ROMEO 1st Album midnight Theatre analysis to Shinigami Japanese Legend
Park Jung Min’s Japanese Debut ROMEO released a full length album named under ‘Midnight Theatre’. The album contains 14 tracks with 3 instrumental pieces dividing the story into 3 phases. Midnight Theatre according to my assumption and knowledge happens to be the full story of the Shinigami god RO. [Shinigami article can be found HERE]
I’d be quoting some lyrics from the songs and connecting the song to RO’s story.
[FIRST PHASE OF THE STORY – Establishment of ROMEO]
Track 1 – ‘Act I – The Awakening’
This track starts off with a crank being turned just as it’s done to start a music box. This is the establishment of RO; his identity being introduced to the audience. The music setting is very fantasy-like and indicates happiness. This shows that RO was a happy figure at the start.
Track 2 – ‘Until The End Of The Time’
“Ah I’m falling in love tonight, It was stolen, your love, The belated warning siren, A sincere, pure, innocent game” He is stating in the first verse how RO wants to live a normal life. This is RO being in the human world and suddenly wanting to be like others while falling in love too. He’s saying that love is a pure, innocent game. He’s cherishing it.
“Feel your fears, An uncrossable line, If that line is stepped over, It’s not my fault” Second verse is about the view RO has on love. ROMEO has changed Ro into a hot-blooded vampire than a death god. ROMEO happens to be a physical lover.
“This dirty, rotten world, The warning siren won’t stop sounding, I’ll snatch, and snatch again, There are already no more rules” In the previous article I stated that RO is a disobedient person so this is him being himself. He’s caring of no rules and all he wants is to do whatever he wants. He decides to play around in the human world even though he knows his real world won’t cope with it.
Track 3 – ‘Devil’
“Is it allowed?, for someone like me, to love another, rising above all my sins, I have no intentions of hurting you…” RO is a devil, he is no good. But still he wants a normal life; he wants to love someone probably because he saw humans being in love. He sees the girl, so he starts merging his real side and this loving side of him to question whether he is someone who’s able to love.
“Ah, but I’m a devil, I don’t want to damage your purity, But I can’t hold back anymore” RO cherishes love but as I said he has a different view on love. He isn’t someone who would just buy flowers for his lovers. He’d claim her with everything he has; mark his territory on her and have her to himself forever.
“No one knows what’s hidden behind my mask, Even you, I’m sure, holds fear” RO probably goes around the human world in the shape of a human so everybody thinks he’s just another in the crowd. But he’s the only one who knows the uniqueness he has. Even though he’s still human-alike he’s questioning whether the girl hold fear of him.
“The more I want, the more tragedy is born, This border line, can I destroy it? With you…” Well RO being disobedient again.
I’d be quoting some lyrics from the songs and connecting the song to RO’s story.
[FIRST PHASE OF THE STORY – Establishment of ROMEO]
Track 1 – ‘Act I – The Awakening’
This track starts off with a crank being turned just as it’s done to start a music box. This is the establishment of RO; his identity being introduced to the audience. The music setting is very fantasy-like and indicates happiness. This shows that RO was a happy figure at the start.
Track 2 – ‘Until The End Of The Time’
“Ah I’m falling in love tonight, It was stolen, your love, The belated warning siren, A sincere, pure, innocent game” He is stating in the first verse how RO wants to live a normal life. This is RO being in the human world and suddenly wanting to be like others while falling in love too. He’s saying that love is a pure, innocent game. He’s cherishing it.
“Feel your fears, An uncrossable line, If that line is stepped over, It’s not my fault” Second verse is about the view RO has on love. ROMEO has changed Ro into a hot-blooded vampire than a death god. ROMEO happens to be a physical lover.
“This dirty, rotten world, The warning siren won’t stop sounding, I’ll snatch, and snatch again, There are already no more rules” In the previous article I stated that RO is a disobedient person so this is him being himself. He’s caring of no rules and all he wants is to do whatever he wants. He decides to play around in the human world even though he knows his real world won’t cope with it.
Track 3 – ‘Devil’
“Is it allowed?, for someone like me, to love another, rising above all my sins, I have no intentions of hurting you…” RO is a devil, he is no good. But still he wants a normal life; he wants to love someone probably because he saw humans being in love. He sees the girl, so he starts merging his real side and this loving side of him to question whether he is someone who’s able to love.
“Ah, but I’m a devil, I don’t want to damage your purity, But I can’t hold back anymore” RO cherishes love but as I said he has a different view on love. He isn’t someone who would just buy flowers for his lovers. He’d claim her with everything he has; mark his territory on her and have her to himself forever.
“No one knows what’s hidden behind my mask, Even you, I’m sure, holds fear” RO probably goes around the human world in the shape of a human so everybody thinks he’s just another in the crowd. But he’s the only one who knows the uniqueness he has. Even though he’s still human-alike he’s questioning whether the girl hold fear of him.
“The more I want, the more tragedy is born, This border line, can I destroy it? With you…” Well RO being disobedient again.
ROMEO performing Devil at 'ROMEO 2nd CONTACT'
Track 4 – ‘Sin’
“Forever, that unbroken curse, right now, I want you to give it to me, Divine punishment also resounds beautifully, Turn into such lovely spell, That SIN” So RO decides to love the girl without caring about the consequences. He knows punishments will be there, he knows he’s going to get paid for this. But he doesn’t give up.
“Cover your bewildered eyes, With both hands and, Seek for the truth, Draw those hands near” RO is taking the girl into his world slowly. One by one he discloses facts about his world to this human girl.
“It's ok to hate me deeply, If I remain in you, I'll be engraved on your insides, I want to become the birthmark that can't be erased” As he goes on explaining everything he is a bit scared that she will turn against (which happens eventually). But for now she doesn’t seem very disturbed with it. His love story is going smoothly but just as I said RO is a marker of his territory so… birthmark explains what he has in mind.
Track 5 – ‘Tonight’s The Night’
“Sweetly blend together just you and me, Want me more, more selfishly, The moon mysteriously illuminates, the fingertips crawling up my spine” So here comes the M rated. RO is a hot-blooded lover, no wonder his lyrics are like this. He claims the girl. Basically takes her purity.
“Let’s go into the red, flaming night, So wildly that we’ll lose our minds, We don’t need words, shut it!, Our shadows overlap into one, I will trade eternity to gain everything about you” RO takes the girl into his erotic, lustful world. Their shadows are different as they belong to two different kinds but RO make a convergence happen by overlapping their shadows into one.
“If Fate decides that this love is impossible, no matter how much I love you…” Another indication of the difference between RO and the girl. They aren’t one, and this love is a prohibited one but RO does not give up even though he’s aware of it.
“Forever, that unbroken curse, right now, I want you to give it to me, Divine punishment also resounds beautifully, Turn into such lovely spell, That SIN” So RO decides to love the girl without caring about the consequences. He knows punishments will be there, he knows he’s going to get paid for this. But he doesn’t give up.
“Cover your bewildered eyes, With both hands and, Seek for the truth, Draw those hands near” RO is taking the girl into his world slowly. One by one he discloses facts about his world to this human girl.
“It's ok to hate me deeply, If I remain in you, I'll be engraved on your insides, I want to become the birthmark that can't be erased” As he goes on explaining everything he is a bit scared that she will turn against (which happens eventually). But for now she doesn’t seem very disturbed with it. His love story is going smoothly but just as I said RO is a marker of his territory so… birthmark explains what he has in mind.
Track 5 – ‘Tonight’s The Night’
“Sweetly blend together just you and me, Want me more, more selfishly, The moon mysteriously illuminates, the fingertips crawling up my spine” So here comes the M rated. RO is a hot-blooded lover, no wonder his lyrics are like this. He claims the girl. Basically takes her purity.
“Let’s go into the red, flaming night, So wildly that we’ll lose our minds, We don’t need words, shut it!, Our shadows overlap into one, I will trade eternity to gain everything about you” RO takes the girl into his erotic, lustful world. Their shadows are different as they belong to two different kinds but RO make a convergence happen by overlapping their shadows into one.
“If Fate decides that this love is impossible, no matter how much I love you…” Another indication of the difference between RO and the girl. They aren’t one, and this love is a prohibited one but RO does not give up even though he’s aware of it.
ROMEO performing Tonight's the Night at 'ROMEO 2nd CONTACT'
[SECOND PHASE OF THE STORY – ROMEO’s love life]
Track 6 – ‘Act II – The Heart’
Again the track starts with the crank being turned. The music seems very emotional, passionate and loving. ROMEO is establishing his love story into the world. He’s opening his tainted heart to a woman whom he’s ready to cross the boundaries with.
Track 7 – ‘Lover’s Spirit’
“Straddling that black STALLION, The future right now is only a second away” RO probably used a stallion to reach the human world. After all this is very fantasy-like even though the story is believed to be true. So RO rides the stallion and he’s saying that his future; the girl is just seconds away. He’s excited and filled with passion to meet her. He’s indeed so much in love with her.
“While seeking for your warmth, The unrewarding love, Swallowed by the light, Transforms into darkness, Lover’s spirit” RO reaches the girl and he’s happy with her. He spends the night with her under her warmth and he’s so proud of the spirit of the lovers. He’s feeling it; the feeling humans get when they are in love.
“The winds of fate stand in the way, Turning over a black mantle, I visit the nightless city without any refuge” So here comes reality. He was happy with her going so strong but then reality hits them. His fate is not set to be to receive a love of a human. He’s a death god and he belongs in the Shingami world, not here. A mantle is a long cloak worn especially by women. The lyrics are directly saying that when the fate stands in the way it turns around the mantle; which means that the human girl sees his true side but does not accept it. She turns away.
“It's even ok, To be manipulated, By an unbreaking destiny, Lover’s spirit” RO believes in his love and he’s ready to go through anything with it. He keeps repeating how strong their spirit is because in his mind their destiny is tied together and it’s unbreakable.
Track 8 – ‘Give Me Your Heart’
“The earth’s heartbeat that reveals its fangs, How long will this tragedy repeat itself? I’ve had enough” In the first line he’s stating how the King has gone against RO’s love. After establishing the anger of the King ROMEO is saying that he’s sick of this life he was born with because it doesn’t let him live freely.
“I’m attacked by the far-away past, Is it my punishment from that day? Someone tell me” RO is separated from the girl because the King has defeated him. He’s not in control of his actions anymore. RO is being punished. He sees no exit and he’s tired with it.
“Oh, light. Please cut through the sky and shine on me” He’s being desperate; he needs escape from this continuous torture he’s going through.
“A lonely imprint crumbles to the ground, That heart with a hole must be mine” His love was taken away and that has made a hole inside his heart; it indicates the emptiness he’s carrying inside.
“I will never let anyone take away your dreams, So please trust me to protect everything you have” He’s begging the girl, he’s begging for her not to turn around but no seems to hear his cries.
Track 6 – ‘Act II – The Heart’
Again the track starts with the crank being turned. The music seems very emotional, passionate and loving. ROMEO is establishing his love story into the world. He’s opening his tainted heart to a woman whom he’s ready to cross the boundaries with.
Track 7 – ‘Lover’s Spirit’
“Straddling that black STALLION, The future right now is only a second away” RO probably used a stallion to reach the human world. After all this is very fantasy-like even though the story is believed to be true. So RO rides the stallion and he’s saying that his future; the girl is just seconds away. He’s excited and filled with passion to meet her. He’s indeed so much in love with her.
“While seeking for your warmth, The unrewarding love, Swallowed by the light, Transforms into darkness, Lover’s spirit” RO reaches the girl and he’s happy with her. He spends the night with her under her warmth and he’s so proud of the spirit of the lovers. He’s feeling it; the feeling humans get when they are in love.
“The winds of fate stand in the way, Turning over a black mantle, I visit the nightless city without any refuge” So here comes reality. He was happy with her going so strong but then reality hits them. His fate is not set to be to receive a love of a human. He’s a death god and he belongs in the Shingami world, not here. A mantle is a long cloak worn especially by women. The lyrics are directly saying that when the fate stands in the way it turns around the mantle; which means that the human girl sees his true side but does not accept it. She turns away.
“It's even ok, To be manipulated, By an unbreaking destiny, Lover’s spirit” RO believes in his love and he’s ready to go through anything with it. He keeps repeating how strong their spirit is because in his mind their destiny is tied together and it’s unbreakable.
Track 8 – ‘Give Me Your Heart’
“The earth’s heartbeat that reveals its fangs, How long will this tragedy repeat itself? I’ve had enough” In the first line he’s stating how the King has gone against RO’s love. After establishing the anger of the King ROMEO is saying that he’s sick of this life he was born with because it doesn’t let him live freely.
“I’m attacked by the far-away past, Is it my punishment from that day? Someone tell me” RO is separated from the girl because the King has defeated him. He’s not in control of his actions anymore. RO is being punished. He sees no exit and he’s tired with it.
“Oh, light. Please cut through the sky and shine on me” He’s being desperate; he needs escape from this continuous torture he’s going through.
“A lonely imprint crumbles to the ground, That heart with a hole must be mine” His love was taken away and that has made a hole inside his heart; it indicates the emptiness he’s carrying inside.
“I will never let anyone take away your dreams, So please trust me to protect everything you have” He’s begging the girl, he’s begging for her not to turn around but no seems to hear his cries.
ROMEO performing Give Me Your Heart at 'ROMEO 2nd CONTACT'
Track 9 – ‘I Want To Protect You’ / Kimio Mamoritai
This song is his ultimate cry that he sings to gain her love back again.
“Continue on like this, Are you going to keep crying?, Alone, are you going to carry it all?” She isn’t turning back. She’s crying alone and she doesn’t seek for his help anymore. RO is devastated because she doesn’t need him anymore. She doesn’t depend on him and he’s angry with it but the love he holds for her makes him beg her.
“I want to protect you, The night air heightens, The time when the stars shine, Quietly, but certainly, I'll come to snatch you away” The girl is now alone as I said before and RO is being drifted apart from her. But he wants to protect her because that’s the girl he loved and definitely the King knows about her. He wants to snatch her away into a safe place. The lyrics talk about the human world when saying ‘The time when stars shine’ because Shinigami underworld does not see stars but as humans we do. So this is another proof of saying that RO loved a human and ROMEO is taking on his role to say it to the world.
“I smile at you, Who softly opened the window, So here, my outstretched arms, Grasp them” So here’s RO visiting her again asking her to comeback. Seems like she was almost going to agree with him. He asks her to come to him.
“Lets cross over the night together, Going as far as we possibly can, To a place where nobody knows” So here we have RO trying to escape with the girl. As far as now everything seems alright… but,
ROMEO sings the chorus again and what does the chorus carries?
“Quietly, but certainly, I'll come to snatch you away”
He has never visited her. It was all just in his mind. Because if she agreed to leave with him he wouldn’t need the chorus back again. RO’s love story never worked out which he says by using future tense.
This song is his ultimate cry that he sings to gain her love back again.
“Continue on like this, Are you going to keep crying?, Alone, are you going to carry it all?” She isn’t turning back. She’s crying alone and she doesn’t seek for his help anymore. RO is devastated because she doesn’t need him anymore. She doesn’t depend on him and he’s angry with it but the love he holds for her makes him beg her.
“I want to protect you, The night air heightens, The time when the stars shine, Quietly, but certainly, I'll come to snatch you away” The girl is now alone as I said before and RO is being drifted apart from her. But he wants to protect her because that’s the girl he loved and definitely the King knows about her. He wants to snatch her away into a safe place. The lyrics talk about the human world when saying ‘The time when stars shine’ because Shinigami underworld does not see stars but as humans we do. So this is another proof of saying that RO loved a human and ROMEO is taking on his role to say it to the world.
“I smile at you, Who softly opened the window, So here, my outstretched arms, Grasp them” So here’s RO visiting her again asking her to comeback. Seems like she was almost going to agree with him. He asks her to come to him.
“Lets cross over the night together, Going as far as we possibly can, To a place where nobody knows” So here we have RO trying to escape with the girl. As far as now everything seems alright… but,
ROMEO sings the chorus again and what does the chorus carries?
“Quietly, but certainly, I'll come to snatch you away”
He has never visited her. It was all just in his mind. Because if she agreed to leave with him he wouldn’t need the chorus back again. RO’s love story never worked out which he says by using future tense.
ROMEO performing Kimio Mamoritai at 'ROMEO EXTRA LIVE'
Track 10 – ‘No Turning Back’
“Your cheeks, as white as silk, Are lit up by the moon, On your slender neck” Don’t lovers keep reminding themselves how their significant other is beautiful when they lose them? ROMEO keeps talking about how beautiful his lover was but he uses present tense, now that’s the confusing part of the story.
“That life, That heart, I will receive them all” So here we have future tense. He’s dreaming of it, of receiving her love and he knows that one way or another he’s going to do it. But was he able to?
“It's too much, For this heart, That you threw it into disarray, We can't go back together anymore” It’s obvious that the girl broke his heart so now it’s too much for him. His heart is disarrayed and broken and he’s saying they can never go back together. Yes, because their story is over; she has left and he has too. They cannot return to their previous selves before and be the cheerful lovers they were.
“But I want to, To hold you close” Yearning it seems. He’s yearning for her; another indication of separation.
He repeats the chorus here again; the future tense. She’s gone, forever and he knows it.
“Your cheeks, as white as silk, Are lit up by the moon, On your slender neck” Don’t lovers keep reminding themselves how their significant other is beautiful when they lose them? ROMEO keeps talking about how beautiful his lover was but he uses present tense, now that’s the confusing part of the story.
“That life, That heart, I will receive them all” So here we have future tense. He’s dreaming of it, of receiving her love and he knows that one way or another he’s going to do it. But was he able to?
“It's too much, For this heart, That you threw it into disarray, We can't go back together anymore” It’s obvious that the girl broke his heart so now it’s too much for him. His heart is disarrayed and broken and he’s saying they can never go back together. Yes, because their story is over; she has left and he has too. They cannot return to their previous selves before and be the cheerful lovers they were.
“But I want to, To hold you close” Yearning it seems. He’s yearning for her; another indication of separation.
He repeats the chorus here again; the future tense. She’s gone, forever and he knows it.
[THIRD PHASE OF THE STORY – The yearning and hatred]
Track 11 – ‘Act III – The Desire’
The crank turns again. A very sad music starts streaming in. The music goes on showing RO’s broken heart. But then suddenly we hear a thunder-like sound. RO gets up again. That’s the point which he returns to his old disobedient and stubborn self again. He pushes away his emotional self and sets out to force the girl back again.
Track 12 – ‘One More Night’
“Don't decide that it's a tragedy, Let's begin our last story” So RO begs the girl back again. It might be forcing or begging both. He doesn’t want to give up.
“Oh to the conversion of our souls, I want to feel you one more time, Oh my love, let it reach you, Give me just one more night, One more night” He’s asking for her love, he keeps repeating it to her again and again. But throughout the song do we hear her answer?
“The door, don't close it, Our miracle, observe it” He believes in their love and he thinks it’s a somewhat miracle because they have passed boundaries. He asks the girl not to reject.
"Oh like the love even Shakespeare desires, This love will probably kill me, Oh raise the last curtain, Give me just one more night, One more night” Oh there comes the name; Shakespeare. Isn’t he the creator of ROMEO? He says that this love will probably kill me; can you imagine the pain? He’s asking the girl to turn around, raise the curtain and look at him again and give him just one more night. But with his yearning the song finishes and we hear no answer from the girl. She doesn’t return, he’s left alone.
Track 13 – ‘Hide And Seek Love’
“Tonight, for so many times, I pretended to forget that love, again, Look, ah, as a god of death in disguise, I start to pursue” RO is left alone and he tries so hard to forget her love but it’s paining him. He sees the love as a god of death in disguise. And death gods are not kind, innocent creatures. They are filled with hatred so this love is actually killing him inside.
“An isolated night, A formless ghost will continue to kidnap and rob, Tightly hug this shivering body, In the depths of a dream” RO is probably left alone on some street or somewhere that is making him cold and shiver. He needs shelter from her but she’s nowhere to be seen. The formless ghost he’s indicating is the King. He’s scared that the king would come and take him away from this human world that he found love and beauty in. He doesn’t want to return and he’s begging for her to take him away.
“Ah no matter how much you shut off your heart, Unexpectedly, those memories slip through and attack” He keeps repeating how the girl has left him and how she isn’t returning. Just as RO lost his love ROMEO has lost her too. But the memories aren’t escaping his mind; he keep living inside them and they torture him a lot.
Track 11 – ‘Act III – The Desire’
The crank turns again. A very sad music starts streaming in. The music goes on showing RO’s broken heart. But then suddenly we hear a thunder-like sound. RO gets up again. That’s the point which he returns to his old disobedient and stubborn self again. He pushes away his emotional self and sets out to force the girl back again.
Track 12 – ‘One More Night’
“Don't decide that it's a tragedy, Let's begin our last story” So RO begs the girl back again. It might be forcing or begging both. He doesn’t want to give up.
“Oh to the conversion of our souls, I want to feel you one more time, Oh my love, let it reach you, Give me just one more night, One more night” He’s asking for her love, he keeps repeating it to her again and again. But throughout the song do we hear her answer?
“The door, don't close it, Our miracle, observe it” He believes in their love and he thinks it’s a somewhat miracle because they have passed boundaries. He asks the girl not to reject.
"Oh like the love even Shakespeare desires, This love will probably kill me, Oh raise the last curtain, Give me just one more night, One more night” Oh there comes the name; Shakespeare. Isn’t he the creator of ROMEO? He says that this love will probably kill me; can you imagine the pain? He’s asking the girl to turn around, raise the curtain and look at him again and give him just one more night. But with his yearning the song finishes and we hear no answer from the girl. She doesn’t return, he’s left alone.
Track 13 – ‘Hide And Seek Love’
“Tonight, for so many times, I pretended to forget that love, again, Look, ah, as a god of death in disguise, I start to pursue” RO is left alone and he tries so hard to forget her love but it’s paining him. He sees the love as a god of death in disguise. And death gods are not kind, innocent creatures. They are filled with hatred so this love is actually killing him inside.
“An isolated night, A formless ghost will continue to kidnap and rob, Tightly hug this shivering body, In the depths of a dream” RO is probably left alone on some street or somewhere that is making him cold and shiver. He needs shelter from her but she’s nowhere to be seen. The formless ghost he’s indicating is the King. He’s scared that the king would come and take him away from this human world that he found love and beauty in. He doesn’t want to return and he’s begging for her to take him away.
“Ah no matter how much you shut off your heart, Unexpectedly, those memories slip through and attack” He keeps repeating how the girl has left him and how she isn’t returning. Just as RO lost his love ROMEO has lost her too. But the memories aren’t escaping his mind; he keep living inside them and they torture him a lot.
ROMEO performing Hide and Seek Love at 'ROMEO 2nd CONTACT'
Track 14 – ‘Voyage’
“The raging waves, The strong wind, Even so carved deep, Into this heart, Is the oath of eternity, I hold you tightly” He screams out his pain. The strong wind carves into his body and the raging waves indicates his anger, the anger of being left out from someone whom he loved so much.
“In the moonlit night I shout my love, Tonight tonight, listen, I'm leaving, Goodbye goodbye” He leaves the happiness and hugs the sadness. He goes to destroy the Shinigami world but that world is his enemy. That’s where sadness carries and he cries out to her bidding his goodbye. But yet again we hear no answer from her do we?
“Upon separating, While repeating our encounter, I will search for the real you” RO still believes that somewhere deep down in the mind of that girl lies within someone who would understand his dark side and accept him as a whole. He has belief in love but that haven’t stopped him from leaving.
So RO sets out into the world he knew before; the world that carries no happiness for him just because the human girl did not wanted to be with her. This voyage is his journey to the underworld of Shinigami. But he never defeated the King and ruled it, more for a reason why no song was released to explain what happened to ROMEO. He’s silently drowned inside just as in ROMEO’s GMYH music video he drowns inside the pond and just doesn’t come back.
ROMEO or RO never saw light again, he never saw peace again or his love. He was forever trapped in darkness and it makes him hate everything he has around him.
The folklore finishes with RO being in the liminal period forever but we never know what ROMEO has in mind for RO. So maybe if ROMEO ever releases another album we might know if he ever escaped from the darkness and found his love back again. Till then, I’m just another in the crowd who has no right to predict for RO.
“The raging waves, The strong wind, Even so carved deep, Into this heart, Is the oath of eternity, I hold you tightly” He screams out his pain. The strong wind carves into his body and the raging waves indicates his anger, the anger of being left out from someone whom he loved so much.
“In the moonlit night I shout my love, Tonight tonight, listen, I'm leaving, Goodbye goodbye” He leaves the happiness and hugs the sadness. He goes to destroy the Shinigami world but that world is his enemy. That’s where sadness carries and he cries out to her bidding his goodbye. But yet again we hear no answer from her do we?
“Upon separating, While repeating our encounter, I will search for the real you” RO still believes that somewhere deep down in the mind of that girl lies within someone who would understand his dark side and accept him as a whole. He has belief in love but that haven’t stopped him from leaving.
So RO sets out into the world he knew before; the world that carries no happiness for him just because the human girl did not wanted to be with her. This voyage is his journey to the underworld of Shinigami. But he never defeated the King and ruled it, more for a reason why no song was released to explain what happened to ROMEO. He’s silently drowned inside just as in ROMEO’s GMYH music video he drowns inside the pond and just doesn’t come back.
ROMEO or RO never saw light again, he never saw peace again or his love. He was forever trapped in darkness and it makes him hate everything he has around him.
The folklore finishes with RO being in the liminal period forever but we never know what ROMEO has in mind for RO. So maybe if ROMEO ever releases another album we might know if he ever escaped from the darkness and found his love back again. Till then, I’m just another in the crowd who has no right to predict for RO.
Article by @DeeHudgens94
Main Source: ROMEO Midnight Theatre Full Length Album – courtesy of ROMEO and Victor Entertainment.
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