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lamento beyound the void is an action rpg first person shooter released on october 27th, 2006.....





lamento -beyond the void- is a relatively unknown game as it was the only chiral game not to recive an official english release by jast usa, but it might be one of the brightest hidden gems of them all. Everything about lamento is beautiful, from it's story, characters, design, music, and artwork.

In a world full of cats, a mysterious phenomenon called the "void" started to take over the forests. Everythingthe void touched became untouchable to cats causing a famine. this forced some of the cat villages to devlop a sacrifice system where, every month, a cat was chosen to be eaten by the villagers. After a string of terrible nightmares, Konoe finds himself cursed by an unknown tormentor, and on top of that, finds out he has been chosen as the next sacrifice. With no other choice but to flee, konoe sets out for the big city of ransen to find a cure for his curse.

everything about lamento seems to shrine even brighter the longer it's been out despite its 18 year old history. in February of 2024 it recieved an amazing stage play adaptation showing that theres still hope for the franchise so many years later

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lamento music is good

伝承の詩 -Vox-
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NOW PLAYING... 伝承の詩 -Vox-

waahh

伝承の詩 -Verum-
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NOW PLAYING... 伝承の詩 -Verum-

verum is the good ending song and good god is it a good ending song. like lamento, this song is in latin and i love its lyrics so much

lyrics -

Dicam rem gravem, nunc: veritas est celata
sed tempus eam possit perdere et violare
In calamitate, morte, fama, in maledictio, erat ibi hic
In misericorde, bello, tenebris, ut ipsus malus stabat hic
In blasphemia, impietate, in terribli forma est hic
In clamore, vanitate: Estne vera forma, non vera? Non vera?
Oculos tuos aperite occulusos, ecce!
Rubem florem in canam terram tulit
Spes, ea spes, sola
Memoriam antiquam et veritatem te donam
Veritas invisibilis est, sed manet, manet in perpetua
Diem pacis, risum, placidem… Vitam, fructum, felicem…
Bonitatem, ordinem… Consensum, asquum, lucem…
Omnis eos petunt, ergo hujus dolebat vulnus
Quiete, sed certe
Vultne amorem, vel non vult? Vel non vult? O!
Trans finem temporis, cor mei, vola
In terram hic donat spiritum
Solus ego, solus ego id scio
In maledictio, erat ibi hic
Ut ipsus malus stabat hic
In terribli forma est hic
Estne vera, non vera?
Vultne amorem, vel non vult?
Quisne id scit?
Oculos tuos aperite occulusos, ecce!
Rubem florem in canam terram tulit
Spes, ea spes
Trans finem temporis, cor mei, vola
In terram hic donat spiritum
Solus ego, solus ego id scio

決意
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NOW PLAYING... 決意

決意(ketsui)

lyrics -

Stage Play

the lamento 2024 stage play is what made me start playing the game and i am still as obsessed with it as i was when i first saw it. Seeing those grown men do cat poses as part of the choreography captivated me and i haven't been the same ever since. ive spent hours looking at recordings of the curtain call on twitter, analizing every single action each actor does on each specific day i even bought one of the tshirts. the actual stage play howver, compared to the other chiral stage plays, is mid like theres not even interpretive dance sex sinces like cmon. THUS!!!!!!! this section will mainly be about the curtain call. i'll b erefering to the actors as the characters they play for simplicity so props to them and all their hard work THANK YOUUU

the basics

  • After the stage play finishes, the actors all come out and bow and talk a bit BUT THEN the audience is allowed to take out their phones and record fo rthe curtain call performance. during the performance, the actors dance to "lamento" (the game's opening song) and some of them can walk off the stage and into the audience. it lasts for about 4 minutes but each actor dances and behaves differently and you'll always notice something new with each day/recording. over lamento stage's run there were several main bits that progressed and evolved all the way up to the final performance, providing unique viewing experiences regardless of what day you watched it.

    everyone moves differently and no two actors dance the same. if you pay attention to recordings of the curtain call you can see that ho w quick they are is different, their poses, their enthusiasm, etc. even during the nya parts each actor does is differently (ex: verg vs konoe)

    at the top of this section you can see an image of the stage and where each actor is positioned during the start of the song. the start there, then after the song into they all run off stage then are reindroduced before the chorus starts. after that, kil, ul, tokino, kagari, bardo, asato, and rai can go into the audience during specific parts. they have to return by the second chorus but during that time they can walk up the rows and literally do anything like sit in the seast or beat the audience with their tails. after that, they dance and finish the song with a pose. some of the actors (BARDO BARDOS ACTOR) choose not to return to dancing and literally do anything else except for dance like they're fucking supposed to

    in the stage play (and game) there are 3 routes that it adapts, the rai route, asato route, and bardo route. depending on what route you watched, one of them will stay on stage and stand next to konoe while the other 2 will go off stage and into the audience (ex: in rais route, rai stays on stage and bardo+asato go into the audience)

analysis of every actor

  • in this section i will give a brief run down of every actors' role in the curtain call, how they act, how they dance, and whatever else they do instead of dancing like they're supoosed to

    i've put together this simple tier list ranking each actor based on enthusiasm. this isn't a critisim of how they dance, its supposed to show how varried their performances are and how they represent their characters. the kil ranking is not an understatement. he will kill someone.
  • konoe / You Maejima
  • rai / Sho Kato
  • bardo / Yusuke Seto
  • asato / Yuusei Hiraga
  • leaks / Yuho Matsui RARE FOOTAGE OF HIM DANCING
  • shui / Natsuki Osaki
  • tokino / Taiga Fukazawa
  • froud / Koki Muramatsu
  • razel / Yuki Kimisawa

    his performance is so confusing to me because razel is the most chill guy ever in lamento hes so extravagant in the stage play it made me completely forget razel's original personality 😭this is what doing whatever you want looks like in a good way lik ewhat the fuck is he doing😭 HELP
  • kaltz / Yuki Okamoto
  • verg / Tomoki Iwata
  • kil / Yoshun Kyoyama
  • ul / Yuya Arai
  • firi / Tsutomu Kita
  • kagari / Maya Asaba

specific events

  • leaks and shui saga
  • kil ul and tokino
  • bardo vs rai fighting
  • froud and rai
  • ul and kil muder moments

recorded accidents

  • from my knowaqlge, there were only 3 (recorded) costume incidents during the curtain calls. by incidents i mean parts f the costume breaking or falling off
    • konoe cape 2/20/24: when he poses, the string on his cape detached and he is very shocked lol
    • razel sword 2/21/24: in the first few seconds of this vid, you can see his sword fell out of the holster (probably due to exessive movement) and kaltz picks it up
    • froud gauntlet 2/27/24: while doing a turn, his gauntlet falls onto the floor
  • ok real stage play moments
    • shui mouse and grass
    • rai tail bits
    • devil fun time
  • stage play t-shirt
    • MY BEAST LOVE BOOST MUSICAL LAMENTO -BEYOND THE VOID- T-SHIRT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • lamento laptop
  • desktop theme