KikuoHana - It's Another Maze There

March 5th, 2017 is the release date for the "KikuoHana Second Act" album.
Site: www.subcul-rise.jp/kikuohana/2nd/
Amazon: www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B06XJVKQLP/
"Second Act" encore CD with a special disc (unreleased new song recording)
Song, lyrics: Kikuo　
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kikuo.jp
Singing: Hana Tan　
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Video: Otori
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[@nipplenurple8237]

HOW DOES HANATAN GO FROM A 10 YEAR OLDS VOICE TO A 20 YEAR OLDS VOICE

[@dancingcorpses39]

i never realized that! her voice gets deeper as the song continues, thats a neat observation

[@avi_ash_hart]

Magic

[@crackheadradar7803]

She’s so talented

[@NOEL-lg6bg]

YEAH THATS WHAT I THOUGHT WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS SONG

[@thelemon2177]

Who’s hanatan ?

[@sas-ft2kl]

guys I think she's stuck in a maze

[@star_dashes]

oh my gosh you’re right

[@artthenecromancer404]

Hmmmmmm Nah, seems unlikely

[@eww3213]

Hmmmm Maybe the chances are low though.

[@amjaz-]

Wait wait.. nahhhh.. but like maybe? 🤔

[@darkqwartzsytal834]

Why is she stuck in a maze [Oblivion NPC Dialogue starts]

[@wanderingsoul4103]

I love how Hanatan manipulates her voice in a way that makes people think that there is more than 1 person singing the song.

[@raccoonchild]

I really love the bits where she's an old person and then a child. This song is so much fun to sing.

[@carlosa2618]

Siempre le muestro una canción suya a mis amigos y pregunto cuantas personas creen que cantan

[@takoihina4731]

Yeah, I agree I also can make 2 different sound, but I suck, haha Seems like an impossible dream but I want to sing like Hanatan when I grow up! Sorry that I just vent about my dream here

[@hanadashi3910]

takoi hina 5 months late but same I also wish I can do this

[@fluoryte]

@@hanadashi3910 just found this song too, wow its good

[@perrilewis180]

How the Madoka Magica fandom hasn't used this song to death is a mystery

[@bug4459]

kikuos songs, and animations scream makoda magica

[@rinatepaste9218]

Now that you mention it, i'm surprised too

[@h0lodm0966]

youre right, this and tengoku he ikou could remind me of homura..

[@olliep0pstar]

Hanatan did a cover of Magia and it is SO GOOD

[@h0lodm0966]

@@olliep0pstar HOW COULD I HAVE NOT KNOWN

[@deldarel]

Hanatan and Kikuo is a musical match made in heaven.

[@Hiraishin247]

Don't forget siku's illustrations that give life to the video and his album covers

[@d3ltazer0judgement]

Better than camellia and nanahira together

[@notmitsukiyolol]

KikuoHana is a perfect fusion, siku is the one with equal power

[@autism21918]

Agreed

[@OrcasProductions]

U say that I say Mari and hero Idk why I brought that up probs cause basil refers to the, as a match made in heaven but oh well

[@sas-ft2kl]

Has anyone realized that in most of Kikuos songs you can see jellyfishes? Or is that just me?

[@Ana-tq2if]

Jellyfishes represent painful memories

[@elpepe-fv3rk]

@@Ana-tq2if whoaa i never knew that

[@knight6789]

@@Ana-tq2if WOA

[@connortucker487]

Yume Nikki is an interesting comparison with jellyfish as well

[@OrcasProductions]

Hm…. I’m making a playlist of a variety of Kikuo Bo en Mother mother And in each picture theirs a hidden Ron (my main villain) when I post it maybe I’ll be the first to find all of it!

[@spirituscorvus3980]

Just a theory but I think this song implies a purgatory. In lyrics, the maze have "Three-thousand entrance and Forty-nine exit". In buddhism, 3000world(三千世界) means "the whole world". And when someone dead, their soul stay 49 days and leave this life in (also) buddhism. 49 also reference "a pain of death(死苦)" in japan. So, the maze is something between life and death. Aand some lyrics represent girl's death(We can see a girl lying on the pool of blood too!) In this theory, this song is about a girl dead, go to maze (purgatory I guess) and searching for exit of this world. (I'm not good at english so if some words are strange, i'm very sorry about thatTT Also, this song is amazingly great! Thank you for write n sing this epic song kikuo and hanatan and thanks Otori san for made this vedio!!)

[@Pbness]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought that this song is kinda like purgatory. It also seems to go together with O Light. It doesn't seem like the person in the videos are the same but if they are than it feels like O Light it a prequel, let's say the girls death and her actually *going to* purgatory while this song is her *in* purgatory. But the theme is very similar.

[@dagonhandfield-burgess2317]

Agree

[@asdfdsdfasfsfad1]

the chair at the end kind of reminds me of someone kicking a chair over as they hang themselves -- maybe the girl killed herself/is killing herself over and over again in purgatory

[@laundryman6426]

@@asdfdsdfasfsfad1 She was also looking at her own body so I'd say she hung herself

[@vifurawa2715]

The connection to O Light can also be seen at 3:21 with the same jellyfish that was in O Light's vid.

[@UWAGAGA]

The animation isn't something I see everyday, that combined with Kikuo and Hanatan is just too great for me. ;-;

[@noctuadiscipulum9715]

I remember seeing a good animation in a video like this, it's called "O light" you should check it out

[@UWAGAGA]

Aaa I remember seeing O light, I liked that one too

[@binaryflip6129]

KAD O light (Hikari Yo) is just , so beautiful !

[@gtrupai3654]

i miss teh skype chat

[@zirai__samurai]

必ず救われるわけじゃないその世界観が好き

[@haydenphillips5345]

My view on this world is very twisted in such ways that constantly drive me insane. It hurts I don’t wanna be like my mother I despise such a reality. I just wanna be normal and not crave these realities kikuo paints

[@user-pt3qw5ui2t]

私が思うに...

[@ILeoILNARDO]

@@haydenphillips5345 what do you mean?

[@KW-ik5pp]

許せない許せない許せない許せない許せない許せない許せない許せない許せない許せない許せない許せない許せない許せない許せない許せない

[@KW-ik5pp]

ぽぽぽ

[@kaeya2794]

at the complete end of the video, 4:22 ,the way she is standing and the chair falling down really gives a strong implication of suicide, in my opinion.

[@calamari_angel]

Well i would assume so, the chair falling over is showing someone hanging themselves. She must have gotten tired of the maze...

[@_3.14]

Yeah, I agree, in a part of the video (4:03) we can see her choking, like if she’s running out of oxygen

[@remty516]

Something that feels fitting to me: 1:08 "The sadness of coming upon a dead end; the surprise when the bottom gives way; the suffocation." "The sadness of coming upon a dead end" would be the reason for suicide, the dead end in life. "the surprise when the bottom gives way" you don't hang yourself every day so I guess how it is must be surprising "the suffocation." well..yeah. Of course I'm just a random dude who likes this music and looked at this line after reading the theories about suicide in the comments, so take this with a grain of salt. I have no experience in reading/speaking Japanese and I can't read the context so again, don't accept what I'm saying as-is.

[@wonderrione9287]

It would make sense because a jellyfish also appears Wich indicates painful memories so maybe she killed herself to escape the pain she felt and now she's in a hopeless maze as said in the song she's still looking for a goal somewhere

[@Ncha2000s]

Yeah

[@cutieyan4295]

The fact that Hanatan voice keep getting deep through out the song it really resemble that the girl has been stuck there for a long time (Idk if hanatan voice is getting deep or higher)

[@batfacedliar8922]

i think its getting deeper.

[@voredaddy]

So I think that she was in an accident that put her in a coma but then died and now she’s just stuck in purgatory. There’s one line where she says something like I’d rather be stuck like this rather than be stuck in a world where I can’t move which also makes me think that she could’ve also been paralyzed rather than be in a coma. It’s not really important but I thought it was an interesting line.

[@tyronethelost_boy940]

Wait but this theory comes to something even more sad, unless she was paralyzed because of an accident and instead she was already paralyzed that means someone either like pushed into the road or something, because she can't walk or move.

[@kmartfan32]

romaji lyrics meikyū meikyū meikyū meikyū ni mayoikonde iru ... mae ni kabe yoko mo kabe ushiro mo ten mo kabe yuka ga nuke mata aruku jōge ni sayū ni asa hiru ban ... totsuzen no otoshiana sakebu genki mo naku ochite yuku itsumademo chihei no kanata e icchokusen nobori kudari kudari kudari kudari tsuzuki no fushigi na chihei wa maru de ikiteta toki mitai tsuzuite yuku meikyū kurushimimashō ikidomari no kanashimi soko ga nukeru odoroki ikigurushisa ga tsuzuite yuku meikyū kurushimimashō tsugitsugi to tachihadakaru mumimushū no konkuriito o tobotobo yokereba itsuka wa gōru ... mata yuka ga nuke me ga sameta iki o kirashiteru yume o mita haiiro no meikyū o tobotobo magaru yume nobori kudari kudari kudari kudari tsuzuki no fushigi na genjitsu korogari ochite yuku machikamaeru meikyū kurushimimashō sanzenko no iriguchi yonjūkyū no deguchi ga mawaru sekai de machikamaeru meikyū kurushimimashō koroge suberu bakari de itsumo dokoka nagasareru mama nasakenai keredo dokoka ga gōru ... chihei o korogari meikyū ni meikyū nuke ochi mata chihei yaru koto nasu koto muda mitai sonna toki wa meikyū sagashite mimashō ugokenai sekai yori utsuro ni auki mawaru sono hō ga suki mayoitakute meikyū sagashite mimashō utsuro na kurushimi dake shizuka a kanashimi dake sore dake ga ii mayoitakute meikyū sagashite mimashō kudarizaka no itami wa korite korite mō iya dakara gōru wa watashi no gōru wa gōru wa mada koko ni wa nai nai ā mada koko ni wa nai

[@emmak3365]

Thanks!! :)

[@doorkun99]

It's interesting, it seems like this song was made for Hanatan's voice, the vocaloid version sounds off, but this one sounds fantastic.

[@chesteraj7179]

I feel that way whenever there’s both a KikuoHana version and a vocaloid version

[@camz92]

arent the kikuohana songs made for hanatan to sing and the vocaloid versions are just an extra

[@plutopop98]

@@camz92 yea

[@NinetailsNineLives]

i think it's because when miku pronounces the b in "kabe", it doesn't sound very clear and it sounds like miku just saying "ka 𝗲."

[@heyjestie]

the song reminds me of the feeling when you are trapped and alone in a bad situation, especially as a child, and use your imagination to escape from the real world. often times, children who have stressful home lives will develop a kind of maladaptive daydreaming, where they daydream to escape from their struggles in the world, and dissapearing into this world of "mazes". being in their head so often usually hinders their development especially socially. I believe this song is about someone who used imaginative worlds to cope and now realizes that they cannot escape their made-up worlds and that all they are and ever will be is fake. but whenever they try to interact with the real world they don't know how to behave regularly and are ostracized and bullied for their poor communication skills... probably not, though.

[@I-forgot-how-to-draw.]

reminds me of something i used to do, now i dont know how to be social

[@wjsnactivist6141]

Hanatan has a very theatrical and dramatic delivery to her voice, which I think complements Kikuo's style so well.

[@sarcosmic6982]

I am really curious how the video was made! *o* I'm certain 3D models were used, and assume the textures were edited in after rendering the raw video, but the wobbly lines have me stumped. Is that some crazy filter, or did someone have to go in and trace every outline several times? (Super new to video editing, haha.)

[@MyShyHeart]

I wanted to know too! It's a really cool effect. I think there's a way of rendering those lines with a 3D program, but they could have been added afterwards with an editing program...I guess the best thing we could do is ask the artist how they did it, but I don't know if they understand English.

[@pierrotlunaire08]

Oh, we could use a translator, or perhaps get someone who knows Japanese if we're certain the artist does not know English.

[@R0MUl0]

Those are only opinions I'm not the one how did it. It may have some post edition but I'm pretty sure it is 100% 3D engine result, including textures. You can really get all sort of results with shader filters, by what I can see all in this animation can be somewhat achieved through special render engines like freestyle, the jagged line is probably obtained with some noise transformation over vertex, and finalization with filters and a little of chromatic aberration.

[@hireathecho4]

Sarcosmic if you go the creator’s Twitter (sorry I don’t have a link) she has pictures of her stuff mid-process, and the interface is definitely Blender. I’m pretty sure that she used Freestyle rendering to do the lines

[@sifeeyyaboi4203]

Im not sure how it was done here, but most animators achieve that effect by drawing the frame multiple times, and having it repeat really fast. Because not every sketch is going to be exactly the same, it gives the effect of wobbling lines.

[@user-jw1xl9fy8f]

みんなのうた感

[@mmmyyy8520]

きくおさんは人生の様な救われることのない絶望を 歌にするのが上手過ぎる。

[@uc9648]

迷宮 迷宮 迷宮 迷宮に迷い込んでいる 前に壁 横も壁 後ろも天も壁 床が抜け また歩く 上下に左右に朝昼晩 突然の 落とし穴 叫ぶ元気もなく 落ちてゆく いつまでも 地平の彼方へ一直線 のぼり くだりくだりくだり 下りつづきの 不思議な 地平は まるで生きてたときみたい 続いてゆく迷宮 苦しみましょう 行き止まりの悲しみ 底が抜ける驚き 息苦しさが 続いてゆく迷宮 苦しみましょう 次々立ちはだかる 無味無臭のコンクリートを とぼとぼよければ いつかはゴール また床が抜け 目が覚めた 息を切らしてる 夢を見た 灰色の 迷路をとぼとぼ曲がる夢 のぼり くだりくだりくだり 下りつづきの 不思議な現実 転がり落ちてゆく 待ち構える迷宮 苦しみましょう 3000個の入り口 49の出口が まわる世界で 待ち構える迷宮 苦しみましょう 転げすべるばかりで いつもどこか流されるまま なさけないけれど どこかがゴール 地平を転がり迷宮に 迷宮抜け落ちまた地平 やることなすこと ムダみたい そんな時は迷宮 探してみましょう 動けない世界より うつろに歩きまわる その方が好き 迷いたくて迷宮 探してみましょう うつろな苦しみだけ 静かな悲しみだけ それだけがいい 迷いたくて迷宮 探してみましょう 下り坂の痛みは こりてこりてもういやだから ゴールは わたしの ゴールは ゴールは まだここにはない ない 嗚呼 まだここにはない

[@user-jx8nz3dr9e]

ありがとうございます( ˶'ᵕ'˶)

[@timtsai9285]

I like how when Hanatan sings that she's out of breath she actually kinda sounds like she's really is out of breath

[@clownemojionyourrightshoul4823]

i'm in love with hanatan's voice 😍

[@Raymond1]

i thought it was a kid singing until I know it's hanatan sama...she sure has a versatile voice!

[@neidymichelle1083]

roasted buns. Same 😭😭😭💖💖💖💖

[@mrs.sandman.9166]

This is my 87 time listening to this:4

[@clownemojionyourrightshoul4823]

Starlight Dust Niceee xD

[@candiuscoleman766]

this is a work of art I would love this to become anime

[@Heavy_Buddy]

I think this song is about depression. She’s trying to go to the horizon, but ends up getting stuck in an infinite gray maze (which is what life feels like for me when my depression is bad). In the video, the character looks exhausted as well. She says that she is ascending then descending, again and again, which I think represents trudging through the days. The lyric “it’s miserable but there’s a goal somewhere” also makes me think that it’s about depression. She even tries to search for a maze (continue on with her day) when she’s “losing her way” aka considering suicide.

[@gripe5760]

Yeah, and sometimes she seem to like beeing in the maze or it's just indifferent about it. That seems like self sabotage to me. Also, as a person that has many ups and downs, I can really relate to this girl. I swear I could explain all this lyrics and why the song is about depression but my english it's just not very good. :(

[@Hitohadayamai]

Ah I love finding theories

[@prueba6089]

When I saw the girls expression and how the world seemed empty and gray to her, and hard to get out of the maze, I also felt that the song may represent how the people with depression live their day to day feeling lost and without a sense of direction of where their life are going to go from now on :)

[@user-nc1ow9zg5r]

This song gives me some serious O Light vibes

[@warpstarr]

Saaaame

[@cloudthief8918]

Ikr

[@Pbness]

They feel strangely connected.

[@yuremohm9925]

Well the jellyfish from O Light makes a cameo appearance so,,

[@jay_dmp]

The two videos were made by Otori so that's probably why. and both songs were also about an inescapable ordeal as well

[@sun_rising25047]

これカラオケで思いっきり歌うと気持ちいいんだよなぁ。

[@quack3891]

when you're trying to find your friends phone that they lost, but it's not your best friend, nor your actual friend, just a friend of friends. So you have to make it look like you give a shit.

[@aashycoconut]

Lmao

[@lyricfoilasleep4274]

For those who don't watch on a bigger and higher res screen...There's so much detail in the video. Or at least more than I ever thought. The lines don't stay and define things, they dance around and wiggle. Colors bleed out of shapes, and some details that seemed so precise on mobile...are just blotches of color on a bigger screen. Just a cool thing I've noticed, bad upbringings make you see these things and cherish them.

[@Kitty_Krook]

I am someone who can relate to most of kikuo's songs and everytime i listen to then they give me somekind of comfort instead of feeling sad i feel comforted and im happy that many others feel the same way. I really enjoy kikuo's arts and i hope that he enjoys and continues what hes doing. Have a wonderful day to anyone who is reading this and i hope you are doing alright :)

[@kuma_zenopro]

要所要所で光よを感じさせる曲(くらげとか橋とか)だと思ったら高い塔にも似てる…きくおさんの曲がぜんぶつながっているように思えてきた。 本当の幸せのヒントを教えてくれているような気がして、今日もきくおをきくお。

[@user-hq9zr5bp7f]

くまさん くっそwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[@user-yb7bs2hi2f]

くまさん ワロタ

[@chara9799]

くまさん きくおをきくおで吹いた

[@Old-Akasaka]

きくお(°∀° )

[@kekrom]

English Reply

[@halyj]

the purgatory refs are so right but this song is so deeply accurately about addiction. "It looks like everything I do and everything I try is simply useless. At times like that, let’s try searching for a maze. I’d rather walk around in a hollow world than be in a world where I can’t move. " bro i love you you ever drank alcohol? this is how it feels. kikuo-sama are you ok? am i ok? bro

[@PancakemonsterFO4]

In some way living our ordinary live is a neverending meaningless void as well

[@BKSF1]

yo it's me from a year later, nah we're not okay lmfao

[@coreee5677]

@@PancakemonsterFO4 i agree with you on this one

[@batfacedliar8922]

@@BKSF1 mood homie

[@thenowhereman573]

Bro-

[@maiiruo]

romaji lyrics ! meikyū meikyū meikyū meikyū ni mayoikonde iru ... mae ni kabe yoko mo kabe ushiro mo ten mo kabe yuka ga nuke mata aruku jōge ni sayū ni asa hiru ban ... totsuzen no otoshiana sakebu genki mo naku ochite yuku itsumademo chihei no kanata e icchokusen nobori kudari kudari kudari kudari tsuzuki no fushigi na chihei wa maru de ikiteta toki mitai tsuzuite yuku meikyū kurushimimashō ikidomari no kanashimi soko ga nukeru odoroki ikigurushisa ga tsuzuite yuku meikyū kurushimimashō tsugitsugi to tachihadakaru mumimushū no konkuriito o tobotobo yokereba itsuka wa gōru ... mata yuka ga nuke me ga sameta iki o kirashiteru yume o mita haiiro no meikyū o tobotobo magaru yume nobori kudari kudari kudari kudari tsuzuki no fushigi na genjitsu korogari ochite yuku machikamaeru meikyū kurushimimashō sanzenko no iriguchi yonjūkyū no deguchi ga mawaru sekai de machikamaeru meikyū kurushimimashō koroge suberu bakari de itsumo dokoka nagasareru mama nasakenai keredo dokoka ga gōru ... chihei o korogari meikyū ni meikyū nuke ochi mata chihei yaru koto nasu koto muda mitai sonna toki wa meikyū sagashite mimashō ugokenai sekai yori utsuro ni auki mawaru sono hō ga suki mayoitakute meikyū sagashite mimashō utsuro na kurushimi dake shizuka a kanashimi dake sore dake ga ii mayoitakute meikyū sagashite mimashō kudarizaka no itami wa korite korite mō iya dakara gōru wa watashi no gōru wa gōru wa mada koko ni wa nai nai ā mada koko ni wa nai

[@Necronicz]

I don't normally notice easter eggs, but I'm prettyyyy sure there was a ghost busters sign in there somewhere

[@Juniiii]

SerialConvort dude i saw it too

[@toastw7105]

yeah.. hh

[@NoroiChan666]

Wow, the animation is well done. The girl portrayed is in an awesome pokemon-ish style. And not sure if I'm the only one, but I kind of hear tiny pokemon vibes in a small part of the music. Whoever made this animation tho did a good heckin job.

[@quiet2697]

Well, Pokémon is a Japanese series/game series if I recall, and this is an anime-ish style.

[@angeldevil110]

@@quiet2697 nah nah, they were saying that the art style itself is like pokemon's. pokemon has a distinct art style, lol

[@urotaion9879]

It feels kinda like Nichijou to me for some reason.... Am I just crazy?

[@minipretzels]

OMG THATS WHAT IT ISSS i couldn't put my finger on it! Pokemon X and Y!!!!

[@TheJasmine172]

Hanatan is awesome. So is Kikuo. They are the little things that complete my life.

[@sadisticgirl_]

who's who?

[@kayotic_catgirl]

sad boi Kikuo made the song, Hanatan sang it.

[@vee_6913]

@@kayotic_catgirl SAD BOI KIKUO 🤣🤣🤣

[@TentacleMonster]

Just a theory but I think she's stuck in a maze

[@cat-wq2sk]

Plot twist: the maze is stuck in her

[@TentacleMonster]

@@cat-wq2sk 😳

[@Kitty-uw7dy]

I really like how the small mention that even in her dreams she is still in the maze, it just gives me the feeling that there is no moment of rest. Not even a moment of relief in a dream.

[@user-ju8ty4yv4e]

ＰＶのクオリティほんとやばいw

[@0325hjs]

The title means "There's still a labyrinth" if I'm not wrong.

[@bluetictacthatshootspingpo536]

almost

[@trix8272]

It's actually "mata" (again), not "mada" (still).

[@Yayoisachi]

きくおさんの世界観も素敵だし はなたんさんの歌声の使い分け方も素敵で好きです…！🥰

[@arjunalucky6247]

Hanatan-sama is adult child *i mean is her voice, she have a versatile voice*

[@supergirlsbr]

Ah the IKEA experience

[@harusu7685]

1:15 NPC ahh walk Seriously tho the animation and the song is really good!

[@iiperplexed3136]

meikyuu meikyuu meikyuu meikyuu ni mayoikonde iru . mae ni kabe yoko mo kabe ushiro mo ten mo kabe yuka ga nuke mata aruku jouge ni sayuu ni asa hiru ban . totsuzen no otoshiana sakebu genki mo naku ochite yuku itsumademo chihei no kanata e icchokusen . nobori kudari kudari kudari kudari tsuzuki no fushigi na chihei wa maru de ikiteta toki mitai . tsuzuite yuku meikyuu kurushimimashou ikidomari no kanashimi soko ga nukeru odoroki ikigurushisa ga . tsuzuite yuku meikyuu kurushimimashou tsugi tsugito tachihada karu mumimushū no konkuriito o tobotobo yokereba itsuka wa gooru . mata yuka ga nuke me ga sameta iki o kirashiteru yume o mita haiiro no meikyū o tobotobo magaru yume . nobori kudari kudari kudari kudari tsuzuki no fushigi na genjitsu korogari ochite yuku . machikamaeru meikyuu kurushimimashou sanzenko no iriguchi yonjuukyuu no deguchi ga mawaru sekai de . machikamaeru meikyuu kurushimimashou koroge suberu bakari de itsumo dokoka nagasareru mama . nasakenai keredo dokoka ga gooru . chihei o korogari meikyuu ni meikyuu nuke ochi mata chihei yaru koto nasu koto muda mitai . sonna toki wa meikyuu sagashite mimashou ugokenai sekai yori utsuro ni aruki mawaru sono hou ga suki . mayoitakute meikyuu sagashite mimashou utsuro na kurushimi dake shizuka na kanashimi dake sore dake ga ii . mayoitakute meikyuu sagashite mimashou kudarizaka no itami wa korite korite mou iya dakara . gooru wa watashi no gooru wa gooru wa mada koko ni wa nai nai aa mada koko ni wa nai

[@trevorfranks69]

Thx

[@riimahi]

meikyū meikyū meikyū meikyū ni mayoikonde iru ... mae ni kabe yoko mo kabe ushiro mo ten mo kabe yuka ga nuke mata aruku jōge ni sayū ni asa hiru ban ... totsuzen no otoshiana sakebu genki mo naku ochite yuku itsumademo chihei no kanata e icchokusen nobori kudari kudari kudari kudari tsuzuki no fushigi na chihei wa maru de ikiteta toki mitai tsuzuite yuku meikyū kurushimimashō ikidomari no kanashimi soko ga nukeru odoroki ikigurushisa ga tsuzuite yuku meikyū kurushimimashō tsugitsugi to tachihadakaru mumimushū no konkuriito o tobotobo yokereba itsuka wa gōru ... mata yuka ga nuke me ga sameta iki o kirashiteru yume o mita haiiro no meikyū o tobotobo magaru yume nobori kudari kudari kudari kudari tsuzuki no fushigi na genjitsu korogari ochite yuku machikamaeru meikyū kurushimimashō sanzenko no iriguchi yonjūkyū no deguchi ga mawaru sekai de machikamaeru meikyū kurushimimashō koroge suberu bakari de itsumo dokoka nagasareru mama nasakenai keredo dokoka ga gōru ... chihei o korogari meikyū ni meikyū nuke ochi mata chihei yaru koto nasu koto muda mitai sonna toki wa meikyū sagashite mimashō ugokenai sekai yori utsuro ni auki mawaru sono hō ga suki mayoitakute meikyū sagashite mimashō utsuro na kurushimi dake shizuka a kanashimi dake sore dake ga ii mayoitakute meikyū sagashite mimashō kudarizaka no itami wa korite korite mō iya dakara gōru wa watashi no gōru wa gōru wa mada koko ni wa nai nai ā mada koko ni wa nai

[@user-io5qq2fc2o]

のぼれ！すすめ！高い塔へと曲調似てる〜 すこすこ

[@user-jx8nz3dr9e]

たしかにー私もすこ

[@questionablequeer]

whoever made the cc's put a little ^_^ at the end and that just made my day

[@aperson66664]

Theory: This is her version of hell, she is getting tortured by endless mazes where she can’t die to end the pain so she has no choice to get used to it. (She also says a line about when she was still alive)

[@user-ht9zr2zz6i]

やはり花たん+きくおって最高ですね

[@iwareoparesu]

あと不幸屋の娘とかヒトガワリのpv書いている花蟲さんとの相性も凄い良いですよ☺️ 自分はこの組み合わせを むし はな くき って読んでますw

[@allistus]

Nobody : Our video game characters :

[@sockzsss]

Honestly- your not wrong

[@Viennois_chokochan]

Kikuo predicted the backrooms

[@d2104]

It's like backroom

[@CozmixYT]

Apparently, this song is talking about a girl's life, in which every time she tries to find her way through, she likes gets into sticky situations, and she wishes to be confused about what to do or say, or where to go, in order to get past them.

[@user-mk8dl7ct1u]

応援歌のようにも聞こえた 現世は地獄、動かないよりも、出口の見えない迷宮で苦しんで彷徨っていた方がよっぽどマシだ、と 迷いたくて、迷宮を探すってのはそういうことなのかなと思った。死んでこんな地獄に来るよりも、っていう少女からの祈りにも。

[@watermelon-jw6lt]

when someone said hanatan's voice made them pregnant tbh. it's just. true. 😭🤚

[@user-uv5ml6xe4p]

崩れないきくおスタイル

[@SenrituRituki]

ハマってからまだ間もないけど、なんだこのクオリティ…最高。音使いとメロディー進行が馬鹿みたいに癖になるんだが…(笑)何回でも聴ける。大好きを超えた大大大好き。

[@INSAMNIACDRAWS]

i think this song is about someone with depression, the "maze" is the sadness, "ascending, then descending" the girls mental state is getting better, them worse again, eventually, the realizes that she's been stuck in sadness and depression for so long that she cant exist in the world, and that shed rather be stuck in a hollow world, or, depression, then in a world where she cant move, or, cant fit in, but she knows that if she gives into the depression, she'll probably end up killing herself, so she pulls a homura and continues to fight, she continues so aimlessly wander through the maze, but eventually she "falls through the floor again", or, her mental state tanks, and she gives up, and guves in to despair, and hsngs herself

[@556pm7]

love kikuo, love hanatan, and this is so well presented >_< ❤

[@criticalcritic8499]

I just love Hanatan's vocals with Kikuo's instrumentals. They just complement each other so well.

[@poopooo7002]

Nah she stuck in the backrooms

[@yosanoswifefr]

This is so homura akemi frfr

[@zimyiio]

RIGHT OMFG

[@autism21918]

Honestly hanatan did better than the vocaloid one, her voice fits well with this song and the way her voice changes is amazing. All of kikuos music deserve so much attention, hanatan and kikuo did so good on this song Edit: listening to this song over and over again still gives me chills, hanatan did such a good job on this song

[@swoonoverwrtings]

HANATAN HAVE THE BEST VOICE HOLY SHIT SHE CONTROL HER VOICE SO WELL

[@HatsuneMikufanP]

This kind of has the same vibes at School Spirits where this girl would try to escape from the school and every time she was almost there she would have to start over again it’s the same thing with the girl in this story where she almost escapes a maze but has to start all over again

[@Perlasdespair]

0:00 Every fandom be like:

[@D34R3ST_]

legend has it, she's still looking for the exit up till this day

[@user-kk6zd5fv8m]

Today is this video was uploaded 4 years ago. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAZE GIRL!!!😱😊🎉

[@marigi174]

Ootori really knows how to use some of the key visual issues with CGI to actively make a full-CGI animation work better, which is worth very heavily commending.

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen3216]

marigi174 damn it now I hear it

[@sydsb1essed]

i know someone commented about this song being about depression. but i personally feel like it's about having an unhealthy attachment style and how it's very hard to keep relationships. it's also hard to get into a healthy attachment style, like a maze. and like how when ur not in a relationship, u crave it, but end up getting stuck in the "maze" again. honestly idk what im saying lmao

[@specialsauce.]

I know it's not entirely correct, but I interpreted this the maze as the monotony of life, specifically in regards to school and work. The constant ascending and descending stairways without actually anywhere in life, feeling trapped within concrete grey walls, exhausting yourself for hours and slowly dying, only to wake up the next morning and do it all over again.

[@Sennith]

Kinda sounds like a child trying to please their narcistic mother by being as perfect as can be for a sliver of their love. Only to fall back into their emotional coldness, after trying so hard to navigate around them to make them happy.

[@thatonerollingirl7883]

I feel like the girl, trying to escape the maze doesn’t know what she is. Trying to figure out what she is right now. Then she finds out she’s dead, which she doesn’t want to be (??). So she tries to avoid it by saying “let’s find a maze”. But now she’s stuck on the information that she’s dead (where the girl keeps on passing by the girl in the pile of blood). Just my theory, though!

[@user-de3lj3tb8i]

この曲も好きだなー

[@LittleGhostCat]

それな

[@user-dd5ue6bp7y]

のぼれすすめ高い塔と夜行性を合わせた感じで好きです！きくおはな第2幕も買いますね！

[@ritu7311]

title in English: (lit) There again Maze or There too maze or edit: There too is a maze

[@noctuadiscipulum9715]

What about "There's a maze again" ?

[@DontIntoMyHistory]

could u translate "mata" to "another" so it'd be "There's Another Maze"?

[@ritu7311]

KAD yes that sounds more natural

[@ritu7311]

Kevin 'I eat ass and animal viscera' Jones you could but I am sure that would suit here. again indicates a sense of frustration in my opinion, something 'another' fails to convey.

[@ritu7311]

Japanese makes​ you forget about auxiliary verbs since they usually do away with subjects

[@katethegreat1337]

this song is amaze-ing *badum tss*

[@katethegreat1337]

i hate this comment

[@Lyxocism]

I was thinking a bit about this song, what I feel like it means The line “I ascend, then descend, descend, descend, and keep on descending some more.” Makes me think of how when one gets to the state of where they feel like they’re getting better and suddenly everything just spirals downwards, the line “this strange horizon is just like how it was back when I was alive” is like how when you’re in a deep depression you feel like everything is ‘repetitive’ or that nothing changes if that makes sense? And how it goes to “let’s suffer within this infinite maze” as in being stuck/lost, feeling as if you’ll be in that mindset forever, the next line being “the sadness of coming upon a dead end; the surprise when the bottom gives way; the suffocation” would be as giving up (perhaps su!c!de). On the line “as I plod along, avoiding the odorless and colorless concrete slabs” it also ties a connection to depression in how when you’re in that deep depression, you feel as if you can’t feel anything, youre deprived of your senses/life being drained of color. “The floor gave way again, I woke up, out of breath” makes me think of a failed attempt at su!c!de. Anyways, I’m not going to do a whole analysis on this as I’m writing this at 1:14 am, but if you’d like to hear more about my ‘theory’ just comment :D

[@mierderutolaserie]

Realmente si pero no si porque siente todo lo que dices pero no porque el tema real es que esta tratando de descifrar el cosmos el sentido de la vida y no encuentra la respuesta su ansiedad viene de ese proyecto todas las canciones de vocaloid acaban a la larga tratando este tema y la ansiedad por ello

[@juneboom_]

Listening to a new Kikuo song with Hanatan's prestine singing is the greatest thing that can happen on any given day.

[@haileyh2761]

Oh!! At 3:25, the jellyfish from O Light appears! I think the two songs are both about the different sides to depression: misery and sadness, in O Light, and helpless apathy, in this song.

[@darkqwartzsytal834]

MAKE YU MAKE YU MAKE YU

[@roryda1865]

meikyū meikyū meikyū meikyū ni mayoikonde iru mae ni kabe yoko mo kabe ushiro mo ten mo kabe yuka ga nuke mata aruku jōge ni sayū ni asa hiru ban totsuzen no otoshiana sakebu genki mo naku ochite yuku itsumademo chihei no kanata e icchokusen nobori kudari kudari kudari kudari tsuzuki no fushigi na chihei wa maru de ikiteta toki mitai tsuzuite yuku meikyū kurushimimashō ikidomari no kanashimi soko ga nukeru odoroki ikigurushisa ga tsuzuite yuku meikyū kurushimimashō tsugitsugi to tachihadakaru mumimushū no konkuriito o tobotobo yokereba itsuka wa gōru mata yuka ga nuke me ga sameta iki o kirashiteru yume o mita haiiro no meikyū o tobotobo magaru yume nobori kudari kudari kudari kudari tsuzuki no fushigi na genjitsu korogari ochite yuku machikamaeru meikyū kurushimimashō sanzenko no iriguchi yonjūkyū no deguchi ga mawaru sekai de machikamaeru meikyū kurushimimashō koroge suberu bakari de itsumo dokoka nagasareru mama nasakenai keredo dokoka ga gōru chihei o korogari meikyū ni meikyū nuke ochi mata chihei yaru koto nasu koto muda mitai sonna toki wa meikyū sagashite mimashō ugokenai sekai yori utsuro ni aruki mawaru sono hō ga suki mayoitakute meikyū sagashite mimashō utsuro na kurushimi dake shizuka na kanashimi dake sore dake ga ii mayoitakute meikyū sagashite mimashō kudarizaka no itami wa korite korite mō iya dakara gōru wa watashi no gōru wa gōru wa mada koko ni wa nai nai ā mada koko ni wa nai

[@phahlastname8321]

National anthem of the backrooms

[@dirteesocc6864]

I wanna animate like that some day

[@kuro7135]

I'm entranced by the combination of Hanatan's powerful vocals and Kikuo's whimsical music. Looking forward to receiving my pre-ordered album...!

[@ttapiocaa5095]

Excelent job, Kikuo, like always♡

[@nikko6604]

Gosh Thist loving the profile picture

[@ttapiocaa5095]

Nicole Amistoso haha thank you

[@222pichu]

Izzat Old in your profile pic?

[@ttapiocaa5095]

***** Koi and Jelly​ hahaha, sorry for dont answer, yes, is old♡

[@222pichu]

It's always nice seeing Wadanohara fans around. I've actually found a lot in comment sections of kikuo songs, like this! Makes me kinda wonder about that pattern, hehe.

[@crackasilly]

This sounds like it would be a really good opening to a show series 👀

[@aurallistine]

I came up with a theory as soon as I saw the translation of each line. It's a lot different from the other theories I've seen, but I hope it makes a bit of sense. I personally thought of it as a metaphor for anorexia. It could definitely be about any sort of addiction, as previous comments have said. 00:01 A maze, a maze, a maze, I’m getting lost inside a maze. [Mazes are confusing and something you don't know how to get out of once you're in there.] 00:15 In front of me is a wall. Beside me are also walls. Below me and above me, all walls. [The feeling of being trapped with no way to exit the endless cycle.] 00:22 The floor gives way. I continue walking. Above and below, left and right, it’s morning, noon, evening. Suddenly, there’s a pitfall. I don’t even have the energy to scream out. [Not having energy because of the energy deficit.] 00:39 I keep on falling and falling, making a beeline toward what lies beyond the horizon. I ascend, then descend, descend, descend, and keep on descending some more. [It becomes an addiction.] 00:53 This strange horizon is just like how it was back when I was still alive. [No matter how deep into it you go, you still feel as depressed as you did before, when you were more 'alive'.] 01:00 Let’s suffer within this infinite maze. The sadness of coming upon a dead end; the surprise when the bottom gives way; the suffocation. Let’s suffer within this infinite maze. As I plod along, avoiding the odorless and colorless concrete slabs that stand in my way one after another, I’ll reach the goal someday. [Avoiding all the negative side effects, you're still determined to reach the unreachable goal.] 01:50 The floor gave way again, and I woke up, out of breath. I had a dream-a dream in which I was plodding along, winding my way through a gray maze. I ascend, then descend, descend, descend, and keep on descending some more. [Trying to recover once and giving up, then falling back even more.] 02:12 Such is the strange reality I tumble and fall through. Let’s suffer within this maze that’s lying in wait for me. A world where the 3000 entrances and 49 exits are revolving. Let’s suffer within this maze that’s lying in wait for me. I keep slipping and tumbling down, constantly being swept away somewhere. It’s miserable, but there’s a goal somewhere. [No matter how miserable everything is and everything that you're losing, the determination is so strong by now that you'll ignore it.] 03:06 Tumbling through the horizon, I fall into the maze. Escaping from the maze, I fall to the horizon again. It looks like everything I do and all I try is simply useless. [Feeling useless at everything else so you think this will solve everything.] 03:20 At times like that, let’s try searching for a maze. I’d rather walk around in a hollow world than be in a world where I can’t move. [It gives you comfort and feels like a friend, not realising that it's trying to kill you.] 03:36 Let’s try searching for a maze when I feel like losing my way. A hollow agony; a quiet sorrow- it’d be nice if that’s all there is. [The dark safety that it brings.] 03:49 Let’s try searching for a maze when I feel like losing my way. I’ve had enough, enough with the pain of going down a slope. The goal is… My goal is… The goal is… Not here yet. Not here. Alas! It's not here yet. [Never sick enough, until you eventually die. The chair falling down could symbolise death.]

[@gripe5760]

You translated my thoughts very well. I also think this song is about the ups and downs of depression and how you sometimes will stick with your sickness because its addicting and/or conforting.

[@user-xv2lk2fv1z]

この子がようやく迷宮のゴールを見つけても、その先もまた迷宮だったりして

[@akakafu]

3,000個の入り口、49の出口って何を表しているんだ？

[@user-tz9ju8uh2h]

あかかふ 三千世界ってのがあってな…

[@TheFaustianAlchemist]

3:27 look like the jellyfish from O Light

[@simonalowonfucks2give53]

Hanatan could totally catfish as a child

[@yayimdancing]

I adore first act so so so much seeing this made me so happy I legitimately cried

[@mrs.sandman.9166]

ME TOO!:3

[@c7an1d3]

hey starlight dust : )

[@mrs.sandman.9166]

THE POWER OF ARBYS COMPELES YOU

[@yatcho1591]

久しぶりに聴いたけど声が聴いてて気持ちが良い

[@lemonytrash584]

When ever I hear this I always think of something from a comedy, I have no idea why, just me?

[@shelbie7604]

I can see why you'd think that because the rhythm is kind of march-like (think the fat person tuba song, or circus music) and that one percussion instrument (xylophone maybe?) is kind of a "silly" instrument that would play in an old cartoon. And there's that honk thing that happens every now and then.

[@Fucktheothersbro]

This is litteraly how I suffocate in life. I mean, I dont have any hope for future and I dont even have huge troubles that can explain why I feel so sad and depressed. I dont want to die u know, I just dont want to live. I think life is so.. oppressive. I feel the same way as her in this maze. Lol ik how confusing I am-🤣

[@ghana8809]

サビの声ほんとに大好き

[@whimsicalblackbeard]

i want this to be a heaven when im dead

[@piss7610]

karamatsu eat me TENGOKU E IKOUUU

[@LarsKuhlmannCourtwright]

meta level reply

[@echothewanderer112]

She looks so done

[@jegerikkeheromg]

This is the kind of song i walk on. At the end i stop becouse i connected to the song's rhythm and my mom yells at me bc im slow

[@penpeen2185]

I’ve been listening to this song on loop for days