Guitarist Reacts: "The Circle" Bedman?'s Theme - Guilty Gear Strive OST 

God answering? What implies that's the case? All the questions, if that's the case, would imply that the questions are towards God, not Bedman.

@@Sassaparilla I don't think it's in a literal sense, but the lyrics do say " God, do you see the radiant light ? " With the followups being " No, you can't see the radiant light" with the heavier tone voice. It's a personnal interpretation, but I believe the whole song to be from Bedman's perspective just after having died in Xrd. He killed a lot of people during that story, in the name of the infinite world ( referenced in the song too ), believing that all those deaths would be reversed once he achieved his goal. But right as he died, Ariels told him that it was a lie, he killed all those people for nothing. He was manipulated into being a mass murderer for a false goal, which is why I find the idea of divine punishment fits so well. He's basically in purgatory.

@@Nooctae I'm just going to make this short. One, I know Romeo's lore, you don't need to explain it. Two, the song and story heavily implies that he is not properly dead. IIRC, HC even basically confirms he never passed on. The song implies that he has trapped himself in a Limbo state, rather than moved on. Specifically, in the Backyard. The video has a misheard lyric, actually a few, but most importantly, "Consuming ten billion years in an instant" not "Come to me". This is a VERY important distinction. There's only one place you can "Consume" years worth of knowledge in an instant, The Backyard. The Backyard can be PERFECTLY described as a Pure White, Endless, Silent and Empty Abyss. To the point that, if you couldn't see anything, nothing would actually change. Thus, it is also a Pitch Black, Finite world, as you can walk forever but never go anywhere. There's no contrast to deem change has ever happened. Now, the important part is all about the Circle and the choice in instrument. Notably, he tries to go outside of the Circle, and he was stuck on its border. What is the Circle? Well, considering the notable use of Sitar, his ties to Deja Vu, and the very spiritual nature of things that pop up here and there in GG, there's a good chance that the "Circle" is meant to refer to two things. The literal cycle of Samsara, and "the whole picture". Having trapped himself in his current state, he has sacrificed all futures for himself. Breaking out of the cycle of death and rebirth. He's not alive nor dead, has no home, can never rest, all sacrificed for his idea of the bigger picture, to ensure his sister can be safe and happy in the future, and move on without him. I could go way more in depth, but, I have other things i need to do right now. Peace.

Divine punishment? He straight up disses the gods that they can't feel all thoes things, and that he chooses mortal life over godhood he wanted to make possible in Xrd

@@Sassaparilla I think the implication is that no, Bedman can't see the radiant light, warmth, chant (of heaven) because he can still give someone something. The someone being his sister and the something being his protection, he want to go to heaven, to break free from the circle of life, but even in death he's stuck to his bed, this is basically him coming to terms with not being able to move on yet, and while he can't be there for Delilah to make her happy, he can be there to stop her from getting hurt, hence the not being able to make her smile but not making her cry ever.

Yup and I am a very big fan of takayoshi so it was cool to see him on Hard Corps Uprising and BBCS. But yeah it seems it's more of who is playing on the album. So either they got a hold of 7's or are playing in b standard on six strings

@@HurtboxTV Potemkim's theme in Xrd feels like a riff someone would write in a drop tuning. And I believe that's the same session guitarist playing on Strive. But that's just that song. The range used in these Strive songs really makes it feel like a 7.

It's a tossup between Requiem, Armorclad Faith, and kiss of Death. Strive has a lot of good songs on it so it's hard for me to say tbh lol

I infact did, I'll be doing his theme next lmao Beginning of this year is mostly a blur so I completely forgot about Sin LOL

CIRCLE!

It's just something I was coming up with before I went to record the video lol