Canto 5 Is A Story Everyone Needs To Hear | Limbus Company 

I think one of the biggest visual ties between ahab and ishy is their hair I find that detail really interesting, especially the fact ishy had short hair in her youth and her hair grew to become almost like ahab as she was consumed by obsession

Though the funny thing of all this? Ishmael still got her revenge against Ahab. Not by killing Ahab, but by screwing Ahab over in the one way it mattered. Taking away Ahab's obsession.

I am fucking obsessed with the symbolism in this chapter. I gasped when I saw Ahab's silhouette before the fight-- it looked like an anatomical heart, and her shoulder was the aorta. The first major arteries that branch off the aorta are the brachiocephalic, the largest one that represents Queequeg, the left carotid, where Starbuck sits, and the left subclavian, where Pip sits. I was fucking SHOOK.

I've said this in DMs but a detail what I've noticed with this Canto is how Pilot actually tied into the story. His role wasn't 100% throwaway as his relationship with the LCCB parallels Ahab's relationship with The Pequod Crew. He is literally trained by the LCCB that scouting out the golden boughs is a job and mission that is worth dying for, and they should take pride on the sacrifices made to recover it. Pilot being the last alive member of his team and victim to the Whale perfectly mirrors Ishmael's situation as well. It's such a clever detail and writing how Pilot literally lays the foundation for the plot and themes of Canto 5

I think what helps solidify the Canto's symbolism even more is the rope you get at the beginning of the dungeon At first its a noose, something well associated with self destruction, but over time you get parts of the rope, the ties that can bind Ishmael, until she finally manages to tie herself to a compass that can truly guide her

Ishmael falling for Ahab's lies and even nearly getting consumed by her EGO was such a great moment. Ishmael at one point even completely believed Ahab in Pequod Town. Truly a blind obsession. Also seeing the moment you made with Ishmael and Ahab was really cool.

This chapter made me cry out of happiness, AND THE FAULT LIES ENTIRELY WITH ISHMAEL

I really like Heathcliff, his character is amazing fr fr. From the anger defense mechanism to how much he really does care about the rest of the sinners.

Honestly, Ishma's obsession growing disturbingly similar to Ahab is entirely true, but one particular detail is the one that unnerves me the most. So we know that each Sinner has a room in the Bus based around them like an E.G.O. type deal, even if we have yet to see them, well I always had this head cannon that their rooms are exactly like their art depicted from their E.G.O. (as in their personal ones, not the Abno ones they can use), but part of me always had reservations about that head cannon, mostly 'cause at least half of the sinners looked haunted, disturbed and/or uncomfortable in the art so I thought "surely at least their rooms would allow them to sleep well, right?" And the most glaring one for me (aside from others) was Ishma's, mostly 'cause if my head cannon was in effect then that'd mean she was constantly drowning in her own room, no amount of sleep/rest to be had. I thought that no other detail could unnerve me like that one, and the Ahab did the same but somehow *Worse*, and seeing those paralels made understand just how long and deep this obsesion had been driving Ishma, and how much it'd change her if she managed to see it through the end.

I like the interpretation of Ishmael growing her hair out cause Queequeg said that she like her sunset-colored hair. Just a little bit a wholesome yuri in The City. 🎉

I absolutely loved the symbolism of the rope this entire chapter. Its so basic but so powerful

There is one more piece to Ishmael's agony: realization. Even if somewhere along the way she noticed how she's being controlled by Ahab, who is able to bear the pain of cutting off a part of their life so gargantuan it became integral with your own identity? Who is ready to do whats not unlike slicing off your own hand or leg? To face it is terrifying, too terrifying to bear. Obe would rather see the decay to the end. Also, i think ishmaels issues were visible before, but until 4.5 we only saw symptomes: her NEEDING dante to be someone to know where he's going. Im also convinced ishy wanted to put out going to U corp for two reasons, both subconscious. A) in her heart she is a compassionate person, shielding others from harm, albeit wont admit it, and B) when quest for her "whale" will be over, so will be the last thing she looks forward in her life. And finally, "Do you think the whales are lonely, and thats why they reshape others into their likeness?"

One must also bow their head to the voice actress. I don't speak Korean one bulit. But i could feel every single emotions of Ishmael. This also makes canto 5 slightly easier to follow then canto 4. Not because of Yi Sang voice actor, but because of the story tone and more poetic approach. Also I bet there was some poetry or reference to the Korean language we simply can't catch with the language barrier.

If you think about it Ishmael is probably the only "normal" Person in the group before her canon events happened. Gregor is experimented child soldiers, Rodya basically live under dictatorship, Sinclair live in a town full of Android and Yi sang is a genius in a group of geniuses. Meanwhile Ishmael is just a normal girl living a boring normal life.

Before - we were in LoR, destroying dreams with the homies, now we're in Limbus, charting our homies' dreams

I do like what they’re doing for this canto though, not only for Ishmael. Mostly bits and glances at the some other sinners slightly changing outside of their own chapter, Heathcliff mostly.

Hard to find a tomorrow when you don't know your own feet walking there. I hope I can find a path like she did, albeit in a less painful way. I love limbus company, for showing these stories. They sure are helping folks realize stuff, that's for sure.

The only thing this proves is that Gaslighting is the strongest weapon of the City, also she has to play a major part in the next Canto, the ship will sail

Get ready folks because our Peaky Blunder Heathcliff is the next Canto Sinner! Lets see what kind of hell Project moon is gonna make for him because we're absolutely gonna see his sister.

Her journey reminds me of a quote from Xiao, “just because I cannot see the way ahead, does not mean a way doesn’t exist.” (LoR spoilers below) Their stories are pretty similar. They both lost all of their friends and obsessed over their desire to get revenge. However, someone (Miris and Dante) stopped them from acting on their impulse, and guided them to let go of their obsession and find a new path. In Xiao’s case, she decided to fight not for revenge, but so that her coworkers deaths would not be vain. And for Ishmael, she chose to let Ahab live, not just to prove that Ishmael wasn’t Ahab but also to take away Ahab’s only purpose, the whale, which broke Ahab.

This might be a bit off topic but since you brought it up, Rodion does get some character development in her chapter, it is just a lot more subtle because she is good at hiding her true emotions. Rodion’s whole arc is that she doesn’t want to take the easy way out by letting go of her past like Sonya asks, she instead chooses to hold onto her past in order to make up for the mistakes she has made.

The real question now is how will they top this? Really the themed resonated soo deeply with me (double pun intended) I can't imagine how any other sinner's story (beside maybe Salt's) will be able to go beyond my enjoyment of that chapter. To top it all the irony of letting Ahab live was delightful. One one hand Ishmael made her suffer a fate worse than death but by killing the whale she also killed "Ahab" as her obsession was her whole being.

Canto V was definetly a new Limbus high in terms of consistent quality. Maybe it's thanks to the pattern recognition letting Ishmael know that her turn it up before the Canto event started, but the story definetly benefits from her arc already being in full drive way before they make it to the dungeon. Granted, Ishmael's story didn't resonate quite as much with me as some of the previous stuff, but she still hits hard. Girl really knows how to pierce a heart. On a less relevant note, given how much interaction Ishmael and Outis had this arc, to the point of Outis joining her in the front of the credit CG, I wonder if it'll turn out the two have actually bonded. Like, both Yi Sang and Ishmael have started viewing the Sinners as their friend group, but someone pointing at Outis in particular and calling her a friend on an individual level would just be wild to me.

And so, The Meaning of Existence is realized once again. It's interesting how Limbus is also following the Tree of Life path, the two times it was completed before it caused extreme changes in the city, i wonder what might be the result from this new seed.

Been hyped for this chapter since 4.5, and it's the best chapter, no contest. Every setup from it, and before, was masterfully paid off, to the point where I have no idea what you even do for her other Cantos. It was clear to me since 4.5 that her obsession was born out of hate but also sadness, needing to believe that her crew is still alive. She constantly reiterated that everyone is just there for the contract, because she's utterly terrified of becoming attached to the Limbus crew and losing them, again. Forcing herself to be isolated so that it doesn't hurt when they get lost, but also unable to NOT get attached, which is why she is so utterly terrified of the concept of being up next. And that's not even talking about all the other amazingly executed parts in the Canto

Whales are portrayed in canto 5 as creatures that use their oil to make others lose their sense of self and purpose and assimilate them. We can see this with Ishmael falling into the oil and was slowly losing her sense of self, Queequeg gave her a new purpose and pulled her up. We also see this with Ahab's crew whose identity was slowly eroded over the years by the whale oil and they were able to resist it by Ahab becoming a "whale", giving the crew the purpose of killing the whale. Ahab in that way is the whale in Ishmael's story. When Ishmael killed the heart at the end, I feel as though it represented her heart of obsession to kill Ahab, her heart for Queequeg and her crewmates and Ahab's goal to slay the pallid whale. Chapter 5 is peak..

Man I really love these analysis that you put out. It makes me appreciate each Canto's story all the more, it really shows how deeply and meaningful each moment was for their sinner.

3:15 little fun spicology fact: What she expreses here is call "EGO DEATH", the moment your sens of self absolutely erases itself, no self, no sense of self preservation, like, hate, love, all GONE, people go basicly Catatonic. It is said is the point where most people REALLY change, after lossing EVERYTHING they must crawl back up to or die, literally.

I must admit, this canto made me feel like i was experiencing the game in my own skin. Cuz i was not expecting to have moments in my life really similar (in a symbolic way of course). So in the end of the canto i just cried as well i was kinda hoping in a future to find a purpose for life in anyway, cuz right now the only reason i'm here is cuz my only wish is hunt my own Ahab, but i know thats not what i should want, but right now, thats what it is and i don't want to reach at that point, i want to find another alternative to live. So in a way this canto keeps giving me some hopes this alternative exists. Sorry for my vent, is just i loved so much this canto, and made me experience so much feelings like a roller coaster in this days, and i dont know how to express them.

Historians will say they were best friends

btw at 14:25 you can see that the thing that stabilized her was Queequeg as she stopped the shaking of the screen btw im probbobly explaining it bad

I cannot overstate just how perfect this Canto was, i almost never cry, even when watching extremely sad stuff i at most shed a couple of tears, but the ending of Canto 5 made me actually cry, it's truly perfect.

Honestly I really love the variety in the tone of the chapters we have been getting yet you can still see how much thought and care goes into them and all of them carry the same core belief of finding one's own path and affirming who you truly are for the better. Canto IV was more of a low key, surreal tragedy between three friends in a world that hated them just for being who they were and how their inability to comprehend one another and fear of being separated from each other forever shattered their bond. And with Canto V now we have what initially starts as this intense epic about monsters larger than life, natural disasters, pirates, criminals and undefeatable odds yet ends as yet another very personal and poignant story, now about self discovery and letting your experiences empower you rather than weigh you down. Both chapters carry very similar themes of grief, loneliness and the meaning of life but express it very differently for two very different kinds of people while still carrying so much symbolism, weight and background to each and it's genuinely incredible to see. It's specially of note taking in count how the protagonist of The Wings didn't have a name and his story ends in a confusing scene that is most likely a suicide after having lost what was the center of his world and the only thing that gave him any sense of self being the bond he had with his wife who had kept him locked away from the world and slowly dying, while in Moby Dick the original Ishmael wasn't even the central protagonist and instead the bystanding narrator while Ahab who declared himself a hero and definer of the world compared to mythical supermen like Odysseus (Outis) or the original Faust as the true protagonist of the book, and Ishmael wasn't even granted his own ending being left to an ambigous fate despite being so much more human and openminded. So in both cases we start with the original stories of narrators without agency that get turned into characters that learn to reclaim their own identity after the end of their source books. Taking in count Canto VI is about Wuthering Heights that is all about love, grief, the pressure of society to be someone else and revenge like these previous two Cantos it makes me wonder how they will follow up for Heathcliff's arc since the previous stories tackled very similar territory, maybe that's the real reason Ishmael, Heathcliff and Yi Sang were Magic Hellbus' focus Sinners?

This chapter almost makes me want to dive back into Limbus Company, but too much time's passed since my last log in. That fomo be real. This only proves that PM are top tier story tellers and I consider LC having one of the best stories for a gacha.

Moby the whale is a metaphor, representing whatever depending on interpretation (God, satan, nature or something) Limbus's Moby, at least to me, represents the cycle of revenge and being trapped in wandering what your life means. The Pallid Whale's existence is nonsensical, it devours, but excretes a lot of its prey out anyway, what it does has no purpose, only causing suffering around it. Ahab has a revenge-fueled hate towards the Whale, and has dedicated a mission that, once again serves no meaningful purpose other than to simply satisfy her vengeance, and has caused suffering to the people around her as a result. Then came Ishmael, who is heading to that same path too this time targeting Ahab. It's a cycle of revenge and meaningless purposes/goals, and in this Canto, Ishmael must break free from this cycle once and for all. By choosing to literally kill steal the whale from Ahab, Ishmael not only took revenge on Ahab in a way that doesn't conform to Ahab's madness, it's also her freeing away from this purposeless cycle once and for all. Ahab? She can rot in this prison of revenge that she herself not only built, but utterly refuses to free herself from.

Ishmael: "..........Dante.........help me.....!" Dante: "" *_Overtaken started to play_*

The ffxiv music really slamming the emotions home huh

I was looking forward to this, can’t wait for Heathcliff’s chapter

I recently returned to playing limbus company, I had left it for more than 3 months. I ended up getting burned from farming. Although out of curiosity I returned, and... Wow, chapter 4 and 5 resonated with me a lot. They even reminded me of many things, both good and bad, my feeling of emptiness and disappointment, the people I wanted to become and how they became a source of torment... Those who were with me during difficult times; and above all, why I want to make games and stories. I would like to be able to communicate messages this cathartic and above all so human.

One of the points in favor of Project Moon's writing that is not talked about that much is, how it can completely change someones opinion of a character. Tsu's first impressions of Ishmael and Yi Sang was that they were bland and an annoying emo but after their respective canto's he likes them. First impressions count for a lot and it is difficult to change someones view of a character, especially if the first impression was really bad. When was the last time anyone here made a near or even full 180 degree turn on their opinion of a character? To not just tolerate someone you hated but actually loving them now?

Can’t wait for Gregor part 2

Anyone notice how ish's base ego dialogue changes after beating canto five? I've noticed it in md3.

Best chapter yet

The more I look into one of the cantos the more and more little details I find, god I love pm and this storywriting

I absolutely adored this chapter.

Damn, the Queequeg rope scene with P3 music hit way harder than it should've. You madman, you.

Stultifera Navis moment.

Another excelente chapter review. I was looking forward to this one. Also, is it possible if you could put all the background music you use in the description?

Honestly id say kill stealing the whale was a worse punishment for ahab. Shes spun so many lies, used, abused and killed countless people all for the sake of killing the pallid whale. And with ishmael taking the singular moment away everything ahab had done...was all for nothing. And that breaks her. "There are worse fates then death"

she was literally me fr fr

That persona 4 ost hit Hard

For me Canto V was my obssesion Ish Story really hit a bit to close to home That blind obssesion to pursue someone else´s goals That rooted envy to how everyone seemed so happy And here i am, still wandering about life, still feeling Envious of other people that look so happy Feeling that i just get used and left behind like some tool Oh and also Ricardo and the Whole Dungeon was a kick in the Nuts with Base ID never in my life fighting Ahab again... EVER

I really how pm did the you shouldn't kill person or take revenge on a person trope in a new interesting way because rather than it not happening because it'll make her the same as ahab or its wrong or she'll just feel empty. If she killed ahab she would just given ahab what she wanted.She would be just been manipulated by ahab to doing what she wants.She'll be just the same as she was in the past blindly following orders from ahab without questioning it or thinking for hersel.I mean ahab ordered Ishmael to kill her. Which makes me confused on why people wanted Ishmael to have killed ahab and distort because even if we did get her out of distortion she still wouldn't be alright.

Considering that Heath still has thise cupons for the hair salon, and that tge next chapter is going to be his (following the order the sinners greeted Dante), it's not out of question for Ishmael to get a haircut

Sakura blade theme in the background???

Ahab didnt want her crews focus on their futures, she created a crew of people who had no care for what came after killing the whale, a crew of people who would die for that cause, but when Ishmael was saved by Queequeg, she broke out of that manipulation, she started thinking about what came after, which even if it was an unconscious effort, triggered self preservation, she had no purpose, then she found her purpose in Queequeg, then she lost that purpose, and now she has purpose in simply living

Good video! Critique: BGM with lyrics are very distracting if it plays while you are talking. It's better to use instrumental versions.

good use of the ffxiv ost once again

Just finished this Canto myself, not sure I really liked the symbolism but it was definitely fun and Indigo Elder was awesome

Nice

What's the soundtrack playing at 10~ minutes where the parallels between Ahab and Ish are shown

Wdym nobody knew why fishmael was acting that way? She's made after a character from Moby dick. Id say that's pretty good foreshadowing. And that's even without reading the damn book x

15:08"...a CLOCK you can trust." Only ASIA could pull that off! XD

The mean Ing of life

Sorry, my comment won't have anything to do with the video, but at 11:11 i started wondering... Do you know a mobile game known as ''Sakura Blade''?

what's the name of the track that plays in 10:11

The proudest character development of this Canto was Tsunul having the confidence in saying "Queequeg"s name. Also holy hell the music choice when talking about Ishmael becoming Ahab, that shit shook me when I realized.

Is that Flow playing at 12:36?

Sure canto V is good, but next canto is heathcliffs, that means heavy metal sarajinae

whats the naame ofe the fucking piano tsunul 11:10

quequeeg.....

I really like this chapter, but to be honest, Ahab for me is a set back. Canto IV for me had better characters (even Dongbaek was better than Ahab for me) and only Ricardo (Milos) is Samjo lvl tier, that will be praised for eternity.

Ok hear me out so far every other sinner get a kinda good development kinda exep for gregor this patern make me kind a smell maybe gregor maybe the traitor instead of haha its outis ob iousely all the time maybe just thingk about it sory cocroach man you still as cool as mersault

one of the things I like the most about this Canto, is how unlike Roland's story of revenge ended in letting go and forgiving, here Ish actually fulfilled her revenge, but in her own terms, instead of following Ahab's command of killing her, Ish's whale, she killed Ahab's whale, voiding the Captain's entire purpose of living even in Compass, the lyrics kinda reflect that decision, going from "I cursed this relationship between you and me" to "I pierced trough the rope that strangled you and me", this with the context given by Queequeg about that time Ishmael was reborn and how she views their relationship in the present "the rope snaped, I buried you". Ishmael this time cut the rope on her own volition and with that she took her revenge in a way more powerful than giving in to Ahab's madness, becoming Ahab 2.0 in the process

I absolutely love how Ahab at first didn't care at all during the final fight that Ishmael was going to be the one to kill the whale after the fight was over, because if Ishy did get her revenge at the end she'd be no different from Ahab, so "Captain Ahab" would still have killed the whale She only freaks out when Ishmael lets go of her revenge and frees both of them from their obsession, because they were no longer one and the same. God, the symbolism behind GasHarpoon is so perfect

This is my favorite chapter, not just for ishmeal, not just for dante, but also for heathcliff, it's subtle, but if you look, you'll see he fully cares about the sinners, when dante gets stabbed by ishmael, he asks dante if he's OK, then when dante says the clocks fine he specifies he ment him, and he helps ishmael out of the palid, even if he fights with her a lot, it shows he's not just a violent person, but someone a bit sharp around the edges, and he actually has a hidden love for some of the people around him, how they managed to fill a chapter with so much growth is pretty crazy

The more as this story goes, the more I feel Limbus Company is going to continue tackling stories that are quite down to earth, despite taking place in the City. Heath's chapter might be about the toxicity of certain relationships and how that goes, so I'm pretty excited to see that. Also, if you didn't know, Ishmael's icon takes on a meaning now: It's a compass with a Desperate's Knot around it.

“This is going to be a bumpy voyage. Everyone, hold on to something!” The timing on that Mili song goes hard as f*ck

Looking forward to Chapter 6 as a huge tragedy or subvert the original Wuthering Heights and go full comedy. But somewhere in the middle would be just as, if not nicer. Now I await her development in the intervallos, like how Yi Sang showed his in 4.5

Now that I realized the meaning of Ishmael's symbol, it goes hard. PM cooked with this chapter.

I am interested to hear what you think of ishmael's conflict with the middle older brother when he turned to Dante. Since to me it seemed like in her heart she actually did care for Dante and didn't only think of him as a revival tool for her to use till she kills Ahab. But maybe that was just my wishful thinking and she really didn't get that character development till later.

Ishmael hair like sunset

Fishmael :)

Man, I love Canto 5. You expressed the ideas far better than I ever could. I liked Ishmael before for a bit, I found her "no fun allowed" snarky attitude to be entertaining and its certainly more to enjoy personally than Emo Ryoshu, eh Rodya, and monotone Faust (though I do like Faust still) as far as the female sinners are concerned but after this, I feel confident she's in my top 4 favorite sinners. However, despite all that, my favorite thing from this Canto is the further showcasing of Gigachad Himcliff. I swear, this dude has received the most shadow character development out of anyone else, going from just being an obnoxious asshole to someone who respects and supports his fellow sinners and Dante. I cannot wait to see what his Canto is like and see what his deal really is.

I’m f ISH

Man. Got so piss of people in 4.5 being "this mad bitch for nothing!" Tells you how MUCH no one has even READ what a whalers entail, going in a 1800 ship was not only hard, it was a constant struggle with no brakes or respite. Being a whaler more so, people really dont realize what whale hunting entails, less so something as BIG AS A WITHE WHALE! Jet, the most important point was the absortion, and even After people dont really get what whales DO TO people, most focus on Aehav, when Aehva is just another whale.

Im so hyped for canto 6 you have no idea

Damn what a beautiful video dude, this chapter sure made me feels things the grand majority of games didn't and I love Limbus for that. Project Moon can make messages to real life in their chapters even in a dystopia that is The City. Also, we have to appreciate Mili for making yet another amazing song that fits with the main chracter of that chapter.

Bro your thumbnail looks whack. Should have left it unedited. As it stands, Ishmael has the sun to her back yet has lighting coming from her left. It looks hideous.

Peak video

Never too late

Came bc I stumbled upon Compass from Mili, in which I had looked into Mili's song bc of the song she made for Arknights' 5th anniversary and saw in the comments that it was for Limbus Company, clicked this vid and heard Arknights OSTs, wonderful. But in all seriousness, seeing Ishmael's background reminded me a lot of myself, I may play the game again just to experience this for myself, but then again, I said the same thing for Arknights although I haven't had any energy or motivation to do anything these days lol, just been listening to Compass all night.

I saw this chapter as "Moby Dick 2 : The Revenge of Ishmael". After floating on the coffin of his friend Queequeg for two days, Ishmael was finally pick up by a passing ship named the Rachel and that was the end of the story. It was interesting for the writers to give that story a conclusion with the Ishmael character .

As a gamer, I found Canto 4 almost comically long (the pre-dungeon + dungeon length is pretty freakin long) and am glad that Canto 5 is quite a bit shorter so I can get to grinding out the event. I loved the unique challenges of Canto 5 (well maybe except the Big Brother fight where you get ZERO indication that Ishmael is immortal as long as someone else is alive. I had so much trouble that I had to ask my buddy to put his Nclair up just to beat it. Also I ended up bringing Sloshmael to the dungeon which was... a very bad idea.) As a stupid fucking idiot, I actually wish that the dungeon got to be longer, with more of the dialogue fleshing out Ishmael's story like Yi Sang got in Canto 4 (like seriously the dungeon is basically a play by play of his entire timeline up to him joining LCB), because I didn't feel like I had much time to really think and appreciate things like Ahab's constant gaslighting, the stories of the other members of The Pequod, Ishmael's struggle with purpose, and stuff like that. All of that pretty much got one or two cutscenes each, and like, I'm fucking stupid, so I need that shit split up a little with some short battles in between to let things cook in my head

I can't finish last bossfight because well. I was totally not prepared for Canto V at all I am getting destroyed by third phase every time, or just get into an eternal stalemate where ishmael holds her ground with 99 bleed

This is what Last Of Us 2 could have been if they focused.

can't spell compass without the comp and the ass

absolutely amazing video and analysis

Please I need someone to tell me what the song playing around 5:37 or so is, during Ishy at the club. It's too quiet for me to make out properly but it's super familiar.

What is the instrumental at 11:24