I got too many activities right now, It's 2016 and dramas still going on. Damn.
Well, let it all out from our mind for a while...
Anyway, did you know Shigure from Kantai Collection?
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| Really beautiful art out there, thanks yukichi! |
There's something that makes me fell in love with her, and that is her personality and background. She is a pluviophile, kind-hearted girl who silently suffers PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). She was participated in many major battles in Pacific Theater. She survived from many battles, but she lost her comrades and sisters in return. That makes me really really wanna hug her everytime as an Admiral.
When I'm thinking about Shigure, there's a song that popped in my mind, and that song is called "Moving On" by Asking Alexandria.
This is one of awesome song that I've ever heard. The emotion of this song and lyrics suits on it. I admit this song strucks my heart. Even though everyday I listen to punk and HC thingy, this metalcore band impressed me with this song. (no hard feelings, I'd love to hear another genre if it's enjoyable. I like BVB's "In the End" and Skrillex's "Bangarang" too.)
So why I linked this song with Shigure?
In an interview with Blabbermouth, Asking Alexandria's guitarist Ben Bruce mention this, "...No matter what the circumstance, being away from those you love and care about is very difficult and drags you down.". Shigure has ever struggled with this. In Battle of Vella Gulf, she lost her sister Kawakaze, even though she got hit too. Not to mention Battle of Surigao Strait at Leyte Gulf, she IS the only survivor in Nishimura's fleet, and also, when she saved many survivors from her sister ship Harusame.
From this song, I can feel the lyrics are suits on her such as this:
A boy of anguish, now he's a man of soul
Traded in his misery for the lonely life of the road
Maybe it's funny if I changed the point of view from "he" to "she", but if you understand it, you can feel the deep meaning of it. That second line reminds me how she survived alone, leaving her comrades in misery of war and join another battle for another misery.
Here's another one, let's jump to the bridge part:
I can't believe I've come so far in such short time
And I'm still fighting on my own
If I stop to catch my breath up I might never breathe again, so just know this:
I've never been so torn up in all of my life,
I can't believe I let myself break down
...I guess that's what she felt on her last sortie at 24 January 1945, while she was escorting a convoy from Hong Kong to Singapore, she was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine. She might remember how she survived at that point and finally sunk.
And now the verse part...
I've never been so torn up in all of my lifeIf you're a KanColle admiral, especially Shigure lover, you can understand what she felt right now as a shipgirl. We can see her as a loyal and kind person, but in deepest of her heart, she is suffering from her past. Especially when you sink one of your shipgirl when sortieing along with her, it will struck her heart as well.
I should have seen this coming
I've never felt so hopeless than I do tonight
I don't wanna do this anymore, I'm moving on
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| "Why did you do that...?" (Credits to yukichi-senpai) |
Maybe I'm too overreacted about this, but yeah, I purposely made this because how we can see from another point of view, especially for anybody in this digital world. I don't need you to love sunken ships or something. That's kinda ironic for me because I was born and live in a country that had been a victim of Japanese colonialization.
I believe that looking from another point of view makes us to understand each other and embrace the others as well, starting from small and silly things like loving another dimensional character like I did to Shigure.
"The rain will clear eventually."
Peace.
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| Yukichi-senpai, you never stop to amaze me... |
