Studio Musician | Guilty Gear Strive OST: Slayer Theme Reaction & Analysis

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All Guilty Gear Strive OST videos:
• Guilty Gear Strive OST...
0:00 - intro
0:53 - Ups and Downs (Theme of Slayer)
This is merely for review, analysis, breakdown and constructive criticism purpose, I do not claim the audiovisual product I reacted to as my own.
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[@vyltaz]

Fun fact: Slayers birthday is the 31st of October (which is literally halloween)

[@chrispeart1394]

Of course it is😂

[@kyeblade06]

And he’s from Transylvania

[@omayajones2364]

@@kyeblade06 of course he is

[@gatr2897]

He is indeed named after the band Slayer lol, but in terms of his character, jazz is VERY fitting for him, and his themes have always been jazzy. In fact a video going thru the history of his themes would be pretty interesting. "haven't You Got Eyes in Your Head?", "The Vampire Saga", and "Jack a Dandy" would be the ones to check out. You already know of the dandy vampire samurai Nagoriyuki, but Slayer is the OG dandy vampire of Guilty Gear. In fact it was just confirmed in Slayers Strive arcade mode that not only was Slayer Nagos teacher, but he was also the one who turned him into a vampire. In the 1990s Slayer created the Assasins Guild, the same Assasins Guild that Zato and Millia were part of. Slayer had noble intentions for the guild, to protect the common folk from tyranical dictators by, well, assasinating them. The guilds interests ended up shifting more towards organized crime tho, so he left out of disgust. In terms of power, Slayer is like, LUDICROUSLY strong. He holds back during his fights because almost nobody is strong enough to take him on at full strength. He can uppercut someone so hard that their body exists the milky way galaxy in seconds. He has a super potent healing factor too. Also similarly to Nagoriyuki, he doesn't have any of the typical weaknesses of vampires. You can stake him, put him out in the sun, throw garlic at him whatever, he's not weak to any of it. He just gets to be OP as fuck lol. His wifes name is Sharon and her powers are pretty peculiar too. She's effectively immortal due to a quirk in her universal ID. Slayer can suck her clean dry of blood until she's a bag of skin and she'll be fine a moment later. They love going people-watching and writing haiku together.

[@geraldthegoose1685]

As someone who grew up with grandma constantly playing frank sinatra on her old record player this song makes me feel right at home

[@Nitosa]

"Holding a platinum knife with a soft fire glow" is referring to Sol, it's also implying their first meeting because of the next line being "but his eyes did not shine" & "what he needs is a lead can't have overthrow". When Slayer first met him his life was a mess to say the least thus the he acted as someone who Sol can't just brute force.

[@thunderhogTH]

As is pretty obvious, Slayer is a vampire, in fact THE vampire of guilty gear (Nagoryuki is one but as of Slayers release, he seems to be someone Slayer turned into a vampire). The lyrics in the video you saw aren't final (someone definitely rushed to make a really cool music video), but I think the message of the video still stands. Just live life in the moment and stop worrying about where you're going. As a vampire Slayers pretty much seen all of history, and despite the fact that he cant die, he's a guy who very much sees the value in the life of normal humans, as he also has to see their eventual deaths. Guy's just a cool old gentleman who wants people to live their life to the fullest.

[@deleeleh]

Hi its me the person that really liked your faust reaction!!! faust and slayer are my absolute favorite characters in guilty gear so im so happy you enjoyed ups and downs and appreciated the jazz!!!!! Your assumption that he's lived for a long time and is more optimistic is correct! Slayer is an immortal vampire that's lived for a very long time, and he lives by the principles of dandyism (being a gentleman basically!). He's considered one of the strongest characters in the guilty gear universe, but despite his immense power, he enjoys the more mundane things in life. He often offers advice to the main cast and tries to lead them along with his wisdom and experience! The woman in his video is his immortal wife, sharon, which is his dear lover AND infinite blood supply.

[@TheDragonsThorn]

In a Jhulian reaction straight up jackin it and by it i mean lets just say my Dandy

[@Ord_nar_ly]

Jacking my Dandy rn bro, couldn't Dandy Step, Universe'd immediately

[@Akay4444444444444444]

Slayer is the originator of a personal philosophy he calls "Dandyism" and has mentored other characters (Nagoriyuki and Zato-1) in it, and as an immortal vampire loves observing humanity with his immortal wife Sharon (who let's him get his drink on whenever). Vampires in GG also dont have any problems with stuff like sunlight or other typical vampire weaknesses, so he's gotta find some way to spend his time after all

[@evilded2]

Slayer is just so chill, has an immortal wife with ∞ blood they can basically do whatever. Slayer is pretty much an unchanging force in the guilty gear universe but has a profound impact on the characters around him.

[@melynxforce8918]

Slayer character is just so great. Since he's an immortal vampire he just drop from time to time, give pieces of advice for characters to improve themselves and challenge their point of view then just leave.

[@tjhunter9787]

I definitely recommend looking into the previous themes of slayer "Jack a dandy" and "haven you got eyes in your head"

[@Arabyss]

Btw the "heartbeat stopper" should be "hardly stuffs of"

[@cashordeals3672]

Love how his theme is classy Immortal man telling us to enjoy the journey that is life with it's ups and downs 😮‍💨🔥👌🏾

[@aidenmb7932]

Now he needs to gear Jack a Dandy

[@Electro586]

You should listen to Jack-a-Dandy, Slayer’s theme from GG Xrd. It’s another banger with a similar jazziness.

[@BraveFrontierRemeberer]

slayer is such a cool character with only 2 characters being stronger then him in Happy Chaos and Bedman

[@fizer302]

Wouldn't say bedman is stronger than Slayer. Slayer holds back a lot, which is probably why he didn't win against bedman when he confronted him (also because of the fact that he didn't know how his teleporting worked) And President Gabriel kinda kicked bedmans arse, Which would further support the idea of Slayer being above bedman since Slayer and Gabriel are practically equals

[@BraveFrontierRemeberer]

@@fizer302 you know when bedman was fighting them he was only at 2 or 5 percent power right, Bedman is stronger then Happy Chaos at full power

[@fizer302]

@BraveFrontierRemeberer it's hard to say for sure. We have NEVER seen these two go all out, so we will never really know for sure if one is over the other

[@birdup2141]

@@BraveFrontierRemeberer for like 5 seconds

[@BraveFrontierRemeberer]

@@birdup2141 yeah before he dies

[@sya_elexeor1058]

You should totally check out his Xrd theme if you want another jazzy song with some metal

[@inaviatable118]

Who up jackin they dandy rn?

[@someunimportantguy]

Take the lyrics with a grain of salt, as many people are hearing different things. Hopefully official lyrics drop some day

[@ckorp666]

dont get me started on ppl rushing to be the first lyric poster and reproducing their day 1 misinterps for years to come

[@Dragao_de_Sucata]

Simplesmente o Brabo.

[@Abafrasco]

You are right, slayer and Nagoriyuki are vampires

[@thediddler6954]

Hell yeah

[@TGMMargaret]

Good intro.

[@evilded2]

All these talking about jack-a-dandy seem like they haven't got eyes in there heads.

[@Russian_bot34]

+R has fallen, billions must 632146P

[@JDPixelado]

I just recognized the painting behind you, it is of Don Quixote, are you Hispanic? I am Argentinian and I have been following you for a long time jajaja

[@AofCastle]

El retrato es de Salvador Dalí

[@JDPixelado]

@@AofCastle hablo del de la puerta

[@AofCastle]

​@@JDPixelado AAAAAA perdón Ni idea entonces

[@Jhulian_R]

I am, it's so crazy you didn't know until know, my accent always gives me away 😅 Qué bueno tener hermanos argentinos por acá ❤️‍🔥

[@tabsthethird996]

Dandy.

[@AfroMidwestern]

I love Slayer

[@AfroMidwestern]

He's one of the whole semest characters in the entire game. I love him and oh so vamps zady

[@AfroMidwestern]

Also his wife is literally indestructible immortal, she is known as Sharon.

[@Sever2107]

Jhulian, pls make a reaction on new Ado song called "Mirror", the base in this one is insane and if you want to hear more song like it, check out "Overdose" by Ado too (with the same base player) Thank you so much!❤

[@hit7082]

Can you make a reaction & analysis for Katekyo Hitman Reborn Ost? 1. Tsuna Awakens 2. Standing Friends 3. Extremely Sunny 4. Kakugo 5. Flame of Resolution 6. Hibari Theme 7. Succession

[@anwardyurinaldi5980]

Still waiting another Mili song reaction

[@Osoempresairo1]

React TENEBRE ROSSO SANGUE, ORDER and WAR from ultrakill

[@Osoempresairo1]

But monologue vercions

[@evilded2]

A certified bander

[@pogfish4311]

Бандера?!