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The suffering of living while hiding your true self. What words can we, standing where we are today, possibly offer to that pain and despair? Please take care of Mukuhara Kazui. Please enjoy it alongside the MV stream starting at 7PM.
Kazui Mukuhara Trial 3 Voice Drama: The Phantom's Confession Transcribed and Translated by Maristelina Speaker Japanese Romaji English Met
I finished transcribing and translating Mukuhara Kazui's Trial 3 Voice Drama: The Phantom's Confession. It's rough but I tried my best. :)
The voice drama link is here:
I…. drew in a tiny thumbnail with the idea of making a lot but I hyperfocused too hard. I love painting Mahiru though!
Saviour
I'm voting Mu innocent and here's why...
I'm voting Mu innocent for the following reasons!
I think Mu's situation is interesting. Mu's crime is not having empathy or the maturity to handle fame. You can think of her as a child star thrust into instant popularity.
Let's focus on this report. I also think her VD by default supports my decision and thoughts.
Mu's friends sensed that she is uncomfortable about Rei. So Mu avoids Rei entirely and when they are in the same vicinity, she can't help but show her discomfort. Her friends/fans viewed that as a reason to attack Rei.
Rei's PoV: ugh people are fawning over her I don't get it
Mu's PoV: sensed that dislike and was like, ew what is her problem why does she hate me?
I don't think Mu was aggravating Rei either. Her MV clearly state that she's going to look like a villain for us because it's what we wanted from her. It's probably her innermost thoughts towards Rei at most.
Bullying Arc:
Rei's PoV: everything is Mu's fault.
Mu's PoV: Well, if people are punishing her, then she must've done something wrong then! It's not my fault she doesn't like me. People think that's unacceptable I guess?
If we view it from these lens, we can see the MASSIVE misunderstanding from these two girls.
Rei thinks Mu is the reason for her bullying and attacked Mu as a result. This made the entire class go against Mu.
Mu thinks Rei started this entire thing. Why is she being involved?
Mu, ill equipped with her new infamy couldn't think of a way to get out of this situation. Rei hurt her and "debased" her in front of her classmates to be less than human. It's only right for her to do the same to Rei.
Age and experience also come into this factor, if Mu was any wiser, she would've told everyone to stop bullying Rei. But she's not primed for this situation.
Some would argue that a child can't default to murder, I argue they have an even higher chance due to innocence.
Mu clearly is mentally and emotionally stunted and doesn't have good role models. I also ask where the hell are the adults in this situation but teenagers get away with a lot of shit in general.
So, does Mu deserve forgiveness due to these circumstances?
This is why the argument of what age is it okay to trial teenagers as adults. Also, Mu just needs therapy to heal and grow into a wiser adult. She's not pure evil. Look at Beth Thomas as an example of the power of rehabilitation.
God's Specimen Box
In prismatic refraction, strip bare their souls And show me the shape of the human heart.
Download Link: https://iristoid.itch.io/gsb
A game heavily inspired by MILGRAM project by Takuya Yamanaka and DECO*27.
The world is not as it once was.
Daemons roam the surface as though it was always theirs, staking claim under the guise of cohabitation, and humans find their institutions slowly eroded by daemon control. Commerce, agriculture, and even medical have come under their jurisdiction.
At the forefront is the prestigious Eirene Institute, a new age of mental healthcare.
You are the Shepherd—your job is to assess poor souls in need of succor and determine if they are a fit for the Institute.
At least… that’s what the humans know.
How you define your role is up to you alone.
🐑 2 playable protagonists
🔑 4 sinners to assess
🔒 Multiple endings
👁️🗨️ Interrogation simulator
🎵 Original soundtracks & partial Voice acting
🖼️ Illustrated CGs, characters, and original backgrounds.
📖 40k+ words.
‼️ This game contains sensitive content that may not be suitable for all audiences.
Strong Language
Mentions of Drug Use
Flashing Lights / Eye Strain
Mental Health Institutionalization
Religious Symbolism and Demonic Ideologies
Themes of Manipulation, Confinement, and Abuse
Player discretion is advised.
🚧 More sinners to interrogate.
🚧 Fully voiced gameplay, including interrogations.
🚧 More art. More endings.
We created a game inspired by MILGRAM :3
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Appare Appare!!
Appare March MV Theory 2!
In Appare March, I looked at Fuuta's report again. We know that he managed to triangulate Killcheroy's location from the Department Store, but the screen cracked.
We know Killcheroy locked her account already before this. And Fuuta was already smiling when he found her house to take a picture but she's already dead.
I sincerely think either Fuuta gaslighted himself hard he did all of this actions so the MV presents them weirdly and/OR the reports shouldn't be taken as a face value. What are the chances this is OUR trial as Es Prisoner #000?
@uoaa_smile also brought up an interesting observation too.
After the bereaved family passed by and he felt relieved, he suddenly noticed something and started running. Could it be because someone took a picture of him? In Jihen Joutou (Bring it On), after Fuuta realizes that Killcheroy is already gone, a smartphone that doesn’t belong to Fuuta is shown. Judging from the screen, I think it was someone named Ryu who was there.
They also brought this up too: The icon is the same, but the name is different...
I wonder if this is also a memory issue too since Fuuta is taking on everyone's sins? To be exact, MVs are generated by Prisoner mental state. Fuuta is gaslighting himself he was THE perpetrator. Colors are all inverted and glitchy. It's a memory issue. Is the report actually generated by the assumption of that the MV is showing? It's why it's saying SAVE DATA?
TL;DR:
The Timeline from the MV and the Report. Killcheroy was already aware of her scandal and locked her account before Fuuta found her school and triangulated her location. But the report has the timeline different. Why the discrepancy if Fuuta's MV is the truth of events?
Fuuta hasn't posted her house, I really think this is an important detail. Something stopped him for doing that, that's why there's a 2nd hurrah and it was already too late, she was dead.
Appare March MV Theory!
I found something interesting in the Appare March MV while I translated the tweet discussions.
The song's chorus screaming happened when Fuuta took a photo of the school and showed it to Twitter, right? We see two members of Dark Triad wanting to go to the school. We can confirm Rumerie actually went there since he said he lives nearby.
And it continues to when showing Killcheroy's eye and they found out that she was in a department store near her school. This is relevant because in Japan, there was a stalking and SA case where the girl was found through her eye reflection.
Upto this point, Fuuta has been broadcasting Killcheroy's whereabouts to Twitter, EXCEPT the Department store. There was a crack on the screen which broke his phone (The one in T1's Bring it On).
After this, we see Fuuta still up to his shenanigans and was about to take a photo of her funeral.
I thought, that was REALLY interesting. Why is the department store the only one not taken a picture of? Fuuta doesn't really know what happened to Killcheroy either.
I also found it interesting how Appare March is inverted. Is this really Fuuta's POV? Him and Rumerie share accounts, right?
Anyway, here's something harrowing to make you guys stew, I guess? lmao.
Appare March MV Tweets Rough Translation
My eyes hurt and I'm seeing double vision. Why is there so many glitch effects on a reading heavy MV *cries*
It's in Tab 2 of my rough VD translation but clicking this link sends you directly. I'm sure someone can provide a better text but I give up proofreading since it physically hurts me.
Maristelina Notes: Super rough draft that I did for fun and friends. It's not supposed to be super accurate so make sure to read Tiramisu an
My Appare March thoughts...
Edit: I think fuuta gave up justifying himself and decided to carry the sins of everyone and why the tweets are so garbled and difficult to read.
Fuuta was taking pictures of places based on the data that the others are providing. Until eventually he found out it is his neighbour....?
He's such a neet he doesn't know his neighbor...
A lot of the things in t1, t2 and t3 mv contradict and despite how cool the song was, I am still really annoyed we don't get to know more about the other's involvement. Like, sure we see them as tweets, but I was really hoping to see more of rumerie and dark triad influence IRL. Fuuta's report has implied his group of friends would have a trip on this drama because he knows his friends and she's pretty something like that?.
I really liked the cracked theory where Fuuta was faking his death and his grafitti is symbolizing it.
But what was the point of 2 phones, Rumerie faking the signature etc.? Like I think they egged on Fuuta to take pictures of the places and gave him data since he is literally neighbours with this person but...
I don't know, Fuuta had always felt like he always keeps getting short end of the stick especially in the animation department. It also felt like he was retconned somehow. This extremely straightforward report and lack of nuance compared to t1 and t2 felt like I was theorizing for nothing...
MILGRAM Birth Flower Translation Compilation
Every Milgram character has a flower in their birthday art with its own meaning (hanakotoba aka flower language). This is a compilation of translations of Yamanaka's tweets explaining the hanakotoba These translations were done by me and Maristelina
Also I'm including latin names because sometimes plants share colloquial names or just have a million to pick from
Haruka: Viburnum dilatatum (Linden viburnum/ガマズミ) [translation by @maristelina]
Yuno: Agave amica (Tuberose/チュベローズ) [tl by maristelina]
Fuuta: Iris tectorum (Roof iris/イチハツ) [tl by maristelina]
Muu: Rosa rugosa (Beach rose/ハマナス) [tl by maristelina]
Shidou: Ageratum (Whiteweed/アゲラタム) [tl by maristelina]
Mahiru: Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shepard's purse/ナズナ)
Kazui: Tradescantia ohiensis (Ohio spiderwort/ムラサキツユクサ)
Amane: Passiflora caerulea (Blue passion flower/トケイソウ)
Mikoto: Liriope muscari (Lily turf/ヤブラン)
Kotoko: Monstera (モンステラ)
MILGRAM Hallucination Booklet Translation pt.1 (Yamanaka and DECO*27 Interview)
Context: This interview was from a booklet handed out at the MILGRAM Hallucination live show on the 21st January 2024 (if you want a copy you can buy it here) This translation was made possible by the generosity of @maxpawb sharing images of his booklet with me This translation is mostly my own, but @maristelina helped me with some sections. Now without further ado:
Q.01 Introduce Yourself. I'm Takuya Yamanaka. I'm the creator/planner/screenwriter for MILGRAM. I'm DECO*27. I work as the music producer for MILGRAM. I like Hatsune Miku.
Q.02 What reactions from the guards have been the most surprising so far? Yamanaka: There are a lot of guards that were born overseas, aren't there? Even though it's created with rather Japanese sensibilities, overseas audiences didn't seem to mind at all. Though the countries and sensibilities are different than what I anticipated, votes have become more multifaceted, it's very interesting, isn't it? DECO: To forgive or not forgive the prisoners what do you do, whether it goes as you expected or the result turns out to be quite the opposite, its fascinating. Maybe your nationality affects the kind of criteria you use to make judgements? I've been thinking about something like that.
Q.03 Is there anything you didn't imagine would happen at the start of the trial? Yamanaka: I didn't write it with a large overseas audience in mind, because from the start I wasn't worrying about popularity at all, I simply didn't think I'd be watching over so many guards. Milgram was developed as a more underground project, but it's popularity is a good surprise, isn't it. DECO: There were more people who got into MILGRAM without already caring about my music than I imagined, it was surprising. I feel like MILGRAM has spread further beyond than what I thought it would. I'm very grateful!
Q.04 So far, what's made you the happiest? Yamanaka: Everything. As a creator it brings me great joy to see a work that existed in my mind, take shape and be enjoyed by so many people. Other than that, because I also love the characters I've birthed, seeing all the guards talking about them and sharing their thoughts, both positive and negative, has to be the best feeling. DECO: It makes me happy to see lots of people analysing the meanings I put in my songs! The theories get pretty close to the truth too, I think... the power of all the guards is really cool.
Q.05 So far, what has been the most challenging? Yamanaka: Because I have to change the script in accordance with the audience's decisions, I can't create the entire story in advance. Furthermore, as of the second trial, there aren't only individual character storylines, the prisoner's verdicts begin to emerge and they influence each other. That is to say, I can't start writing until after everyone's results are out. Willingly subjecting myself to doing something this unreasonable, is what I feel is difficult for me. But because DECO*27 is also going through the same hell, we're holding on to some semblance of sanity. DECO: The story changes in accordance to all the guards' choices, and the music has to be written to match. I think this is harder for Yamanaka-P, who writes the script, than it is for me... But though its tough, I feel its really worthwhile, It makes me really happy to be able to communicate with everyone through my songs!
Q.06 Do you have any regrets like "I wish I had done it differently back then!"? Yamanaka: I've thought it over quite carefully, but there's nothing in particular. I think everyone involved in the project is giving it their all and its a really passionate environment. DECO: Nope! I've been able to put all the things I've thought of into my songs.
Q.07 Which prisoners are the easiest to write dialogue/music for? Yamanaka: If I had to pick one, it'd be Fuuta. He's the type of person that's pretty easy to write because his brain never shuts up. Other than him, Yuno and Shidou are relatively academic kids in theory, so they're easy to write because they're very clear when it comes to what they want to convey. [TL note just because its funny, the idiom Yamanaka uses is lit. "There is barking in the inside [of Fuuta's] head] DECO: It went smoothly for all of them!
Q.08 Which prisoners are the most fun to write dialogue/music for? Yamanaka: Muu's lines were the very fun to write~. I'm fascinated by her approach to life and can't help but envy how fun it must be to behave like that. Yuno and Amane are my runners up. I enjoy writing the kinds of characters who plainly state their ideas and speak eloquently. DECO: Mahiru! From the start writing about the relationships between men and women has been what you might call my forte, its enjoyable to make. I feel like this is also why I find Yuno easy to write for.
Q.09 Which prisoners are the hardest to write dialogue/music for? Yamanaka: Overwhelmingly, Haruka's dialogue takes me the longest to write. I have to use the parts of my brain that I wouldn't normally use to figure out how to not just directly convey what he wants to say. DECO: None of them!
Q.10 What's your favourite combination of characters? Yamanaka: Amane and Shidou. They're on completely different wavelengths about everything, and the best part is that there's no getting around it. My second pick might go to Yuno and Muu. They don't get along at all so their fights are never just superficial squabbling. DECO: I always like the interactions between Es and the prisoners. I'm liking how over the course of the voice drama interrogations, Es seems to be gradually coming to understand the prisoner's humanity. Especially Es + Mahiru!
Q.11 Do you want to be friends with any of the prisoners? Yamanaka: Shidou and Kazui. I like the idea of being friends with professional people. I think that people who choose to go into something specialized, its clear they have a kind of resolve and that's charming, isn't it? DECO: Yuno! I feel like she'd be easy to talk to. She seems like she's used to friends who maintain a good distance from each other. [note: while 'good' here can mean a fair amount of distance, in Japanese relationships the concept of boundaries is also built into the idea of distance, so in English you might talk about someone who is a close friend but still has good boundaries, but in Japanese this is someone who has the 'right amount'/ちょうどいい of distance from you, so this could mean Yuno doesn't have any close friends or that Yuno is just a good friend because she isn't going to turn up to your house unexpectedly and eat all the food in your fridge]
Q.12 Do you want to date any of the prisoners? Yamanaka: I love all of my characters a lot, but, well... how should I say it... I don't think I would date any of them. [TL note: I had to shift the wording to be more natural in English but the Japanese Q is more like 'which prisoner would you want to be your boy/girlfriend?' curse english for not having an exact equivalent to koibito, so Yamanaka's answer is more like 'I think would break up with all of them' its a nominal difference but my friend said to mention it bc its funny] DECO: I'm sorry.
Q.13 What's your favourite line/phrase? Yamanaka:
[Scene from Muu's first voice drama Crying B, TL taken from MILGRAMMER]
Es: Judging from your facial features, are you what they call “half-Japanese”? [lit. haafu/Half] Muu: Yeah… I’m biracial. [lit. daburu/Double]
It would have to be that wouldn't it? I got goosebumps when I wrote it it. DECO:
"It's not my fault"
I think that single phrase was able to represent Muu's character really well, if I do say so myself.
Q.14 Are there any prisoners that you think its good they're in MILGRAM? Yamanaka: All of them. Without these 10 people, this Milgram would be a complete failure. DECO: Without these 10 people, MILGRAM wouldn't exist!
Q.15 Is there anything the guards aren't aware of yet? Yamanaka: Of course, there may be some minor details, but I don't think there are any major points missing. The mysteries have already disseminated, I feel the full picture will be clearly revealed if the theories and wild speculations, which have been shared around the world, come together. As expected. DECO: There are! I hope you look forward to the gimmicks I wanted to put in my songs that will come out in the third trial!
Q.16 Is there anything you haven't been able to do up to now, but you want to try doing after this? Yamanaka: I want to do a stageplay. Every performance would be a different story set in Milgram. If anyone reading this is involved with stage productions, please contact me. [I can't find it now but I swear a while ago Yamanaka tweeted something similar like "I'm interested in doing stage adaptations of Caligula Effect or MILGRAM, if anyone is involved with stage production please contact me" I hope he does it, a MILGRAM stage play would be awesome] DECO: Fortunately, I'm already doing everything I want to do! Writing the trial 3 songs couldn't be more fun.
Q.17 Represent "MILGRAM" in one word. Yamanaka: 『人』 "People" DECO: 『噓』 "Lies" [This one is both simple and interesting so as a preview I'll share how akka and DMYM answered] akka: 『幻』 "Illusions" DMYM: 『信』 "Faith"
Q.18 Give a brief comment about the future of "MILGRAM". Yamanaka: There have already been plot developments that I personally wish I didn't have to write. The guards have all chosen a very intense path. It's frightening. I've also been ready to obey these choices since the start of MILGRAM, so I think we all should enjoy this story that can only be told once together. DECO: I've already started writing the prisoner's songs. It's hell. Please prepare yourselves. Q.19 A message for the guards. Yamanaka: Thank you for always looking after the prisoners. Milgram is a work that involves the participation of everyone, including yourself. The thoughts you had, the actions you took, the joy, and resentment you felt towards this prison, all this became a part of Milgram too. I would like you all to please live healthily in your realities alongside Milgram. DECO: Thank you for your hard work as guards. Although MILGRAM is full of troublemakers, we would be grateful if you could continue to watch over us for a long time to come. We will do our best to meet your expectations.
[A link to part 2 will be posted here when its ready]
(Japanese transcript under the cut)
