In the background of Final Fantasy 8, they tell the origin of the Sorceresses and it's rooted in the story of a being known as the Great Hyne. Here's what we first hear in Balamb:
That's the basic story in the beginning. We more details later in the game in the White SeeD ship. Let me summarize:
Th Legend of Vascaroon says Hyne was the ruler of the world that created Humans. Like before, Hyne surrendered half his body, then there was a war for control of that half. Vascaroon was the one that pointed out - what was left behind was Hyne's skin. (Maybe not his entire half-body.)
The ultimania books have one final version of the story called -
Aru Hi no Garden no Jugyō Fūkei
The story says Hyne created the world, created Humans to work for him because he were tired. While Hyne was asleep, Humans ran the world on their own. When he awoke, Hyne was startled by their numbers, so he tried exterminating their young, and the humans started to turn against him.
Hyne bargains for the end of the war by willingly giving up half his body, and telling the early humans they would have half his powers. There was another war, and then Vascaroon, who was a sage, says the "half" of Hyne's body is just his cast off skin. This is how the persecution of Magic Users / Sorceresses began.
When you read all three stories, it becomes clear that these are ancient tales that have become distorted over time. The real details have been lost. Maybe it was all bullshit made up to persecute women.
However, I ask you now to look at Ultimecia's Final Form:
That looks like half a magical parasite growing out of Ultimecia's normal body. And it looks like it's missing part of it's skin, don't you think?
So, Hyne was probably real. And, that begs the question, who or what is Hyne, really?
Final Fantasy takes place in a Multiverse, and across the various games, we have seen strange entities similar to how Hyne was described.
The fact that it was so old and wants to kill humans for overpopulating and altering the world, did make me think that Hyne could be a Weapon. But, Weapons seldom show true sentience and the ability to scheme, so it is highly unlikely Hyne was a Weapon.
In between the alternate dimensions of the Final Fantasy Multiverse there is The Void where strange and powerful entities live. And they love to consume everything and leave everything in darkness. But, they're not known to scheme or bargain like Hyne did. So, it's a possibility, but a tad unlikely.
Not unless the whole beginning part of the myth is false. Like Hyne wasn't the creator of humans. Maybe it was an entity like Cloud of Darkness, it awoke, humans fought and won, then fought over its body, thinking it would give them powers.
But, then, why would Hyne exist as a parasite in sorceresses? Like we see in Ultimecia?
Let's talk about Jenova. "The Crisis from the Sky" is an alien lifeform that arrived in the ancient times of FF7. It is fairly powerful, but not all powerful. It was known to shapeshift, but Jenova also has the ability to survive being cut to pieces. Exposure to Jenova's cell's (or a virus) causes people to transform into monsters.
And we see a few other sorceresses in FF8, that are steadily becoming more monstrous:
Yes. I'd have to speculate that Jenova is the closest thing to Hyne. The might have been the same species, or something similar. Hyne probably arrived from outer space in the ancient times. It might have been injured or just asleep when it first arrived.
When it awoke, it started killing people. This drove the humans to corner it and kill it. Then they fought over the remains of the body, thinking it would give them magical powers. the carcass had no powers, but later women started to manifest magic and turning into monsters and that's what started the persecution of the Sorceresses.
Sorceresses in FF8 have to pass on their powers to another sorceress before they pass on. This is what passes the Hyne parasite on to the next person, and is somewhat similar to Jenova's Reunion ability.
What we see manifesting in Ultimecia is Hyne's true final form. It's been gestating inside of Ultimecia for a long time, finally growing powerful enough to absorb all of existence, and yet it still bears the scars from the original war.
View of Shibaura, from the series Eastern Capital (Tōto, Shibaura no fūkei). 6th month, 1863. Credit line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/55256
SEAN: Manga the Week of is happy to celebrate Juneteenth, and hopes the day off lets you read more manga.
It’s Yen week, so there’s plenty of it. Starting with Yen On. There are two debuts. The Ephemeral Scenes of Setsuna’s Journey (Setsuna no Fūkei) is one of those “summoned as a hero” books that tries to take a long look at what that sort of thing would do to the psyche of a person. The…
So, im trying 2 put together a video on youtube with chapters, timestamps, and names for all the vocal songs in corpse party, but i wanted to make sure i got them all. pls let me know if any are categorized or if im missing one!!!
songs below!
BLOODCOVERED:
Requiem for a Dream - Nari Amatoya
Eternal Prayer - Nari Amatoya
Crimson Sign - Noriko Mitose
REPEATED FEAR:
Shangri-La - Asami Imai
Yami ni Nureta Catastrophe - ARTERY VEIN
Yami ni Nureta Catastrophe -ARTERY solo(Eri Kitamura)
Yami ni Nureta Catastrophe -VEIN solo(Asami Imai)
Confutatis no Inori - ARTERY VEIN
WHISPER OF THE NIGHTMARE ♂SCORPION♂:
Opera of Darkness - Tetsuya Kakihara
Yesterday to Tomorrow - Hiro Shimono & Nobuhiko Okamoto
kill me again - Tsubasa Yonaga
WHISPER OF THE NIGHTMARE ♀TARANTULA♀:
Akanesasu - Rina Sato & Asami Imai
Sparrow Kiss - Yuuka Nanri
Lady Go! - Sumire Uesaka
Ride The Night - Shima & Senra (志麻&センラ) Color Coded Lyrics
ShimaSen songs will always sounds amazing. Their voices just complement each other in such a nice way! Shima rapping will always be one of my weak points as well, but I mean that in a good way.
Please note that the color coding is done like this;
Shima Senra
All
Disclaimer: I am not fluent in Japanese, therefore all romaji are done based on what I found in online dictionaries/google translate and edited by me.
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Lyrics / Composition / Arrangement: Umetora
Japanese
(Ride The Night)
Ride The Night
鼓動がただ求めるから
呼吸繰り返しているのなら
君の身柄 欲しがる性
同じ原理 no matter
街を照らす 星のデジャヴ
僕の心ただ急かす
all the time of nightfall
さぁ wake up
夜空が描く 不思議な幻覚
心を誘う
見た事ない空間
3,2,1のカウントダウン
ど真ん中へ going down
(Are you ready?)
二度とはない世界の瞬間に触れて
この月をかじれ wow oh oh oh oh
can you feel it good time
ひとときの感情に騙された事にしてさ
wow oh oh oh …
wow oh oh oh …
wow oh oh oh …
ah 唇が音にする言葉 闇を育む
ah 向こうから覗てる朝陽
遠くへ追いやってさ
Ride The Night
聞こえる声 そちらの方へ
go ahead
Ride The Night
心踊る fireball
遠く高く throw with force
二度とはない世界の瞬間に触れて
この月をかじれ wow oh oh oh oh
can you feel it good time
それはまるで見たことのないような風景
君へと届けよう wow oh oh oh oh
唯一の光景を
いつまでも明けない夜を迎え入れてさ
Wow oh oh oh oh
Wow oh oh oh oh
Wow oh oh oh oh
ah 鼓動から伝わる感情 闇を招いて
ah 東雲の空を塗り替える
黒く そう黒く
Ride The Night
Ride The Night
Ride The Night
Romaji
(Ride The Night)
Ride The Night
Kodō ga tada motomerukara
Kokyū kurikaeshite iru nonara
Kimi no migara hoshigaru saga
Onaji genri no matā
Machi o terasu hoshi no dejavu
Boku no kokoro tada sekasu
All the time of nightfall
Sā wake up
Yozora ga egaku fushigina genkaku
Kokoro o izanau
Mita koto nai kūkan
3, 2, 1 no kauntodaun
Do mannaka e going down
(Are you ready?)
Nidoto wanai sekai no shunkan ni furete
Ko no tsuki o kajire wow oh oh oh oh
Can you feel it good time
Hitotoki no kanjō ni damasareta koto ni shite sa
Wow oh oh oh oh
Wow oh oh oh oh
Wow oh oh oh oh
Ah kuchibiru ga oto ni suru kotoba yami o hagukumu
Ah mukō kara nozoteru asahi
Tōku e oiyatte sa
Ride The Night
Kikoeru koe sochira no hou e
Go ahead
Ride The Night
Kokoro odoru fireball
Tōku takaku throw with force
Suzushī kaze ga hakonda kakera
Kimi no kokoro furuwasu
Kochira e oide
Kono te o tori na yo
Sā, sā, sa–
Nidoto wanai sekai no shunkan ni furete
Kokoro kuruwaseru wow oh oh oh oh
Iki o kirashi
Kotoba nanka yori mo sakini
Karada ga shimesu
(Are you ready?)
Ah ah Ah ah
Ah ah Ah ah
Nidoto wanai sekai no shunkan ni furete
Ko no tsuki o kajire wow oh oh oh oh
Can you feel it good time
Sore wa marude mita koto no nai yōna fūkei
Kimi e to todokeyou wow oh oh oh oh
Yuiitsu no kōkei o
Itsu made mo akenai yoru o mukae irete sa
Wow oh oh oh oh
Wow oh oh oh oh
Wow oh oh oh oh
Ah kodō kara tsutawaru kanjō yami o manei te
Ah shinonome no sora o nurikaeru
Kuroku sō kuroku
San Francisco, Yoshida Tōshi, 1985, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Japanese and Korean Art
view of orange, green and grey rooftops of a crowded city; thin tree in foreground; foliage with pink and orange blooms at bottom; grey sky; shin hanga (fūkei-ga)
Size: 14 9/16 × 9 7/16 in. (36.99 × 23.97 cm) (image) 15 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (40.48 × 27.62 cm) (sheet)
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
View of Yokohama (Yokohama fūkei), from the series Famous Views of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō meisho no uchi), Utagawa Sadahide, Late Edo period, circa 1860s, Harvard Art Museums: Prints
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of William S. Lieberman
Size: Paper: H. 24.2 cm x W. 32.6 cm (9 1/2 x 12 13/16 in.)
Medium: Yokohama woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper