Project 'Ma' (song)


 * For other uses, see Ma (disambiguation)

"This is the story of the beginning..."

- Eve Zvezda, Adam Moonlit and Seth Twiright

Project 'Ma' is a song released by Akuno-P on August 11, 2012 in the Original Sin Story -Act 1- album. It is part of the Original Sin Story, explaining the very origin of the story's famous events.

Plot
In Magic Kingdom Levianta, Eve Zvezda introduces herself and her love Adam Moonlit, who told her she would soon be the "mother of gods" in the Project 'Ma'. She explains how the prophet Maria Moonlit foretold that Sin would destroy their country, with the only solution being to incarnate the twin gods. In order to carry out their plan, they sought a woman with great magic to bear them, who would become Ma. As Eve expresses her doubts, she tells of how Adam comforted her and wished to get married in Held's Forest afterwards. She then awaits the twins' birth.

Later, Adam Moonlit introduces himself and reports that Eve's twins were stillborn. He explains how, using Project 'Ma', he had planned to punish Seth Twiright and the Senate for "taking his mother away." Selecting Eve for the project, used the Venom drug to seduce her for her power. He now asks for Eve's forgiveness, as he has ruined her and caused the twins to die. Realizing his love for her, he flees with the witch to marry in Held's Forest. At the end, Seth introduces himself; noting that Cain and Abel are stillborn and Adam and Eve have fled, he states he will now take control of the project for his own ambitions.

Composition
The song utilizes piano, drums, violin, bass guitar, and synths prolifically. Electric guitar is heard as well, along with the sitar. The song is composed of three independent sections, one section for each of the singing characters. The vocals for Eve's section were provided by Hatsune Miku Append. The first section starts at 0.00 and ends at 2.23. The song starts with an introduction followed by a bridge. The song then proceeds with an A verse, a B verse and an A verse again, each slightly resembling the bridge. It ends with a C verse.

The vocals for Adam's section were provided by KAITO and Miku Append.The tempo and meter remains the same as for the previous section, and lasts between 2.24 and 5.18. Although this section mainly uses the components of the first section, it features a duet part between KAITO and Miku between 4.15 and 4.50. The vocals for Seth's section were provided by Hiyama Kiyoteru's VOICEBANK2. It is written in the same scale, tempo, and meter as the second section. It is very short (lasting only between 5.20 and 6.10) and contains only the introduction.

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Escape of Salmhofer the Witch
Escape of Salmhofer the Witch depicts the events following Project 'Ma'; it details Seth Twiright's acquisition of the next project candidate, Meta Salmhofer, as well as the second project's eventual failure.

Moonlit Bear
Moonlit Bear tells of Adam and Eve's later life in Held's Forest, detailing the actions leading to the events of the Original Sin as alluded to in Project 'Ma'.

Survival 'Ma' -Who Will Survive?-
Survival 'Ma' -Who Will Survive?- narrates the events following Project Ma in which Ly Li, Milky Eights, Elluka Chirclatia and Irina Clockworker were selected as the last candidates.

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Conceptualization and Origin

 * The song's name is derived from the title Ma, pronounced "Mem Aleph"; it likewise shares the same name origins as the title.


 * The names in the song are all derived from the Book of Genesis, particularly characters directly connected to the Biblical Adam and Eve.
 * Eve's maiden surname, Zvezda, is the Slavic word for "star".
 * The "brainwashing drug" used by Adam, Venom, references Duke Sateriasis Venomania and his brainwashing power over women after sealing a contract with the Demon of Lust.

Curiosities

 * Each singer tells their perspective on where the "story" begins, deciding to start by introducing themselves as the "best" in their field in all of Magic Kingdom Levianta.
 * During Adam and Eve's duet toward the end of the song, they reference that the evening stars were "corrupted", referencing Eve's surname and the result of being "ruined" by Adam and the subsequent events in Moonlit Bear.
 * In the following verse, the stars and moon are said to disappear into the southern sky, referencing Adam and Eve fleeing South to Elphegort.
 * The song repeats the same melody in different scales, except for Eve's and Adam's duet, that has different melody.