SHOUJO REI (少女レイ) - what's the song about??

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⚠️TW // SUICIDE BULLYING HARASSMENT⚠️
a song loved by many, known for it's dark meaning behind, uncover theories together with me!!
song : SHOUJO REI (少女レイ) by mikitoP • みきとP 『 少女レイ 』 MV
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[@babel-miirhaki2429]

If you try and listen closely to Mikito P's self cover, you can hear some whispers during the last bridge. I saw many Japanese people trying to figure out what the whispers were and it was something along the lines of "What you did that summer, for that, you deserved to be cursed". Just something I really thought interesting but many people misses xDD It's my favorite song and you did a great job analysing it!

[@udinchwan]

yes yes!! i did not listen to mikitoP self cover so i didn't know but someone told me on tiktok after i uploaded this video so i'm not able to include it even tho when i listened to it i got shivers...... from what i see from some theories is that they say "summer reminds me, if you can't see that it's love then i'm gonna curse you to death" so i'm not really sure which one's true (i can't hear anything ;_;) but the 'curse you to death' part seems to be true at least.....😭

[@udinchwan]

also tysm i'm glad you enjoyed it!!!

[@LassBisharp]

Here's my thoughts on Shoujo Rei, mostly when it comes to the sounds. At the start of the song, you hear what kind of sounds like a screech, but when slowed down, it also kind of sounds like an ocean. In the middle of the song, you hear warning bells, and then the sound of a train passing by. At the end, you hear warning bells slowly fading out. However, if we look at it in reverse, here's how I see it. There's silence, and then the warning bells start making noise because a train is coming. In the middle of the song, the warning bells are still there, before we slowly start to hear the sound of a train about to pass by. Then we have a screech, which could be the sound of the train hitting the brakes, even though it's already too late.

[@udinchwan]

ohh!! i didnt even notice the screech from the brakes....this makes it even more sad

[@LassBisharp]

@@udinchwan At least I think that's what that noise at the start was, like, a distorted screech. I could be wrong though.

[@GingerSadClaps69]

In pjsk chart is cracked when this part of the song shows up it sounds like the train trying to stop roughly bit then it hits something and the warning Bell starts to play at the end of the song

[@AutumnKhan_]

​@@GingerSadClaps69 yes i played the chart in jp pjsk and the notes showed the story in master mode it's kinda creative ngl

[@rui.superfan]

SHOUJO REI SUMMARY: roles: ghost girl (Girl B) Girl A The story is told from Girl A’s POV. The story starts off with Ghost Girl, pointing at Girl A to tell her that she is the cause of her death. The reason is because Girl A is part of a group of bullies who chose Ghost Girl as their target. Girl A falls in love with Ghost Girl but is afraid to save her from the bullies because she might face backlash. Ghost Girl ends up committing su1c1de in summer; so in September, Girl A places a flower vase on her desk to mourn her, showing her that she was not a bully. In the end, Girl A does the same and throws herself onto train tracks to join Ghost Girl.

[@milk9937]

In my opinion, the line "I gently placed a kiss on your drowning hand" to me sounds like she knew the bullying was happening aka she was "drowning" but she didn't want to get involved and risk her own safety there by she just "gently placed a kiss on her hand" instead of actually saving her, aka leaving her to "drown"

[@Yukik.0]

yes! this is what I thought at first.

[@Makkundesuu]

actually in the oldschool japanese drama, the bully is pushing the line too far that they wanna inject a certain syringe to boy b in the rooftop of the school and the boy b is walking backwards until his position unbalanced and the boy a said to them that "you guys's going too far" and boy a give boy b a hand as a sign "don't walk backwards again i will help you just trust me" but the boy b doesn't trust boy a anymore and he fell from the school rooftop to ground and died

[@udinchwan]

oh my god............this breaks my hear into 9999 pieces more........ :"(((

[@sadie9205]

the drama is crazy and worth a watch if you can handle a LOT of dark topics lol

[@wherehowwhat]

I think in addition to the other connotations of the "kissed drowning hands" line, you could also think of it as dismissive of the suicidal girl's troubles. I imagine a person who is slipping into the depths of the sea, reaching their hands out begging for one last chance at life, someone to pull them away, but instead A just kisses B's hand and leaves her to drown. Both flirtatious and.. well, less than helpful to someone who is literally dying. Drowning really is a silent thing, too, so it suits the kind of image with the whole "Youre despairing, and all alone" kind of thing. I might be totally wrong, this is just what came to mind for me!! P.s.- Wonderful video! Thank you for your hard work, I learned a lot about the song from it!

[@s3756]

omg I didn't know the story behind this, but when I saw the lyrics stating that the girl A placed the vase on someone's desk, it reminded me of 'Mis*o,' the indie horror game which contains many bullying stories. I was thinking that this vase tells us something, and it turns out I was right. It's so dark. Thank you for sharing this theory!!

[@udinchwan]

happy to share!! :D

[@littlecake453]

Misao? I just couldn't find anything with the name "mis*o"

[@Funky-P]

I always thought it was about a girl who liked another girl and as the first girl was about to commit off the other girl confesses her love to the first one and they die together on the train track, but great explanation!!

[@udinchwan]

thank u!! this was my first impression of the song too before reading the lyrics properly :”D

[@nurinedline5334]

Something i noticed is that at the beginning of the song we can hear a girl laughing and i think that's girl A when girl B got bullied and at the end of the song we could hear another laugh which i think is from girl B after successfully making girl A jump on the railway

[@kodzukenfavesbanana9605]

last year, i was DYING to know the meaning. THANK YOU I CAN FINALLY SLEEP PEACEFULLY!!!!

[@murao1673]

Your comment at the end about JP songs I totally agree with that. The fact that music seems innocent and from only music not the words you think "Hey this is fin song", but when you read the translation or after your video it hits so deep

[@maki1404]

personal ramble/experience:: am i the only one who doesn't see it as romantic but rather platonic and guilt fueled? as someone who went from bullied turn bully, i remember a certain girl struggling and she would sometimes take it out on me, but i was quiet and put up with it, at one point she kept poking me and following me around the yard... (another bully and group was telling me how they hated that girl, when i knew the reality that her past was dark, her dad left her family for another and her mom had cancer, she would c-t herself, smoke, and drink/party) but i remember snapping at the girl following me and telling her to leave me alone and that we weren't friends... it seemed as if i were her last hope and she went up to the wall and started sobbing by herself. i had never felt the same about myself, towards her, or the people i let take control of me. fortunately, she's still alive and later in life, somehow, was nicer to me than my old "friends" who ghosted me after we graduated. if she were to have done something i probably couldn't live w myself because i saw her in a similar position that led me to where i was. still alone and used by others in the end 'til i separated and went by myself. i've also gone through other scenarios where i wanted to help girls in certain situations and did my best until i had to leave them (they either came onto me romantically or used me, which i was fine if that made them feel better), to make up for my past, and to give them a little bit of hope - if any. tw: swside the thing when it comes to mental health... some people are more inclined to end it all, mental health is hard to navigate especially if you have no idea about it - but even as someone who's educated, knowing what and when, it depends. having trust with someone like that can be a make or break for someone's wellbeing which is why people tend to avoid having such relationships because they feel too much stress, i do not blame them. it'd be nice if we could promote morals, but we live in such a world where people will do things for the sake of their own happiness, unfortunately. like my sister, lots of sxicidal people may even not tell anyone, depending on their current situation they may show no sign before they take their own... which is why we must promote mental health and encourage safe spaces to open up and allow people to have paths to safety and have access to metaphorical life jackets. their minds play tricks on them til they can't take no more and i truly wish those who experience such feelings open up to a professional or bring themselves with all their power to a psychward/hospital. there is no pain greater than suffering alone and leaving those you love and love you behind.

[@strigifoam]

okay this was such a nice analysis! this is one of my favorite songs from mikito-p (both his own self cover and the miku version are amazing.) i personally think that, both interpretations that come by reading the lyrics the right way or reversed can be seen as metaphors of how two people in a relationship tell what happens between them to the rest, be as friends or lovers. maybe Girl A never told anybody she was friends with Girl B, and did nothing to stop the bullying she went through. will be supporting this channel !!

[@udinchwan]

ohh!! that's a nice way to put it because it depicts how each relationship is different in each person's eyes...and thank you!!

[@Sara-hs7iw]

SHOUJO REIII😭😭😭 I LOVE YOUR WAY TO EXPLAIN🩷🩷

[@udinchwan]

AAA TYSMM🥹💖 im glad you enjoyed it!!!!

[@majimadayoyoyo]

Ningen Shikaku: Tatoeba Boku ga Shindara (Failed as a human: What if I die) is worth watching, it shocked Japan back in 90's and it was a popular show. It's literally Shoujo Rei but gay. "I gently kissed your drowning hands" is literally the mix scene from drama where Makoto (the bullied one) died but not because of drowning, and the scene where Makoto lose consciousness beside the pool and was kissed by the student who loves him. That drama is so good that I felt surreal after watching. Great Analyzation, I love how you explained the theories.

[@udinchwan]

thank you so much!! yes im reaaally interested on watching the drama tbh, also yeah with this kind of theme being released in the 90s.......thats something!! ill definitely watch it one day😭

[@Asamii_09]

Where can I watch it?

[@louyue2439]

How do you know it was a popular show? (Just curious)

[@majimadayoyoyo]

@@louyue2439 I saw some comments about it being popular drama in 1990's since it was controversial. It was about bullying and homosexuality which is a taboo in Japan back then. Not only that, KinKi kids (japanese musical duo) are the main actors in that drama which are both minors and haven't debuted yet when that drama was shoot/aired.

[@majimadayoyoyo]

@@louyue2439 Search "Kinki Kids" they got more popular because of this show, and my parents told me it was a popular show back then in Japan.

[@sunny12557]

ok so my theory time! girl a was very good friends with girl b, to the point where it was dangerously obsessive, hence the line, “look at me and me only.” so, girl a placed the flower face on the desk to make girl b go into the afterlife, so girl a could join girl b and they could be together forever.

[@Miku_plush]

Ahh thank you so much for doing this!! I always struggle to find meanings of songs!😭💓

[@udinchwan]

yesyes ofc my pleasure!! im glad you liked it

[@Necronblade]

英語がそこまで得意じゃない日本人にもめっちゃわかりやすい説明の仕方で最高です！

[@udinchwan]

ああ；＿＿＿；よかった…めちゃうれしいです！！私の日本語はあまり上手ではないけど、ほんとうにありがとうございました!! i'm glad it's understandable!!

[@Realaine]

God i love this song so much mikito P is a genius

[@Pankol0s]

I can't see how you would interpret it in a positive light when you read it forward. So i would have liked to see that theory pointed out in the video as well. As far as i would interpret it. Girl A jumps in the train tracks because she couldn't live with the suicide of girl B. The "you are my friend" part is girl B beckoning girl A to the other side to be united again. The septermber part could mean that the bullying started in september the year before or that emphasis is on the "next target" implying that girl B was the first target. " just look at me and me only" shows that girl A was jealous that girl B put her attention on someone else and for this reason started the bullying. I interpret the kiss on a drowning hand that she wanted to be the only one to give love to girl B when she was already totally devastated from the bullying. The Part with the uneven skirt implies that girl B was R-worded in the class room during summer vacation. Summer vacation because it was silent. The part with the chime by 2:40 could be a train on the other traintrack swishing. To quench any second thoughts from girl A, girl B wispers "You're my friend". The next part is spoken by girl A accepting the beckoning of girl B. The pointing finger gesture could mean that girl B shows that she is not "nice" and accepting of her friend and happy to be united again. But instead a vengeful spirit which wants to get revenge for her death and accusing and judging her with the pointed finger. The sounds by 4:39 come from beeing hit and the train driving away.

[@hardst.1504]

OMG UR SO FLUENTLY SPEAK ENGLISH AND JAPANESE!! I love your vids plz do this type of videos often❤❤! Came from tiktok ahaha~

[@udinchwan]

thank you so much!! ;___; im not fluent in japanese (still learning ehe) but im glad you enjoyed my vids!! welcome to the (longer) youtube side!! :D

[@taka7997]

You‘re so underated! I‘m glad that I found your channel! Keep it up 👍

[@udinchwan]

aaaAAA thank you so much!! this means a lot to me🥺❤️

[@_choco.chibi_481]

Same here I’m actually a new subscriber, came for the Oshi No Ko op analysis. So now it’s time to see your other videos ✨✨

[@jemm113]

An interesting thing to note about the vase lines is how it has the most evidence for the double meaning of the song. On one end we have the girl mourning the ghost girl in September and saying she’s sorry, but for what? If we read it in reverse, before the summer of the su*cide, last September the girl targeted another girl with a vase! Now it becomes whole. The girl is admitting to both being the reason she was targeted AND that she was the one to mourn her, likely because she secretly loved her and perhaps felt she could say so or act on it. God this is such a deep song I’m so glad I rediscovered it so I could read the lyrics for the first time and realize it deeper than just what the illustration provided! (I knew it was a pretty f*cked up song when I noticed the ghost girl but man that guitar, clapping, and steel drums were killing it!

[@КусокМяса-з3т]

WOW! you... so I dug into this song, you're a great fellow! the song is so sad, but so beautiful, one of my favorites. thank you for doing the review, thank you for the work done, well done!!!!💕💕 (I hope that I have written everything clearly, otherwise it is not always clear through the translator)

[@udinchwan]

hi!! don't worry everything is written clearly!! thank you so much

[@sierrafebrero8434]

After I watched MikitoP's viedo 6 days ago,I listened Shoujo rei again to try understand the story/video,and I didn't understand much so I watched this video and I just wanted to cry😢

[@Otakuhannah121]

Nice video! Didn't know anyone did videos on the meaning of vocaloid/Japanese songs. Love it

[@Void_Yamero]

Thank you for explaining this song, I did not know the lore of it until now! Also the Iyowa remix does a better job at capturing how fucked up this whole song is, and its also a banger so I reccomend it alot

[@denverthedummy4573]

I read from top to bottom and still interpret the lyrics as Girl B dies due to girl A, this is because I see it as, when it says "Flashbacks of buzzing cicadas" (or even at yes, youre my friend) she has flashbacks of the summer and all the bullying she had everyone put on girl B. Then at "Of course youre dead" shes back to her senses.

[@seallistic]

loved this video, will definitely be binging all of your videos

[@udinchwan]

aaaa TYSMM i hope u enjoy them just as much!!

[@kuniekuzushi]

i found you on tiktok!You're so underrated aaaa love the content

[@udinchwan]

aaa hi!! thank you so much!! im glad i enjoy it🥺💖

[@CheeseballCheeto]

this was very helpful! thank you so much! you went very in depth with this explanation! if its not too much to ask for, would you consider doing kanon by hiiragi magnetite next? its alright if you cant i dont want to bother you haha

[@udinchwan]

ahh im glad you find it helpful!! i was actually worried if the video was too long so tysm!! ;;__;; and i also love LOVE kanon so ofc!! i will put them on my list to do later on, i definitely appreciate requests so thank you again!! :D

[@tsukihime3221]

A mi parecer la canción trata sobre 2 amigas, a una la hacian bullying y se termina suicidando lanzandose a las vias del tren, su mejor amiga es la que canta la canción desde su perspectiva, pienso que su amiga tenia miedo de interferir cuando le hacian bullying a la otra chica y pues por eso en la letra de la canción hace mencion a los bullys y tambien ella se arrepiente de no haberla ayudado por eso en el coro hay palabras que dan a entender que esta arrepentida, pero lo interesante es al final de la cancion, en donde la chica que canta la canción esta en la vias del tren y la cancion termina de golpe con una distorsion y el sonido del tren pasando a toda velocidad, dando a entender que la chica tambien salto a las vias ya que despues solo se escuchan las cigarras.

[@Mayunislover]

My current reaction: 😀 I thought I found a happy song until you said about the shadow

[@udinchwan]

lmaooo😭 its funny because the JP title romanized (shoujo rei) is more famous than the actual english title (ghost girl/girl spirit) which leads to A LOT of people getting shocked knowing the song meaning....... :"D

[@kou2306]

I love this ! Gonna binge watch all of your videos

[@udinchwan]

aaaa thank u so much!! ;__;;

[@TenshiUzuri]

D*mn, mikotoP really made a master piece!

[@udinchwan]

agreed!!!

[@_syrok]

почему на этом видео так мало просмотров?? я удивилась, когда увидела число просмотров и подписчиков у автора мне очень понравился разбор! мне изначально очень нравилась эта песня, но после прочтения теорий она кажется еще более гениальной я также не знала про ningen shikkaku, было интересно узнать про такую связь между песней и фильмом

[@akina2007]

Waw panutan ku ada di youtube

[@acceled]

im here because ive been told one of the comments i left on the fandom wiki page got into one of your tiktoks lol

[@udinchwan]

OMG HIIII LMAO which one are u!!!

[@KakMugi]

boku in japanese lyrics to potray that the singer is male is irellevant. most of japanese song use boku no matter the gender just because its more poetic/shorter

[@udinchwan]

oh, i didn't know this, but i know a lot of song lyrics portraying women with 'boku', but i never knew why, turns out it's poetic & shorter. thanks for telling me!!

[@Luna_Doves]

this goes so deep

[@maiswashere]

ur very underrated!!

[@udinchwan]

ahh thank you!! :"D

[@itz_sophi3693]

I thought "the girl with pale skin that the summer got rid of" meant that she got tanned tho

[@citrusfruit4332]

This to me is cinema

[@gwenytran]

Lmao I actually cried when I listened to this song bc it's so fckin sad😭❓

[@Just_Yuri623]

My English is not very good, but I understood everything, thanks for the good explanation!

[@udinchwan]

glad to hear that!!

[@Hoshi-qe3yr]

My opinion is that both girls were in love, girl A (alive) and girl B (Ghost) but at some point the sexuality of girl B was found out and because of this she was a victim of bullying, and from what is mentioned in the song, also her family and everyone made her believe that she was a horrible monster because of it, so girl A, afraid of suffering the same thing as her, kept quiet and didn't support her as she wanted to have done. Eventually girl B dies by suicide and girl A regrets not going with her. The train tracks and the alarm sound make it clear how girl B died, which will probably be the same as girl A.

[@crispychichen]

Of course a light-hearted beat and harmonizing music has very dark lyrics, why wouldn’t they?

[@WishesWish]

I’m never gonna listen and to this song the same (Still a bop tho)

[@louyue2439]

hey really like the lo-fi song you use in the background, it’s so pretty! Can you tell me the name?

[@udinchwan]

it's In Dreamland by Chillpeach!! link is on the description :D

[@renashinomiya4665]

Well my theory of this song is the Girl A wanted to be possessed so much by Girl B due to her actions (I guess?)

[@thedr2629]

Man.....gotta say....when i first hear this song....i was like 😊😊😃😃 Then I started to read the lyrics..... Biggest mistake of my life? Kinda,yeah,idk, probably? Why tho? Why so dark? Btw...my reaction after reading it🫠🙃😭😐

[@xero0nline69]

so shoujo rei is about 2 lovers commit suicide, like girl B commit suicide cause girl A and her friends bully her till she off herself, and girl A commit suicide ( the same way girl B died) cause of what she done and join her? I'm sry if my explanation doesn't make sense, i just wanted to confirm as simpla as possible

[@udinchwan]

as for now this is a theory but to put it simply, yes :D its just that they're not lovers yet i think, but more like girl A is the one who likes girl B~

[@Murayumizzn]

i got the first like 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣

[@udinchwan]

HAHAH THANK YEW ASTRAAAA🥹🥹🥹

[@Futurestar__233]

Damn mmj is not ok, they have songs that has deep meanings even if they are a happy positive group😭😭

[@micasreynhamar6946]

so the way i intorpret it is thy tryd to do the not liveing togerter but girl a lives the atemp and girl b didnt

[@dilucsdarling]

g8tted this version isnt on spotify tbh

[@Vikztrella_productions]

Ningen shikaku is just shoujo rei but gay

[@reja404]

udin

[@udinchwan]

yes c:

[@kimbappt]

Gabisa bahasa inggris

[@jackblacksleftstomachulcer1869]

i heard someone say it was about girl A liking girl B, so she (girl A) gets other kids to bully girl B so that she (girl B) would come running to her (girl A) for comfort, but instead, girl B ends up k*lling herself, causing girl A to do the same this is personally my favorite theory cuz its so sad and idk it just fits.