They're still there. They're in there. They're in they're body but yet they're so far gone. the infections like a parasite and yet two was trying to fight it, they were scared and they wanted gaty. Not just to protect her but to feel the person that they felt close and comfortable around, and to take them both to the couch, they could've went for anyone. But they went for GATY. they could've killed her but they didn't. There's something so strangely endearing about that. Truly. Even when they're voice is being used to lure gaty in a sense I feel two geniunely wanted to help, they're so far gone, the little details, not just with how they move but with how they SPEAK. they're practically the host for a parasite and yet. They're still there.
I've been thinking about this since the soundtrack came out, and I feel like it needs to be talked about. Full disclosure, I am not a musician, or trained in music. I just have a decent ear. The OPLA soundtrack is amazing! They put so much work into it, it's got character themes and motifs, for the straw hats as well as the villains! This creates great moments where you can hear the villains and straw hats being mixed and competing with each other. A good example of what I'm talking is "Shriek and Ori" from Ori and the Will of the Wisps. This creates great storytelling through music opportunities, like in the "Zoro vs Mihawk" song on the ost, you can hear Zoro's theme, but the whole thing is using Mihawk's instruments, showing how overwhelmed and out of depth he is.
Now, let's talk about Zoro and Luffy. Specifically, we're going to be talking about "Gum Gum Bell". So Zoro's theme has two parts to it. The sad slow bit you hear in tracks like "Wado Ichimonji", and the fast strings you hear in combat, heard here in "Gum Gum Bell" at 4:09. Luffy has triumphant slow trumpets playing over a faster backing track, heard here at 10:35. Luffy in general is usually signified by trumpets and the occasional hurdy gurdy, while Zoro has Japanese and asian instruments. So the thing that is beautiful, is that their themes have been designed not only to be played together, but to be mixed together, layered on top. At 9:04, the end of Zoros fight, oh, that's Zoros strings, but whose trumpets are those? Oh my, those are Luffy's trumpets! And, what's this? At 10:04, where the fight against Kuro is turning in Luffy's favor, what is that fast melody being played under Luffy's brass. Well, I'll be, while different instruments, that sure does sound like Zoro's theme. Is Zoro brought up or appear on screen, or vice versa? No. Their just there, their themes intertwined and backing each other up, symbolizing how their intertwined in mind body, and soul, and how their dreams are intertwined together, and their themes fit together to show how they fit together, and they're soulmates and-
So I was listening to the CX-2 theme in the desperate hope there’d be a leitmotif clue somewhere, and I obviously didn’t find one, but what I did notice was the drums.
The beginning is just over thirty seconds straight of drums in this really erratic pattern that sounds eerily like knocking. And there’s another section in the middle that’s nothing but drums in the same knocking pattern. It really does sound like someone banging on a locked door. As if they’re trapped inside. Trying to get out.
I’ve fully accepted the fact that I’m probably clutching at straws here but if I’m onto something then what if they’re trying to hint to us that there’s someone trapped inside CX-2
That aside, the fact that he specifically gets his own theme out of all the assassins is just more evidence that this guy out of all of them is has to be narratively significant in some way. Everything points to Tech. The Kiners are geniuses, I wouldn’t put it past them to leave us the subtlest of subtle clues in the score