Asuka and Happy Chaos are still friends

[@shinmalphur6370]

I think I missed one interaction with chaos calling asuka crazy or something mb

[@jakealucard1873]

Yeah then asuka tells his teacher to chill out

[@TheOneSapCan]

“Back up… Asuka, Asuka Asuka! You’re a natural born lunatic!”

[@jakealucard1873]

@@TheOneSapCan turn it down a bit teacher

[@shinmalphur6370]

@@TheOneSapCan I think I figured out that asuka # and kruetz have different lines. With # chaos asks his name knowing he's not the real deal, # even replying "It's Asuka, for now"

[@SimoneBellomonte]

Why did you cut the l8 interactreionshre up treoo early. 😭

[@keithlee1007]

Happy chaos joins the podcast as a guest every month, asuka regrets it every time

[@Nitosa]

Bee honest, Happy chaos would say the N-word or something super controversial live on broadcast for the viewers reaction.

[@sanicboi9187]

Happy chaos would 100% say a slur just because lmfao

[@_Deez]

@@Nitosa for the DRAMA

[@monokomomo4977]

@@Nitosa Chaos:"Hey asuka imma say the N word live, NINGEN!

[@Nitosa]

@@monokomomo4977 *hears super dash fastly approaching the station.*

[@FenrirStrife1]

"I dont have to explain my intent" And if you look out the bus on your left your left you might be able to witness in its natural habitat... THE ENTIRE GODDAMN PROBLEM! I mean seriously, almost 90% of all the bad shit that happens to the world in GG is rooted in Asuka's fucking abysmal communication skills

[@Gloomistic]

lol so true

[@professorgames3261]

@@TyrannicalUserSorry to be the "UM ACTUALLY" guy, but the term you are looking for is asocial. I think antisocial is more akin to a psychopath. Well not exactly a psychopath, but something like it. Someone please help me explain it.

[@commissarmethyst]

Additional note - as a cerified psychopath, we do not inherently have malintent. We have issues with disinhibition, boldness and meanness, which are the three main categories. They can be very roughly discribed as follows: Disinhibition is basically depression+autism+empathy issues on steroids but without consistency. Boldness is the drive to perform absolutely random shit for no real reason and adrenaline/dopamine feedback from it. Meanness is the most famous category where you actually get kicks from seeing others suffer. However, that usually also requires high disinhibition with destroyed empathetic abilities. Continuing on that, I'm high on disinhibition and boldness. It manifests in a lot of ways, but what it doesn't do is make me malicious or enjoy other's suffering, or at least I'd like to believe so. Rather, it makes me want to ride a moving car's roof and gives me depressive episodes. And issues with communication/reading people's interactions, but that's half autism.@@professorgames3261 And yes, the term would be either asocial or extremely autistic.

[@punk_ster]

​@@commissarmethystthank you for explaining

[@EliTheGleason]

I thought the podcast thing was a meme but omg hes actually running a fucking show in the moon

[@MsMvsc]

This is why you actually learn the lore

[@haikei888]

"I want to start a radio show" and "I'm leaving to the moon" were both very surreal to hear from the biggest war criminal the world has ever seen, but I'm here for it

[@darienb1127]

What makes Guilty Gear lore so great is that the more you learn about it, the stupider it gets.

[@fissilewhistle]

That Man had a choice: either stay and face judgement for the numerous war crimes he committed, or go to the moon and start a radio show. Guess which one he picked?

[@ChalkMuncher]

You should really watch both xrd and strives story modes, they're amazing!!!

[@Toxic-Pyro]

I’m so convinced that Asuka’s podcast is super boring and he has absolutely ZERO chemistry with any of his guests. Bro drops the ball on EVERY joke that someone tries to play off of him with

[@UncleMerlin]

Then Chaos comes on

[@idesxtop]

@@UncleMerlin and it would the episode with the most hit

[@ImJustAwkward]

And then eventually Asuka programs a clone to be more charming and charismatic

[@bloorb0569]

@@UncleMerlin Chaos takes the show in the other direction too far where Asuka you'd get some interesting conversations sometimes Chaos somehow lights the radio on fire.

[@nobleradical2158]

It's probably an educational podcast rather than a funny one

[@_Deez]

The fact that they gave them so many back and forths is legitimately sick. It's such a small thing most won't notice but it really makes them feel like Master/Student and friends. Dialogue also shows a lot of respect between the two I think.

[@deddrz2549]

Though idk why asuka is so friendly to him, when chaos is the one that not only made the gears declare war on mankind and cause millions of deaths, but also framed asuka for everything he did wrong after that too.

[@_Deez]

@deddrz2549 Honestly Guilty Gear lore seems so flip floppy I take everything super surface level. This coming from someone who only really started learning lore during the Xrd days. I know a decent bit but still don't have a great idea of pre Xrd lore. From what I know That Man was hyped up to be this ultimate, vile big bad, and the story just goes SIKE. He good.

[@SeanTheShinigami]

​@@deddrz2549Pretty sure it's because Asuka knows that his teacher is practically tainted by all the information overloading him from The Backyard/Universal Will. Chaos also isn't wrong debatably. Life would reach a boring and robotic point if drama, risk, and setback wasn't involved to some capacity, though I don't think genocide/war was the play obviously.

[@SeanTheShinigami]

​@@_DeezYeah, it's still a little whiplash if you've been following for a while, but I think the twist fits. Mind you, the origin story for That Man isn't even necessarily evil, but he kept the most important pieces and players (even he apparently dislikes using people) in the dark, making it seem like a betrayal for both his friends and the world with Gears. Unfortunately all his work got twisted in some manner by the governments, Universal Will, or Happy Chaos.

[@radar4104]

@@_Deez Asuka hasn't been set up as the big villain for a long time now, he even helps out a bunch in Xrd. He's always been a gray kind of figure, it's not really a twist. Leading up to Strive, Ino's pretty much been the main villain for the most part, if you don't count the Universal Will at least. The lore itself is rarely flip floppy tbh, Ky's dragon install was setup like 15 years before we actually got to see it in Strive lol

[@koraxacollins9645]

I really wish Happy Chaos' "oo thats a nice jacket ya got there" line happened on Asuka

[@DeertickDaniel]

Them knowing each other makes it weird since he’s seen that jacket more than a few times

[@legodawg2001]

“Do you ever wonder how will intervenes in existence” Knowing full well the Universal Will is behind bars And HC agrees it’s intriguing Asuka is still thinking about that conversation on the beach with Raven huh

[@marcosdrs4159]

Wow, those are a lot of especial interactions. They remembered we love them. You love to see it

[@neko_birel]

I love how chaos just turbo crouches at the end before shooting asuka ded lmao

[@timelesssalmon7257]

2:42 Asuka: “Papaya”

[@inkbagz3455]

HC: “Pear”

[@ventis009]

I think he is saying compile, but I totally heard Happy say pear and Asuka say papaya.

[@BurlyWalkingFortressofZep]

He said "by compiling", it just sounds a lot like Papaya, which, in turn, makes it funnier.

[@lojika1majik]

All the sound and lights seemed to be *BAZINGA*

[@lucymaycry7218]

That second to last one is fire! Shows how different they really are to eachother. Also, Asuka saying that, when knowledge or experience don't work, absurdity just might, reminds me of a quote from Madoka Magica- the advice Madoka's mom gives Madoka. If anyone remembers the exact phrasing, please tell me!

[@leoblogu5193]

If it has a hole there's a goal

[@weissschnee3916]

Could it be, “If you find yourself at a dead end and there’s no other options left, doing something the wrong way might do the most good.”? It's been quite a while since I've watched the show so I'm not too sure if it's correct or not, but this is what google gives me.

[@lucymaycry7218]

@@weissschnee3916 fuck yeah that's the one. It's the same piece of advice just phrased differently because of the way the people who say them are different. Both of them open the door for entropy and the chaos it can cause.

[@chiefbawor_thegr8966]

​@@leoblogu5193 That's New Getter Robo quote Not exactly like that but still

[@backroomsdbm]

I like how at the end, Chaos just shoots him and all Asuka has to say is "papaya"

[@Benito675]

Asuka: "so here we are, the two arguably strongest beings to have ever existed..." Chaos: "The Inventor of Magic and his deciple, now that's drama isn't it?" Asuka: "sooo, want to start a podcast?" Chaos: "Lmao i had the same idea"

[@gooddoggo2831]

Wait asuka made a more talkative version of himself so he’d talk more on his podcast

[@the_bromies_podcast239]

nah he made clones to do the bullshit stuff he doesn’t wanna bother with while he’s podcasting he’s the epitome of zero effort all skill

[@gruggedup9083]

2:37 "Great minds think al-" 😐

[@SaikoThorns]

I love the line, "Boring, you know I have no interest in myself." Sounds like the internet ngl

[@WindHashira]

Well done on the volume. Galaxy brain.

[@LatinaCreamQueen]

Chaos would force Asuka to play 100 Gecs on his Podcast.

[@punk_ster]

Doritos and fritos

[@lagc5103]

thank your for uploading without background music, youre one of the few ive seen do this

[@shinmalphur6370]

Yeah, the voices are so muffeled out when there's music playing, so I figured I'd just lower it

[@uniquename6925]

Do these interactions depend on if you choose Askua R# or Aska R Kruetz? Will you get one set with R# or Kreutz?

[@shinmalphur6370]

I haven't checked that actually. I picked real asuka. I doubt they changed anything, that would be alot of effort for them

[@lexo632]

​@@shinmalphur6370 Actually, Sol and Asuka have different dialogue depending on if you choose the real or fake one, so...

[@lucymaycry7218]

Jesse, what the hell are you talking about?

[@redmagmajeice7589]

@@lucymaycry7218 on the character select screen, when you select Asuka and press up it changes his name from Asuka R# to Asuka R Kreutz

[@93SuperSonic]

​@@redmagmajeice7589 That's... pretty cool. Something that should have been done with 21 in Dragon Ball FighterZ (not counting Lab Coat 21).

[@am.bisonmain9077]

Me when my smart friend hangs out with me Me a wacky shitposter

[@YEf-ix1yy]

... Yea, they sure do get along. What a friendly banter. ××× Asuka : "Well, you never taught me how to talk." (Happy Chaos did not fix Asuka's social skill, I guess) ××× Happy Chaos : "Not a single surprise in your work. What a bore." (Ouch! A little roast from Mr. Literally-Know-it-all) ××× Asuka : "This is teacher versus pupil, remember?" Happy Chaos : "This is an experiment. Now which one of us is the guinea pig?" (Ah, what a teacher)

[@daeryk6424]

"That won't get rid of me." -Chaos

[@umbreonhyperdream]

They're so sassy with eachother I love it I do find the statement "Well, you never taught me how to talk" interesting tho. I feel it implies HC let his students speak they're mind regardless of how disrespectful it may have possibly been. Either that or Asuka got special privileges. I wonder if "The quiet one" is refering to him being the real Asuka and not his clone or him being quiet in general?

[@someonesomething5336]

Yes it is a reference to him being the real one. Asuka R# is the chatty one. HC will ask the fake what his name is.

[@HeraldOfOpera]

Also, there's a video with most of the cast pushing through Asuka at his spammiest. HC instead just shoots the guy to interrupt it.

[@1erickf50]

Did Asuka just admit he's Daisuke all along!!!???

[@shinmalphur6370]

Wat? Wdym?

[@Connector7th]

Nah. More to Sol's case.

[@thin.chungus5554]

Asuka having a radio show is the same as Hitler making a podcast in 2024

[@leschroder7773]

So the man with the golden gun has been playing guilty gear for the past few years

[@flingza1798]

I never noticed his eye wing thing from xrd is on the side of his cloak

[@frenchfriedbagel7035]

I forgot how weird Happy Chaos’s intro animation is.

[@axelrod45-yugiohandmore38]

TIL Asuka's last name is pronounced Kroitz.

[@TheTrains13]

You WOULD be named shin malphur

[@JonathanRiverafrickinnice555]

Same voice as Uryu Ishida and Vexen.

[@maiselph7456]

1:25 HOLD UP! Does it mean that Asuka R# isn't actually there? He just... hijacks his opponent's brain to make them think he's there?

[@Fulgorariancolt]

The # variant is a clone.

[@someonesomething5336]

No, he's hijacking to fight more efficiently, usually opponents can't tell but HC can tell.

[@abyssoctoaurora7090]

had yall ever realized that asuka sounds like an older sora

[@AlienX281]

The two coolest characters and the two most annoying playstyles together

[@shinmalphur6370]

Damn, almost 60k views where did yall come from

[@manicbeyond]

Having 2 people be that man makes things so much more confusing, so uh... Which one did which things, I can't follow the lore.

[@DeertickDaniel]

Asuka make hot people land go boom

[@kyeblade06]

Asuka is responsible for booming japan

[@datboychimichangas4983]

What the fuck? So this isn't the real asuka? I'm confused 😢

[@nuclearcatpotatoe3714]

this is real asuka, uploader said they chose so for the dialogue. In the char select you can press a button to choose between Asuka R Kreutz (Real one) and Asuka R# (The simulacrum), doing so doesnt do much except for change the name and some character interactions. In the story mode, you play as real asuka (forced to), and interact with his created copies

[@shinmalphur6370]

Kinda, you can pick real asuka when you select your character. Asuka # and asuka K. I think chaos is talking to the real one

[@thedemonsofsodom]

I believe when you select him, instead of picking colors you press up to change between the real and fake.

[@shinmalphur6370]

@@thedemonsofsodom Bingo

[@-rlmn-]

the long name one is the real one the R# is the clone

[@nodochitsu]

Gah. Happy Chaos in English is so superior to the Japanese va

[@danusio7548]

they are literally a gay couple and noone can make me think otherwise

[@rachetmarvel931]

The average Guilty Gear strive fan...

[@playstrangejourney]

​@@rachetmarvel931 happy chaos has insane gay orgies for fun cope harder

[@DakkaSolae]

Warcrime Kings :)