I played Unravel at Harvard University.... (Animenz's version) 

I have more piano videos on my insta: rleod_06 Btw I actually read all the comments 👀 Y’all’s comments really motivates me so thank u 🫶 Guys help me let’s try to get Animenz see this video!!!

"Im just a regular highschool student"

The way the crowd was holding their applause right till the last second when he took his hands off the key shows how great of an audience they were!!

Audience:is that Mozart?bach? The kid at the corner no its:Toru Kitajima

1:36 those dudes in the front jamming, those guys are so cultured, they know this song!

“To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.” ― Ludwig van Beethoven I can see the passion in your playing man, keep it up. I hope to one day be as good as you ❤

The fact that this still sounds sad and melancholic shows that even on just a compositional level this song was written to be tragic. Props to you for managing to translate that so well with only the piano, not to mention zero usage of technology to mix & master it. For what it's worth I think your year-long efforts were worth it.

the mistakes pale in comparison to the sound that you filled the room with tthat day, so honestly excellent performance

bro this is literally the BEST performance of Unravel on a piano I have ever heard, and I have heard many

This is exactly what everybody imagined doing when listening to animenz's version of Unravel

dude, i took one look at the sheets for animenz's arrangement and immediately noped out, holy shit anyone who even *tries* to learn this pieces deserves all my respect, and you did damn good! lmao

How have i just seen this video 8 months later

“What would you be playing?” “I’m unraveling my talent in front of you”

I bet u felt like the main character while performing this piece good job man

Respect for playing the most difficult version of the piece. I admire you're ambition to play something of this difficulty and the courageousness of playing it in front of a crowd.

you can tell people who know from people who don't know, amazing performance, after ten years is crazy, your skill retension makes me jealous

I absolutely loved this. Playing this legendary anime opening at Harvard is iconic. The guys on the second row having the time of their lives is soo wholesome.

Im dying at how the audience's applause and cheers got louder when he pulled out his phone for selfies LMAO Bros a celebrity now and deserved too. What an incredible and passionate performance

this was what yt was meant to be . a place to showcase ur talent and efforts and bro really bought it back. hats off to u mate it was an amazing performance i dunno much abt piano but that looked like a lot of effort it was absolutely worth it.

Out here everyone was imagining this, but this guy actually did it himself

Animenz arrangement in Harvard 😨

the way the audience perked up when they recognize it

I loved how you blended the different Animenz unravels. So sick

man thats my dream IRL. You have just let me see it a bit more clearly, thank you amazing performance

I'm here to judge you the good way. The nervousness that you feel is the longing of sharing your joy of something combined with fear of negative criticism/ruining what you want it to personally be. Speeding up in a live performance can add to the musical effect, if you're not performing a strict classical piece for a snob society I don't think it really matters. It can be a bad habit or a good one, in this case it wasn't particularly bad at all. Playing something perfectly that you did not personally create is like saying "I can basically do what no human can do to begin with". Quite literally perfection does not exist except in a subjective world. Objectively perfection is the quality you wish to achieve which is a personal (subjective) thing just the same. Like it's technically bad practice to want to be like a robot. It really takes away dynamic context completely to do-so. I.E when composers create a modern solo piano composition or arrangement they generally say "I would like to see x interpretation of this" which quite literally means they WANT other pianists to play it differently to gather more depth of perspective! (Or in many cases as simple as wanting to appreciate their creations in a different way.) There are more ways to bring a SINGLE musical works to life than there are stars in the sky. Now that we have cleared up your position, the origins position, the reality of perfection, and the importance of perspective-- This only leaves the audience. The audience in 99% of cases are nowhere near the level you are neither physically nor mentally. They have no idea when you make a mistake, they have no idea what speed it's supposed to be, they don't know what key you are playing in, they don't even know what Tokyo Hhoul even is or what the original composition sounds like!!! None of this matters to an untrained listener. What matters is what you did, rocked it in a way any normal listener could enjoy in a 5 minute sitting. With all that said, BRAVO!!!!!!!!!! It was an excellent performance of an extremely high level postmodern piano arrangement, even including MULTIPLE variations of arrangements. There are people who would only "do better" because people know their names, rather than "they played it better". There are people who could literally "play it better" but they don't matter, they weren't sitting at the grand piano that night, you were!

"I'm just a normal college student playing anime song at my college" "What college?" "That small college in Boston" ...

Animenz one of the best players in the world and this boy would’ve Animenz in the future 🎉

So cool ! The mix between the livestream and the original version of Animenz is insane !

I'm learning this RN and this kinda gives me motivation

I mean, the raw emotions from just the piano are mind blowing. Your efforts were not wasted, if you were able to reproduce the emotions and the atmosphere like that.

I was just skipping my lesson while checking RU-vid, now I got goosebumps and my feelings can't be described... Man, i really love what you've done there, thanks to you, I'm feeling a lot better after my stressful morning

This is sometimes what my day dreams look like

to this day, I still search unravel covers. damn this performance was perfect. you managed to send the feeling, that feeling we all felt when we first listened to this masterpiece.

i watched this on tiktok before and now it was recommended on my youtube, i'm glad i listened to this again

The First guy from the left in the 2nd aisle of the middle row was vibing. I would say you did amazing.

This shook me to my core dude, don't fret those mistakes; you played your heart out and I felt how much this piece means to you. It moved you to practice again after so long away from the piano; and I can tell that you felt that this piece, complex as it was, was worth the effort. I'd be in tears if I was lucky enough to be in that concert hall. Amazing work.

You can't learn unravel in harvard, but you can play it there🔥🔥🔥

jesus the sound is just so clean, pls don't quit piano, I love your performance 😭😭😭

The few "sloppy"/sped-up parts you had are actually fine, because it feels like it fits the tone of the song. Well done 👍

someone play this in our college as talent show last year and I bop my head like crazy, people behind me avoid me like plague. it's sad not even a quarter of the hall know this piece

its a FLIPPING HARD Piece so Well done on you for even doing this LIVE in front of so many people !!!

just know that your video made me go back down the spiral of unravel rabbit hole that I went through years ago

Crazy that you quit for almost 10 years. Glad that you found your passion for it again :) Keep it up, I hope you find more arrangements and songs that will catch you like this one has.

I got literal chills in the middle of your play. You're very good.

The reverb 🤤

This video just showed up on my fyp and I clicked on it thinking:"let's give it a try" But the way you played was absolutely stunning. You've got my respect. (And not just because I love the opening😂)

I hope this video gets recommended to more people, absolutely stunning performance!!

Lyrics playing in my head as I hear the melody, absolutely beautiful

i had quit playing the piano 2 years ago due to increased study pressure and other reasons. after hearing this, i am motivated to play this song myself. thanks for putting be back on track my guy amazing performance!

ahhh!! you took a photo with the crowd afterwards, that's so cute!! youtube recommended this a bit late to me, but I'd like to say that you played really, really well, especially for someone who hasn't been playing for nearly a decade, it was an incredible performance 💌

the selfie at the end HAHHAH bro that was amazing, congrats

You had a 10 year pause? That's insane man. Awesome playing!

Gonna be honest, I thought the handful of mistakes added more to it than if it were played flawlessly. You did an amazing job!

This is actually extremely good. I aspire to be this talented at piano.

That guy at front was getting vibes❤

Even though this song is overplayed in memes and stuff, your performance brings me back to the first time I heard it in the anime...chills

It sounds like you have 20 fingers, insane play man!

I listen to this at least once a day

bro took a selfie with the audience T-T 🙏

HOW CAN I SEE THIS NOW YOU MUST BE KIDDING THAT'S SO COOL

Could be one of the moment that you’ll live to look back

Yo why this doesn't have more views, truly underrated!!! Anyway i hope you still keep going harder than last time!!

This made a smile pop on my face without me realizing it

This is so freaking insane dude! Great performance. Hope you continue to play.

The so called "mistakes" actually makes it better imo, at least in the context of this song. The song is pretty much about Kaneki's inner struggles, so having the "mistakes" in there added a layer of how Kaneki struggles with his ghoul and human half, how he rejects it, but it is also now a part of him that is Irreplaceable. The lower notes going ham in 2:23 also kinda fits. The lyrics in that part is "動けない/Ugokenai" which means "I can't move" the low notes is his Ghoul side trying to taking over, but the high notes keeps playing normally is his Human side trying to stay in control.

this was bro's moment and i'm here for it absolutely

Okay, but why am I crying now? 😭 Congrats, it's absolutely beautiful!

you can HEAR the moment people started realizing what he was playing. also, as someone who doesn't play piano, i loved the shit out of this.

This must be the best unravel piano cover I’ve ever heard, I tried to sing along and it was just perfect! You’re so skilled, seriously

The man, the myth, the legend, Leo

this was so amazing, love the dynamics and I can tell you put a lot of feeling into it!

its a lamentation. the high notes are tear drops falling and the low notes are the wails

Never heard of this version before. But it’s by far the peak. You’ve ascended bro.

Bro that was majestic. I'm watching it like i was in there you're actually one of the best musicians I've ever listened to

This is soo good, don't ever quit piano dude

BRO IT'S MY FAVOURITE UNRAVEL COVER SO FAR 💗🙏

I swear you play it by yourself and your like wow I can do this perfectly every single time and go to play in front of a crowd and your like wtf am I doing. Anyways that required a great amount of hard work great job man.

Amazing. You should be really proud of yourself ❤

i came to this video with a calm bored mood. a total bored face. Left the video crying profusely as i remembered Kaneki's long journey. truly an amazing piece of work.

u have a crazy talent bro holyyy this is CLEan

The guy at the second row rlly got entertained Wp, u got the guts to do it in theses kind of circumstances. respect

Dude I was soo nervous when you were approaching the WALL man xD. Very nice. U have the balls to attempt this masterpiece infront of everybody.

I'm thankful RU-vid recommended your video, I hear the small mistakes you have made, but frankly you have played a hard piece of piano that I don't even know if I would be capable to play. So, GG!

That's why i wanna learn music, cuz it'll make me play my fav anime and kdrama ost it would be the language that i can influently speak in

Excellent performance, was surprised a bit with the speeding but even so it's still beautiful. Seriously man, amazing work.

when he misses notes he does it so confidently that they dont even sound wrong

If I were the boss of a multi billion dollar company i would hire you as the ceo just so you could play that song all the time

pianos are so beautiful and the way they sound is heavenly i really want to learn how to play piano but unfortunately i will never be able to since i don't have the money for it sadly but hey at least i get to listen to them on youtube

I've used to play on a trumpet, so I don't know if it's relatable or not, but I would just forget that there are people around me, I would have the music just playing in my head and i would play it for my own pleasure while feeling the emotions of the song. But overall it was an amazing performance! Really impressive!

its so beatiful, i sat the whole time with my mouth opened

I really love how at the end, he takes a picture and he made that picture into his RU-vid pfp On the other hand, This is the best one ive watched so far. Well done my guy

u did a great job you must have take endless effort and time in it

Bro did so good made the song 100x better 👏

I love it when such videos hit the algorithm. Sounds amazing!

That was beautiful, amazing work Leo

dude those pics at the end must have gone so hard i deadass just slammed an entire plate of eggs and hashbrowns while listening to this

"If i were to write a book with me as the main character...it would be a tragedy."

here from the algorithm. amazing job friend

i have goesbumps on a sunday evening in the office keep going

Oh my god this brought back such amazing nostalgia and made me tear up. Hats off to you!! This is beautiful 🖤