Danganronpa Rant #2

Danganronpa rant #2

before reading this please note that I haven't finished killing harmony!

Song analysis for Angie Yonaga and the song Blow my brains out by tikkle me! Angie’s character is very complex one, most of the time she gets dulled down to ‘religious girl’ but in reality her whole ‘would you like to join me?’, ‘Atua will help!’ is one of her ways of trying to show others that she cares for them and is attempting to help them. She has difficulty showing that and so she chooses to offer others her religion and share with them the wonderful things about Atua.

If I follow the same formatting as when I did the Nagito analysis, I’ll start with the first few lyrics, or rather the first two stanzas. Both of the first two stanzas consist of things like “Sometimes I wish I could lend you my eyes, Lend you my hips and lend you my thighs Sometimes I wish I could take a new shape Switch out some parts and become a big A“ (A direct quote from the song). These to me show Angie's wish to help people despite being unable to. This also could be a way of showing Angie’s devotion to Atua.

The second stanza is relatively the same. The following lyrics “Lucky is she, who lives unaware Who doesn't get bothered by those who don't care Lucky is she, who lives unaware Who doesn't get bothered by all that's unfair Unlucky me, who knows way too much Who fights to make changes and music and such Unlucky me, aware of the pain All 'cause I happen to have some brain'' show both aspects of Angie.

The first section referring to someone (Angie) as lucky shows how Atua has given her a positive view on life and how she has put complete trust into Atua, the second half referring to her as unlucky however, shows that Atua has also shown her the bad things and that she's seen some bad things. The lyric “Unlucky me, aware of the pain All 'cause I happen to have some brain'' specifically shows that Angie is aware of the bad things because Atua has enlightened her. This could also go back to her wanting to enlighten the others just as Atua did for her.

“Sometimes I hope for a savior to come Who's got what it takes to convince everyone” is one of the lyrics I feel conveys Angie perfectly, the song itself is a great example of her character but that lyric specifically matches extremely well. It shows how Angie just wants others to be aware of how great Atua is and how he can help them; If only Atua could convince the others to follow him they’d all be enlightened.

The next following stanzas are about Lucky and Unlucky (both aspects of Angie) and I think that the Lucky and Unlucky stanzas showcase that Angie is constantly at a battle with herself, she's fully aware that Atua could help others and that everything that is happening in the Killing game is wrong (unlucky) but she doesn’t fear any of it out of trust and faith in Atua (lucky).

TLDR: Blow my brains out by Tikkle me is a great song to represent Angie and how she behaves :)