Guilty Gear Lore 101 | A PCP University Lecture

UPDATE: I have made a NEW VIDEO going over some of the initial details gleamed from the GUILTY GEAR 2020 trailers! WATCH IT HERE: • There's LORE in the Gu...
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This is a basic overview of the main timeline of Guilty Gear, focusing on the most important story elements, mostly following the story of the main characters (Sol, Ky, Justice, etc). I left a TON on the cutting room floor, mostly concerning the entire supporting cast, but if you've ever played through a Guilty Gear story mode wondering "Who the FUCK is That Man?!", you should be (mostly) clued in by the end of this video.
I'm sure there are a few inaccuracies in here from people more in the know than I am. I admit to taking a few liberties here and there either for comedic effect, or to just spice up what was essentially a sentence or two in a codex.
Things kinda sputtered out at the end, but I'm the least familiar with the events of Revelator since I had only bought it a few weeks ago in preparation for this lecture.
Thanks to the hambois for sticking with me for three hours, and thank YOU for watching (and reading) this!

[@PopStrikers]

I'm sure there are a few inaccuracies in here from people more in the know than I am. I admit to taking a few liberties here and there either for comedic effect, or to just spice up what was essentially a sentence or two in a codex. Things kinda sputtered out at the end, but I'm the least familiar with the events of Revelator since I had only bought it a few weeks ago in preparation for this lecture. Thanks to the hambois for sticking with me for three hours, and thank YOU for watching (and reading) this!

[@eggzisstenshulldredd1626]

Tommy Oliver 3D I challenge you in Rev 2...

[@PopStrikers]

Earbuds & Incognito Guilty Gear does things to a man

[@PopStrikers]

Android 000001 You'll spank me hahaha

[@eggzisstenshulldredd1626]

Tommy Oliver 3D It’s all fun and games until I Insta-Kill with Jack-O’...heheheheheheh

[@eggzisstenshulldredd1626]

Tommy Oliver 3D Regardless, great lecture that greatly informed me about the deep GG lore.

[@antrolos8542]

00:13:12 "the theory of magical science" 00:14:59 "the magical theory of science" 00:18:14 "the science of magical theory"

[@TheDwarvenDefender]

You mean the theoretical science of magic?

[@antrolos8542]

@@TheDwarvenDefender As it was used in combat by the Sacred Order of Holy Knights ...the Holy Order of Sacred Knights ...Order of the Knightly Saints?

[@philipmiguel5563]

@@antrolos8542 Saintly Order of the Knights

[@bighex5340]

The science of Science; Science

[@Ifyouonlyknew70]

@@bighex5340 and magic cause that is the answer to everything.

[@darkknight11311]

That Fredrick twist was legit the highlight of all of this.

[@logan6034]

Made me wish I didn’t already know

[@itsyaboi1245]

I thought Sol was gonna be That Man so i wasn’t very surprised

[@NSFSponsor]

The Guilty Gear part flew over my head so that was pretty cool.

[@ItsJacobyay]

darkknight11311 I’m watching this now because I’m buying strive and never heard of this before. I got hype as hell when he said that😂

[@starsheep1140]

I saw it coming a mile away and I was still hyped at the reveal

[@sammcarthur864]

"... And in response, the UN bans all technology." Yep, this is an anime plot alright.

[@ChaosKnuxxx]

Honestly it sounds like the UN now

[@sweatysocks8214]

@VerumRex pffft. The un would ban it but once they try to enforce the law they send in like 20 guys and use them more as mall security then a actual military.

[@ruikirisame1744]

considering how they tried to ban anime girls (and are now doing damage control for china), I wouldn't say it's a anime plotline anymore

[@gold_spin1639]

I mean it gets significantly more anime later on as we get further and further away from the world as we know it, but this was always an anime as fuck story.

[@professionalfangster1510]

@@ruikirisame1744 Whaaaaaat. Source?

[@BrJPGameplay]

"Humanity won the war" *"USA USA USA USA USA"* small silence "The United States are gone" "Aaaaaw" Bigger Silence *"MEXICO MEXICO MEXICO"*

[@ruikirisame1744]

Adapted. Overcome. improvise

[@TheFinalMapler]

that was so funny

[@philipmiguel5563]

Whats the time stamp of this?

[@Dracobyte]

I love my country.

[@yoshinpixels9924]

@@philipmiguel5563 45:10 Youre welcome 😛

[@scouts.3958]

i fell asleep to animorphs and woke up in the middle of the night to "gears mature at 3" and loud clapping, frantically trying to remember when gears come into animorphs.

[@AssailantLF]

1:27 "IT'S LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!!" "It's literature. Good job." Tom is the most underrated PCP member

[@trevervoiles7779]

"Gears mature at the age of three" *LOUD CLAPPING*

[@LazyPirate8]

Fbi: Nani?!!!

[@TheSaival]

Ky got some explaining to do then

[@floatyperson1979]

1:02:50

[@FuriousGorge]

@@TheSaival I think he figured out something was up when his 2 year old son was taller than him

[@benzed37]

@@LazyPirate8 I'm pretty sure this _is_ the explanation.

[@LoudWaffle]

The top two search results for "guilty gear lore" are "guilty gear lore in 1 minute", and this video, otherwise known as "guilty gear lore in 3 hours". I love you, PCP.

[@dav552]

And i pikked this onr 1:27:46 in lol i feel likk i kno a littel never played a Guilty Gear i pikked this over BlazBlu n it sound likk i was right too

[@MaxiusTheGod]

I legit love this idea of lectures on nerd crap.

[@donald347]

Isn't most of what gets lecred on nerd crap?

[@nonoseyt4997]

I agree

[@mannythelazyguy6529]

I can do a full fucking doctor degree in one piece

[@dreadedsage8630]

@@mannythelazyguy6529 bro sameeee I love one piece the lore is so expansive

[@eternally.confused]

Manny Thelazyguy dude if you do a video on it I’ll watch it 100%

[@RebelPixels]

UPDATE: I FINALLY FIGURED OUT why I thought the GGX original soundtrack was using synthesized instruments. Back in the day, before everything ever made was on KZbin, my friend and I imported a CD with the Guilty Gear soundtrack called Guilty Gear Best Sound Collection. This soundtrack contains a bunch of Naomi mixes of the original songs that ARE done with synths, and I just assumed that these were the GGX1 versions of the tracks, since I didn't have a copy of the game itself. The thought just stuck until I was called out here in the comments. You can listen to the album here on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6CXm3iIa86KadU

[@The_WIll_OF_D99]

Yo holy shit thanks fam

[@dariomendoza5839]

Kick munchie out next time.

[@ChimericWhite]

The thing is, the songs actually WERE originally a bunch of synth tracks for the NAOMI soundboard because that's what the arcade cabinet could handle at the time. When it got to Dreamcast, they were able to actually get live instruments as it is intended to be.

[@VanStolin]

I don't remember where it was, but the things that happened were. Fredrick and Aria hook up and do it, Aria finds out that she's pregnant, but at the same time finds out that she also has the incurable disease. Rather then tell Fredrick that she's pregnant, she tells him she's going to die. She dies, but That Man preserves her body and turns it into a gear. This changes the fetus, but not as much as Aria does. Justice stays pregnant for the entire time that she is a gear, until the year that she was sealed away. Sensing that she was fucked, she unconsciously uses magic to encase Dizzy into an egg and send her away. This is how Dizzy ends up in the forest, only discovered years after Justice was already sealed. This same thing happens with Dizzy and Sin, because she unconsciously knew that something wrong was happening to her body and she 'births' an egg. Also, gears were disappearing because Valentine was sublimating them. Which is that she was using the backyard's power to erase them from existence, while at the same time collecting their cells into herself. This didn't work on Sol and Sin because their core signature was different from Justice, while all other gears, including Dizzy were almost the same. The point of Sin falling under Valentine's control was to show that she had taken in enough gear cells to have the same commander gear powers that Justice did, while taking in Sin's cells allowed her to transform into a gear state.

[@salttealunii]

Thank you

[@ivanyy]

This actually made it a bit easier to understand, thank you

[@combativeThinker]

Frederick and Aria were married, but everything else is right.

[@sonicsucks20]

Ky fixes everything.

[@VampiricTofu]

Who came here for Guilty Gear 2020 so you wouldn’t be lost in the lore

[@lesleyblackvelvet5802]

Me.

[@VampiricTofu]

top 10 anime accounts I’m pretty sure they have the same story. rev 2 is just an updated version for rev 1 I believe

[@The_WIll_OF_D99]

@@VampiricTofu it has a after story

[@riastradh]

How dare you call me out like this

[@jaosantos4943]

not sure it worked tho

[@RippahRooJizah]

Strive has confirmed that, yes, Sol Badguy *is* a bad enough dude to save The President.

[@thetextbookgamer]

That quote aged like wine

[@B3N_Youtube]

Fuck, yes! Looking back at this video, I didn’t expect that line to hit so hard because goddamn, is that fucking true!!

[@MAYOFORCE]

1:56:32 "That Man is in the Back Yard, fuckin shit up, and we need to stop him" is the best quote I've heard in regards to the lore of this series.

[@Velindian]

Sol Badguy is a swol goodguy

[@okaymistersunshine4684]

Swol Chadguy

[@royallumiere9169]

Sorry, good guy is already taken, I think it's the nickname of a guy named Bloodedge or something

[@extremejon]

So what are we, some kind of Guilty Gear?

[@hana-chan420]

Daisuke is basically what Araki would be if he had a drug dealer instead of an editor.

[@0ctopusComp1etely]

I think I can explain the whole "Will of the Planet actually hates humanity" schtick. It's thankfully not actually even that hard. You just have to grasp what Daisuke is getting at. So, the core point to hold onto is that the Sage's A.I. was built with the sole goal of "Humanity must achieve peace, and that peace must last forever". That's the plan. To achieve it, the A.I. needed to know what defined humanity. Specifically, humanity that will ALLOW IT TO ACHIEVE ITS GOAL. So it looked at what it had to work with, put it up against the goal, and settled on "autonomous self-aware organisms with a Soul", but with an asterisks that reads something like "Soul must allow for indefinite peace". Guilty Gear has all-kinds of crazy anime shenanigans, so it's not a big leap in logic to expect the A.I. to be able to prove the existence of Souls somehow, and that's what distinguishes them from every other animal. Okay, easy. Step one checked off. Step 2: Can the A.I. even do it. The answer: No. Based on its calculations, the current "humanity" doesn't meet all of the criteria. They are autonomous self-aware organisms, and they do have Souls. But the current humans are never, and WILL never be at peace forever. Even if they _do_ achieve "Peace", they are almost guaranteed to break it at some point, ad infinitum. Even if unintentional. The potential to "regress" is always present in their Souls, and always, always will be, no matter how much they advance as a society and species. The risk of being able to move backwards keeps the current humanity's Souls from being useful for the A.i.'s purpose. They might as well not even _have_ Souls. They can't be fixed. So, the A.I. treats them like they don't meet its requirements. It drops the facade of owing "these" humans anything, because as far as the A.I. is concerned, it doesn't. They aren't the "humans" it needs, and they never were. "Humanity" in its eyes never existed. The A.I. will just have to make the humans it needs on its own and work from there, completely removing the current obstacles to prevent any contamination. It MUST be complete genocide. The potential of a "Soul that can regress" to spread its influence to a "Soul that can achieve everlasting peace" is a risk too high to take. The two can never be allowed to meet for the goal to be achieved. Thus... Guilty Gear happens, in its entirety. Like I said, it's not actually complex. Daisuke just really likes focusing on specifics terms he coins and thinks sound cool and poetic, like Souls. The man _can_ write, and actually does it very well. He loves long-con plots that unfold over multiple installments that you have to go back and re-review once you have more information. It just... takes a lot of effort sometimes. Or caring. Also, it makes perfect sense that That Man would know about and work against the A.I. If he's the Sage's disciple from the beginning, it's likely he'd be told about the A.I. and see where it was heading, thus aligning against it. Even if he messes up sometimes. Also, I-No can time travel. That's kind of her schtick. Just throwing that out there, since it's like a "get out of jail free" writing card, within reason. I'm sure there's some things not even she or That Man can alter, but she'd be a useful informant for him to have.

[@RellikInProfile]

Just imagine all the useful knowledge pushed out of your skull so you could do this lecture.

[@PopStrikers]

RellikInProfile Do we _really_ need math these days?

[@orpheustelos23]

Wait theres info more valuable than guilty gear lore?

[@allg0odnamesaretaken]

do we really need grammar these days? everything has autocorrekt.

[@RavenCloak13]

RellikInProfile Considering more then half of the things they try to cram into your brain after elementary school is useless to most peoples because college is the place where you actually learn things for specific jobs it is actually a good thing to remove that useless knowledge with knowledge you will use in your group of friends that also talk about this stuff.

[@amirbutcher2147]

I was going to do calculus homework after listening to this, but now I have the mathematical capabilities of a 7th grader in Pre-Algebra class.

[@marine76a]

I know they take care of Munchie out of good will, but it's probably time to put him down.

[@snkenjoyer4989]

LOL

[@NikoJr.]

I'm glad I'm not alone on this

[@ciroaldorisio8034]

@@lilithdvs13 that's rude

[@ekkusu9493]

@@lilithdvs13 pretty sure he's a brony, so yeah, that's probably just a general trait from the horse fuckers.

[@Nothing-ce8uv]

@@ekkusu9493 Almost everyone in that room at least used to be a brony since that's how they came to know each other.

[@dantheman933]

pcp university >>> harvard

[@Pontif11]

Comments are already bad enough we don't need redundant crap.

[@nonoseyt4997]

Lol

[@nerofiorentino1971]

@@Pontif11 kek, this dude from the past was angry

[@Pontif11]

@@nerofiorentino1971 i'm the ghost of commenters past, what are you talking about? I was joking

[@tanyaharmon6739]

You're not wrong

[@mutinyontheark]

I love that you're physically sweating, gasping for air, and wild eyed like a crazy man ranting on a street corner by the end of this video. I didn't care about this shit before but you did an awesome job presenting it and I kind of fell in love with the whole idea.

[@Partinaire]

Except for Munchie.

[@Spyderist]

Bum breaks into a university to show off his knowledge of chinese anime fighter

[@Alexander_Isen]

Hahahahaha

[@illgeteverythingback]

"Chinese"

[@flightlesscoffeebirdboy9655]

@@illgeteverythingback I blame Jam Kuradoberi

[@okaymistersunshine4684]

Dong Dong Never Die lore when

[@LORDUnLuCkY13]

@@illgeteverythingback that's part of the joke.

[@heavymetalmixer91]

1) Quoting Wikipedia: "Ky Kiske is named after German band Helloween's former members Kai Hansen and Michael Kiske." And his last name is actually pronnouced "Kiskeh". 2) The Fireseal is one of the Outrage pieces, and Kliff knew that Sol made those, that's why he just gave the Fireseal to Sol. Ky didn't knew about Sol being the Outrage creator, so he started hating Sol since he took the Fireseal away. 3) Justice body was based on Aria's DNA, so she's like a modified (or "gearified") clone of Aria. 4) Chipp actually didn't live with a japanese familiy, he was adopted by a japanese ninja dude in his teen years when he was a drug addict. This dude made Chipp abandon drugs and become a full fledged ninja, hence why Chipp is a weaboo. His mentor died prior to the events of the games. 5) There's not a single canon conenction between Guilty Gear and Blazblue, so everything about is just fandom stuff. 6) Most of the story of XX, XX Reload XX Slash, XXAC, AC plus and AC+R isn't canon. So basically put Sol fights Ky and they finally stop hating each other and Ky starts living with Dizzy. 7) In the events between GGXX and GG2 Overture, Sol was called by Dizzy for help. When he came to the place he found Dizzy a little kid with a patch on one eye (Sin). Once Sol entered the house he found a really fucked up Ky (in a very poor mental state), as all this "puppet king" stuff was making him go mad. Finally, Ky asked Sol to take care of Sin as in his current state he couldn't. This is why Sol and Sin are together in GG2 Overture. 8) Izuna, Slayers, Sharon (Slayer's wife) and Raven were "bugged" from the Backyard, so they have these superhuman powers because their "data" is erratic. 9) Bedman does have a sister complex, because he has a sister. Both characters had minds so strong that being in this world would make them go berserker. That's why he made that bed robot, so he could live a more "normal life" while being asleep, but there's no info on where his sister is. The worst thing about this story is that her sister killed both of their parents. 10) In the REV 2 DLC there are Extra short story episodes, the first one is important (like realyl important) but the second is just a gag reel. For more information visit these links: Dustloop forum: www.dustloop.com/forums/index.php?/forums/topic/6624-guilty-gear-xrd-story-thread/ A blog about GG lore: gear-project.tumblr.com/ The GG discord server (in the #lore channel): discord.gg/yff67Hr

[@iquestioneverything3426]

heavymetalmixer91 How did sol have a daughter then if justice is just a clone ?

[@heavymetalmixer91]

Aria got pregnant after Frederick became a gear, but before she got cloned. Soon after this Frederick escaped, without knowing he was a father.

[@iquestioneverything3426]

heavymetalmixer91 So aria have sex with a shadow monster ? So gears gets pregnant if their genetic template is pregnant and that gundam somehow gave birth that means dizzie is full gear unless aria gave birth before she died which can't happen because dizzie was found as a baby after justice gets killed, so how did a giant gundam gave birth to a human sized baby ?

[@heavymetalmixer91]

That's the mistery, there's no info about when was Dizzy born or even how. It's better if you ask in the #lore channel of the GG discord, I guess a few people could know about this: discord.gg/yff67Hr

[@MTLxSpider]

heavymetalmixer91 oh god dustloop actually had a lore thread lol

[@GrantPattersonPlaysGames]

Every time you hear him say "Munchie," just fast forward twenty seconds.

[@GrantPattersonPlaysGames]

Pretty much. He's beyond annoying.

[@grashol15]

Jason Bell i think he is like under 20. Once they said he was 15 but that was like a year ago.

[@SkyKushryd]

He's the worst part of this video.

[@grashol15]

Jason Bell i don't realy care about munchy. wish he was just funnier.

[@JameboHayabusa]

Dude is super annoying. Like we got it the first time you don't like anime tropes, quit repeating yourself lmao. He's that guy that pisses in the punch bowl.

[@blockhead134]

Yo Im here to expand on the story because Strive is out now so spoilers: In the 20th century, a boy that would later be named names such as The Original, That Man, and Happy Chaos was born. He discovered the Backyard and began to form the science of magic. He created a technological life form named the Universal Will to attempt to do a good, but it turned on humanity in the Dawn of Revival. He then gathered a group he called his Apostles, which included Fredrick's buddy Asuka, and began teaching them everything he knew. At some point, he finds I-No, who at this point is on the verge of becoming a time god, so he strips half her power to keep her from being too dangerous. The Universal Will then fused him with that power, and he went insane immediately, causing basically every conflict in the entire series because its funny and also to remind humans of their humanity or something.

[@RageDuck0]

I KNEW I HATED HAPPY FOR A REASON. GOD DANM RANGE SPAM, but seriously really annoying move set lol

[@DocChutney]

I love Guilty Gear so fucking much. While it is fantastic that we have this lore dump it does dissapoint me that people who are learning about all of this right here are not gonna understand that what makes the story so great is the loveable ensemble cast and the fun of learning about all the cool characters.

[@felifels9656]

Thats right.i think its deeep.

[@lordkiesor22]

DocChutney exactly, I love the characters and their background and present stories. Sols, out of all of them, is my favorite.

[@ZetsubouGintama]

Yeah, Guilty Gear was like Fate on you was willing to goes deep into lore because you want to know the character better despite the mumbo jumbo nonsense. Hell, every fighting games have all of this formula. You want to goes deep in hell just to know about the characters you main or your waifu more. I was dragged into Guilty Gear because Dizzy is my teenage crush and I want to know her more despite XX story as a who is so confusing.

[@beyngennon1547]

The only time Munchie wasn't annoying was when he was shoveling food down his throat.

[@BruhImSkill]

Please do a GG character lecture! This shit was crisp!

[@SonicXeno]

“Why wouldn’t they just put all the story in the story mode?” Because Sign and Revelator initially came out in arcades before the console versions of those games came out so that’s why. They were basically appetizers for the main story that would be in the console versions which were in development by the time they initially came out in arcades

[@vfxninja5503]

"This is all part of Jojo canon" Me: "...Wait, that kinda works."

[@Christopher-eq1rn]

VFXNinja Considering the whole super soul thing sounded just like a stand...

[@dephonnelzy5536]

VFXNinja i am so glad i was not the only one to think that

[@ohitsstar1241]

>copious musical references >”master ghosts” >vampires >a villain character named valentine that has several clones >a girl with a monster bound to her hair I mean yeah

[@LazyPirate8]

2 years later, Arc Brings JOJo to guilty Gear.

[@SameWindowDifferentVisual]

@@ohitsstar1241 >A character who's literally being manipulated by an evil ghost who defends him Seems to check out

[@guyguino5770]

It was so hype when you got to the part when it's revealed Sol was Frederick. Lol.

[@gearhead6042]

This was pretty good, but it kind of fell apart at the end due to time constraints. You also probably could have saved a shit ton of time by explaining the Backyard differently. Existence is basically an organic computer program. The Backyard is a extra dimension that serves as the source code to reality. Magic is literal life hacks on natural phenomena. But seriously though, I know as much as I do because I've been following the series since I was a child starting at GG1. I'm familiar with this because I've literally spent a good amount of my life following things as they came up, even learning Japanese to read early 00s blogs for info. Considering the amount of time you spent researching this with this level of results, this video is absolutely phenomenal. Good job. Also really the most complex thing about all of this is the characters themselves. Their histories and motivations answer about 90% of the stuff that was just "because reasons". That's where Daisuke's writing talent actually lies.

[@wikygaming]

「GEAR † HEAD」 welp, he might be a bad lecturer XD

[@akasajian]

The only major issue I have with the lecture (from what I’ve watched so far) is that he presents the Backyard as something that only a handful of people know about, but it’s actually the foundation of magical theory. The only thing about the Backyard that Sol learns in Overture is that it holds up not only in theory, but also in practice.

[@gearhead6042]

That too. The other part of this is that Overture pretty much introduced how magic works as a lore dump. It's pretty neat once you get the idea. Think of the Pantheistic Afterlife Theory, but with literally everything in one, natural computer program. If magical science was real I'd have my PhD. I have no idea how to feel about being a genius in a field that doesn't exist.

[@reloadpsi]

「GEAR † HEAD」 I like how a lot of magic jargon in GG2 takes its words from musical chord theory.

[@familyplayer1]

「GEAR † HEAD」 IIRC wasn’t it that people thought the Backyard existed, but just couldn’t 100% prove it?

[@SoShiBias]

Love Tom's enthusiasm on trying to re-enact some awesome/badass moments. Glad I watch through all this cuz next time when there's tournaments on the game, I can have different impressions on those cool characters on screen. Helps with deciding who to root for y'know.

[@manufacturingdiscontent8829]

As a metal fan, these nonstop references are pretty great. My fav has to be Faust who is named after the convicted murder that drummed for legendary black metal band Emperor.

[@jaksida300]

Also Faust from German folklore, a doctor who made a deal with the devil.

[@KnjazNazrath]

Faust was a 70s German rock band long before Eithun got arrested.

[@thegreatdanish6778]

"He could save the president" Sol must be going for a record

[@solarflare8476]

I did it. I watched it. Now I can finally watch the story mode of the game that I've owned for six months

[@SkaterDerrickH]

i dont know who munchie is, but im damn sure i hate him

[@wulfyaeger2327]

I can't like this enough. He makes this so difficult to listen to

[@apocalypse8818]

*Raises hand for the 100th time*

[@foxypotato3094]

that dude is like Ross from game grumps, but worse

[@CrystalTigerclaw]

foxy potato Ross is at least funny. Munchies’s just obnoxious and tries too hard to be funny.

[@masonbishop4289]

If munchie would shut the fuck up this video would be so much better, and probably shorter

[@rocketbear9870]

Wasn't planning on watching this for three straight hours. My head hurts, but it was fascinating af. Bravo Tom. Thanks for editing in pics too!!!

[@akasajian]

Rocket Bear There’s a Tumblr page called The Gear Project that answers GG lore questions. Even it can’t always escape the weirdness of the story, but it’s pretty reliable. More so than the Wiki, that’s for damn sure.

[@SadikiStGeorgeangemon44]

I felt that Fredrick Twist

[@nincopyjasb]

Another thing is that the structure and casting of Magic spells, is partially based on music theory. The reason why the Backyard magic is more powerfull, complex and seemigly breaks the rules used in normal Magic is because Its using a different "music structure". You can say that while Normal Magic (excepting Ki) use the most common system and rules in western music (12 tone equal temperament), the Backyard magic may be using a system with microtones with more complex composition structures.

[@cadufraga6851]

That's also why the name of the game is baptism 13, it's the baptism of the backyard magic

[@capibaradeluxe9193]

You know what? I'll take any explanation I can get.

[@donavonhoho]

If that munchie guy didn't stop spouting drivel, this video would be an hour shorter

[@Kurumisama]

Actually it would still have been 3 hours but XRD story wouldn't had to be butchered into just half hour

[@nnoiboi6248]

The guy in red pissed me off with his constant yelling. Nice lecture otherwise.

[@kacperx66]

YEEEES ! I was wondering whether I'm the only one pissed off by him XD

[@highcolor_sunz]

I would love you to remake this with the knowledge we have today

[@Veilmurder18]

There better be a MGS lecture in the future

[@gwenthegiant2324]

Veilmurder18 I think they want the videos to at least be under 5 years.

[@augustolira8133]

Professor Spiritomb They made a Kingdom hearts one... Pretty sure they can do it lol

[@Enzo_Matrix92]

KH is 20 percent more convoluted than MGS but it is doable.

[@ArztMerkwurdigliebe]

I don't think there's any big MGS nerd in the PCP, though. Just watch Super Bunnyhop's Critical Close-ups on MGS 1 through 4. That's all the info you really need on the subject, and I don't think any of the PCP members could do it better.

[@Veilmurder18]

Fruit Punch Samurai G i want it more for entertainment's sake rather than knowing the actual lore

[@davidsapir3764]

Just discovered Guilty Gear existed last week. I was playing older Street Fighter games on my retro portable and decided to search more recent fighting games on the Playstation Store. GG's visuals, killer characters and soundtrack blew me away so I took a chance and picked up the Xrd Rev 2 edition. It 's so unique and unlike any other fighting game I've ever played. In my spare time I've been checking out different KZbin videos to learn more about this incredible game when I discovered your video. This is great stuff. Very glad I checked this out, thank you!

[@ImortalZeus13]

Munchie is the worst part of everything to do with the pcp

[@Varg69420]

idk dude digi exists

[@doxiedomian]

I felt the same way, but his lectures are great, especially the one on the French revolution

[@kindasomeviews]

someone should've slapped his fat, loud ass. ik i would've in a heartbeat when he kept interrupting

[@thewrongsorcerer]

holy shit munchie is annoying. He's like that guy who keeps turning to the guy next to him during a movie to loudly ask a question that's going to be answered in the movie like 5 seconds later.

[@tsinestexicthdauwraum9082]

People: kInGdOm HeArTs Is On ToO MaNy PlAtFoRmS!! Daisuke: Hold my pachinko balls.

[@Hunter-vz6ur]

Munchie, chill out man, stop trying to steal the show.

[@GreekShinobi223]

Dude Munchie is like the one guy in class who interrupts the lecture by doing stupid shit for clout

[@goose7938]

JohnThePro TheSAOFan And it FUCKING WORKS most of the time...

[@krs1297]

Muchie was really adding nothing important

[@AdamJMGamesDev]

I scrolled down just to see if anyone said this. I'm 8 minutes and 37 seconds in and jesus christ. What a socially inept dork that loser is. I hope he sees these comments and realises that all those "jokes" and rude interruptions weren't worth it. Some people man. Yikes. Ruined what is otherwise a great video.

[@tubebrocoli]

he just spends the whole video throwing tantrums, almost made me drop watching it all.

[@jonathancortez3003]

I keep on coming back to this video because I just love listening to Tommy explain the WHOLE guilty gear universe. It's great to just listen and hear y'all engaged in this

[@papaaeon7210]

Munchie is the worst audience member ever

[@foottothenuts]

"By the time we get here it gets full anime" uhh this series has been hardcore over the top anime as shit since the beginning. It was just 90s anime, then 2000s anime, and then was 2010s anime. It was anime as fuck since the very beginning.

[@PopStrikers]

So some people have been saying in the comments that GGX soundtrack > GGXX soundtrack, so I went back and have been listening to it and damn, they're a LOT closer than I remember. Some tracks on GGX1 are categorically better than their XX remix, Burly Heart probably being the most blatant, and Keep Yourself Alive a close contender for runner up. Point is all of Guilty Gear crushes it.

[@DB1Dragoon]

Tommy Oliver 3D BlazBlue lecture when?

[@reloadpsi]

Tommy Oliver 3D GGXX's soundtrack is effectively X played on a live sound stage. Some songs suffer for it, some improve significantly, and all the new tracks are freaking sublime. The XX version of Holy Orders is pure sex, whereas the X versions of Dizzy and Testament's themes have a lot more production as they're still final bosses rather than regular characters. I also prefer Potemkin, Johnny, and Venom's themes in X for the reasons I mentioned above. I don't have a favourite band - I have a favourite composer making music for a series. I know Ishiwatari has composed for other games, but you can tell Guilty Gear is what he's truly creatively invested in.

[@cris931609]

MEXICO! MEXICO! MEXICO! Also, thanks for adding the character images and all that shit

[@giraoshaw]

Was pretty nice until GG2 when Munchie got triggered and spazzed out

[@omegacanon]

You gotta kick Munchie off or put him in detention or something. He's an annoying lil creep.

[@zachstarattack7320]

bro lets just tell it like it is. they are mature at 3 years old. 3 is the age of consent

[@vexxvamp]

LMAO literally. i was fine with anyone else talking but as soon as he opens his mouth i deadass just wanted to skip ahead. like lmao "not this guy again"

[@FireballFarts]

In every class there is always some kid just like the one on the far left.

[@canalsincontenido]

Having two guys in their 30's wearing beanies inside while looking at Jess' bald spot is an interesting theme.

[@ericwilliams8420]

That Munchie kid was annoying as hell. I wish he could re-do this lore lecture without being interrupted with cringe unfunny. jokes.

[@angryguy3000]

Listening to munchie say cringe shit makes me appreciate every moment of my life where I am not listening to him speak

[@freddytheshadowninja]

Mostly agree but he had a couple zingers. "We're here at Baptism 13." "Wait til we get to Circumcision 19..."

[@BarkNoir]

Holy shit, you guys are puttin in work. Love it

[@lucidlullaby894]

1:47:20 “The magic Sol just used and [Those guys] are all from a place called *The Backyard* ” Me: We’re in boys! He said the thing! He said it! *_*AIR HORNS_**

[@TalesOfNerdiaChris]

I didn't give a shit about Guilty Gear before this lecture but you made me feel invested and wanting more.....Then you got to GG2 and I'm back to where I started. Not your fault though Tom. You did a great job.

[@PopStrikers]

Tales of Nerdia XX is absolutely worth playing and is on both Stream and GoG for cheap

[@TalesOfNerdiaChris]

I should clarify that I was talking about the lore specifically. I won't promise that I'll check out the game, but if I ever do it will be because you've ingrained it into my mind.

[@voltekka47]

Tales of Nerdia Who the fuck gets interested in fighting games because of the lore?

[@texastea.2734]

ChillTerumi mortal kombat

[@NSFSponsor]

@Zoan Siege has lore? Also I don't think lore is a "proven attention grabber" as much as making a fun game first. Overwatch and TF2 don't even have single player or cutscenes. And every fighting game story is extremely nonsensical anyways.

[@Raijin3s]

Main dude: so then a, b, c, d... Some annoying voice: but when are you gonna tell us about E? Main dude: obviously next, but nice, now we're derailed.

[@crawlingcastle4844]

Tom thanks for doing this. This is the best source for understanding Guilty Gear as a whole. You the real MVP.

[@akasajian]

Crawling Castle There’s a Tumblr page called The Gear Project that answers GG lore questions. Even it can’t always escape the weirdness of the story, but it’s pretty reliable. More so than the Wiki, that’s for damn sure.

[@RuRiccio]

I wish there was an edit of this incredible piece of work without Munchie's needless inserts. I'd have slapped him within 20 minutes.

[@BrimstoneX]

*Never played a GG, got Revelator. Wanted to know plot up to this point. Video suggests "That man" is Florida Man.* I'm going with that, from this point onward. Thank you lol.

[@BrimstoneX]

The idea that some all powerful man, is actually just a dude who lives a life of foolishness and sheer chaos, and has no clue what he's doing. Sorta just walks into these situations. Love it.

[@queenismyfavoriteband9904]

lol when i got revelator i had a sort of joke headcanon that sol was the only badguy in the entire series ala "sole bad guy"

[@cuno6118]

Now every time I see a Florida man story, I imagine it’s to serve some secret higher purpose

[@teomantaner5992]

@@BrimstoneX basically happy chaos. You predicted the plot of strive LMAOO

[@WHEREAMIHELP1]

Munchie is truly, truly, the worst.

[@Hailix4240]

But he’s based tho

[@vexxvamp]

that's what i was thinking this entire lecture.

[@evanever]

I hope one day the PCP will reach this point again. It seems unlikely.

[@Prololan]

Its so sad

[@evanever]

@Will Well, most of the members left for a variety of reasons. Then those that remained had some conflicts which leaves us today with just Ben, Gib and Tom. Not sure whether you've watched much PCP but personally it doesn't make for content nearly as interesting as what they were putting out a few years back with the lectures and podcast episodes.

[@alicevioleta3184]

@@evanever did Nate leave? i thought he stayed.

[@AnaglyphicHacker]

"This story is stupid and makes no sense" One of the dudes is literally wearing a Homestuck hoodie

[@adamplentl5588]

This is the best shit on KZbin. These lectures are actually very engaging and very well structured. I really enjoy the rotating speakers and audience. Makes for an interesting dynamic. Longform is definitely best form.

[@Blackcloud288]

The virgin Woolie Versus and the chad PCP University

[@quekZo95]

Woolies vids are 100x better. Who wants to watch this in comparison?

[@firstnamelastname6601]

@@quekZo95 People who don't take themselves too seriously and enjoy fun.

[@kieronrana5233]

agreed lol

[@kieronrana5233]

@@quekZo95 this video is more funny that informative imo

[@debaserchaser891]

Now that Strive has been out for a good while and we've had the story DLC as well, it's time for a deep dive or a follow up university lecture to this one.

[@GaymerJosh]

I found myself rolling my eyes anytime something Munchie-related occurred. Aside from that holy shit am I mega into GG now. Solid lecture

[@vexxvamp]

there with you on that one

[@redneckedcrake7059]

Nice video, one of the fun things about the fluff lore in GG is that the characters evolve and grow but not in such a way that it actually impacts the game itself. Sol & Ky start off butting heads during special intros, win quotes and other unique dialogues at the start, but end up complimenting each other after during / after matches towards Rev2. You don't even need to know it's there but it's nice padding either way. The fluff lore in SFV had Ryu farting on Necalli and Sakura working at an arcade (not that it matters, Kyo has been in School for most of the KoF series, but it's not like anyone notices).

[@danielmesri5741]

"Ramlethal Valentine shows up above the remnants of Japan and is like, 'Humans are gay. I'm taking you guys out.' And everyone is like, 'Shit.'" This one had me weak. 10/10 recap 👏👏👏

[@Jon_Zeku]

I learned to skip everytime munchie was about to say something unrelated 😩

[@Minecrafter0731]

Came here to catch up before Guilty Gear 2020

[@The_WIll_OF_D99]

Lol how was the video?

[@thatmeanscene]

Me too lol

[@mcnoobgaming3861]

That trailer looks so damn clean

[@ivanyy]

Did it help or you are more confused?

[@7StringBlazer]

Great video to get caught up on GG. Also great job Munchie, my first exposure to this channel and you're already insufferable.

[@tonylegumi1821]

I just realized after 2 hours of watching that the 662 near Baptisma 13 is actually a GG2

[@one5682]

Daisuke is the Jesus of video games yes

The jesus of fighting games at least

[@XenoGX18]

If he makes a bad GG game, he would rise again with a masterpiece

[@Coaltergeist]

Of course Digibro is the one to chant "sex with the young"

[@Ota_Drew]

Can we not Munchie anymore? Like ever?

[@JinKazama8]

Why

[@Rhaethyn]

​​@@JinKazama8they're the annoying class clown that just gets in the way of people who want to be there

[@OCEANANGELSTAR]

give US A GOOGLE DOCS WITH YOUR NOTES SO IF IM WONDERING WHAT YOU SKIPPED I CAN READ IT MYSELF

[@xardinlume7345]

One year late answer : There's another comment where he gave his notes on a Google doc in fact. Here, I found it again: docs.google.com/document/d/1roWfBOK4zsp5w0iwZB7ZaxYsHsGVC3kOvlRhcECanvg/mobilebasic

[@CrazyMonkeyMinecraft]

So, how familiar are you with the gear wars?

[@zoidsfan12]

This has sat in my watch later for 5 years, what a freaking nostalgia trip opening this is. "It hasn't reached critical mass so it hasn't been ruined" never before have I agreed more. Literally daily I talk about shit that got ruined as soon as the mainstream found it. Ok I actually started laughing at how ridiculous just the name for the backyard was. Like it is 4 in the morning and I probably just woke up the whole house. I love when you get to a point when talking about something you love and even you know it's pretty dumb. Honestly though whenever I see others creative output and see them fumble like that it kinda gives me confidence. It's kind of a "yeah even veterans don't get it right everytime".

[@dalhar20]

If this is what the pcp podcast becomes, it will be the best podcast ever

[@SilverSeraph379]

Honestly, the "students" ruin this.

[@0ctopusComp1etely]

I hate to say it, but yeah. Even Best Guy and Digi, while asking relevant questions, paying attention, and honestly offering good information, derail and push forward plot points that should really be revealed at better times. And whenever the rest ask questions, it's usually just a waste of time that hurts everyone.

[@JowoeBunchaNumbers]

@@0ctopusComp1etely no fun allowed! No fun allowed! No fun allowed!

[@HashbrownMashup]

Ah, Bridget. The character that taught me the meaning of the "Trap" tag.

[@soarel325]

Bridget is the OG trap. Pretty much the mascot of traps back in the day on /a/, /v/, and /b/

[@ericwilliams8420]

No kidding. Bridget was probably my first experience with a trap. Had to read the character profile several times over as a teenager when I saw Bridget being described as a "He".

[@ZetsubouGintama]

He was introduce me the world of traps.

[@bruis1527]

If munchie weren’t in this video it would be a 10/10 but he is here so 7/10

[@Tankirb]

I think i have a 10/10 series for you then. Theres a lore series made by woolie versus which is actually more accurate

[@kieronrana5233]

i think it's the other way around

[@Arpin_Lusene]

"Because Daisuke" is a free get out of jail card lol.

[@everforward5561]

That Man does have an actual name, now. It was revealed in Revelator. Also, the big deal about ki is that humans generate it naturally. All other magic has to be channeled either from nature or from a magical device. This grants ki users an innate advantage, as they can generate power even if cut off from an outside source.

[@makowiecmakowiecki4565]

"When does Jack-o Jack-o..?" "Whenever you want, dude."

[@t3hsourcey]

The Backyard is actually Carl Jung's collective unconscious, it's hard to extrapolate what it is, but allows Ishiwatari to come up with any bs he wants and implement it.

[@nathane.9286]

and yet it works! Logically consistent with our timey wimey wibbly wobbly reality lmao

[@ChimpHazard]

1:57:56 This was the first time Munchie has said something that wasn’t bat shit crazy or annoying... Until he said Guilty Gear sucks.

[@mysticmarbles]

I rewatch this so this every year because it's so great. Minor correction/clarification: Ky is canonically a better fighter than Sol. In the After Story to Xrd they have a duel where Sol demands that Ky stop holding back and fight him like he would any other gear. Sol gets his shit rocked. Sol might be able to win if he was in dragon install, but Ky can do that too now. That's probably why they made Robo Ky, because they could program a robot to match Ky's fighting style easier than they could build one to match the raw power of a gear. Here's the fight BTW. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2aZeoqfg7xnrKs

[@noctiscuadro6983]

Ok, so I'm 54 minutes into this video and I have to say it is fucking amazing. Now, I haven't watched the entire Kingdom Hearts Lecture cause I'm still playing the games and don't want spoilers, but just those 54 minutes were more entertaining than all the other lectures combined (don't get me wrong, I liked the other ones too). Whether it's the actual story of the game or the way he talks about it, right now I'm thinking "fuck, only 2 hours left". Really good stuff.

[@PopStrikers]

Noctis Cuadro I hope the rest was good too 👍

[@noctiscuadro6983]

Tommy Oliver 3D Back with an update cause when I first watched it I had some stuff to do and when I came home I crashed out. The conclusion: it was absolutely amazing. Every time you said "I'll just skip over this stuff" I was like "NO, don't, it's so interesting." At the end I felt like it was impossible not to applaud too. I'll definitely check out at least the last Guilty Gear for the gameplay. Regarding the Backyard, you said that it is a higher dimension and that our dimension (along with the Earth) is like a backyard of the Backyard. A lesser dimension. So is there like an actual Supreme Mega Dimension which rules over everything. For example, our dimension = potato in a soup; Backyard = the pot with the soup; and that Mega Super dimension = the kitchen? And regarding Soul's sudden new magic power from GG2. He could probably use it because he had sex with Aria (which was the Universal Will's host body at that time) and some of her power transferred to him (like SIDA). Just like how Kai became a Gear because he had sex with Dizzy. (which was speculation but it's the most probable answer) But neither Soul or Kai could access the Backyard because only Dizzy was 1/2 Justice cells and Sin was 1/4 Justice cells. Soul and Kai were not blood related to Justice so they couldn't open a door to the Backyard. Sin was probably too weak to do that. I guess, idk, it's just my theory. In any case, thank you very much for this lecture.

[@akasajian]

Noctis Cuadro So there are only two dimensions: our reality and the Backyard. Think of it like a computer program. The Backyard is the coding that the program runs on, and our world is the program itself. If you make an edit to the Backyard (the coding), you change how reality (the program) works. That’s basically what magic is. Making a tiny edit to the Backyard to do something that can’t happen in nature.

[@ppom]

I love how questionably so much of this has aged since Strive

[@seankelley1987]

Tom Oliver, you really should make a video better fleshing out the end of the cannon. I know that you were frustrated, and working on a time constraint, but I would love to listen to what you left out.

[@Talz622]

One of the funniest lore explanation videos I’ve ever seen, hella props for going through all this shit. More than makes up for the constant derails