[東方実在相 ~ DLW] Aimi's Theme - Eastern Aspects of Love and Beauty ~ Existential Humankind

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  • čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
  • Composer: VYCM
    Another song where both the character and the situation come into play. I wanted it to be fittingly emotional for Aimi's backstory and motivation, and also grand and epic to suit the climactic battle for the fate of Gensokyo. I typically finish one song before starting the next, but this theme was started early on and gradually pieced together over the course of development, with several revisions along the way. I tend to overthink things, so this was probably the best way to put a lot of care and effort into it.
    これもキャラクターとシチュエーションの両方を意識した曲です。愛美のバックストーリーや動機に相応しい感動的な、そして幻想郷の運命を分けるクライマックスに相応しい壮大でドラマチックな雰囲気を目指しました。
    普段なら曲を1つずつ作曲して、完全に仕上げてから次に移りますが、この曲だけは初期の頃に作り始めて、いくつかの修正をしながら開発期間全体に渡って少しずつ仕上げていったものです。
    考えすぎになりがちな自分にとって、しっかり心を込めて作っていくのにはこうするのが一番だったんでしょう。
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Komentáře • 54

  • @loafofchihuahua
    @loafofchihuahua Před 2 lety +47

    "Please understand that I love you" on lunatic is harder than most last words in this game...

    • @yeashie141
      @yeashie141 Před 2 lety +25

      But then you fight "If You Don't Love Me, I'll Love for Both of Us" on Overdrive and everything goes to shit

    • @renka-chan9213
      @renka-chan9213 Před 2 lety +8

      @@yeashie141 the damn spell card names are the real deal ;-;

    • @poledra4153
      @poledra4153 Před 2 lety +2

      "Matches made in heaven" in hard

  • @Se--Se
    @Se--Se Před 2 lety +38

    Y’all ever simp so hard you start messing with reality itself?

  • @Kevinmonitor
    @Kevinmonitor Před 2 lety +24

    straight girl standing
    …the song is really complex and has a lot of different parts, but somehow they all mingle together quite cohesively. a solid final boss theme 📏🧍‍♀️

  • @winterdragon2004
    @winterdragon2004 Před 2 lety +27

    Fitting that a game all about logic and rules of the universe being rewritten has a main antagonist who is entirely driven by her emotions

  • @WishMakers
    @WishMakers Před 2 lety +41

    Aimi brings about a lot of strong feelings in people but she's very personally relatable to me. A cautionary tale of how bad things can get.
    What a shocker, her theme is also one of my favorites, if not my absolute favorite in the entire game. I could (and have) listened to it for so long...

    • @borealis1255
      @borealis1255 Před 2 lety +6

      honestly she's just like me fr i find myself returning here more often than i would like to admit

    • @_4y4m3_ch4n_
      @_4y4m3_ch4n_ Před 2 lety +4

      I can somehow relate to to the character too, maybe that's why she's my favorite? lol
      I like her theme also ^^

  • @thomario8639
    @thomario8639 Před 2 lety +11

    Honestly, Aimi brought to me a lot to think.
    Like, "couldn't my good intentions actually be clouded by my desires?" Or
    "Should I really aim for something greater, or should I conform to normality?"
    And most importantly "I want to help... then why am I hurting"
    I haven't had the need to think those things myself, since I've had a pretty good life, but still.
    I'm on Aimi's team, she at the end was aiming for the best reality possible, even if she failed.
    The only argument of the protagonists' side that I buy is the "That zone became more dangerous, not safer!" , which was a pretty high mistake.
    But regardless, I think Aimi could've been capable of fixing said mistakes and make reality better in the end, even if at of sacrifices had to be made.
    As long as those sacrifices don't end with the life of anyone, I'd take 'em.

    • @Se--Se
      @Se--Se Před rokem +2

      And that’s what makes this game interesting: the ambiguity of the main antagonist, a girl who changed the entire world, rewrote people’s memories and essentially became a god. Aimi has done nothing bad, yet it all seems so wrong. The fact that she’s been greatly influenced by her emotions, which could make her selfish and morally wrong, turns into a strenght when she decides to change reality for everyone. Yet she erased people’s memories. She modified Gensokyo to fit her interests. As wonderful as it might be, is it right? What about the Gensokyo everyone once knew, then? In the end, nobody’s wrong... But Gensokyo can’t be changed like this, especially if nobody knows it.

  • @korohacker
    @korohacker Před 2 lety +28

    It's odd. By my usual standards of judging music, I would think that it's monotonous and one-dimensioned, since the main melody and counter-melody rarely change, and seem to even repeat at a constant interval. Even the chord progression rarely changes throughout the theme.
    Yet, I keep coming back to listen to it in the game's music menu, and the theme still kept me on my toes as a final boss-ish in-game. Thinking of it, it's probably 2 things. Firstly, the instruments choice is brilliant. That's the thing that almost always changes with every iteration of the main idea, keeping things fresh and interesting. The contrast between the brilliant sounds of some instruments like chimes, against the rather subdued strings also made the theme sound wide and enveloping.
    Secondly, this theme tugged at my heartstrings. There's this very strong sense of sorrow interwoven in it, laced with desperation and hope to change that sorrow, only for everything to repeat itself again with the overbearing sorrow. It hurts to listen for long, but I'm a sucker for songs that has sadness yet hopeful feel to it

  • @mslabo102s2
    @mslabo102s2 Před 2 lety +23

    It's one of those "this game got me through depression"-ish stuffs, feel free to read past:
    This game, specifically Aimi helped me get over the frustration I had. I saw a dark reflection of myself in her. I wanted to get everyone in Japan to remember and play D&D so that maybe everyone in my vicinity could play it. I even blamed Japanese society not allowing enough time for anything. I had no power to do anything big to do so, but if I had one, I would've became just like Aimi.

  • @clanc_huranku
    @clanc_huranku Před 2 lety +20

    Aimi

  • @CDJAM-webm
    @CDJAM-webm Před 2 lety +12

    back when the newer demo was released i thought "the character in the cover art has to be the extra boss XD" and now after the full version of dlw released i was like "oh ok 🥲"

    • @CDJAM-webm
      @CDJAM-webm Před 2 lety +3

      i wasnt like saying the game is bad just bcuz of that i just thiught it was funny

  • @ultimadragon88
    @ultimadragon88 Před 2 lety +10

    The intro really sounds like "Levitating", which feels weird every time. There are some sections that are kind of iffy for me, but then the chords in the main chorus bits feel very jazzy, which makes it more exciting and unique.

  • @lib6194
    @lib6194 Před 7 měsíci +2

    2 years anniversary of DLW. Have loved this song for 2 years at this point. Best final boss theme ever, the longest boss theme in any Touhou fangame that has ever existed. Aimi is truly a revolutionary boss in more ways than one.
    oh and the pink thing is literally me fr fr nowadays so that's fucking hilarious

    • @Se--Se
      @Se--Se Před 7 měsíci

      Honestly still one of if not the best fangame(s) in terms of litterally everything, may DLW live forever

    • @lib6194
      @lib6194 Před 7 měsíci +3

      @@Se--Se I mean, Aimi is pretty much THE fangame final boss. Batshit insane power that basically fucks everything up, creating the most ridiculously convoluted and concerning incident to the point it surpassed even the things like LoLK, for absolutely dumb reasons, all the while being just a mere human. Even funnier, while most incidents in fangames are just mythologies redux with the incident master being a modern reskin of some ancient goddess or something, Aimi is just...a fucking human. Somehow they made a random human being capable of doing things that far exceeds literal gods, which fits the theme of imagination and humankind's reality or some stuffs very well ngl

  • @clanc_huranku
    @clanc_huranku Před rokem +5

    this song is giving me severe brainrot what have you guys done to me

    • @Skywalker2016GD
      @Skywalker2016GD Před rokem +1

      Put the song in 1.5x speed with the pitch up effect (which means dont do it on youtube) and it actually becomes more of a banger

  • @mellamotimmy5318
    @mellamotimmy5318 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Wow this is my top 1 in CZcams 2023 recap. She won to all touhou girls. Love you aimi!

  • @williewillus
    @williewillus Před 2 lety +10

    The recurring motif in the bass line (e.g. 1:24) sounds so classical to me. Is it inspired from something? I think this track is paced very well with the fight.

  • @usamatsu2275
    @usamatsu2275 Před 2 lety +8

    神曲

    • @mslabo102s2
      @mslabo102s2 Před 2 lety +4

      個人的に実在相はスルメ曲祭りだと思う

    • @rw4077
      @rw4077 Před 2 lety +7

      東方愛美相は本家の人気投票の楽曲部で偶像とかハルトマンの同じくらいの順位は取れるはずだろ

  • @poledra4153
    @poledra4153 Před 2 lety +3

    2:55
    The intensity of that part

  • @scrub6796
    @scrub6796 Před 2 lety +7

    Let's go the theme of best girl is now at 1k views

  • @mokiskire6137
    @mokiskire6137 Před rokem +1

    This track is so warm yet so excited! I can feel the desire to help everyone and make a new world with this song

  • @Se--Se
    @Se--Se Před 7 měsíci

    I just remembered this theme... and this game... i'm honestly so glad DLW exists it makes me wanna scream

  • @dotumantaraye
    @dotumantaraye Před 2 lety +6

    what did you use for the violin? i really like it

  • @MrTrickysticks
    @MrTrickysticks Před 2 lety +2

    Amy from the block
    Very good theme!

  • @nmplab
    @nmplab Před 2 lety +4

    this is all rikuto's fault, maybe.
    but she can't just get others caught up in her own whims because of someone else's wrong against her. it would have been better if she held rikuto accountable for what he'd done and cultivate her own beautiful life out of spite, regardless of rikuto's presence or not. rikuto doesn't deserve you anymore, aimi!!! but good story though. it shows how anyone ordinary inside (or even outside) gensokyo can cause such a ruckus with the right tools and knowledge-such is the essence of gensokyo.
    it's often said that one should change what one can change and accept what one cannot, but this is gensokyo, and you could have one girl who could just say: f that, I will change (almost) everything!

    • @nmplab
      @nmplab Před 2 lety +3

      one shouldn't have to put so much hope into one person only for it to dissolve if they can't meet the expectations. hopefully, the new friends she's made can create a better existence for her and her saw. she can enjoy life without him.

    • @lib6194
      @lib6194 Před 2 lety

      @@nmplab You're literally talking about a teenage girl that messes up the entirely of reality because of a male human being, what do you even expect.

  • @clanc_huranku
    @clanc_huranku Před 2 lety +6

    hee hoo

  • @trollian_alien
    @trollian_alien Před rokem

    this is so good

  • @myball011
    @myball011 Před rokem +2

    Best touhou game stage 6 boss theme I've ever heard

  • @sergeantzura4079
    @sergeantzura4079 Před rokem

    2:15

  • @taserhack1218
    @taserhack1218 Před rokem

    Hardest stage6 boss

    • @Koh-Wei-Jian
      @Koh-Wei-Jian Před 3 měsíci

      Other than the last spell (in both L and O) and the 3rd spell (O only) the rest is pretty much attainable. For the 5th stage, only need to be careful about the 2nd last spell at O difficulty.