Handbeat Clocktower

"What exactly is "evil"?"

- Kyle Marlon

Handbeat Clocktower is a song released by Akuno-P on March 30, 2012. It is the seventh song in Story of Evil, following Kyle Marlon as he prepares to confront his mother, Queen Dowager Prim.

Plot
In Castle Hedgehog, Kyle Marlon walks to the top of the Handbeat Clocktower. He questions if Prim Marlon, sitting and laughing at the top, is a "demon" or his "mother." Walking up the stairs, he speaks of how he once painted a picture of Ney, and how a woman with "evil intentions" created the Seven Deadly Sins, which started everything. Yukina Freesis reminds him that the right path hasn't vanished yet and that the "Story of Evil" has now ended. Kyle says he will not hesitate to dispense justice, even if he has to turn his blade towards his mother and sister. He then laments of how he is tired of despair and that his heart feels empty. Yukina comforts him, saying that they will pray for the "endless rain" to finally stop.

Kyle then encounters Ney at the top of the tower, possessed by the Demon of Gluttony. Although she gains the upper hand, Germaine Avadonia comes to Kyle's rescue. Kyle says that one day, when he can laugh at his past suffering, he will write the "true story" of what happened. He questions again if the one at the top of the clocktower, now decaying on the chair, was indeed a "demon" or his "mother."

Singing Roles
KAITO as Kyle Marlon

Kaai Yuki as Yukina Freesis

Kagamine Rin as Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche

Kagamine Len as Allen Avadonia

Non-Singing Roles
MEIKO as Germaine Avadonia

Akita Neru as Ney Futapie

Prima as Prim Marlon

Hiyama Kiyoteru as Keel Freesis

SF-A2 miki as Mikina Freesis

GUMI as Gumillia

Megurine Luka as Elluka Clockworker and Irina Clockworker

Hatsune Miku as Michaela and Eve Moonlit

Kasane Teto as Chartette Langley

Lily as Liliane Mouchet

Yowane Haku as Clarith

LE♂N as Leonhart Avadonia

Tsukuyomi Ai as Aile Freesis

Tsukuyomi Shouta as Shaw Freesis

Sweet Ann as Anne Lucifen d'Autriche

Heartbeat Clocktower
Heartbeat Clocktower shares a similar melody and arrangement with Handbeat Clocktower, as well as both songs containing similar imagery.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * The song's title references the clocktower Kyle ascends as he prepares to confront his mother.
 * The song is a rearrange of Heartbeat Clocktower, created for the promotion of The Daughter of Evil: Praefatio of Blue and included in Four Melodies of Evil ~The Daughter of Evil Novel Music Collection~.

Curiousities

 * The song PV is mostly composed of images from The Daughter of Evil novels.
 * Interestingly, both songs maintain a grey gear in their song PV with Heartbeat Clocktower's gear turning blue, representing GEAR, and the final silhouette seen with the gear in Handbeat Clocktower being Kyle.
 * When Ney reveals herself in the attire of Banica Conchita, her pose is reminiscent of her concept art.
 * During the song PV, the reflections of Ney and Germaine are seen on the Glass of Conchita, referencing their connection to Banica; similarly, the reflections of Kyle and Prim are seen on the Marlon Spoon, referencing their lineage to Gallerian.
 * In the beginning, four spinning images can be seen: a yellow stair case, a green gear, a red flower and a blue doll; their order matches the order the The Daughter of Evil light novels released.

Gallery
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