These OSTs are FIRE!! | First time reaction to GUILTY GEAR STRIVE OSTs (Character themes)

[@daysand123]

If you play a mirror match against another happy chaos, the character intro is them high fiving and complimenting each other as they walk by and then talking about playing cops and robbers and one asking if he can be the protagonist.

[@Murmarine]

Ram is an artifial clone of Valentine, hence her full name being Ramlethal Valentine. Her almost robotic, no-nonsense personality is a stark contrast to that of her sisters/other clones, Elphelt Valentine. Ram was created to be a weapon first and foremost, and after a scuffle with Sol she has been put under the care of the Kiskes, where she is now a brigadeer leader serving with Leo Whitefang. Also she loves hamburgers. A very funny interaction circle with Ram, Elphelt and Sin, is that the two girls accuse Sin of eating their lunch, and Sin just goes "yeah, what are you gonna do about it?" Happy Chaos is technically the big bad of the guilty gear universe. He is the first mage in existence, holding unimaginable amount of power, which he uses to do anything from petty pranks to leveling skyscrapers in an instant. Life is a stage, and humanity are the actors. He does not care, as long as the drama keeps going, and humans keep winning, he is willing to be the antagonist. He also has a weapon that is a powerful artifact capable of immense destruction... which he doesn't use, instead he uses a gun. Which he made. Like a deadass normal gun.

[@georgieegames]

thank you for the character descriptions! knowing these details, the songs make a lot more sense and I got this general vibe from them too! such cool characters!

[@manutdedits2726]

The gun is also just a replica of that weapon too but it just functions as a normal gun. Who said theater nerds have no sense of humour?

[@stormblaze9122]

The funniest thing about the gun description is that one is some legendary weapon that can only exist it a certain universe The other is a replica

[@vivi7645]

@@stormblaze9122 I think it was that only 5/6 of them exist in the entirety of the Multiverse, actually

[@mauriciomeireles1210]

Also a small adenum: in the strive world there is a looming cataclysm, something that might destroy the whole of humans and any living being. 2 of the big bads of the series (I-No and happy chaos) try to change this future, by making mankind stronger by being "the big evil", hoping they will prepare the world for that "thing". That doesnt mean he doesnt enjoy playing the villain of course, but happy chaos actions also come from the live and admiration he has for mankind and how chaotic and unique all them are

[@thehypetrain3449]

Happy chaos is simply the personification of “anything for the bit”

[@sandenson]

The ultimate theater kid

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

"We do a bit of trolling," the manifestation of

[@ImR3DACT3D]

Bro is willing to possibly destroy humanity multiple times over just so kids don't have to suffer a boring history lesson

[@ThE_bOtAtRoN]

"For the funny"

[@aaronalbury9958]

Extras (Elphelt Theme), The Circle (Bedman? Theme), "Like a Weed, Naturally, as a Matter of Course" (Testament Theme)

[@xArt_16]

Circle is gonna be an interesting one, as it’s definitely a strange and acquired taste song. I hated it at first but now it’s a top 3 or top 5, but at least it will still keep her intrigued via the lyrics.

[@-Ripica-]

I'd love her to find out that Extras (Elphelt Theme) was sang by ONE SINGER.

[@aughvi]

DREAM theme rotation

[@Nikowo1610]

@@aughvi SO true

[@w1nther930]

Happy Chaos' motives are explained perfectly in the Disney like section "When the violent storm (him) is over, blue sky is more beautiful than ever" Humanity always exhaust every last option to survive, and he will be the villain that makes that happen

[@kamanira]

Happy Chaos is an interesting character. In a nutshell, he's an absurdly powerful mage-- the first, in fact-- and is responsible for just about every major event that's happened in the series to this point, either directly or indirectly. Not all, but most. He has a very simple philosophy, which you can hear in his song. "When the violent storm is over, the blue sky is more beautiful than ever." He genuinely believes that life is sweeter with conflict and strife, because it makes you appreciate the quiet after the storm so much more, and he's more than happy to push the world into those conflicts, and even play the role of the villain, if it means seeing that beautiful blue sky when the violent storm is over. Not good, but not quite evil either. He simply plays the role he feels best suits him, when needed. To quote the madman himself... "I can be anything you want, or nothing at all. But I do exist."

[@sleepofgc]

Happy Chaos is a best described as a "theater director" villain, or maybe a deity who treats reality as screenwriting. He's not evil, but he knows everything and is incredibly bored. So instead of literally being the bad guy, he plays the part of "bad guy" for the benefit of everybody. He stirs the pudding so it doesn't burn.

[@birdup2141]

3 absolute bangers packed with so much emotion and yeah happy chaos is probably the most powerful in the series aside from a few instances maybe, they choose to use a gun instead of their magic because they'd find it boring but he is what you'd call godlike He knows so much information that he doesn't consider himself human anymore and his theme represents his kind of fleeting and fickle nature but also what he ultimately values, the "blue sky" that only comes about after the "violent storm"

[@georgieegames]

ohh wow that's so sick! yeah with the casual attitude usually follows absolutely OP-ness in anime logic land 🤣🤣 they are a sick character I'll have to have a read of their BG for sure!

[@birdup2141]

@@georgieegames definitely an interesting read, he's my fav in the series, although I can't play him because he hurts my fingers 😭

[@Fatalbeast22]

Only ones I'd say ever surpassed or matched happy chaos are like, amped I-NO in strive itself, and sol at his absolute peak, which definitely was not strive lol

[@Arthion]

He's just proving that the human mind isn't quite made to handle omniscience and unimaginable power. He's well intentioned but his morals are decidedly no longer rational or human.

[@fumu776]

irecommend reacting to zato's theme "let me carve your way" - it is a mirror to millia's theme and listening it back-to-back makes you appreciate both themes even more!

[@fjordexplorer9062]

Classic Rock trivia: The opening keyboard section of Ramlethal’s theme is directly inspired by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer’s 1971 song “Bitches Crystal”. Daisuke loves his music references.

[@sandenson]

ELP MENTIONED‼️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥

[@DrKurapikaIsDrowning]

@@sandensonELPhelt???

[@sandenson]

@@DrKurapikaIsDrowning Emerson, Lake and Palmer lol

[@DrKurapikaIsDrowning]

@@sandensonI know about ELP, nice KC pfp btw

[@sandenson]

@@DrKurapikaIsDrowning Game recognise game

[@eepy_lb7798]

It's crazy how accurate your analysis of the charaters is.

[@georgieegames]

i felt like I got a better idea of the characters from these songs! with ram tbf my friend had given me a hint as well! glad I was spot on tho yay!

[@arcuslux516]

15:16 Happy Chaos is a disney princess

[@niffry]

For some reason the more jazzy parts of Happy Chaos' theme kinda gives me Katamari Damacy vibes- and that feels weirdly appropriate considering just how much happy carefree destruction you cause in those games

[@TurokRevolution]

It would be awesome if Guilty Gear got an anime some day. Xrd and Strive do have story modes that you can just watch like they're movies, but since they are in-engine and do feel low-bugdet at some parts, they do leave a lot to be desired. When I look at the Xrd Rev 2 and Strive Intro and the animated music video for Find Your One Way, I'm just thinking "How cool would it be if we had an entire series like that".

[@quilava1138]

Guess what

[@siggevidstige8019]

I would recommend "Happy Chais" by RadChad it's a fantastic Character analysis, but yeah Happy Choas is a VERY complicated character

[@Frogman189]

Rad Chad? The mad lad? To some of us our dad?

[@FurriesAreGod]

Yeah XD

[@runedoom]

Ah yes, joyous teas

[@truedryad]

Ohh. Another one of the fellow RadChad enjoyers. I see...

[@siggevidstige8019]

@@Frogman189 I just love how he whent from Guilty Gear shitposter to one of the best literally analysis KZbinrs all while still keeping the shitposter vibe

[@Akay4444444444444444]

You're pretty spot on with Ram. She's a Valentine, a clone of a woman named Aria Hale and she was initially given minimal emotions, having been created to threaten humanity and get killed off as a diversion by her "mother" the Universal Will (who wants to wipe out humanity and replace it with her own version.) However, minimal emotions doesn't mean no emotions, and after getting her ass kicked and captured by the protagonists, her "sister," Elphelt Valentine (who was working against the Universal will at the time) and the other characters (perticularly Sin) would manage to breakthrough to her with puppies and burgers and love. She even has a dog! It's to the point that when "mother's" assassin (Bedman) was ordered to kill her, he couldn't bring himself to do it cause he considered her to be essentially a little girl emotionally, not the emotionless disposable tool he was told she was. By the time of Strive she's very much on humanity's side and is now a member of the military, particularly under the command of Leo, who she looks up to due to his charisma and personality. She's currently trying to get Nagoriyuki (the main boss of Strive in the base game and first season of DLC), a vampire who has been traveling alone in this strange new time period, to join with people and understand he has a place in this world. Faust comes into conflict with her in his story mode, each thinking the other has bad intentions for Nagoriyuki before realizing they both want to reach out to him in their own way. Happy Chaos is a hard character to pin down. In the backstory of GG, an alternate layer of reality, "The Backyard," was discovered by an incredible sage, "The Original." The Backyard, essentially the sheet music for the symphony that is reality, is volatile if not utilized correctly and is essentially pure information. It was the Original that created the Universal Will (which was intended to help humanity) and taught magic to the world. However, he'd be betrayed by the Universal Will and fused with godlike power and seasled away inside her, growing mad with the information and power he possessed. Eventually he'd overhear plans for the creation of a Valentine named "Happy Chaos" and, liking the name, would take it for himself. After being unsealed from the Universal Will, he'd set out to help I-No regain her godlike powers, thinking that humanity needed further strife and problems to overcome to not stagnate. He sees good and evil as equal, nothing is important to him and everything has a purpose and he loves it all. He doesn't want to be the main character, nor does he want to be the main villain, even if he's causing international incidents by raiding the white house and taking multiple world leaders hostage and launching nukes for his goal of propping up I-No as the real final boss of Strive's story. He thinks I-No, whether she succeeds in her plans or is foiled by the heroes, has the best chance for helping humanity grow and for the future to be as not boring as possible. He's a being with godlike magic that barely uses it in a fight because it's more fun to use a plain ass gun he's not even that skilled with to fight. He literally has to concentrate to aim for his gameplay. He has to reload. He's got a move that takes HP. He's laidback and does whatever he pleases cause he's so smart that by the time he's decided what to do he already has a multistep plan involving going to unleash an ancient vampire samurai and raid the white house to unleash forbidden technology and play the world's most wanted criminal like a fiddle. He's pure. He's broken. His story mode when he was added as a player character has him working with I-No (or at least trying to), trapped in a broken alternate timeline, to try and reach the main timeline again and have more fun. He exists. Humanity isn't special it's just another species but all these people and their lives and the chaos is so beautifully unimportant. Millia is a character that's been around since the first game, and your analysis is quite close. In the backstory, she was taken into the assassin's guild by it's new leader, Zato-1. She was given a forbidden beast that lets her use her hair as a weapon. She was one of the top members of the guild, starting a (very toxic) relationship with Zato. However, Zato's continued working away at an morality the guild had, and the relationship being very toxic, would drive her away. The guild doesn't accept resignations. She's pursued by Zato, but his own forbidden beast begins to take control of him, so she's forced to mercy kill him. Despite this, she'd find difficulty living a peaceful life, haunted by the feeling she'd end up losing control like Zato and unable to adjust to peace having been raised to kill, eventually making peace with the guild and beginning to work with them again. Zato would be revived, albeit very emotionally stunted, and that would pull her back into working with the Guild, hoping to become its leader and reform it. By the time of Strive, the guild has actually been formally partnered with military and absorbed into it, and she's become leader of the Bureau, now being Zato's superior and acting as the kingdom's intelligence agency. She's a character raised to be an assassin and fell in love with a superior, but had to leave when things got too toxic. She tried to leave it behiind, but was brought back in, unable to live anywhere else. She's afraid she'll fall into the same traps as her predecessor, but strives for things to be better, wanting the Bureau to work legitimately and with moral purpose and NOT having a relationship with someone that is her underling.

[@Benxall]

You got happy chaos perfectly except for one detail. There is nothing tragic in this assholes life. He became omnipotent and almighty, learning every secret of the universe, and his reaction to that was calling it cringe. The only thing he wants of life is to see humanity happy, and he believes that the only patch to happines is to overcome great adversity, even if that means he has to become the great adversity himself Also now that you did HC, you gotta do Asuka's theme next pretty please

[@ecks4820]

I mean, I'd say The Original, before he became Happy Chaos, does have a bit of tragedy to him. He basically invented god, only to have the god he invented go rogue almost immediately and destroy the world, and it was clearly not something he wanted or intended to happen given that was Ariels deliberately misinterpreting her own operational parameters. The Original also became Happy Chaos to begin with in an act of self-sacrificing compassion, because he saw that the power that was gathering in I-No was going to destroy the entire universe. That said, if you mark Happy Chaos as somewhat distinct from The Original, a new entity that came into existence after that point, then yeah I'd say that HC himself is only involved in the tragedies he causes and doesn't really have the ability to be subjected to tragedy anymore. No ties, no connections, no concerns and all that. But The Original's story is absolutely a story of the best intentions burning to ashes, it's inherently tragic.

[@Tawrus_]

You should check out ”Extras” and ”The town inside me” next! Quite a contrast compared to most of the ggst songs you’ve heard so far!

[@Royicahn]

SO GOOD, you kinda nailed Ram and Millia (not gonna give details you can probably react to the absolute insanity that is Guilty Gear lore, imagine PMoon levels of deep but super anime). and I want to give My personal favourite: Armor Clad Faith: Potemkin's theme. or another absolute banger in tune with Drift's type of song (more of a story telling vibe): The Circle: Bedman?'s theme

[@taesto3204]

Wow, how are you so damn spot-on with these, like apart from some semantics and additional context, you are completely right! Ramlethal is not actually a robot, but rather a Valentine, an artificial super-powered human created by the Universal Will, a malevolent AI from another dimension to help in its quest to destroy humanity. But apart from that it's exactly as you said, she started to see the beauty in the imperfect world and its foolish humans and turned on her creator. Completely right with the female vocals representing her creator too! Happy Chaos, oh boy, he is something. His title in the game is "Saviour of Humanity, the Gunslinging Broken Messiah". He is the first and most powerful mage in the world, the cause of pretty much every problem in the world, but also the origin of their solutions. He created the Universal Will to protect humanity (actually, that kinda makes him Ramlethals grandfather), but it went haywire and decided to destroy it instead. He then granted humanity magic to help fight against it, before being trapped by Universal Will in its dimension of pure information and stealing the powers of a newly manifested god (long story). The combination of godly power and being trapped in pure information for decades made him go sort of mad, or as he is described in the story, a being that is "too perfect". He does not put anything above anything else now, everything has the same value to him, and really the only thing he cares about now is making life a bit more interesting. He is the villain in the newest game, but as his character profile states "He could just as well end up on the side of good". He has decided that he will take whatever role is needed in the great play of life to make it interesting, and damn if he doesn't succeed in it! And last but certainly not the least, Millia! No surprise, you were spot on with her too! She is a former member of the Assassins Guild that raised her, but is now seeking to create her own life free of its burdens. Well, almost, as she is still bound to the forbidden beast Angra that inhabits her hair and gives her her powers, but overall Angra doesn't seem to be too big of a bother in her life. Amazing analysis as always, can't wait for the next one!

[@ericgardner4750]

it's crazy how spot on you are with your breakdowns. fun reaction!

[@georgieegames]

tysm!! actually so pleased I was spot on 🤣🤣

[@Jhas14ducks]

I like how you got so so close to happy chaos and his lore he is laid back he is chill and he is probally one of if not the strongest character in the story at least when it comes to just as they are without weapons or anything he definetly is but He did not come into the story by accident and he doesent have a tragic backstory in fact he is basically the reason the whole game is happening He is the main villain or at least one of the two main villains of guilty gear strive along with Ino and his character is basically three things 1.he is god he literally is the creator of all magic and the sole reason it exists because of this he is basically a god 2.when I say carefree I mean it he can easily At multiple points win easily defeat the main characters but he doesent and that’s because of reason 3 3. He does not give a shit to him all he wants is to have fun he is the villain because it’s fun to him it’s what he wants to do because of all this you would assume he is evil but tbh Nah he’s a goofball and I love him

[@olinnus785]

"Let me carve your way" the Zato's theme, he's the edgy boi with a blindfold in Millia's song. Be sure to read his lore beforehand, it adds a lot of spice

[@caseyogden7105]

you definitely have the most accurate reading on the characters ive seen from any reaction, would love to get your read on the circle or the gravity because i feel like they have very complex characterisations and took me a couple of listens to get a read on what they were trying to say but theyre my absolute favourites (also the gravity is the most complex from a production and artistic point too!)

[@georgieegames]

I am planning on my next video from GGS osts soon! Have been very busy but I am very excited! :D thanks for watching!

[@FellowIntello]

If you want a more softer-ish tone from the male singer, try out Roar of the Spark (Ky Kiske’s theme), Let me Carve Your Way (Zato-1’s theme), The Hourglass (Sin Kiske’s theme), Rock Parade (Anji’s theme), and Requiem (I-no’s theme)! I can’t wait for your reactions, Strive’s OST really leaves you thinking “Man this rock album comes with a fighting game!”

[@vampn132157]

Impressive how spot on you were with these analyses. The part about the voice at the start being Ram's creator and understanding Milia's goals were things I didn't think were possible to figure out just from the songs. Just so you know, CloudDrop sometimes posts incorrect lyrics. For a channel that reuploads their videos when official lyrics come out, I'll shout out CapnBooker.

[@fezthedracky8468]

Talking about Happy Chaos' theme start sounds like a meme, only for Naoki Hashimoto (the guy who sings most male voiced GG songs) to forget those EXACT LYRICS at the Arc World Tour finals (most important GGST tournament of the year) concert is so incredibly funny and in character for Happy Chaos.

[@auggieheart]

Just one heads-up for strive themes, if you plan reacting to "The Kiss of Death", "The Circle" or "Just Lean" you might want to watch lyric videos belonging to other channels, because as neat as CloudDrop's editing is, they tend to get the lyrics wrong for some songs, since they aren't just published online for some reason...

[@KingOfFools784]

The lyrics for base game and season 1 songs are out there, they came with the vinyl record iirc

[@Jabroni_14]

Loved the video amd hearing your blind analysis. Three other guilty gear songs I would recommend are "play the hero" "let me carve your way" and "extras"

[@GrzegorzSobkowicz]

If you're interested in songs from the Guilty Gear games before Strive, then I would recommend "Tsuki no Shihai" aka "Moon's domination" (Raven's theme)

[@ThatGuyNikolas]

I gotta say. your read on the characters from the songs are pretty spot on so far. Would love to hear your thoughts on "The Gravity", "The Town Inside Me". I just love to disect in these songs. Also, for another song reccomnedation, and speaking of Trigun Vibes. You might wanna give "Just Lean" a listen. Other then that, Elphelt Valentine's theme "Extras" is great if you want to hear a frankly insane vocal range. (yes, it is all sung by the same person). I'll have to limit it there tho before I just go listing every song.

[@MarakamiSG]

Funniest thing about Drift is that recently we had a Guilty Gear Strive concert and the singer Naoki, sang the beginning of the song and said he forgot his lyrics

[@catonnafiddle]

i would recommend testament’s theme for the future, i think their story is really interesting and the way the music portrays that is cool c:

[@rosenthorn_]

Loved the Alter Bridge comparison, Ramlethal's song is a real journey of different rock genres lol

[@vincentpey3929]

The themes can play during fights depending on settings, if you dont change anything then the fight will allways be on a stage associated with one of the characters and said characters theme will play, but you can also choose certain songs and stages in the character select screen, this game has a sort of jukebox mode so you have access to allmost every song from the series history, so when i dont wanna hear one of the strive themes atm you can choose one of the equally great themes from older games.

[@niconiconi-z1c]

when you've reacted to all the character themes would you ever react to GekkoSquirrel's strIVe theme lyric breakdown (he's ok with reaction conted)

[@siggevidstige8019]

That would be really cool

[@SaintMarianne]

Can’t wait for you to hear the rest of the soundtrack, so many absolutely insane tracks still to come!

[@ihopeyouandicanbefriends]

i love ram and main her because she has huge sword hitboxes but also mainly because her non-sword attacks are so vicious and feral. it feels good hitting her attacks because she visually puts so much effort and primal emotion into every strike. shes cool and collected on the surface but that facade breaks very quickly when you see how she actually fights.

[@lavan-guardiste3682]

I already suggested this on stream, Georgie, but I'll repeat myself: I'm sure you'll love checking out Path to Nowhere, either for its Character trailers/Event trailers or its OSTs! There's a reason why most of the Path to Nowhere fandom also plays Arknights and Limbus Company! (Something something Venn Diagram, something something Single Circle)

[@dankspiderman579]

I came back to this because I think it's so interesting how you called the tone of Drift a "musical." Because of how much Happy Chaos values the themes of a "story". During the story of Strive he refers to himself as an "antagonist" because that's his role to play, and he likes using euphemisms involving roles or events in a story. He sees the whole world as a stage, and he's just the one having the most fun playing his part.

[@feircy]

From what little I know of happy chaos I'd say he defintely does give off first half of trigun vash vibes. 😂 Gravity is an absolute banger that deserves attention, hellfire and requien are solid too.

[@AlquimistEd]

Love hearing your theories about the characters.

[@jeipidr]

A thing about Rams theme: the lyrics at the beginning are actually written in Esperanto, which was designed to be meant as a universal second language in the 1800s, it really helps the song with its somewhat alien/artificial vibes on that section

[@seven1353]

loved your videos, really appreciated that you took your time to make this, ive been following for quite a while, its rare that i say this but you should definitely check out "just lean" which is johnny theme, other than that i definitely think you should check out granblue fantasy relink in general, the music and the game has been stellar for most people, one of the music i recommend is its ed theme "Good Night, Good Morning" by Nao Taoyama, and if you arent thinking of playing it/care about the lore, why not check the cutscene because personally it looks insane

[@justinleach4775]

Great thing about Guilty Gear is that you’ll never pick a bad track to listen to

[@Moxie326]

It'd be really cool to see you react to some of the soundtracks from the previous games in the series. There are some really good ones from Guilty Gear 2: Overture like Diva (the Original Valentine's theme) or Holy Orders Be Just or Be Dead (Ky Kiske's theme from that game). There are also some great ones from Guilty Gear Xrd, like Marionette (Elphelt's Original Theme).

[@Nooctae]

One of the interesting part of Ramelthal song, it uses a lot of esperanto in it ( a constructed language, technically not native to anywhere ) to represent the fact she's technically alien to the world. She's not exactly a robot, but she was made by one.

[@Road_to_Dawn]

I love Ramlethal, my absolute favorite character in Guilty Gear. I completely fell in love with her after going through Xrd's story. The character growth she went through in that game alone was just so inspiring to me. She was originally posed to be the villain of Xrd, created and sent to destroy the world, but through her bond she developed with Sin, Sol, and her sister Elphelt, she realized that the world was something that should be preserved instead of ended, so instead of being the main villain, she ended up becoming one of the heroes, no longer an emotionless robot, but growing a heart and becoming a person. It's an old, tired story that's been told over and over again, but I just loved the way it was delivered. Shame on me, though: although I'm a GG fan, I don't often pay much attention to the music in it. I immediately recognized Ram's theme though, and I was surprised to see it was actually hers lol. Reading the lyrics though, it makes sense. And that song goes through so many changes over the duration, what a literal epic! Oh, and if you're still wondering how to pronounce her name, it's "RAM-leh-THAL", with the most emphasis on the first syllable and no emphasis on the second.

[@fetusmaledory497]

Respect it but Ramlethal is by far my least favorite character in the game.

[@sleepofgc]

"Let Me Carve Your Way" and "Love the Subhuman Self" are more or less directed at each other. Two songs from both sides of the coin of love not working out.

[@deddrz2549]

Happy Chaos is the combination of being the most powerful person in the world, just wanting chaos and entertainment. But at the same time, having the 'after the violent storm, the sky is more beautiful than ever', or in a sense, peace can only be fully enjoyed if it it taken from the depths of adversity, so heis very theatrical and will deliberately become the protagonist so that the heroes can prevail and make a great story.

[@BreedableVaporeon0978]

MORE GUILTY GEAR! I saw someone recommended Elphelts theme and I very much agree but I would also recommend Bridget’s theme it’s very different from what you’ve been hearing

[@Diamondeye299]

You are absolutely correct about Ramlethal The female voice represents Mother her creator who made the valentines to destroy humanity but Ramlethal broke free and is now discovering the wonders of life she still has a more serious monotone way of speaking compared to her sisters Elphelt and Jack-O The male voice is herself fighting back against Mother and learning to love humanity

[@georgieegames]

that's actually so sick! love how the song implemented in the story! ah GGS songs are on another level man!

[@gondolaFGC]

I definitely recommend Zato's theme cause of his relationship to Millia!!!!

[@crash4271]

i love happy chaos because he falls into this weird area where he's definitely a villain, but he's kind of rooting for the good guys to beat him. he believes that by giving humanity an adversary to rise up against (himself) he can lead them to grow stronger

[@WynterStormYT]

*Ram's Theme:* Humanity is inherently flawed and prone towards meaningless, self-destructive behavior, yet the world still has value and is worth believing in. *Millia's theme:* Each of us is capable of dark acts and thoughts, but we must accept this and learn to love ourselves if we are to grow as people. *Chaos' theme:* hehehe I forgor

[@izevrente]

Georgie, you should check out GBF character themes! Even the spin-off fighting game Versus has some amazing characters and their themes. Some fan favourites are Zero (Lucilius), Paradise's Lust (Belial), Caliogstro's theme and others :)

[@Fatalbeast22]

Happy chaos is well, his name describes him lol, hes happy and he wants chaos. Hes a seemingly immortal being that knows almost everything, and he just showed up in strive to fuck some shit up, giving another character access to world wnding power, prior to this.....he was just chilling in a castle for a 1000 years and at the end of strives story he just left because he had his fun

[@johkerx9107]

Rams theme is so underrated it’s prolly my fav in the base roster with Milla's being a close second. If you’re gonna do some more I recommend Johnny’s and Elphelts, both are bangers

[@georgieegames]

thanks for the suggestion! if people want to see more I am down to react to more for sure! had a blast with these songs! SO GOOOD!!

[@silverraven250]

Millia is a former assassin. She was Zato's (Blindfold guy) student, right hand woman, and former lover. She and Zato wield living weapons, each required a sacrifice of the self to achieve the power. For Zato it was his eyes, for Millia, it was her womb.

[@FastFingerJohnny]

I think the perfect ones to react next will be: - Let me carve your way (Zato theme) - Gravity (Asuka theme) - Extras (Elphet theme) This three are kinda related to the ones you reacted here, so it might be a bit better to listen them side by side.

[@gatr2897]

Valentine lore is pretty hard to get an immediate grasp on, but the connecting thread between all of the valentines is their varying levels of connections to the scientist Aria Hale, who went on to become the Command class Gear Justice. They also all are capable of fusing with Justices corpse, and in fact that was always their purpose. The original Valentine, as well as Elphelt and Ramlethal were all created by the Universal Will in the backyard. The Universal Will is a robot created by a philospher known as the Original, referred to as such because they originally discovered the backyard as well as magic. The Original created TUW and sent it to the backyard to study, with the directive of protecting mankind. Eventually TUW became confused on what a human was, and ended on the conclusion that real humanity did not exist yet. At that point it sought out to create its own humanity, as well as to exterminate the existing "redundancies" aka people. They created a human vessel for themself named Ariels, and managed to ascend to the highest political position of powernin the whole Guilty Gear World: the Sanctus Maximus Populi. Essentially the pope but with less religion lol. Ariels plan was multifaceted but Ramlethals role in it was to act as a distraction by declaring war on humanity, and then kill Sol by self-destructing. Instead she got captured and subjected to Sin Kiske (Ky Kiskes 5 year old half Gear son whom he had with Dizzy. Long story just go with it for now lol), and his version of "interrogation" which ended up being him trying to get her to smile. He slowly but surely opened her up. Originally she believed she was just a tool for her mother to use, but she was able to awaken to her emotions and realize that she was in fact unique thanks to Sin as well as her sister Elphelt. Now her and Elphelt live with the Kiskes, essentially being both being adopted daughters, and Ramlethal joined the Illyrian army and is doing a great job. She loves her friends, her puppy and CHEESEBURGERS. I've described Happy Chaos in so many comments and I still never quite know where to begin with him. He is The Original. Or he was, at least. Before he lost his mind. It's unclear what happened to him but after creating The Universal Will he disappeared at some indiscernable point, some time between 1999 and 2074 presumably (the timeline of the games begin in the 2170s). Then one day I-No just, pulled him out from between Ariels boobies, and he was Happy Chaos now. The name Happy Chaos comes from the name of an unfinished Valentine unit that Asuka was building to compliment Jack-O, the other Valentine he created. Jack-Os purpose was to make Aria (aka Justice) human again, and simultaneously stop Ariels from using Justices power for her plan. Happy Chaos on the other hand was created to restore I-Nos humanity. That Valentine unit however was never completed, but The Original heard Jack-O speak about it and decided to steal the name for himself. Ok I have to do a little I-No lore to explain why she went and pulled Chaos out of Ariels so bear with me. I-No is the result of the hopes and dreams of humanity for a brighter future during the crusades, manifested into the body of a single magical foci in the backyard, which became I-No. A being severed from the rest of the universe, granted unbelievable power. The Original found her in the backyard and started shitting bricks. He took half of her powers because he knew she'd be a threat to the whole universe if she kept them. At that point The Original basically became I-Nos other half. He pulled Happy Chaos out of Ariels because she wanted her power back to enact her plan, and he obliged her because he thought it sounded like a fun idea (that's not a joke that's just how Chaos is). Chaos, as he is in Strive, is a pure being, a being to which good and evil cease to have meaning. He believes things only exist because they're needed for something. For example he believes the omelette came before the chicken and the egg, and that the chicken exists to make the egg, to make the omelette. He obliged I-No because he believes he exists to do just that. He also believes that he exists to be mankinds antagonist, to give mankind a reason to progress forward. If the shield exists to stop the sword, then he will become the strongest sword there is and force humanity to create the strongest shield. To put it bluntly, he stirs the pot to create drama because he believes that's his purpose. Every Strive character has a little flavor text title on the character select screen, and Chaos's is "Gun-slinging Broken Messiah". Broken Messiah is definently a fitting description. In the 1990s a chivalrous vampire named Slayer, the last of his kind, founded the assasins guild, an organization commited to the liberation of the people by taking out corrupt dictators. This guild survived for hundreds of years all the way to the time the Guilty Gear games take place, but along the way the guild lost its original vision in favor of blood money. Slayer left the guild out of disgust, and the guild fell into the hands of Zato-1, a womanizing, cruel, sadistic man who would do anything for more wealth. He brought Millia Rage into the guild, taught her the art of killing, fell in love with her, and together they both made pacts using the forbidden magics to aquire a symbiotic organism known as a forbidden beast, which act as a natural enemy to Gears. In Millias case, she sacrificed her hair to aquire the forbidden beast Angra. Zato got a pretty raw deal with his beast, but Angra seems relatively docile and doesn't give Millia much trouble overall. Regardless, her relationship with the guild ended up being extremely complicated. She both loved and hated Zato, hated that the guild was so twisted and dark, and hated that she had the training of a cold, emotionless assasin burned into her. She eventually left the guild, and also eventually killed Zato some time during the events of GGXX. She couldn't quite shake the guilds hold on her tho, but instead of letting it all eat away at her she became part of an initiative to bring the guild out of the darkness, back into the light. She succeeded and ended up becoming head of the new guild, which was absorbed into the Post War Administration Bureau. During the events of Strive, her and Zato play a hand in stopping the catastrophy I-No and Chaos plotted. But wait, ZATO??? HE'S ALIVE??? definently react to his theme next, and I can go to town explaining how the hell that happened, and I promise the explanation is pretty cool lol.

[@vincentpey3929]

I believe the the different voices in Ramlethals theme reprisent the different people who where an influence on her over the course of her existence.

[@VolcaronaPlays]

Extras (Elphelt Theme), The Town Inside Me (Bridget Theme), Requim (I-No Theme)

[@ludiich3279]

Fun fact, Happy Chaos killed Bedman, Delilah's brother

[@yoohoo236]

Penalty for not having Zato-1 theme and Milia theme in the same vid

[@quartz_gg9090]

Extras (Eldphelt's theme), Armor-Clad Faith, and Gravity (Asuka's theme) are all great. Eldphelt's would be good since she's the sister of Ramlethal. Edit: WoolieVS did a good summary of most Guilty Gear lore, it's only 6 hours long :D

[@zanzibar4730]

That read on Ram's lore was incredible! Gotta give props to the songwriters

[@WolframTitanite]

Yeah, Happy basically exists for the sole purpose of being an issue and making it everyone elses problem

[@isorstho7378]

Your analysis is pretty spot on ngl. Also some more songs you could react to is "Let me carve your way" (zato-1 theme), "What do you fight for?" (Nagoriyuki's theme, probably wrote his name wrong), "Dissaster of Passion" (May's theme) and "The roar of the spark" (Ky Kiske's theme)

[@tedwiggins3617]

I saw a comment somewhere that perfectly sums up Happy Chaos. "hes the kind of guy to walk into a bank, hold everyone at gun point, put money in the vault and then leave."

[@Mrinsecure]

As a point of comparison against Drift, check out "The Gravity," the theme of Asuka. It's also a fairly bizarre song, but in a very different way.

[@CommanderConvoy]

"This feels very Alter Bridge" Holy shit, I thought I dreamed that band up

[@WillGlacier]

Well since you listened to Millia's theme, Zato-1 would be a great follow up since they have . . . History . . . 😭

[@stroodlepup]

lmao

[@KoFrey12]

I reccomend Kiss of Death, Goldlewis' Theme. one of the best in the game in my opinion. Hellfire, Leos theme, also has an interesting story

[@HoundOfFarron]

If you're enjoying Guilty Gear, I would recommend maybe checking out the Blazblue OST. Aside from that, loving the Guilty Gear reactions so far!

[@marceline2259]

I feel like for a waaaaay different song you should have a look at Bridget's theme "The Town Inside Me", it's great.

[@GCWeber]

Regarding the growlier voice in Millia's theme, that's probably her hair demon. No that's... that's not a joke. Her hair is a demon, albeit a relatively benign one that Millia has full control over

[@Zearics]

Happy Chaos is the phrase "We do a little bit of trolling" personified. He also basically invented magic, so yes he is very powerful and only uses guns because he thinks they're cool.

[@sentar2793]

How do you translate these songs so well?! Like legit, your Millia lore prediction is 100% spot on. Most people just brush away the lyrics as gibberish but it's like these songs are you second language.

[@JoshuaMullins-f3j]

I recommend listening to Extra's, Armor Clad faith, and Just Lean

[@manutdedits2726]

Im gonna go ahead and recommend Ky Kiske, Elphelt Valentine and Asuka's themes. All bangers, im sure you'll enjoy them.

[@Pepto_Dismall]

btw happy chaos is actually the main main antagonist and the most powerful character in the series by far. he's just a little silly goofy and sees life and humanity as a story that he can play a part in. which he's chosen to play the antagonist as. He seems fairly air headed at a glance but shows incredible planning and intelligence and basically only looses because he lets himself be beat.

[@Pepto_Dismall]

he has connections that go through basically all of guilty gear lore but short answer he descoveres the very concept of magic and is responsible for most if not all of the bad things that happen in the story.

[@catrianheir]

While you're right about the woman voice being a sort of creator the voice didn't go away. A cool detail in the song is that the female voice just starts holding a constant note during the parts where the male voice (that represents Ram) is basically trying to convince her that the world and humanity are worth saving and to give them a chance. Basically it's her mother just drowning her out and ignoring her pleas for mercy on humanity's behalf.

[@bobroberts9808]

Awesome reactions! Plz do more!

[@TheDoDoGuy]

Ok so you was wrong about ramlethal And the second character is name happy chaos the song is called drift And the bad things with millia is she's an assassin with zato

[@KenjiTheSnek]

Since I havent seen anyone break the characters down yet, I'll attempt to format this in a readable way, apologies for yall with reading disabilities: Ramlethal Valentine is an artificial being created by the Universal Will (an AI created by The Original/Happy Chaos with the task to grant humanity eternal happiness, which had gone haywire not recognizing humanity as “true humans” and thus trying to destroy it to create its idea of real humans), being made to destroy humanity but definitely not meant to succeed and instead just to be a distraction to buy time. Ramlethal herself is a very aloof and obedient little daughter, totally unwilling to go against her mother's orders. When she finally meets Sin Kiske, son of Ky Kiske, he decides to attempt to show her the good parts of humanity, as she tended to see it as just imperfect beings living horrible lives with tragic and disgusting motivations. Bedman (the first one from Xrd's story) comes in to give her new orders, asking her what she thinks of her mission. Giving the usual "I don't have emotions, I'm not allowed to, I was created to be completely un-unique and easily replaceable, just like my dog," bedman watches her say this while also feeling attachment to the dog, and decides "Alright, the only way to teach you is the hard way" and obliterates her dog from existence and replaces it with an exact copy. Ram doesn't react until she beckons the dog to her, to which the dog is afraid and doesn't give its usual reaction, letting her realize "It's not the same dog, it's unique," leading to "Therefore, am *I* unique?" Sin also helps by treating her to food, which she states she doesn't need any more of besides the basic necessities, before she has a good burger and realizes that a good tasting meal is also nice to appreciate about life. All of this culminates in her defying her mother, questioning if humanity truly deserves to die, despite their faults and imperfections. The song kind of describes as much. On to Happy Chaos, this one's a doozy, so bear with me. HC was, at first, the very first man to create a way for ALL of humanity to use magic, basically allowing for a replacement for the electronic tech humanity had to destroy and outlaw to prevent disaster. He also created the Universal Will as stated prior. He then tried to stop the Universal Will by going into the Backyard (The realm made of pure information), going mad in the process to become Happy Chaos! I am severely paracphrasing here, so if you want more details, go to the wiki. Happy Chaos, being nearly omnipotent and driven mad by the knowledge he gained, gains the realization that life is just a stage for him to play with. And so, he orchestrates a massive amount of random bullshit which results in Asuka R Kreutz being held responsible for destroying Japan and several other crimes, all while he sets up something to do with I-No, which is later revealed to be some kind of godly powerful time witch. Happy Chaos wants humanity to have some drama and excitement, and he's perfectly willing to be the villain for humanity to triumph over (hopefully), while he helps I-No attain godhood, hoping that she will get to experience the joys of life again in the process. Cue the Strive plot. Millia Rage was an assassin raised to be host to a weapon which dwells in her hair. She was taught later in life by Zato-1 and soon after they fell in love. While Zato was perfectly content with being the leader of the Assassin's guild, Millia wanted out, and broke herself out, taking the hair demon and fighting Zato in the process. She felt horrible about it, but it had to be done. Later, when Zato is sent to capture her, she kills him. Later she goes on to become a government intelligence agent, but as Zato gets ressurrected, she has VERY mixed feelings about him due to their past and his lack of ability to have emotions, but she decides he's harmless enough and that his retained loyalty to her (out of love) is enough to keep him from being a problem, so she lets him join the intelligence agency. Her whole song is about her trying to retain her sense of self worth after what she did as an assassin.

[@Jo_youwhatmate]

You're kinda right about Happy Chaos having a sad backstory... If you count him being the perpetrater of the sadness. Happy Chaos is not a good dude to put it lightly, he's like if Vash had been microdosing terrorist juice. He doesn't care about anything or anyone, and his only motivation for doing anything is to cause "drama" for his own entertainment. Usually in the form of literally obliterating whole countries...because he did that. He's also both directly and indirectly responsible for most of the cast's traumas

[@jokertheft45]

You should listen to Extra (elphelt), like a weed, naturally, as a matter of course (testament), and the gravity (asuka)

[@darrylferguson3622]

I hope she checks out Ramlethal and Giovanna's voicelines on their differing opinions on Leo - i know it's kind of spoilery, but i find it hilarious. To answer Georgie's theories, Ram is basically a biologically enhanced clone of Valentine (who was a clone herself) and Ramlethal Valentine was solely created for the purpose of triggering the apocalypse in GG: Xrd, serving as a minor antagonist alongside her "sister" Elphet, but after being defeated by Sol and being abandoned by the BBEG for getting attached to humanity, she basically had to rediscover their purpose - which happened thanks to a good burger. Happy Chaos is basically Prometheus + Jesus fusion... except they went insane. He is the reason humanity can use magic as he gifted the power to them, but unfortunately he has existed for so long that he ended up kind of apathetic to nearly everything, with the two exceptions being making life exciting and seeing humans overcome challenges, but this manifests in a warped mentality - e.g. the fastest way to get someone to appreciate life is to try to kill them. He is the main antagonist of Strive, but is so powerful that he intentionally handicapped himself by limiting his magic and only using guns... which are ironically weak replicas of a gun he has that is capable of potentially destroying cities. He's nice... in a twisted way The last on the list is Milia Rage, who is basically on a journey of self-acceptance, after having to choose between personal morals and the family she found in the group of assasins that found her as an abandoned baby and raised her, with her joining their ranks when she was older. She has hair powers due to taking part in a dark ritual that cost her the ability to have kids in exchange for her hair being possessed by a demon, allowing her to manipulate her hair as a weapon. She became an ex-assassin after defeating and killing her lover who was the leader of the group, but is haunted by both her regrets and her resurrected lover. By the start of Strive, she is starting to come to terms with losing part of her humanity and her past.

[@Diamondeye299]

Her name is pronounced Ram le thal just like what you initially said Also fun fact her song is also the name of the official album and I believe is the director’s favorite song and he considers to be the song of the franchise Also the language at the beginning of ram’s theme is called Esperanto a artificial language it’s meant to be a universal language for humanity. It fits with Ram as she’s a artificial being

[@georgieegames]

right!! yeah my friend pronounced it that way so it makes sense!! there's clearly a lotta love put into the song and knowing the character lore it makes sense! oh that's so cool!! thanks for the info and for watching!

[@cobaltobject1855]

I reccomend "Let Me Carve Your Way" next

[@wrydfell3932]

Gotta suggest Extras, Elphelt Valentine's theme. My favourite from strive, it has one vocalist, Molly Daisy Scarpine, and as soon as i found that out i suddenly had new voice goals I'm also pretty certain that as a transfem I'm legally required to recomment The Town Inside Me, Bridget's Theme. Trans anthem, and my most listened to song on spotify for 2023

[@midnightcarnivalmember]

Can we suggest older Guilty Gear OST songs? If so, then Blue Water, Blue Sky (May's Theme), A Simple Life (Bridget's Theme), Midnight Carnival (I-No's Theme) and Awe of She (Dizzy's Theme).

[@ethanthompson7741]

Amazing how you almost got happy chaos down to a T. He's the world's most powerful magic user, but bro goes around using a gun instead just for fun🤣🤣🤣🤣. Also please do Potemkin's theme 'Armor Cladd Faith' and 'Crawl' if you are continuing the series of Strive OSTs🙏🙏🙏

[@aquajeth4965]

YESSS I LOVE THESE

[@ravengenesis8510]

Wow, you are almost spot on for being blind about guilty gear. For happy chaos,, he is like indeed a Gojo but he is evil.

[@F4ust-crw]

Can we please get The Hourglass (Sin's Theme), Out of the Box (Axl's Theme) and either Extras (Elphelt's theme) or Circle (Bedman's theme). They are my favourites not including Drift.

[@AbyssalLagaiacrusWithAnExtraA]

Guilty Gear Strive mentioned 🎉🎉🎉

[@heinavaara113]

Happy Chaos: god with with adhd does the funny(attempts destroy the world) because it would be fun to see what people would do

[@Tom531Cat]

And he wasn’t wrong. 😂 Just questionable tactics:😂

[@JinseiKaen]

Gnna shoot my shot. Day 1 of asking you to listen to all the Legend of heros: Trails aka The Kiseki series intros. It's a great look into how things have changed in terms of series intros over the years.

[@georgieegames]

shot received! I have had people recommend me these games before and I have never even watched a trailer or anything. I have heard they are all connected tho? will add it to my list! thanks for the suggestion!

[@add8chicken]

That’d actually be awesome to see some trails reactions

[@Mrinsecure]

@@georgieegames The Trails games are all one long ongoing series, yes. Of the games currently released in the West, it basically goes: Trails in the Sky 1-3, Trails From Zero, Trails to Azure, Trails of Cold Steel 1-4, and Trails of Reverie. It is a *very* long-running series, and each game is roughly 60 to 80 hours of gameplay, which can sound like a lot but it's honestly some of the best written games I've ever played.