19:56 i can tell you from personal experience in the fandom that people are definitely into this. In only one way. Also you’re going to have a heart attack when you get to the events with how much flirting they do.
11:58 omg I feel the exact same way about the official eng translation SPECIFICALLY bc they butchered my boy Hiiro's line in You're Speculation!! (minor rant incoming) ok so at 2 : 40 in the full length song we have a pretty iconic Hiiro solo line, right before the closing bridge, where he says "That's speculation, right?" (this translation is backed by the two most viewed fan translations on yt). "Speculation" is said in English, so the full line is pronounced like "Supekeurashion, daro?". HOWEVER. the official translation? it's "Your special Ace?". like, at least it fits thematically, but the title of the song is literally You're SPECULATION, and the word doesn't come up anywhere else in the song!!! i know it's such a minor thing but it irritates me to no end because number one, this is a really important line in the song, and two, this is my son and my boy Hiiro Amagi, you simply cannot mess his lines up come on >:( anyway incredible video, shumika lore is real and scary, powerpoint is an incredibly powerful medium of video format, and i love your unhinged laughter. subscribed 👍
I UNDERSTAND YOU COMPLETELY like the mistake may be small but it's your special guy's line!! how dare they mess it up!! shumika lore is real and scary should be the thesis of this video honestly. thanks for enjoying 👍
How painful it is when your favorite character is hated with all his heart. For example, I don’t like Itsuki Shu, but I don’t shout “Die! Get run over by a bus (twice). You loved Nazuna, said that he was a work of art, but you got angry when he wanted to say something and forbade him to say it. You’re always angry to Kagehira who adores you" and etc. And at the same time, I normally listen to "Valkyrie" songs. I don't like "Crazy:B" either, especially Rinne and his style of speech😮💨 I also don’t like the brown boy from "Ra*bits" (Hajime, I think), I don’t like him more than any other character, but I can tolerate it.
I got 60% on the ass quiz purely because I could recognize half the cards on sight. Saw 2:00 and immediately went "that's the Diner Live set. Nazuna". 3:53 that's Izumi's iconic Midnight Butlers bloomed pose. 4:04 I recognized the lighting from Concerto Madara. My brain is full of so much useless information... but it still wasn't enough... I ALSO got 92% on the quotes vs 8th grade books, mostly because enstars does have a very distinct voice and I have read. So much enstars. I had a visceral reaction to the Izumi quote at 5:51. Lionheart my dearly detested. No he is NOT okay I got a 92% on the Russian lit quiz too lol I just knew most of the quotes. Nagisa got me though. Damn him And apparently I'm EDEN baby I love those guys. One with the freaks I think the unit you choose just like... determines the song I selected Knights and got Silent Oath... you really won with the Acanthe pull Great video! Was fun to play along
0:36, I'm trusting Shu with my bank account info and my card. He once scolded both Wataru and Kanata for being impulsive buyers and I'm also an impulsive buyer so my money is probably safer with him anyways- 1:11 also bad terms is probably Yumenosaki's war
I recently got into Twisted Wonderland and happened to stumble upon this video. You were so genuinely funny and your editing was so fucking immaculate that I was genuinely surprised when I found out you had under 5k subs with how high quality this video is
Have you continued playing? :3c Idk why but I love seeing people’s reactions to the twst story, more people need to know about what these deranged little guys are doing methinks
LOOSING MY MIND AS SOON AS I SAW THE VIDEO IM SO INSANE ABT MIWAKUGEKI AND THEN I SEE THIS WTF k hold on im actually going insane lemme watch the video now are you secretly mika i didnt know ppl other than me that breaks apart valkyrie songs this much existed wow
I was gonna keep scrolling when i found this video but when i saw 24 MINUTES AND 44 SECONDS LONG? I wonder what are you yapping abt and since im a valkP so yeah im in lets hear your thoughts
Thank you for the lecture professor. Lol seriously loved this video! A lot of food for thought but also hilarious with the editing (pausing for the text you wrote took me out lmao). The video really got me sitting here pausing then talking to myself. For example, the whole aspect of Shu letting go of the marionette could just be a metaphor to how entrapped/enthralled? the marionette really is (kind of like being caught in a spider web). It reminds me of the whole mental trap of someone being trapped for so long that the door could be unlocked hell even open, and they won't leave. Like physically bro is free but won't leave because of his own mind. Kinda like a tease that he is really not free, and it brings Shu enjoyment??? That is the only thing I could come up with. Anyways great video! Fun fact, I have both of my Shu and Mika omanjuus sitting on my desk staring at me while I watch this video. What secrets do their cute eyes hide? Fun times lol
The reason that the official translation is so weird is because the English version of the game translates everything in jp->cn->eng which is why a lot of stories and such will be very weirdly translated
Honestly don’t pay any mind to this, but I always viewed the marionette line that Mika sings as a partial reference to ex-valk Nazuna. As far as I’m aware, compared to other Valkyrie songs, we really don’t have a specific point in time where we know Shu wrote the song. Obviously it’s in the era where Mika didn’t have any say in the songs and performances, but I always suspected that Shu may have wrote the song before Nazuna left, but made revisions to it after to better reflect his grand return. If I remember correctly (which I might not) I’m pretty sure Miwaku Geki is the song that the anime used during tanabata, which was decently close timeline wise to ex-valk. I also think there might be some translation mishaps with the line worst case scenario, because sometimes with the fancy japanese Valkyrie likes to use it can be somewhat difficult to accurately portray the exact meaning of certain phrases and words into English. Anyways hit video yam shoutout to the best youtuber ever
I know you said don't pay mind, but I am paying mind anyways: these are all very interesting points! I know from other song translations that Valkyrie lyrics are as convoluted in Japanese as they are in English, but I didn't consider it could be like that in this song, too! It's a really cool thing to consider. The idea of Shu rewriting the song is especially neat to me because Miwaku Geki and Sacred Youths' Game are the only Valkyrie songs written, composed, and arranged by Ali Project, but they sound incredibly different musically. Maybe Miwaku Geki was supposed to be similar to Sacred Youths' Game and Nazuna's departure is why the tone and vibe had to shift so drastically? It's an interesting theory!
For “let us touch your heart and awaken you Marionette” in Japanese there aren’t pronouns on this part, so the marionette Mika’s talking about could be himself. He’s suggesting someone touch his heart to awaken him. I clicked on this video expecting a five minute gag and got way too into this.
Another connection to the grand guignol with valk could be how mika canonically draws art described as "eroguro" (miking erotic ideals and grotesque into art) so I think it could also add to maybe mikas ideals of art(?) and how since he was pushed to be this marionnette that now he's trying to discover some more parts like you said that "feel more human" So it really is Mika Kagehira-coded like you said!
excellent point!! mika's enjoyment of eroguro is so apparent in everything he does, it's so neat. and i will be talking about mika's solo songs at some point so look forward to that 🙏
I dont usually comment on videos but I genuinely must commend u for how fucking entertaining u are. Im currently hyperfixated on Valkyrie and seeing u get so excited over analyzing the song and how amazing and wonderful Shu and Mika are JUST U MADE ME LAUGH SO MUCH URE AMAZING
I HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT 5:56 So, Mika can sing this line because I think Mika is not the only Marionette being referred to in the song. "Marionette" is anyone who could be bewitched by the king of darkness, anyone who would see this as a siren song and make a deal with the devil ect. Mika as a Marionette is taking ownership of the actions of the king of darkness because he is the ultimate example of someone controlled by that king. His identity is so intertwined with the King of Darkness that any action he takes they both take together. Ultimate in erased identity and autonomy. It's so sinister, I love it ❤
OH YES that's such a good point!! especially combined with mika's obsession with being shu's "one and only doll" back then. and their identities literally intertwining?? you can't even tell where one starts and the other ends?? what a horrific idea i love it so much
im so fucking mad i was typing up a damn essay of a comment while i watched the video and then i accidentally clicked on the watch next pop up and it deleted all of it so here’s what i can remember <3 11:48 jokes on you the first time i read that translation of the song in the app i did think to myself “oh so there’s some gay shit going on here.” 13:37 this is why valkyrie is so insane to me. its the narrative and thematic consistency of it all. they sowed the seeds 7 fucking years ago and they’re building off of that same narrative. somebody in japan could get through both high school and university in that amount of time why did they do this. 16:28 i can’t decide which i think is funnier because the more obvious answer is that mika suggested they reference the grand guignol because he's a freak. but at this point in the timeline i don't think mika had much input into the creation of their art so that implies shu wrote that in and just didn’t realize the extent of what the guignol showed. and mika probably just saw that and said “yep oshi-san, tha’s just a classic french theatre” 22:29 obvious observation but i love how they sing it together the second when it was a shu solo line the first time. because they’ve been brought together wow and mika is just fully on board. like they will fall to hell in the process of realizing their vision but its not scary because they’re doing it together <3 i definitely had an even longer comment and more words to say btw but. you know. i can’t remember all that. i can tell this video was made for me so thank you. if it wasn’t obvious i am deranged, just like any true valkyrie fan.
youtube is so evil it won't even let you be insane about valkyrie anymore. literally 1984. i will respond to every detail of your comment because i'm a good friend <3 - i actually took notes on the official lyrics and the fan lyrics simultaneously, so i had a real time realization that the app lyrics were less evil and homosexual than the wiki ones. INCREDIBLY disappointing - they did it because valkyrie is worth the effort obviously 🔥 silly question - that is SO fun. my question is: how could shu put that in and not see all the other aspects of it?? it's literally impossible?? my brain cannot comprehend Victorian Maiden Shu putting that in on PURPOSE it can't be... but at the same time the sheer eroticism of the stage play performance could insinuate that the undertones are purposeful?? it can't be on accident?? but then again Astraea's Atelier is evidence that using that subject matter artistically is something he hasn't wrapped his mind around, right?? shu is a fascinating creature, truly - going to hell together is always the valkyrie end goal actually glad you realized the video was for you it would be SO embarrassing if you didn't. not sure why other people are watching it tbh but it's whatever.
