The Bloody Lesbians and Messy Metaphors of Manakashi (Patreon Cut)
Added 2024-02-10 10:37:00 +0000 UTCCW: This video makes reference to abuse, assault, mental health issues, death, transphobia, co-dependency, stalking, homophobia, addiction, bullying, and other sensitive topics. All guro has been censored.
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2019's Manakashi no Yuri wa Akaku Somaru stands out amongst other horror VNs for being one of few to truly be queer horror; but can it live up to its lofty thematic goals, or does it fall short of its immense potential? Watch and find out!
Script & Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ifEp_Z7OK0F6EpUd81OAKKeNEggncau1lfRTJAOR8fc/edit
This month's shoutouts:
https://www.youtube.com/@KeiNova
https://www.youtube.com/@BasementBrothers
00:00:00 Intro
00:04:49 Synopsis
00:06:34 Messy Girls
00:10:54 Queer Complexities
00:19:34 The Art
00:22:36 The Sound
00:26:18 Patreon Break
00:33:22 [SPOILERS] A Brief Summary
00:35:36 [SPOILERS] Transphobia, My Old Nemesis
00:41:52 [SPOILERS] Love and Desperation
00:52:55 [SPOILERS] Kanzaki’s Affection
01:00:42 [SPOILERS] Confinement
01:09:46 Overall
Music list:
Noelle Amelie Aman - Seedy Dealings
Manakashi - speciosum
Shiniyuku Kimi - 憂鬱の瞬間 [Melancholic Moment]
Ace Attorney - Court is Now in Session (DS)
Manakashi - glory
Rose Gun Days - lande-bell
Umineko - Parallel
Sayonara o Oshiete - Petale Souple
Manakashi - pathological ex
Triptych - Silence
Manakashi - Lily Toxicity
Shizuku - Boredom (Renewal)
White Album 2 - Honesty
White Album 2 - Candlelight
Extravaganza - 蟲使いの森 [Forest of the Insect Messenger]
Sayonara o Oshiete - sourire de aigu
Sayonara o Oshiete - soiree des au revoires II
Solatorobo - Holy Samoyede
PRISONER - Parting ~Where is God arrange~
Suisenka - 悲涙 [Hirui]
Kizuato - ため息 [A Sigh] (WA2)
Final Fantasy XI - Recollection
Sakura no Uta - 見上げた青の果て [Miageta Ao no Hate]
Shizuku - 全てが消え果てても [Even When Everything is Gone] (Renewal)
White Album 2 - 溶け合う心 [Tokeau Kokoro]
Shizuku - トモダチ [Friend] - Theme of Mizuho - (Renewal)
Shizuku - 世界が変わるとき [When the World Changes] (Piano Vol1)
Brandish 2 - 哀愁の戦士たち [Soldier's Sorrow] (Piano Collection)
天使のいない12月 [December When There is No Angel] - 世界の終わりで待ってる [Waiting at the End of the World]
Comments
Speaking of OELVNs, I recently completed Heart of the Woods and I think you might be interested in it, if only as a palette cleanser. FYI, I was a backer for the English voice acting update on Kickstarter. I also recently noticed that Very Ok Vinyl sells the soundtrack on vinyl.
Peter Tushar
2024-03-11 01:20:10 +0000 UTCi think i oughta read this before watching the spoiler part of the video. is there a fan translation anywhere?
philanthropistDog
2024-03-08 07:36:10 +0000 UTCoh jeezus im only a third through but some of this relationship dynamic stuff is uh,,, hitting home
philanthropistDog
2024-03-08 07:21:12 +0000 UTCOK, sorry for the late reply to this - I just got around to checking it and there shouldn't be any sort of bandwidth error... I might start looking into another service for hosting videos if issues like this keep persisting. I'm not sure why it's giving that message, but I'll keep investigating
Noelle Aman
2024-02-16 12:57:06 +0000 UTCI'm really late to the party here, but I love the sheer effort you put into these.
Azura Stella
2024-02-13 06:52:25 +0000 UTCI think I know why -- it's probably a bandwidth error with the site. I'll re-encode the video to be smaller.
Noelle Aman
2024-02-13 00:37:09 +0000 UTCI'm getting an error on the Mega link that says I need to create a paid account to watch the rest of the video?
Jordan h
2024-02-13 00:24:46 +0000 UTCYou've got such a way of talking about incredibly difficult topics with a level of empathy for the human experience that makes this channel so so important to me. You've broken so many pre-defined ideas about this genre and I've really found myself understanding bits about myself I never knew existed. Big up queer creators using their art to help other queers through the turmoil that life can be! Wanted to ask, what was your first attempt at making music, and how have you found the journey in terms of being where you are in your music knowledge/career. As someone who started producing around 3-4 years ago, I find it so easy to forget how far I've come from silly little projects I made to where I am now, do you have a way of reminding yourself of the progress?
Commiehog (Uyi)
2024-02-11 13:01:11 +0000 UTC"I'm happy I did what I did, and I'm happy I've gotten out. I'm happy I'm not a husk." Fuck. I don't think I've cried at one of your videos before, but... damn. I got away from the first gf I had, who I didn't realize at the time had been stalking profiling me before we "coincidentally" met and "coincidentally" she was in all the same circles and groups I was. When she tried to grab me and throw me out of her car because I dared to tell her "no" I ran. I got away from the gf who nearly broke my jaw (thankfully when -- unrelated -- I got mugged and pistol-whipped a few weeks later I could safely justify getting to the hospital and confirming that I didn't have any broken bones without having to lie to her) and who genuinely believed that she was the current vessel for The Highlander; that she was also a vampire and that the voices in her head were merely other Immortals trying to rob her of her head and her power. I got away from the "aspartame daddy" (kinda like a sugar daddy but totally artificial & leaves a bitter aftertaste) who insisted that he was straight but would not touch me without literal kid gloves bc he couldn't handle a trans woman without some kind of barrier. I got away from the gf who I thought I had a healthy relationship with, only by comparison to the others -- the one who regularly insisted, sometimes the next day and sometimes several days later, that after I had done exactly what she demanded for her pleasure... that I had *actually* ignored her and violated her and that I was a horrible, worthless, disgusting, *impure* abuser. I've been alone for over a decade, and still... watching/listening to this review pulled me back into all of those situations. Thank you for this review! I wouldn't likely have played the game regardless of an English translation, but I'm still grateful for you covering it and presenting the contents. Also... good grief! TWENTY PAGES of names?! I remember when it was extraordinary to see double digits in the Patron Thanks section, it's wild and wonderful to know that so many more people are finding and supporting your excellent work! (loved the shout-out of the Basement Bros, too, the algorithm randomly threw them my way a while back and I can confirm how great the PC-88 and PC-98 coverage is! 1st time I've seen something in your suggestions that I was already aware of 😁) Thank you, thank you, thank you, for doing the stuff you do. It's a pleasure and an honor to help support your art. ❤
Phia Westfall
2024-02-11 12:36:32 +0000 UTCI have never before found myself grimacing in disgust for minutes straight, needing to intentionally stop. I appreciate the work you do. I am glad to see the aspects of people I would personally never consider or find myself interacting with.
Johannes VanVelzen
2024-02-11 07:25:13 +0000 UTCYAY!!! Thank you. You just have no idea how your videos are amongst the high points of my month. PS: Happy year of the dragon ^^
Jessica Luchesi
2024-02-10 20:58:14 +0000 UTCCan't watch in full as I need to go to work. But from the first 11 minutes it sounds like another fav video from you!
LAngel2
2024-02-10 12:31:39 +0000 UTCWow, there's a lot of strangulation in this game. This game needs an alternate version where Honjou leaves Kanzaki with the help of other people staging an intervention.
Lael Hochberg
2024-02-10 11:42:33 +0000 UTC
