- K*ON ONEUS Stage Animations -

Possible spoilers and connections - A Thread

CW TW - This thread contains various images of fire, destruction, glitches and strongly colored images

To begin with, Oneus started by performing Come Back Home, followed by To Be Or Not To Be, so I will be following that order as well.

The stage starts with the image of a castle on fire. It well reminds of the story going on in cbh, where the monarchs are imprisoned and therefore lose their royaly - their castle. The fire probably signifies their battle.

This could mean nothing, it also could be my mind playing tricks on me, but i can see the outline of a face on the gates of the castle, which reminds me of the monster in to be or not to be.

During Keonhee's part there starts to be these fire like strings, which could also be to make a stronger visual appeal since the chorus is near. Anyways, it's nice to keep track.

Another thing is, they use graphics to create the outside of the stage. In CBH it's clearly a forest, probably due to all the fighting happening in one in the story film.

During Leedo's bridge part, the fire immediately ceases. In the story film, Leedo was the one to save the child, so it could mean the end of the battle. His verse also goes "When you cry, when you smile, I'll be the one to protect you, this dreary silence is about to get deeper"

But of course, the battle isn't over. The red moon appears, just like the story film, "We will come back with the red moon". The stage also ends with the red moon as background.

Now, this is where things start getting interesting. While To Be or Not To Be stage is starting, a break for the members to reorganize, the red moon is in focus. That is, until it turns black.

The black moon is then destroyed, and behind it is revealed fiery, destroyed gates.

The figure of gates isn't new. Gates were also in the small clip at the very end of To Be or Not To Be MV, so we can easily assume they're the same gates as the ones in the animation.

Also in the beginning of the stage, the ground animation shows what could be what's left of destroyed buildings, or whats left of Helio's Sun carrier, which was what caused his anger in the first place during To Be Or Not To Be teasers.

As the chorus approaches, the animation changes. The destroyed things from the beginning are in the center, held by hands and on fire. Hands like those were also seen many times in To Be Or Not To Be with both Leedo and Seoho, as well as on the gates, seemingly trying to escape.

The presence of a monster is clear now, with the hands on the gates in To Be or Not To Be, the growl during it, now the animations. Come Back Home was also changed for the stage, and now also has a growl during it.

The graphics used for the outside of the stage also slightly changed into warmer tones for To Be or Not To Be stage.

Now comes the part I found the most interesting. In Xion's part, instead of having fire again, the animation changes entirely to that of a glitching effect.
CW glitching strong colors

That continues on for Ravn's part too, now with even more strong colors.
CW strongly colored image

It is known that hundreds of years have passed between Come Back Home and To Be Or Not To Be, therefore tbontb MV already showed very modern elements, such as the guns and this city shot.

The destruction shown on the beginning could also be of those buildings.

The stage continues with glitching effects, lasers, strong colors. In some shots the parts glitched lightly resemble buildings.
CW glitching strongly colored image

For the end, the background goes back to the gates from the beginning.

It's very early to make assumptions, but from the hints given during the mv and performances, I find it very possible that the next concept could be about this dystopian modern society, now with modern, different aesthetics from the usual prince like items we are used to.

But much could change! Though I still think these aren't simple coincidences. I might elaborate more on some items related to greek mythology, but until then, thank you for reading!

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