Anonymous
10/21/2025, 4:22:54 PM
No.723799095
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>>723799723
>female vocals
Damn. Song's still alright, though.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 4:33:24 PM
No.723799723
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>>723800447
>>723799095
Caught me off guard aswell, but holy shit it's like 15 years since the last one.
>>723799723
Personally, I was hoping Act 3 would be somewhat of a return to the messy, gritty, radio static-y sound of Act 1. Listening to Hope Rides Alone and The Will of One for the first time blew my mind, and it's a shame so few of their later songs continued under the philosophy of "lets do the complete opposite of everything we learnt in our music engineering courses"
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 4:46:27 PM
No.723800521
[Report]
>>723819116
>>723798927 (OP)
HISTORY REPEATING
WHO DO THEY CALL WHEN ROBOTS NEED DEFEATING?
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 4:49:24 PM
No.723800715
[Report]
>>723798927 (OP)
IT'S LIGHTS OUT
LIGHTS OUT FOR YOU
I THINK YOU'VE SPARKED A WAR
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 4:52:16 PM
No.723800897
[Report]
>>723798927 (OP)
HIS NAME IS MAGNET MAN
GOT MAGNET'S IN HIS HAND
HE'S GOT A KNIFE IN HIS HAND
DON'T FUCK WITH MAGNET MAN
HE'S GONNA CUT YOU AND
TAKE ALL YOUR MONEY MAN
YOU NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO LET SHIT FUCKING GO
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 4:53:10 PM
No.723800937
[Report]
>>723798927 (OP)
it's been too long. No one gives a shit anymore
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 4:57:12 PM
No.723801223
[Report]
BORN ON A TABLE IN TWO-THOUSAND-DOUBLE-X
OPEN MY EYES AND I DISCONNECT
LOOK DOWN TO SEE THE FUTURE GLOWING IN MY HAND
AN ARTIFICIAL MAN
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 4:57:20 PM
No.723801235
[Report]
NOW IT'S DONE
WE'RE DIVIDED
CALL HIM HOME
THIS ONE'S MISGUIDED
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 4:59:22 PM
No.723801360
[Report]
I'M SITTING IN THIS BRIGHT BLUE OCEAN
I'M DROWNING IN THE DARKEST EMOTION
THEY CALL ME USELESS THEY CALL ME WEAK
THEY CALL ME A FLIPPER, A SNORKEL GEEK
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:01:30 PM
No.723801507
[Report]
WHEN DANGER CALLS
AND IT'S TIME TO ROCK AND LOAD
THE BLUE BOMBER STANDS TALL
I AM THE MACHINE HERO
WITH THE POWER TO ADAPT
AND A BLASTER IN MY HAND
I AM THE SUPER FIGHTING ROBOT
I AM MEGA MAN
So where's the album going up for purchase?
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:08:41 PM
No.723801965
[Report]
>>723805817
THIS CITY
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:10:02 PM
No.723802056
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>>723802237
>>723801796
There a CD/digital pre-order in their bandcamp
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:10:35 PM
No.723802106
[Report]
DON'T SHOOT ME
I'M DANCING
DON'T SHOOT ME
I'M DANCING (I'VE HIT THE TOP)
DON'T SHOOT ME WHEN I'M DANCING
YOU CAN'T STOP THE TOP
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:12:09 PM
No.723802212
[Report]
>>723801796
They've been doing a song drop every week.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:12:29 PM
No.723802229
[Report]
WAIT NOW
THERE'S TOO MUCH AT STAKE NOW
A COLD WIND BLOWS
HE LOOKED TO THE DISTANCE AND CRIED:
"THE MOMENT OF TRUTH HAS ARRIVED"
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:12:35 PM
No.723802237
[Report]
>>723802056
>pre order
Still, January 9th is the date.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:17:39 PM
No.723802568
[Report]
THERE IS A SONG I HEAR
A MELODY FROM THE PAST
WHEN I WOKE FOR THE FIRST TIME
WHEN I SLEPT FOR THE LAST
>>723798927 (OP)
That's not mega man. What's the song about?
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:31:01 PM
No.723803496
[Report]
>>723803356
I WEAR A MASK TO HIDE WHAT'S BEEN ERASED
HOW DO YOU KILL A MAN THAT HAAAAAAAAAAAAAS YOUR FACE?
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:32:02 PM
No.723803572
[Report]
MY HEART IS GONE THERE'S ONLY FIRE
I'VE MET MY MAKER AND THE MAN'S A LIAR
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:32:07 PM
No.723803581
[Report]
>>723804550
>>723803356
It’s not called The Megamen now is it
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:36:30 PM
No.723803878
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Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:36:30 PM
No.723803882
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Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:39:11 PM
No.723804052
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Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:41:26 PM
No.723804210
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>>723824760
THIS CITY'S SLEEPING LIKE A SOLDIER TRAPPED INSIDE OF AN IRON LUNG
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:46:15 PM
No.723804550
[Report]
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:50:38 PM
No.723804870
[Report]
>>723800447
>I was hoping Act 3 would be somewhat of a return to the messy, gritty, radio static-y sound of Act 1
Same. I like the rock, but it's not Act-like enough for me.
You should have waited, we're still in underage shitter hours.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:55:57 PM
No.723805281
[Report]
>>723815108
>>723805207
Anon, you're like 40 years old. You're no longer a "young adult", you're a boomer.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:57:38 PM
No.723805418
[Report]
>>723805207
>t. life in NC is so boring you had to make a band about your megaman fanfic OCs
>called protomen
>has fuck all to do with mega man
Gay waste of time.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:59:24 PM
No.723805543
[Report]
see what I mean?
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 5:59:50 PM
No.723805584
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Anonymous
10/21/2025, 6:00:41 PM
No.723805652
[Report]
>we mixed our albums wrong, on purpose!
RainbowDashie
!YYocFgan2Y
10/21/2025, 6:01:43 PM
No.723805746
[Report]
>>723805825
>>723798927 (OP)
All the 6 new tracks are fucking garbage so far. I can't believe I waited like 10 fucking years for nothing.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 6:02:47 PM
No.723805817
[Report]
>>723801965
Stubros, we won. For me, it's The Hounds.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 6:02:50 PM
No.723805825
[Report]
>>723805746
>faggot tripfag doesn't like something and has to let everyone know
thanks for stopping by
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 6:03:31 PM
No.723805879
[Report]
>>723798927 (OP)
going to be honest, these last two songs were pretty weak compared to the earlier ones, with the last track having the weird vocal mixing and this one just kinda of felt bland.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 6:06:18 PM
No.723806104
[Report]
>>723806378
>>723805982
>weird vocal mixing
It's on purpose! It's, uh, dystopian! Yeah, dystopian!
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 6:09:15 PM
No.723806332
[Report]
>>723798927 (OP)
>plagiarizing The Megas in AD 2025
DEEP UNDERGROUND
TEN MILES DOWN
A MAN STANDS BELOW A CITY HE WILL DESTROY
STOP.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 6:09:49 PM
No.723806378
[Report]
>>723806104
It's okay to not like things, anon.
Not everything as to be slathered in five layers of post-irony.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 6:12:40 PM
No.723806584
[Report]
>>723806763
I'm not listening to any of them until Act 3 is fully released.
Is Megaman going to appear at all in act 3? He's on the art
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 6:14:50 PM
No.723806763
[Report]
>>723806584
I don't think this is a bad take to have. They still have time to change things, tweak mixes, whatever. Nothing wrong with wanting to listen to the atomic unit of modern musical art, which is the album, when it's fully out.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 6:15:09 PM
No.723806780
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>>723814107
No Way Back has easily skyrocketed to like my top 5
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 6:15:30 PM
No.723806803
[Report]
>>723811920
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 6:24:49 PM
No.723807542
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>>723798927 (OP)
It's alright. Hope the rest of the album is better.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 6:29:37 PM
No.723807925
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>>723808462
>>723798927 (OP)
I'm saving myself for when the whole album drops
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 6:36:45 PM
No.723808462
[Report]
>>723807925
>tfw no anon that will save his ear-virginity until I learn to play for him
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 6:57:34 PM
No.723810006
[Report]
>>723816276
Didn't they throw someone out for groping women at concerts, but it turned out they were all groping?
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 7:07:20 PM
No.723810786
[Report]
>>723815228
FACING THE LIGHT WITH A BLADE MADE OF FIRE
PROGRAMMED TO FIGHT FOR THAT IS MY DESIRE
THIS WORLD IS BUILT ON MECHANICAL GRAVES
AND I AM THE END OF AN AGE
FRAGILE PEACE
HELD UP BY PEOPLE WHO ARM FOR WAR
WHAT A TREAT
BLOODSHED IS SO SWEET AND I WANT MORE
LIGHT IT UP
AND ON THE SABER I PROCLAIM
OMEGA
I'LL LEAVE YOU SCREAMING OUT MY NAAAAAAAAAAME
I'LL FLY LIKE A CANNONBALL (BATHING IN BLOOD, OMEGA)
CRY OUT AS THE HAMMER FALLS (BATHING IN BLOOD, OMEGA)
EVERYTHING DIES SCREAMING AS I SOAR THROUGH THE SKY
FLY LIKE A CANNONBALL
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 7:11:27 PM
No.723811089
[Report]
GAMMA STAND FOR YOU ARE NOW UNCHAINED (YOU ARE NOW UNCHAINED)
YOU'LL BRING PEACE TO A WORLD GONE INSANE
RESTORING THE POWER TO MAKE YOU WHOLE
I'LL GIVE YOU POWER, YOU TAKE CONTROL
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 7:20:50 PM
No.723811819
[Report]
SAY GOODBYE TO THE LIGHT
THE DARKNESS GROWS
I'M IN LEAGUE WITH THE SHADOW
I CAN FEEL THE GOOD IN ME IS DYING SLOW
TURNING OFF THE SUN
RUNNING THROUGH THE NIGHT
I AM THE KNIFE IN THE GUN FIGHT
EVIL LEFT ITS MARK
SO TELL ME ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 7:22:23 PM
No.723811920
[Report]
>>723806803
>I. AM. GOTY.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 7:44:19 PM
No.723813551
[Report]
>>723813768
>>723798927 (OP)
I feel like this track takes place quite a bit further in the album than the last one. Suddenly, the people are all up for rebellion so long as Megaman joins. There is definitely a Light death track somewhere in the gap, which is maybe what inspires people to want to rebel. It still feels like a big change from the previous 2 albums.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 7:46:52 PM
No.723813768
[Report]
>>723823853
>>723813551
But Dr. Light doesn't die in Mega Man
>>723805982
I honestly really like buried in the red, I've had it on repeat all week
Wily doing a line of coke and joyriding speaks to me
>>723806780
NO ONE HEARS THE SCREAM TO SLOW IT DOWN
AS I TURN UP THE RADI-
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
You guy listen to any Harlequin lately?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW9r3YPm-QM
How is anything in this thread /v/ related?
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 7:53:48 PM
No.723814268
[Report]
Pour out to the lads that couldn't afford to wait for The Protomen act III anymore
>>723805425
it's the best thing to come out of the mega man franchise by orders of magnitude
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 7:55:21 PM
No.723814394
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>>723805982
this last one is my favorite so far
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 7:55:25 PM
No.723814403
[Report]
>>723814547
>>723814315
>t. huffing ones' own farts in North Carolina
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 7:56:25 PM
No.723814479
[Report]
>>723814976
>>723814217
>How is anything in this thread /v/ related?
Newfag
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 7:57:01 PM
No.723814531
[Report]
>>723814217
>How is anything in this thread /v/ related?
__________________________lurk moar_________________________________________
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 7:57:10 PM
No.723814547
[Report]
>>723814403
my nigger I'm not American I don't even know where that is nor do I care
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 7:57:26 PM
No.723814572
[Report]
>>723814315
Nah, I think Megaman 4 just barely edges it out.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 7:58:25 PM
No.723814652
[Report]
>>723814217
it's a rock opera sprinkled with small references to the mega man franchise through it
you know, the VIDEO GAME franchise
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 7:58:59 PM
No.723814709
[Report]
>>723814479
I know who The Protomen are but at the and of the day it's just one guys autistic head canon of megaman and a band name that's not quite a megaman characters name.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:03:28 PM
No.723815090
[Report]
>>723814976
end of the day
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:03:41 PM
No.723815108
[Report]
>>723805281
Zoomers are already boomers.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:03:59 PM
No.723815134
[Report]
>>723814976
ESL NIGGERS OFF MY FUCKING WEBSITE REEEEEEEEEE
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:05:03 PM
No.723815214
[Report]
>>723815467
>>723814976
You are a fucking newfag, get the fuck off this board.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:05:15 PM
No.723815228
[Report]
>>723806585
Where?
>>723810786
Are you guys actual, the band sings about mega man?
>like this
https://youtu.be/MkHr-vMfhYE?si=6PN1nXS93xa6de0w
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:07:02 PM
No.723815357
[Report]
>>723798927 (OP)
Do they have a song about storm eagle?
>>723806585
In case you failed to pick up the hint, the band is going to rebrand after the full release of Act III.
Neither protoman nor megaman will appear in Act III, as it will be the people themselves finally deciding to shake off their chains.
Act III is basically a farewell to their old fans, so they can fully focus on their own original stories and characters.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:07:56 PM
No.723815440
[Report]
>>723798927 (OP)
Why does he have Gelgoog's shield?
>>723815214
Yes you got me, I'm a newfag zoomer making reference to a 1970s/1980s Canadian Rock band called Harlequin.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:09:18 PM
No.723815541
[Report]
>>723814107
until the libretto is out, my headcanon for Light's death is that gif
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:09:57 PM
No.723815601
[Report]
>>723815752
>>723815467
NTA, but people who immediately grasp to the most extreme example they can think of as a form of protection against criticism are the blackest nigger monkeys to have ever existed.
Kill yourself. I mean it. Who's gonna miss you? Imagine how happy people would be when you are finally gone. Go on.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:11:45 PM
No.723815738
[Report]
>>723815467
I never called you a zoomer, I called you a newfag. If you do not understand the significance of The Protomen for /v/'s board culture, you are new to this board, thus a newfag. Why are you even arguing against this?
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:11:52 PM
No.723815752
[Report]
>>723815601
don't be mean anon we just wanna listen to the tunes :(
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:14:01 PM
No.723815938
[Report]
HEY MEGA MAN
JOIN MY SIDE
AND LET ME STOP THIS MOMENT IN TIME
YOU'LL BE MINE FOREVER
>>723815418
People assume by the other released tracks that Megaman and Light will both be dead by the end of Act 3 aka the age of heroes is at its end and it's the age of man.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:15:56 PM
No.723816073
[Report]
>>723815973
READY
IT'S TIME TO GET SET
PUT ON YOUR RED HELMET
IT'S TIME TO GET
DR. WILY
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:17:01 PM
No.723816162
[Report]
>>723816871
>>723815973
the Fight seems like the last track
and it fits with what you're saying
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:18:36 PM
No.723816276
[Report]
>>723810006
>Didn't they throw someone out for groping women at concerts, but it turned out they were all groping?
Need an answer tia
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:19:45 PM
No.723816369
[Report]
>>723815418
the lyrics so far make it pretty obvious mega man is going to show up
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:26:17 PM
No.723816871
[Report]
>>723816162
I belive it will be This City Made Us>The Fight and then at least four tracks about Megaman and Roll kicking Wily's ass
at least I hope so, we need some payoff ffs
>>723798927 (OP)
So si there a context snippets like they did previously or do we need to wait for the live shows for full context.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:30:45 PM
No.723817218
[Report]
>>723817409
>>723817079
We wait for the physical CD with the booklet
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:31:00 PM
No.723817240
[Report]
>>723817409
>>723817079
they'll come with the CD in january, for now you're rawdogging it
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:32:59 PM
No.723817409
[Report]
>>723817218
>>723817240
Cool, I was a latecomer so the lyric videos having the context for the ending of act 1 helped a lot.
The new songs are good in a vacuum.
But they don't feel like a concept album/rock opera anymore.
It doesn't feel like there's direct dialogue/exchange of ideas like there'd be in a musical, or cool experiments like changing the soundscape based on the character/plot.
It just feels like a cool album of retrowave-inspired songs.
Act 2 was this too (partially), but it was much more than that.
Despite them embracing this type of sound long ago, this particular Act just doesn't feel much like The Protomen, weirdly enough.
My opinion obviously might change once I hear the whole thing at once, but we've seen plenty fo tracks already and it sort of feels the same (and I am saying this as someone who loves both No Way Out and the whole of The Cover-Up).
It just feels like they wanted to do one more The Cover Up-like thingy, but called it Act 3 just to make everyone happy.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:43:34 PM
No.723818250
[Report]
>>723818364
MY NAME IS PROTO MAN
AND I'LL ALL I CAN
TO PUSH A WEIRD
FANFIC NARRATIVE
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:44:55 PM
No.723818364
[Report]
>>723818936
>>723818250
you'll all you can
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:46:01 PM
No.723818438
[Report]
>>723798927 (OP)
So far their release pattern seems to be every Tuesday around 2 or 3 PM UTC-0.
Also the latest song feels like it might be followed by This City Made Us.
>>723818186
Agreed, I feel like there's no real journey we're taking through the songs.
The lack of backstory or description of what's happening during/between the songs also isn't helping.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:48:54 PM
No.723818673
[Report]
>>723819116
WE BUILT THIS CITY
WE BUILT THIS CITY ON ROCK AND ROLL
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:51:04 PM
No.723818857
[Report]
>>723829976
>>723798927 (OP)
is this roll's album?
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:51:56 PM
No.723818936
[Report]
>>723818364
but will he all he'll can?
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:53:59 PM
No.723819116
[Report]
>>723819518
Assblasted The Megas fan?
>>723800521 >723800715 >723800897 >723801235 >723801360 >723801507 >723802106 >723802229 >723802568 >723803496 >723803572 >723806332 >723810786 >723811089 >723811819 >723815938 >723816073 >723818250
>>723818673
or underage troll?
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:54:07 PM
No.723819132
[Report]
>>723818572
Yeah.
They should've been posting those on Youtube with the lyrics AND the additonal text slips right from the get-go.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:58:49 PM
No.723819518
[Report]
>>723819116
>gives you over a dozen bumps
>cry about it
The Megas win again! How do they keep doing it???
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 8:59:01 PM
No.723819537
[Report]
>>723818572
I think every song up til this one has been an establishing song for each character, which is redundant for anyone who already knows the characters. This new track is definitely from further ahead in the album. The plot seems to be Roll is putting out underground broadcasts, Light catches one and seeks her out and they do some kind of plan where Light probably sacrifices himself and it sparks some kind of fight in the people with Roll contacting Megaman.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:01:06 PM
No.723819707
[Report]
>>723814107
this is not a crossover i was expecting and i'm laughing like a retard
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:03:20 PM
No.723819905
[Report]
>>723820390
>>723814107
what is this one a reference to
made me think of that agent from Archie Mega Man.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:04:57 PM
No.723820040
[Report]
>>723813847
finally someone else who gets it
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:06:00 PM
No.723820132
[Report]
>>723820232
>>723813847
if only I could make out the fucking lyrics
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:07:25 PM
No.723820232
[Report]
>>723820314
>>723820132
if i tell you i like how distorted they sound because it makes me feel like Wily is going made will u hate me?
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:08:28 PM
No.723820314
[Report]
>>723820232
mad*
i am going restarded
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:09:27 PM
No.723820390
[Report]
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:11:11 PM
No.723820541
[Report]
>>723821463
I wonder if we'll get artwork of Megaman by the end of the track releases. We've seen Dr. Light, Dr. Wily, and Roll(?) so far.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:11:14 PM
No.723820546
[Report]
didn't like the act 2 album. this song sucks too.
>average Protomen lyric
THIS CITY'S SLEEPING LIKE A SOLDIER TRAPPED INSIDE OF AN IRON LUNG
>average Megas lyric
Mega Man, yes you can! Shoot air man with leaf shield 'cause that's his weakness, man! Mega Man 2 is an NES game released by Capcom in 1988.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:22:19 PM
No.723821463
[Report]
>>723820541
He's most likely in the art for This City Made Us and The Fight, since those are two songs he's definitely in. Looks like Roll's wearing his helmet in Calling Out too.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:22:51 PM
No.723821503
[Report]
>>723821293
what's this weird protomen vs megas fixation
is this 2007 or something, are you twelve
who the fuck cares
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:24:18 PM
No.723821606
[Report]
>>723823074
>>723798927 (OP)
>oh shit, they uploaded the songs to youtube finally!
>check channel
>just calling out
...fine. I'll do it myself.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:24:24 PM
No.723821623
[Report]
>>723823336
gambler absolutely fucking sucks on vocals. oh my god please fire this bitch
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:26:49 PM
No.723821839
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>>723837469
>>723821293
>Mega Man, yes you can! Shoot air man with leaf shield 'cause that's his weakness, man! Mega Man 2 is an NES game released by Capcom in 1988.
brentalfloss
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:37:23 PM
No.723822628
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>>723818186
I think the main issue is that the songs are too short. Compare what's going on here to Act 2.
Act 2 starts with Intermission, and then a 6 minute song that feels deliberately slow, to build the premise. Then we have another "long" song at 5 minutes. The Hounds at 4 which gives Wily's perspective. The State vs Thomas at 4 minutes, which, while it may seem like an odd man out, is actually necessary to keep the story going. It is a song that TELLS a story, same with the next song of Give Us the Rope and the following How the World Fell Under Darkness. Both of them aren't "lyric heavy", especially the latter, and keep using it to build the story, not just in what they're intended to do, but the actual length of the tracks. They're much more in line with sounding like something from a movie because of their length and what transpires in them. You can think of them akin to scenes. Then we finally have the more popular parts of the album, the more 80s inspired rock tracks. It's actually kind of fitting that once the story transitions to be more "digital" and "modern" from Wily, so does the music. Didn't even realize that until writing this. But the point is that there is an intention to the album. If the entire album was just all rock tracks, it would probably not be as fondly talked about. And if we compare that to what's going on in Act 3, it feels much more streamlined but not really giving us a lot of room to breathe and take it all in. Consider The Calm, which I think is much more in line with Act 2 sensibilities. But then we have Trainyard which seems too short, and The Storm as well. I feel like there could've been a better bridging between Buried and Calling Out. It's way too sudden. But maybe once the final album is out that'll change...
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:43:31 PM
No.723823074
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>>723821293
never forgive a shenanigan
i still like them tho
>>723821606
some dude with a homestuck pfp already uploaded all other ones
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:46:49 PM
No.723823336
[Report]
>>723821623
we'd fire her into the sun but we don't want a supernova
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:47:55 PM
No.723823434
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>>723823645
I hate women
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:50:43 PM
No.723823645
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>>723823434
you should probably kill yourself then because you came out of a woman
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:53:10 PM
No.723823853
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>>723813768
Proto Man never turned evil and Sniper Joe never blew up a radio tower, either.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:53:20 PM
No.723823876
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>>723821293
>Mega Man, yes you can! Shoot air man with leaf shield 'cause that's his weakness, man! Mega Man 2 is an NES game released by Capcom in 1988.
uh hello? based department?
>>723798927 (OP)
this is why capcom won't make more games
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 9:54:21 PM
No.723823976
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Anonymous
10/21/2025, 10:01:00 PM
No.723824508
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>>723823923
But they just made a game *checks notes* 7 years ago.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 10:04:16 PM
No.723824760
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>>723826587
>>723804210
God's strongest theatre kid
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 10:19:09 PM
No.723825932
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>>723826834
>>723798927 (OP)
Bro this song fucking SUCKS. The vocalist is around 30 years too old for her role and the most prominent part of the lyrics is fucking cringe. They seriously just wrote in "hands of iron, hearts of steel" like it means something in that sentence.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 10:27:00 PM
No.723826587
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Anonymous
10/21/2025, 10:29:51 PM
No.723826834
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>>723827189
>>723825932
>THE EVERBURNING FLAME IS LIT
MY CIRCUITS SLOW
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 10:33:39 PM
No.723827189
[Report]
>>723826834
MY MOMENT HAS COME
YOUR SPEED MEANS NOTHING IF ITS ip bans YOU ARE RUNNING FROM
Hey wait a minute is this song about Donald Trump?
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 10:38:14 PM
No.723827573
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>>723827353
its actually about obama
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 10:44:43 PM
No.723828147
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>>723827353
Yes chuddie, you guessed it.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 10:47:12 PM
No.723828370
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So are we all in agreement that Act III peaks with MAYBE WE'LL GET OUT OF THIS
ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 10:54:27 PM
No.723828907
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Anonymous
10/21/2025, 10:59:51 PM
No.723829262
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>>723805207
prophetic, truly there is no hope for man
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:01:23 PM
No.723829382
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>>723829783
so far the vocals in act 3 have been terrible. the songs wouldn't even be that bad if they just had someone who could sing them. the entire protomen fanbase will be hooked up to copium dialysis waiting for the album to get to the good part, but i have a feeling panther is gonna stay mostly in the back seat. this is obviously a girlboss story
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:02:41 PM
No.723829471
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I CAN'T DEFEAT AIRMAN!!!
>female vocals in a Protomen song
>>723798927 (OP)
>AISvop
It's unironically over.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:06:39 PM
No.723829752
[Report]
>>723829809
>>723829630
I don't think the illustrations are actually AI, but they sure as hell have that artstyle.
>>723829382
>this is obviously a girlboss story
gee anon
>protoman dead
>megaman abandoned the city
>light was obviously going to die in act 3, some people even thought he died in act 1 in the slaughter
obviously the third act was going to be about roll, the only other prominent megaman character who hadn't appeared yet
who the fuck did you think it would be about? Bass? get real
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:07:35 PM
No.723829809
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>>723829630
>>723829752
what a cooked generation, jumping at shadows
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:09:27 PM
No.723829959
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>>723829783
I wanted Auto.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:09:40 PM
No.723829971
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>>723830129
>>723829560
Act 2 had multiple songs with female vocals. We've known that the first two songs of Act 3 have female vocals for years. Why is it suddenly a problem now?
>>723818857
This is what pisses me of about the direction they're going for Act 3, but no this is their own OC Donut Steele The Gambler who is literally meant to be the fat chick stage. They're also going to phase out Rock and Light, Light dies halfway through Rock is going to fuck off forever and The Gambler becomes the main character, they're going to try to drop the Megaman theme only keeping the name Protomen for future albums.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:10:23 PM
No.723830017
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>>723829783
They thought it would have Roll as the sidekick that shows up to get Megaman back in the Saddle and given the airtime such a role deserves.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:10:31 PM
No.723830024
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>>723829976
it must be so fun making up entire scenarios in your head to get mad at
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:11:58 PM
No.723830129
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>>723832890
>>723829971
The problem is he didn't know the band existed when we learned these things.
>>723829976
>future albums
Tertiaries, man.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:26:34 PM
No.723831226
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>>723832917
HUMANITY IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS
AS REALITY PLAGUES MY DARKEST DREAMS
I CAN
FLYYYYYYYYYY ON A DOG
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:26:54 PM
No.723831252
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>>723831628
>>723829560
We do not welcome fakefags or poserniggers here. Get lost.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:31:52 PM
No.723831628
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>>723831830
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:34:37 PM
No.723831830
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>>723832032
>>723831628
I need to listen to the other Megas albums at some point... their first one only started from Megaman 2, right?
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:37:37 PM
No.723832032
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>>723836570
>>723831830
Megaman 2 -> Megatainment -> History Repeating Blue -> HR: Red -> rebranded to The Belmonts to do Castlevania music and I stopped paying attention, I think
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:38:29 PM
No.723832102
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>>723832210
>DUDE LE OLDFAGS
This is so fucking gay
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:40:14 PM
No.723832210
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>>723832102
>people like things that are older than me and that's gay
you can listen to the tunes or you can take the crown as king queer
What if Mega Man had lyrics?
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:42:46 PM
No.723832398
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Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:43:33 PM
No.723832448
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>>723832337
YARERU KOTO YAREBA INOSA
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:48:45 PM
No.723832854
[Report]
Wily is too big to fail, the revolution is a controlled opposition to make light and mega come out.
Roll is a whore and sucks oily metal dicks.
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:48:52 PM
No.723832869
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>>723833285
>6 songs released
>only 2 are any good
They should've just stayed dead
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:49:05 PM
No.723832890
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>>723830129
trying too hard, man
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:49:16 PM
No.723832902
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>>723833257
MY NAME IS MEGA MAN
AND I'LL DO ALL I CAN
TO SAVE THIS THREAD
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:49:28 PM
No.723832917
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>>723833081
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:50:47 PM
No.723833008
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Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:51:55 PM
No.723833081
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>>723832917
CRASHMAAAAAN
CRASHMAAAAAN
CRASHMAAAAAAAAAAN
CRASHMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:53:12 PM
No.723833169
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>>723833319
Serious question anons:
Who is the IRL Light to Elon Musk's Wily?
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:54:12 PM
No.723833257
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>>723832902
if this is the kind of thread we get, let it die
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:54:32 PM
No.723833285
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>>723832869
look I'm convinced Protomen fans have fundamentally bad taste. I think they have one very good song, and no one ever mentions it itts
but i support all mega man centric terminal theater kidism in principle I guess. and NC is boring
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:56:42 PM
No.723833445
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>>723835485
>Mega Man X rock opera but it's about Vile's cousin or something
Anonymous
10/21/2025, 11:57:09 PM
No.723833475
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>>723851928
AND THEY SAY
THIS BOARD HERE
SHE'S SO BACK NOW
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 12:03:22 AM
No.723833958
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>>723833319
can you make me a cute robot girl and die for a good cause mr. light
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 12:03:47 AM
No.723833980
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Anonymous
10/22/2025, 12:03:54 AM
No.723833994
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THIS FUNNY FEELING THAT I HIDE, TELL ME IS IT ELECTRIC OR IS THERE A SOUL INSIDE?
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 12:23:11 AM
No.723835485
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>>723835983
>>723833445
Megaman X sucks.
>>723835485
desu I thought so too
but my friend thought Zero was the coolest shit ever in 3rd grade
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 12:34:32 AM
No.723836367
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>>723836667
>>723835983
Zero IS the coolest shit ever, shut your mouth
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 12:37:08 AM
No.723836570
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>>723837317
>>723832032
Did they ever say they're going to do more Megaman stuff or are they just kinda spreading their wings? An actual Castlevania album would be sick, but the only thing they put out is that small Eap right?
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 12:38:27 AM
No.723836667
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>>723836367
Did he really need the robotits though?
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 12:38:41 AM
No.723836693
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>>723835983
Yeah, that's why you play Zero's games
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 12:46:50 AM
No.723837293
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Definitely the worst song so far, I just don't really care for Gambler's singing. I get the feeling No Way Back / Buried in the Red will be the highlights of the album
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 12:47:11 AM
No.723837317
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>>723836570
I think so, they had that MM4 Skull Man song
really I haven't looked into the Megas in ages
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 12:49:24 AM
No.723837469
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Anonymous
10/22/2025, 12:51:47 AM
No.723837643
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>>723829560
NO MATTER HOW DARK THIS CITY GETS
THERE
WILL
BE
LIGHT
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 12:54:24 AM
No.723837802
[Report]
>I'm Metalman
>No... I'm not a dentist
I think the lyrics are a little on the nose.
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 12:55:19 AM
No.723837862
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Anonymous
10/22/2025, 1:11:48 AM
No.723838931
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>>723798927 (OP)
>ACT III IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING FOR REAL
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 1:32:09 AM
No.723840331
[Report]
I REFUSE TO BELIEVE
THAT I'M NOTHING MORE THAN A MACHINE
I REFUSE TO BELIEVE
THAT WE CAN'T LEARN TO SEE
THE TRUTH WAS IN A DREAM
I WILL NOT KILL
NO, I WILL
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 1:33:12 AM
No.723840421
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>>723840541
why do people dislike the fat woman singing? I think she sounds fine. My only problem so far is that the songs are wayy too short. Like an anon mentioned in a post above.
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 1:34:54 AM
No.723840541
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>>723840421
it's one guy with an autistic fixation
I cant decide if I want to listen to everything as it comes out or if I should wait and listen to it all together when it comes out. What if I die before it all comes out?
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 1:41:27 AM
No.723840993
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>>723840894
if you die you die
live in the moment
shit your pants
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 1:42:24 AM
No.723841049
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>>723840894
Listen to everything as it comes out, then listen again with lyrics and notes in hand/tab
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 1:43:27 AM
No.723841124
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>>723841593
>>723840894
Live like the world is going to end on October 29th 2025.
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 1:50:24 AM
No.723841593
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>>723842179
>>723841124
why would it end just like that
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 1:54:09 AM
No.723841885
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Anonymous
10/22/2025, 1:59:01 AM
No.723842179
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>>723842424
>>723841593
Why wouldn't it?
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:02:45 AM
No.723842424
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>>723842519
>>723842179
because i havent lost my v card and it isnt ending until then
Who and why should I care
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:04:22 AM
No.723842507
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>>723842915
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:04:24 AM
No.723842513
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>>723842915
>>723842461
shrill boomer theater kids from north carolina
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:04:28 AM
No.723842519
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>>723842603
>>723842424
I guess we will all live forever then, lol.
lmao even
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:04:46 AM
No.723842534
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>>723842915
>>723842461
lurk moar or go back
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:05:53 AM
No.723842591
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>>723851928
>>723798927 (OP)
Man they really fell off huh
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:06:04 AM
No.723842603
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>>723842658
>>723842519
so mean for no reason
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:07:01 AM
No.723842658
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>>723842686
>>723842603
>no reason
Welcome to the internet, brother.
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:07:30 AM
No.723842686
[Report]
>>723842787
>>723842658
don't call me brother if you're going to be mean to me
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:09:09 AM
No.723842787
[Report]
>>723842686
Your terms are not acceptable, brother.
>>723842507
>>723842513
>>723842534
Ok then, then it's an overrated pretencious band
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:11:49 AM
No.723842989
[Report]
>>723843228
>>723842915
told you to shut up
i am on my way to rape you now
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:12:40 AM
No.723843042
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>>723842915
/v/ loves stupid shit, in other news the sky is blue.
its up to you to decide if its ironically or unironically. point is moot anyway. tl;dr get fuked nerd
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:15:31 AM
No.723843228
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>>723842989
make sure to have fun and get a few pictures for me anon
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:18:08 AM
No.723843396
[Report]
>>723843626
>>723798927 (OP)
CAN'T YOU HEAR THEM CALLING OUUUUUTT\
YOU CAN TRY AND DENY
BUT YOUR HEART KNOWS THE SOUUUUND
I was iffy on the female vocals but this one really got to me. I kneel.
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:21:51 AM
No.723843626
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>>723844030
>>723843396
It's fucking great I can't stop replaying Calling Out fuck me right in my stinky hairy man ass this is great.
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:27:38 AM
No.723844030
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>>723843626
busy with the other anon but youre next
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:31:52 AM
No.723844328
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Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:41:26 AM
No.723845071
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>>723845604
>>723800447
I was foolishly hoping for this as well.
I got into them with Act 2, but Act 1 is my favourite by far.
My father's words...
HE STILL BELIEVES
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:49:10 AM
No.723845604
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>>723845681
>>723845071
I always imagined that line as an >implication
>he still believes
>Shoots his long lost brother to death because a bunch of humies were chanting in unison
>Leaves them to get gunned down by Wily's murderbots, making his rule over the city even more violent and totalitarian
What was his problem
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:50:20 AM
No.723845681
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>>723845604
Top lel.
Optimistic anon being flamed by a pessimistic anon.
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:51:13 AM
No.723845742
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>>723845648
Something about reaping and sowing.
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:52:11 AM
No.723845823
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If these anons...
tell our story
TO THE NEWFAGS
as they post...
They'll see a hero
is just a man
who posted with Moot
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 2:52:52 AM
No.723845885
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>>723845648
>gets told to kill protoman
>does it
>didn't wanna do it
why did they think robots have free will
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 3:18:55 AM
No.723847576
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I can't believe it happened
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 3:20:57 AM
No.723847686
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>>723845648
The way his voice breaks when he says >What was started
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 3:21:05 AM
No.723847694
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>>723847793
Act 3 tomorrow
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 3:22:01 AM
No.723847757
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I am mega man, this is my mega van
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 3:22:33 AM
No.723847793
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anyone else notice that Calling out is lacking the intro they usually do when they play it live? I think they are trying to get these songs out of the way weekly, but the final release in january will be the real deal
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 3:59:06 AM
No.723849968
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>>723848298
I hope so, it really irritates me that the tracks don't flow into each other like they do on the other albums.
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 4:07:26 AM
No.723850452
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I think I still like Buried in the Red more. It's gonna suck when we get two dead weeks for The Fight and This City Made Us.
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 4:20:02 AM
No.723851174
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>>723848298
The notion of them releasing the "actual album" is incredibly stupid. You're making up wild assumptions.
Prior to their 2024 Magfest concert, it seems the song does include an intro, but during their most recent outing, which is the Magfest one, there is no intro. I think we can assume this is the first instance of it being the "finalized" version. There's a significant difference to this as well. The intro implies Light has died, but without it, it seems more like Roll is trying to convince a still jaded Mega with Light still alive. It's two entirely different contexts.
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 4:33:37 AM
No.723851928
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>>723833475
lmao
>>723842591
no fkn way. the tunes are killer
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 4:34:58 AM
No.723852002
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>>723852075
>boomer ""music""
bruh
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 4:36:29 AM
No.723852075
[Report]
>>723852002
Filtered. It's tribute. Homage to something older. It's something new, something different.
Anonymous
10/22/2025, 4:48:03 AM
No.723852692
[Report]
WELL I'M A SUPER FIGHTING ROBOT FROM THE YEAR TWENTY TEN
ON A QUEST FROM DOCTA LIGHT TO MAKE THE CITY SAFE AGAIN