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MILGRAM: Recent Favorite Music Project

Hello, readers! How's life? Well, 2023 so far is a very productive and motivational year. While we procrastinate here and there, I feel like I'm getting somewhere... Especially when I'm already figuring out what I wanted out in life. Especially how I'm in the strand HUMSS. Since I'm in HUMSS, I'll be developing my writing, my view of the world, and my confidence... Because I'm not confident and I stutter quite much... Good luck to us, as me and most of my friends are in HUMSS to fulfill our goals in life.

Speaking of HUMSS... It means Humanities and Social Sciences... Which brings us to what we'll be talking about now. Today, I'll be talking about something I got myself into recently... It's none other than a music project known as; "MILGRAM".

Now, you all may be asking... "What is MILGRAM?" I understand that you would ask such question, as MILGRAM isn't that popular to talk about outside of Japan. Plus, this is a project that'll require patience and a lot of waiting. Regardless, let me introduce and answer the question on what MILGRAM is.

Grounded Information: MILGRAM is an interactive music project created by DECO*27 and Yamanaka Takuya. MILGRAM takes place in a mysterious prison with 10 prisoners. You experience MILGRAM through the eyes of the amnesiac prison guard Es, guided by the talking rabbit Jackalope. You need to uncover the truth behind the prisoners' crimes, and vote whether or not they should be forgiven. There are 3 trials in MILGRAM; each trial with a song for every prisoner, which contain hints regarding their crimes. Voting for the prisoners can be done once a day via the official website or the MILGRAM Portal app following the release of the prisoners' songs. Depending on your vote, it may change the songs and placement of the prisoners in the next trial. (Source: Wikipedia Fandom)

Currently, MILGRAM is ongoing with its 2nd Trial, and you definitely should join in the ride, as I believe you'll miss out a lot if you join during the 3rd Trial coming soon. So far, I'm enjoying MILGRAM and its concept. I love how the interaction of fiction and reality happen through the voting system. I'm living for it, as we have the most unique and humane cast to ever exist.

I especially have a favorite character, which is actually Es. I really love how they didn't screw up and generalize Es' character as a self insert of the viewers. Es is their own character, and I respect and salute for that. I especially love their voice as well. It's just so good, whether they're speaking or singing... They're such a raw emotional person...

Since it's already the 2nd Trial, I've been catching up on MILGRAM by starting at the 1st Trial. From the 1st Trial of MILGRAM, I'm glad to say that I'm enjoying it so far. First of all, the prisoner cast of MILGRAM is really diverse. Not just in personality, but also in age and appearance. My favorite prisoners from Trial 1 are Haruka (song and character), Fuuta (song and character), Shidou (song), Mahiru (song), Amane (song), Mikoto (song), and Kotoko (song and character). It's such a strong and unique prisoner cast, and you can tell that all the prisoners are morally grey, especially towards our 2 guards, Es and Jackalope.

I just find it great that the cast is pretty much a cast that would easily be swayed by the verdict and even delve into the problems that society is dealing with. It's definitely a project I would recommend to those that's into morally grey characters and is essentially using this as an opportunity to understand more about how people usually behave if ever they did such a crime... Or in MILGRAM's case... Murder...

Nevertheless, it's a really great music project. Heck, even I'm anticipating a lot more great songs from DECO*27, as I've known them to be making a lot of good songs and is a known Vocaloid producer. It's really nice to see vocaloid producers go beyond than what they're known to do for music. Plus, DECO*27 is definitely a great music producer for this project. All the songs sound like they're not made by the same person, and DECO*27 is definitely a great choice in making diverse music such as this. Although, they're more known for their rock music... Regardless, DECO*27 definitely has the range and flexibility for making MILGRAM's music.

Plus, the music videos are so good! They just give a lot of personality, visual storytelling, and I just love how smooth some of the animation is. My favorite 1st Trial MVs vary, but I think the one that stood out to me the most is Haruka, Yuno, Mu, Mahiru, Kazui, Amane, Mikoto, and of course, Es. Probably the one that I love the most was Es' MV, because of how it introduced MILGRAM like it's the project's anime opening and also bring us to question our morals in voting to forgive or not forgive the prisoners. That's why, when starting the project, you should definitely watch and listen to Undercover. It's Es' song and MV, and it's a banger. I definitely recommend it.

Alright, I might talk more about MILGRAM, and I might possibly talk about my verdict for the 1st and 2nd Trials. Since I joined MILGRAM when it's already on its 2nd Trial, my verdict would not matter. Regardless, I'll still make my verdict for those 2 Trials, and I would be more ready for my verdict on the future voting sessions. I won't be doing the vote on the website though, as I actually can't vote without a Twitter account... So, my few friends will vote for my stead and such. I believe we'll share the same sentiment most of the time, so we'll definitely be fine. Again, this is all out of my usual writing, like my review for Hirogaru Sky Prettycure. But since I wanted to simply talk about the things I love, then expect more reviews and analyses of anything about my interests.

With this finally being addressed, I hope that you all would get into the MILGRAM project. It's really an interesting project to get into, and I really want that this project could resonate with others about the aspect of forgiveness and obedience. I hope that we can make MILGRAM a project worth all the time and effort of waiting. That's all, and I hope you all can await for more to come in MILGRAM and all that I work in at Wattpad!

August 21, 2023