東方 Traditional/Electro ~ A Moment of Happiness [あみゅれっとぉ。]

"The witch was sitting on a little hill near her house, with the wind strongly blowing toward her way. She'd been feeling a bit odd recently, so she just thought that taking a good fresh breath could possibly help her calm down a bit. Her feelings were mixed, almost somewhat confused. Her life didn't change in the slightest ever since a few years now, and yet she felt a big uneasy ache in her heart... As if something was missing. Perhaps that it was a syndrome of a Magician's Melancholy?"

Two weeks already huh... Just when I thought about taking a little break, it ended up being the longest one yet. I'm not exactly sure why it happened, but for a while I almost thought about quitting uploading. Each time I tried to create a video, my will instantly evaporated, and I ended up glancing at my screen with nothing to do. It wasn't pleasant in the slightest, that I assure you.

That aside, I actually had a lot of fun making this upload. When I realized that my determination was still with me after fifteen minutes, I knew that I would finally start uploading again. For the occasion, I decided to pick an arrangement that I hold quite dear, and I did my best to make a worthy video after these two weeks of absence.

You know... I find it really sad that there is such a lack of arrangements of this theme. I know that it's a ZUN CD theme that not many folks have listened to, and I also know that it somewhat falls short compared to Marisa's other themes, but... This track is so sweet. It's so emotional, and has a very present hint of melancholy and sadness in it, which is a rather unusual aspect of Marisa.

I always pictured Marisa as a girl who takes a lot of place and is eccentric, while also being rude and not the kindest of souls out there. Her presence is both wanted yet unwanted, and her attitude could be described as "bothering and cynical, while also having a certain warm to it". But, under that happy-go-lucky girl hides a person who is sad, conflicted and has low-esteem of herself. She's not exactly superficial, since I'm convinced that she doesn't do it to please others or to look good for them, but rather that she's trying to deny her weaknesses. She's a hard-worker, but she'd never want anyone to know that; since that makes her feel like she's trying to become strong, something that she's convinced to be already.

I'd also want to enter into the Mima/Marisa duo for a bit, since that's a bit of an important part for me. So, we know that Marisa once "worked" for Mima, as either an apprentice or a minion. We don't know much about how they interacted with each others, nor do we know how they even met. In my "canon", Mima discovered Marisa after she decided to go away from her home. She sensed a certain lack of love in her mind, and while she initially didn't care much, she still decided to take her in after hearing how the little girl wished to learn magic to become "stronger". After a while, the two started to create a certain link together. Not a mother/daughter relationship, but more of a mentor/student one instead. Marisa wanted to learn and grew to have a certain esteem of her mentor, while Mima started to realize that she had a real lack of social interactions and felt that Marisa was important to her.

I won't go into details for today, but I honestly find it charming how the two just seemed to fit together. That makes me wonder why Marisa decided to change sides in the first place. Was it because she never really felt anything for her mentor in the first place? Was it because she just wants to side with the strong? Or is it perhaps because she didn't want to go too deep in her relationships? We won't really know the answer, alas. That's up to us to interpret, I suppose.

Anyways, I think that I wrote a bit too much there. If you've read all this pointless brick, then I congratulate you. You now understand my deep and very philosophical way that I consider Marisa and Mima to be. Man, that sounds so self-centered.

I do hope that you will all enjoy as always.
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Pictures used : ueda ryou - https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1901...

katayama kei - https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/5431...

Circle : TEAM AMULET

Original : Magician's Melancholy

Album : The Grimoire of Marionettes