Guilty Gear Strive - Love The Subhuman Self (Millia Rage) | Reacting To Video Game Music!

[@JamisonBoazEpsilonZero]

Love the video! I'm the guy screaming and singing in the background vocals. Glad to hear some love!

[@Jerrowashere]

epic

[@soucces2965]

super cool to see! you killed it

[@senLuno]

Bro your screams are raw as hell on this track so good

[@zach_zach5453]

THE BEES KNEES

[@Noodlesaurousrex]

Jesse is starting to learn Daisuke's matchup, just look at those reads !

[@ravssb]

I love this comment

[@Stonecargo21]

wait until he gets to Jack-O's theme

[@ravssb]

@@Stonecargo21 hopefully soon

[@giornogiovanna6576]

He will surely eat the Jack-o/Bridget mixup

[@EduardoIsSmiling]

Millia's name comes from Meliah Rage, a American thrash-metal band from the 1980s. It was named after the Meliah tribe, who used opium before battles to fall in a battle rage. Rage is also a German metal band, which had a solid success in Japan. Also, since i'm brazilian, is awesome that the spell that she receive to get her hair powers is called Angra(The brazilian power metal band)

[@iscarvalho]

In addition, the "so carry on" of the chorus is probably related to Carry On, the Angra's song that starts its chorus with the same phrase

[@Davidbiscou]

Caralho tbm sou brasileiro e nem sabia dessa kkkkk

[@clmoderno5008]

@@iscarvalho krl, quando escutei essa música pela primeira vez eu pensei direto em Carry On só pq sim kkkkk, agora q eu descobri q o poder dela se chama Angra, só pode ser referência kkkkkkkk

[@TClaymore]

The "subhuman self" the song is referring to is the Forbidden Beast (basically a magi-technological living weapon) Angra, which lets her control her hair. She's struggled with controlling it for her time in the game, but this seems to be her learning to accept and coexist with it.

[@imskxmo]

Could also be referring to Zato considering he's currently less than human, being possessed by Eddie and has no emotions aside from love for Millia and no one else, and all

[@crocodile924]

Just like zato with Eddie 🤔

[@senounatsuru6453]

Could also refer to the fact that she HATES what she has become, but is coming to terms with it and accepting it.

[@cappyven6818]

Ah yes, the metal song with unironic "Bee's Knees" 10/10

[@utebts_band]

Haha. I thought it said “the business” but bees knees is waaaay better. Like the song even more now

[@qxpn9220]

@@utebts_band kind of made it corny with that line would rather prefer the business 😂

[@TRDEWH]

@@qxpn9220 Naw man, Bees knees fucking owns so hard.

[@Storse]

​@@qxpn9220nah you're just lame bees knees rocks

[@Homodemon]

And now we got a metal screech pop song that unironically uses "Rub a dub dub" in its chorus Dammit Daisuke, you madman, you never miss

[@Lotsiron]

Lmao, Jesse got Daisuke all figured out

[@JessesAuditorium]

An honor, but I'm not worthy of his presence.

[@giornogiovanna6576]

"So much going on" Literally me when playing against Millia

[@itsturniptime3699]

I recommend Armor Clad Faith, also from Guilty Gear Strive. It’s one of my favourite tracks from the game. The theme belongs to the character Potemkin.

[@heckinboyo1656]

Best theme song ever I WILL FIGHT ANYONE WHO DISAGREES

[@CraigOrangeSoda]

S O C I E T Y

[@jdlp5910]

YES

[@vidboy_etc]

the theme belongs in a museum

[@whoopsthatsasinisntit]

DISCOOOOORD PRESIDES

[@AyyPinkShades]

Small progressions and leitmotifs of themes persist through most character songs, but they definitely try to shake it up and leave it mostly to small nods of the previous themes, as far as Strive's OST is concerned. Kinda like easter eggs haha

[@Iffem]

yeah, the only obvious one i've caught is the obvious Holy Orders and Magnolia Eclair riffs in Roar of the Spark

[@JessesAuditorium]

My bad about the random audio going up and down, messed with some settings before the vid :> Anyway, Daisuke rules.

[@kbg-]

Daisuke is indeed a mad man. There's a meme that's been going on in the GG community that Daisuke released his album and when you buy it you get the game with it. If you want a different flavour of GG music try listening to "Trigger" - Giovanna's theme from Strive.

[@TheWickedWizardOfOz1]

If you want a REALLY different flavor, listen to "The Town Inside Me" - Bridget's theme in Strive

[@Arthrexx]

You forgot to mention the 8 hour movie you get alongside the album and game

[@digiopsnyc]

Probably my favorite song in Strive

[@InternetShis]

I really wanna see your reaction to Bridget's theme, The Town Inside Me, from Strive. The backlog will take a long time to get through, especially with how recent this song is, but hopefully by the time it gets there, a version with official lyrics will exist. It's got early 00's pop vibes that work real well with her development in Strive's arcade story.

[@SokiHime]

Bridget's theme is cute

[@ShemarMooreFan]

This song actually goes hand and hand with “Let me carve your way.” The male singer from that is in the background of this song and the female singer in this song is in the background of Let me carve your way. It’s because in the lore these 2 characters are very closely connected.

[@oneish7454]

Those are actually two different singers, Jamison Boaz provides the growls in this song, while Let Me Carve Your Way is performed by Naoki Hashimoto

[@Who_is_Ari]

The male singer is not Naoki. Funny enough, he's the guy who sang the vocal versions of the XX songs for the NY and LA live shows!

[@braydo677]

Would have been cool Fr

[@rii3053]

i love how you guys copy and paste this same thing everywhere evn though its literally not true lol

[@RavinKaito]

These GG & BB requests are S tier! Yeah, EVO was great this year! The SFV finals was bananas! Love the music choice btw. I haven't heard Makoto's theme in ages and forgot how much it slaps!

[@JackgarPrime]

Idom was having the run of a lifetime that day, and it all came down to a single decision.

[@The_skeleton_enthusiast]

The duet you hear along with millia is actually zato they share lyrics in each others respective songs tho millia is less prominante in zato's theme

[@jordanpickering6912]

The metal screaming in that small part does have to do with her character, milia was raised as an assassin by Zato-1 her boss and lover but eventually she couldn't take it anymore and became a good guy. This whole song is about learning to love yourself again despite the "monster" inside and the male screaming is respresenting the Zato in her over riding her thoughts. (That's leaving out all the Zato dying, coming back to life but now emotionless and realising he fucked up and becoming a good guy and getting back with millia stuff)

[@hideharu-xiii8852]

Not so much Zato as it is Angra

[@Sintarzus]

And, yeah, definitely my favourite track in Strive. Will have an eye open for other ones.

[@turquoisenomad8418]

This is actually my favorite track in the game, and is what initially pushed me to play Millia

[@fst_po4emu4ka]

Миллия Русская. Просто знай это.

[@Keima_Katsuragi.]

@@fst_po4emu4ka кринжатура

[@azabache6058]

the subhuman self refers to Millie view of herself. She spent most of her life as an assassin until the guilt of what she's done and Zato's becoming more and more corrupt and amoral caught up with her. She left the assassins guild but was hunted both by her past and literary hunted by Zato. Currently Millie has reconcile her past or at least tries to as she makes steps to work for an organization that will help the world as well as give her fellow former assassins work outside of the killing profession. The male vocal are meant to be Zato or at least his old angry, sadistic self before his resurrection in XRD.

[@KazeMemaryu]

Millia's entire story amounts to accepting her lot in life. Having spent most of her life as an assassin under Zato (who was VERY possessive of her), she eventually started yearning for a normal life and fled the Assassin's Guild. However, this only made her a hunted fugitive, and she had to ward off her former partners time and time again. She's also carrier of one of the 4 Forbidden Beasts: Angra, which is her entire hair. It has a limited consciousness, and follows Millia's commands, but it's basically like a symbiote, and Forbidden Beasts will eventually consume their host. "Love the Subhuman Self" is a reflection of Millia's dark life, and how an assassin, hands stained in blood, can never stop the business to live a normal life. She has learned to accept her role in the world, even if she doesn't like it, and continues to bear the burden of her regrets.

[@CassieCarryd]

When you look at a video that has every character theme, (minus the DLC characters) Millia's stands out as having the "most replayed" spot right at the start of hers, so APPARENTLY, it's a fan favorite. :)

[@TRDEWH]

I would just like to say I appreciate you being an FGC guy, I feel like it gives these videos a much more interesting take knowing that you know what Fighting games are generally about.

[@Sekainoowaride]

Nice, one of my fav songs from Strive, hope you like it.

[@aganaom1712]

What gets me about this song is that she's arguably talking about two different people at the same time The person she chose to become And the man who set her on that path in the first place Hence also the two vocalists Both acknowledging that things aren't the way either of them fully intended but they're both here now and they should make the most of what they have now

[@roar104]

As far as character themes using previous game's motifs, I think the only one that has in every game is KY Kiske. Might be because Holy Orders (first theme for him) was so important to the character story and impacted him that much

[@Biosleeve]

Another classic from the gym playlist! It's always a good day when I see Guilty Gear coming up on your channel (even better when we get Persona on the same day!) and Love The Subhuman Self is yet another awesome Millia Rage theme. Glad to see that a lot of people compare the vocalist to Gwen Stefani - it immediately put me in mind of No Doubt when I first heard it. On first listen it was already an amazing song, but when the second vocalist joined in it absolutely cemented it as one of my all time favourite bits of VGM! Glad you enjoyed it Jesse

[@TigerBears11]

Bridget’s theme came out alongside her release after Evo, you should give it a listen at some point, it sounds very different from a lot of the other songs on the Strive soundtrack but it’s really great and ties in with her story in Strive incredibly well.

[@overforkover2140]

I don't know if it's been brought up yet but the vocalist for this theme is an R&B singer named Aisha, she's done the vocals for a couple of the other themes including the newest character Bridget!

[@gsegarra21]

I did not know that

[@FatalisReigns]

this is one of my favorite themes from the game, love the singer's vocals with the metal behind it and then it goes into a crazy ass solo lmao i love it so much

[@troyhumber1162]

The songs you're uploading are literally back to back bangers. Today was a good day for Jesse content. Thank you!

[@Laerei]

I look forward to you hearing the power ballad that is "Necessary discrepancy" or Ramlethal Valentine theme. The character has a really interesting and kinda cute story.

[@mummyheadGamma]

Main vocalist in this one goes by Aisha. She does all of the female vocals on the Strive soundtrack. The male vocalist is Jamison Boaz and he’s only on this track.

[@fabledredeyes]

Her metal reference is that she's named 'Millia Rage', referencing the band Rage (which was pretty popular in japan) Some of her attacks are extremely clear references, like Winger and Iron Maiden, and the demon that lets her use her hair as a weapon(long story) is named Angra. You might want to check out her old song vs Zato 'Still in the Dark' (from Guilty Gear X), especially the vocal version because it goes hard as fuck.

[@ryancurtis5425]

Definitely one of the more underrated GGSt themes imo.

[@nicholascunningham4439]

Loved watching GGS with you on Twitch. Super cool to see more songs!

[@GeebzGBZ]

So this song is actually a parallel to Let Me Carve Your Way, it also has a character tied to another character (Angra is the name iirc, been a bit), and Millia and Zato have a close relationship me and others explained when ya watched Let Me Carve Your Way. This song is more in harmony between the two singers as Millia never struggled like Zato did with her powers, which parallels Zato's chaos with Eddie.

[@SokiHime]

Still disappointed we don't have a VS theme for them

[@GeebzGBZ]

@@SokiHime I hope they add VS themes as part of a later season

[@matrixowl7912]

If you like returning riffs or parts of previous themes, Ky's older theme, Holy Orders, had its main riffs from the beginning of the track placed in the bridge of Roar of the Spark

[@eaLV-gc9cv]

im not sure if anyone has mentioned it , but in guilty gear strive you have a mini game where you can fish for piece of concept art, skins for your lobby avatar and more importantly, all the music of every guilty gear game every released , if you ever get to play it, great vid

[@Sintarzus]

I searched Jesse's reaction to this song, like, 12 hours ago, and it is actually here. Damn, this feels like a holiday present.

[@kassandra_sae4563]

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who heard gwen when I heard her strive theme

[@Paulynomicon]

Aye milla! Shout outs to all of us millia mains out there.

[@Skimmerlit]

“Duet” Man, don’t accidentally make me cry

[@weertangel7231]

For ingame lore, Millia Rage is a Assassin who uses her hair controlled by magic as a weapon, she stuffs it in her hat for the most part couse ui'm guessing its at least 2,5 meters long. She had a romantic relationship with her Boss Zato-1 before he died the first time though these days that relationship has cooled down.

[@enmakozato8894]

Heck yeah, super glad you reacted to this one and proud to have boosted. Everyone and their mom swears this is the best track in Strive, so it was a no brainer. (Personally I still think Let Me Carve Your Way is the best song in the game, though hehe)

[@nevanV12]

I've been waiting for this specific track for Uncle Jessie to react to. I am so excited.

[@Shad0wReaper133]

I had a similar reaction to 3:18 when I first listened. That part goes real fucking hard and I love it. EDIT: Trivium's The Crusade is on a 7 string guitar in Standard B tuning. So B E A D G B E. Live they play all their standard or drop D songs half a step down so they don't have to switch tunings as often.

[@JessesAuditorium]

Nice profile picture ;) I know it's a 7 lol, I was just talking about the open notes / octave sound mostly. But yee.

[@Shad0wReaper133]

@@JessesAuditorium I figured I'd add the information in there anyways in case anyone who wasn't familiar with them didn't know. Just double checked as well on Matt's The Crusade playthrough video and the intro is indeed played on the E string. (May have also seen your comment from 3 years ago on there lol) Also, don't tell Matt I nabbed the profile picture from Facebook lmao

[@konnerwilley4844]

So far the most different song is Bridget's theme "The Town Inside Me". While not exactly my style I can't deny that for what it is its fantastic.

[@Unotuchable]

The metal growls are actually by a guy named Jamison Boaz who is most well known as playing Retsuko when she goes into death metal mode from the anime series Aggretsuko.

[@ravssb]

This is my favourite song in guilty gear and I’m so glad you’ve analysed it

[@Mrinsecure]

This song blew me away the first time I heard it. I have no idea how it managed that insane intro with the complete changes in chords, rhythm, and (I think?) time signature, but I just feel like it's them styling on us for the sake of it.

[@Segmented]

Hell yeah, been waiting for this one and Alone Infection.

[@T_Man]

Yes yes yes yes Best song. Can't wait.

[@jordanpickering6912]

Love the video cant wait till you get to the all the other songs in this game, I've watched all of your others and loved your reactions and breakdowns

[@donhi1526]

hope the lyrics videos stay for the rest of the strive tracks, cus sure thats gonna make some songs hit alot harder.

[@realkingofantarctica]

Check your channel every week or so to catch up on your reactions. Each time a little part of me hopes to see this song. This time though I was gone for about two weeks, and what do I see first thing when I open your channel? As bright as day.

[@stuckincollege1778]

So I've only seen GGS and GGXR and some story summaries so some or everything may be inaccurate, but since know one else has, let me explain. So Millia and Zato are both assassins and human weapons, Millia being able to turn her hair in weapons such as a blade or to wings, while Zato has a shadow demon called Eddie that lets him use his shadows to attack. But Millia didn't like the life of a assassin, so she tried taking her own life, but Zato saved her and taught her how to be a assassin, later she began to like him more until she realised she loved him. But the problem was no matter how well Zato trained her, he couldn't get rid of her hatred for assassinations and the Guild(the assassination company). Sadly she is given a mission to kill Zato who was now possessed by Eddie(shadow demon). You get 2 paths, one where Millia can't kill Eddie and he leaves Zato to die from his wounds, or Millia kills both Zato and Eddie. Though Eddie and Zato died, the Conclave(government company) used their body to test the "Art of Resurrection". This brings Eddie and Zato back to life, but Zato has lost all feeling, even his reason to live. That is until he meats Millia again. He feels something for the first time, he starts to care. He decides even though they both don't belong to the Guild and he has no will to live he decides to live for her. He becomes a assassin again. not for the guild, but to help the one he loves from the shadows. Love the Subhuman Self is about Milla trying to find a way to love( especially herself) again after killing Zato, while Let Me Carve Your Way is about Zato losing his reason for being until he finds Millia and he decides to be a assassin for he so she never has to go back to being a assassin. Sorry if I got anything wrong, again I started in GGXR and have seen only some summary videos. Also sorry for the long explanation but this type of games(Skullgirls, Tekken, Street fighters, etc.) for some reason have a pretty in depth story, I skipped like 70% of the story.

[@hideharu-xiii8852]

Absolutely my fav song. It’s so freaking good

[@wednesdaygeckok.7899]

This slowly became my favorite tune on the entire soundtrack, im not a millia player but hearing it so much really bore its way into my brain and never let up.

[@Geiko32]

I would say this is still my favorite song of this game but the new DLC's character brought something just as good. I highly recommend hearing her song Extra.

[@Eggsi__]

This song goes so hard, I don't know why but I haven't actually listened to all of it before this video, and All of sudden..it was stuck in my head.

[@valla7644]

GG Strive sold a 1M copies, deserved

[@tivitect]

I’m also glad this game gets people into metal. It got me into metal, and I’m eternally grateful to the god among men, Daisuke Ishiwatari

[@RasenCore]

Oh man more Strive hell yes. Bangers left and right. Now that you heard Millia's theme you should really listen to Zato's "Let me carve your way" since it has a very strong connection to this one. Also, I would recommend "Tsuki no Shihai" from Xrd

[@gsegarra21]

He already heard that search for it

[@RasenCore]

@@gsegarra21

[@Darkslicer17]

my favorite theme

[@androtaz2621]

masterclass on how to do clean female metal vocals. i. e. amazing.

[@dualsoul7398]

Don't know...why i felt so happy to heard this song👹

[@cptdumplin]

Awh man Guilty Gear, wasn't that that series of albums that have a game attached each time?

[@omega837]

This is the first guilty game that has character themes with lyrics and everyone of theme is really different because they are truly the character themes. It's not just a song but a storytelling if the character both in the song structure and in the lyrics, it's always really cool to sed such an amaizing work for a game

[@14megasxlr]

Easy too 5 of this ost. Damn, my girl’s theme is amazing.

[@GoldenKaos]

It'll be 3AM when this drops for me, so see ya in the morning Jesse

[@Frostman411]

All I need now is Like a Weed, As a Matter of Course. That one just gets me every time.

[@wildwolfdante]

Such a great song. The chorus instantly gave me Sonata Arctica vibes mostly what came to mind was their song Unopened. Kinda similar bpm, maybe? Not sure but gave me a similar feeling.

[@JessesAuditorium]

Ooh, I forgot about that band. I love their cover of "Fade to black"

[@turquoisenomad8418]

Also yes, Millia uses her hair as a weapon lol

[@ByrneBaby]

That duet part represents Milia's relationship with Zato-1, whose theme, Let Me Carve Your Way, also references Milia and how he felt about her. Depending on who you ask, the male vocals could even be Eddie, the puppet he controls, speaking for Zato, since their history left him devoid of emotion and sight. also that "damn dude" had me like "welcome to Milia's themes" lmao her songs only ever go hard

[@krasmazov009]

I see you with Makoto's theme at the start.

[@skrillathrilla52]

absolutely one of the top 3 or 2 songs of strive no contest

[@goroakechi5270]

"Manslaughter Doktor? I did that shit on PURPOSE!"

[@JaakunaSetsu]

If you want slightly older GG song with lyrics i recommend Ride the Fire and Heavy day from Xrd series.

[@noidsuper]

Favorite Strive song by FAR

[@RenegadeVash]

This, Chip , and Potemkin are my favorite

[@AoAD]

Jamison Boaz is the male voice in the song.

[@JudythDeyla]

BIG BLAST SONIC

[@memelydcatting3049]

GG's music slaps so hard

[@Jonago.]

This man needs to hear the glorious Faust theme

[@jdlp5910]

You should definitely check out "Trigger" (Giovanna's Theme) if you want to hear another awesome, but...different-feeling song.

[@Laerei]

One thing I often mull over is why hasn't anyone tried to smash together "Love the Subhuman Self" with Devil May Cry 5's "Subhuman". Or maybe they have tried and it didn't work.

[@yotambraunshtein9786]

Very power metal

[@oneish7454]

This song is the bee's knees

[@bananapuncher1716]

you should do Heavy Day or Ride The Fire from Xrd, both are great

[@lukelmaooooo]

strive's music is just on another level man...

[@Sekainoowaride]

Guilty Gear does both, Leitmotiefs AND new themes, as the games Progress, characters change, either physically or in Personality/Find a new Purpose. Millia Rage in the early games is a Former Assasin on the run from her own Organization. In Strive she's in a Completely different situation.

[@StarfieldDisarray]

Pretty much everyone you'd ask would name a different track as Strive's best song, but I felt like this was one of the most common ones for good reason. AISHA kills it here.

[@scottdreemurrthegodofcreation]

This is my theme song

[@Unotuchable]

Also if you want a Guilty Gear song that goes hard then may I recommend Diva or Holy Orders III from GG2 Overture? The game itself is a bit nothing but they did an awesome job with the character themes.

[@unclefunkle5478]

would love to see your reactions to faust and testament's strive themes

[@FishBird_]

The bee's knees

[@UweBajola]

I wanna see how he'd react to Faust's theme. Hopefully he goes through all the characters lol

[@allknowingcapybara557]

I think one worthy of your ears would be "Disaster of Passion".

[@lukelmaooooo]

when you listen to Find Your One Way, listen to the AMV that ArcSys released themselves during evo!