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The Tailor of Enbizaka' tells a dark tale of a young tailor woman's descent into madness driven by jealousy and unrequited love. The tailor, renowned for her skills, observes her beloved accompanied by different women, each adorned with a distinct piece of clothing she herself fashioned. Oblivious to his romantic rejections, her heartbreak leads her to commit a series of murders, dressing herself in the clothing of her victims in a futile attempt to gain her beloved's affection, only to find herself steeped in bloodshed and tragedy.
The emotional journey depicted in 'The Tailor of Enbizaka' by mothy (悪ノP) featuring 巡音ルカ (Megurine Luka) is a spiral into the abyss of jealousy, grief, and delusion. At first, the tale introduces a skilled and admired tailor who harbors love for a man, yet her heart wrenches in jealousy as she spies him with other women donning her crafted attire. Each verse raises the pitch of her emotional turmoil as she encounters her beloved with a different woman, each linked to her through the colors they wear—red kimono, green obi, and yellow hairpin.
The tailor's soul appears to bleed with the fabric she cuts, as her work, once a source of pride, becomes a reminder of her beloved's infidelity. Her inability to reconcile with the reality of the man's indifference warps her perspective. Her despair steadily seeps into her life, distorting her once commendable work ethic into an obsession. The lyrics poetically highlight the contrast between her meticulous craftsmanship and her unraveling sanity, illustrating a heartsick woman losing herself to a toxic blend of love and obsession.
As the story progresses, the community is unsettled by a string of murders mirroring the tailor's inner tumult. With each incident, the woman's unnerving calmness in the face of such chaos speaks volumes to her dissociation from the agony that plagues her. Her twisted perception leads her to adorn herself in the very items that symbolized her anguish, showcasing her desperate attempts to transform into the object of the man's supposed desires.
The climax is a macabre revelation that the man she loved had his own family, all victims to the tailor's blind vengeance. The final display of her insanity comes when she addresses the man as if a stranger, her mind utterly fractured from the horror of her actions. It is a conclusion that leaves the listener questioning the moral underpinnings of love gone wrong, serving as a grim reminder of the dangerous depths to which unaddressed grief and denial can plunge even the most talented souls.
"Enbizaka no katasumi ni aru"
The song is set in the corner of a place called Enbizaka, painting a picture of a quaint tailor shop that becomes the scene for the unfolding tragedy. This sets the tone for the song's historical and geographical context.
"Haha no katami no saihou basami"
These lines refer to the tailor's scissors being a keepsake from her mother, adding an emotional depth to her character and perhaps hinting at a lineage of tailoring or the importance of craftsmanship in her life.
"Akai kimono midori no obi Kiiro i kanzashi kami ni sashite"
These lines signify the articles of clothing (red kimono, green belt, yellow hairpin) that the tailor notices and obsesses over, which are key symbols in recognizing the deeper narrative of envy and her eventual imitation of the women.
"Marude tanin mitaijanai"
The repetition of this phrase, meaning 'as if we are strangers,' underscores the tailor's profound disconnect from the reality of her loved one's life and foreshadows the chilling conclusion of the storyline.
