Konnichiwa~
Time for Hibaya’s story! His story begins in Heat-Haze and continues in Moon-Viewing Recital. Hibaya came to the city to attend a summer school with his childhood friend and crush Hiyori. Now there’s something I need to explain before I continue. When Mary left her little house in the forest and met the Mekakushi Dan, she began changing the present reality. Mary, besides her “Eye Contact” ability, has the “Combining Eyes” ability, which is the ability to “unify” all of the snakes. How that’s going to affect the Mekakushi Dan and the present reality is unknown. But we do know how its caused several time loops on August 14th. Now lets continue with Heat-Haze. Hibaya on August 14th is spending a summer day with Hiyori. She chases after a cat she was petting and is hit by a truck. Hibaya looks down at her bloody dead body in horror before someone whispers “This is all real” and wakes up on August 14th. He feels troubled by how similar things are to his dream, he stops her from getting hit the truck, but she still dies. He wakes up again, see’s her die again, wake up again, and so and so forth. He relives that day again and again, as he says “This cycle has repeated for decades. I realized that a long time ago” He comes to the conclusion that the only way to end this cycle, is to sacrifice himself. As he dies, he see’s a white figure, similar to the black one that had been haunting him, behind Hiyori. Hiyori wakes up crying, saying she’s failed once again. From my understanding, just like how Hibaya has seen her die again and again, Hiyori has seen him die again and again, but they only have memory of the days when the other died. They are just like the dark Shintarou from Lost Time Memory, trapped in a painful time loop. Out of all there songs, this is the most intense: the agony of having to watch the one you love die again and again, its frightening just thinking about it. I showed it to Ms. Lee Min Ho and felt a little guilty because she looked so sad throughout it.
Now lets move on to Otsukimi Recital, one of the newest Kagerou Day’s videos. Now in the story timeline/universe, Hibaya and Hiyori were involved in an accident. Both of them died, but Hibaya entered the Kagerou Daze, gained the Eye-Focusing ability, and came back to life with his new red eyes. His ability allows him to see things from a “bird-eyes view”, which I now think is because if he can see from that angle, then maybe he’ll be able to catch dangers before they take someone else from him. After the accident En spots him with Konoha, I”m not sure how much time passes before he joins the Mekakushi Dan, but when he does he catches the attention of Momo. Hibaya has a huge emotional scar because of Hiyori’s death. The fact he couldn’t save the girl he loved haunts him. Though Momo doesn’t know all the details, she wants to cheer him up. The song and video are super cute and touching! Compared to Heat-Haze, the mood is obviously a lot lighter. Its also quite touching because there are sad moments: Hibaya’s guilt, grief, and fear. But he’s determined to become stronger. I was captivated by Heat-Haze, but Hibaya’s character has been a sort of mystery to me. Since he hasn’t come in the manga yet, I didn’t really think about him and his connection to the Mekakushi Dan. After watching this though, I’m eager to see his chapters and his story!
That’s all for today. Though there is a reference to the accident in Konoha’s State of the World, I’m saving that song for my En and Konoha post, along with 2 other songs. Look forward to it.
Bye-bye
~Nadeshiko-chan
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