MILGRAM - Amane's Second Voice Drama (Of Blessedness and Punishment)

Contains mentions and/or depictions of cults, brainwashing, child abuse, etc. Stay safe.

It was done very quickly, so please try to thank them for their hard work. I took the liberty of editing some of the lines to sound smoother in English.

Hello, it's ac. I hope you are doing well as always.
I am still sick, but I feel much better than I did yesterday. Thank you to everyone who left kind comments on the community post, it was very sweet!!
Honestly I couldn't even find a translation of the VD title so I just put it into google translate. It's a clear translation so it seems likely it's accurate, but if it's not just let me know and I'll change it 😭
Of course, I feel very bad for Amane. I'm kind of frustrated that Milgram keeps saying "these characters have been abused and that's bad, but we're going to have Es physically abuse them too". Poor girl. I like Es and I think their attitude is what makes them interesting but sometimes it's a lot...
Have a nice day!

Voice Actors:
Es: Amami Yurina
Amane: Minami Tanaka

[ac-gfzt]

Certain Milgram trials demand more active consideration than others, and I think this is one of them. Remember that Amane’s story deals with child abuse/torture as well as religious trauma and indoctrination, among other things. Please do your best to be respectful and mature when discussing it. There are many real life cult survivors.

I imagine Mikoto’s trial will call for a similarly high amount of courtesy, so thank you for your efforts 🙏 I will be (trying to) monitor comments, and will delete yours if you are particularly disrespectful or ignorant. This is no way means that you can’t express a more unpopular voting opinion, just don’t be stupid, basically. Thank you!

[niigos]

“Im fifteen, so I’m considered an adult in Puerto Rico and Haiti. You’re twelve, so you’re a child no matter the country” reminds me of “You are a minor who knows nothing about the world. You are the ugly one here. I can make YOU shut up but I suggest you one thing. You don't want to deal with a devil like me.”

[klbzplb]

i feel like were gonna regret both choices no matter what....

[DomiIstDerBeste]

''I won't forgive the 'yous' ''
I felt shivers done my spine when Amane broke the fourth wall

[childofwelp]

the fact that part of this is them being brats to eachother down to the "akschually fifteen is technically considered an adult in puerto rico and haiti 🤓" is sending me 😭 they really are both just kids beefing with eachother jts so funny

edit: well they are until right after when they're not 😧 wow....uhhh good luck shidou 👍

[oleannathefox]

"I'm fifteen, so I'm considered an adult in Puerto Rico and Haiti. You're twelve, so you're a child no matter the country."

Es has so many ways to prove his maturity and important role between the two of them and yet he chose the most childish answer. God, that it so stupid, I love him.

[genericyoutubecommentchann]

I’m glad it was confirmed that the characters don’t age in real time. They’ve had several birthday conversations on their timelines, which made people think that Amane would have been 15 now. Thankfully that’s not the case. It’d be kind of depressing if they were stuck here for years.

[a_black_box]

“Our history is one that’s built on dialogue”

Es in the first trial drama: *YOU DUMB CHILD!! I WILL NOT FORGIVE YOU!!!!*

[brokidokii]

“im fifteen so im considered an adult in puerto rico and haiti”
es we arent in either of those countries ur a child 😭😭

[candescence]

Her voice changed back to sounding more like how she originally sounded when she got worked up, as though when her coping mechanism as "we" was shaken you could see glimpses of how she actually feels. Lashing out against being rejected and judged, she tries to become a concept, something irreproachable and undefiable, so that it is not her, the child, who is being rejected, but her religion, which can fight back. in a way, isnt this what the meta voters wanted? to attack the religion instead of the child? of course, it doesnt work like that. even this is only an expression of the damage suffered by the child. I think she denies being a child so that she doesnt have to be helpless to judgement, even though she is clearly still psychologically vulnerable to that judgement. through religion she was able to fight back against those who abused her through the religion. it would be more accurate to think of the cult as a set of rules that was originally imposed on her that she has made into her own sense of power in the moment she killed her abuser. why would she give that up for milgram, a set of rules where she is in the weak? by the end of the voice drama her voice is as it used to sound, awake and aware, pointing out the hypocrisy of those of "us" who judge her with as arbitrary a system as her own. "Playing pretend" is what we are doing.

[rubsymoon]

This is such a big 'oh no' to me, a lot of people will watch the MV and not know this exists or take it into account when voting 😭

[JosephineLindblomGrillskaEskil]

She really went from "☝🤓" to "👿🙏..."

[hallowlaizer]

I have no idea what's going on but it sounds like they've dropped a lot of MILGRAM lore

[kaitlynmorgan]

Amane: you're just a kid like me
Es: nu uh

[BEdm-jy]

So as Amane said it wasn't murder to her it was just punishment.. Her father broke a vow in their faith. Possibly brushed it off or ignored it. However, Amane got brutal punishment for breaking the same vow or other vows. So in her mind she delivered a punishment in alignment with her faith proving she did nothing wrong but give punishment for breaking a vow of the religion. She did kill her abuser but she didn't see it that way she was just doing the same thing her abuser did. She stopped her abuse but with the wrong view of the world...

[megumimimimi]

This actually sucks so bad. I wish I could just tell her "You were right for killing your abusive mother, yet you shouldn't continue on your doctrine any longer" instead of just voting her guilty or innocent. Seeing her like this hurts so much and neither the innocent votes or the guilty votes will make it better.

[mochimonika]

Es's "I'm 15, so I'm considered an adult in some countries, and ur not" IS SO CHILDISH!! This is basically just two children bickering lmao. Amane is absolutely right about Es being just like her and respect to her for realizing we (the voters, the "we" Es uses) exist! Like everything she says is basically right except for the fact that murder is wrong (girlie. it is. come on.) and the fact that Shidou shouldn't have done what he did.

But also this feels contradicting to her mv - didn't she kill her abuser, the one who's been "brainwashing" her? How does that even work in her worldview?

Can't wait for her 3rd voice drama so that it all clears up I guess

[randomsnapperson]

Honestly, I am both surprised and impressed that AMANE of all people was the one who ended up with the upper hand at the end of their voice drama. That was one well timed rapid onset headache.

[joegraysheepfan]

"I'm fifteen, so I'm considered an adult in Puerto Rico and Haiti. You're twelve, so you're a child no matter the country" - 🤓🤓🤓

[candescence]

Actually the warden who falls asleep after trials and cannot maintain order between prisoners using the "unable to be attacked" trait is kinda useless as a warden djdjkssksksj