A part of Baiken's lore that you didn't read (at least not in the video) is that in Strive she finally lets go of her revenge by meeting and confiding in Delilah (Bedman's little sister) who also wants to destroy That Man. Baiken is able to overcome her trauma of her family's death through the comfort of a comrade who has went through a similar thing, and ultimately creates a sort of new family with her. This is also probably why the lyrics at the end of Mirror of the World are "I am not the exile" and "You are not the exile" referring to herself and Delilah.

"Baiken's pissed" is a great summary of her character pre-Strive.

You were pretty much on the money with analysis of the character. One point i want to mention that for me this song is a internal dialog: first "voice" singing "Mantra of Light" trying to get forgivnes/disolve himself of sin, while the other pushes back on this idea (ex. "God knows, that no voice can be heard by the damned"). In final chorus that argument resolves with sentimen that Baiken accepts who she is ("I am the exile") , even if her sins not cleansed yet, she will do everything to make up for them ("The hardest road lies ahead, I will be a mirror of the world") so we get both "voices" at the same time

@Jacket0120

21 күн бұрын

The final chorus has the line "I'm am NOT the exile" she's changed course

The bass in this song is crazy. Favorite bit about the chant is that it ends with “rokkon shoujo” and since shoujo can also mean “girl”, it sounds like “rock on, girl!”

@SoI_Badguy

21 күн бұрын

Bass sounds like someone punching a bridge cable (in a good way)

A cool element of the song that gets lost in translation is that the chant is a Buddhist mantra for purifying oneself. The first half of the song is essentially the character stuck in a cycle of violence > purification > hopelessness > violence...

Once again Marco accurately described a lot of Baikens character just by listening to the theme :)

@DrOctavius99

10 күн бұрын

It just goes to show how good music can be to describe a character

I love this song so much; it's such a great piece that shows baiken's journey from brutality into letting go of her anger and moving forwards in life. The use of the mantra of light (the japanese chorus part) is also interesting, since in shingon buddhism it is associated with freeing deceased people from their accumulated bad karma and a possible rebirth in hell.

This song is easily my favorite of strives soundtrack. I love the fact that after each verse, where she insults herself and the background singers immediately kick back in, you can hear Baiken laugh at them for wanting to still be with her. Another great detail is that Baiken yells “No Forgiveness!” and the background singers flip this by saying “Necessary” changing the meaning of the lyric from “I’m not worthy of forgiveness” to “you don’t need to be forgiven.” Easily one of my favorite parts is that the background singers have background singers that yell the last verse of each line, making them sound much more aggressive. In the finale these extra background singers are gone because Baiken isn’t interpreting their words as harmful and out to “force” her to be “better” (people with trauma tend to push away those who want to help them for this reason). Edit: Another detail I just remembered is that Baiken and the background singers lyrics never overlap until the very end when she’s finally started her journey towards bettering herself.

There's a couple of benchmarks in Strive themes regarding their length that oftentimes feels quite intentional. They're all at least 3 minutes long, but the majority of them hover around the 4 and a half to 5 and a half minute mark. The songs that approach 6 minutes and especially the ones that surpass that threshold, you know something special is about to be heard. Let Me Carve Your Way, a song you've already reacted to, is famous for its final section, which in regular gameplay can only be heard in matches that *really* stretch out the clock and go the max distance allowed by the systems of the game, and I think this is purposeful because that section is one of the most vulnerable most heartfelt things I've heard in a song ever. It's hidden. If a Zato player ever gets to that point in the song in a real match I'm sure the mental power up from hearing it would be immense. Baikens theme (and also Asukas theme which you've listened to) go EVEN LONGER. I don't think it's even possible to reach the end of either of them. In Baikens case it is likely because that final section shows the resolution of her arc in which she gives up on revenge, an arc which players didn't actually get to see until months after her release into the game when they finally released new story mode content. I really like "I am not the exile" followed by "You are not the exile" at the end, you can take it a couple of ways. Either it's calling out to the listener, telling them whatever struggles they have, they are not the exile. Alternatively it's Baiken calling out to Delilah (the little girl you saw when you listened to Bedman?s theme), seeing as they both gave up on their revenge simultaneously, for and because of one another. There are a lot of orphans in Guilty Gear, and their dynamics are shown a little bit in Guilty Gears Another Story DLC. Johnny managed to create his own found family after being orphaned, and that also resulted in the dozen orphans he adopted an opportunity to heal from their trauma. Baiken didn't get either of those luxuries until a lot later. Not even Anji could pull her from her revenge, until she finally met Delilah, another little girl obsessed with revenge, and she saw herself in Delilah as if looking into a mirror. That's when she finally resolved to put it all away and have an attempt at a happy life, finding her own found family with Delilah and Anji. I'd love if you listened to Requiem from Guilty Gear Strive! The Midnight Carnival, aka I-Nos boss theme from X2, was I believe the first song you listened to from Guilty Gear and I remember you being really interested in I-No from it. Well her theme in Strive, Requiem, spells it ALL out super explicitly, while also having probably my favorite vocal performance from Naoki in the whole series. Other than that, a new DLC character dropped a couple days ago, and brought a new theme with him which is super jazzy. The characters name is Slayer and his theme is called Ups and Downs if you wanna check that out!

A few lyric corrections: "This is her way"-> (background: "NO FORGIVENESS!") "Necessary." "My vengeance will be a sacrifice then kill the pain" -> "My vengeance will be sacrificed. The pain kills the pain." One of the big themes of the song's ending is Baiken letting go of her desire for vengeance, and finally moving on into the future - she is not the exile. Part of that is how much she has allowed others in, and a desire to protect another character from winding up in a similarly brutal and single-minded quest for vengeance. The chanting in the song is the Buddhist Mantra of Light, a blessing for somebody who dies with bad karma. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantra_of_Light

@DissedRedEngie

21 күн бұрын

sucks that the most visually interesting lyrics videos are made with the fastest interpretations of the lyrics. (A.B.A.'s lyrics were basically revealed early, because people just couldn't hear them correctly). I get it, in youtube space, being the first one is important. But I've come to dislike these lyrics videos, because they often mishear stuff. I also wish they just released the lyrics with the songs, instead of releasing them with the official album release. Things like spotify lyrics don't get often updated after the public decides what the common hearing is, instead of what is actually there.

@chryspyr

21 күн бұрын

​@@DissedRedEngie Capnbrooker does a good job keeping it as accurate as possible (for those that have official lyrics released).

@chryspyr

21 күн бұрын

More lyric corrections: ✅ No forgiveness necessary ❌ (Out of her way) This is her way ✅ In the light, that's my way (break off all vexations) ❌ In the light, cut away all vexations ✅ I am the Ghost of Vengeance (calm madness) ❌ I am the Ghost of my name (just call my name) ✅ There is no salvation for the unforgiven ❌ There is no salvation, only armageddon ✅ God knows, there are those who would pay the hand that is extended to them ❌ God knows, there's those who would better hand those vexations unto them ✅ Today, which will never begin ❌ The day which will never begin ✅ My vengeance will be sacrificed, the pain kills the pain ❌ My vengeance is a sacrifice, then kill the pain ✅ (That's not your way) ❌ (Get off my way)

@evilded2

21 күн бұрын

I wish all the people who claim to have "correct" or official lyrics would actually link them. As far as I can find there have been NO officially released guilty gear lyrics since the album booklet from GGXRD sine www.dustloop.com/forums/uploads/monthly_04_2015/post-18999-0-06705200-1428170538.jpg

A former resident of a colony of endangered Japanese people. Baiken is a survivor of a gear attack of her childhood home where she lost her left eye, right arm and both parents in the incident. She would then spend years as a fugitive on the run as Japanese people are disallowed from leaving the colonies they live in and she wanders the world in search of the man responsible only recently learning to put aside her desire for vengeance in order to help those suffering as she has

It should be noted that the title of this song "Mirror of the World" heavily ties into Baiken's current character resolution (which is also why it only comes up at the end of the song) Her life-long friend Anji briefly entrusts her with taking care of Delilah (Bedman's sister) a young girl who also lost her family because of That Man. Baiken is shocked to learn that Delilah carries a deep desire for revenge, despite only being a child, to the point of putting herself in great danger. Baiken was the same way as a kid, but it's only through seeing herself "reflected" in someone else like that that she can see how cruel she's been to herself growing up. So, she decides to convince Delilah, who'd acted as her "mirror", to give up on their revenge together, and instead go on living. Through this epiphany, Baiken awakens to an ability that allows her to reflect others' own insecurities and doubts as they fight her, allowing them to have clarity, like she did. Hence, "I will be a mirror of the world."

@shaunbubba3745

21 күн бұрын

Which this gets real interesting because it's that same "ability" that makes her like the one person Happy Chaos does not like fighting and possibly fears. This is shown in the intro dialogues and Baiken has a unique taunt line against HC.

lmao the instant "MH." when he saw baiken neuron activation lol

Amongst my favorite of Strive. That very slow build up, then the drop…. Never thought of using Buhhdist chanting on a METAL SONG, but I dig it! And yeah, BAIKEN. Bad ass lady!

@ShikiRyougi05

21 күн бұрын

Sadly it's the worst in game since the slow build up is basically all you get to hear...

@gamerkingdom1442

21 күн бұрын

@@ShikiRyougi05 I know! I would say that’s my biggest issue with this song!

@rainloki5363

21 күн бұрын

@@gamerkingdom1442 there is a mod on game banana that removes that if you would like!

One lyric i just noticed is that "Cut away all vexations" is repeated until in the final part where it becomes "Break off all vexations" Which i see as her first dealing with her pain by constantly seeking a fight/Revenge until she realizes she has to break her pain at the root instead of cutting it away/pushing away and not dealing with it

@Max_G4

20 күн бұрын

It's always "break off all vexations". CloudDrop usually gets lyrics wrong, but Mirror of The World is definetely the worst offender there, as almonst all of the chorus is wrong. You'd be better off looking at the Wiki for the lyrics. All Characters from Season 1 have theirs officially released, for others it's more a community effort with some clarifications from Naoki on Twitter (except for Symphony, which he leaked completely). Upw and Downs is still undergoing changes, but the current version of the page seems to be pretty correct (CD also has almost the same as that too, surprisingly)

@Emeraldym

20 күн бұрын

​​@@Max_G4yeah finding the actual lyrics seems to be really hard with strive. Though here: 3:34 i cant hear the first word clearly but in the second word i only hear "away" there is like no way they're saying "off" here

Just so you know, the video you watched is actually fanmade, just like the previous ones from that channel. As a result, the lyrics are not always accurate. You also should probably have a link in the description, the creator does very good work.

@Oscar97o

21 күн бұрын

The lyrics are accurate for the original character themes since there's an official soundtrack with lyrics, but the DLC characters can be wrong.

@Max_G4

20 күн бұрын

​@@Oscar97oWell, for Baiken there's also official Lyrics, but CloudDrop doesn't put in effort to correct them

@hmmmooops

20 күн бұрын

@@Oscar97o I think the videos were made before the official lyrics, but I only got that from the comments so I might be wrong.

My compliments on the chef for choosing those thumbnail bosoms! Men of culture like us can never get enough.

I love how your assumptions quickly went from inaccurate to the point of being on a different planet at the beginning to being laser accurate. :D It’s also fitting that such a blunt and straightforward character gets the song that just comes out and spells out her character arc. She really is the most pissed off character in the series too. Maybe a bit less so nowadays, but I wouldn’t count her out yet.

Stings a bit to see the CloudDrop video being used, a lot of their videos have not been updated as we got official lyrics and this song alongside “Just Lean” have half the lyrics just flat out wrong

@abesmith115

21 күн бұрын

They leave out the coolest call and response in this track of "No forgiveness! Necessary"

@ShikiRyougi05

21 күн бұрын

Oh shit i have to read just lean's actual lyrics. The cloud drop lyrics were so nonsensical that it actually pissed me off lmao. I wasn't sure if daisuke's english just got way worse for that one or if cloud drop got them wrong...now i know xD

@KingOfFools784

21 күн бұрын

@@ShikiRyougi05 the two biggest notes are that it should be “Just Lean, it’s anyone’s call” instead of “She was told” and “Wouldn’t have ripped it up” instead of “Would have repeated it all.” CloudDrop also gets the “Envied by even the goddess of fate” line wrong by having it say “hated by the”

@SilyGatto

21 күн бұрын

clouddrop moment. Atleast they got symphony and ups and downs right

@KingOfFools784

21 күн бұрын

@@abesmith115 I also feel like the incorrect line of “Call my name” over the correct “Calm madness” gets the wrong message across.

This and The Town Inside Me were in my top 10 most listened to songs on Spotify last year. Really amazing song.

As a few others have noted, CloudDrop actually got some of the lyrics wrong in his video, likely since he had to transcribe them by ear. These are the official lyrics, from the Necessary Discrepancy album booklet: _NAN! MAN DA BU_ _NAN! MAN DA BU_ _Om abogya beiroshanō_ _Makabodara mani handoma_ _Jinbara harabari tayaun_ _Naraku ni utau wa rokkonshōjō_ If that's what you call karma, I must be a demon. God knows that no voice can be heard by the damned. _Gedō no kūsokuzeshiki sanzen no fujō_ _Ganpon no mumyō sanzen no shōjō_ (No forgiveness!) necessary. In the light, that's my way. (Break off all vexations) It's never over, yesterday. I'm the time exile. I am the Ghost of Vengeance. (Calm Madness) I'm the time exile. (I'm the time exile) Sever, tear, fear _Om abogya beiroshanō_ _Makabodara mani handoma_ _Jinbara harabari tayaun_ _Naraku ni utau wa rokkonshōjō_ There is no salvation for the unforgiven. God knows, there are those who will pay the hand that is extended to them. _Gedō no kūsokuzeshiki sanzen no fujō_ _Ganpon no mumyō sanzen no shōjō_ (No forgiveness!) necessary. In the light, that's my way. (Break off all vexations) Today, which will never begin. I'm the time exile. I am the Ghost of Vengeance. (Calm Madness) I don't need your sympathy. Why won't anyone leave me alone? If I had a comrade... I wonder what I would tell them. Yes, yes, I knew the answer. (In the light, that's not your way.) Break off all vexations. (Break off all vexations.) It's never over, yesterday. No, don't stand still. (In the light) My vengeance will be sacrificed. (For the light) The pain kills the pain. The hardest road lies ahead. I will be a mirror of the world. _Om abogya beiroshanō_ _Makabodara mani handoma_ _Jinbara harabari tayaun_ _Naraku ni utau wa rokkonshōjō_ _Om abogya beiroshanō_ _Makabodara mani handoma_ _Jinbara harabari tayaun_ _Naraku ni utau wa rokkonshōjō_ I'm not the exile Break off all vexations. (That's not your way.) You are not the exile

One of these days I'm going to make a video explaining what the wording in Baiken's intro means and how it works grammatically. It's older Japanese that sometimes confuses modern Japanese speakers but it's something I'd like everyone to understand better so they can appreciate it more. Though I've gotta get through explaining the Ghost of Tsushima Mythic Tales first. In the meantime, thanks a ton for the theme analysis. I've been a fan of your work for a little less than a year and plan on being one for many years into the future.

@briancall5819

21 күн бұрын

I'd be interested in learning more about her opening. I'll keep an eye out.

You mentioned silence in music helps to tell story and it reminded me of a song you should react to. Panacea, by Disasterpeace, from the game Hyper Light Drifter. It is one of the most emotionally charged songs I've ever heard. It isn't held to a standard tempo and has long pauses emphasizing a deep, tragic, and inescapable fate. It feels to me like it's capturing all 5 stages of grief throughout.

Definitely feels less bombastic compared to the others I have heard, but this hardly a bad thing. You can feel aggression, brutality, and weariness. Someone who has been on this road for so long they can hardly remember another way. I loved it.

I've been wanting you to do a video on this song since I first heard it. It's easily my favorite Guilty Gear song and possibly my favorite rock song of all time. Thank you ❤

I'm so happy you covered this song, it says so much about Baiken and I love it, one of my favorite songs

I have been asking for so long thank god!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉

It’s crazy how accurate you were with this one. I wrote a report recently for a class of mine about what music can convey about characters in videogames (mostly for people with little experience) and you were one of my references for it! I think it’s an awesome trait to have such a mind for music and be able to make connections with tiny details and their respective intentions. Much love to you bro.

Baiken is my main! This is so awesome to see and hear!

I saw this pop up on my screen today and I gasped

My favorite Guilty Gear character! From a secret character in the first game and designed after Rurouni Kenshin (Daisuke thought he was a female and wanted them in their game haha) to this absolutely awesome we have today. There's a reason why they keep making her DLC, people love her.

FINALLY MY FAVORITE THEME THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!

I've waited for this one

Great analysis! Hope to see the Slayer theme soon 👀

I genuinely love this song so much. It quickly became one of my absolute favorite songs. I absolutely adore how much of a story this song tells. Like, we genuinely end in a completely different place than we started and that evolution of the chorus leading to the "No, don't stand still!" and finally dropping the title of the song, actually still moves me to tears, a lot of times, although I expect the hay fever making my eyes burn is helping a lot, too. Also, making buddhist/shinto chanting into a metal song goes so hard. I love this song.

The chanting is the Mantra of Light, historically used for many things in Japanese Buddhism, notably during funerals.

YES. I love baiken because of her lore and the song is also very good. I'm so happy you're doing a review on it Also the japanese lyrics is the Mantra of light. Or the unfailing rope WHICH SHE ACTIVELY USES IN COMBAT. I personally love the rage and beastiality that get refined all along the song to be more controlled and used in a beautiful way

Can't put to words how much I enjoy this theme glad you had a chance to analyze and experience it. I recommend giving Strive's Another Story a watch if you want some context to it. Even without context the Thrash metal, Esoteric, Japaense, Buddhist Chanting theme of Baiken is one of my favorites. Now do Slayer's theme Ups and Downs it also rules!

If I might make a bit of a suggestion for future videos that use lyrics uploads, CapnBooker tends to be a more accurate channel and frequently updates their lyrics to match official ones! CloudDrop doesn't reupload videos when official or more accurate lyrics are presented, so it tends to be a bit messier. For example the start of the song is "nan man da bu", which is a buddhist mantra, but CloudDrop labelled it as "madaru", and "this is her way" was actually "no forgiveness necessary" (this isn't to hate on CloudDrop cause the mix of gameplay with the lyrics makes it look really good, but for the sake of analysis CapnBooker is just an easier resource) Just thought that might be a helpful resource since a part of these videos is dissecting the lyrics to parse the character, rly love these uploads!

I'm convinced you're just like actually psychic or something at this point you get them so on point every time lol

Ya props to whatever mad lad/lass who thought, at least I believe they are inspired by it, Buddhist sutra's but also metal singing.

Is that a Phrygian Dominant scale that I hear? Hell yeah!

this is my fav song from the game, it's so dynamic, the riffs are so fucking THICK and the ending is so uplifting i get chills every time i hear it. so funny you rarely get past the intro in game

FINALLY PEAK

i really love you pointing out a sort of femininity in the finale of the song, as that segment is directly speaking to the child baiken has taken under her wing, sort of a mother having a heart to heart with her daughter

can't wait to see you react to johnny's theme

Baiken’s Home country Japan was Blown up. I Think Her describing herself as the time exile relates to this as she feels like a person out of time. She Will do anything to claim vengance for her country and her family, even though it could be argued that neither her country or family exists as they were erased in an explosion, making her a ghost of vengace for something that no longer exists

Baiken was always my favorite character in Guilty Gear since I saw her in Missing Link. I love her Momentary Life theme better but this is my second fave Baiken theme because of how it captures her journey and how far she's come since her first appearance. On that note, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the old GG themes if ever you do get the chance to listen to them.

My favorite detail is that the prayer at the beginning is cut off by lyrics saying it's pointless and that she's already damned, but then at the end of the song it comes back in uninterrupted.

The chant is the Mantra of Light of Buddhist tradition. It's a prayer given to the deceased to remove a soul's senses and connection to the world to free them for a better reincarnation. To leave all their "vexations" behind and move on to a new life. Basically, the song is about Baiken "killing" her old self, sacrificing her vengeance and pain on the hope that her new life free from such "vexations" will be a better life, to move forward as a "mirror of the world", or the present, instead of being a "ghost of her name" locked within the past. It's a hopefully prayer for a better future after a journey of doubt and fear of losing what drove her.

Hell yeah we love the badass samurai woman

everyone else in the comment section has summed up baikens lore nicely, so id like to recommend "ups and downs" for the next guilty gear ost reaction. it just came out along with slayer, and i think youll enjoy it a lot, since its a lot more relaxed in terms of is meaning, especially when comparing it to themes like baikens

Baiken's story in Strive is such a big part of the song it's a shame you missed it. Protecting the Japanese colony only takes you to the guitar solo, everything after that is from strive. Biaken meets a little girl who has lost her whole live to violence and has resolved to seek revenge against the perpetrator, That Man. Basically she is a "Mirror" of Baiken as a child. Baiken, knowing the choices she has made and where that has led her, knows what awaits this child if she walks the same path that she walked. And so, Baiken, who has lived her life for vengance makes a choice to save this child. "My Vengeance will be sacrificed. Pain kill the pain. The hardest road lies ahead. I will be a Mirror of the World!"

love the guilty gear content Jack-attack!!

Guys quick, dad just posted a new guilty gear react video

Now i hope Marco will react to Anji's theme too, since his theme and Baiken is very interwoven with the other

ah yes, my main's theme. I'm not exactly the biggest fan of vocals, but the guitars are so heavy on this they're more than enough for me to enjoy this theme. with that said, even though I think it's a good theme, I don't think it's a good fighting game specifically, especially for a fast game like GG strive, since the song basically starts after a 40 sec intro, and in 40 seconds a round has probably already gone by. 4:22 I mean, she lost her parents, her village, her eye and her arm, all in one night, and her little story in strive is all about regaining a little of that lost reality ( 7:39 ), so yeah it's amazing how you can get so much background off of a theme

Hey! I think this is the video for cloudrop? Might be best to avoid their lyrics videos, cause a lot of the time the lyrics can be inaccurate; it can be hard to parse some of the words in the songs, and we don't actually have any official lyrics for a lot of the songs. However, the vocalist for most of these songs drops a lot of lyrics so that we have more accurate understandings of what the song is actually saying, and for a lot of the characters we have, later on, gotten the full, official lyrics for the songs. Cloudrop doesn't update these lyrics, and as a result, the lyrics we now know are inaccurate. For example, for this song, we have the full official lyrics of the song that was released with tha hard copy of the "Necessary Discrepancy" album, and now these lyrics are outdated. I'd recommend going to a different channel, CapnBooker for the lyric videos for these songs instead, as they regularly update the lyrics for these songs, even when the vocalist just drops a few lines from the song on Twitter. Anyway, it was a great video!! You were spot on with Baiken's character and your overall interpretation of the song.

FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY

You need to listen Rock Parade next, charactes are connected and themes also.

This music turn me on full time gorilla when its starts on rounds, and I LOVE IT!!!!

The passage: "I'm the ghost of my name" can just as easily be heard as "I'm the ghost of vengeance", which both work for the character, but the second one being more indicative of how the drive for vengeance has left Baiken hollow.

Can't wait for the day Marco would finally get to Crawl.

Can't wait for Slayer's theme

Damn I was expecting him to check out the newest one (Slayer - Up and down) but I ain't gonna complain about one of the best theme's in the game !

we need a breakdown of slayers theme

You gotta do Slayers new theme at some point, it’s so good

Hey Marco! If you havent already, please listen to Kiss of Death! Its also from Guilty Gear and its my favourite song!

Ok now youve gotta hear rock parade

Marco, you have GOT to react to Epic the Musical

Hey Marco, I think you should check out the Plok soundtrack. It's just some dorky old SNES game, but it has a bomb soundtrack. I'd recommend starting with 'Akrillic', but there's plenty of other goods ones in there, I also like 'Boss' and 'Bonus Level', myself.

We got Mirror of the world before Up and downs

Baiken lore She is japanese (japan in guilty gear are superhumans) and japan was WIPED by gears, she lost her eye, arm and all parents in one gear incident Now she is a lone wanderer (jobless)

finally

If you haven't already, check out Sinh the Slumbering Dragon! One of my favourite From Software pieces. For how much hate DS2 gets, it has some of the best OST's of the Franchise!

When will you do your video of Oceiros the consumed king from dark souls 3 please

could you do a vid on Guessing Who Xayah & Rakan are from ONLY the Music, League of Legends OST?

"umm... wha- okay?" yeah that checks out

PUH LEASE look at the newest song, Ups and Downs for Slayer!

just a sidenote, some of the lyrics on this video are incorrect, there is another one by CapnBooker that has the right lyrics which make more sense and present the Baiken a bit better.

Do Armor-Clad Faith next!

bro when will you react to "road yet not taken" or whatever it is?

Naoki on this track sounds like an angry god! It's like Susano-o himself descended to scream in your face. Mirror Of The World is actually what got me to check out his band, Outrage. Its such a shame strive matches end so quickly you bareley ever get very deep into these brilliant songs.

This is captain bones approved

CloudDrop 😭

Thumbnail: Neuron Activation

Most of Guilty Gear's themes have a reference to other songs mixed into them, and I'm 100% sure that this one is Hangar 18 by Megadeth

The last thing id describe baiken is calm 😂

@GilesFAhrun

21 күн бұрын

"I'm not calm. I'm just containing my urge to slash you."

The buddhistic chanting in this is absolutely wild

I would recomend you to get into Lies of P ost, they are bangers.

I think you should have had an eye movement tracker on for this video

The song is about Baiken moving past her vengeance and violence. The chants are Buddhist, seeking forgiveness and absolution. She is the time exile because her anger and vengeance is no longer in sync with the times. The arc of her story (and of the song) is to "cut away all vexations" and "become a mirror of the world" - to lay down her quest for vengeance and become peaceful like the world around her.

Have you ever heard A Hymn For Tomorrow (Ashita e no Sanka - Alan).....Hope you enjoy !

Baiken is my favorite female character in fiction. Which makes me even happier that you basically broke her down perfectly just by listening to the song. She is calm. She is extremely angry. And most importantly - she lets go of her revenge, because there are more important things in her life now than just throwing it away.

I think it'd be sick if you reacted to some Blazblue OST (another fighting game from the same devs as Guilty Gear). Mainly the Theme for Susanoo goes so hard, its called "MUST DIE", but honestly anything from the game is really good.

Please listen to Slayer's theme!

PLEEEAASE Do Leo Whitefangs theme, "Hellfire"! Its sooooo good and it's real meaning is so interesting for what was initially (Before Guilty Gear Strive, when they didn't have vocal tracks) an incredibly boring character, at least lore wise.

BAIKEN LETS GOOOO

I recommend not using CloudDrop's videos since they churn out them before the official lyrics are released, and usually get stuff wrong.

I think you would love dr mundo music from lol