I really like the theory of the Deadbeats being a representation of Lewis’s Feelings! I’ve always wondered why there is always one Deadbeat that seems Sad, Scared, or guilty. That one deadbeat could be the representation of the small guiltiness of trying to kill Arthur.
There is one odd ball Deadbeat when Arthur falls into the truck, in the top right corner there is one smileing. Me and a friend also thought of that same thing, yes Lewis is very mad at Arthur but he's also sad that he's doing what he's doing to Arthur, but even then he's still a least a little happy to see him again!
Arthur doesnt fears Mystery just from this Episode on, but from the Moment he was biting his Arm off. Didnt you noticed that? Arthur fears Mystery since Lewis Death, which he obviousy has forgotten. Only Mystery can remember what happened and cant bring himself to tell the Others. So they all actively search for Lewis, not knowing at all that he's even Dead, let alone a Ghost, let alone on their Trail to murder Arthur! They obviously can't remember, and this in turn makes Arthur fear Mystery, because his Arm was bitten off.
Before Lewis drops Arthur into the spike pit you said that Lewis's mechanical arm paralysis wore off and that Lewis revealed his human face. I think because Arthur touched Lewis with the ghostly infected arm that it _showed_ Lewis's human face, Lewis didn't purposely show Arthur his face. This also explains why Arthur's face is so shocked because he had no idea his best friend was trying to kill him. And Lewis probably thought he knew so when Arthur finally says "Lewis?!" At the end in shock, Lewis finally realizes that he didn't know that Arthur didn't know it was him and he was hesitating before so this probably crushed him. This also opens up the whole mystery of, why don't you remember killing me? Because like you said in the video, all Lewis saw was an evil looking Arthur before he was killed so he _assumed_ that Arthur knew he killed him. Hell, he probably thought Arthur was smart enough to connect the dots; you killed me and now I'm haunting you. But he didn't know he killed you! He was looking for you Lewis! Hurts me, this really hurts me. I really hope Mystery doesn't get shot, I really hope I'm not right, my heart can't handle it.
@@MisterSkids Also, sorry this is literally *3 months* late, but the large sword stuck in the ground near that samurai helmet was no katana. It looks to me like a nodachi, a much larger sword used to kill calvary.
@@MaddTheSane No, use a ax or Chainsaw, Katanas are for soft targets. If you got the papers, Money, and land use a 50 Cal. Swinging an cheap or Expensive Katana sword at wood will dent and break it.
I quite enjoyed your theory, however with the Gunshot and the hole at the end, I saw it completely differently. I suspected it was the gun but my mind went straight to Arthur being punctured and killed by one of the Stalagmites.
I know this is late but can I just mention in the ancestor fight picture if you look in the corner the roots are now dead. Grey like before. Doesn't that mean the ancestor may have killed the forest? 14:29
I have a theory. It's a bit long and repeats a lot said in the video, so bear with me. The ground is covered in snow here too, but it's hard to tell white grass from white snow. The first time around, the ancestor gets tied up in roots and Mystery was looking on all smug; the arrows, helmet, and sword showing that a number of warriors fell victim to this trap already. The ancestor is clearly a badass if she can take on Mystery, but fighting a forest of deadly magic trees and a kitsune at once isn't a good idea so she escapes. Plants can't function in cold weather so the ancestor comes back with the ice katana and uses to freeze and kill the forest, forcing Mystery to fight her head on. Shiromori absorbs the blood from the fight and survives the cold, but now aware that cold can kill her; which may be why she freaks out when she first sees Vivi only to realize that it's just some girl with a baseball bat and gets angry.
The music kinda got worse each video, but whatever, i still want what other fans want: More. SO WHY is there no Kickstarter or anything?? It would be the perfect candidate for that. The perfect candidate.
I do wonder about the color of Lewis's heart. I think it might have been Arthur's heart that went with Lewis as he was forced to push his best friend. Maybe his heart got pushed out as he was possessed. It would explain why its a picture of both Lewis and Vivi and not just Vivi which I think would be the case if it WAS Lewis's heart. In short I think Arthur sent his heart or some machination of himself out to Lewis and that combined with the deadbeats made him into what he was now. I think that IS a pretty big thing that no one seems to be talking about. I mean if it WAS Lewis's heart why wasn't it Purple like the flower?!
The music kinda got worse each video, but whatever, i still want what other fans want: More. SO WHY is there no Kickstarter or anything?? It would be the perfect candidate for that. The perfect candidate.
Great video. A lot of well edited scenes and love the new Oc. Can't wait to see more on Vivi and Shiro Mori. The little ghosts might play a major part in Lewis's emotional struggle. Wonder if the possessed arm from Arthur will come back.
Yeah those Dead Beats well be playing a major roll later on. I believe the arm well in all honesty, I didnt discuss it cause the video was already long enough plus I didnt have much to say other than "The arm well be back eventually" XD
actually saying ku no ichi would be more literally correct in English as the forming of the kanji for “woman” pronounced in romaji as “onna” meaning in kanji “female ninja” (女) is formed by three hiragana/katakana/kanji letters: hiragana ku (く), katakana no (ノ), and kanji for ichi or number one (一)
My personal hope is that the sorrow deadbeat will grab Arthur and prevent him from being impaled unfortunately I don't have anything concrete to base this Hope on just a hope and an instinct.
Wow, this was really insightful. I just thought Lewis' ghost form was just for style and didn't think that he was more of a living zombie than a ghost. Nice detail with uncle Lance and his wrestling past too
The music kinda got worse each video, but whatever, i still want what other fans want: More. SO WHY is there no Kickstarter or anything?? It would be the perfect candidate for that. The perfect candidate.
the animation is better because they switched from adobe to toonboom witch takes a bit to transfer the modals and get used to i guess, thats why it took a while probably
I think that the powers that bring him to life had force him to to throw Arthur to keep him and his body alife and able to creat and possess other thing
Sorry I am a year late but I just want to see this theory is one I too thought of but there was one thing I just couldn't figure out but maybe you could... Why do they WANT him to kill Arthur? What do they gain from it or what do they have against Arthur...? That's the one dot I can't connect.
Honestly, I had a theory that Lance may have accidentally shot Arthur by accident if Lewis and Arthur came out of the Truck. Because like....That'd be all the more reason why Lewis' heart turned even more grey than before too But, we'll just have to see! Tbh, I really hope that MysteryBen27 could possibly hire somebody to do a comic series based off of his animations ;w; I think that'd be great!
The music kinda got worse each video, but whatever, i still want what other fans want: More. SO WHY is there no Kickstarter or anything?? It would be the perfect candidate for that. The perfect candidate.
I can see why Lewis was uneasy about what he was going to do to Arthur and how it was really hard to do this to his best friend as Lewis (when he was once alive) was known to be kind and caring...killing was not one of the things he wouldn't do but pushed himself painfully to do so. As we all know when lewis lets go of Arther as he saw his best friend fall down to his death he felt nothing but instant regret that painfully made his heart break. Thats when you know that Lewis deep down truly cares for his best friend Arthur or he realized that Arthur was innocent after all. This is what I'm guessing, after all it's a theory
Look at the way Vivi is holding her bat as she's blocking Shiromori. there's a good chance her left hand got badly damaged, causing Mystery to go all Kyuubi Doom. You can't see it in that last multi-shot, so it's either gone or horribly damaged.
whether or not you chalk it up to "fangirls" you gotta admit that there IS a possibility that this is leading up to a lewis-centric love triangle! considering that arthur seemed close with him, looking at him rather than vivi when jealous, clinging to him in the cave, choosing to go with him over vivi, and evidently losing many nights of sleep looking for him! it's not impossible.
Yeah, but keep in mind, he threw Lewis over the cliff, not Vivi, and so I doubt his feelings of jealousy were because he wanted Lewis for himself, rather than because he was actually just jealous of Lewis as a person. It's not impossible I suppose, but I remain highly doubtful that that's where the story is going.
Skids. Give your opinions. Do think that Arthur IS ACTUALLY going to die and then after Lewis regrets going so far brings Arthur back and during this process the real truth gets revealed to Lewis through flashes or whatever? Do you think that Lewis will EVER find out about the green "???" spirit that possessed Arthur? (Also. Have you noticed that one of the deadbeats almost always has a not so happy look on it? Could this 1 specific deadbeat represent Lewis's deep down not so sure of going through with killing Arthur? Could it represent Lewis's actual understanding that Arthur always felt out and unneeded and Lewis actually feels bad for knowing this and taking no action himself? Maybe both?) (And while Lewis is after Arthur. Even though the inside of the locket is Lewis with Vivi. It might actually be pretty important that the locket is actually colored Arthur's orange instead of purple or blue.)
people always ask me about the dead beat and yes i noticed them, My two theories are that there captured spirits or his emotions, im pretty sure there his captured spirits helping hold him to the world because of the "one of Us" announcment. as for the Spirit, that I am not certain if lewis well find out about, but I am sure that the ??? has yet to play his final part in this story
@@MisterSkids From what I've heard this story is going to only have 5 parts. 5 videos. We've gots 3 so far and 2 to go. I'm excited to see how things go down and what happens. But..... at the same time I'm a little sad. Only 2 more..... I really like this story. It's so special and unique.
Hi love the theory, but there was one thing in the animation that I think some may have overlooked or didn't take into account. Vi, when she is defending against scissor lady her bat is glowing blue. This blue is kinda like a cold blue that winter is like, as the nameless woman's blade had snowflake hilt and the blade had purplish huge with snowflakes on it, this power might be winter or snow? Snow, is sometimes seen as pure or clean so maybe this sword was use to cleanse or purify the forest that Mystery was in, it could also explain that maybe the forest was corrupted by his blood too. It's just a guess, but is it possible that she challenged mystery to a duel and won cleansing the forest and Mystery now protects her bloodline perhaps?
@@MisterSkids I was wondering that too, but from how the light reflects off the pool, shouldn't some of it be shadowed by the Shiro-trees? I wonder if it could be a pool that is tainted from blood, causing it to go a yellow color. Perhaps its how Mystery can feed the Shiro-trees, putting it in the water for the branches to soak up, some of them are in the water right?
Almost a year late, but one of the first things I thought when seeing the logo at the end shot was of the multiple tails of a kitsune, but you describing it as the flowing scarf also fit once you mentioned it.
One thing I want to add about Vivi and the ice sword. During the super scissor scene, the bat is wrapped in a fog or glow that is similar to the swords color. That would imply that the apperance of the blade is an ability of some kind. Perhaps inherited, either by the grandmother or a past life, or perhaps due to the charm around the handle.
What I just noticed watching this is that in the shot of Lewis awakening as a spirit, he's surrounded by the same green fog that seemed to herald Arthur's possession. There's been no other evidence of him being influenced by the green thing, and we see in Freaking Out that it's still in Arthur's arm, so I don't know what the significance is- except that the One of Us promo has the Deadbeats in a similar greenish color to the mist? Perhaps that's where he actually got them from- though that doesn't discount your theory of extant occult knowledge, as he may have used said knowledge to trap the mist. Also a dimension to the last shot you didn't quite cover- part of why Lewis was so heartbroken was because of Arthur's surprise, especially as Arthur didn't even scream as he fell; Lewis is suddenly realizing that things may not be as they seem, that maybe Arthur didn't murder him after all and didn't even know he was dead. Taking away all the impetus he had been relying on in a moment of shock to compound the guilt of what he was doing. No wonder his kokoro is brokoro D:
Vivi made Lewis's kokoro go doki doki... now it's stopped. And that theory could also go with why the arm possessed Arthur, it could have been coincidental but it is also possible that the deadbeats and the ??? arm thing all have some reason to want to harm Arthur. On top of that, Arthur's color is yellow, and both the deadbeats and Lewis have yellow hearts. Hell Lewis's flower even has yellow in the middle! That just leaves why exactly Arthur has some sort of connection to all those ghosts...
I'm always sad that no one talks about that one deadbeat that has a look of regret or sadness! If they are based off his feelings then there is one part of him that dosen't want to do this because, maybe just maybe he knows that couldn't have been his bestfriend that killed him!
16:47 Or she's just embarrassed because she realized the girl she was looking at wasn't the same person she was seeing. Before "The Future" came out, I would have just said that Lance's gun was just a normal shotgun (I literally just googled it, and yes, older shotguns did have to be manually cocked). But now that "The Future" has come out... *there's no way in heck a normal shotgun would have been able to fire that many times without reloading it!*
I would just like to say that it's a really nice touch that Shiromori's handwrap is still missing after Lewis burned it off in Freaking Out. Secondly, Lewis' heart. Oh boy, Lewis' heart. Cracked when Blue, Vivi's color. Yellow, only to turn a cracked black once Arthur discovers who Lewis is. I think the colors of Lewis' heart might be some indicator for his relationships. Given that Arthur was looking for him in the first place, he may well not remember what happened to Lewis at all and is searching for him, the yellow whole. But Vivi can't even remember Lewis period, hence the crack when it's blue.
I like some of your theories but I think you might be off on some of your reading expressions stuff. 16:30 for example; I'd expect her blush is more embarrassment. She freaked PTSD style for a moment seeing the Samurai challenging her, and when her vision cleared it was just the nerdy girl holding a bat. Combined with Mystery's reaction this only made her even more angry that she was put off momentarily by the illusion; resulting in a doubling down in the aggression. Imagine the crazy axe wielding maniac killer freaking out in front of his victims because he saw a cockroach next to them. Her losing face in her big moment would be more than enough to be humiliated and more frustrated once she realized what happened. 17:30 Lewis does have an expression change once Arthur starts screaming, but I also interpret that more as exasperation than regret. A "Are you kidding me?" note before throwing him in the hole. He's clearly not relishing his fear like the Oni girl is. I get the feeling more of annoyance or frustration is a better explanation. His train of thought is interrupted by something that's mildly irksome and he's not taking any enjoyment out of, and he expresses that displeasure before moving on with what he was doing. I think Lewis is still too high on his thoughts of revenge to really be questioning his actions at this point let alone showing regret or hesitation.
You may very well be right about Shiromori since Kitsune can create illusions, but your theory does not explain why exactly Lewis heart is breaking more than ever before if he's just going "You have got to be kidding me".
@@tevinanarchy774 Again, I think he's just focused on revenge. Only after the fact does he face a "What have I done?" moment and regrets his actions. Until that point he's solely about blue girl and getting some comeuppance for what he's suffered through.
@@jg2323 Okay. What do you think of the deadbeats, specifically the change in facial expressions some have like that one who was sad about Arthur's danger
@@tevinanarchy774 The ghost things? I've no idea. It's unclear if they are sapient and feel things on their own or are a reflection of Lewis; as they show a range of responses positive and negative to the situations. That could be Lewis having mixed feelings, or they're just ghosts who have individual personalities and respond differently. Or it could be an afro samurai situation where they are an external manifestation of Lewis' emotions that he's pushed aside. In that cartoon Afro himself was quiet, reserved, and intense. Afro Ninja however was a imaginary friend of the protagonist who was outgoing, loudmouthed, sassy and generally said what was on his mind, because he was everything the protagonist pushed aside to embrace his single minded focus on vengeance and displayed none of those qualities himself. We don't know what exactly the deadbeats relationship with him is other than following him around.
what if shirimori (srry if i spelled it wrong) was the flower that agreed to the deal? she was only after the blood to help her forest instead of all for herself? and the blue woman is acutely the bad one but trying to look like a good person?
Now if lance would shoot at mystery it wouldn't effect him since only magic weapons and the sorts can injure kitsune and are good old pal mystery is a kitsune so the other theory in lance shooting sheramori is as you said the best option
!!! It makes sense now. Lewis is not a Revenant, but rather--a Lich--a deliberately created undead magic user--and the heart is his phylactery... which he apparently created using some of Vivi's essence, as a sort of romantic pact between the two of them. It makes sense--he and Vivi were dabbling in the occult long prior to his death, thus her fascination with ghosts and haunted places--and I mean, who just 'happens' to keep a magical fox around as a pet? Lewis turning undead wasn't complete happenstance, but a desperate use of his esoteric knowledge of necromancy magic, from past 'investigations'.
At the end with the 5 split parts, the background colors of each character have been said to be who they’re looking at. So I think Shiromori is attacking Mystery, mystery is protecting Vivi, and ViVi is looking at shiromori afraid, or is just unconscious
Okay so I think shirimori was a combination of the ancestor and the plants here’s theory , as the ancestor and mystery fought more and more of his blood dripped onto the plants giving them more power and now getting power hungry the plants try to kill mystery while consuming the land killing anything in its way knowing the land and all life was in danger the ancestor attacked the plants trying to kill mystery in hopes of him giving his aid but as the plants overpower him mystery becomes absolutely terrified of what he created and is basically helpless and as the ancestor frees mystery he runs for his life utterly terrified and leaves her to death furiously she screams at mystery calling him a spineless coward and that she’ll hunt him down if it’s the last thing she does as she attacks the plants she spots the heart of all the blood soaked plants the original flower she then cuts the flower to pieces but as the shredded flower pieces fall it sprays spores all over her she panics and stumbles backwards into a puddle of mystery’s blood the plants spores spread as they merged with the ancestor corrupting her mutating her body and mind as she realizes this is her final hour as a last act of heroism she cut her self down in hopes of stopping the plants from returning and using her to hurt more people as her breath fades a family member finds her and buries her, the spores then preceded to created a cocoon around the deceased ancestor and started mutating her body further, years pass and a distorted hand pops from the ground as the plant lady rises she is drawn to the forest of where the battle was as she walks through the now decaying forest she steps in the little remains of the flower and as a shock of electricity the ancestors and the plants memories come back but all at once while being distorted and twisted she looks to the sky and grins maliciously thus shirimori is born and she is out for blood. Sorry that it’s so long
Tevin Sparrow it could be that she doesn’t realize that she’s related to her ether that or she’s blinded by greed and hatred and just doesn’t care anymore it could be a multitude of reasons including the insanity of her creation but one I will go with is I’m not sure.
The next songs seems like it's going to be Every Note based on how we hear it in the intro, kinda how we heard Hellbent at the end of the Freaking out Video.
I'm guessing that Lance shoots Mystery thinking that he was a monster that he was attacking Vivi. Meanwhile, Lewis saves Arthur & tells him to give his locket to Vivi to help her remember him. And Arthur's old possesed arm grew a new body to reveal why Arthur pushed Lewis to his death.
HOLY SH*T!!!! I found Shaggy!! dude it's been different ever sense you left hope you go back to it! (of course I'm making a joke lol but you do look like him in the video)
If you look at the deadbeats in the “cave,” all but one of them seem set on terrorizing Arthur. One, however, looks unsure and or saddened by the scenario. If it is Lewis’s conscience given form, that could make a lot of sense, as that particular deadbeat would symbolize his reluctance to follow through with his revenge.
I really like the theory of the Deadbeats being a representation of Lewis’s Feelings! I’ve always wondered why there is always one Deadbeat that seems Sad, Scared, or guilty. That one deadbeat could be the representation of the small guiltiness of trying to kill Arthur.
There is one odd ball Deadbeat when Arthur falls into the truck, in the top right corner there is one smileing. Me and a friend also thought of that same thing, yes Lewis is very mad at Arthur but he's also sad that he's doing what he's doing to Arthur, but even then he's still a least a little happy to see him again!
Louise
Im glad im not the only one that waited 2 YEARS
Yeah lol
Honestly forgot about it until it came up again
I waited three lmao. Feels just like yesterday I found Ghost and then when Freaking Out was posted a year later. Ahhh, nostalgia.
@@polaroidfox good for u mate
Arthur doesnt fears Mystery just from this Episode on, but from the Moment he was biting his Arm off. Didnt you noticed that?
Arthur fears Mystery since Lewis Death, which he obviousy has forgotten.
Only Mystery can remember what happened and cant bring himself to tell the Others.
So they all actively search for Lewis, not knowing at all that he's even Dead, let alone a Ghost, let alone on their Trail to murder Arthur!
They obviously can't remember, and this in turn makes Arthur fear Mystery, because his Arm was bitten off.
Before Lewis drops Arthur into the spike pit you said that Lewis's mechanical arm paralysis wore off and that Lewis revealed his human face. I think because Arthur touched Lewis with the ghostly infected arm that it _showed_ Lewis's human face, Lewis didn't purposely show Arthur his face.
This also explains why Arthur's face is so shocked because he had no idea his best friend was trying to kill him. And Lewis probably thought he knew so when Arthur finally says "Lewis?!" At the end in shock, Lewis finally realizes that he didn't know that Arthur didn't know it was him and he was hesitating before so this probably crushed him.
This also opens up the whole mystery of, why don't you remember killing me? Because like you said in the video, all Lewis saw was an evil looking Arthur before he was killed so he _assumed_ that Arthur knew he killed him.
Hell, he probably thought Arthur was smart enough to connect the dots; you killed me and now I'm haunting you. But he didn't know he killed you! He was looking for you Lewis!
Hurts me, this really hurts me. I really hope Mystery doesn't get shot, I really hope I'm not right, my heart can't handle it.
hahahahhaha, hope you saw the new music video
Glad to have u go further in detail with these videos and quite exciting to learn new facts
The videos take longer but I like being more detailed with my ideas and my sources
@@MisterSkids she blushes here 16:34 btw :P
Funfact: The Snow Ninja and Vivi share someyhig else in common. Vivi Yukino: Yuki meaning snow in Japanese.
Oh my~ Now thats knowledge i did not know! Thank you much!
@@MisterSkids Also, sorry this is literally *3 months* late, but the large sword stuck in the ground near that samurai helmet was no katana. It looks to me like a nodachi, a much larger sword used to kill calvary.
@@lilman-jk5pv A Nodatchi was used to literally cut down both the horse and rider.
@@dannyn6558 But would they be effective against trees?
@@MaddTheSane No, use a ax or Chainsaw, Katanas are for soft targets. If you got the papers, Money, and land use a 50 Cal. Swinging an cheap or Expensive Katana sword at wood will dent and break it.
I quite enjoyed your theory, however with the Gunshot and the hole at the end, I saw it completely differently. I suspected it was the gun but my mind went straight to Arthur being punctured and killed by one of the Stalagmites.
13:30 fun fact revenant can range from being completely skeletal to covered in flesh
geoshark12 also easily strong enough to hold Arthur like that as somehow they are much stronger even with decayed or no muscle
reminds me of gaijins theory of sans and papyrus being revenant...
@@pifilixxiv3192 that is actually what made me do some research on revenants
I know this is late but can I just mention in the ancestor fight picture if you look in the corner the roots are now dead. Grey like before. Doesn't that mean the ancestor may have killed the forest? 14:29
I have a theory. It's a bit long and repeats a lot said in the video, so bear with me. The ground is covered in snow here too, but it's hard to tell white grass from white snow. The first time around, the ancestor gets tied up in roots and Mystery was looking on all smug; the arrows, helmet, and sword showing that a number of warriors fell victim to this trap already. The ancestor is clearly a badass if she can take on Mystery, but fighting a forest of deadly magic trees and a kitsune at once isn't a good idea so she escapes. Plants can't function in cold weather so the ancestor comes back with the ice katana and uses to freeze and kill the forest, forcing Mystery to fight her head on. Shiromori absorbs the blood from the fight and survives the cold, but now aware that cold can kill her; which may be why she freaks out when she first sees Vivi only to realize that it's just some girl with a baseball bat and gets angry.
Wow, Hellbent is so Bad. Not the episode, sure, but the Song. That song is Levels beneath the Others.
I didn't notice at first but thanks for pointing out the double barrel pump shotgun
The music kinda got worse each video, but
whatever, i still want what other fans want:
More.
SO WHY is there no Kickstarter or anything??
It would be the perfect candidate for that.
The perfect candidate.
I do wonder about the color of Lewis's heart. I think it might have been Arthur's heart that went with Lewis as he was forced to push his best friend. Maybe his heart got pushed out as he was possessed. It would explain why its a picture of both Lewis and Vivi and not just Vivi which I think would be the case if it WAS Lewis's heart.
In short I think Arthur sent his heart or some machination of himself out to Lewis and that combined with the deadbeats made him into what he was now.
I think that IS a pretty big thing that no one seems to be talking about. I mean if it WAS Lewis's heart why wasn't it Purple like the flower?!
the middle of the flower is orange too--
!!!!!! Genius...
He then grabs a nearby double barrel shotgun and proceeds to.... pump it....*HMMMMMMMMMMMMM*
Vlad Gavaneanu he needed to
Make sure it was dead
The music kinda got worse each video, but
whatever, i still want what other fans want:
More.
SO WHY is there no Kickstarter or anything??
It would be the perfect candidate for that.
The perfect candidate.
If Lewis saves Arthur at the last second the song "When I'm With You" could work for part 4
Well, it's "the future"
@@bargarberta6976 but When I'm With You seems to be the song chosen for part 5!
@@Rawilow Maybe
André Ménard really? how do you know?
Great video. A lot of well edited scenes and love the new Oc. Can't wait to see more on Vivi and Shiro Mori. The little ghosts might play a major part in Lewis's emotional struggle. Wonder if the possessed arm from Arthur will come back.
Yeah those Dead Beats well be playing a major roll later on. I believe the arm well in all honesty, I didnt discuss it cause the video was already long enough plus I didnt have much to say other than "The arm well be back eventually" XD
lovely video! i just giggled when you said "ku-noi-chi" when im used to hearing "ku-no-ichi"
i had to make myself remember how to properly pronounce it seeing as youtube loves to point out my pronunciation problems XD
actually saying ku no ichi would be more literally correct in English as the forming of the kanji for “woman” pronounced in romaji as “onna” meaning in kanji “female ninja” (女) is formed by three hiragana/katakana/kanji letters: hiragana ku (く), katakana no (ノ), and kanji for ichi or number one (一)
My personal hope is that the sorrow deadbeat will grab Arthur and prevent him from being impaled unfortunately I don't have anything concrete to base this Hope on just a hope and an instinct.
MisterSkids, the public needs your Intellect
I live streamed my reaction and im already working on the newest review, thank you for your awesome words by the way~
@@MisterSkids Your Welcome!
Can we all agree that Lewis running over Shiromori will never not be hilarious?
That sad-looking Dead Beat is going to save Arthur.
I'm sure of it.
Wow, this was really insightful. I just thought Lewis' ghost form was just for style and didn't think that he was more of a living zombie than a ghost. Nice detail with uncle Lance and his wrestling past too
Lance probably noticed Shiromori first, seeing that she’s right there! And a ghost Arthur could look cool!
I love that animated intro of you as a skeleton. XD
Thank you~ That took me around a week to make alone XD
MisterSkids that is amazing.
The music kinda got worse each video, but
whatever, i still want what other fans want:
More.
SO WHY is there no Kickstarter or anything??
It would be the perfect candidate for that.
The perfect candidate.
Double barrel pump actions do, in fact, exist, and they are awesome
the animation is better because they switched from adobe to toonboom witch takes a bit to transfer the modals and get used to i guess, thats why it took a while probably
Oh now that I did not know that but it makes ALOT of sense
@@MisterSkids glad i could be of assistance lol
The Future is out now. Can't wait for your next theory video
This review is informative as well as INCREDIBLY entertaining!
Keep it up my dude!
You've earned a sub!
I think that the powers that bring him to life had force him to to throw Arthur to keep him and his body alife and able to creat and possess other thing
Sorry I am a year late but I just want to see this theory is one I too thought of but there was one thing I just couldn't figure out but maybe you could...
Why do they WANT him to kill Arthur? What do they gain from it or what do they have against Arthur...?
That's the one dot I can't connect.
“DON’T YOU DARE!!! GOD DAMN FANGIRLS.”
Honestly, I had a theory that Lance may have accidentally shot Arthur by accident if Lewis and Arthur came out of the Truck. Because like....That'd be all the more reason why Lewis' heart turned even more grey than before too
But, we'll just have to see!
Tbh, I really hope that MysteryBen27 could possibly hire somebody to do a comic series based off of his animations ;w; I think that'd be great!
The next episode of this series, "The Future", is out now.
11:47, that's a nice kitsune ya got there
Vivi's ancestor used her Bankai. XD
The music kinda got worse each video, but
whatever, i still want what other fans want:
More.
SO WHY is there no Kickstarter or anything??
It would be the perfect candidate for that.
The perfect candidate.
I can see why Lewis was uneasy about what he was going to do to Arthur and how it was really hard to do this to his best friend as Lewis (when he was once alive) was known to be kind and caring...killing was not one of the things he wouldn't do but pushed himself painfully to do so.
As we all know when lewis lets go of
Arther as he saw his best friend fall down to his death he felt nothing but instant regret that painfully made his heart break. Thats when you know that Lewis deep down truly cares for his best friend Arthur or he realized that Arthur was innocent after all.
This is what I'm guessing, after all it's a theory
Look at the way Vivi is holding her bat as she's blocking Shiromori. there's a good chance her left hand got badly damaged, causing Mystery to go all Kyuubi Doom. You can't see it in that last multi-shot, so it's either gone or horribly damaged.
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I was waiting for this
whether or not you chalk it up to "fangirls" you gotta admit that there IS a possibility that this is leading up to a lewis-centric love triangle! considering that arthur seemed close with him, looking at him rather than vivi when jealous, clinging to him in the cave, choosing to go with him over vivi, and evidently losing many nights of sleep looking for him! it's not impossible.
Yeah, but keep in mind, he threw Lewis over the cliff, not Vivi, and so I doubt his feelings of jealousy were because he wanted Lewis for himself, rather than because he was actually just jealous of Lewis as a person.
It's not impossible I suppose, but I remain highly doubtful that that's where the story is going.
i love the green flames your skelly self has looks sick
Skids: at least not completely-
Me: **internal screaming**
I think crazy corpse blushed because it was an illusion created by the little doggo, since across may old cultures foxes are illusionists
*Show the yaoi pic* DONT YOU DARE!! LMAO my favorite line ever!! I would ship them teehee~
I thought the mystery skull logo at the end of hellbent was hinting that Arthur died because of the hole in the logo
In the cave scene you can see vivi at the bottom left corner of the spikes at 10:24
When you said "Pit of Spikes" I was like OMG YOU'RE RIGHT
Your comedy is AMAZING..
I like you ☺
I'm back in the year 2020, there is an announcement of the new upcoming Mystery Skulls album and a few teasers of an upcoming animation.
i hear, i already saw it andfunnily enough it was in an hour of Ben dropping the teaser XD I dont know if it was luck or if im just that big a shmuck
MisterSkids Ah, I see I see! Thanks for the heads up!
@@R1p71d3 No problem, im still mulling over the implications in my head plus working on the newest video
I love how you called shiormori (sorry idk how to spell it) GROOT
The thought that the reason why lewis had the map and he was so shocked because there was no body is a very interesting theory.
Skids. Give your opinions. Do think that Arthur IS ACTUALLY going to die and then after Lewis regrets going so far brings Arthur back and during this process the real truth gets revealed to Lewis through flashes or whatever? Do you think that Lewis will EVER find out about the green "???" spirit that possessed Arthur?
(Also. Have you noticed that one of the deadbeats almost always has a not so happy look on it? Could this 1 specific deadbeat represent Lewis's deep down not so sure of going through with killing Arthur? Could it represent Lewis's actual understanding that Arthur always felt out and unneeded and Lewis actually feels bad for knowing this and taking no action himself? Maybe both?) (And while Lewis is after Arthur. Even though the inside of the locket is Lewis with Vivi. It might actually be pretty important that the locket is actually colored Arthur's orange instead of purple or blue.)
people always ask me about the dead beat and yes i noticed them, My two theories are that there captured spirits or his emotions, im pretty sure there his captured spirits helping hold him to the world because of the "one of Us" announcment. as for the Spirit, that I am not certain if lewis well find out about, but I am sure that the ??? has yet to play his final part in this story
@@MisterSkids From what I've heard this story is going to only have 5 parts. 5 videos. We've gots 3 so far and 2 to go. I'm excited to see how things go down and what happens. But..... at the same time I'm a little sad. Only 2 more..... I really like this story. It's so special and unique.
hEy!
I think that Mystery stays with vivi’s family for generations
my thoughts exactly
Hi love the theory, but there was one thing in the animation that I think some may have overlooked or didn't take into account. Vi, when she is defending against scissor lady her bat is glowing blue. This blue is kinda like a cold blue that winter is like, as the nameless woman's blade had snowflake hilt and the blade had purplish huge with snowflakes on it, this power might be winter or snow? Snow, is sometimes seen as pure or clean so maybe this sword was use to cleanse or purify the forest that Mystery was in, it could also explain that maybe the forest was corrupted by his blood too. It's just a guess, but is it possible that she challenged mystery to a duel and won cleansing the forest and Mystery now protects her bloodline perhaps?
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9:09 LMAO
7:24 XD
7:47 XD
Is it just me, or is there a slight, ghost-like echo to Skids’ voice? Cause if there is, it’s a very nice touch to go with the ghost OC of his
yes i did add a reverb effect for added style, glad you noticed ^^
I could be wrong here but I think that Louis might actually be the descendant of the orchestrator in mystery skulls magic video
I'm pretty sure those are separate worlds.
I Loved that tf2 scout reference DENIED IM BATTIN A THOUSAND!
DON'T. YOU. DARE! that got me XD
Ok, but grammar?
@@slevinchannel7589 what about it, grammar nazi?
The hole could also be the spikes in the truck, possibly for a trick on us to throw us of
I think Lewis’s expression before throwing Arthur into the truck is more like “Seriously? At least have some *dignity* “
11:27 am i the only one that's interested on how the pool at the bottom is gold?
i was thinking about that, I was thinking maybe that it was the light reflecting off the sun and sky
@@MisterSkids I was wondering that too, but from how the light reflects off the pool, shouldn't some of it be shadowed by the Shiro-trees? I wonder if it could be a pool that is tainted from blood, causing it to go a yellow color. Perhaps its how Mystery can feed the Shiro-trees, putting it in the water for the branches to soak up, some of them are in the water right?
@@nectarmouth See I wasn't sure if it was the sky either, but I usually avoid talking about things unless I have conclusive evidence of what they are.
A new episode just came out yesterday and I watched it as the first episode I ever had
It's called the future
Almost a year late, but one of the first things I thought when seeing the logo at the end shot was of the multiple tails of a kitsune, but you describing it as the flowing scarf also fit once you mentioned it.
One thing I want to add about Vivi and the ice sword. During the super scissor scene, the bat is wrapped in a fog or glow that is similar to the swords color. That would imply that the apperance of the blade is an ability of some kind. Perhaps inherited, either by the grandmother or a past life, or perhaps due to the charm around the handle.
What I just noticed watching this is that in the shot of Lewis awakening as a spirit, he's surrounded by the same green fog that seemed to herald Arthur's possession. There's been no other evidence of him being influenced by the green thing, and we see in Freaking Out that it's still in Arthur's arm, so I don't know what the significance is- except that the One of Us promo has the Deadbeats in a similar greenish color to the mist? Perhaps that's where he actually got them from- though that doesn't discount your theory of extant occult knowledge, as he may have used said knowledge to trap the mist.
Also a dimension to the last shot you didn't quite cover- part of why Lewis was so heartbroken was because of Arthur's surprise, especially as Arthur didn't even scream as he fell; Lewis is suddenly realizing that things may not be as they seem, that maybe Arthur didn't murder him after all and didn't even know he was dead. Taking away all the impetus he had been relying on in a moment of shock to compound the guilt of what he was doing. No wonder his kokoro is brokoro D:
Vivi made Lewis's kokoro go doki doki... now it's stopped.
And that theory could also go with why the arm possessed Arthur, it could have been coincidental but it is also possible that the deadbeats and the ??? arm thing all have some reason to want to harm Arthur.
On top of that, Arthur's color is yellow, and both the deadbeats and Lewis have yellow hearts. Hell Lewis's flower even has yellow in the middle!
That just leaves why exactly Arthur has some sort of connection to all those ghosts...
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I'm always sad that no one talks about that one deadbeat that has a look of regret or sadness! If they are based off his feelings then there is one part of him that dosen't want to do this because, maybe just maybe he knows that couldn't have been his bestfriend that killed him!
I did talk about it in a general sort of sense as the video was already getting insanely long and i couldnt go into details
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Fangasm? FUCKING FANGASM!? That is now my favorite word
14:51 i think the ancestor is shiromori herself, look at that ponytail and shiromori's tree on her head.
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now that Future is released you gotta do another analysis
16:47 Or she's just embarrassed because she realized the girl she was looking at wasn't the same person she was seeing.
Before "The Future" came out, I would have just said that Lance's gun was just a normal shotgun (I literally just googled it, and yes, older shotguns did have to be manually cocked). But now that "The Future" has come out... *there's no way in heck a normal shotgun would have been able to fire that many times without reloading it!*
So well made!!
Thank you so much! It took me over a month of nonstop work on it
I had a theory that Arthur actually died at the end of Hellbent, and he comes back as a orange thunder ghost in part 4.
Arthur can't become a revenant like Lewis, he has nothing to be hateful about.
though he might become one of the deadbeats (The pink ghosts that follow Lewis.)
@@zarinkentusa7873 in pretty sure Lewis would not be okay with that...
@@cristobalalvarez1427 true though depending on what the dead beats are he might not have a choice.
I would just like to say that it's a really nice touch that Shiromori's handwrap is still missing after Lewis burned it off in Freaking Out. Secondly, Lewis' heart. Oh boy, Lewis' heart. Cracked when Blue, Vivi's color. Yellow, only to turn a cracked black once Arthur discovers who Lewis is. I think the colors of Lewis' heart might be some indicator for his relationships. Given that Arthur was looking for him in the first place, he may well not remember what happened to Lewis at all and is searching for him, the yellow whole. But Vivi can't even remember Lewis period, hence the crack when it's blue.
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WHAT'S TORGUE DOING HERE
I agree with you on the fangirls part "DON'T YOU DARE YOU DAMN FANGIRLS" I feel a bit sorry for Slenderman being chased by those...fangirls
the entire time during the intro I was internally begging for the music to stop so I could stop fangirling
I like some of your theories but I think you might be off on some of your reading expressions stuff.
16:30 for example; I'd expect her blush is more embarrassment. She freaked PTSD style for a moment seeing the Samurai challenging her, and when her vision cleared it was just the nerdy girl holding a bat. Combined with Mystery's reaction this only made her even more angry that she was put off momentarily by the illusion; resulting in a doubling down in the aggression. Imagine the crazy axe wielding maniac killer freaking out in front of his victims because he saw a cockroach next to them. Her losing face in her big moment would be more than enough to be humiliated and more frustrated once she realized what happened.
17:30 Lewis does have an expression change once Arthur starts screaming, but I also interpret that more as exasperation than regret. A "Are you kidding me?" note before throwing him in the hole. He's clearly not relishing his fear like the Oni girl is. I get the feeling more of annoyance or frustration is a better explanation. His train of thought is interrupted by something that's mildly irksome and he's not taking any enjoyment out of, and he expresses that displeasure before moving on with what he was doing. I think Lewis is still too high on his thoughts of revenge to really be questioning his actions at this point let alone showing regret or hesitation.
You may very well be right about Shiromori since Kitsune can create illusions, but your theory does not explain why exactly Lewis heart is breaking more than ever before if he's just going "You have got to be kidding me".
@@tevinanarchy774 Again, I think he's just focused on revenge. Only after the fact does he face a "What have I done?" moment and regrets his actions. Until that point he's solely about blue girl and getting some comeuppance for what he's suffered through.
@@jg2323 Okay. What do you think of the deadbeats, specifically the change in facial expressions some have like that one who was sad about Arthur's danger
@@tevinanarchy774 The ghost things? I've no idea. It's unclear if they are sapient and feel things on their own or are a reflection of Lewis; as they show a range of responses positive and negative to the situations. That could be Lewis having mixed feelings, or they're just ghosts who have individual personalities and respond differently. Or it could be an afro samurai situation where they are an external manifestation of Lewis' emotions that he's pushed aside.
In that cartoon Afro himself was quiet, reserved, and intense. Afro Ninja however was a imaginary friend of the protagonist who was outgoing, loudmouthed, sassy and generally said what was on his mind, because he was everything the protagonist pushed aside to embrace his single minded focus on vengeance and displayed none of those qualities himself.
We don't know what exactly the deadbeats relationship with him is other than following him around.
what if shirimori (srry if i spelled it wrong) was the flower that agreed to the deal? she was only after the blood to help her forest instead of all for herself? and the blue woman is acutely the bad one but trying to look like a good person?
Now if lance would shoot at mystery it wouldn't effect him since only magic weapons and the sorts can injure kitsune and are good old pal mystery is a kitsune so the other theory in lance shooting sheramori is as you said the best option
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Bruh, why you look like shaggy IRL?? XD
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Also great job w those amazing theories
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It makes sense now.
Lewis is not a Revenant, but rather--a Lich--a deliberately created undead magic user--and the heart is his phylactery... which he apparently created using some of Vivi's essence, as a sort of romantic pact between the two of them.
It makes sense--he and Vivi were dabbling in the occult long prior to his death, thus her fascination with ghosts and haunted places--and I mean, who just 'happens' to keep a magical fox around as a pet? Lewis turning undead wasn't complete happenstance, but a desperate use of his esoteric knowledge of necromancy magic, from past 'investigations'.
Really wishing i knew about Phylactarys BEFORE making this video now, bleh
Though I states in a previous theory that Lewis had occult knowledge before dying and I was 100% right, go check it, theres proof on my channel
Hey I was wondering, have you uploaded your reaction to Hellbent? I was trying to find it but couldn't.
I have the recording I never put it up though I didnt think anybody wanted to see it in full XD
-Time to wait 2 MORE FRICKING YEARS-
ok just 2 more years
At the end with the 5 split parts, the background colors of each character have been said to be who they’re looking at. So I think Shiromori is attacking Mystery, mystery is protecting Vivi, and ViVi is looking at shiromori afraid, or is just unconscious
Okay so I think shirimori was a combination of the ancestor and the plants here’s theory , as the ancestor and mystery fought more and more of his blood dripped onto the plants giving them more power and now getting power hungry the plants try to kill mystery while consuming the land killing anything in its way knowing the land and all life was in danger the ancestor attacked the plants trying to kill mystery in hopes of him giving his aid but as the plants overpower him mystery becomes absolutely terrified of what he created and is basically helpless and as the ancestor frees mystery he runs for his life utterly terrified and leaves her to death furiously she screams at mystery calling him a spineless coward and that she’ll hunt him down if it’s the last thing she does as she attacks the plants she spots the heart of all the blood soaked plants the original flower she then cuts the flower to pieces but as the shredded flower pieces fall it sprays spores all over her she panics and stumbles backwards into a puddle of mystery’s blood the plants spores spread as they merged with the ancestor corrupting her mutating her body and mind as she realizes this is her final hour as a last act of heroism she cut her self down in hopes of stopping the plants from returning and using her to hurt more people as her breath fades a family member finds her and buries her, the spores then preceded to created a cocoon around the deceased ancestor and started mutating her body further, years pass and a distorted hand pops from the ground as the plant lady rises she is drawn to the forest of where the battle was as she walks through the now decaying forest she steps in the little remains of the flower and as a shock of electricity the ancestors and the plants memories come back but all at once while being distorted and twisted she looks to the sky and grins maliciously thus shirimori is born and she is out for blood. Sorry that it’s so long
Amazing... but if she is so noble why try and kill her ancestor as well?
Tevin Sparrow it could be that she doesn’t realize that she’s related to her ether that or she’s blinded by greed and hatred and just doesn’t care anymore it could be a multitude of reasons including the insanity of her creation but one I will go with is I’m not sure.
The next songs seems like it's going to be Every Note based on how we hear it in the intro, kinda how we heard Hellbent at the end of the Freaking out Video.
Btw I love the fricken inspired OC for mystery skulls
Thank you, I had it inspired a long time ago to have my avatar drawn as the ghost...ghost XD
@@MisterSkids by the way do you do commissions or art work for people? I really want a mystery skulls inspired oc
@@flashbeat9521 Link to the artist in the decription, I didnt make the avatar, i dont have the time to draw XD
Dude mystery skulls the future wtf happened I'm dumbfounded man
*MYYY* thoughts?!
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What about that sad dead beat ghost?
Its face looks like its pity for Arthur
Maybe its going to help Arthur?
This is just my opinion
Love the mustase!
Maybe lewis is the ghostrider. Transforms machines, uses fire, seeks vengeance, is a skeleton, head is on fire.
OMG how did we not see this before! Better than Nick Cage as an actor too!
@@MisterSkids I know right. Ghost rider 3.
you could also call him a lich (fairly similar concept)
I'm guessing that Lance shoots Mystery thinking that he was a monster that he was attacking Vivi.
Meanwhile, Lewis saves Arthur & tells him to give his locket to Vivi to help her remember him.
And Arthur's old possesed arm grew a new body to reveal why Arthur pushed Lewis to his death.
HOLY SH*T!!!! I found Shaggy!! dude it's been different ever sense you left hope you go back to it! (of course I'm making a joke lol but you do look like him in the video)
If you look at the deadbeats in the “cave,” all but one of them seem set on terrorizing Arthur. One, however, looks unsure and or saddened by the scenario. If it is Lewis’s conscience given form, that could make a lot of sense, as that particular deadbeat would symbolize his reluctance to follow through with his revenge.