In "Deep Cover", what is Kotoko reading on her phone? [TRANSLATION]
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Currently going insane over Deep Cover's lyrical structure
The rolecall at the start differs between prisoners who were found Guilty or Innocent in T1: those found Innocent have (Under) at the start of their line, while those who were found Guilty do not. (I find it interesting that Es, notably, has Under at the start of both of the lines about them.)
In addition, the structure of the lines are different: those about Innocent prisoners are in the form of a rhyming word that ends in an -ai sound (these words are later reprised for the rolecall at the end of the song) and then a sentence, where Guilty prisoners get repetition, ending in a ne sound.
To show some examples -
Yuno (Innocent): Hashitanai nukumori no gooru
Fuuta (Guilty): Mata ikitte-sa ikitte-sa dasai ne
Kazui (Innocent): Kakushiteitai yokubaritai gisoo hanei
Mikoto (Guilty): Naji oboetenai oboetenai nibui-ne
(Interestingly, Amane is kinda an outlier. She doesn't get the Under at the start of her line but the line structure is closer to that of Innocent prisoners: Tomerarenai fumikomenai shinkōshin. Considering that Kotoko never attacked her (even though she intended to) I'm reading this as a feature, not a bug.)
The four T1 Guilties (including Amane) do not appear in the reprisal rolecall at the end, but you know who does? Kotoko has avoided speaking of herself the whole time, until she finally does so in the last line ("They’re still here, still here, it grates me"). And which pattern does she use?
Hora nokotte sa nokotte sa uzai-ne
Repetition, ending with ne. She uses the same pattern for herself as she uses for the Guilty prisoners.
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One of my favorite things about Kotoko as a character is just how unapologetically 2010s edgy she is and how the fandom just accepts her how she is lmao
Like, homegirl is decked out with black hair that covers her eye, red eyes, a fucking wolf motif deadass unironically calling herself your 'fang', 100% had a deviantart phase in her youth that she's desperately trying to bury
And we love her for it !! Personally I think she slays it
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only other option is to take it out on someone else
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they didnt have to give her such a look™️ & so much bisexual lighting, but they did, and for that i thank them
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Simplified Kotoko Artstyle test :3
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