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fuuta analysis pt. 2, visual edition
i swear i like fuuta the normal amount, it's not like he's my little meow meow and it's not like I'm projecting to him in any way whatsoever.
lmao anyway i'm here to talk about the visual of backdraft. i'm mainly going to talk about the possible symbolism, the story in the mv, and hopefully can convince you to vote forgiven at least in this turn. long post ahoy (i even included the pictures to the point tumblr said "you used too many pics bruh")
we'll start the analysis with this image. i believe the can and him facing the camera to spray the paint was him saying that this is his time to tell the story through milgram. the can itself (+ barcode) actually led you to milgram's judgement page, so in a way it's like "this is my story, but I'm telling you through this medium (spray can/milgram)"
also just love that red color. red can either means passion, love, or danger. so in a way the color red REALLY suits him. just remember the color red for his "tag".
before we continue, let me write down the history of graffiti because it is heavily used in this instance. graffiti can either signifies the marking of territory or as part of a social/political movement. the marking of the environment is especially popular where gangs are prominent, so the graffiti sign can either act as a deterrent or just to show who actually owns the area. so in a way, it is connected to identity. a person's life. so let's use the graffiti as the symbol of someone's identity.
in the beginning, we see him looking forward with a smile on his face. this might mean that he was looking forward to and anticipating the task at hand.
using football/soccer terminology, he kicks off the first shoot. so he is the one who is starting the job.
in graffiti, you can use tags to show who created the graffiti. kind of like a signature. we can see there's "backdraft", "SAP", and one that i can't read. perhaps in Japanese? there's another one but i can't get a clear glimpse of it at the beginning of the graffiti on the left.
there's also this one, but much like the last tag on the first graffiti, this one is also unreadable.
but seeing that we have multiple tags in two artworks here, meaning that this is a collaborative act. this isn't just fuuta just leading them and them being ignorant, this is "them" working together to create an artwork, or in this case, a situation.
this is the first set of "pressure" graffiti that we've seen. no eyes, warm color, all bright and fiery. this shows that the pressure actually fueled fuuta's ambition. he's still all smirky and smiley, even looking at his target with a smile on his face.
remember when i said remember red as his tag? with this, it's low-key a confirmation that he started the action of erasing someone's mark. in fuuta's case, we know that he bullied people online, so this is him basically erasing the other person's identity. he started it, then followed by other people, signifies by the other color of the spray.
we can see 5 colors here, so it can mean that he was bullying a person with 4 other people. note that the character being erased seems monstrous in nature, so i believe this is fuuta basically saying "we have erased a monster!" which then continued on with another monster, started by fuuta and followed by other colors.
still the same 5 colors, meaning that this squad was the "original" so to speak.
i think fuuta has an extra grudge against the second person he targeted because he's taken the extra step to REALLY cover the artwork with more red. and he thought with this, his "task" is over.
he lets go of his spray can, or his medium to tell a story because he probably thinks that he doesn't need it anymore. his grudge is satisfied, and he can rest easy.
using the spray can as the symbol for his medium for a story, i think his modus operandi is basically overwriting the other story's person. with him covering the artwork/story of another person, instead of him being upfront in his attack, he might've worked by spreading rumors, thus overwriting the old story/artwork with his own spray, destroying the artwork. but he let go of that responsibility, he's done with it. BUT.
even though he let go of that spray can, it still followed his footsteps. the story/medium demanded that he continued by appearing once again, even though he wanted to walk away.
i think this marks the first time a milgram prisoner acknowledged the current reality--mahiru and mikoto are tagged "red" means that they are guilty, while yuno and shido aren't, so they're innocent.
i think that the red spray specifically marked the worst damage the person had in the fight. so mahiru broke her rib (or maybe her collarbone), mikoto has his whole torso marked, amane has less spray on her (which made me to believe that kotoko didn't attack her as much but still though.), and fuuta on the left side of his face. he's currently using an eyepatch, and according to the voice drama he could no longer see in that eye... so...
this then continued by him marking his own neck with the "off with your head" gesture (you know this gesture used over and over again to mean that 'you're dead') with now the eyes appearing, first staring at the fuuta who killed his graffiti-self, then to the graffiti itself. i think that the fuuta who "killed" his graffiti self was the fuuta who got beaten up by kotoko (so our current fuuta), while the graffiti fuuta is his old story. remember when i say that the graffiti represented the identity/the story of a person, him killing it off means that he doesn't like his old self, but the eyes are judging him now. that's pressure. what is Very Interesting is the color used for the pupils. the purple and the blue is the exact same one as the color tag, and the green and magenta one is new. it might signify that two members disappeared, but two new people took their position. they wanted the old fuuta back, and the current fuuta is horrified by it.
the eyes then multiplied, not just the original four. it means that the eyes on him have increased, and the pressure that once upon a time fueled his ambition now became poisonous. the purple here probably meant as poisonous than mysterious, because the shade reminded me of the poison-type pokemon. it's bright purple instead of royal purple which signifies a mysterious person. so now, all this pressure added with the eyes on him made the whole thing... unbearable for him.
when he turned around and realized his impact, he just realized that there is a fuck-ton of people who followed his example. see that the spray cans are now a lot more than just the previous five, and we even see colors that did not show up as the eyes, which probably means that they weren't exactly actively pressuring him, but only followed along for the ride.
remember when i said that the other graffiti reminded me of monsters? this one is the closest one we've got to a humanoid artwork. meaning, that this person (which then we see as a high-school girl) is different from the previous target. this one is a "human", so to speak, so he basically targeted an innocent person.
fuuta of course jumpstarted the attack on the person but notice that his spray is a lot lighter than before. he wasn't covering the face of the artwork, he literally barely covered it. this means that his story was flimsy at best, and he relied on his "friends" to cover the person in the spray.
it is now literally a group effort instead of just him being the leader and doing most of the job. his part even covered by another color, basically saying that yeah he only started it, but the others genuinely followed his steps. and fuuta didn't like that. fuuta is genuinely terrified of it. and if i see the color correctly (i might've missed some, sorry) the color used here is the same color on the pupil that starred at fuuta to pressure him.
again with spray as a medium to tell a story, they are quite literally covering the person with their "story" and we can see that it's not just teenagers who did this, noticed the person on the left with a ring on their finger, meaning that they either already married OR had a fiancee. that's an adult. not just male hands, we also have female hands. fuuta's army is literally filled with not just people his age, but both older and younger. and that terrifies the absolute shit of fuuta who only watched the attack from afar.
under "fire", the girl became a statue and broke under pressure. the hands reaching upward mean that she's probably asking for help, but there's no one to save her. so she broke up with no one by her side, and killed herself to end her suffering.
notice how the statue fell pointing to him. i think this represent the fact that the girl might've asked for his help or he might've saw her reaching out to him post-her death. it might be when he knew that his action has killed a person. sure, it's unintentional, but he created a situation where she might've considered death than surviving. and look at fuuta's expression.
he was also under "fire" and he is feeling the effect of the attack AND the guilt, and moments later his can of spray/medium of story exploded on him, both damaging him AND not allowing him to tell the story. this marks the moment where his "squad" turned their backs on him and now attacked him, probably for his moment of weakness. i also find it interesting that the can is "bloodied" so to speak, to basically say he's no longer innocent and his hands are now covered in blood.
he is running for his LIFE. notice that the gray color on his hand reached up his forearms now, meaning that he definitely did not leave his confrontation unscathed.
and now es, with their own medium to tell a story, covered him with black spray, meaning that "his story" is now overwritten by es, or by extension, milgram, and of course, the judgemental eyes that followed es' steps.
so this mv basically tells the story of him starting something and it went so big that it's uncontrollable. he never meant it to go this far, but it did, and someone died because of his action. he definitely bite more than he can chew. he showed remorse for his action, which is more than i can say for some people... *cough*
#fuuta kajiyama#MILGRAM#milgram fuuta#backdraft#backdraft analysis#LONG ASS POST#i cant believe i'm using my degree to analyze the absolute hell of an anime mv what am i doing with my life#i love him the normal amount i swear#not like i'm projecting or anything#not bc i have so fucking toxic and only bc of time and my friends that i was able to recover from that toxicity#of course not lmao
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Fuuta and the Five Man Band Trope; BG Characters, User Icons and Graffiti Patterns Analysis
Hello members of the jury! Did you know Bring it On and Backdraft are very awesome? It’s true! Look it up!
Anyways, today I want to talk about a particular aspect of Bring it On which I consider interesting, and that is the gaggle of characters who show up all throughout the video, both in the “RPG fight scenes” and in the messages all around. In particular, these four who stand besides Fuuta after Killcheroy’s defeat, before abandoning him in the next few frames.
All of them show up in all three battles in one way or another, and the fact they’re here makes me think. See, I believe there are four of them to allude to a very common narrative trope used in a lot of fantasy stories, the Five Man Band. A trope where the story follows a group of five, of which the protagonist is the leader, and all the characters fit into certain archetypes. If you want a better explanation, I’ll recommend this fantastic video by Overly Sarcastic Productions, which is how I know about the trope in the first place.
There were already a few things making me think of this trope in Bring it On, so it’s especially interesting that it seems to carry over into Backdraft as well, with only four paint cans appearing in all three graffiti campaigns.
(Yes there’s a fifth one against Killcheroy, don’t worry I’ll get to it)
Blue, orange, yellow (also looks orange in the screenshots), pink paint/purple can. So, a recurring group of five with Fuuta. Is it possible, then, that these are related? Well, that’s what I’m trying to figure out. And in doing so, I accidentally fell into a rabbit hole which ended with me trying to assign each character an user icon and trying to figure out who killed Killcheroy- ooh boy.
Yeah as a warning this post is pretty reach-y and unhinged, but I like over-analyzing background characters so.
CW: Cyberbullying and online harassment, doxxing, death and murder, mentioned sexual harassment, mention of suicide, Killcheroy choking on paint image.
I’ll talk about each character individually, their role in the Five Man Band trope, who I believe they are in terms of user icon, and which paint can I believe represents them in Backdraft.
The Hero/Leader: Fuuta
In stories where only one member of the party is the protagonist, they are most likely to be the leader. They are the most outwardly heroic, usually passionate and driven, and of course, the leader of the group, the one who makes the tough decisions. In terms of fighting style, they’re usually well-rounded short range fighters.
Obviously this is Fuuta. Not only is he obviously the protagonist, he’s the one who puts up the ‘wanted’ posters for the second and third battle (though not the first!), and in those two battles he’s shown as the first to enter battle. He’s also the one who first sprays over the graffiti in Backdraft, obviously using the red can. In terms of combat style, he also fits pretty well, as he’s a short-ranged fighter, but still has quite a bit of versatility. Looking at his move sets:
Left and top look to be simple attacks, but bottom appears to be some kind of Area of Effect attack and right appears to be a self-healing move. What the hell that would look like in the context of online discourse, I have no idea. Additionally, it is common for the protagonist to exhibit the most growth in terms of powers, which certainly fits his shifting moveset.
In case you’re not aware, he’s also “pazuzu” in the social media seen in Bring it On. He’s the only one with a consistent username, the rest all vary throughout the MV, and the only way to recognize them is through user icon. No idea what Fuuta has to do with a god of wind, but here we are.
I don’t think I have to justify this one too much. Let’s move on to the focus of the post, the other people.
The Lancer: Spear Guy
The Lancer is the Leader’s right hand man, or alternatively their second in command. They may disagree on occasion, but they can be very close friends who always have each other’s backs. The Lancer can fit a ton of archetypes, but they’re usually a foil or an opposite to the leader, and can be either the most supportive of the leader or always butting heads with them.
Incidentally, do you know what a lancer is? Like, the actual word, not the literary term? Well, it’s a warrior who uses lances. Or as you may know them, spears.
To no one’s surprise, the Lancer is Spear Guy. He’s the closest to Fuuta, as can be inferred from them always standing close and Fuuta looking to him after his big victory in the second battle. The fact he uses a lance as a weapon is a possible indication that we really are going for the Five Man Band trope here, because it makes him literally a Lancer.
Incidentally, this also makes him pretty easy to identify in terms of user icon. He's Poison (the skull icon), Rumerie.
In case you're not aware, the name Rumerie appears intertwined with "pazuzu" in Backdraft (gonna ask you to look it up yourself because I've reached the 30 image limit), implying a particularly deep connection between the two. And although the username changes like all others, the fact the very first shot of Bring it On contains Poison being referred to as "rumerie", it's safe to say they're the same. Additionally, check out what rumerie is saying. (Translation by rochisama here, it's a bit difficult to follow but it's a really good resource! As a warning, I might get some of these messages wrong because my critical lack of Japanese knowledge hinders how well I can actually check who is saying what)
[Poison] るめりえ＠D_T @/RUMERIE_...
Know any good games?
(Notes: るめりえ is just "Ru me rie")
And shortly after:
Indeed, a guy in the arcade flashes green, presumably Rumerie. Note how he's in the center, as if he is the "leader" in Fuuta's absence, in case you needed any more connections to the Lancer archetype. You'll also notice he and the blue guy next to him have faces, which in Milgram signifies importance. I believe these three are all part of the Five Man Band. Why is there one missing? I'll get there.
Additionally, note how Rumerie wears a watch on his right hand. This is important because it lets us know exactly which can of paint in Backdraft belongs to him. In the scene where Killcheroy is attacked directly, we see a hand with a watch holding the blue spray paint can.
(The bottom left image is to show that the blue looks lighter than it really is in the upfront shots. When the lighting shifts a bit, it's more clear that this is specifically Rumerie's darker blue. The rest of the graffiti is the same, so Rumerie is the splotch at the bottom right.
And in the Killcheroy attack you can clearly see the difference between the two blues. The lighter one is even lighter than what it looks like in the other shots. And yes, the pattern's different, I'll get there)
So Rumerie has blue spray paint, which unfortunately means there's no clear connection between the colors in Bring it On and Backdraft.
Still, there's something interesting to note. Everyone in the Five Man Band has a particular graffiti pattern they stick to in the first two campaigns and at the start of the Killcheroy attack. For Rumerie, this is a big splotch with two small trails leaking down.
Why is this important... for me at least? Because the same patterns can be observed in the red paint over the Guilty prisoners in the section of the video dedicated to them.
And can you guess which one got Rumerie's?
Fuuta. The way I interpret this, it means Rumerie was particularly important in the reason Fuuta ended up with a Guilty verdict.
Why? Well, I believe Rumerie is the person who originally got Fuuta into cancel culture. Notice how the last message before Fuuta joins in on the Ice Gorilla attack is Poison's, and how Spear Guy fights in the frontlines of that battle, combined with what I said before, that Fuuta didn't put up a wanted poster for that battle.
("Frontline" is admittedly debatable)
[Poison] み @/MiMiMiMi....
You can only get away with stuff like this when you’re a primary school kid~
[Fuuta] Storm Pazuzu @/pazuzu_soccer...
Ahhhh, this is the end for you huh
(Note: み is "mi" and means either fruit according to Google translate, or what I think makes more sense, "hot water", as in, Ice Gorilla is in hot water).
(Also note: I find it interesting that Rumerie here seems more forgiving of middle schoolers than at the end, when we know he was one of the people who attacked Killcheroy. I think it may be trying to show that everyone in the group got worse, not just Fuuta).
So, Rumerie caused Fuuta to cause Killcheroy's death by getting him into the whole cyberbullying thing. We can also see him encouraging him later on, when Fuuta takes a photo of the sexual harasser.
[Poison] 恐縮です @/i_am_sorr...
I’m amazed you were able to get a photo
(Notes: 恐縮です translates to "I'm afraid." I... don't have a single clue why the hell this is like this, I'm just gonna ignore it)
The final thing to note is that Rumerie's graffiti pattern is different in the post-spraying scene of Killcheroy I showed earlier. Instead, Green Paint takes Rumerie's pattern, which is incidentally the one on Fuuta's Guilty thingy. More on that later.
As to why Rumerie's pattern changes in the first place, it's possible that's trying to imply the final attack on Killcheroy was much, much different from the others, possibly more vicious. Which we know is likely true, so I think it works.
Anyways, other messages he sends (I'll skip the icon since you know it's Poison). To Ice Gorilla:
NETANASHI@DT @/NETANATASHI_darkT
You’re gonna die a really dumb death
どくろっち @/DOKI_DOKI_52
You’re never gonna be able to live this down www it was a good life while it lasted www
(Notes: "Netana tashi" appears to mean something like "added information," fitting the idea of cyberattacks. darkT and therefore DT is likely a reference to the Dark Triad, which seems to be Fuuta's "guild" displayed right next to his level.
どくろっち might mean "mole cricket" (???), and doki doki is an onomatopoeia for the beating of the heart. Take that as you will.
Rumerie comes off as quite aggressive in these messages, as you can probably tell. "www" is the way Japanese people write laughter, equivalent to "hahaha" in English)
He also writes another message during the second "battle."
るめりえ＠D_T @/RUMERIE_
What a fucking pig, that’s just gross wwww
(Notes: The name Rumerie returns, if you were somehow still wondering who this is. It's the exact same username as before, funnily enough. Also has D_T for the Dark Triad)
The Heart - White Robe Wizard
The Heart is the conflict solver of the group. They are usually the most emotional and expressive member, and is often a healer or otherwise a magic user, or specializes in some combat niche like archery.
Also, if your Five Man Band has a token girl, this is most likely the token girl.
(Wow this collage sucks. Tumblr 30 image limit my arch-nemesis)
Listen, I don't usually like to assume character's gender merely by appearance, but we know less than zero about this people, so I'm gonna have to bend my principles a bit. This wizard is the most femenine looking of the Five Man Band, so I hope you forgive me for assuming both that she is a girl, and that she is the only girl of the group.
Regardless, there are other reasons to assume she's the Heart. Mainly, she seems to be by far the most expressive of the group, being the only one to show any emotion in the lead-up to the Killcheroy battle. The white of her robe may represent purity of heart, which doesn't fit anyone in this group, but would fit the Heart better than other archetypes. There are arguments for her being the Smart Guy, but I think Heart works a tiny bit better.
Then we get to icon, and I'm comfortable in saying she's the Galaxy. From the messages related to the second "battle."
(Quality's trash but I'm trying)
[Galaxy] ♡MANA♡ @/inoue_mna...
Mr Inoue……? That’s scary……
(Notes: mna is likely just short for mana. No I don't know why she shares a last name with the asshole professor)
Even ignoring that galaxies are usually associated with mysticism and magic (mostly because I'm not even sure that is a galaxy), this user takes the name "♡MANA♡". As in, the thing wizards use surrounded by two hearts. Additionally, the message does sorta feel like it fits her more than other characters, I guess? I mean, it's perfectly fine for anyone to express discomfort and fear at seeing sexual harrassment, but this is a toxic Twitter community, I doubt the boys here want to express any """weakness""" as reasonable as it may be. Do you understand what I'm saying?
You could argue this should maybe go to the Purple Robe Wizard instead, but consider this other message from the same "battle."
[Galaxy] AAA@DT @/55552G4r6ggc...
Has he got no shame!!! Go to hell!!! That’s so gross!!!
(Note: The 5s might be Ss. No I have no idea what the fuck that handle is)
Apart from shouting, the name has "DT" in it, for Dark Triad. There are only four icons which ever appear related to it, and since Fuuta's isn't one of them, it could be presumed that the four which have DT are the members of the Five Man Band.
Then, look at this exchange, from the batch at the start as Fuuta is walking down the street.
[Fuuta] Storm Pazuzu @/pazuzu_soccer...
A L L M Y C L A S S E S A R E S O D U L L . W A S T E O F M Y S C H O O L F E E S
[Fuuta] Storm Pazuzu @/pazuzu_soccer...
Everyone else there is an idiot so it’s boring
[Galaxy] YU-TA @/YUTA_199...
Let’s go to the arcade then!!!!
[Fuuta] Storm Pazuzu @/pazuzu_soccer...
The people in charge here are shit. I could do a much better job
(Notes: Yuta is primarily a boy's name, which sorta contradicts the thing I said about this being a girl. However, this can be easily solved by assuming she's transfem and in the closet.
That's mostly a joke, but it is a possibility, I just don't know why we're giving so much characterization to a side-side-side character you feel? The more likely explanation is that while in Japan Yuta is a boy's name, there's also a version for girls which derives from Hebrew, and is also just Yuta. Given we've already seen characters with odd names for their gender (Haruka), I don't think it's a stretch to say this is such a case.
Anyways this might imply we know the full name of this wizard, that being Inoue Yuta. Interesting)
The main takeaway her is that Galaxy did want to go to the arcade like the other members of the Five Man Band, but probably didn't since Fuuta appears to have turned her down.
(... Why did he do that, actually? He went to the arcade anyways...
Though I guess she does look at him very enthusiastically in that second post battle scene... and the Heart is often the love interest of the Leader...
CRACK THEORY: White Robe Wizard has a crush on Fuuta, and he doesn't reciprocate)
So, if Galaxy wanted to go to the arcade, we can maybe assume they're part of the Five Man Band. In fact, we specifically know they're the only one who wasn't at the arcade, which lets us completely narrow down which of the spray paint cans belongs to them.
Yep. In case you missed the spoiler with the color I've been using for her, she has the yellow paint can. Not only does her right hand itself look slightly different than the others, it also has a ring none of the people at the arcade had (debatable on orange guy ig but I think we would see it if he had it). Since this paint can is part of the Five Man Band, we can assume it's the missing member's, therefore Galaxy's, therefore White Robe Wizard's.
The pattern which corresponds to them is a thick, horizontal bar, which shows up over Mahiru in the Guilty prisoners section. Certainly fits with her being the Heart (and having an unrequited crush on Fuuta). The pattern changes in the Killcheroy post-spraying sequence, again possibly because that attack was expressely different.
Again remember the colors are a bit off in the front-facing shots.
(By the way; Rumerie's altered patterned after the Killcheroy thing may look extremely similar to this thick straight line pattern, but it's not quite the same. This pattern has two small trails going down, Rumerie's has four and the bar is longer)
(You could argue it's still meant to be the same thing, but I think they're different enough that I don't have to find a way to relate them)
Here are the other Galaxy messages. The only ones I haven't talked about are in the Ice Gorilla fight.
[]足 @/speed☆star
Looking this I can really feel how terrifying ( ) SNS can be lmao
(Notes: We can't see the first symbol of the username, and since 足 is "feet" apparently, I don't think we can know what that is. The parenthesis are empty in the video too. SNS is Social Networking System, so social media. Fits the "That's scary" MANA message)
(…）@/NAGARERUYOURE_UfU
You’ve ruined this store’s business, I hope you were charged a lot for your idiocy
(Notes: I think this is the right message? It's really hard to know which message is which in the translation I'm using. In any case, it sorta fits. Putting that handle into Google translate gives me "flow less" or "streamlined", but I'm not sure how much sense that makes)
The Smart Guy - Cloak Dude
The Smart Guy is smart. That's their thing. Usually some flavor of quirky, but the main thing is they're clever, and they have a good head on their shoulders. They're intelligent and sharp-witted, and- okay I'll stop with the synonyms. For combat, they're usually not in the frontlines. Usually they're mages in fantasy settings, but archers and other long ranged combatants aren't out of the question.
This one, frankly, is almost entirely through process of elimination.
Cloak Dude has the dubious honor of being the only one apart from Spear Guy and Fuuta to show up on all three post-battle cutscenes. He seems to be an archer.
As I said, saying he’s the Smart Guy is more process of elimination than anything else. Shield Man sorta has to be the Big Guy, so we’re left with Smart Guy for Cloak Dude.
Thankfully, I think Identifying him in the icons isn't too difficult. Remember when I said he's the only one to show up on all three post-battle scenes? As if he's slightly more important than the Heart and the Big Guy? Well, there very well may be an icon which fits both that and the Smart Guy archetype. Water Drop, and therefore the Orange Arcade Guy.
Not only do they share the first message shot with Rumerie, check out what they say.
[Water Drop] 流＠しずくと読みます @/D_TTTT...
School work has really been a pain lately… I don’t want to type another word
(Notes: 流 means style. しずくと読みます apparently means something like "I read it like drop [water]" which I guess work with the icon)
Note the @/D_TTTT Dark Triad handle. So, they're tired from school work? That means they're doing their school work to some extent, and academic diligence is usually associated with the Smart Guy archetype. Other messages keep up this theme. In the Ice Gorilla battle:
[Water Drop]（…）@/drop_[...]...
There’s a limit to what sort of things you should do. How are you gonna live the rest of your life after this?
And in the second battle.
[Water Drop] io @/io_dog_very...
Sexual harassment is pretty much the worst thing a person can do. How are you gonna explain this???
(Notes: "io" appears to mean "say it")
Their style of speaking is quite articulate, using longer sentences than other icons and with a more serious tone. No use of www either. The one counterexample is this:
[Water Drop]（…）@/[...]
You’re wasting everyone’s time, idiot
But I still think it sorta fits. There is also one message from the second battle I don't have the translation of, but it also doesn't include www so.
Why is this important? Well, it's not. But more articulate speech, while not an actual indication of intelligence in reality, is a common way to communicate a character is smart in fiction.
Their final message is particularly interesting. It's one of the only messages we have in relation to Killcheroy.
QRT [Fuuta] Storm Pazuzu @/pazuzu_soc...
I think I’ve got all her details now. Based on her previous tweets I’ve worked out her school. The fact she lives so close is hilarious lol
[Water Drop] Judgement☨Onizuka @/MONSTER_BUZZ...
You’re the worst offender of all
(Notes: ☨ is the Cross of Lorraine, a symbol often associated to Joan of Arc. I guess you can connect the idea of a hero being later burnt at the stake for heresy to Fuuta's story)
Water Drop, despite the fact they do attack Killcheroy themselves (more on that in a moment), are condemning Fuuta for doing exactly that. They're hypochritical, but they're trying to claim a moral high ground by distancing themselves from Killcheroy's death. Again gives me vibes of someone trying to present themselves as smarter and more level-headed than they really are, but it's hard for me to explain why that is. Do you get the vibes too? I hope so.
Anyways, graffiti. They can be either the pink or the orange paint, but I think Orange Paint fits the best. Their graffiti pattern is a thin line which vaguely looks like an arrow to my completely unhinged mind, and it's the one associated with Amane, who is not necessarily smarter than the other guiltied, but she is very diligent in her studies as implied by several Timelines conversations. Smart Guy thing again.
The other thing is that their color can't be seen in the shot right before Killcheroy's final appearance, but it can be seen in the initial "attack", and we can see his hand attacking Killcheroy later. I believe this is representing what I said before; although Water Drop attacked Killcheroy like everyone else, they later tried to distance themselves from the fact, they "erased their paint."
(The angle on the Amane thing is slightly different, but I doubt that matters)
(The latter images are to show that yes, Orange Paint did attack Killcheroy. The can may look more red because of the lighting, but as you can see on the example to the side, the orange paint can does look almost red anyways)
Now, there is one more thing to say about the missing orange at the end there. And that is the gray-ish paint to the bottom left. What's interesting is that while it follows the Heart's pattern, it doesn't correlate with any of the colors we see actually attacking Killcheroy.
So... do you wanna go insane with me for a moment?
What if that is the orange paint, but they painted over it with gray/lilac to distance themselves from the attack as stated previously? The reason it looks like the Heart's pattern is because he's trying to appear more conscientious of others' feelings than he really is. Of course, that is deranged even for my standards, but it is an explanation.
Anyways, not much more to say about this guy, since I already talked about all his messages in Bring it On.
The Big Guy - Shield Man
The Big Guy is the muscle of the group. Generally physically big, though it can also be metaphorical. Their exact personality can vary quite a bit, but the most common trait is loyalty and protectiveness over the group. Sometimes can be quite an idiot, himbo style, but not always.
And if we're talking big and protective, there is someone who perfectly fits the trope.
Protective? Man has a shield. Physically big? The biggest of the group bar maybe Spear Guy. And just look at how he stands in that post-battle two scene! My guy has zero thoughts in that head of his. I think the archetype fits him perfectly.
Anyways, if you've been paying attention, I said before the members of the Five Man Band could be identified by which icons ever appear with D_T on their username, so by this point we could narrow it down by elimination alone. The final member by this logic is Supernova, and I think it fits enough. It also has a deep blue background, therefore we're likely seeing Blue Arcade Guy here.
[Supernova] Avyxs@D_T @/Dark_Avyxs_T...
Uni is so much fun! It can be a pain depending on your subjects but my friends and teachers are hilarious
Loyalty, check.
To be clear, there is absolutely an argument that he instead should be Thunderbolt, since that icon shows up right before we cut to the first sidewalk scene, pairing it with Rumerie and Water Drop; and speaks twice during the second cancelation, the same as Rumerie, Galaxy and Water Drop. Or Rock even, some of their lines and the icon itself point to the trope's personalities. However, I personally think the D_T connection is a bit more interesting, which is why I'm going with Supernova for him. It's not like this matters much anyways.
Process of elimination also assigns him the Pink Paint/Purple Paint Can, who has a zigzaggy pattern which trails off with a weird blob at the end. Mikoto gets this one... sort of. It looks like it's flipped and rotated around a bit, but it's still a zigzag pattern which trails off with a weird blob at the end. I think it's close enough, and I also think it makes sense. Mikoto is canonically the strongest physically out of the Guilty characters. I believe there was a ranking of arm wrestling strength that put him only below Kotoko and Kazui. Additionally, the alter who killed likely did it to protect the system, which works with the protectiveness of Shield Man.
(It sure was convenient four people got guiltied in the first trial huh)
The pattern also changes pre-Killcheroy appearance, you've heard why before, the attack was different.
... Yeah maybe I'm reading too much into the repeating patterns, maybe they're just like that to make things easier on the artists, but at this point I'm in too deep to back out.
The other Supernova messages are the following. In the Ice Gorilla fight:
実家傷兵 @/super_power...
He’s shut in www is the fridge your new house now ww
(Notes: 実家傷兵 means either "family wounded soldier", "soldiers garrisoned at home by their parents", or... "soldiers stationed to protect a country's territory during World War II." I assume it's the first two things)
(…）@/[...]
Just stay in your beloved freezer forever wwwwwwwww
(Notes: He wrote the same message twice. Really not beating the "not particularly sharp-witted" allegations with this one)
(…）@/lightning_player
Definitely not buying any ice cream there
(Notes: What the fuck did Ice Gorilla do anyways? Lock themselves in a freezer full of ice cream? I'm so confused)
There is also an obscured message where Supernova has the handle @/NaGGrYjYP2Fe or something like that. I am not gonna even try to decipher what the fuck's going on there.
Finaly, on the second cancelation.
毒門第一号 @/warokeru_080...
Oof lmao she looks like she’s gonna be sick
(Notes: Focusing on the victim more than the attacker does vaguely fit Shield Man. 毒門第一号 is "poison gate number 1." No comment. "Warokeru" apparently means "meltdown." Also no comment)
The Sixth Ranger - ???
The Sixth Ranger refers to a sixth character who joins the Band during the story rather than at the start. Where they come from is very variable, but sometimes it's a reformed villain of some kind.
Funnily enough, this trope is replicated in Backdraft too. Let's circle back to the big question. Who is the extra, green paint can in the Killcheroy attack?
They paint over the part Pink Paint usually takes, and later we see their paint with the Rumerie and Guilty Fuuta pattern. Additionally, they're the only one in these cases to paint over the small name graffiti, which combined with the fact they could potentially be closely linked to Fuuta's Guilty verdict, could imply they're the ones who killed Killcheroy. Because as many know, Fuuta's victim in the Undercover kill shot has both shoes on, unlike Mahiru and Kazui's victims who have a shoe missing to represent their suicide. And this could imply Killcheroy was outright murdered by someone else, though obviously not Fuuta himself.
If that's true, given how odd this Green Paint person is, I would assume that's the person who killed Killcheroy. Let's run through the other Bring it On BG characters to see if we can narrow down a suspect. I will skip over anyone we see only in the Ice Gorilla battle, because most of them are never seen again.
The Blue Haired Soldiers
These two show up quire a bit, though weirdly, the soldier with lighter hair doesn't show up in the Ice Gorilla battle itself nor the post-second battle scene. But he's still seen in the post-first fight battle scene and in the lead-up to the second fight. Still, this odd pattern could maybe mean he's the killer? He didn't participate in the strictly online battles, but possibly yes in the Killcheroy one? I'm not sure, I think there's a better candidate so.
One reason I don't think Light Blue Haired Soldier is the killer is because I would assume he's Rock, since his hair vaguely fits the color. Additionally, his armor looks very similar to Shield Man's (see: neck guard thing), which could imply they're the same "class." That would make him a Tank probably, who is usually associated more with defense even if they have good offensive capabilities. Rocks are also usually associated with strong defense, a claim I'm basing practically entirely on Pokemon typing philosophy lol.
Aside from him, Dark Blue Haired Soldier would probably be Thunderbolt based on the fact it's sorta the only one left, and again, color fits.
Here are their messages. Sidewalk scene:
[Thunderbolt] キマ注意＠ダークトラ… @/K_I_M_...
Nothing’s happened lately, it’s boring
[Rock] まっすMAN（強化中）@/MusclePu...
…wait, it’s Monday? Which means uni today??? I haven’t… done my homework…
(Notes: As I said, Rock shares similarities to the "Dumb Big Guy" archetype. Again, same class.
キマ注意 means "be careful" or "pay attention", and the @/ダークトラ is @/Dark Tiger. Thunderbolt is very aggressive, so the username sorta fits.
まっす can mean a few different things, I'm not sure what the best translation is. 強化中 means "currently being strengthened", so again, fits the Tank role)
Ice Gorilla battle:
[Rock] 問答 @/s...
Just get out already
[Rock] 小箱の〇 @/[...]
We won’t let you get off lightly for this＾＾
[Thunderbolt] サンデー～（…）@/[...]_1004
The food looks so good wwwww you should just [...] and die
[Rock] 〇石〇じ @/[...]TAKAI
As far as learning experiences go this one sure cost a lot. What you did really was a huge waste. Thanks for all your hard work. Here’s hoping you do better in your next life.
(Notes: Thunderbolt is very aggressive, as you can see. His armor is similar to Fuuta's, so likely a Warrior class, which makes sense.
問答 means Q&A basically. Huh. 小箱の〇 is missing a character, but what we have appears to translate to "small box." 〇石〇じ also has characters which haven't been recognized.
サンデー～ means Sunday～)
Second battle (how long until my readers notice I don't remember the name of the second guy-):
[Thunderbolt] 自由（ちきゅうじん）@/not_jiyuun...
My uni is done for now wwww
[Thunderbolt] kakikukeko@ド @/DONK...
What an idiot, you should just (…) already
[Rock] まっすMAN（強化中）@/MusclePu...
Super gross, thanks for exposing a lowlife sexual harasser
(Notes: Interestingly, Rock takes their original username again. Thunderbolt is once again a dick, caring more about his uni being "done" than the victim.
自由 means freedom, which I guess fits the tweet? Interestingly, though, jiyuun is also freedom, so "freedom @/not_freedom"? What is this fucking naming scheme.
ちきゅうじん means earthling (?). I couldn't find something solid for kakikukeko or ド but "DONK" is funny)
Purple Robe Wizard
If you're like me, you've seen me mention this person and immediately asked "is that Killcheroy." But no, since we see them in the lead-up to the Killcheroy battle in Bring it On, as we see every other character mentioned here. Additionally, I believe they might be the one responsible for the big attack which takes away like half of Killcheroy's life bar, but not the one who kills her, as Killcheroy still has health after that attack disappears.
If we do assume that attack is theirs (because there's no indication of who else is in the Killcheroy fight otherwise), then they have to be represented by one of the paint cans attacking Killcheroy at the end of Backdraft. Since they also attack Ice Gorilla, they are unlikely to be Green Paint, and therefore are most likely Light Blue Paint.
No recognizable pattern there.
Unfortunately, we have an issue. We've run out of user icons, which, uh...
You could maybe argue they share an icon with someone else? Or something? Or maybe they exclusively send DMs so Fuuta can't see their harrassment. I hope this isn't too big of an issue.
So, here's the thing. I don't think any of these three characters, the blue haired soldiers and the purple robe wizard, are Green Paint. Because they lack one critical feature: being the "Sixth Ranger." The Green Paint isn't notable just because it appears, it's notable because it appears alongside the Five Man Band. In particular, it has a penchant for replacing Five Man Band members. It paints over Pink Paint when the gang first attacks Killcheroy, it steals Rumerie's pattern in the aftermath shot, and it shows up when Orange Paint doesn't in said aftermath shot. It doesn't really matter who they replace, they have a pattern of replacing someone.
And wouldn't you know, there is a character that sorta fits that in Bring it On. The only character who is never seen attacking Ice Gorilla, neither in the shot of the battle itself or the aftermath.
The Black Knight
I'm calling them that because their armor is darker than everyone else's and I think they killed Killcheroy lol.
Do you see an interesting pattern here? They don't show up in the first battle at all (and I cannot stress enough, it’s the only character that doesn’t), but after the second battle, they're always seen with the Five Man Band minus the Heart. As if they replaced her, in the same way Green Paint usually replaces a member of the Five Man Band.
And you could argue it should be the other way around, that White Robe Wizard replaced the Black Knight, except White Robe Wizard shows up in the Ice Gorilla battle while Black Knight doesn't, so if someone's Green Paint of the two, it would have to be Black Knight.
But hold on, you may say. Black Knight shows up in the second battle, they can't be Green Paint!
Except for one detail. Yes, Black Knight is in the post-Rypirotes (finally looked up the name) fight scene, but there's one person in that post-battle scene who didn't fight Rypirotes. Check out the minimaps:
(I'm ignoring the distorted minimap because, well, it's distorted, and it's before the Killcheroy battle, not during)
The blue triangle is Fuuta, the red dot is the "enemy," so the green dots are the other people in the battle.
The Ice Gorilla battle minimap shows 11 green dots, which perfectly fits the amount of people on screen there. The Killcheroy battle shows 6 green dots, which perfectly fits the amount of paint cans we see attack Killcheroy in Backdraft.
And yet, there are seven people in the post-Rypirotes battle scene, but only six dots in the minimap. Which means one person in that post-battle scene didn't fight.
Obviously, it's impossible to know who didn't fight. All this does is open the possibility that the one who didn't fight there is Black Knight.
But here's the thing. Everyone else in the post-Pyrites battle scene is displayed in the Ice Gorilla minimap. The only other recurring character who Green Paint could be, then, is Light Blue Haired Soldier. But as stated before, they're never seen as part of the Five Man Band, so I find it unlikely this is the case. Also because color-scheme wise they fit Rock, and Rock does "attack" both Ice Gorilla and Rypirotes, just not at the same time as the time we see the minimaps I guess.
So there’s the thing. Because Black Knight didn’t fight either Ice Gorilla or Rypirotes, we don’t have an user icon for them, which makes it all the more suspicious that they show up in the lead up to the Killcheroy battle. I guess the blue haired soldiers didn’t attack her for some reason, since there’s only six paint cans.
And then there's the class thing. You remember how I said Light Blue Haired Soldier fits with Rock because he seems to be a Tank by armor? Well, Black Knight wears the same armor as Fuuta and Thunderbolt, they're a Warrior. What could this mean? Well, if Fuuta is the guy that doxxed Killcheroy, and Thunderbolt is one of the most aggressive "attackers" as seen by their comments, we can infer Warriors may represent particularly dangerous or vicious characters. Keep in mind these aren't actually videogame classes but they're metaphorical. Thus, it would fit Killcheroy's killer to be a Warrior.
... Ok, to be fair a lot of this is based on like a hundred different assumptions stacked on top of each other like a house of cards, I feel like I'm reading too much into too many things and I'm pulling conclusions out of my ass, but I think these interpretations are at least interesting enough to share, which is why I'm sharing my brainrot with you all. You can probably find several thousands of holes here if you think critically, but you know. Vote Black Knight Guilty (wait that’s not-)
Conclusion
I am never beating the insanity allegations.
I do think the Black Knight is probably the one who killed Killcheroy, but knowing that, and everything else I said in this post, is more for curiosity's sake than anything else. This doesn't really add much to Fuuta's character or anything, but eh. I enjoyed going crazy over these side-side-side characters, and I hope you enjoyed my ramblings as well.
If you actually managed to read all that, then you deserve a Five Man Band all for you! Which role do you think you fit best? You don't have to answer that this isn't YT. Take care!
#milgram#milgram project#milgram theory#fuuta kajiyama#milgram analysis#i need severe amounts of help#bring it on mv#backdraft mv#rumerie#tagging him cause hes the one people care about#well normal people anyways#cw doxxing#cw cyberbullying#cw death
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Dragons with bellybuttons... I know it's just a design choice, but that's pretty funny!
Animals that hatch from eggs don't have bellybuttons, because they don’t have umbilical cords.
#funny#mlp analysis#mlp dragon#clump mlp#backdraft mlp#my little pony friendship is magic#mlp fim#mlp g4#mlp#my little pony
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irl friend asked about milgram's latest song. 35 casualties
#i introduced her to milgram and she likes it too But i am just spamming her messages at this point#also started an analysis doc of backdraft because there are so many scenes that made me go 'hold on wait a second'#ramblegony#milgram
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Stars and Smoke review coming!!! Finished the book at midnight and I have a lot to say!!
#stars and smoke#marie lu#let’s hope this doesn’t turn into my long overdue backdraft and inmf analysis 🤞🏾
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MILGRAM Best Song Tournament, Round 2, Match 4 TEAR DROP vs. BACKDRAFT
Propaganda for both options under the cut!
Propaganda for TEAR DROP:
"yuno kashiki enthusiast here anyways tear drop propaganda WE BALL
let's start off with the lyrics! holy fuck, i'm so glad yuno finally got to say what she's wanted to say!!
and she fully shows the fact that she does compensated dating through the lyrics ("the wanted wanting the wanted")
and even if it sounds like she's scolding the audience for the song, she's also scolding her clients! they only perceive her as a certain type of character and deciding that's all she is. She's upset that we decided based on how "naïve" she looked instead of her actual crime (to be honest, I could write a whole analysis into why her murder is perfect for her character anywa) and she doesn't care what will happen to her, she needs her opinions heard
also kinda rap section?? banger fr
THE VISUALS!! GOOD LORD THE VISUALS!!! THEY ARE SO BANGER!!! they're really pretty and gosh i literally don't know what to say, the scene where vampire is in the background and it transitions to yuno sitting on her bed... the pink tinted glasses (YES FUCK I LOVE THAT MAN!!!!) THE COAT!! THOSE INBETWREN SCENES i'm obbing
AND THE INSTRUMENTAL!! PLEASE IM BEGGING YOU ALL LISTEN TO THE INSTRUMRNTAL OF HER SONG THERES SO MANY SMALL DETAILS!! SIRENS, TEAR DROPS RAHHH THE CLAPS/CLICKING TJE TECHNO PIANO GUITAR??? THE INSTRIMENTS I CANT NAME I THINK THEY ALL HAVE SOME READON OF BEING IN THE SONG AND I WILL FIND OUT IN AN ANAKYSIS POST I JUDT LOVE IT AUEUEU
literally tear drop is the banger ever i listen to this shit religiously thank you for listening to my tear drop propaganda"
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-Yuno’s voice. Enough said. -The imagery in the MV is brilliantly used, and doesn’t shy away from the horrors of Yuno’s line of work. -Vampire cameo!!! -Almost Lo-Fi vibes to the instrumental?? I can’t really explain it but it’s a vibe and I’m 100% here for it,
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"For teardrop: The pink aesthetic in the MV as a whole makes it super nice to look at :D"
Propaganda for BACKDRAFT:
"Backdraft may be a minute shorter than Bring It On, but it’s still over three minutes long, and it makes up for the lost minute with a complex form. The “Pressure! Pressure!” might be the only part that truly repeats.
At the beginning, Fuuta is showing off, acting cool. Then the music slows down as he ponders his verdict. Then the music picks up the pace again and gets more and more frantic as the consequences of his actions catch up to him.
See that structure in the three distinct verses that sound nothing like anything else in the song: cool, contemplative, and “oh no, what have I done”.
The “chorus” (burn burn!) never stays the same. You’ve got the “cool” first chorus. Then you have the muted second chorus as it sinks in that Fuuta’s victim was a middle-school girl, which leads into the tense final chorus (which is twice as long as the first) as the victim and Fuuta both burn.
The instrumental and the spoken-word from the beginning combine in the end, changing the mood of the stanza from confident and showy to panicked and desperate.
And the words… You can hear the wordplay in the last stanza, even if you don’t understand it.
Appreciate this chaotic masterpiece of a song."
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- Fuuta being very cocky at first before realizing how fucked he is (it is kinda funny) - The use of spray cans and overall graffiti symbolism, it’s so good - The multiple eyes and people off camera showing how paranoid Fuuta has become, it’s really well done without being obvious - The name backdraft meaning when a fire deprived of oxygen gets a sudden influx of it. A kind of metaphor for what Fuuta did. Then it being shown through a spray can explosion, aaaa it’s really cool! - Fuuta’s overall look changing, being more realistic on how he actually looks contrasting Bring It On’s idealistic version of himself - Es at the end!! The only time Es shows up in a prisoner’s MV!!! And they looks so damn cool - Also the entire eye thing referencing the audience, he perceives us lmfao
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"Back draft is incredible because it not only has great visual symbolism with the use of the spray cans but its visual symbolism shows a progression from ‘Bring it on’. In ‘Bring it on’ the channelling is glorious , fuuta is surrounded by people and fuuta idealised himself (taller , better teeth , better posture ect) , the people he cancelled were portrayed as these powerful rpg monsters but now in back now the channelling is portrayed as vandalism a crime as destructive , the ally is empty we only ever see others as hands or his victim fuuta is alone and fuuta is no longer idealising his appearance and his mind is now portraying his victim as a harmless cutesy drawing. This shows a change in how fuuta views his crime between T1 and T2. It wasn’t glorious, it wasn't justified , he was at fault. The fire being recontextsied as something out of control , all consuming and out of control which is the opposite of how it was portrayed in ‘Bring it on’ we really see how the vote has changed fuuta."
"There are so many things in the song that show a progression "
-“ deliciously scorched till your mouth waters” > “I don’t want any more”
-fuuta spray paints the camera hen as the end es spray paints him/the camera
-the pressure graffiti changing
"There’s so many interesting details like the applause towards the start of the song , the personality in the subtitles like them going from “Burn , burn!” To “burn , burn?” But the pressure’s punctuation mark stayed the same: “pressure , pressure!” , the way FIRE is the only word in full caps till LIES. The thumbs down fuuta does during “the fights up here! Come up to the ring and face me!” Part which is like his T1 art , the way the lighting changes from green towards the start and becomes red by the end (stop go colours) , The way fuuta is constantly interacting with the camera , spray painting it twice and kicking it."
"Backdraft actually makes amazing use of the camera , things are often shown from the (camera)audience’s perspective rather than us seeing the events removed. We are there like we are the ones doing it/looking through the eyes of the person doing it. When fuuta/the others spray paint the graffiti of his victim and the ice gorilla it's from the audience’s perspective , we don’t see them do it, we see it like we are doing it. When the spraypaint can explodes it's like it’s exploding in our face and then when es spray paints fuuta at the end they are spray painting the camera(audience). "
"Backdraft makes the most references to the voting system and uses it well to make the audience re-examine if they really are any different. Aren’t we using little information and inferences to hold people accountable for crimes we have no stake in? Aren’t we causing unintended harm? Aren’t we judging them from the safety of our screens? "
"And on a more silly level"
-ARTHUR CONANT GOES SO HARD IN THE VOCALS!!!! COME ON LISTEN TO BURN BURN AND TELL ME THIS MAN ISN’T GIVING IT HIS ALL!
-cat mouth fuuta :3 how can you not love cat mouth fuuta?
-lowpolydog designed amazing graffiti
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hi there! i know you've probably done an analysis/theory for Mahiru's T1 song covers (i just can't find it). I've just been thinking a lot about her version of Psychogram. Mahiru's my favorite and i'm currently obssessed with Psychogram (i just like songs that gives me tone whiplash, like MeMe). So when I found out she had a cover for it, I was so happy. I really wanted to hear her sing the contrasting tone of the song. However I was surprised to find out her cover took a different direction.
Mahiru's Psychogram had a rather consistent tone throughout the song. The music and vocals retained that chill feeling. There wasn't much contrast within the song (except for the ending where it kinda went full sweet and sunny)
For me, the original version's contrast in tone kinda makes it deceptive and manipulative. In the beginning, the heaviness makes me think that there is something wrong with the relationship of the characters. When I start to think about what is wrong, the song hits me with the sweet chorus, telling me "nothings wrong here". Then it repeats again. But in the last part, the sweet chorus was mixed with the heavy music similar to the earlier verses. It kinda has the same progression as MeMe (with the heavy verse > soft chorus > heavy verse > soft chorus > heavy version of the chorus)
However in Mahiru's cover, since there was almost no contrast, it also lacks the deceptiveness and manipulation of the original. When you think that something is wrong in the verses, the feeling continues in the chorus as well. Even if Mahiru is trying to reassure that it's fine, it doesn't come of as her trying to manipulate you into thinking that. Rather it comes of as someone trying to pretend that all is well even if the relationship is breaking apart. I think Mahiru knows somethings wrong, but she's trying not to let it show. Unlike the girl in the original who probably genuinely thinks it's fine.
And then in the last chorus it finally shifts into a sunny tone (opposite to the original switching to a more heavier tone). That's also the part where she "kills" the guy (putting that in quotations because someone theorized in the original's comments that the boy's "death" wasn't literal and more in a psychological sense, although I don't know what to make of this in Mahiru's case). I'm not sure what's with the ending's change in tone, but I think corresponds to Mahiru feeding her boyfriend rats in I Love You. Like that was her last attempt at saving their relationship before she "killed" him.
What I'm trying to say is that the fact that Mahiru's Psychogram has little contrast in tone shifts, changes the meaning and intention of the song, making it some sort of opposite to the original version. I'm no music analyst, and quite new to milgram (i joined after backdraft was released) and to making theories so I might be missing somethings, but that's how I interpret Mahiru's Psychogram.
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Anyways I'm so sorry for sending you a whole essay on your asks. I just wanted to share what I think with you. I don't know if you already noticed that so I don't know if I'm adding anything new to the conversation 😅. But I hope you understand my point. Love your blog btw! 💕💕
aa i'm so thrilled to recieve this ask! it was mahiru's psychogram cover (specifically the "omoi hodo bibitto kuru no~") that made me fall hard inlove with mahiru. i did have this draft where i analysed both of her covers but i hated how it turned out >< wasn't really hitting any new territory apart from going "this relates to mahiru's suffocation imagery" ad infinitum.
and i never considered this before but yes it is very interesting how mahiru covers her songs! both psychogram and parasite—both songs with a dark tone—are shifted to become more soft and sweet. a perfect representation of mahiru's rose-colored glasses hiding her bleak situation. i quite like how angelic psychogram sounds in the chorus in contrast to her frantic "love!" and "hey, i love you!" in the chorus.
i also believe the victim dying in psychogram is meant to be metaphorical! the reason why the narrator kills him despite him returning her affections is that she "never wants to let him go." even if he's dead, he'll never want to leave her.
likewise, even if mahiru's boyfriend is dead, his corpse is still attached to the carousel. the blue feathers in mahiru's mv imply theyre falling from stress—meaning, when the feathers stop falling, his naked corspe is rotting somewhere above her. when mahiru boyfriend dies she's with him. the two of them can't escape eachother because they've clung together so hard they've suffocated. overheated. like parasites.
man this girl has so much suffocation imagery it's insane
#i wasn't quite sure what to add because yea!!! you were so right!!! it's very interesting#im really happy whenever people bring up this sorta stuff with me. like yes!!!!!!!! mahiru!!!!!!!!!!!#꒰ ☁️ ꒱ ── warm regards‚ cinnamon
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Sibling says Backdraft is mid. (paraphrased)
I respond by shoving my Backdraft music analysis in sibling's face.
"It's almost through-composed, you know? Barely any part is the same. Three distinct verses! The chorus changes every time! Absolute chaos!"
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This is the last and only post I'm going to make on this topic. So, I discovered who the anon vaguing about me was. However, it was someone that was close to me and has a habit of stating things without crediting others. I shared the Google Doc to the Kazui script to this individual. Under the cut are the dms of this event occurring for transparency's sake with the individuals username taken out of course.
Correction: The individual I shared the script with and the anon are two separate people. I wrongfully speculated it they were one in the same due to the timing of these events and for that I apologize. If you believe that you know who sent in that anon for any reason just remember the point of behaving in the way that whoever that individual was did under the safety of anonymity is to avoid taking accountability and the consequences of their actions. This situation has just been the perfect example of Futa's statement in Backdraft, "Holler-holler from safety, so worthless."
It's more than likely that no one in the fandom will ever know who that anon was but I can vouch for the person I trusted with this script and say without any doubt that they would never refer to other fans in the way that this individual did. It's not the way they conduct themselves and I'm immensely sorry that believe for a second that it could be.
I will be keeping this post up not only to show others the harm that jumping to conclusions can cause but as a reminder to myself.
Since the person involved in this situation has used points from my theories and analysis before. I felt that doing this was the only appropriate course of action, out of fear of having information from the script leaked. I was hesitant about spoiling the surprise revelations that were in the Calico Cat video script but ultimately my more cautious side won out. Leaving me feeling as though I had no choice but to spoil the surprise revelations within it.
This includes,
A. The colors used in Kazui's video being the same colors used in traffic lights within Japan.
B. Both of Kazui's song titles being related to Jazz
C. Yokohama the location that Kazui is believed to be from is known as the birth place of Jazz in Japan.
If anyone sees someone talking about these things as though they just happened to conveniently discover them there's all this.
I wouldn't usually like to be vague about anyone. However, since this has been done to my theories as well as having another person in the past attempt to do something worse with my original writing. I felt the need to move with caution too preemptively within this situation. This is something that did cause the individual being referred to throughout this post a great deal of stress and for that I apologize again.
I've been working on this script nonstop. I did not want to sit back and let anyone do this to me again by working off that feeling alone valid or not my actions ended up being harmful to those around me. As said before if you believe you know who the anon was or who I shared the script with just leave them alone.
Star and I have been discussing the script with others as well who can attest to its progression.
Sorry to have been a downer and spoiled a great chunk of this script in an attempt to avoid a worst-case scenario. However, Star and my other friend were working on this with me. It was an error on my part that I failed to take that into account when sharing the script with others. I don't want that to end up negatively impacting the work they've both been putting in.
So, I'm just going to be completely transparent about this and my errors in the handling of this situation then hope for the best moving forward. Again, if you think you know who either of these individuals are don't bother them.
I know for a fact that this situation has probably been a difficult time for at least one of them as well. I'd rather just leave the whole incident behind me and take it as a learning lesson.
#gunsli rambles#this is an important explanation about the current situation surrounding the video sorry to spoil aspects of the script over this nonsense#but I gotta
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Fuuta Kajiyama is Awsten Knight aka The CRACKIEST post I'll ever make
This started as a joke, until I realised it's not that much of a joke because the evidence kinda lined up
Happy April Fools!
For my MILGRAM following, Awsten Knight is the backup/rhythm guitarist and vocalist of the band Waterparks. Remember that this post is a joke and not serious, and all evidence in this is just a compilation of similarities I found funny.
First, Backdraft sounds very similar to some of the songs off of Intellectual Property, Waterparks latest album
The songs in particular are REAL SUPER DARK, RITUAL, and ST*RFUCKER, this is hard to describe, but when I say this I am mostly talking about general sound and vibes, I think some aspects of the instrumentals are very similar, and I think the PRESSURE PRESSURE vocals in Backdraft are very Ritual esque, as they remind me of the elephant noises in it.
I think that Bring It On is somewhat Entertainment coded, now this is less solid, but this album just really reminds me of the way Bring It On's instrumental sounds. The songs are Blonde, TANTRUM, Rare, Crybaby, and Sleep Alone. I do think some of these songs somewhat resonate with Fuuta as a character as well.
I will add Numb off of Greatest Hits to the list simply because in interrogation question 7 in trial two he uses the word numb to describe what he wants to do to his pain and I'm counting it because why the fuck not.
Here's some (really there's not that much) character analysis/connection based on a couple of the songs.
RITUAL is very trial two Fuuta to me. This is based on the lyrics "living like I'm dead and on my own" and "don't look for me, don't look for me" both of these describe how he feels after Kotoko's attacks, he mentions how this isn't time to worry about other people (dead and on my own) and the way he acts very much makes it seem like he doesn't wish to be seen (don't look for me x2). Also RITUAL whether meaning to or not is a gay anthem and this little man is very gay /hj.
I'm a Natural Blue just describes his general thought process to me, Fuuta is a very demotivated newly 20 year old man(?) and I'm a Natural Blue describes him perfectly. "I feel like my ideas have lost their glow somehow" describes the way Fuuta describes the world, where he says that dreams are for little kids, i personally infer that Fuuta was an avid dreamer as a child but later on lost this light/motivation because of the process of growing up, which is what this song is about. "why I can't stop pushing deeper, down the rabbit hole to see the other side and what I need, and what I need is trying to break me" resonates with his Twitter addiction (relevant more later), I believe that he was struggling with health and got addicted to internet issues, which is what made him commit his murder. Fuuta wouldn't stop pushing deeper into the drama and issues, which lead to him committing his crime and ending up in MILGRAM. I think that his guilty verdict + the attack is what he needed to break free from that cycle and repent. (see. see what I did there, the attack "broke him").
Second, he and Awsten are chronic Twitter users
I unfortunately do not have much very good evidence for why this makes them the same person, but they both use Twitter alot and are established to be a little bit of bullies.
I will now attach a bunch of horrible Awsten tweets I think that Fuuta would post because that is the only way I can prove this
My evidence for this one is that Fuuta seems like the kinda person to hate kids (even though it's established he wanted to care for Haruka in t1 just bc he was younger BUT SHUT UP)
This explains it'self
I'm done explaining these monstrosities
I know I said I was done with commentary but seriously guys how is this NOT Fuuta coded like, he acts like he writes in all caps he already speaks like it. (HAHHHHH?????????)
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THIRD, Fuuta is red and Awsten is (at time of writing this post) red
Fuuta is a redhead, which is a very bright red in his mvs. Fuuta's hair is very similar of a shade of red to the Intellectual Property album cover. Awsten dyes his hair to match each album, which is why he is red. Photo of the cover for reference is attached below.
Now, the Intellectual Property album cover has a dark blue frog on it, now (bare with me) Fuuta is associated with a dark blue character. Haruka. Now, the frog on the album is a poison dart frog, which is poisonous to the touch. Haruka is commonly associated with butterflies with very similar patterning to Bungleton (the name of the frog on the album), as I am no expert in butterflies I cannot tell if the ones in his mv are poisonous or not, this association makes Haruka represent Bungleton anyways simply because of the blue and black theme and because I am getting horribly desperate.
Okay, so, Haruka is Bungleton, and Fuuta is red. What else is red? THE BACKGROUND COLOUR OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, This makes Fuuta INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY and Haruka Bungleton. This further connects them to IP. Haruka is blue and white in canon, Fuuta is red and black; this further corresponds with the covers on the album, making up the only ones on it in fact.
Fourth, There is footage of Awsten playing three legged soccer with Geoff (lead guitarist of Waterparks) and I'm willing to take that as evidence for him being Fuuta bc Fuuta likes soccer, you can find the clip I'm talking about here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WctIw7fbNVk&ab_channel=Band_Spam
Fifth, and I know I'm reaching here, but I've found multiple pieces of selfcest for both characters which is honestly enough for me to say it's proof bc again. I'm desperate
Sixth, Otto (Waterparks' drummer) is a serial killer, DON'T ASK WHY THIS IS EVIDENCE, IT JUST IS, KILLER AND KILLER 🤷
Thank you for reading this! Tag a friend below and leave a comment if you can find out where exactly I started loosing my sanity! Reblogging is cool bc it gives me more notifications so feel free to do that,
Now I shall rest
#milgram#haruka sakurai#fuuta kajiyama#zakaria rambles#kajiyama fuuta#milgram theory#crack post#this isn't even my wildest crack theory. that one's coming up.#waterparks#waterparks band#awsten knight#milgram project#i was not sane when i wrote this
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Lounsbery Arthur Twitter
This is a collection of Arthur's Tweets about Fuuta! Please enjoy it.
We had a recording session for Milgram🔥.
This is... quite intense...
Looking forward to the second trial👤.
Fuuta~~~! Since it's past midnight, I'm listening to it right away!
Bring it On!, Mozaik Role's cover, and the drama parts are all amazing. Please give it a listen~! 🙌
The music video for 'Backdraft' is now also released! It's a hot and energetic rock song. Enjoy it with all your senses, including Fuuta's soulful cries at the end. How far do you need to be fired up to be satisfied? Will you be forgiven this time??? Or not forgiven??? Also, listening to the drama parts can make the song even more enjoyable, so please give them a listen too...🔥🔥🔥
Backdraft' is now on sale today! In the drama, I played the role of Fuuta, who expresses the deep-rooted aspects of human nature in a burst of all colors of paint. Of course, I want you to listen to the song, but please listen to the drama too. I think there are few people in this day and age who use SNS and will have a connection to this theme. Please tweet your thoughts and analysis as well.👂
Jihen Joto is the best! ☝️
All of the previous ones were really good, and I'm looking forward to Fuuta's music video too~
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Just watched backdraft and I only half understood what was happening but I love to flee fuuta having a breakdown I can see that
he’s so pathetic in this mv <333 also i understood basically nothing too i’m just waiting for people to post some analysis rn… i do find it interesting that he’s the first to directly reference milgram tho!!
#asks#mutuals :D#also backdraft is the best milgram song absolutely 10/10 sound#the alex tag#no id#fuutaposting
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I have so much cooking to do today and am running on a little over five hours of sleep and the hype of Backdraft alone. Why must I cook when all I wanna do is theory craft? I've been listening to this song nonstop since yesterday. I really wanna do a video analysis and lyric deep dive comparison with Bring it on but will I still want to after sleeping this hype off. Lololol hell yeah I will let's get backdraft to a million before it's not my fault comes out.
#milgram#i'll do it single handeldy if i have to#if i can ever cut off loop#gonna switch between it and salamander until we get there
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Chimney Caps Forecast to 2031 with Key Companies Profile, Supply, Demand and SWOT Analysis
Single flue chimney caps are especially designed for small and rectangular chimneys that can prevent animals such as birds & squirrels from entering households and making nests. Moreover, chimney caps prevent moisture from entering the chimney, which can damage the walls and ceilings of the buildings that will lead to costly affairs. Installing chimney caps in households can stop downdrafts from entering households and also make the houses highly energy efficient.
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