[ABS collab parts ; round 4] MIKOTO | “Apologize”

My parts for round 4 of the ABS summer contest. This was the final round and in this round, we were assigned a tarot card to represent. Due to the nature of this theme, we decided to focus on one character so as to best show how they apply to our tarot card, along with an overarching theme of morality. I got Hanged Man, and chose to edit with Mikoto.

CONFLICT | IMPASSE | CHOICE

The Hanged Man is defined by his inability to move. He is stuck. The Hanged Man has a choice to make but neither is necessarily better than the other. He regards his choices calmly despite the gravity they may have for him. This, of course, made me think of Mikoto, and I really think the theme and song fit him really well. I think Mikoto’s death is a topic of confusion and anger for a lot of people in the fandom, and I’ve seen inspire a lot of discussion. So it was interesting for me to come at this with the theme of morality and my tarot card in mind. It was, in the end, Mikoto’s choice, his will, to die- the impasse arises because Munakata does not want him to. Mikoto is set on dying no matter what. It’s just a matter of how. He could let it happen naturally, with his sword falling, and the inevitable explosion that will follow. Or Munakata could kill him before that happens. I believe he sort of wanted that, in the end. Mikoto leaves the method up to Munakata should he accept the inevitable and do the right thing as Mikoto wanted and trusted him to do, thus saving everyone else- everyone Mikoto cares about- even if it means taking a more active role in Mikoto’s death.

You could really debate for hours about their true motivations, and whether either of their actions are truly moral.

I also got to focus a little bit on his relationship with Totsuka, the vulnerabilities that come out more around him- and, really, Totsuka’s the driving force behind Mikoto’s desire for revenge and his resulting death.

I so enjoyed being in this contest! Big thanks to my awesome teammates for being so fun to work with talk to this summer. I’m so proud of all the amazing things we edited together. I think each collab was better than the last. :) Please subscribe to their channels and check out our full collabs.

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My teammates:

Team score for round 4: 8.5/10
My score: 8.5/10
Our final score: 37.1

Program Used: Sony Vegas Pro 10

Enjoy!
#T.E.E Party :)