Project Sekai's New Character Designs

According to others the flowers on nightchord are like this (taken from Vat7K from r/project sekai): Mizuki - Daisies meaning new beginnings OR Chamomile meaning rebirth Ena - Daffodils/Narcissus meaning rebirth. Kanade - Clematis meaning mental strength Mafuyu - Ivy leaves meaning eternal life 2 things to mention is that Daises (mizuki’s) can also symbolise keeping a secret, which yea they do. Another thing is that Mafuyu has shown Ivy motifs before in the Bug set with her being surrounded by ivy but in her new outfit it’s more subdued and in my personal interpretation her front with the ivy’s looks uneven. As in it looks like a sheet of cloth that could be torn off, so to me it looks like she’s rejecting her mother if the ivy’s represent her. Don’t quote me on this but I believe Ena’s first set also features Narcissus so it’s not new for her to be seen with them.

Another thing I love about Vivid BAD SQUAD’s new designs is that each member has a little of the group’s signature pinkish red color on their outfit now.

the reason the new miku for the empty sekai has shes on is because in japan you take your shoes off before commiting suicide, so when she has her shoes back on, it resembles her growing out of depression.

I love the new WxS looks because now they feel more put together. Before it felt like they were all individual performers who decided to join up, which to be fair is exactly what they are. But now they feel more like a group. They belong together in a set.

i don’t know if anyone has said this yet, but fun fact: at 19:36 nene’s new outfit’s buttons are meant to symbolize the rest of the wxs members! yellow for tsukasa, pink for emu and that lilac/purple for rui :3 i think it’s a really cute detail honestly

I agree with you on Mizuki, but I also think that may be the point? They're at the point where they're fighting to come out, which makes a lot of people go deeper into the closet, hide themselves more, etc. The cheerful persona they had is slipping, showing the audience that it was really a mask, pretending everything was okay, instead of Mizuki actually acknowledging their past and future.

The way my jaw dropped at 11:11 on the perfect green 😭. I wish we had that colour instead tbh

I like how tsukasas new render has him standing more firmly on the ground, unlike his old one where he kinda looked off balance. I think it does a really good job showing off how he’s become more mature and aware than before :)

I personally think that the choice to make mafuyu’s outfit asymmetric is nice because i think it shows us that maguey is letter herself be more messy and not the perfect girl her mother wanted her to be

One detail I love about Leo/Need’s new designs is that everyone is smiling, where in the old designs, Saki was the only one smiling

I’m pretty sure MMJ’s blue color is meant to reference their secondary “sky” theming which is seen a lot in their events. Their new stage is even in the sky but I completely agree which your criticisms on them it really is a shame they lost some of their individuality and I think green would’ve worked much better than the blue since it wouldn’t overly clash or blend with any of their image colors I’ve seen a lot of people say green would be ugly but I think a really nice pastel green would be nice. Also I’m surprised you didn’t mention the Pink on all of VBS’ designs (On Akito and Ans pants and Toya’s collar) its a small detail but a nice way to work their unit colors into their designs and make them look more uniform. Also makes Kohane look a bit more like the unit representative since her color is so similar its like the rest of them have a bit of her color in their designs. Basically like what happened with Haruka but done correctly. But great video! Excited for more content!

I actually really like how closed off Mizuki is in the new design, it really shows their fear of being found out about their secret, as if they're backing away and their cheerful persona is breaking off. My favorite is Leo/Need's outfits ( totally not biased ), I love the more professional, mature look everyone has, it makes them look more like pros rather than random kids posing with instruments and posting the pictures on Instagram to look cool.

HOW DO PEOPLE NOT LOVE RUI’S ORIGINAL OUTFIT WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT LOVES IT😭😭😭

actually i really like how subtly ena's skirt with the tight accordion pleats resemble a sketchbook!! it gives me the impression that she's not as into her selfie-taking and clout chasing vanity as much and is taking her passion more seriously now. the high collar also has a more professional yet still casual hoodie vibe her platform boots still shows her fashionable side though!! very good touch! also overall 25ji distancing themselves from the school uniform look also feels like they're becoming more grown up now, especially mafuyu mizuki going for tights and long sleeves (as other mentioned) also invokes the sense that they're going deeper into the closet, but their boots, belt and buckle really invokes fashion designer (their sister's influence?) yet still keeping their love for cute things with a subtle ruffled skirt and petticoat is a nice touch too (also they're holding a baby blue lolly shaped in a heart and chose to distance it away from their face instead of having it closer compared to before. the subtle storytelling here is so good) i think the reason why everyone seems to be 'becoming more darker and depressed' with their favor for black (other than mafuyu) is to highlight mafuyu's story in particular since the story has been always focused on her out of everyone else!

20:58 im not a fan of KAITO's new wondashow design, but i still like that they kept the mustache in. he just upgraded to a mustache cane lol

Something that we should remember with mizuki is that they haven’t told the other girls about the real them, although mizuki had gotten closer to the group they still hide their real personality, (which kills me in the even quests) So maybe if there is another redesign and mizuki had told them all ‘bout them self, then maybe mizuki will have more of a happy costume like before This is all of course me interpretations and this definitely may not be the case!

18:08 this is actually so funny, considering when i cosplayed tsukasa for halloween last year, it came way too small, and i couldnt fit myself into the pants or shirt it came with, so i had to just use some random black pants i had at home

What makes Nightcord's new fits so great - imo - is this merging of their most prominent visual themes. The muted colors are obvious considering the Sekai, and all of the characters have been associated with flowers for a long time, hence the flowers in the dresses. Two new additions to the group's visual motifs are water (seen in like 90% of their card art now, as well as the addition of a Lake to the Empty Sekai) and clockwork (mostly associated with Mafuyu, who can be read as embodying as an automaton instead of a marionette). The literally "washed out" look of the girl's costumes reflects the water. Like they're outfits that have been pulled out of the lake in the sekai. Meanwhile the vocaloids embody the clockwork - and you can see that motif in all of their new designs if you go looking at their cards. In addition, I think the vocaloids being more put together does do a good job to reflect the group's healing. Sekai is a manifestation of the emotional state, and the ragged look of the OG designs reflected that. They're not wearing tattered clothes anymore because the girls are getting better, even if they still have a ways to go.

11:11 THE GREEN IS SO GOOD OH MY GOD I WISH THIS WAS THE OFFICIAL DESIGN 😭

25:34 That chair is another member of N25