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This analysis is actually gonna be on a ship! It's Celeste x Byakuya and Money Money Money by Abba! With that out of the way let's get into the analysis!
The first stanza “I work all night, I work all day, To pay the bills I have to pay, Ain't it sad? And still there never seems to be, A single penny left for me, That's too bad” is a line that represents Celeste. It being a reference to that fact that no matter how lucky Celeste is with gambling she’ll never have enough money to achieve her dreams. The following lines (‘In my dreams I have a plan, If I got me a wealthy man, I wouldn't have to work at all, I'd fool around and have a ball”) is a line to me that represents Celeste being in love with Byakuya and how he has all she could ever want.
The chorus, “Money, money, money, Must be funny, In the rich man's world, Money, money, money, Always sunny, In the rich man's world” to me isn’t so much a line to dissect to describe the relation between Celeste and Byakuya but is instead a line that represents how Celeste would behave around Byakuya (ex. The line that was mentioned could be a Celeste lovingly mocking Byakuya). The following line/second half of the chorus represents Celeste's’ dream and how with Byakuya's help she could achieve that.
The second verse, “A man like that is hard to find, But I can't get him off my mind, Ain't it sad? And if he happens to be free, I bet he wouldn't fancy me, That's too bad” is a line that shows how Celeste believes that Byakuya wouldn’t have an interest in her. The first half of the line (“A man like that is hard to find, But I can't get him off my mind, Ain't it sad?”) showcases how Byakuya is always on Celeste's mind.
The final line (that isn’t the chorus repeated) “So I must leave, I'll have to go, To Las Vegas or Monaco, And win a fortune in a game, My life will never be the same” is a line that represents again, how Celeste gambles for her fortune and that she would rather choose to continue gamboling and leave her feelings behind then deal with them.
Please note before reading this that I have not finished v3 yet
This analysis is about Tsumugi so if she is a discomfort for you please be aware of that! This analysis contains Killing Harmony spoilers as well. I’ll be analyzing? Comparing? Her to the song ‘You’re gonna go far kid’ by The Offspring ^^ With that out of the way, let's move onto the analysis!
I wanna start off by saying I only started to relate this song to Tsumugi because of the first part. I always envisioned this animation to that part with her switching cosplays and so that's where this all stems from! This also only really focuses on Tsumugi as the mastermind, not so much backstory (does she even have a backstory?/gen). The first lines “Show me how to lie, you're getting better all the time, And turning all against the one is an art that's hard to teach. Another clever word sets off an unsuspecting herd, And as you step back into line, a mob jumps to their feet” are what I’m going to start with! The first part (show me how to lie…) is representing how Tsumugi was the mastermind of the Killing game and was lying to everyone, followed by ‘and turning against the one is an art that's hard to teach’ showcases how she had basically turned against everyone and that being the mastermind is something you can’t teach.
The next two lines really solidify this stanza as a representation of Tsumugi as the mastermind for me. “Another clever word sets off an unsuspecting herd,” is Tsumugi throwing everyone off of her trail or for an in-game example, Its Tsumugi framing Kaede as Rantaro's killer. “As you step back into line, a mob jumps to their feet” is Tsumugi pretending to be another person trapped in the killing game!
Taking lines from the second stanza, “and no one even knew it was really only you” to me is the line that symbolizes the fact that no one knows Tsumugi is the mastermind, that she is the one behind everything and is only pretending to be a victim of the killing game. The final line of the pre-chorus represents Tsumugi right before she became the mastermind, “nice work you did, you’re gonna go far kid”. The ‘nice work you did’ section of the line being a reference to all the work and preparations she had to make for the Killing game and the second line being a reference to how she's going to do as the mastermind and how she’ll live up to Junko's legacy.
The chorus is really what showcases how the song represents Tsumugi as the mastermind though. The starting line of “with a thousand lies and a good disguise” is just begging to be a Tsumugi line, she's the ultimate cosplayer and the mastermind for crying out loud. The “Hit 'em right between the eyes, hit 'em right between the eyes, When you walk away, nothing more to say. See the lightning in your eyes, see 'em running for their lives” is Tsumugi making her big debut in the final trial as the mastermind (I’m not 100% certain about the details of the last trial as I have yet to finish v3 but I have a vague idea of what happens).
Verse 2 is about how as the mastermind the whole killing game is focused on her. “Slowly out of line, and drifting closer in your sight, So play it out, I'm wide-awake, it's a scene about me,” showcasing how she's the star of the killing game as the mastermind and “There's something in your way and now someone is gonna pay, And if you can't get what you want, well, it's all because of me” showcasing how as the mastermind she has the ability to control everything about the killing game.
Finally, ending this analysis with the outro to the song! “Clever alibis, Lord of the Flies, Hit 'em right between the eyes, hit 'em right between the eyes, When you walk away, nothing more to say, See the lightning in your eyes, see 'em running for their lives”, it's a rather weak ending to this analysis but I think this line showcases how as the mastermind Tsumugi's existence in the game is just her falsifying her existence and making up lies about herself.
TLDR: You're gonna go far kid by The Offspring is a great song to represent Tsumugi as the mastermind of the killing game :)
before reading this please note that I haven't finished killing harmony!
Song analysis for Angie Yonaga and the song Blow my brains out by tikkle me! Angie’s character is very complex one, most of the time she gets dulled down to ‘religious girl’ but in reality her whole ‘would you like to join me?’, ‘Atua will help!’ is one of her ways of trying to show others that she cares for them and is attempting to help them. She has difficulty showing that and so she chooses to offer others her religion and share with them the wonderful things about Atua.
If I follow the same formatting as when I did the Nagito analysis, I’ll start with the first few lyrics, or rather the first two stanzas. Both of the first two stanzas consist of things like “Sometimes I wish I could lend you my eyes, Lend you my hips and lend you my thighs Sometimes I wish I could take a new shape Switch out some parts and become a big A“ (A direct quote from the song). These to me show Angie's wish to help people despite being unable to. This also could be a way of showing Angie’s devotion to Atua.
The second stanza is relatively the same. The following lyrics “Lucky is she, who lives unaware Who doesn't get bothered by those who don't care Lucky is she, who lives unaware Who doesn't get bothered by all that's unfair Unlucky me, who knows way too much Who fights to make changes and music and such Unlucky me, aware of the pain All 'cause I happen to have some brain'' show both aspects of Angie.
The first section referring to someone (Angie) as lucky shows how Atua has given her a positive view on life and how she has put complete trust into Atua, the second half referring to her as unlucky however, shows that Atua has also shown her the bad things and that she's seen some bad things. The lyric “Unlucky me, aware of the pain All 'cause I happen to have some brain'' specifically shows that Angie is aware of the bad things because Atua has enlightened her. This could also go back to her wanting to enlighten the others just as Atua did for her.
“Sometimes I hope for a savior to come Who's got what it takes to convince everyone” is one of the lyrics I feel conveys Angie perfectly, the song itself is a great example of her character but that lyric specifically matches extremely well. It shows how Angie just wants others to be aware of how great Atua is and how he can help them; If only Atua could convince the others to follow him they’d all be enlightened.
The next following stanzas are about Lucky and Unlucky (both aspects of Angie) and I think that the Lucky and Unlucky stanzas showcase that Angie is constantly at a battle with herself, she's fully aware that Atua could help others and that everything that is happening in the Killing game is wrong (unlucky) but she doesn’t fear any of it out of trust and faith in Atua (lucky).
TLDR: Blow my brains out by Tikkle me is a great song to represent Angie and how she behaves :)
Yes everyone, you read that right! I'm branching out into my other interests! Keeping this blog as only Bnha would cause me to become uninterested very easily and my hyperfixations fluctuate between bnha and danganronpa a lot so these are the two you'll be seeing the most! With that stated lets get into todays rant!
ps if you follow the account drv3confessions you'll have already seen this rant as I sent it in as a confession!
Herse my in-depth analysis on why Art is Dead by Bo Burnham is the best song to describe Nagito. I’ll start off with the part of the song that goes on about how Bo (from this point on referred to as Nagito) shouldn’t be praised and that he isn’t perfect and should be corrected.
This is a fantastic example of how Nagito constantly degrades himself and talks about how the others should use him and treat him as badly as he talks about himself. Then there's the part right after the section talking about a kid whos loud and outgoing, the ‘I must be psychotic, I must be demented, To think that I'm worthy, Of all this attention…’ part. That is also a very good example of how Nagito thinks and has been told his whole life that he isn’t worth attention (positive or negative).
It also shows that he feels the attention that he does get, he feels is too much and that he doesn’t deserve it. Right near the end of the song there's a section that goes ‘A self-centered artist, Self-obsessed artist’ and I think that also really plays into the whole self degradation thing Nagito has going on. I think that if he ever (he probably has but it was really backhanded, at the time of writing this I’m very tired so there are probably some inconsistencies) made a positive comments about himself he’d follow it up with something like ‘how self-centered of me to think such a thing’.
I also wanna touch back on the ‘I must be psychotic, I must be demented, To think that I'm worthy, Of all this attention’ line. This line to me really sells the whole ‘this song screams Nagito’ thing. Mainly because this is how he thinks, he thinks he doesn’t deserve attention and when he does get it he feels selfish and insane (not the best terminology but I can’t think of another way to word it).
Finally going back to the start of the song where it talks about a kids birthday party. I feel like that represents how Nagito thinks about himself, one of the lines (‘That every day, Can't be about him, There's other people, You selfish ass hole) really describes how Nagito thinks about himself. As a final point I would like to say that he overall tone of the song is very reminiscent of how Nagito speaks and behaves in the game.
TLDR: 'Art is dead' By Bo Burnham is an excellent song to represent Nagito and his character :)