Hi Alien Stage Fans. Watched the Teaser for "The Cure" (Ivan v. Till).
(here's a link to the teaser btw)
This post is about the upcoming Round 6 of Alien Stage, "The Cure," which comes out April 5th 2024. If you haven't watched up to "All-in", I'd recommend doing so. Contains spoilers up to that point.
I think that, because Till is rebellious, the people running the Stage are injecting him with something that could kill him. They only keep giving him "The Cure" when he is good and follows rules.
So, Till's "Cure" is a literal, physical cure.
Near the end, something surprised me. I believe I heard some Japanese being said. Specifically, the phrase "みつけて" or "mitsukete". Which can be translated to 'finding' something. Or, I believe the context in this case is, "I found it", or "I found the thing I was looking for". And I believe it was Ivan who spoke this line. The song is called "The Cure", so I believe that the full line he sings would be something like "I found The Cure".
Ivan loves Till. Or at the very least is extremely attached to him.
I believe it said somewhere that Ivan didn't have many friends, and never grew any sort of attachment for anyone until Till. And loneliness could be a type of 'illness' itself.
So, I believe Ivan's "Cure" is a metaphorical kind. His cure is 'Love'. Ivan's cure is Till.
At the end of Hyuna's song 'All-in', it was somewhat implied that she was going back to the Stage, presumably to break out Ivan and Till. (Side note, I believe I also hear Ivan sing "にげて", "nigete", near the start, which means 'to escape to'. Which could either be foreshadowing Hyuna's appearance later, or be referring to him looking for an escape from either the Stage or his loneliness idk)
So. What would happen if Hyuna breaks in and saves the two before Till could receive his 'cure'?
I feel like, up to this point, everyone has lost the thing they were singing about in the songs sung on the Stage.
The Clematis flower can symbolize Ambition, Aspiration, and Mental Strength. Mizi lost all of that for a while when Sua died.
Till's song was unnamed because he made it himself. However, his song could be seen as a kind of love confession for Mizi.... who went missing later. So he also 'lost' what he sang about as well.
Ivan sang about his sorrow. If you think about it, he lost that when he met Till. He was always alone, then found him and lost that sorrow.
Idk wtf Luka was doing in round 4, maybe he was singing about his sanity or morals or something idk. Or he was traumatizing his opponent (wouldn't be the first or last time)
Mizi was singing about how she lost Sua. Luka sang about being free from the shackles of falling in love, or free from compassion and morals. I mean he was also mocking Mizi with the song, but yeah.
Hyuna, who escaped the Stage, now sings a different kind of song; about reclaiming what she has lost.
So, I believe Ivan and Till will both lose "The Cure".
If Hyuna frees them before Till can get his Cure, he could pass away.
Then Ivan will have lost His Cure.
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