Re birthday (song)

"Black room, a huge spring, I am alone."

- Irregular

Re_birthday is a song released by Akuno-P on Dec 27, 2008. It is the fourth song in the Clockwork Lullaby Series, depict the awakening and imprisonment of Irregular.

Plot
The story starts where Irregular awakens alone in a dark room that has clockwork mechanisms on the ceiling. Not being able to see, he then hears a voice saying that he will be staying there for eternity and he starts to remember all the evil he has done. He finds that his arms are in red handcuffs, like the red of bloodshed, and his ankles are in blue shackles, like the blue of tears shed. Irregular hears a "Lu li la" melody of someone's voice coming from somewhere and is slowly healing his soul, though he wonders who it is singing the melody.

An unspecified amount of time passes, and one day, Irregular recognizes the meaning of the lullaby being sung as well as adds new words to it. Out of the ceiling a "message" arrives in the form of a light and the clockwork begins to move as the chains disappear, saying he will soon be reborn and this is his new birthday.

Singing Roles
Kagamine Len as Irregular

Non-Singing Roles
Hatsune Miku as Ghastly Voice

MEIKO as Red Handcuffs

KAITO as Blue Shackles

Kagamine Rin as ???

Clockwork Lullaby
Clockwork Lullaby shares the "Lu Li La" pattern and its healing properties as alluded to in Re_Birthday, as well as sharing a theme of adding words to the song.

Wordplay
Wordplay shares the theme of "words" as alluded to in Re_birthday.

Regret Message
Regret Message details the sending of the titular message prior to Re_Birthday, a reference to which is made in the song itself by Irregular.

Master of the Court
Master of the Court recounts the actions of the Master of the Court, in whose womb Irregular is contained, and shows the source of the lullaby healing Irregular.

Capriccio Farce
Capriccio Farce details the later interactions of the theater inhabitants, including Irregular, as they continue to search for all the Sins; as well as this, the Clockwork Lullaby of Re_birthday is referenced in Capriccio Farce.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * A "rebirthday" is an anniversary day in which someone celebrates their salvation.
 * The song was intended to somewhat act as answer to Regret Message, sharing "Re" at beginning of both songs to parallel this.
 * This song was released in celebration of Rin and Len's first anniversary.

Curiosities

 * The idea expressed of Irregular being reborn is similar to that of Buddhist Rebirth.
 * Re_birthday's original PV mirrors Clockwork Lullaby, depicting Irregular in a similar pose opposite of Clockwork Lullaby's mysterious singer.
 * During the original song PV, the chorus sung by Miku, KAITO, or MEIKO is complimented by the image saturating green, blue, and red respectively.
 * A rearranged version of The Servant of Evil's melody can be heard as the second musical bridge, referencing Allen Avadonia's execution.

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