caligula Effect), Pandora (Caligula Effect), Kudan (Caligula Effect), Protagonist (The Caligula Effect 2), Miyasako Kiriko, Komamura Niko | Komamura Iori, MU-kun | Ienaga Mutsuwo

Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Neurodiversity, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Recovery, Self-Hatred, Flashbacks, CE2 spoilers

Summary:

Sayoko grapples with being around other people for the first time in her life.

Part 7 of leave your house simulator

[materialistvampire]

Something about the way in which in the first game, Thorn figuratively resurrects Ichika through the adoption of her likeness within Mobius. Yet in the second game, it is Thorn whom is resurrected by Bluffman, and the medium through which this is done is Thorn's music. The resurrector becoming the resurrected, the appropriated image, the icon.

How Bluffman elevates Regret as a Goddess. Through the creation of the Redo, how the Tower of Epimetheus is a tower that enshrines a God, how his ultimate goal is to destroy Redo in order to achieve true apotheosis. How Apotheosis, in and of itself, can be conceptualized as a form of death and resurrection.

Ichika Saotome is dead, so she cannot speak. We hear of her only through the stories of the men who she left in her wake, and yet her ghost permeates all of the first game's story.

Thorn, too, haunts the second game. Through the Musicians reverence of her, she too is elevated from the realm of the human to the realm of the aspirational. He is not Thorn-aka-Asuka, she is Thorn, the Legendary Composer, the one whom the presumed worth of the Obbligato Musicians is measured against.

(When MU-kun excoriates Bluffman, tells him that he is not Thorn, he calls him Natsume Asuka. It is the one time Thorn's name is used.)

Sayoko Hitomi is not dead, despite the many attempts to kill her. She is spoken of as a Goddess, as a virtuadoll greater μ, as invincible, as impossible to defeat. Much of this is by Bluffman. Much of this is by all of the other Musicians.

In the end, she speaks. And in the end, she says, I am a human being.

She is taken down while screaming and sobbing. Her last moments are spent crying and breaking down. She dies in Redo. She comes back in the real world. And this isn't like the other deaths.

This is death of a Goddess, and the resurrection of a human.