Milgram Project Notes/Theories

Pairing Theory: No. 5 & 6

(Will be added to as their second songs, interrogations and etc. are added.)

Shidou/Mahiru

No.5 and No.6 respectively. Again clear commonalities. May correlate their relations to Mikoto and Amane.

Themes

Love: Big one, as both Shidou and Mahiru clearly within their respective MVs. Both also have one lover, who is depicted in very joy-related imagery. Shidou's lover is depicted as a complex flower arrangement, while Mahiru's lover is depicted as a pile of blue bird feathers(cue Naruto). Both are living things that require care, however too much care can kill. In Shidou's case, he clearly has been depicted with both black and white body tags, which point to the amount of people he was willing to kill to save this person. Sacrifices/death aren't new to him, as he's a doctor, however he most likely does some form of organ transfer/transplant, in order to save the person he cares about. Mahiru seems to be a blogger, which displays another relation to an online persona other than Fuuta. Her blogs all end with a "All personal possessions" note, which could point to the severity of her crime. Her MV is organized as telling her love story through blogging and overall rarely has violent, uncomforting imagery in her's. She's clearly in love, and bases much of her personality around her love. 

- Additional Note about Forgiven/Unforgiven results: If they both have these similarities in their MV, why was Shidou voted innocent? He killed multiple people.   

Entrapment: Both Shidou and Mahiru have themes of being trapped in love, but Mahiru's is more clear then Shidou. Mahiru's room in her MV is later revealed to be a giant bird cage, which then puts into perspective her relation to the bird feathers. She is okay with being trapped with her lover, but as there isn't an actual bird, it is clear she led to the bird's death. With Shidou, he allows himself to not only be trapped in love, but in guilt, as it goes hand in hand with his perceived crime. He has to take on the guilt of killing other people's family members in order to "help" his own loved one.  What's so trapping about love that they are willing to stay trapped? Whose in a worse position, the person who's content with trapping themselves, or the trapped?

Additional Note: Corpse Reviver? Apparently the name of a drink, but interesting touch as it was the first thing I understood as an English speaker. Definitely gave a uncomfy feeling that the rest of the song wasn't giving.

I also wonder if her MV relates to the riddle " How to set a bird free without opening the cage?" I've heard the answer to be to kill it, but not sure if that fits into her story since I think she didn't want the person to die.