Mili - Hero // Reaction & Analysis

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Credits:
Game: Limbus Company
Lyrics: Cassie Wei
Music: Cassie Wei & Yamato Kasai
Arrangement: Yamato Kasai
Artwork: Ao Fujimori

[ultimateblade]

"Catharsis, I have conceived an idea most ingenious. You shall make a reaction video to my daughters theme song."

[borger]

"who's child is that"

MY NAME IS DON QUIXOTE. DON, AS A SIGNIFIER OF NOBILITY

[ngocdwong]

"I fell off my steed Sancho, and the shock roused me to the waking world"

[theolanderdilag]

Honestly without even the context of Limbus, you can compare it to a child growing up, or even more literal, to the book version. Except the ending is that Quijano continues to act this way not out of delusion, but because the world needs this optimism.

[makarymetzger]

"My name... is Quixote! I, Don Quixote, Declaire upon my honour, i shall end that frivolous, juvenile dream!"

[taihounaishi]

"Sancho! I have come up with an idea most ingenious!" - Don Quixote before sharing this video to all bloodfiends in La Manchaland

[nicotheslothking]

From as much of a non-limbus viewpoint as i can muster, i want to qualify the statements regarding the character's father figure. While they may not have had such a figure when they needed them, the first verse implies that they did at least have a role model. Perhaps by the end they realized that they are going to have to become their own role model after witnessing said figure become something they find disgusting or evil.

Hence, the Syndrome parallel. It was a good comparison, after all.

[sueñoimposible]

"Sancho, I have conceived. " - John Canto 7

[ahiru-san]

The intersting thing about this analysis is how, doing so without asociating the song to the character it was made for, you end up with a pretty good read on The First Kindred. He was alone, looked for companions with whom to share a dream, a childish, "juvenile" dream which turned sour the moment he had to face his responsabilites as a leader. He was at the top of the food chain, alone, and never had someone who would teach him how to be an adult in charge of others, a father figure. His dream attracted so many because they thought he could make it a reality, but without knowing how, all he could do was make the dream endless, slowly turning into a nightmare.

[angelcarrasco]

Even though a dream seems juvenile, impossible or ridiculous, that doesn’t mean it can’t be reached

[gigablast]

i feel like the song is seperated into three parts the first being the delusions of heroic stories that the hero always wins and then the second being the realization that that is not the case and you will fail a lot but the third is about not letting that get to you and keeping up the fight

[stephaniejanong]

AOUGHHH HERO'S ANALYSIS IS HERE!!!
I think you got the character's main motive spot on! Man, your read is as dead centre-a little to the left as always, but i love hearing your ramble about the details of the song. Being able to hear which musical ques clue you in to the conclusions that you come to. As someone who plays the game and therefore always has context, seeing yoru blind reaction is always so interesting to me.
(That Syndrone backstory comparison made me snort put loud. It's past midnight. I hope you're happy. /tease)

[Sicklez]

1:23, the silent “Ah, that’s where the depressing part is.”

[BuckBlaziken]

For once explaining both the limbus company version of a character would spoil the book version of the same character. Don Quixote is a childish delusioned adult who sees themselves as a hero even through the rest of society sees them as a menace or someone who keeps getting into trouble. The truth is Limbus Company’s Don Quixote is living a purposefully ignorant life while Book Don Quixote is just delusional. Limbus Don’s EGO is named “La Sangre De Sancho”, and in it you see the line “El Sueno Imposible” which is ripped from the book, the full line translating to “To fight unbeatable foes. To bare unbearable sorrow. To run where the brave dares not to run. To dream the impossible dream. That is Don Quixote.”

[haiphanduy]

"My name is Sancho! ... And I, Sancho, declare upon my honour: this lance shall end that festering, slothful dream! "

[holy_joe]

" Onward, Rocinante! Again and again, untill the dream is within our grasp!!! "

[gummy_yummy]

"Sancho... I have conceived... an idea most ingenious..."

[OlegToaster]

Rest In Peace, the most charismatic and handsome antagonist of Limbus Company, Don Quixote.

[riyuugin]

Somewhere, in youtube I believe there was a chinese fan MV version. And it shows a LOT about the story and the song. Must watch.

[MastrKK]

i absolutely LOVE the like, backwards cymbals at 0:52 (behind 'broadened my horizon'), and really wish they incorporated it more