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I may be mistaken but you may have missed the Chesed battle theme from library of ruina. It is very unique and in my opinion one of the best themes in the game.
The thing about the library songs is that they all have to do with the character you are fighting, like the numbers on Children of the City have to do with some in game lore when the character you are fighting has to follow a series of instructions and go through hab. blocks and apartment numbers and so on
@lerbronk a train that is supposed to do a space bending travel "breaks" and everyone in is trapped in it for 10,000 years, there they find out they cannot die but still feel pain of every injury done. After a couple of millenia of sensory deprivation pain becomes the only relief they can feel Yara Yara. Focus is on a couple on the train which due to a certain someone, they become very close, to the point of being an aberration of flesh. I'm sorry I broke the rule guys
The numbers at the end of Children of The City is meant to be a seemingly infinite number, and the lyrics go "do not go home until you finish reading the value of E" or in other words, you are not going home, Children of The City is such a depressive banger that I can't stop listening to, probably my favourite MiLi song in Ruina, Yan my beloved.
e is Euler's constant, an irrational number like pi that has infinite decimals. While pi is a vital number in circles, e is vital in logarithms, with the equation e^x being identical to it's slope at any given point. I don't really know if there's any symbolism in that, but the reason that they're both so significant is that they appear everywhere in nature and Science for no discernible reason.
That phrase that you highlighted from And Then is Heard No More is one that stuck with me since I heard the lyrics, and it defines the clashing interpretation that the fanbase has about the character whose this song is for. For context, he's someone who was just a rookie, lost his mentors and dear colleagues in a situation where the odds were overwhelmingly against them, and he barely was able to get away with his life. He wouldn't have made a difference if he had just chosen to say and die together with them, but in the song his regrets about said decision are echoing through his heart. Later on he finds the strength to face the fear and put up a good fight, but before he was about to go in a blaze of glory, he once again gets thrown out of the conflict, this time against his will. Then, he keeps stumbling down, doubting himself, and his previously found inspiration turns against him to fully destroy his ego. That's why people are so divided against him. Some just call him a simple coward, running away at every opportunity, whether he wants to or not; while others see him as a tragic hero, one that if things had gone different for him, he could have overcome his trials, or at least gone down as a hero should.
Definitely a great analysis of Philip and I agree with pretty much all that you said. (if anyone reading this reply is currently playing or planning on playing Library of Ruina avoid reading the following) Imo i think the reason why the coward side is the more prominent side taken is because we have seen what he could’ve become through Xiao’s story (ironic since they’re in the same invitation route) as they both lose their colleagues and even loved ones yet it’s ultimately not the choice that labels theme a coward, it’s their actions and commitment in their choice. Philip ultimately chooses to run away but continues to turn away from the reality of his actions and distorts thinking his colleagues would recognise him as a coward (even though they told him to survive and essentially take pride in running away), whereas Xiao chooses to stay and we can see that she could’ve distorted; but she realises that she shouldn’t be ashamed of her actions since it was her decision and will commit to her actions fully hence obtaining an ego. This comparison in their wills is made further obvious with the nature of their distortion and ego. Philip’s distortion represents cinders and ashes, the leftovers of a burning flame. This sort of mocks his cowardly actions as it’s representing his ideologies as burnt out and lacking in passion and confidence. Alternatively, Xiao’s ego represents a burning sunset, constantly burning bright for everyone to see, reflecting her courage and determination that she doesn’t care who sees her even if she’s going to her grave. Sorry for the impromptu analysis/rant/essay but it’s cool to see the duality of Xiao and Philip, who lived a similar experience yet walked different paths. The rising hero turned tragic coward and the rising flame turned to a shining star.
@@codeherbaon2452 but Philip isnt a Rookie For reference he is the same grade as Olga which is a Veteran Fixer yeah Philip is Grade 5 He jumps to grade 2/1 atleast even with just Unfinished Ego Reverb Philip is Grade 1 Fixer plus at worst and near Color at best Final Burning Angel Philip tho look insanely cool
@@codeherbaon2452 actually, Philip is candle wax above all else. It can only burn itself out (representing his ideals that are inherently incompatible with humans as a whole, let alone the City), but a candle can bring light and warmth in the process. This also reflects in how he distorts: instead of accepting that people can be flawed including him and there's nothing wrong with that (the illusions of his mentors are merely an aspect of his own self-deprecation, he's more upset about thinking so low of them than the idea of them looking down at him), he choses to give up, snuffing out his passion to spare himself the pain that comes with it. The Distortion is noteably devoid of any flames aside from some attacks and even then, it doesn't come close to how much Burn he can stack in other forms. And yet, when you fight him as part of the Ensemble, even though he has additionally been lobotomized after losing a huge chunk of his being earlier, that passion comes back to him. The flame is rekindled and his body is set aflame. This makes him more vulnerable, but at the same time, he's stronger. His empowered form doubles down on it and is visibly burning away, but he's burning the brightest he ever has.
@@anothenblue2630 I love PM analysis and thanks for using the candle wax point (I used ash and cinders for the burnt out aspect completely forgetting about candle wax that’s on me). its still awesome to be able to deeply analyse ruina content and find interpretations and comparisons between characters and themes. I know there is also room to discuss how their environments and people both philip and xiao were surrounded by (accidentally and intentionally, looking at hokma balls clown here) played in their respective stories. I wish I could use these PM brainrot powers in my own academic essays (T-T)
@@codeherbaon2452 regarding circumstances, that's the one thing people always forget about regarding Philip and Xiao. If it weren't for Miris, Xiao would have distorted. She was already on her way there before Carmen decides to have a chat. Meanwhile, Philip was going to die if he didn't get teleported, but he held himself together way better before getting incomplete EGO until he got clowned. Funny how that works.
No spoilers for Love Town, but the Key Ingredient version Mili put out for her anniversary can be a little more literal in its horror even if it doesn't prepare you for what it's like to hear it in-game. In general, thematically, these themes represent acts of love twisted with unfortunate results, surrendering to nihilism, wanting to ignore everything that happens, and finally accepting that if you are going to die, you will do so fighting until the very end.
@@Disorder2312 it's not a spoiler since he's not revealing anything important or crucial to LoR, he's only giving out an explanation to the song without the context - you can just listen to this song and maybe even conclude what he just said in the comment
Funnily enough, if you are planning to make a second video on Mili, you have (as far as I know) four more songs that were used in Project Moon's games: "String Theocracy" and "Gone Angels" from Library of Ruina, and "In Hell We Live, Lament" and "Between Two Worlds" from Limbus Company. Small note: "String Theocracy" and "In Hell We Live, Lament" are intro songs for their respective games, and the other two (and the ones that you already heard) are boss themes. Have fun reacting to those!
Doing reaction and breakdown content for Gone Angels could be very hard because it's much more cracked-down on for reproduction than any other Mili song
People always seem to talk over the command "Do not go home until you finish reading the value of E" then ask "yo whats with these numbers i dont get it?"
I saw in the description you asking why the songs were so depressing and its because of the world the games are set in and the songs are based off of. I wont spoil anything but i will say experiencing the songs without context and then going back with context literally changes everything, from the words being said to even why your hearing certain instruments wont spoil anything for anyone interested in the games but from a fan of the series its an absolute recommend all 3 games in the series are honestly in my top 10 games ive every played. I hope you continue to enjoy the music and have a wonderful day.
I love Cassie's voice, it sounds so pure and makes such a great contrast with the lyrics that MILI songs usually have. Talking about the lyrics, I love them so much, they hit so hard and make it worth paying attention to the lyrics everytime I listen to the songs.
Edit: Yeah, Iron Lotus is meant to have a chinese vibe, because it belongs to a character related to that tradition (Xiao, director of a group specialized in chinese martial arts) So, The number in Children of the City is Euler (e) The lyrics before that say, "Don't go home until you finish reading the value of e" Euler is an irrational number, thus endless. Put two and two together, and you get that the singer/character is never going home (because she'll never finish reading the value of E) e= 2.7182818284590452353602874713526624977572470936999595749669676277240766303535475945713821785251664274... and so on forever.
You do NOT feel the full extent of Fly my wings, without witnessing the whole thing. The little nudge to overcome this looming, crushing darkness, the little, shaky step that makes you step out of the white square... It was enough for me to get up and start walking, after nearly a decade of passively watching world go by. The air burns in lungs breathing in for the first time. The skin, fresh, after dropping the hardened carapace, is so vulnerable. Knowing, that the wings will struggle, and maybe won't even take you anywhere - but the possibility is what makes you flap them regardless. And even if you won't reach any proper place, your feet are finally moving.
@@Jundiyun Quite the contrary. This canto was dearest to me: as I realized I have been stuck in a bad place, not unlike Yi Sang. My passiveness i blamed on - what i thought to be - inability to reach out of the hopeless square i was prisoner to. My own struggle to change my own situation, firmly believing i simply did not have "means" to find happiness - so i settled, bitter, for dormancy. I'm not saying i was healed, mental issues don't go away with a touch of magical wand or one life-changing moment. But with this little nudge of inspiration, of understanding, self reflection, i quite literally got up and walked out - humming this melody all the way. You don't need wings, right? You can just keep walking forward.
Fun fact: the last song "Fly, My Wings", is based upon the korean story "Wings" written by the korean national poet Yi Sang. The song is based on the final paragraph of the short story, where the terminally depressed narrator is standing on the 5th floor of a building looking down on the street below. The story ends with him urging himself to fly... it cuts out to that part so we the readers are in suspense but yeah... This is also why the backup vocals of the song keep repeating "goodbye" during the climax. And the suddenly upbeat music is really close to the descriptions of suicidally depressed people feeling happy once they decide to do it, because they feel that their burdens and struggles are finally going to end.
Yeah, although it's not only about that. It also relates to the tearful thing... And things that were told in the game's story. There are many layers of interpretation.
No, its based on yi sang from limbus. Because the original different from limbus canon. And, "A genius perfect job" means yi sang in shadows of the league. Kim Jihoon cannot read any books and just imagines lol.
@@skywindstarsandpoetry I'm late but I think every Limbus company sinner is based on a novel,legend, or a real person. Heathcliff is based on Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights (obviously) Novel by Emily Bronte. And yes the sinners are also similar to the characters or the person they are based off. Yi sang is based on Yi sang, a Korean Poet. Familiar Novels Yi sang made are: "The Wings" and "Crow's eye view". So similar right? No way that is a coincidence lol.
yessssss I can always enjoy some Project moon Music. So far Limbus Company has 2 Mili songs of note, Between Two Worlds and Fly, my Wings which are both final boss themes for their respective Chapters.
Children of the City is an absolutely tragic song. (Spoilers for Ruina below) It's the theme of a young man who has been forced to follow seemingly random orders his whole life, forced to take valuable things from other people, forced to kill his own friends... and then, even his ultimate act of rebellion against the entity creating the orders turned out to play right into its design in the end (hence "Snippy scissors cut down the strings, I set myself free/Only to figure out everything I chose was by proxy" ). This is the theme of a mentally broken man who truly believes that he has no free will (hence "prewritten persona"). One of many tragic storylines in Ruina, but one that really stuck with me. I still tear up when listening to this theme sometimes.
"conversation between 2 persons, or 2 sides of the same person" Well...in game two people who loved each other were sewed together into one entity...so you kinda correct on BOTH.
you'd be surprised at how genuinely pure "fly, my wings" is. the premise of limbus company is that you are locating the "golden boughs," golden branch-like structures capable of bringing forth great power from the might of one's will. thing is, those boughs are conveniently located and placed within areas that have deep ties to your employees. so, the entire journey is fixing up the loose ends of everyone's past to have them recover from them, for better or worse. so, "fly, my wings," is actually a really positive song dedicated to one of the characters!
Love the video. For a bit of a change how about some more of Mili's original songs? I recommend Ga1ahad and Scientific Witchery, Utopiosphere, RTRT, Camelia, and I'll throw in Fossil - Live version - for fun as well.
Mili is famous hard to understand, but always nails it! Speaking of the game music, I really hope you listen to “In Hell we live, Lament”. That one and creatively “RTRT”, both are creatively disturbing.
Fly, My wings fits even better when it plays during the game especially since it’s the last moment of a certain character after we learned about why he is such an absolute A hole with 100% A hole energy which I have to say I find pretty relatable in a way.
I highly recommend listening to Mili's entire "Miracle Milk" album. Also, I recommend "Summoning 101" from Millennium Mother and the singles "Ocean Bby" and "Sloth"
The song for the Children of the City is basically about the arbitrary, nonsensical orders tht ppl have to carry out as part of their roles; Which can be metaphors for all the mundane and meaningless jobs and routines adults are forced to take to survive in the urban/modern world. And when people try to assert their freedom and individuality in this world, they get quickly beaten down and absorbed into the system. The song in general has tht neon, late-night-city sort of atmosphere to it, and it can easily b seen as the backdrop for the singer stumbling through the dirty streets going through despair over their place in life. Oh, and the whole "don't go home until you finish reading the value of e" thing with the numbers at the end? The number e is an irrational number, which goes on forever, so the "joke" is tht the singer can never go back home. They can't go back "home" to innocence and happier days.
When i first heard mili in library of ruina, i wasn't initially a fan. However over the years ive grown to love all of their songs. The ability to literally encapsulate rhe vibe of everything. The instrumentals always hitting the perfect notes and how lovingly the lyrics have been composed to perfectly synergise. Mili generally changes style between songs and wether its in games or otherwise she keeps you guessing. I am extremely proud to say mili is my absolute favourite source of music. Enough that i can recite the value of E
Came here to review good video game music Ended up walking in on the extremely depressing lyrics of the _video game_ I love seeing videos like this. I want a Gone Angels review now
I haven't gotten to the boss fights for Iron Lotus and Children of the City yet but they're my favorites based on their theme and what I know of their stories
For “from a place of love” ..you hit the nail on the head with how much it ups the creepy factor in the actual fight. It’s.. it’s a horrifyingly beautiful climax to a just as horrifying story arc
Really love Mili songs. Also there is another singer with such powerful voice that I've never heard called Minami. Her voice is soooo cool. Really love "Hollowness" from her
we dont talk about love town. but we all agree at the beauty of the song as we have to fight it against for the 30th times. a game to be recomended by everyone. oh btw about the similar-childish voicing. it actualy works in chronic order, love town being one of the first big stages and children of the city much later
Some other songs you gotta give a listen Gone angels - another banger mili song from library of ruina Between 2 worlds - mili song from project moons newest game, limbus company, same one that 'fly broken wings' came from
i know it's been like MONTHS so i don't know if it'll really matter LMAO but the ending for children of the city, the numbers portion, is them reciting the value of the letter e -- which happens to be a value that legitimately never ends. it makes the lyric before it even sadder because you'll realize that said character will never be able to go home due to that fact.
The last song is just so deep that you must have like 500+ IQ to understand what it actually sings about. This requirement is further reduced if you saw the story of the game however.
The asian inspiration in iron lotus is due to the singer being chinese-canadian. Also there isn't a real producer for the songs, they're all composed by Yamato Kasai (another member of the mili band)
in the children of the city, the Euler number (the number of e) is an infinite number like pi in the song the mocking is sung:You're not going home until you read the number e
I don't know if it's a spoiler or not, but it's better to warn you first. . . . . . . . From a Place of Love : Love town 💀(We shouldn't talk about the love town or train) Children of The City : Yan 💀(nothing is truly free in this city)
Little nerd explanation of how the lyrics of the songs fit into the game: SPOILERS FOR LIBRARY AND LIMBUS I‘m gonna explain the songs in order from start to finish of the video. From a place of love: Plays during the Love Town boss fight. The lyrics reference Tom and Marry, which get stuck on a train with a bunch of other passengers (a Warp train, which kinda just skips time and arrives at any destination within seconds). Time stands still in the train and everyone loses their minds over thousands of years in it, and eventually two passengers (who are secretly evil) turn the whole train and the passengers into fleshy monsters, in the process turning Marry and Tom into an amalgamation called „Tomerry“ who you then fight in the Library, which is what the song references. Children of the City: The theme music for the Yan boss fight. Yan was a Messanger for the Index (the Index is basically an organization of bodyguards who protect people for carrying out „Prescripts“ which can be anything like „Clap 5 times“ to „Pull out all your hair, put it in a bowl with milk, and feed it to the next person you see wearing a red sweatshirt“. Yan slowly began to realize how messed up this was, and set out to find the source of the prescripts, which he discovered were made in a large room under the city, and the prescripts themselves were actually MADE by the city, like a beating heart. He then discovers how insignificant he actually is to the will of the city and distorts (he turns into a monster) which you then fight. And then is heard no more: This is the song for the Crying Children boss fight. A man named Phillip gets word of the library along with his office of fixers (basically bounty hunters) and they all decide to go into the Library. Phillip, upon realizing what mistake they made, ran away and left the others to un-alive. Them he searched for the help of ANOTHER office and did the exact same thing. Then he came to the Library alone, and manifested his ego upon gaining this courage (ego is basically like distortion but you actually stay human and have control over it, usually this means obtaining a set of armor and a weapon). After then defeating him AGAIN, he gets LITERALLY teleported away one last time, and gets found by a man named Oscar (an evil clown) takes him in, and pushes him to distortion, turning him into the „Crying Children“ which you then fight. Iron Lotus (my beloved): This song plays during the Xiao bos fight, who gets to the Library with her association, the Liu Association, which includes both some of her best friend and her husband. Oh boy. So, in short, everyone gets un-alived. Everyone but Xiao, who her husband dragged away to protect her, so he also lived for like 1 more fight but whatever. After that, Xiao managed to pull through the urge to distort, and instead manifests her ego in the most EPIC way I‘ve ever seen, and the true boss fight begins, and unlike Phillip, she never distorts all the way until the end. Man I love Xiao. And finally, Fly, My Wings: This is all about Yi Sang. It plays during the second Dongrang boss fight, once again an ego fight, and is purely meant to represent Yi Sang finally being able to open his wings after all that happened in the past with his old friends (which included Dongrang) slowly fading after some drama happened and everyone was arrested and so on. In chapter 4 he basically comes to terms with it and realizes that his own genius and strength brought him here, and he LITERALLY sprouts wings of shattered memories at the end of the fight. Limbus Company is a free game by the way, I HIGHLY recommend it. Anyways, that took very long to type lol, hope this clears it up for the people who care.
Okay, so some spoilers for these songs (advance if you don't plan on playing or already know): . . . . . . . . . . A Place From Love: a horrible, terrible accident happens in which a train becomes trapped in another dimension, and it has over a hundred people trapped in it. They cannot die. They cannot pass on or pass out no matter what. And these people begin to lose it, dismembering/butchering/etc each other. So, Love Town is made. Lets just say... when you can't die and get stuck with crazy doctors that can combine flesh, things will get really messy and ugly fast. Children of the City: a part of the city has people who hand out orders to the citizens of this "wing" (the safe living place). These orders must be followed to the letter, or else the person will be executed. These orders can range from "greet every person you pass by today" to "remove your right arm with no painkillers." However, these orders will never say to kill yourself (from what i recall). This song follows one of the people handing out these orders, and their decent into madness as they're unable to help the citizens or defy the city. This is the climax, as they've submitted to the city and it's control. And Then is Heard No More: this is a fixer (think hired help for any and all jobs) who has lost everything and eveyone who has offered him help, and he is spiraling over the edge already. He is broken, and all he can do is weep, cry out and block out the noise. He is too far gone for help, and he is taking out his anguish on those around him. Iron Lotus: this is another fixer who has calmed her mind and emotions, making a last stand against her assailants to try and reclaim a book about her now decreased lover, friends, and information to try and keep herself alive after she escapes this hellish library she finds herself in. And unfortunately for those who stand in her way, she is becoming a burning warlord who will spare no quarter. Fly, My Wings: a poor (both terms work here) man who only wanted to create things for entertainment and enjoyment is overcoming his depression and trying to stand for himself and his friends. He is trying to turn his back on his past and become a better person. But his past will always remain, and he's coming to terms with that. And that's enough for him.
project moon exudes anti-corpo campaing, in music, storytelling, etc. pretty fitting to the South korean status quo. Like BRADIO (japanese funky band) composing about how love is beautiful and life meaningful, these people are literally fighting their cultural problems by their own
For the ones asking about String Theocracy and Between Two Worlds:
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Have a good one! 😁
Wutabout Gone angels and Poems of the machine? Or In hell we live, lament? ^_^
Also, you reaction was 10 out of 10. Thank you!
Yes, the other remaining Mili songs related to PM games are "Gone Angels" "In Hell we Live, Lament" and "Poems of the Machine"
I may be mistaken but you may have missed the Chesed battle theme from library of ruina. It is very unique and in my opinion one of the best themes in the game.
Can't miss In hell We live Lament it's the theme song for the third game!
The thing about the library songs is that they all have to do with the character you are fighting, like the numbers on Children of the City have to do with some in game lore when the character you are fighting has to follow a series of instructions and go through hab. blocks and apartment numbers and so on
"conversation between 2 persons, or 2 sides of the same person" yes. We do not talk about Love Town. WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT LOVE TOWN
I still can't believe he said it without knowing the context from the game
please tell me. turn based strat is the genre i dont like most plus as much as i want to play i dont have neither the time nor money
@@lerbronk ah you know, something something couple ride a train something trap for millenia something merge become undying manticore something something beheaded
Forbid, Forgive, Forget.
@lerbronk a train that is supposed to do a space bending travel "breaks" and everyone in is trapped in it for 10,000 years, there they find out they cannot die but still feel pain of every injury done. After a couple of millenia of sensory deprivation pain becomes the only relief they can feel Yara Yara.
Focus is on a couple on the train which due to a certain someone, they become very close, to the point of being an aberration of flesh.
I'm sorry I broke the rule guys
The numbers at the end of Children of The City is meant to be a seemingly infinite number, and the lyrics go "do not go home until you finish reading the value of E" or in other words, you are not going home, Children of The City is such a depressive banger that I can't stop listening to, probably my favourite MiLi song in Ruina, Yan my beloved.
The most danceable song for when you have an mental or emotional breakdown when you find out that your whole life is run by fortune cookies.
it also depends on Interpretation, those who interpret E as an infinite number will never go home, but you could also just say 'E' and call it a day.
@@webber-4144 then again, these are prescripts - infamously known for being either brutal, vague, or even downright nonsensical
e is Euler's constant, an irrational number like pi that has infinite decimals.
While pi is a vital number in circles, e is vital in logarithms, with the equation e^x being identical to it's slope at any given point.
I don't really know if there's any symbolism in that, but the reason that they're both so significant is that they appear everywhere in nature and Science for no discernible reason.
I thought the Value of Pi
tbh all of this songs go harder when you know the context
FRRRRRRR!
I kinda want to forgot about Love Town
@@melynxforce8918 the song still makes me tear up. i dont like love town.
@@litcherallyywai ye no lieky love town..?
do yu wan hug..?
kham here.. me gif ye hug..
@@melynxforce8918 we all wish the song would go milder on us tbh.
fun fact: every one of these is a boss theme
fun fact almost all of these are tied to an existentail horror
fun fact: every one of these is a banger
WEDONOTTALKABOUTLOVETOWN
@@soldier9611Just like fight club
@@bartomolev6682the fucking yellow ahh flower ego made me dead harder for 5 days😭😭😭
This is the ideal
This is odd
That is all
This is this, and that is that
Flyyyyyy broken wings
I know you are still with me
Fly my wings when I first heard it was so emotional during the fight, and the last part when it played in THAT part near the end broke me.
You and me, old friend. You and me both.
shit was actually beautiful
don't worry it broke me even further leading to my eternal depression
@@DMCX-ey8wp it (unironically) healed mine!
i never cried on limbus before (not included defeating kromer for the first time)
From a place of love is bring "We stick together" to a whole new level
what a honest song.
That phrase that you highlighted from And Then is Heard No More is one that stuck with me since I heard the lyrics, and it defines the clashing interpretation that the fanbase has about the character whose this song is for. For context, he's someone who was just a rookie, lost his mentors and dear colleagues in a situation where the odds were overwhelmingly against them, and he barely was able to get away with his life. He wouldn't have made a difference if he had just chosen to say and die together with them, but in the song his regrets about said decision are echoing through his heart.
Later on he finds the strength to face the fear and put up a good fight, but before he was about to go in a blaze of glory, he once again gets thrown out of the conflict, this time against his will. Then, he keeps stumbling down, doubting himself, and his previously found inspiration turns against him to fully destroy his ego.
That's why people are so divided against him. Some just call him a simple coward, running away at every opportunity, whether he wants to or not; while others see him as a tragic hero, one that if things had gone different for him, he could have overcome his trials, or at least gone down as a hero should.
Definitely a great analysis of Philip and I agree with pretty much all that you said. (if anyone reading this reply is currently playing or planning on playing Library of Ruina avoid reading the following)
Imo i think the reason why the coward side is the more prominent side taken is because we have seen what he could’ve become through Xiao’s story (ironic since they’re in the same invitation route) as they both lose their colleagues and even loved ones yet it’s ultimately not the choice that labels theme a coward, it’s their actions and commitment in their choice. Philip ultimately chooses to run away but continues to turn away from the reality of his actions and distorts thinking his colleagues would recognise him as a coward (even though they told him to survive and essentially take pride in running away), whereas Xiao chooses to stay and we can see that she could’ve distorted; but she realises that she shouldn’t be ashamed of her actions since it was her decision and will commit to her actions fully hence obtaining an ego.
This comparison in their wills is made further obvious with the nature of their distortion and ego. Philip’s distortion represents cinders and ashes, the leftovers of a burning flame. This sort of mocks his cowardly actions as it’s representing his ideologies as burnt out and lacking in passion and confidence. Alternatively, Xiao’s ego represents a burning sunset, constantly burning bright for everyone to see, reflecting her courage and determination that she doesn’t care who sees her even if she’s going to her grave.
Sorry for the impromptu analysis/rant/essay but it’s cool to see the duality of Xiao and Philip, who lived a similar experience yet walked different paths. The rising hero turned tragic coward and the rising flame turned to a shining star.
@@codeherbaon2452 but Philip isnt a Rookie
For reference he is the same grade as Olga which is a Veteran Fixer yeah Philip is Grade 5
He jumps to grade 2/1 atleast even with just Unfinished Ego
Reverb Philip is Grade 1 Fixer plus at worst and near Color at best
Final Burning Angel Philip tho look insanely cool
@@codeherbaon2452 actually, Philip is candle wax above all else. It can only burn itself out (representing his ideals that are inherently incompatible with humans as a whole, let alone the City), but a candle can bring light and warmth in the process. This also reflects in how he distorts: instead of accepting that people can be flawed including him and there's nothing wrong with that (the illusions of his mentors are merely an aspect of his own self-deprecation, he's more upset about thinking so low of them than the idea of them looking down at him), he choses to give up, snuffing out his passion to spare himself the pain that comes with it. The Distortion is noteably devoid of any flames aside from some attacks and even then, it doesn't come close to how much Burn he can stack in other forms.
And yet, when you fight him as part of the Ensemble, even though he has additionally been lobotomized after losing a huge chunk of his being earlier, that passion comes back to him. The flame is rekindled and his body is set aflame. This makes him more vulnerable, but at the same time, he's stronger. His empowered form doubles down on it and is visibly burning away, but he's burning the brightest he ever has.
@@anothenblue2630 I love PM analysis and thanks for using the candle wax point (I used ash and cinders for the burnt out aspect completely forgetting about candle wax that’s on me). its still awesome to be able to deeply analyse ruina content and find interpretations and comparisons between characters and themes. I know there is also room to discuss how their environments and people both philip and xiao were surrounded by (accidentally and intentionally, looking at hokma balls clown here) played in their respective stories.
I wish I could use these PM brainrot powers in my own academic essays (T-T)
@@codeherbaon2452 regarding circumstances, that's the one thing people always forget about regarding Philip and Xiao.
If it weren't for Miris, Xiao would have distorted. She was already on her way there before Carmen decides to have a chat. Meanwhile, Philip was going to die if he didn't get teleported, but he held himself together way better before getting incomplete EGO until he got clowned. Funny how that works.
No spoilers for Love Town, but the Key Ingredient version Mili put out for her anniversary can be a little more literal in its horror even if it doesn't prepare you for what it's like to hear it in-game.
In general, thematically, these themes represent acts of love twisted with unfortunate results, surrendering to nihilism, wanting to ignore everything that happens, and finally accepting that if you are going to die, you will do so fighting until the very end.
I dont think we should talk about love town
Explaining it in such a way is already quite a spoiler, but also not an accurate one...
@@Disorder2312 it's not a spoiler since he's not revealing anything important or crucial to LoR, he's only giving out an explanation to the song without the context - you can just listen to this song and maybe even conclude what he just said in the comment
yeah the key ingredient version has a lot more noticeably unhinged vocals
@@melsuppatlol4565 What the hell are you talking about? I said that it's not accurate 🤷♂
(Spongebob voice):
"This isn't your average everyday dystopia...
This is... Advanced Dystopia"
Funnily enough, if you are planning to make a second video on Mili, you have (as far as I know) four more songs that were used in Project Moon's games: "String Theocracy" and "Gone Angels" from Library of Ruina, and "In Hell We Live, Lament" and "Between Two Worlds" from Limbus Company.
Small note: "String Theocracy" and "In Hell We Live, Lament" are intro songs for their respective games, and the other two (and the ones that you already heard) are boss themes. Have fun reacting to those!
Poems of a machine is in Ruina as well.
He already reacted to String Theocracy and Between Two Worlds
Doing reaction and breakdown content for Gone Angels could be very hard because it's much more cracked-down on for reproduction than any other Mili song
Oh, my fault, I haven't noticed. The other two still should be new ro him, afaik.
I think he reacted to between 2 worlds already
the context for love town is... especial... lets just say that "we dont talk about love town"
Yep... we dont talk about love town. Not sure why you felt the need to set the quotes.
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT LOVE TOWN!
it just one of unit 731 experiment of project moon
there's no Love Town in the City
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT LOVE TOWN
NOT IDEAL
@@aimanF987i'll take two of the logs, and nail em together!
People always seem to talk over the command "Do not go home until you finish reading the value of E" then ask "yo whats with these numbers i dont get it?"
I saw in the description you asking why the songs were so depressing and its because of the world the games are set in and the songs are based off of. I wont spoil anything but i will say experiencing the songs without context and then going back with context literally changes everything, from the words being said to even why your hearing certain instruments wont spoil anything for anyone interested in the games but from a fan of the series its an absolute recommend all 3 games in the series are honestly in my top 10 games ive every played. I hope you continue to enjoy the music and have a wonderful day.
I love Cassie's voice, it sounds so pure and makes such a great contrast with the lyrics that MILI songs usually have.
Talking about the lyrics, I love them so much, they hit so hard and make it worth paying attention to the lyrics everytime I listen to the songs.
Edit: Yeah, Iron Lotus is meant to have a chinese vibe, because it belongs to a character related to that tradition (Xiao, director of a group specialized in chinese martial arts)
So, The number in Children of the City is Euler (e)
The lyrics before that say, "Don't go home until you finish reading the value of e"
Euler is an irrational number, thus endless.
Put two and two together, and you get that the singer/character is never going home (because she'll never finish reading the value of E)
e= 2.7182818284590452353602874713526624977572470936999595749669676277240766303535475945713821785251664274... and so on forever.
That one line in "then is heard no more" about cowardice is so literal but so kindspoken, just beautiful
Mili is such a good band, can't wait when you hear "salt,pepper, birds and the thought police"
You do NOT feel the full extent of Fly my wings, without witnessing the whole thing.
The little nudge to overcome this looming, crushing darkness, the little, shaky step that makes you step out of the white square... It was enough for me to get up and start walking, after nearly a decade of passively watching world go by. The air burns in lungs breathing in for the first time. The skin, fresh, after dropping the hardened carapace, is so vulnerable. Knowing, that the wings will struggle, and maybe won't even take you anywhere - but the possibility is what makes you flap them regardless. And even if you won't reach any proper place, your feet are finally moving.
you sound like a panicking agent
@@Jundiyun Quite the contrary. This canto was dearest to me: as I realized I have been stuck in a bad place, not unlike Yi Sang. My passiveness i blamed on - what i thought to be - inability to reach out of the hopeless square i was prisoner to. My own struggle to change my own situation, firmly believing i simply did not have "means" to find happiness - so i settled, bitter, for dormancy.
I'm not saying i was healed, mental issues don't go away with a touch of magical wand or one life-changing moment.
But with this little nudge of inspiration, of understanding, self reflection, i quite literally got up and walked out - humming this melody all the way.
You don't need wings, right? You can just keep walking forward.
@@JannetFenix too much words, no pictures 😴
@@Jundiyun this is a part of a story that is just starting to blossom, so, if your not going to read then don’t comment
@@Altaltalt4-js1sh nah
Hearing him calling Lovetown a heartwarming vibe unknowingly what happened there is 😅
16:00 "we have like, 3 voices here" Ain't no way, that's such a cool detail I never even thought about
3 voices.
3 angels.
Wow...
Fun fact: the last song "Fly, My Wings", is based upon the korean story "Wings" written by the korean national poet Yi Sang.
The song is based on the final paragraph of the short story, where the terminally depressed narrator is standing on the 5th floor of a building looking down on the street below.
The story ends with him urging himself to fly... it cuts out to that part so we the readers are in suspense but yeah...
This is also why the backup vocals of the song keep repeating "goodbye" during the climax. And the suddenly upbeat music is really close to the descriptions of suicidally depressed people feeling happy once they decide to do it, because they feel that their burdens and struggles are finally going to end.
Yeah, although it's not only about that. It also relates to the tearful thing... And things that were told in the game's story. There are many layers of interpretation.
No, its based on yi sang from limbus. Because the original different from limbus canon. And, "A genius perfect job" means yi sang in shadows of the league. Kim Jihoon cannot read any books and just imagines lol.
@@skywindstarsandpoetry I'm late but I think every Limbus company sinner is based on a novel,legend, or a real person.
Heathcliff is based on Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights (obviously) Novel by Emily Bronte.
And yes the sinners are also similar to the characters or the person they are based off. Yi sang is based on Yi sang, a Korean Poet.
Familiar Novels Yi sang made are: "The Wings" and "Crow's eye view".
So similar right? No way that is a coincidence lol.
yessssss I can always enjoy some Project moon Music. So far Limbus Company has 2 Mili songs of note, Between Two Worlds and Fly, my Wings which are both final boss themes for their respective Chapters.
rip in hell we lament i guess
@@lostgem8225 you are absolutely right
@@lostgem8225 Yeah, but this isn't a boss theme. It's an opening to the game.
Rip the canto ending songs (yeah I get its just 1 song covered by different people but still)
@@ytrewqfdsacxz3181 These aren't mili songs.
We don't talk about Love Town.
Bro, I just woke up and the first thing I hear today is a god damn LOVE TOWN SONG... Love your videos
Children of the City is an absolutely tragic song. (Spoilers for Ruina below)
It's the theme of a young man who has been forced to follow seemingly random orders his whole life, forced to take valuable things from other people, forced to kill his own friends... and then, even his ultimate act of rebellion against the entity creating the orders turned out to play right into its design in the end (hence "Snippy scissors cut down the strings, I set myself free/Only to figure out everything I chose was by proxy" ). This is the theme of a mentally broken man who truly believes that he has no free will (hence "prewritten persona"). One of many tragic storylines in Ruina, but one that really stuck with me. I still tear up when listening to this theme sometimes.
My way of enjoying Love Town is just indulging in context, and just smiling.
"conversation between 2 persons, or 2 sides of the same person"
Well...in game two people who loved each other were sewed together into one entity...so you kinda correct on BOTH.
Thank you Mili, for forcing me to learn the first 63 numbers in E by releasing such a banger 🙏
Fly, my wings still makes me cry
you'd be surprised at how genuinely pure "fly, my wings" is. the premise of limbus company is that you are locating the "golden boughs," golden branch-like structures capable of bringing forth great power from the might of one's will. thing is, those boughs are conveniently located and placed within areas that have deep ties to your employees. so, the entire journey is fixing up the loose ends of everyone's past to have them recover from them, for better or worse.
so, "fly, my wings," is actually a really positive song dedicated to one of the characters!
Love the video. For a bit of a change how about some more of Mili's original songs? I recommend Ga1ahad and Scientific Witchery, Utopiosphere, RTRT, Camelia, and I'll throw in Fossil - Live version - for fun as well.
"Is this real life?" Is also my reaction playing to the story of children of the city.
Mili is famous hard to understand, but always nails it!
Speaking of the game music, I really hope you listen to “In Hell we live, Lament”. That one and creatively “RTRT”, both are creatively disturbing.
Fly, My wings fits even better when it plays during the game especially since it’s the last moment of a certain character after we learned about why he is such an absolute A hole with 100% A hole energy which I have to say I find pretty relatable in a way.
The greatest quote that define the relationship between Project Moon and Mili: "The road to Hell is paved with Boppin Tunes"
his reaction to the perfect wings part is just priceless
"So cosy"...
Hahahhhaaahahaha... yeah, "cosy"
6:44
lyrics:kill a groom or bride and use their blood as paint
Jhulian: is this real-life?
We will don't talk about love town
I highly recommend listening to Mili's entire "Miracle Milk" album. Also, I recommend "Summoning 101" from Millennium Mother and the singles "Ocean Bby" and "Sloth"
omg, wait till he finds out the context of the "from the place of love"
It makes me so happy to see Mili's success. Perfect choice for narrating Project Moon's depressing universe.
The song for the Children of the City is basically about the arbitrary, nonsensical orders tht ppl have to carry out as part of their roles; Which can be metaphors for all the mundane and meaningless jobs and routines adults are forced to take to survive in the urban/modern world. And when people try to assert their freedom and individuality in this world, they get quickly beaten down and absorbed into the system.
The song in general has tht neon, late-night-city sort of atmosphere to it, and it can easily b seen as the backdrop for the singer stumbling through the dirty streets going through despair over their place in life. Oh, and the whole "don't go home until you finish reading the value of e" thing with the numbers at the end? The number e is an irrational number, which goes on forever, so the "joke" is tht the singer can never go back home. They can't go back "home" to innocence and happier days.
When i first heard mili in library of ruina, i wasn't initially a fan. However over the years ive grown to love all of their songs. The ability to literally encapsulate rhe vibe of everything. The instrumentals always hitting the perfect notes and how lovingly the lyrics have been composed to perfectly synergise. Mili generally changes style between songs and wether its in games or otherwise she keeps you guessing. I am extremely proud to say mili is my absolute favourite source of music. Enough that i can recite the value of E
PROJECT MOON MENTIONED!!1!1!!
*rapidly approaches your location*
Came here to review good video game music
Ended up walking in on the extremely depressing lyrics of the _video game_
I love seeing videos like this. I want a Gone Angels review now
We don't talk about Love Town
"how can you fight in a love town?"
oh boy, how do we tell him? anjdknasdnaskjds
You should definitely listen to poems of a machine
I haven't gotten to the boss fights for Iron Lotus and Children of the City yet but they're my favorites based on their theme and what I know of their stories
21:54 you’ve finally understood XD welcome
You would love the key ingredient album especially the remade versions of From a place of Love, Iron lotus, and String theocracy.
5:12 two sides of a same person is one way to put it
We don't talk about love town...
The music from the games slappppp!!!
Broken wings? Truly Ideal.
I really hope he reacts to gone angels soon
We don't talk about love town >_>
For “from a place of love” ..you hit the nail on the head with how much it ups the creepy factor in the actual fight. It’s.. it’s a horrifyingly beautiful climax to a just as horrifying story arc
It gettin better when you breakdown the lyrics
I like how every song ended up being so fucked up and depressing that he thought the one that was actually optimistic also was.
NO
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT LOVE TOWN
Really love Mili songs. Also there is another singer with such powerful voice that I've never heard called Minami. Her voice is soooo cool. Really love "Hollowness" from her
fly my wings is a sad story, but with the help of dante, it was made happy
we dont talk about love town. but we all agree at the beauty of the song as we have to fight it against for the 30th times.
a game to be recomended by everyone.
oh btw about the similar-childish voicing. it actualy works in chronic order, love town being one of the first big stages and children of the city much later
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT LOVE TOWN
If only you knew the very bloody and disturbing context behind Love Town
L-O-V-E
L-O-V-E
Remember people, WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT LOVETOWN
This is truly ideal
Their lyrics sound silly to me sometimes but I still absolutely love their songs
We do NOT talk about love town
"Cemented excuses to my lashline, so I could see no more"
This line feels so different knowing what The Crying Children is now
Love Town theme cozy...innocent....Ignorance truly is bliss
tom and mery, tomerry.
they could feel eachother's hearts beating,
love town music
so cozy
me knowing the context
Some other songs you gotta give a listen
Gone angels - another banger mili song from library of ruina
Between 2 worlds - mili song from project moons newest game, limbus company, same one that 'fly broken wings' came from
i know it's been like MONTHS so i don't know if it'll really matter LMAO but the ending for children of the city, the numbers portion, is them reciting the value of the letter e -- which happens to be a value that legitimately never ends. it makes the lyric before it even sadder because you'll realize that said character will never be able to go home due to that fact.
I hope he listen to the sacramentum unaccompanied hymn for torino by mili next time it's full acapella song and super underrated imo
The last song is just so deep that you must have like 500+ IQ to understand what it actually sings about. This requirement is further reduced if you saw the story of the game however.
The asian inspiration in iron lotus is due to the singer being chinese-canadian. Also there isn't a real producer for the songs, they're all composed by Yamato Kasai (another member of the mili band)
You should check out "shitty flowers". It's a bonus track from one of their albums. Really good accoustic song.
in the children of the city, the Euler number (the number of e) is an infinite number like pi in the song the mocking is sung:You're not going home until you read the number e
18:55 possibly even building future
Saving the E.G.O. if you so wish
I don't know if it's a spoiler or not, but it's better to warn you first.
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From a Place of Love : Love town 💀(We shouldn't talk about the love town or train)
Children of The City : Yan 💀(nothing is truly free in this city)
Lor music yay
Yes i have been so afraid nooooooooooooooooo
playing the game adds more meaning into them
Little nerd explanation of how the lyrics of the songs fit into the game:
SPOILERS FOR LIBRARY AND LIMBUS
I‘m gonna explain the songs in order from start to finish of the video.
From a place of love: Plays during the Love Town boss fight. The lyrics reference Tom and Marry, which get stuck on a train with a bunch of other passengers (a Warp train, which kinda just skips time and arrives at any destination within seconds). Time stands still in the train and everyone loses their minds over thousands of years in it, and eventually two passengers (who are secretly evil) turn the whole train and the passengers into fleshy monsters, in the process turning Marry and Tom into an amalgamation called „Tomerry“ who you then fight in the Library, which is what the song references.
Children of the City: The theme music for the Yan boss fight. Yan was a Messanger for the Index (the Index is basically an organization of bodyguards who protect people for carrying out „Prescripts“ which can be anything like „Clap 5 times“ to „Pull out all your hair, put it in a bowl with milk, and feed it to the next person you see wearing a red sweatshirt“. Yan slowly began to realize how messed up this was, and set out to find the source of the prescripts, which he discovered were made in a large room under the city, and the prescripts themselves were actually MADE by the city, like a beating heart. He then discovers how insignificant he actually is to the will of the city and distorts (he turns into a monster) which you then fight.
And then is heard no more: This is the song for the Crying Children boss fight. A man named Phillip gets word of the library along with his office of fixers (basically bounty hunters) and they all decide to go into the Library. Phillip, upon realizing what mistake they made, ran away and left the others to un-alive. Them he searched for the help of ANOTHER office and did the exact same thing. Then he came to the Library alone, and manifested his ego upon gaining this courage (ego is basically like distortion but you actually stay human and have control over it, usually this means obtaining a set of armor and a weapon). After then defeating him AGAIN, he gets LITERALLY teleported away one last time, and gets found by a man named Oscar (an evil clown) takes him in, and pushes him to distortion, turning him into the „Crying Children“ which you then fight.
Iron Lotus (my beloved): This song plays during the Xiao bos fight, who gets to the Library with her association, the Liu Association, which includes both some of her best friend and her husband. Oh boy. So, in short, everyone gets un-alived. Everyone but Xiao, who her husband dragged away to protect her, so he also lived for like 1 more fight but whatever. After that, Xiao managed to pull through the urge to distort, and instead manifests her ego in the most EPIC way I‘ve ever seen, and the true boss fight begins, and unlike Phillip, she never distorts all the way until the end. Man I love Xiao.
And finally, Fly, My Wings: This is all about Yi Sang. It plays during the second Dongrang boss fight, once again an ego fight, and is purely meant to represent Yi Sang finally being able to open his wings after all that happened in the past with his old friends (which included Dongrang) slowly fading after some drama happened and everyone was arrested and so on. In chapter 4 he basically comes to terms with it and realizes that his own genius and strength brought him here, and he LITERALLY sprouts wings of shattered memories at the end of the fight. Limbus Company is a free game by the way, I HIGHLY recommend it.
Anyways, that took very long to type lol, hope this clears it up for the people who care.
we don't talk about love town
editl THE BEST THEME IN PMVERSE CHILDREN OF THE CITY IS HEREEEE!!
project moon mentioned
IS IT NOT ENOUGH, IS IT NOT ENOUGH!!!!
You should to listen to their Key Ingredient album, which is made up of acoustic rearrangements of their songs
Ah, that last song is Carmen, and Angela. She asked for all of this, this is all her fault.
We don't talk about Love City.
Okay, so some spoilers for these songs (advance if you don't plan on playing or already know):
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A Place From Love: a horrible, terrible accident happens in which a train becomes trapped in another dimension, and it has over a hundred people trapped in it. They cannot die. They cannot pass on or pass out no matter what. And these people begin to lose it, dismembering/butchering/etc each other. So, Love Town is made. Lets just say... when you can't die and get stuck with crazy doctors that can combine flesh, things will get really messy and ugly fast.
Children of the City: a part of the city has people who hand out orders to the citizens of this "wing" (the safe living place). These orders must be followed to the letter, or else the person will be executed. These orders can range from "greet every person you pass by today" to "remove your right arm with no painkillers." However, these orders will never say to kill yourself (from what i recall). This song follows one of the people handing out these orders, and their decent into madness as they're unable to help the citizens or defy the city. This is the climax, as they've submitted to the city and it's control.
And Then is Heard No More: this is a fixer (think hired help for any and all jobs) who has lost everything and eveyone who has offered him help, and he is spiraling over the edge already. He is broken, and all he can do is weep, cry out and block out the noise. He is too far gone for help, and he is taking out his anguish on those around him.
Iron Lotus: this is another fixer who has calmed her mind and emotions, making a last stand against her assailants to try and reclaim a book about her now decreased lover, friends, and information to try and keep herself alive after she escapes this hellish library she finds herself in. And unfortunately for those who stand in her way, she is becoming a burning warlord who will spare no quarter.
Fly, My Wings: a poor (both terms work here) man who only wanted to create things for entertainment and enjoyment is overcoming his depression and trying to stand for himself and his friends. He is trying to turn his back on his past and become a better person. But his past will always remain, and he's coming to terms with that. And that's enough for him.
Mind you, all of this is purely from memory, so just correct me if I'm wrong.
Fly my wings and Between two worlds is probably a theme of two characters. In case Yi Sang and DongRang for fly, my wings.
この人のおかげで音楽がより好きになった
project moon exudes anti-corpo campaing, in music, storytelling, etc. pretty fitting to the South korean status quo. Like BRADIO (japanese funky band) composing about how love is beautiful and life meaningful, these people are literally fighting their cultural problems by their own
IDEAL
Where is Between two worlds? The best boss theme in PM games, imho