Japan really knows their cosmic horror, and having it in a place where it makes you very uncomfortable amplifies the fear, when you see the sex scenes you're like oh god he's fucking an incomprehensible monstrosity

@LenoViburnum

2 жыл бұрын

Who wouldn't fuck an incomprehensible horror?

@lenorevanalstine1219

2 жыл бұрын

its kinda like watching a decent human date your ex

@LenoViburnum

2 жыл бұрын

@@lenorevanalstine1219 Huh. That's actually a pretty good analogy. Made me actually reconsider my comment for a brief moment. That said... A genuine eldritch monstrosity would still be a huge improvement over my ex. So I'll stick to my earlier comment

@EmpressTiffanyOfBrittany

2 жыл бұрын

The best part is when you don't know so it comes at you real slow and it when it finally hits you it hits like a bunch of really uncomfortable bricks. "Man being Fuminori sucks... Oh... Oh! Wait! He has a nice girl with him at least that's not so bad! Wait... Wait a minute. If... Fuminori sees the world... Like that... And Saya is like that... What if... If it were reversed... Oh... Oh... Uh oh. Uh oh. UH OH."

@wafflesthearttoad6916

2 жыл бұрын

Sooo, kinda like having sex with Cthulhu? But less sexy?

Most 14 year old nerds play Pokémon. Sydney was on a whole different level

@Lowkey003

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 19 now and never play that kinda game 😂

@uchihasenpai5671

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lowkey003 there's nothing to play unless it's Evenicle or similar. You just press control and hold it and then gallery/CG😅

@DragonicFang

2 жыл бұрын

I played katawa shoujo, grisaia and other Vn when I Was 14 or less, which is like somewhere between the year 2009 to 2012.

@lmhla1071

2 жыл бұрын

@@DragonicFang Grisaia is more of a VN than a game

@DragonicFang

2 жыл бұрын

@@lmhla1071 Soukoku no Arterial and Alchemy Mesiter as well. Those were dope VN games, for the former i think i didn't like finish cuz i spoiled myself of bad end while looking at some guide or tips. 😅 Does Little Busters count as a game as well? Cuz the thing with fighting other members for nonsensical reason was hella entertaining. 😂

Saya no Uta has a weird place in my life. In 2005 I had a brain tumor removed and afterwards was on HEAVY painkillers, mostly morphine on an at will push button dispenser. I was very very VERY stoned on painkillers, and it really f***ed me up. I kept having disturbingly vivid dreams of a distorted reality that waa very hard to describe to anyone without sounding like a madman. Those nightmares haunted me for years afterwards. It wasn't until years later that I played Saya no Uta that I could contextualize the nightmares- it was the world as the protag was seeing. Everything was almost identical to my nightmares, and playing thru the game actually helped me come to terms with my nightmares. I can't say it was the only thing that helped get over my nightmares, but it was a huge part of it.

@GreenHellTube

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds fucking horrible. Glad you made it through.

@serinumatomoko6426

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you're not thinking of killing peeps (flesh-like individuals)

@JUSTAS210

Жыл бұрын

ok

@hunterlord101

Жыл бұрын

Morphine is fucking crazy. I was on the tail end of chemo and- for some reason, I was expressly told I couldn't take Tylenol or Ibuprofen for anything because they'd react to it. So for any pain that was annoying to unbearable, from a dislocated finger to a headache, I would have to take morphine. I hope you never got addicted to it, because getting over that or having a moment of lucidity to throw out the rest of your pills once you're better is a bitch and a half.

@beandal8493

Жыл бұрын

Wow, this is just too.... I'm speechless. I can only hope you're better.

Learning sex ed from eroge is like learning basic arithmetic from a nuclear physics textbook. It's in there somewhere, but it's burried under a lot of very advanced shit.

@EugenIsHere

3 күн бұрын

Ngl the song of saya taught me some shit 💀

Sometimes it's the shit that traumatizes us as kids, that tend to shape us the most as we grow older

@exynth1a215

2 жыл бұрын

thats how child trauma works

@tanpro260196

2 жыл бұрын

As we can see how syd is now. Saya fucked her up good.

@AWACS_Snowblind

2 жыл бұрын

How profound. "Trauma shapes us". Guy Mustacheless, modern philosopher.

@r4n638

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure it's "most of times"

@treebush

2 жыл бұрын

No shit…..

I still think the Bad Ending is one of the strongest endings to... anything ever. EDIT: I keep getting asked about this, but back when I first played this game, the "Good" ending involved an asylum, the "Bad" ending involved a big final fight, and the "True" ending involved blossoming.

@lebarondeminuit3580

2 жыл бұрын

For me it's the best ending

@KetsubanSolo

2 жыл бұрын

@@lebarondeminuit3580 indeed. The Bad route spends so much time building up every character that you at least understand their motivations and why they do what they do, and watching them all collide in that ending was just... masterful.

@lunaamethyst5724

2 жыл бұрын

Well seeing how all the endings aren't exactly happy, Idk which one you're talking about lol.

@KetsubanSolo

2 жыл бұрын

@@lunaamethyst5724 Without spoilers, it's the one where, uhhhh, Fuminori's friend brings a stowaway to the meet-up.

@lebarondeminuit3580

2 жыл бұрын

@@KetsubanSolo Yes, and the mastery of Saya No Uta is the way it makes you route for the bad guys I wanted them to win so for me it was the best ending and still today I love it

By the way, this man who wrote Saya no Uta, a series where the main character sees everything look like the setting of Inyochu Shoku, Madoka Magica, Psycho-Pass, and Fate Zero? The one who is known as the Urobutcher? Toei was like “THAT GUY” when they wanted someone to write a tokusatsu series directed towards children to sell them toys. And he wrote a series…starring fruit-based samurai. And it was amazing.

@royson3340

2 жыл бұрын

HE WROTE FATE ZERO?

@DragonicFang

2 жыл бұрын

He made Gaim?

@Twelvebeans

2 жыл бұрын

I dont think he actually wrote Gaim just helped work/direct on it. Might be wrong tho

@Twelvebeans

2 жыл бұрын

Ye nvm just searched it he wrote gaim. "In the Kamen Rider Series franchise, he is the writer for the 15th series installment, Kamen Rider Gaim"

@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache

2 жыл бұрын

@@DragonicFang Yes, sir.

"An eroge everyone was flipping out about--" It's Saya no Uta isn't it.

Unlike most on this channel, I've actually played this one. Definitely a weird experience for someone who *doesn't* usually play things like this. It was like watching a trainwreck that you can't look away from, but by the end I was like 'That was actually pretty cool' rather than 'I feel sick'. Or maybe it was a little of both. Do recommend, though!

@dork7546

2 жыл бұрын

May I as for a description of what actually happens in this game? Like where did Saya come from and what are her goals? And how do people stop her? Do they even stop her? I don't play visual novel games but I am still curious to find out what happens in this game.

@eldritchkitten1627

2 жыл бұрын

@@dork7546 MAJOR SPOILERS (and I recommend you play the game for yourself, it's not very long and the experience of slowly unravelling the story is better then someone just telling you) But there are two main endings. One where Saya and the main character are killed by one of the MC's friends and one where they kill the friend instead. We find out in both endings that Saya is essentially an eldritch abomination from a universe other than ours which repopulates by going to other universes and turning all of the inhabitants into their own kind. They do this by first learning what they can about the inhabitants of this new universe to imitate them and when Saya comes to ours she is taught about love. Because of this she can't repopulate until she finds love. In the ending where her and the MC win she admits her love to him and dies, transforming everyone else into her kind. It's an amazing ending because it leaves you feeling very conflicted, on the one hand the world has essentially just ended, but on the other it's Saya's last act of love to the MC because now he can see everyone else as human.

@dork7546

2 жыл бұрын

@@eldritchkitten1627 But Saya's human form is a loli so I think I will pass... Yep, all the gore, violence? Perfectly fine by me but lolis just make feel really uncomfortable since I have pure OCD. Hope you can understand.

@eldritchkitten1627

2 жыл бұрын

@@dork7546 That's understandable, it seems like the design is intentionally used to make the reader feel uncomfortable. There's a big theme of the game using sex to create disturbing situations overall aswell, so I can understand drawing the line at a character looking underage.

@jackdarrow3011

2 жыл бұрын

@@eldritchkitten1627 what is the game name? i got no time to watch the whole vids

I cant wait for the movie adaption. I originally found this game when looking for games like Dark Corners of the Earth. The creator was inspired by Lovecraft. It came out when I was 17, but I didn't play it till I was 22. I liked it.

@toolatetothestory

2 жыл бұрын

The end definitely felt Lovecraftian. Overwhelming disaster, impossible to be stopped.

@msnhao

2 жыл бұрын

@@toolatetothestory what are you talking about? The world became a utopia :)

@raifikarj6698

2 жыл бұрын

movie adaptation real or you just wish it?

@leo20022004

2 жыл бұрын

@@raifikarj6698 they are working on it.....it's real

@Zulf85

2 жыл бұрын

any updates? I just assumed it was in development hell

I remember playing this as a teen from a 4chan thread with a download link to it. Never forgot how crazy the story was since it was my 2nd eroge and the first one that actually had a story behind it aside from booba.

@sebasobregoncahuich9891

2 жыл бұрын

what was your first?

@iceman1866

2 жыл бұрын

@@sebasobregoncahuich9891 first was probably Amorous Cherry Professor LOL

@Canadish

2 жыл бұрын

>clicking on download links on a Vietnamese basket weaving forum

@N_0_S_t_al_gicben-zo

Жыл бұрын

Sauce?

I just finished Song of Saya the other day. The uncensored director's cut. Being in my 30s, it made me realize that it's been a long time since a game's story legitimately shocked me. It's such a scary, gripping and tragic story - one that I liked a lot.

@REvoLverj98

9 ай бұрын

I dropped it after the "pet incident". It wasn't scary per se, but I was disturbed nonetheless. I was in awe how miserably bleak the game was becoming, and it was getting worse and worse the more I played. I guess that was just the straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak.

@Vecchio_Rhosod85

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I don't blame you. Edit: sorry for the late reply.

For those of you who are interested but don't plan on ever actually playing through the VN itself, look up the ending theme 'Shoes of Glass'. It's an absolute _banger._

@abdulamar9907

2 жыл бұрын

Glass no Kutsu is probably one of the best VN ending song ever made, loved the hell out of it.

@astraldirectrix

Жыл бұрын

Same singer of the Steins;Gate themes too 💕

psycho pass writer made an eroge jesus f'in christ im playing this immediately not for the horny for the horror and trauma.

@emib6599

2 жыл бұрын

Also author of Madoka magica

@tahaelhour690

2 жыл бұрын

@@emib6599 also fate zero.

@xadek821

2 жыл бұрын

The diversity of Urobuchi's portfolio is insane to be honest

@toolatetothestory

2 жыл бұрын

Psycho Pass already was kinda harsh at times. Like first episode was brutal. The rest was pretty alright xD Psycho Pass has VNs too btw, thats how I got into it actually

@zmite6114

2 жыл бұрын

@@emib6599 that show was also epic all his shows are tbh

2 videos within a week? Is everything okay Syd?

@SJrad

2 жыл бұрын

I think she made several videos in advance because she and garnt will be busy with their wedding

@CobaltVengeance

2 жыл бұрын

@@SJrad yeah maybe you're right, let's wish the best for them :D

@emilbulancea9836

2 жыл бұрын

She started to do speed

@animefan3794

2 жыл бұрын

Syd: mentions 2g1c You: asks about 2 videos 1 week.

@RudeXII

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure she's having PTSD flashbacks

4:48 As someone who has witnessed the very beginning of this absolute trainwreck, I can say with confidence that that impression is accurate.

@Wood_969

2 жыл бұрын

Meow?

Moral of the story: >Commitment is critical, there is no turning back >There's power in number >Always reserve the last bullet for yourself >Embrace madness, reject rationality

Saya is a Shoggoth and came directly from the imagination of H.P. Lovecraft. Gen Urobuchi (a.k.a. The Urobutcher) is a mad genius and he also wrote a visual novel that is basically fan fiction of the movie Equilibrium (starring Christian Bale).

@ceriseeverhart3499

2 жыл бұрын

Which one was based off equilibrium? I didn't know this.

@akitosuzume2749

2 жыл бұрын

Ha I first read Saya and then _years later_ Lovecraft, you are right she has Shoggoth traits.

@marcorodriguez8792

Жыл бұрын

We need more cosmic horror

@mr.overthink2179

Жыл бұрын

@@ceriseeverhart3499 Jouka no Monshou

Saya is also a playable character in the fighting game Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel, where she was essentially Dhalsim.

@ericorozco3636

2 жыл бұрын

I love to play that game when I hit the arcade

@tsubakikuro4930

2 жыл бұрын

I main her lol

@SubrosianDimitri

2 жыл бұрын

@@tsubakikuro4930 i tried maining her at first when I used to play it regularly, but I soon realized I can't play zoners and ended up maining Mora instead.

@ericorozco3636

2 жыл бұрын

@@tsubakikuro4930 My mains are Muramasa and Saber

@Wolfedge75

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve got the game on Steam! That’s an underrated gem. A grotesque Dhalsim function was the last thing that anyone expected Saya to be....

Just wanted to say that Gen Urobuchi's first work, Phantom of Inferno is phenomenal. As a young lad it was one of my first VNs. I couldn't have been more lucky to experience such a gripping story.

@sadoldguy4380

2 жыл бұрын

I have the English DVD somewhere, it was something else but really good.

It traumatized me. For a long time, the music, sound effects and atmosphere left me with nightmares for dayyyyys. Years later it still gives me the heebie jeebies thinking about it. I don't play a lot of visual novels so it's basically one of the only ones I finished. I couldn't stop.

The part I like the most is when the girl that likes Fuminori discovers them and they then kidnap her and mold her to their tastes. It's so well written that you can feel the sheer terror in the girl's dialog, and the despair she feels when her friends find her. Urobuchi is a genius at the hour of writting scripts.

@Vecchio_Rhosod85

4 ай бұрын

Tsukuba Yoh 😭

I was expecting this one day, but not prepared for today.

Saya no uta gave me existential crisis. And the fact that there's no "good" endings just made me feel even worse.

@lordcheesedevil

Жыл бұрын

Oof

@EugenIsHere

3 күн бұрын

Real

The best summation of Saya no Uta I ever heard was from Daniel Floyd. His review for this game was just, "I don't know if I'M old enough for this."

AHHHHHH, the one Eroge I could watch on KZread as a teen. Remember Saya no Uta quite well. Storytelling was actually pretty solid, the censored version I could deal with, my favourite died but from there I got a weakness for BAB with the doctor lady. She was awesome. The music was good too.

@kohiVT

2 жыл бұрын

Holy cow completely relate! I remember finding a silent walkthrough of Saya on KZread when I was a young teen as well and being completely taken aback by the plot twists and gruesome ends for certain characters. It's definitely something that sticks with you.

This is one of the turning points I've achieved throughout my childhood's morbid curiosity. Saya No Uta may be one of the most disturbing pieces out there but I consider it the best body/cosmic horror VN I've ever read.

Saya no Uta was one of the last few stories written during Urobuchi's "Urobutcher" period. He made a pivotal moment at Madoka Magica, where he was dared to write a happy ending story. Whatever came out after Madoka was lighter in tone. And yes, Madoka came *after* Saya, not the other way around. Thank English localization for making it otherwise.

To this day I still revere this game as one of the best Eldritch psychological horrors out there. Watching the step by step process of this man’s descent into insanity felt so smooth and natural with the writing to the point where it convinced you that the choice to toss your humanity aside makes more sense. Wish I could experience it for the first time all over again.

The fact that the man who created this is also involved in the new RWBY anime is both concerning and intriguing

@kriskros4900

2 жыл бұрын

...pardon? Pffff

@desutoron1051

2 жыл бұрын

@@kriskros4900 I'm talking about the man who created Saya no Uta, Gen Urobuchi

@kriskros4900

2 жыл бұрын

@@desutoron1051 i- interesting. Dw that pardon was more for the shock effect ;)

@shingofan

2 жыл бұрын

I am not prepared for this.

@laurinha2892

Жыл бұрын

Nice, guess I'll go back to watching rwby then

i loooove this visual novel. i have read it in my 16. parts about flesh/blood i don't really like, but other stuff... this was like a relief. especially when you have a depression or something. just... character and story is so related to you, it makes delve you into story well

“Traumatic”, as in it traumatized Syd enough to further explore her degeneracy to find even more degen stuff

He's not called Gen "Urobutcher" for nothing lmao

HOLYYYYY SHITTTTTT!!!!!! When I saw the thumbnail I thought to myself "there's no way Syd has played the Saya no Uta" but ofc the degenerate queen never disappoints! Saya no Uta was one of my childhood favorites so I'm so glad that Sydney decided to spread some light on this lovely little gem of a game

@sidtheweeb6129

2 жыл бұрын

👍😀..................

@z0is0i

2 жыл бұрын

👁👄👁

@mechadracula3193

2 жыл бұрын

@@sidtheweeb6129 why are you responding? Nobody is talking to you lmao

@ravenwraith1017

2 жыл бұрын

I question the mental stability of anyone who could love this. Respect it, sure. But love it? Nah.

@rockytom5889

Жыл бұрын

@@ravenwraith1017 Sometimes we just love to see a world burn :)

As soon as you started talking about early 2000s internet, I knew it was going to be Saya no Uta. That was my first VN. I didn't realize that it was an eroge at all, just heard that it was "horror" and decided that I needed to read it. I was equal parts captivated by it and terrified that my parents would catch me reading it.

I just recently played through Saya no Uta in a single sitting a couple of months ago and it was good! The Steam page says, 'edited for everyone' *Song of Saya isn't safe for any age* in general, and then there's an 18+ patch!! I'd like to thank the VN, "Sucker for Love" for giving me some much needed therapy. X)

@Captain_Bottles

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my god Sucker for love is so good, it’s a perfect blend of wholesome and horrifying that gets me HOOKED - glad to see someone else appreciating it!

@tinatrocious3990

2 жыл бұрын

The Cthussy

I love Song of Saya; it’s my favorite story in all of fiction. So beautifully told and good lessons that I learned from it. Everything from the beginning and especially the ending are all fantastic. It’s everything I love compiled into a 5hr story of juicy, savory, flavory goodness.

I will say, I feel like Phantom Requiem For The Phantom was a painfully underrated anime and I'm glad to see you used it as an example of a great Gen Urobuchi work.

I remember I watched a full let’s play of this years ago when I was at my lowest financially, emotionally, and high on cough syrup because, I legit was sick in bed in my parent’s garage and I think this and playing NEIR was my awakening to perspective in narratives that tap into tragic irony. Saya no Uta traumatized me in ways that I don’t think I can look at things the same way without thinking, what’s it like from the other’s eyes and weirdly made me more emphatic to certain things.

I’m so glad you talked about this Syd! Such an underrated horror novel masterpiece.

0:27 I actually wanna hear Sydney talk about otome games not many people talk about it or at least mentions underrated otome games besides the popular ones like Mystic Messenger

@jonnysac77

2 жыл бұрын

Considering how I know next to nothing about otome games, I'd be interested to learn more

good ole Gen living up to his reputation

Ah, my first not only eroge but actual vn. Played when I was in high school, and I think it is the reason I have developed such a hatred of destructive relationships being glamorized. Fun fact:there is an american comic adaptation of this. You get to see saya's full body boinking the guy (who was renamed josh, I think) near the end. And I don't mean the meat-o-vision one. Not so fun fact:the whole thing was basically a netflix live-action adaptation before those were a thing.

Oh yeah if you wanna see a younger Gen Urobuchi trying stuff out, try Jouka no Monshou. It's a VN fanfiction side story to the movie Equilibrium (no, really, it is). It's also free if you can find it.

the fact that i recognized the thumbnail at first glance just goes to show how deep the trauma goes

Syd: "Everything looks like a human pulled inside-out except for Saya." Me: *Considers the implications* "...Ah... so Saya is NATURALLY an abomination. Got it. This...this is gonna get FUCKED UP, ain't it?"

"It wasn't the best sex education, but it was something." Every anime fan learning about sex through animated media lmao

This might be a testament to my own psychology, but there was at least one scene that had me laughing like a manic. Where it was revealed that saya was learning about human genome. (Thanks to a certain fluid.)

Oh boy, I remember this one, and as Syd, I played it when I was a wee lad, back at highschool. The story has it´s disturbing aspects and all, but I remember it kindly, as a fucked up love story from the beggining, with no real villains, just victims in the end. You could take the eroge parts out and still have a compeling horror romance, with mistery here and there. Without wanting to give any spoilers, the Asylum ending is my favorite, it´s kinda heartbreaking to see the main couple break because they cannot possibly be together (and I mean, they can´t, nor should be together) even if they wanted to, and to see Saya making the most humane decision in that ending, by understanding that truth...Just wow. Saya no Uta is a wonderful example of what a good and imaginative creator can do with something as cliche as the impossible love, and a recommended experience, if you are mature enough for it

Beautifully dark. A story about how perception can change everything it's all in perspective.

He also wrote the best season of Kamen Rider. Kamen rider Giam. Starts out as the usual power rangers style toy pushing kids stuff and then it GOES PLACES. I will never forget episode 20.

Sydsnap loves us so very much, she wants to connect to us by traumatizing us. If that's not love, I don't know what is.

@myuzu_

2 жыл бұрын

I got a bad feeling about this

@honkhonk6359

8 ай бұрын

Sydney is herself an Eldritch horror

This game was so messed up but so good man. The story is done so well definitely the best visual novel I've read.

Yes!! I'm glad you made a video about this VN. Such an amazing and unforgettable story, with an excellent soundtrack to booth. I keep trying to recommend Saya no Uta to my friends, but I feel like it might be too much for them. Maybe I'll just show them this video so that if they end up traumatized, it's not on me!!!

Easily my favorite VN of all time. Replayed it recently while recovering from a complete nervous breakdown and OH BOY did it really heighten my immersion. Def recommend

I really miss your game reviews or er eroge reviews XD you definitely sent me down a road I didn't think I would go, thanks syd!

The worst part is I had saya on my folder as a second grader because I thought she looked cool and she was just on google images under anime girl and had a bunch of other anime photos on it and now that I know that she from this I can’t figure out if I’m impressed or just depressed. I had to watch both endings and damn… I’m not sleeping tonight.

One of my favorite visual novels of all time. I found the love story to be strangely touching.

Bruh, I started the game today because of this video. I did the "return to normal" ending already and now I'm into the "nah, I love alien vag" ending. Crazy ass game.

I played this for the first time recently. I kind of didn't want to continue, but once I started, I just. couldn't. stop. Finished all the endings in one day. It was grotesquely beautiful.

I was never able to stomach playing this game but I admire it a lot as a work of cosmic horror. Tough to explain to people.

I love watching the opening to Sydney's videos.

Saya no Uta is the H-VN you read for the actual plot. It's amazing. A perfect synergy of guro and Lovecraftian horror; a bit resemblant of The Thing on the Doorstep. Thank you for sharing this.

Dang, few months ago I had a condition with my taste and smell were abnormal. Most edible foods especially meat smelled and tasted so bad like *rotten eggs*. It felt like a very Tokyo ghoul moment. I am also the cook of my household, but I found it weird how raw meat does not smell bad to me not even the slightest and smells a lot better than when I cook it. However, I was lucky enough to be able to eat bland foods like Potatoes, Macaronis, as well as my the only flavor I can enjoy, cheese. Everything else was horrid. I wonder what it would taste like if I bit the raw meat though, I never tried because I'm slightly germaphobic. Either way I've recovered from it after 2 months and I can eat normally again now.

This game was a crucial part of the Sydsnap's formation.

I've never played this game but there's a webcomic I used to read that invoked this same "This is different! I can't put this down" reaction in me. I don't remember what it was called but it was a small girl in a zombie apocalypse (Except the zombies were more like xenomorphs) and she realized the zombies hunted people down in their homes and in apartments but would never enter an apartment where the door was left open and there was blood on the door. Because they'd assume a different xenomorph had already killed everything in there. So she would move and eat at night when they slept and would spend the days asleep out in the open with an open door and would bring a bag of blood with her to spread on the door. I'm not gonna spoil the ending in case someone comments the name but I remember thinking "How fucking scared would you be sleeping with the door open in board daylight while these things were shambling around just outside the door and foraging for food at night when you can't see two feet onfront of your face"

I never got to play it, but I did read a full breakdown of the story and its multiple endings when I was younger. I loved it...I still have some of the art saved on my old phone as a background.

Saya No Uta is the reason I'm into visual novels now! I found out about it last year and it's what pushed me into actually reading/playing visual novels. I've always been interested in them but never actually went further than adding it to a list of "maybe I'll check it out later". I'm really grateful for it.

Oh man I heard about this one a few months ago. I miss the time before then.

@dylanmahanets6603

2 жыл бұрын

lol

I like the reference to Thunderbolt Fantasy. That shoe is nuts. That said, Saya no Uta is even more wild. Unrelated, but Saya is also wild in Nitro+ Blasterz.

Thank you for making a video about this. I share the same experience as yours when it comes to this game and I cannot express how much Gen Urobuchi changed my life. Him and his game created my passion for Visual Novels and I'll never stop praising Saya No Uta. So thanks again!

hi syd thank you for introducing me to this game around 8 months ago i think when this video came out it's become one of my favorites

Ah yes Saya no Uta. I remember hsving an existential crisis when i first cleared it as a teen. Good times

Chadney starting young 💪💪

I didn’t played this when I was a kid, I played it because I wanted more horror anime after watching Madona and everyone was gushing about so I gave it a shot, and it was fantastic, I couldn’t believe I was scared of clicking next to read what happens next, very well made.

I have been waiting for this video ever since I played this visual novel

@lunaamethyst5724

2 жыл бұрын

SAME

Saya no uta is genuinely one of the best romance stories in existence. I am generally considered a cold hearted bastard, but the ending to snu made me cry. OST is awesome too

I dont remember being traumatized playing this vn as a kid, i just think it's really well made lmao Also bad ending is the bestest ending fite me

I have never been more glad that I'm ace than when I see the games Sydney talks about

Saya was my first visual novel. It hooked me to visual novels, but as you said, there's nothing else like it sadly. Definitely one of the best stories i've read. Such a good twisted love story. It's also hilarious because I had the same reaction as you. I thought there was a bug in my game, the sound being weird and the symbols made me thought there was an encoding bug, i restarted the game.. and realized it was the way it's meant to be.

I'm curious about how little Sidney found something that would be so obscure years ago. I wish I could play any kind of visual novel, tbh.

@csrjjsmp

2 жыл бұрын

Saya no Uta was never obscure it was one of the biggest vns of that era second, syd mentions that’s why she came across it - everyone was talking about it at the time

@Jonsoner

2 жыл бұрын

@@csrjjsmp Yeah it's always been on the "best VN that you should maybe not play" list of people with culture. Still claps to the queen.

@shinyanakagawa8241

2 жыл бұрын

Anything Nitroplus are never obscure to begin with. Stuff from Lune, ClockUp and Black Lilith, etc; those are obscure.

I have been blessed But also, now I am traumatized lol

You know this video is messed up when the URL of the video has "Bad" in it

I don't get scared when watching horror movies. But after recently going through this visual novel, I have to say it is the first piece of media where I was actually terrified. There's no jumpscares but rather the visuals and sound design alone were what freaked me out.

I love how as one of my boyfriend's first dates, he got me to play this game with him 😂 I loved it, and I'm pretty sure it would have scared off most people but I think it's how he was testing me to see if I was actually the one for him. It seems to have worked because it's nearly 6 years later and we're still together! Haha

Ngl, Katawa Shoujo is still one of the best VNs I've ever played.

@snowqueen_8958

2 жыл бұрын

I like katawa shojo....I can relate to the girls in the game (I'm blind and deaf on my left side....it's nice to see a game that has characters with disabilities)

@NabaniSaa

2 жыл бұрын

@@snowqueen_8958 Definitely really liked the awareness it created.

@snowqueen_8958

2 жыл бұрын

@@NabaniSaa it's a wonderful game and I wish there was others like it....I know some are gonna say oh it's fetishizing people who are disabled but there's romance in it that was done right

@NabaniSaa

2 жыл бұрын

@@snowqueen_8958 Agree 100%

I knew what this one was before I saw this video, and dear god I am so sorry u had to witness that so young

Thanks for recommending the game Syd. I really enjoyed it! Please make more VN recommendations!

you go with a broken grin upon that subject

Saya no Uta traumatized my EVERYTHING. Seriously... This game really is a Lovecraftian masterpiece. It made me question the very nature of love, that even love could be tainted. Thankfully I'm now in a great stable relationship with a boy I adore but man, Saya no Uta sent me for a loop.

Bro… I thought I was alone. It’s nice to know I’m not alone

Once you start this, you can't stop playing this

Apparently everyone else has played this game somewhere in their teens. Meanwhile, I had Newgrounds and Meet'N'... twister.

@fauzulazmi8209

2 жыл бұрын

ahhh Meet'N'.... good times

This sounds like an Eraserhead situation for me, where it sounds super fascinating and I want to HAVE HAD seen it, but I don't actually want to go through the process of seeing it because it will fuck me up.

Nice, I want to replay it now 🙂

I remember first hearing about this in a panel at a con and I never forgot about it

Having played Saya No Uta, it is terribly tragic. It was my first eroge, and I was already an adult by then. I was like "Oh. *Oh.*" by the time it ended. However, the soundtrack was absolutely amazing. The western adaptation of it was weirdly engaging too? Though they to expose what Saya is SUPER early, which adds to how absolutely horrifying it is. They shoot RIGHT for the third ending though and man oh man.

damn, Syd really managed to get her hands on the Attack on Titan edition of the Evo 2022... I am V jealous, its unavailable in Aus now

I've been waiting for her to talk about this.

I played Saya no Uta for the first time a few months ago and it really got me into visual novels and sound novels in general. One of my favorite stories of all time now, because it's such a well written character study. It'd honestly be my favorite vn if it weren't for Suda51's The Silver Case.