The Greatest Living Show /Toby Fox & Itoki Hana

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @it0ki
    @it0ki  Год назад +5945

    ◆◇◆◇Lyrics◆◇◆◇
    青く 憂う月が
    かじかむ森を 照らしだす
    そこに はるか
    ひめられた
    誰も知らない舞台が
    あるの
    ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
    「明かり灯せ」
    きらめく琥珀と影が
    ドアをいきまじる夜
    「明かり灯せ」
    踊り子たちは囀る
    オパールのくちばしで
    熱狂に
    満ちる客席を
    【Shwoman】(彼) は
    傀儡たちと 見下ろす
    その振り上げた
    腕に、幕が落ちたなら
    さあ、ショーのはじまりだ
    ライオンが吠え
    狂ったラッパが鳴く
    わたしは恐怖に惹かれていく
    「「さあ、飛べ!」」
    「「舞え!」」
    「「身体よじらせて ねじ切れるまで踊れ!」」
    最高のショーが
    呼んでいる
    最後の章が
    呼んでいる
    最高のショーが…
    子供たちの起きる時間まで
    ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
    ちいさな幕間に 星明かりが消えたなら
    つかれた役者たちが 列なして はける
    煙と くゆった つめたい舞台裏から
    駈け出せば 鮮やかな
    ひかりに 出会った
    恋をして
    知らない「あなた」とワルツを踊りたい
    誰もが皆
    見とれるような
    それは 素敵な結末が…
    あるの
    ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
    「明かり灯せ」
    コルセットの夜闇と
    【Shwoman】(彼)に囚われていた
    「明かり灯せ」
    あまたの囁きが ほら、
    名前を呼んでいる
    「明かり灯せ」
    スパンコオルのドレスと
    上がる息は まばゆく
    けれども、どうだ
    わたしの演技は、どこか
    「正しく」ないようだ ―
    ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
    仮面の男が
    グラスを手に笑う
    わたしは舞台を転げまわる
    「「さあ、飛べ!」」
    「「舞え!」」
    身体よじらせて ねじ切れ 引き裂かれる
    「最高のショーだ」
    声がする
    最後の章だ
    声がする
    「最高のショーだ」
    ちぎれてく、
    さ い ご の・・・

    • @spacedoodles
      @spacedoodles Год назад +87

      beautiful work here

    • @ari638
      @ari638 Год назад +157

      This was hauntingly beautiful, but I'd like to know the English translation of the lyrics ;-;

    • @tintop8520
      @tintop8520 Год назад +252

      @@ari638
      ◆◇◆◇Lyrics◆◇◆◇
      The blue, sorrowful moon
      Light up the numb forest
      there Haruka
      was beaten
      A stage that no one knows
      Is there
      ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
      "Light up"
      Glittering amber and shadows
      the night you mess with the door
      "Light up"
      the dancers sing
      with an opal beak
      enthusiastically
      full audience
      【Shwoman】(he) is
      Looking down with the puppets
      raised it
      If the curtain falls on your arm
      Let the show begin
      lion roaring
      mad trumpet sounds
      I'm drawn to fear
      ""Come on, let's fly!""
      ""Dance!""
      "Twist your body and dance until it breaks!"
      the best show
      calling
      the last chapter
      calling
      The best show...
      until the children wake up
      ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
      If the starlight disappears in a small interval
      Tired actors walk out without a line
      From the smoky and cold behind the scenes
      If you start running, it will be vivid
      I met Hikari
      in love
      I want to dance a waltz with "you" I don't know
      everyone everyone
      Admiring
      That's a nice ending...
      Is there
      ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
      "Light up"
      The darkness of the corset and
      [Shwoman] was imprisoned by (him)
      "Light up"
      A lot of whispers, look,
      calling your name
      "Light up"
      spangle dress and
      The rising breath is dazzling
      but how
      where is my acting
      It doesn't seem "correct" -
      ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
      the masked man
      laugh with a glass
      I roll around the stage
      ""Come on, let's fly!""
      ""Dance!""
      Twist your body, twist it, tear it apart
      "It's a great show"
      I hear a voice
      it's the last chapter
      I hear a voice
      "It's a great show"
      torn off,
      The last moment···
      💀 DEPRESSING AHH LYRICS

    • @lisbonmapping8425
      @lisbonmapping8425 Год назад

      @@tintop8520 The main character woman is a moron lmao. The hell did she think was gonna happen?

    • @Home-body
      @Home-body Год назад +256

      The blue, melancholy moon
      The blue, melancholy moon illuminates the biting forest.
      There, far away
      the stage is set
      There is a stage that no one knows
      that no one knows about.
      ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
      "Let the lights shine."
      Glittering amber and shadows
      The night the door is bustling
      Let the lights come on
      Dancers chirp
      With beaks of opal
      In a frenzy
      The audience in a frenzy.
      Shwoman looks down with her puppets
      Looking down with his puppets
      If the curtain falls on his upraised
      When the curtain falls on his arms
      Then the show is about to begin.
      The lions howl
      And the mad trumpet sounds
      I'm drawn to fear
      "Come on, fly!
      Dance!
      Dance till you twist and turn and twist!
      The best show in town
      Calls to you.
      The last chapter
      The last chapter
      The best show...
      Till it's time for the kids to wake up
      ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
      When the starlight goes out in the tiny interlude
      The weary performers line up to leave
      from the smoky, smoky, clammy backstage
      I ran out from the choking backstage
      I met a bright light
      I want to fall in love
      I want to dance the waltz with "you" I don't know
      I want to dance a waltz with someone I don't know
      I want to dance with you, whom I don't know.
      It's a beautiful ending.
      There is.
      ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
      Light the Lights."
      The night darkness of the corset and
      [Shwoman](He) held me captive.
      Turn on the light.
      And the whispers, you see,
      They're calling my name.
      "Turn on the lights."
      Spangled dress
      And the breath that rises in the air
      But what do you think?
      My performance is somehow
      Is somehow not "right."
      ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
      The masked man
      Laughing with a glass in his hand
      I roll around the stage
      "Come on, fly!"
      Dance!
      Twisting and turning, twisting and tearing
      Best show ever.
      I hear voices.
      It's the last chapter.
      I hear voices.
      "Greatest show on earth."
      Tearing,
      The first...
      Translated with DeepL
      I don’t know much about Japanese but take any pronouns you see with a grain of salt. Pronouns aren’t really used in JP as far as I know so gender markers are contextual, meaning the translator apps are guessing which pronouns to use without context.
      EDIT: fwugradiation is Toby’s official RUclips account and he has included his original English lyrics of which the Japanese was based on in the comments below. To me that is the most true English lyrics you can get! My comment is simply using DeepL on the Japanese lyrics~

  • @Caroline15390
    @Caroline15390 Год назад +4449

    One thing that stood out to me in this piece was how strangely, unnervingly organic the curtains looked at times, like the stage was a living thing.

    • @jonathan_herr
      @jonathan_herr Год назад +278

      Glad to see it wasn't just me that thought/was noticing the... "Living" nature/feel of the "circus"... Like some sort of malevolent mushroom?

    • @kruxdewdrop1220
      @kruxdewdrop1220 Год назад +280

      It is called the greatest "living" show after all. It'd be false advertising to have it otherwise, would it not?

    • @plates7245
      @plates7245 Год назад +20

      It reminds me of the image used for 74.

    • @powerofspiral9716
      @powerofspiral9716 Год назад +58

      I think through background we were intentionally shown imagery that resembles genitals to enhance the "living" feeling of the show and as well add subtle nuance to storytelling

    • @ladylark10884
      @ladylark10884 Год назад +13

      indeed, i assume it was supposed to give off yonic imagery

  • @Ketsui.
    @Ketsui. Год назад +14665

    The fact Bani-chan went from UNDERTALE fan animations to _this_ collaboration with Toby Fox is nothing short of amazing

    • @Envy_May
      @Envy_May Год назад +473

      SO IT IS THE SAME BANI-CHAN GNBFJBFDCKJNXMX

    • @Ketsui.
      @Ketsui. Год назад +232

      @@Envy_May Pretty sure, yeah! The art style seems like it is, right?

    • @sacredsprings3933
      @sacredsprings3933 Год назад +354

      Yup, it is the same Bani! She said on her channel a few years ago she was working with toby on something.

    • @T.JacobMain
      @T.JacobMain Год назад +76

      I was thinking the same thing! The name sounded familiar, and then I had a whole memory whiplash lol

    • @bateli9733
      @bateli9733 Год назад +23

      Oh my! It is the same person from all those years ago...

  • @RosieTheRo
    @RosieTheRo Год назад +7732

    This feels like watching a fairytale. Not the "happily ever after" kind, the kind that warns you to never tell your name to the fae or else they'll steal it from you

    • @still_your_zelda
      @still_your_zelda Год назад +340

      Well the good news is fairy tales are like that. We are just used to the watered down disney Hollywood versions that paint them as something romantic.

    • @mifiwi3438
      @mifiwi3438 Год назад +200

      @@sirei01 I'm kinda saddened that future generations in germany likely will also grow up on the "kids-friendly" modern variants. I loved hearing or reading the original (well, close enough at least) fairtales as a kid.

    • @claruwu
      @claruwu Год назад +21

      @@sirei01 So true! Because english and german are the only 2 languages that exist in the world right

    • @YassineFarah2423
      @YassineFarah2423 Год назад +117

      ​​@@johnDoe-uw2zs "unfortunately for the girl and so many others before her, only the ringmaster will have his happily ever after."

    • @mimisezlol
      @mimisezlol Год назад +18

      The lyrics align with that by telling us Haruka's fate at the very beginning

  • @korvidkillz
    @korvidkillz 8 месяцев назад +563

    The fact that, after a year, this still only has 2.8m views is CRIMINAL. I hope in a few more years, the algorythym will catch on and make this one of those viral older music videos

    • @hoarder_of_quarters
      @hoarder_of_quarters 4 месяца назад +7

      Real, also Magolor pfp 🤑

    • @korvidkillz
      @korvidkillz 4 месяца назад +5

      @@hoarder_of_quarters RAAAAAAAAH MAGOGANG RISE UP

    • @n4r1z_0utp0zt
      @n4r1z_0utp0zt 4 месяца назад +4

      ​@@korvidkillz GAAAHHHH HELLO FELLOW MAGOLOR FAN🔥🔥🔥

    • @AshTehRat
      @AshTehRat 4 месяца назад +4

      ​@@korvidkillz I've found my people... :D

    • @wildfire9280
      @wildfire9280 2 месяца назад +2

      @@hoarder_of_quarters egg with hair

  • @expealidocious
    @expealidocious Год назад +18489

    i still can't wrap my mind around the fact that this was animated by one person. so insanely beautiful.

    • @IchiAriichisanroku
      @IchiAriichisanroku Год назад +626

      The fact that they also animate undertale stuff and this MV with its ties to Toby Fox!

    • @Einzeilhandery
      @Einzeilhandery Год назад +93

      it is never a one person project

    • @zturtle781
      @zturtle781 Год назад +823

      @@Einzeilhandery well in this case the visuals were done entirely by bani-chan. although the music side was done by multiple people

    • @jackmagic8420
      @jackmagic8420 Год назад +74

      I hope they were paid well!

    • @athenos1
      @athenos1 Год назад

      Bani chan, check out her socials!

  • @leendaleendawhatsinmyagenda
    @leendaleendawhatsinmyagenda Год назад +6208

    I love how her eyes combined with her overall "whiteness" at the start of the story are so innocent.
    While after she falls into the puppeteer's trap her eyes and whiteness reminds so much of sickness and illnesses

    • @Noursinette_
      @Noursinette_ Год назад +15

      999th like, first reply

    • @ecru_5819
      @ecru_5819 Год назад +219

      This is a really good observation I never even considered
      She's so pristine and pure looking, even down to her white sclera and simple black eyes
      But as soon as it starts coming apart they become red and yellow

    • @anastasiakrieger8822
      @anastasiakrieger8822 Год назад +48

      ​@@ecru_5819she looked like amalthea last unicorn and angel egg Sabine movie the girl

    • @anastasiakrieger8822
      @anastasiakrieger8822 Год назад

      ​@@ecru_5819this animation similar to the medicine Seller in Mononoke anime

    • @anastasiakrieger8822
      @anastasiakrieger8822 Год назад +14

      ​@@ecru_5819reminds me of jareth and Sarah the goblin king

  • @DarkMarxSoul
    @DarkMarxSoul Год назад +4632

    The thing that gets me about this video on a repeat watch is that she should have KNOWN what was going to happen. She SAW the strings, she SAW those ceramic dolls get cracked apart. The truth of the show was right in front of her eyes but she ignored it and thought she would be an exception, that the puppetmaster would treat her differently than his dolls. But he didn't, and she met the same fate, and unlike a ceramic doll she didn't crack-she was torn apart in a stream of blood. Chilling.

    • @netoeythedestroyer8468
      @netoeythedestroyer8468 Год назад +889

      she looked scared as she stood behind the cirtains. maybe she thought she wasn't going to be like the others, that he loved her and she was special. but she then realised thats exactly how he made every girl feel before tearing them apart

    • @NasusKim
      @NasusKim Год назад +568

      i feel like most people or young naïve girls wants to be different in the hands of a brutal man kind of like the "i can fix them" mentality. tragic. everyone wants feel special to someone.

    • @acyned8079
      @acyned8079 Год назад +184

      I feel what that part shows is that the ability and skill of the showman was so great that it made the obvious seem not obvious at all.

    • @komarimo
      @komarimo Год назад +330

      Sometimes abusers make it seem like it isn't their fault and that their victims were just being fragile and "overdramatic" and sometimes new victims think "well I'm different/it won't be that way with me" until they're in that situation and realize how real it is (maybe why we see her being torn apart vs the cracks, as it's her perspective). Very tragic cycle.

    • @liben5052
      @liben5052 Год назад +108

      Shes very innocent and that ended up costing her life, which makes the whole thing so tragic.

  • @rihito4544
    @rihito4544 9 месяцев назад +93

    なんか、20年くらい前の時代のアニメ、ゲームの世界観‥‥なんだろうこのとてつもない懐かしい感じ‥‥‥

  • @FwugRadiation
    @FwugRadiation Год назад +5354

    Original English Lyrics
    Silent blue
    So cried the somber moon
    Above the oaken forest starving in the cold
    There lay a carnival
    With a showman's hall
    The GREATEST LIVING SHOW
    Never been told
    So I go
    Bring the stage alight
    Was the amber writing plain across the door
    Glinting bright
    Drawing figures from the night
    Bring the stage alight
    Went the opal-beaked dancers chanting plight
    Casting shadows that reek
    Of cologne
    Braving through the sight
    To the seats replete with shaking heat and fright
    High he stands
    Twisting puppets on his throne
    Let him raise his arms in might
    To the Greatest Show that's ever never known
    Falling curtains that shine
    Like a bone
    Soaring round above the ground
    With threads so brightly blaring
    Mouth apart
    A smile twisting
    Like a plaything on a string
    Lions roar
    With force
    For what is in store
    As the trumpets are bleating
    Like broken violins
    The last curtain is calling
    For the show tonight
    The last curtain is calling
    For the show tonight
    The last curtain is calling
    For it's time for all little children to take their daily
    Then to the lonely middle time
    Where the star-painted dancers take the lights off
    Out go the tired middle men
    Who retire in dirty lines
    Then to the ending time again
    Where the haze heavy room is cold and empty
    Trotting across the middle when
    A new light colors in my mind
    If I love the show
    Shall I waltz onstage and be a dancer in the glow
    For all to know
    And then the watcher's eyes
    Will be my glaring prize
    Here in the Greatest Living Show
    Never been told
    So I go
    Bring the stage alight
    As I slip into the corset of the night
    In the wings
    When he traps me in his sight
    Bring the stage alight
    Was the candied whisper made to take my fright
    "Can't you hear them all calling your name?"
    Bring the stage alight
    With a sequined dress to draw my breath
    In white
    Cheers the crowd
    Screaming black into the light
    Bring the stage alight
    But the poems I've been praying don't seem right
    Falling curtains that shine
    On a doll
    Soaring round above the ground
    With threads so tight they tear me
    Head apart
    My body twisting
    Like a plaything on a string
    Men in masks
    They laugh
    In brandy and glass
    Through their spectacled grins
    As I'm falling limb from limb
    The last curtain is calling
    For the show to end
    The last curtain is calling
    For the show to end
    The last curtain is calling
    For the show to end
    End
    End
    End
    End
    ---
    The Japanese lyrics were based off of the English lyrics. And, the music video was mostly based off of the Japanese lyrics.

    • @cylindricalcat1
      @cylindricalcat1 Год назад +169

      These are amazing, as is the song! I was wondering if you were able to say who contributed background vocals to sections such as 03:06.

    • @Sodaim
      @Sodaim Год назад +112

      I loved this a lot Toby

    • @goopi_eh
      @goopi_eh Год назад +21

      That was beyond incredible!

    • @EidolonOrpheus
      @EidolonOrpheus Год назад +99

      Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long, long time...

    • @jackatk
      @jackatk Год назад +58

      He’s not dead! Toby this is awesome!

  • @hazepages
    @hazepages Год назад +1141

    I LOVE how at around 4:09 you can hear "The last curtain is calling, For the show to end" in subtle male vocals!

    • @RoseOfNight
      @RoseOfNight Год назад +132

      I believe that's Toby singing, too.

    • @hazepages
      @hazepages Год назад +165

      @@RoseOfNight didn't know Toby Fox sang too. But that would explain additional vocals not being credited anywhere, can totally see him doing that.

    • @noirwashere
      @noirwashere Год назад +66

      ​@@hazepages yea thats him he also sings along with her in a few other lines

    • @Vinesus
      @Vinesus Год назад +33

      @@hazepages I mean, we know Toby be [Rappin’]

    • @LocalPostal
      @LocalPostal Год назад +23

      ​@hazepages He has a few songs with vocals, a good example would be The Baby Is You

  • @shugendorites428
    @shugendorites428 Год назад +4597

    What gets to me most is that single ribbon at the end. It’s just the quiet assurance that yes, this has already happened to a thousand girls already, and it’s GOING to happen to a million more. It’s that idea of an endless cycle that’s the most haunting.

    • @NiennaFan1
      @NiennaFan1 Год назад +85

      OK if you understand could you explain what's going on? I watched it once trying to read the English lyrics at the same time and once just focusing on the video - so the girl goes to the show and likes it and decides to perform but then it turns out everyone who performs randomly dies? I get it's supposed to be like being fooled and seduced and then something bad happens to you and it's a metaphor for manipulation and abuse because that's what all the comments are saying, but why do everyone's limbs fall off? Is that the whole plot that you perform in this show and then you randomly die, or am I missing something? The comments said something about everyone else being ceramic dolls and the main character is the only human? Why do they get ripped apart? And is the girl whose limbs fall off at the end the main character or someone else? I thought it was the main character but then I saw the main character with the ringmaster afterwards?

    • @elusivemayfly7534
      @elusivemayfly7534 Год назад +471

      I think it’s a metaphor for being “torn apart.” The woman in white innocently believes she is choosing to dance but finds there are “strings attached” to her being part of the show. The show and love affair with the Showman felt like achieving her dreams, but in fact she has given her soul to the devil, and her dreams are really nightmares. The Showman even transforms to have long horns, a pointed tail, and red wings (formed by his cloak) (you can see these features at 4:16).
      The feel makes me think of the story of Bluebeard (I think that’s the one), where a young woman peers into a secret place she should not see and is punished by being dismembered, like the other women before her.
      Those are my thoughts, anyway! I’m sure the OP will have more good insights.
      EDIT: I think the Showman is dancing with the main character’s naked, decapitated body at the end. I had to go back and look again because it was hard to see with the dreamy, flowy style of animation. Even the bad things look beautiful in this style

    • @NiennaFan1
      @NiennaFan1 Год назад +176

      @@elusivemayfly7534 yeah he is dancing with the dead body- and the strings attached thing makes a lot of- WAIT WAS THE WHOLE SPAMTON PLOT LINE A [50% OFF]ING PUN

    • @elusivemayfly7534
      @elusivemayfly7534 Год назад +14

      @@NiennaFan1 LOL!!!!

    • @ChillPatrick
      @ChillPatrick Год назад +26

      at least ribbon escaped...

  • @MrStrawbcheesecake
    @MrStrawbcheesecake Год назад +2965

    I love how both the ringmaster and the stage have many predatory aspects in their design. The flash of his teeth, his slitted eyes and blood coloured clothes, as well as the structure and setting of the stage looking almost organic. Sort of like an extension of himself. The girl is very much in his world now, where he dominates and controls most, if not all that happens in the tent, and he manages it almost as naturally as any creature would handle their own physical body. I also love how disorienting it becomes for her. How it's somewhat overwhelming at the beginning, watching the graceful moves of the performers and the enjoyment and admiration taken from the crowd, she becomes somewhat lost in the phenomenon around her. Then the next time we meet such a scene is when she's under the influence of the puppet master herself, being thrown and pulled about, no grace present anymore, just a sickening ride she cannot endure, until the point where she is pulled to pieces, much in a way that mirrors how a cat plays with a mouse it's caught . The shot of the ringmaster closing the book at the end reminds us that the girl has become just another story for people to tell. She no longer exists in the realm of potential. She is now just another page in his story, and to him that's all that matters. She was only ever a means to an end. The lost white ribbon is now all that remains of her in the time before the circus, left in a simpler and more natural time and setting, no longer attached, only once belonging. Like a memory of her untainted youth, it's small, dainty and fragile. Almost ethemeral, taken by the wind and impossible to find again.
    Amazing video and music. Awesome talent! Thankyou so much for sharing this with us! How I miss this level of expression and art! So Amano-esque!
    Toby, Beni-chan and Itoki-sans talent and creativity in this video is reminiscent of the sacred three responsible of the early final fantasy's! (Uematsu, Sakaguchi and Amano)
    Such a delight to see something of that incredible standard!

    • @finimoth
      @finimoth Год назад +121

      I AM READIN ALLAT ‼️‼️🔥🔥🔥

    • @Kris_P108
      @Kris_P108 Год назад +35

      Great comment, you're really intelligent

    • @Fuyaera
      @Fuyaera Год назад +11

    • @Kiwivoli
      @Kiwivoli Год назад +24

      You are like a poet of some sort

    • @anastasiakrieger8822
      @anastasiakrieger8822 Год назад +15

      This animation screams medicine Seller mononoke ,last unicorn and angels egg animated movie

  • @beebs4283
    @beebs4283 Год назад +2555

    I feel like I’m watching Yoshitaka Amano art coming to life. This is incredible. Yet another hit for Itoki Hana and Toby Fox

    • @elefenrir7
      @elefenrir7 Год назад +9

      Fr fr

    • @vanderkarl3927
      @vanderkarl3927 Год назад +177

      Don't forget Bani-chan, who brought it to life!

    • @kiraakuma5933
      @kiraakuma5933 Год назад +13

      I was thinking the same thing the whole time I was watching!~

    • @LoiValdes
      @LoiValdes Год назад +4

      Exactly

    • @UshioKiss
      @UshioKiss Год назад +75

      I personally feel bani-chan's art is very different from Yoshitaka Amano. I've been a fan of their art for a long time, and while some techniques are similar, the style and proportions are rather different I think.

  • @neosaneo2
    @neosaneo2 Год назад +1805

    i love how 2:02 shows exactly what will happen to the girl in the end but since their insides are seen as chalky and porcelain the horror isn't fully realized until the end where the blood fills the stage

    • @FungalFury
      @FungalFury Год назад +362

      I interpreted it as her intentionally ignoring the horror of it because she's too bewitched by the spectatle, too entranced to care about the grime of the performance.
      Reminds me of stories about Faye

    • @RectPropagation
      @RectPropagation Год назад +164

      She might have also expected to be treated like one of the beak faced dancers (who are fine when the show ends) and not like the dolls.

    • @RectPropagation
      @RectPropagation Год назад +6

      @@recordofragnarokisapurehyp6660 I see the light blue, dark blue, and a gold color but not the red. Which shoe is it on?

    • @recordofragnarokisapurehyp6660
      @recordofragnarokisapurehyp6660 Год назад +7

      @@RectPropagation Oh, sorry, I mistook gold for red due to the quality on my phone.

    • @RectPropagation
      @RectPropagation Год назад +1

      @@recordofragnarokisapurehyp6660 Oh, no problem!

  • @prism_OS
    @prism_OS Год назад +2308

    The parts where Showmaster's voice mix with Itoki's gave me chills.

    • @rayman1900
      @rayman1900 Год назад +197

      This was actually Toby's singing for that part!

    • @android_K05
      @android_K05 Год назад +10

      @@rayman1900 source?

    • @zturtle781
      @zturtle781 Год назад +228

      @@android_K05 it seems to not be credited here, but check out the background vocals Toby did for Itoki Hana's "74"; they sound very similar. Also, if you listen carefully, towards the end of the song you can also hear that voice singing "The last curtain is calling / For the show to end" in the background, which is the final line of the original English lyrics Toby wrote (which he posted in this comment section under his old FwugRadiation account). So, while no direct confirmation, it's fairly reasonable to assume it's him.

    • @Cherished.Beloved
      @Cherished.Beloved Год назад +15

      Oof which part because I didn't notice💀
      Edit: wait I think I know which part, which happens to be my favorite lol

    • @luiswaverly5632
      @luiswaverly5632 Год назад +35

      @@zturtle781 I WAS WONDERING IF THAT WAS ENGLISH, thank you so much for sharing what was being said

  • @TheAdvertisement
    @TheAdvertisement Год назад +1131

    I love how subtly the animation shows the poor girl's obliviousness at the start. The people around her are shadowed, drops dissipating from them for the show. All she's focused on are the bright lights, the show, the wonder of the circus. So much so that she doesn't notice the girls ripped to shreds on the stage, not registering the blood and pain they're sacrificing.
    It's not until the very end that the curtain is lifted, literally.
    As the curtain rises, the faceless are finally seen by her. A cruel, rich crowd, enjoying watching her pain, taking pleasure from a show that will be her end. And of course, she becomes aware of the bloodshed, the bright scarlet magenta of her own blood filling in when she only saw cracks on the other girls. The other girls were puppets to her, nothing to paying attention to once they'd served their purpose. But now she's become all too aware that she is not just a puppet, and treating her like one breaks her.

    • @missrae1869
      @missrae1869 Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/NUZyaUEn_XQ/видео.html
      @TheAdvertisement

    • @anastasiakrieger8822
      @anastasiakrieger8822 Год назад +6

      No like the other girl she agreed to get killed she fell for him he wasnt human he collect Girls and their souls pose he Kills her is a demon but catcher soul she embrace him

    • @anastasiakrieger8822
      @anastasiakrieger8822 Год назад +2

      The other male watchers who visit him arent human either the Girls married him had a relationship with him than they argged to be his brideswife of show he killed them

    • @anastasiakrieger8822
      @anastasiakrieger8822 Год назад +2

      He owns the souls he reconstroct the souless bodys with his demon magic hangs them on walls in his circus this he dont crushed tossed aside were girls like her fallen for his charms they all let him kill them he dont age she wasnt speciel he will use her to lure the next girl until one woman is Smart reject him his death trap

    • @anastasiakrieger8822
      @anastasiakrieger8822 Год назад +2

      All this Girls loved him he didnt No one he spared none of them showed mercy they wre toys to play around with fake love than toss aside until he had them already Lost interest bored him he aint human hmm love is blind one sided pf all this Girls sie still attached to him dud she hope he change for hil tue show is everything not the Girls lives his Grotesce existance the circle continue since others argue like her to be with him

  • @bec-sauce8375
    @bec-sauce8375 Год назад +3371

    actually astounded by the fact that this was all animated by one person. this is some professional animation studio type shit.

    • @floralrune
      @floralrune Год назад +48

      hi homestuck pfp

    • @floralrune
      @floralrune Год назад +139

      also (actual on-topic comment now) apparently it took 2 years !

    • @bec-sauce8375
      @bec-sauce8375 Год назад +159

      @@floralrune first reply i get to this comment and its about my homestuck pfp. literally 1984.
      also i give up on projects when they take over a week to create how tf do you work on the same thing for two years...great googly moogly

    • @astrea4020
      @astrea4020 Год назад +101

      @@floralrune That is still WILDLY impressive for a project of this caliber. Puparia took 3 years and was a one person project.

    • @remixtheidiot5771
      @remixtheidiot5771 Год назад +41

      ​@@bec-sauce8375 my personal record is 6 months. still ended up canning it after all that time and energy...
      willpower made of steel that animator has.

  • @Fang_Tooth
    @Fang_Tooth Год назад +1146

    I love that the dancers appear to have strings attached to them, at first it looks like a normal stage show but then you realize it's more like a puppet show controlled by a puppet master.
    the backgrounds and small details are so unbelievably good and fitting it's hard to imagine it was animated by one person. I've only seen this once and i love it i know i'm going to rewatch it again every single time i think of it

    • @rayman1900
      @rayman1900 Год назад +39

      You could interpret that those performers are all controlled by the greed of the puppet master, and that they are forced to dance and fly around until the end of their life, which is also what happened to the main character after falling in love with him. She is blinded by love and want to become a fulfilled actress and thus, can be moved around like a puppet at her's master wish until her inevitable demise.

    • @tepig2828
      @tepig2828 Год назад +8

      “It pulls the strings and makes them ring until your heart gets ripped up”

    • @AshenDust_
      @AshenDust_ Год назад +41

      @@tepig2828 Deltarune fans try not to relate unrelated works to Deltarune challenge (Impossible)

    • @opagel
      @opagel Год назад +11

      Toby Fox fans when they see strings: OMGGGG DERMTALRUN REFERNCC???
      🥺🥺😲😲😲💀💀💀💀💀🥶🥶🥶😳😳😳🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

    • @meganegan5992
      @meganegan5992 Год назад +2

      @@opagel it's a Toby Fox production, luv, ain't that out of left field

  • @Drescota
    @Drescota Год назад +5663

    On one hand, it wonderful that we live in a time when smaller creators have the means of creating works of such high quality as this from across the world; on the other hand, it's a shame that these people do not get the industry support that they should. Image what these creators could do if they had the budget of even one of the smaller animations companies.

    • @marmorad4319
      @marmorad4319 Год назад +225

      Not to diminish Toby Fox or Itoki Hana, but I feel similarly in that Bani-chan deserves top billing alongside them.

    • @Zionswasd
      @Zionswasd Год назад

      the false value of money that the world relies on is the issue in and of itself, we do not need it to survive or to be happy, it is only the ultra rich who propagate that fool's gold, in lieu of having any true values or valuables in their souls to bring to the table.

    • @dormir2072
      @dormir2072 Год назад +104

      I feel like this is the style someone would need to animate in if they wanted to adapt the character designs of Yoshitaka Amano well. imagine what we could have with that kind of character design concept, and this kind of animation style and approach.

    • @ashross5860
      @ashross5860 Год назад +51

      @@dormir2072 Amano is my favorite artist and I agree wholeheartedly. the whole "threatening whimsical" vibe is perfect

    • @tkg353
      @tkg353 Год назад +8

      You can't call Toby Fox a small creator, wtf, he may've started small, but almost everyone does.

  • @mu4784
    @mu4784 Год назад +528

    I love that at the end, the head, the actual person, is seperated and the puppeteer is still dancing with the body.
    Makes me feel how some people see women's bodies as objects, they are literally blind to the fact that there is a person there, a head attached.

  • @greyscaleadaven
    @greyscaleadaven Год назад +2149

    That whole arc was so fun to watch, from someone stunned by the visuals of this performance, to the enticement of them by the puppeteer, to the end in which they become the puppet they so idolized before. Seems like a great commentary on how peeking behind the curtains isn't all its chalked up to be. I really liked the end too, where you can see malevolence enter the picture as the main character is torn to pieces by their captor in front of a captivated audience. Simultaneously beautiful and horrific all in the same breath.

    • @chrissysonicutdrloz
      @chrissysonicutdrloz Год назад +155

      What I find interesting is that she didn't see the blood when she was a spectator, only when she became a performer.

    • @Crystalis39
      @Crystalis39 Год назад +150

      @@chrissysonicutdrloz Yeah. When she was a spectator, the dancers were cracking like porcelain dolls and losing their limbs (there's even a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment around 1:51 where one dancer's head is about to tear off), but they neither bled nor lost their dresses, unlike the protagonist. On a literal level you could interpret this as the protagonist getting special treatment in the worst possible sense (it makes sense for the lead role to be given higher expectations, no?), but I think it's probably a metaphor for how people tend to see suffering (both generally and more specifically in the name of art) as something beautiful and dignified, but once you're actually in that position you'll find that it's mostly just painful, especially when combined with the expectations of a crowd. And there's an exploitative angle too with whatever's going on with the Showman/puppeteer, IDK I'm not very good at reading stuff past the surface level.

    • @juliewinchester1488
      @juliewinchester1488 Год назад +28

      @@Crystalis39 I actually interpreted that as them not being real, just puppets. They're meant for the kind of dances the showman is making them do, and they're appendages are designed to be loosely connected
      A flesh and blood human isn't

    • @chrissysonicutdrloz
      @chrissysonicutdrloz Год назад +50

      @Julie Winchester yes, I thought of that after I'd left my other comment. Maybe the girl was the puppeteer's first human performer. But if that's the case, it's actually worse, because the puppeteer seems enthralled by watching her die. He rushes to meet her headless body as it falls, dancing with it as her lifeless head falls to the stage. And at the very end, he closes up this magic spellbook and vanishes, presumably to set off and find other victims. The worst kind of predator.

    • @chrissysonicutdrloz
      @chrissysonicutdrloz Год назад +40

      Either way you look at it, whether the troupe of dancers were real or puppets, it's an excellent commentary on the life of an entertainer. Especially when you consider that everyone who made this is a different kind of entertainer: a singer, musicians, an animator, and a writer. Especially the writer, who happens to be, quite possibly, the single most well-known name in indie game development. His work is constantly under scrutiny from every angle, by both his fans and numerous big businesses that he has to deal with for publishing &c, but he also has a team of people assisting him in creating his game.
      So does Toby see himself as the dancer, or the puppeteer?

  • @Dorked
    @Dorked Год назад +2678

    Absolutely gorgeous animation with hauntingly beautiful vocals. Well done to all involved parties!

  • @tofidu
    @tofidu Год назад +707

    If you're wondering who made visuals, it's bani-chan. Wish people knew her more

    • @janova1699
      @janova1699 Год назад +33

      Been following Bani for years now and I can say the same. Makes me so happy to see them moving up in the world like this

    • @donhuea447
      @donhuea447 Год назад +20

      Bani has come so far. From making short undertale fan animations to animating an incredibly ambitious and gorgeous video for a song composed by Toby Fox.

    • @weedmantrudeau5783
      @weedmantrudeau5783 Год назад +5

      it reminds me of the classic art for final fantasy; I really like it

  • @eyi4O79
    @eyi4O79 Год назад +53

    3:06 the girl's corset is fastened at the back, but at the same time she has no servants and she has to lace up the dress herself. That's an interesting detail, maybe the girl is from a poor family

    • @NiennaFan1
      @NiennaFan1 6 месяцев назад +12

      I think her life is miserable before and that’s why the circus is attractive - look at the descriptions and the drawings of the outside world!

  • @it0ki
    @it0ki  Год назад +350

    (Romaji lyrics :
    aoku ureu tsukiga
    kajikamu mori o terashidasu
    sokoni haruka himerareta
    daremo shiranai butai ga
    aru no
    akari tomose
    kirameku kohaku to kage ga
    doa o ikimajiru yoru
    akari tomose
    odoriko tachi ha saezuru
    oparu no kuchibashi de
    nekkyo ni
    michiru kyakuseki o
    kare ha
    kugutsu tachi to miorosu
    sono furiageta
    ude ni maku ga ochita nara
    saa sho no hajimari da
    raion ga hoe
    kurutta rappa ga naku
    watashi ha kyofu ni hikarete iku
    saa tobe
    mae
    karada yojirasete nejikireru made odore
    saiko no sho ga
    yonde iru
    saigo no sho ga
    yonde iru
    saiko no sho ga 
    kodomo tachi no okiru jikan made
    chiisana makuma ni hoshiakari ga kieta nara
    tsukareta yakusha tachi ga retsunashite hakeru
    kemuri to kuyutta tsumetai butaiura kara
    kaketaseba azayakana
    hikari ni deatta
    koi o shite
    shiranai anata to warutsu o odoritai
    daremo ga mina
    mitoreru yona
    soreha suteki na ketsumatsu ga
    aru no
    akari tomose
    korusetto no yoruyami to
    kare ni torawarete ita
    akari tomose
    amata no sasayaki ga hora
    namae o yonde iru
    akari tomose
    supankoru no doresu to
    agaru iki ha mabayuku
    keredomo doda
    watashi no engi ha dokoka
    tadashiku nai yoda
    kamen no otoko ga
    gurasu o te ni warau
    watashi ha butai o koroge mawaru
    saa tobe
    mae
    karada yojirasete nejikire hikisakareru
    saiko no sho da
    koe ga suru
    saigo no sho da
    koe ga suru
    saiko no sho da
    chigireteku
    sa i go no )
    Thank you so much for watching and for your comments... !!

    • @Finikux
      @Finikux Год назад +1

      yess

    • @leedlelel2373
      @leedlelel2373 Год назад +3

      Did you also voice the showman(or whatever deep voice is in the background) or was it someone else? Im curious due to no one other than you being in the vocal credits!

    • @WhistleAndSnap
      @WhistleAndSnap Год назад

      Thank you for the translations! Now I can sing along without guessing too much at what the heck I should actually say!
      You have a wonderful voice, and I love it when singers put actual emotion into their performance. You have great range and really captured the feeling behind the story! Phenomenal work.

    • @ae831
      @ae831 Год назад +6

      @@leedlelel2373 it was toby fox himself

    • @sophieNuke
      @sophieNuke Год назад

      thank you :) you have an extraordinary and beautiful voice.

  • @honeysstar
    @honeysstar Год назад +1958

    Definitely Toby's most ambitious composition so far. Also, those vocals are incredible.

    • @fatfetus5544
      @fatfetus5544 Год назад +9

      ​@@slimgrim3607 half bread chaos?

    • @Jake28
      @Jake28 Год назад +29

      @@slimgrim3607 r-ribbon, p-p-puppets--

    • @NumbHydro
      @NumbHydro Год назад +21

      ​@@slimgrim3607 Power of memes, since he is mostly known for the memes and everyone does not want to admit that.

    • @UnderseaDee
      @UnderseaDee Год назад +11

      @@NumbHydro Okay buddy I know a lot of ya came from the Foam Incident but not all of us

    • @senokawsomemusicchannel
      @senokawsomemusicchannel Год назад +6

      @@slimgrim3607 there's strings like spporotmnon

  • @liamace1107
    @liamace1107 Год назад +3991

    You can feel the love for 80's anime like Angel's Egg/ Tenshi No Tamago absolutely dripping from every frame and design.
    Hat's off to you, such a melancholic nostalgia

    • @MissusAnon
      @MissusAnon Год назад +107

      I actually thought this was something about angels egg at first, really awesome

    • @facefullofcat101
      @facefullofcat101 Год назад +60

      yess very yoshitaka amano,, on that guud shii

    • @LittleLightsDub
      @LittleLightsDub Год назад +38

      THE LAST UNICORN

    • @xXxRaizexXx
      @xXxRaizexXx Год назад +57

      I also got some major Belladonna of Sadness vibes (although 70s anime)

    • @shizukagozen777
      @shizukagozen777 Год назад +8

      I was just thinking about Angel's Egg.

  • @MinDhack1616
    @MinDhack1616 5 месяцев назад +24

    クチバシのない少女は、ショーマンにただ魅了されてしまうんでしょうなぁ
    魅了にかかると、そのショーはただ恐ろしく最高のものに見える
    舞台で他の少女が引き裂かれても、ただ人形が激しく儚く踊っているようにしか見えない
    ショーマンに深く恋し、純粋な肉欲に目覚める
    ついには少女はショーマンと関係を持ち、その最中で知らぬ間にか、承知の上か、糸で結ばれてしまう
    少女はショーマンに気に入られるために、手間暇かけて自分を美しく飾る、豪華なドレスを着る
    最期、少女の魅了は解けず舞台に上がる
    はじめ少女は自分の演技に違和感を覚えている
    と同時に、人形たちは糸で繋がれていたことを思い出し、自分の首にもそれが結ばれていることに気づく
    ショーマンの号令があり、自分も人形のように踊ることができる
    次第に可憐な踊りではなくなり、高く激しく舞うようになる
    その時彼女は、手間をかけて着込んだドレスの一切をはぎ取られてしまう
    そして、身体を引き裂かれながら実感する
    「舞台に立っていた他の彼女たちも生きながらに踊っていたんだ、恋に落ちて踊っていたんだ」
    “Living show”であったことを理解する
    クチバシの女たちと群衆はただ満足して劇場を後にする
    クチバシってなんだ?

    • @無課金10連爆死
      @無課金10連爆死 Месяц назад

      彼女らが被ってるのはクチバシのついたマスクだと思います。
      舞台に上がるも仮面をつけた踊り子は素顔の傀儡とは違い傷つかない存在。
      もし仮面が愛憎劇における裏の顔を表し、素顔が心の純粋/無垢さを表すのでしたら
      まっ白な少女は思うまま/本能のまま仮面の男の催す悪趣味な愛憎劇の舞台を糸を引かれ飛び舞わる。
      しかし少女は違和感を感じ続けていた
      台本の意図の通り無理やり続けた結末は

  • @lakeswirl6985
    @lakeswirl6985 Год назад +1014

    ALSO you know what really gets to me? that shot at 3:34 (and similarly the ones at 3:47) -- from the view she has from the stage, the audience look like monsters. "why are you enjoying this? why are you watching and smiling? don't you you realize what's happening to me?" when just moments ago she was among them and probably looked just like that to the girls before her. god

    • @anastasiakrieger8822
      @anastasiakrieger8822 Год назад +22

      The audiance this time were males demo like him but unlike her they left not became part of his collection seeked him out

    • @princessthyemis
      @princessthyemis Год назад +2

      ohhhh man!

    • @Thewhiteandorange
      @Thewhiteandorange Год назад +6

      this has all the "Last Night in Soho" vibes.

  • @l1ghtd3m0n3
    @l1ghtd3m0n3 Год назад +2667

    I'd kill for an animated series of this caliber. It's like the work of Yoshitaka Amano got fused with a dark fairytale that warns of exploitation in entertainment. The ringleader even gives me Kefka vibes - I imagine him having the same jovial insanity, only subtler.
    Everyone involved in this has serious talent, and it shows.

    • @fionamaecry7579
      @fionamaecry7579 Год назад +66

      YES! its totally giving yoshitaka amano. its so so beautiful

    • @heikoy
      @heikoy Год назад +21

      It's as if this is his animated version of Moulin Rouge.

    • @jeriemiahborela4433
      @jeriemiahborela4433 Год назад +20

      i thought of the vid looking final fantasy vi coded while watching literally a minute ago and here it is in the comments! you put into words how i felt even better than i can lol

    • @mrwizard5012
      @mrwizard5012 Год назад +26

      Dancing with a decapitated body is a very Kefka thing to do I think. lol

    • @VJFranzK
      @VJFranzK Год назад +12

      Yes, it's very Amano-esque! colors, design, themes. This animator could have a bright (dark?) future!

  • @prettypinksewerrat
    @prettypinksewerrat Год назад +803

    its so gorgeously unsettling, like a nightmare that you enjoy just a little bit.

  • @maryfernandes8633
    @maryfernandes8633 Год назад +438

    There's just so many things to unpack here that I had to see this a dozen times before writting anything. But first, It's soooo beautiful and well done! It creeps the hell out of me and yet, I was fully captivated by all this alluring circus atmosphere for all the times I saw it on repeat.
    To make things easier, I'll share my thoughts divided in three parts. Also, I'll be referencing the original english lyrics below.
    1. THE AMUSEMENT, in which the protagonist loves the show:
    - First of all, referencing the lyrics "Silent blue // So cried the somber moon // Above the oaken forest starving in the cold", I think this verse hides the fact that the moon is sorrowful in anticipation, knowing that the puppeteer is about to make a new victim, but she can do nothing. It even appears - to me, at least - that the forest's roots in the first pannel surround the moon in the water mirror in a cagelike form.
    - Then we have the first glimpse of the protagonist and she's all white, aside from her eyes. I think it symbolizes both naivety and purity, plus her eyes being dark could mean she's kind of blind to the true colors of the show itself, as she's completely amazed by it all.
    - The rest of the audience being just dark shadows could mean that the girl isn't paying attention to them at all, as her focus seems to be solely on the show.
    - At 1:08 we see the puppeteer at his throne from below. This angle assert the dominance of the character and also, he seems to be the only being in the entire animation that has real control over his movements, as the rest is flowy and dreamlike.
    - From 1:09 to 1:12 > the strings attached to the marionette girls are shining. My take is that it represents something that seems rather beautiful and desirable from afar, till you are inside the situation. It could also mean the romanticization of the whole situation by the protagonist.
    - The frame at 1:15 has the puppeteer looking directly to the girl and his hand is reaching out to her (it's subtle, at the center bottom), before he raises both hands to begin the show. It's like he's inviting her to take a ride in his "beautiful" world. At 1:32 he smirks, probably knowing she has taken the bite, by how amused she looks.
    - At 1:40 and 1:51 > the marionette girls break like porcelain. I think they're real girls, but there's no blood in their breaking because either they're long dead and have been mended a lot of times, or it's a metaphor for the blindness of the protagonist. She could be so entertained by the show that she fails to notice the suffering that's happening right before her eyes. It doesn't feel real to her, though she seems kinda shocked at 1:59.
    - Back to the lyrics, "Lions roar // With force // For what is in store // As the trumpets are bleating // Like broken violins" sounds like a warning to the white girl, foreshadowing that the spectacle is not what she thinks it is, but she can't see it. Again, because she's blind to all the red flags.
    - At the 2:07, she's still at the tent, but the show has ended and she finally sees the artists outside of the perfect act, tired and panting. It doesn't ends the magic for her tho, as all the figures still shine in her eyes.
    - At 2:35, while she fantasizes about being a dancer in the show, we can see her accepting the invite of the puppeteer (that happened at 1:15), holding his hand. At 2:37, she startles as he grasps her hand, but then settles right after, giving away her freedom as the price for the prestige she wants. Then she dives right in for the ride.
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    2. THE DOWNFALL, where she finds out the truth that has never been told, but was written all over:
    - At 2:47 we see the moon again, but now in the sky. As the camera moves down it gets darker and we can see the puppeteer got the white girl trapped in the darkness, out of the moon's sight. While they dance, the blue butterfly turns into blue roses that bloom and die, which could represent her free self turning captive and emotionally dependant of the puppeteer. It seems to me that, at the beginning, he was kind to the girl, to earn her trust and respect, so it would be easier to manipulate her later.
    - At 3:04 she's sinking deeper, her hand reaching out to someone. I believe here's the point where the magic ends and she's already starting to regret her choice - probably cause her relationship with the puppeteer is getting bitter and more abusive -, but there's no one to save her now.
    - At 3:09 she's gazing behind, probably seeing the puppeteer in her room. At 3:12 she embraces herself, in a protective manner, but it's no use as she's already " trapped is his sight". Also, the black wings behind her and the makeup she wears now indicates that she's lost her purity. It's confirmed at 3:14, when he pushes her at the bed of roses and she bleeds, a metaphor for being "deflowered". It's clearly non-consensual and abusive, as she looks betrayed after it. That's when she starts to fear him, rather than love him.
    - At 3:19 she's clearly broken and doesn't want to proceed, but the puppeteer encourages her, as in the lyrics "Bring the stage alight // Was the candied whisper made to take my fright // 'Can't you hear them all calling your name?'". It was her wish to " waltz onstage and be a dancer in the glow" after all. That motivates her to continue, as what she wants is right before her eyes now.
    - From 3:24 to 3:31 > she walks towards the stage looking more composed, but the only thing that shines is her sequined dress, meaning she no longer sees the show as magical and beautiful.
    - At 3:37, when white girl gazes upwards she's striken with fear once again, as she sees the corpses of many other girls that were turned into marionettes (seen at 3:40). When the puppeteer aproaches her, she knows it'll be her fate too and finally understands that she will never perform freely at the stage, as she wanted. She's not special, just another plaything on the string for the puppet master to control, and it's terrifying (seen at 3:45).
    - At 3:48, 3:49 and 3:50 the audience is no longer shadows but masked men. They appear monstruous in the eyes of the protagonist, not caring about her performance or her suffering onstage, as long as it's entertaining.
    - At 3:55 the puppeteer seems to comfort the girl, now totally disappointed for her dream was just an illusion and there's nothing but suffering for her. I absolutely like this frame, it's my favorite!
    - From 4:08 to 4:15, as the girl's body tears and her eyes are wide, she remembers the marionettes she saw back in the show as they break and fall apart (seen in the animated lines at the black background). For me, it's just here that she realizes how monstruous and apathetic she must have looked, from the views of the other girls. Now she also understands it was all there - the red flags - but she couldn't see it.
    - At 4:16 the puppet master appears in a demon form as he goes to catch the falling girl. It's probably a metaphor to her finally seeing his true colors, but it's already too late. Then he waltz with her headless and torn apart body at 4:19, making her wish "come true". For me, it's like he's mocking her naivety for believing in his words.
    - From 4:24 to the end, we see the puppet master out of stage, in casual clothes, closing a book. This scene is intercalated with breaking bones and the remainings of the girl completely desappearing. My guess is that her soul is now trapped inside the book, unable to scape the puppet master, as she's reduced to just another sad fairytale. That's probably the process all the other girls have gone through, to fully turn into souless dolls.
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    3. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS, in which I'll be brief (I guess):
    - After seeing this animation for so many times, I've come to realize the puppeteer could also just be a writer. In the final scene, when he's closing the book, it could mean that he created the whole story and none of this is actually real. As a writer myself, I've toyed with so many characters, making them go through horrendous things, just to entertain me and my readers, so I think it's really plausible.
    - The animation itself makes me think it's a metaphor for how toxic the relationships inside the entertainment industry are. Like the marionettes, a lot of artists don't get to control their own art and just act as they're told to, captive to their managers. It breaks them, little by little, until there's nothing left apart from souless bodies, and it's extremely sad. Especially because most are so hopeful at the beginning, just like the white girl.
    It could also work for toxic relationships of daily life. It remembers me a lot of domestic abuse cases.
    - At long last, this was a long ride for me. I'm totally obsessed with the music, the lyrics (both japanese and english) and the animation. I'll probably keep listening it on repeat until I myself break apart haha
    And if you read it all, have a nice day! Hope all your dreams come true ♥
    EDIT: I've replied my own comment with some other points about this MV, so if you liked it, there's more down there :)

    • @SamaraASAIKA
      @SamaraASAIKA Год назад +21

      AMAZING THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO READ IN THE COMMENTS BLESS YOU

    • @maryfernandes8633
      @maryfernandes8633 Год назад +8

      @@SamaraASAIKA Awww thank you so much, blessed be ❤️

    • @blara2401
      @blara2401 Год назад +10

      Thank you so much for all your hard work with these details ! I have a question though. You refer to the English lyrics as "original". Do you have any source that indicates that the Japanese lyrics were adapted from them, and not the other way around ?

    • @maryfernandes8633
      @maryfernandes8633 Год назад +19

      @@blara2401 Oh, thank you so much! ♥
      Regarding the english lyrics, if you scroll down the comment section there's a comment made by Toby under the username FwugRadiation, where you can find the full lyrics as well as his statement about the japanese lyrics being based off of the english ones (and the music video being based off of the japanese lyrics). Hope you have a nice week :)

    • @blara2401
      @blara2401 Год назад +1

      @@maryfernandes8633 Thank you !

  • @somebody4952
    @somebody4952 Год назад +857

    3:41 Gosh, this shot...
    It happens for only a few seconds, you could blink and miss it. But here, we can see how many women were used like the protagonist here

    • @chienne414
      @chienne414 Год назад +111

      and just like them, she won't be the last

    • @tokka9150
      @tokka9150 Год назад +95

      Oh my gosh great catch here, never would've seen that panel

  • @ChristopherMoom
    @ChristopherMoom Год назад +691

    Everything about this song's presentation is drop dead gorgeous, Hana has such bewitching vocals, and I can tell Bani-Chan put her soul into the massive undertaking that is the animation (I especially like the segment starting from around 4:09), I can't believe she spent 2 years animating this
    This is the type of creation where I'm shocked I get to enjoy this for free, wonderful work from everyone!

    • @idontwanthishandle
      @idontwanthishandle Год назад +8

      hi christpger moon

    • @blu8096
      @blu8096 Год назад +3

      When is cdl 3 dropping

    • @SomeGalNamedEve
      @SomeGalNamedEve Год назад +14

      I see you everywhere, I will never get how you do it

    • @justdean887
      @justdean887 Год назад +4

      I guess I’ll be regularly seeing your comments again

    • @empanado8304
      @empanado8304 Год назад +12

      oh shit ur the guy that comments on every single undertale video arent you!!

  • @cassidynoelle741
    @cassidynoelle741 Год назад +1519

    This really gives me Belladonna of Sadness vibes with the overall animation style and use of watercolor-painted scenes. Absolutely beautiful! Few animators today can achieve something of this caliber, let alone by themselves

    • @zeera2854
      @zeera2854 Год назад +82

      I agree; the animation also reminded me of Angel's Egg and Vampire Hunter D.

    • @nightmarefanatic1819
      @nightmarefanatic1819 Год назад +56

      Belladonna of Sadness combined with Angel's Egg.

    • @boombox2ikik239
      @boombox2ikik239 Год назад +19

      @@zeera2854 exactly Vampire Hunter D and more of Yoshitaka Amano’s art was what I was thinking of and it’s glorious

    • @AnotherDante
      @AnotherDante Год назад +1

      Angel's Egg 1991 (CLAMP)

    • @mhiggs8001
      @mhiggs8001 Год назад +12

      Hell yeah I was thinking Amano as well! Belladonna of sadness was one of the strangest, but most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. Really cool stuff

  • @Nighttale233
    @Nighttale233 Год назад +405

    The veiled dancers wept for the girls after they passed away. Their tears could serve as a warning and red flag not to approach the ring master. Despite that, the protagonist still went after the ring master.

    • @Nighttale233
      @Nighttale233 Год назад +71

      Basically the protagonist’s curiosity for the ring master led to her death. Which is to say “curiosity killed the cat.”

    • @iguessthisismyworkaccountl8437
      @iguessthisismyworkaccountl8437 Год назад +58

      another way to interpret them is that they willingly close their eyes as if to appear innocent, a see no evil kind of deal

    • @anastasiakrieger8822
      @anastasiakrieger8822 Год назад +2

      Like all the other Girls shoukd habe gone to the exist the ringmaster aint human a demon he collect her soul the torn bodies he rebuild porcelan with demon magic

    • @anastasiakrieger8822
      @anastasiakrieger8822 Год назад +8

      The male watchers who saw her werent human either

    • @anastasiakrieger8822
      @anastasiakrieger8822 Год назад +1

      ​@@Nighttale233its was love one sided love like the other Girls

  • @abicus3502
    @abicus3502 Год назад +7386

    Notice how the girl doesn't see other victim girls bleeding, but when she is torn into pieces, she herself bleeds.
    This represents how we don't see suffering and pain of others, only understanding how it hurts when we are in their shoes.

    • @ExWifeHaver287
      @ExWifeHaver287 Год назад +48

      🤓🤓🤓🤓

    • @rz2374
      @rz2374 Год назад +471

      @@ExWifeHaver287 🤡🤡🤡🤡

    • @kendisnauss
      @kendisnauss Год назад +318

      ​@@ExWifeHaver287 no way it's the redditor

    • @_Iscream
      @_Iscream Год назад +30

      I think you’re reading too deep into it

    • @testhekid
      @testhekid Год назад +209

      and they cant see the pain and suffering in the first place because theyre blinded by the lighrs of the stage

  • @DelRae
    @DelRae Год назад +808

    I like how you can tell she’s clearly more progressively stressed out too via the more obnoxious makeup she wears and red rimmed exhaustion

  • @Rubberman202
    @Rubberman202 Год назад +507

    Knowing that this was all drawn and animated by one person over the course of two years has me all the more impressed. Incredible stuff!

  • @Okubyoumono0123
    @Okubyoumono0123 Год назад +48

    御伽の世界の音楽
    イラストの細い線がうねる動きが
    幻想的で美しい

  • @oszmin3513
    @oszmin3513 Год назад +639

    Since we dont have a translation, its interesting seeing everyone's interpretations.
    One thing I want to share is how a lot of sinking and downward motion is used. We see the girl underwater at 2:39 and sinking into a bed of flowers at 3:13 (also possibly a euphamism for her being "deflowered". For the most part the camera continues to pan down over the video. But there's one scene where there's upward motion - right after the girl sees the aftermath of the performance. She looks like she's about to as end the stairs but stops to look back.
    She had a chance to leave but was drawn back in by the ringmaster.

    • @zturtle781
      @zturtle781 Год назад +73

      Scroll down to FwugRadiation (aka Toby Fox)'s comment; it contains the original English lyrics for this song. Not a translation -- Toby originally wrote this song in English, and it was adapted into Japanese by Itoki Hana. You can hear Toby echoing some of the English lyrics in the background towards the end, as well.

    • @Signedcentaur
      @Signedcentaur Год назад +66

      I took this song being about sex trafficking, strip clubs, adult content creators, and how women working in that industry are usually beaten and destroyed before eventually their bodies are thrown away for the rats to feast upon... just my interpretation though

    • @marb5027
      @marb5027 Год назад +14

      its realy interesting interpretation since the circus master seem to be some sort of vampire or incubus , vampire witch are simolic of the loss of virginity ( the blood flow and the loss of purity )

    • @ChillPatrick
      @ChillPatrick Год назад +5

      Her legs disappear when she doing horrible mistakes first time when she goes in theatre second where she decides to dance

    • @SatanEnjoyer
      @SatanEnjoyer Год назад

      Yup it's the loss of innocence

  • @w0lfsblade
    @w0lfsblade Год назад +157

    this is literally one of the best animations I have ever seen. I would watch a whole movie in this style.

    • @astrea4020
      @astrea4020 Год назад +19

      Belladonna of Sadness (1973) is a full length animated film and is probably the closest you’ll find to this style

    • @starrysky8118
      @starrysky8118 Год назад +13

      Seconding Belladonna of Sadness, as well as Angel's Egg and Mononoke, which have similar styles to this (Mononoke looks a bit more modern, but it's just as surreal)

    • @fionaflop300
      @fionaflop300 Год назад +10

      This isn’t a movie, but the manga houseki no kuni has a super similar style

    • @RoseOfNight
      @RoseOfNight Год назад

      @@fionaflop300 should warn that HNK is Existential Dread: the manga, lmao

    • @fionaflop300
      @fionaflop300 Год назад +3

      @@RoseOfNight FR it’s gunna make ya cry, and just have an emotional meltdown

  • @MetanteiTriforce
    @MetanteiTriforce Год назад +163

    I have no idea at all how this managed t EXACTLY capture what my childhood nightmares looked like and inspire actual, genuine _terror_ deep in my gut while simultaneously making me not want to look away and compelling me to play this thing on loop but. This is more than a song, this is an experience. THIS is what it means to be haunted.

  • @thotobliterator1587
    @thotobliterator1587 Год назад +114

    1:24 When the drums drop, you can really feel how much more emphasis and raw emotional power she’s putting into her singing.
    I remember being a kid just listening to her Kirby remixes, and I was amazed by her beautiful voice and artistry. Seeing her work now, brings me even more wonder because she has evolved. I didn’t think her work could get any better but it did.
    I’m very happy I found this video and that she collaborated with Toby Fox, another musical genius.

  • @madamadadane7989
    @madamadadane7989 Год назад +696

    Bani-chan the animator and artist is immensely talented 😭 I knew them from their onmyoji fanart on Twitter but they disappeared and I was very concerned because I thought they had artist burn out. I'm so happy for them that they were working with tobi. This is just an absolute masterpiece with blood, love, and thought into it. I love their art so much. It's ethereal and has so much story telling. Thank you guys for this, it's such a gift.

    • @mmwangy
      @mmwangy Год назад +5

      I wonder how long for her to create this masterpiece?

    • @zturtle781
      @zturtle781 Год назад +69

      @@mmwangy in the most recent Undertale/Deltarune newsletter, Toby said it took Bani-chan roughly two years to complete animating this (she is credited as the sole artist/animator for this video - everything from the animations to the coloring and backgrounds were done by her alone)

    • @acyned8079
      @acyned8079 Год назад +1

      Yooo Omnyouji! A game I haven't heard about in a while

    • @realtimestatic
      @realtimestatic Год назад +22

      It's not just talent, it's a lot of hard work being put into this each and every day working on this project and long before refining the skill

    • @aldranzam3456
      @aldranzam3456 Год назад

      the art glow-up is astounding and inspiring! It made me wanna go back into animation

  • @LiLi-qi9ws
    @LiLi-qi9ws Год назад +60

    衝撃的な作品で、とても惹き込まれました。
    女の子は最後人形になって壊されてしまったのかな。仮面の男は実は悪魔だった?
    前半に出てきたあやつり人形の女の子たちも人間だったのかな。
    様々な解釈ができる本当に素晴らしい作品でした。

  • @doomdragon6
    @doomdragon6 Год назад +154

    There's nothing I could say that could possibly compliment this single-person, frame-by-frame, two years in the making video enough. What I will say is that it gives me very Thief and the Cobbler animation vibes.

    • @doomdragon6
      @doomdragon6 Год назад +2

      Toby: And let's just put a little white ribbon at the end. As a treat.

    • @scarletempress2652
      @scarletempress2652 Год назад

      ‘Single-person’? Toby was far from the only one working on this

    • @doomdragon6
      @doomdragon6 Год назад +2

      @@scarletempress2652 I was talking about the animator... It was animated by only one person over two years

    • @scarletempress2652
      @scarletempress2652 Год назад

      @@doomdragon6 Ah right, gotcha sorry

  • @RoxasHyemalis
    @RoxasHyemalis Год назад +122

    I think all the white flowers behind the curtains are the bodies of the previous victims seen in detail at 3:40. She is just too blinded by what is going on and can only see then when she is alone (away from the ringmaster). In the same way she does not see the dancers bleed in the performance she watches, she is blind to the suffering around her until it is too late.

  • @casinopolis
    @casinopolis Год назад +324

    3:42 man, i'm already re-watching this sequence over and over. it's just so gorgeously animated??? the visuals are so disturbing but beautiful at the same time. i really love the how unique and abstract the art style is, it fits so well with the music but can still hold up as its own animation. just so so so stunning i can't get enough of it!!

    • @SomeGalNamedEve
      @SomeGalNamedEve Год назад +29

      Bani-Chan's 2 years of hard work definitely paid off.

    • @casinopolis
      @casinopolis Год назад +6

      @@SomeGalNamedEve absolutely! it still really amazes me how the animation was done only by one person. i can only imagine the amount of patience and care it took to create something this wonderful

    • @Calimdir
      @Calimdir Год назад +6

      It's beautiful! Also, not to imply that this animation isn't unique, but if you like this type of animation definitely check out Masaaki Yuasa's works if you haven't.

    • @casinopolis
      @casinopolis Год назад +1

      @@Calimdir thanks for the recommendation, i'll be sure to check them out!

    • @sergejkonstantinovic4866
      @sergejkonstantinovic4866 Год назад +2

      I mean the song is good, but wtf is this video about? I dont understand japanese and to me its just disturbing

  • @LillianGraceFullofficial
    @LillianGraceFullofficial Год назад +334

    The visuals look like they’re from a professional 90s anime movie. The imagery of the puppet people reminds me of robot carnival and memories. also the heck this music is so creative and beautiful! 100000/10 this deserves a actual award

  • @桃谷カエル
    @桃谷カエル Год назад +83

    すごい、こんなにも痛くて苦しくて可哀想な気持ちになるのに、それ以上にそれを美しく思える映像
    こんな芸術的なアニメをこの時代で作られていることに驚いた

  • @domodata6219
    @domodata6219 Год назад +166

    I can really feel Yoshitaka Amano's influence on the art. Bani-Chan did a fantastic job capturing the aesthetic of a twisted carnival! Such a powerhouse artist.

  • @toukuuora9397
    @toukuuora9397 Год назад +156

    スリルと恋と舞台の悲劇という属性だったり、最初は観客側だったのに最後は出演者となる展開だったりして、構成としては王道なものなのにここまで魅力的なのは実力の証明って感じがする

  • @Pitufichingada
    @Pitufichingada Год назад +444

    I love the voice, i love the piano, i love the violin, i love Toby, EVERYTHING I LOVE EVERYTHING

  • @abd6170
    @abd6170 Год назад +392

    It's crazy the amount of layers and love this small video has to it. Bani-Chan going from an Undertale Fan-animator to working directly next to Toby Fox, and having imrpoved so much that their artstyle, while recognizable, is clearly improved. Itoki Hana working with her amazing voice with Toby yet again, and Toby Fox's music perfectly complimenting that voice. Even the small leitmotif of Dragon Temple from Temmie's Game: Dweller's Empty Path (which starts from 0:43, and repeats much of the same melody.), it's all so clearly a beautiful labor of love. Well done to all parties involved, can't wait to see what other projects are in store!

  • @mioko2974
    @mioko2974 Год назад +139

    It's amazing to see Toby's works outside of Undertale and Homestuck, collaborating with other artists.

  • @srrycantthinkofagoodname
    @srrycantthinkofagoodname Год назад +488

    Everything about this is incredible. The music, the vocals, oh my god the art and animation, every part of this music video is just amazing. The entire ending sequence starting around 3:40 especially stood out to me as being both beautiful and absolutely terrifying. Incredible job to Toby, Hana, Bani, and everyone else who worked on this masterpiece.

  • @pratima2209
    @pratima2209 Год назад +791

    Toby, Bani, Itoki and Carlos making a song together? THIS IS HEAVEN!!

    • @ikec-pw5sb
      @ikec-pw5sb Год назад +9

      I mean I get what you mean but Bani made the music video not the song

    • @pratima2209
      @pratima2209 Год назад +37

      @@ikec-pw5sb I know but, I was saying that it's great to see them collaborating.

    • @ikec-pw5sb
      @ikec-pw5sb Год назад +4

      @@pratima2209 It really is

    • @muffin_crow
      @muffin_crow Год назад +4

      This is like, (in my opinion) the best collab ever.

    • @spooki3382
      @spooki3382 Год назад +5

      Bani’s artstyle in this looks very similar to the land of the lustrous manga

  • @鈴黄鈴貨
    @鈴黄鈴貨 Год назад +1009

    糸奇さんもTobyさんも、青春時代お世話になったクリエイター様なので2023年の現在もこうして活躍を目にする機会があると幸せな気持ちになります。

    • @sonicrunner9734
      @sonicrunner9734 Год назад +26

      What did they do, you don't need to answer if you don't want to.

    • @鈴黄鈴貨
      @鈴黄鈴貨 Год назад +85

      @@sonicrunner9734 えっと…糸奇さんに関しては、かなり昔から姉がライブに足を運んでいました。古参からのファンなので、姉とは面識があるそうです。現在も、オリジナルグッズなどを買って支援しています。
      Tobyさんに関しては、Undertaleが発売された時に詳細を知り、ファンになりました。日本でも有名なクリエイター様なのでいちファンとして応援しています。

    • @sonicrunner9734
      @sonicrunner9734 Год назад +39

      @@鈴黄鈴貨 Thats nice😄

  • @lasile2305
    @lasile2305 7 месяцев назад +25

    *天使のたまご*と*月のワルツ*を彷彿とさせる作画。美しい狂気さのあるストーリー性アニメーションに一気に魅入られてしまった。出会えて本当によかったです。一生、好きだといえるくらい、私もこのショーに囚われてしまいました…。

  • @Ringo_Ringon
    @Ringo_Ringon Год назад +55

    初めから鳥肌たった、本当に世界観が独特で好き。
    何でこんなに引き込まれる歌声、そして引き込まれる曲を作れるのか…最高過ぎる。
    悪夢のようだけど美しい。
    この2人のコラボにハズレは絶対に無い。

  • @mateotorres777
    @mateotorres777 Год назад +53

    I really love how they added a representation of each one of them at the end: Toby's classic white dog, Bani-chan's pink haired girl (her avatar in her RUclips channel) and Hana as a flower (pun totally intended).

  • @triangle6871
    @triangle6871 Год назад +327

    i'm a squeamish person, but it's difficult not to replay the music video and watch it all again.. the visuals are amazing!

    • @matchabiscuits
      @matchabiscuits Год назад +7

      same!!

    • @Finikux
      @Finikux Год назад +16

      me too.. i just cant resist not watching the entire animation and listening to the song, its all so beautiful..
      bani, toby and itoki did such an amazing job ! i think bani said on her channel last year that she was working on an artistic animation with toby, i forgot until now :0

    • @mimszanadunstedt441
      @mimszanadunstedt441 Год назад +10

      My squeamishness is situational. I am desensitized, yet am impacted strongly depending on intensity or frequency of the content. Perhaps I am not desensitized but merely ignorant to some of its effects on me. It is amazing and good art, I wonder why it was made as such tho. Perhaps what most complimented the music, perhaps what most complimented the video. Perhaps a discussion was had on how to complement each other's talents, or genuine interest in the joint creative process. It seems to be indifferent to purpose, or if it has purpose I cannot fathom it immediately.

    • @CatTrauma
      @CatTrauma Год назад +7

      So squeamish that I bought the art book, completely worth it ❤❤❤

    • @WhistleAndSnap
      @WhistleAndSnap Год назад +5

      @@CatTrauma eyyyy me too! We should start a club - the "horrified yet simultaneously so enchanted by this work of art that we bought the book anyways" club!

  • @celestial.faerie
    @celestial.faerie Год назад +91

    Isn't it a little weird that when it pans down at 2:50 it looks like the tent has roots going into the ground? Almost like it's quite literally LIVING...

    • @biaj.8864
      @biaj.8864 Год назад +22

      Well, I guess it's called "The Greatest LIVING show" for a reason-

  • @適所適材
    @適所適材 Год назад +493

    最初の方で壊れていた操り人形は主人公の女の子みたいにこのショーに魅入られた人たちだったんですな😮

    • @SamaraASAIKA
      @SamaraASAIKA Год назад +19

      i don't think so, they got Not bleeded wounds, the got damaged lie real dolls but the Protagonist Had blood so she is real

    • @nagawa867
      @nagawa867 Год назад +82

      ​@@SamaraASAIKA 最終的にshowmanは悪魔のような正体を露わにしたので、もしかしたら客席からは(たとえ本当は人間であっても)演者達は人形にしか見えないのかもしれない…って可能性もありますね。考察が捗る!

    • @適所適材
      @適所適材 Год назад +12

      Toby氏はやっぱ変態だ(褒め言葉)

  • @GI7V
    @GI7V Год назад +65

    On my first watch of this, seeing Toby Fox's name in the title and looking at the beautiful animation, I couldn't help but be reminded of the wonderful undertale animations made by Bani-chan years and years ago, and thought "Man, that person would probably love this. I wonder if they gave up animating since they haven't uploaded anything on youtube in years..."
    Then I saw the animation credits and felt incredibly happy for them

  • @TreeDragon
    @TreeDragon Год назад +26

    Little detail in this abuse narrative:
    - Given the "circus" theme, Protag's slightly weird hand-feet, which are highlighted several times, might make her a "freak" enough to belong in such a place. Being barefoot could also be interpreted as a vulnerability thing.
    - In the shot that starts around 2:38, what makes Protag unique (her weird feet) is the first thing to dissolve away as she's blindly giving herself up to the Showman. Hell, she might even have been convinced "I can erase your flaws", to become like the enviable princess-like girls.
    Every rewatch makes the analysis deeper!!!
    (Footnote: The two shots starting at 3:13 make me sick, but like, in a good/intended/successful way. they absolutely scream that some sort of sexual abuse just took place, to me. the hand on the wrist, the smothering, the bleary eyes.)

  • @おもち-k1d
    @おもち-k1d Год назад +1644

    みんなのうたとかにありそうな何処か懐かしい感じが素敵

    • @占灬
      @占灬 Год назад +107

      わかります!私はこの作品を見て、「月のワルツ」を思い出しました。
      とはいっても、この作品ならではの大人向けな、破滅的で美しいところが好きです。

    • @Mochi餅Mochi
      @Mochi餅Mochi Год назад +35

      私もサムネで一瞬月のワルツだと勘違いし、反射で動画を開いてから違うことに気付きました。

    • @因幡てゐ-k9w
      @因幡てゐ-k9w Год назад +8

      だけど曲がかっこいいのと
      作品がうまく、そして美しく
      できてるっていうのがまた良きって感じです

    • @はるか赤木
      @はるか赤木 Год назад +16

      よくよく見てみたら劇団に入ってから人形になっているわけじゃなくて、人形部屋?らしきところに誘導されてから気づいたら宙を飛ぶ人形にされてたのか…。
      考察が楽しい。

    • @you2angel1
      @you2angel1 11 месяцев назад +1

      Bella °~•.☆.•~°

  • @saryenn
    @saryenn Год назад +162

    I died in awe watching this. Feels like Belladonna of Sadness, Revolutionary girl Utena, Studio Ghibli and old-school french animation came to remix and have a love child. The song gave me shivers but the animation dug a hole in my heart and ripped it up from inside out.

  • @RichaadEB
    @RichaadEB Год назад +183

    unbelievably good animation and work from everyone all around - this is amazing

    • @Summer_turtle_
      @Summer_turtle_ Год назад +5

      Ikr, this is my favourite song that’s released this year so far

  • @mmgmagic
    @mmgmagic Год назад +110

    A detail that I found interesting was how the seats (2:22) look similar to the Showmaster's throne (1:11), including the very one the main girl was sat in when she first watched the show. (2:07). It's a neat way of visually representing how the Showmaster lures women in by making them feel like something special to be on the same level as him, only to be just another victim in a sea of other women before them, and another sea that will come after them.

  • @Dr.mothman
    @Dr.mothman Год назад +256

    This is such a masterpiece. The animation with its smooth and fluid movements, the color and textures. This is a masterpiece of animation. The lyrics and the music are majestic, conveying the emotions of being in a circus/carnival yet never taking back the sensation of gracefulness. The ending was truly gruesome in a beautiful way. This is truly something deserving of a prize. Good work to everyone involved, y'all did a splendid job.

  • @blara2401
    @blara2401 Год назад +808

    The more time goes on, the more reoccurring themes appear in Toby's universe. The aesthetics of a circus ; menacing, yet playful figures ; deception ; control and violation of self. Themes inherited in part from what we know to be his great inspirations (Porky in Mother being chief among these), but that he has definitely made his own.
    On another note, this gives me so many amazing vibes on the creative side. Everything from Vocaloid to Madoka and Utena, to obscure shoujo manga. I love it to bits.

    • @infopointsummonte
      @infopointsummonte Год назад

      The penis theme too

    • @darklink8423
      @darklink8423 Год назад +5

      we find the mother of kris.
      she as with his son have a problem with strings.

    • @galaxychill9578
      @galaxychill9578 Год назад +13

      @@darklink8423 kris is nonbinary and uses they/them

    • @darklink8423
      @darklink8423 Год назад +3

      ​@@galaxychill9578 ok? i am used to call character he. yeah

    • @CG09_TMP
      @CG09_TMP Год назад

      ​@@darklink8423they

  • @SomeGalNamedEve
    @SomeGalNamedEve Год назад +426

    Toby Fox's style, and Itoki Hana's voice (and lyrics), and Bani-Chan's animations could not be a more perfect combination.
    And I can't forget to give credit to everyone else too, Kataoka Yasuhisa, Noel Sawdin, Carlos Eiene, and Marcy Nabors all did a fantastic job on their parts as well.

    • @chartcarr
      @chartcarr Год назад +7

      toby's voice in this was also really funny to hear lol

    • @coolkid9448
      @coolkid9448 Год назад +1

      ​@@chartcarr where does It happens?

    • @chartcarr
      @chartcarr Год назад +19

      @@coolkid9448 the deeper voice in the backing at 4:08

    • @heikoy
      @heikoy Год назад +3

      This also gives me strong Mononoke vibes.

    • @Astareia7312
      @Astareia7312 Год назад +1

      tbh this doesnt sound like something made by toby fox. Its cool that he moved to different style, but this no longer feels like it has the same soul like in the Undertale

  • @superipermagererata5084
    @superipermagererata5084 2 месяца назад +7

    This is a blessing to my ears. The piano harmony in background; the angelic but at the same time intense and strong vocals; the art! omg the art is just something else…The symphony is majestic. Thank you, thank you for creating such a piece of art.

  • @Kisatu05
    @Kisatu05 Год назад +44

    耽美で繊細な幻想的な雰囲気なのに、力強い何かがあると感じました……
    絵本のような世界観でとても素敵です……!!

  • @HawksDellas
    @HawksDellas Год назад +17

    Actual little known fun fact:
    One of the main motifs of this song that starts at 0:42 is actually a leitmotif to one of Dweller's Empty Path songs, in specific Dragon Temple (OST 15); a game made by Temmie Chang that was released on 2020.
    Regardless if Toby obscurely wanted to reference Temmie's game through this music video or not it's still a really cool obscure reference!

    • @Ogladian
      @Ogladian Год назад +2

      I thought I heard that melody before. Spent an hour searching for what song I knew it from lol.

  • @Texmex386
    @Texmex386 Год назад +88

    This hits so many of my interests. The FF6 looking visuals, the mysterious carnival setting, even a nostalgia for some Vocaloid MV's I would watch years ago. Awesome work from everyone involved.

    • @RoseOfNight
      @RoseOfNight Год назад +9

      Yeah, it gave me Dark Woods Circus vibes at times

    • @trentsuki
      @trentsuki Год назад +10

      im glad you thought of FF6 too, i can't help but think of kefka

    • @RoseOfNight
      @RoseOfNight Год назад +13

      @@trentsuki it's very Amano-ish. The circus master reminds me of Amano's illustrations for Vampire Hunter D

    • @JeanKP14
      @JeanKP14 Год назад +4

      @@trentsuki it looks specifically a LOT like a few of the FFVI illustrations, down to the colours, so I wonder if it's an actual inspiration.

    • @bateli9733
      @bateli9733 Год назад

      ​@@trentsuki Kefka Palazzo would certainly love the show...

  • @fool6162
    @fool6162 Месяц назад +4

    On a simple level, this is the story of seeing only the good in something and realizing only after letting it get its claws on you that you're now bound to something that's destroying you
    This the story of everybody, a wonderful tale of warning for whoever might be lucky to find it. Amazing art 10/10, thanks for this.

  • @RoxasHyemalis
    @RoxasHyemalis Год назад +22

    There's a bunch of light/dark symmetry. The first one I saw was at 2:21 when the victim is climbing the stairs to leave the theatre and the exit is to light. The next few scenes (offering to be part of the circus, his acceptance, the panning below the circus, her dancing with the ringmaster & her falling) are all framed against black. She was almost to safety but was too drawn by the performance to leave and as such fell into darkness.
    The sign for "Bring the stage alight" at 0:44 has the same effect, where the inside of the circus is only shadow. There is no light in there, you bring it yourself.
    I do not think this is a light/dark direct to good/evil, but more of a naïveté or ignorance versus one malicious individual or demon.

  • @soulite2574
    @soulite2574 Год назад +285

    Never a miss with these two, animation is breathtaking. Just, bravo.

    • @SamaraASAIKA
      @SamaraASAIKA Год назад +16

      The Animateur is calling Bani Chan "Hachimitsubani un Tumblr"

    • @MFDOOOOM
      @MFDOOOOM Год назад

      @@SamaraASAIKA what do these words mean lol

    • @Cadoe
      @Cadoe Год назад

      ​@@MFDOOOOMfr

  • @EBThisThat
    @EBThisThat Год назад +140

    This is hauntingly beautiful and disturbing. There are so many allusions here, but in essence it’s a cautionary tale not to allow beauty to deceive you, for sometimes, it can be a snare (like the spider and the fly fable).

    • @qaztim11
      @qaztim11 Год назад

      It can also be seen trough the lens of how the entertainment industry uses and corrupts innocent starry eyed children/teens just to discard them once they have been used up.
      Also gives me so major Epstein island vibes

  • @hhsea
    @hhsea Год назад +31

    i love how the music in the 1:24 part and the 3:48 part are the same but with diferent intensity represents that her tragedy was literally before her eyes but she didnt see it until its too late
    edit: and also in the first part the male vocals sing lower but in the second part they sing louder

  • @fusulyesheep4781
    @fusulyesheep4781 Год назад +30

    I'm fucking astonished, this is a masterpiece
    Itoki Hana's voice is almost angelic to an unsettling degree (what fits the music perfectly), Toby Fox made amazing music like always, and the animation by bani-chan is truly one of the MOST IMPRESSIVE works of arts I've ever seen. The effort that was put here, the heart, is so incredible and beautiful that I can already see myself rewatching this video an unhealthy amount of times

  • @LePLusCoolDesCools
    @LePLusCoolDesCools Год назад +92

    COULD ANIMATING UNBELIEVABLY STELLAR MUSIC VIDEOS BE AN OLYMPIC SPORT SO WE CAN GIVE BANI-CHAN A GOLD MEDAL ?!

  • @nalanhazzard
    @nalanhazzard Год назад +105

    The animation is like a painting and a sketch book come to life more tv shows and movies needs this kind of style

  • @猿猿-q4y
    @猿猿-q4y Год назад +42

    0:22 この辺めっちゃTobyさんのエッセンスを感じる

  • @SpaceLobster21
    @SpaceLobster21 Год назад +392

    My interpretation of the song:
    The girl sees all the famous celebrities and whatnot, sees how perfect and incredible they are, wants to be like them. One day she meets someone who offers her a deal, says they can fulfil her dream of being famous. She gets her dream, but at a cost. She becomes a “puppet” for her manager, no longer able to be true to herself, forced to act a certain way to uphold her image. She is exposed to the dark side of fame that she never saw growing up. The people admire her, but she is ruined.

    • @silverpiano2363
      @silverpiano2363 Год назад +5

      cool idea

    • @tobysinbad
      @tobysinbad Год назад +31

      much less interesting than the spooky fae porcelain puppet-master stealing a girl’s body I just watched imo, but managers do hurt young people so fair

    • @nitrosix3206
      @nitrosix3206 Год назад +66

      ​@@tobysinbad old dark fairytales tend to be exagerrated metaphors for real things to be wary of, so both idea works

    • @0Havianas
      @0Havianas Год назад +1

      nah, is only man, I wish to see she revenge him

  • @gegnabean
    @gegnabean Год назад +95

    For a 4:56 minute animation, it truly feels like I’ve watched an hour long film, because nothing has ever brought me to tears so fast through its magical and moving animation and music.

  • @飛鳥先輩-r1g
    @飛鳥先輩-r1g Год назад +29

    この美しさと恐怖が入り混じった感じがたまらん

  • @TheJack64
    @TheJack64 21 день назад +2

    I LOVEEEE the fact the style is similar to Amano but animated, it's insane. Bani-Chan deserves some sort of award for this man.

  • @katiemorwick9615
    @katiemorwick9615 Год назад +169

    I see this as being paraded around as an object. This man uses girls to put on "a show" for others. He doesn't care if they hurt in the process, and when it's over, they are discarded like trash. Our main girl becomes his next "arm candy," but she thinks she is different from his other girls. Maybe he actually loves her. Nope. Same story-- she gets used to boost his personal image, and all that's left of her is a broken doll. Beautiful story

  • @xelectrix_1863
    @xelectrix_1863 Год назад +252

    Are you kidding me, I haven't finished learning Skies Forever Blue on the piano yet hahah. Beautiful work as expected you two! Aswell as everyone else on the project, we dont deserve such beautiful compositions and animations.

    • @psidrako
      @psidrako Год назад

      You say this as if it has connections to deltarune. Toby does other stuff y'know.

    • @dapygor9339
      @dapygor9339 Год назад +20

      ​@@psidrako I'm pretty sure they weren't referencing deltarune

    • @zturtle781
      @zturtle781 Год назад +21

      @@psidrako you people are starting to get more annoying than the deltarune theorists

    • @Patrick11nf
      @Patrick11nf Год назад +19

      @@psidrako Noone mentioned deltarune until you did

    • @lzykwiat
      @lzykwiat Год назад

      i'm pretty sure it reuses motifs from dweller's empty path but i don't know which track in particular

  • @maxaroni39
    @maxaroni39 Год назад +73

    I'm amazed this was animated entirely by one person over the course of two years! It's easily a modern masterpiece with animation on the level of classics like Angel's Egg and Belladonna of Sadness. This was my introduction to Bani-chan's work, and I hope they're able to find much success in art and animation!

  • @himapyneni550
    @himapyneni550 2 месяца назад +6

    Is it just me, or does this animation look a lot more polished ( Smoother, slight changes and better) than like a year ago?
    I love it!

  • @doggeenayter
    @doggeenayter Год назад +69

    it feels like everytime i rewatch this i notice more and more small details its incredible

    • @CSGetto1997
      @CSGetto1997 Год назад +2

      same. like the stage being super organic and the shwoman not having any boobs

  • @unitymask
    @unitymask Год назад +153

    I've translated the japanese lyrics! I've noticed it's pretty similar to the original, but with just a few differences, so here's for the Truck Freaks among us who like to pick everything apart.
    The moon illuminates the forest, numb with cold
    In a melancholy blue glow
    There, so distant
    Hidden away
    Is a stage nobody knows of
    "Bring the stage alight"
    So said the glimmering amber sign
    Shadows of the night all around the door
    "Bring the stage alight"
    So chant the dancers
    With their beaks of opal
    To the guest seats, filled with heated enthusiasm
    (He) [The Showman] overlooks with his puppets
    His arms raised overhead, so falls the curtain
    Come now, it's the start of the show...
    The lions roar
    And the trumpets ring out like mad
    The dread is drawing me in
    "Now, fly!"
    "Dance!"
    "Dance until your bodies are twisted apart!"
    The most wonderful show is calling
    The very last act is calling
    The most wonderful show runs...
    Until the children wake
    In the brief intermission, when all the tiny stars are gone
    When all the tired actors exit in a line
    From the backstage filled with smoke
    Running across the room, I find
    A fresh new light
    Having fallen in love
    I want to waltz with the unknown you
    For everyone to see
    That would be a wonderful ending...
    "Bring the stage alight"
    With my corset of the night
    I find myself ensnared by (him) [The Showman]
    "Bring the stage alight"
    His sweet whisper
    "Hear, they're calling your name"
    "Bring the stage alight"
    With a dress full of sequins,
    The audience cheering so intense
    But somehow, somewhere
    My performance doesn't seem quite "right"...
    All the masked men laughing, glasses in hand
    I twist and spin upon the stage
    "Now, fly!"
    "Dance!"
    I dance until my body is wrenched part to part
    The most wonderful show is calling
    The very last act is calling
    The most wonderful show...
    Tearing apart.
    T h e v e r y l a s t ...

    • @okeanos6391
      @okeanos6391 Год назад +2

      Thank you!!

    • @oceanicGrimalkin
      @oceanicGrimalkin Год назад +12

      Thank you. The focus is the translation of the Japanese, but I think it's also worth noting that the last stanza also has the male vocal backing with "The last curtain is calling for the show to end." based on Toby's English lyrics on it.

    • @Vocaloidluver01
      @Vocaloidluver01 Год назад +4

      I’m late to this, so pardon my asking but what do you mean by ‘original’? Is there an English version of these lyrics that precedes this video? :0

    • @oceanicGrimalkin
      @oceanicGrimalkin Год назад +2

      @@Vocaloidluver01 Toby posted it here in the comment section. He's named FwugRadiation, iirc.

    • @unitymask
      @unitymask Год назад +1

      @@Vocaloidluver01 Yeah! you can look for them in the comments

  • @TheDuckfish
    @TheDuckfish Год назад +42

    Between Toby Fox's composition, Itoki Hana's amazing vocals, and Bani-chan's beautiful art **in motion** this has easily become my favourite video here.

  • @longhorsestudios
    @longhorsestudios 9 месяцев назад +4

    Love this. There aren't enough Yoshitaka Amano-inspired artists despite him visually originating the look of countless pieces of legendary games, manga, and anime. Always nice to see someone inspired by his brilliant illustrative style.