#beheading dance

[catepiteler-lo]

Necks are itchy.... kakakaka

Quick drawing of Mai that I've had sitting in my biology notebook for the past 2 months, I think?

[headlessdancinggirl]

PSYSOUBI'S LYRICS OF BEHEADING DANCE TRANSCRIBED FOR @ergolost

(I HAVE THE ORIGINAL VIDEO OF THE BEHEADING DANCE COVER WHICH INCLUDES THE LYRICS SO THIS IS PRETTY ACCURATE!!!) All of those beheaded under Shikyou, the amanojaku Return their heads in baskets Necks are so itchy, itchy, itchy

KAKAKAKAKAKAKA

Ignorance is bliss when granted by Shikyou, Hanamitsuki Even the bugs retreated Necks are so itchy, itchy, itchy

KAKAKAKAKAKAKA

(Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou) 4x

From the surface of the banks The farmers' head float along the currents If you disrespect the graves Then everything will come to end All the headless peasants, gibbeted Bodies worn away by loneliness Skilled in the art of nightcrawling Sneaking into women's rooms

Come on, closer, into this place of true degradation Where just inside, you'll see that rape is hated more than anything Pay in coin in exchange to make all your pain disappear Even if your body's gone, your head is always welcome here

The children, though starving as of now Are playing at being Bakeneko From afar, the faceless mistress Watches on the fireworks At the time, her braid is tied up And she takes out discolored kimonos If you disrespect the graves Then everything will come to end

How they have died is unsightly You, who would laugh at your own beheading Where is the rest of the body? I ask of the cat, that cries all the more

(Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou) Cats and dogs and lady fox and myself (Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou) With these eyes, I see for sure. Just how much skill you have in killing (Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou) Laying on the futon, you would teach the art of making love (Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou) Night and night again, I walk around and lend my body out

Seems another girl has died With the cause of death by beheading Whose daughter was she Looking upon that face, it looked a bit too familiar I look on and laughter bubbles up Perhaps why my neck is so itchy Is because the head is missing?

KAKAKAKAKA

Come on, closer, into this place of true degradation Where just inside, you'll see that rape is hated more than anything Even closer, shall we make our way towards this vivid place? Even if your body's gone, your head is always welcome here

Dancing and dancing, we're screaming and dancing Upon the stage of a bloodbath Madness and madness, let's dance in this madness!

This is a beheading dance This is a beheading dance This is a beheading dance This is a beheading dance

Laughing and laughing, we're killing and laughing The night before the fox's wedding Madness and madness, let's dance in this madness!

This is a beheading dance This is a beheading dance This is a beheading dance This is a beheading dance

(Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou) Searching for the place I died, I dance as well (Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou) We both realize that we two are one and the same (Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou) Laying on the futon, you would teach the art of making love (Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou) I search for the place I died and head towards the castle town

Dancing and dancing, we're screaming and dancing Upon the stage of a bloodbath Madness and madness, let's dance in this madness!

(Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou) (Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou)

Laughing and laughing, we're killing and laughing The night before the fox's wedding Madness and madness, let's dance in this madness!

This is a beheading dance This is a beheading dance This is a beheading dance This is a beheading dance

(Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou) Searching for the place I died, I dance as well (Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou) We both realize that we two are one and the same (Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou) Laying on the futon, you would teach the art of making love (Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou) Night and night again, I walk around and lend my body out

(Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou) Cats and dogs and lady fox and myself (Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou) With these eyes, I see for sure. Just how much skill you have in killing (Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou) Laying on the futon, you would teach the art of making love (Ka ka ko ko, kakkou, kako kakkou) Night and night again, I walk around and lend my body out

[samettimato]

Been getting into the Onibi series lore. I've thought about Beheading Dance a lot recently, and to me it's about class! :D Cue a slightly unhinged ramble, I hope someone finds this analysis entertaining at least.

(Mentions of gore, suicidal ideation and human trafficking)

The Danse Macabre is a very European reference and I don't know if Masa evoked it intentionally, but it surely comes to my mind. It's about imagery of dead people of different classes, all dancing together with skeletons. The meaning is that no matter your social standing in life or your earthly posessions, death comes for everybody, and everybody is equal in death.

In her life before the curse, Mai was sheltered by her family's monopoly of wealth and power. Now she walks through the town she destroyed, seeing the dancing ghosts of the human suffering that took place in it. Headless peasants, starving children, trafficked women. Victims of her family's cruelty, wealth hoarding and disregard for human life.

A faceless woman in a discolored kimono is mentioned watching the fireworks. The woman could be the victim of the first Beheading Dance that was performed to entertain Ryo's guests. The lyrics warn against disrespecting her grave, or the graves of the peasants. In their lives these people had no power. But in death, disrespecting them would have horrible consequences.

Another European historical reference that the song harkens to me is Marie Antoinette's death. As part of the French revolution, she was executed by guillotine, in front of a cheering crowd of the people she used to rule over. Mai as a character has a lot of parallels with her. The method of death by beheading for starters. Also her not really actively contributing to the cruelty of her regime (Mai before her curse, anyway), but unwittingly benefitting from it.

These next couple of points might be reaching a bit, but I still find them interesting. The wealth and extreme consumption of the French royalty was widely publicized, and the starving masses were furious at it. Marie Antoinette was kind of a scapegoat for it, and her with her luxurious taste was seen as the image of overconsumption. This makes an interesting parallel with Mai literally consuming the people of her town. The public's rumors about Marie Antoinette's sexual life were also fuel for the fire of the revolution, and though most of the accusations were very likely fabricated, one of them was that she had affairs with women. This kinda parallels Shikyou's rage at Mai and Akari meeting and getting married, and killing her for it.

Shikyou follows the dance, likely in vindictive glee. The Shishikusa family rejected all gods and clamored for earthly power by any means necessary. Now their heir is forced to confront all the suffering they caused. The evil that she was complacent in, and that she herself brought to a bloody end. Mai doesn't resist Shikyou beheading her. In the lyrics, she says she seeks her own place in the dance and death. She couldn't keep on living as the heir of her family's cruelty, or the monster who put the end to it. In her dying moment, she dreams of the happy life her and Akari couldn't have together. Then she joins the rest of the dancing dead, as their equal.

[gym-leader-morty]

Dance, dance, sing and dance on a bloodbath stage.

Beheading! Beheading! Dancing for beheading!

[ur-dad-senso]

女子ノ死二様ハ 首ガ無カッタラシイ ソレハ誰ノ娘 見タ事アル顔ワ コッチ観テ笑ッテル 首元痒イノハ 無イカラナノカシラ カカカカカカカカカカカカ

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more fanart of this song because

[offtheheezay]

neck is itchy itchy itchy itchy kakakakakakakakakakaka

[aloogamoosha]

1stAlbum ADULT↓ iTunes→ https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/adult/id1088701504 google Play→ https://play.google.com/store/music/album/MASA_Works_DESIGN_ADULT?i...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEHEADING DANCE !!!

Released: September 27th, 2011 (on niconicodouga)

[kara-kitsu-x]

So could we argue that the opening line of "Beheading Dance" is actually: "Few are beheaded under Shikyou, the Amanojaku" Instead of: "Few are beheaded under death, misfortune, and the Amanojaku" Since we know Shikyou is her (the Amanojaku, Rin's) name. I'm just curious. I don't know Japanese very well to be able to get any sort of proper translation for any of the songs