How to Get into the Kagerou Project

[@foreverelande]

All I did was listen to the song Kagerou Daze and now I'm trying to get into a fandom

[@mug489t5]

That’s the life

[@Tasmint]

Yan I see you are also a danagnronpa fan A person of culture I see

[@foreverelande]

@@noramnisnothere5024 NO BUT I DID SEE THAT AND BOY IM JUST HNNNAAAASARRRRRRHHHHHHH

[@Julia-xk5uk]

Same

[@harmonium5495]

Same here.

[@herpdiederper]

When I first found the Kagerou Project I ended up watching the anime first, listening to the songs, reading the manga, and hopefully soon the novels.

[@sauciine]

I listened to the songs, then the anime, then the manga, and I plan to order the entire light novel set very soon.

[@QuinsonHonQBB123XX]

I also found the anime first, now I want to start digging into the songs

[@isaiahpaul56]

me too🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@riddle_leech3746]

@@QuinsonHonQBB123XX where can I watch the anime..? :3

[@QuinsonHonQBB123XX]

@@riddle_leech3746 I found it on a pirating site... So unless you are ok with that, good luck with finding the anime XD

[@major_havok7854]

My personal favorite way to experience the project, is to listen to the songs as you read the chapter with the same name in the manga, and then watch the anime once you finish the songs and manga, you watch the anime all on August 15th... I don’t have the novels so that’s why I left it out

[@major_havok7854]

One year later and I now have all the novels and I'm going to try and read all of them on August 15th

[@sekeb338]

@@major_havok7854 i respect that

[@lamtarn4158]

Where can you watch the anime and what’s the name pls?

[@kjg498]

Mekakucity Actors, I just found the episodes on facebook and watched it there (im going to watch the finale today, it feels like a bittersweet goodbye)

[@pixistr]

I needed this video two years ago when I was trying to get into kagepro- Now I can at least send it to all my friends to drag them into the project!

[@laughingstock6078]

Heres the bad thing though. People only heard the music then go to the anime. Thats why alot of people feel like the anime feels too happy without earning it. Its like watching one piece with the only the backstory and then the when luffy saw the one piece. Its the cummunities responsibility to help others understand a multimedia story like this. And you are one of the biggest help in the community. Ive been with kagepro since its release in niconico douga then in youtube. I treat this franchise close to being a fanatic due to 40 percent of my childhood revolves around this project.

[@major_havok7854]

I’m ashamed to say that I did that same thing, and honestly regret it... if only I knew better

[@Danny-yb8tw]

Yep, i did the same, in my defense i was a middle school kid who didnt know about the other mediums, but i still love kagerou project with my whole soul in college now :>

[@gary7846]

Thank god i read the manga first, then the anime. it was so satisfying

[@Krimpsopher]

You're telling me Yobanashi Deceive (my favourite song) is part of a cool project? Now I'm hyped!

[@laurenm162]

After five years, I’m gonna go back and reading the manga and light novels. I was so into Kagepro years ago but I’m realizing now that I missed so much lore and content.

[@Konez0]

Breadbox ily (As a youtuber tysm for making this!) Edit: I've been dying all these years wondering how to bring everyone into Kagerou Project. And now it's finally here! Tysm! may Mekakucity Reload come soon!

[@plain7439]

Since 2 years ago I have been in the fanbase but I still don't have a clear clue what mekakucity reload is. Is it an album, a new season or something?

[@NextPlayAdventure]

@@plain7439 both, actually. The album already came out tho, but the new anime season doesn't have a release date yet.

[@osudrogba]

Damn i saw you everywhere in any kagerou project related videos

[@psychlops924]

I started with the anime, then read the novels, then went through all of the songs (which was only possible thanks to Wikipedia lol), then read the manga. I loved it the whole way through, so anything works, but I think your recommendation is a good one. Starting with the songs lowers the barrier to entry too

[@shmeegis466]

Well, shit. I started as an anime-craving newbie and watched the show, not knowing anything beforehand.

[@scrawny6278]

My friend told me about the project and I found the anime first oof

[@mug489t5]

Yeah

[@chickennuggets1990]

Laughs in found Outer Science first

[@Cooltink101]

@@chickennuggets1990 Haha same

[@miles4939]

i listened to yuukei yesterday and saw someone mention the anime in the comments, so i watched it. i have no idea what's going on :P

[@SwaggerJoyce]

A clear & straight-forward video telling us where to start and how to get into it - I can't now thank u enough for such a nice short video 👌

[@grimgrinningghostie]

ah, the ultimate test of my adhd. i have not finished a book in years, we'll see how this goes

[@nidgithm]

"the reader has to remember them" me, with terrible memory: ah. joking aside, thanks for the video

[@jerrybean4586]

Thanks for the video! Listened to a couple of kagerou project songs and wanted to figure out how to get the story and this helps a lot

[@Wcrklmn]

It’s nice to know that I know a couple of the songs already. Can’t wait to get into all of this!

[@spectrumbookstuff9800]

followed your instructions, regretted nothing. thank you so much for making this video; i was just about to watch the anime right after the songs when i found this vid. now i feel so grateful i didn't do that; it makes the ending of the anime feel so much more rewarding.

[@Lazycat523]

I needed this when I was younger...I watched the anime first then later on, when I got older heard the musics,manga, and some of the novels. I still fell in love with it ^w^ and still is my favorite series I have enjoyed

[@Inky_doodledoo]

Hey breadbox, can you make a video about how jin created kagerou project 😀?!

[@yukkurispee1773]

go to unubmaster's channel, he has that topic and other interesting vocaloid video essays

[@spiralnoir]

Hey man, since its the day I just want to thank you for this. Here was the first time I heard about the project. I ended up loving the story and the characters so much! This is now one of my favorite uh... things(? ever! And in a way it has changed my life a little, so Im relly glad I´ve found this video. Hope more people will enjoy the ride as much as I did. Also, because of your channel I´ve been hearing more vocaloid/japanese stuff, so thanks again. Happy 15th

[@megarotom1590]

"These 23 songs on screen" *shows 22 songs*

[@ahokero]

this video will save me alot of time when im trying to get friends into it lmao ty

[@Tasmint]

Got into this 5 years ago don’t regret to this day-

[@Inky_doodledoo]

You know what's best about being in this kagepro fandom (that's not about being dead) It's not toxic . People can share their art, ships, and love for this series 😊❤!

[@auroricaura]

Ah shoot, I listened to some of the songs and went onto the anime. I was gonna start the novels. I thought there was some ambiguity that was either for big fans or for people to piece together. Nevertheless if the narrative is properly finished I know I will enjoy it since it was one of my favourite animes despite everything. I knew there was more to it and I'm going to find it.

[@marianaperez4515]

When I first saw the anime I hated it because I didn't undertand it then I gave it a chance and loved it so I listened to the songs and started to read the manga and novels, unfortunately there aren't many sources of the novels and manga translated in spanish, I might understand it in english but I want to enjoy it in my language :(

[@chrispyrice5291]

huh... wish i watched this before i literally just bingewatched the entire anime today.... I really liked it and I want to learn more about the story

[@valorkaizen]

just the right time to spend time on this

[@Inky_doodledoo]

11 year old me was sooo obsessed with kagepro!!

[@cacatuamiseravel9207]

ITS AUGUST FIFTEENTH!

[@ryanthecomic]

Activate the community subtitles thing Now.

[@Sodota]

I think the main problem with the kagerou project is that in order to care about a specific character you have to jump into other mediums in order to get to know them better in context as the Vocaloid laid the seeds to their development and what their arc would be. But in order to get more context on them, you have to read, watch, or listen. And it would save a lot more time if it was told and neatly laid and written about in one of the mediums its told in so it would save more time and money and the viewer would still have an equally better experience if it was better planned and thought out.

[@NextPlayAdventure]

The reade would then not experience the intrigue of figuring things out by thinking through and following along on their own.

[@Sodota]

@@NextPlayAdventure They could by the magic of show don't tell though. But I do see what you mean. But that can also be used in the anime or manga if you correct and carefully put down clues by just showing or just by foreshadowing it in the dialogue. Like Evangelion neon genesis. That show has a lot of symbolic and foreshadowing to where it still has the intrigue of thinking what's going on and interpreting things like the characters and the ending.

[@Sodota]

@YukanoChi I do see what you mean! I guess having it multi-medium or not both has its fair share of flaws when going. It just ultimately depends on how you'll write it and using it to where is lessens the flaws or rids of it altogether. And also the budget, art/animation and such that goes into the mediums, whether its multi-medium or not! (Sorry if the exclamation points sound passive-aggressive unintentually)

[@cleosvoyage]

1:48 for songs in order!

[@judahosborne8868]

I listened to all the songs first, then watched the anime. Then I listened to all the songs again. Then watched the anime. I've been repeating this process for years. I should probably read the manga and novels.

[@mndfckr]

I just found a folder with the characters on it, im gonna look more into it

[@mug489t5]

I just like the one song I didn’t know there was this whole big thing

[@mug489t5]

Too complicated, I’m going back to Blazblue CF

[@quotastrider801]

I found out about the kagerou project because I was browsing anime swords and found one from it

[@heathazedays193]

I listened to the songs watched the anime and now I’m going to read the mangas now

[@vengefulkatana7613]

I watched Mekakucity Actors, then Kagerou Project, then the novels, then the manga

[@Theaveragegamer_12]

My exposure to this whole thing was Outer Science. Now I'm trying to find stuff to read.

[@Alexis-te9zn]

Oh no I just saw this video after completing the anime

[@sleepypoppy7941]

This question is more related to within the context of the series itself rather then a question about getting into the project, and I do apologize for its irrelevancy , but I really want to get some clarification (or at least some feedback) when it comes to this subject. That being... How did Takane and Haruka exactly get their eye abilities? I believe you've said in your retrospective that the Clearing eyes (which I will now refer to as "Saeru") tricked the daze into thinking that the mind and body of the two students were seperate and distinct entities, and that those two entities would follow the rule of the daze; which as you know, resulted into creation of Haruka's new body and Takane's computer form. Which to give props, was an amazing explanation! It gives a bit of context to how broken the daze has really become without the order of the queen (at least that's what I believe) or how much of a threat Saeru really is with his knowledge of the daze. However that does leave a few questions for me. (And this is going from what I know/seen in the Manga and Anime as well as a small bit of knowledge from the novels) Firstly, how did Saeru do all that? How did he separate the two's mind and body as two distinct entities? Did he surgically remove all the connection between the body and the mind moments before tragedy stroke? Did he destroy one moments before the other? Did he just tell his fellow snake brotherns in the daze "Hey dude, bro, dudessss, i found two two-for-one sales, you wanna have them?" And even then it still raises a bigger question, how did Takane and Haruka return to their original state? For Haruka, I can sorta see why, the dan gets him back at the end of MCA (As much as I'd like reject the anime and wish it was non-canon), But I don't get how Takane gets her own body back; if we're going off from my first point and the rule of the daze, then shouldn't her body supposed to be swallowed and lost in the daze?? Because she retains her memory even after she becomes Ene, which makes me believe that her eye ability was given to her mind and her body was taken as a sacrifice for her eye ability. So how did Saeru keep her body in tact? I could ask more about this, but I believe I've asked enough to a point where its not too complicated for answer/give feedback (I hope). And again this is going off from what I know or seen from the Manga and Anime, so if there are some things that are off, please let me know!

[@BreadBoxVideo]

To my furthest knowledge all of those are simply put just plot holes. There really isn't an explanation as to why Takane and Haruka do that, especially in the manga 2 timeline in which Haruka and Takane die of natural causes and not due to the clearing eyes. It is something that is unfortunately never explained,

[@nicolasvignolo7601]

I read a theory once that said that you don't need to die with someone else to enter the kagerou daze, you just enter it if you are compatible with an eye ability, that would make a lot of sense and it would explain why ayano can enter alone and all the takane and haruka stuff, specially in manga 2

[@plume539]

I wish you made this video when I was jamming my head to heat haze days when it was first released and popular,Damn

[@furbymaster4239]

I came from a song one of the songs that was in Project Diva, what the heck is this rabbit hole found myself into.

[@Yikes17337]

Thank youuuuu. Now I get get in to it

[@keirataylor824]

You forget the most important thing ThE rAdIo DraMA!

[@anitalumentut8853]

At the moment I have listened to the songs and I am currently watching the anime

[@shadow.100]

Can someone make an explanation of the whole story, like sum it up ? And make a video about it ?

[@gary7846]

I read the manga first, thank god i didn't fuck up, anime next! I was devastated reading the manga

[@thoanguyen-sq4zk]

Don't think too much, Kagerou Project is like an ultra HD realistic texture pack in a game.

[@Wcrklmn]

Hopefully the time it takes to get through kagerou project is something like webtoons, bc I’m experienced with the amount of time it takes to complete a story, whether the WEBTOON is completely done or not

[@joi_micaella]

Damn....I was checking out LiSA songs and one or two was in the anime mekaku ciry actors...I have watched the anime back then but I am just confused af then searched about it here expecting a bad review on anime for confusing stuff then this vid pop up wow the story was way deeper

[@TirroticLIVE]

You put this video out on my bday lol

[@kawaiiempoleon8721]

Does anyone have a playlist with all the 23 he listed in the release order cause like it's borderline impossible to find a full collection of the songs

[@kawaiiempoleon8721]

also is there a discord or something for kagepro

[@sa_mos6]

Did you find any? I'm still new to the Kageroupro ​@@kawaiiempoleon8721

[@Ashy492]

Does anyone know the release order of the songs or know where I could find it?😅 Also thank you so much for this video, it helps a lot for someone like me who is newly getting into this!

[@josedelpezo1128]

El título está en español pero el vídeo esta en inglés, un fin, la hipocresía

[@nickelodeonahhahhakawhilau6848]

Ok so im confused are the songs and manga different like timelines? I finished the songs and im on chapter 64 of the manga and im a little confused

[@doom4232]

Does anyone have a link to a kagepro playlist with songs in release order?

[@Remy_star]

I used this one: kzbin.info/aero/PLrFcOXHd7dS_ZzA8eqyvaYqdJuHXpWd2s

[@doom4232]

@@Remy_star Thanks!

[@paulthebaron7835]

Are you ever planning on doing more of the audiobook readings on your channel? I really enjoyed listening to it

[@j19l8r4]

I just stumbled into this and now I'm curious. I can't process everything(ye I'm dumb) but i want to get into this. What and where should i start?

[@jpavila6105]

Where can i listen?

[@bunnygears9988]

Wasn't there a movie as well?

[@taquito865]

it's an OVA, it's on youtube, but I'm not sure when you should watch it.

[@critter_crunchr]

im super confused because now im hearing that theres multiple endings?? also every playlist that i've seen with all the kagepro songs are in a different order??? can i choose what order when it comes to the songs or not?? im so confused

[@gingerspice5477]

Hey I just experienced what you do so I went to Safari to find some answers and cake up with this Wikipedia article kagerouproject.fandom.com/wiki/Music/Music_Route_Order which lists most of the important songs in chronological order plus what happens between songs. After listening to those you can then listen around to the other songs and probability be able to place where they fit in between those other songs. Hope this helps!

[@critter_crunchr]

also if for whatever reason by the time i finish all the songs and i STILL dont know whats going on, should i rely on the manga to tell me what happened or should i rewatch the music videos?

[@halseyactual1732]

What is the chronological order of the songs to deliver coherent storytelling.

[@englerjeffrey16]

I'm trying to get into kagerou but I can't get into the song, can I skip the songs?

[@laughingstock6078]

oh yeah, any thoughts on kanzaki iori's songs. i really like i want to be your god.

[@Inky_doodledoo]

I love kagerou project 😀😁❤!!

[@Konez0]

Yes someone alive like me!

[@Inky_doodledoo]

@@Konez0 , sad that the project is underrated to a lot of anime fans 😔

[@Inky_doodledoo]

@@Konez0 , but glad the fandom isn't dead 😁!!

[@Konez0]

@@Inky_doodledoo mhm..

[@justin_64]

I love Jin

[@hawaiikkojiri1726]

Srsly where tf do yall get the anime from

[@geogriffith5449]

Wait what is the name of the anime?

[@potatorequiem727]

Bruh I ain't gonna do aNything I'm just gonna watch it nOrmaly

[@adriennesabinesolante6553]

Lol regret so much I’ve heard of the Kagerou Project when I started Vocaloid 5 years ago and totally ignored the hype around Kagerou Days and all the other songs and even the anime

[@AurascentStorm]

sPAMMING THI S TO ALL MAH FRIENDOS< BIGG THANK!!

[@jacethemagegaming]

...Well, can't be worse than Fate or Kingdom Hearts, I'll give it a shot.

[@hope167]

Yee yee

[@blanche__]

Pretty sure all you have to do is die on aug 15

[@sulfuriccherries1535]

bro i already screwed myself lol i watched the anime first

[@Maun000]

I heard that kagerou project has ecchi. Is that true?

[@BreadBoxVideo]

No that is not true at all.

[@Sodota]

If they were legal then it would be a lost opportunity hughuthuhrtughu

[@justin_64]

In the manga you can see a naked loli xD in the 7th. Not really naked. And its nit really a loli but nvm

[@letsdaze1168]

We really need new fans cuz this fandom dead af

[@letsdaze1168]

YukanoChi same

[@Freminettruther]

Me :v

[@latet0th3party]

I just joined the fandom 😅

[@adonborg3409]

I just joined the Fandom today

[@arturhorevoets7706]

Shit hahaha I watched the anime first

[@danheng]

gonna finally get into kagepro cause its aug 15 woo