Guilty Gear Lore 101 | A PCP University Lecture 

I'm sure there are a few inaccuracies in here from people more in the know than I am. I admit to taking a few liberties here and there either for comedic effect, or to just spice up what was essentially a sentence or two in a codex. Things kinda sputtered out at the end, but I'm the least familiar with the events of Revelator since I had only bought it a few weeks ago in preparation for this lecture. Thanks to the hambois for sticking with me for three hours, and thank YOU for watching (and reading) this!

"Humanity won the war" *"USA USA USA USA USA"* small silence "The United States are gone" "Aaaaaw" Bigger Silence *"MEXICO MEXICO MEXICO"*

That Fredrick twist was legit the highlight of all of this.

00:13:12 "the theory of magical science" 00:14:59 "the magical theory of science" 00:18:14 "the science of magical theory"

"... And in response, the UN bans all technology." Yep, this is an anime plot alright.

"Gears mature at the age of three" *LOUD CLAPPING*

i fell asleep to animorphs and woke up in the middle of the night to "gears mature at 3" and loud clapping, frantically trying to remember when gears come into animorphs.

1:27 "IT'S LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!!" "It's literature. Good job." Tom is the most underrated PCP member

The top two search results for "guilty gear lore" are "guilty gear lore in 1 minute", and this video, otherwise known as "guilty gear lore in 3 hours". I love you, PCP.

I legit love this idea of lectures on nerd crap.

Strive has confirmed that, yes, Sol Badguy *is* a bad enough dude to save The President.

Who came here for Guilty Gear 2020 so you wouldn’t be lost in the lore

1:56:32 "That Man is in the Back Yard, fuckin shit up, and we need to stop him" is the best quote I've heard in regards to the lore of this series.

Just imagine all the useful knowledge pushed out of your skull so you could do this lecture.

Bum breaks into a university to show off his knowledge of chinese anime fighter

Sol Badguy is a swol goodguy

Daisuke is basically what Araki would be if he had a drug dealer instead of an editor.

pcp university >>> harvard

Please do a GG character lecture! This shit was crisp!

I don't remember where it was, but the things that happened were. Fredrick and Aria hook up and do it, Aria finds out that she's pregnant, but at the same time finds out that she also has the incurable disease. Rather then tell Fredrick that she's pregnant, she tells him she's going to die. She dies, but That Man preserves her body and turns it into a gear. This changes the fetus, but not as much as Aria does. Justice stays pregnant for the entire time that she is a gear, until the year that she was sealed away. Sensing that she was fucked, she unconsciously uses magic to encase Dizzy into an egg and send her away. This is how Dizzy ends up in the forest, only discovered years after Justice was already sealed. This same thing happens with Dizzy and Sin, because she unconsciously knew that something wrong was happening to her body and she 'births' an egg. Also, gears were disappearing because Valentine was sublimating them. Which is that she was using the backyard's power to erase them from existence, while at the same time collecting their cells into herself. This didn't work on Sol and Sin because their core signature was different from Justice, while all other gears, including Dizzy were almost the same. The point of Sin falling under Valentine's control was to show that she had taken in enough gear cells to have the same commander gear powers that Justice did, while taking in Sin's cells allowed her to transform into a gear state.

I know they take care of Munchie out of good will, but it's probably time to put him down.

"This is all part of Jojo canon" Me: "...Wait, that kinda works."

It was so hype when you got to the part when it's revealed Sol was Frederick. Lol.

"He could save the president" Sol must be going for a record

I love Guilty Gear so fucking much. While it is fantastic that we have this lore dump it does dissapoint me that people who are learning about all of this right here are not gonna understand that what makes the story so great is the loveable ensemble cast and the fun of learning about all the cool characters.

I love that you're physically sweating, gasping for air, and wild eyed like a crazy man ranting on a street corner by the end of this video. I didn't care about this shit before but you did an awesome job presenting it and I kind of fell in love with the whole idea.

I did it. I watched it. Now I can finally watch the story mode of the game that I've owned for six months

I felt that Fredrick Twist

I think I can explain the whole "Will of the Planet actually hates humanity" schtick. It's thankfully not actually even that hard. You just have to grasp what Daisuke is getting at. So, the core point to hold onto is that the Sage's A.I. was built with the sole goal of "Humanity must achieve peace, and that peace must last forever". That's the plan. To achieve it, the A.I. needed to know what defined humanity. Specifically, humanity that will ALLOW IT TO ACHIEVE ITS GOAL. So it looked at what it had to work with, put it up against the goal, and settled on "autonomous self-aware organisms with a Soul", but with an asterisks that reads something like "Soul must allow for indefinite peace". Guilty Gear has all-kinds of crazy anime shenanigans, so it's not a big leap in logic to expect the A.I. to be able to prove the existence of Souls somehow, and that's what distinguishes them from every other animal. Okay, easy. Step one checked off. Step 2: Can the A.I. even do it. The answer: No. Based on its calculations, the current "humanity" doesn't meet all of the criteria. They are autonomous self-aware organisms, and they do have Souls. But the current humans are never, and WILL never be at peace forever. Even if they _do_ achieve "Peace", they are almost guaranteed to break it at some point, ad infinitum. Even if unintentional. The potential to "regress" is always present in their Souls, and always, always will be, no matter how much they advance as a society and species. The risk of being able to move backwards keeps the current humanity's Souls from being useful for the A.i.'s purpose. They might as well not even _have_ Souls. They can't be fixed. So, the A.I. treats them like they don't meet its requirements. It drops the facade of owing "these" humans anything, because as far as the A.I. is concerned, it doesn't. They aren't the "humans" it needs, and they never were. "Humanity" in its eyes never existed. The A.I. will just have to make the humans it needs on its own and work from there, completely removing the current obstacles to prevent any contamination. It MUST be complete genocide. The potential of a "Soul that can regress" to spread its influence to a "Soul that can achieve everlasting peace" is a risk too high to take. The two can never be allowed to meet for the goal to be achieved. Thus... Guilty Gear happens, in its entirety. Like I said, it's not actually complex. Daisuke just really likes focusing on specifics terms he coins and thinks sound cool and poetic, like Souls. The man _can_ write, and actually does it very well. He loves long-con plots that unfold over multiple installments that you have to go back and re-review once you have more information. It just... takes a lot of effort sometimes. Or caring. Also, it makes perfect sense that That Man would know about and work against the A.I. If he's the Sage's disciple from the beginning, it's likely he'd be told about the A.I. and see where it was heading, thus aligning against it. Even if he messes up sometimes. Also, I-No can time travel. That's kind of her schtick. Just throwing that out there, since it's like a "get out of jail free" writing card, within reason. I'm sure there's some things not even she or That Man can alter, but she'd be a useful informant for him to have.

As a metal fan, these nonstop references are pretty great. My fav has to be Faust who is named after the convicted murder that drummed for legendary black metal band Emperor.

The only time Munchie wasn't annoying was when he was shoveling food down his throat.

“Why wouldn’t they just put all the story in the story mode?” Because Sign and Revelator initially came out in arcades before the console versions of those games came out so that’s why. They were basically appetizers for the main story that would be in the console versions which were in development by the time they initially came out in arcades

Every time you hear him say "Munchie," just fast forward twenty seconds.

1) Quoting Wikipedia: "Ky Kiske is named after German band Helloween's former members Kai Hansen and Michael Kiske." And his last name is actually pronnouced "Kiskeh". 2) The Fireseal is one of the Outrage pieces, and Kliff knew that Sol made those, that's why he just gave the Fireseal to Sol. Ky didn't knew about Sol being the Outrage creator, so he started hating Sol since he took the Fireseal away. 3) Justice body was based on Aria's DNA, so she's like a modified (or "gearified") clone of Aria. 4) Chipp actually didn't live with a japanese familiy, he was adopted by a japanese ninja dude in his teen years when he was a drug addict. This dude made Chipp abandon drugs and become a full fledged ninja, hence why Chipp is a weaboo. His mentor died prior to the events of the games. 5) There's not a single canon conenction between Guilty Gear and Blazblue, so everything about is just fandom stuff. 6) Most of the story of XX, XX Reload XX Slash, XXAC, AC plus and AC+R isn't canon. So basically put Sol fights Ky and they finally stop hating each other and Ky starts living with Dizzy. 7) In the events between GGXX and GG2 Overture, Sol was called by Dizzy for help. When he came to the place he found Dizzy a little kid with a patch on one eye (Sin). Once Sol entered the house he found a really fucked up Ky (in a very poor mental state), as all this "puppet king" stuff was making him go mad. Finally, Ky asked Sol to take care of Sin as in his current state he couldn't. This is why Sol and Sin are together in GG2 Overture. 8) Izuna, Slayers, Sharon (Slayer's wife) and Raven were "bugged" from the Backyard, so they have these superhuman powers because their "data" is erratic. 9) Bedman does have a sister complex, because he has a sister. Both characters had minds so strong that being in this world would make them go berserker. That's why he made that bed robot, so he could live a more "normal life" while being asleep, but there's no info on where his sister is. The worst thing about this story is that her sister killed both of their parents. 10) In the REV 2 DLC there are Extra short story episodes, the first one is important (like realyl important) but the second is just a gag reel. For more information visit these links: Dustloop forum: www.dustloop.com/forums/index.php?/forums/topic/6624-guilty-gear-xrd-story-thread/ A blog about GG lore: gear-project.tumblr.com/ The GG discord server (in the #lore channel): discord.gg/yff67Hr

UPDATE: I FINALLY FIGURED OUT why I thought the GGX original soundtrack was using synthesized instruments. Back in the day, before everything ever made was on RU-vid, my friend and I imported a CD with the Guilty Gear soundtrack called Guilty Gear Best Sound Collection. This soundtrack contains a bunch of Naomi mixes of the original songs that ARE done with synths, and I just assumed that these were the GGX1 versions of the tracks, since I didn't have a copy of the game itself. The thought just stuck until I was called out here in the comments. You can listen to the album here on RU-vid: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9o4jER6iW3s.html

People: kInGdOm HeArTs Is On ToO MaNy PlAtFoRmS!! Daisuke: Hold my pachinko balls.

This was pretty good, but it kind of fell apart at the end due to time constraints. You also probably could have saved a shit ton of time by explaining the Backyard differently. Existence is basically an organic computer program. The Backyard is a extra dimension that serves as the source code to reality. Magic is literal life hacks on natural phenomena. But seriously though, I know as much as I do because I've been following the series since I was a child starting at GG1. I'm familiar with this because I've literally spent a good amount of my life following things as they came up, even learning Japanese to read early 00s blogs for info. Considering the amount of time you spent researching this with this level of results, this video is absolutely phenomenal. Good job. Also really the most complex thing about all of this is the characters themselves. Their histories and motivations answer about 90% of the stuff that was just "because reasons". That's where Daisuke's writing talent actually lies.

Having two guys in their 30's wearing beanies inside while looking at Jess' bald spot is an interesting theme.

Yo Im here to expand on the story because Strive is out now so spoilers: In the 20th century, a boy that would later be named names such as The Original, That Man, and Happy Chaos was born. He discovered the Backyard and began to form the science of magic. He created a technological life form named the Universal Will to attempt to do a good, but it turned on humanity in the Dawn of Revival. He then gathered a group he called his Apostles, which included Fredrick's buddy Asuka, and began teaching them everything he knew. At some point, he finds I-No, who at this point is on the verge of becoming a time god, so he strips half her power to keep her from being too dangerous. The Universal Will then fused him with that power, and he went insane immediately, causing basically every conflict in the entire series because its funny and also to remind humans of their humanity or something.

The guy in red pissed me off with his constant yelling. Nice lecture otherwise.

There better be a MGS lecture in the future

Another thing is that the structure and casting of Magic spells, is partially based on music theory. The reason why the Backyard magic is more powerfull, complex and seemigly breaks the rules used in normal Magic is because Its using a different "music structure". You can say that while Normal Magic (excepting Ki) use the most common system and rules in western music (12 tone equal temperament), the Backyard magic may be using a system with microtones with more complex composition structures.

holy shit munchie is annoying. He's like that guy who keeps turning to the guy next to him during a movie to loudly ask a question that's going to be answered in the movie like 5 seconds later.

Love Tom's enthusiasm on trying to re-enact some awesome/badass moments. Glad I watch through all this cuz next time when there's tournaments on the game, I can have different impressions on those cool characters on screen. Helps with deciding who to root for y'know.

If that munchie guy didn't stop spouting drivel, this video would be an hour shorter

MEXICO! MEXICO! MEXICO! Also, thanks for adding the character images and all that shit

In every class there is always some kid just like the one on the far left.

I wish there was an edit of this incredible piece of work without Munchie's needless inserts. I'd have slapped him within 20 minutes.

Wasn't planning on watching this for three straight hours. My head hurts, but it was fascinating af. Bravo Tom. Thanks for editing in pics too!!!

Main dude: so then a, b, c, d... Some annoying voice: but when are you gonna tell us about E? Main dude: obviously next, but nice, now we're derailed.

"By the time we get here it gets full anime" uhh this series has been hardcore over the top anime as shit since the beginning. It was just 90s anime, then 2000s anime, and then was 2010s anime. It was anime as fuck since the very beginning.

Was pretty nice until GG2 when Munchie got triggered and spazzed out

I didn't give a shit about Guilty Gear before this lecture but you made me feel invested and wanting more.....Then you got to GG2 and I'm back to where I started. Not your fault though Tom. You did a great job.

"When does Jack-o Jack-o..?" "Whenever you want, dude."

So some people have been saying in the comments that GGX soundtrack > GGXX soundtrack, so I went back and have been listening to it and damn, they're a LOT closer than I remember. Some tracks on GGX1 are categorically better than their XX remix, Burly Heart probably being the most blatant, and Keep Yourself Alive a close contender for runner up. Point is all of Guilty Gear crushes it.

"Because Daisuke" is a free get out of jail card lol.

"This story is stupid and makes no sense" One of the dudes is literally wearing a Homestuck hoodie

Munchie, chill out man, stop trying to steal the show.

1:47:20 “The magic Sol just used and [Those guys] are all from a place called *The Backyard* ” Me: We’re in boys! He said the thing! He said it! *_*AIR HORNS_**

*Never played a GG, got Revelator. Wanted to know plot up to this point. Video suggests "That man" is Florida Man.* I'm going with that, from this point onward. Thank you lol.

Holy shit, you guys are puttin in work. Love it

Now that Strive has been out for a good while and we've had the story DLC as well, it's time for a deep dive or a follow up university lecture to this one.

Just discovered Guilty Gear existed last week. I was playing older Street Fighter games on my retro portable and decided to search more recent fighting games on the Playstation Store. GG's visuals, killer characters and soundtrack blew me away so I took a chance and picked up the Xrd Rev 2 edition. It 's so unique and unlike any other fighting game I've ever played. In my spare time I've been checking out different RU-vid videos to learn more about this incredible game when I discovered your video. This is great stuff. Very glad I checked this out, thank you!

I hope one day the PCP will reach this point again. It seems unlikely.

i dont know who munchie is, but im damn sure i hate him

Munchie is the worst audience member ever

I keep on coming back to this video because I just love listening to Tommy explain the WHOLE guilty gear universe. It's great to just listen and hear y'all engaged in this

"Ramlethal Valentine shows up above the remnants of Japan and is like, 'Humans are gay. I'm taking you guys out.' And everyone is like, 'Shit.'" This one had me weak. 10/10 recap 👏👏👏

Of course digi knows about the Loli..

Nice video, one of the fun things about the fluff lore in GG is that the characters evolve and grow but not in such a way that it actually impacts the game itself. Sol & Ky start off butting heads during special intros, win quotes and other unique dialogues at the start, but end up complimenting each other after during / after matches towards Rev2. You don't even need to know it's there but it's nice padding either way. The fluff lore in SFV had Ryu farting on Necalli and Sakura working at an arcade (not that it matters, Kyo has been in School for most of the KoF series, but it's not like anyone notices).

I love how questionably so much of this has aged since Strive

Of course Digibro is the one to chant "sex with the young"

I just realized after 2 hours of watching that the 662 near Baptisma 13 is actually a GG2

This has sat in my watch later for 5 years, what a freaking nostalgia trip opening this is. "It hasn't reached critical mass so it hasn't been ruined" never before have I agreed more. Literally daily I talk about shit that got ruined as soon as the mainstream found it. Ok I actually started laughing at how ridiculous just the name for the backyard was. Like it is 4 in the morning and I probably just woke up the whole house. I love when you get to a point when talking about something you love and even you know it's pretty dumb. Honestly though whenever I see others creative output and see them fumble like that it kinda gives me confidence. It's kind of a "yeah even veterans don't get it right everytime".

This is the best shit on RU-vid. These lectures are actually very engaging and very well structured. I really enjoy the rotating speakers and audience. Makes for an interesting dynamic. Longform is definitely best form.

Munchie is the worst part of everything to do with the pcp

Daisuke is the Jesus of video games yes

Ah, Bridget. The character that taught me the meaning of the "Trap" tag.

Munchie is truly, truly, the worst.

You gotta kick Munchie off or put him in detention or something. He's an annoying lil creep.

Great video to get caught up on GG. Also great job Munchie, my first exposure to this channel and you're already insufferable.

That Munchie kid was annoying as hell. I wish he could re-do this lore lecture without being interrupted with cringe unfunny. jokes.

The virgin Woolie Versus and the chad PCP University

Came here to catch up before Guilty Gear 2020

give US A GOOGLE DOCS WITH YOUR NOTES SO IF IM WONDERING WHAT YOU SKIPPED I CAN READ IT MYSELF

If this is what the pcp podcast becomes, it will be the best podcast ever

that man is one of the most complicated antagonists I've ever heard in a fictional story

If munchie weren’t in this video it would be a 10/10 but he is here so 7/10

So, how familiar are you with the gear wars?

Tom thanks for doing this. This is the best source for understanding Guilty Gear as a whole. You the real MVP.

"Munchie you're so funny and add a lot to the topic being discussed" said no one ever.

The Backyard is actually Carl Jung's collective unconscious, it's hard to extrapolate what it is, but allows Ishiwatari to come up with any bs he wants and implement it.

Ok, so I'm 54 minutes into this video and I have to say it is fucking amazing. Now, I haven't watched the entire Kingdom Hearts Lecture cause I'm still playing the games and don't want spoilers, but just those 54 minutes were more entertaining than all the other lectures combined (don't get me wrong, I liked the other ones too). Whether it's the actual story of the game or the way he talks about it, right now I'm thinking "fuck, only 2 hours left". Really good stuff.

That Man does have an actual name, now. It was revealed in Revelator. Also, the big deal about ki is that humans generate it naturally. All other magic has to be channeled either from nature or from a magical device. This grants ki users an innate advantage, as they can generate power even if cut off from an outside source.

Best Guy: "We don't want to see a single wheel rolling down this road." Does this mean that in the universe of Guilty Gear, the movie Rubber is legitimately a terrifying movie?

And to think that the Gear maker's whole motivation was to have a podcast in the moon to create world peace via maths

I rewatch this so this every year because it's so great. Minor correction/clarification: Ky is canonically a better fighter than Sol. In the After Story to Xrd they have a duel where Sol demands that Ky stop holding back and fight him like he would any other gear. Sol gets his shit rocked. Sol might be able to win if he was in dragon install, but Ky can do that too now. That's probably why they made Robo Ky, because they could program a robot to match Ky's fighting style easier than they could build one to match the raw power of a gear. Here's the fight BTW. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y56IWiNW4vI.html

this is consistent with the sonic adventure 2 universe

The official lore videos with Woolie are cool, but this is the one I'm going to watch over and over. I want my game lore videos to be like 80% accurate and full of digressions.

One of the funniest lore explanation videos I’ve ever seen, hella props for going through all this shit. More than makes up for the constant derails