BPoHC Suzumi Kuzu's 2nd Theme - MO-NA-D-1 ~ Memory Pursuit

[@angrysunflower222]

"What? I'm not gonna name a price. I'm gonna overwrite your save file. It's now full of Tsubakura. Your save files have all been taken up by Tsubakura. Super Mario Sunshine, look at his eyes, look at his pupils. *Beautiful.* He runs, brand new Nikes!" _-Suzumi "Ardey" Kuzu, the Art of War_

[@TvTropesfan4]

I am Cow Pee like my father Cow Cow -Cao Pi from Dynasty Warriors 5

[@xaejn5011]

MO-NA-D 2: straight up banger MO-NA-D 1: ｉｎｓａｎｉｔｙ ｅｎｓｕｅｓ

[@touentheidiot]

i prefer MO-NA-D-1

[@CrocloBootworks]

“Analytical analytics” as told by Google.

[@touentheidiot]

​@@CrocloBootworks lol

[@MinamitsuMurasa]

@@CrocloBootworks i love my Analytical analytics

[@prizmastarz742]

Goodness she is as insane as Fanon Flandre and Fanon Yuuka

[@Awalys]

Combined. Iesua save us.

[@prizmastarz742]

Tsurubami,please come back or Byakuran please ride a motorcycle

[@veronwoon2892]

Heh?

[@evanmclaughlin7988]

But scarier

[@mellowhateseverybodyandals1289]

off the shits homeless goth with no concept of gender

[@Charessel]

Never have I heard a theme as horrifying as this one- I absolutely love it, it captures the theme of Suzumi basically being insane so well.

[@Naudiz]

Remember when I said they should put Suzumi in the hypothetical extra stage? Holy hell...

[@Awalys]

More like UltraAfterAbsurdlyPhantasm++.

[@Joonkeh]

+Awalys +Overdrive+BlackLabel

[@Joaozinho7006]

i swear to god your jokes always come true bweoqhklenjrehonkdflkoueh (sorry for replying to an old comment)

[@avidagamegerl1081]

Zino Lath I swear barely anyone in the Len'en fandom is active nowadays Not like I’m complaining though, I’m just saying

[@Joaozinho7006]

@@avidagamegerl1081 then why did len'en furry b*r* appear on my tl on Twitter

[@claus4670]

Almost impossible, it is, to actually capture the feeling of insanity in a song that still sounds good.

[@zturtle1630]

I'm honestly flabbergasted as to how JynX did that

[@Youhadabadday2021]

So, coming back to this, I just wanna sing some praises and mention something that has been on my mind about this theme for a while now. Echoing what another comment said, this theme somehow manages to perfectly capture the essence of insanity in a harmonic format. Each and every instrument is in a completely different key, but each instrument is also just as unique to each other that it cancels out what would normally result in absolute ear pain instead of a song, and creates an artificial harmony that otherwise wouldn't be present. This manner of composition results in an auditory depiction of what insanity is: A broken mind putting itself back together with pieces that shouldn't fit, but somehow do, and when it's all said and done, those pieces actually work fine, but at the cost of a lack of coherency. Just like this song. As for what has been on my mind about this song, it's actually more-so about what the potential of this song was. Sure, it works amazingly as a Boss Theme for an unstable character in an arcade style shoot-em-up, but the way the composition of the piece was formulated also seems to fit right at home as a very different type of theme: The chase theme of a horror game's deadliest threat. I mean think about it, it has every staple of a standard chase theme. It has a stinger like intro that heightens the tension to warn you of your upcoming doom, a more percussion focused main sequence that echoes your frantic heartbeat and pounding footsteps as the chase goes on, and a more stable melody to bring you hope of escape before crushing it almost immediately afterwards. Hell, near the middle of the song it uses the sound of an early 2000's cellphone ringtone that isn't answered, a common trend in chase themes, where the composer uses household objects and distorts them to add to the theme's tension and uneasiness. It's just perfect for anything related to being pursued by a threat that is so monstrous that even the player themselves doesn't know if they'll be able to get away alive. ...Damn that was a long tangent.

[@omofthenom9767]

BIGU MISUTAKU DAAAAAA

[@honchdreigon606]

This is, without a doubt, the most intimidating, unnerving, and downright terrifying musical composition that I have ever heard. The amount of insanity that this piece gives out... Never before have I felt so threatened by a song. And I absolutely love it for that.

[@melamiyakumo]

Same here! I think it's better than monad2

[@Charessel]

Yep, I agree...!

[@ducklast_name4175]

oh this sounds creepy maybe this is an interesting character *reads the wiki entry* I DIDN'T NEED SLEEP ANYWAY IT'S NOT LIKE I HAVE TESTS TOMORROW ;-;

[@kirby6925]

admittedly almost everyone called them being in the extra stage but that fight is fucking insane

[@youkaijesus484]

There's such an amazing sense of irony in this fight... Spoilers: At the end of EE, it's revealed that Tsurubami was disguised as Tsubakura, and now at the end of this, Suzumi was disguised as Tsurubami. When I first saw that fight, I thought "Wait... If Tsurubami is back, does that mean Len'en is over? Does everyone get to go home now?" Nope Just Suzumi Testa :P Also murder

[@Suika182]

Also, Tenkai being angry at Tsurubami being impersonated, same as Yabusame in EE regarding Tsuba

[@9545847242]

Youkai Jesus and in aoji brother route on extra say that suzumeme kill tsubakura mother

[@AugustA447]

I particularly find it interesting how Suzumi even came to find out about Tsurubami (their motives, spells, etc), since their EE fight takes place *after* BPoHC, meaning Tsuru was already in the outside world by the time Suzumi entered Mugenri

[@ethirium4389]

So, now suzumi is a playable character in all len'en games?

[@bluepikmin6363]

Yup. Also replying to a 2yo comment cuz I don't give a s*it!

[@hanamakura]

@@bluepikmin6363 I will raise that by replying to your 7 month old comment.

[@Divine_spirit22]

Always has been

[@Se--Se]

What do you mean "now" ? They've always been

[@bluepikmin6363]

@@Se--Se Not quite. They were retroactively added in to the older games.

[@helutrope]

I LOVE THIS FUCKING THEME. I knew Suzumi was a nasty, nasty kid to begin with but I didn't expect them to be _this_ fucked up. Wanting to ruin Tsubakura's life? What the hell happened? I'm so curious. '^' Oh and also, that boss fight is fricking insane.

[@renmizunashi]

From what I've seen, there is no reason. It's pure sadism.

[@franciscomalva8035]

Pamela Arwig It seems so.But could that figure behind suzumi have some other meaning than being tsubakura's dead mom?

[@JustSomeoneWhoLikesBears]

Well, in the game she says that Kurohebi is her daughter and of Tsubakura's, if she isn't joking that may be te reason why Suzumi wants Tsubakura to suffer.

[@JustSomeoneWhoLikesBears]

@Junko Suzumi seems like the kind of the person that replaces the word "hate" for "love" without any reason, i suspect that she was in a relationship of some sort with Tsubakura because how much they say they love Tsuba.

[@zoeyuroboros5739]

@@JustSomeoneWhoLikesBears kurohebi's artificial, and both suzumi and tsubakura had a hand in creating them

[@JustSomeoneWhoLikesBears]

I love that the song just keeps repeating but differently, when even your theme is being rewritten.

[@popcioslav]

Actually MO-NA-D in the title refers to symbol called *"Monas Hieroglyphica"* known also as Monad Glyph. Why am I certain of that? Because Suzumi wears *two of these in her extra+a phase*

[@cheemborg1301]

Popcioslav - Oh man. Tenkai also has similiar symbol on their new outfit's sleeve

[@popcioslav]

Top Dawg Not even close, but good find :D

[@FrogmaskMusic]

Popcioslav - Significant to Suzumi's character, since it supposedly symbolizes a collective and complete cosmos, but its whole expansive meaning has *most likely been lost since its creator's death.*

[@garlandarksoul9829]

If there is something I can say, Suzumi has for Tsubakura an extremely high LOVE.

[@imyojimboandiusehacks8878]

Garland Arksoul that sounded like she's a yandere or... Just an undertale reference...?

[@avidagamegerl1081]

Rosy HdS *_Undertale flashbacks_*

[@abarette_]

0:38 I love how off-putting yet stylish this part is

[@dirtkiller23]

from a bullet hell game to a horror game... Nice,JynX.I like it.

[@touentheidiot]

idk what makes it so horror i mean its just an extremely hard bullet hell bossfight

[@inisterr]

100k views Totally deserved

[@juliusbelmont8094]

listening this at 21:16 me:Oh there goes my will to sleep in a dark room.

[@arrivemedi4964]

Kuroji hates Tsubakura because of their personalities and the fact that Tsuba is always a step ahead of them. Suzumi apparently hates Tsubakura so much that they want to ruin their life. I wonder what history they have together?

[@prizmastarz742]

Goshdarn this series is getting darker and darker(darker than Touhou ) Welp, we have to wait until the prequel game is finished to know their story

[@Suika182]

also Kurohebi hates Tsuba now for "abandoning" them and replacing them with Shion......

[@arrivemedi4964]

I like how Tsubakura isn't a 100% good guy. Who knows, maybe they actually did something horrible to Suzumi, which is why they hate them.

[@prizmastarz742]

Dorememe Sweet -Oh gosh that sounds like the opposite of Marisa where she is the queen of harem or lovers while Tsubakura is a king of haters- But it could be possible that Tsuba is actually doing something bad to them

[@KelyxTheMage]

I would like to thing that Suzumi hates Tsubakura because they took Tsurubami's place. Considering Suzumi disguised as Tsurubami, there has to be a reason behind that. Maybe Suzumi and Tsurubami were friends or something and then Tsubakura was the reason Tsurubami was never around anymore?

[@nunyabisness7812]

I was just looking at Suzumi's talk sprites in the game's files, and I noticed a mysterious shadow shaped vaguely like a person to the right of them, barely perceptible, though obvious once I darkened the image and put it against a white backround. I wonder if it's supposed to mean something.

[@popcioslav]

the soul they've sacrificed?

[@nunyabisness7812]

Who knows? The image in question: drive.google.com/file/d/0B0fW6K31WIy1cm1ORUo3QjZvSHM/view The same image after I selected it with the magic wand tool and filled it all in with black in GIMP: drive.google.com/file/d/0B0fW6K31WIy1a2otVDlRSVhIZVU/view Also, their eyes freak me out, what with the red pupils on red irises.

[@prizmastarz742]

I saw that mysterious shadow figure behind Suzumi too! I wonder who is that?

[@balneor]

Wow. What a spooky, yet truly interesting fact.

[@prizmastarz742]

Lucas Flamebound You know, the shadow appeared again in the Suzumi's Brilliant End I wonder who actually is that

[@StinkBugWizard]

This gives me goosebumps every time.

[@tinybirdKam]

Suzumi is apparantly Obsessed with ruining Tsuba's life

[@julita9703]

"My Family?" HEH *THEY ARE ALREADY DEAD*

[@ssaamil]

I LOVE THIS!!! Probably my favorite theme in len'en.

[@KaoAli2007]

-years later - MO-NA-D-0 = Suzumi (Benny) Kuzu MO-NA-D-1 = Suzumi (Ardey) Kuzu MO-NA-D-2 = Suzumi (Cine hamal) Kuzu

[@avidagamegerl1081]

Fans: Ok Jynx, we want to know more about Suzumi! Jynx:

[@silvernightray7701]

@@avidagamegerl1081 "Oh, you want to know more Suzumis?"

[@avidagamegerl1081]

Silver Nightray Fans: 👁👄👁

[@bluepikmin6363]

MO-NA-D-0 MONADO _I'm really feeling it!_

[@touentheidiot]

@@silvernightray7701 MO-NA-D-4 Suzumi (Meme) Kuzu

[@cheemborg1301]

What if Tsurubami doesn't even exist because all the time it was Suzumi in disguise? ¤_¤

[@Suika182]

But Tenkai says they've been friends since long ago..........unless those were fabricated memories by Suzumi.

[@RaysonWilliams]

This is getting too deep.

[@timmyreobed5043]

Top Dawg This theory kind of falls apart when you consider that Haiji and Xeno, two characters that Suzumi doesn't really have any reason to interact with, have coherent memories of Tsurubami before Suzumi even entered their world.

[@ethirium4389]

Tsurubami: "ability to raise potential" stimulate and make use of the true potential of another character Suzumi: "reproduce information" "disguise themself" In addition to copying a person's appearance, they can also use that person's abilities "ability to raise potential"= "reproduce information"/ "disguise themself"

[@timmyreobed5043]

Completely jossed as of Suzumi being patched into EE. Tsurubami had no idea who the hell they were.

[@D_T_S_V]

So from what I heard they can fully erase things from existence. Including people’s purposes. This begs the question: CAN THEY ERASE TIMELINES?

[@nick53686]

Sadly no, although there is fanon about her that she can manipulate space and time to put people into a repetitive loop of sorts using her memory alteration abilities. Basically using a pocket dimension to mind-warp someone into reliving a moment and action over and over again.

[@timmyreobed5043]

When did this become a horror game?

[@sigmoon]

It didn't lol, seems like the background I chose is too misleading

[@timmyreobed5043]

Colonel Sig I saw the fight proper tho. It's legitimately freaky, and reading up on Suzumi themself and how adept they are at psychologically torturing others doesn't really help. Hence, me claiming this part to be horror game-like.

[@Mugenri]

Technically Len'en is a fan game too, though it seems to be moving towards being its own thing. This I am totally okay with.

[@viiiderekae]

According to the wikia , it can;t be considered a fan game due to it having its own cast of characters and also it occurs in a totally different universe that is different from gensokyo

[@viiiderekae]

well ze is a fan of danmaku even in the dialog ze said ze is a fan of Tsurubami and may be also a fan of touhou characters ,hence ze copied the spell cards

[@Ice-yp4wg]

I fear no man or woman. But that thing..... It scares me.

[@Juangamer11099]

I wanna know what's in my desktop vibes

[@TrappedBowyer9684]

Subconscious trauma

[@Acumin]

this is the song that plays when you enter hell

[@ssaamil]

*me rushing to hell

[@touhouyamaxmichezuch.1302]

Suzumi's going to put some dirt in your eyes.

[@angealainn]

Len'en: Brilliant Pagoda or Haze Castle ~Black Label: GOD MODE~ Absurdly Extra++ Last Phantasm

[@elfmonster3082]

So i didn't played the full game yet but in the demo she seemed to be just a teasing asshole . but then i found this on the wiki : "By the end of Brilliant pagoda or haze castle. their true personality emerges and it's revealed to be a cruel, callous and sadistic person *who's defined solely by their need to cause mischief and chaos for their own amusement and is obsessed with destroying Tsubakura's life*" . Boy that escalated quickly . By the way her eyes changed color.

[@silvernightray7701]

Her eyes tells you which personality takes over. Blue is Hamal, the asshole-y campy little sheet. Red is Arde, the terrifying sadistic psychopath.

[@acasualobserver1162]

@@silvernightray7701 And now we have the playable Suzumi routes that reveal Arde isn't actually a sadistic psychopath (the wiki's been corrected). Hamee is, and is bad enough Arde thinks she's completely fucked up.

[@misery_shun]

@@acasualobserver1162 I agree with that and imo I like Ardey more than Hamee because: 1. He want end this "cat-and-mouse" game 2. He *stopped* Hamee(why am I want to call her "Ham") from *killing* hot dude Hooaka, I mean they needed to make message w/o some corpses lying around 3. He also understands the consequences of their actions and in fact they can't kill anybody on following script (for e.g Clause). So if they kill someone that would be pain. -4. He cusses- Ah yeah. Personalities from what can I remeber can have various genders so that's why I headcanon Ardey as a guy and Ham as a girl. Even tho physically.......

[@acasualobserver1162]

@@misery_shun I have a multi-gendered headcanon too; and I guess you know he doesn't actually swear in that scene, it was translated like that for tone and now it's a meme. Really, we get more characterization of Ardey than of Hamee, and that makes him more interesting to me (plus I'm fairly convinced he's actually the dominant personality, if not the original). The only person he's really sadistic towards is Tsubakura, because she's implied to have wronged him somehow; and he seems fine to let Hamee loose on the rest of the Outside Worlders, presumably for their involvement with Tsuba. While he's not the sadistic psychopath everyone thought he is, Ardey's worst traits that we see are vengefulness and manipulativeness, and he still has standards within those. Contrast Hamee who's an actually sadistic homicidal maniac.

[@misery_shun]

@@acasualobserver1162 Mhm! It would be pretty sad if everybody you know is suffering or dead(though I think suffering friend is worser than dead friend imo, especially if you can't help with their suffering or maybe I'm just an uwful supporter). Like for e.g. Shitodo simblings who unlike our plain Yabusame don't have immunity to their ability and I believe that Tsuba and Yabu know Shitodos in childhood(somewhere around age of 4-6 years presumably they met Kuroji(8-9) or/and Hoojiro(11-12) first). And I agree with that in fact Ardey is more dominant than Hamee.

[@Ctrekoz]

Insane. And insanely godlike good.

[@dragonball4ever2009]

Lenen vs. Cuphead Xeno A = King Dice = Penultimate boss Suzumi = Satan himself = Final boss

[@zturtle1630]

Okay, but what about Tsurubami?

[@dragonball4ever2009]

@@zturtle1630 idk a fake elder kettle? They were an imposter anyway so i don't think it really matters lol

[@zturtle1630]

@@dragonball4ever2009 Yeah, that makes sense

[@sarukahntomii]

this music is so tense and cool in my opinion, it's better than "U.N. Ower Was Her?"

[@YuuyaKZMI]

Suzumi is also honestly way better written.

[@StinkBugWizard]

Travis Scott's comment on this song: I get those goosebumps every time.

[@DraconicLich]

Oh this is fucking insane, I love it

[@memezoufutatsuiwa805]

I just noticed...... In one of their dialogue sprites there is a shadow behind them, spoopy ;~;

[@Lord-Baka]

Len'en.exe

[@jumpman0198]

The reversal shall be clarified.

[@MomoyosWife]

This sounds like some chase scene in a game

[@國主雀巳]

2:17

[@solarstorm-1]

國主雀巳 The part right before that and this part is my favorite

[@AmanomiyaJun]

oh. you.

[@Danisveryfreaky]

Is it me or is her name based on a japanese instrument? Edit: I accidentally mixed the instrument Tsuzumi and Kagura Suzu as Tsuzumi Suzu-

[@Felix_Miaoshiro]

this is some creepy ass music

[@touentheidiot]

creepy? you mean its a headbanger? right?

[@abarette_]

I've only noticed that the voice at the start is saying " 弱い _yowai_ " repeatedly, either that or I'm trippin

[@KawaiiFlandre495]

This is them they should have given the Scimitar form Star Trek. Because it's just as awesome and as bad as the scimitar. But no. One of the most badass and evil sounding tracks I have ever heard in my life. Still very awesome.

[@monochrome4937]

That symbol on Suzumi's black cloth... Is that the Monas Hieroglyphica?

[@prizmastarz742]

Yep!

[@SophiettaVA]

Meanwhile in my dreams...

[@c4llv07e]

It's just a monoid in the category of endofunctors.

[@deralufe9094]

Just another mirror for hiding ♪

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[@ripsnip5336]

Huge Oopsie

[@ImFangzBro]

Genuine question, who here can't wait to see Suzumi get gutted, painfully? She's a fucking monster and I personally can't wait for karma to catch up with her. If enough people want me to, I'll write fanfiction where that happens. inb4 "that's a BIGU MISTAKU"

[@isenhertor]

When you push a madaou too far

[@KaoAli2007]

I wonder what the real reason Suzumi wants to ruin the life of Tsubakura

[@prizmastarz742]

Well let's wait until his next game (Len'en Monochrome World) is finished Which is the prequel (i think) before shits happen in EE

[@KaitoFlinn]

Honestly, i think this next game will tell the events IN mugenri before EE. which means we might not see much of the relationship between any of the characters that existed in the Outside world

[@timmyreobed5043]

KaitoFlinn I'm pretty sure that Jyn X said something about how the next game would give Tsubakura an even rougher time than they were given in this game, so I'd say it's more likely that we're going to be getting their backstory, if anyone's.

[@Suika182]

In the Shitodo's scenario, Suzumi says that they want to see Tsubakura despair. Apparently the only time Tsubakura was truly upset was the day her mother died so Suzumi wants to destroy Tsubakura's life in order to invoke a similar reaction. She's just plain insane. (Also, Suzumi wants to kill Yabusame and the Shitodos too)

[@prizmastarz742]

Suika182 Does Suzumi want to kill Clause and Kurohebi too?

[@TvTropesfan4]

This Song creepier than Lu Bu theme from Dynasty Warriors

[@gaboflandre]

1:54 CLIMAX

[@bluepikmin6363]

4:25 as well.

[@bartoszthegamer3425]

Tsuruzumi make more horror of len'en Time to make monad club

[@conlybasher7783]

Happy Halloween!

[@Wobuffet3]

this is some shin megami tensei shit

[@bluepikmin6363]

The most terrifying demon of them all...

[@windyryady6367]

Chara = Suzumi ripoff

[@wizardcookie7794]

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