Milgram Project Notes/Theories

Pairing Notes/Theories on 1 & 2

The Milgram prisoners seem to be paired in terms of interrogation, so it can be inferred that there is some sort of pairing to them.

Haruka/ Yuno:

Respectfully NO. 1 and No.2 prisoners, their crimes have commonalities in themes.

Themes

Mother figure: Both Haruka and Yuno have this connection of a mother relating to their crimes. In Haruka's story, it seems as though his mother may be the source of his hidden emotions, as he expresses in his second interrogation that he doesn't exist in her world anymore. He appears in his second MV as yearning for her attention, so much so that he is depicted destroying his room(or her room maybe?) and killing pets(most likely because they remind him of his weakness). He even kills his younger self, who was depicted being happy at his mother's side. In Yuno's case, she was the mother figure. Demonstrated by anatomic references to sperm(balloons) and DNA( the staircase) she was the mother who was later self-admitting to getting rid of her child, or abortion.

Side note: His weakness? Maybe he recognizes that he yearns for attention to the point that he'll do anything for them, so when he sees other children and pets, he acts out. But does that mean his reason to kill is because he recognizes weakness in others? Did he kill those that are weaker than him?

Weakness: This goes into a personal theory, as it isn't as apparent in Yuno as it is in Haruka, but they both hate weakness. In Haruka's case, he kills those that he considers weak(victim, younger self, pets). In Yuno's case from a moral standpoint, she kills something that can't defend itself( though it depends on how one views abortion as a crime. Personally I don't entirely agree, but this may play a more moral questioning role in Japan as they are politically more conservative). Though this is not the point I mean that she hates weakness. I believe she hates to view herself as weak, which leads her to wanting to be voted unforgiven. The moment she recognizes that prison guard Es( the viewers) doesn't view her as culpable, she then asks if they pity her. Pity can be seen as viewing someone as weak, and she clearly feels as though her actions are her own, and the viewer needs to understand that. This is depicted as her removing "rose-colored" glasses(which tend to represent looking at things in a positive way) and destroying her bedroom. Despite her 2nd trial harshness, she may deep down feel weak, which could explain her teardrops as they seem out-of-context compared to her strong, mature exterior. They both hate weakness, so they killed it.

Also interesting: Their colors, since blue and pink are stereotypical baby gender colors. In a way, I think Haruka was jealous of the girl for being a gender more similar to his mom's, so that he could be loved by his mom, which leads him to kill the girl.