@@RamsesMed1na Yeah,, if you really think about it "Requiem" is the only song in the game that doesn't featured the name of the song in the lyrics; and I think Daisuke-sensei had deliberately did so, since I-No is like, his own lovechild (she's a musician, and wields instruments as her weapons)... Maybe the "Requiem" that is hidden in the song is the way that I-No had "fought" against fate, to become what we know her as today, and I love it!
I like the wordplay of this song. It starts of with lines about "living high" and keeps escalating the metaphor until we reach the lines " there is no up or down above the clouds and I can't breathe". Afterwards we have the line about "falling" building off of the previous metaphor and referring to the character dying.
I feel like when Daisuke Ishiwatari wrote the songs he had some intent to make every single lyric in his music to be able to get even better as you listen and play the game more.
This game is full of interesting music and it has gotten me hooked on how interesting they made every theme. Even one of the hardest characters to play will have an amazing theme to them.
I-No's theme has the line "I flew high so that I could see everything." Meanwhile Testament's theme has the line "Fly high, to be seen from everywhere."
oh shit nice catch shows the difference in their mind state, testament has found his purpose and is just enjoying life going for walks for people to see, while ino is lost and is looking for a future trying her best to find the best one
One thing I just noticed is that the guitar in the beginning is running through a rotospeaker effect which is created by putting a speaker on a rotating plate, which makes this kind of wobbly and distorted sound, which is very fitting for I-No, she's spinning around trying to solve the timeline, only to fail again and again, she spins and tumbles into the timeline without control and with no end in sight.
The Gravity is like the exact inverse of this song too, poetically enough. Requiem is about how entropy is gonna kill us all and I-No feels nihilistic and hopeless knowing that, while The Gravity is about Asuka realizing after centuries of self-hatred that it really is possible to fight fate and win as long as you have the will to act and take the first step.
You don't even have to change it. "Rolling" is a term used for enjoying MDMA. She was on a roll, then she had to stop. It also makes more sense for her background. I-no's biggest conflict is her inability to feel anything. Someone like that isn't going to develop a habit with an emotionally numbing substance, but with something that induces emotion. This whole story line might have been avoided if she got some MDMA, now that I think about it lol
@@davidnichol4735 Yeah, but "I was on adderall" is easier to hear with the Engrish singing. If you take the lyrics as "I was on a roll", then somewhere between "was" and "a", there's a mumble that you just kind of have to ignore.
It just hit me during a train ride to work that this is probably titled Requiem because this is probably the last time we'll ever get to see I-No in a GG game...
I'm feel like she'll still be here somehow, just in a different way. (And not necessarily as who she turned out as at the end of Strive) Maybe she still acts kinda like I-no, or maybe she turns into I-no mode all Jekyll and Hyde style. Maybe someone reverts here back to I-no. At the very least though, the former I-no identity/personality is gone.
Sol: you’re winning Leo: you came to die Happy chaos: you are watching as it is a football match Axl: you came looking for directions to where your girlfriend lives Anji: you wanna impress a girl Chipp: you came for a challenge
Hot take: I-no's strive outfit is better than her og one. It's almost the perfect mix of "alluring rpg witch" and "wild 70s rockstar woman" and it's awesome
amen, this design is just so much better and, going with the entire cast redesign is more grounded. (And I can play it in the living room this time round!)
I-No's theme is THE ONLY theme that doesn't have the song's title on the lyrics. The character that feels empty inside, that wants an actual future, that (if I'm not mistaken) is practically a mistake of reality, has her theme's name repressed.
There's also the meaning of the word requiem itself, requiem is a latim word that means "rest", but it is also a genre of musical compositions for funeral ceremonies. I think that you can say that I-no is dead inside
that's true this is because of what this song is spoilers below btw . . . . . . this is I-no's last theme as she's dead as of the end of strive, this is a song about a dead woman celebrating who she was
@@azzyasbourne9107 nah, movement is the little flip flopping fucker at the base, no jumping bc why would you need that, aerial with hoverdash like a true i-no main
Imo the best part is 'I can't breath'. She ascends to her true God status at the end of strive, but can't figuratively breath, being immediately destroyed by Sol, Ky and Nag.
As it turns out, all of the songs are actually sung by each charecter helping eachother. Ino does the guitar, Milia or Ram do the female singing, Sol or Ky do most of the male singing, sound effects are done by Faust warping things into existence. Axl does drums, since he seems like he would do that.
Mom: "Son, are you ok?" The son clearly not ok: "WE'RE FALLING DOWN SLOWLY LIKE SNOW LED BY GRAVITY- FADING AWAY IN THE WARM GLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW"
One thing that I've always wondered is how I-No's guitar doesn't instantly break from how much she uses it as a melee weapon in some of her attacks. Like, she literally uses it as a baseball bat in a few air attacks and it still is a useful as a newly bought guitar, like how is that even possible?!
She’s a sexy witch that was made in the Backyard during the Crussades because everyone’s want for a better future all met at one point and formed into an entity with extreme power, which made her a god and half of the power was put into the person we now know as Happy Chaos? Well, as long as she’s sexy, I guess. I-No is such a great antagonist with such an interesting backstory, especially with the different realities between her and Axl. Not only is she great, but her theme is a rollercoaster of emotions. So somber, but confident that, now, we can strive for a better future the right way all because of her actions in Strive. Thank you, I-No. Certified bop.
I don't really see I-no as an antagonist. After all she is trying to stop this sad future that's awaiting the world and humanity. It's just the way she went about it was misguided.
@@loneblade9447 antagonist doesn't necessarily mean "bad guy", it just means "the person who opposes the protagonist", "protagonist" of course not necessarily meaning "good guy", but rather just "main guy"
"After years of pretending to be cool and chill and down, i am going to embrace my identity as the highest maintenance bitch you ever saw on your fucking lives" - I-no, about to turn into god
honestly she isnt even that evil. most characters just want something good for themselves, ino however wants to give everybody godhood so that everyone can get what they want. granted she does this in a very dangerous and harmful way and she kinda does it out of selfishness as well, but i still dont think that makes her evil tbh
@@proredfly9410 True, I did say most evil but that is just because its more evil than everyone else who for the most part aren't doing even close to being bad or evil at all,
One of those times where it's less about the stock good vs evil stort, but more a conflict between two opposing idologies; What one person believes is right vs. another person who also believes they're in the right. Heard a few people say that any of the characters in guilty gear could be considered the "main character", I think this is one of those times where this could apply.
1:38 “Let’s take some strawberries and go to the hill. If you want to see fireworks, bring a cute scarf. The pictures in my head tell me a lot of stories, *None of this is real.* “ Before I watched the story: “What?” After I watched the story: “OH! Oh my god!”
Never seen the story yet I can say that what's happening here is that she sees glimpses of a charming and romantic life that she may have experienced but which have ultimately faded into nothingness.
I find it somewhat clever how I literally run out of breath at the "There is no up or down above the clouds and I can't breathe," part. The only chance to catch your breath is right after the last word.
1:00 is it me, or is this and the chorus here, referring to her ending of Strive? It really fits! Edit: I just finished the last bit of the song and OMFG ITS TOTALLY ABOUT WHAT SHE DID FOR AXL AT THE VERY END. SHE HOPES HER FATE WILL LEAD TO A NEW LIFE! AAAA ITS SO GOOD!!!!
Its not really about Axl (well, it might be). So as you may know, I-no is a time traveler. In XRD its revealed that at some indeterminant point in the future Humanity will do "something" that will make then NOT humans anymore (according to I-no) and basically everything I-no has been doing was to prevent that future from happening. As far as we know she has not been successful. Also, I-no is kind of a sociopath in that she doesn't actually feel emotions (this it spelled out in the song from 0:30 - 0:42) which is why her methods are very callous.
Ino's goal this entire series has been to stop the 'Grey World', where humanity is dead and nothing happens. She goes to the ends of the multiverse to do this, changing minor and major events, getting Ky and Sol killed by luring them into danger during the Holy Crusades and abunch of other things, but the best she does is delay it. Her trying to become god in Strive is to do this specific thing. In this song, she is saying at the end that she hopes that, since all else has failed, her death will be the catalyst for a new bright future.
@@cookiecraze1310 at the end of strive's story, I-no tries to give humanity the same power she has, which would make everyone a god and therefore _not human._ I-no was the catylist to bring forth the "Grey world" she wants to prevent.
she's canonically the only guilty gear character to say a racial slur (in the japanese version of ggxx, in baiken's route i-no calls her "そこの腐れジャップ", the last word there is a perjorative for japanese people)
I never played Guilty Gear and barely know anything about the game. But this character design is FUCKING AWESOME. It's a witch with a guitar, Hell yeah! What more could you ask for?
HMC is a grab. You can't block it. You _can,_ however, jump over it after the flash (if you didn't press any buttons) edit: i am a dumbass, you *could* block. past tense.
I'd say that necessary discrepancy. This is an amazing song, it's not underrated, just under seen. ND is seen by some as one of the worst ones, despite being (imo) a banger. The reason Perfection Can't Please Me isn't the most underrated is because to be underrated you need to be good in atleast some way.
@@dontgotovideos5560 imo it has a great beginning but falls off towards the second half. Still better than Perfection Can't Please Me, if Necessary Discrepancy is bad then Perfection Can't Please Me is a dumpster fire made of dead dogs and month old soups.
Man, I've listened to this song quite a few times, and I must say, this is one of the better song in this already GOATed soundtrack - like, the instrumental is different compared to some of the other songs, Naoki-san's vocal in this one is very unique, and the guitarist really go all out with this one! I-No to me is Daisuke-sensei's lovechild... she has one of the best fashion style in all of Guilty Gear: Strive's cast, and now she get this absolute banger of a track - I-No's mains must be proud of her! Also, can we talk about this godly guitar solo from 2:55 all the way to the end? That is one of the best guitar solo that I've heard in quite a while - it feels like I-No herself is playing on the guitar!
@@darkanayer5867 Good. I'm currently playing a mandolorian inspired gun bard so I translated the mandalorian battle chant for my character to sing as they enter battle. So I understand the pain
@@arsenereaven7576 mine is a changeling gal that uses her shapeshift to build chaos and distrust behind enemy lines. Im splitting a lot between guilty gear and rwby soundtrack. Yours sounds pretty based tho
The question of “which song in an OST is your favorite?” is particularly tricky for Guilty Gear strive. That said, this song is definitely up there for me. Depending on the day I might put a different song at the top spot of my personal list (Smell of the Game, Roar of the Spark, and alone infection say hi), but I feel like Requiem is in that spot more frequently than the others and even if it isn’t (I’d have to keep track of my preferences every day to be sure) it’s still makes the top three without a doubt.
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"If i am to be swallowed by fate I must have fought well."
Fuck.
Start of the song: haha crazy psycho
Near the end of the lyrics: *Requiem*
@@RamsesMed1na Yeah,, if you really think about it "Requiem" is the only song in the game that doesn't featured the name of the song in the lyrics; and I think Daisuke-sensei had deliberately did so, since I-No is like, his own lovechild (she's a musician, and wields instruments as her weapons)... Maybe the "Requiem" that is hidden in the song is the way that I-No had "fought" against fate, to become what we know her as today, and I love it!
@@ucNguyen-ty9cx the song doesn't have to say its name for me to feel it
Damn this song is underrated
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i feel like naoki hashimoto doesn't get enough credit, dude has serious vocal range
Wait that’s Naoki as well ?!
@@lucatamburello4545 bro he's on almost every song
Other than Disaster of Passion and Perfection Can't Please Me, Naoki is in every song.
@@spectoestis3106 I'm pretty sure he isn't in love the subhuman self either
@diosmios6775 I thought he was the angry voice
The "We're falling down slowly, like snow led by gravity" part gives me chills
Yeah the snow tends to be cold
I like the wordplay of this song. It starts of with lines about "living high" and keeps escalating the metaphor until we reach the lines " there is no up or down above the clouds and I can't breathe". Afterwards we have the line about "falling" building off of the previous metaphor and referring to the character dying.
@@joelsasmad I-No dies????
@@steelsymen5529 Yes. It is why the song is called "Requiem".
What about the lyric “let’s take some strawberries and go to the hill”
Every single theme in this game has really grown on me
I feel like when Daisuke Ishiwatari wrote the songs he had some intent to make every single lyric in his music to be able to get even better as you listen and play the game more.
This game is full of interesting music and it has gotten me hooked on how interesting they made every theme. Even one of the hardest characters to play will have an amazing theme to them.
Like a weed, naturally, as a matter of course
crawl is the only song im not fond of
@@elasiaval904 Amazing
I-No's theme has the line "I flew high so that I could see everything."
Meanwhile Testament's theme has the line "Fly high, to be seen from everywhere."
oh shit nice catch shows the difference in their mind state, testament has found his purpose and is just enjoying life going for walks for people to see, while ino is lost and is looking for a future trying her best to find the best one
oooh
Add in the fact that she's led by ”The Gravity” of Asuka and it's even better
ino and testament will have a 10 minute sex scene in the new season of guilty gear strive
@@mrmashman8338 there are two types of guilty gear fans
This brings a whole new meaning to, “ I’m depressed but still sexy as hell”
Lenny face but sad
TrollDespair . o O ( BOOBA )
can relate
@@018FLP no you cant
That’s like 90% of the cast of guilty gear honestly
How to make any fan of I-No’s lore sad in just one sentence:
“Beautiful blond hair, like a woman’s...”
Or make someone who knows all of the story upset. Like me-
@LockOn It’ll probably be about Happy Chaos again.
@LockOn We don’t have a date, but I’m guessing late spring.
@@jaketheva
well, we kinda do? the new characters' theme'll be out by may 2022
@@jaketheva maybe he lived since I-no swapped places with Megumi
Nobody talks about that beginning guitar. It tickles the brain so good.
What is it called when guitars have that sound cause i adore it so much
@@treedude4246 Clean, maybe? It might not entirely count since it has a bit of reverb
@@mekhane675 it's clean tone with phaser on it. guitar can have effects and we still call it "clean" as long as it's without distortion
Wind dancer?
“If i am to be swallowed by fate I must have fought well” really fucking hits.
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One thing I just noticed is that the guitar in the beginning is running through a rotospeaker effect which is created by putting a speaker on a rotating plate, which makes this kind of wobbly and distorted sound, which is very fitting for I-No, she's spinning around trying to solve the timeline, only to fail again and again, she spins and tumbles into the timeline without control and with no end in sight.
Am I the only one who feels the vocals and guitar are like that. Except for during stuff like the guitar solos
“Like snow led by gravity,” That line is pretty meaningful once you realize that “The Gravity” is Asuka’s Theme
The Gravity is like the exact inverse of this song too, poetically enough. Requiem is about how entropy is gonna kill us all and I-No feels nihilistic and hopeless knowing that, while The Gravity is about Asuka realizing after centuries of self-hatred that it really is possible to fight fate and win as long as you have the will to act and take the first step.
This theme is for a girl who has a guitar as a main weapon
The guitarist: "I got a gift for her"
Silly of you to think she didn't do that solo herself
@@runefaustblackHeadcanon: I-No is the guitarist for all the songs in Guilty Gear
@@lucassworldofletsplays9270now that's a good headcanon.
@@lucassworldofletsplays9270 Elphelt: *and i took that personally*
@@RamsesMed1na Isn't Elphelt the vocalist for her death metal band?
0:52
"I was on Adderall"
"I had to stop"
New revelation: I-no was just addicted to Adderall the entire time
fuck man now thats all i hear
Well, considering that
That actually makes more sense.
You don't even have to change it. "Rolling" is a term used for enjoying MDMA. She was on a roll, then she had to stop.
It also makes more sense for her background. I-no's biggest conflict is her inability to feel anything. Someone like that isn't going to develop a habit with an emotionally numbing substance, but with something that induces emotion. This whole story line might have been avoided if she got some MDMA, now that I think about it lol
@@davidnichol4735 Yeah, but "I was on adderall" is easier to hear with the Engrish singing. If you take the lyrics as "I was on a roll", then somewhere between "was" and "a", there's a mumble that you just kind of have to ignore.
I-No embodies "Physically thicc but mentally sick"
I can't even dislike this because it's true.
This also applies to Leo
sicc*
How have I never heard this
Average latina
It just hit me during a train ride to work that this is probably titled Requiem because this is probably the last time we'll ever get to see I-No in a GG game...
why? new to the series
@@pisy183 She dies
@@pisy183 cause she just straight up died, had all of her story told & has a replacement.
I'm feel like she'll still be here somehow, just in a different way. (And not necessarily as who she turned out as at the end of Strive)
Maybe she still acts kinda like I-no, or maybe she turns into I-no mode all Jekyll and Hyde style.
Maybe someone reverts here back to I-no.
At the very least though, the former I-no identity/personality is gone.
@@taxinvasion260 like a INO verison of jack O?
it's sad when you realize this song is literally about her dying
This is like a bar fight and you’re sad
Yea
I Absolutely love when People describe guilty gear music as "bar fight and you..... "
Sol: you’re winning
Leo: you came to die
Happy chaos: you are watching as it is a football match
Axl: you came looking for directions to where your girlfriend lives
Anji: you wanna impress a girl
Chipp: you came for a challenge
@@rodrigorosa4419 bridget: you're trans
@@airplanes_aren.t_realNago: You want people to shut the fuck up
Hot take: I-no's strive outfit is better than her og one. It's almost the perfect mix of "alluring rpg witch" and "wild 70s rockstar woman" and it's awesome
Hot? that take is as cold as Neptune
amen, this design is just so much better and, going with the entire cast redesign is more grounded. (And I can play it in the living room this time round!)
YES. YES, YES. INO’S OUTFIT IS THE BEST
Agree but that take is extremely cold and borderline universally agreed upon lmao
That's the opposite of a hot take, literally everyone but may and Faust look better
I-No's theme is THE ONLY theme that doesn't have the song's title on the lyrics. The character that feels empty inside, that wants an actual future, that (if I'm not mistaken) is practically a mistake of reality, has her theme's name repressed.
There's also the meaning of the word requiem itself, requiem is a latim word that means "rest", but it is also a genre of musical compositions for funeral ceremonies.
I think that you can say that I-no is dead inside
@@DJ_Comuna or just dead
Due to technicalities she'll have to share that spot with Asuka now though.
I guess the gravity can join this now since he never says *the* gravity, he just says gravity
@@sirpiss1708 something to story mode part 3 or a new installment i see . . . .
"If I am to be swallowed by fate, I must have fought well." will never stop giving me chills every time. It just hits so hard.
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Ino from the future:
"Yeah man, they are not going to nerf Ram in the next patches"
"CUT IT OUT!!!"
I-no: You're gonna hate Sol mains in about a year or two.
The playerbase: Why?
I-no: ✌️ *Procceds to dissappear*
Hey, you were right, lol
Interestingly, I _think_ Requiem is the only song on the entire Strive soundtrack to not include the song name anywhere in the lyrics.
that's true
this is because of what this song is
spoilers below btw
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this is I-no's last theme as she's dead as of the end of strive, this is a song about a dead woman celebrating who she was
What about *Guilty Gear Strive OST - Title Theme*
@@sirpiss1708 Ah! But the title theme doesn't _have_ any lyrics! Your move. >:)
@@WynterStormYT it does have lyrics, if you listen for a bit you can hear a person saying something in Latin or whatever
@@sirpiss1708 Is it in Latin? To me it just sounded like vocals with no actual words. Could be wrong tho
only true I-No's mains play her on a guitar hero controller
as an I-No main I can confirm this
The 5 buttons on the guitar hero controller for P, K, S, HS, and Dust, plus some pedals for movement, I assume?
I’ll ask my friend about borrowing his so I can truly main I-No I guess
@@azzyasbourne9107 nah, movement is the little flip flopping fucker at the base, no jumping bc why would you need that, aerial with hoverdash like a true i-no main
A scary I-no fan uses one hand
Man that "IIII FLEW HIGH SO THAAAAAT IIIII COOOULD" part goes *so* fucking hard
Imo the best part is 'I can't breath'. She ascends to her true God status at the end of strive, but can't figuratively breath, being immediately destroyed by Sol, Ky and Nag.
*SEE EVERYTHIIIING* (**CUT IT OUT!!!**)
@Bardock the Saiyan I WAS ON A ROLL!
@meowo69 THERE IS NO UP OR DOWN ABOVE THE CLOUDS AND I CAN'T BREATHE
WE'RE FALLING DOWN... SLOWLY, LIKE, SNOW LED BY GRAVITY!
I think I-No personally did the guitar solo for her theme, change my mind
I think that she herself played Shadow Festival, The Midnight Carnival, and Dirty Drive too
As it turns out, all of the songs are actually sung by each charecter helping eachother. Ino does the guitar, Milia or Ram do the female singing, Sol or Ky do most of the male singing, sound effects are done by Faust warping things into existence. Axl does drums, since he seems like he would do that.
If you want something done right, do it yourself
@@cookiecraze1310 That is such a cool detail.
@@cookiecraze1310 I can imagine all through Zato's theme is Sol Singing, and then Zato grabs the mic at the end.
Mom:
"Son, are you ok?"
The son clearly not ok:
"WE'RE FALLING DOWN SLOWLY LIKE SNOW LED BY GRAVITY- FADING AWAY IN THE WARM GLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW"
This song is addictive to me
Same
the drop at 1:10 is so good
and I like the quite part at 2:40
dont you mean the fall
I appreciate the animation he uses at that moment. Not as good as faust taking off his bag tho
It sounds like metalized version of that creepy ambient music from Half Life 2.
One thing that I've always wondered is how I-No's guitar doesn't instantly break from how much she uses it as a melee weapon in some of her attacks. Like, she literally uses it as a baseball bat in a few air attacks and it still is a useful as a newly bought guitar, like how is that even possible?!
Magic, no need to explain further
@@Resident-of-Pluto Fair point.
Not only magic but she has access to time magic. So it could break and she'd reverse it
magic
Magic ™️
This song is really special to me it has gotten me through the roughest moments of the past two years
Wow! Sol Badguy is really exist!
Order sol pfp
Based
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She’s a sexy witch that was made in the Backyard during the Crussades because everyone’s want for a better future all met at one point and formed into an entity with extreme power, which made her a god and half of the power was put into the person we now know as Happy Chaos? Well, as long as she’s sexy, I guess.
I-No is such a great antagonist with such an interesting backstory, especially with the different realities between her and Axl. Not only is she great, but her theme is a rollercoaster of emotions. So somber, but confident that, now, we can strive for a better future the right way all because of her actions in Strive. Thank you, I-No. Certified bop.
I don't really see I-no as an antagonist. After all she is trying to stop this sad future that's awaiting the world and humanity. It's just the way she went about it was misguided.
@@loneblade9447 Yeah and I get how her thought process is. She could’ve been like Axl, but I guess she just couldn’t take it all at once.
@@loneblade9447 antagonist doesn't necessarily mean "bad guy", it just means "the person who opposes the protagonist", "protagonist" of course not necessarily meaning "good guy", but rather just "main guy"
@@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447 Yes, the antagonist is merely a barrier, it can be a person, a object or even a concept.
@@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447 Sol Mainguy
0:26
This is just an edgy way of saying "April showers bring May flowers"
poetic*
Funny thing is, GG casts have May and April
i think the theme is also pulling quite a bit from "sometimes it snows in april" 😭
What does it mean?
"After years of pretending to be cool and chill and down, i am going to embrace my identity as the highest maintenance bitch you ever saw on your fucking lives" - I-no, about to turn into god
Everyone: That was you being chill?!
I-no: Welcome to my new world, bitches!
Goated reply @@MeatbagSlayer
That drop in the chorus always get me
I know the guitar is probably magic, but it never ceases to upset me when I see her absolutely abuse its strings for her attacks
"There is no up or down above the clouds!"
Slayer:
slayer is pretty down to earth for a vampire
@Octobeann he's just living it up with his wife in a dandy fashion
Daisuke on his way to give one of the most evil characters the most beautiful theme in the whole series
honestly she isnt even that evil. most characters just want something good for themselves, ino however wants to give everybody godhood so that everyone can get what they want. granted she does this in a very dangerous and harmful way and she kinda does it out of selfishness as well, but i still dont think that makes her evil tbh
@@proredfly9410 True, I did say most evil but that is just because its more evil than everyone else who for the most part aren't doing even close to being bad or evil at all,
One of those times where it's less about the stock good vs evil stort, but more a conflict between two opposing idologies; What one person believes is right vs. another person who also believes they're in the right.
Heard a few people say that any of the characters in guilty gear could be considered the "main character", I think this is one of those times where this could apply.
1:38 “Let’s take some strawberries and go to the hill.
If you want to see fireworks, bring a cute scarf.
The pictures in my head tell me a lot of stories,
*None of this is real.* “
Before I watched the story: “What?”
After I watched the story: “OH! Oh my god!”
Never seen the story yet I can say that what's happening here is that she sees glimpses of a charming and romantic life that she may have experienced but which have ultimately faded into nothingness.
@@commentateur-connaisseur-c1414 that’s...startlingly accurate.
@@commentateur-connaisseur-c1414 Are you an esper?
I find it somewhat clever how I literally run out of breath at the "There is no up or down above the clouds and I can't breathe," part. The only chance to catch your breath is right after the last word.
@@brickpuncher1429d e e p l o r e .
(But no joke, that was probably by design. Even the singer seems to running out of breath at that point.)
This song has no flaws, just like you have no witches.
This guy is speaking facts
1:00 is it me, or is this and the chorus here, referring to her ending of Strive? It really fits!
Edit: I just finished the last bit of the song and OMFG ITS TOTALLY ABOUT WHAT SHE DID FOR AXL AT THE VERY END. SHE HOPES HER FATE WILL LEAD TO A NEW LIFE! AAAA ITS SO GOOD!!!!
Its not really about Axl (well, it might be). So as you may know, I-no is a time traveler. In XRD its revealed that at some indeterminant point in the future Humanity will do "something" that will make then NOT humans anymore (according to I-no) and basically everything I-no has been doing was to prevent that future from happening. As far as we know she has not been successful. Also, I-no is kind of a sociopath in that she doesn't actually feel emotions (this it spelled out in the song from 0:30 - 0:42) which is why her methods are very callous.
Ino's goal this entire series has been to stop the 'Grey World', where humanity is dead and nothing happens.
She goes to the ends of the multiverse to do this, changing minor and major events, getting Ky and Sol killed by luring them into danger during the Holy Crusades and abunch of other things, but the best she does is delay it.
Her trying to become god in Strive is to do this specific thing. In this song, she is saying at the end that she hopes that, since all else has failed, her death will be the catalyst for a new bright future.
@@cookiecraze1310 at the end of strive's story, I-no tries to give humanity the same power she has, which would make everyone a god and therefore _not human._ I-no was the catylist to bring forth the "Grey world" she wants to prevent.
@turretboi well on that chipper note
This theme made me learn every piece of I-no lore there is and now she's my 3rd favorite video game character of all time even above Joker (Persona)
who are 2 and 1 out of curiosity?
@@taloscal Sephiroth from final fantasy and Dante from Devil May Cry
Sephiroth is 1 Dante is 2
@@2bFan. you lack motivation, vergil superiority
@@LeFisheboi Vergil's cool but unfortunately Dante's just better
"You main I-no because you're horny."
Me:
THE KING IS BACK
This is probably my favourite song in Strive, screw that this is probably my favourite song just in general
1:15 the fighting montage somehow sync with the "Led by gravity"
Song: "Fading Away"
I-No: Aerial backdash
whoever came up with witch metal is genius
This song is such a blessing, still gives me chill to this year. The most underrated for sure.
02:39 We lost the power to lose, By leaving all the pain, Fading away in the warm glow. I really like this lyrics.
I-No strikes me as the sort of person to keep getting banned off social media for using every slur she can.
she's canonically the only guilty gear character to say a racial slur (in the japanese version of ggxx, in baiken's route i-no calls her "そこの腐れジャップ", the last word there is a perjorative for japanese people)
Glad to see you back
I never played Guilty Gear and barely know anything about the game.
But this character design is FUCKING AWESOME.
It's a witch with a guitar, Hell yeah! What more could you ask for?
“Led by gravity”
Asuka’s theme name is “The gravity”
I-no and Asuka have a very very intertwined storyline… For those who don’t know.
0:44
YOU COULD BLOCK HEAVY MOB CEMENTERY
HMC is a grab. You can't block it.
You _can,_ however, jump over it after the flash (if you didn't press any buttons)
edit: i am a dumbass, you *could* block. past tense.
Most underrated strive song
You're totally right.
I dont think its underrated i see everyone saying this is pretty good
I'd say that necessary discrepancy. This is an amazing song, it's not underrated, just under seen. ND is seen by some as one of the worst ones, despite being (imo) a banger. The reason Perfection Can't Please Me isn't the most underrated is because to be underrated you need to be good in atleast some way.
@@cookiecraze1310 necessary discrepancy is just bad💀
@@dontgotovideos5560 imo it has a great beginning but falls off towards the second half. Still better than Perfection Can't Please Me, if Necessary Discrepancy is bad then Perfection Can't Please Me is a dumpster fire made of dead dogs and month old soups.
Every time I listen to this song I remember why I main I-No and I forget about my character crisis
I like how the whole song is totally on track, then it just randomly says "Bring a cute scarf"
like bitch say less-
This song should be illegal.
You shouldn't be allowed to make a song like this one with a chorus so good and so short a the same time.
This is like a bar fight and you’ve got depression.
I pray to god this isn’t the last time we see I-No, even though it probably is.
her story continues in arcade mode with both her and chaos
@olajoaocopia Nagoriyuki level 9: (:
we are falling down like snow slowly like gravity just hits hard
The leitmotif during the chorus is INO's best oki option
Best song out of the vocal tracks
This is by far the best track
hot witch with a banger theme
also her hat talks
Can we just appreciate the last four seconds of the song being death?
this song sounds like you're in a bar fight and you can't really tell whether you're winning or losing
No one's gonna talk about this sync on I-No's entrance? 1:55
underrated af theme
will nobody point out that i-no blocked sol's command grab at 0:45
I had a wtf reaction seeing this
back when mob was even more bad
@@shade9941 same ngl
Magic OP
This fighting game could also have its own Guitar Hero add on.
This fighting game SHOULD have its own Guitar Hero add on 😏
this song has a longer guitar solo than most of strive's ost, very fitting
3:02 this combo make no sense, but god damn i love it
WHY?
Fuck logic. Embrace flare and flash. Style on your enemies and they'll be unable to retaliate
1:29 DAMN THAT GUITAR
We've come a long way from The Midnight Carnival.
I honestly think I found a song that just defines me perfectly. I relate so hard to I-No and been singing to this for like an hour
Elphelts new theme and I-No's theme mashup would be HYPE!
Man, I've listened to this song quite a few times, and I must say, this is one of the better song in this already GOATed soundtrack - like, the instrumental is different compared to some of the other songs, Naoki-san's vocal in this one is very unique, and the guitarist really go all out with this one! I-No to me is Daisuke-sensei's lovechild... she has one of the best fashion style in all of Guilty Gear: Strive's cast, and now she get this absolute banger of a track - I-No's mains must be proud of her!
Also, can we talk about this godly guitar solo from 2:55 all the way to the end? That is one of the best guitar solo that I've heard in quite a while - it feels like I-No herself is playing on the guitar!
Daisuke comes up with such intelligent lyrics!
0:52 best part
0:00 to 4:50 *
The beggining of this song sounds a lot like a Helloween song, and i hope that was on porpuse cus she's a witch
She’s super fun to play
She is literally me fr fr
Me when I die:
How do people dont like this song, it's fucking great
0:43 anyone notice how I-No just decides to block Sol's command grab
LESSGO UR BAAACK 🎉 🥳
I like to think she's the one playing guitar in her own theme
Still, after 3 seasons, it's the only character's theme that doesn't have it's title in the lyrics.
0:45 this one second is an absolute relic of the past
When the bard multiclasses with warlock
You jest, but im stealing the lyrics for the verbal components my bard 5 warlock 1 is gonna use and you cannot stop me
@@darkanayer5867 And that's bad how?
@@arsenereaven7576 it isnt, i am just reiterating the fact i cannot be stopped
@@darkanayer5867 Good. I'm currently playing a mandolorian inspired gun bard so I translated the mandalorian battle chant for my character to sing as they enter battle. So I understand the pain
@@arsenereaven7576 mine is a changeling gal that uses her shapeshift to build chaos and distrust behind enemy lines. Im splitting a lot between guilty gear and rwby soundtrack.
Yours sounds pretty based tho
Dang an analysis video essay type stuff? Awesome!
"if im to be swalloed by fate i must have fought well"
Damn...
Also wtf is nobody gonna mention NAOKI on this song he sounds completely different. Talk about range
This feels much like a queen song.
The question of “which song in an OST is your favorite?” is particularly tricky for Guilty Gear strive. That said, this song is definitely up there for me. Depending on the day I might put a different song at the top spot of my personal list (Smell of the Game, Roar of the Spark, and alone infection say hi), but I feel like Requiem is in that spot more frequently than the others and even if it isn’t (I’d have to keep track of my preferences every day to be sure) it’s still makes the top three without a doubt.
I-No is two awesome character designs combined. Rockstar, and witch. Perfection.
(Millia's still my favorite though)
Can we talk about how cool the gameplay is at 1:37 ? Holy shit that makes me want a 2v1 mode so bad
2 potempkin
Hehehe
I-no having to tell her own mind to shut up is sad to me
I almost forgot this banger. More people need to play I-no please!
Are we gonna talk about the sick backing guitar track at 1:29
1:09 hits hard