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"close your eyes and look away"

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Happy 10 years Valkyrie ✨

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Analysis of Memoire Antique

Consider this my contribution to my fellow ValkPs on Valkyrie's tenth anniversary:

All song translations are pulled from the fandom wiki and thus credit for them goes to the translators there. Translators include: Bakemonoremy, raspberryjam

It is my opinion that Memoire Antique is particularly about Valkyrie working through Nazuna leaving the unit and getting over how the War tore them apart.

Strumming these old chords, pulling in this melody

nestling close together in this distant, nostalgic song

This line is interesting considering Memoire Antique particularly shares a few musical things with Sajou no Roukaku, and both songs have a similar tone. I could go on for hours about this, but I would like to note that Sajou no Roukaku is implied to have been a song performed specifically by ex-Valkyrie, and not one made solely for StarFes.

Shu being the singer of this line is also notable as through much of nursing era, he spends his time slinging to what Valkyrie used to be. He finds comfort in remembering how they were rather than facing what they became.

Grieving and yearning for the past

They're fading and can't be grasped

As for Mika's first solo line, this is also notable for his experience of nursing era. Though he didn't fall into such a deep depression as Shu did, he did spend a lot of time grieving Nazuna and wishing for Shu to get better. In Echo of a Star, Mika is shown having focused all his efforts on helping Shu, and he states that he told Shu such an outlandish dream because he wanted Shu to focus on getting better instead of trying to repay Mika for what Mika believed wasn't anything noteworthy.

In fact, in Hoshi no Meidou Hibikishi Toki Ni, there is a line that they both say that is likely directed at his past self:

O, one who longs for bygone days of glory

Search for the miracles that fill both the heaven and the earth

They spent so much of nursing era trying to get past their grief over what was past, and had to learn how to seek out new experiences once more.

Why are you grieving?

The bygone

sadness

and joy, too

Interweave echoes into the future

These lines are notable for both of them as for Shu, he spent much more time after Marionette agonizing over their loss, while Mika was missing the moments of happiness Valkyrie had experienced. By questioning why they are grieving, you can see them transitioning slowly towards the idea that rather than sorrow for the past, they should be looking forward to their growth as a unit and as people.

Losing even the master of the household

With no place to return to

Will we spin it,

that vibrant hope we wish for?

This line is one that sticks with me the most, particularly the official translation's variation of, "The master has been long lost // Nor a place to belong"

This line highlights that time has passed and there is no point to them trying to achieve what they once had in the past. I've always seen the term "master" to be something akin to "puppetmaster", and really emphasizes how Valkyrie begins to move away from the doll and master dynamic, as it is no longer worth pursuing.

If we can reel in God's silk, we'll surely reach it

Above the setting sun that's written in the staff notation

These stacked up sounds, now

The futures we're wishing for

Even if we extend our hands, we won't reach them

These illusions

This one is interesting to me as Mika is the one singing about God rather than Shu. I mentioned previously how Shu holds onto a belief that God is just and will reward those who have worked to earn it. This first line mimics that belief in that Mika wants to believe that If they only try harder they can receive what they're looking for.

In contrast, Shu's lines mimic the opinions he claims to have now, that they will never be understood, and that they will just continue pursuing art as they wish, knowing that their voices won't reach those unwilling to understand. They won't receive the acclaim Shu believes they're due, no matter how hard they try.

Into our empty

Souls that hold nothing

This sadness

And joy

They finally reverberate

This one is interesting particularly for that last line. Despite the depression they both went through, the "emptiness" of their souls, they allow their emotions to finally shine through as they return to their pursuit of art.

Those wandering about in the deepest forest

This guidance that reaches them

It can surely be heard

This... Vibrant hope

Mika singing the first line and Shu singing the second is notable because of how Mika views Shu as his mentor and his idol. To Mika, he was lost before finding Shu, and Shu is the one who gave him hope. In reverse, though, as shown in Echo of a Star and in Raison, Mika is the one who guided Shu when no one else could.

It also shows their own hope for the future that someone out their will be affected by their art and understand their feelings, the hope that even one person will appreciate it, rather than Shu's old ideal that he could force everyone to understand his art.

Now, extend your hand

as though you're entrusting it all

This mostly just goes along with the idea of Shu and Mika guiding each other out of their depressions and being the anchor for each other, but it felt important to add.

Dance, our memories! This turning spinning-wheel

Turning the past into colors, and weaving them into a fabric

Sing, our hopes! As if huddling into this melody

Surely, it'll become audible

This... Our nostalgic hope

"Memoire"

These lines in particular make me want to cry, as it can show the final shift into their new ideals of spreading their art without care for who watches. Rather than continuing to let their past shackle them, they hope to turn it into something to fuel their art. They talk earlier about "vibrant hopes" which is likely symbolic of what they long for now, while in the final chorus they talk about "nostalgic hope", showing their acceptance of their past, but also touching on how Shu's initial dreams were not initially twisted by circumstances. He always wanted to spread his art, but his obsessions and his emotions led him to be controlling and made him try to force people into accepting him, rather than adapting to change or accepting himself that there will always be those who won't understand his message.

The Valkyrie of today is more obvious in understanding that, and they no longer expect everyone to accept their eccentricities. They would rather have people who understand their emotions and the meanings behind their songs. However, you can still see them get defensive of themselves too. They try to distance themselves from their fans, afraid of being misunderstood and turned on, so there’s still a lot to be worked through with this.

Anyways, there’s my caffeinated yapping for the day, I hope y’all enjoyed.

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Happy 10 years Valkyrie ✨

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